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An Intelligent Approach to Water Management
By: Michael Sullivan
.@ConnectToGood "An Intelligent Approach to Water Management" http://soc.att.com/1Hsu64a #ATTimpact
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 12:05pm
NEWSROOM: AT&T
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The Second in a Series About Machine-to-Machine Technology and Water Management.
Properly maintained water systems underpin our quality of life. Inefficiencies in how we manage our precious water resources are very costly. Municipalities must spend a tremendous amount of money moving and treating water, and on average 25 percent of water produced never reaches end users because of leaks and water main bursts. Couple all these expensive repair bills with extreme weather patterns that are either leaving cities with way too much -- or far too little water -- and it's no wonder why water crises are now ranked as the top threat to economic development worldwide.
Look no further than to our West Coast and ask Californians about dramatic consequences of what it's like living through these new extremes and the crippling impacts of operating in a water-constrained economy. Creative solutions are needed to help cities stretch taxpayers dollars and better balance water supply and demand. Today, big data and analytics can be used to overcome the complexity and truly manage our water supply as holistic systems.
The integration of big data into existing water-control systems presents major opportunities for how water use is managed around the country. City officials can use this data to analyze use and flow of water, which, in turn, allows them to build new insights to make better management decisions in the future. Data, and a city's ability to use it as a tool in their planning, will improve water delivery systems. By providing information about water flow in real time, steps can be taken proactively to counter-balance the negative effects of aging and failing water infrastructure.
The use of big data in water management can be best illustrated using an example: in a particular pipe or set of pipes, water management officials can observe and collect existing and new sources of operating data as inputs for supporting advanced analytics in the areas of leak detection, pressure management and pipe failure prediction capabilities to proactively reduce water lost from leaks and bursts. By putting more data and better tools to work in analyzing our water systems, water authorities will be better able to make cost-effective decisions to repair and replace aging water infrastructure based on predictive insights, not reactions to catastrophic failures.
The challenge and opportunity for smarter water management is global. By 2030, rising population and growing urbanization will increase global water demand by 30 percent according to the United Nations. Yet even as the challenges increase, so do the capabilities that government, cities, utilities and businesses have at their command to respond. Big data, sophisticated analytics, sensors and the cloud provide the flexible, cost-effective foundation needed to finally make the most of the existing and new information available to address the problem of managing one of the world's most essential resources – water.
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Custard Wally has a unique sound: there isn't any other New York band who sound like them. They mix scorching punk with quieter, more straight-up rock that some might call more sensitive, but that wouldn't be true. Frontman/guitarist Chris Giunta writes very funny songs with a no-holds-barred, punk rock sense of humor. This new cd begins with an intentionally over-the top Spinal Tap style heavy metal solo and then launches into a UK Subs type tribute to slum life, right down to its Nicky Garratt-ish metal guitar. The next track, Twinky's Pudendum rewrites Led Zep's Communication Breakdown as dirty-minded punk/metal. The cd's third cut The World's Silliest Clothes is a pretty janglepop song that sounds a lot like Brooklyn band the Larch, Giunta lapsing into the fake British accent he adopts on much of the band's more comedic material. This one pokes fun at the traditional woman's fixation with clothes and shopping.
Definitely a fun album, no lie. The cd cover illustration, a Wailing Wall pun, is also viciously amusing. The band will probably turn the volume up all the way and play punked-out versions of many of these songs at their cd release show this Saturday, August 16 at 9 PM at Don Pedro's, a comfortably laid-back club located on the Willliamsburg/Bushwick border.


It was a striking sight. It was end of day in last week's Technology Summit after Workday had showed us countless demos of new functionality, when under non-disclosure they announced plans to develop a Recruiting module. It would be next-gen, not just applicant tracking, but would allow for candidate identification through traditional and social channels, new interview and vetting techniques, allow for processes to keep them "warm" through the pipeline, facilitate the on-boarding if they decided to join. Pushing the envelope in many ways.
In many ways, I was proud of my colleagues for their reaction. Gone are the days where software executives could pre-announce years ahead and freeze competitor products. Oh, it still happens today via small acquisitions that vendors then hype up as proxy for a market they need months or years to properly develop functionality for. But in general, we are seeing a decline in vaporware announcements.
Of course, watching Aneel present the next morning, I envisaged in a not too distant future, his announcing some blockbuster new functionality ( a commerce engine, a new vertical app) and the audience breaking out in cheers. Even better when they sign on to their Workday system in their hotel rooms that afternoon, the functionality is live. And even more awesome, the next morning they line up like people do for a new iPhone to a Workday Genius Bar where they get tutorials on the new functionality. And at lunch, the buzz is all about the new functionality. It's what Dave Duffield calls "the power of one" – everyone on the same release so the customer sharing is much more vibrant at his events.
That day is not too far off. Maybe by Workday version 24 – which at current pace is 2 years away. Hey if Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos can show off a prototype of a new device and consumers can have it in their hands a few weeks later, so can enterprise technology CEOs. And I would be perfectly happy to speculate what Workday will deliver in 25, 26, 27 just like hordes do about front cameras and processor speeds expected in rumored Apple or Microsoft or Amazon products.
I get boosebumps just thinking about that possibility. For too long in enterprise tech we have waited years for an announced product then waited another few years to have that deployed across the customer base.


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Mexico executive search firms continue to strong activity after border closure averted
Mexico executive search firms continue to strong activity after border closure averted.
Executive search consultants for Alder Koten, a leading recruiting partner for US companies in Mexico, continue to see strong demand for executive, management and professional talent in Mexico. All recruiting practices continue to see strong activity and a tightening talent pool.
This past week President Donald Trump warned that he was willing to close the border with Mexico in retaliation for what he perceives as a lack of support of the country in helping stop illegal immigration and flow of drugs.
The response from the private sector on both sides of the border was overwhelmingly aligned: A closure of the southern border with Mexico would be catastrophic for economic activity and the supply chains of multiple industries including the automotive sector. Manufacturing and maquiladora plants in Mexico, owned by corporations in the US, are a backbone to their supply chain.
Towards the end of the week, President Trump postponed the closure for a year claiming he would allow Mexico to shore up the flow of immigrants from Central America and drugs claiming that if things did not improve he would impose tariffs on the automotive sector and its parts manufacturers in Mexico.
For the most part, executive search consultants work as trusted advisors to organizations worldwide across industries, helping them to attract top executive talent, advising their boards and developing their internal talent for leadership roles. They are thus in a unique position to measure the temperature of global business, identify talent trends, and point to new opportunities in the market. So far, what executive search consultants have seen is that top executives involved in the manufacturing sector continue to be cautious and observant of the trade issues pushed by the Trump administration but have already gotten accustomed to rhetoric and are unphased in their planning.
About Alder Koten
Alder Koten helps clients build boards that deliver value to management and to investors. Alder Koten consultants maintain close ties to outstanding leaders and potential directors, in multiple industries and geographies. These relationships support our ability to identify and evaluate exceptional candidates for every appointment.
We help shape organizations through a combination of research, executive search, cultural & leadership assessment, and other talent advisory services. The firm was founded in 2011 and currently, includes 6 partners and over 28 consultants in 4 cities. The firm's headquarters are located in Houston and it has offices in Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Mexico City with partner firms in New York, Boston, Chicago, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and United Kingdom. We know where to find the executives you need and how to attract top talent to your organization. Our approach to executive search is based on a thorough understanding of the strategic, cultural, financial and operational issues our clients face. Our executive search engagements are targeted and focused on the specific requirements of the position including industry and functional experience, skills, competencies, cultural fit, and leadership style. Our process is rigorous. We take a disciplined and structured approach to identifying potential candidates that meet the position requirements including subject-matter, functional and regional expertise. We use our high-level professional networks, industry knowledge, and internal research resources to achieve results in every executive search engagement.
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Leading an Offshore Team in Mexico
Managing an offshore team in Mexico is both a rewarding and a challenging position. As long as you do your research in advance to understand the leadership and communication styles better, you should be fine.
The Advantages of Manufacturing in Mexico
Manufacturing Mexico allows American companies to save costs and use a greater portion of their profits for research and product development. This, in return, would increase more production to be manufactured in Mexico. The maquiladora industry provides Mexico with good employment, economic stability, and foreign exchange. A win-win relationship.
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  "  fun op_or(a: I64): I64 => 0\n"
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  "  fun op_xor(a: I64): I64 => 0\n"
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  "  fun mul(a: U128): U128 => 0\n"
  "  fun div(a: U128): U128 => 0\n"
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  "primitive ILong is Real[ILong]"
  "  new create() => 0\n"
  "  fun neg():ILong => -this\n"
  "primitive USize is Real[USize]"
  "  new create() => 0\n"
  "primitive ISize is Real[ISize]"
  "  new create() => 0\n"
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  "type Float is (F32 | F64)\n"
  "trait val Real[A: Real[A] val]\n"
  "class val Env\n"
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  "primitive Bool\n"
  "class val String\n"
  "class Pointer[A]\n"
  "interface Seq[A]\n"
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  "class Array[A] is Seq[A]\n"
  "  new create(len: USize, alloc: USize = 0) => true\n"
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// Check whether the 2 given ASTs are identical
static bool compare_asts(ast_t* expected, ast_t* actual, errors_t *errors)
{
  assert(expected != NULL);
  assert(actual != NULL);

  token_id expected_id = ast_id(expected);
  token_id actual_id = ast_id(actual);

  if(expected_id != actual_id)
  {
    ast_error(errors, expected,
      "AST ID mismatch, got %d (%s), expected %d (%s)",
      ast_id(actual), ast_get_print(actual),
      ast_id(expected), ast_get_print(expected));
    return false;
  }

