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T 0714/00 () of 6.8.2002
C08L 51/04
Decision text in EN (PDF, 927 KB)
Flame retardant thermoplastic composition containing an impact-resistant vinyl aromatic copolymer
ENICHEM S.p.A.
Teijin Chemicals Ltd.
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Admissibility of late requests - second auxiliary request (yes) - third auxiliary request (no)
I. Mention of the grant of European patent No. 0 574 054 in respect of European patent application No. 93 201 347.7 in the name of ENICHEM S.p.A., which had been filed on 11 May 1993 claiming an IT priority of 21 May 1992, was announced on 5 March 1997 on the basis of 20 claims, independent Claim 1 reading as follows:
"1. A flame-retardant, halogen-free, thermoplastic composition, classifiable under V0 rating according to the UL 94 V test, comprising: a halogen-free impact resistant vinyl aromatic copolymer, consisting of a vinyl aromatic monomer, an acrylic monomer and a rubber; a halogen-free aromatic polycarbonate, and red phosphorus"
Claims 2 to 20 were dependent on Claim 1.
II. Notice of Opposition requesting revocation of the patent in its entirety on the grounds of Art. 100(a) EPC was filed by Teijin Chemicals Ltd. on 1 December 1997.
The opposition was i.a. based on documents
D1: JP-A-48 85642 (partial translation),
D3: JP-A-61 192643 (partial translation),
D4: JP-A-4 106142 (partial translation),
D5: US-A-5 061 745, and
D6: JP-A-62 25179 (partial translation).
III. By its interlocutory decision orally announced on 18. May 2000 and issued in writing on 14 June 2000, the Opposition Division rejected the opposition and found that the patent as amended met the requirements of the EPC.
IV. The decision was based on a set of 15 claims of the then main request, Claim 1 reading as follows:
"1. A flame-retardant, halogen-free, thermoplastic composition, classifiable under V0 rating according to the UL 94 V test, comprising:
(A) from 70 to 5 parts by weight of an impact-resistant, halogen-free vinyl aromatic copolymer consisting of a vinyl aromatic monomer, an acrylic monomer and a rubber;
(B) from 30 to 95 parts by weight of a halogen-free aromatic polycarbonate;
(C) from 1 to 30 parts by weight, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the mixture of the two (A) + (B) resins, of a grafted polymer consisting of an elastomeric core having a glass transition temperature of the second order lower than 10 C and containing chains of vinyl aromatic monomers grafted thereon;
(D1) from 0.1 to 2.1 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of (A) + (B), of red phosphorus;
(D2) from 0 to 15 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of (A) + (B), of a phosphorus containing organic compound of the formula:
wherein R1, R2 and R3 are, independently from each other, an alkyl radical containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an aryl radical or an optionally alkyl substituted aryl radical containing from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and n represents 0 or 1;
(E) optionally, an anti-dripping agent."
Claims 2 to 15 of this request were dependent on Claim 1.
V. That decision essentially held that
(i) the subject-matter of Claim 1 did not extend beyond the content of the original disclosure in that
(i-1) the range of 1 to 30 parts by weight of grafted polymer component C was supported by Claim 17 and by the statement on page 6, lines 24 to 25 of the patent as granted, and
(i-2) the range of from 0.1 to 2.1 of parts by weight of red phosphorus (component D1) was fairly based, with respect to the lower limit of this range, on granted Claim 2 and, with respect to the upper limit, on the specifically exemplified value of 2.1 of worked Example 4; the generalisation of the latter value was admissible in view of the totality of the worked Examples which all achieved, without the use of halogen-containing flame retardants, the required V0 rating and also showed that an enhanced impact resistance could be achieved with low amounts of red phosphorus and independent from any specific combination of components A, B and C as well as independent from any specific amount of the organic phosphorus compound D2;
(ii) the claimed subject-matter was novel and
(iii) non-obvious over document D1, which differed from the claimed compositions by the absence of a grafted polymer component C, by the use of higher amounts of red phosphorus (component D1) and by the possible addition of halogen-containing flame retardants, because none of the further citations could, in combination with D1, suggest the solution of the existing technical problem, namely the provision of flame-retardant (i.e. V0 rating according to UL 94 V), impact-resistant thermoplastic compositions which were free of halogen:
(iii-1) D3 failed to teach the use of red phosphorus in the claimed amounts,
(iii-2) the compositions of D4 did not comprise polycarbonate, red phosphorus and an organic phosphorus compound in the required amounts,
(iii-3) the compositions of D5 did not comprise an impact resistant vinyl aromatic copolymer (component A) nor red phosphorus (component D1), and
(iii-4) the compositions of D6 did not comprise a flame retardant.
VI. On 11 July 2000 the Opponent (Appellant) lodged an appeal against the interlocutory decision of the Opposition Division and paid the appeal fee on the same day. The Statement of Grounds of Appeal was submitted on 13 September 2000.
VII. The Respondent (Proprietor of the patent) defended the opposed patent on the basis of a main and three auxiliary requests filed with the letter dated 20 June 2002 (main and first auxiliary request) and at the oral proceedings held on 6 August 2002 (second and third auxiliary request).
(i) Claim 1 of the main request differs from the version of Claim 1 underlying the decision under appeal (cf. point IV) by
- the replacement in the definition of component A of the term "an acrylic monomer" by "acrylonitrile", and
- by a minor rearrangement of the definition of component C as well as by addition of the underlined passage in the following quotation:
"(C) from 1 to 30 parts by weight ... of a grafted polymer consisting of an elastomeric core ... and grafted thereon chains of vinyl aromatic monomers and a methacrylate selected from methyl methacrylate and 1,3-butylene glycol dimethacrylate".
(ii) Claim 1 of the first auxiliary request differed from Claim 1 of this main request by the following changes in the ranges of amounts of the respective components:
- component A: "from 5 to 30 parts by weight",
- component B: "from 70 to 95 parts by weight",
- component C: "from 1 to 10 parts by weight", and
- component D2: "from 5 to 15 parts by weight".
(iii) Claim 1 of the second auxiliary request differs from the Claim 1 of the first auxiliary request by the restriction of the definition of component D2 to triphenylphosphate.
(iv) Claim 1 of the third auxiliary request differs from Claim 1 of the second auxiliary request by the further restriction of
- component A to "an impact-resistant, halogen-free vinyl aromatic copolymer consisting of 67.5 % by weight of styrene, 10.5. % by weight of polybutadiene rubber and 22. % by weight of acrylonitrile";
- component B to "a halogen-free aromatic polycarbonate consisting of Sinvet(R)(PC) polycarbonate"; and of
- component C to "a grafted polymer consisting of 60 % by weight of a core of polybutadiene rubber on which chains of styrene-methylmethacrylate copolymer (ratio 1:1) are grafted in an amount of 40%".
VIII. The arguments presented by the Appellant may be summarized as follows:
(i) Objections under Article 123 EPC
Claim 1, main request
(i-1) Apart from features of original Claims 2, 3 and 17. this claim comprised amended ranges of amounts of the red phosphorus component D1 ("0.1 to 2.1 parts by weight") and of the grafted polymer component C ("1 to 30 parts by weight").
(i-2) There was no support in the original application for the value of red phosphorus of 2.1. parts by weight because the only basis therefor in Example 4 of the patent specification did not lend itself to a generalisation to the quantitative and qualitative definitions of the further components of this claim.
(i-3) In particular, this generalisation was not in line with the criteria of T 201/83 (OJ EPO 1984, 481) in that this value was closely associated with the values of the other components of the composition as could be inferred from the statement on page 3, lines 24 to 28 of the patent specification: "The amounts of red phosphorus and, optionally, of the phosphorus containing organic compound ... are, generally, correlated with those of the polycarbonate (B), in that these amounts are inversely proportional to those of the polycarbonate. Generally, it is preferred that the quantities of the total phosphorus, given by the sum of the red phosphorus both in the free status and in the combined form, be not higher than 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the mixture of the two (A) and (B) resins."
(i-4) From that it followed, for example, that, differently from the situation of T 201/83, the choice of the concentration of one component (here D1) affected the concentration of the other component (here D2), since both had the same function of being a flame retardant.
(i-5) Furthermore, contrary to the situation of T 201/83, the red phosphorus value of 2.1 parts by weight lay in the middle of the exemplified values and did not, therefore, suggest itself as limiting value of an amended range of amounts.
(i-6) A further obstacle to a generalisation of the red phosphorus value of Example 4 was the importance for the properties of the resultant composition of the weight ratio acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) to polycarbonate (PC) of 30/70 of this example because a change of this ratio must have an impact on the amounts of the flame retardants D1 and D2 for the desired V0 flame retardancy.
