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...spotlight, and I wonder, what are ninth graders in Arizona and around the country thinking today when they look at the goings on in that state? It is almost incomprehensible that in America today the state of Arizona would ban children in high school from taking classes that allow them to learn about the history of specific people groups. What’s next on the banning list? Well, it could conceivably be anything that ruffles Mr. Horne’s feathers. The governor has also recently released a statement that she will not tolerate “racial profiling?...
...placing its patents in the GlaxoSmithKline pool, MIT agrees to allow other researchers to use its intellectual property to help fight neglected tropical diseases. But use is limited: According to GlaxoSmithKline, the intellectual property must relate directly to NTDs, and products that are developed from the pool will “go solely to the least developed countries.” This small group of 50 least developed countries will exclude low- and middle-income nations like India, China, and Brazil, where a majority of the world’s poor live and most of the developing world?...
...pool announced by international aid group Unitaid last December serves as another broad-based initiative to help the poor in developing countries. Whereas the patent pool run by GlaxoSmithKline focuses on research, not manufacturing, and limits its reach to the 50 least developed countries, the Unitaid Patent Pool will allow generic drugs to be made and sold across the developing world. The Unitaid pool focuses on HIV/AIDS therapies, many of which have originated at academic research centers. Placing patents in the Unitaid Patent Pool would be the next best move for universities wishing to support global health...
This afternoon, Blumenthal himself responded to the allegations that he misrepresented his military service in a press conference. "On a few occasions I have misspoken about my service, and I regret that and I take full responsibility," Blumenthal said, "but I will not allow anyone to take a few misplaced words and impugn my record of service to our country...
Most notably, the counters in front of the stairs have been removed and replaced with three automated self-service machines, one of which was still being installed earlier today. The machines, which include scanners and bagging stations, allow shoppers to take care of transactions by themselves. They're fairly intuitive and are similar to those found in other grocery stores...