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DRAM and SRAM replacements are also incoming, will improve system-on-a-chip solutions
Continuing ahead
with its plan to
spin-off its core personal computers business
and focus solely on business software and hardware, Hewlett-Packard, Comp. (
) faces a high degree of investor skepticism these days. While some are optimistic
about the appointment
of former eBay, Inc. (
) chief Meg Whitman to the CEO spot, share prices still hover around relative lows. In short, HP needs all the good news it can get.
Just such an announcement may have arrived, with HP's announcement that it would be deploying memristor-powered storage devices within a year and a half.
The memristor is a fabled fourth passive two-terminal electronics component, which joins the much better known resistor, capacitor, and inductor. The memristor, a device whose resistance varies with the direction of current applied, was first formulated in a 1971 paper by University of California, Berkley professor Leon Chua. It went unimplemented until 2008, when a team at HP labs, led by R. Stanley Williams,
created a working prototype
Now, just three years after that landmark discovery HP appears to be aggressively moving towards commercialization [
]. Mr. Williams at the
2011 International Electronics Forum conference
in the southern Spanish city of Seville announced that memristor commercial products were now only 18 months away.
He comments, "We're planning to put a replacement chip on the market to go up against flash within a year and a half and we also intend to have an SSD replacement available in a year and a half. In 2014 possibly, or certainly by 2015, we will have a competitor for DRAM and then we'll replace SRAM. Flash is a done deal, now we're going after DRAM, and we think we can do two orders of magnitude improvement in terms of switching energy per bit."
HP's thin film memristor process, which creates components at a 5 nm scale, can deposit 500 billion memristors within a single chip layer. What this means is that layers of memristor non-volatile storage (akin to NAND flash) and memristor RAM can be placed directly atop the CPU and GPU cores in system-on-a-chip designs. Using faster direct interconnects and scrapping the system bus for anything other than I/O, these future memristor enabled SoCs could deliver drastic battery life and processing power leaps over the hardware currently found in smartphones, tablets, and laptops.
HP was the first to implement the memristor -- a fourth passive circuit element. Now it looks to be the first to bring that product to market. [Source: Wired via Nature/HP]
Comments Mr. Williams, "We put the non-volatile memory right on top of the processor chip, and, because you're not shipping data off-chip, that means we get the equivalent of 20 years of Moore's Law performance improvement. We're running hundreds of wafers through the fab. We're way ahead of where we thought we would be at this moment in time."
HP currently owns a key patent [
U.S. Patent 7443711
] on its memristor implementation and the process to build it. And it has more patents pending. Mr. Williams says HP's plan is not to return to the components business where it was once a strong player, but rather to license the technology to interested components manufacturers.
He comments, "We're the world's largest purchaser of DRAM and the second largest buyer of flash and we're trying to disrupt and re-arrange our supply chain. The plan is to license this technology to anyone who wants it, and we'll teach them how to make it. But you'll have to stand in line, we have a bunch of people queued for it. We're doing this because, frankly, we didn't see a hell of a lot of innovation happening out there."
The next generation of smartphones may use HP's memristor tech to deliver unparalleled speed and battery life. [Source: Voiceable]
Of course, since HP is negotiating the licensing deals, it could potentially broker exclusivity arrangements, giving it first access to the best memristor-enabled SoCs.
According to Mr. Williams, the competition is fierce. He points out that Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (
) is trying to come up with a rival memristor implementation of its own. He describes, "Samsung has an even larger group working on this than we do."
The arrival of memristor-enabled hardware appears poised to be "the next big thing" in the mobile electronics market over the next five years. For all its company's struggles, it's important to acknowledge HP Labs' groundbreaking work that's making this advance at last possible after almost four decades.
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I've got a strange signal coming out of mine: I've got it hooked up to a ProtoShield board with Sin on D4 and Sout on D3. It can receive signal, the red LED lights when it's supposed to, and it speaks, but there is a 1Hz pulse coming out of it. I don't know why. Anyone have this issue? Or does anyone know what to do?
