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The Collapse of Globalization
Posted on Mar 28, 2011
By Chris Hedges
The uprisings in the Middle East, the unrest that is tearing apart nations such as the Ivory Coast, the bubbling discontent in Greece, Ireland and Britain and the labor disputes in states such as Wisconsin and Ohio presage the collapse of globalization. They presage a world where vital resources, including food and water, jobs and security, are becoming scarcer and harder to obtain. They presage growing misery for hundreds of millions of people who find themselves trapped in failed states, suffering escalating violence and crippling poverty. They presage increasingly draconian controls and force—take a look at what is being done to Pfc. Bradley Manning—used to protect the corporate elite who are orchestrating our demise.
We must embrace, and embrace rapidly, a radical new ethic of simplicity and rigorous protection of our ecosystem—especially the climate—or we will all be holding on to life by our fingertips. We must rebuild radical socialist movements that demand that the resources of the state and the nation provide for the welfare of all citizens and the heavy hand of state power be employed to prohibit the plunder by the corporate power elite. We must view the corporate capitalists who have seized control of our money, our food, our energy, our education, our press, our health care system and our governance as mortal enemies to be vanquished.
Adequate food, clean water and basic security are already beyond the reach of perhaps half the world's population. Food prices have risen 61 percent globally since December 2008, according to the International Monetary Fund. The price of wheat has exploded, more than doubling in the last eight months to $8.56 a bushel. When half of your income is spent on food, as it is in countries such as Yemen, Egypt, Tunisia and the Ivory Coast, price increases of this magnitude bring with them malnutrition and starvation. Food prices in the United States have risen over the past three months at an annualized rate of 5 percent. There are some 40 million poor in the United States who devote 35 percent of their after-tax incomes to pay for food. As the cost of fossil fuel climbs, as climate change continues to disrupt agricultural production and as populations and unemployment swell, we will find ourselves convulsed in more global and domestic unrest. Food riots and political protests will be inevitable. But it will not necessarily mean more democracy.
The refusal by all of our liberal institutions, including the press, universities, labor and the Democratic Party, to challenge the utopian assumptions that the marketplace should determine human behavior permits corporations and investment firms to continue their assault, including speculating on commodities to drive up food prices. It permits coal, oil and natural gas corporations to stymie alternative energy and emit deadly levels of greenhouse gases. It permits agribusinesses to divert corn and soybeans to ethanol production and crush systems of local, sustainable agriculture. It permits the war industry to drain half of all state expenditures, generate trillions in deficits, and profit from conflicts in the Middle East we have no chance of winning. It permits corporations to evade the most basic controls and regulations to cement into place a global neo-feudalism. The last people who should be in charge of our food supply or our social and political life, not to mention the welfare of sick children, are corporate capitalists and Wall Street speculators. But none of this is going to change until we turn our backs on the Democratic Party, denounce the orthodoxies peddled in our universities and in the press by corporate apologists and construct our opposition to the corporate state from the ground up. It will not be easy. It will take time. And it will require us to accept the status of social and political pariahs, especially as the lunatic fringe of our political establishment steadily gains power. The corporate state has nothing to offer the left or the right but fear. It uses fear—fear of secular humanism or fear of Christian fascists—to turn the population into passive accomplices. As long as we remain afraid nothing will change.
Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman, two of the major architects for unregulated capitalism, should never have been taken seriously. But the wonders of corporate propaganda and corporate funding turned these fringe figures into revered prophets in our universities, think tanks, the press, legislative bodies, courts and corporate boardrooms. We still endure the cant of their discredited economic theories even as Wall Street sucks the U.S. Treasury dry and engages once again in the speculation that has to date evaporated some $40 trillion in global wealth. We are taught by all systems of information to chant the mantra that the market knows best.
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By Joe Schmoe, March 30, 2011 at 4:53 am Link to this comment
The key to changing things for the better is campaign finance reform. John McCain was once on the proper side of this righteous cause (along with Russ Feingold), which gained a brief bit of traction but has now slipped into irrelevance. If you take the money out of politics, for the most part anyway, then you go a long way to curing the ills of any country. Publicly financed elections is the key. With such a system we stand a fighting chance of actually having righteous politicians in office who have little to gain from embracing the corporate machine and will thus possibly have the means and wherewithal to fight it. As it stands now, no politician of any relevance and power can survive without wasting most of their time on raising funds for their re-election. Get this fixed and many dominoes will fall in the wake.
By mark mulligan, March 29, 2011 at 8:38 pm Link to this comment
Globalization will not collapse until it is replaced, from the grass-roots up, by a coherent One World peace/progressive movement.
That movement will not cohere until it shares a fundamentally radical manifesto of transformation. I have tried to write it as LEARNERS: On the Move from WeaponWorld to PeaceWorld, in English and in French with a dozen Keywords pages in as many other languages.
In the meantime, fragmentary and atomistic progressive dissent will shatter against Globalism's world resources and monolithic world elite.
National Communism defeated National Socialism, and National Capitalism survived them both. Learners will topple National Capitalism, as planned.
It may be too late to remedy all the damage already done; but that is our best (only) chance, as far as I can tell (and I have been looking for decades).
By doublestandards/glasshouses, March 29, 2011 at 7:23 pm Link to this comment
George Carlin on why we like war. This is from 1991 but still very timely. He even mentions Lybia.
By Jack Alpert, March 29, 2011 at 3:49 pm Link to this comment
Chris, you are correct. The present and future is very dark. A majority of the
Global civilization collapse will all happen because humankind is in overshoot
By what logic do you see a redistribution of resources and a different
By Ray Joseph Cormier, March 29, 2011 at 9:15 am Link to this comment
There is no denying a new Spirit is sweeping the world challenging long established systems, bringing with it a yearning for Freedom, Justice, Equality and Dignity.
It is now 115 years since William Jennings Bryan on July 9, 1896, gave his famous Gross of Gold speech.
"you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."
He was decrying "trickle down economics" then, and the debate is not resolved yet.
"There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that if you just legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, that their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous their prosperity will find its way up and through every class that rests upon it."
You will never hear a Bible Fundamentalist TV Preacher discuss this in the Bible. If they saw it, it would cause them to call for systematic or regime change instead of focusing on gays and gay marriage and other emotionally charged sins.
Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
The people, without the Christian TV leaders, are beginning to see the Spirit of the letter shaping perceptions in this world. This is an irreversible process.
By Emma, March 29, 2011 at 5:31 am Link to this comment
Nobody could be more anti globalist than myself however I would like to make this unpopular point.
By Manchego, March 29, 2011 at 4:38 am Link to this comment
Abolish money.
By Bruce, March 29, 2011 at 3:11 am Link to this comment
"When the corporation becomes enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow. And the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people until wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the republic is destroyed." ~ Abraham Lincoln
By Ray Joseph Cormier, March 29, 2011 at 1:17 am Link to this comment
In a similar vein to this article, I wrote to the Canadian Party Leaders in Parliament last September with this message.
Watching the hearings on the purchase of the F-35, the most expensive, advanced jet fighter the world has produced, real weapons of mass destruction, the whole questioning process is focused on the traditional, mundane, earth bound issues of dollars and jobs. Benefits and Liabilities. What is being offered as a future for our children and Citizens is endless war and increased terrorism.
Looking at the current realities of this world, a rapidly growing world population, mostly poor, without money or resources, education, opportunities for advancement, on the verge of starvation, the nominally Christian West is still focused on self-indulgence.
"These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from mine," Christ says. This is addressed to those who say they believe in him, not those who don't.
This is the choice confronting the peoples of the world at this juncture in world evolution. It is the Will of God the Nations should beat their swords into plough shares and their spears into pruning hooks, and the Nations no longer learn war any more. In other words, switch from planning war and war production, to food production. It is good, practicable, simple, common sense advice for our times.
What Nation among them all is uniquely placed to show the leadership to the world in altering the destructive path it is on? With the bitter hatred they have for each other, it is not only the Jews and the Arabs that have an inheritance and Destiny on the Plains of Abraham.
By Mr.GaleanoRousseauNietche the 3rd, March 28, 2011 at 10:44 pm Link to this comment
In 98' I read this EXACT essay. It was written by an 11th grader. However, the names and places were changed to protect the innocent.