(i-7) Moreover, contrary to the broad definition of the polymeric components A, B, C and D2 according to Claim 1, Example 4 made use of a specific combination of polymer components A (a specific ABS), B (a specific polycarbonate), C (a specific graft copolymer) and D2 (a specific organic phosphorus compound) and it was therefore not justified to transfer the amount of 2.1 of red phosphorus according to this example to the much broader definitions of Claim 1.
(i-8) The amendment of the value of red phosphorus to 2.1. parts by weight, thus, contravened Article 123(2) EPC.
(i-9) Likewise, the feature of the range of "1 to 30 parts by weight" of the grafted polymer component C in Claim 1 of the main request did not meet the requirements of Article 123(2) EPC because all worked examples used 5 parts by weight of component C, and because the patent in suit only referred to ranges "from 0 to 30 parts by weight" (page 6, line 24 and Claim 7) and "from 1 to 10 parts by weight" (page 6, line 24 and Claim 17). However, this objection was not further elaborated by the Appellant at the oral proceedings.
Claims 1, first and second auxiliary request
(i-10) Though, as compared with Claim 1 of the main request, these claims comprised considerably restricted ranges of amounts of components A, B, C and D2, the objections against the admissibility of the upper limit of 2.1 parts by weight of red phosphorus raised with regard to the main request remained essentially the same.
(ii) Admissibility of the third auxiliary request
In the Appellant's view, this request should not be admitted into the appeal proceedings because it was filed at a very late stage and was not clearly allowable: the chemical composition of the polycarbonate component B, which was identified in Claim 1 by reference only to the trademark SINVET(R), was unclear and could not be ascertained from the available evidence.
(iii) Objections under Article 54 EPC
In that respect the Appellant referred to its submissions of 1 December 1997 and 17 February 1999 before the first instance and maintained its assertion that the claimed subject-matter was anticipated by the disclosure of document D1.
(iv) Objections under Article 56 EPC
(iv-1) Since D1 only differed from the claimed subject-matter by the lack of a grafted polymer component C, the only problem that objectively could be formulated vis-à-vis this document was that referred to on page 3, lines 18 to 21 of the patent specification, i.e. an improvement of the weld strength. The problem which was considered by the decision under appeal ("to obtain a flame retardant and impact resistant thermoplastic composition having a V0 rating which is free of halogen") could not be accepted because there was no evidence of any improvement over D1 with respect to flame retardancy or impact resistance which was due to the addition of the grafted polymer component C.
(iv-2) The solution of the afore-mentioned technical problem by the addition of a grafted polymer component C was, however, obvious in the light of D6 which contained exactly this teaching.
(iv-3) Furthermore, the presence of an inventive step should also be denied for the subject-matter of Claim 1 of the main request on the basis of the test report attached to the Appellant's submission dated 16 March 2000 which showed that the required V0 value could not be obtained with compositions containing as the only flame retardant 0.15 % by weight of red phosphorus.
IX. The Respondent's arguments as presented in its written submissions dated 30 January 2001 and 20 June 2002 (in response to the Rapporteur's communication dated 5. April 2002) and at the oral proceedings may be summarised as follows:
(i) Objections under Article 123(2) EPC
Main request, first and second auxiliary requests
(i-1) The condition of decision T 201/83, namely that the generalisation of an individual experimental value was admissible provided that a skilled person could have readily recognised that it was not closely associated to the other features of the example, was met for the value of 2.1 parts by weight of red phosphorus according to Example 4 because
(i-1.1) the reference on page 3, lines 24 to 28 of the patent specification to a total amount of phosphorus of lower than 10 parts by weight only related to a preferred feature of the invention and not to a compulsory requirement, and
(i-1.2) because said decision did not, in fact, require that the components of the example from which the individual value was taken must have different functions.
(i-2) Furthermore, it could be concluded from the examples in the patent in suit that the amounts of the red phosphorus component D1 and of the organic phosphorus component D2 could be varied independently from one another. This was particularly clear from the influence of the amounts of the triphenyl phosphate on the Vicat and MFI values according to Examples 1 and 3 which both used the same amounts of red phosphorus.
(i-3) In spite of the variation of the amounts of red phosphorus, the same phenomenon was also apparent from Examples 7 to 10. These examples furthermore demonstrated an increase of the Izod values with decreasing amounts of red phosphorus.
(i-4) Since the specific polymeric components A, B and C as well as the specific organic phosphorus compound (triphenyl phosphate) used according to Example 4 were only representative examples of the broader definitions in the respective Claims 1, the discrepancy between the chemical species of Example 4 and the broader wording of these claims did not constitute an obstacle to the incorporation into Claim 1 of the value of 2.1 parts by weight of the amount of red phosphorus.
(i-5) Similarly, the amendment in Claim 1 of the main request of the range of component C to "1 to 30 parts by weight" was fully supported by the original specification, e.g. Claim 17 and page 6, line 24.
(i-6) Consequently, the Claims 1 of all requests met the requirements of Article 123(2) EPC.
This request should be considered admissible because it was clearly supported by the statements on page 7, lines 39 to 46 of the patent specification.
(iii) Article 54 EPC
The subject-matter of present Claim 1 was novel over D1 because the compositions of this document did not comprise a grafted polymer component C.
(iv) Article 56 EPC
(iv-1) The problem underlying the present subject-matter resided in the provision of compositions having improved flame resistance while maintaining good mechanical properties, and especially high impact strength, and avoiding the use of any halogen compound. This problem was solved by the use of specific amounts of red phosphorus, optionally together with a phosphorus compound, as well as by the presence of a component C which provided particular mechanical properties.
(iv-2) The worked examples of D1 (Examples 9 to 12 and 14. to 16) showed that ABS/polycarbonate blends could only achieve a SE0 rating in the presence of at least 4 % by weight of red phosphorus or, if less red phosphorus was used, in the additional presence of sufficient amounts of a halogen-containing flame retardant (cf. Example 6: 2 % red phosphorus plus 5 % of decachlorodiphenylcarbonate).
(iv-3) However, for a number of reasons (corrosion of metallic parts, development of toxic flue gas, substantial decrease of impact strength, elongation and aging resistance) the patent in suit (cf. page 2, lines 28 to 32) wanted to avoid the presence of halogen-containing flame retardants.
(iv-4) Document D6 did not lend itself to a combination with D1; but even if these documents could be combined the resulting product would be different in that, in the case of the presence of less than 4 % by weight of red phosphorus, it must also contain a halogen-containing flame retardant.
(iv-5) The Appellant's contention that an inventive step should be denied for the claimed subject-matter on the basis of its test report of 16 March 2000 which showed that the required V0 value could not be obtained with compositions only containing 0.15 % by weight of red phosphorus was, in the Respondent's view, not conclusive because its was sufficient under the EPC that the desired technical effect of a claimed invention was, substantially obtained over the whole claimed range.
X. The Appellant requested that the decision under appeal be set aside and that the European patent No. 574 054 be revoked.
The Respondent requested that the appeal be dismissed and that the patent be maintained on the basis of Claims 1 to 14 (main request) or Claims 1 to 13 (first auxiliary request), respectively filed on 21 June 2002, or Claims 1 to 12 (second auxiliary request) or Claims 1 to 4 (third auxiliary request), respectively submitted at the oral proceedings.
1. The appeal is admissible.
2. Admissibility of the requests
2.1. Since the EPC itself does not specify a time limit for the filing of amended claims in opposition proceedings, admitting such claims in appeal proceedings is at the discretion of the boards, taking account of all circumstances of the case.
2.2. The main request and the first auxiliary request had been filed with the Respondent's submission dated 20. June 2002 in response to the communication of the Rapporteur dated 5 April 2002 containing some advice as to the compliance with the requirements of Article 123(2) EPC of the version of Claim 1 underlying the decision under appeal.
According to normal practice of the boards of appeal, these new requests are admitted because they represent a bona fide attempt to overcome Article 123(2) EPC objections, had been filed more than one month prior to the oral proceedings, and thus helped to streamline the appeal proceedings (cf. Case Law of the Boards of Appeal, 4th edition 2001, page 549, lines 3 to 5 of Section 14.2.3).