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Borrowing its name from the phrase meaning "sand bar", the island of Ko Pha Ngan was once the favored retreat of Thai royalty. The smaller sister island to Koh Samui, Ko Pha Ngan is the ideal location for the isolated, romantic retreat of Kupu Kupu Phangan, Thailand's premier all-villa sanctuary on the sea. Opening December 1, 2012, Kupu Kupu Phangan takes the concept of an island holiday to new levels of comfort, style, and beauty. The hotel's 20 villas are uniquely designed to unite traditional Thai artistry with modern amenities and conveniences, culminating in an unforgettable vacation experience. Kupu Kupu Phangan's three categories of living accommodations includes: the charming wooden Seaview Pool Villa, the spacious Beachfront Pool Villa, and the tropically inspired Deluxe Beachfront Pool Villa. Each room is visually stunning with preferred amenities that help create a relaxed atmosphere, including a spa style bathroom, personal safe, satellite TV, and mini bar.
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I recommend this beautiful hotel for every couple specially for honey moon they have gorgeous view and nice suits and very recommended restaurant with delicious meals and wonderful staff I recommend this hotel for every couple
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At Play. Cape Neddick, ME. I went to Nubble when I saw the dark clouds in the sky, while the sun was out. I figured if the lighthouse was in sunlight, in front of dark clouds- the image would stick out better. Little did I know I'd meet a couple of gulls that played in the air in front of me......
Puddles. Cape Neddick, ME. One of the things I've learned is that water is great accent when it comes to photographs. It's not just about reflections - sometimes water bends the light. It deepens colors and makes what you see in it look kind of like a dream.
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It's little women chapter one said by Jo
Which book begins with Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without any presents?
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The difference between a mixed punctuation and open punctuation in any business letter?
Mixed punctuation actually means that you add a colon to the end of a salutation in your documents. Open means you do not add a colon; for example: Dear Susie …Thanks for calling! Whereas for mixed punctuation: Dear Susie: Thanks for calling!
How do I punctuate the title of a children's book?
According the MLA format, all titles of books are to be either underlined or italicized.
Punctuation after such as is what?
i believe there is a comma. but i also believe there can be a colon. Ex: There are many kinds of fruits such as, bananas, oranges and apples. Ex: There are many kinds of f…ruits such as: bananas, oranges, and apples.
Who wrote more books in the Bible than any other?
The Deuteronomist An anonymous author now known as the Deuteronomist is believed to have written seven books: Deuteronomy as well as Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, 2 Samu…el, 1 Kings and 2 Kings (the Deuteronomic History). However, 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel were originally a single book, as were 1 Kings and 2 Kings. The apostle Paul Thrteen books have been attributed to the apostle Paul, but only seven, or possibly even five are considered by biblical scholars to be genuine, with the remainder called pseudo-Pauline epistles. The epistles that are considered genuine are Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Philemon, Galatians, Philippians and 1 Thessalonians. Based on a computer analysis of the epistles attributed to Paul, A.Q. Morton believes that Philippians and 1 Thessalonians are not genuine. F C Baur's also rejected 1 Thessalonians as a genuine Pauline letter, largely because of an absence of any reference to Righteousness or Justification, considered by some to be the centre of Pauline theology. On the other hand, there is internal evidence in 2 Corinthians that it may once have been three separate letters that were subsequently amalgamated into a single epistle for convenience to the Church.
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In the movie Charly he wrote seemingly gibberish on the blackboard and asked anyone to punctuate it All you can remember is the first 2 sentences That that is is That that is not is not Any more of it?
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How do you punctuate a book?
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October 16, 2008 By Bill Schrier
A set of technologies called Web 2.0 is transforming the Internet. Web sites such as YouTube, MySpace and Facebook, in addition to RSS feeds, blogs and wikis attract hundreds of millions of people. Yet this Web 2.0 transformation of government is just beginning. How might it occur?
Web 2.0 and government are both about building community and connecting people. Web 2.0 technologies are transforming the Internet into connected communities that allow people to interact with one another in new and distinct ways.
Government is, by its very nature, all about community. Government is a group of people - citizens or constituents - doing together what they can't do as individuals or otherwise obtain from private business. I believe most of us wouldn't want individuals or private businesses to manage street networks, maintain parks or operate police and fire departments. In the end, government is community.
Therefore, Web 2.0 - community building tools - seems tailor-made for government, at least theoretically.