  // Even in 2 ASTS that we consider to be the same, hygenic ids might not
  // match each other.
  // To catch all possible error cases we should keep a mapping of the hygenic
  // ids in the 2 trees and check for a 1 to 1 correlation.
  // For now just let all hygenic ids match each other. This will allow some
  // errors through, but it's much easier for now.
  if(ast_id(expected) == TK_ID && ast_name(actual)[0] == '$' &&
    ast_name(expected)[0] == '$')
  {
    // Allow expected and actual hygenic names to match.
  }
  else if(strcmp(ast_get_print(expected), ast_get_print(actual)) != 0)
  {
    ast_error(errors, expected, "AST text mismatch, got %s, expected %s",
      ast_get_print(actual), ast_get_print(expected));
    return false;
  }

  if(ast_has_scope(expected) && !ast_has_scope(actual))
  {
    ast_error(errors, expected, "AST missing scope");
    return false;
  }

  if(!ast_has_scope(expected) && ast_has_scope(actual))
  {
    ast_error(errors, actual, "Unexpected AST scope");
    return false;
  }

  // Check types
  ast_t* expected_type = ast_type(expected);
  ast_t* actual_type = ast_type(actual);

  if(expected_type != NULL || actual_type != NULL)
  {
    if(expected_type == NULL)
    {
      ast_error(errors, actual, "Unexpected type found, %s",
        ast_get_print(actual_type));
      return false;
    }

    if(actual_type == NULL)
    {
      ast_error(errors, actual, "Expected type not found, %s",
        ast_get_print(expected_type));
      return false;
    }

    if(!compare_asts(expected_type, actual_type, errors))
      return false;
  }

  // Check children
  ast_t* expected_child = ast_child(expected);
  ast_t* actual_child = ast_child(actual);

  while(expected_child != NULL && actual_child != NULL)
  {
    if(!compare_asts(expected_child, actual_child, errors))
      return false;

    expected_child = ast_sibling(expected_child);
    actual_child = ast_sibling(actual_child);
  }

  if(expected_child != NULL)
  {
    ast_error(errors, expected, "Expected child %s not found",
      ast_get_print(expected));
    return false;
  }

  if(actual_child != NULL)
  {
    ast_error(errors, actual, "Unexpected child node found, %s",
      ast_get_print(actual));
    return false;
  }

  return true;
}

// class PassTest

void PassTest::SetUp()
{
  program = NULL;
  package = NULL;
  module = NULL;
  _builtin_src = _builtin;
  _first_pkg_path = "prog";
  package_clear_magic();
  package_suppress_build_message();
}

void PassTest::TearDown()
{
  ast_free(program);
  program = NULL;
  package = NULL;
  module = NULL;
}

void PassTest::set_builtin(const char* src)
{
  _builtin_src = src;
}

void PassTest::add_package(const char* path, const char* src)
{
  package_add_magic(path, src);
}

void PassTest::default_package_name(const char* path)
{
  _first_pkg_path = path;
}

size_t PassTest::ref_count(ast_t* ast, const char* name)
{
  if(ast == NULL)
    return 0;

  size_t count = 0;
  symtab_t* symtab = ast_get_symtab(ast);

  if(symtab != NULL && symtab_find(symtab, stringtab(name), NULL) != NULL)
    count = 1;

  for(ast_t* p = ast_child(ast); p != NULL; p = ast_sibling(p))
    count += ref_count(p, name);

  return count;
}

void PassTest::check_ast_same(ast_t* expect, ast_t* actual)
{
  ASSERT_NE((void*)NULL, expect);
  ASSERT_NE((void*)NULL, actual);

  errors_t *errors = errors_alloc();

  if(!compare_asts(expect, actual, errors))
  {
    printf("Expected:\n");
    ast_print(expect);
    printf("Got:\n");
    ast_print(actual);
    errors_print(errors);
    ASSERT_TRUE(false);
  }

  errors_free(errors);
}

void PassTest::test_compile(const char* src, const char* pass)
{
  DO(build_package(pass, src, _first_pkg_path, true, NULL, &program));

  package = ast_child(program);
  module = ast_child(package);
}

void PassTest::test_error(const char* src, const char* pass)
{
  DO(build_package(pass, src, _first_pkg_path, false, NULL, &program));

  package = NULL;
  module = NULL;
  ASSERT_EQ((void*)NULL, program);
}

void PassTest::test_expected_errors(const char* src, const char* pass,
  const char** errors)
{
  DO(build_package(pass, src, _first_pkg_path, false, errors, &program));

  package = NULL;
  module = NULL;
  ASSERT_EQ((void*)NULL, program);
}

void PassTest::test_equiv(const char* actual_src, const char* actual_pass,
  const char* expect_src, const char* expect_pass)
{
  DO(test_compile(actual_src, actual_pass));
  ast_t* expect_ast;

  DO(build_package(expect_pass, expect_src, "expect", true, NULL, &expect_ast));
  ast_t* expect_package = ast_child(expect_ast);

  DO(check_ast_same(expect_package, package));
  ast_free(expect_ast);
}

ast_t* PassTest::type_of(const char* name)
{
  assert(name != NULL);
  assert(program != NULL);
  return type_of_within(program, name);
}

ast_t* PassTest::numeric_literal(uint64_t num)
{
  assert(program != NULL);
  return numeric_literal_within(program, num);
}

ast_t* PassTest::lookup_in(ast_t* ast, const char* name)
{
  assert(ast != NULL);
  assert(name != NULL);

  symtab_t* symtab = ast_get_symtab(ast);
  assert(symtab != NULL);

  return symtab_find(symtab, stringtab(name), NULL);
}

ast_t* PassTest::lookup_type(const char* name)
{
  assert(package != NULL);
  return lookup_in(package, name);
}

ast_t* PassTest::lookup_member(const char* type_name, const char* member_name)
{
  assert(type_name != NULL);
  assert(member_name != NULL);

  ast_t* type = lookup_type(type_name);
  assert(type != NULL);

  return lookup_in(type, member_name);
}

// Private methods

void PassTest::build_package(const char* pass, const char* src,
  const char* package_name, bool check_good, const char** expected_errors,
  ast_t** out_package)
{
  ASSERT_NE((void*)NULL, pass);
  ASSERT_NE((void*)NULL, src);
  ASSERT_NE((void*)NULL, package_name);
  ASSERT_NE((void*)NULL, out_package);

  pass_opt_t opt;
  pass_opt_init(&opt);
  codegen_init(&opt);
  package_init(&opt);

  lexer_allow_test_symbols();

  package_add_magic("builtin", _builtin_src);

  package_add_magic(package_name, src);

  package_suppress_build_message();

  limit_passes(&opt, pass);
  *out_package = program_load(stringtab(package_name), &opt);

  if(expected_errors != NULL)
  {
    const char* expected_error = *expected_errors;
    size_t expected_count = 0;
    while(expected_error != NULL)
    {
      expected_count++;
      expected_error = expected_errors[expected_count];
    }

    ASSERT_EQ(expected_count, errors_get_count(opt.check.errors));

    errormsg_t* e = errors_get_first(opt.check.errors);
    for(size_t i = 0; i < expected_count; i++)
    {
      expected_error = expected_errors[i];

      if((e == NULL) || (expected_error == NULL))
        break;

      EXPECT_TRUE(strstr(e->msg, expected_error) != NULL)
        << "Actual error: " << e->msg;
      e = e->next;
    }
  }

  package_done();
  codegen_shutdown(&opt);

  if(check_good)
  {
    if(*out_package == NULL)
      errors_print(opt.check.errors);

    ASSERT_NE((void*)NULL, *out_package);
  }

  pass_opt_done(&opt);
}

ast_t* PassTest::type_of_within(ast_t* ast, const char* name)
{
  assert(ast != NULL);
  assert(name != NULL);

  // Is this node the definition we're looking for?
  switch(ast_id(ast))
  {
    case TK_PARAM:
    case TK_LET:
    case TK_VAR:
    case TK_FLET:
    case TK_FVAR:
      if(strcmp(name, ast_name(ast_child(ast))) == 0)
      {
        // Match found
        return ast_childidx(ast, 1);
      }

      break;

    default:
      break;
  }

  // Check children.
  for(ast_t* p = ast_child(ast); p != NULL; p = ast_sibling(p))
  {
    ast_t* r = type_of_within(p, name);

    if(r != NULL)
      return r;
  }

  // Not found.
  return NULL;
}

ast_t* PassTest::numeric_literal_within(ast_t* ast, uint64_t num)
{
  assert(ast != NULL);

