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|Outer Rim Territories
|Arkanis Sector
|Tatoo System
|Orbital position
|Rotation period
|23 standard hours
|Orbital period
|304 local days
|Terrestrial (desert world)
|10,465 km
|Primary terrain
|Surface water
|Native fauna
|Jawas, Tusken Raiders, "Mole Creatures", Trooshti, Zybahhod Yenyoni, Dewbacks, Profoggs, Krayt Dragons, Banthas, Eopies, Rontos, etc.
|Behind the Scenes
|Star Wars
Tatooine is a desolate desert world and the innermost planet in the binary star system Tatoo, located in the Outer Rim Territories of the galaxy. A very ancient world, paleontological evidence suggest that Tatooine was once covered by vast oceans and had a much more humid climate. Today, however, the planet is very arid, and liquid water covers no more than 1% of its surface. Due to the harsh environment and the unbearable heat and brightness caused by the two suns, the planet's population is concentrated in a relatively mild area on the northern hemisphere. The equatorial region is believed to be completely uninhabited.
Despite its hostile climate, Tatooine is home to a great variety of native lifeforms, including four sapient rodentoid species: the Jawas, the Tusken Raiders, the Zybahhod Yenyoni and the so-called "Mole Creatures"; and a poorly-known insectoid race known as the Trooshti. Besides these native species, the planet is inhabited by Humans and many other species from all over the galaxy. Tatooine is one of the many worlds politically controlled by the Hutts. The planet is also notable for being home to one of the most feared figures of the galaxy: the evil sith lord Darth Vader.
In ancient times, Tatooine was a lush world inhabited by a technologically-advanced rodentoid race known as the Kumumgah. However, the planet was conquered by the hostile imperialist Rakata, who were later defeated and forced out by the native Kumungah. As a response, the Rakata used their impressive technology to bombard the planet, fusing the silicates of the soil into glass and evaporating the surface water. Through the eons, the glassy soil suffered erosion and became sand. The surviving Kumungah were divided into two extremely different species: the Jawas and the Tusken Raiders (also known as Ghorfas or Sandpeople). It is possible that the subterranean "mole creatures" are also descendants of the Kumungah.
Tatooine is thought to have been one of the oldest planets in known space and was composed of a molten core with a rocky mantle and silicate rock crust. Fossil records suggest Tatooine was once covered in large oceans, which dried up, leaving behind many pre-arid geological formations, including Beggar's Canyon, formed around 2,000,000 BBY, when Tatooine was lush. Other notable geological features included the Dune Sea, enormous sodium-rich desert, Mushroom Mesa, a vast formation of giant standing stones, and the Jundland Wastes, a rocky region. There was a settlers' saying that one's eyes burn out faster by staring straight and hard at sun-scorched flatlands than by looking directly at the suns.
Tatooine orbited two suns, Tatoo I and Tatoo II and was covered in deserts and rock formations, so the days were extremely arid and bright, especially during double noon. In fact, it was so brightly lit by the suns from space it could appear to be a star itself. This was the case for the people who discovered Tatooine as they first thought Tatooine was in fact a star until they approached and discovered that it was a desert planet. The planet circled the suns far enough to develop a stable, but very hot climate. Due to the extreme conditions, only a relatively mild region of its northern hemisphere was habitable, and less than 1% of the planet was covered in surface water. The average humidity level was 5.4%.
One of the many extraordinary features unique to Tatooine was the mysterious mists, which rose regularly from the ground where desert sands met cliffs and mesas. Various theories of this moisture's origin were disputed by meteorologists and geologists, like water suspended in sandstone veins beneath the sand and complex chemical reactions which made it rise when the ground cooled, then fall underground again with the double sunrise.
Tatooine's harsh arid climate caused Humans to show signs of accelerated aging.
The atmosphere could not have had helium, as it would have killed any mynocks that lived there.


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The OCTA is based on a multi-source approach, including law enforcement and non-law enforcement contributions. These include various European agencies as well as the private sector. A specific emphasis is put on elaborating the benefits of an intensified public-private partnership. The OCTA helps to close the gap between strategic findings and operational activities. The OCTA helps to identify the highest priorities, which will then be effectively tackled with the appropriate law enforcement instruments. The OCTA suggests strategic priorities, but it needs to be realised that the OCTA itself is not detailed enough to pinpoint specific criminal investigations.

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As soon as this waste management problem came knocking on our door, we knew that something had to be done.
While we were trying to solve this problem, studies showed that sorting from the source would result in a recycling process that would be more efficient. (Coming back to Lebanon), many attempts on initiating an at home recycling program were made by Sukleen. The company proposed to distribute recycling bins and trash bags every month to every household to then collect the bags frequently, but these attempts were unsuccessful due to the unresponsiveness of the Lebanese people. In Europe and the United States, many countries do have a "from the source" recycling program; however, using four regular trash bins was proved to be inefficient as well due to the fact that a negligible percentage of trash was being recycled properly, and the rest of the population does not care to recycle, thus perishes all efforts done by people who do sort. Trash bins that are misused in public places and the amount of money spent by governments in order to control the recycling program transform it to even more of a problem.
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This project has been initiated at the American University of Beirut by us as a final year project, it took almost a year to built the first prototype due to engineering complexity. As for accuracy, tests showed an error of 5 to 10 by weight of the trash tested. In addition, it won Darwazah Innovation Contest at the American University of Beirut and a finalist candidate for another awards.


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Hi I am Chloe, the same user. First, thank you for your answer but I did not delete the questions... The strange thing is that 2 of the form (dated of 17 december) are complete...
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FAR Limited and its Senegal joint venture partners have executed contracts for the use of the Ocean Rig Athena drillship for a drilling program in FAR's highly prospective offshore Senegal Blocks starting in the coming weeks. The Ocean Rig Athena is under long term contract with ConocoPhillips and the ConocoPhillips drilling organisation will play a key role in project managing the drilling program.
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OSU Band Alumni Push to Reverse Director's Firing
About 30 protestors, some carrying signs, chanted as they entered the OSU administration building. Most of the marchers were women.
They wanted a meeting with OSU President Michael Drake. Standing in front of the president's office, band alumna Lori Cohen said the university's investigation does not tell the whole story.
"We find the report on which his dismissal was based to be sensationalized and a one-sided view of the organization and would like to contribute our views as women and former band members to the conversation," Cohen said.
Drake did not meet with the protesters. He fired Waters last week for "failing to eliminate" sexual harassment among band members and preventing its recurrence. The university says it had a "duty to act" in the wake of the allegations. Title 9 of federal education law prohibits sexual harassment and the tolerance of what's called a "hostile environment."
