Bush Administration: Dismiss RFID 'Mark of the Beast' Lawsuit
By David Kravets EmailNovember 13, 2008 | 6:20:32 PMCategories: ... by a group of Amish farmers in Michigan claiming RFID chips required on cattle "are a mark ... at Michigan, which adopted RFID requirements last year. The case should be dismissed [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 14:31:01
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Amish Law and Order
In the criminal justice system, the people are entertained by two separate yet equally important groups: the Amish, who presume their own guilt, ... farmers in Michigan claiming RFID chips required on cattle "are a mark of the beast." The Amish farmers claim Michigan regulations requiring them to use radio frequency identification devices [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 03:59:00
EMC Innovation Conference - day 2b
Continuing from the first half of my day two notes… Steve Santini (internal EMC link) ... lead of the RFID Ecosystem project. University of Michigan Professor Peter Honeyman, research ... in Computer Science & Engineering, Evan Welbourne, presented “RFID Data Management for Pervasive Computing [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 19:45:36
“And He Causeth All, Both Small and Great, Rich and Poor, Free and Bond, to Receive a Mark”
So says Revelation 13:16. There are many interpretations of the wild events recounted in the Revelation to John ... of the beast. This lawsuit, brought in federal court in Michigan, seeks relief from the federally sponsored program (voluntary for the states, but now adopted in Michigan) that requires the placing of RFID [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 18:14:13
Students, Bluetooth Light the Way for Blind Pedestrians
Imagine yourself walking through the streets of a strange city ... doing it while blind. A team of students at the University of Michigan has not only imagined ... identification (RFID), transmitted between a hand-held receiver and an information transmitter [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 12:22:44
End Times Speed Links - Are Some People Openly Wishing That A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Come?
Weird Science*Are population control advocates going way too far when they openly wish that the bird flu would come and kill millions of people? ... by a group of Amish farmers in Michigan claiming RFID chips required on cattle "are a mark of the beast [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 23:01:00
The Daily Buzz - Hillary Clinton To Be Secretary Of State?
-Will Hillary Clinton be the Secretary of State in Barack Obama's administration?-Meanwhile, Al Gore has said no to being the first "Climate Czar" ... a lawsuit brought by a group of Amish farmers in Michigan claiming RFID chips required on cattle [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 17:27:00
Farmers Fight RFID Mark of the Beast In Their Livestock
Why should an animal be legally required to wear an electronic identifier, anyway? ... of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a “mark of the beast.” Michigan and federal authorities say the radio frequency identification devices (RFID) will help monitor the travels of bovine [more...]
Date: 2008-09-13 01:11:55
Arphid Watch: RFID tags, the Amish weigh in
(((Hey, good one, Threat Level.))) (((Congrats for the "award for innovation in journalism," too.))) http://blog.wired ... the tagging of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a "mark of the beast." Michigan and federal authorities say the radio frequency identification devices (RFID) will help monitor the travels [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 06:58:15
BUSH ADMINISTRATION: DISMISS RFID 'MARK OF THE BEAST' LAWSUIT
The Bush administration on Thursday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of Amish farmers in Michigan claiming RFID chips required on cattle "are a mark of the beast." ... [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 06:44:34
Bush Administration: Dismiss RFID 'Mark of the Beast' Lawsuit
The Bush administration on Thursday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of Amish farmers in Michigan claiming RFID chips required on cattle "are a mark of the beast." [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 00:00:00
Creating a Single Molecule Switch
chip.jpg How small is a molecule? The answer depends on the type of molecule. Researchers at the Michigan Technological University ( ... - 06 September 2006 RFS7000-RF-Switch - RFID meets Wi-Fi - 13 November 2006 Another way to switch [more...]
