Nitubara: নভেম্বর 2012

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Gaming the future: the best of 2012

Jacob Aron, reporter

Assassin's Creed III (Image: Ubisoft)

Imagined worlds in novels and films often anticipate technological changes or explore the boundaries of possibility well before real-world science. The same is true of video games, which let us extrapolate to the futuristic and fantastical with their novel effects and immersion. New Scientist looks back at the best such games of 2012.

Mass Effect 3

BioWare, Electronic Arts (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii U)
The conclusion of the Star Wars-esque Mass Effect trilogy sees players hanging out with their alien chums while saving the galaxy from a race of menacing machines known as Reapers. If you missed the first two games, you can pick up Mass Effect Trilogy Edition to play the whole saga. The series is filled with difficult choices and rich characters, and while the imagined world certainly pushes the boundaries of plausibility, some aspects are inspired by elements of real research. (The titular ?mass effect? is created by manipulating a fictional ?element zero? that can increase or decrease an object?s mass. This is hugely speculative, of course, but if we could find a way to manipulate the Higgs boson, that might produce a similar effect!)

Binary Domain

Yakuza Studio, Sega (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC)
A cheesy but enjoyable romp set in a futuristic Japan threatened by human-like robots that don?t know they are machines, this part-Blade Runner, part-Terminator shooter is worth playing if only to wonder why anyone would program a droid to speak English with a French accent.

Quantum Conundrum

Airtight Games, Square Enix (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC)
Solve puzzles by altering gravity and time as you switch between parallel universes in this cartoon-like exploration of the multiverse - read our full review from earlier this year.

FTL: Faster than light

Subset Games (PC)
Captain your own spaceship and manage onboard systems such as life support, weapons and engines to deal with a pursuing rebel fleet, ship-wrecking solar flares and teleporting boarding parties. If all else fails, open the airlock doors and suck ?em into space.

Call of Duty: Black ops 2

Treyarch, Activision (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii U)
Black ops 2 extrapolates from modern-day war to the year 2025, when drone warfare, cyberterrorism and US/Chinese conflicts over rare-earth minerals serve as the backdrop to this bombastic first-person shooter.

Assassin's Creed 3

Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii U)
A virtual reality machine capable of recreating your ancestor?s memories by scanning your DNA sounds a little more than far-fetched, but the fictional conceit allows players to explore a convincing recreation of revolutionary-era America in the shoes of a stealthy assassin.

XCOM: Enemy unknown

Firaxis Games, 2K Games (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC)
The only way to fight an alien invasion of Earth is to turn their weapons against them. Take command of the XCOM military force in this turn-based strategy game while researching new gadgets based on alien tech - some not as far-fetched as they might seem.

Halo 4

343 Industries, Microsoft Studies (Xbox 360)
Cybernetic supersoldier Master Chief, adrift in space, crash-lands on a mysterious planet and is forced to fight an unknown alien race, while struggling to cope with his artificially intelligent companion, Cortana, who has begun to go insane.

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Tagliabue holds Saints bounties hearing in DC

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and lawyers for the league and the players' union have wrapped up a hearing in the Saints bounties case.

Tagliabue is overseeing the latest round of player appeals in Washington.

Former Saints assistant Mike Cerullo, a key witness in the NFL's investigation, was scheduled to speak Thursday. Former New Orleans defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is to participate in Friday's session.

Two Saints players who were suspended, linebacker Jonathan Vilma and defensive end Will Smith, have said they plan to attend when Williams is there.

Vilma's lawyer attended Thursday's day-long hearing at an office building. Tagliabue and lawyers who attended Thursday declined comment when they left.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tagliabue-holds-saints-bounties-hearing-dc-150939530--nfl.html

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Lindsay Lohan arrested after fight at New York nightclub

Lindsay Lohan was arrested early this morning, this time after a fight at a nightclub in the Chelsea section of New York City, police said.

Assault charges are pending for the 26-year-old actress following the fight at Club Avenue on 10th Avenue and 17 th street at around 4 a.m. She was taken to New York's 10 th precinct where she was being questioned and processed, according to WABC.

Lohan allegedly punched a woman during a dispute that escalated. The actress, a regular at Club Avenue, was banned from the establishment earlier this year following an incident in which she tweeted about Justin Timberlake, WABC reported.

VIDEO: Lindsay Lohan to Agents: 'Keep Me on Set, It's Safer That Way'

Thursday's arrest follows Lohan's previous arrest in September outside a nearby nightclub inside the Dream Hotel, when a pedestrian claimed the starlet hit him with her car and did not stop. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office declined to prosecute that case.

In late September Lohan was also involved in a hotel-room quarrel that began over a set of cell phone photos allegedly taken by a part time Congressional aide. After Lohan claimed the aide, Christian LaBella, had assaulted her, he was arrested, but the misdemeanor charges against him were later dropped.

On Sunday Lohan's Lifetime film "Liz & Dick," in which she portrays Elizabeth Taylor, premiered, and was watched by 3.5 million viewers, receiving scathing reviews. The film was positioned as the actress' comeback following years of trouble with the law.

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DOES JEB BUSH CAIR TOO MUCH TO BE PRESIDENT? Former Florida Governor's appeasement of Islamists should be cause for concern in 2016

As talk of a Jeb Bush presidential run in 2016 is making news, perhaps some further inspection of his record as Governor is warranted. In 2001, Jeb nominated a conservative pastor named O'Neal Dozier to the Judicial Nominating Commission in Broward County. In 2006, Dozier was forced to resign by Bush's office over comments he made about Islam on a local radio show. The reason for Dozier's appearance on that show involved his objections to the construction of a mosque near his church.

Ben Barrack, conservative talk show host, writer, and author of the new book, Unsung Davids, which features an entire chapter on Dozier's battle with the Republican Party in general and Jeb Bush in particular, says that with the passage of time, Dozier's concerns about who was behind construction of the mosque are more than valid.

?The Islamic Center of South Florida (ICOSF) was the group behind the proposed construction of that mosque,? Barrack says, ?The ICOSF was owned by the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), which was one of the unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation trial.?