  // Is this node the definition we're looking for?
  if (ast_id(ast) == TK_INT && lexint_cmp64(ast_int(ast), num) == 0)
  {
    return ast;
  }

  // Check children.
  for(ast_t* p = ast_child(ast); p != NULL; p = ast_sibling(p))
  {
    ast_t* r = numeric_literal_within(p, num);

    if(r != NULL)
      return r;
  }

  // Not found.
  return NULL;
}

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Asia, Korean Peninsula
North Korea's "New" Course, and its Nuclear Missile Moratorium
On April 20, in Pyongyang, the Third Plenary Meeting of the Seventh Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea was held "to discuss the policy issues of a new stage in line with the demand of the important historic period of the revolution's development." A plenary session ranks second in importance in intraparty actions after a congress, and typically is not assembled for ordinary matters.
The decree "On the announcement of the great victory of the course for parallel management of economic development and the development of nuclear armed forces" announced triumphantly that:
". . . critical nuclear tests and underground nuclear tests were conducted. Nuclear weapons were miniaturized and reduced in weight. Extra-large nuclear weapons and their launch platforms were developed, resulting in the solid achievement of nuclear weapons armament." In other words, although some military experts do not believe it, the program for creation of strategic nuclear forces is declared complete.
Since April 21, 2018 North Korea has ceased nuclear tests and test launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Moreover, "to ensure a transparent guarantee of the cessation of nuclear tests, North Korea will stop use of the northern testing site."
Also, a promise has been made "not to use nuclear weapons in the absence of a nuclear threat and provocations toward our government, and by no means spread nuclear weapons and technology."
These steps are being billed as an "important process for global reduction of nuclear weapons, and our Republic has been supporting the international goals and efforts for comprehensive cessation of nuclear testing." North Korea "will create a favorable international situation for socialist economic development, and for the protection of peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, and on the entire planet. It will activate a close bond and dialog with neighboring countries and the international community."
News that North Korea has suspended missile and nuclear testing, and also closed down the nuclear test site in the north of the republic, caused an explosion in the world's news media, so that a few of them even broadcast news such as "North Korea is ceasing its nuclear program." As one could note, that is not quite so. No promises to renounce nuclear weapons were given, and North Korea proposed a moratorium on the development of a nuclear missile program first, then Russia and China.
For the most part, the moratorium was received positively. Donald Trump tweeted that "This is very good news for North Korea and the World – big progress! Look forward to our Summit." South Korea's president Moon Jae-in also said that the moratorium is "progress for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. This will create a favorable environment for achieving further success in the upcoming summit between North Korea and the USA."
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs approved Pyongyang's actions, "which through dialog and negotiations will promote relief of concerns of all interested parties, and facilitate the improvement of mutual relations." This "will allow step-by-step improvement of the situation on the Korean peninsula, ensure denuclearization, and render assistance in reconciling existing contradictions in a peaceful way."
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe welcomed Pyongyang's announcement, calling it "forward progress." Along with that, he stressed that the main policy of Tokyo, and also of Washington and Seoul, remains unchanged with respect to North Korea, and called upon everyone to pay very close attention so that the announcement leads to the "complete, controllable, and irreversible destruction of nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction, and ballistic missiles." Japan's Minister of Finance, Tarō Asō, also stated that Pyongyang's intentions must be "carefully studied."
South Korean political circles had mixed reactions to the North's decision. If the ruling Democratic Party, Tŏburŏ, welcomed it, noting that it will provide "additional impulse to the movement toward peace and mutual prosperity on the Korean peninsula," then the opposition party "Free Korea" expressed skepticism, stating that Pyongyang's declaration does not correlate with the goal of "complete, verifiable, and irreversible" denuclearization. "Since there are already nuclear weapons in North Korea, its decision not to conduct further nuclear tests has little significance."
This author shall comment on this step in the following way:
Upon completion of their own strategic nuclear forces, each of the nuclear powers ceased further tests of both missile and nuclear components of their program. In this case, Pyongyang's behavior in no way differs from the "Big 5's" conduct, and demonstrates the appropriate level of responsibility.
Although the announcement of the moratorium was contemplated long ago, it is curious that Kim played this card before the summit. That way, the moratorium does NOT look like the result of pressure on him, or that the South Korean side pushed him to do it. It has been a gesture of good will, and a conscious choice by Pyongyang from the very beginning.
It must be understood, however, that since the moratorium "cost Kim nothing," this step may be perceived by Washington, not as movement to meet halfway, but an obligation. "In order to demonstrate its sincerity," Pyongyang will have to accomplish something more, something that affects its interests, resembling readiness to capitulate.
With respect to top priority toward development of the economy, this is a logical continuation of the course begun a few years ago. Under this policy, the Defense Committee was renamed the State Affairs Commission, since the tasks of military development were, for the most part, completed and had less priority. So it is here. Since the program to create strategic nuclear forces has been completed, it is possible to switch attention to strengthening the economic sector, moreover that the struggle with the impact of the sanctions, and to increase the quality of life of citizens demand no-nonsense decisions.
Konstantin Asmolov, PhD in History, Leading Research Fellow at the Center for Korean Studies of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, exclusively for the online magazine "New Eastern Outlook."
https://journal-neo.org/2018/04/28/north-korea-s-new-course-and-its-nuclear-missile-moratorium/
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This will benefit the people of North Korea. Great.
North Korea does NOT have nukes or ICBMs. Period.
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Was Jesus a direct descendant of King David?
Who was a descendant of King David?
Does Jesus have a direct bloodline?
Was Mary a descendant of King David?
How is Jesus related to David?
What is the lineage of David in the Bible?
Is Haile Selassie a descendant of King Solomon?
Did Jesus have a child?
Is Queen Elizabeth related to Jesus?
Joseph was a descendant of King David through David's son Solomon. Luke 3 gives a slightly different genealogy, one which is understood to be the biological heritage of Jesus through His mother Mary, and her father, Heli, who was a descendant of King David through David's son Nathan.
Criticism. The notion of a direct bloodline from Jesus and Mary Magdalene and its supposed relationship to the Merovingians, as well as to their alleged modern descendants, is strongly dismissed as pseudohistorical by a qualified majority of Christian and secular historians such as Darrell Bock and Bart D.
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Joseph is clearly pointed out as descendant of David in both genealogies. On the other hand, New Testament sources are silent about Mary's descendance from David. However, through her marriage with Joseph she enters his family and legally becomes, she and her son Jesus, a part of the House of David.
Matthew begins by calling Jesus the son of David, indicating his royal origin, and also son of Abraham, indicating that he was an Israelite; both are stock phrases, in which son means descendant, calling to mind the promises God made to David and to Abraham.
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David was the youngest of eight sons of Jesse, a farmer and sheep breeder of the Israelite tribe of Judah. David likely spent much of his boyhood tending his family's flock. One day he was summoned from the fields by the prophet Samuel, who anointed him king of Israel while Saul was still king.
Lineage. Many Rastafarians trace Haile Selassie's lineage back to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. … To many Rastafarians this shows the divine nature of Haile Selassie, as Haile Selassie is therefore related to Solomon's father King David and therefore to Jesus.
They want you to know that, buried beneath centuries of misinformation and conspiracy, Jesus had a secret wife, named Mary Magdalene, and he fathered two children with her.
According to tradition, the Royal Family of England is related to Jesus of Nazareth. In this chart, we see the lineage of Jesus and Queen Elizabeth II. Henry III is an ancestor of both Queen Elizabeth II and Anton, and Henry III's line branches at Charlemagne.