Sorry folks its much too late to fret. Do you think after all the work they did getting you by the balls that they are just going to give liberty back? Hahahahahaha.. Oops I peed a little. You just take your meds. Eat your Windy's. Drive your big ol' trucks. Let your little ones watch dirty Disney. And continue to read your truthdig.
And always remember: The fascists are our friends! If you think otherwise you can get on the train to the camp with all the other hippies. And I KNOW you don't want that! Best that you break out the ol' sowing machine from the attic and work on your stitching. The new and improved super sexy sleek swastika patch will be out next spring!
By Textynn, March 28, 2011 at 8:04 pm Link to this comment
Why hasn't the Green Party put up their candidate? The time is now. We need to get started singing the praises of an actual breathing person that could be elected. The other party's candidates are chosen for the most part. We have nothing , not even a link.
We can't even irritate the other candidates or stand on a soap box and say…"Now that's what people should be saying, etc. etc. etc. "
Whatever happens, Im not voting for a Dem or the greater of all evils, the Repubs. If nothing else, I will write in Alan Grayson since Dennis Kucinich doens't want be Prez. Ron Paul is too much of an anti community guy. Maybe Nadar will actually run. I could vote for him.
Democracy Advocates we need to get started now.
By Saul, March 28, 2011 at 8:01 pm Link to this comment
Do you believe in equality or not? To an egalitarian, a 'good capitalist' is an oxymoron. Capitalism does not equalize; it polarizes. In the land of the rich and the poor, what does equality mean?
By TequilaKid, March 28, 2011 at 8:01 pm Link to this comment
Reply to WriterOnTheStorm
The "epiphany" you attribute to Hayek – i.e. likening the market to an electoral process—was actually stated by Milton Friedman. Hayek never used the term "democracy" in connection with the market.
You do an injustice to Hayek, portraying him as an arch-capitalist ogre. Actually Hayek never proposed abolishing the welfare state – he was in favor of unemployment benefits, Social Security, the works, although he never went into details.
Hayek was perfectly right to denounce (in The Road to Serfdom, 1944) and oppose the overwhelming wave of statism that had gripped the world by the 1940s, egged on by ideological currents like Marxism and Fascism and enabled by the immense centralization of government power in the belligerent countries during the second World War.
I admit that Hayek's reasoning is fairly ludicrous. Almost every statement of fact contained in The Road to Serfdom is inaccurate. However, although his arguments suck, his message is valid: there should be restrictions on state power in the economy, and elsewhere. Above all, Hayek's doctrine of unshackling the market from bureaucratic and arbitrary restrictions is as valid today as it was then.
However, please note that my endorsement of Hayek's views is hedged in with conditions: economic science has long recognized that countless circumstances can conspire to trigger market failure, which is when the market fails to offer proper incentives for private firms to turn in a good performance. And in cases of market failure, government intervention is usually necessary.
The markets that offer the best prospect of satisfying human wants are competitive ones. Only when there is competition, easy access to information about the goods on the market, etc., does the market trick work.
This caveat is systematically ignored by Repugnicans and other moral degenerates. If a market is dominated by a monopoly, it's usually best for the government to nationalize it. If government bureaucracy is honest and efficient and loyal – as it is in most advanced countries— it does an excellent job of running companies. For example, Margaret Thatcher's privatization in the 1980s of British utilities like gas and water – which by their nature are monopolistic – did nothing to improve efficiency and instead fostered a culture of greed and selfishness, while increasing the inequality of income distribution.
I think it is extremely important to stress the difference between just plain "market", which offers no guarantee of anything, and "competitive market", which in principle can create the conditions for improvement in a nation's wealth as well as equality.
The sleazy corporate crowd, of course, does its best to confuse the issue. In any case the market should never encompass more than half of a country's economy – for the simple reason that countless goods and services are not amenable to market rules and must perforce be provided by non-profits, NGOs and government.
By jerry lagadec, March 28, 2011 at 7:43 pm Link to this comment
..."and old black Joe's still pickin' cotton for your ribbons and bows…" Leonard Cohen
I have to admit that I'm not near as smart as some of the negative commentators on this site, but Chris speaks to me. He has a kind of "Rhapsodic Intellect" that cuts to the heart of our current chaos. I really don't feel he is being self- indulgently negative or a "dooms-day" advocate and as a cancer survivor myself, I know that you have to learn to face the facts and move on the best way you know how. I think that's his message in the end. I'll leave the intricacies of political and economic theories to those more schooled than I but I do know- just by looking and listening-the current situation can not last much longer. I hope I'm wrong…I hope he's wrong…but I don't think so! I feel that many of the commentators on this site are far too interested in demonstrating how smart they are rather than really dealing with the essential problems Hedges refers to. I admit I'm no genius, so I could be wrong here also. It's an observation from the gut!
By JoeT, March 28, 2011 at 7:40 pm Link to this comment
I like Hedges a lot, but when he juxtoaposes secular humanist with fundamenalist christians, as an Atheist, I take offense. We deserve more respect.
By Ed Oppenheimer, March 28, 2011 at 7:00 pm Link to this comment
People made governments as a tool to prevent chaos; human society evolved for survival from the harsh reality of nature. Government was formed haphazardly, a tribe member saying the fire pit should be located in a specific place, or that the hunt should start at dawn. Since then people used government to accomplish goals sometimes shared with the governed, but mostly not so shared. We do not see design for a government implemented until the US Constitution was written although we see Government power regulated far earlier. There have been no designs for government implemented since the 18th century. In most places talking about government design will break the law. There has been a great deal of criticism of government and how it accomplishes goals and what those goals are, but alas, few meaningful designs.
• Housing
Criminal laws can only be enacted to remedy assaults and thefts. Government funds will come only from sales taxes. No one would be required to accept government services if they do not want them. All the functions need to be carefully defined to prevent misuse.
By Marc Schlee, March 28, 2011 at 6:55 pm Link to this comment
Long live the International Socialist Revolution.
By Animal, March 28, 2011 at 6:08 pm Link to this comment
Listen to Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, Michael Savage, Bill O' Reilly, Sean Hannity, and all the other right-wing bloviators. They absolutely deny that anything is seriously wrong with globalization or free trade, that those are absolutely good for us, and refer to anyone who disagrees as morons, idiots, retards, buffons, Chicken Littles, etc. These people have millions of fawning, admiring, and believing listerners, viewers, and readers who blindly believe every word they say without question like it's Holy Gospel. If America is going to avert catastrophe and collapse, it can only happen if there is unity of purpose. Sadly, we are nowhere near that. Half the population can't even be bothered to vote in a Presidential election, and of those who do bother to vote, no less than half(allegedly) voted no less than twice to install and maintain the greediest and most power hungry pack of thugs, thieves, crooks, con artists, sycophants, shysters, and whores in history into the halls of power. Reversing that kind of firmly entrenched, bone deep stupidity would be difficult in the best of circumstances. With the likes of Limbaugh, Beck, and their ilk reinforcing it on a daily basis, it's pretty much impossible.
Oh well, America had a great run. The good news is, the system the globalists, corporatists, fascists, robber barons, and Dominionists are creating will eventually collapse. It may take decades, it may take centuries, but collapse it will. Maybe then our descendents can regain some of the freedom and prosperity that we've lost.
In closing I'd like to give a BIG FAT "THANK YOU" to everyone who thought that keeping gays from marrying or serving in the military was more important than keeping our economy strong, vital, and healthy, and also eevryone who thought those poor stem cells needed protection more than Americans jobs. Great job! The corporatists, fascists, robber barons, and Dominionists couldn't have done it without you. Very well done!
By Shannon, March 28, 2011 at 6:01 pm Link to this comment
Opinions are useless. Why doesn't somebody come up with an organized way to use our dollars to quit buying products from the real offenders?
By MB, March 28, 2011 at 6:01 pm Link to this comment
Dear Chris Hedges,
I recommend Terry Eagleton, who you probably already know but who I never read. He has a new book coming out in April called "Why Marx Was Right"(http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300169430). Coincidentally here is a short review just posted on a blog: http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=12690 (was a first hit when I ggl'd for a reference to post here).
