I am a nerd, geek, dork whatever you want to call me. I keep it pretty private in reality but in here I am as open as I can be.
I go to conventions. I have dressed up in the past but at this time I do not feel it is a priority. I go to see celebrities, go to panels and learn new things. I go to meet new people and hang out with old friends. I like conventions. Some of the smaller conventions I have been to were kind of meeh. I have to say my favorite one is Dragon Con. Every year I think I need to go to ComicCon in San Diego. That being said, I heard horror stories year after year and have never really tried to go. I have even heard that celebrities like Felicia Day have had issues there. Instead, I will stick with my small more local cons and of course one big one.
For many years I have gone to Dragon Con in Atlanta. I love it. LOVE IT. LOVE IT. LOVE IT. I have met several friends there and have learned of many new fandoms. Currently we are 118 days away from the con and I am in total "I can't wait" mode. This year I am taking my brother with me. In the past I have gone with my best friend and also I have made my Mom go with me. She had a blast and I hope she gets the opportunity to come again.
In my preparations for the con (the BIG ONE) I listen to several of my favorite podcasts and what they have to say about the Con. See The Khan Report. This is just one of the many podcasts I listen to. These are both very specific to Dragon Con and it helps me to deal with the waiting-for-con-funk. I also watch all of the Youtube videos including the Last Dragon Con parody. There are many other links if you would like to check out DragonConTv. I have to do something to get me from the post-con-funk through the waiting-until-con funk until the it-is-almost-here-joy.
Last night I was suffering through the waiting-for-con-funk and decided to watch the documentary Four Days at Dragon Con. While watching, I was thinking of what I have done each year and decided to get out the old printed pocket programs. I looked at what I did each year and what I wanted to do but did not make it to. Wow, have things changed. When I started going, there were 30,000 people going and last year there were over 65,000 attendees. In the beginning there was a paper pocket program that you had to use. Now, there is an online app that you can use to plan your con. HOLY crap it has grown. The most important thing I have discovered in my years of attending cons is that each con is unique. Make it special to yourself and there is no way you will not have a fantastic time.


When I heard this name McCoy's Lifestyle Butchery I didn't know what to expect, I mean what's a lifestyle butchery so what better way to find out than to visit the place. So I asked a friend @QueenMbee who's familiar with McCoy's Lifestyle Butchery to tag along and another friend tagged along Les'Snow Snowhite a not so new friend now. It is located in Senaone Soweto, to elaborate further it is not so far from Moroka Police Station. And I'm starting to believe the saying never judge a book by its cover because this spot does'nt say much on the outside but speaks volume on the inside. I was struck by the simple decor & the cleanliness of this restaurant/butchery. I ordered the "Meal for One" which is one piece (of each) Wors, Chicken & Lamb chop .You can have this meal with Fried Chips but I paired it with Pap and it's served with a green salad and their version of "Chakalaka". When we asked our waitress Lebo about the Chakalaka we found out it's actually a "Salsa" salad not chakalaka ,so point of correction Mr McCoy Lol! Thanks to Mbali & Snowy I met the owner McCoy! Between the pap and the "chakalaka" I'm confused as to which is my favorite #nicelifeproblem. Snow advised me to sample the ox liver dish and in McCoy's style it didn't disappoint, what a yummy dish it was. Yup we still had more space for it!
They also serve drinks very nice music and two big screen Tv's for sports & stuff, don't worry if the music gets too loud just ask the staff for the volume to be lowered. On their menu are Platters as well and you can order take away ,for collection that is ,plus I hear the owner is a meticulous man, so if he say's your food will be ready in a certain time ,you better come fetch your food at the exact time. It's a beautiful spot for a Friday dinner or Sunday lunch, so if you're around I definitely recommend it!
In memory of the Owner & Founder McCoy Ngobe…Rest in Peace sir, I only interacted with you for a short time at your restaurant & from that I picked up that you are a humble & gentle soul.


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In April each Sunday we will to focus on some of Jesus' final words that He said during His ministry to the people and His disciples as He spread the Good News of His Father to us His children. We will exegetically interpret the scriptures uncovering the final words of Jesus before he died on the cross.
Jesus encouraged the church as the bride of Christ to fulfill the great commission as His final words here one earth before he transcended back into Heaven. We will personally discover and apply these timeless truths throughout the month of April as we embark on Easter. Final words is all about Jesus and the things He did before and after the cross & resurrection. We look forward to leading you in this study of relevant biblical truths.
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I have to apologize: I am VERY late to the party. Summer is merely days away and I'm just finishing up spring collections. Nonetheless, here's OPI Hawaii.
The cremes are hit or miss. I had trouble with Suzi Shops & Island Hops and applied three coats instead of two.
Go With The Lava Flow and Just Lanai-ing Around aren't my favorite colors, but they had the best application.
The shimmery colors take at least three coats for full opacity.
I really don't know what OPI was thinking with Pineapples Have Peelings Too. Frosty shimmers and glitters are a hot mess waiting to happen.
Overall, it's a decent spring collection. There's a mix of finishes and a variety of colors to choose from. My picks are Lost My Bikini In Molokini and That's Hula-rious due to their eye-catching colors.


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Fact Sheet and Particpants at Today's Rose Garden Event
Below is a fact sheet and list of attendees at today's Rose Garden announcement.
Obama Administration National Fuel Efficiency Policy:
Good For Consumers, Good For The Economy And Good For The Country
The proposed national autos program adopts uniform federal standards to regulate both fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions while preserving the legal authorities of DOT, EPA and California. The program covers model year 2012 to model year 2016 and ultimately requires an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 mpg in 2016. The result is a projected reduction in oil consumption of approximately 1.8 billion barrels over the life of the program and a projected total reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of approximately 900 million metric tons. This groundbreaking policy is good for consumers, good for the auto industry and it helps our country by reducing pollution and promoting energy independence.
Ten car companies and the UAW have embraced the national program because it provides certainty and predictability to 2016 and includes flexibilities that will significantly reduce the cost of compliance. The program also honors President Obama's commitment to reconsider the denial of the California waiver by the Bush Administration.
Good for Consumers:
Consumer Savings: This will save American consumers money over the long term in increased fuel efficiency.
Consumer Choice: The proposed new national policy will preserve consumer choice. The new rules will not dictate the size of cars, trucks and SUVs that manufacturers can produce; rather it will require that all sizes of vehicles become more energy efficient.
A Cleaner Environment: New policy will produce environmental benefits that will reduce air pollution from the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and other conventional pollutants.
Good for the Economy:
Clear Rules: One national policy for all automakers, instead of three standards: a DOT standard, an EPA standard and a California standard that would apply to 13 other states.
Lower Costs: This national policy has the potential to lower compliance costs for automakers by avoiding a patchwork of fuel efficiency and pollution rules.
Flexibility: The new national policy provides the industry what any business wants: clarity, predictability and certainty concerning the rules. As importantly, it gives them flexibility on how to meet the expected outcomes and the lead time they need to innovate.
Good for the Country:
Energy Independence: The new policy will result in yearly 5% increases in efficiency from 2012 through 2016. The end product - - cleaner cars and reduced dependence on oil (1.8 Billion barrels of oil cumulatively, over the lifetime of the program) and significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions (savings equivalent to taking 177 million of today's cars off the road).
Effective Government: Historic collaboration between two agencies; breaking down silos and working towards a common goal and outcomes.
Bringing People Together: The national policy has the support of CEOs, Governors, the UAW, the environmental community and others around this first, comprehensive national policy.
Below is a list of on-stage participants and expected attendees at today's event:
On-stage participants:
- Alan Mulally, CEO, Ford
- Jim Lentz, President, Toyota
- Fritz Henderson, President, General Motors
- John Mendel, Executive Vice President, Honda
- Bob Nardelli, CEO, Chrysler
- Dr. Friedrich Eichiner, COO and Director, BMW AG
- Dominique Thormann, CEO, Nissan
- Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman, Daimler AG, Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars
- Jim O'Sullivan , President and CEO, Mazda North American Operations
- Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO, Volkswagen Group of America
- United Autos Workers President Ron Gettlefinger
- Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood
- Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Jackson
- Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Carol Browner
Expected attendees:
- Secretary Tom Vilsack
- Secretary Ken Salazar
- Secretary Shaun Donovan
- Secretary Hilda Solis
- Governor Jennifer Granholm
- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Governor Deval Patrick
- Senator Carl Levin
- Senator Debbie Stabenow
- Senator Barbara Boxer
- Senator Dianne Feinstein
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi
- Rep. John Dingell
- Rep. Sandy Levin
- EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson
- CEQ Chair Nancy Sutley
- Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren
- California State Senator Fran Pavley
- Chairman of the California Air Resources Board Mary Nichols
- Representatives from the United Auto Workers Union
- Leaders of League of Conservation Voters, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, and Union of Concerned Scientists