2.3. The second auxiliary request was filed at the oral proceedings after it became clear to the Respondent that the higher ranking requests were considered by the Board to contravene Article 123(2) EPC. Since, under the circumstances, the admission of this request was not contested by the Appellant, since it merely involved a clear restriction in Claim 1 of the first auxiliary request of the meaning of component D2 and since it must be considered as a serious attempt to avoid revocation of the patent, this request was admitted for consideration.
2.4. The third auxiliary request was filed at an even later stage of the oral proceedings. While Claim 1 of this request comprises further clear and meaningful restrictions of some features, it also comprises a definition of component B by reference to the registered trademark SINVET(R). However, this trademark does not relate to a structurally well defined polycarbonate species but to a host of differently structured alternatives (cf. definition of formula (III) on page 4, line 51 to page 5, line 50 of the patent in suit) and is not suitable therefore to provide a precise definition of the structural constitution of this component which satisfies the clarity requirement of Article 84 EPC (cf. T 480/98 not published in the OJ EPO). In the circumstances, this request could not succeed. In view thereof and because of its very late submission the Board, in exercise of its discretion, decides not to admit the third auxiliary request into the appeal proceedings.
3. Article 123(2) EPC
3.1. This Article stipulates that a European patent application or a European patent may not be amended in such a way that it contains subject-matter which extends beyond the content of the application as filed.
3.2. In the present case the admissibility of the generalisation of the value of 2.1 parts by weight of red phosphorus according to Example 4 of the patent in suit (page 8, Table I; identical to Table I on page 9 of the printed application) and of its incorporation as upper limit of the weight range of the red phosphorus component D1 into Claim 1 of all valid requests is at stake.
3.3. Extracting an isolated feature from an originally disclosed combination and using it for delimiting claimed subject-matter can only be allowable under the concept of Article 123(2) EPC if that feature is not inextricably linked with further features of that combination.
3.4. In the case of an amendment of the definition of a lead alloy comprising calcium and magnesium in certain weight ranges the board allowed in decision T 201/83 the introduction into Claim 1 of a (higher) lower limit of calcium which had only been disclosed in combination with specific amounts of magnesium and tin. The board argued (Reasons 9, second and third sentences): "In view of the loose connection between particular calcium and magnesium contents with regard to the effect, the expert would treat them as features of design that could be separately considered. The same applies to the tin content, ...".
Consequently, the board allowed this amendment and held (Reasons 12, last sentence): "The Board holds the view that an amendment of a concentration range in a claim for a mixture, such as an alloy, is allowable on the basis of a particular value described in a specific example, provided the skilled man could have readily recognised this value as not so closely associated with the other features of the example as to determine the effect of that embodiment of the invention as a whole in a unique manner and to a significant degree."
3.5. The present Board essentially concurs with the above conclusion of T 201/83. The issue referred to in point 3.2. supra therefore depends on whether or not the value of 2.1 parts by weight of red phosphorus is so closely associated with the other features of Example 4 as to determine the properties of this embodiment as a whole to a significant degree.
3.6. An analysis of the experimental evidence contained in the patent in suit (identical to the information in the original application) reveals the following:
3.6.1. All examples of the patent in suit (Examples 1 to 10; page 7, line 39 to page 8, Table I) use the same chemical species, i.e.
- as component A: ABS consisting of 67.5 % by weight of styrene, 10.5 % by weight of polybutadiene rubber and 22 % by weight of acrylonitrile;
- as component B: SINVET(R)(PC) polycarbonate;
- as component C: PARALOID(R) EXL 2600 (grafted polymer consisting of 60 % by weight of a core of polybutadiene rubber on which chains of styrene-methylmethacrylate copolymer (ratio 1:1) are grafted in an amount of 40%;
- as component D1: red phosphorus AMGARD(R) CRP;
- as component D2: triphenyl phosphate (REOMOL(R) TPP).
3.6.2. It is apparent from Table I of the patent specification that the amounts of the various components, the polymeric components as well as the flame retardants D1 and D2, have a considerable impact on the UL 94 V retardancy, the Izod impact strength, the Vicat temperature and the MFI.
The following three groups of examples can be distinguished according to their ABS/PC weight ratio and the amount of total phosphorus (red phosphorus plus organic phosphorus) required to achieve a V0 rating according to UL 94 V:
FORMULA (Table)
It follows from the above grouping of the examples that the value of 2.1 parts by weight of red phosphorus of Example 4 does not apply to the whole range of the weight ratio (component A)/(component B) set out in Claim 1 of the main request because obviously this ratio is determining for the amount of red phosphorus (and total phosphorus) required to obtain the desired flame retardancy: the 2.1 parts by weight of red phosphorus used according to Example 4 would not be sufficient, according to these experiments, for the compositions of the afore-mentioned Group 1.
3.6.3. It is furthermore self-evident to the skilled person that the flame retardancy and the further properties of the compositions of Examples 1 to 10 are specific to the chemical species used (cf. point 3.6.1 supra) and would be different for many, probably the majority, of the other species comprised by the definitions of the components A, B, C and D2 of the main and the first auxiliary request (cf. Sections IV and VII supra).
Indeed, these definitions are relatively broad in that
(a) component A may comprise any vinyl aromatic monomer and any rubber and is not restricted to styrene and butadiene as used in the ABS of the examples,
(b) component B may comprise a wide variety of aromatic polycarbonates with different substitution and different linking groups of the aromatic nuclei (cf. page 4, line 51 to page 5, line 50 of the patent specification) and is not restricted to the use of the polymer (SINVET(R)) used in the worked examples,
(c) component C may comprise any elastomeric core having the specified glass transition temperature of < 10°C and any vinyl aromatic monomer and is not restricted to polybutadiene rubber and styrene; nor is it restricted to the presence of grafted chains of a styrene-methylmethacrylate copolymer, and
(d) component D2 may comprise many different organic phosphorus compounds ranging e.g. from trimethylphosphine oxide (n = 0; R1 = R2 = R3 = methyl;) to tris(C14-alkylphenyl)phosphate (n = 1; R1 = R2 = R3 = alkyl-substituted phenyl having 20 carbon atoms).
3.6.4. It is conspicuous that, unlike the situation underlying T 201/83 whose worked example made use of exactly the claimed matrix material (lead) and of exactly the claimed additives (magnesium, calcium), in the present case the matrix components (A, B, C) as well as the triphenylphosphate component (D2) of Example 4 represent narrow selections from the claimed matrix materials and from the claimed organic phosphorus component.
3.7. The above analysis leads to the following conclusions with regard to the respective requests:
3.7.1. Main request
Since the value of 2.1 parts by weight of red phosphorus of Example 4 is closely associated with the weight ratio ABS/PC and with the use of the specific components A, B, C and D2, it cannot be separated from the weight ratio of 30/70, nor from the use of these specific compounds. Its introduction into Claim 1 as upper limit of the red phosphorus range therefore extends the subject-matter of this claim beyond the content of the application as filed.
Since a request can only be considered as a whole, the non-allowability of Claim 1 causes the entire main request to be non-allowable.
3.7.2. First auxiliary request
While the restriction of the weight proportions of components A, B, C and D2 according to Claim 1 of this request eliminates the contravention of Article 123(2) EPC caused by the extension, as according to the main request, of the low red phosphorus amount of Example 4 to the Group 1 Examples 1 to 3 (which in fact require much higher red phosphorus amounts), the further contravention of this Article remains, namely that the transfer of this value to the much broader definitions of Claim 1 is inconsistent with the fact that the nature of the specifically used materials cannot be dissociated from the relevant properties (flame retardancy, Vicat temperature, Izod, MFI).
Consequently, Claim 1 of this request also infringes upon Article 123(2) EPC resulting in the non-allowability of the entire first auxiliary request.
3.7.3. Second auxiliary request
In spite of the restriction according to Claim 1 of this request of the meaning of component D2 to the exemplified organic phosphorus component triphenylphosphate, the problem associated with the broadening of the specific definitions of components A, B and C used according to Example 4 to the much wider definitions of Claim 1 remains the same (cf. previous paragraph). The subject-matter of this claim therefore also extends beyond the content of the application as filed.
Hence, this request does not meet the requirements of Article 123(2) EPC, either.
4. In the absence of any valid request which conforms with the requirements of Article 123(2) EPC, the patent cannot be maintained.
5. There is therefore no need to deal with the further arguments brought forward in this appeal.
2. The patent in suit is revoked.