Today I happened to read "The Rise of English" in Eagleton's classic book: http://www.amazon.com/Literary-Theory-Introduction-Terry-Eagleton/dp/0816654476/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1. This will be old news to many, but for a new reader it is filled with "aha's" that explain everything. And since that will take too many characters for me to try to explain here, I encourage people to take a click around the sample pages posted there on Amazon. Yes, literature and all of its ideologies are completely relevant to where we are today. Did I mention he explains everything?
There's kind of a story about why I'm reading him now. But it was unanticipated, through a sequence of clicks from the NYT's that got me to a brief mention about him in an essay written by David O'Brien, a smart man from the University of Dayton: http://www.udayton.edu/artssciences/about/university_professor_of_faith_and_culture.php; essay here, http://www.udayton.edu/artssciences/about/documents/David_OBrien_Installation.pdf
Just felt like I wanted to mention all that to you. Also feel like I want to explain more about that, but it will take too long so I'll just leave it there. Best wishes.
By Blast Dorrough, March 28, 2011 at 5:12 pm Link to this comment
Chris Hedges is on target and obviously is a spiritual clone of Thomas Paine. The American and French Revolutions inspired by Thomas Paine were fought to be free of evil Kingcraft, evil Corporatecraft and evil Christiancraft. Paine always spoke for humankind and influenced revolutionary-minded from all walks of life. Paine's thoughts on a true constitutional Republic bringing prosperity to all communities of the world will do just that if free of corruptible forces. Consequently, all true patriots—- American New Guards rising today—- must take advantage of the spirit of the moment fermenting not only in our country but all over the world. See "new Guards" under Declaration of Independence. The time is right to unite under a political banner [ANG or The People Party] that would lead to the working class and small business owners finally voting in their collective interests to be free of the Corporatecrafter monopolistic empire of fixed enterprise. The Corporatecrafters and their hireling/lacky politicians, all of imagined nobility, have corrupted our constitutional government to the egalitarian and economic injury of The People in mockery of our Constitution. Thus, "We The People, of the United States,[as the natural majority and voting class must unite as such] in Order to form a more perfect Union,establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity," must restore our Constitution as our Moral Compass and Authority under our constitutional Republic and completely dismantle the usurped Corporate monopoly/cartel of organized crime sponsored on Taxpayer funds. The greedy wealthy of imagined nobility must be excluded from holding position of power via elections. All positions of power must be filled via elections and trusted to the best and talented of The People. Although proven to be afflicted with the delusion of imagined nobility Alexander Hamilton supported this position in Federalist Paper 84: "Nothing need be said to illustrate he importance of the prohibition of titles of nobility [including the imagined nobility afflicted with the delusion of entitlement to plunder our Treasury and resources]. This may truly be denominated the corner stone of republican government; for so long as they are excluded, there can never be serious danger that the government will be any other than that of the people."
By brkily, March 28, 2011 at 4:27 pm Link to this comment
"to challenge the utopian assumptions that the marketplace should determine human behavior"
I just read a couple of things in the direction of the above thought which were intrigueing—-
Jonathan Rowe, who just sadly died and I discovered this week:
and especially this from Nicholas Carr-
"…I've been reading a short book - an essay, really - by John Kenneth Galbraith called The Economics of Innocent Fraud. It's his last work, written while he was in his nineties, not long before he died. In it, he explains how we, as a society, have come to use the term "market economy" in place of the term "capitalism." The new term is a kinder and gentler one, with its implication that economic power lies with consumers rather than with the owners of capital or with the managers who have taken over the work of the owners. It's a fine example, says Galbraith, of innocent fraud.
By Robert Roth, March 28, 2011 at 4:03 pm Link to this comment
I agree that working through the Democratic Party, as such, is at this point futile. But I want to suggest that a broader range of techniques than you seem to advocate may yet prove useful, and by mentioning some of the organizations engaged in them. For one, Progressive Democrats of America, a small but feisty organization, is working both in and outside the Democratic Party to achieve precisely the sort of changes we need, primarily by informational campaigns and organizing. You might check out their website before dismissing that thought. They have posted a number of your pieces.
As I think Wendell Berry said recently, and as you outline in considerable details, everything of value is threatened, and it seems unlikely the lives we now lead can be sustained in any easily recognizable form. There appears to be, as you've said before, just a thin line of defense between civil society and its disintegration. But as Noam Chomsky frequently points out, we do still have enormous freedom to agitate, organize, protest and struggle for change. The ballot box isn't useless, it just isn't being used nearly enough. But we still have it. And for its use to be more effective, we need a great many more people who recognize our real problems and demand that our political structures and players address them. It is not yet demonstrably too late to organize a sufficient and sustained opposition to the evils of our time, and a multitude of forces for the common good.
That is, by the way, what is so evil about the current attacks on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the safety net generally, such as it still is: The real animus behind these attacks is hostility to the idea of the common good, the notion that we should care about and for one another, the very idea that we have interests in common that we can and should address collectively, through government as well as other forms of social organization.
What I think we need is organizing: the development of common understandings and relationships of trust that will enable enough of us to act collectively, constructively, in coordination, to redeem the commons and serve the common good. Given that the airwaves are saturated with lies, the truth needs to be shared through other means: mind-to-mind, hand-to-hand, person-to-person, sometimes but not necessarily face-to-face and one-on-one. That's what organizing ultimately is, and it can be accomplished in a variety of ways, including by the written as well as the spoken word. Whether this can save the situation in time remains to be seen. But in my view, even the sort of actions you advocate are useful primarily as means of reaching more people and helping to alert, inform, and organize them.
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September 5, 2012
Inducing Insanity
Last week, in Akamai Technologies v. Limelight Networks (CAFC 2009-1372), a CAFC en banc 6-5 divided court fabricated its own law of induced infringement; which got ignored a few days later, as the court again capriciously followed its bias of the moment.
The majority (in Akamai):
We reconsider and overrule the 2007 decision of this court in which we held that in order for a party to be liable for induced infringement, some other single entity must be liable for direct infringement. BMC Resources, Inc. v. Paymentech, L.P., 498 F.3d 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2007). To be clear, we hold that all the steps of a claimed method must be performed in order to find induced infringement, but that it is not necessary to prove that all the steps were committed by a single entity.
A dissenting minority objected to the deceit.
[The majority] has decided that the plain text of §§ 271(a) and (b) fails to accord patentees certain extended rights that a majority of this court's judges would prefer that the statute covered. To correct this situation, the majority effectively rewrites these sections, telling us that the term "infringement" was not, as was previously thought, defined by Congress in § 271(a), but instead can mean different things in different contexts.
Judge Newman had her own take.
This en banc court has split into two factions, neither of which resolves the issues of divided infringement. A scant majority of the court adopts a new theory of patent infringement, based on criminal law, whereby any entity that "advises, encourages, or otherwise induces," maj. op. 14, or "causes, urges, encourages, or aids the infringing conduct," id. at 15, is liable for the infringing conduct. The majority further holds that only the "inducer" is liable for divided infringement, and that the direct infringers are not liable although the patent rights are "plainly being violated by the actors' joint conduct." These are dramatic changes in the law of infringement.
On this new "inducement-only rule," the inducing entity is liable on greatly enlarged grounds, such as merely advising or encouraging acts that may constitute direct infringement. This new rule is not in accordance with statute, precedent, and sound policy. It raises new issues unrecognized by the majority, and contains vast potential for abuse. In turn, the two cases here on appeal can readily be resolved under existing law, as the majority opinion almost acknowledges in its remand instructions.
In contrast, a significant minority of the en banc court continues to favor the "single-entity rule," whereby divided infringement is not actionable at all unless all of the participants are in a contract or agency relationship that is directed or controlled by a single "mastermind." Although review of the singe-entity rule was the sole reason for this rehearing en banc, and the sole question briefed by the parties and the amici curiae, this aspect is not resolved by the majority, which simply states that it will not review the law of direct infringement, apparently on the theory that the inducement-only rule renders irrelevant whether there is a single mastermind of the direct infringement. Neither faction provides a reasonable answer to the en banc questions concerning divided infringement. However, the issues of liability and remedy arising from interactive methods and collaborative performance are readily resolved by application of existing law. Issues of induced infringement are not new, but this aspect is ill served by the majority's distortion of the inducement statute, 35 U.S.C. §271(b), and has no support in theory or practice. This new rule simply imposes disruption, uncertainty, and disincentive upon the innovation communities.
