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Creator: Chris AndersonTags: blog enterprise, corporate blogging, Corporate Blogs, fortune 500, internal This is a directory of Fortune 500 companies that have business blogs, defined as: active public blogs by company employees about the company and/or its products. According to our...
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CLEVELAND (September 30, 2008) — The law firm of Roetzel & Andress is pleased to announce that Christine Flanagan has joined the Cleveland office as an Associate.Ms. Flanagan's practice focuses in the area of Intellectual Property, with an emphasis on software/information technol...
Join the Fall Fitness Challenge 2008 and get moving! The goal is to MOVE for at least 30 continuous minutes, 3 or more days a week and maintain or lose weight and/or inches in the process. You take your own weight and/or waist measurements at the beginning and end of program (or we...
Avangate announces its participation at ISDEF 2008, the seventh annual fall conference organized by the Independent Software Developers Forum. The event will take place September 26-28, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Vinogradovo in Moscow
Cambridge, MA - September 18, 2008 - The Society for New Communications Research (http://www.sncr.org), a nonprofit global think tank dedicated to the advanced study of the latest developments in new media and communications, and their effect on traditional media and business models, ...
 From: http://www.democratsforlife.org/  SENAT E PASSES FOSTERING CONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS AND INCREASING ADOPTIONS ACT OF 2008 The U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (HR 6893) on Monday, September 23. "This is the ...
2008-10-06 11:04:07 SiteSpect Newsfeed
Website multivariate testing and behavioral targeting firm predicts 2008 holiday season will see online retailers increasingly turning to technology to drive customer engagement and increase sales. BOSTON, MASS., September 30, 2008 - SiteSpect, Inc., the leading provider of non-...
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2008-10-06 10:54:21 Universal Robina dot com
Due to insistent Cream-O-holic demand, Cream-O is extending the deadline for the submission of entries for the How Do You Cream-O? online video-making contest to September 30, 2008. How Do You Cream-O? is open to all Cream-O munchers who can capture on video the most unique and crea...
2008-10-06 10:15:21 News from TRAC
Dr. Susan B. Long, TRAC co-director and Associate Professor of Managerial Statistics at Syracuse University's Martin J. Whitman School of Management, testified before a Congressional Subcommittee on immigration matters on Tuesday, September 23, 2008. See more...
On September 19, the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation established significant new regulations, 201 CMR 17.00: Standards for The Protection of Personal Information, which affect how all Massachusetts organizations protect confidential data.The Boston Gl...
Erle Frayne Argonza Forestry education is among those human development engagements that are urgently being delivered today. A study done in Kenya, by Temu A & Kiwia A, examined how future forestry education can respond to expanding societal needs. The study is summarized below. [04...
By Karen Di Piazza /Senior News Editor/ Airport Journals/ Oct. ‘08Without notice, on Sept. 19, Boca Raton, Fla.-based DayJet Services LLC closed its doors. DayJet, with a fleet of 28 three-passenger Eclipse 500 very light jets, was forced to discontinue service after being unable to ...
In late September 2006, Republicans knew they faced a difficult political landscape, though few anticipated the party would lose as many seats as they did. Then, on September 29, Florida Congressman Mark Foley abruptly resigned amid charges of inappropriate relations with young House p...
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2008-10-06  Zooglobble
Well, it's been a little while, but the good times of Family Music Meltdown 2 are still in my memory and before they leave my memory, allow me to recap an excellent night of Austin-based kids music. It ended with a whole bunch of kids rockin' out with Joe McDermott and his band, but b...
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2008-10-06  Google Sightseeing
Here in the deserts of Turkmenistan the satellite imagery has captured an amazing shot of a 200-metre wide churning pool that is spouting a pillar of smoke and flames. These are the Korpedje oil fields, and this is an active upwelling of oil that has been abandoned since 2002, which...
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2008-10-06  The Y Files
Under the resurgent authoritarianism of the Putin/Medvedev regime, a "space of freedom" has still remained in Russia: in the print media, to some extent even on the radio (Ekho Moskvy), and of course on the Internet; in independent groups that are harassed if they get too political, bu...
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Barclays The crisis on Wall Street likely means fewer investment bankers will be making first-class hops between between London, New York and other financial centers. A couple of reports released Friday highlight links between the shaky financial sector and traffic and sales at comm...
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2008-10-06  Back Talk
There has been a lot going on in Pakistan over the last two months, including an offensive by the Pakistani army against tribal militants and a relentless series of strikes by Predator drones. With regard to the recent military offensive, here is a new report:29 September 2008Pakistani...
2008-10-06  Eye on Britain
The first snow of the year... and it's only October Any hope of a mild winter were dashed today when winter's first snow made an early appearance. It seems amazing that only a week ago, the sun was out and there was even optimistic talk of a dry season. But temperatures plunged to...
"All men having power ought to be mistrusted."--James Madison America's next president will inherit more than a financial catastrophe when he assumes office. He will also inherit a shadow government--one that is fully staffed by unelected officials, fully operational and ready to take...
2008-10-06  VCCircle News
Capital market regulator,Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has announced some major reviews in its policies and new initiatives today. It has announced the removal of restrictions on the FII holding in Participatory Notes. It has also announced policy measure to encourage ...