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US May Have Wasted $8 Billion in Effort to Rebuild Iraq
By Luis Martinez March 6, 2013
Almost 10 years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, an accounting of the $60 billion the U.S. spent to help rebuild the country has determined that at least $8 billion of it may have been wasted, a figure equal to 15 percent of the funds the U.S. dedicated to the effort.
The special inspector general for Iraqi reconstruction (SIGIR) said it has been unable to find record-keeping to justify where the $8 billion may have been spent.
Established by Congress nine years ago to keep tabs on how the $60 billion in Iraq reconstruction money was being spent, SIGIR is wrapping up its work after having conducted 390 audits and 600 inspections.
Investigators reviewed small- and large-scale reconstruction projects in Iraq that, despite being well-intentioned, were sometimes found to be lacking in workmanship and built with a lack of coordination with Iraqi officials as to how they would be maintained after the U.S. left Iraq.
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Throughout those investigations, SIGIR officials often complained about shoddy record-keeping that made it difficult for them to track the funding and oversight of the reconstruction projects in Iraq.
In one of the last audits, SIGIR investigators said that pattern continued as they determined the $8 billion figure after reviewing past audits and a new review of the comprehensive database on spending in Iraq.
According to the audit, "We found that incomplete and unstandarized databases left us unable to identify the specific use of billions of dollars spent on projects, because the U.S. government agencies involved were not required to manage project data in a uniform and comprehensive manner. While these agencies present broad information on their programs, they did not develop or retain accessible data regarding detailed projects."
Therefore, SIGIR said, " A full accounting, if ever possible, would require combing through mountains of disordered electronic and paper records accumulated since 2003 that are currently stored in multiple locations across many agencies. "
The $60 billion came from five funds: $20.86 billion from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, $20.19 billion from the Iraq Security Forces Fund that was used to train and equip Iraq's security forces, $5.13 billion from the Economic Support Fund, $4.12 billion from the Commander's Emergency Response Program and $1.31 billion from the International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement account.
SIGIR estimated that an average of $15 million a day was spent during the nine-year Iraqi rebuilding program. The number decreased over time. It was $25 million a day in 2005 and had decreased to $7 million a day in 2012. All U.S. military forces left Iraq in December 2011.
A State Department response included in the audit labeled SIGIR's estimate of billions wasted in Iraq as being "premature" because "the lack of consistent record-keeping systems has made it impossible to quantify the precise extent of waste that occurred during the implementation of reconstruction programs in Iraq."
SIGIR also released a 186-page final report entitled "Learning from Iraq" that contained interviews with senior American and Iraqi leaders who lamented the missed opportunities the aid money presented. Their comments reaffirmed what SIGIR officials had determined over the years, that the U.S. undertook large projects in Iraq without much input from Iraqis or long-range planning for how they would be maintained after the U.S. military left Iraq.
One example listed in the final report was a 2004 contract for $80 million to build the 3,600-bed Khan bani Sa'ad prison in Diyala province. By June 2006, the project was terminated for "failure to make sufficient progress on the project" and "massive cost overruns" that put the project two years behind schedule.
But efforts toward construction continued for another year before the project was totally scrapped. By then, $40 million had been spent, no building on the facility had been completed and the Iraqi Ministry of Justice said it did not have plans to use it.
According to the report, "SIGIR visited the site in June 2008, finding it neither secured nor occupied by the GOI. SIGIR's assessment documented poor-quality workmanship by [the contractor] Parsons, including many potentially dangerous conditions. Several sections were recommended for demolition. The site still sits dormant in Diyala and apparently will never be used."
But SIGIR also found instances where U.S. funds had been spent on projects that provided long-lasting benefits to Iraq and were delivered on time.
For example, $6 million was spent to renovate the Baghdad Railway Station.
"The project worked," said SIGIR after a 2006 review found that "the Iraq Republic Railway now had workspaces that offered a much safer and healthier environment for its employees and visitors, and the station's structures and utility systems had been modernized to sufficiently support the railway's services and operations."
In the report, Special Inspector General Stuart Bowen listed these "seven final lessons" from Iraq:
1. Create an integrated civilian-military office to plan, execute, and be accountable for contingency rebuilding activities during stabilization and reconstruction operations.
2. Begin rebuilding only after establishing sufficient security, and focus first on small programs and projects.
3. Ensure full host-country engagement in program and project selection, securing commitments to share costs (possibly through loans) and agreements to sustain completed projects after their transfer.
4. Establish uniform contracting, personnel, and information management systems that all SRO participants use.
5. Require robust oversight of SRO activities from the operation's inception.
6. Preserve and refine programs developed in Iraq, like the Commander's Emergency Response Program and the Provincial Reconstruction Team program, that produced successes when used judiciously.
7. Plan in advance, plan comprehensively and in an integrated fashion, and have backup plans ready to go.


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Call of duty: World at war takes a new look at World War II
By Scout on October 7, 2009
Many readers may be wondering why they're reading a review for a game that was released 10 months ago.
Surely by now there has to be something more current that I've played to review, right?
While it's true that I've played my share of more recent titles, I thought, what better way to prepare for "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," the soon-to-be released next game in the "Call of Duty" series, then to write down my experiences with "World at War" and see if the negatives are fixed in the coming iteration.
"Call of Duty: World at War" brings players back into World War II, fighting this time as an American Marine in the Pacific, as well as a Red Army soldier on the Eastern Front.
Players familiar with the "Call of Duty" series have played through similar iterations of the latter quite often, and some of the level designs and mission objectives can feel a bit stale. However, the gameplay in the Pacific is fresh and fun, and can be quite challenging.
Part of what makes the American missions so entertaining is the opportunity to play against a new type of enemy – the Japanese.
Whereas the Germans are strategists, moving intelligently from cover to cover, the Japanese fight for honor. They hold their positions and, occasionally, make suicidal banzai attacks. The missions in the Pacific also give players an opportunity to use weapons never before seen in "Call of Duty."
"World at War" is not without faults though. When playing on the higher difficulties, the enemies rely less on intelligent strategic maneuvers, and instead tend to spam grenades in the player's direction, often with inhuman accuracy.
Paired with the fact that the enemies infinitely re-spawn until players reach certain checkpoints, the campaign can turn into a run-and-gun situation where players are most likely to succeed by sprinting forward in hopes of reaching a checkpoint, as opposed to intelligently and methodically pressing forward.
The game is fun, however, and completion of the missions truly does feel rewarding, especially considering each mission completed on Veteran mode warrants a trophy to add to your collection.
In typical "Call of Duty" fashion, the multiplayer is fantastic. The maps are all very unique, and each suits any style of play. It was slightly disheartening to see how similar it was to "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" though – that is, many of the perks in "World at War" are mere replicas of those present in "Modern Warfare." A little bit more innovation would have been welcome.
Although the competitive multiplayer does seem similar to previous games, the brand new mode, Nazi Zombies, is very fun. It plays like an arcade style shooter, where players' sole objective is to survive as many rounds as they can before succumbing to the never ending horde of zombies. Playing this mode with friends over the Internet is very entertaining, not to mention addictive, inciting that "one more round before bed" mentality.
Overall, "Call of Duty: World at War" has no major faults and is very fun. Whether interested in single player or multiplayer, there are good times to be had, and players will find plenty to enjoy. I give "Call of Duty: World at War" an 8 out of 10.
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Wait with your car in the outer lane of Departures - Terminal T3 of the airport Madrid Barajas, a member of GoldPark staff (beige trousers and light blue shirt with the company logo) will pick your car up and will transfer it to the parking facilities. On your return, your car will be waiting for you at the airport in the same area where it was delivered.
You will find all the necessary information in the booking confirmation mail.
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Cowboys spoil the Vikings and the Team Tank-ers with their first road win in more than a full year, putting them back in contention for the division.
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This past Sunday saw your Dallas Cowboys travel to frigid Minneapolis to face the Vikings in a regionally broadcast afternoon tilt as the B card opposite the Colts/Packers as Fox's NFL Game of the Week. Coming off their bye, the Cowboys entered the game as 7-point dogs against the Vikes. However, in front of the great purple tarps covering the empty seats in the dizzyingly asymmetrical U.S. Bank Stadium — a monstrosity of glass and steel which looks as if it were designed by a novice architect suffering from an inflated sense of genius as a result of reading The Fountainhead too many times in grad school — the 'Boys managed to steal one, barely squeaking out a surprising 31-28 win over the Horned Helmets.
In a season that has basically mirrored Dak Prescott's right foot in that it has been pointing 180 degrees the wrong direction, the best most fans could likely have hoped for going in was another game like their last against the mighty Steelers: continue the recent progress, show some fight, and make it at least an entertaining loss. Yet, as has been this team's M.O. for more than 10 years — for good or ill — once you think they're dead, they spring back to life like Michael Myers for one last jump scare. Sunday's win is their first since Week 5 against the lowly Giants and is actually their first road win since they played the Lions … on Nov. 11 … 2019!
Despite Minnesota's uninspiring record, they are, in fact, a pretty bad mismatch for Dallas. They field a Top 10 offense, and it's no longer debatable that the Cowboys are currently suffering from a historically terrible defense. The Vikings boast the league's leading rusher in Dalvin Cook (stopping the run is a particular weakness for the Dallas D) and a pair of dynamic receivers in Adam Thielen and Justin Jefferson. Though Dallas defenders gave up four touchdowns (three on consecutive drives in the second half), the guys in silver and blue continued to improve. Led by a standout game from safety Damien Wilson, whose lumberyard hits forced two fumbles, the Cowboys' defense looked sharp. The fourth quarter stand to seal the win was particularly impressive.
After a nasty concussion and a bout of COVID, QB2 Andy Dalton was back under center, and under his command, the offense looked pretty good as well. The Red Rifle threw for three touchdowns, including a bad overthrow that resulted in maybe the most acrobatic catch I've ever seen by CeeDee Lamb. Zeke Elliott rumbled for his first 100-yard game of the season and settled into a nice new-look one-two punch with Tony Pollard, who ripped off a dazzling 42-yard TD run. Overall, it was a solid full-team effort and was very refreshing to see.
The last few weeks have seemed to show the caterwauling Cowboys get their wheels back on. At the same time, the team currently ahead of them in the division, the Eagles — led by the mightily struggling Carson Wentz — seem to be spinning further out of control. As a result, in what is sure to irritate the weirdos riding the Tank Train, Sunday's win puts Dallas in position to compete for taking over first place of the NFC East (at least temporarily) when they face off against the Washington Football Team on Thanksgiving Day.
I, for one, am here for it. Whatever gene is required to succumb to the bizarre temptation to actively root against your favorite team in the off chance that better draft position translates into higher future championship odds is thankfully absent in me. Watching competitive, meaningful football is exponentially better than slogging through another lost season. If you're in it, try to win it, draft position, be damned.
The Patriots have picked in the 30s or later in nine of the last 12 years yet somehow have managed to win their division 11 times in that span, not to mention appear in the Super Bowl five times. Inversely, the Miami Dolphins have picked in the teens or better in 14 of the last 16 years. In that decade and a half, they've made the playoffs only twice and each time as a wild card. A decent front office should be able to find quality players anywhere in the Top 100. Let's not forget that the current Cowboys franchise record holder for most catches as a rookie, one Cedarius Lamb, was taken earlier this year all the way down at 17, about where Dallas would likely pick if they do end up taking the division from Philadelphia.
Considering the Eagles' six remaining opponents are a combined 34-26 and feature four current playoff-bound teams and Dallas' six are a combined 21-37-2 and consist of only one surefire postseason attendee, that possibility, regardless of the Cowboys currently having only three wins, is hilariously increasing by the week. So fuggit. Let's win this damn thing! Why not? Bring on another first-round bounce. I don't care. It's far better than watching tape of college players in the hopes for a maybe better next year.
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From time-to-time, one might find him or herself feeling as if there aren't enough hours in the day. But, when given the proper initiative or motivation, it's amazing what can be accomplished in a day. Francis Joyon, of France, has broken the 24-hour solo-sailor speed record set in 2008 by Thomas Coville. Joyon traveled 668 nautical miles - 1,237 kilometers - between this past Monday and Tuesday evening; skippering a massive 95-foot/29-meter trimaran IDEC at an average pace of 27.83 knots. Joyon left from Trinite`-sur-Mer in Brittany this past Friday en route to the Azores, which presented the most ideal weather conditions for a successful attempt.
Speaking realistically, most of us don't own 95-foot/29-meter trimarans, or intend to break any world records when we wake up in the morning - but that's usually because we've got plenty of our own work to finish by dinnertime.