This week, in Mirror Worlds v. Apple (CAFC 2011-1392), a 2-1 panel ignored last week's ruling on induced infringement.
Inducement of infringement requires that there be a showing of an underlying act of direct infringement. See Linear Tech. Corp. v. Impala Linear Corp., 379 F.3d 1311, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2004).
But that was small potatoes. The larger spuds were in tossing a jury's evidentiary findings as a matter of law to rule in favor of Apple, now so beloved as America's shining technological jewel. Judge Prost, backed by Newman.
The issue of direct infringement by Apple was submitted to the jury, which found Apple liable for willfully infringing all three asserted patents and awarded $208.5 million in damages.
After the trial, the district court granted Apple's motion for judgment as a matter of law, vacated the jury verdict, and concluded that Mirror Worlds failed to present substantial evidence of direct infringement and damages.
Which the majority affirmed.
In dissent, Judge Lourie was stunned.
Without justification, the majority reads two new limitations into claim 13--one of which is not even urged by either party--and then holds that Mirror Worlds' evidence does not show that those limitations are met.
Mirror Worlds introduced ample evidence to allow a reasonable jury to determine that the required steps were performed.
By its ongoing onslaught of constancy, the CAFC continues to crack statute and precedent like eggs, and capriciously scramble on a case-by-case basis to suit its instant bias. This is not rule of law.
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- Early English books, 1475-1640: Cross Index to Reels. This material provides cross-indexing of STC (Short Title Catalog) numbers with reel numbers for items filmed. PR1121 .U6 Cross Index Check the library catalog for location.
- Early English books, 1475-1640: A Guide to the Microform Collection. This guide lists the contents of each "subscription unit" by reel. PR1121 .U6 Index Check the library catalog for location.
A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640. Z2002 .P77 (also at Z2002 .J3) Check library catalog for locations.
English Short Title Catalogue 1473-1800. This CD-ROM includes the Eighteenth Century Short-Title Catalog (ESTC) and the two print short-title catalogs covering 1475-1700. Z699.4 .E17 1998 Check the catalog for location.


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With Comic-Con just a couple of days away, July 12-15, the anticipation grows intense for all the collectibles, toys, T-shirts and posters available on the floor at the San Diego Convention Center, and directors Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro and Sam Raimi have released peeks at the lush look of their upcoming films.
Jackson previewed a poster for The Hobbit on his Facebook page this weekend, featuring Gandalf walking along a bucolic path in Hobbiton. Ian McKellan plays the wizard as he did in Lord of the Rings."Hi everyone. Here's an exclusive Comic-Con poster," Jackson wrote on Facebook Saturday. "Be sure to get your copy in San Diego and let me know what you think of it! Cheers, Peter J."
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is due in theaters December 14, and The Hobbit: There and Back Again will come next year. Martin Freeman (Sherlock) stars as Bilbo Baggins, and Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, the upcoming Star Trek sequel) portrays the Necromancer and Smaug via motion capture and voicework.
Film production on the two-part epic films ended after 266 days. Jackson will be attending Comic-Con to make a presentation on July 14 with an excerpt and visuals for fans at the event.
Also released in advance of his Comic-Con presentation is the poster for Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro's upcoming sci-fi action story about an alien attack and giant warrior robots that go to battle. Starring Idris Elba (Prometheus) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy), the film hits theaters July 11-12, 2013.
The poster for Oz the Great and Powerful has been released with an evocative scene with elements of the Frank Baum Wizard of Oz books -- the yellow brick road, the wizard's hot air balloon, tornadoes whirling and the Emerald City shining in the distance.
The film stars Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis and James Franco as Oz and is directed by Sam Raimi, who will be at the convention for a Q&A on July 12. The film will debut March 8, 2013.
Other poster artwork for upcoming films and highly coveted collectables will be available on the Comic-Con floor for patient fans willing to wait in lines.


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With a history of low turnouts, particularly for city elections, Los Angeles officials on Friday asked for a new report on changes that could be made to get more people to participate.
In another busy election year for the city, with balloting scheduled for March 5, May 21 and possibly on July 23, officials are looking at alternatives to the current system to see if more voters can be encouraged to turn out.
Traditionally, voter turnout for mayoral elections is less than 40 percent for runoffs and less than that for primaries. Some city elections have drawn less than 10 percent of the 1.7 million eligible voters.
Areas to be explored, once this year's elections are over, include the use of early voting systems if the proper equipment can be certified; a possible change in voting days; and making greater use of city facilities such as fire stations as permanent polling places.
"Nothing is more frustrating for a voter than to go to vote and find their polling place has changed," Councilman Tom LaBonge said. "That's why, if we make it at a public building like a fire station, people will drive by and remember it's an election and go in and vote."


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Cloud software is all the rage nowadays, and for good reason. It has gone from a premium priced option for all but the smallest businesses with no IT infrastructure, to the lowest cost option as compared to on-premise installed software for companies of all sizes.
This is due to many factors — a general acceptance of putting data in the cloud, competition among large, efficient and deep-pocketed cloud infrastructure providers, and a shift from cloud business-apps being in the minority and somewhat niche, to becoming the mainstream.
But are we really assessing the true costs of cloud software? License, maintenance, hardware, support, and consulting costs may have been replaced by a lower monthly subscription fee but what about all the hidden costs of cloud vs. on-premise software for businesses? Are we comparing apples to apples here?
The biggest hidden cost of cloud software comes from ignoring the basic principles of selecting the right software for your business. Ask yourself basic questions for cloud-acquisitions just as you would before licensing and installing business software in-house:
"Does it meet my requirements?"; "Is it easy to use and set-up?"; "Is it reliable, robust and secure?"
Ask questions more specific to cloud software: "Can I configure it to meet my changing business needs?" and "Does it bring valuable content and industry practices that I can adopt to drive organization change?"
Cloud applications can sometimes come across as false prophets. The temptation is to grab the first available cool-looking "freemium" software that claims to meet your needs. This can be foolish. The expectation is that the cost of getting it wrong is zero because you never purchased license or hardware. But if the selected cloud system is not suitable, the hidden cost in time and end user frustration might be considerably less as compared to deploying on-premise software, but the cost is still not zero.
What's important is this: doing a hands-on evaluation by actually using the software is a hundred times smarter than the classic model of making multi-million dollar purchasing decisions on the back of a handful of demos.
So there's another nail in the coffin for on-premise software (when was the last time you actually installed SAP or Oracle and let your end users actually start using it in-house before making a buy decision?). This is one reason why the cloud will become more dominant over time — the fact that most cloud software is sold through hands-on usage, as opposed to experiencing a passive demo or worse, a Powerpoint presentation.
The difference is between reality and illusion.
Would you buy a car without driving it or the same model and make? (Even in that example, car dealers rarely allow us to drive a demo car nearly far or long enough.)
There are essentially two areas that companies should note when keeping cloud costs in check:
- Service fees – Unlike traditional software where every cost is out of control, this is your only variable … don't expect to implement complex business processes into cloud software without any outside support, especially if you are changing processes or organization at the same time. But equally, having lower license and hardware costs is not an excuse to write an open check to a consulting firm. In particular, beware of services companies pretend to have a cloud "product," which they provide for nothing with their services.
- Intangible costs – This could be the big area where costs can get out of control. For example, data migration or organization change management, risk to your business performance during the cut-over, or settling for something that is inappropriate to your business. Don't be penny-wise and pound-foolish.
Yesterday's ERP systems were characterized by implementation costs of 2-10x the cost of the licenses, hence the often fractious relationship with implementation partners. And since implementation costs are the hardest to control, especially when system integrators are so experienced and skilled at the art of the change-order, you are almost bound to go significantly over-budget with such systems.
Tomorrow's cloud systems need to be significantly easier to use, dramatically reducing the need for expensive customization, end user training, and complex data migrations. These systems need to be intuitive, enabling fast adoption, and a rapid pay-back. Not a pay-back for the implementation consultant, but for the businesses that need world-class software in their businesses they can afford.
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Yesterday I tweeted something about the Boston rap group The Camp,
which I've claimed on numerous occasions helped spawn the sub-genre
that we now lovingly know as frat rap. To which the old frat rapster
himself – @JKRealize – replied: "You still tweet about music?"
I do, occasionally, though it takes some extra real or nostalgic shit
to move me.
