BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law on July 30, 1965, millions of Americans and about half our Nation’s seniors lacked health care coverage, unable to afford basic health care services or weather a medical emergency.  The signing of Medicare forged a promise with older Americans — that those who have contributed a lifetime to our national life and economy can enjoy their golden years with peace of mind and the security of reliable medical insurance.  Medicaid created an essential partnership between the Federal Government and the States to provide a basic health care safety net for some of the most vulnerable Americans:  low-income children, parents, seniors, and people with disabilities.  Forty-five years later, we must ensure this inviolable trust between America and its citizens remains stronger than ever.

Medicare and Medicaid support longer, healthier lives and economic security for some of the neediest among us.  Since their expansion in 1972, Medicare and Medicaid have covered millions of people with disabilities, protecting individuals who otherwise might not have access to affordable health coverage.  Today, Medicare provides over 47 million Americans with dependable medical insurance, and is the largest health care provider in our Nation.  State Medicaid programs provide health and long-term care coverage to more than 56 million low income Americans.  With too many communities stricken by the economic crisis, Medicaid provides a critical support for those struggling to raise healthy families or cope with illness or injury.  No American should be one illness away from financial ruin, and we must continue to keep Medicare and Medicaid strong for the millions of beneficiaries who rely on these vital safety nets.

Medicare is not simply an entitlement program that starts at age 65 — it is earned over a lifetime.  The health care reforms in the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA) renew and strengthen our pledge to America’s seniors and families, ensuring Medicare and Medicaid will be there when they need it.  Guaranteed Medicare benefits will not change, and participants will see greater savings, improved quality, and increased accountability in their health care coverage.

My Administration is taking steps to extend the life of the Medicare trust fund and to slow the growth of Medicare costs.  The ACA helps accomplish this by addressing overpayments to insurance companies that operate Medicare Advantage plans; aggressively fighting waste, fraud, and abuse; and better coordinating the care of individuals with chronic conditions.  The ACA also helps seniors and people with disabilities in Medicare who fall in the Part D coverage gap for prescription drug costs, or the "donut hole," and Medicare beneficiaries who reach the donut hole this year are receiving a $250 rebate.  Additionally, beneficiaries will see 50 percent discounts on brand name drugs in the coverage gap starting next year, and an end of the coverage gap altogether by 2020.  To encourage health maintenance, the ACA enables Medicare to provide a free annual physical examination and other effective preventative care services, like certain colorectal cancer screenings and mammograms, with no co-pays or deductibles

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Recent Growth

The overall growth of GDP in the second quarter of 2.4% was divided across the various components of output and demand in a way that suggests balanced recovery.  Consumer expenditures rose at an annual rate of 1.6%, down slightly from the first quarter, but more rapid than in the fourth quarter of last year.  Fixed investment (that is, investment in nonresidential structures, equipment and software, and housing) grew at an annual rate of 19.1%, the fastest pace since 1983.  Business investment in equipment and software increased by over 20% for the second consecutive quarter, indicating a welcome return to investment by private firms.  Inventory investment contributed just over 1 percentage point to GDP growth, substantially less than in the previous two quarters.  Thus, the steady growth occurred with relatively little inventory bounce.
 
In addition to the solid growth in the second quarter, real GDP growth in the first quarter was revised up substantially to 3.7%.  Growth has averaged over 3% for the first half of the year.

Moderate, sustained GDP growth is a vast improvement over the terrible declines in GDP of late 2008 and early 2009, and reassuring given the turbulence in financial markets following debt problems in Europe

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TWO EARLY PHASE 2 HOLES WITHIN BLOCK MODEL RETURN 123 METRES OF 1.07 G/T AU AND 75 METRES OF 1.50 G/T AU

Vancouver – July 30, 2010 (Investorideas.com Mining stocks Newswire) – Gold Bullion Development Corp. (TSX-V: GBB) (the “Company” or “Gold Bullion”) is pleased to report significant progress in the advancement of its 100% owned Granada Gold Property as a potential bulk tonnage, open-pit deposit. Located five kilometers south of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, along the prolific Cadillac Trend where numerous multi-million ounce gold deposits have been discovered, Granada presents considerable exploration upside as most of Gold Bullion’s nearly 50 square kilometre land package surrounding the former mine is just beginning to be explored in a systematic fashion.

