Ask a lawyer that question, and he'll likely tell you that due process is what the judge says it is. Of course, it's in his best interest to say this. If he and the opposing lawyer are recognized authorities, and the judge is the recognized arbiter, they control the judgements and procedures by their own agreements.

There are even a few judges who will tell you that, while you're in their courtroom, they are next to God. Some may even declare they are God in the courtroom. That might be taking it a bit far legally, since all state constitutions do recognize the sovereignty of God, and a judge declaring himself as God might be going out on a bit of a limb.

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LEO stands for low Earth orbit and is the region of space within 2,000 km of the Earth's surface. It is the most concentrated area for orbital debris.

Outer space security has become an increasingly important issue over recent years.

For example, the global community of spacefaring nations is witnessing a sizeable increase in orbital debris from both deliberate and accidental satellite destructions.

A new report has flagged a series of recommendations to help address the orbital debris concern, and other issues that can assure enhanced security in space for all.

The report -- entitled "Towards Greater Security in Outer Space: Some Recommendations" -- has been released, made possible by information gathered during a recent workshop held in Paris, France and co-sponsored by Secure World Foundation and the L’Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri).

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In his book The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins did mention abortion, but I never noticed if he tied his reasoning with his original idea of the "selfish gene".

As I explored earlier, Dawkins' main contention is that a human is basically a gene's way of making another gene. We could assume, then, that humans will tend to organize societies in such a way as to maximize their reproductive fitness.

If the gene is to succeed in exact replication of itself, it will tend to control its immediate environment. Further, if societies form to ensure their own reproduction into eternity, they will seek the same strategy or a variation of it.

For purposes of exact replication, the best social strategy is to create conditions that not only minimize changes within the culture, but provide the culture with a reproductive process that is consistent with the surrounding environment. These social forces that evolve in support of genetic strategy are what Dawkins might refer to as "memes", to "mime" or replicate a strategy in a cultural sense as an extension of the gene.

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Ozzie, a 48-year-old male western lowland gorilla at Zoo Atlanta, was the first gorilla to voluntarily have his blood pressure measured with the Gorilla Tough Cuff designed by Georgia Tech students.

Zoo Atlanta recently became the first zoological institution in the world to obtain voluntary blood pressure readings from a gorilla. This groundbreaking stride was made possible by the Gorilla Tough Cuff, a blood pressure reading system devised through partnership with the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.

Created as a senior design project by biomedical engineering undergraduates David Sotto, Nisha Bhatia, Stephanie Drewicz and Scott Seaman, the prototype has now been successfully tested on one of Zoo Atlanta’s 22 western lowland gorillas. The students also had guidance from Hanjoong Jo, the Ada Lee and Pete Correll Professor in Biomedical Engineering and the Division of Cardiology; and Professor Franklin Bost, the Coulter Department director of design instruction.

“Zoo Atlanta is home to the nation’s largest collection of gorillas, so there is an ongoing responsibility to contribute to the zoological community’s understanding of their care,” said Dennis Kelly, President and CEO. “We are proud to have spearheaded an effort that will ultimately benefit gorillas living in captive settings around the world.”

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