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Chad Stemm plays trombone in the alumni band. He says past incidents of sexual harassment were properly handled.
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We welcome the Saints to our Training Centre for a Barclays Under-18 Premier League clash as a busy period of fixtures gets underway in earnest.
With our FA Youth Cup third round tie against Rotherham United fast approaching, plus the annual IMG Cup in Florida to come before Christmas, Under-18s Coach Kieran says our clash with Southampton represents an ideal platform for the players to show what they can do, with places in the team for the forthcoming cup matches very much up for grabs.
"We're coming into a busy spell now where we've got league games, the FA Youth Cup in under two weeks' time and the IMG Cup out in Florida where we'll be looking to retain the title which we won last year, so the boys will be looking to put on a good performance on Saturday – as a group, but also individually to stake a claim for some of the tournament games coming up," he said.
"Southampton will be a good test. We played them early in the season and performed really well down there in what was one of our better performances of the campaign, so we're looking forward to hosting them on Saturday.
"Some of our boys have been away with England Under-17s this week so that opens up spots for some of the other players to come in and stake a claim. There's plenty to play for in terms of trying to get in the team, but of course every game is important at this level in terms of the players' careers so we're looking for good performances across the board against Southampton."
Kick-off on Saturday is at 11.30am. Follow us on Twitter @SpursOfficial for live updates.
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Mauricio Pochettino says the challenge is to keep playing well as we prepare for our fourth consecutive Sunday home game against Southampton (March 19).
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[tc-list] Re: [b-aramaic] Lamsa Version
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>Lamsa does not deny the deity ofThe venomous anti-cult christians made this false charge against Lamsa
>christ. Can you show me in his works where this is evident?
long ago. They simply have not done their homework. I quote Lamsa:
The main object of John's teaching was
to prove the divinity of Christ. This is
the reason that he started his Gospel:
"The Word [meaning Christ] was in the
beginning and that very Word was with
God, and God was that Word.
(New Testament Origin; George M. Lamsa; 1947; p. 72)
>>From: James Trimm <jstrimm@...>
>>Reply-To: b-aramaic@...
>>To: b-aramaic@...
>>Subject: [b-aramaic] [tc-list] Lamsa Version
>>Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 17:33:43 -0600 (CST)
>> >>The Peshitta translation was made in the fourth century A.D.
>>Of course I strongly disagree with that statement as anyone who has read my
>>book THE SEMITIC ORIGIN OF THE NEW TESTAMENT knows.
>> >>for Christians in the Middle East, especially in Mesopotamia.
>> >>Syriac is one of the Semitic languages (along with Akkadian,
>> >>Arabic, Hebrew, Phoenician, Aramaic, Ethiopic and others),
>> >>and is a later development of Aramaic, one of the languages
>> >>spoken by Jesus and the disciples in the first century (Syriac
>> >>is related to Aramaic as our 20th century American English
>> >>is a development of 17th century Shakespearean English).
>> >>Central to the alleged value of the Lamsa version is the
>> >>assertion that the Syriac text on which it is based virtually
>> >>reproduces the exact original words of Jesus as He would
>> >>have spoken them in Aramaic.
>> >>
>> >>While it is true that occasionally the rendering of the
>> >>Peshitta helps us understand more clearly the force and
>> >>meaning of passages in the NT, it is a "stretch" to affirm that
>> >>the Peshitta is closer to the "real" words of Jesus that the
>> >>inspired Greek text of the NT.
>>Of course I strongly disagree with that statement as anyone who has read my
>>book THE SEMITIC ORIGIN OF THE NEW TESTAMENT knows.
>> >> It should be pointed out that
>> >>Lamsa, in general harmony with the Syrian Orthodox
>> >>Church, holds to the virtual inspiration and infallibility of the
>> >>Peshitta translation, akin to the Greek Orthodox Church's
>> >>"canonization" of the Septuagint Greek version of the Old
>> >>Testament, the Roman Catholic Church's claims of
>> >>infallibility for Jerome's Latin Vulgate translation, and the
>> >>modern KJVO movement's claims of infallibility for that
>> >>version.
>> >>
>> >>Lamsa himself was long-associated with Victor Paul
>> >>Wierwille, the late founder of "The Way, International," an
>> >>Ohio-centered cult which is Arian in doctrine (like the
>> >>Jehovah's Witnesses, the Way denies the deity of Christ). I
>> >>have seen reports that it was Lamsa who influenced
>> >>Wierwille to adopt Arianism.
>> >>
>> >>As a translation of the Peshitta into English, the Lamsa
>> >>version leaves a great deal to be desired.
>>But this is very true.
>> >> The rendering is
>> >>often inaccurate, and inconsistent, and should not be trusted
>> >>implicitly by the English reader as though it faithfully
>> >>reproduces in English the Peshitta, though it is correct at I
>> >>John 5:7, which is absent from the Peshitta and from
>> >>Lamsa's version; at I Timothy 3:16 the Peshitta follows a
>> >>Greek reading at odds with the textus receptus and so does
>> >>Lamsa's translation. In contrast, Lamsa strangely inserts
>> >>Acts 8:37 in his translation, though that verse is not found in
>> >>the Peshitta. He blundered badly at John 1:18, giving "the
>> >>first-born of God," where the Syriac has "the unique one,
>> >>God." A bargeful of such examples could be given.
>> >>
>> >>The Peshitta and the Greek text it was based on are of
>> >>interest in the area of New Testament textual criticism (the
>> >>Peshitta is reported to be generally, but not always, in
>> >>agreement with the Byzantine text, with some very notable
>> >>departures). However, since most English readers will
>> >>never learn Syriac, some other access, even if indirect, to
>> >>the Peshitta must be found, namely through an English
>> >>translation of the Peshitta. Unfortunately, Lamsa's version
>> >>falls far short of the necessary level of reliability. In my
>> >>experience, I have learned that it is never safe to rely on
>> >>Lamsa's version for the reading of the text of the Peshitta
>> >>without also checking the Syriac directly.
>> >>
>> >>Lamsa's version is not the only English translation of the
>> >>Syriac New Testament. In the19th century, a John Murdoch
>> >>made an English translation of the Peshitta New Testament,
>> >>the 6th edition being published in Boston and London in
>> >>1893 (see Bruce M. Metzger, THE EARLY VERSIONS OF
>> >>THE NEW TESTAMENT. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977,
>> >>p. 52, n. 1). I have not seen this version, but it cannot help
>> >>but be more accurate than that of Lamsa.