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How can government use Web 2.0 tools to make a better community? Here are some ideas and examples:
Social Networking
MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and Second Life have broken truly new ground. These online spaces allow individuals to establish a new presence for interacting with members of their online community. Government also promotes small groups in communities, such as anticrime block watches, neighborhood disaster recovery groups and legislative districts. Having secure, social networking sites for community groups to interact, learn from each other and educate themselves has great promise.
Moderated blogs with interactive comments are potentially a good way for elected officials to garner input from constituents and interact with them. They might supplement communities' public meetings. We have many kinks to work out because too many blogs - and public meetings - are monopolized by a few citizen activists. And moderating a blog requires a lot of time and effort for a government agency.
Video and Images
YouTube is the new groundbreaker in this arena. Governments could use such Web sites to encourage residents and visitors to post videos of their favorite places to visit in the jurisdiction, special events and dangerous places (eg., intersections, sidewalks and overgrown vegetation). For instance, it could help build community if video was posted of the Northwest Folklife Festival - a popular music and crafts festival held at the Seattle Center each Memorial Day weekend. People could share videos and post "sound off" video bites with their opinions about certain subjects. The Seattle Channel, a local government access TV station, often videotapes people on the street with questions for their elected officials, and then poses those questions online in Ask the Mayor or City Inside/Out: Council Edition.
Interactive Surveys
Online surveys via Zoomerang and SurveyMonkey are everywhere. Surveys could help elected officials gauge the mood of a city's residents on a range of topics. Like all online surveys, however, activists and special interest groups can rig the results by voting early and often. Such surveys won't be statistically valid. It might be possible to combine online surveys with traditional surveying techniques (e.g., calling residents by phone, which is itself becoming less valid as people shed their published, landline phone numbers in favor of cell phones).
Wikis: Internal Processes
Wikis certainly hold great promise for government internally. We divide government into departments, each with unique functions. Departments tend to be siloed groups, so cross-departmental communication is difficult. Wikis, or products like Microsoft SharePoint, could be used to standardize many business processes, functions and terms across the entire government. Simple processes, such as "how to process a public disclosure request" and "how to pay a vendor invoice," are inclined to documentation and improvement through wiki. Certainly such procedures can


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[Editor's note: This one in a series of essays by winners of our "Preserving Canning Wisdom" giveaway.]The best way to convey the arts of preservation are to live them. My kids have watched me can (and dry, freeze, pickle…) food since before they could talk. This is just the way it is. In our house, it's not something amazing or weird or magical. We grow food in our yard and we don't waste any of it. This is how I was raised and how my mother and grandmother were raised before me.
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Hello and thank you for using Just Answer,The fact that you are sales tax exempt is totally different than be allowed to purchase at the state bid pricing that may be offered to the gov't entities.In order to make tax-exempt purchases, usually a copy of the State's certificate of exemption must be presented to the vendor. Your LLC is not a part of the town that has issued you the lease.Unfortunately unless you can buy through the city and have your purchases tallied under their buying the vendors do not have to do anything except accept your sales tax exemption.
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Bids are generally listed on the website of the individual city. You could use your argument but it does not appear to really fit into the area you want.
Again you are not the city nor an agency of the city.
I sincerely XXXXX XXXXX could tell you differently.
What are some examples of agencies of the city?
Parks and recreation, Law enforcement, Finance, council, coronor, engineering,
I would like to see how those "agencies" are distinguished from my operations. I also have contracts with municipalities where I collect trash and maintain ballfields.
My ballfield maintenance contract is under the parks department.
You are a for profit LLC, you can have a contract with the department but you are not a part of that department
if the department made the purchases for you to use...............
Ok, I'm a little slow, but I'm starting to get it.
I see.
I hated to be so blunt but..............
Please be blunt.
I left my ego at home.
Those companies will offer a lower bid price to the city because they are going to order more or they have a contact
you are just one company that may or may not continue to order
look at like the difference in retail and wholesale prices
How about a special 60 year contract that required 2/3ds vote from the state legislature and Town Meeting approval
Thats my special case.
I'm in it for the long haul.
Again it is a contract under that agency or department and not an agency or department itself
Not too many projects in the state like this one.
I can see the special =circumstance
You would be better off trying to get the department to purchase for you
I will try to purchase through the related agencies and then reinburse.