I plan on writing more about hip-hop in the near future. I'm
considering a partial return to rap journalism as a possible new
year's resolution, though there's also a chance that I'll just quit
binging on Chinese food. With that said, I never stopped consuming
new music, and have been lost for months in albums from the likes of
Dark Time Sunshine and Fashawn.
Compared to other rap nerds, my taste is hardly eclectic. All I
really ask for are some big sloppy bass bombs, some semblance of
rhythm, and extra clever lyrics. I prefer the latter to be aggressive
if not downright radical, but if someone can convince me that they
have a fresh new way to rhyme about their platinum bath slippers,
then I'm down to listen. It's the shameless facsimiles and copycats
who I truly loathe – they're what drove me away from writing more
about music.
What keeps me interested, though, are acts like Brother Ali and
Homeboy Sandman, both of whom rock at the Paradise tonight, and each
of whom is unique in ways that defy the illogic of boom bap today.
As characteristically comes across as clear as day in the partial-title track
(video above) to his new album, Mourning In America (Rhymesayers), Ali
delivers the cold and naked truth. The military industrial complex
and its vast network of municipal allies are literally and
figuratively strangling democracy, all the while poisoning this
country at an extraordinary pace.
There are few MCs who can hang with Ali – that is, to say, rappers
with a ripe mix of courage, talent, and humility – and Homeboy
Sandman is one of them. Since his introduction on the New York
underground nearly a decade ago, he's continued to elevate in ways
that not even he saw possible. His latest work, First Of A Living
Breed (Stones Throw), is yet another demonstration of an artist who breaks
boundaries in his sleep and leaps universes in the lab.
At one level, Boy Sand is funnier than nerdcore cats. At another,
he's leagues more agile than the baddest battle rappers. But he's
also built for hanging with the more politicized likes of Ali, Dead
Prez, or anybody else who makes you not just throw a fist up, but hit
the streets and bark at plutocrats. From the hilarious and
educational "For The Kids" to the creepy and cranial "Sputnik,"
these are Neil Armstrong-sized steps one and all.
On second thought, maybe my tastes are eclectic. I guess I'm at least
picky, wanting artists to actually say something interesting, and do
something different. So yes, @JKRealize, I do still tweet about
hip-hop. And from time to time I'll even blog about it. But unless
we're talking about seasoned counter-culture giants like this – or
even up-and-coming all-stars with a stage show to match – I'd
rather use my words to help fill voids that are left by the lack of
serious sentiment in contemporary pop culture.


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The Mobilado Grand Touch Executive is said to be a phone constructed out of a "hybrid stone material", and its maker says that it is almost ready for prime time. But as much as we wish we did, we don't have any photos of the device itself – only a couple of shots that appear to expose the chassis of the device. Hardware specs have not been disclosed either. But in case you are into luxurious handsets and you don't mind their astronomical price tags, keep an eye out for this one. Perhaps it won't be long until the Mobiado Grand Touch Executive is announced officially.
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In the year 802 C.E., the founder of the medieval Khmer empire, Jayavarman II, anointed himself "king of the world." In laying claim to such a grandiose title, he was a little ahead of his time: It would be another few centuries before the Khmers built Earth's largest religious monument, Angkor Wat, the crowning glory of a kingdom that stood in what is today northwestern Cambodia. But Jayavarman II had good reason to believe that his nascent kingdom, in the sacred Kulen hills northeast of Angkor, was a record-holder. Airborne laser scanning technology, or LiDAR, has revealed the imprint of a vast urban landscape hidden in the Kulen's jungle and in the lowlands surrounding Angkor Wat; by the 13th century, the low-density cityscape covered an area of about 1,000 square kilometers.
The findings show that the cityscape at the heart of the Khmer Empire of the 9th to 15th centuries C.E. was much more sprawling and complex than archaeologists realized and lend weight to the hypothesis that, strained by climate change, the complexity of the kingdom's vast waterworks was its ultimate undoing. The LiDAR revelations are "astonishing," says Roland Fletcher, an archaeologist at the University of Sydney in Australia and a member of the international team whose findings are in press at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
At its height, the medieval Khmer empire encompassed much of modern-day Cambodia, central Thailand, and southern Vietnam. Archaeologists have long inferred that Angkor was the most extensive city of its kind in the pre-industrial world. Its singular achievement was a complicated network of waterways and reservoirs that were apparently vital to producing enough rice to sustain a population that in the center's heyday numbered in the hundreds of thousands.
Through painstaking ground and aerial surveys and excavations, Fletcher and colleagues in recent years have uncovered evidence that Angkor's waterworks began to break down around the time that the kingdom faded from the historical record. "Things are going wrong by the 1300s," Fletcher says. Signs of severe distress include massive sand deposits in canals and the ruins of a spillway that the Khmers may have ripped apart themselves. In 2009, tree ring data indicated a potential culprit: a decades-long period of megamonsoons and droughtsin Southeast Asia in the 14th century.
To get a better understanding of Angkor's urban landscape, Fletcher's colleague at Sydney, Damian Evans, turned to LiDAR, an instrument that a few years ago mapped hidden features of medieval Mayan ruins in Central America. Using a helicopter for just 20 hours of flight time in April 2012, a consortium put together by Evans imaged 370 square kilometers of terrain, encompassing Angkor and two nearby temple complexes, Phnom Kulen and Koh Ker. LiDAR laid bare the imprints of a 9th century city on the Kulen, known from inscriptions as Mahendraparvata. "We found the great early capital of the Khmer empire," Fletcher says. "The discovery of this early Angkorian city is a very exciting example of LiDAR's use in the region," adds Miriam Stark, an anthropologist at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, who has recently started to conduct research at Angkor but was not involved in last year's LiDAR campaign.
The LiDAR survey also showed that the medieval settlements at Phnom Kulen and Koh Ker had extensive hydraulic engineering on a scale comparable to Angkor, showing a much wider reliance on water management systems "to ameliorate annual-scale variation in monsoon rains and ensure food security," the team reports. The LiDAR readings also uncovered cryptic coil-shaped rectilinear embankments covering several hectares near Angkor Wat. "It was an unbelievable surprise," Fletcher says. "Nothing like them had been seen before in Khmer architecture." He speculates that they had some role in farming, but for now their function remains a mystery.
The LiDAR data also add weight to the idea that Angkor's complicated waterworks unraveled. It uncovered "very serious" erosion in parts of the ancient city that, Fletcher believes, accounts for the deep sand deposits documented in the team's excavations.
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Ngapuhi, the largest iwi in New Zealand, the first to invite European settlement, is almost the last to get itself organised for a Treaty claim. For too long it has been unable to agree even on who should represent the iwi in negotiations with the Crown. Now the Government is going to try to move things along.
At Waitangi on Thursday the Prime Minister offered Ngapuhi "some form of payment on account to incentivise people to act in a positive and progressive manner".
This might not be as unusual as it sounds; the Crown can help to finance claims as a kind of advance on a settlement.
Treaty claims long ago ceased to be adversarial contests; the Government is as keen as most Maori to see iwi acquire capital and invest it for their benefit.
If Ngapuhi can get itself together, all of Northland should benefit. The region should be far more prosperous than it is.
With its climate, beauty, natural resources and its proximity to Auckland, it has blessings most other regions would envy.
Yet when the latest Household Labour Force Survey results this week showed unemployment down to 6 per cent nationally, Northland's rate remained much higher. The blight is visible in its towns.
John Key told his Waitangi audience he hoped to see an agreement in principle signed with Ngapuhi this year.
National came to office five years ago with aim of completing all Treaty settlements by 2014. That was a goal, not a deadline, he said. Of 67 deeds of settlement reached since the modern process began, 41 have been negotiated by the present Government.
That day Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson was going to the Far North to sign its 42nd deed of settlement, with Ngati Kuri. But Ngapuhi is the big one.
The iwi says it wants upwards of $500 million, which would eclipse all previous settlements and possibly trigger the renegotiation of some.
Outside Mr Key's meetings at Waitangi there were plenty of placards declaring Ngapuhi is still far from agreeing on who will negotiate for them. But the Herald published a contributed article from Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira that morning in which he said the negotiating mandate was close to being settled, though he did not like it.
He called on Ngapuhi leaders to "step away from the mandate", to defer negotiations until a group representing some hapu complete hearings on, among other things, the future of the Treaty.