>> >>---Doug Kutilek
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Ron Minton
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Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) was a Scottish general and military dictator, serving as President-for-Life of Scotland from 1976 until his ouster in the 1997 Scottish Conflict. Prior to the Presidency, he was an infantry captain who fought and was wounded twice in the Yorkshire Wars, and later rose in the ranks of the Scottish Royal Army in the 1960's, becoming a Colonel in 1970 during the Scottish Civil War. With the "Loyal Nine," Connery became the face of the military junta that ruled Scotland for twenty years, being given the rank of General in 1976 shortly before the coup d'etat so that he would not be outranked.
In power, Connery regularly executed his political enemies, is regarded as responsible for the stagnation and poverty in Scotland, especially the acute famines in 1993 and 1994, took foreign nationals hostage to extort political favors from the great powers, and was believed to have been involved in both international arms, human and drug trafficking. After being identified as one of the world's "three rogue states" in 1996 by both President John Burwin and his challenger, Mitt Romney, Connery was ousted after taking seven Americans and twenty Englishmen hostage in 1997 and then launching rocket attacks against cities in Northern England in defiance. During the Scottish Conflict, military officers in Scotland rebelled against Connery and seized him at his palace in Edinburgh before turning him over to English military officers, including future Prime Minister John Lennon.


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Cost is the principal reason lasers could be a highly attractive alternative to fiber for backhaul and remote areas. Fiber is expensive to lay, and often the rural nature of the application means that there aren't enough customers to pay it.
Campbell, California-based AOptix reckons it's got an alternative to fiber with a hybrid laser and Millimeter spectrum setup.
What is it?
Laser-delivered Internet utilizes a combination of optics, along with Millimeter-wave radio frequencies.
The combination of the two carriers should theoretically offset issues with disruption due to inclement weather—fog can disrupt laser, for example, and rain can affect Millimeter.
Algorithms are used to combine output from the two technologies. The redundancy thus provides reliability, according to AOptix, the company that is developing the technology.
The technology
Wireless hops can be up to 10 kilometers with COR, or Composite Optical RF, and multiple hops can be strung together in a repeater fashion.
Speeds are two gigabits per second, according to Tom Simonite, who recently wrote about the technology in MIT's Technology Review.
Simonite also says that three major un-identified U.S. Internet carriers are trialing the technology.
Backhaul and Last mile
It's not just the money, though. Even fiber roll-outs in cities can be problematic with bureaucracy and neighborhood-level NIMBY-ism slowing projects, according to AOptix.
It says its product is faster to roll out.
In addition, classic microwave radio spectrum can be difficult to use because of interference and congestion.
Competition for suitable frequencies can be fierce. Many frequencies just aren't available—they've been auctioned off to licensees for mobile networks.
I've recently written about unused spectrum between television channels potentially taking up some of the Last mile slack too, in "TV's white space re-purposing for Internet is rolling."
Financial markets
Along with mobile backhaul, fiber extension, Last mile, and path diversity—where Internet is taken along multiple routes to provide hardening—the developer reckons financial markets are a good use for this tech.
Financial markets come into play because COR is conceivably faster point-to-point than fiber. AOptix says that its transport solution for financial markets can transmit data 50% faster than fiber, partly because it can shorten the path between sending and receiving points.
Low latency is important for trading, where microseconds affect prices.
AOptix has been working for some time with a company called Anova Technologies to provide the financial system path architecture.
Ad hoc is another possible use for laser. Internet capacity can conceivably be deployed by first responders using COWs, or Cellular On Wheels, a mobile platform used to provide communications and connectivity during disasters.
AOptix says that a Mexican backhaul Internet provider called Car-sa has deployed its laser-based Internet connection and will be actively using laser links in the future to provide backhaul to mobile network operators, communications service providers, and big companies in Mexico.
Simonite, in his article, says COR is also being used to help build out Internet in Nigeria. Nigeria was recently hooked up to a new Internet pipe from Europe.
So, if this technology can be made to work well over the long haul, and that means through harsh winters and wind, which can rock masts and affect aim, we may be seeing another delivery mechanism to add to our arsenal.


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I have run thirteen marathons so far in my life and each was an amazing experience in itself. However, none of the marathons I have run compares with the experience of running my first one. It was one of those events in life you never forget. I would like to share with you that experience and the life lessons I learned from it.
Many years ago I made a list of things I wanted to accomplish sometime in my life. On my list were things like traveling around the world, getting a pilot's license, running a marathon, and visiting the pyramids of Egypt. I put the list away and promptly forgot about it.
A few years ago my wife found my list and was surprised to know that I had a desire to run a marathon. She stole my goal, trained for it and ran a marathon. I was totally amazed that she actually did it. In fact, I was so impressed I said to myself, if she can do it, so can I. And I did.
Running a marathon is no small thing. A marathon is 26.2 miles long or about 44,500 steps. To get a grasp of how far that distance really is, I suggest the next time you take a drive in your car to set your trip meter. Watch the miles tick off and when you get to 26.2 miles think about running that distance. Again, it is no small task.
Running a marathon is a unique experience. It is the only sports competition that I am aware of where the greenest beginner can rub shoulders with and compete with the elite athletes of the world. You don't find that in football, or basketball, or golf or any other sport. But in a marathon, I was running with the Kenyans!
To train properly for a marathon you must begin nearly a year in advance. When I began my training I couldn't run two miles. But week after week, month after month, with the training and guidance from my sweet wife, we gradually built up our miles. This means running 2 or 3 miles a day for four days a week, resting on Fridays and then running a longer run on Saturday mornings.
The Saturday morning training runs get longer and longer. Our final Saturday training run before the marathon was 24 miles long. On that training run we started at 5:00 a.m. It was pitch dark. On just that run we encountered many deer, a fox, a skunk, a mother raccoon and her babies, 2 owls, a rabbit and a snake. So after many such training runs totaling over 800 miles and wearing out a $75 pair of running shoes, we were ready for the St. George, Utah marathon.
We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon. –Emil Zatopek
I love that quote because it is so true. Running a marathon is truly a remarkable experience. I would like to give you a small taste of what that experience was like for me. This is taken from my personal journal.
My First Marathon Experience – from my journal dated October 1, 1999
What an awesome day! Lisa and I just ran the St. George Marathon. It went great. We got up this morning at 4:00 a.m., ate breakfast and then I shaved and took a shower. We got our running gear on and went out the door at 5:00 a.m. We walked to the busses at the park. It was still very dark. We boarded our bus and rode up to the beginning of the race.
