| Lear wins appeal in patent suit
Lear Corp., once the largest supplier of car interiors, won an appeals-court ruling that allows it to continue to provide Car2U garage-door openers to automakers until a Johnson Controls Inc. patent-infringement lawsuit is decided. A trial judge had barred Lear from selling the Car2U device, saying there was a good chance Johnson Controls and patent owner Chamberlain Group Inc. would win the suit. Closely held Chamberlain owns the patent and Johnson Controls is the exclusive licensee. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington today said the judge erred in defining one of the key terms of the patent. The court threw out the order barring sales and sent the case back for further review. .
Wal-Mart won't stock HD DVD movies, players past June
Without even being asked about the battle for DVD supremacy, half the salespeople told our shoppers that there was a battle going on and Blu-ray either was already the winner (or would become the dominant player in the end)," he said. “About a third of all salespeople said our shoppers should choose Blu-ray because of the strength of the companies behind Blu-ray," Denove said. Only one retailer – Rex – had salespeople that were split approximately 50/50 in steering shoppers toward Blu-ray and HD DVD to customers, Denove said. The study did not bring up gaming consoles with HD DVD or Blu-ray playback ability, but gaming devices were factored into the study if suggested as a consideration by the salesperson. Denove said that some retail chains – Best Buy in particular – had salespeople that seemed to be more focused on cross selling, where they were more likely to tie in the TV elements of the disc formats with computers or gaming.
Corporate staff can double as emergency helpers
Companies and organizations can call Wais at 513-579-3017 or e-mail waisc@cincinnatiredcross.org. "We will work with companies and organizations at any place they want at the time that is best for them," Wais said. For more information, visit www.cincinnatiredcross.org. GRANT PAYS FOR PATIENT ASSISTANCE The Health Improvement Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati has received $75,000 from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation to improve the quality of care for people with such chronic illnesses as diabetes, asthma, depression and heart disease. The money will be used by the collaborative's Cincinnati Aligning Forces for Quality initiative. It will help to educate patients about what it means to receive best-practices care for their chronic conditions and provide tools.
Obama Fights False Links to Islam
An AP-Yahoo poll in January asked people to volunteer the first few words that came to mind about each of the candidates, and 4 percent of the respondents, unprompted, mentioned the word Muslim when describing Obama.Some of the rumors and allegations about Obama clearly are not true yet still spread, often anonymously: .
LimmudLA: Chance encounters, many choices
The Jewish Community Foundation provided the largest grant at $250,000, paid out over three years.
Breakdown by denomination:
Conservadox 56
Conservative 144
Chasidic 11
Humanist 4
Just Jewish 32
Modern Orthodox 150
Orthodox 30
Post-Denominational 27
Reconstructionist 5
Reform 68
Renewal 4
Secular 9
Traditional 14
Unaffiliated 14
Prefer not to answer 21
Breakdown by age (range, 0-87):
0-2 28
3-12 68
13-17 9
18-34 163
35-50 163
51-64 135
65+ 25
Breakdown by geography:
Within CA
Conejo Valley 5
Los Angeles Area 412
San Gabriel Valley Area 14
San Fernando Valley 79
Ventura County 7
Northern California 8
Orange County 20
Long Beach 7
South Bay 6
San Diego 8
Santa Barbara 1
Other states:
Colorado 1
Florida 3
Georgia 1
Illinois 3
Massachusetts 4
North Carolina 1
New Jersey 4
New York 22
Ohio 1
Pennsylvania 4
Texas 1
Virginia 1
Washington 1
Other countries:
Canada 6
Israel 7
United Kingdom 9
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January 2006
Worse yet, the so-called "Quranic case" does not appear to have been an isolated incident. An FBI special agent recently told the Chicago Tribune that the case is only "a chunk of the puzzle" in the Bureau's larger probe into the extent of U.S. nonprofits operating illegally as money laundering fronts for terrorists—even as the U.S. government pours billions of dollars into fighting terrorism. Stefan Leader, author of a recent article on the subject for Jane's Intelligence Review, estimates the amount raised for terrorists by nonprofits could be "in the millions of dollars, possibly more." An exact amount, says Leader, is impossible to pin down because of the clandestine nature of the fundraising, and the Quranic case is probably just the "tip of the iceberg of other activities we don't know about." Guns and Butter The FBI's section chief on International Terrorism Operations, special agent Dale L.
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