Date: 2008-06-18 23:20:34
[FDE] OT: Administration seeks dismissal of RFID 'Mark of the Beast' Lawsuit
The Amish farmers claim (.pdf) Michigan regulations requiring them touse radio frequency identification devices on their cattle"constitutes some form of a 'mark of the beast' and/or represents [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 22:39:00
Big Three Failure Would Impact Defense Supply Chains
A failure by one or more of the Detroit Three automakers and their suppliers could put national security as well as the economy at risk, ... Monday at the Michigan Defense and Innovation Symposium at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, MI ... Guidelines for Ensuring RFID Security — medical | organizations | retail | RFID | security | technology [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 21:40:31
Re: [FDE] OT: Administration seeks dismissal of RFID 'Mark of the Beast' Lawsuit
"Ali, Saqib" writes:-+------------------ | The Amish farmers claim (.pdf) Michigan regulations requiring them to | use radio frequency identification devices on their cattle | "constitutes some form of a 'mark of the beast' and/or represents an | infringement [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 02:59:00
Or Are You Just Glad To See Me?
Starting this week, the State of New York has begun to issue driver’s licenses with RFID chips embedded in them ... first, namely keeping your RFID-equipped tracking devices “enhanced ID” from being swiped ... , and they now offer a model that has built-in RFID shielding. I would expect that within a couple of years [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 15:50:24
Scary Stuff
American Civil Liberties Union : Fact Sheet on U.S. "Constitution Free Zone"Fact Sheet on U.S. "Constitution Free Zone"The problem * Normally under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the American people are not generally subject to random and arbitrary stops and searches. * The border, however, has always been an exception [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 16:26:00
RFID Applications
RFID, Radio Frequency Identification is a technology, which includes wireless data capture and transaction processing. Proximity (short range) and Vicinity (long range) are two major application areas where RFID technology is used. Track ... value RFID solutions assisting companys track assets, people and documents. AgileSense provides robust [more...]
Date: 2008-06-26 20:15:04
Bush Administration: Dismiss RFID ‘Mark of the Beast’ Lawsuit
The Bush administration on Thursday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of Amish farmers in Michigan claiming RFID chips ... required on cattle “are a mark of the beast.” The Amish farmers claim (.pdf) Michigan regulations requiring them to use radio frequency identification devices on their cattle “constitutes some form of [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 14:48:48
links for 2008-11-14
Who Stole My Volcano? Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dematerialisation of Supervillain Architecture ... Administration Dismiss RFID 'Mark of the Beast' Lawsuit | Threat Level "The Bush administration on Thursday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of Amish farmers in Michigan claiming [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 09:03:02
IF YOU LOVE FREEDOM, PLEASE READ THIS POST
I did not write this. It was posted by a member of Silicon Investor. But, I wish I had. It is one of the best rants I've read and everyone who cares about their country and their freedom should read it. We could lose it all if we don't wake up as a nation. No matter where you live on this planet you should read it [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 14:11:00
News 10/15/08
Reminder: Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman will be live here in an online chat at 7:00 ET Wednesday evening. Several folks have left comments on his article or weighed in on the merger, so why not let Glen answer your questions directly? I’ll be posting the chat thing right here on HIStalk like any other article [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 01:22:27
RFID Tags Enable 24/7 Surveillance [Part I]
Are you ready to begin living a tagged life? If you are, the future is here, courtesy of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags ... can be used at U.S. border crossings in Mexico and Canada. Each license incorporates a RFID tag encoded with a unique identification number. As you approach a border crossing, a RFID reader sends [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 19:31:01
Thankful for a Smaller, Flatter, Smarter Planet
Greg over at IBM Eye has a post that points to Gaurav Sabnis' article ... commenting on Mitt Romney's Op-Ed piece in the New York Times "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" . Mitt Romney During the Republican primaries, Mitt Romney promised Michigan he would bring back [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 16:16:05
2008 Terrorism
As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world ... , gaping holes in our security. Dave Gaubatz* comments on the recent Department of Homeland Security's ... the report itself to be a national security threat for America ??? more importantly for the children [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07
The Nation
The Nation 20-Nov-08 Senate sends Bush expanded jobless benefits bill WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday passed and sent to President George W. Bush legislation to extend jobless benefits for those who have been unemployed for a prolonged period in an economy that has been shedding jobs [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 21:14:42
Will Voice Prints Work For Payment Authorization?