Mr Harawira and activists like him fear that once all historic claims have been settled, the Treaty will be finished and forgotten. Some Pakeha might hope so, but the idea is absurd.
Many of the settlements place iwi in co-management roles with councils over parks, rivers and other resources.
These partnerships will no doubt require frequent recourse to the Treaty.
At the highest level, too, the Maori Party's status in the present Government has probably set a powerful precedent.
It is unfortunate for northern Maori and all of Northland that compensation for the injustices set out in the Muriwhenua Report of 1993 has been held up so long.
Other iwi are not just richer but stronger for the investments they have made and the cohesion they have developed. All the signals at Waitangi this week suggest that Ngapuhi are at last on the move, not exactly united but getting started.


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Katie Price wants Megan Fox to play her in biopic
Recently Katie had organised a party at her Surrey home to promote her new Sky Living show Katie. Addressing the party, she revealed her wish. "My movie is definitely on - I'd love Megan Fox to play me, she's stunning. As for the rest of the cast, I'm not too worried. As long as they're good-looking," Daily Mirror quotes Jordan as saying.
Meanwhile, Katie Price also spoke about her hook up with new lover Leandro Penna after ditching cage fighter Alex Reid. She said that although Argentine model and she have language problem, she loves being with him. She added that Leo is young and certainly knows how to have fun.
However, Katie Price released the first of four autobiographies Being Jordan in May 2004. Initially turned down by the mainstream publishing houses after demanding a £1 million advance, she was eventually signed up by small independent publisher John Blake for £10,000 plus royalties.


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A love of music and teaching runs in the veins of Christie Skousen, a Mountain View mom and accomplished pianist who began taking her own lessons 30 years ago from her mother, Irene Peery-Fox.
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Financial Services - July 2010
According to the weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey conducted by Freddie Mac, 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgage rates hit record lows for the week ending July 23.
- The rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages for the week ending July 23, 2010, averaged 4.56 percent, 1 basis point lower than a week earlier. At this time last year, the rate averaged 5.20 percent. The current rate is the lowest since Freddie Mac began tracking it in April 1971.
- The rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages declined to 4.03 percent, down 3 basis points from the previous week. At this time last year, the rate averaged 4.68 percent. The current rate is the lowest since Freddie Mac began tracking it in August 1991.
In its weekly survey of mortgage bankers, commercial banks, and thrifts for the week ending July 16, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported mortgage refinance applications and purchase applications increased over the previous week.
- The seasonally adjusted market composite index of mortgage applications, which includes purchases and refinances, increased 7.6 percent for the week ending July 16, 2010.
- The seasonally adjusted refinance index increased 8.6 percent from the previous week and is at its highest level since May 15, 2009. The refinance share of mortgage activity currently represents 79.4 percent of total application volume.
- Purchase applications increased slightly from one week earlier.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation press releases list two Sixth Federal Reserve District banks among the seven closed by regulators on July 23; the District total now stands at 30 for 2010.
- State regulators closed Sterling Bank (Lantana, FL) and Crescent Bank and Trust Company (Jasper, GA) on Friday, July 23. Banks in South Carolina, Kansas, Minnesota, Nevada, and Oregon were also closed, bringing the nationwide total of failed FDIC-insured institutions to 103 for the year.
- Florida leads the nation with 18 bank failures during 2010, followed by Illinois (12) and Georgia (10).
- District failures are slightly ahead of the pace set last year, when a total of 42 District banks were closed.
The latest Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (covering Q1 2010 activity) marked the first time since 2006 that banks reportedly eased standards on C&I loans in two consecutive quarters.
- Large domestic banks were primarily responsible for easing standards to larger commercial and industrial (C&I) borrowers, trimming pricing terms, including the cost of credit lines and the spreads of loan rates over their cost of funds.
- None of the smaller banks reported easing their standards on C&I loans to larger firms. Most domestic banks reported little change in standards on C&I loans to smaller firms.
- According to the survey, the three factors exerting the greatest influence on C&I lending policies were competitive pressures, the economic outlook, and tolerance for risk in the C&I loan market.
C&I loan demand weakened further.
- Weakening of loan demand was concentrated at smaller domestic banks while large domestic banks reported little net change in demand.
- Most banks that reported weaker demand cited borrowers' reduced need to finance plant and equipment investment; the large majority indicated that demand for inventory and accounts receivable financing declined.
- Banks that reported increased demand for C&I loans cited an increased need to finance inventories and accounts receivables and a pickup in mergers and acquisitions.
Most banks reported essentially no change in their standards for prime and nontraditional mortgage loans.
Demand for prime mortgages and home equity loans weakened further.
A significant number of domestic banks continued to report tightening terms on commercial real estate (CRE) loans.
Domestic banks reported weaker demand for CRE loans.
- The net fraction of banks reporting weaker demand moved below 10 percent for the first time since the recent financial crisis began.


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CONTACT: Jeff Foley (518) 629-8085 or Sarah Boggess (518) 629-8071
FOR RELEASE: Immediate, Monday, May 7, 2001
Hudson Valley Community College broke ground for its 4,500-seat baseball stadium today, just one day shy of the year anniversary of New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno's (R-C, Brunswick) announcement that he had secured funds in the state budget to construct the new $13 million facility.
Senator Bruno was joined at the 10 a.m. event by Hudson Valley Community College President John Buono, baseball team owner William Gladstone, chairwoman of the board of the New York State Dormitory Authority Gail Gordon, and a host of other local dignitaries.
The unnamed venue (Hudson Valley has retained Baltimore-based Smith Sports International, LTD in its efforts to procure a naming rights partner for the baseball stadium, which is scheduled to open in June 2002) will be home to a Houston Astros-affiliated Class A baseball team from the New York-Penn League. It also will serve as the home field for Hudson Valley's baseball team, as well as a variety of other college and community events.
DLR Group of Tampa, Fla. and Troy-based U.W. Marx Construction Co. are serving as the design-build team for the baseball stadium, which will have open-air seats and an open-air concourse to support concession stands, team administration areas, 10 suites for corporate use and classrooms. The stadium will have three levels of seating – box, reserved and general admission.
The design-build group is interfacing with several local firms. Architecture + of Troy is serving as a local architectural liaison for DLR Group. Clough Harbour & Associates LLP of Colonie are providing site design and engineering services, and Quantum Engineering Company, P.C., of Selkirk are serving as a local engineering liaison.
In 12 seasons in the New York-Penn League, the Pittsfield Astros, formerly known as the Pittsfield Mets, have produced 36 Major League players. Principal owner William Gladstone, who serves on the board of directors of the National Hall of Fame, expects the team to draw well over 100,000 fans each season in Troy.
The college will operate the facility when the team is not using it during its season, which spans from mid-June to the first week of September and includes 38 regular-season home games. In particular, Hudson Valley's baseball team will hold its home games at the facility.
Hudson Valley Community College, located in Troy, offers more than 50 degree and certification programs in four academic divisions: Liberal Arts and Sciences; Engineering and Industrial Technologies; Health Sciences; and Business; as well as programs run through the Educational Opportunities Center offering certification in workforce and academic preparation. One of 30 community colleges in the State University of New York system, Hudson Valley has an enrollment of more than 9,000 students each year, and is known as a leader in distance learning initiatives and worker retraining.
U.W. Marx Construction Co. has been in the industry for 52 years. Led by Peter B. Marx, who has been the president for 15 years, U.W. Marx is one of the largest construction companies in the Capital Region. The company is multi-faceted in the areas of general contracting, construction management, and design/build management, and has focused its expertise on colleges, schools, transportation facilities, museums, housing and parking garages. U.W. Marx recently completed work on the Saratoga Museum and a SUNY parking garage, located off I-787. The company is currently serving as construction manager for the new Rensselaer train station project. Additionally, U.W. Marx has renovated nine buildings at Hudson Valley, most recently working on the college's Guenther building.