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Mother Dairy has launched new cow milk variant in Delhi
India: Mother Dairy a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has launched new cow milk variant in Delhi. It manufactures markets & sells milk and milk products which includes ice creams, paneer, cultured products and ghee under its brand. The companies diversified portfolio also includes fruits & vegetables, edible oils, processed food like fruit juices, jams, frozen vegetables and pulses etc.
Mother Dairy has further plans to sell the new variant in cities like Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai. In order to meet the rising demand of cow milk the company is supplying 50,000-60,000 litres of cow milk per day in Delhi and in coming 10-15 days the company would scale it to 1 lakh litres. The cow milk launched by Mother Dairy is digestive, light and nutritious and is aiming children aged 1 to 7 years. The milk is homogenized, hygienic and contains optimum fat (4% fat and 8.5% solid not fat) and has launched by doing several quality checks. Mother Dairy do not want to over burden the customers by prices that's why company has no immediate plans to increase the prices of its new variant.
According to TechSci Research, dairy sector has a huge potential in India and due to continuously increasing population the demand for the milk and dairy products is also increasing and Mother Dairy plays a significant role in meeting the demands of Indian consumers. The Company is also committed to empower the milk producers and farmers through its processes and a significant portion of its earnings is ploughed back into the supply chain in order to support and maintain the system. India's dairy market has the highest potential which will help the dairy companies to grow up in the coming years.
According to a recent report published by TechSci Research, "India Dairy Products Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2011 – 2021", the market for dairy products in India is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 7% during 2016 - 2021. In 2015, North India dominated the country's dairy products market, on account of increasing per capita expenditure, rising youth population, introduction of value added dairy products, changing consumption patterns, and growing penetration of international players. India dairy products market is witnessing a shift towards healthier products such as probiotic drinks, yogurts, etc. Few of the leading players operating in India dairy products market include Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., National Dairy Development Board, Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Ltd., and Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited, among others.
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North America Hard Seltzer Market to be Dominated by United States through 2025
Increasing consumption rate of alcoholic drinks and growing popularity of hard seltzers among younger population are fueling the growth of North America hard seltzer market
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Emergence of the new technologies and rising set of applications of the UV LED technology is expected to drive the growth of global UV LED market during the forecast period
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Growing health concerns due to hectic & stressful lifestyle, rising disposable income and increasing consumer awareness to drive India dietary supplement market through FY2026
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It is located on the second floor of a 3 floor building on the main road.
It has a inner surface of 250 m2 organized in: 7 office spaces, 2 toilets and corridor.
The place is offered furnished or unfurnished depended on clients requests.
The offices are beautifully designed in every part of it and offers a modern style. It is all paved with quality marble, the lighting system is led, acoustic pollution is prevented by double glass windows.
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Family Christmas Events at Lights on the Neuse. Bring your friends and family and celebrate the magic of the Christmas season at Lights on the Neuse.
Don't miss the Jolly Old Elf himself - get your picture made with Santa! We offer picture taking with Santa for a sitting fee of $8.00 per group picture.
Offering old-fashioned Christmas candy, hot chocolate, coffee, kettle corn and wonderful Smores kits that you purchase and cook yourself at the picnic area.
A one-mile long, 30-minute old-time tractor-pulled hayride through a beautiful Lights Extravaganza, filled with Christmas music and holiday magic.
Cookie decorating station. Choose and buy different cookies cut outs to decorate. Kits include cookies, decorations, icing and packaged to take home.


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Two local Republicans were sworn in Sunday as members of the N.C. General Assembly.
Norman Sanderson, who previously served in the N.C. House, became state senator of District 2 after he took the oath of office with his wife and family surrounding him; and Michael Speciale, also surrounded by his wife and family, took the pledge to represent the realigned N.C. House district seat that Sanderson is vacating.
N.C. Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby administered the oath of office at the Havelock Tourist and Events Center with about 400 people in attendance.
Among the attendees were newly elected Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, commissioners and GOP Party chairmen from Craven, Pamlico and Carteret counties, state representatives and judges.
Before the oath of office was given, Sanderson and Speciale stood near the door of the room where the ceremony was held and shook hands with everyone who arrived to help them celebrate.
So many people came they had to open another room.
Sanderson said the swearing-in ceremony in Havelock was "very special" to him, allowing him to share the election victory with people who helped him get there.
"This is what they worked for, a lot of them," said Sanderson, who runs a day care in Havelock. "A lot of them prayed. A lot of them worked polls. A lot of them sent money. A lot of them talked to their neighbors. Everybody here has a part in this somewhere."
And the support was obvious from those in attendance as they stood to applaud both men when they took the oath.
Trent Woods Commissioner Bill Joiner was savoring the moment.
"I worked hard to get Norm Sanderson elected," he said. "It's a thrill to see them both in."
Tom Braaten of New Bern was also in attendance.
"I know both the senator-elect and Michael Speciale," Braaten said. "I'm here to congratulate them and wish them well and hope they serve all of us during their terms up there."
Speciale said he has talked to many conservative legislators during the last session and received advice from Sanderson also.
"I'm thoroughly looking forward to it," Speciale said. "And I'm a lot more prepared now than I would have been had I won the last time I ran by staying involved and more trips up to the legislature, sitting in the committee meetings — they are open to the public; most people don't realize that, but they are — and this is where things are really done."
Chuck Tyson, mayor of Trent Woods and chairman of the Craven County Republican Party, said Sanderson and Speciale had their work cut out for them.
"They've got a lot of heavy lifting to do in the next couple of years to turn things around," Tyson said. "I know they are going to do the right thing for this state and vote their convictions."
Forest said now the fighting begins for education, simplifying the state's tax code and improving the economy.
Newby said he was humbled when he looked out at the people who helped him win re-election to the Supreme Court.
Speciale said he would conduct himself in Raleigh the way he expected representatives he has voted for in the past to conduct themselves.
When Speciale went to the polls, he wanted a representative to read the bills before they voted and to read the N.C. and U.S. Constitutions. He wanted honor for everyone who built the country.
Sanderson said what started his understanding of how government should work was watching his children and grandchildren growing up.
"What this country is about is the next generation," he said.
Sanderson, who already represented Craven and Pamlico counties in the House, ran for the seat opened when Sen. Jean Preston of Carteret County decided not to seek re-election. He now adds Carteret County to his constituency.
Sanderson of Arapahoe won the seat in November over Democratic opponent Greg Muse.
Speciale of New Bern, a retired Marine, won the redistricted District 3 House seat. This marked his first successful bid for elected office. He is a former Craven County Republican Party chairman and one of the founders of Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association.