Will Voice Prints Work For Payment Authorization? A UK company is pushing retailers to use voice-recognition to authenticate purchases over the phone and online. The Voice Commerce Group (VCG)'s Voice Transact package has consumers call the service, quote a pre-arranged product code and then a series of digits dictated by the automated system [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 05:19:04
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Monday, January 5, 2009
If you were driving across West 12th Street Sunday evening and wondered what the heck was going on with all the police cars, there was a break in at a warehouse. City of Erie Police officers spent hours searching but the criminal got away before police apparently got away before police arrived [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 12:35:03
News 10/24/08
From rbsavage3: "Re: HealthVault. Microsoft scores with Aetna e-records pact. As a member of Aetna and an employee of a large hospital system, I’m not sure I like this. I wonder what the community thinks." Link. The deal connects Aetna’s PHR to HealthVault and adds a connection in the other direction next year [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 02:13:07
Video Viewing Soars Again In May
Video Viewing Soars Again In May For those e-tailers wondering if video is an effective way to reach American consumers, here's the latest video stat, courtesy of Comscore: In May alone, U.S. Internet users viewed more than 12 billion online videos, representing an increase of 45 percent versus one year ago [more...]
Date: 2008-07-17 06:16:44
Amish lawsuit: RFID on our cattle is “Mark of the Beast”
Bush Administration: Dismiss RFID ‘Mark of the Beast’ Lawsuit The Bush administration on Thursday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of Amish farmers in Michigan claiming RFID chips required on cattle “are a mark of the beast.” The Amish farmers claim (.pdf) Michigan regulations requiring them to use radio [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 12:04:11
Bank Breach Hits ATMs, No Retailer At Fault This Time
Bank Breach Hits ATMs, No Retailer At Fault This Time One of the repeated arguments made in retail data security circles is that retailers tend to have much weaker security because it's not as much of a cultural priority as, for example, banking. So it's a little bit consoling that the latest ATM databreach is apparently not the result of a [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 00:09:08
Amish Object to Putting "Mark of the Beast" On Cattle
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of Amish farmers who object to putting the "mark of the Beast" on their cattle. The specific "mark" they are worried about is a radio-frequency ID tag that is being required by the state. The plaintiffs are Michigan residents who are mostly [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 07:56:05
The Flavors of Las Vegas in 55 Hours
I've written about Las Vegas on several occasions, largely around trips to this glittery city for industry conventions. I just came back from BlogWorldExpo, which reminded me a bit like Comdex meets SXSW but for the blogosphere. Held at the Convention Center's south hall, [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 19:46:00
News 12/17/08
From MM: "Re: EMR. $83 million for an EMR? Unbelievable! Who besides me thinks EMRs cost a little less than an order of magnitude too much? I don’t blame vendors entirely. I blame the conceptual model used in the industry (CDR-centric that duplicates data already available electronically) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 03:07:57
MIRLN -- 5-25 October 2008 (v11.14)
**************Introductory Note********************** MIRLN (Misc. IT Related Legal News) is a free product for members of the American Bar Association’s Cyberspace Law Committee, et al., and is produced by KnowConnect PLLC. Members of the ABA Cyberspace Law Committee automatically receive MIRLN postings (about every third week) [more...]
Date: 2008-10-25 11:38:00
[Dbworld] ACM GIS 08 (Irvine, CA, Nov 5-7) Call for Participation
From: “Jing Dai” <daij at vt.edu> ————————————————————————– We would like to bring the upcoming 16th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS 2008). It will be held in Irvine, CA, in November 5-7, 2008 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 12:40:24
links for 2008-09-01
The Associated Press: Court: US can block mad cow testing "Larger meat packers opposed such testing. If Creekstone Farms Premium Beef began advertising that its cows have all been tested, other companies fear they too will have to conduct the expensive tests." ( [more...]