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Since promoting Ric Flair's Last Match in July, AdFreeShows.com podcast master Conrad Thompson has teased launching his own promotion. Conrad first mentioned that Flair's Last Match was part of a "master plan" and he has since filed a trademark for Southwest Championship Wrestling - the Texas territory that was run by the Blanchards.
Rumours of Thompson working with AAA to promote an event over WrestleMania 39 weekend have also emerged and Conrad addressed those rumours during a chat with Wrestling Inc, claiming he is not looking to start his own promotion.
"I don't aim to have a promotion. I know that's been a big discussion on the heels of Ric Flair's Last Match, and we've certainly played into that a little bit on Jeff Jarrett's podcast. But that's just tongue-in-cheek, just to have fun. We don't have some grandiose plan to start a wrestling promotion, myself and Jeff or whatever, but does that mean that I want to still continue to create content and build experiences for fans? Of course. So I'm going to continue to create podcasts, and continue to do Starrcast, and continue to create content and work on other stuff. But I do think it's valuable to have relationships where you can. We've got a referral deal going with IMPACT right now - if folks listen to Jeff Jarrett's podcast and they sign up for the IMPACT Plus app, they can use promo code 'Jeff,' and blah, blah, blah," Conrad said.
"And clearly I've done some stuff with AEW in the past, whether it was appearing on their programming, or holding some press conferences, or doing their conventions with Starrcast. And obviously I'm a friend of WWE. I've loaned them a lot of footage. And Ric Flair's documentary that comes out later in the month, you'll see some of my belts and robes and all that stuff, that's all featured in there. And so my relationship with all these folks are, I'm basically Switzerland, dude. I mean, I don't mean for that to sound the way it does, but that's kind of it.
"I don't work for AAA, I don't work for IMPACT, I don't work for AEW, I don't work for WWE. I think the world of Dorian, the fellow who owns AAA and is sort of leading that charge, and I hope that their show in Tempe this past week was super successful. My understanding is it was the first time any event was ran in that arena, and pretty notable that Cain Velasquez was there. And I saw your report that maybe he's going to do something in LA. Yes, I would love to be helpful for anyone and everyone to try to succeed in wrestling, but I don't have an official title. I don't work in any official capacity with any wrestling company."
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RRM3 is a gene that encodes a 5′-to-3′ DNA helicase known affect multiple cellular replication and repair processes and is most commonly studied in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RRM3 formally stands for Ribosomal DNArecombination mutation 3. The gene codes for nuclear protein Rrm3p, which is 723 amino acids in length, and is part of a Pif1p DNA helicase sub-family that is conserved from yeasts to humans. RRM3 and its encoded protein have been shown to be vital for cellular replication, specifically associating with replication forks genome-wide. RRM3 is located on chromosome 8 in yeast cells and codes for 723 amino acids producing a protein that weighs 81,581 Da.

Protein activity

During cellular replication, cells encounter replication fork stalling due to DNA-protein complexes, DNA damage and secondary DNA structures. If replication forks remained stalled, cells risk undergoing irreversible cellular arrest. This type of replication stress is known as fork collapse. Stalled replication forks often lead to DNA  breakage, further implicating the importance of unimpaired replication forks on genome integrity. RRM3 helps cells progress through stalled replication forks, although this is a mechanism that is still poorly understood.

Rrm3p is one of many helicase proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Rrm3p a DNA helicase that unwinds DNA in a 5'-to-3' polarity and has been shown to help DNA replication forks transverse protein-DNA complexes. Rrm3p acts catalytically, and possesses ATPase activity which is thought to be responsible for liberating stalled replication forks. Although the exact use of the ATPase domain is unclear, this domain is significant to helicase function, as removal of the proteins' ATPase function has been demonstrated to have the same inactivity effect on protein action as deleting the gene altogether.

Rrm3p is known to affect an estimated 1400 discrete replication fork sites in the S. cerevisiae genome, including sites at ribosomal DNA repeats, tRNA genes, centromeres, telomeres, G4 DNA and the silent mating-type loci. At these sites, replication forks will stall in the absence of Rrm3p. Inactivation of RRM3 causes chromosomal breakage at these Rrm3p associated sites throughout the genome. Rrm3p is also commonly associated with telomeric and subtelomeric DNA replication, in which its effects are thought to be direct. Although Rrm3p has specific associated sites within the genome, the absence of Rrm3p causes a genome-wide delay in replication including regions that are not Rrm3p-dependant. Furthermore, Rrm3p has been found to move globally in conjunction with proteins associated with the replisome. There is some debate within the literature as to whether Rrm3p is part of the replisome or if it is a protein that is recruited to genomic sites upon pausing of replication forks. Rrm3p is known to affect de novo telomere addition by influencing Pif1p activity on telomeres. Rrm3p is also seen to play a role in replication forks around rDNA, including replication and regulatory regions for transcription of 35S and 5S rRNA's. Rrm3p reduces the accumulation of rDNA circles in yeast, and mutations to Rrmp3 results in increased recombination of ribosomal DNA. This increase in recombination has been attributed to interactions between the protein Rrm3p and actual nucleotide base sequence from rDNA regions, rather than interactions due to the secondary structure formed by tandemly repeated DNA regions. This suggests Rrm3p plays a role in the maintenance of rDNA stability, although the exact mechanistic details are still unclear.

As conserved among the Pif1 proteins, Rrm3p has an efficient G-quadruplex unwinding functionality. Most genomes have many G4 motifs, which are 4 stranded DNA structures. Substantial evidence demonstrates that Rrm3p significantly suppresses replicative damage at G4 sites in yeast genomes. The proteins' G-quadruplex ability has been shown to reduce G4-related genome damage when there is low cellular levels of Pif1.

Along with ATPase and PIP-box domains, the region of amino acids 186-212 in Rrm3p code for a region that binds to Orc5, a domain in an origin recognition complex. The binding of these two proteins appears to be linked to inappropriate replication timing and genome integrity.

Known interactions

Rrm3p physically interacts with multiple proteins in the nucleus. One such interaction is with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), a protein essential to eukaryotic DNA replication. PCNA interacts with Rrm3p via the PIP-box motif at the N-terminus of the Rrm3p protein and removal of the PIP-box domain prevents the proteins from interacting. The interaction of these two nuclear proteins is enhanced in the presence of salts, an indication that the interaction between the two is likely hydrophobic. The interaction between PCNA and Rrm3p suggests that Rrm3p may be an accessory DNA helicase that helps replication fork progression through formation of a protein-protein complex with PCNA. Some data has suggested that Rrm3p interacts with Pol2, the catalytic subunit of DNA Polymerase ɛ, which suggests that it may be a part of the replisome. Further evidence of Rrm3p being a replisome component comes from its interactions with Orc5, a domain of the origin recognition complex. Between interactions with PCNA, Pol2 and Orc5, there stands multiple sources of evidence that Rrm3p could be involved in the cellular replisome complex.