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A unique, hands-on experience discovering minerals, gemstones and fossils! Gemstone & Fossil Mining is great FUN for Adults & Children!! Take a trip back to pioneer days, with this exciting, educational & engaging experience! Have a "rocking" good time panning and exploring through your own bag of "mining rough". Discover and identify genuine gemstones, fossils, sharks teeth and minerals that can be taken home and used for further discovery or to create your own beautiful treasures or jewelry. This memorable experience will be sure to spark imaginations.
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Around two months ago, a research project that I headed (and recently concluded) with a few other colleagues in our institute has been featured in the papers. We looked into the reading lives of Singapore teachers (and teachers-in-training) and developed a database of multicultural picturebooks for social and emotional learning, which we are hoping to launch here at GatheringBooks soonest. Since a great deal of those titles have to do with experiences of refugees, immigrants, children in-between countries or are moving from one place to the next, I thought it would be a good excuse to share that Straits Times feature here today. Do click on the image or the link to be taken to the original Straits Times online article.
TagsStraits Times Feature on "Picture Books Aren't Just For Children"
I use your list of books always. For a learning and discussing a theme and to introduce teachers to new books. Many teachers who use these books weekly in the library have been very complimentary on the choices of books, so thank you.
So true, of course. And read-alouds aren't just for the little ones either. Love the photo of you in the article!


Almost exactly three years ago, on December 19, 2015, disgraced lawyer Michael Cohen tweeted something that now has the tweetosphere laughing at him after the latest developments in his case.
On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump's former attorney was sentenced to three years in prison for his criminal activity during Trump's campaign in 2016, as the Inquisitr previously reported. After the news was announced, Twitter dug up his tweet from three years ago and pointed out the hilarious irony in his words.
"When you go to prison for defrauding America and perjury, your room and board will be free!" he wrote to Hillary Clinton on the social media site.
Almost since the day Trump announced his candidacy for president in 2015, Republicans and their voters have been chanting "lock her up" at Trump's instruction. Cohen's tweet was just another in a long string of comments of that nature, many of them shared to Twitter.
This past August, Cohen deleted that tweet according to TIME Magazine, but his critics have not forgotten his words, with them being stored away in the annals of numerous publications. And while Cohen was sentenced to three years behind bars today, Clinton is likely preparing for a lovely, cheerful family Christmas at home.
Twitter users were quick to take to the social media site to rag on Cohen, considering he is the one about to do time for "defrauding America." Some posted photos of Clinton laughing raucously, and many shared screenshots of Cohen's original tweet, with sarcastic commentary of their own in the caption.
Further irony comes in the fact that while Clinton has been enjoying a relaxed life since she lost the election in November 2016, those who are associated with Trump, his campaign, and his administration have been dropping like flies as investigations surrounding his illicit dealings have gained momentum.
Back in August, Cohen entered a guilty plea on eight charges of tax evasion, campaign finance violations, and false financial statements. At the time, it was believed he could potentially face up to 65 years in prison. Many critics of the current administration were hopeful that Cohen's cooperation with investigators would lead to more information that could implicate Trump himself and possibly lead to his indictment.
Others who have been taken down by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigations include George Papadopoulos, Paul Manafort, and Michael Flynn. Mueller still has a long list of people he is currently investigating for their involvement, including Trump's own children Ivanka and Donald Jr.


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NSTA Unveils 2017 List of Top Science Trade Books K12
The National Science Teachers Association, in conjunction with the Children's Book Council, has released its annual list of "Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2017." The list represents the best science trade books published in 2016 for students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Members of a book review panel made up of science educators and literacy professionals appointed by NSTA selected 57 books for the list from a roster of about 200 submissions. The list of winning titles includes topics that range from Florence Nightingale to strange, unusual and cool animals and features illustrated picture books, thoughtful stories, biographies and encyclopedia-type texts.
Titles include "About Marine Mammals," "Animals by the Numbers," "Feathered Dinosaurs," "Flying Frogs and Walking Fish," "Marie Curie for Kids," "Next Time You See a Cloud" and "Poop Detectives."
The review panel used rigorous guidelines to select the top books, according to a news release. Criteria include the amount of science content; presentation of material in a clear, accurate and up-to-date manner; differentiation of theories and facts; avoidance of over-simplification; the use of facts to support generalizations; and freedom from gender, ethnic and socioeconomic bias. The panel also chooses books based on other specifications, including appropriate content level for the intended audience and accuracy of illustrations.
"The Outstanding Science Trade Books list is the best resource available for teachers — and parents — who are in search of great books that can strengthen reading skills while teaching and reinforcing science concepts," said David Beacom, NSTA's chief content officer, in a statement.
NSTA and CBC have collaborated on the list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students since 1973 in an effort to help science educators access quality books that support student learning in science education. In addition to the website, the list will appear in the March 2017 issue of NSTA's elementary, middle and high school journals for teachers.


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Q: Pass params through switch navigator react native I am trying to pass params through a switch navigator but it's not currently working. I have two separate stack navigators and a switch navigator to navigate between the two. The first is a login/verification page and the other is just the main homescreen.
I got the params to pass through the first stack navigator (for logging in and verifying) but can't get that data to the second stack navigator.
Verification.js -- here is where I navigate to the main homescreen and where i want to pass the params through
    signin = async() => {
    const {state} = this.props.navigation;
    const { Name, Address, Phone, NPI } = state.params.item;

    await AsyncStorage.setItem("userToken", "user");

    this.props.navigation.navigate("App", {item: {
        Name: Name,
        Address: Address,
        Phone: Phone,
        NPI: NPI,
    }
    })
}

Homescreen.js -- here is where I want to receive those params however right now NPI is undefined and are no params
 writeUserData() {
        const {state} = this.props.navigation.state;
        const  NPI = state.params.item.NPI;

        const key = firebase.database().ref("/perscriptions").push().key;

        firebase.database().ref("/").child(key).set({
           surname: this.state.patientSurName,
           zip_code: this.state.zip_code,
           Sex: this.state.patientSex,
           DOB: this.state.patientDOB,
           Name: this.state.patientName,
           NPI: NPI

        })
        Alert.alert("Perscription Submitted!")

        this.reset_data()

    }

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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*You can use react-redux by creating a store and then updating the store with your information. (probably the best way to do it).