DLR Group is a national architectural/engineering/planning/design firm with many baseball parks to their credit. DLR Group has completed work on the following minor-league facilities: BellSouth Park in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Chattanooga Lookouts), Casaro Field in Niles, Ohio (Mahoning Valley Scrappers) and Jerry Uht Ballpark in Erie, Pa. (Erie SeaWolves). Also, the company was responsible for Tampa Bay's Legend Field, where the New York Yankees conduct spring training, and Hammonds Stadium in Fort Myers, where the Minnesota Twins hold spring training sessions. Today, DLR Group employs well over 500 professionals in 19 offices across the United States. These professionals specialize in the delivery of quality, responsive planning and design services to a broad spectrum of clients. Now an employee-owned corporation, DLR Group has grown into the seventh largest architectural and engineering firm in the United States, as ranked by Building Design and Construction magazine in July 1999.


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Often, the first interaction that customers have with your company is with your phone system, and a good first impression is critical to the relationship with these customers. This requires great, well-designed call flows. There are many articles, videos, and classes devoted to this subject.
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How do you decide if implementing a Unified Communications (UC) solution will build on your organization's core strategy or not? Drilling down even further, how do you determine what kind of system is the best strategic fit for the culture and strengths of your organization? Beyond that, how do you convince the CEO/CFO/Board that an investment in Unified Communications is a judicious way to build competitive differentiation?


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Adieu, PS14
Maybe it's bad taste to get on some kind of eulogy bender before the corpse is even cold, but the diagnosis is terminal and it's only a matter of time ... Your favorite hipster bar, PS14, is dying. So say goodbye, Miami, and make amends for all the wrongs you've committed against this party spot that's done you so right on so many nights. Then, once you've thoroughly cleansed your club karma, show up next Wednesday for the final installment ever of Finger Lickin', presented by scene stalwarts Iamyourvillain, Benton, and Javi. The bash is being billed as "the farewell party of all farewell parties" and it's gonna feature a million and a half awesome activities to keep your grief-riddled mind preoccupied: a 14th Street BBQ, bike races, pool partying, ladies' arm wrestling, a rummage sale, and the so-called "whatever jam" featuring, um, whatever. Plus, for extra credit, ride your bike to the party and get $2 beers that you can tearfully dump on the freshly dug grave of PS14. Indeed, it shall be a sad night, friends. But there's no better way to honor a short life lived recklessly than kicking it hardcore with DJs Oly, Stravinsky & Salami Fingers, Contra, Benton & Juan, and DS, not to mention all your recently deceased celebrity friends like Wacko Jacko, Farrah, and the OxiClean guy. So come party the pain away, you'll need it.
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56 Main Street
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A paranormal hotel. Ghost tour along with a ghost investigation. Featured on TV shows "Ghost Lab" and "Ghost Hunters." Refreshments served. Continental breakfast with an overnight stay.
Audio Tour:
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Open-year round for guests. Weekend events available without an overnight stay.
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Open year-round.
$85 includes investigation and overnight accommodations;$65 for investigation only (event nights).
Investigate from 8:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. on any non-event night. $65 per person plus tax.
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Hell School You
To borrow and rephrase a quote from Big Daddy Kane, teachin (much like pimpin) aint easy. The pay is notoriously lousy, and the government never seems to truly consider the desperate needs of the overburdened system before slapping on a thatll-fix-it catch phrase. Then, of course, theres the seemingly insurmountable task of making kids give a damn about algebra and grammar. Teachers who can penetrate the skulls of their students and make a material difference deserve a round of applause and a $1-million, as far as were concerned. Rafe Esquith should be first in line for that. As a teacher in the inner-city schools of Los Angeles, California, he has helped his fifth-grade class tackle high school fare by using inspiring, out-of-the-box methods. For his efforts, Esquith has taken home the American Teacher Award, Parents magazine's As You Grow Award, Oprah Winfrey's Use Your Life Award, and the Compassion in Action Award from the Dalai Lama. Plus he was the first teacher to receive the National Medal of the Arts. Now hes written Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56, which he has described as a cookbook for teaching within the embattled education system.
Despite the heaps of accolades, Esquith has never moved on from the kids who benefit from his honest, tried, and true method of reaching them. In fact tonight at 8 at Books & Books, hell provide amusing anecdotes, give great advice, and share the spotlight with a troupe of former students, who will be performing Shakespeare, demonstrating sign language, and playing rock and roll. Oh, and teachers get 20 percent off all purchases tonight. Sweet! Check out the official website of Room 56: www.hobartshakespeareans.org.
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Throughout the world each year we complete Restaurant Audits for restaurant companies of all sizes. In doing so, we always find something brand new to fix that is very specific to that particular client, but we also always find a number of common restaurant mistakes, challenges, and opportunities. A Restaurant Audit is a consulting service whereby we do a 300+ point inspection of a restaurant operation. We analyze hundreds of checkpoints covering all the major facets of a restaurant such as operations, staffing, design, menus (the design, engineering, profitability, layouts, yields, turnover, etc), marketing, facilities, profitability, sales performance – we go through everything. As the name implies, the "audit" spells out where the restaurant is under-performing or out-performing industry standards based on the snapshot taken during the site visit (and what to do about it, of course). In this article, I wanted to share thoughts on a few common challenges and opportunities we see time and again just to spark your own internal dialogue about how your restaurants are performing. The below list is not in any particular priority and is certainly not all inclusive, but hopefully some of these items will be helpful to you as you consider your own restaurant improvement opportunities. Common Service Mistakes and Missed Opportunities
Common Exterior Design & Facilities Maintenance Issues:
Common Interior Design & Facilities Errors: Walking inside a restaurant is like walking in to the belly of an advertisement. Everything communicates. Unlike typical ads which often just engage one, two, or three senses maximum, a restaurant engages all five of the human senses. This raises the stakes substantially on customer expectations and performance levels necessary to compete effectively today.
Common Menu Design Errors: We are able to consistently increase profits for any restaurant (whether an independent or national chain) by $1,000 per month, per million dollars in annual revenue just by re-engineering and designing the menus. This is without any increase in price – just adjusting the layout and design is worth $1k per-month, per-million in annual revenue. Think of yourself as a landlord and every item on your menu as a tenant – are all your renters paying their fair share? Here are a few things we frequently see:
Common Marketing Errors: The average restaurant spends 3% of total revenue on marketing. While this is a generally acceptable amount to spend, what's often far less agreeable is where to invest it. This list could easily be a mile long but here are a few of the more common big-picture mistakes we see:
In addition to the above thought-starters, I invite you to visit two blog posts: 10 ways to cut restaurant costs 10 ways NOT to cut restaurant costs Okay, like I said, this isn't a fully inclusive list and not in any particular order, but I hope you find it helpful in just getting another perspective on common industry issues we see in the hundreds of restaurants we audit. If you have any questions or comments, please email me back. I would be delighted to select a few questions to answer publicly as part of a Q&A series. And, naturally, if you are interested in getting a no-holds-barred audit for your restaurant (whether 1 unit or 1,000), please let us know. We do a one-day program for independent restaurants and then do totally customized multi-day programs for chain restaurant operators. Also see Restaurant Recession: Why a recession is good for the restaurant industry
This is a very good list. Every restaurant should take note and make sure they implement this advice. This is worth $1000's, if not $10,000's.
Excellent. Most excellent.
Great list. Each point is a topic in itself
the profit and LOYALTY and performance is in definitions of excellence within each of your points made… and as you allude, the list could and does often times go on…
Great List! As new restaurateurs, we have found a lot of these the hard way. Where was this list 3 years ago when we started out???
I'd like to add one to the list: Never say "I'm sorry," instead use "I apologize." When someone says they're sorry, it is a reflection of the person delivering, and makes them sorry as well.
I just came from having lunch at a public country club. Our server used "no problem" three times. The country club will be getting a copy of the list.
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Compression of Biomedical Images and Signals
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März 2008
BeschreibungDuring the last decade, image and signal compression for storage and transmission purpose has seen a great expansion. But what about medical data compression? Should a medical image or a physiological signal be processed and compressed like any other data? The progress made in imaging systems, storing systems and telemedicine makes compression in this field particularly interesting. However, this compression has to be adapted to the specificities of biomedical data which contain diagnosis information.
As such, this book offers an overview of compression techniques applied to medical data, including: physiological signals, MRI, X-ray, ultrasound images, static and dynamic volumetric images.
Researchers, clinicians, engineers and professionals in this area, along with postgraduate students in the signal and image processing field, will find this book to be of great interest.
