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Maciej takes George Will to task on bilingual ballots. Will thinks bilingual ballots are "a mockery of the rule of law" because you need to speak English to become a citizen. Maciej says, "the insinuation that voters might want ballots in Spanish because they are cheating, lazy, bad people is malicious and wrong. You choose Spanish on your ballot for the same reason you might choose it in an ATM transaction - not because you have contempt for American civil society, but because you don't want to make a mistake."


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Dream's Fairies as Flower Children (U.C. Berkeley, 1980).
Oberon (Sean Hogan) as Ecology Commune Leader
Oberon (Sean Hogan) and Titania (Sue Doherty) as super-Beatniks: U.C. Berkeley, 1980.
The Lovers as Preppies: U.C. Berkeley, 1980.
MND: Hyppolita (Paula Bullwnkell)and Theseus (Arion Alston) as Patty Hearst and Police Chief: U.C. Berkeley, 1980.
A Midsummer Nights dream: Jonathan Miller Company, Almeida Theatre, 1996.
An Assertive Woman: Helena (Mary Claire Lingel): U.C. Berkeley, 1980.
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NAPA -- Justin Tuck doesn't see the point in teaching a seminar on playing championship football. Rather, Tuck looks at leadership as a daily demonstration of principles, a process that began Friday on the first day of practice behind the Napa Valley Marriott.
"The last thing you want is guys thinking, 'Oh, he thinks he knows it all,' because I don't," Tuck said. "The biggest thing is just coming here and going about your business, like I've always done.
"Setting a good example of how to be good in meetings, being early in meetings, taking notes, whatever it may be. That's what people watch. If they want to ask me questions, I'm all about that, too."
Tuck, 6-foot-5 and 265 pounds, was a key force in Super Bowl victories for the New York Giants after the 2007 and 2011 seasons, registering two sacks against New England's Tom Brady in each game.
After the 2013 season, when Tuck had 11 sacks -- the fourth double-digit sack season of his NFL career -- the Giants made no serious effort to sign him at age 31. Tuck agreed to a two-year, $11 million contract to join the Raiders.
Tuck's reputation as a leader preceded him, and coach Dennis Allen said he hasn't been disappointed.
"We set out to bring in veteran leaders that had a championship pedigree and could teach these guys what it takes to be a real pro," Allen said. "He's been that force, and I expect him to continue to be that force."
Tuck has made a point not to overload rookie outside linebacker and pass rusher Khalil Mack with information but upon request gave a quick lesson in using his hands to disengage from a defender.
"He told me I've been working against myself," Mack said.
With the Giants giving only a lukewarm contract offer and joining a team that hasn't had a winning season since 2002, Tuck is aware of public perception. And he's fine with it.
"I'm an underdog story guy," he said. "I've always rooted for the underdogs in movies. They act like we don't get paid to play football for some reason. We've got a lot of talent on this team.
"We've got to exorcise some demons that have been here, some thought processes of some guys that are used to having 4-12 seasons. The mindset has to change. I hear all the things people say, and I'm in the business of proving people wrong."
After the 2013 season, Tuck added a wrinkle to his training regimen, working out with San Francisco-based mixed martial arts trainer Tareq Azim from the Empower Gym. Azim trains UFC welterweight contender Jake Shields and worked with Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch last season.
Tuck believes the workouts have improved his leverage, balance, power and explosion -- not to mention giving him a fresh approach.
"It opens your mind to a different aspect of training and taking something completely foreign into football," Tuck said. "We've always done a double-team a singular way. The training we did this offseason gives me different weapons I can use to beat blocks or an opponent.
"If you've got a few more tricks in your bag, you can keep offenses and offensive linemen off balance a little bit."
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The primary focus at the Television Critics Association winter press tour is on midseason programming, but plenty of interest is already building for "S.H.I.E.LD," a Marvel Comics superhero saga from Joss Whedon that is still in the pilot stage.
"We fast-tracked it, and we'll see it a lot earlier than the other (shows)," ABC president Paul Lee told reporters Thursday. "We're very hopeful that's going to go to series. ... It's a great script."