Greed is, of course, good. Uncontrolled greed ends in disaster. Just that simple. Two and a half years ago, Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne penned an editorial for The Wall Street Journal, warning that widespread stock manipulation schemes - including abusive naked short selling - wer...
2008-10-06  i On Global Trends
About 100 prisoners from Buthidaung jail were made to work in a Physic nut plantation near the 3-mile camp on Maungdaw-Buthidaun road on September 30. The programme was led by Nasaka, Burma's border security force from 3-mile camp. The Physic nut plantation is around 2.67 acres, accor...
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Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, listens to questions during an interview in her office, Dec. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Chris Miller, File) Tax lawyers are feasting on Sarah Palin’s tax returns. On Friday, the Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential nominee released her return...
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2008-10-06  medinnovationblog
Richard L. Reece, MD, and Brian Klepper, PhD, September 25, 2008 Prelude: The following appeared on September 25, 2008 in Healthleaders.media.comFor some time, we have speculated that America's health system is sliding towards a financial crisis that could spill over into the general e...
2008-10-06  Celebslam.com
O.J. Simpson is guilty In case you didn’t hear over the weekend, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of 12 charges related to the September 2007 robbery of a sports memorabilia dealer in Las Vegas. CNN says: The Las Vegas jury reached its verdict after about 13 hours of deliberations ...
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2008-10-06  MauledAgain
To say that what Congress did on Friday was disappointing would be an understatement. What Congress did was, and remains, downright dangerous. A huge sum of money has been thrown in the direction of institutions and people who are either malevolent or ignorant. Banks and other institut...
Amazee.com On September 17, 2008 Amazee released a fully redesigned version of its social collaboration platform. We made this case study for all Drupal developers interested in how the site is being built and what the challenges have been so far. What is Amazee Amazee is a platform th...
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On Thursday, September 4, 2008, my son started his first day of school, preschool that is. He is only 3 years old (just turned 3 in July). I was really against starting him so early and I still am...kinda. The real only reason I agreed is he needs special therapy for his speech and lan...
SHANGHAI: China's retail sales were up 21 per cent year-on-year during the week-long national holiday, the commerce ministry said Monday. Retail sales last week between September 29 and October 5 rose to 420 billion yuan (US$61.3 billion), a 21 per cent increase from 2007, it said in ...
You can read it here. In just the past 12 months, the number of homeless families living in Massachusetts motels has skyrocketed from 17 in September 2007 to 550 in September 2008. That's on top of another 1,800 or so families in shelters. My tea leaves tell me that you will hear about...
2008-10-06  India Economy Watch
by Edward Hugh: BarcelonaIndia is in the middle of a storm at the moment, there can be no doubt about that. But the important point to note is that this storm is not of India's making. The financial turmoil in a number of key developed economies, and above all the United States, is sen...
The day after the CEO of a firm, located in Noida near Delhi, was done to death in his office on September 22 by workers incensed over the management’s refusal to reinstate some dismissed workers, the Union Labour Minister, Mr Oscar Fernandes,
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Faculty members and librarians at the University of Windsor, in Ontario, voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to accept a new three-year contract. Classes will resume on Monday, according to a university statement. The university canceled classes for 16,000 students after more than 1,000 p...
2008-10-05  tonymorganlive.com
In case you missed them, here are the posts that generated the most traffic last month in order of popularity: Launching New Video Technology So What? The Future of Student Ministry? NewSpring’s Multi-site Video Technology Differences Between Big and Small Churches I Just Hear...
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2008-10-05  Uncommon Sense
Courtesy of the Castro dictatorship — and the United States of America — Rafael Jorrín García has been in a Cuban prison since September 1997. That's when American military authorities at the Guántanamo Bay Naval Base handed Jorrín, who had tried to flee the island on a boat, o...
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I try to stay away from mind reading. It is all too prevalent on the internet: “I know why so and so did such and such.” That said, who didn’t find the timing odd of Jenny McCarthy’s Amanda Peet attack and that really strange interview where Ms. McCarthy ...
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The coolest stuff we came across last month, from a Ralph Lauren basketball to a skate video from Adam Kimmel.
By: Tikender Singh Panwar After the promulgation of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 in Feb 06, the proposed Gagret SEZ was cleared by the Union ministry, which will be constructed by SKIL infrastructures limited in Una district of Himachal Pradesh. After the coming into existence ...
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2008-10-05  One In Jesus.info
McKnight writes, Living as a Christian in a postmodern context means different things to different people. Some—to borrow categories I first heard from Doug Pagitt, pastor at Solomon’s Porch in Minneapolis—will minister to postmoderns, others with postmoderns, and still ...
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I'm not panicking...yet Though that's what it probably looks like. I don't even want a bloody internship. I don't have time. I only have 10-15 hours a week to devote to one and they require twice that much. I am an intellectual. I hate the establishment. The good news is that I could ...
2008-10-05  Cold Cases
Names: Wesley Cummins, 24 Location: Intersection of 15th and Lawrence streets Agency: Denver Police Department Date body found: Oct. 5, 1993 Cause of DeathShot Suspect: None currently identfied Emblazoned in Stephanie Cummins’ memory is the image of a man and woman sitting in a red c...
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2008-10-05  .