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On reading the public statements by Komedia and its supporters we at TARA began to feel rather worried. Apparently they have discovered a conspiracy involving the police and local residents groups to tear a huge hole in the economic and cultural life of Bath by inviting the Licensing Committee to abolish Komedia. We had just started to have alarming visions of hundreds of vehicles turning away from Bath as the occupants learned that we would no longer be able to offer them the chance to see the "Ministry of Burlesques High Tease" or "Drags Aloud at the Movies" when we decided to go back and check what this committee was actually being asked to do.
Most residents, welcome a well run Cabaret venue in Bath. In particular we did welcome, with some reservations, the kind of establishment that was described when this venue applied for its initial licensing and permissions.
What we are asking now seems fairly modest. It is that in the light of reality, as documented by the police and experienced by residents, of how this venue has actually operated in using it's licensing permissions that this committee reviews the terms of the license and in particular considers whether the very late opening hours are appropriate.
It was particularly interesting, reading Komedia's submissions to the committee, to understand why these very late hours were so essential to delivering their contribution to the cultural life of the City. The explanation offered in their last submission appears to be that if they cannot offer very late drinking the Stag and Hen parties will take their pursuit of culture to other venues.


Bob Warner, Visiting Fellow, Development Policy Centre; and staff from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Governance for Growth.
The Governance for Growth (GfG) program in Vanuatu has been running for ten years, and is about to move into its third phase. Considered to be quite innovative when it was first implemented, the program has supported some significant economic policy and public finance reforms. It has also survived changes to the institutional arrangements for the delivery of Australian aid, and significant shifts in the political landscape in Vanuatu.
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Yousaf Butt on Re-setting US Diplomatic Approach Regarding Iran
Posted: May 17, 2013 | Author: Dan Joyner | Filed under: Nuclear |18 Comments
I mentioned this briefly at the end of my piece yesterday on special inspections, but I wanted to also bring it to the front. Friend of ACL Professor Yousaf Butt has just published an excellent piece on the need for re-setting the US diplomatic approach toward Iran, and the reasons for this need. I fully endorse the legal conclusions in this piece, and the prescription he gives for a path forward. This is sort of a macro-diagnosis of everything that's been wrong with the West's and the IAEA's efforts, both diplomatic and legal, with regard to Iran's nuclear program over the past decade and more, and how this mishandling of the situation has led us to where we are today. I highly recommend it to readers.
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Cyrus says:
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that the US is willing (nor able) to resent anything with respect to Iran and the EU aren't in any position to go against the US. So the situation wasn't really "mishandled" to become what it is today, rather it was a deliberate effort, intended to create a pretext with the nuclear issue to justify a policy of imposing regime-change in Iran, just as "WMDs in Iraq" was used as a pretext.
Peter Osborne recently wrote about this too:
"The answer is that a different agenda is at work, which we believe has little or nothing to do with Iran's non-existent nuclear weapons. The US and its European clients are driven by a different compulsion: the humiliation and eventual destruction of Iran's Islamic regime."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/10007603/Iran-how-the-West-missed-a-chance-to-make-peace-with-Tehran.html
And this also corresponds to former IAEA head ElBaradei's conclusions:
"They weren't interested in a compromise with the government in Tehran, but regime change – by any means necessary."
http://news.antiwar.com/2011/04/20/elbaradei-us-europe-werent-interested-in-compromise-with-iran/
And even Mark HIbbs had to acknowledge the "elephant in the room" of regime-change
(in the comments) http://hibbs.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/500/who-wants-diplomacy-on-iran
yousaf says:
Cyrus,
thanks — yes, I agree that there are elements in the USG (probably most of it, certainly almost all of congress) that don't want a solution: I referred to this in my piece via Ambassador Limbert's quote where he states that Obama has not even decided if he wants a deal with Iran. (Amb. Limbert was one of the hostages in Tehran in 1979-81).
I also referred to this sentiment as expressed in the legislative text of the sanctions — it's really not a supposition that needs to be debated at all: that the Congress wants regime change is written in black and white in legal text:
http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/are-sanctions-fatwa-iran-6363
What some investigative journalist could do is to look into which lobby wrote the text of those sanctions. As you know, much legislation is ghost-written by lobbies.
Who ghost-wrote the text of the Iran sanctions?
Oh, that's not much of a secret.
'As introduced, the amendment, which according to several Capitol Hill sources was drafted by AIPAC, actually went considerably further, deploying language that some senators argued could be interpreted as authorizing war against Iran.'
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/II29Ak01.html
thanks for that info. It would be great to have more confirmation about the real writers of the current set of sanctions (ie. 2010 onwards).
You are right it is a very nice article and informative.
As for the current position of US, both the WH and the Congress, all you have to do is watch the Senate Foreign Relations hearing that Sherman and Cohen participated this past Wedensday.
All both sides talk about is raising the pain in terms of more sanctions, and also the onus is on Iran to accept the P5+1 proposal. There is very little change, at least publicaly, for Obama's second term. Even if there was a change this Congress will not reset their position on IRI.
Watch how Mendez is reading from notes that he was given by someone with close ties with anti-Iran groups; it is ridiculous, Mr. Chairman can't form his on ideas! And at the end, he referred to Iran's current nuclear program as "Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program," tossing out the lastest NIE and Clapper's recent comments.
Amazing isn't? This is how the system *really* works
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/21/iran-mek-group-removed-us-terrorism-list
There are a couple of relevant posts over at LobeLog: one on Media problems with Iran coverage:
http://www.lobelog.com/framing-iran-media-coverage-echoes-some-iraq-problems/
Former UK-ambassador to the IAEA, Peter Jenkins, on Amb. Wendy Sherman's Testimony on Iran:
http://www.lobelog.com/on-ambassador-shermans-testimony-on-iran/
Listening, on 15 April, to the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on US policy towards Iran put me in mind of the inscription Dante imagined over the entrance to Hell: "Abandon hope all you who enter here".
For those interested in the preservation of the NPT, it may make sense to sense to start a petition to ask Mr. Amano to consider resignation, as I suggested here:
http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MH16Ak03.html
Don Bacon says:
Iran signing an Additional Protocol would be a capitulation to the West and it doesn't need to do that, nor should it. It is the West that should give in, not Iran.
Anyhow, the last thing the US wants is a "deal" on Iran. Just think what that would do to the tens of billions of dollars in foreign military sales to the Gulf petro-despots! The 'need' for twelve billion dollar aircraft carriers! Why, the only national 'enemy' the US would have left in the world is measly little North Korea. Slim pickins it would be, and not enough to sustain the obscene US military budget.
House Hearing: Preventing a Nuclear Iran
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/hearing-preventing-nuclear-iran
Unbelievable! I don't know why IRI even bothers going to these P5+1 meetings.
Congress should cut the crap and declare a war, judging from these comments.
Yes, see eg.: Former UK-ambassador to the IAEA, Peter Jenkins, on Amb. Wendy Sherman's Testimony on Iran: (posted above also )
We each see what we see, and what I see is a US administration moving on what they recognize is a hopeless course but they're doing it anyhow. The fact is that Iran has been harmed by sanctions but not in any way crippled by them. Their economy is flat, very similar to the Euro-zone economy, which has also been harmed by the sanctions. Iran is not isolated in the world, as Sherman claims. Nobody believes that, given Iran's ties with NAM China Russia & India, except the US which is deluding itself.
Sanctions have strengthened Iran's economy, weaning it off reliance on petroleum exports. This has been a case of "tough love" for Iran, forcing them to modernize and expand domestic industries and diversify exports as Iran has been weaned off of oil exports. A good thing, actually. Iran now exports gasoline and electricity, as well as natural gas and refined petroleum products.
Nick: There will be no intentional war with Iran.
First, the UN would have to be warned to remove all inspectors, as in Iraq.
All US warships would have to be removed from the Persian Gulf to positions at least 50 miles south in the Arabian Sea. They are sitting ducks for cruise missiles in the Gulf.
Ships are movable, land facilities are not. They are all soft targets for Iran's extensive arsenal of missiles.
— al-Minhad air base in Dubai, UAE
— Fifth Fleet HQ – Bahrain
— Kuwait, three bases, 15,000 US troops,, including a couple of brigade combat teams and a combat aviation brigade.
— Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, forward HQ of US Central Command
— Overall in the region there are reportedly 40,000 American servicemen ready for action.
And then there are other soft targets for Iran and its ally Hezbollah, in Iraq, Israel and Afghanistan.
Forget an attack. US/Israel threaten attack to take the focus off of the Israel rape of Palestine, and other reasons.
It may happen, even inadvertently: see the WaPo refer to Irans nuclear weapons program:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/05/20/iran-policy-reaches-day-of-reckoning/?print=1
feel free to write to their public editor: readers@washpost.com to correct
Gotta love that Jennifer Rubin.
But hey, Jen let's get original here —
"Iran policy reaches day of reckoning" ???
Jen, "Day of Reckoning" is so yesterday. From a quick google —
*Nov 24, 2009: Day of reckoning for Iran – New York Daily News
*Aug 20, 2010: Is Iran's Day Of Reckoning Within Sight? -Human Events
*Jul 3, 2011: Sen. Joe Lieberman Predicts 'Day Of Reckoning' For Iran
This is simply more proof that the U.S. is on the wrong road. " The seriousness of this can't be overstated" — to quote Rubin.
Bibi Jon says:
Even with all those sleight of hand mischaracterizations, it will not happen.
http://www.lobelog.com/nuclear-iran-unlikely-to-tilt-regional-power-balance-report/
The manufactured tensions carefully kept at tolerable levels, and the (by now ridiculous) number of war threats issued over the years to keep the public mind from wondering off the monotony, tells me the real purpose is to distract attention from something else, something that effects people a lot more, something much nearer that 8,000 miles away, e.g. the news that "Banks Win Big as Regulators Refuse to Rein in $700 Trillion Derivatives Market."
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10211
Evidently, France is the new WINEP:
http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/new-iran-penalties-must-be-decisive-france-says/
Maybe all that austerity is leading to lack of sufficient analysts to know what they are talking about?
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The U.S. Navy on Friday said it would deploy three additional coast patrol vessels to the Persian Gulf over the remainder of 2013 and then two more next year, raising the total in the area to 10, Defense News reported.
And from Military Times:
Five more coastal patrol ships are moving to Bahrain starting this summer. . .The shift will allow sailors to take their families with them to the Persian Gulf if they choose . . .the Navy will also relocate Coastal Patrol Squadron 1 headquarters along with a PC maintenance support team to Bahrain; those commands are currently at Little Creek.
http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20130510/NEWS/305100023/5-more-patrol-ships-heading-gulf
Imagine that, moving families, a headquarters detachment and a maintenance team to a potential war zone! I betcha Iran is scared of those families. — I want to see Yousaf (not me) play these yokels a game of poker. They can't even bluff well.
By the way, these coastal patrol vessels are lightly armed, with two 25mm cannons and some machine guns, they were launched between 1992 and 1994, and they were designed for a lifespan of roughly 15 years (five years ago). In 2010, the US Navy announced that it had found "significant structural" damage and corrosion in its fleet of patrol coastal vessels. They were recalled for overhaul.


