Open Knowledge Foundation Newsletter No. 11 has just been sent out: Open Knowledge Foundation Newsletter No. 11 Welcome to the eleventh Open Knowledge Foundation newsletter! Contents: The OKF turns five and we need your support! Open Database License (ODbL) goes 1.0 European Open Data Inventory + Summit Launch of the Open Data Grid New developments on Public Domain Works Other news in brief Thanks to our volunteers! Support the Open Knowledge Foundation Further inf

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Motorpacing the Women’s Keirin – American Velodrome Challenge. Hellyer Park Velodrome, San Jose, California. June 26, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. The group drafts a motorcycle in the early laps of a women’s keirin event at the American Velodrome Challenge, Hellyer Park Velodrome, San Jose, California. Just so people don’t start to think that I can only make blurry photographs of bicycle racing, here is a more straight-ahead bike racing shot from a preliminary r

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An aspect of modern business that is often left discussed is patent trolling and the reasons why it’s done. Most people think patent trolling is done to make money from patents but the truth goes a lot deeper. This article will discuss an aspect of copyrights and patents you probably haven’t considered before. Mutually assured [...] Related Articles: Trademarks Patent Copyright Techniques to Solve the Prevailing Conditions in Patent Infringement-Invalidation Search When you p Pa

Source:Mutually Assured Copyright and Patent Destruction

A month ago after my post about the movie I’m making next year, there were a couple of comments about how it sounded like fun and they wished they could be in the Bay Area to help… and within a few days John August posted about his abandoned web series THE REMNANTS, including all kinds of great cost information. I began this blog entry, then something got in the way and I’m just now getting back to it. If making a little movie really does sound like fun to you, why not consider making your

Source:Bill's Little Movie Experiment (Part One)

REQUIREMENTS: This project is to take a book cover for a hardback book, which we have in PDF format (see attached) and to recreate that book cover in a smaller format that can be used for a paperback version of the same book. (See “Dimensions” below for the size requirements of the cover.) You must be a skilled graphic designer with experience in books/publishing. We need this book cover recreated in “press quality” PDF format. NOTE: We will provide you with the PDF of the hard cover (see at

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Fiji’s interim Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, gave an address to the nation on 1 July setting out a strategic framework for change for the next five years. Although Fiji’s media is heavily censored by the interim Government, the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation at least has a live streaming facility, so I was able to listen to the speech live right here in my office in Sydney. The address was expected to establish a detailed roadmap for reform and a return to democracy in Fij

Source:A new strategic framework for Fiji?

H-Law published a review by Lynne Curry of two recent books on eugenics, including Paul Lombardo’s account of Carrie Buck, and her experiences before, during, and after the notorious case of Buck v. Bell . Here is an excerpt from the Review: Eugenicists, many of whom were associated with the Eugenics Record Office in Cold Springs Harbor, New York, exercised a profound and disturbing influence on law and social policy, including drafting a model compulsory sterilization law

Source:On Eugenics & History