They may do that
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Race car emergency shut off
In a NHRA/IHRA drag car, we are required to install a switch to kill all power.
Would it be better to open the ground or hot lead?
I would think that by opening the ground, it would not be affected by the alternator and immediately kill the car.
NHRA accepts this arrangement:
Doc here,
You want to Cut the power side AND be sure the Alternator output is Isolated (on the right side of the Cutof) as well in "OFF".
By interrupting ground, the Alternator , unless totally Isolated off the Steel parts of the engine, will continue a Ground, as the Body of the Alternator is at ground potential, as well as the ground lug..An easy way to think of it is, A ground circuit exists anywhere metal exsists..(in a perfect world..) If grounded and properly Bonded, the Body, frame, Fenders, Engine , Transmission, are all at the same ground potential..so just removing the charge circuit from ground, will not open the circuit..(except to the Battery..not the Alternator)
On the other hand, By removing the Charging circuit from battery , BUT not the power Buss support wire to the Car..(wrong side of the contact.) Will allow power to remain on the Car EVEN though the battery is disconnected..The alternator will still put 14.4 volts into the Ignition system (or support switched buss) anytime it's turning.
So you need to Isolate it from the Ignition (Switched Buss) AND the battery, Most disconnects provide this isolation.
Many racers run the alternator wire to the battery. This complies with NHRA rules, but the alternator wire is always hot as long as the battery is connected. So if the charging wire shorts out somewhere along its length, the cutoff switch won't stop the short circuit. The engine does always stop however. Other problem with this is the limited charging current with the long run of 10 gauge wire to the trunk mounted battery.
If you run your ignition wire through the switch small terminals it will still kill the engine every time. This would be the MSD small red wire going to the box. This wire takes very little current (hence the problem with feedback from the alternator warning light keeping the engine going until you install the resistor), and the long run doesn't bother the unit at all. The Flaming River PUSH OFF unit I installed also had a small resistor to save the alternator diodes for the split second the battery is disconnected (large terminals) from the wiring while the charging current is still flowing. This isn't a worry if the alternator wire runs directly to the battery, but is a concern with either the Moroso wiring or the Flaming River wiring.
I have the Flaming River unit, but don't remember anything other than the two large terminals.
So, should I run a 10ga.(or 8?) wire from the alternator to the battery + terminal? I was going to use a stock sized one wire alternator until the budget allowed a smaller one.
(I'll run the disconnect on the positive side instead of neg, like I planned)
Man, I thought I remembered every time I pulled the negative off the battery, my old cars would die, but pulling the positive would allow it to keep running (Alternator feedback). But then again, that was 25 years ago...
Doc here,
Just to clarify,
If you wire PAST the Master Disconnect switch with anything related to the Vehicle...You WILL NOT pass Tech Inspection.
The Flaming River is a Beefy Constructed Bus BAR switch , Configured as a Single throw, Double row, Single Pole (Two Single Pole Isolated contacts.One mechanical throw device)
It provides a terminal for a 2 AWG or better cable to the Battery..This should be considered as the Common point Center~Wiper to the switch..(The movable contact.)
It then Provides a Terminal for a 2 AWG cable To go to the Starter Solenoid Battery Terminal Bolt..(Where the Battery Cable is located now) If the Vehicle NOW Has another wire (s) located here (as well as fuse links..) Leave them there..just swap the cables.
Then The switch Provides a Terminal for a 10 gauge wire to be the main output lead for the Alternator..and it's fuse link.
There is another small terminal that is jumpered to the Battery Terminal , although the schematic Does not show it..One assumes it is a jumper for the Movable wiper portion of the switch Buss Bar to Battery power in the "ON" Side of the switch.
When the switch is put in the "OFF" position, The Mechanical Cam~Lock (or other Linkage Arrangement ) Moves the Big Brass Bars internal to the switch from making contact from the output terminals, to "Open" or no connection..
This opens EVERYTHING to the Battery, Alternator and Solenoid (where the Vehicle Buss Support system is currently connected) and No power will be found PAST the point of the Master Disconnect switch.
When the switch is placed in the "ON" position, The mechanical linkage (or Cam locks) Close the double Brass BUSS bars internal the switch, providing Connection Through it to the battery and the Alternator/Solenoid Terminals.