The LONG Bars Zone geological structure has been confirmed by GENIVAR, Gold Bullion’s geological consultant, to extend east of Phase 1 discovery hole GR-10-17 (the easternmost hole drilled in Phase 1), demonstrating the growing magnitude of this mineralized system which remains open in all directions and appears to be broad-based and near-surface. The east-northeast (ENE) discovery area is outside the Preliminary Block Model and was therefore not part of the calculation of potential non-compliant resources at Granada as outlined in the Company’s April 22, 2010, news release.

A total of 6,055 metres of drilling in 27 holes has been completed in the ENE area in Phase 2 with each and every hole (north, south, east and west of GR-10-17) intersecting significant zones of altered feldspar porphyry (favorable for gold mineralization) with quartz veining. Visible gold has also been observed in many of these holes including GR-10-78 which just became the easternmost hole drilled to date by Gold Bullion at Granada. GR-10-78, collared nearly 250 metres east of GR-10-17, was drilled to a vertical depth of 350 metres and intersected large alteration and intrusive zones.

The total surface area covered to date by Phase 2 drilling in the ENE is 370 metres north-south and 384 meters east-west. The current round of drilling has been at least twice as deep as Phase 1 with very encouraging showings below 150 metres vertical depth where only limited drilling has been carried out historically at Granada. The first Phase 2 assay results from this ENE area have yet to be received. Drilling carries on as GENIVAR continues to test a number of auriferous structures contained within a wide, east-west trending zone of shearing, alteration and quartz veining.

Meanwhile, the Company is pleased to report the first few assay results from extensive infill drilling which continues within the Preliminary Block Model. GR-10-33, collared 144 metres east of the waste pile and 100 metres northeast of Pit #2 East, intersected 123.5 metres of 1.07 g/t Au (from 23 to 146.5 metres) within a wider interval of 152.5 metres grading 0.88 g/t Au (from 3

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Natural gas often contains CO₂ when it is extracted from the well. Whether the natural gas is transported via pipelines, converted to liquefied natural gas (LNG) or used in chemical processes, the CO₂ has to be captured beforehand. Even state-of-the-art CO2 capture processes require a large amount of energy and the removal facilities account for a major part of investment and operating costs.

JGC and BASF jointly began developing a new technology for a CO₂ capture process called High Pressure Acid Gas Capture Technology (HiPACT) in 2004. Following basic research and a series of trials, the new technology enables high-pressure CO₂ recovery by regenerating the solvent at high pressure and temperature. The newly developed absorption solvent is highly stable at high temperature regeneration condition, and delivers superior CO₂ absorption performance and low corrosivity. An important milestone in this development is transferring the new technology to an operating gas processing facility.

The advantage of HiPACT technology is twofold, the partners say:

1. It reduces the overall power consumption of the facility and lowers investment costs.
2. Because the CO₂ is released from the solvent at well above atmospheric pressure there is a significant reduction in the amount of energy required if CO₂ is used in high pressure applications such as chemical synthesis or sequestered underground.

Going forward with information from the test results, JGC and BASF will focus on the commercialization of HiPACT technology in all relevant sectors, for example in natural gas projects with CO₂ reinjection. INPEX will aim at further energy savings at its natural gas plants by using the HiPACT technology.

Application of the technology in gasification processes is currently under development, according to JGC.

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Over the past year, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has stepped up enforcement of our trade agreements using a range of options from negotiation to taking disputes to the World Trade Organization.  These enforcement actions have helped workers in sectors ranging from agriculture to auto parts, from aluminum and steel manufacturing to aerospace construction. 

Because President Obama took action to stem the tide of imported Chinese tires flooding the U.S. market, moms and dads are bringing home paychecks from tire factories in North Carolina and Arkansas.  Because USTR successfully challenged Chinese industrial policy that pushed American auto parts suppliers to move production facilities offshore, men and women in Ohio and Michigan are still working on assembly lines.  And because we took the European Union to court and won, the jobs of thousands of U.S. aerospace engineers and electricians in Washington State, Kansas, and South Carolina are more secure.   And more American workers, from welders to widget-makers, will have a chance at future jobs on a more level playing field.