Barrack contends that the forces behind the mosque warranted far more attention from the Florida governor than did the comments of a Florida pastor who was on one of the governor's committees.

?Instead of looking into the very legitimate concerns of his appointee, that appointee was forced out and left to fend for himself,? Barrack said.

Moreover, says Barrack, one year prior to Dozier's ouster, Jeb sent a very kind letter to the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in response to being invited by the group to attend their annual banquet in Orlando. Though Bush declined the invitation, he wished the group continued success and was quite effusive in his praise.

Contact Special Guests today for an interview with Ben Barrack.

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http://barracknow.blogspot.com/2012/11/does-jeb-bush-cair-enough-to-be.html

ABOUT BEN BARRACK...
Ben Barrack is an Investigative Radio Host and Blogger who broadcasts in Central Texas. His columns have appeared on Pajamas Media, Human Events, Big Government, World Net Daily and others.

Barrack is a strong critic of the mainstream media and supports patriotic and reliable bloggers who do much of the mainstream media?s work at no charge, with little recognition, while earning their living via other mean. Barrack is the author of the book Unsung Davids: Ten Men who Battled Goliath without Glory, which features a chapter on Dozier's battle with the Republican Party.

Barrack maintains a website at www.benbarrack.com

About Dr. O?Neal Dozier?
Dr. O?Neal Dozier is an attorney, an ordained minister and a former professional football player with the Chicago Bears. Yet, as a patriotic American, he still found time to serve two consecutive terms in the U.S. military.

Although today Dr. Dozier is a nationally known black conservative who has even been invited to The White House to pray with President Bush, Rev. Dozier comes from very humble roots and tries to remain humble with a servant?s heart.

O?Neal Dozier was born fourth out of eleven children on September 3, 1948 to sharecroppers Annie Dozier and the late Jessie Emmanuel Dozier. In 1955, his family left South Carolina and came to Pompano Beach, Florida on a migrant farm bus. ?Rev. Dozier went on to graduate from Blanche Ely High School in 1967, where he was a soloist in the Chorale and a member of the Football and Basketball Team.

Dr. Dozier received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion and Philosophy from Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida. ?Rev. Dozier played professional football in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears during the 1974 football season. He was then traded to the New York Jets, where he was subsequently waived because of injury. ?In addition, Rev. Dozier was a player/coach during the 1979 football season for the Alabama Vulcans (Birmingham, Alabama) of the American Football Association Professional Football League (A.F.A.).

Rev. Dozier served two consecutive terms in the United States Army. ?He later received a Doctor of Jurisprudence (Law Degree) from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Georgia. ?He also attended the Morehouse School of Religion Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia.

Rev. Dozier has been a licensed minister of the Gospel since 1975 and was ordained as a Baptist Minister of the Gospel in 1983. ?He founded The Worldwide Christian Center on July 18, 1985, where he continues to serve as Pastor of the church.

Rev. Dozier is no ordinary Pastor. ?He is a prayer warrior and teaches the Body of Christ how to pray to obtain results.? He does not compromise the Word of God, but preaches the Word of God with boldness and accuracy. ?He counsels those in need. ?He visits the sick and those who are imprisoned. ?He helps the poor and needy not only by donating to various missions throughout the community and throughout the world but also, in conjunction with Gateway Community Outreach operates a food pantry each Saturday at the church.

Rev. Dozier was a Professor of Law at Broward Community College and the Criminal Justice Institute of Broward Community College for three (3) years.? In 2001, Governor Bush appointed Rev. O?Neal Dozier for a two-year term to the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, which screens and interviews applicants for Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Judgeships. In July, 2003, Governor Bush re-appointed Rev. Dozier to the same commission for an additional four-year term. In addition, in 2005 Governor Bush appointed Rev. Dozier to the Board of Directors of One Church, One Child of Florida, Inc. (adoption program).? In February of 2005, President George W. Bush invited Rev. Dozier to the White House for a private meeting with President Bush and twenty-three (23) other Black African American Leaders.? He is also the president of The Jerome E. Gray Republican Club of Broward County.? Rev. Dozier was honored to be chosen as a speaker for The Reclaiming America For Christ 2003 and 2005 Conferences hosted by Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where Dr. D. James Kennedy is the Senior Pastor.? Rev. Dozier was also listed as a member of The 2004 National Register of Who?s Who in Executives and Professionals.

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National Flood Insurance is Insane - Hit & Run : Reason.com

A flood of federal dollars The observation, usually attributed Albert Einstein, that insanity is ?doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is a pretty good description of the federal government's National Flood Insurance program. The New York Times today has a terrific op-ed, "End Federal Flood Insurance," by two economists explaining in detail the costs and stupidity of subsidizing insurance that encourages people to live in dangerous flood-prone areas. A tidbit:

IT?S no surprise that it can be very expensive to live near the ocean. But it may come as a surprise to American taxpayers that they are on the hook for at least $527 billion of vulnerable assets in the nation?s coastal flood plains. Those homes and businesses are insured by the federal government?s National Flood Insurance Program.

You read that right: $527 billion, which is just a portion of the program?s overall liability of $1.25 trillion, second only to Social Security in the liabilities on the government?s ledgers last year, according to government data.

The flood insurance program was created by Congress in 1968 to fill a void: because of the risk, few carriers provided flood insurance. Now, private insurers offer flood insurance in a partnership with the government ? but taxpayers shoulder all the risk. It has turned out to be a bad bet. The program is $18 billion in debt, a sum the government acknowledges probably will never be paid back by premiums, and it is likely to need a new multibillion-dollar infusion to pay claims from Hurricane Sandy. It is long past time for the government to stop subsidizing home and business owners who live and build in dangerous flood zones.

Homeowners and businesses should be responsible for purchasing their own flood insurance on the private market, if they can find it. If they can?t, then the market is telling them that where they live is too dangerous. [emphasis added] If they choose to live in harm?s way, they should bear the cost of that risk ? not the taxpayers. Government?s primary role is ensuring the safety of its citizens, so the government?s subsidizing of risky behavior is completely backward.