As far as the Charging wire for the system..Just because an alternator Say's 100 amp..Does not mean that is what it runs at all the time (or ever..)..You need to find the total draw , worst case scenario, for the Vehicle, (everything running) .. Then measure the Distance from the battery to the Device termination point, Look up on an AWG Chart and gauge your wire accordingly. Then Fuse link it slightly less than the wire capability. That will serve you well.
Doc, I'll double check the switch tonight. I would have sworn that there was just the (2) 3/8" lugs for the primary. Thanks for the info!!!
Its appreciated!
Moroso has a nice NHRA accpetable switch. Has the two main lugs for the battery cable and two smaller ones to run the alternator wire through and then to the battery. So when the switch is off, it opens the main power and power to and from the alternator.
The Flaming River "Big" (250 amp) only has the 2 big lugs. There are 2 more screws, but the hold the bake-olite to the metal casing.
I know Jegs offers some sort of relay, but no clue how it wires in.
Would I just run an 8 ga. wire back to the battery then? (assuming I use a one-wire alternator)
Doc here,
What will you be switching? the alternator or Battery..? 8 is good for the alternator..
Won't work for battery support..
A solenoid like a Ford type is the answer for total switching, except you need use a marine or industrial application type solenoid, that is rated 100% duty cycle, a Ford type is not..and will get HOT..
Wiring is simple should you decide to go with it..battery cable to E~Stop switched side, The switched side to the solenoid coil, ("s" terminal) The other unused bolt terminal to the alternator..this way, when you shut the E~stop down the solenoid coil drops out and the alternator goes dead also (no run on..)
I believe that you will still have run on with your solenoid because the alternator will continue to energize the "s" terminal and the vehicle will continue to run. The "s" terminal will still be getting juice from the alternator on the engine side of the switch. Or I didn't interpret your wiring correctly.
I played around with several relays and a half different wiring schemes and the *$#/@ engine would always keep running. That is when I admitted defeat and ordered the Push/Pull Flaming River switch with the extra contacts. If you use the standard 2-pole kill switch, the alternator charging wire will have to be on the battery side of the kill switch. If you use one of the multi-contact switches you can either wire the extra terminals to kill the ignition directly or interrupt either the voltage sensing wire, or the actual higher amperage charging wire (if the secondary contacts in the switch are rated for it). Were you meaning to come off the secondary switch for the solenoid?
One other ray of hope. On our other vehicle, the Firebird with the trunk mounted battery and one-wire alternator, the simple kill switch stops the engine cold when it is at idle. I believe it's because the one-wire alternator is not charging at idle since these require more RPM. This gets us by tech. I have a suspicion that if the engine was revved when the switch was turn off that the engine would then keep on running since it would be charging at the higher RPM.
Like I said, there seems like there should be a solution without having to spend the extra money on the smart switch, but we never found it.
Last edited by lust4speed; 09-05-2006 at 06:13 PM.
You didn't interpret the wiring correctly..
Try this First attempt to see if it will not get run on:
In this configuration, the Solenoid Can ONLY fire once the power From the E~Stop is "ON" , as well as provide power from the alternator THROUGH a normally open contact held closed..
When you shut the E~Stop "OFF" It kills power to Solenoid Coil..and the contact that is NOT on the alternator side..The solenoid Coil opens, the contacts open , and the circuit is open and isolated to the alternator.
This, However, does give the possibility of the alternator some back feed through the energized solenoid on some setups..
IF it should backfeed or suffer "Hang Time" and hold the Solenoid high..(run on) you can alternatively wire the solenoid :
All 3 will then be isolated from power and each other until E~Stop is "ON". It Can not backfeed at all..
The trick is , to get a 100% duty cycle solenoid to avoid heat / burnout..
I know this is simple stuff for you, but I am so confused right now. I think some of the terminology is throwing me.
The E-Switch I have has 2 terminals. Load and Battery (Terms I understand ).
If I were to use #8 wire to the Battery side of the switch (Or just the battery for that matter) with the "one wire" alternator, I would assume it would shut down as no power can jump the switch. (No run on). The #8 wire should be big enough to get from the alternator to the battery without too much loss, wouldn't it? I think they use a #10 for a 4' run, don't they??
