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California Check Cashing Stores and NetSpend Offer Personal Finance Program

Northern California High School Students Given Opportunity to Learn How to Manage Money OAKLAND, Calif., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to promote financial literacy among high school students, California Check Cashing Stores and NetSpend Corporation, one of the leading providers of prepaid solutions in the United States, are teaming up to offer a one-hour program on the basics of personal finance to northern California high school students. California Check Cashing Stores offers alternative banking services to the unbanked and underbanked populations of Northern California by providing check cashing, payroll advance, money orders, bill payment and other services. California Check Cashing course leaders have presented the program to high school economics and American government classes in San Jose, Sacramento and East Bay.

California Check Cashing Stores and NetSpend Offer Personal Finance Program

Northern California High School Students Given Opportunity to Learn How to Manage Money OAKLAND, Calif., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to promote financial literacy among high school students, California Check Cashing Stores and NetSpend Corporation, one of the leading providers of prepaid solutions in the United States, are teaming up to offer a one-hour program on the basics of personal finance to northern California high school students. California Check Cashing Stores offers alternative banking services to the unbanked and underbanked populations of Northern California by providing check cashing, payroll advance, money orders, bill payment and other services. California Check Cashing course leaders have presented the program to high school economics and American government classes in San Jose, Sacramento and East Bay.

California Check Cashing Stores and NetSpend Offer Personal Finance Program

OAKLAND, Calif., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to promote financial literacy among high school students, California Check Cashing Stores and NetSpend Corporation, one of the leading providers of prepaid solutions in the United States, are teaming up to offer a one-hour program on the basics of personal finance to northern California high school students. California Check Cashing Stores offers alternative banking services to the unbanked and underbanked populations of Northern California by providing check cashing, payroll advance, money orders, bill payment and other services. California Check Cashing course leaders have presented the program to high school economics and American government classes in San Jose, Sacramento and East Bay.

Speaking Out against Drugs is Now "RAD" in Southern California

A group of young people in Southern California is letting other youth know that it's not cool to take drugs. This month's anti-drug seminar at Lakeview Terrace in Southern California is an example of what Riders Against Drugs (RAD) is doing to help young people make informed decisions about drugs.

Why ISPs' "Stand" Against Child Porn Is Actually Not a Stand Against Child Porn

TechDirt has an insightful article on the recent push for ISPs to turn off Usenet access under the guise of fighting child pornography. Unfortunately, the "stand against child porn" isn't actually a stand at all, it seems more like ignoring the issue while trying to snag some headlines and good will. "Taking a stand against child porn wouldn't be overly aggressively blocking access to internet destinations that may or may not have porn (and there's no review over the list to make sure that they're actually objectionable). Taking a stand against child porn would be hunting down those responsible for the child porn and making sure that they're dealt with appropriately... Also, this sets an awful precedent in that the ISPs can point out that it's ok for them to block "objectionable" content where they get to define what's objectionable witho

Progress Software Announces Mindreef and IONA Acqusitions at SOA World Conference

Progress Software has acquired Mindreef, a provider of SOA service validation and testing tools. Mindreef will be fully integrated into Progress Software, and will adopt the Progress Software company name. Progress expects to retain most Mindreef product names, however, this will be reviewed over the months following the acquisition.

California Design College Earns Its Star with a New Name - The Art Institute of California - Hollywood

California Design College Earns Its Star with a New Name - The Art Institute of California - Hollywood

Protect Your Children Against Cyber-Bullying: Parry Aftab Speaks Out Against Cyber-Crime at Girl Scout Event

Protect Your Children Against Cyber-Bullying: Parry Aftab Speaks Out Against Cyber-Crime at Girl Scout Event

Protect Your Children Against Cyber-Bullying: Parry Aftab Speaks Out Against Cyber-Crime at Girl Scout Event

Protect Your Children Against Cyber-Bullying: Parry Aftab Speaks Out Against Cyber-Crime at Girl Scout Event

ACE BioSciences and PATH Announce New Collaboration to Develop a Vaccine Against Diarrheal Disease; Partnership Will Accelerate Development of the ACE527 Vaccine Against Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli (ETEC)

ACE BioSciences and PATH Announce New Collaboration to Develop a Vaccine Against Diarrheal Disease; Partnership Will Accelerate Development of the ACE527 Vaccine Against Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli (ETEC)

Nevada Jury Awards Inventor Gil Hyatt $388 Million Against California's Taxing Agency

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Gil Hyatt, a Nevada inventor, scientist and engineer with over 70 patents from the United States Patent & Trademark Office to his credit, was awarded more than $388 million by a Nevada jury against the Franchise Tax Board of the State of California. Liability was based on torts committed by the Franchise Tax Board while auditing Mr. Hyatt's residency, during the time he received substantial sums of money for licensing his patents.

Nevada Jury Awards Inventor Gil Hyatt $388 Million Against California's Taxing Agency

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Gil Hyatt, a Nevada inventor, scientist and engineer with over 70 patents from the United States Patent & Trademark Office to his credit, was awarded more than $388 million by a Nevada jury against the Franchise Tax Board of the State of California. Liability was based on torts committed by the Franchise Tax Board while auditing Mr. Hyatt's residency, during the time he received substantial sums of money for licensing his patents.