InhaltsverzeichnisChapter 1. Relevance of biomedical data compression (Jean-Yves Tanguy, Pierre Jallet, Christel Le Bozec, Guy Frija). Chapter 2. A review of compression methods (Atilla Baskurt). Chapter 3. Specificities of physiological signals and medical images (Christine Cavaro-Menard, Amine Nait-Ali, Jean-Yves Tanguy, Elsa Angelini, Christel Le Bozec, Jean-Jacques Le Jeune). Chapter 4. Standards in medical image compression (Bernard Gibaud, Joel Chabriais). Chapter 5. Quality assessment of lossy compressed medical images (Christine Cavaro-Menard, Patrick Le Callet, Dominique Barba, Jean-Yves Tanguy). Chapter 6. Compression of physiological signals (Amine Nait-Ali). Chapter 7. Compression of 2-D biomedical images (Christine Cavaro-Menard, Amine Nait-Ali, Olivier Deforges et Marie Babel). Chapter 8. Compression of dynamic and volumetric medical data sets (Azza Ouled Zaid, Christian Olivier, Amine Nait-Ali). Chapter 9. Compression of static and dynamic 3-D meshes (Khaled Mamou, Francoise Preteux, Remy Prost, Sebastien Valette). Chapter 10. Hybrid coding using encryption, data hiding and compression for the security of medical information (William Puech, Gouenou Coatrieux). Chapter 11. Transmission of compressed medical data through fixed and mobile networks (Christian Olivier, Benoit Parrein et Rodolphe Vauzelle). List of Authors. Index.
PortraitDr. Amine Nait-Ali is an Associate Professor at the University Paris 12 (France), and a member of the Laboratory LISSI. His research interests are focused on physiological signal processing and analysis, optimisation using metaheuristics, none linear system modeling, biosignal and medical image compression. Dr. Christine Cavaro-Menard is an Associate Professor at the University of Angers (France), and a member of the Laboratory LISA. Her research interests include medical image processing (segmentation, classification, texture analysis, registration) for diagnosis assistance, medical image compression and quality evaluation of compressed medical images.
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Verlag: ISTE LTD
Erscheinungsdatum: März 2008
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" Brand: Urban Decay / Type: Lipstick / Suitable for: Lip "
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When I was 18 my cousin bought me an urban decay lipstick and a small eyeshadow palette and I instantly fell in love. Now at 22 I have started to get back into these and have recently bought two colours 'jailbait' and 'bullet'. Here are my thoughts.
The Packaging
This is spectacular, the tube is a lovely shiny purple. I believe this is metal and there is a sword embedded into the bottom. Also with urban decay around the bottom. There is then a cap on this which is plastic and see through with a purple swirly pattern. This really stands out and I often get comments on it.
The Colours
Both of the ones I own are varying shades of nude Bullet is a little darker with a hint of glitter, whereas jailbait is only half a shade dark than my lip.
The shades are fairly sheer and can't be built up to much, this may not be the case for the brighter shades.
This is nice and creamy and very easy to apply and can be quite moisturising on the lip. The smell is amazing too, a kind of sweet vanilla, but it tastes disgusting. I have read loads of comments online, where people have said this puts them off, but I actually like it.
I have an issue with licking with my lips and the horrible flavour really stops me doing it.
Staying Power
Unfortunately lipcote does not work with this so therefore it does not last very well. A few drinks or a meal and this is gone and regularly needs refreshing.
Price and Availibilty
These lipsticks have a rrp of £11 but I often buy these from Amazon for £4.99 and I feel this is a good deal. This is very hard to find either in store or online. This s definitely hard to find.
Despite the fact I love this lipstick there is quite a few flaws. This does not last very long and it is very hard to buy or get an amazing colour from it.
The lipstick I have is from the Iconic Lipstick range in Midnight Cowboy (a sheer beige colour).
Packaging: The lipstick is in a shiny purple case with a patterned lid and a sword handle like decoration on one end. It feels a pleasant weight and the shape makes it easy to find in your handbag. The sword part means that you can't stand the lipstick up while open which I found annoying and you can't comfortably keep it in your pocket. It looks good, but it's not very practical.
Product: The lipstick has a creme caramel scent and flavour. I thought it was quite realistic, but since it's very sweet some people might find it a little overpowering. Both the flavour and scent lasted a long time.
It went on smoothly and provided even coverage. This particular shade was fairly sheer and gave a natural look. My lips looked shiny and felt moisturised without being sticky. The colour lasted well with minimal transfer onto a glass.
The range of colours and finishes looks good. There are neutral shades all the way to dramatic ones, with a mix of sheer and full coverage, so there's something for every occaision.
Price: At £12 this might be a little pricey. I'm not disappointed with the lipstick and would buy it again at this price though.
I'm not 100% sure if this review is for the old (discontinued) lipsticks or the new Urban Decay lippies. Anyway, let me start with the old ones; in my opinion, they weren't that great and quite average. Perhaps that is the main reason why they got discontinued and replaced by the new range. The old lipsticks were just like any other, housed in a metal tube with yellow/gold rim. The shades were so crazy, they had white, yellow and even ice blue. I'm not sure if the shades were that wearable as I've only tried a pink shade once and it didn't feel or look dramatically different to any other high street lipstick.
So now for the new range; on their website it's being heavily advertised and the colours and make up demo's on their models look fantastic. So when I saw these in my local Boots, I couldn't wait to try them out.
On the website it read that all the lipsticks would have a lovely crème caramel scent, however, when I smelt them in the shop, I was very disappointed and thought they smelt rather bad. I was able to detect a caramelish scent in them but rather than lovely I'd say it smelt burnt and artificial. I tried some out and thought they were rather sheer, not vibrant like on the website photos. The shades they had weren't even that out of the ordinary that I didn't think it would be worth my money. The scent really put me off so why pay over a tenner for an ordinary coloured sheer lipstick?
Sorry Urban Decay, this one's a miss for me!
The worst thing about Urban Decay lipsticks is that you never know what to expect. Some of the colors are of excellent quality: Gash, for instance, has a great consistency, fabulous color, nice coverage. Yet some of the colors are, well, somewhat lacking: Frostbite, for one, is too thin and sheer to get good coverage with, so it tends to make your lips look fairly grey and splotchy. (If you do get stuck with one of those too-sheer colors, applying a few layers and blotting in between sometimes makes it look OK.) Your best bet is to buy it at a store where you can try it out first - buying it online is iffy unless you know for a fact what you'll be getting. The color descriptions on the Urban Decay site (www.urbandecay.com) are many times horribly off, so you may not even know what color you'll end up with if you rely on those. If you *want* a sheer color, the browns and pinks can give a quite nice natural look. The final verdict: be cautious and try to test before you buy.


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The piece of art that was created on The Colbert Report last year has just been auctioned off at Phillips de Pury for $26,000. The painting, which was edited live on-air by Steve Martin and other various artists like Frank Stella, Shepard Fairey and Andres Serrano, was described in the catalog as an "Inkjet on canvas, with acrylic spray paint, Sharpie, looked-at-edness of Frank Stella." Proceeds from the sale will go to benefit the educational charity tool DonorsChoose.
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Nichole's Fine Pastry | Fargo, ND
Located on Downtown Fargo's Historic Eighth Street,
Nichole's Fine Pastry creates small batch baked goods
in the European tradition as well as classic American and local favorites.
Gone from Fargo for six years, but I still dream of this place. In all of the DFW area, I have yet to find its equal.
Nichole's always does it right, whether it is just dessert or a great lunch, they've got it covered. Coffees are great too, and the environment is accommodating to everyone including families. You really can't go wrong here, it is all so good!
Nichole's began as a pastry place with just few tables for people to drink coffee and enjoy one of Nichole's delicious creations. They now serve great lunches and breakfasts in addition to some of Fargo's best baked goods. I had an excellent tuna salad croissant and a nice salad the last time I was there for lunch. When we want special baked treats for company, we always get them at Nichole's.
Delightful find in Fargo. We chose this place for lunch. Its sandwiches were delicious and we even had a "very mid-Western"German-style soup (don't remember the name). The pastries were very tempting but we were too full! Recommend highly.
Best beer cheese soup ever. Lovely atmosphere - friendly staff. Good food and fancy cakes makes it well worth visiting. Comfortable seating and good choice of teas


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