I sure do appreciate the help guys. I hate the thought of dragging a battery charger out after each round.
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These are all good answers.
One good reason for cutting the hot side is if you run braded or metal fuel line, cutting the ground would make this the primary ground if you have a fuel pup bolted to the frame.
I've never seen a fuel line heat up but I have seen a nitrous line burn in two. Lucky the bottle was empty.
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|Everyone wakes up from a good night's sleep to a beautiful morning in New Mexico. Everyone except Oscar, that is - he can't get to sleep without the loud noises of the trucks and buses back home, sounds which the others would rather avoid. And the sweet-smelling lilacs make it even worse for him! He decides to find someplace else to sleep.
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In Chevron vs. Donziger, Victory Trumps Money, for NowPaul M. Barrett
In the courtroom, what looks like retreat sometimes is actually the opposite: aggression. That's what's going on in Chevron's closely watched racketeering suit against Steven Donziger, the New York lawyer who engineered a $19 billion pollution verdict against the U.S. oil company in 2011 in Ecuador.
Chevron on Sept. 9 informed a federal judge in New York that it planned to curtail and possibly drop its pursuit of money damages in the civil racketeering case. Far from an admission of defeat, though, this maneuver signals Chevron's conclusion that its main goal—neutralizing Donziger's historic verdict—would be easier to accomplish in a streamlined trial, now scheduled to start on Oct. 15.
By backing away from money damages, the company hopes to simplify its counterattack against Donziger and narrow or eliminate his opportunity to have the clash decided by a jury. (In a suit for money damages, the defendant—in this case, Donziger—has a constitutional right to a jury.) Chevron contends that Donziger procured the Ecuadorian judgment by means of a massive fraud—an allegation the company would prefer to present in a so-called bench trial to the federal judge overseeing the case, rather than to jurors who might be more sympathetic to Donziger and his Ecuadorian clients.
Donziger has denied any wrongdoing and claims that Chevron is persecuting him only as a way to evade liability for widespread contamination of the Ecuadorian rainforest in the 1970s and '80s. He says that he sought compensation for some 30,000 residents of a heavily developed region in northeastern Ecuador. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is presiding over the racketeering case, has indicated, however, that he takes the allegations of Donziger's misconduct very seriously.
The case has a convoluted history, replete with accusations of fraud on all sides. Before Donziger and a group of allied Ecuadorian attorneys even won their verdict—the biggest of its kind and the product of 18 years of litigation in the U.S. and Ecuador—Chevron filed suit in 2011 against the New York lawyer and his clients under the federal anti-racketeering statute. Chevron's aim was to discredit Donziger—whom it accuses of undermining justice via bribes and intimidation—and hinder him from enforcing the Ecuadorian verdict. The company has no assets to speak of in Ecuador, so Donziger's clients are trying to collect on their victory in other countries where Chevron does have assets. The plaintiffs attribute the pollution in Ecuador to Texaco, which Chevron acquired in 2001.
In the racketeering suit, Chevron wants a formal determination that the Ecuadorian verdict was a sham. With that, the oil company could block enforcement in the U.S. and perhaps elsewhere. Obtaining money from Donziger and his clients has never been Chevron's primary motivation, and the company said it will clarify in coming weeks whether it will seek any money damages at all from Donziger.
Judge Kaplan has signaled in various rulings that he is eager to get underway promptly on Oct. 15. The only remaining hurdle of note is a plaintiffs' motion pending before the federal appeals court in New York to have Kaplan removed from the case because of his alleged predisposition to rule against Donziger. If the level of bitterness in this confrontation seems extraordinary even by the bilious standards of legal warfare, that's because it is.


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West Tennessee liquor referendums have religious, political, economic flavor
There are 76 comments on the The Jackson Sun story from Sep 30, 2012, titled West Tennessee liquor referendums have religious, political, economic flavor. In it, The Jackson Sun reports that:
Henderson Mayor Bobby King says he will vote in favor of liquor sales in his community this fall because of the potential for economic growth and increased tax revenue.
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#1 Sep 30, 2012
Hard not to agree
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What happened to the Petition to put Liquor Sales on the ballot here? Did it get enough signatures?