Who else might have railed against this economically and ecologically absurd program? Oh right, that would be Reason. For example, see contributor James DeLong's depressingly insightful 1999 article, "All Wet," in which he observed:

People are now becoming so used to the idea that the federal government will pay for disasters that they are not bothering to buy even the subsidized flood insurance. In most places, less than 30 percent of the properties located in designated flood plains are covered.

The response to such developments? The feds are now working with communities, buying back properties, passing regulations, yada, yada, yada. All to try to keep people from doing what government payments make it profitable for them to do: build in flood zones. Indeed, the feds seem anxious to consider anything except the one solution--eliminating the insurance program--that might actually change the situation.

Check out Reason's extensive reading list of hurricane and flood insurance related public policies.

Source: http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/29/national-flood-insurance-is-insane

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Motherhood and Cancer: Home Front

We are back from a wonderful trip with Captain Obvious' family. How incredibly nice to be together with everyone, and how wonderful to no longer be the only wife/significant other in the mix. The only way the situation would be completely perfect is if there were another child the same/similar age as Captain Adorable. :)

Meanwhile, for the very first time ever, we've hired someone to work on our house. He's working on the dining room--sanding the ceiling and painting. It is not quite done yet, but it looks so much better. I am looking forward to serving dinner in there when my parents are here to visit.

Sinterklaas and?Hanukkah?are almost upon us! Celebration season is coming up! Presents and cookies everywhere!

Source: http://motherhoodandcancer.blogspot.com/2012/11/home-front.html

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AVADirect Mini Gaming PC Core i5 Z77

Manufacturers, especially of the boutique variety, know that enthusiasts' PCs can get out of control easily?some of the huge systems and cases we?ve seen here over the years bear that out. So who can blame some system makers for wanting to swing in the other direction? The AVADirect Mini Gaming PC Core i5 Z77 ?is exactly the opposite of a towering tower: It?s short and squat, looking like it?s longing to hide behind one of its bigger cousins. The good news is that this desktop?s diminutive dimensions don?t prevent it from achieving most of its gaming goals. But if you want the fastest or most flexible gaming computer out there, even of the small-form-factor style, this is not it.

Design and Features
For the space-challenged, the Mini Gaming PC is ideal. Measuring approximately 15.5 by 9.6 by 13.9 inches (HWD), it takes up not much more space than an average-size subwoofer. Whether it looks better than one of those depends on your personal tastes. Its off-white coloring, accented with tinges of black along the edge of the front panel and on the fan grille on top, isn't the height of chic, but it's not bad. More problematic are the handles. We appreciate having them attached to the front and rear sections of the top panel, as they make this system even simpler to carry from place to place. But we don't like how much they flex when you lift the system up; even if they are actually secure, they don?t feel like it.

Something else that not all users will appreciate is evident once you open the Mini Gaming PC?s side panel: This system has limited upgradability due to how tightly packed together its components are. AVADirect has developed some ingenious methods for getting around the space restrictions, such as by having the power supply bay (occupied by an 850-watt PSU) open externally, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 video card secured on the back panel, and the 3.5-inch drive well that opens out the side panel so you can quickly access the 240GB Vertex 3 ?solid-state drive and 2TB Seagate hard drive. But there?s almost no room for removing the giant heat sink atop the Intel Core i7-3770K processor (which has been overclocked from 3.5GHz to 4.4GHz), and good luck getting at the 8GB of included RAM (which can theoretically be increased to as much as 16GB). As for the additional expansion slots?there aren?t any, so forget about popping in, say, a sound card or a PCI Express?based storage device. (At least the Blu-ray combo drive in the sole 5.25-inch external bay would be easy to remove and replace if you wanted.)

To perform surgery inside the Mini Gaming PC at all, you?ll need to unscrew and remove both the handle assembly and the top panel?and even then, the cramped nature of the case means that doing any work will not be painless. AVADirect obviously intended this computer primarily (if not exclusively) for those who are happy with using what comes out of the box.

Connectivity options are fine given how little surface area is available for them. On the right side panel you?ll find the headphone and microphone jack and two USB 3.0 ports; gracing the motherboard?s I/O port on the rear panel are eight USB ports, four each of 2.0 and 3.0; one Ethernet jack; two eSATA ports; and standard three-port audio (rather than surround sound) and S/PDIF out. There are also technically video output ports (HDMI, DisplayPort, and DVI), but you don?t need to worry about them because you?ll be using the two DVI ports, HDMI port, and DisplayPort jack on the video card when you hook up the Mini Gaming PC to a monitor.

Should you run into any problems, the Mini Gaming PC is covered by a three-year parts-and-labor warranty, and AVADirect offers free lifetime tech support.

Performance
The Mini Gaming PC unsurprisingly held its own against similarly equipped systems we?ve tested recently, though it took first place in only one of our tests. That would be Futuremark PCMark 7 overall system benchmark test, on which it scored 6,259?not significantly higher than either the Cyberpower Gamer Xtreme 4000SE (6,032) or Falcon Northwest Tiki , but higher nonetheless. On our other tests the Mini Gaming PC performed credibly, scoring 8.99 on our CineBench R11.5 rendering test, and needing 55 seconds to convert a video in HandBrake and 2:28 to apply a dozen filters and effects in Adobe Photoshop CS5. In all these cases the Mini Gaming PC was outmatched by the Editors? Choice Maingear Potenza Super Stock , which needed finished with ratings of 9.57, 51 seconds, and 2:16, respectively.

Living up to its name, the Mini Gaming PC is also solid for entertainment purposes?but the other systems we?ve reviewed have done better in one area or another. The Cyberpower 4000SE and Maingear Potenza computers beat it on frame rates in Crysis (129 frames per second, or fps, at 1,280 by 720 and with medium details, versus 124fps; the Maingear Potenza, with 65fps, beat both at 60fps when we upped the resolution to 1,920 by 1,080 and the details to high), and the Falcon Northwest Tiki just edged it out with Lost Planet 2 at 1,920 by 1,080 with high details (94fps versus 90fps). Scores in our Futuremark 3DMark 11 gaming graphics benchmark test were a bit closer overall, though the Maingear Potenza reigned supreme with 15,119 at the Entry preset and 5,100 on Extreme?the Mini Gaming PC, with 13,888 and 3,261 respectively, couldn?t quite compete.