"S.H.I.E.L.D." is about a secret intelligence agency that has appeared in various Marvel titles, including "The Avengers." ABC is owned by the Walt Disney Company, which also owns Marvel. Whedon directed the "Avengers" big-screen movie, which was one of the biggest hits of the year.
"How wonderful is it that my boss, Bob Iger, buys Marvel, which has created the biggest franchise of the year with 'Avengers,' and then have ABC be able to use the core talent from that ...," Lee said after his media session.
The ABC chief also pointed out that Whedon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") is very engaged in the project, which stars Ming-Na, and is already working on scripts for a potential series.
"For us to have Joss Whedon not only in the show, but passionate about it, directing and writing, is great," Lee said. "I love to see Joss enjoying television as much as movies. That's flattering for us."
And the tone of the pilot, Lee added, is "very Joss."
"He's able to be intense and epic, and then suddenly funny and silly," Lee said. "He's got that ability to be super entertaining."
Lee acknowledged that superhero adventures don't always do well on the small screen, but he expressed hope that ABC can make "S.H.I.E.L.D." into the same kind of ambitious, emotional and family-friendly series as its Sunday night hit "Once Upon a Time."
"We've done that with fairy tales. Let's see if we can do it with superheroes," he said. " ... I know we're going to have fun at ComicCon."
In the meantime, ABC is interested in developing other Marvel titles.
"We think Marvel is just a huge opportunity for us," Lee said. "You're seeing us as a network doing shows that can really help the wider Walt Disney company. The ABC brand is not the Disney brand, it's not the Pixar brand, and it's not the Marvel brand. But it's really fun in this job to be part of a company that owns so many strong brands and be able to help build and reinvigorate some of those brands."


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Beatrice Hanson, 86, of Sheyenne, N.D., died Thursday, January 3, 2013 at Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford, N.D. Her funeral service will be held Monday, January 7 at 10:30 a.m. at First Lutheran Church, Sheyenne. Visitation will be held Saturday from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m., all at Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford. Burial will be in Grandfield Lutheran Cemetery, rural Sheyenne. Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford, is in charge of arrangements.
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Today, my dad offered to pay me $40 to wash his car. Needing money to buy a video game, I agreed, and went out in the freezing weather to do the job. I finished the task, only to be paid in Monopoly money. My dad still hasn't gotten over how "funny" his prank was. FML
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Today, I ran into my sister, who nobody in the family has seen in six years. She looked very happy working the pole. FML
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Today, dressed in my sexiest nightie, I asked my boyfriend in the most sensual voice possible what he'd like me do to for him tonight. His eyed widened, he started clapping wildly and then shrieked, "SPAGHETTI CARBONARA!" FML
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Today, I was shopping when I overheard a woman telling an employee that she was buying an iPad for her 5-year-old son. Annoyed, I turned around and ranted about how he should have more age appropriate toys. Then she explained that her son is autistic and will be using the iPad to communicate. FML
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Today, I had awful morning sickness, and I asked my husband if he'd get me a drink while I went to the bathroom. On the way back, I witnessed him spitting in the glass. FML
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Today, I sat on my balls while at a restaurant. As I was wincing in pain and readjusting myself, my girlfriend came and sat on my lap. She landed directly on my nuts. After a minute or two, I stood up, only to rack myself once again on the corner of the table. FML
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Today, my wife wants to name our first child Siri, after the iPhone function. FML
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Today, I'm recovering in the emergency room. How did I get here? Intoxicated at a coed party, I saw a hole in the host's shed and thought it funny to christen it a "glory-hole", only to be bitten by what may well have been a black widow spider. FML
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Today, I've been on duty at the hospital for just three hours so far, and I've already pulled five carving forks out of four different people. Good job, everybody. FML
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Today, I found out that not only is my girlfriend enough of a superstitious twat to believe the world is going to end on December 21st, she actually thinks it's an acceptable excuse to go sleep around with other men. FML
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Today, I was watching a video from the 80s on sexual dysfunctions, and I noticed that one of the boys in the film looked strangely like my dad when he was younger. After a little investigation, I now know that in his youth, my dad had a crippling masturbation problem. FML
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Today, I stepped outside the house with my wife. She looked up at the sky and asked me in all seriousness if stars are man-made. FML
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Construction managers are the leaders of the design-build process, and work for owners, builders, designers, subcontractors and a multitude of government and technical agencies. They control the "means and methods" of construction, develop the budgets and manage the project schedules. On-time, on-budget completion is a typical CM responsibility which has become increasingly difficult given today's technically and organizationally complex projects. Owners, designers and construction managers must all work collaboratively to create integrated best value solutions that meet a client's needs.
