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EBE Technologies announces AI engine to maximise productivity

EBE Technologies has announced SHIPS Navigator, an artificial intelligence (AI) engine for process and content management.




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Craft distilling of gin and whisky is booming despite highest taxes in western world

Following a boom in craft beers comes the new trend, craft gin, with Australian spirits the international flavour of the moment.




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Central Coast ghillie suit attacker camouflaging himself to prey on young girls

A NSW Central Coast man has been donning camouflage to attack girls, one as young as 12, with police describing the clothing worn in one attack as a ghillie suit.





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Low pay, long hours and a changing market means musicians have to change their tune

Low pay, long hours and a cashless society threaten the viability of making music, as musicians are forced to look for new ways of marketing their bands.





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34 days until golf: Inaugural event at Augusta begins annual tradition




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Ted Ginn Jr. says he would be Olympic gold medalist if not in NFL




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It’s a good day to be a welding engineer!

Report from 2011 OSU Welding Engineering graduate Kristen, who was hired just 2 months ago at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, just outside of Los Angeles. As a sophomore switching into the Welding Engineering program at OSU, I never imagined that three years later I would be part of something incredible, with nationwide acclaim. But here […]




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Metro Early College High School Summer Intern with OSU Welding Engineering

My name is Connor, and I have been working as an intern in the Welding Engineering department at The Ohio State University this summer. I am currently a student at Metro Early College High School. During the school year, I had an internship at Battelle under a Materials Engineer/Tribologist there, Dr. Merriman, and he was the one who originally got […]




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Toward a Smarter Planet: Minding the Digital Gap for Our Aging Population

Given enough attention, a browser that closes the digital divide between us and our older generation could soon become a reality.




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City of Bolzano honored by Computerworld. Socially-enabled 'aging in place' solution wins high marks for innovation.

The City of Bolzano's Living Safe Project was one of the top five Laureates, or nominees, in the "Innovation" category at the ComputerWorld Honors program, and was recognized publicly at the Laureate Medal Ceremony and Gala Evening.




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Innovation for the People of a Smarter Planet: IBM Human Centric Solutions Center is making a difference for Italian seniors aging at home in Bolzano.

An IBM Smarter Cities team led by the IBM Human Centric Solutions Center partnered with Bolzano city planners to answer the question "Can we use technology to guarantee a good quality of life for our aging population?" And the answer is a resounding "yes."




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Mayors, Police Chiefs Send Letters to Congressional Leaders Urging Fiscal Assistance for Cities and First Responders

COVID-19 is taking a heavy financial toll on city budgets in general and with local law enforcement on the front lines fighting the pandemic, police department budgets in particular have been severely strained.The letters read in part:"Anecdotally, Madison, WI may have to eliminate 30 police department positions next year; Oklahoma City is looking at a 3.





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Express Oil Change, L.L.C. v. Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors

(United States Fifth Circuit) - Held that the First Amendment's commercial speech protections entitled a company to operate automotive service centers under the name "Tire Engineers," even though a state board that licenses engineers objected to the use of the profession's occupational title. Reversed and rendered summary judgment in favor of the company, in this declaratory judgment action.




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Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill

(United States Supreme Court) - In a case alleging racial gerrymandering, held that the Virginia House of Delegates lacked standing to appeal the invalidation of Virginia's 2010 redistricting plan. As a single chamber of a bicameral legislature, the House had no standing to appeal a three-judge federal district court's redistricting ruling separately from the State of which it is a part. Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the 5-4 Court, joined by Justices Thomas, Sotomayor, Kagan and Gorsuch.




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Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren

(United States Supreme Court) - Held that the federal Atomic Energy Act did not preempt a Virginia law prohibiting uranium mining. While six justices agreed that the state ban on uranium mining was not preempted, they divided on broader questions concerning statutory interpretation and preemption doctrine, and thus were unable to agree on the rationale for the decision. Justice Gorsuch delivered a plurality opinion, and several justices concurred in the judgment only.




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Haaveiletko matkailuautosta? – Kiinnitä huomiota näihin 8 asiaan | Paikalliset | Helsingin Uutiset




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mdevils/typescript-exercises: A collection of challenging TypeScript exercises

The goal: Let everyone play with many different TypeScript features and get an overview of TypeScript capabilities and principles.




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Unseen is what fuels the imagination – On my Om

RT @om: Unseen is what fuels the imagination #newphotoset #blog #leica #B&W #monochromes




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'What are we doing this for?': Doctors are fed up with conspiracies ravaging ERs

"I left work and I felt so deflated," one doctor said about an effort to counter misinformation he saw on Facebook. "I let it get to me."Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.