*You can use the async storage built into react-native (definitely easier but not the best method)

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Vicky Medlock is one of the founding members of the Association of Advancement Services Professionals, an organization that connects, informs, and empowers a network of advancement services leaders.
As a 30-year career advancement services veteran, Vicky has a diverse background in serving higher education (public and private) and association programs.
She currently serves as the Senior Director of Advancement Services at Rollins College and serves as the Ex Officio on AASP's Board of Directors. In 2017 Vicky won AASP's prestigious Volunteer of the Decade award at Summit 2017 for her unyielding passion for advancement services and commitment to AASP.
We asked Vicky to share her experiences as an AASP member and gained insights into her role as an association leader through our Q&A.
Q: What has been your history of involvement with AASP?
A: I remember still the very earliest emails on FundSvcs announcing this new professional group – AASP. As an 'oldtimer' in the profession, it was an easy decision to become active with a group of peers who do what I do. Once AASP took me in, I never left!
Q: Why did you decide to become a volunteer leader of AASP?
A: Becoming involved as an AASP volunteer was a great way for me to give back to a profession that has served me so well, to continue to meet others who are passionate about our work and to continue to grow while learning new areas as a volunteer. It was an easy choice and one I have loved every minute!
Q: In your own words, why does AASP exist?
A: AASP exists to be a leader and a resource to the advancement services profession and those we serve.
Q: What are some of the major trends or issues impacting your profession and therefore, the members of AASP?
A: Analytics continues as an ever-popular area and rightly so – knowing where we have been is instrumental in helping to guide where we could go and to telling our fundraising story. Certainly, keeping an eye on the impact of GDPR, now that it is in effect, is also on our immediate radars. I would add ethics in the workforce as a continuing area of discussion, not as a major trend or issue, but as a topic that we must all be attentive when it comes to being good stewards of our donor's resources entrusted to us.
Q: How is/was AASP leadership working to address those issues?
A: AASP provided a best practice for review to its constituents on GDPR in early May. (A special thanks to the hard work of those individuals.) The annual conference always has topics on reporting and analytics and there was a webinar this past year as well on reporting. As to ethics, AASP has an Ethics Committee, which presents at the annual conference and is often part of the regular newsletter of the association. This one I'm sure about as I'm the board liaison to the Ethics Committee.
Q: Thus far, what accomplishment of AASP are you most proud of? OR What are you most looking forward to accomplishing?
A: Wow, there are so many. I'm proud of the development of the strategic plans, which are regularly reviewed and further refined over the years. I think, as an association, the volunteer leadership has worked hard to stay true to who we are and who we serve but to keep a watchful eye to the future so that we are planning the work and then working the plan. But I would be remiss if I didn't add that I am also proud of my peers – the other members – and the thousands of hours of volunteer time that has been committed over the past 11 years through each of the Summits, webinars, best practices and countless meetings and assignments. AASP wouldn't be the huge success that it is, without the committed professionals that make up our association.
Q: On a personal level, what is the biggest challenge you face as a volunteer association leader?
A: It is always time…they stop making it after 24 hours in a day and somedays that isn't enough for our regular work and family life, let alone volunteer time. But, I would be remiss if I didn't give accolades to having our association management, Sentergroup, and how much improved and balanced life is as a volunteer with their support and leadership.
A: The secret is that while it is a commitment of time – and of passion – in the end, I am gaining far more than I am giving. Being of service is a wonderful way to be active in my profession, but it is also a fantastic way to meet others. Over the years, individuals I have met through volunteering, have become my best friends – literally!