To work as a construction manager, graduates need technical, managerial, research and problem solving skills. Our program provides this education with a balanced curriculum which includes engineering, construction, business, mathematics, science and liberal arts courses. Employer surveys regularly report our graduates meeting or exceeding all performance expectations and regularly outperforming graduates from many of our peer institutions.
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BELPRE - The Belpre City Schools District Board of Education discussed a possible project to improve the school buildings during its meeting Monday.
"Our heating systems in both the high school and elementary buildings are starting to experience problems," school board member Mike Wile said. "It's because of longevity and when parts break down we can't find replacements because the systems are so old."
Wile said the district's building and grounds committee has looked into the possibility of using Ohio House Bill 264 to fund energy-savings projects within the district.
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Mike Wile, board member for the Belpre City Schools District Board of Education, speaks on behalf of the district's building and grounds committee about a possible energy-savings upgrade of systems to the buildings.
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Belpre High School Principal Dennis Eichinger said he is proud of how the Veterans Day program went earlier in the month.
"House Bill 264 allows schools to borrow money from the state to fix things that will save money," Wile said. "The idea is to pay back the loan with the money saved on energy bills."
On Dec. 12, a company will give a presentation to the board on energy savings and things it can do to save on not only heating costs, but also new doors, windows and possible electrical systems.
"We have already gone through and replaced a lot of the light bulbs in the buildings to more energy-efficient ones, but we want to see what we can do to upgrade the buildings for our students," Wile said. "The electrical systems in our buildings were not designed to handle the computers and other systems we have in place now and that is causing some problems."
The City of Belpre did a similar project in 2006 and 2007 with energy-savings company Ameresco that cost $8.5 million. It included an upgrade and selective repairs of the waste water treatment plant, lighting and heating upgrades for the city's buildings and replacing water meters.
The work included energy-saving street and traffic lights throughout the city.
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"We are tremendously proud of our students with the Veterans Day program, which was outstanding," he said. "The band and choir did a great job."
Superintendent Tony Dunn agreed with Eichinger and said he was happy with the respect the students showed to the veterans who attended.
"It was moving," Dunn said. "When the veterans left, our kids spontaneously gave a standing ovation and it was a tremendous show of respect."


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"Thus, this [Supreme] Court's precedent repeatedly sets out that software, which is nothing more than a set of instructions – an algorithm – to be performed by a computer in order to solve some mathematical problem, is subject matter that is not patentable..."
So ends the Software Freedom Law Center's (SFLC) in its amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the case Microsoft v. AT&T, No. 05-1056, filed on December 16, 2006. The Supreme Court has been ducking the issues this case has been raising, but has finally agreed (forced) to hear them. Hopefully, the Court will not duck its responsibility to clear this mess up.
One of the delicious ironies of this case is that Microsoft (one of the biggest software patent holders) must argue, to defend itself against patent infringement claims by AT&T, that software is not patentable. Well, that's the logical (and legal) conclusion which squirts out from this litigation, which the SFLC has stepped squarely into, ironically, on the side of Microsoft, but not for its benefit.
As the SFLC stated in its amicus brief (p. 4/5); "Since before the Civil War, this Court has consistently made it clear that subject matter which would have the practical effect of preempting laws of nature, abstract ideas or mathematical algorithms is ineligible for patent protection."
This supposedly bedrock principle of intellectual property and patent law, embedded into the US Constitution, is why you can't patent music, literature, paintings, etc, but you can copyright them, because they are not "inventions" within the meaning of patent law. And software is no different.
All software source code, whether it be high level, assembly, or pseudo code, ultimately, is just the expression of the steps – an algorithm – to do something. Thus, any software source code can (and will if necessary) be translated into any other language by mimicking the steps expressed in the code.Therefore, software, written in the myriad of possible languages one could use, are no more "inventions" than the works of Mozart, or Shakespeare, using musical notation, or the English language, to create "expressions" of their works. And they are merely "expressions" because no two implementations of any work of music, or a play, will ever be exactly the same because variations of implementations will always exist. Only the description of a concrete implementation of a new, novel, and non-obvious "invention" is supposed to be patentable.