It's Sunday morning. I'm up, but not showered yet, which is really unusual. I almost always get right in the shower. But I needed to play a couple rounds of Bowling in Facebook.... ok, maybe NEED is not exactly the word, but hey, it's not the worst way to live out my mild case of OC...
2008-10-05  Mommy Life
Each year, the Blakeley Family holds a special event for families with children with Down syndrome - a gift from them and a blessing to us. Families come from all over northern Virginia - and beyond - for a day of pony rides, face painting, free toys and food, climbing into fire engin...
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2008-10-05  The Talent Buzz
Employers shed more jobs last month than in any month in more than five years. The economy lost another 159,000 jobs in September, and is the largest decline seen since March 2003. The unemployment rate remain unchanged in September 2008, at 6.1% which is the highest unemployment level...
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2008-10-05  BandwidthCamp
Here is the latest news and stories having an affect on our industry over the last week. Our readers share bookmarks with the BandwidthCamp community by tagging them BandwidthCamp on del.icio.us (a social bookmarking tool). If you’d like to participate, sign-up for delicious and sha...
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2008-10-05  medinnovationblog
Two roads diverge in a yellow woodAnd sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveling long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I could seeTo where it bent in the undergrowth.Robert Frost (1874-1963), Road Not Taken (1916)Doctors are forking one way or another= employment or competit...
Class-level Mappings Now Generalize Semantic Web Connectivity We are pleased to present a complementary view to the now-famous linking open data (LOD) cloud diagram (shown to the left; click on it for a full-sized view) [1]. This new diagram (shown below) — what we call the LO...
, Adaptive , Linked , Semantic , UMBEL , dbpedia , linking , lod , lod , lod , rdf
2008-10-05  Patent Docs
By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases, and a few interesting cases will be selected for periodic monitoring. Proctor & Gamble Co. et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.1:08-cv-00627; filed September 26, 2009...
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2008-10-05  beSpacific
September 29, 2008 - Financial Market Intervention September 29, 2008 - Economic Stimulus Proposals for 2008: An Analysis September 29,...
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Much as I detest internet bloviation, I think it makes sense for us to look into the corruption endemic to Washington. Unlike most, I don't think this is because our politicians are bad people; I think it's because of unrealistic expectations of voters, coupled with total oblivion to h...
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CONFESSIONS OF A SPINNER RACK JUNKIE.Time once more for CONFESSIONS OF A SPINNER RACK JUNKIE, that more-or-less ongoing and often overdue feature in which I write shortish reviews of various works of sequential fiction that I have perused in the interval since the last time I inflicted...
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Democrats for the most part are simply better politicians than Republicans.  Democrats seem to be first in front of a microphone, first to lob a grenade, and can without flinching be Teflon deflecting an issue to Republicans, greedy Wall Street types, Big Oil, or to Mother Theresa.  ...
Human Rights Watch- (New York, October 2, 2008) – The Chinese government should immediately exonerate or grant medical parole to imprisoned human rights activist Hu Jia, Human Rights Watch said just ahead of the sixth-month anniversary of his flawed conviction. Human Rights Watch als...
niallkennedy posted a photo: Yahoo! Application page mockup. September 2008. Add to profile.
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2008-10-05  Hirlpoo
I just realized I’ve got a huge backlog of photos to edit and haven’t posted an image since September 17. I have images for every day, and will eventually get them up, but several other things have taken a priority in my life right now (like finding gainful employment). ...
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I have previously posted on this Blog information about homeowner mortgage benefits in the initial bailout bill that was rejected by the House on September 29, 2008. I have reviewed the final, revised bill signed into law on October 3, 2008. The final bill contains essentially the sam...
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R. Krithika (September 28), made an assuring as well as informative read for all those stressed, apprehensive and expectant mothers. In this era of fast paced and tech-savvy life, the process of pregnancy ought to be simplified without ...
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2008-10-05  TheNewspaper
Despite expensive lobbying efforts, interested parties failed to sell the public on the need to increase the tolling burden on Pennsylvania motorists. Last Wednesday, Abertis announced the Spanish-led Pennsylvania Turnpike Partners (PTP) consortium had dropped plans to lease the Penns...
Lawyer's conviction for giving the finger to a judge was affirmed. State v. Rogers, No. 26969 (Tenn. App. September 29, 2008): In this case, the facts are not essentially in dispute. The defendant reacted angrily to the Court’s proceeding with its recess by throwing his file. He...
San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT took part in a signing session at Utopia Records in Sydney, Australia on Saturday, September 27.
Notices have gone out, asking everyone to pass this press release on. I've been involved for a few of these NELI's and can attest to their awesomeness. Stephen September 29, 2008 The tenth Northern Exposure to Leadership Institute (NELI) will be held in Emerald Lake, British Colu...
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You are well aware, Dear Readers, that much has been and is continuing to be made in the press of the terrifying, relentless, and cruel monster known as the Credit Crunch. This unappeasable beast has apparently moved on from snacking desultorily on the tattered remains of those few fi...
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2008-10-04  zena musings
How to handle the fury brought on by this election? Register voters, hit the streets, pray. Stop talking about her. Talk about Obama.By Anne Lamott | September 16, 2008 I had to leave church Sunday morning when it turned out...
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2008-10-04  f/k/a . . .