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Aldemaro Romero Jr. is the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He received his bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Barcelona, Spain, and his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Miami, Florida. He has published more than 700 pieces including 16 books, and hundreds of peer-reviewed articles and articles in non-peer-reviewed publications. His academic interests range from environmental and evolutionary biology to history and philosophy of science and science communication. He has also been involved in art productions. He was been awarded numerous grants and prizes for his research, teaching, and science communication work.
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November 2, 2010 By Sovan Mandal 1 Comment
Continuing with the Galaxy Tab's expansion story in Asia, Samsung has announced it will be Taiwan to have the Android 2.2 tablet next. Galaxy Tab will go on sale in Taiwan from the mid November and is partnering Chunghwa Telecom for the initial launch though other domestic telecom operators like Taiwan Mobile Co. or Far East Tone Telecommunications Co. too are expected to the join the party later in the month.
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What? It's fall already? And September is almost over? If you haven't noticed, it was quite a hectic summer for me. Right about when I returned from France, I had a second interview at great company, and I got the job! I'm back on the corporate side of things, but still in PR, and still loving it. However, the new gig was 65 miles from my house. I was commuting throughout July and part of August but decided to move closer to work. Two and half hours in the car each day. No thank you. So big news number two, I finally moved out! It's my first place that's all my own. No parents. No roommates. Just me.
In between starting the new job, packing and moving, getting settled into my new place, exploring a new area, and a visit from Sebastian, it hasn't left a whole lot of free time. And I realized I never finished all my France trip recaps! Now that I'm settling back into a routine, and have my apartment-warming under my belt, I've decided to dub the end of September the weeks of France. In between some regular posts, I'll be recapping all the fun things from my latest trip with zee German.
For instance, Paris has some amazing churches. Actually, Europe in general has amazing churches. They are old and big and beautiful, and I love them. Our first day in Paris, we visited the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris up on the hill of Montmartre, the highest point in the city. I loved how the church loomed high above us as we walked down the street below. The hill leading up to it has several sets of stairs, and many people took advantage, lounging on the steps and the sloped lawn. We did too for a bit, enjoying the atmosphere. The views of Paris were spectacular.
Afterward, we adventured to the local artists' plaza. I grabbed a gelato and Sebastian a crepe, and we walked around looking at the paintings and sketches. It was one of those afternoons that was so quintessentially European.
My love affair with churches didn't end with the Sacred Heart. Our second day in Paris we visited thee Notre-Dame Cathedral. I was excited to enter a building with so much history and significance. It was breathtaking. After a few steps inside, my eyes were instantly drawn up toward the ceilings – something you just can't help but doing. It was absolutely stunning.
If you ever make it to Paris, or if you've already been, these are two places that should definitely be on your travel list.
Up next in the France recaps: Locking our love on the Pont des Arts.
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Blazing Away is a live album by British singer Marianne Faithfull, released on the Island label in 1990.