The bus ride up was long and bumpy and by the time we got to the top I really needed to use the restroom. Luckily they had tons of porta-potties and I was able to go. That was a huge relief!
When they dropped us off it was pretty cold and we were wearing our sweats. There were huge lights lighting the whole area. Thousands of people were there to run the race. They had loud motivating music playing. It was an exciting atmosphere with everyone visiting and talking about the race. It was awesome!
To keep people warm they had lit a large number of campfires and for a while Lisa and I kept warm that way. But Mother Nature was not to leave me alone and before long I needed to go again. Now the lines at the porta-potties were very long. Since this time was not "big business," I just went off into the bushes to go. I found myself surrounded (in the dark) by many other men and women runners doing the same thing. It was pretty weird. This was something I would never in my life imagine me doing and yet there I was sharing a moment of relief with a bunch of other fellow runners.
Well, before long it was near the time for the race to start. We took off our sweats bottoms and put them in a collection bag provided to us so we could get them back later. We met up with some friends who wanted to run with us. There was so much noise that we could hardly hear the starting gun go off, but it did. Soon we were off and running. It was still dark.
The others who were going to run with us were soon lost in the sea of runners except for Marilyn. I have to admit that I was a little bugged at first that she was running with us because I felt she was horning in on Lisa's and my run. But her constant talking and conversation turned out to be a blessing as the miles ticked by much quicker than I had anticipated they would. She was a real blessing in disguise. She was also very spunky and pushed us enough to get us to do better than we had ever done before.
It was awe-inspiring as it got lighter to see the thousands of runners along the road like a big long snake in front of us and behind us for as far as we could see.
The water stops were every two miles and at each one I usually took one cup of Gatorade and one cup of water and mixed the two and drank it. At some water stops I took bananas to eat. They were cut up into small pieces. At two of the stops I took some of that goo stuff to eat. I think it all helped.
What an incredible experience – the whole thing from start to finish. The miles ticked off one by one. Veyo hill came and went. Then the long, gradual hill. At the top of it I wasn't doing so well. I was getting tired and queasy in the stomach. I had a strong urge to walk. Finally after what seemed like an eternity of uphill we came to long downhills. We needed that. It was great to see down into the valley where St. George was.
Along the way there were small groups of people cheering us on. There was a helicopter flying low filming us along with a ground camera crew on four-wheelers. We tried to look good for the cameras.
Marilyn told us about her previous marriage and her family and her new marriage and her job. My, could she talk! It was interesting and kept our attention off our misery and pain and helped us pass the time.
At mile marker 16 we came to the road that goes to Snow Canyon. There were many people there cheering us on and giving us high-fives. Boy did that give me a boost.
On we went mile after mile. One of my biggest worries was my lower left leg. I had had so many problems on my training runs with my calf, my knee and my foot. Luckily my prayers were answered and I had no serious problems.
Finally we rounded the bend where you could see the city. Now there were more people cheering us on. It was great! At mile 23 Marilyn took off ahead of us. Lisa and I were slowing down. We did a lot of walking those two miles. Finally we rounded the corner to the final stretch. By this time both of my knees were starting to really hurt. We really had to push ourselves now even with the finish line in sight.
We were now at the final stretch. We were in what they call the chute where the street is lined with crowds of people on both sides. They were cheering us on. It gave us both such a boost of energy and we stepped up our pace. Then we came to the bleachers and saw our four little children cheering us on. With a burst of energy we sprinted for the finish, holding hands as we crossed it. Then we kissed each other. Wow! What a great feeling to cross that finish line! How can you possibly describe it?
As we walked on through they put the finisher medal around each of our necks. We really earned them. And our time? Well, we told ourselves long ago we would be happy with anything between 4 ½ to 5 hours. Based on our training runs I was expecting closer to 5 hours. Well, we came in at 4 hours 29 minutes and 20 seconds. Wow, even better than we had expected. Everything went so well.
13 Life Lessons from Running My First Marathon
I hope that gives you some idea of what it was like. For the full effect you're going to have to run a marathon yourself. Now, let me share with you 13 lessons I learned from that remarkable experience.
1. Anyone can run a marathon. I used to have a picture in my mind of what a marathon runner looked like – a wafer thin gazelle-type person from Kenya. After running my first marathon that image changed dramatically. I was amazed at the variety of people running the race. I realized that size doesn't matter. A friend I trained with was nearly twice my weight and would consume what seemed like a gallon of Gatorade at each water stop and yet he was a much faster runner than I was. Age doesn't matter. I can't tell you how many old ladies passed me during that first marathon. Young, old, large, small, thin, wide, you name it, they were all running a marathon. It was amazing.
2. Coming in first doesn't matter. Finishing does. In a marathon, everyone that crosses the finish line is a winner and receives a medal. That's good because I certainly am not a fast runner. Just making it to the end is a major accomplishment. I think life is like that. To be successful you don't have to have the most or be the best or the fastest – just make it gracefully to the end.
3. Make it through the trial mile. My wife and I have come to learn that the first mile of each training run was always the trial mile. It was the mile you had to get through before your heart and body warmed up and got into its rhythm. Basically you feel lousy during that first mile. But if you can make it through it you always felt better during the following miles. Some people never make it through the "trial mile" of whatever endeavor they are pursuing. So hang in there, it gets better.
4. Don't skip the training. I have run marathons where I trained well and I have run marathons where I skimped on the training. You are so much better off when you properly train. The pain and misery and injuries that occur when you attempt something you haven't trained well for are not worth it. Do the proper training.
5. Cheering really works. We've all been to sporting events and yelled and cheered for our team. I never thought it helped much until I was on the receiving end during my first marathon. It was amazing how much it increased my energy and drive when people were cheering me on. We all need cheering from time to time in our lives.
6. We need friends. Good company makes any journey more pleasant.
7. Don't stop. Sometimes we have a tremendous urge to quit, to give up, to throw in the towel. Having the ability to overcome those urges and keep going makes all the difference in life.
8. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. When I first began training for a marathon I would start off running at a quick pace. I would do well for a mile or so and then run completely out of gas. My wife had to tell me I needed to slow down and take it easy. I had to pace myself. It wasn't easy at first but I soon learned I couldn't spend all I had during the first mile or I would never make it through the other 25.2 miles. In many other areas of life the same rule applies. Pace yourself.