. . Roy Den Hollander vs. Ladies’ Night .. .. peering into the deep well, two boys talk about girls …… by George Swede - The Heron’s Nest Federal District Court Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum (who’ll be 80 years old next year) bounced avowed anti-feminist Roy D...
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Three to four presentations into the first day of The Chicago New Media Summit, I was covered in goosebumps. Not only was the thing 'turning out', but the talks were amazing. The 18 minute format funneled the information into the most potent, useful and relevant bits of information -...
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2008-10-04  The Blog Herald
It’s been about four weeks since we first covered U.S. Republican vice-presidential nominee  Sarah Palin, the Alaska governor who vaulted from relative obscurity into international prominence overnight when her nomination took America by surprise a little more than two months be...
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2008-10-03  Chicky Chicky Baby
*** Update!I forgot a nominee! I suck, but in my defense I haven't slept since 2007. See the added nominee below in red. ***I'd love to write a knee-slapper here - you know, since this is the first ROFL Awards in about a bajillion years and I have a sexy new co-host. But C.C. is sti...
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2008-10-03  Infamy or Praise
This week's joy in the misfortune of others comes courtesy of ESPN Soccernet (from Tuesday, September 30; link good at time of posting):TThe debacle at Newcastle United shows no sign of coming to an end as Joe Kinnear found an empty training ground on his first official day as interim ...
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2008-10-03  Bipolar Beat
Results of a recent study published in the September 30, 2008 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that a relatively common gene mutation may protect people from ever developing bipolar disorder. The study, entitled “A common variant in the 3′UTR of...
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On Tuesday, September 30, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reopened its regional libraries in Chicago, Dallas, and Kansas City. The EPA Headquarters Repository and Chemical Library also opened as a combined library in Washington, DC. The reopenings followed a $1 million order ...
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2008-10-03  Sanford City Blog
  We often are disappointed when we hear of individuals in law enforcement acting inappropriately.  It is great to hear positives in a world that is so quick to find the negatives.  The city council received a copy of a letter concerning the actions of a Sanford police officer....
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Today, the OSCextended its prohibition on short sales of certain TSX-listed financial companies that are interlisted in the U.S. or have outstanding securities that are interchangeable into shares of afinancial companylisted in the similar SECOrder. The prohibition expires onOctob...
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Honoring Great Web Designs Continuing on with my monthly design awards series, here are seven terrific websites I recommend everyone take a look at. September 2008 Winners Ernest Hemingway Collection - This site makes a tremendous visual impact, with some of the richest texture and ph...
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2008-10-03  @BC
Eighty research scientists from area universities, research centers, and technology companies attended a University-hosted, daylong symposium on September 29 entitled “The Changing World of Electron Microscopy,” sponsored by JEOL USA, Inc. and Oxford Instruments, manufacturers of ...
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Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve spoken to a lot of reporters about what the troubles in the credit markets might be doing to small businesses in the United States. While it’s easy to answer their questions based on anecdotal information, it’s tougher to do it o...
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We may not be able to see Russia from our new offices, but we here at SPIN.com have heard some sweet sounds this past week: Paramore unveiled their contribution to the Twilight soundtrack, Eagles of Death Metal let us in on their "Secret Plans," Butch Walker reminded us what "Going Hom...
, Spin , spin.com , News , ...and , Ben , Butch , eagles , fall , guns , Marilyn , mars , paramore , rachael , sparklehorse
2008-10-03  saffrondaisy
In the post about my mom, when I wondered how she managed to parent three young kids so well when she was more than a decade older than I am now, I forgot to mention her secret weapon: Lupe.When I was three months old, the age Nora is now, Lupe, or Lala, as I've always called her, came...
The rapper takes us around the hard-hit towns of Galveston and Beaumont as people finally return home.By Bun B, as told to Joseph Patel Bun B assesses damage in Texas Photo: MTV News Seven days after Hurricane Ike struck Texas on September 13, I finally got my power turned b...
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2008-10-03  Jenelle's Journey
(It has taken me a few days to draft this for you all. There was so much to discuss about the IEP, and our lives have been very busy of late. I'm sorry this update is long, but there are many good things to report. Enjoy!)“Before we start this meeting, I’d like to say something....
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I submitted this post in early 2008 as a sample book chapter to a Japanese publisher, which declined it. Perhaps the piece ends too noncomittally and should instead take a hard line on whether or not the Chinese media are out to get Japan.A Chinese excavation team leader talks to sympa...
2008-10-03  The TTABlog®
Granting Petitioner Sierra's cross-motion for summary judgment and sustaining its cancellation petition, the Board found that Registrant Montelvini S.p.A. committed fraud on the USPTO when it filed its Section 8 Declaration of Use. Registrant verified that its registered mark MONTELVIN...
2008-10-03  Health World Web
Summer is over, fall is here and life in the HWW fast lane is zooming by. The users are contributing a steady flow of content and doctor reviews and we are happier than ever that our site is gaining more and more readers and contributors every day. This week, users have posed a few que...
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Following its findings that the cause of a 2005 semi-trailer– bus crash in Wisconsin that claimed five lives and injured over 30 people happened because the truck driver had fallen asleep while driving, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that the Federal Motor C...