Reception

In his review for Allmusic, Ned Raggett notes that "Fully established as a dramatic, innovative singer with astonishing appeal and energy thanks to her string of excellent '80s releases, Faithfull concluded her renaissance decade with Blazing Away, an excellent live album... Faithfull and the players fit hand in glove track for track, with the emphasis on subtler arrangements and performances suiting the hushed, striking atmosphere of the performance".

Track listing
 "Les Prisons du Roy" (Michel Rivgauche, Irving Gordon) – 6:46
 "Strange Weather" (Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits) – 5:12
 "Guilt" (Barry Reynolds) – 7:51
 "Working Class Hero" (John Lennon) – 6:07
 "Sister Morphine" (Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 7:25
 "As Tears Go By" (Jagger, Andrew Loog Oldham, Richards) – 4:25
 "Why'd Ya Do It?" (Faithfull, Reynolds, Terry Stannard, Heathcote Williams, Steve York) – 6:31
 "When I Find My Life" (Faithfull, Reynolds) – 2:59
 "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" (Shel Silverstein) – 5:08
 "Times Square" (Reynolds, Faithfull) – 4:57
 "Blazing Away" (Faithfull, Reynolds) – 4:10
 "She Moved Through the Fair" (Traditional; arranged by Marianne Faithfull) – 2:09
 "Broken English" (Faithfull, Joe Maverty, Reynolds, Stannard, York) – 7:37

Track listing of concert

"Les Prisons du Roy"
"Falling from Grace"
"The Blue Millionaire"
"Strange Weather"
"Guilt"
"Sister Morphine"
"Working Class Hero"
"When I Find My Life"
"The Ballad of Lucy Jordan"
"As Tears Go By"
"Why D'Ya Do It?"
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
"Broken English"
"Times Square"

Personnel
Marianne Faithfull – vocals
Barry Reynolds – guitar, backing vocals (tracks 1–10, 12 & 13), musical director, associate producer
Marc Ribot – guitar (tracks 1–10, 12 & 13)
Garth Hudson – keyboards, accordion (tracks 1–10, 12 & 13)
Lew Soloff – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1–10, 12 & 13)
Mac Rebennack – piano (track 10)
Fernando Saunders – bass, backing vocals, guitar
Dougie Bowne (tracks 1–10, 12 & 13), Charley Drayton (track 11) – drums
Kevin Savanger – keyboards (track 11)
Don Alias – percussion (track 11)
Gib Wharton – pedal steel guitar (track 11)
Nelson Stump – cowbell, kick drum (track 14)
Technical
Kevin Patrick – executive producer
Joe Ferla – engineer, mixing
Tony Wright – art direction, cover artwork
Dana Shimizu – design
George DuBose – cover photography

References

Island Records live albums
Marianne Faithfull live albums
1990 live albums
Albums produced by Hal Willner

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The Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power business unit of Integrated Defense Systems of The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] has delivered the main combustion chamber (MCC) for a high-tech rocket technology demonstrator engine, now being assembled at NASA's Stennis Space Center (SSC) in Mississippi. The new MCC completes the principal components needed to create the new engine, called the Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator (IPD), which will begin testing late this year.
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Rocketdyne General Manager and Vice President Byron Wood said, "The IPD will be a real propulsion milestone. When the testing is concluded and the data reviewed, we should have a very clear idea of where we want to go in future propulsion systems."
The IPD is not seen as a flight engine, Wood noted, saying that the technologies developed with this engine could find application in systems that may soon be on NASA's drawing board, including those needed for Project Constellation, which has been suggested for the new vision for space exploration.
The Air Force's IPD Program Manager Jeff Thornburg praised the team's accomplishments, saying, "Last February I gave Rocketdyne an extremely difficult challenge and the team did an outstanding job delivering a main combustion chamber ahead of schedule that meets all of our engine needs."
Final assembly of the IPD is scheduled for mid-October of this year. In November, the engine will be installed in an SSC test stand, with testing operations beginning in December. A total of 26 tests are planned, including 16 start-and-shutdown tests, followed by 10 main-stage tests, which should be completed by September of 2005.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $27 billion business. It provides systems solutions to its global military, government and commercial customers. It is a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; the world's largest military aircraft manufacturer; the world's largest satellite manufacturer and leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile defense; NASA's largest contractor; and a global leader of launch services.
John K. Mitchell
Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power
john.k.mitchell@boeing.com


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Last week Pittsburghers were treated to an all-too-rare spectacle: Mayor Tom Murphy acting with prudence, restraint, and diplomacy.
So now we're probably really screwed.
In recent months, Murphy has struggled with both the city's financial crisis and with the Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, a panel appointed by state legislators to help solve it. But instead, both Murphy and the ICA board have waited for the other to propose such tough solutions as job cuts in public safety or new taxing powers.
Last week, Murphy turned to the last resort for any politician: governing responsibly. He submitted a budget plan to the ICA compiled by another financial oversight group, whose efforts Murphy called a "thoughtful, well crafted plan" to cut costs and raise taxes on workers and previously exempt businesses. But unlike previous budgets Murphy has submitted -- which outraged ICA members by relying on tax revenue that didn't exist -- this one includes a fall-back if new taxes aren't passed: a 49 percent hike in the property tax over the next five years. Compared to Murphy's earlier phantom budgets, this one has generated little outcry so far. Maybe he ought to recklessly engage in responsible budgeting more often.
But Murphy took an even more serious step, agreeing to give the ICA control of any new taxes that are created. Under Murphy's proposal, he and city council would maintain control of current revenues; additional money -- from new taxes or increased revenues from old ones -- would be controlled by the ICA.
Such a gesture was just about inevitable; the ICA originally sought control over all city revenues. Then too, since any new tax must be approved by the state, and given Harrisburg's disdain for the flinty Murphy, the only way he was going to get new tax money was by renouncing some of his claim on it. Some critics, including myself, urged he either step down or renounce plans to run for re-election. But instead of abandoning his claim to the office, he's abandoning some of the office's power.
Unfortunately, Murphy's successors will be saddled with that choice. State law mandates that the ICA panel will be overseeing city finances for at least seven years, and some of the city's most pressing fiscal problems may get worse before it's over.
As City Controller Tom Flaherty observed at a June 21 press conference, Pittsburgh's "structural problem" is that "40 percent of its real-estate value [is] tax-exempt" because it is owned by universities, government agencies, hospitals, and other non-profits. And nobody, Flaherty says, "is addressing that problem at all." In a June 15 letter to the ICA, Murphy notes that Duquesne University just bought a student rental property for $22 million. The building will continue housing students, but because it's owned by a non-profit, local governments will have $700,000 less tax money to provide its residents with police protection, or to clean up after their bar crawls. Even if the city gains new taxes to plug such holes -- a big if -- that money will be under the ICA's control.
So it's no longer just our tax base that's being eroded; it's the control our elected officials have over it. Murphy's compromise will bring home an uncomfortable truth we've been able to avoid until now: Much of our budget will soon be controlled by officials we didn't elect and can't get rid of.
So far, there's been little outcry about the anti-democratic nature of the deal, no doubt partly because the people we did elect haven't covered themselves in glory. But the quiet could end soon. The ICA panel is made up of five white males, a fact that generated public outrage when they were appointed this spring. Efforts to add women and minorities to the board have gone nowhere in Harrisburg since then, but the situation will likely be even more intolerable when the board gets hold of the purse strings.
Of course, there's no guarantee the ICA will have any revenue to control. As Flaherty points out, among other things the current bailout plan proposes raising the city's once-a-year occupational privilege tax to nearly $150 -- even though legislators have previously opposed increases only a third that size. "I don't think the rest of this agreement is worth a bucket of spit," says Flaherty. Murphy, in other words, may have been forced to sell his birthright for a mess of pottage. And for not enough cash to fill the potholes.