Date: 2008-09-01 07:00:40
Farmers See 'Mark of the Beast' in RFID Livestock Tags
Farmers See 'Mark of the Beast' in RFID Livestock Tags - Via Threat Level: A group of community farmers, some of them Amish, are challenging rules requiring the tagging of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a "mark of the beast." Michigan and federal authorities say the radio frequency identification [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 20:07:02
-Michigan: Amish Refuse ‘Mark of the Beast’
Here is a change of pace culture clash story. A group of seven Amish farmers in Michigan are refusing to tag their livestock with radio ... officials, they should be suing the State of Michigan. The Fed. program is optional–it is the State [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 04:42:05
News 7/2/08
From DelawareDoc : "Re: DHIN. The Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) had its state funding cut from $2.5 million to $1.5 million. Also, Delaware State Legislature has authorized House Resolution #76 to create a task force to review DHIN." From The PACS Designer: "Re: it’s getting cloudy [more...]
Date: 2008-07-02 00:43:51
The Week in Geek - Oct. 29, 2008
Facebook’s Roar Becomes a Meow By most measures Facebook’s in a better place now than a year ago. It’s the biggest social network on the planet and the average user spends 100 minutes a month online, vs. just 60 minutes a year ago (among the college demographic, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 01:48:59
People Tracking: Hiding is Impossible
People tracking are another famous RFID technical solutions ... , a people tracking system consist of number of hardware and software devices. The RFID tracking system is based on the theory of Radio Frequency Transmission. RFID tags are used to send and receive [more...]
Date: 2008-06-28 06:09:04
Industry Profile: Stevens Pass RTP Administrator Dennis Kelly
Industry Profile: Stevens Pass RTP Administrator Dennis Kelly Shay: So tell us about yourself? Dennis: My name is Dennis Kelly. I have many monikers but most of my friends call me Denno. I'm 31 years old, and I moved our West only 3 years ago to live in the mountains [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 14:47:00
WashingtonTechnology.Com - Feds see strong demand for border-crossing cards
From my archive of press clippings: Washington Technology Feds see strong demand for border-crossing cards 04/21/08 -- 04:51 PMFeds see strong demand for border-crossing cards By Alice Lipowicz Hundreds of thousands of Americans have applied voluntarily for new and expanded border-crossing identification cards that will serve as [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 23:10:00
Bush Urges Dismissal of “Mark of the Beast” Lawsuit
Oh my God, Bush has sided with Satan! Bush Administration: Dismiss RFID ‘Mark of the Beast’ Lawsuit The Bush administration on Thursday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of Amish farmers in Michigan claiming RFID chips required [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 14:29:23
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Sunday, November 16, 2008
If you listened to the weather forecast, you had either taken you own life or planned to wake up and shovel snow ... which has their offices at 917 State St. Representative John Dingell of Michigan, Chairman [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 15:09:21
Ford 2009 F150 Event Day 1
If you remember, a few months ago I was invited over to Ford in Michigan to check out all of their upcoming 09 vehicles.?? The one vehicle we did not test was the new F150 pickup truck.?? Yesterday [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 05:01:21
Threat Level: Farmers See ‘Mark of the Beast’ in RFID Livestock Tags
Farmers See ‘Mark of the Beast’ in RFID Livestock Tags | Threat Level from Wired ... of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a “mark of the beast.” Michigan and federal authorities say the radio frequency identification devices (RFID) will help ... [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 15:05:52
Bush Administration: Dismiss RFID 'Mark of the Beast' Lawsuit
Bush Administration: Dismiss RFID 'Mark of the Beast' Lawsuit November 13, 2008The Bush administration on Thursday urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of Amish farmers in Michigan claiming RFID chips required on cattle "are a mark of the beast." [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 19:20:00