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2008-10-03  duncanriley.com
On September 8 I wrote a post observing a noticeable difference in Australian politics of late: that voters were sick and tired of negative politics, are were looking for positives, and this showed in recent election results. I put the question to the American test, noting that Obama w...
, General , biden , election , mccain , obama , palin
2008-10-03  MerchantCircle
As we prepare Tuesday's official release of our Presidential Election Survey results, we're coming across a lot of discrepancies between the Government's message and what Main Street America believes. We also have an overwhelming response as to who Small Business Owners plan on voting ...
, Main , MerchantCircle.com , Wall , Merchant , Presidential , Small , 700 , MerchantCircle , $700
I met up with some mates at the Velvet Lobster here in the Isle of Man and was pleasantly surprised how great it was. It’s always the same when you find a new place, you don’t want to share it with everyone, for fear that it will be packed next time you turn up, but this pl...
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2008-10-03  Health World Web
Summer is over, fall is here and life in the HWW fast lane is zooming by. The users are contributing a steady flow of content and doctor reviews and we are happier than ever that our site is gaining more and more readers and contributors every day. This week, users have posed a few que...
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Photo by celebdu on Flickr Calling all of you wonderfully creative, zany, clever, and even snarky nonprofit communicators! Now is your chance to put to work what you’ve learned from Nancy Schwartz’s Nonprofit Tagline Report on a real fundraising campaign. And you can...
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On September 10, 2008 at the Y, Marie Wilson, executive director of The White House Project, talked with activist/writer Gloria Steinem and prominent law critic Patricia J. Williams about women and leadership, the current political climate and the presidential elections on women's ...
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BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations. Ifyou'd like to receive this by email, just sign uphere. The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *read more
2008-10-02  Law for Life Blog
This article, from GetRichSlowly.orgdoes a great job at demonstrating how the current economy is affecting the average person. Drama in Real Life: Foreclosure! By: J.D. Roth of GetRichSlowly.org Most of the time, the talk about the housing bubble and the credit crisis and the falter...
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2008-10-02  CSS Mania's Blog
In no particular order (except the alphabetical one), here is our top 10 selection for the month of September 2008. Enjoy.
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2008-10-02  PHOSITA
As many of you may have heard, employees from the European Patent Office have simply had enough. On Thursday, September 18, 250 EPO employees simply walked off the job in protest and headed to Brussels, Belgium. Why, you ask? Did they demand higher wages? More vacation hours? Bette...
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2008-10-02  Drug Injury Watch
September 2008 Dear Doctor Letter From Pfizer Follows 2007 EMEA Safety Review Of Cabergoline (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Pfizer's Dostinex (cabergoline) remains on the market despite the January 2007 reports in the New England Journal of Medicine that Dostinex, like...
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The news seems bad, all over. After jobless claims rose to a seven-year high last week, and compounded by the Congressional vacillation over the bailout legislation, the stock market continued a downward trend. Factory orders fell by the largest amount in four years, and if that wasn&#...
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September ended up being my busiest month yet (travel wise), since I started making money online 12 years ago. The beginning of the month started off with IzeaFest in Florida, then BlogWorld in Las Vegas and finishing up with SEO Think Tank in California. To finish off my cross c...
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The Darker Side Author: Cody Mcfadyen Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Bantam (September 30, 2008)Synopsis A lie, a long-ago affair, a dark desire—everyone has secrets they take to the grave. No one knew that better than FBI special agent Smoky Barrett. But what secret ...
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2008-10-02  T+D Blog
Implementing sustainable office initiatives doesn't have to be as overwhelming as it sounds. Small changes can often help transition a workplace from eco-bullying to eco-friendly. For example, using a water bottle rather than paper cups in the kitchen, or avoiding use of several pa...
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2008-10-02  Brick City Blues
From nj.com:Ryan Stuart McCormick Ryan Stuart McCormick, age 34, peacefully slipped the surly bonds of this earth and went to be with God. He was surrounded by his immediate family, just as he had wished.Ryan was born September 14, 1974 in Syracuse, NY. He graduated from Freedom Hi...
2008-10-02  
Do you remember when I wrote this? We have a sweet, sweet friend who has been trying to have a baby for some time now. She’s suffered two miscarriages and what was thought to be a third. But, praise my sweet Jesus! that baby kept growing despite a drop in HGC levels. God is good! He ...
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2008-10-02  Blue Valhalla
September is the time when Mary and I make our annual pilgrimage to Sequoia National Park. This year we managed to go for three days: September 27-29. For the first two days we went backpacking to Eagle Lake in the Mineral King area. The third day was spent in the Giant Forest area. Se...
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Seven months was only a month ago, yet sometimes it feels like an eternity. September 11, 2008 (posted late - I’m sure you can imagine why…) Dearest Bella, This is a sad, sad week for us. My Daddy, your Grandpa Jack, passed away four days ago while he and Grandma Betty wer...
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2009 is going to be a bumpy ride for employers. Aside from the economic turmoil everyone’s facing, there’s a long laundry list of employment laws that are likely to be enacted by Congress, and signed into law. And what’s already confirmed on the horizon? Some sweeping changes to...
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In an unprecedentedly open and frank interview with Fareed Zakaria aired on September 28, 2008, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao talked at length about the lessons he learned from his experience in 1989.  The following is the relevant part of the transcript: Zakaria: I will take ...