Whether the AVADirect Mini Gaming PC Core i5 Z77 is an outstanding choice depends on a lot of the attendant factors. Though it wraps everything in a compact, original package, its somewhat cheap design and challenged expandability make it less than absolutely perfect for the gamer who likes to maintain control over the hardware. The Maingear Potenza isn?t much better in that area, admittedly, but with an even smaller footprint, a more mature appearance, superior performance, and a lower price, it compensates nicely for the benefits it takes away. Its handles may make the Mini Gaming PC a little easier to carry around, but otherwise the Maingear Potenza offers more to grab onto.

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Android 4.2.1 hits AOSP, for you build-from-source types

Android 4.2.1

If you like to roll your own built-from-source Android ROM -- or if you rely on a developer to roll one for you -- rest easy knowing that Android 4.2.1 (Build JOP40D) has dropped into the Android Open Source Project. That means the code is there, and proper building can commence. No huge changes here (the missing December thing is the most notable at this point), but having the code is better than not, and Google's pushed it out just hours after devices started getting the update.

Google's Jean-Baptiste Queru also mentions that factory images should be pushed "in the next few days," so you can get your reset on without worry.

Source: Android Building group

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Lady Gaga Gives Lindsay Lohan 'Beautiful' Review For 'Liz & Dick'

'They always try to knock the greats down a few pegs,' Gaga tweets amid negative reviews of Lohan's Lifetime biopic.
By Jocelyn Vena

Lindsay Lohan in "Liz & Dick"
Photo: Richard McLaren/ Lifetime

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Egypt's Mursi to meet judges over power grab

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi meets senior judges on Monday to try to ease a crisis over his seizure of new powers which has set off violent protests reminiscent of the revolution last year that led to the rise of his Islamist movement.

The justice minister said he believed Mursi would agree with the country's highest judicial authority on its proposal to limit the scope of the new powers.

But the protesters, some camped in Cairo's Tahrir Square, have said only retracting his decree will satisfy them, a sign of the deep rift between Islamists and their opponents that is destabilizing Egypt two years after Hosni Mubarak was ousted.

"There is no use amending the decree," said Tarek Ahmed, 26, a protester who stayed the night in Tahrir, where tents covered the central traffic circle. "It must be scrapped."

One person has been killed and about 370 have been injured in clashes between police and protesters since Mursi issued the decree on Thursday shielding his decisions from judicial review, emboldened by international plaudits for brokering an end to eight days of violence between Israel and Hamas.

The stock market is down more than 7 percent.

Mursi's political opponents have accused him of behaving like a new dictator and the West has voiced its concern, worried by more turbulence in a country that has a peace treaty with Israel and lies at the heart of the Arab Spring.

Mursi's administration has defended his decree as an effort to speed up reforms and complete a democratic transformation. Leftists, liberals, socialists and others say it has exposed the autocratic impulses of a man once jailed by Mubarak.

Mursi's office said he would meet Egypt's highest judicial authority, the Supreme Judicial Council, on Monday, and the council hinted at compromise.

Mursi's decree should apply only to "sovereign matters", it said, suggesting it did not reject the declaration outright, and called on judges and prosecutors, some of whom began a strike on Sunday, to return to work.

Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky, speaking about the council statement, said: "I believe President Mohamed Mursi wants that."

LIBERALS ANGRY

The protesters are worried that Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood aims to dominate the post-Mubarak era after winning the first democratic parliamentary and presidential elections this year.

A deal with a judiciary dominated by Mubarak-era judges, which Mursi has pledged to reform, may not placate them.

Banners in Tahrir called for dissolving the assembly drawing up a constitution, an Islamist-dominated body Mursi made immune from legal challenge. Many liberals and others have walked out of the assembly saying their voices were not being heard.

Only once a constitution is written can a new parliamentary election be held. Until then, legislative and executive power remains in Mursi's hands, and Thursday's decree puts his decisions above judicial oversight.

One Muslim Brotherhood member was killed and 60 people were hurt on Sunday in an attack on the main office of the Brotherhood in the Egyptian Nile Delta town of Damanhour, the website of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party said.

The party's offices have also been attacked in other cities.

A security source had earlier put the number of wounded at more than 500, but later clarified that this was the number injured since street battles erupted last week with police in and around Tahrir before the decree was announced.

One politician said the scale of the crisis could push opponents towards a deal to avoid a further escalation. Mursi's opponents have called for a big demonstration on Tuesday.

"I am very cautiously optimistic because the consequences are quite, quite serious, the most serious they have been since the revolution," said Mona Makram Ebeid, former member of parliament and prominent figure in Egyptian politics.

"This is the most critical and most dramatic moment since the revolution," she said. "He has succeeded in uniting the opposition camp who for the time being seem to be unison."

Mursi's office repeated assurances that the steps would be temporary, and said he wanted dialogue with political groups to find "common ground" over what should go into the constitution.

Talks with Mursi have been rejected by members of a National Salvation Front, a new opposition coalition that brings together liberal, leftist and other politicians and parties, who until Mursi's decree had been a fractious bunch struggling to unite.

MILITARY STAYING OUT

"There is no room for dialogue when a dictator imposes the most oppressive, abhorrent measures and then says 'let us split the difference'," prominent opposition leader and Mohamed ElBaradei said on Saturday. He has said he expected to act as the Front's coordinator.

The military has stayed out of the crisis after leading Egypt through a messy 16-month transition to a presidential election in June. Analysts say Mursi neutralized the army when he sacked top generals in August, appointing a new generation who now owe their advancement to the Islamist president.

Though the military still wields influence through business interests and a security role, it is out of frontline politics.

Images of protesters clashing with police and tear gas wafting through Tahrir Square have been unsettling reminder of the uprising that toppled Mubarak in February 2011 and violence that flared under army rule, scaring investors and tourists.