9. You need a coach. I consider myself a fairly smart person and can figure out a lot of things on my own. But in looking back at my training for my first marathon, I can't imagine doing it without the help of my wife who had the experience of training for and running a marathon herself. It was so great to have her lead me and guide me literally every step of the way. Don't be too proud to let others show you the way.
10. The mind game matters. As much as we like to think that success in sports simply requires having a perfectly tuned and trained body, its much more than that. It is as much a mind game as a physical game. After all the physical preparation, much of your success has to do with what goes on in your head. And let me tell you, after 25 miles of running, some weird things can go on in there. It's a constant mental battle that must be fought to succeed.
11. We need mile markers. In life, as well as during a marathon, we need mile markers. During the St. George marathon every mile was marked by a large silver mylar balloon. You could see it coming up from quite a distance away. If you thought about the finish line, it was so far away and seemed impossible to reach. But if you thought about just making it to the next mile marker, that seemed doable. So the immediate goal was always to just make it to the next mile marker. When you passed each one you felt a sense of progress and accomplishment. Then you would set your sights on the next one. In life, we need short-term goals to help us reach our long-term goals.
12. The more you do something, the better you get at doing it. Sounds simple enough and it is. Think about the first time you did any hard thing such as playing the piano, typing at the computer, or driving a car. They were all difficult at first and yet, as time went on and you worked at it every day, it became easier, almost second nature. Just because something is hard at first doesn't mean you can't do it. It just means you haven't done it enough yet.
13. Be inspired by others. I had set a goal years ago to run a marathon. Nothing ever happened with it until I watched my wife Lisa do it. When I watched her come across that finish line I was completely amazed and inspired and decided right then that I would do it. And I did. Having a goal was nothing. Being inspired by a great woman was everything.
To conclude let me share with you one final lesson, the biggest lesson of all:
Life is like a marathon. You get out of it what you put into it.
Thank you.
Master Yourself, Master Your Life
Copyright © 2013 Gary N. Larson


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ALE reports that the company is expanding its marine services to provide full offshore barge transportation, including brokering, chartering and hire, as well as full turnkey marine operations.
As part of ALE's commitment to offering a full turnkey service in the marine and offshore sectors, barges will be provided from ALE's own fleet as well as in partnership with key suppliers.
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Zero slowly transferred into a dark room with a deep musty smell to it. He had been here before; this was the trans-server they had used to escape from the old laboratory. He had been given his mission, it was something he wanted and had to do at the same time.
Investigate the lab to find to discover my past.
He didn't know anything about his past and even know he had made a decision to help Ciel, the opportunity to learn more about his past was not something he was going to pass up. He wanted to know everything he could like why he was there, why he was sealed in there, and maybe the source of the strong feelings he felt that urged him forward even now.
Help me! The begging looks on that girl's face that seemed to echo for ages in the back of his mind. It had grabbed a deep memory in his heart that couldn't be forgotten nor remembered and took the strong feelings behind it and brought it to the present. That blinding passion that made him fights beyond everything and everyone.
For what reason? I can't remember? Was I always like this? No. It is something I learned. From Who? I can't remember.
He could feel he hadn't always been that way, he knew what it was like to fight mindlessly and just fight with strength alone. Zero couldn't recall the specific memories, but the lesson was something that even without the memory was still affecting him even now.
Zero? You all right?
Ciel's voice brought him back to reality as he walked into the room he fought the Golem in, the remains of the massive robot remained room were it had been destroyed. He walked by it and towards the hallway ahead into the large drop, which had allowed him to escape the first Golem from before.
"I'm alright, continuing mission."
He looked up the long shaft and looked towards the wall. He put his left hand up against and he felt the wall. The wall was pretty solid, even with light plant life growing on it. Zero jumped up towards the wall and then pushed off of it and flipped over in mid-air and push off the other wall of the shaft and repeated. He began to wall jump up the shaft, slowly and carefully till he got back into the hallway he had been in before. The hallway was in ruins and the passage ahead was blocked off do too the damage the golem had caused before. He had to find another way to the room he had first awoke in. He slowly went further down the hallway and began to search for a way to bypass the blocked area.
Unauthorized Transmission!
"Huh? The resistance taking an offensive? That's got to be a joke."
A red reploid sat at a thin touch panel with controls of the troop management for a data extraction mission. He at first seemed rather displeased by sitting they're just watching but was sprung to life by the appearance of a target and the information reflected it came from the resistance trans-server to boot.
"It still sucks I have to sit here and just order people around to do stuff... for that matter who the hell decided to give me this dumb objective anyway?"
He recalled a green reploid and fellow comrade, Harpuia handing it to him before quickly rushing off to do something. He normally would have passed it off to another one of his comrades, a blue reploid called Leviathan. She had the honor, however of already being on duty for an important mission already. He thought about trying to sneak it into Phantom's pile of work, but he knew Phantom could have his ass if he tried to pull that stunt; he was the master of stealth after all.
"Well at least it won't be as boring."
He pressed a button to active commutations to the forces and received an instant reply from the commanding officer.
Lord Fenrir, your orders?
"You got a resistance solider headed your way. Terminate him."
As you command.
He looked around for a moment and then sighed again. He was a still a bit mad; he would want to be the one fighting out there against everyone. He quickly dismissed the thought as he remembered the people he would be fighting.
"It isn't fun to beat on the weak."
He leaned back in is chair and stretched a bit as he was pretty much sure that was as much as he would need to do.
Zero any sighs of hostiles?
Ciel had reports that said there was targets but as Zero looked around it seemed like no one was home. The lab only had dust everywhere. He walked slowly through a room with many human sized tubes were, all of which had nothing in them and very dull do to the large collection of dust. He stopped for a moment and looked at one of the tubes. He couldn't help but feel something was wrong and that something was not right was this place made him feel uneasy. He was pretty sure that this place was also the place he was sealed at but he couldn't be sure. He slowly pushed away the dust from the glass tube. He looked into it and saw his own face in the reflection.
Is this how I looked before I was sealed away?
He closed his eyes for a moment and tired to think about the past, only to quickly open his eyes and put on his emotionless battle face...
The large fist of a robot broke through the glass tube Zero had been looking at only a fraction of a second ago. Zero jumped back a few steps and drew his buster. He then fired off a volley of buster fire at the robot. The machine raised it massive fist and deflected the volley off its huge armored hand. It looked identical to all the other versions, blue frame with a signal red eye. The design was starting to become too predictable. The machine charged forward at Zero and thruster its fist forward. Zero quickly dashed to the side and fired the buster at its side as it passed by, but it quickly adjusted its arm and swung, deflecting the buster shots once again.