Why (all of a sudden) can't Vista Search Find anything in my iTunes Library?
Sometimes iTunes forgets the storage location of groups of tracks in my iTunes library and lets me know by displaying an exclamation mark next to the track/s title in my main music playlist within the iTunes program . . .
For six months (whenever this has happened) I have simply ran a vista search in my iTunes music library file & this search facility has always found any track wih ease, so allowing me to go back into the iTunes program & click any track with an exclamation mark against it & match it back up with the forgotten storage location . . .
However for some unexplained reason the Vista search engine (without any explanation why) cannot find anything at all within my iTunes library file.
For example, I have over 200 madonna tracks in my library alone and all of a sudden Vista cannot even find the name madonna in my iTunes library, yet when I manually scrole down the library file alphabetically, that particular file is obviously there!
My iTunes library is the only "blind spot" that the Vista search engine has, yet it always performed perfectly before!
So you don't have a mac, AND on a PC you use Vista?
I use XP, but maybe the files are hidden on your PC.
This is not about hardware/ software snobbery, it is about 2 systems that were working in comparitive harmony with one another for a considerable period of time then stopped doing so without explanation (and between software updates).
So you did not touch the library contents in any way? iTunes shouldn't be just "forgetting". I have never seen that kind of behavior. It's a symptom of something, and whatever causes it could very well be behind the search failing as well.
I'd run a full check on the hard drive in case it's dying, and if that comes out negative, rebuild the iTunes library and see if the symptoms continue.
You don't score any points by being rude. Every operating system has its problems and a lot of long-time posters here run other OS's in addition to OS X.


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Hackney Gazette > News > Crime
Rat-infested Dalston takeaway Bombay Munch shut down
Published: 10:58 AM April 22, 2016 Updated: 10:40 AM October 14, 2020
The droppings found in Bombay Munch, Dalston - Credit: Archant
A rat-infested Indian takeaway has been shut down after fresh droppings and urine were found across the premises – including on food containers.
A "heavily gnawed" flour sack was also discovered in the food storage and preparation room at Bombay Munch in Shacklewell Lane.
Environmental health officers from Hackney Council visited the business last week after being contacted by a member of the public.
On inspection, they were "overwhelmed" by the smell of rat urine in the rear room used to prepare food. Fresh droppings were also found on the floor, on shelving and on the plastic boxes used for dishing up meals.
The serious health risk and a lack of personal hygiene provisions led to an Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Notice being issued to the owners, Dalston (London) Limited, requiring it to close immediately.
At Stratford Magistrates Court on Friday, the council was granted permission to close Bombay Munch using a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Order.
It will remain shut until work is completed by environmental health officers and they are given a certificate allowing them to trade.
Cathy Gallagher, Hackney's assistant director of planning, said: "It is unacceptable for food premises to disregard their duty to protect the health and welfare of their customers.
"We carry out regular inspections across the borough as a matter of course and following reports from the public. If levels of food hygiene are found to be below acceptable levels, legal action is taken to ensure that people are kept safe.
"We would like to encourage people to come forwards and report bad food hygiene practices in order for us to investigate and take necessary action."
To make a report about any environmental health concerns, call 0208 356 4911.


A new wave of curation from East London's Gallery 46 brings together eight established and emerging artists in 'A Solar Umbrella'.
Reflecting on repetition, geometric pattern and new territories in art, the artists' inspiration is the theme of apocalyptic crystallisation explored in JG Ballard's 1966 novel 'The Crystal World'. The mixed-media show spans assemblage, painting, installation, collage and sculpture to question norms of representation in art.
'A Solar Umbrella' features works by Asaki Kan, Katherine Lubar, Nick Dawes, Jo Marshall, Andy Harper, Shane Bradford, Ivan Benitez and Sarah Mizer (until 14 February 2019).


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UAE weight-loss: 'How I lost 40kg in 8 months'
Siddharth Shinde credits his friends for his transformation
Published: October 30, 2019 12:30 Last updated: October 30, 2019 12:39 Karishma H. Nandkeolyar, Web Editor
Siddharth Shinde before (left) and after Image Credit: Supplied
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"I would bang my head on the wall and bang my hand on the wall and just make noise, just to control myself, says Siddharth Shinde, a 176cm-tall, now 71kg Indian expat, whose daily endeavor is to spend at least three-and-a-half hours at the gym.
He wasn't always like this. Last Christmas, his friends in India gave him the present of an intervention, mid-celebratory dinner. He weighed 110kg, had breathing trouble, walking issues and a general cloud of exhaustion that went with him everywhere.
When he returned to the UAE and did a body composition test, he sat down. "My body-fat percentage was 55 and my BMI was 52," he recalls. (A healthy body-fat percentage for men is thought to be 8-19 percent; a normal BMI is 18.5-24.9.)
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He took action – starting with finding a gym that was right for him, fobbing off attempts to sell him personal training classes, and taking a photo that would fuel his motivation for the months to come.
He also reached out to a friend of his – a personal trainer based in India – who recommend a particular diet and exercise regimen.
"I started my journey from January 3rd," he tells Gulf News. "I was on zero carb, zero sugar, zero salt for the first 3 months. So I was eating just a lot of vegetables and that's it. Everything was boiled," he says. In that first month – where the worst day came with cramps and the best with a sense of tired exhilaration – he lost about 10kg.
How he got there
Shinde attributes his 25kg weight gain over a period of 10 years to a lack of exercise and the delicious food he's surrounded by every day. As a hygiene officer at a Lebanese bakery, he's constantly making checks on the quality of freshly baked goods and other, sometimes fatty, things. "This food is healthy, but not all the time. If you make [eating] it a habit, of course you'll gain weight. [Or] if you eat this no problem, but at least you have to walk, do some exercise," he says.
Time to get back to fitness
And so this January, he began on his transformation trip. "[The] first few days - it was torture for me, because I stopped everything suddenly and then [there was] no option for me what to eat and what not [to]. My friends were eating a lot here in the restaurant and I would feel jealous," he recalls. Still, he had decided to drop the excess kilos and he stuck with it. Nights were particularly tough, he says. "When I started eating [little] in the night, it was giving me uneasiness."
The first 10 days was tough. [After] 15 days, 20 days, 25 days, slowly it changed," he says.
Siddharth Shinde's transformation Image Credit: Supplied
There were of course doubts and frustration that flitted through his days. And, says Shinde, one time he decided to just call it quits. One day – in his second week – he just didn't go to the gym. "I told my friend, 'I can't, I give up'. He said,'Look at your picture and [remember] why you started this. if you don't want to do all this, what will be the circumstance?'
"So that whole night I thought about what he said and then the next day, I went to the gym - I double worked out what I skipped."
This was a turning point for Shinde; he never skipped gym again. In four-and-a-half months, he'd lost 30kg. Today, he goes to the gym 5 days a week – he does 4 days of weight training and one day of cardio plus weight training.
Early morning: Protein powder shake with oats and peanut butter.
Breakfast: 5 egg whites with multigrain bread and 5 lettuce leaves.
Lunch: Brown rice + grilled chicken breast/fish + vegetables.
Dinner: Grilled chicken/fish with veges. No carbs.
His weight fluctuates between 70 and 71kg – because of his muscle-building workouts.
Heath is of utmost importance, believes Shinde – and he's happy he got his back, with a little help from his friends.
Exercises for the newbie:
Skipping, jumping jacks, pull ups, pushups and then lunges. "This is a full-body workout," he says.
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Imran needs to tackle political challenges better


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Q: How can access the root directory of a folder recently i worked in a project. the project has one root directory named "Project".the "Project" directory has also two sub-directory named "project_a" and "project_b". the "project_b" directory has two more sub-directory named "project_b_1" and "project_b_2". when i am on a page which is contains "project_b_2" directory then how can i access a file which is exists in the "project_a" directory. all code must be php code.