And software, which could only exist because of the "prior art" of thousands of other people, schools, and companies creating, using, reusing, and extending its concepts, is truly just as much "art" as science. Thus, just as musicians can apply the mechanical knowledge of musical theory to create new derivative works (songs/scores), which can be translated into musical notation for others to play (sheet music), programmers use software languages, with algorithmic techniques, to produce derivative works of software (programs).
So what we have now is the US government allowing companies to patent ideas, expressed in various software languages that they didn't invent, using concepts and techniques developed and refined in the open, to perform tasks that are obvious to one versed in the field. This is the antithesis of what patents were intended to protect.
Also, an aspect of the current case that's particularly galling to me, is that Microsoft, which has made most of its money from merely marketing the work of other people, and companies it has bought, is challenging the patent claims of AT&T, which could at least logically (if not legally) claim that the creations of Bell Labs (a part of AT&T before its breakup) constitute patentable "inventions."What has Microsoft given the world – C# and .Net?
Thus, we now have entered the realm of corporate "No you can't, Yes I can"with regards to restrictions on software which they didn't "invent." In fact, most software languages are young enough that their individual "inventors" are still known and living: C, Forth, Java, Pascal, Perl, Python, Ruby. And with software, only machine executable code is able to functionally do anything, which requires another piece of software (a compiler) to create for specific hardware.
So we all should applaud, and support, the activities of the Software Freedom Law Center in fighting the legal fiction of software patents. As this current case illustrates, software patents not only threaten and discourage the creation and use of free software but also commercial/non-free software as well.
Yes, the death of software patents cannot come soon enough.
Commerical or proprietary?
It seems that in the last paragraph of this article, you've made a distinction between free software and commercial software. This magazine is about free as in freedom software, not free as in price software (freeware), so I expect that's what you are referring to as well. Free software in this sense has nothing to do with price and can be commercial, and a lot of commercial free software exists today. The opposite of free software is proprietary or non-free software, which can also be non-commercial.
"commercial/non-free software" is usually interpreted to mean "commercial software which is only available under a non-free license or EULA".
So, no I don't think that's the distinction he's drawing.
I meant Commercial
What I was alluding to is that the case involves the ability of Microsoft to sell its software without having to pay patent royalties.
I wasn't emphasizing whether the software was FOSS or proprietary,
because FOSS can also be "commercial" (sold) too. Since patent protection inherently involves the ability to commercialize (profit from) an "invention" patents more impede (though not necessarily exclusively) the dissemination of "commercial" software, because the aim would be to make money off of it, which would then infringe upon a patent holder's ability to exclusively do so.
Sounds like a really interesting case
I will definitely be following this one. If this actually gets reviewed by the Supreme Court and given a fair hearing, there's finally some hope that common sense may finally reign in the patent system.
To file or not
So Im an aspiring web developer and in the midst of creating a unique idea on the web; I think it's unique(LoL) . I am using standard web technologies to create my service. Im deciding to file for a patent, but not for the software used to create service, but the idea. Isnt the idea patentable?
If the supreme court did
If the supreme court did decide against software patents this would indeed be ground breaking work.
It would revolutionize the software landscape in U.S. and indeed in the larger world.
For instance take Linux-on-the-Desktop. One of the common problems people have is that to enable legal playback of most media formats requires Free software that violates several patents. A strike against software patents would mean that the major barriers for multimedia playback will be lifted and Linux OSs will be able to play back the vast majority of formats out of the box and with no extra effort on the part of the end users. MP3, WMV, H.264, etc etc.
And that is just one of the dozens of different things that hurt free software operating systems caused by the patent system.
Have You Considered The Machine?
Machines are patentable. All machines are algorithmic in their operation. A general purpose computing device, when it is runnning a specific piece of software, is operating as a specific machine. That specific machine is patentable and THAT is how patent attorneys claim software related inventions. A computer that is operating to x, y, z is a specific machine my good man.