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This bill, introduced almost a year ago, has been moving lately thanks to the outpouring of support from individuals like you, mayors, and organizations from across the the country who think this bill will help them plan for the future in a smart, sustainable way.  We outlined some of the provisions in the bill in this post.

The Act authorizes $400 million in competitive grants to plan for livable communities, integrating transportation, housing, economic development and environmental needs. It authorizes $3.75 billion over three years for implementation of projects promoting sustainable development by creating and preserving affordable housing in neighborhoods with access to jobs and served by transit; improving public transportation; creating safe places for walking and biking; redeveloping brownfields; and fostering revitalization. It also creates an inter-departmental council to coordinate among transportation, housing and urban development and environmental agencies, and creates an office of sustainability at HUD.

The 23 Senators on this committee to hear from their constituents that they need to support this important bill and vote for it next Tuesday. Can you help by making a phone call? In this case, it’s even easier than usual. No talking points required, just call your Senator if they’re on this list, and tell them:

“Hi, I’m a constituent calling to ask Senator ____ to vote for the Livable Communities Act in Committee on Tuesday. Thank you!”

That’s it. Feel free to call more than once if you like, and tell your friends in your state to join you. We’ll want these Senators to get the message loud and clear, especially in the 24 hours from Monday morning to the vote on Tuesday at 10 a.m.

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Nissan LEAF deliveries begin in Portugal in January, Ireland in February and the UK in March.

Since March, nearly 12,000 customers in Europe have signed up for regular updates on Nissan LEAF’s introduction, and in the US and Japan pre-orders have exceeded 23,000 units since online reservations began in April.

Such high demand has meant the Nissan LEAF will launch slightly later than planned in the Netherlands. Sales are now expected to start in June 2011, with pre-orders opening to customers in October this year. All other market launch dates remain unchanged.

To make a reservation, customers in the initial launch markets need to go to their local Nissan consumer website and place their order. The process requires a fully-refundable deposit of €300 (US$391). These early adopters will also be given an opportunity to test-drive Nissan LEAF thoroughly by December, at which point they will need to formally confirm their order. A dedicated call center for each country has been created to assist customers with questions. Call center details are available on each website.

The price of Nissan LEAF after government incentives is €30,250 (US$39,470) in Portugal, €29,995 (US$39,147) in Ireland and £23,990 (US$37,445) in the UK (UK price inclusive of new 20% rate of VAT coming into effect from January 1 2011).

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On 7/29/10, BioPath (OTCBB:BPTH) announced that the first patient was dosed in a Phase I study of Liposomal Grb-2 (BP-100-1.01) (anti-sense, nucleic acid anti-cancer agent). The study includes patients (18-30) with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with an estimated cost of $2 million and ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT01159028.

Orexigen Therapeutics (NASDAQ:OREX) announced publication of Phase 3 data for CONTRAVE 32 (32mg naltrexone SR + 360mg bupropion SR) in the medical journal Lancet with 62% patients who completed the study losing at least 5% of body weight vs. 23% on placebo. OREX has an upcoming Metabolic and Endocrine Drug Products FDA Advisory Panel meeting scheduled for 12/7/10 and a PDUFA action goal date of 1/31/11 under standard 10-month review for an expected FDA decision.

On 7/28/10,Pharmasset (NASDAQ:VRUS) initiated a Phase 1b multi-ascending dose study for PSI-938 (a third generation purine nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor of hepatitis C virus), which adds to an ongoing Phase 1a single-ascending dose study. The Company expects to report results from both studies by the end of this quarter.

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EXACT Sciences (NASDAQ:EXAS) – Clinical Trial Results for ColoRectal Cancer Screen 10/29/10

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Hologic (NASDAQ:HOLX) – FDA Advisory Panel for breast cancer screening / diagnosis on 9/24/10

AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) – FDA PDUFA for Brilinta 9/16/10

Merck KGaA (OTC:MKGAY.PK) – FDA Priority Review for Cladribine Tablets 12/8/10

Arena Pharma (NASDAQ:ARNA) – A “Poster Child” for Run-Ups

We first discussed ARNA back on May 20th, back when ARNA was $2.90 a share. That is a far cry from today’s close of nearly $7 per share.  Take a look at the incredible chart for ARNA over the past few months.  Can ARNA maintain this momentum up to the FDA Panel on September 16th?  Can the 200% price increase hold…

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