Egypt had hoped to stop the economic rot by signing an initial deal last week for a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund. As well as tumbling share prices, yields at a Sunday treasury bill auction rose, putting even more pressure on the government that faces a crushing budget deficit.

"We are back to square one, politically, socially," said Mohamed Radwan of Pharos Securities, an Egyptian brokerage firm.

Issued just a day after Mursi received glowing tributes from Washington for his work brokering a deal to end eight days of violence between Israel and Hamas, the decree drew warnings from the West to uphold democracy. Washington has leverage because of billions of dollars it sends in annual military aid.

The decree protects the assembly writing the constitution from dissolution before completing its work, and it now has a deadline of February. The constitutional court, which has declared the Islamist-dominated lower house of parliament void, was expected to rule on the validity of the assembly on December 2.

Many of Mursi's political opponents share the view that Egypt's judiciary needs reform, though they disagree with his methods. Mursi's new powers allowed him to sack the prosecutor general who took his job during the Mubarak era and is unpopular among reformists of all stripes.

(Additional reporting by Tom Perry, Patrick Werr and Marwa Awad in Cairo; editing by Philippa Fletcher)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypts-mursi-meet-judges-over-power-grab-111516181--business.html

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How I Know When to Drop Collision & Comprehensive Auto Insurance

Although we refuse to admit it, everybody is occasionally guilty of holding on to things a little longer than they really should.

I often question the Honeybee?s motives regarding her proclivity to keep around old birthday cards and our kids? elementary school papers. If you?re interested, I?m sure she can show you the very first perfect score Matthew ever received on a spelling quiz he took in kindergarten. Never mind that our son is now a high-school sophomore ? or that our closet is getting really full.

Whenever I ask the Honeybee why she refuses to toss stuff like that in the trash after all these years, she always comes back with the same frustrating response: ?Hey, you never know.?

I guess that?s true, but it defies all sense of reason.

Before you accuse me of throwing rocks from my glass house, I realize I?ve got my own issues with being unable to let go, too.

I remember the time I stubbornly refused to part company with my trusty ? but very old ? barbecue grill, even though it was clearly ready for the scrap heap.

Don?t laugh, ladies. The truth is, most guys tend to get attached to their barbecue grills the same way they get attached to their dogs. It?s practically a law of nature, as sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

I know a lot of folks make the same mistake when it comes to keeping the collision and comprehensive coverage on their auto insurance ? especially people like myself who drive older cars. Don?t think I didn?t keep that in mind earlier this month when I was renewing the insurance my 1997 Honda Civic and 2001 Honda Odyssey.

We all need liability insurance, which?protects us from damage we do to others or their property. However, that?s not necessarily true for collision and comprehensive insurance which covers:

repairs or replacement to your car if you?re in an accident that?s your fault.
losses caused by theft, vandalism, natural disasters, and other events.

Why? Because oftentimes the potential benefits derived from insurance may not be worth the premiums when compared to the actual risk.

Of course, that requires making a few assumptions and then running the numbers.

To help me make my decision, I used a spreadsheet to summarize the comprehensive and collision premiums my insurance company was offering on each vehicle, and evaluate the potential coverage benefits. Here?s what it looked like:

Before I could make a proper analysis on whether or not comprehensive and collision insurance was worth the price, I had to determine the replacement costs of the vehicles being insured. I used the Kelly Blue Book private-party sale figures to help estimate the value of both my cars. For the 2001 Odyssey, that?s approximately $5250.

The next step was to determine the actual benefit of each type of insurance. I determined those values by subtracting the applicable deductibles from the vehicle replacement costs. For example, the Odyssey?s collision insurance benefit was $4250.

Now here?s where the rubber meets the road. Based upon an annual collision premium of $88, it would take about 48 years ($4250/$88) before the total premiums paid would surpass the Odyssey?s replacement cost. Whether that is a good deal ? or not ? depends on how often I expect to get into an accident that would total the vehicle.

In my family?s case, our driver accident rate is, conservatively, roughly once every 20 years. As a result, I decided to keep the coverage on the Odyssey since I would expect to pay, at that premium, slightly less than half the mini van?s total replacement cost over that time period before making a claim. I kept the comprehensive insurance on the Odyssey for the same reason.

As for my trusty Civic, well, that was a different story. After running the numbers, I decided to drop the collision insurance because, with an annual collision premium of $77, and a potential insurance benefit of just $750, it would take less than 10 years before the premiums paid to the insurance company surpassed the car?s replacement value ? a period far shorter than our historical driver accident rate of once every 20 years.

Naturally, before estimating your personal accident rate, you?ll want to take into account changing factors including your past and future driving habits. For example, if you expect to begin racking up more miles because of a longer commute, it may make sense to assume that your risk of getting into an accident will increase somewhat.

On the other hand, you may be able to assume your accident rate will actually decrease if you?ve become a more defensive and responsible driver over the years ? or if you plan on winning the lottery and becoming wealthy enough to eventually hire a chauffeur.

Hey, you never know.

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Source: http://lenpenzo.com/blog/id16369-how-i-know-when-to-drop-collision-comprehensive-auto-insurance.html

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Lawrence Guyot, civil rights leader, dies after decades of activism

Lawrence Guyot, a 73-year-old civil rights activist who survived beatings and went to prison in Mississippi in the 60s, died late Thursday night. Guyot was a long-time advocate of voter rights.

By Associated Press / November 25, 2012

Lawrence Guyot, at age 23, removed his shirt in Jackson, Miss., to show newsmen where he says Greenwood and Winona police beat him with leather slapsticks, in June of 1963. His daughter Julie Guyot-Diangone said he died late Thursday or early Friday outside Washington, D.C. at the age of 73.

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Lawrence?Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage generations to get involved, has died. He was 73.

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Guyot?had a history of heart problems and suffered from diabetes, and died at home in Mount Rainier, Md., his daughter Julie Guyot-Diangone said late Saturday. She said he died sometime Thursday night; other media reported he passed away Friday.