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Rebuilding our tech stack for a new Facebook.com - Facebook Engineering




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Winners of Tickets to Singin’ in the Rain

The splash-hit West End stage production SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN comes to the Sydney Lyric Theatre in July with a star-studded cast to win all hearts.




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F1 season expected to begin in May after Bahrain GP, Vietnam GP postponed




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Polara Engineering Inc. v. Campbell Co.

(United States Federal Circuit) - Affirmed in part and vacated in part a patent infringement final judgment. Polara, a manufacturer of accessible pedestrian signal systems, filed suit against its competitor Campbell and prevailed after a trial on certain infringement claims. On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Campbell's JMOL motion but vacated the enhanced damages award and remanded for further proceedings.




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In re Sagin

(California Court of Appeal) - Vacated conviction. Defendant was sentenced to life without parole for the conviction of a murder in 1986. He petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus asserting that newly available DNA evidence shows that he was not at the scene of the crime.




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NEWTON v. MORGANTOWN MACHINE HYDRAULICS OF WEST VIRGINIA INC

(WV Supreme Court of Appeals) - No. 18-0653




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Hamish surging his way to the top

NORTH Bondi Surf Club is proving to be a hotbed of talented youngsters, with Hamish Donkin the latest product set to make a mark at the top level.




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Cops nab car-dodging kitten

A lucky kitten is looking for a home after miraculously navigating six lanes of high-speed traffic on a major freeway yesterday.




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US v. Huggins

(United States Second Circuit) - Sentence for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to defrauding investors in a sham diamond company are vacated and remanded where the district court erred in applying sentencing enhancements for (1) receiving gross receipts in excess of $1 million from a financial institution under U.S.S.G. section 2B1.1(b)(A); and (2) for abusing a position of trust pursuant to U.S.S.G. section 3B1.3. Conviction otherwise affirmed.




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CFL delays beginning of season due to COVID-19




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Accent Packaging, Inc. v. Legget & Platt, Inc.

(United States Federal Circuit) - Summary judgment for defendant on patent infringement claims involving a wire tier device that is used to bale recyclables or solid waste is: 1) reversed in part and remanded with respect to claims 1-4 of the ’877 patent, where the district court erred in it construction of the terms "each" and "a respective one"; but 2) affirmed on claim 5 of the ’877 patent and all of the asserted claims of the ’992 patent; and 3) affirmed on the denial of plaintiff's motion for additional discovery pursuant to and the dismissal of plaintiff's Missouri Uniform Trade Secrets Act cause of action.




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Universal Instruments Corp. v. Micro Systems Engineering, Inc.

(United States Second Circuit) - Held that a medical device manufacturer did not violate the intellectual property rights of a company it hired to help automate its quality testing process. The issue involved reuse of computer source code. Affirmed a JMOL.




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Steginsky v. Xcelera Inc.

(United States Second Circuit) - Dismissal of plaintiff-former minority shareholder's securities fraud claims alleging that defendant-insiders purchased stock by making a tender offer through a shell corporation without disclosing any information about defendant-company's financial state, is: 1) vacated as to the dismissal of plaintiff's insider trading claims under sections 10(b), 20(a), and 20A(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, and of her pendent non-federal claims for breach of fiduciary duty, where the duty of corporate insiders to either disclose material non-public information or abstain from trading is defined by federal common law and applies to unregistered securities, and therefore, the district court erred in dismissing plaintiff's insider trading claims; but 2) affirmed as to the dismissal of her market manipulation claims, and of her insider trading claims under section 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act.




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ITC Ltd. v. Punchgini, Inc.

(United States Second Circuit) - Summary judgment for defendants on claims of trademark infringement, unfair competition, and related false advertising is reversed in part pending response of the New York Court of Appeals to the following certified questions: 1) Does New York common law permit the owner of a famous mark or trade dress to assert property rights therein by virtue of the owner's prior use of the mark or dress in a foreign country?; and 2) If so, how famous must a foreign mark be to permit a foreign mark owner to bring a claim for unfair competition?




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OTR Wheel Engineering, Inc. v. West Worldwide Services, Inc.

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirmed a judgment of liability under the Lanham Act for reverse passing off. At trial, a jury found that a manufacturer of industrial tires had arranged to obtain a competing manufacturer's tires with the labels removed and used the tires to solicit business from one of the competitor's customers. The Ninth Circuit affirmed a judgment that these actions violated the Lanham Act, which prohibits conduct that would confuse consumers as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval of goods or services. The panel's opinion also addressed other issues including trade dress validity.