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Patent the machine, not the software on the machine
Yes a machine running software should be patentable, but as a whole piece, not the software running on the machine. In any other patent, the patent applies to the device, not to the ideas used in creating the device. It is the embodiment of the software (compiled binary embedded as hardware ROM, not RAM) that becomes part of the machine. Changeable code should not be patentable.
A comparison. One can patent a typewriter, but one can not patent the text written on the typewriter. Similarly, one can patent a particular computer design, but the code running on that computer is not part of the computer if it can be changed independently of the computer.
Re: Have You Considered The Machine?
Yes, specific machines are patentable. And yes, a particular general-purpose computer executing a particular set of machine instructions is operating as a specific machine.
However, people do not program "particular sets of machine instructions", and haven't done so since the first assembler was written well over 50 years ago for the EDSAC. Source code is not directly executable (even in an interpreter, it must be converted into some more amenable structure before it can be processed), and as such is a description of an algorithm - an abstract, mathematical process - primarily intended for communication between humans. As such, it isn't a part of the "specific machine", and hence should not be patentable. This is especially true when one considers that there are any number of mappings from source code to the machine instructions that will constitute such a "specific machine" - it's far, far from being a one-to-one process. (If you doubt it, try to go the other way.)
Moreover, the "specific machine" is constituted by the entire combination of general purpose hardware plus every piece of specific software running on that machine - in short, the entire system. Individual techniques used in such systems do not constitute specific machines any more than cogs and springs do when removed from a watch.
To further the analogy - to make the claim that a piece of source code, describing an isolated algorithm, is a "specific machine" is roughly equivalent to claiming that instead of a watch being patentable, a spring under tension should be the subject of a patent, and that any application of a tense spring would require a licence for such a patent. (And when we consider situations like the patent on XOR-ing a cursor onto a screen, we're getting into territory similar to the patenting of potential energy itself.)
At its core, this is why we jump up and down and insist that patenting software is Just Wrong. Yes, software patents have brought progress, experimentation and interoperability to a virtual standstill in the industry; but those issues don't help with the legal arguments. What matters is that the idea that Kenneth Stein outlined - that general purpose computer + machine code = specific machine, ergo source code = patentable - is just plain wrong, and the Supreme Court needs to be led to the understanding that it's wrong.
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I had the exact same thought
I had the exact same thought as I was reading the article. A software system is simply a machine built on a high level. It is just as much machine as an electronic circuit constructed of standard resistors, capacitors etc.
Yes, I have considered this machine
Yes, I have considered "this machine", and to be frank, I find your thinking imprecise and woolly. What do you mean by "this machine"? You don't say.
To wit, I am typing this on am imprecise version of an operating system, through none of my choice - it's running MS Win95. In the background there are a few programs. In an MS DOS Box PING is running, to maintain my dialup connection because the local Telecom has sat on its hands and twiddled its thumbs over the past few decades, consequently the copper isn't worth a brass razoo. In the foreground Firefox is running, and I'm typing this on Notepad because of the imprecise API and background services that go with anything Microsoft, consequently nothing can fully be trusted, not even Firefox.
What constitutes "this machine"? There's a "this machine" constituted by the MS DOS Box running PING. Or is it "this machine" represented by the MS DOS 7 kernel and the imprecise MS WinAPI machine running on top of that? Which combination represents the genuine article, "this machine"?
Just to let you in on the - open - secret, dividing by zero and dividing by infinity are undefined in the mathematical sciences. When you add the various combinations of applications and operating systems, you wind up with a steadily exponentiating "this machine".
Now if I had a decent laptop running an operating system designed by intelligent life, such as Linux, FreeBSD or OpenSolaris, and running various virtual machines running various other operating systems such as 7th Edition Unix, MS DOS, CP/M, MS Windows, VM/370, MVS38j, MUSIC, etc, "this machine" exponentiates even further, rapidly approaching infinity insofaras a humble laptop can comprehend such a concept.
Please explain to me how "this machine" could possibly be covered by a patent.
I find, the more I debate this sort of topic, the more I feel like I'm assaulting a defenseless crippled cretin. You're not supposed to check your brains in at the door, you know.