A Mississippi native,?Guyot?(pronounced GHEE-ott) worked for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and served as director of the 1964 Freedom Summer Project, which brought thousands of young people to the state to register blacks to vote despite a history of violence and intimidation by authorities. He also chaired the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which sought to have blacks included among the state's delegates to the 1964 Democratic National Convention. The bid was rejected, but another civil rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer, addressed the convention during a nationally televised appearance.

Guyot?was severely beaten several times, including at the notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary known as Parchman Farm. He continued to speak on voting rights until his death, including encouraging people to cast ballots for President Barack Obama.

"He was a civil rights field worker right up to the end," Guyot-Diangone said.

Guyot?participated in the 40th anniversary of the Freedom Summer Project to make sure a new generation could learn about the civil rights movement.

"There is nothing like having risked your life with people over something immensely important to you," he told The Clarion-Ledger in 2004. "As Churchill said, there's nothing more exhilarating than to have been shot at ? and missed."

His daughter said she recently saw him on a bus encouraging people to register to vote and asking about their political views. She said he was an early backer of gay marriage, noting that when he married a white woman, interracial marriage was illegal in some states. He met his wife Monica while they both worked for racial equality.

"He followed justice," his daughter said. "He followed what was consistent with his values, not what was fashionable. He just pushed people along with him."

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/swR4N3Vs0xk/Lawrence-Guyot-civil-rights-leader-dies-after-decades-of-activism

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FBI uses Twitter, social media to look for securities fraud

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(Reuters) - The FBI sees social media as a potential breeding ground for securities fraud, and has agents scouring Twitter and Facebook for tips, according to two top agents overseeing a long-running investigation into insider trading in the $2 trillion hedge fund industry.

April Brooks, a special agent in charge of the New York field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and David Chaves, a supervisory agent, said it is hard to predict the next wave of securities fraud, but they add that it will have a lot to do with advances in technology and social media.

"I will tell you technology will play a huge part, social media, Twitter. Any kind of technology that is new and doesn't exist today, if there is any way to exploit it, these individuals will exploit it," Brooks told Reuters TV in an interview for the Reuters Investment Outlook 2013 Summit.

Brooks and Chaves oversee what the FBI calls "Operation Perfect Hedge," which has led to more than 60 convictions of hedge fund traders, analysts and industry consultants.

Last Tuesday, a day after the Reuters TV interview, the government charged a former employee of Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital, Mathew Martoma, with a $276 million insider trading scheme that prosecutors called "the most lucrative" ever.

While Cohen, whose $14 billion hedge fund is one of the most successful and best known on Wall Street, was not charged with any wrongdoing, the complaint says he signed off on trades in Elan Corp and Wyeth in July 2008 ahead of bad news about a clinical drug trial the companies were working on.

Brooks and Chaves gave no hints about the SAC case in the interview, and declined to talk about active investigations.

"Some view insider trading as reaching this crescendo, and we have reached a top. I would suggest we have not," Chaves said.

Investors embrace Twitter
Hedge funds, big institutional investors and investment research firms, such as Muddy Waters (@muddywatersre), have embraced Twitter as a platform for sharing their ideas and investment strategies.

On November 20, PIMCO's Bill Gross tweeted via @PIMCO: "Bernanke confirms PIMCO's New Normal after 3 years! 2% economic potential at least for a time. Probably lower & longer Mr. Chairman."

Gross was referring to Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, and PIMCO's portfolio positioning for what he calls a "New Normal" developed world economy - 2.0 percent real growth and 2 percent inflation.

"People have used Twitter as a powerful distribution mechanism, occasionally with meaningful market impact," said independent analyst Daniel Yu, who is an avid user of Twitter under the handle @LongShortTrader.

Studies and research reports have shown that Twitter can be used as an early indicator of changing investor sentiment around particular stocks and commodities. This allows Twitter data to be used to predict price fluctuations in the market.

One report, authored by academics Johan Bollen, Huina Mao and Xiao-Jun Zeng, says the degree of "calmness" of the Twitterverse can predict - with 87.6 percent accuracy -- how the Dow Jones industrial average will move two to six days ahead of time.

Some hedge funds and other investors have criticized U.S. authorities for cracking down on insider trading to distract attention from the fact that law enforcement has not been able to bring any prosecutions against Wall Street bankers over the financial crisis.

Brooks and Chaves acknowledged the criticism. They said there is a desire to prosecute, but the laws are not there to criminalize actions that some think deserve to be punished.

"I wouldn't say we have missed opportunities," Brooks said, commenting on the 2008 financial crisis. "There may be others who are responsible, but who don't necessarily violate the federal statutes."

The two agents, who both work in the securities division of the New York branch of the FBI, said that when they meet with people on Wall Street, they explain there is no vendetta or campaign against the hedge fund industry. The insider trading investigation is simply part of an effort to make the markets more fair for everybody.

"The message is we are out there, and we are going to continue to be out there," Brooks said. "This type of violation, this type of crime impacts everyone."

(Reporting by Matthew Goldstein and Jennifer Ablan; Editing by Tiffany Wu and Jan Paschal)

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For several years now, the term ?industrial computers? has referred almost exclusively to computer that were meant to be used in harsh environments. Their programming features were behind the times?sometimes nonexistent. These computers had no moving parts and the components needed to be small, compact and efficient, with the ability to run productively for several years.??The graphics on industrial computers were only adequate and the hardware was often multiple years out of date.
This could be incredibly frustrating when trying to keep up with the latest technology. However, recently some changes have been made to industrial computers to combat these issues. Industrial computers are now made to keep up with the latest advances, including in software development, and still maintain performance of their key functions.