Rrm3p is part of a network of DNA replication and helicase proteins. Related proteins include Srs2 and Sgs1, both of which are helicases that work in opposite polarity (3'-to-5') to that of Rrm3p. Simultaneous mutations in RRM3 an SRS2 result in cell arrest at G2/M phase with 2N genomic content, usually with multiple protruding cellular buds and failed nuclear division. Knockout mutations in both RRM3 and Sgs1 produces viable cells that display severe growth defects. The full understanding of the network and mechanisms between these proteins is still to be discovered.

Evidence suggests that Rrm3p works in association with the MRX complex, a protein complex required for double stranded break repair of DNA. RRM3 mutants with simultaneous mutations in subunits of MRX produce cells with severe growth defects which are mainly due to deficiencies in telomere maintenance.

Rrm3p has also been seen to interact with Fob1, Csm3 and Tof1. At rDNA coding regions within the genome there are termination sites that are associated with termination protein Fob1. In conjunction with S-phase checkpoint proteins Csm3 and Tof1, Fob1 creates a protein complex that inhibits the function of Rrm3p. During replication, the catalytic abilities of Rrm3p allow it to remove Fob1 from rDNA sites before the replication fork unwinds the area, allowing for smooth progression of replication forks.

Mutations and absence of Rrm3p

Successful genome replication is in many circumstances dependent on the presence and action of RRM3. Cells with the no cellular Rrm3p show high levels of DNA damage during replication, however the actual breaking of DNA is likely a secondary consequence of multiple DNA replication errors due to Rrm3p absence. Mutations to RRM3 in yeast produces cells that show a delay in S-phase transitioning and colonies of mutants typically show larger proportions of cells in the G2/M phase. RRM3 also has significant ties to yeast transposon mobility. In cells with mutations to RRM3, mobility of the Ty1 yeast transposon increases 110-fold, strong evidence that RRM3 has a role in the processing of Ty1 cDNA.