#3 Sep 30, 2012
The article says there is a referendum on the ballot. There can't be a referendum if it didn't get the signatures and get on the ballot. Simple
#4 Sep 30, 2012
Will U ever break and buy a paper or get a free one RS ??
Yes is passed.Geeezzzzz
#5 Sep 30, 2012
Bobby Barnes said it wasn't the Christian thing. Christ's first miracle was turning water into wine at a wedding. Was he thinking 'I'll make this wine but if you drink it you'll burn in hell'. I don't think so. I bet he had a glass or two with everyone there. Guess me and Christ are sinners according to Bobby Barns since he is doing Gods job of passing judgement.
I will stand with Christ.
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Sorry, my mistake. I hadn't read the full Article, when I made that Post, I only read the Headline. I skimmed over the Article after you made your Post and I then saw the part about Benton County and Camden, which answered my question.
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Geeezzzzz, don't crucify me, I'm in a bit of a hurry, OK?
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I would much rather someone have be responsible if they want a glass of wine and if they aren't responsible get pulled over locally than meet my family and i on a two lane road going 55~65 mph where typically there are no law enforcement
And i am a strong Christian and liquor is not a sin if it is not done in excess and many churches have it in their covenants because of that.
Other towns have gone through the same ol arguments and i assure those towns didnt go to hell or come unglued
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In a hurry to do what? Get to your next post on Topix? You really are ignorant!!!
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Well Heck, I don't remember! I think I made that post two days ago. Unlike most of you, when I finish something, I move on and forget about it unless something or somebody reminds me of it, again, like you just did!
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#11 Oct 8, 2012
I have observed that almost every letter to the editor against package stores the person is connected FHU.
#12 Oct 8, 2012
How many deaths from drunk drivers are the taxes worth?
booze kills more people then all other dope combined.
If you drink you are as much a dope-head as a heroin user.
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What's "FHU" the initials for?
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That is just a backward, ignorant statement! Lots of people drink alcohol and never or very seldom even get "tipsy", much less drunk. If you got out of the South, you would know that!
#15 Oct 8, 2012
You must be a dope-head to using legal dope! You sicko addicts sicken me when you justify drunk drivers by support drinking. We need to treat drunk driving as ATTEMPTED MURDER and have a 5 yr hard labor penalty for the FIRST OFFENSE of driving drunk and execute drunks that kill.
If a drunk ever kills one of my loved ones they will die before getting to a 2-bit, softy judge...JUSTICE RULES
#16 Oct 8, 2012
Lots of people are Muslims but thousands of them still murder in the name of "Allah"...your point??
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My Dear, you could not be more wrong. I've never even smoked a marijuana cigarette, nor smelled one , but once in my Life, much less anything else. Me, and my immediate Family are extremely Anti-Narcotics, of any kind.
But, I've not always lived in the South and when you get out of the South, it's considered polite manners, to offer a Guest an alcoholic drink when they enter your home...just like you see done on TV. It's only in the South that most of the "Drinkers" think they cannot stop drinking until they get drunk. Now, you should wonder if the attitude toward Drinking of People just like you, making such a Big Deal out of it, has actually caused this "have to drink until I get drunk" mentality and has made the problem much worse than it should be? It's well known that making something "taboo" is the best way to spark more interest in it and cause People to go overboard with it , when they get the chance to indulge in it, whatever it is...especially young People!
So, it's very possible that the attitude of People just like you has actually made the very Problem that you're trying to prevent, much worse! If you're doing it for Religious reasons, think about this...Jesus drank Wine at the Last Supper, supposedly. It couldn't have been Grape Juice because they didn't have any refrigeration back then and even Grape Juice would have fermented from the heat and become alcoholic! So, if they drank anything but water, and it pictured as a dark-colored Liquid and written about as either Grape Juice or Wine, depending on the Religion. Well, it had to be Wine for the reason that I previously stated. Bad wine probably, but fermented, alcoholic Wine nonetheless!
#18 Oct 9, 2012
that is the stupidest thing I have heard in a long time! Peaple are going to drink reguardless! Its legal! So why not buy liquor in our own county instead of one of the surrounding counties!