A: Using $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] will always reference to where the root is in your defined site/vhost etc.
So using something like this should work:
fopen($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/projectA/subfileB.html');

A: Find the path to 'project_a' relative to script in 'project_b_2':
$path = realpath( dirname( __FILE __ ) . '/../../project_a/' );

Find the path to 'project_a' relative to the webroot:
$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/Project/project_a/';

A: You should be able to go up in the directory tree :
#when you are in project/project_b/project_b_2
$dir = "../../project_a";

That is the way I usually follow, although you can use
$_SERVER["SITE_HTMLROOT"]

which should take you to the root of the website


Following four much lauded, sold-out shows at London's Royal Opera House, Pet Shop Boys start the U.S. leg of their "Super" worldwide tour October 21 at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The band will play 20 cities in North America, performing songs from their storied career as well as their new album, Super. See below for a full list of tour dates.
The Super tour will be staged by long-time Pet Shop Boys designer Es Devlin and choreographer Lynne Page. The band is collaborating for live music arrangements with Stuart Price, who produced and mixed their latest album along with 2013's Electric.
Today, the duo releases their new single "Say It To Me" on digital formats. Purchase links can be found for CD HERE and vinyl HERE. Stream the track HERE. The song is taken from their current album Super. Clash Magazine premiered the "Real Lies Remix" of the track earlier this week.
Super entered the official U.K. Album Charts at #3 marking the duo's sixteenth U.K. Top 10 album to date. The first single "The Pop Kids" reached #1 on Billboard's U.S. Dance Club Charts. The album was written in London and Berlin and features 12 new Tennant/Lowe compositions.
Over the last 25 years Pet Shop Boys have gained a reputation as innovators of the modern live music show. They were among the first to integrate multimedia and theatrical elements into their productions, and they have collaborated with Derek Jarman, Zaha Hadid and Sam Taylor Johnson.


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Q: Trying to format a bookdown book without gitbook output Responding to the first reply.
I am trying to build a bookdown book that's not gitbook. Yet no matter what i try to include by way of css or yaml, I still get the same gitbook result.
Below I'll show the index file and then the results of the build. It all works, but it is gitbook, not what I would have expected - something from the more generic html_book format.
I'm new to all of this, but am a very seasoned LaTeX author and pretty familiar with css.
But I'm having real trouble here - my basic goal is to render a serif font! That seems to be a struggle?!
Thanks in advance for help...
Ray
Here is the simple index file - now passed through jsonformatter...
---
title: 'Against the Grain'
author: 'Raymond Brock'
date: '`r Sys.Date()`'
site: 'bookdown::bookdown_site'
'bookdown::html_book': null
output:
    html_document:
        theme: darkly
        highlight: espresso
        toc: true
        toc_float: true
documentclass: book
bibliography:
    - book.bib
    - packages.bib
biblio-style: apalike
link-citations: yes
github-repo: rstudio/bookdown-demo
description: 'This is an investgation of two rebels of the 16th century.'
---

Then there are multiple chapters which work fine, just not looking as I'd expect.
However, the result is a regular gitbook as the build shows. Where was it told to do output_format = 'bookdown::gitbook'??
The results of the build:
    ==> rmarkdown::render_site(output_format = 'bookdown::gitbook', encoding = 'UTF-8')

    processing file: against-the-grain.Rmd
      |.................................................................| 100%
       inline R code fragments

    output file: against-the-grain.knit.md

    /Applications/RStudio.app/Contents/MacOS/pandoc/pandoc +RTS -K512m -RTS against-the-grain.utf8.md --to html4 --from markdown+autolink_bare_uris+ascii_identifiers+tex_math_single_backslash+smart --output against-the-grain.html --email-obfuscation none --wrap preserve --standalone --section-divs --table-of-contents --toc-depth 3 --template /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.6/Resources/library/bookdown/templates/gitbook.html --highlight-style pygments --number-sections --include-in-header /var/folders/73/fmvtgv_n4f57sjqblbh8439c0000gn/T//Rtmpwmh6tv/rmarkdown-strda8c185d45aa.html --mathjax --filter /Applications/RStudio.app/Contents/MacOS/pandoc/pandoc-citeproc

    Output created: _book/index.html
    Warning message:
    In split_chapters(output, gitbook_page, number_sections, split_by,  :
      You have 7 Rmd input file(s) but only 6 first-level heading(s). Did you forget first-level headings in certain Rmd files?

Gitbook is being invoked from somewhere! I had changed the shell script also to:
#!/bin/sh

set -ev

Rscript -e "bookdown::render_book('index.Rmd')"
Rscript -e "bookdown::render_book('index.Rmd', 'bookdown::pdf_book')"
Rscript -e "bookdown::render_book('index.Rmd', 'bookdown::epub_book')"

A: According to the documentation one can use bookdown::html_book as output format, e.g.
---
title: 'Against the Grain'
author: 'Raymond Brock'
date: '`r Sys.Date()`'
site: 'bookdown::bookdown_site'
output:
    bookdown::html_book:
        theme: darkly
        highlight: espresso
        toc: true
        toc_float: true
description: 'This is an investgation of two rebels of the 16th century.'
---

(I have removed the bibliography related things for simplicity.)


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Percival Eric Gratwick, VC (19 October 1902 – 26 October 1942) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Early life
Gratwick was born in Katanning, Western Australia on 19 October 1902, the fifth son of the local postmaster. Leaving school at the age of 16, he took up various jobs which included a period as a messenger at Parliament House.  Later he worked as a blacksmith, a drover and a prospector.

Second World War
Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Gratwick attempted to join the Second Australian Imperial Force (AIF). However, issues with his nose, which had been broken years earlier, led to the rejection of his application. In late 1940, after expensive medical treatment on his nose, he attempted to enlist again, this time successfully.

Following completion of his training in July 1941, Gratwick embarked for Libya, where he was assigned to the 2/48th Battalion (a South Australian unit) with the rank of private. The battalion was among the defenders of Tobruk but was transferred to Palestine in October 1941. By June 1942, the battalion was in Egypt.

On the night of 25/26 October 1942 during the Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt, the platoon to which Gratwick belonged suffered considerable casualties attacking Trig 29, including the platoon commander and sergeant. Gratwick, realising the seriousness of the situation, charged a German machine-gun position by himself, and killed the crew with hand grenades. He also killed a mortar crew. Under heavy machine-gun fire Gratwick then charged a second post, using his rifle and bayonet. In inflicting further casualties he was killed by machine-gun fire, but his brave and determined action, for which he would be awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross, enabled his company to capture the final objective.

Gratwick is buried in El Alamein Commonwealth cemetery, and his Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Museum of Western Australia in Fremantle, Western Australia. In Port Hedland, Western Australia, Gratwick Street, the Gratwick Aquatic Centre and the town theatre and community hall are all named in his honour.

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South Dakota GOP introduce bill to make administering trans health care to minors a felony
By Marty Johnson - 01/16/20 07:41 PM EST
GOP state lawmakers in South Dakota introduced legislation earlier this week that would make it a felony for doctors to provide minors transgender-specific health care, such as puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgeries.
The bill, which has more than 40 co-sponsors, was introduced Tuesday into the GOP-controlled legislature by state Rep. Fred Deutsch, NBC News reports.
"Children need to wait until they're mature to do it," Deutsch said. In the bill, "it" refers to gender-related surgeries as well as nonsurgical options. According to the network, Deutsch described these practices as "dangerous," saying that they could have negative psychological and physical effects on minors.
Under the proposed law, medical professionals would face a Class 4 felony providing gender-transition treatment to a minor. A Class 4 felony carries up to a 10-year prison sentence in South Dakota.
While Democratic lawmakers in the state have vowed to oppose the bill, they make up only 16 percent of the state House and 14 percent of the Senate.
Libby Skarin, policy director for the ACLU of South Dakota, said that "transgender kids, like all kids, deserve a chance to experience joy, to learn in a safe environment, to get the health care that they need, and to survive into adulthood."
"When the government proposes laws that would stigmatize them and undermine their care, they lose those opportunities," she added.
Tags ACLU South Dakota transgender rights


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