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Soldier Stories: He Survived Firefights, Hepatitis, and a Landmine that Failed to Detonate
Written by Robert Naeye Robert Naeye
Central Pennsylvania resident Dan Dorsheimer had been in Vietnam for only three weeks when he went out on his first patrol as an Army infantryman. The events that followed would be seared into his memory.
His platoon destroyed a South Vietnamese village and killed a young Vietnamese girl.
He stepped on a landmine, which miraculously failed to explode.
But despite experiencing intense combat and becoming severely ill twice, he would survive his tour and return to his hometown.
Dorsheimer was born in February 1948 and raised in a family with a distinguished history of military service. His maternal grandfather served during World War I. His father fought in the brutal Battle of Okinawa in World War II, where he earned a Purple Heart. His brother also served in Vietnam.
"When our country called, we answered the call, and I'm very proud of that," says Dorsheimer.
Dorsheimer graduated from high school in June 1966. Almost one year later to the day, he was drafted. He went into the Army so he would only have to serve two years.
He spent eight weeks in basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, followed by nine weeks of advanced infantry training at Fort McClellan, Alabama.
"We didn't hear a lot of positive things in those 17 weeks of training. They really beat us up physically and emotionally. That's just how it was," says Dorsheimer.
At the end of his training, Dorsheimer's worst fears became reality: He received a letter ordering him to report to Fort Lewis, Washington, in the first week of November 1967. He realized he was going to 'Nam at a time when the war was intensifying and American casualties were starting to mount.
After a brief period of rest back home, Dorsheimer's parents drove him to Baltimore for the flight to Washington.
"My mother watched the news; she knew what was going on in Vietnam. She was a mess. She didn't know if she was ever going to see me again alive," recalls Dorsheimer.
After stops in Hawaii, Wake Island, and Guam, Dorsheimer landed at Cam Ranh Bay in November 1967. He wondered why men were cheering as he got off the plane but then realized they were going home. They told him "to have fun." Dorsheimer recalls being scared to death.
The next day, Dorsheimer flew on a cargo plane to the village of Pleiku in South Vietnam's Central Highlands. There, he was assigned as a replacement to a company in the Army's 4th Infantry Division.
To some extent, Dorsheimer lucked out. During his 366-day tour of duty, the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong concentrated their forces to the north and south of the Central Highlands, so, as Dorsheimer says, "We didn't see a whole lot of combat for an infantry unit."
Still, he saw horrible things and watched some of his buddies die. He calls his first three weeks in Vietnam "a nightmare," and that experience included watching a fellow 19-year-old kid blow himself up while mishandling a grenade.
On his first patrol, his platoon went out in the morning on a search-and-destroy mission to a nearby village that was thought to be sympathetic to the Viet Cong.
The 40 or so men crossed a river and entered the village. The inhabitants lived in primitive conditions, with thatched dwellings and dirt floors. The Americans only saw old men, women, and young children.
As a newcomer, Dorsheimer depended on the officers and hardened veterans for his survival. But right away, he worried that his comrades were having too much fun searching and destroying.
Before departing the village, the commanding officer ordered the men to burn it down. The men set fire to the grass with their lighters, which then lit the hatched dwellings. Dorsheimer admits that he helped.
"These people had nothing — they were primitive peasants," he recalls. "And that wasn't the worst of it. We killed their chickens, their pigs, and we shot their water buffalo. These people had nothing. We destroyed absolutely everything in that village. Everything."
Dorsheimer was only 19, but he understood that ruining the livelihood of the locals was not exactly the best way to establish their faith in democracy.
Walking back to the base camp, the line of men suddenly stopped. The point man looked at Dorsheimer, who heard a "poof." He realized he was in trouble. He looked down to see smoke coming out from his right boot.
He was told not to move. He had stepped on a small landmine consisting of plastic explosives.
Fortunately for the rookie soldier, the mine failed to detonate. Even if it did, Dorsheimer probably would have survived.
"It wasn't meant to kill you. It was meant to put a hole in your foot and put you in the hospital."
As the men neared base camp, they saw a Vietnamese person cross their path in a rice paddy. Someone behind Dorsheimer yelled, "Go ahead and fire." After turning over the body, they realized they had killed a young girl. Making matters worse, some of the men laughed.
"I'm thinking, 'What the hell is going on here?'" recalls Dorsheimer. "I wasn't brought up that way."
Dorsheimer's company went on numerous jungle patrols but rarely made contact with the enemy. Still, these were arduous missions, with the soldiers carrying heavy loads, going many days without showers, and eating the same dreary rations day after day.
About five months into his tour, Dorsheimer contracted hepatitis and had to be medevacked to an aid station. By the time he got there, he was lapsing in and out of consciousness. He was freezing, but his head felt like it was on fire. He was running a high fever, so the medical personnel packed him in ice "like Charlie the Tuna."
While recuperating at Cam Ranh Bay, he had an incredibly unlikely chance encounter with a fellow high school graduate, Rick Criswell, who was serving in the Army's 101st Airborne Division.
The two spent several days together at the hospital and had a photo taken. They sent a copy to the local weekly newspaper, which published it on the front page of the April 19, 1968, issue.
Tragically, Criswell died in action four months later. Shortly after returning home from the war, Dorsheimer landed a job with a small bottling company. By an extraordinary coincidence, he discovered that Criswell's mother worked there too. He went to see her and saw that she was reading the paper.
"I turned around and said, 'Mrs. Criswell, hi, I'm Dan Dorsheimer.' The tears rolled down her cheeks. It was Rick's mother, probably two years after she buried her son. That picture in the [newspaper] was quite possibly the last picture she saw of her son before she saw him dead in that casket.
"She never came back to work, and I have never seen her to this day. Why did that happen?"
Dorsheimer vividly recalls a pitched firefight after recovering from his illness. He watched one of his fellow soldiers die from a bullet fired from a nearby village. Suddenly, two American jets zoomed by at low altitude and dropped canisters of napalm on the village, incinerating everything.
"No fireworks display can do what these two canisters did," says Dorsheimer. But the attacks ceased.
This young soldier would survive several more firefights and a bout of malaria. Dorsheimer received several ribbons and a letter of commendation for his service, but he is quick to dismiss any notion that he was a hero.
"I didn't do more than any of the guys beside me. People back at base camp wrote this stuff up to try to build morale," he insists.
Despite everything he endured and all his unpleasant memories, Dorsheimer has built a successful postwar life. He retired in 2011 after working 22 years for Coca-Cola, and he has been married to his wife, Fran, for 28 years. Their son, Sage, currently lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Like many Vietnam veterans, Dorsheimer has found it difficult for other people to relate to his wartime experiences.
"For 46, 47 years, I didn't talk about it because no one cared. Even the veterans [here in town] really didn't acknowledge us at the Legion and the VFW. Yeah, they signed us up, but they told us, 'That's not a real war.' Yeah, tell that to the 58,000 people who died."
But like most Vietnam veterans, his war experiences remain a defining part of his life.
"I was 19 when I landed, 20 when I left. I'm proud of my service, as is my father, my grandfather, and my brother. I'm not proud of some of the things that we did. We did some really nasty things."
Derry Township resident Robert Naeye writes regularly for The Hummelstown Sun.
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November 2014 - All Souls Unitarian Universalist Society - Divesting from Fossil Fuels
Spring of 2014 the congregation at All Souls Unitarian-Universalist of Greenfield voted to hold Environmental Justice as its major social justice priority for 2014/2015. Following that decision, on September 7, 2014, the Endowment Committee was pleased to announce that All Souls stock holdings were now completely divested of all holdings in fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) companies.
This is just one of the faith-based groups and educational institutions in our region that is grappling with divesture from the human-induced causes of climate change: the burning of fossil fuels that is causing the increase of greenhouse gasses (carbon and methane) in the atmosphere.
All Souls' action was reinforced by the report issued on 30 March 2014 by the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change). which stated that the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans and that the world is ill prepared for risks from the changing climate. The report, titled Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, from Working Group II of the IPCC enlisted the help of 436 contributing authors, and a total of 1,729 expert and government reviewers. It details the impacts of climate change to date, the future risks, and the opportunities for effective action to reduce risks. (A summary of the report and the accepted final draft is available at http://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/report/final-drafts/) The IPCC report clearly itemizes the effects of unsustainable use of resources and toxic wastes affecting freshwater and oceanic water systems, food security, human health and security in both urban and rural areas, globally.
Following the lead of hundreds of universities, in June of 2014, the entire Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) voted to achieve full divestiture of directly held securities of fossil fuel companies within five years. Then, July 2014, Audubon Society Magazine noted that the World Council of Churches representing more than a half-billion people announced that its members were also in the process of divesting from fossil fuels. And, following the Climate March on Monday, September 22, 2014, the Rockefeller Foundations (which, ironically, made their initial wealth from Oil Companies) along with 50 other Foundations and 600 major investors, announced that they were divesting $50 billion from fossil fuel corporations.
Divestment from fossil fuel companies is a powerful social instrument for change. It is called "voting with our wallets" and is a tool that both individuals and organizations can use to support a swift transition to a cleaner energy economy and positively affect climate change. In recent history, after years of heroic struggle to get beyond the policies of Apartheid in South Africa, divestiture provided that critical final impetus to gain the release of Nelson Mandela from prison, initiating a new South African government more reflective of their complexion under Mandela's leadership, which then started the remarkable process of Truth and Reconciliation.
Soon our own children may be asking us: "Did you do everything you could to reduce the effects of fossil fuels on climate change?" Divestment from fossil fuel stock holdings by individuals and our institutions is a clear and useful strategy to help us answer: "Yes!"
This month our Green Heroes are our faith, academic and philanthropic communities that are taking the lead on divestiture.