, Legal , Uncategorized , China
Tired of hearing tech bloggers opine authoritatively about politics, a subject they know nothing about but nevertheless retain strongly held views? That was so September 2008. Welcome to the next blogosphere megatrend: Tech bloggers opining authoritatively about the economy.
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2008-10-02  Injury Law Blog
According to the research article, “Inhaled Anticholinergics and Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” written by Sonal Singh, MD; Yoon K. Loke, MD; and Curt D. Furberg, MD, and published in the Journal of the A...
, Atrovent , Boehringer , COPD , FDA , Ipratropium , Journal , Pfizer , Pharmaceutical , Product , Spiriva , Spiriva
2008-10-02  Life Beyond Code
It requires a lot of maturity to be aware of your circle of awareness. This is one of the areas where “ignorance is definitely NOT bliss”. What you want is typically within your circle of awareness. If “what you need” to reach your goals is outside of this circ...
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Happy Barkday Pinot!!! - Pinot's Barkday Bash! My barkday was September 18 but the pawty was postponed due to our brudder's needs. Dad and mom finally celebrated my 1st barkday on the 27th! "I can't believe Pinot turns 1 year old!" This photo was taken a few weeks after Pinot's ar...
According to the research article, “Inhaled Anticholinergics and Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” written by Sonal Singh, MD; Yoon K. Loke, MD; and Curt D. Furberg, MD, and published in the Journal of the A...
, Atrovent , Boehringer , COPD , FDA , Ipratropium , Journal , Pfizer , Pharmaceutical , Product , Spiriva , Spiriva
2008-10-01  GAO Reports
Health-care-associated infections (HAI) are infections that patients acquire while receiving treatment for other conditions. Normally treated with antimicrobial drugs, HAIs are a growing concern as exposure to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) becomes more common. Infections caused ...
A formal event! September 20, 2008. I used Simplicity 4270, and my fabric was silk shantung with a flocked/beaded applique border. Below is the muslin. I used linen. The weight of this fabric was similar to the fabric I was planning to use. With this fabric, there was no room for ...
- The Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader and iRex Iliad on Twin Cities Live - Aggregate vs. Detailed Data - Zillow.com - DexKnows.com, Minneapolis Pizza, & Blog Payola - A Message to Newly Hired PR Professionals - Are You Noticing a Broadband Price War? Comment on this post Book of the Mont...
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This is a long post.  I hope that you will read it.  I've finally come to terms with who John McCain is and who John McCain has always been.   And tell me, who are today's men of integrity in the leadership of the Republican party?   Other than Senator Chuck Hagel from Nebrask...
This Week's Post Was Suggested And Written By KathiSSgt. Renee A. Deville44 years old from Webster New York401st Civil Affairs BattalionSeptember 1, 2008SSGT Renee A. Deville was an Army Reservist who deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the 401st Civil Affairs Battalion...
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2008-10-01  bitemarks
By Marta Karlqvist I’ve been watching the Palin interviews with great interest over the course of the last few weeks. None of the interviews have been a total disaster, but now that she’s done a few she provides a great example of what could have been done better. - Prepare ...
, Media , media , mediatraining , politics , pr , sarahpalin
2008-10-01  Google Mobile Blog
On September 23, T-Mobile announced the world's first Android-powered phone, the G1. The phone comes preloaded with Search, Maps, Gmail with Contacts, Calendar, Google Talk, and YouTube. The applications are easy to use, fully synchronized with the web, and work together in new and in...
, google , android
We are glad to see October arrive. The weather gurus are saying the tropical Atlantic is quiet and the end of hurricane season is in sight. Almost. Of course I am still spot checking four different weather and satellite websites several times a day, but have tapered off from my peak of...
, Island , Weather
John Fogerty House of Blues-Chicago May 28, 1997 By Rob Nichols Where have you been, John Fogerty?   With eleven years between new albums, and only sporadic live concert appearances, Fogerty hasn't been one of rock and roll's most accessible performers.  Still, an appearance at the R...
On September 25, 2008, President Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) or Senate Bill 3406 (actual text of which can be found here).The changes the ADAAA entails have been well covered, especially over at George's Employment Blawg. The purpose of this p...
, Legal , Discrimination , Disabilities
Earlier this week I was asked the following question by a concerned General Counsel: how can we help our employees grapple with on-the-job justice issues without leading them to believe that our proposed solutions are untrustworthy. The problem, as eloquently described by a lengthy ...
, Collaboration , Conflict , Deal , Employment , Evolutionary , Legal , Mediation , Money , Negotiation , Negotiation , Power , Social , Truth
2008-10-01  Adam Kalsey
Links to what I’ve been reading recently. Acquia Readies Commercial Drupal CMS — "Acquia ,which has been putting together a commercially supported version of the popular open source Drupal content management system, is going live with Acquia Drupal–the commercially ...
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2008-10-01  The Record
Alec Baldwin is on a roll - just recently, the affable actor won an Emmy Award for his role on the critically-acclaimed sitcom, 30 Rock. But the 50 year old Baldwin wasn't smiling when he entered Ames Courtroom last Thursday, September 25. He was making his second appearance at HLS to ...