Customizable Programs

The industrial computers of today are generally used for data collection or to operate equipment. Because of this, the modern industrial computers have been made to be high adaptable for programming needs. These computers can now run programs from software developers or be customized with a unique program made specifically for its task to be preformed. These computers now come with more programmable features and software such as terminal emulation and even advanced image processing.
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Traditional industrial computers are made to withstand several elements that traditionally would kill a personal computer. This includes designs that can cope with and withstand grease, water, ice and extreme heat, dust and even getting beat up and thrown around a little. This is what makes an industrial computer, but the programming issues have made them outdated and underrated. To battle this image of industrial computers, several new design elements have been released that do all the key things an industrial computer needed to do before, but also look good while doing it.
Modern industrial computers have been manufactured to be far less expensive than traditional industrial computers and can now be made with almost any type of material, including food-grade stainless steel. Stainless steel can withstand all the dust and heavy temperatures that an industrial computer may experience but reduce the cost of the computer and provide efficient computers for programming.
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Another programmable and design aspect of modern industrial computers is their ability to function with embedded systems. This feature is essential in factories or other environments that rely on industrial computers to interact with their equipment. In this way, industrial computers are able to work more efficiently, in terms of both productivity cost and actual usage.??For even more information on how embedded systems read this.
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Modern industrial computers use all the positive elements and aspects of traditional industrial computers and provide a way to make these computers programmable and efficient through design and embedded parts. And it is because of these new developments and technologies being applied that industrial computers are now used consistently for programming purposes.??To read more on industrial computers??click here.

Chad Calimpong works with Dell and has been recognized locally and nationally for his photography and video documentaries. He enjoys cooking, baking, and has a passion for technology and computers. He currently resides in Austin, Texas with his wife and two cats.

Source: http://forum.codecall.net/topic/73078-industrial-computers-why-are-they-being-used-for-programming/

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Obama visits bookstore, promotes "Small Business Saturday"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, in a bid to show support for small businesses, took his daughters on an early Christmas shopping trip on Saturday as the U.S. retail sector swings into high gear this holiday season.

Promoting "Small Business Saturday," the third annual event that encourages consumers to support independently-owned local shops, Obama took his daughters Sasha and Malia to "One More Page Books" in Arlington, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C.

"Preparation," said Obama, while talking to the store owner at the front counter and looking at his BlackBerry, apparently checking book titles while his daughters stood at his side. "That's how I shop."

Over the last two decades, small businesses have created two of every three U.S. jobs. To try to spur job growth, the Obama administration says it aims to cut taxes for small businesses and expand entrepreneurs' access to financing.

Both Main Street merchants and larger retailers will find out soon if the so-called fiscal cliff that threatens to produce tax increases and automatic spending cuts in January will subdue shoppers and hold back spending this holiday season.

Congress and Obama are about to negotiate on a deal to avert the roughly $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts set to start jolting the economy at the beginning of 2013.

Asked by reporters what is needed to cushion the economic impact of the looming fiscal cliff, Obama declined to answer, saying "we're doing Christmas shopping."

The White House said Obama bought 15 children's books that will be given as Christmas gifts to family members.

Last year, more than 100 million Americans shopped locally on Small Business Saturday, according to an estimate by American Express.

Small businesses taking part in the initiative use social networks like Facebook and Twitter to promote deals and attract potential customers.

Taking to Twitter himself after the shopping excursion, Obama wrote: "My family & I started our holiday shopping at a local bookstore on #SmallBizSat. I hope you'll join & shop small this holiday season."

The nationwide initiative that urges customers to open their wallets to local businesses follows Black Friday, one the nation's busiest shopping days at major retailers falling the day after Thanksgiving.

The Monday after Thanksgiving is known as Cyber Monday, where deals are found on the Internet and is more often a hit with shoppers unwilling to brave long lines.

(Reporting By Margaret Chadbourn; Editing by Vicki Allen)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-visits-bookstore-promotes-small-business-saturday-203719483--sector.html

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Burglar of Steve Jobs' house admits to eight break-ins

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A former salesman who lost his job and ended up homeless admitted in a plea deal on Wednesday to burglarizing Steve Jobs' house and seven other homes in a crime spree capped by his break-in at the late Apple founder's Silicon Valley residence.

In return for his plea of "no contest," legally equivalent to a guilty plea in California, Santa Clara County prosecutors agreed to recommend that Kariem McFarlin, 35, be sentenced to no more than seven years and eight months in prison.

Jailed since his arrest in August, McFarlin would otherwise face a maximum penalty of more than 16 years behind bars when he returns to court for sentencing on January 17, his lawyer said.

McFarlin was originally charged with one count of burglary and one count of receiving stolen property for the July 17 break-in and theft that occurred at Jobs' home while the house was unoccupied and undergoing renovations.

More than $60,000 in jewelry, along with several computers and Jobs' wallet were stolen in the burglary, which came nine months after the high-tech executive had died at age 56 following a lengthy battle with cancer.

The house in Palo Alto, about 30 miles south of San Francisco, had briefly become a shrine for admirers who left flowers outside in the weeks after Jobs' death. McFarlin apparently had no idea the English country-style home belonged to Jobs when he entered the property, authorities said.

The investigation that followed led authorities to a storage locker where McFarlin had stashed stolen goods from previous burglaries he was found to have committed since March of 2011.

The various cases were combined, and he ultimately pleaded no contest to eight counts of first-degree burglary, including the Jobs break-in, and one count of receiving stolen property.

Like Jobs' house, McFarlin had singled out other homes that appeared temporarily vacant during construction or renovation in upscale San Francisco Bay-area communities. Authorities said McFarlin had spent the night in some of them.

A college graduate who once played football for San Jose State University, McFarlin had held steady jobs in sales for 15 years before ending up unemployed, defense attorney James Kellenberger told reporters after Wednesday's hearing.

"After he lost his job, he ended up homeless and living in a car," Kellenberger said.

Police initially tracked down McFarlin with help from Apple investigators, who noticed an iPad stolen from the Jobs house was connected to the company's servers on July 18, the morning after the burglary, according to court documents in the case.

The user of the iPad was re-installing the operating system, and by tracing the Internet connection, police found McFarlin's home in Alameda, just south of Oakland.

Shackled and dressed in green prison garb on Wednesday, McFarlin appeared expressionless through the proceedings and said little except to answer, "no contest," when asked how he would plead to the charges.