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Damage to Our Patent System by Failure to Honor the U.S. Legal Framework: Double Patenting
By Sherry Knowles
"The doctrine of judicially-created non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting is the flip side of the coin of the patent eligibility issues… The term 'non-statutory' double patenting is an unqualified admission that this doctrine is not authorized by a congressional statute. Congress is the only branch of the government authorized to create substantive patent law.""
As the summer winds down, it is time again to focus on how to fix the U.S. patent system. In June, the Senate Judiciary's IP Subcommittee held unprecedented hearings on patent eligibility. They are now back in closed door sessions with selected stakeholders to further consider language to amend Section 101, having received extensive feedback. My testimony in part addressed the unconstitutionality of the U.S. Supreme Court's cases on patent eligibility, which have created judicial exceptions that arrogantly ignore the plain wording of Congress' statute ("invention or discovery" in the disjunctive in Sections 100(a), (f) and (g) and Section 101) and its legislative history, and despite the fact that the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the sole power to create patent law (Knowles & Prosser, Unconstitutional Application of 35 U.S.C. §101 by the U.S. Supreme Court, 18 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 144 (2018)).
Courage Amidst the Chaos
I also co-authored, with Meredith Addy, one of the only three amicus briefs submitted requesting rehearing in the Athena Diagnostics case. On July 3, the Federal Circuit denied rehearing in a fractured and lengthy decision, confirming the utter chaos at the appellate court level on patent eligibility, the cornerstone of our innovation system. None of the judges waxed poetic about the shiny colors and hues of the Emperor's new clothes, but also, none of the judges in the majority were willing to risk a Supreme Court slap down, regardless of how honorable it would have been (and consistent with the Judge's Oath which embeds its primary obligation to uphold the Constitution). I would like to thank the judges who had the courage to agree to take on a discussion (Moore, Newman, O'Malley, Stoll and Wallach). Judge O'Malley stated that "the Supreme Court has ignored Congress' direction to the courts to apply 35 U.S.C. sections 101, et seq. as written—the Supreme Court has instructed federal courts to read into Section 101 an inventive concept requirement—a baffling standard that Congress removed when it amended the Patent Act in 1952." Judge Moore ended with the following statement: "And, oh yes, that the statute clearly permits the eligibility of such inventions and that no judicially-created exception should have such a vast embrace." Judges Newman and Wallach commented that "the public interest is poorly served by adding disincentive to the development of new diagnostic methods. This is a severe criticism; and when presented by the entire industry, and stressed by thoughtful scholars, it warrants attention." Let's hope Athena Diagnostics files a Petition for Cert to the Supreme Court.
The Double Patenting Example
The doctrine of judicially-created non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting is the flip side of the coin of the patent eligibility issues. A rejection for "non-statutory obviousness-type" double patenting is based on a "judicially-created doctrine" grounded in public policy and which is primarily intended to prevent prolongation of the patent term by prohibiting claims in a second patent not patentably distinct from claims in a first patent. This is problematic for at least these reasons:
The term "non-statutory " double patenting is an unqualified admission that this rejection is not authorized by a congressional statute. Congress is the only branch of the government authorized to create substantive patent law.
The "judicially-created doctrine" of obviousness-type double patenting is ultra vires because the U.S. Constitution does not grant power to the courts to create patent law, regardless of the underlying public policy. Any assertion of statutory stare decisis cannot be used to bootstrap the unauthorized judicial creation of substantive patent law to judicial self-authorization.
The terms "patentably distinct" and "patentably indistinct" do not exist in Chapter 35 of the United States Code.
There has been no clear delegation of authority under Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resource Defense Council, 467 U.S. 837 (1984) to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to generate an entire body of regulatory law on obviousness-type double patenting and associated terminal disclaimers.
A patent policy preventing the possibility of multiple suits against an accused infringer by different assignees of patents claiming assertedly patentably indistinct variations of the same invention must be based on Congressional statutory authority, as the judicial branch of the government is not authorized to create patent law based on its own thoughts about effects on infringers, and which affects the ownership of patents.
Exceeding Authority and Ignoring the APA
As an administrative agency, the USPTO is limited to making rules pursuant to a constitutionally valid delegation of power from Congress. While Congress has delegated authority to the USPTO to make certain rules (for example the PTAB regulations, see Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee, 136 S. Ct. 2131 (2016)), no statute exists that delegates the authority to make or implement a rule on non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting. The Federal Circuit (CAFC) has confirmed on several occasions that Congress did not vest the USPTO with any general substantive rulemaking power. The USPTO is instead vested with the power to make procedural rules and to apply statutes passed by Congress. Thus, promulgation of rules related to obviousness-type double patenting and insistence on the submission of a terminal disclaimer that can affect patent term and ownership runs contrary to prior court holdings that have found agency action outside the scope of a clear delegation of authority provided by Congress to be unconstitutional.
Even if Congress had delegated authority to the USPTO to promulgate a rule on non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting, which it has not, and could not, because there is no such statute, the current Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) guidance and rules are procedurally defective under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA; 5 U.S.C. 500-596). The APA has strict procedural requirements that agencies must follow to make new rules. The requirements of APA Sections 553, 556, or 557 apply to all substantive rulemaking by the USPTO. At a minimum, these rules require that a notice of proposed rulemaking is provided for substantive rules, and a comment period allowed and then the final rule must be published in the Federal Register. The USPTO has not published proposed or final rules on the metes and bounds of non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting in the Federal Register. And it is well established that the MPEP does not have the force of law and is internal guidance only. It is not a substitute for the notice and comment provisions of the APA for substantive rules.
Tracing obviousness-type double patenting to the first MPEP (§ 9-4-1 MPEP 1948), the rule still fails to meet the procedural requirements of the original APA, which even in 1946 required publication in the Federal Register (60 Stat. 237, 238, 1946). In fact, to the best of my knowledge, there has never been a rule implementing the law on non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting in the Federal Register that complies with the APA. And, notwithstanding, the USPTO cannot do so because by definition there is no clear delegation from Congress on this matter because there is no statute.
Harm to Inventors, Damage to the System
Where the U.S. Constitution grants sole authority to Congress to create law in an area, the U.S. Supreme Court is limited to statutory construction. "Judicially-created" obviousness-type double patenting by definition cannot be a reasonable interpretation of a statute because there is no statute on which it is based—hence the name "non-statutory".
The application of the "judicially created doctrine" on "non-statutory" obviousness-type double patenting harms innovators because to overcome the rejection, innovators must submit a Terminal Disclaimer that substantively affects patent ownership and any agreement to the Terminal Disclaimer runs with the patent and is binding on the grantee, its successors and assigns.
This post does not take any position on what the correct law of double patenting should be. This post is meant to highlight the damage caused to the system itself when the strict rules for the responsibility to create and enforce our laws as set out in the Constitution are not honored.
One of the biggest problems caused by the failure to honor the basic structure of our government is that we can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. It has historically been the case that when courts change the law, it applies retroactively (often because the courts use the ruse that they are interpreting what the law always was, even when we know that isn't the case and the new law causes a draconian change in how business is carried out). On the contrary, Congress cannot pass a statute (for example, a double-patenting statute) that retroactively enacts or ratifies a law or retroactively delegates past authority to the USPTO that didn't previously exist. So, how can the lack of Constitutional and Congressional authority to create the double-patenting laws be fixed if the fix cannot apply retroactively to ratify years of application of unauthorized law? What a mess.
The failure to honor the basic structure of our government in the area of patent law results in doctrine creep. In the 101 area, innovators are victims of doctrine creep whereby the Supreme Court has instructed federal courts to read into Section 101 judicially created exceptions and an inventive concept requirement, which, as Judge O'Malley points out, is a baffling standard that Congress removed when it amended the Patent Act in 1952. In the double patenting area, we find doctrine creep as the requirement slides from application only to directly overlapping claims, to application to claims that are held obvious over those in related patents, to claims rejected over claims in a related patent in combination with a third-party reference, and on it goes.
We Must Get Back to the Blueprint
When building a house, the construction team constantly refers to the blueprints. When deciding how to spend money at a company, the Board repeatedly refers back to the approved business plan to see if the spend is consistent. When manufacturing products, companies repeatedly check the specifications and design. So why is it verboten to strictly refer to the nation's blueprint, the U.S. Constitution, to check to make sure the government is conducting itself according to the established balance of powers between the branches of government when carrying out the country's business? And why, for example, are the courts so comfortable applying tax code as written by Congress but not the patent code?
There are a range of views on the Constitution, from "originalist" to "living". However, these range of views pertain to subtleties such as interpretation of wording when ratified versus today. Regardless of your proclivities on how to interpret words of the Constitution, these differences cannot rise to the very structure of government itself, or else we would have no framework. If the Constitutional structure of the government unambiguously grants power to only one branch of government to create law, that is neither subtle nor interpretable in different ways.
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Sherry Knowles is Founder of Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies and an intellectual property attorney with 30 years of experience in global corporate and private practice. From 2006-2010, Ms. Knowles was the Senior Vice President and Chief Patent Counsel at GlaxoSmithKline, where she served as the worldwide head of patents for all litigation and transactional matters, and managed a global department of over 200 people in 12 offices. At GSK, Ms. Knowles was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board, the Technology Investment Board, the Product Management Board, the Legal Management Team and she led the Global Patents Executive Team.
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Pro Say August 27, 2019 6:32 pm
Thanks Sherry — yet another excellent treatise among many.
"And why, for example, are the courts so comfortable applying tax code as written by Congress but not the patent code?"
Why? Simply this:
Because when it comes to the patent code (unlike with the tax code), the courts believe that they know better than Congress does.
Congress; what say you?
Concerned August 27, 2019 6:34 pm
Bravo. How can anyone argue against your premise: Follow the Rule of Law?
Yet, there will be those who say I know, but….
Mark Summerfield August 28, 2019 3:26 am
This might be a case of being careful what you wish for, Sherry. I understand that you are not taking a position on what the correct law of double patenting should be, but your article strongly implies that you believe the current law disadvantages patent-owners by truncating the term of their 'follow-on' patents.
In contrast, I have always thought that obviousness-type double patenting, and terminal disclaimer practice, in fact works to the benefit of patent-owners, by correcting what appears to be an unintentional oversight in the US patent law. Because, as far as I can see, the alternative would be that any 'patentably indistinct' claims in a later patent application would be invalid, on grounds of obviousness, over the applicant's disclosure in their own earlier application. The judge-made law, and terminal disclaimer practice, thus saves the later claims, despite truncating their maximum term.
All of this stems from the unique feature of the US system that a prior application, as yet unpublished at the priority date of the later claims, is effective as prior art for purposes of both novelty and obviousness. Everywhere else (at least to the extent of my experience) such applications are prior art only for novelty purposes (and, in some jurisdictions, only to the extent that the later application actually seeks to claim an invention already claimed in an earlier patent). We simply accept that, absent a prior public disclosure, it is quite possible for patents to issue, whether to common or different applicants, with claims that are patentably indistinct.
There is, it seems, an ambiguity or omission in the US statute, which addresses double patenting in relation to the effect of a prior application with respect to anticipation, but is silent as to the corresponding effect with respect to obviousness. It is hard to see how the courts, or the USPTO, should have dealt with this other than by making their best guess at what the legislature might have 'intended'.
I agree that this is a policy issue, and that it should be up to the US Congress to clarify its intentions. You might be right that this is constitutionally necessary – I do not presume to know anything about US constitutional law. However, Congress has had ample opportunity to overrule the courts by legislating, and has not sought to do so. That seems to say something about where it stands.
Anon August 28, 2019 7:53 am
As to:
"regardless of how honorable it would have been (and consistent with the Judge's Oath which embeds its primary obligation to uphold the Constitution)."
It is gratifying to see (yet another) point of mine being adopted and brought to the table for discussion.
While my point has been to the ethical considerations that most all attorneys have sworn to operate under, the same "must not elevate the judicial branch (for example, the Supreme Court) above the Constitution" is clearly in mind here from Miss Knowles.
TFCFM August 28, 2019 10:01 am
"Where the U.S. Constitution grants sole authority to Congress to create law in an area…"
Newsflash: The U.S. Constitution did not abolish common law, either in patent law specifically or in U.S. law generally.
Few are the patent statutes that can be applied without the gloss that common law brings. Non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting is merely such gloss, applied to an area where Congress has failed to anticipate all possible circumstances.
If Congress should be unhappy with the gloss the courts put onto a patent statute, Congress is free to legislate-away that gloss, codify it in its present form, or codify it in an alternate form. So too with obviousness-type double-patenting. Congress is free to alter the doctrine. However, continued existence of the doctrine through many consecutive Congresses suggests that the legislative branch is not entirely unhappy with the doctrine in its current form.
In this and all other common-law countries, the mere fact that a legislatively-implemented statute does not spell out how the statute will apply in every imaginable (or even unimaginable) situation does not prevent our courts from applying the best interpretation they see fit when such situations are presented to them — taking into account existing statutes, the court's best understanding of legislative intent, precedent, and (where necessary) public policy.
Were our constitutional system otherwise, our laws would be continually deficient (constantly trying to "catch up" with the odd circumstances that find their way before the courts), and our Congress constantly overwhelmed, as statutory law was constantly re-written to address every conceivable circumstance and nuance.
Steve August 28, 2019 10:43 am
#3, you misunderstand: obviousness-type double parenting is applied to pairs of applications that have the same effective filing date–neither is prior art to the other.
Query, too, whether the author intends to rid our patent system of ALL non-statutorily-specified judicial doctrines (including, for example, the non-statutory, judicially-made "doctrine of equivalents" for non-literal patent infringement), or just one or two doctrines that she dislikes?
N. August 28, 2019 1:23 pm
As a preliminary matter, obviousness-type double patenting (OTDP) can be based on a common inventor or common ownership, and without a common priority date. That was the case in In re Hubbel, 709 F.3d 1140 (2013), where judicial notice was taken of the MPEP 804 (I)(A). The "common inventor" precondition appears to be a holdover from inventorship issues addressed in the 1984 patent act, and it was around this time the Patent Office first announce this language, in "guidelines."
Also, the statutory basis for the judicial doctrine of OTDP appears to be section 101, which states that "a patent" may be obtained. The language of 101 has close approximation to the earliest patent statutes in this country, and the doctrine appears to go back almost as far. Justice Story, for example, stated in Odiorne v. Amesbury Nail Factory, 18 F.Cas. 578 (1819), in a case of "substantial novelty," the precursor to modern obviousness, that "the inventor can have but a single patent for his invention; and that the first he obtains, while it remains un-repealed, is an estoppel to any future patent for the same invention founded upon the general patent act."
I do agree, however, that statutory changes should be made to amend judicial OTDP. One was proposed in the Innovation Act of 2015, as section 106, but never went anywhere.
Anon August 28, 2019 2:15 pm
To TFCFM's broad declaration of "Newsflash: The U.S. Constitution did not abolish common law, either in patent law specifically or in U.S. law generally."
It must be pointed out that Common Law law writing is NOT a "single shot" type of item, and spans actual interpretative common law as well as NON-interpretative law WRITING.
The second type IS the type that is expressly forbidden by the Separation of Powers.
If you have a problem accepting this from me, perhaps you would want to watch the John Houseman version of the movie The Paper Chase, noting the statement at the one hour and six minute mark.
Mark Summerfield August 29, 2019 12:49 am
Steve @6, I accept that obviousness-type double patenting based on a common priority date rather than common inventor/owner (which is the form in which I have most commonly encountered it) raises slightly different issues. But, again, the alternative to creating this doctrine might be to follow the lead of the statute on 'strict' double patenting, and disallow additional applications claiming patentably indistinct inventions.
And, once again, the need for terminal disclaimer practice in this case is a result of a unique feature of the US patent system, namely that patent term is not fixed at the date of filing. This is less significant now, when only the potential benefit of term adjustment is at stake, than it was when term was 17 years from issue. In the rest of the world, granting multiple patents with different, but perhaps 'mutually obvious' scope, that are all going to expire, by definition, simultaneously, has simply never been regarded as a problem.