Zero noticed how the machine had a better AI then the last models he had fought before but it still lacked something that made it challenge. What was it these machines lacked? He couldn't place his finger out it. He drew his Z-saber with his free hand and holstered his buster. The machine swung out for another punch at Zero. He responded by virtually laying across the ground, ducking completely under the punch with a stab attack. The beam went right through the machine sending a few bolts and its armor out the other side. The machine however still moved its attacking arm as if still trying to attack. Zero didn't let it have its chance. He dashed forward, coming up from his almost laying position and back flipping, making his saber create a half crescent as it came upward at the machine. The machine fell into ruins, the upper section spilt into two from the strike. Zero put his hand up to his helmet to turn on his commutation.
"This is Zero, hostile found and neutralized."
Roger that, continue with the mission.
Zero looked around as several red eyes began to appear in the shadows of the room, he could sense there were a lot of them and he didn't have time to be bothered with the destruction of them all.
"I don't have time for this."
Several of them charged forward at Zero, the first one Zero saw was side-stepped and cut horizontally form the side with a follow-up vertical swing to Zero's opposite side to cut another incoming fist in two. He looked at the others that would be coming.
"What the..."
Fenrir watched as several of his forces all began to go offline. The large trap of soldiers he had setup and all turned into ruin as several dots were disappearing all at once and there seemed to be no stop of the little red dot on the sensors. All the green dots on the screen were disappearing at an alarming rate, despite all this Fenrir just started to smile as if he was cheering on the red dot, his opposition.
"Well... there might be finally someone strong... very strong."
The concept of someone powerful he could fight seemed to get him very excited. He watched as the last green dot disappeared
"Well my little red dot... you better stay alive... for my sake."
He seemed rather happy and pleased with the idea of the resistance having some strength. He had been fighting on the winning side so long that it was getting boring with all the simple victories. He pressed the button on the commutations panel.
"Maha Ganeshariff, you got a resistance solider coming your way. He just took out all your support. You think you can take'em?"
The line was a bit of static but it was still clear but the heavy deep voice.
It shouldn't be a problem Lord Fenrir.
Zero didn't find the smaller bots much trouble at all; they only delayed him but never really managed to get any damage on him. They were effective in general military sense but with no mind of there own they were mere cannon fodder for someone of his skill.
How did I become this skilled? Was I designed this way?
The thought crossed his mind as he tried to think for a moment of his past but couldn't remember anything. He came into a large sewer filled room that looked familiar to him as the center of the room had several suspended cables like an advanced reploid stasis chamber.
"This room..."
He remembered it. It was the room he awoke in, the room where Ciel had awakened him. He slowly walked towards the center and found he wasn't alone. A large rounded robot stood in the center just staring at him. He was mainly green and had almost a circus-like appearance to him. His head was similar to that of an elephant and he over-sized arms and legs. There was nothing that appeared to be a weapon. He didn't seem to have any sort of weapons or attachments for combat.
No weapons? Something isn't right.
Zero walked towards the reploid and stopped about a few yards away from it and stared at it. They didn't say anything. Zero broke the silence first.
"Hand over the data from the chamber."
It was hard to see the reploids facial expression since he was so much taller and his face being animal like but the mouth seemly curled a bit, enough that Zero considered a smile.
"My name is Maha Ganeshariff and I will not hand over the data."
Zero expected as much as he drew his buster from his side and pointed it at the reploid. Maha just smiled a bit more as he took one huge step forward, the impact of his foot on the ground was enough to make everything shake it was so huge.
"The sad part is the data will be useless once I retire you. Such a pity."
Maha at that moment brought in his arms, legs, and head into his body and began to spin rapidly. Zero dived to the side as Maha hit the ground and launched forward at incredible speed as he almost ran over Zero on his first attempt. Zero spun his buster around in the wake of Maha's rolling attack and fired a few rounds but they bounced right off the armor. Maha made a complete turn and increased speed as he attempts to run him down again.
Too simple.
Zero rolled to the side and drew his Z-saber with his free hand as Maha was about to pass by again, and he swung one handed at Maha. The Z-saber hit Maha and bent around Maha's body as he pasted by again.
It bent?
He watched Maha carefully as he began to make another turn for another pass. Zero knew he wasn't going to make much progress as long as the buster and the saber didn't work. He had to figure something out. Maha however had stopped for the moment and his head popped out of the sphere of a body.
"My armor can't be damaged by a buster and the electro-magnetic barrier I create makes you're saber unable to even reach my body. You can't possibly win."
Zero didn't say anything as he fired a few rounds at the reploids head while he was talking but his head simply retreated into the body to avoid the attack. The time Maha to transform was just too fast to take advantage of.
How can he power an electro-magnetic barrier without an outside power source!
Zero looked a bit grim as Maha spun up again and rolled at him with his rolling attack again. The sheer mass and size would be enough to destroy even a tank with that type of attack. Ciel must have been watching him using the commutations link as a way to see what Zero was seeing cause she came on the commutations.
Zero, it's generating a barrier. The barrier will protect it from almost anything.
"Tell me something I don't know!"
Zero dived to the side again as Maha shot past him again and this time faster as Maha stepped up his attacks.
The barrier is created cause of the rotational moment by his spinning. That's the only possible way to maintain his barrier without an outside generator.
Zero understood what it meant. Maha barrier was up when he was spinning and then he can't create the barrier without the rotational motion. Maha spun around and was coming for another pass at Zero. Zero charged up his buster and grabbed his saber and got ready.
Clever, once he gets moving there is no stopping him.
Zero dashed over to the thickest wall he could find as Maha rolled after him. Zero jumped up at the last possible moment and slammed his Z-Saber into the wall as a peg. Maha crashed into the wall harshly sending dust, dirt, and large fragments of wall flying downward. Zero held onto the saber and planted his feet against the wall. He swung his buster downward towards Maha and waited only for a second to see Maha pop out his head to try and find if he had crushed Zero or not. Zero fired his charged shot right at its head. The blast dispersed across his head but the impact left some rather harsh facial damage as one of his eyes was broken and one the metal heavily melted.
"Good shot, but you can't..."
Zero pull out his saber and came down for a vertical slice attack. Maha rolled backward as the attack came down to just barely avoid Zero's attack. The sewer water and bit of the rubble were sent right towards Zero as he landed, blinding him. Zero covered his eyes and looked towards the ground to avoid getting any rubble in his eyes.
? What?
He saw a small green sphere at his feet with a blinking red light.
A bomb!