Last Friday (September 26, 2008), our Co-founder and President, Ben Heywood, was honored at the Boston Business Journal “Champions in Healthcare” award ceremony. Ben was one of two recipients recognized in the Innovation category. These regional awards highlight outstanding individ...
, Conferences , Uncategorized , , award , Ben , benjamin , Boston , Champions , Patients , PatientsLikeMe
2008-10-01  Litigation
In an important development in the law relating to Material Adverse Effect ("MAE") clauses in merger agreements, Vice Chancellor Stephen P. Lamb of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled on September 29 that Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., an affiliate of Apollo Management LP, may not ...
, Publication
We are glad to see October arrive. The weather gurus are saying the tropical Atlantic is quiet and the end of hurricane season is in sight. Almost. Of course I am still spot checking four different weather and satellite websites several times a day, but have tapered off from my peak of...
, Island , Weather
October 1, 2008: A new coalition of Texas scientists voiced its opposition to attempts to dilute the treatment of evolution in Texas's state science standards, which are presently undergoing revision. At a news conference in Austin on September 30, 2008, representatives of the 21st C...
The GAO, in a legal opinion issued September 30, 2008, declared that "FAA currently lacks the authority to auction arrival and departure slots, and thus also lacks authority to retain and use auction proceeds." This legal opinion came as a result of a Congressional request. In April a...
, ATA , FAA , JFK , LaGuardia , Legal , Newark , Port , gao , oberstar , property , slot
2008-09-30  Company Press
The Next Frontier: FTEU By Monica Alleven WirelessWeek - September 01, 2008 Granted, it’s another acronym. But some industry leaders believe FTEU could dramatically change the industry. Supporters and people interested in Sen. Barack Obama can sign up to receive text messages with...
, Press
The 11th Circuit Court of U.S. Appeals recently reversed a grant of a motion to dismiss and remanded Kupke v. Orange County, Florida, Case No. 08-10814 finding that the complaint adequately alleged a deprivation of property resulting from state action and that further proceedings wer...
As of September 30,2008 there have been516 data breaches reported for this year. ITRC Breach Reports track these data breaches, and also provide statistics on the types and origin.
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2008-09-30  The Wawascene
The Wawasee Community School Corporation Wellness Committee met on Thursday, September 25, 2008. Our present wellness policy was reviewed. Discussion centered on the school lunch program, vending machine choices, student party treats, staff and student fitness, employee assistance pro...
According to an article in BioArray News (requires a free subscription to see the whole article): Akonni Wins $300K NIH Grant to Move Its Dx Program Into Proteomics Arena [September 30, 2008] By Justin Petrone Akonni Biosystems, a biotechnology company developing array-based tests for ...
, Awards , Business , Expansion , Government , Jobs , News
A two-day workshop for the principals and vice principals of south zone B (Kerala and Tamil Nadu) was held at the Bhavan’s Munshi Vidyashram in Thiruvankulam on September 6 and 7. Justice V. Giri of the Kerala High Court ...
, Young
2008-09-30  The Hawaii Traveler
On September 14, 2008, author David Foster Wallace was found dead in his home in California at the age of 46.  While the literary world reels from the author’s suicide, the rest of the world is learning about one of his best and longest works, Infinite Jest. Wallace’s magn...
, Art , Miscellaneous , David , Infinite , literature , Reading
FIRE Press Release PHILADELPHIA, September 30, 2008—Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) sent letters to administrators at twenty public colleges and universities in New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania warning them to abandon their speech codes in li...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking comments on administrative proceeding rule changes proposed to "ensure the high quality of Commission decision-making", according to a September 25, 2008 news release. The FTC's suggested revisions include expediting the adjudicative proce...
, Arbitration
FYI ... short notice but still time to register and attend. Timely - we just published a reference architecture template on social network sites so if you are a Burton Group client, check out the document here (note: client access required). I'll cover some of the basics in the report ...
, Social
Today we are announcing two new great additions to the growing Amalga customer base: University of Washington and Seattle’s Children Hospital! University of Washington will focus on clinical and translational research by basically providing researches with better access to data ...
, Amalga
2008-09-30  The D & O Diary
The stock market, that omnipresent and all-purpose barometer of all human sentiment and endeavor, was back up today. So, everything’s fine, right? Congress will get back to work, pass the bailout bill (of course, we all knew we really needed it all along, it was just an election ...
, Subprime , credit
Bomb blasts have become a regular affair in India this year—on six occasions in as many cities. The news of Delhi blasts have not even gone down and there is another terror attack. The latest blast took place in Malegaon (Maharashtra) killing four persons and injuring 70.  The list ...
2008-09-30  Wakefield Genealogy
Beginning in the 1770s, Burke County, North Carolina became the home of the Wakefield family. Several Wakefield families resided in the area known as Linville Valley near what is now Lake James State Park. The Linville United Methodist Church Cemetery is the final resting place of man...
, Cemetery , Wakefield , North
2008-09-30  BryanPerson.com
Interesting recommendation by Chris Brogan yesterday on the right way to limit the number of Twitter posts that link to your own content: Post the occasional tweet about a particularly good blog post to Twitter. Do this at a rate of about 1:12, meaning one post about your stuff to any ...