(Reporting By Malathi Nayak; Editing by Steve Gorman and Andrew Hay)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/burglar-steve-jobs-house-admits-eight-break-ins-234409141--finance.html

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The Legal Infrastructure of Business: The gene patent debate: Why I ...

The recent Federal Appeals Court?s ruling in the Association of Molecular Pathology vs. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has brought the gene patent debate right back into focus. At the center of this controversy is Myriad Genetics, a gene testing company that filed patents for BRCA1 & BRCA2- genes associated with high breast and ovarian cancer risk in women. But should genes really be patentable? The Federal Appeals court seems to think so as in August this year it reaffirmed that gene patents are indeed legal.

The controversy surrounding gene patens is that genes are naturally occurring law of nature. As per Section 101 of the patent law in order to pass the patent examination procedure, the subject must either be a process, a machine, manufacture or composition of matter (here, composition refers to being made up of two or more substances). In particular the patent code specifies three exceptions to patent eligibility, namely: laws of nature, physical phenomenon and abstract ideas. Naturally occurring genes are not processes, machines, manufacture or composition of matter and hence not eligible to be patented. Secondly, the subject/invention must be novel, useful and non-obvious. With rapid progress in gene analysis techniques, the non-obviousness of genes is also questionable.

However, not all parties agree to this school of thought. Advocates of gene patents such as biotech firms allege that if microorganisms can be patented, then so should genes. The parties here are referring to the landmark Diamond vs. Chakrabarty (1980) case where the courts concluded that microorganisms are not excluded from patent protection. However the key difference between this case and the one involving Myriad is that the microorganisms in question were genetically engineered and hence produced as a direct result of human intervention. Thus, they could not be classified exclusively as product/law of nature. Similarly, although artificial gene mutations should be patentable, naturally occurring genes such as BRCA1 & 2 should be classified as scientific discoveries rather than inventions and hence, excluded from patent production.

The ruling of the Myriad case implies that whenever a woman in the United States is tested for gene mutations correlated with high risk of breast or ovarian cancer, her test samples would be sent to Myriad Genetics Inc. This is so as the firm now owns the patent rights to BRCA1 & BRCA2 and hence, is the sole controller of all associated test and research conducted in the country. This only serves to monopolize the firm and hinder further progress.

It may hence, not be far fetched to state that the patent might be unconstitutional in spirit. The patent clause in Article 1, Sec 8 of the constitution provides the congress the power to ?to promote the progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries?.? Thus the gene patent awarded to Myriad serves only to slow scientific advancement because although there is no invention, there are severe restrictions placed on any future progress and discovery, as these genes are the building blocks of research itself.Thus, the courts should have sough to protect novel gene testing techniques or research methods rather than granting gene monopoly to firms. It is hardly surprising that Myriad charges $3000 for screening tests on BRAC mutations.

Examining further, the patent is also in direct conflict with the First Amendment of the United States constitution, which protects freedom of thought expression, scientific enquiry and knowledge exchange.

Researcher rights are violated, as the patent holder?s permission is needed to conduct any further research on the gene. Researchers are also exposed to risks including the possibility of being denied research permission or/and being exposed to high economic costs.
Genetic practitioner rights are violated, as they are now unable to freely conduct testing of BRCA1 & BRCA2 and have to apply for testing licenses that may or may not be granted.
Patient rights are violated as individuals now have limited choice and restricted access to medical information and care e.g. patients seeking genetic testing on breast and ovarian cancer only have one option - Myriad.

A few years back, the Congress anticipated these future concerns and did try to implement corresponding measures. Two proposed acts that stand out are the Genomic Science and Technology Innovation Act and Genomic Research and Diagnostic Accessibility Act. The former (act) sought to involve the Office of Science and Technology Policy to study the impact of the intellectual property (IP) policy on genomic science. The aim was to consider alternate levels of IP protection if the current/proposed protection resulted in barriers to future research or increased licensing costs for stakeholders.

The latter act in particular sought to exempt from patent infringement, individuals using the gene for non-commercial research purpose and medical personnel using gene for assessment and cure of ailments/diseases

Unfortunately, no further action has been taken after the bill was referred to the House Science Committee and the House Judiciary Committee. Thus until the court decision is revised, whether we like it or not, a vital part of our genes now actually belong to somebody else!

References

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ca7c90f9-9d20-4825-9600-672e71df89e9

http://www.aclu.org/free-speech/brca-genes-and-patents

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-6354069.html

http://news.yahoo.com/aclu-asks-supreme-court-reconsider-gene-patenting-case-193652861--finance.html

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s2106.html

http://olpa.od.nih.gov/legislation/107/pendinglegislation/9gene.asp

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Luxury Shimla Hotels: People to whom price is not an issue but want classic services, Luxury Shimla hotels would suit them. In Shimla, you will find a big array of luxury hotels naming Woodville Palace hotel, Combermere Hotel, Willow Banks Hotel, Shillon Hotel, Oberoi Amarvilas, Wildflower Hall Hotel. So, if your plans are for plush holidays, then go for luxury hotels in shimla and enjoy a complete leisure with your lavish stay in any of these hotels.

Deluxe Shimla Hotels: If you have some limited budget for your holidays and at the same time, you are looking for comforts, excellence and quality services, and then you should go for deluxe hotels in Shimla. These hotels are priced a bit less than luxury hotels. So, these hotels will offer you semi luxurious services and accommodations. In Shimla, you can have several deluxe hotels which include Leela Regency Hotel, East Bourne Hotel, Ashiana Regency Hotel, and Oakwood Hamlet Hotel etc.

Budget Hotels In Shimla: Planning a Shimla holidays in limited budget, then we must recommend you to go for budge hotels available in Shimla. The city has several hotels that are priced very affordable and this list include Brightland Hotel, De Park Hotel, Gulmarg Hotel, Camp Potters Hill Hotel, Himland East hotel and many more. These budget hotels definitely are affordable, but that does not mean that you have to sacrifice your need of comfort and convenience while your stay in any of these hotels.

In addition to these hotels, you can also go for heritage hotels in Shimla and in all hotels, you will get high class amenities and excellent services that will not let your forget this trip throughout your life.

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