Zero attempted to jump away but didn't even get his feet off the ground as the explosion blasted him straight into the crater in the wall left by Maha a few moments ago. Maha was laughing from behind the smoke left behind from the bomb.
"Did you really think rolling was my only attack? Did you really think I'm that simple? You disappoint me. Lord Fenir seemed to have such high hopes for you."
Zero got back on his feet; a large chunk of his frontal armor was cracked and damaged. His arms seemed to have taken a good amount of the explosion as well as they gave a few sparks as Zero checked to make sure he still had his weapons and if they were functioning. The buster seemed to have had it's as the front section of it seemed completely ripped off. The saber was still glowing brightly in his left hand.
"Well you are well built for a century old reploid. Any normal reploid would be pieces from that explosion."
Zero didn't care about how well built he was. He was focused on finding a way to retire Maha, and with his buster down, the odds weren't looking very pretty. Zero heard the whine up of Maha's spinning attack and quickly dived as Maha burst through the smoke. He impacted the wall again, only enlarging his previous crater. Zero swung his saber for a horizontal slash at Maha, leaving a huge cut across Maha's body. He jumped up into the air and brought his saber down for a vertical attack. Maha's huge arm came out of his body at surprising speed and slammed Zero and his attack into the wall. Zero barely was able to get his saber in a defensive position as he was pinned against the wall, holding Maha massive hand back with the flat section of his saber. Maha's head came out and looked at Zero while attempting to squeeze him further into the wall.
"How can you keep fighting? You've barely caused any damage to me. All my core components are deep inside my protective shell. What hope do you have for winning? What will that achieve?"
Zero was busy holding Maha's hand back with his saber and barely able to hold his position. The wall cracked a bit, as he was forced deeper into the wall.
"What chance did you think you had?"
Zero just glared back at Maha as he finally spoke in response.
"I never thought of my chances."
Maha seemed a bit surprised that Zero finally decided to speak and in response he attempted to push on Zero some more, and the distance between Zero and the massive arm grew smaller.
"I was a given a mission and I'll terminate anyone and anything that gets in my way."
Zero twisted his saber causing all the force Maha had placed to slice his hand directly to side sending Maha forward as his arm went deep into the wall. Zero pushed off the wall and had his saber pointed directly at Maha's head. His head reacted to his body as Zero landed where his head would have been. Zero took his saber and stabbed it right where his head had been, sending the entire saber all the way to the handle into Maha's body. He pulled it out just as quickly and jumped away. Maha began to spark harshly as Maha began to make jerky movements as he turned around.
"I don't think I ever looked back at things I did."
Maha fell over with a huge crash, sending sewer water everywhere and causing the entire building to shake from his fall.
"I only look forward."
Zero turned back around and walked over to Maha's body. He got on the commutations while he lifted up his saber, almost ready to use it again.
"I'm retrieving the data."
He swung his blade several times in horizontal and vertical fashion causing a large section of Maha's armor to fall off and reveal his internal systems. Zero threw his hand deep inside the pile of circuitry, as several sparks came from different sections of remains. He felt what he was looking for, a huge box-like object. He pulled it out, ripping it harshly free from all the wires and circuit boards. He pulled it out and saw it was a type of black box. Ciel must have been watching again as she instantly came on over the radio.
That's the memory box, all-important data a reploid had should be stored in that container.
"Transfer me."
Zero raised his eyebrow in surprise. The escape pack he was given before the mission should have allowed them to transfer him back to the base regardless weather being at a Trans-server or not.
"Something wrong?"
The escape pack is no longer transmitting. Zero did it get damaged?
Zero looked at his right arm, where he had stored it. The little device was nothing more then a small discoloration in his armor now. It had been destroyed during the explosion before.
"Ya. I'll head back on to the trans-server."
Zero put his saber away and slowly began to walk back the way he came in. He heard several explosions and then the whole room light up with red and a loud howling alarm.
The building began to shake horribly and weak walls began to collapse. The building had become finally too unstable for its own weight.
"Ciel! What's happening?"
I'm sorry to interrupt.
Zero eyes went a wide as someone else had broken into there commutations line and he waited to hear Ciel but it seems she was being jammed.
I placed several explosives at key structural points. The building will collapse and bury this old place and you along with it.
The voice seemed straight and to the point and wasn't making any room to laugh or taunt about it. He was stating everything so plainly. Zero knew it had to have been done by someone far more skilled then Maha.
"Maha was a decoy."
Correct. He used far too much energy and had become long since become impractical. We can't afford to have such reploids hanging around in Neo Arcadia.
Zero broke into a run as he started to dash through the hallways as roofs began to fall downward and walls began to fall apart. The whole place was coming down and Zero had to escape. He at least was going to get some information on who attacked him.
"Who are you?"
I am Phantom, one of Master X's most trusted Guardians. I believe we might be seeing each other in the near future.
The commutation went dead as Phantom must have cut his end off. Zero jumped to the side to avoid another large fragment of the roof. The building was collapsing but the building wasn't collapsing that fast at all, almost if it had been design in case of failure to allow the maximum amount of time possible. Zero dashed around a corner to the pitfall that lead to the trans-server but as huge section of the roof fell in his path. He grabbed his saber and swung cutting it perfectly into two and clearing the path for his fall down the pit. He landed gracefully on both feet on the lowest floor as he heard crashing above and then quickly the light from above being cut off as the whole was covered with the collapsing building.
Zero, come in! ZERO!
"This is Zero, Mission Accomplished."
Zero, thank goodness you're all right.
He slowly made his way through the destroyed computer room and into the transfer room. He was a bit more concerned about what Phantom had said.
He knew I was going to make it out alive.
Zero wasn't sure if Phantom had intentionally let him lived or was simply trying to cover his mistakes. He stepped onto the trans-server with black box in hand and entered in the coordinates to the resistance base and the password as well. In the end, it didn't matter. If Phantom or anyone tried to get in the way, he would terminate them with extreme prejudice.
Phantom stood in a tree in the forest just outside building as he watched it fall into ruins at a rather slow pace. He didn't seem too pleased with the results as the building was taking its time to fall apart.
"The building took to long to collapse."
"You sure you aren't losing your touch?"
Phantom looked across to a large branch next to the one he was sitting on. Harpuia stood also watching carefully as it fell into ruins. They both didn't seem to please about the results of mission.
"So part of your objective was to destroy Maha as well?"
Harpuia questioned him carefully as he looked right at him. Phantom didn't make any attempt to hide his plans or intentions.
"That is the wish of Master X."