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The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a health and socio-economic emergency across the occupied Palestinian territory, the UN agency for the region warned on Friday, noting a swell of coronavirus cases in recent weeks.
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA), said that it requires some $95 million to cover the emergency needs of 5.6 million registered Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, until the end of December.
The funds will, among other things, focus on health, cash assistance and education.
'Dramatic jump'
Until now, UNRWA's efforts to contain the virus among those it assists have been largely successful.
But spokesperson Tamara Alrifai, said that between July and September, the number of cases soared from 200, to nearly 4,000.
COVID-19 cases surged in the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria in July, she said, with more recent increases in Jordan, and the first cases of local transmission was recorded in late-August.
"That's a really dramatic jump…mostly due to the longer-term socioeconomic impact of the lockdown and the closures and the fact that beyond a few weeks, it was not possible to keep everybody confined in camps because Palestine refugees needed to go back to work", she explained.
Refugees must work
To minimize contagion risks, UNRWA was able to adjust its working methods to provide healthcare and hospital care, including switching to remote learning.
To avoid crowds in its distribution centres, the UN agency delivered medicines and food to people's homes, which also helped containment of the virus.
However, the recent surge has made this even more challenging because of the longer-term impact of the lockdown and closures on household economies.
Fear of worsening spread
Unless the UN is able to support refugees to stay in camps and meet people's medical needs, Ms. Alrifai flagged growing fears of an outbreak in very densely populated communities.
"This funding is crucial for controlling the spread of the pandemic in Palestine refugee camps and to help prevent a major outbreak", the UNRWA spokesperson stressed.
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UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, made the decision to open schools for the new academic year, primarily to ensure that every girl and boy has access to equitable quality education.
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The bones which thou hast broken shall rejoice in the Lord.
Psalm 51. Miserere mei, Deus.
that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou shalt judge.
and my mouth shall show thy praise.
Thou, O Lord, that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Psalm 65. Te decet hymnus.
O be thou merciful unto our sins.
he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea.
and is girded about with power.
and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the peoples.
thou that makest the out-goings of the morning and evening to praise thee.
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thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth.
thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it.
and thy clouds drop fatness.
and the little hills shall rejoice on every side.
the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing.
Thy right hand hath upholden me, O Lord.
Psalm 63. Deus, Deus meus.
From the gate of hell, deliver my soul, O Lord.
I shall go unto the gates of hell.
I said, I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living.
neither the inhabitant of the land of rest.
like as it were a shepherd's tent.
from morning even until night shalt thou make an end of me.
as a lion, so hath he broken all my bones.
I will cry like a young swallow; I will meditate like a dove.
What shall I say, or what shall he answer me, whereas he himself hath done it?
Behold, in peace is my my bitterness most bitter.
thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
nor yet shall they that go down into the pit look for thy truth.
Rest eternal * grant unto them, O Lord.
And let light perpetual * shine upon them.
and ye waters that are above the heavens.
for he spake the word, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.
he hath given them a law which shall not be broken.
for his Name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth.
let the congregation of saints praise him.
and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King.
let them sing praises unto him with tabret and harp.
let them rejoice in their beds.
Such honour have all his saints.
I am * the resurrection and the life : he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
yea, even unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
and showed him of my trouble.
in the way wherein I walked, have they privily laid a snare for me.
and saw there was no man that would know me.
and no man cared for my soul.
Thou art my hope, and my portion in the land of the living.
which thing if thou wilt grant me, then shall the righteous resort unto my company.
V. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord.
V. I believe to see the goodness of the Lord.
R. In the land of the living.
May the prayer of thy suppliants, we beseech thee, O Lord, avail the souls of all the faithful departed; that thou mayest deliver them from all their sins and make them partakers in thy redemption. Who with the Father and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth God, world without end. Amen.