#19 Oct 15, 2012
YYyyeaaahhhpppPP!....and while yer at it, lift all the laws offa white light'n, too! That'll get rid of all the problems about taxes and drive'n drunk. Why, shucks, ya cain't even walk after a snort of that stuff!
#20 Oct 15, 2012
Really I agree with you I have a friend who lives in
a bigger town and he says you might live there 5
years and not even know your neighbors. Also he
said they don't try to keep up with your business
like they do here because they are to busy working
or enjoying their leisure time. Apparently they
have other hobbies besides Gossip like people do
here. It's really sad just how bored people are
here with their own lives to try to keep up
with others so much.
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Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is a very common infectious disease in cattle and causes the U.S. cattle industry to lose hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Currently, virus neutralization (VN) is the standard serological test for BVD virus (BVDV) infection. Other diagnostic tests, such as whole-virus immunoassay or fluorescent antibody assay, are also used. All of these tests are time consuming and require specialized tissue culture equipment. Consequently, these procedures are often impractical for screening a large number of samples. In this study, molecular biological techniques have been used to produce recombinant BVDV proteins. These recombinant proteins were incorporated into an immunoassay and compared with the standard VN test for the serodiagnosis of BVD in cattle. The results showed that the new immunoassay proved to be a simple, economic, and effective tool for diagnosis of BVD in large and small cattle herds.
Technical Abstract: Three recombinant (gp48, gp25, and p80) enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) have been developed for detection of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV). The use of BVDV gp48 or gp25 recombinant proteins in an ELISA has proved to be an effective tool for diagnosis of BVDV infection in large cattle herds. The recombinant p80 ELISA could be useful to differentiate among sera obtained from cattle vaccinated with killed vaccine, modified-live vaccine, or naturally infected. When a herd was vaccinated with killed virus vaccine and tested with p80 ELISA, the expected results would be minimal or negative. Any strong positive results would indicate that a source of natural infection must be present in the herd. By combining these recombinant ELISA results, one could not only diagnosis the BVDV infection, but also control and monitor BVD infection in the herd.


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/// What's Dell's Bidding Process Really About? (Clue: It's Not About Fixing Dell)
Earlier this week, Dell revealed in agonizing detail the arduous months-long process leading up to last month's $24.4 billion offer by CEO Michael Dell and the private equity firm Silver Lake Partner to take the company private. Friday's long-awaited proxy filing by the once mighty Texas computing giant leaves no miniscule step in the process undocumented, starting with the earliest suggestions of such a transaction last June by someone at Southeastern Asset Management, Dell's largest institutional shareholder, all the way to the preliminary offers made earlier this month by the private equity firm Blackstone and the well-known activist investor Carl Icahn. The special committee of Dell's board of directors, charged with overseeing the buyout process as well as the go-shop period that ended a week ago, has said that the interest drawn from Blackstone and from Icahn may turn out to be superior. But also buried within the 274-page filing are lots of clues that the bidding process has less to do with any concrete plans to turn around a deeply troubled tech company and more to do with making a few private equity firms look powerful and, of course, make money in the process. And, more to the point, not much yet has to do with what it will take to fix Dell and transform it to face the challenges of the new era of computing. In its document, the company outlined its troubles in detail via a variety of voices — including Dell's CFO — essentially describing a troubled company in a declining market. Instead, it's now solely about the art of the deal. That's no surprise. If consummated, a Dell buyout would be a huge private equity transaction, the biggest since 2007, and more than three times the size of the largest buyout deal of 2012 . Also no surprise: As the second largest private equity player according to research firm Private Equity International , Blackstone certainly has to appear to be making a move on Dell. But here's the hint that its offer — which is as yet only preliminary and nowhere near final — is being made in part for the sake of appearances. Blackstone requested — and Dell's special committee granted — that its transaction-related expenses be reimbursed, up to a limit of $25 million. In other words, Blackstone can make a bid for free and its managers will be able to argue to its limited partners that it took a plausible shot at Dell, even if it misses. Here's the relevant section from page 45 of the proxy: In connection with its submission of the Blackstone Proposal, the Blackstone consortium informed the Special Committee that it was not willing to proceed with its evaluation of the transaction contemplated by the Blackstone Proposal unless, prior to 5:00 p.m
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