Harpuia didn't say anything as Phantom walked away from Harpuia and quickly disappearing in a beam of light as he transferred back to Neo Arcadia. Harpuia remained for a few moments as he closed his eyes and thought of what he just watched happen.
"Even willing to strike down our fellow Neo Arcadians?"
He shook his head and then disappeared in the same fashion as Phantom had, back to Neo Arcadia. The only thing left behind was only the smoke and ruins of their destruction.


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Last Month at the Federal Circuit - November 2011
Judges: Bryson, Linn (author), Reyna (dissenting)
[Appealed from: N.D. Ohio, Judge Zouhary]
In Bettcher Industries, Inc. v. Bunzl USA, Inc., Nos. 11-1038, -1046 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 3, 2011), the Federal Circuit affirmed the denial of JMOL or a new trial on the issue of anticipation, vacated the denial of a new trial on invalidity based on 35 U.S.C. § 315(c), and affirmed the denial of a new trial on the issue of infringement. The Court remanded for further proceedings. Bettcher Industries, Inc. ("Bettcher") is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 7,000,325 ("the '325 patent"), directed to a power-operated knife used in the meat packing and other commercial food processing industries. Bettcher sued Bunzl Processor Distribution, LLC ("Bunzl") for infringement based on Bunzl's manufacture and sale of blades marketed as replacement blades for rotary knives manufactured and sold by Bettcher. Bunzl argued during trial that the '325 patent was invalid as anticipated, and moved for JMOL of invalidity after the close of evidence. The district court denied the motion. Bunzl renewed its motion for JMOL and brought an alternative motion for a new trial on invalidity. The district court denied the motions, and Bunzl appealed. After Bettcher had filed suit, Bunzl requested inter partes reexamination of the '325 patent before the PTO. The examiner declined to adopt the grounds of rejection proposed by Bunzl and issued a Right of Appeal Notice ("RAN"). Bettcher argued in the infringement litigation that Bunzl was estopped from asserting certain invalidity references under 35 U.S.C. § 315(c), because § 315 estoppel took effect as soon as the examiner issued the RAN. The district court agreed and granted Bettcher's request to exclude the references. In Bunzl's motion for a new trial, it included the exclusion of these references as a separate basis, and the district court denied the motion. Bettcher also moved for a new trial on the issue of infringement after the jury returned a verdict of noninfringement. The district court denied the motion, and Bettcher appealed. On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of JMOL of invalidity or a new trial on anticipation. The Federal Circuit found that the prior art blades did not inherently anticipate the claims, and that the jury was entitled to reject Bunzl's argument. "The speculative notion that by happenstance the [prior art parts] might, under hypothetical circumstances, be capable of operating [according to the claims] is an insufficient basis to mandate overturning the jury's verdict." Slip op. at 17. The Court thus affirmed the district court's denial of JMOL of invalidity.
The Court also affirmed the district court's denial of a new trial on the basis of improper claim construction or jury instructions. The Federal Circuit found that Bunzl's claim construction argument lacked merit, because the district court issued the Markman order premised on the express belief that claim construction was not disputed. The Court found that the district court did not abuse its discretion in holding that Bunzl could not add new claim construction theories on the eve of trial. With respect to the jury instructions, the Federal Circuit found that Bunzl's only argument regarding the language, "viewed by one of ordinary skill in the art," rested entirely on the incorrect premise that the claims were inherently anticipated. The Court found that Bunzl's argument that the "no difference" language excluded extraneous features did not demonstrate prejudice, because no such extraneous features were at issue in the case. The Federal Circuit next considered Bunzl's request for a new trial on the basis that the district court wrongly interpreted 35 U.S.C. § 315(c) in finding that its estoppel provision applied when the examiner issued the RAN. The Federal Circuit noted that the issue of when § 315 estoppel applies was a question of first impression. The Court stated that the party's arguments required it to decide the meaning of "finally determined" in § 315(c) in view of the language of the statute, the legislative framework, the related regulations, and the legislative history. The Federal Circuit found that while § 315 did not expressly define "finally determined," its content and context did. The Court concluded that "the estoppel provision of § 315 is triggered not when examination is completed but only after all appeal rights have been exhausted." Id. at 23. The Court found that the placement of the estoppel provision within the inter partes reexamination statute strongly suggested that "finally determined" refers to the stage of the proceedings when the events contemplated by the statute's other subsections have run their course. The other subsections state that the parties may appeal decisions to the Board and the Federal Circuit, and the Court found that this implied that estoppel requires exhaustion of all appeal rights, including appeals to the Federal Circuit. The Court noted that its interpretation was further supported because the other subsections refer to "final decisions" while subsection (c) refers to "final determinations," and that the appealable "decisions" of the other subsections thus do not themselves amount to "final determinations." Looking to other sections, the Federal Circuit found that under § 316, a determination of patentability occurs only after all appeals have terminated, and that § 317(b) applies only when reexamination and all appeals have terminated. Looking to the reexamination framework, the Federal Circuit found that because new grounds of rejection on appeal entitle applicants to continue prosecution before the examiner, reexamination is not final until all appeal rights are exhausted. The Court found unconvincing Bettcher's argument that the regulations discussing the RAN established it as a final determination, noting that the regulations do no address estoppel. The Court also found unpersuasive Bettcher's argument based on the purpose of "minimizing harassment," because the argument did not overcome the weight of evidence against Bettcher's proposed interpretation. The Federal Circuit vacated the denial of Bunzl's motion for new trial on invalidity based on references excluded under the district court's interpretation of § 315(c), and remanded it for the district court to determine whether a new trial was warranted. Finally, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Bettcher's motion for a new trial on infringement. The Court found that testimony by a patent lawyer who allegedly gave Bunzl an unwritten opinion on infringement did not warrant a new trial, because the testimony was relevant and admissible, at least with respect to Bunzl's state of mind and its bearing on indirect infringement. The Federal Circuit also gave no weight to Bettcher's argument that it was precluded from arguing its infringement theory, because it was undisputed that the accused blades did not infringe as sold. The Court thus concluded that Bettcher could not establish either intent or the absence of a substantial noninfringing use for the accused blades, and affirmed the district court's denial of a new trial on the issue of infringement. Judge Reyna dissented from the majority opinion with respect to anticipation of the '325 patent, stating that he would reverse the district court, enter JMOL of anticipation, and not reach the other issues presented on appeal. Judge Reyna stated that the plain meaning of the claim language reads on Bettcher's own prior art products, which include all of the structural features required by the claims, and which possess the capability of satisfying the functional or intended use limitations.
Summary authored by Amanda Joy Dittmar, Esq.