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A new battle over public lands
By Brendan Trainor
This article was published on 01.09.14
Right wing activist think tank ALEC has this to say on the topic: http://tinyurl.com/mvemow3.
Nevada is planning to join five other Western states challenging the federal government's control of the public lands.
Nevada has the least control of its lands of all the states. Only about 15 percent of its vast acreage is under the state's control. The federal government, which means the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, control the other 85 percent. The 2013 Nevada Legislature created the Nevada Land Management Task Force, whose hearings have just begun. The committee is expected to provide the input that the Legislature needs for final legislation to reclaim Nevada's lands from the federal government.
Because the federal government controls so much of Nevada's lands, several counties have a tax base of less than 5 percent of their area. This means that the rest of Nevada has to subsidize their services. The Nevada Land Management Task Force is county-based. It has commissioned a study of state resources to get updated data on just how much better off Nevada would be (or not) if it controlled all the land inside its borders. Because the committee is county-based, each county will plan how they want their recovered land to be allocated.
There are some who oppose the transfer. They wonder if the state can effectively manage these resources. They believe that the federal government does a better job than Nevada could. One commenter at a hearing said she gladly pays her income taxes, because it goes to federal land management. Actually, taxpayers have no control over how their individual taxes are spent. I wish citizens could earmark their taxes like Congress does.
Many studies conclude the federal government does a relatively poor job of range and timber management, especially with all the resources at its disposal. Unfortunately, there are numerous examples of mediocre state management as well.
Because Nevada manages so few public lands now, the state management infrastructure is largely nonexistent. For instance, some states that have significant tax revenue from public lands dedicate those taxes in a trust, often for schools. Nevada has no such historical arrangement. But, this could be a feature, not a bug. Nevada simply has more choices available to it. There is a chance that Nevada could privatize most of the land it acquires, as private property allows for the highest and best use of resources over time. But Nevada also has powerful groups that would want a lot of the land to remain open. Hunters, off-roaders, fishermen, hikers, wild horse enthusiasts, all will have their input.
Some committee members are focused on the constitutional issues, as the Western states believe they were discriminated against by the federal government and were not admitted into the Union on an equal footing with Eastern states. Nebraska was admitted at the same time as Nevada, but it controls 97 percent of its land. These battles have raged for decades now. Individual ranchers have tried to challenge the jurisdiction of the federal government in court with some limited success. There was the Sagebrush Rebellion of the 1970s-80s. There was the incident in 2000 when the "Shovel Brigades," an "Occupy the Range" style spontaneous demonstration of people from all over the country, came to Nevada to keep open a road in Elko County that the Forest Service wanted to close. There was the Nevada Committee for Full Statehood—I was a member—that studied the issues and lobbied the Legislature for land reform. We concluded the transfer of lands would not happen by court decree, but would only happen if the states passed laws asserting their sovereignty. That's exactly what is happening now.
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