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A recorded version of today's seminar will be available at the PTO website by Monday, August 27, 2007.
Mr. Bates has an excellent perspective. The availabilty of effective patent protection in the US is becoming so remote as to be a fraud on the unsuspecting public, and a mythical hope to unsuspecting investors and stockholders.
Could a 25 claim limit actually work in the US. Not now. Not with the current US case law. Folks that do much foreign work easily will recognize the most fundamental problem – the current inability or unwillingness (or just complete ignorance) on the part of the courts in the US to give claims an "ordinary engineering meaning" where a robust "doctrine of equivalents" would give sufficient meaning to claim terms to protect against someone obtaining the substantial benefit of the claimed invention. US case law demands specificity of claims for various embodiments, as equivalents most likely will not be granted in claim interpretation. In Canada, claims are given a "purposive construction" interpretation – not a strict "Mickey Mouse", word by word, strict content only meaning as in the US, currently. In Europe, similar result. In Japan, even a more engineering or technical person's view of the scope is afforded the limited claims seen in Japanese cases.
Will the US courts change their jurisprudence and go back toward a "doctrine of equivalents" ? Don't bet on it. Right now, some courts can't even use "novelty" and "obviousness" in a manner that is conventional and time tested in patent work. See, for example, the recent design patent decsion (Egyptian Goddess Inc v Swisa Inc, CAFC 08/29/2007) which turns conventional novelty and obviousness definitions to incomprehensible mush.
Effective filing date and actual filing date. No matter what; the effective filing date can be relied on for whatever is taught in the orig filed (Parent) PatApp. BTW Your concerns of the USPTO going to hell in a hurry is now a moot point. I am an 80 yr old former Examiner that will never accept another Client except to advise him not to seek patent protection. Once upon a time, the USPTO was the primary reason for the USA Greatness. Not any more. It makes me puke. Marcus Bates of Odessa Texas.
Did you like my imitation of one of your commentary styles above?
I've always wanted to try it. It felt good. I like your style.
You know what they say about imitation, but watch out for the diapers.
[A]nonymous patent hero is right – – enough chit-chat already.
Straight above, our anonymous patent hero hero has a dead serious question.
perhaps class-actionable. After all, this is America.
For me today, I'm oft to college in route to Maryland on my semi-annual rumrun.
do something… how to sue ??
Thanks for your tip. I'm going to have my IT man decipher what you said as soon as I get one. I must confess; I am mostly PC programs/computer illiterate, and not inclined to do anything about that. I am constantly frustrated by these machines and their software that makes them work ok. I happened by mere accident to find my close quote tip. I am however intimately familiar with some rudimentary coding subjects. For example, I spearheaded, with the help of my professor friend & coinventor, reinventing Hamming error detecting and correcting edac coding in the 80s. We found out after the fact that we were 30 years too late; Richard Hamming did it at Bell Labs in '48.
One of my favorite and simplest inventions was coding wherein the original code was equated with the inversion. I specialize in simple pragmatic inventions other inventors miss altogether or the significance thereof.
One of the simplest things I ever invented took me over twenty years from when I started looking for it. I didn't feel too dumb because, after all, it had been overlooked for centuries by millions of educated people (they didn't know to look for anything).
I can, however, also invent on a system level, and have been somewhat successful at doing so. I learned computer stuff starting from the ground up. I started with Heath kits in the '50s, Army radar in the mid '60s, rube-Goldberg electro-mechanical machinery in the late '60s to '80s, the HP35 in '72 (I bought every new HP that came down the pike and attended many HP seminars for refreshments and $50). Then, in the mid '70s, I programmed TicTacToe on an advanced-for-the-times programmable calculator with a continuous loop cassette made by Compucorp (which I think Monroe bought into). I got the cigar-box programmable "handheld" calculator w/ attached cassette to do two TTT moves for every loop of the tape. It took me nine months of programming from start to finish mostly working after hours till dawn to make a perfect TTT program. My manufactory business mostly ran itself except for the IP lawsuits I became deeply involved in working with attorneys from as many as six firms at one time – – I had been sued in the Cook County cesspool court system by a crooked fortune 500 company in a kangaroo court, and it took a lot of doing to get unscrewed.
After two weeks of programming TTT, the program played well. I spent most of the nine months time making it play perfectly and play two moves per cassette loop – – I was obsessed with memory efficiency. I'd take a wild guess and say today's programs could operate in way less than half the number of steps but who cares, memory is dirt cheap and getting cheaper by the minute. When I showed my TTT program to the head of programming at Compucorp/Monroe on Park Avenue as I recall, she scratched her head in disbelief saying the machine cannot do that, it must be a trick.
Anyway, for better or worse, that programming experience taught me to stay away from programming and think on a larger scale. I guess you can tell that I like writing, mainly about tecky type stuff, my experiences and other things I know first hand. I try to be entertaining, and I need to kill some time till my ship comes in.
I'll be gone for a couple of days driving my son to college near Maryland, but I'll leave you with another tip: liquor prices in Maryland are about half compared to NY prices. Cheers.
Does it make you all feel better that the direction from the supervisors in my Art Group is to wait on cases that have more than 25 claims…..
Basically, they're telling us that, if a case has more than 25 claims, NOT to submit a FAOM until we receive an ESD.
LOL, as if I didn't figure that one out for myself….
Turn off "smart quotes" in Word (its in the AutoCorrect dialog). Smart Quotes, such as your single open quote mark, is a special, non-ASCII character and wreaks havoc when used in ASCII based documents. You can always turn it back on when you want to do some desktop publishing.
JOAI fiddles with punctuation while the purposes of the Alexandria patent buildings get toasted Live.
You know what annoys me? When a patent number is abbreviatedly cited a second time in attorneys' briefs, a single open quote mark is often improperly used, to wit: '123. Of course, it should be a single close quote mark like so: '123.
Hold down the "Ctrl" key and hit the single quote key twice in succession. The first hit produces nothing, but, voila, the second produces the desired close single quote to go with an abbreviated patent number. Try it. You'll thank me in the morning.
So there you go. All your questions and concerns were adequately addressed. No more complaining now, ya hear?
LOL, we got to move these refrigerators!, we got to move these color tv's!
Save us from the ball and chain!
do exam your own damn self!
hard to find and keep its seems.
me – That might work, if the 17 claims are "Patentably Distinct". But, if they are allegedly not? Then they get counted as being in the same application and ESD kicks in no matter how you slice and dice them and no matter how many application filing fees you pay….
…of course, at this point, you would have paid a professional to do a search (i.e., the examiner), I suppose you could write up the results of that search…and submit it….
Would the PTO take the position that the examiner's search is insufficient?
I suppose they might… since the ESD requirement seems to say that on its face….
When McDonald's has trouble keeping up with the demand for Happy Meals, do they make you fill out a petition explaining why you deserve extra fries and why extra fries were not ordered earlier?
SF-Actually, I would call the examiner and ask him to enter the amendment placing application in condition for allowance by examiner's amendment and issue the notice of allowance with it thereby avoiding the 5/25 ESD issue altogether. In fact, you can prepare a "copy" of the "proposed examiner's amendment" and send it to the Examiner so there is no additional work necessary on the examiner's part (and to make sure they get it right). They get their count and are happy.
> Now you have to file an ESD for violating 5/25? The Examiners search isn't good enough? I have to do it all again? That makes as much sense as having to pay 17 Independent claim fees….
And one other thing: The 5/25 rule does not apply to applications filed before Nov. 1 which have received a FAOM. However, any continuations filed on those applications are subject to the rule, and if any claims are deemed patentably indistinct in the later filed continuation, all of the claims in the parent get sucked into the calculation. The only way to avoid that (per the FAQ – I don't see it in the rules per se) is to file the continuation after receipt of the notice of allowance in the parent case (the 15/75 rule for covering an invention in a combination of parent and 2 con's, the con's being prosecuted serially, and each not exceeding 5/25, obviously). I have a parent case that may receive a FAOM before Nov. 1, but if it doesn't, it is within the 5/25 rule (2 ind's and 25 total claims, actually). I need to file a CIP, but I'm afraid to wait until a notice of allowance due to a possible bar date for the improvement. The parent case actually has a generic claim that would cover the species claim in the CIP (my cip is to a species not disclosed in the parent case, but I wnat the narrower claim to cover our rears b/c it is the commercial embodiment now). I'm thinking about filing the CIP and actually abandoning the parent case, since I think the examiner may argue that the species claim in the cip is patentably indistinct from that in the parent, and now I exceed the 5/25 rule. My head is spinning!
During the webinar yesterday, the speaker said that you can file as many continuations/cips as you want before Nov. 1, and then after Nov. 1, only "one more" continuation/cip. The rule would support that, as 1.78(d) is effective only for applications filed on or after Nov. 1, so that would make sense. However, the slides state that you only get one more continuation/cip after Aug. 21, 2007, regardless of the number of con/cip's filed before then. Is the slide wrong?
Amoeba – check out the FAQ – I believe your question is addressed there. The problem with species is that the restriction is provisional – if your generic claim is allowed, the claims get rejoined. It is kind of confusing. If it is a straight out restriction of patentably distinct inventions (not an election of species), then if you have a 5/25 issue, you cancel, as oppose to withdraw, the non-elected claims and file them whenever you want, during the pendency of the parent, in a divisional – no danger of rejoinder b/c they are cancelled. The whole non-elected species issus is different.
A reexam is a proceeding, not a patent application. The rules discuss the two separately. I don't think filing a reexam of a current patent would mean that the patent is now subject to the new rules and, therefore, invalid. I think that a patent that issues from an improper continuation, could be subject to challenge in a reexam, citing intervening references.
But, we are talking about a rule violation, not a statutory violation. The PTO has the authority to waive its rules. So, if you file a reexam, can't the patentee file a petition to waive the rules to allow preservation of the priority claim? Rule 78(d) doesn't say that the PTO can't waive this rule. Only that the failure to delete does not constitute a waiver. Because you can't predict whether the PTO will have sympathy for any specific patentee or requester (and decisions on petition have no pecedential value so I wouldn't count on that to predict the outcome), I don't think I would choose reeam as a route to invalidate such a patent. The court seems to be a safer venue to litigate.
Do we have any Nevada attorneys out there? I am wondering if the Casinos are taking odds on how fast there rules go-down in flames. This is better than the Super Bowl. We can all thank Chief Justice Rheinquist for this mess. In the mid-1980s, when he was one back medication, he authored an opinion that was in complete contravention to established U.S. history. He stated that the ex post facto prohibition applied only to criminal law. Now these public servants think they can change the rules whenever they want. For example, not more than 8 years after that sad decision by Rheinquist, Billy-Jeff Clinton promulgated the first retroactive tax increase in the history of the United States. He was undoing the tax breaks of Bush 41. Can you imagine what the next democrat with do with Bush 43's tax breaks? What we have here is another example of retroactive effect of legislation. This must stop. We are in a struggle for nothing less than Freedom. Can you imagine what can happen to our national character if we allow government agencies to retroactively apply rules? We might as well return to have the Crown of England be the head of our country.
"Clarity Moves Innovation…" the title of the USPTO Webcast..
What *clarity*? I must have missed that slide. Anyone see it?
What about re-exam? The grounds would be 102 & 103 — not procedural grounds. Of course, you would rely on 1.78(d) to show that the patent (which was filed on a patent application after 11/01/2007) is not entitled to the priority, but in the end, you'd be arguing 102 & 103. I'm not sure, however, if you can rely on 1.78(d) to show that the patent is not entitled to the priority. Slide 30 of the USPTO PowerPoint says that the new rules apply to applications filed after 11/01/2007, but not reexamination. Does this mean that reexaminations will ignore the 1.78(d) problems of the earlier applications that were filed after 11/01/2007?
I think this is a different situation than Exxon. In Exxon, the PTO determined that it would not enter an amendment to grant a filing date. The Exxon court noted, repeatedly, that there was no statutory or regulatory requirement that precluded the PTO from refusing to enter the amendment. Here, you have Rule 78(d)(1) that says explicitly "The Office's entry of, or failure to delete, a specific reference to a prior filed applcaition that is not permitted by at least one of paragraphs d(1)(i) through (d)(1)(vi) of this section does not constitute a waiver of the provisions of paragraphs (d)(1) of this section." You don't even have an inferred waiver of the rule.