, Microblogging , Recommendations , #MeNotMe
2008-09-30  Wired: Med-Tech
: Photo: Associated PressThe history of medicine is rife with missteps. Even with today's standards in biochemical sciences and well-funded clinical trials, bad drugs can get into consumers' hands. We smirk that the words mercury and curative were once lumped together. Or that heroin...
Listen to Will Challenge Litigation - Part 7 This week on Hull on Estate and Succession Planning, Ian and Suzana continue their discussion on the Will Challenge Process, step by step. They discuss fraud as one of the most serious ways in which a will can be challenged. Evidential req...
, PODCASTS , PODCASTS , Fraud , Hull , Hull , Litigation , Show , Suzana , Will , execution , forgery , ian , litigation , proper
Tokyo, September 26, 2008--Ricoh Co., Ltd. (Shiro Kondo, President and CEO) has entered into a commercial endorsement contract with Paula Creamer, a top female professional golfer f ...
2008-09-30  Ms. Single Mama
It dawned on me tonight that today is my blog’s one year anniversary. I was running out the door so I recorded this quick video: Video Highlights: I’m taking one week off (a blogcation) I love you all so damn much Catch up on the best of Ms. Single Mama while I’m aw...
, Best , single
Will the financial crisis accelerate medical bankruptcy?As we've learned over the past few weeks, America's finances have been massively mismanaged in the wake of intentional dismantling of our historic checks and balances. What we've also been forced to acknowledge is that our economy...
, health , insurance , Mike
Published: September 29, 2008 Bruce has operated as an executive with several high-technology businesses, and comes from a long career as a technical executive with leading Silicon Valley firms, and since 1996 in the Internet Business Consulting arena. Richard is Founder, President, ...
, Web
Last week was the fifth annual Advertising Week in New York. From Monday, September 22, through Friday, September 26, the city was packed to the brim with advertising execs and creative types alike, attending content rich seminars by day and...
Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Periodically throughout the week we bring you software updates for widely used programs, and it’s safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we’ll try to note the paid-only programs). As you browse the In...
, Daily
2008-09-29  E-Commerce Law
The entertainment industry wants IPSs to block the trading of copyrighted files.E-Commerce Law Briefs is a weekly feature appearing each Friday afternoon on E-Commerce Law. Each week, E-Commerce Law Briefs will provide a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-com...
, E-Commerce , copyright , Internet
On September 25, 2008, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Bush. The Act, which is effective January 1, 2009, expands the scope of disabilities covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the "ADA"). In part, the Act br...
, Americans
Early Saturday moring(September 27)we were tossing and turning trying to digest a recent CAFA opinion by a judge who just did not understand the reason behind CAFA. Or was it theseveral glasses of Tangley Oaks merlot from Friday nightthat was keeping us up? Not sure. ...
, Resources
This week on TPN - learn about who invented grunge , historicity of Jesus , Installing a reactor , art for a cause , lots of free music and much, much more! Don’t miss out - feed your brain by subscribing via RSS or email (fill in the below box) to get a weekly list of all of th...
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2008-09-29  Law Library Blog
HV9275 .G75 2007 Curt T. Griffiths, Yvon Dandurand & Danielle Murdoch, The Social Reintegration of Offenders and Crime Prevention (Ottawa: National Crime Prevention Centre, 2007). Online access: http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/res/cp/res /soc-reint-eng.aspx HV9960.A8 B63 2008 Harry Blagg...
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2008-09-29  Resplendent Quetzal
Boy, it's been a while since I've put anything up here...So what's new?September 5th I had surgery to explore and poke around my uterus. That was fun...What was fun though was that we stayed at the Embassy Suites in Caramel, Indiana, which was about 6 blocks from the hospital (rather ...
, Crazy , Ché , 2008
2008-09-29  λ SuperJared.com
From September 6 to 12 I was in St. Louis, Missouri, visiting Slicehost headquarters for the first ever “Slicehost Summit”. It was the first time I met my bosses, Matt and Jason, and also the first time meeting my other co-workers, Paul, Tony, Chris and Mike.
Transcript for Managing the Gray #60 “PodCamp Montreal Reflections” Originally posted on September 23, 2008 C.C.: Hey, everybody. Welcome back to Managing the Gray #60. It is a crisp, cool, beautiful morning here in Metro West Boston. I’m fresh back from PodCamp Mo...
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2008-09-29  The Prelaw Advisor
September 29, 2008A check today of the websites of the top 20 law schools as currently ranked by US News & World Report reveals this information about when they will start receiving applications for the 2008-2009 application period:1. Yale Law School: September 1.2. Harvard Law Scho...
Cary S. Kvitka, member of Stark&Stark's Business &Corporate and Franchise groups, authored the article Buying an Existing Business — What to Consider for the September 2008 issue of Mercer Business Magazine. Mr. Kvitka discusses the risks associated when opening a business -...
, Business , Franchise
The nation's financial upheaval has sucked so much oxygen out of the media room that we've barely gotten coverage of a horrific bombing of the Marriott in Islamabad 10 days ago and the September 17 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen. But out of media sight is not out of busine...
Power Integrations, Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 04-1371-JJF, September 24, 2008. Farnan, J.Court finds for plaintiff following bench trial on defendants’ claims of inequitable conduct.Two separate juries returned verdicts in favor of pl...
, Equitable , Interference