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Polara Engineering Inc. v. Campbell Co.

(United States Federal Circuit) - Affirmed in part and vacated in part a patent infringement final judgment. Polara, a manufacturer of accessible pedestrian signal systems, filed suit against its competitor Campbell and prevailed after a trial on certain infringement claims. On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Campbell's JMOL motion but vacated the enhanced damages award and remanded for further proceedings.




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People v. Jurgins

(Court of Appeals of New York) - Sentence for robbery in the first degree is reversed where defendant's prior conviction for attempt to commit robbery in Washington, D.C. is not the equivalent of a felony in New York and cannot serve as a proper basis for a second felony offender adjudication.



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ACCO Engineered Systems, Inc. v. Contractors' State License Board

(California Court of Appeal) - Upheld a decision of the Contractors' State License Board finding that a large contracting company violated California law by failing to obtain a building permit before replacing a boiler. Affirmed the denial of the company's writ petition.




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Aspic Engineering and Construction Co. v. ECC Centcom Constructors, LLC

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Held that an arbitrator made an "irrational" decision in a contract dispute between two government contractors. Affirmed the district court's vacatur of the arbitration award, in this case involving contracts to construct buildings and facilities in Afghanistan.




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Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren

(United States Supreme Court) - Held that the federal Atomic Energy Act did not preempt a Virginia law prohibiting uranium mining. While six justices agreed that the state ban on uranium mining was not preempted, they divided on broader questions concerning statutory interpretation and preemption doctrine, and thus were unable to agree on the rationale for the decision. Justice Gorsuch delivered a plurality opinion, and several justices concurred in the judgment only.




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Universal Instruments Corp. v. Micro Systems Engineering, Inc.

(United States Second Circuit) - Held that a medical device manufacturer did not violate the intellectual property rights of a company it hired to help automate its quality testing process. The issue involved reuse of computer source code. Affirmed a JMOL.




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Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. v. EPA

(United States Fourth Circuit) - Vacated the denial of an exemption from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's renewable fuel standard program. A small refinery sought an extension of its exemption from EPA's renewable fuel standard program, which requires refineries and other facilities to allocate a certain percentage of their fuel production to renewable fuels. When the EPA denied the request for an extension, the refinery petitioned the Fourth Circuit, which concluded that the EPA's decision was arbitrary and capricious. The panel therefore vacated the EPA's denial and remanded for further proceedings.




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Ginsburg v. InBev NV/SA

(United States Eighth Circuit) - In an action by beer consumers suing to enjoin the now-consummated acquisition of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. by InBev NV/SA on the ground that the transaction violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act, judgment on the pleadings for defendant is affirmed where any antitrust injury plaintiffs could prove would be both speculative and localized, and the hardship and competitive disadvantage resulting from forced divestiture would be both dramatic and certain.




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Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren

(United States Supreme Court) - Held that the federal Atomic Energy Act did not preempt a Virginia law prohibiting uranium mining. While six justices agreed that the state ban on uranium mining was not preempted, they divided on broader questions concerning statutory interpretation and preemption doctrine, and thus were unable to agree on the rationale for the decision. Justice Gorsuch delivered a plurality opinion, and several justices concurred in the judgment only.




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In Re Regina Bozic

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Denying a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to reverse an order transferring a petitioner's class action from the US District Court for the Southern District of California to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California because it was a clear error to transfer to a venue that was not proper under the general venue statute, but despite the clear legal error there was no practical impact the case would have on the procedural posture and any injury faced was purely speculative, so the extraordinary remedy of mandamus was not warranted.




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Zet in op een krachtig marketinginstrument: creëer fans

Fans. Veel bedrijven proberen van hun fans klanten te maken, maar het omgekeerde realiseren is net zo belangrijk. Een doorsnee klant kan zomaar overstappen naar een concurrent. Daarentegen zal een klant die echt fan is, je trouw blijven én anderen aanzetten om je product ook uit te proberen. Fans zijn daarmee grote aanjagers van aankoopbeslissingen. […]




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Hawaii Reports No New COVID-19 Cases as Businesses Begin Reopening

For the first time in eight weeks, Hawaii has reported no new statewide cases of COVID-19, leaving the total case count since the beginning of the pandemic at 629.





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NEI Contracting and Engineering Inc. v. Hanson Aggregates Pacific Southwest Inc.

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Held that an engineering company could not proceed with a class action lawsuit alleging that its former concrete supplier unlawfully recorded cellular phone users' calls without their consent. Affirmed an order decertifying the class on the ground that the class representative lacked individual standing.