I think there is a real good argument that the claim for priority is dead and intervening art (like the first utility that published more than a year before this third con was ever filed) can be used against the validity of the claim.
What about those PCTs out there that claim priority to a utility but never entered national stage because of the parallel US line? I think those count as a con too. And I don't see how you can reserve or delete the US designation to avoid it.
So the PTO has a run on CIPs before Nov. 1 – that sets it back another 5 years?
Webcast was a waste of time, just listening to someone read Powerpoint slides. Lame.
PTO—"steady as she sinks". These changes place more and more burdens on attorneys/practices, hence higher costs for clients and more trouble in and out of court and with the client.
Considering that most cases have 25 or less claims not but examination is still slow and of spotty quality (getting worse every year for the last fifteen years, these and changes will not cure the growing problems with the PTO and the process.
Lower the cost, turn it into a registration system (which it really is), duke it out in court.
I believe the 5/25 rules were promulgated in clear violation of the APA-mandated notice and comment procedure since they are anonvery different from, and therefore not a "logical outgrowth" from the representative claims rules that were proposed originally. There was no APA-mandated opportunity for public comment on this aspect of the new rules.
I wonder how many person-hours these rules have wasted and will waste, both inside and outside the PTO.
Doesn't "to provide for… at the request of the applicant" imply that the USPTO cannot refuse to continue examination? Anyone know what the legislative history says about this?
Malcolm: I was thinking litigation. Try re-exam and point out the break in the chain. I think that might work.
No! You *can't* file an ESD after a FAOM. My understanding is you need to file a continuation with an ESD and 17 independent claims, or choose to place just 5 of the dependent claims in independent form.
Unfortunately, the scenarios for non-elected dependent claims (over 25) which depend from allowed independent claims get even worse.
Now you have to file an ESD for violating 5/25? The Examiners search isn't good enough? I have to do it all again? That makes as much sense as having to pay 17 Independent claim fees….
Great question. Since there's no statutory basis for denying the priority claim, I don't think there is any way to breaking the chain of priority. However, I would expect inequitable conduct allegations for failing to let the USPTO of its mistake.
Malcolm, I think the standard today would be that the Director has the power to waive (or not apply may be a better term) any rule, and the issuance of the patent (coupled with the presumption of validity) would indicate waiver. But I could be wrong.
That's true under the present rules as well.
Here's a question for the peanut gallery: if a patent that is part of a large family issues in 2010 and the patentee sues Y, under the present rules will Y be able (in theory) to count up the continuations or whatever and — if it's the case that one of these rules was "broken" during prosecution — invalidate the patent on those grounds?
Yes, I believe you can get an additional continuation using the PCT bypass approach. Whether or not you will need an ESD, however, depends solely on the number of claims in the application (assuming no office action on the merits prior to Nov. 1).
Sorry, I just caught my mistake. I should have said, "without a showing", rather than referring to an ESD.
"The common owner requirement is death for portfolio work. How is Firm A supposed to know when Firm B files an application for your joint-client MegaCorp and what that application entails?
I actually submitted that question during the presentation, but they never answered it.
provides for an extra continuation. I'm relatively new at this game, so apologies if the question's still nonsense.
questioner – I don't see how what you propose has any bearing on whether or not you will need an ESD.
NL – your best option may be to drink heavily and root for the folks at Kelley Drye. I have already undertaken the first of my suggestions (well, not literally, but I do feel very hungover after that webinar).
Another question: there was a quick reference to bypass applications in the Q&A, and now I'm trying to parse the rules (starting on 46733). Am I reading it right to mean that if after November 1, I have both a PCT application and a US nonprovisional pending, both of which just claim priority to a provisional application, I could file one additional ESD-free continuation by filing it as a bypass off the PCT?
If I filed a case in 2006 that disclosed multiple inventions (let's say 5, for example) but only claimed 1 (with the intention of filing multiple continuations but not having sufficient cash flow at the time), what is the best strategy going forward?
I can file 5 continuations now, before Nov. 1. However, the problem there is that all of these apps will be part of one big happy 'family', so if I file an RCE in ANY of these cases, I will no longer have that option for any other cases.
Another option is to file a cotinuation claiming 5 different inventions and suggesting a restriction. Then, if the Examiner agrees, I can file 5 divisional applications, each of which can have their own RCE and their own 2 continuation. Thus, this would seem like the preferred strategy.
Now, what if the situation is further complicated by a pending PCT application? I could enter the US via the National Stage and then get 2 more continuations.
I thought about that problem too. There's going to have to be some client counseling about this topic, and how they hand out work to outside counsel is going to have to change.
I'm sure they'll be glad to hear that.
As noted by Kevin Noonan over at patentdocs, the worst of the proposed rules for biotech practitioners fell by the wayside. That is, we aren't required to file all the divisionals before the original application issues. Whoever came up with that proposed rule should be slapped.
Anyway, I thought I'd give us an opportunity to focus on "the positive side" of things.
I see an ESD (aka the Document of Doom) costing about as much as an opinion. That is, very expensive!!
They might be giants, but not mental giants!
I hear your pleas bro-ther, but God doesn't give a damn!
Well the mental giants at the PTO sure have made a bigger mess of the system. They should have addressed the problem not treated the symptom. Looks like they are trying to reduce the number of filings, yeah thats it! Punish the applicant instead of hiring more competent examiners….God help us now!
Does anyone have any idea how much an ESD will cost the client? (probally more than the original app). How about the pricing for the search?
I assume for pending applications (prior to Aug. 21) for which no FAOM has issued prior to Nov. 1, that they will wait until after Nov. 1 before issuing any notices in the event you have a 5/25 issue. I'm going to file an election tonight via fax, and I'm thinking I might receive an FAOM before Nov. 1 (unless the examiner sits on it). If I receive the FAOM prior to Nov. 1, then I should be fine, and any rejoined species claims should not require an esd, even if they cause the appln to exceed 5/25. Does that make sense?
metoo – well, I guess the answer is that design app's are treated the same, even in the scenario I presented, albeit that was not an intention.
Can anyone identify the closing music? Slow cadence, minor key, IOW some form of lament, LOL!
The best part was the music after they shut up.
Now I get the good connection – in time for concluding remarks!
LGB – as I suspected, your question about design apps was just too tough for them to handle.
metoo – you are probably right.
The common owner requirement is death for portfolio work. How is Firm A supposed to know when Firm B files an application for your joint-client MegaCorp and what that application entails?
The only person with knowledge of both is MegaCorp. And, if they don't tell you, you have problems. Probably inequitable conduct problems.
Does anyone know of any marinas for sale?
This is funny … this last question is found VERBATIM in the FAQ at E4 (i.e. automatic granting of petition)!
I can't speak for applications filed post Aug. 21, but I suspect for applications filed before Aug. 21, esp. those with FAOM and continuations/rce's in place, it should not be too difficult to come up with good reasons to file a second or third. Besides, the petition fee is $400 – for that money, you'd think they would grant it if the arguments are reasonable.
I recall the producers of the "$64K Question" got into Dutch for a phony "live" spontaneous broadcast. Shouldn't the PTO be held to an even higher standard?
metoo – I think you are only allowed one more continuation before Nov. 1, provided you filed more than 1 prior to aug. 21 in a pre-aug 21 application? That is what the slide shows, if I'm understanding it correctly.
They're not saying that you couldn't file that RCE, just that you'd need to file an ESD as well (if they didn't buy your showing).
what about the common scenario in which you previously received a final OA which was improper, yet you chose to file an RCE rather than petitioning. would that be enough of a justification for another RCE in the same family?
Screw the courts, break out the pitchforks and torches!
metoo- good, sounds like I'm not missing much. :-) Let me know if design patents come up. I just saw a post that they are reading from the FAQ pdf file – I thought I remembered one of those questions.
LOL – Question: Can you file as many continuations as you want before Nov. 1?
Ms. Peterlin read an introduction, which was then repeated verbatim by Bahr, then she totally disappeared. . . Is that probative in Aharonian's suit?
Is anyone still listening to this webcast?
OH MY GOD THEY ARE READING THE QUESTION AND ANSWERES FROM THE .PDF!!!!!!
shouldn't the "showing" needed to justify the second RCE be pretty easy to make? you should just have to say that you couldn't have presented the new arguments and/or claim amendments based on art that you never saw before.
Will you testify for me in my inequitable conduct case when I can't get a piece of relevant art in front of the patent office simply becuase I ran out of my one RCE? If not, can I live in one of the PTO's conference room?
Yes, LGB, you are missing some incredibly insightful comments – like how copendency under 35 USC 120 requires an application be pending before the other case actually issues (i.e., copendency does not end when a notice of allowance issues). Wow – who would have thunk.
I cannot believe I'm losing the connection – I sat through an hour of nonsense, reading from slides, and now I can't hear the q&A. I guess I'll have to listen to it again on monday.
I wonder if they are reading these comments while answering questions?
Mr. Barr, tf you are, EAT ME!
He mentioned a FAQ on the web page.
Anyone have a URL for this?
inquiring mind – b/c they don't know and are probably betting no one will file one.
I'm having buffering issues and missing some of the Q&A – if they answer my design patent question, would someone post it here?
metoo – the time may be when the page was launched – I was able to log in about 10 minutes before the webcast.
Although I just heard a question that is clearly in the FAQ, so I'm wondering if these are truly questions posted from attorneys or the PTO.
Gee, I wonder why they completely ducked the question about what is required for a showing?
Does anyone else see this? I'm using Firefox, and in the left hand box of the pop-up window, beneath the audio controls, it has the following: 8/23/2007 9:00:03 AM Hmmmm….does that mean this entire audio stream was created this morning (i.e., is not live)??? Yet, the same window has a button for e-mailing the presenter.
Wonder why they aren't answering it?
It sounds like the questions/answers were pre-selected, like on the "$64K Question" a few decades ago.
I just can't force myself to listen anymore.
For me, I'm going for a wet lunch.
I thought I was hearing things about the "yall".
Re: Peterlin….they could easily get her to explain it. How do half these judges get confirmed? They are grilled until they can spout details in their sleep.
Metoo – Unfortunately, it is not a hypo but a real situation for me. Not only that, I have 3 pending utility applications with design application claiming their benefit (some of the design applications have issued or been allowed)that have well over 5 ind. and 25 total claims – I may be fortunate enough in the first to get an FAOM, but oh no, not so, for the other 2.
Very good compliance with Administrative Procedures Act.
Notice and Comment Rule Proposed, 500+ comments, ignoring the huge opposition, and implementing the rules anyway. Very nice PTO.
N.B. to "Points to Ponder" I would love to hear Ms Peterlin explain this….I could use the entertainment.
This is awful. They are about as dry as can be, and they are basically reading the statute, without much explanation. And I hate the guy that asks the questions, I wish him harm.
I agree that the moderator/presentor format blows.
Wow, a two-hour infomercial for the need for litigation.
Gosh this is complicated. I wonder if Ms. Peterlin, who won so much praise at the beginning of the presentation, could go over it again and explain it a little more clearly.
Good grief – this webinar is a complete joke.
Is it pre-recorded? It might as well have been so far.
LOL – did you intentionally try to come up with a question that would stump them, LGB? Yes, it is definitely a legitimate question. And what about the common situation where you file multiple design patent applications covering different design elements of an article? It would appear that the rules apply to design patent apps, but was that intended?
I was thinking the same thing – it is going pretty quickly. I submitted a question right before the webcast, so we'll see. My question addresses the effect of a continuing design application claiming priority of a utility application (all filed before 8/21/07) -how does it affect the ability to file continuations on the utility applications? I emailed this question yesterday, and the only reply was that the rules apply to all app's filed under Sec. 111(a) – I don't think my question was understood. And I don't think they thought through this particular situation.
I agree wholeheartedly – all he's doing is basically reading the slides.
I've already submitted three questions. We'll see how many they get to.
I'm listening to the "webinar" now, and it is,so far, a huge waste of time. He is just reading the slides, with no elaboration. I already read the slides – I need to hear answers to questions. The only difference between just reading the slides ahead of time and listening to this webcast, is that some other guy is asking a question to introduce the slide, and then Baher answers by reading from the slides. I wish they would please stop and answer questions.