Peña Breaks Ground at Livermore Laser‐Fusion Facility But Construction Awaits Federal Court Ruling on Project

Physics Today ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 46-48
Author(s):  
Irwin Goodwin
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-59
Author(s):  
Robert Larribeau

A U.S. Federal Court ruling in January 2014 overturned Net Neutrality rules issued in 2010 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the body that regulates both the telecommunications and the cable industries in the U.S.  This sparked significant support for establishing new rules to provide Net Neutrality and resulted in the submission of more than one million comments to the FCC, which broke all records.  This led to the FCC adopting new Net Neutrality rules in February 2015.  The FCC followed President Barack Obama’s lead and classified the broadband operators as common carriers, which will require that they treat all of their customers and all content providers equally.  As common carriers the broadband operators will not be able to favour one content provider over another or favour their own content services.  It is very likely that these new rules will not settle the issue and will be challenged in Congress and in the courts. The Net Neutrality controversy will continue.


Significance Three juries so far have found that Roundup causes NHL and awarded substantial damages. The panel’s decision was followed by a separate federal court decision that rejects Bayer’s latest plan for resolving thousands of future glyphosate claims. Impacts Many US cities and states have already banned or restricted Roundup for both home and agricultural use. Environmental groups have filed briefs in litigation seeking to challenge the federal registration for glyphosate. In the absence of an approved settlement plan, the company must litigate future claims or settle them individually.


BMJ ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 349 (oct06 11) ◽  
pp. g6067-g6067 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Dyer
Keyword(s):  

1980 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Epperson ◽  
C. L. Huang ◽  
S. M. Fletcher ◽  
W. K. Scearce

The Food Stamp Act of 1964 (with subsequent amendments) charges the U.S. Department of Agriculture with extending the benefits of the program to all households willing and eligible to participate. This duty was reinforced by a federal court ruling in 1975 (Beckel and MacDonald; Bennett et al. vs. Butz et al.).Because of the importance of the Food Stamp Program (FSP), numerous studies have been conducted to gauge its intended effectiveness. Areas of study have included nutritional benefits of the program, impact on food expenditures, identification of ways to improve the rate of program participation, and identification of socioeconomic characteristics that may be important indicators of participation or nonparticipation in the program (for example, see Davis and Neenan; Lane; Neenan and Davis 1977, 1978; Salathe; Scearce et al.; Smith and Rowe; West; USDA, 1976, 1978).


Author(s):  
Robert Larribeau

A U.S. Federal Court ruling in January 2014 overturned Net Neutrality rules issued in 2010 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the body that regulates both the telecommunications and the cable industries in the U.S.  This sparked significant support for establishing new rules to provide Net Neutrality and resulted in the submission of more than one million comments to the FCC, which broke all records.  This led to the FCC adopting new Net Neutrality rules in February 2015.  The FCC followed President Barack Obama’s lead and classified the broadband operators as common carriers, which will require that they treat all of their customers and all content providers equally.  As common carriers the broadband operators will not be able to favour one content provider over another or favour their own content services.  It is very likely that these new rules will not settle the issue and will be challenged in Congress and in the courts. The Net Neutrality controversy will continue.


Author(s):  
Jerry R. Tindal ◽  
Warren Jeffrey H.

The Phenomena Of Wood Igniting When Exposed For Extended Periods Of Time To Temperatures Below Woods Published Ignition Temperature Value Has Been Of Considerable Interest In Recent Years. The Interest Spans The Fire Investigative, Engineering, And Fire Science Communities All The Way To The Legal System. A Recent Federal Court Ruling Has Introduced Aggravated Controversy On The Subject, Casting Doubt On The Phenomena. While There Are Presently No Scientific Formulas To Reliably Predict The Occurrence, There Is Substantial Empirical Data Which Demonstrates That It Does In Fact Occur. The Purpose Of This Paper Is To Report On Certain Empirical Case Studies, Research Activities, And Experiments Undertaken Which Clearly Demonstrate That Wood Will Ignite When Exposed For An Extended Period Of Time To Temperatures Well Below Its Commonly Recognized Published Ignition Temperature Of Approximately 482 F (250 C). In Particular, It Was Concluded For The Conditions Studied That Ignition Of Wood Occurred Under Exposure Temperatures Of As Low As 256 F When Exposed 12 To 16 Hours Per Day In As Little As 623 Days Or Approximately 21 Months. Data From Three Well-Documented Restaurant Kitchen Fires And Observations Of Wood Located Behind Heated Wall Mounted Appliances In Three Operating Restaurants, Combined With Laboratory And Manufacturer Testing Are Used To Demonstrate That Low Temperature Ignition Of Wood Clearly Occurs.


1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-205
Author(s):  
choeffel Amy

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld, in Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health System v. Shalala, 170 F.3d 1146 (D.C. Cir. 1999), a federal district court ruling granting summary judgment to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in a case in which Presbyterian Medical Center (PMC) challenged Medicare's requirement of contemporaneous documentation of $828,000 in graduate medical education (GME) expenses prior to increasing reimbursement amounts. DHHS Secretary Donna Shalala denied PMC's request for reimbursement for increased GME costs. The appellants then brought suit in federal court challenging the legality of an interpretative rule that requires requested increases in reimbursement to be supported by contemporaneous documentation. PMC also alleged that an error was made in the administrative proceedings to prejudice its claims because Aetna, the hospital's fiscal intermediary, failed to provide the hospital with a written report explaining why it was denied the GME reimbursement.


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