Nevada Jury Awards Inventor Gil Hyatt $388 Million Against California's Taxing Agency

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Gil Hyatt, a Nevada inventor, scientist and engineer with over 70 patents from the United States Patent & Trademark Office to his credit, was awarded more than $388 million by a Nevada jury against the Franchise Tax Board of the State of California. Liability was based on torts committed by the Franchise Tax Board while auditing Mr. Hyatt's residency, during the time he received substantial sums of money for licensing his patents.

Nevada Jury Awards Inventor Gil Hyatt $388 Million Against California's Taxing Agency

LAS VEGAS, Aug 18, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Gil Hyatt, a Nevada inventor, scientist and engineer with over 70 patents from the United States Patent & Trademark Office to his credit, was awarded more than $388 million by a Nevada jury against the Franchise Tax Board of the State of California. Liability was based on torts committed by the Franchise Tax Board while auditing Mr. Hyatt's residency, during the time he received substantial sums of money for licensing his patents.

Near-Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy of Diamondoid Thiol Monolayers on Gold

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Congress Tries To Strip Power From Anti-Wiretap Judge

palegray.net writes "Congress is attempting to strip US District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of his power following his ruling against the government regarding immunity for telecoms in the NSA wiretapping case. Walker was appointed to the bench by President Bush, and has attempted to enforce existing prohibitions against warrantless wiretapping. From the Wired article: 'Walker, the chief judge of the Northern District of California, affirmed that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is the exclusive legal method for conducting surveillance inside the United States against suspected spies and [terrorists]. The Bush Administration argues that Congress's vote to authorize military force against Al Qaeda and the president's inherent war time powers were exceptions to the exclusivity provision.

New DNA Weapon Against Avian Flu Identified

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a potential new way to vaccinate against avian flu. By delivering vaccine via DNA constructed to build antigens against flu, along with a minute electric pulse, researchers have immunized experimental animals against various strains of the virus.

Non-Compete Clauses Thrown Out In California

drfuchs writes "If you signed an employment agreement in California, any non-compete clause in it is null & (void*), says the state Supreme Court of California (ruling PDF). Better still, the San Francisco Chronicle opines that the US Federal courts are likely to fall in line with the decision in the way they interpret California law. (Most other states still have non-compete laws on the books and it's not clear this ruling will affect them.) Turns out it wasn't a high-tech case at all, but a CPA who had worked for the accounting firm Arthur Anderson (now disgraced due to their complicity in the Enron case)."

German Court Rules Qualcomm GSM Patent Claim Against Nokia Invalid

The German Federal Patent Court ruled today that Qualcomm’s GSM patent case against Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is invalid, Reuters reports. This is the third court to conclude that the American chipmaker’s patent claims against Nokia are “without merit,” said the Finnish handset maker. The United Kingdom High Court, and the U.S. International Trade Commission have also ruled that Qualcomm’s GSM patent claims against Nokia to be invalid. The two will meet again in German court in October, when a second Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) patent case will be heard. The news comes on the same day that Qualcomm and Nokia are to meet in a Deleware Court over its ongoing patent dispute.

Penn animal study identifies new DNA weapon against avian flu

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a potential new way to vaccinate against avian flu. By delivering vaccine via DNA constructed to build antigens against flu, along with a minute electric pulse, researchers have immunized experimental animals against various strains of the virus. This approach could allow for the build up of vaccine reserves that could be easily and effectively dispensed in case of an epidemic. This study was published last week in PLoS ONE.

Penn animal study identifies new DNA weapon against avian flu

PHILADELPHIA - Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a potential new way to vaccinate against avian flu. By delivering vaccine via DNA constructed to build antigens against flu, along with a minute electric pulse, researchers have immunized experimental animals against various strains of the virus. This approach could allow for the build up of vaccine reserves that could be easily and effectively dispensed in case of an epidemic. This study was published last week in PLoS ONE.

Circuit City Declares 'Sales Tax Holiday' August 9-10 in Its California Stores; Extra Savings Will Help Back to School Shoppers Facing High Energy Bills

RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a move to help consumers stretch their dollars during the important back to school shopping season, Circuit City stores across California will invite shoppers to celebrate a "Sales Tax Holiday" August 9-10, 2008. During the weekend, Circuit City will absorb the cost of state and local sales taxes for all purchases made in all of its 95 California stores. The savings for shoppers, averaging eight percent, will be in addition to seasonal sales promotions already underway. "We've seen shoppers enjoy the savings during sales tax holidays in other states around the country and we want to offer that same opportunity to consumers in California," said John T. Harlow, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Circuit City Stores, Inc.

Responding to Critics, Google Adds Privacy Link to Home Page

On June 3rd a group of privacy advocates, including California-based Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, the World Privacy Forum, Consumer Action, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Consumer Federation of California, and ACLU of Northern California - among others - sent a detailed letter to Google CEO CEO Eric Schmidt, charging that the lack of a privacy link on Google's home page was not just "alarming," but violated the California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003.

California Nanotechnologies loses $127,863 (U.S.) in Q1

CALIFORNIA NANOTECHNOLOGIES REPORTS FIRST QUARTER RESULTS CALIFORNIA NANOTECHNOLOGIES CORP. CNO-TSX VENTURE

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