Wesley Parish
Hi, This entire thing
This entire thing about the patentability of software is to me incredibly strange. The analogy that comes the closes to me is the phonograph, which has been around for a long time {okay obsolete now for most part}, so there is a long history. The phonograph is patentable, the recording media was patentable,whether as the original cylinder, or the improvement to 78s or later 45s, LP 33s or quadraphonic, but the songs embedded in the media... sorta like a embedded software is embedded in a ROM chip, was only copyrightable. Imagine all the music we would have missed had the first recording studio and artist, say the Chiffons, had patented the look and feel of the Motown Sound. There would have been no Four Tops, or Temptations and the like. The media thing needs to be examined a bit more. This machine argument just doesn't get it I am afraid. What a stifling thing it will be to ongoing development.
re: have you considered the machine?
I think what it comes down to is this:
1. I invent a computer language where if you type the command "print" and compile it, it turns into "1010011110001", or machine code. You could say that I'm the author of that machine code as well. I invent another command call "+" to do addition and after compiling it, it turns into the machine code "1000101101". I'm the author of that too.
2. Microsoft makes a program with the file word2.exe in it. This file is nothing but machine instruction that contains the machine code for "+" and "print".
3. Microsoft patents this program, but he just patented my machine code as well. That's not fair.
Put another way, I invent a human language called espositus. Shakespeare's great, great, great, great, grandson named Shakie makes a play using espositus and patents it. He's patenting my language. He can't patent the words that I invented. But he has other remedies by law to prevent me from saying that I'm the author of Shakie's play.
Online on: 03/01/2007? Change to the standard MM/DD/YYYY to prevent ambiguity. March 1st hasn't happened yet.
Otherwise, YAY!!!!!!!!
Date format
We use the standard date format that wikipedia says is "common to the vast majority of the world's countries". I imagine you are from the US, where the less common MM/DD/YYYY date format is used. We are not planning on changing our formatting to suit the minority... sorry. We hope you understand our stance on this.
Haha Pwnd Turns out you US
Haha Pwnd
Turns out you US dont actually run the world who would have thought?
More OT-ness
Why not use YYYY-MM-DD (ISO 8601), as is used in the comments? Then there's no confusion whatsoever.
Re: Date format
No, DD/MM/YYYY is the only logical way to do it. In Australia we've always known that.
an in most Spanish speaking
an in most Spanish speaking countries too is DD/MM/YYYY because it follows the convention of the language
so today is "6 de enero de 2007 (06/01/2007)"
Re: Date format
Whenever I see slashes, I assume this to be the illogically sorted US format (just as illogical as so many other things going on over the pond - sorry for that cheap shot ;).
DD MM YYYY sorting IMHO should best be indicated via . or -, i.e. 01.03.2007 (European format), and slashes should be avoided here.
But then I'm preferring the ISO format, too, since this is now a universal format and - most importantly! - properly machine-sortable (in filenames etc.).
After all, with a large number, lower units (frequently changing digits) are on the right side, so why not do the same (days on the right side) with date format?
More on Dates
After discussion between FSM staff it has been decided that we use the YYYY/MM/DD format. This has now been implemented. I hope that this suits everyones taste.
Suits me. It seems the most logical as it puts the most significant number first. (And avoids tedious arguing about national differences when both mm/dd/yyyy and dd/mm/yyyy are lacking and create confusion in mental translations.) :-)
Define "machine" for me. I work in a machine shop where I turn the handles and wheels on a machine to produce some thing. Does this mean that I can patent the actions of my hands on said machine and anybody who uses said machine has to pay me to do so?
That's a good way to think
That's a good way to think about it. It's hard to classify what software really comes down to. Is it the algorithm, or is it the physical pattern of transistors embedded in a chip?
OT: Date format
The best way to prevent confusion with dates is the YYYY/MM/DD format. Which I believe is an ISO format, as opposed to just the american way, which only the americans use. ;)
if you are against Patents,
if you are against Patents, support FSF.org and the FFII.org. For a good indication of how bad it is, look at the webshop example at http://swpat.ffii.org.
Patentability of Software
Years ago software was considered unpatentable per se because it was just an algorithm. But patent attorneys regularly circumvented that rule by reciting a memory containing the software, or a computer that runs the software. The patent office and the courts finally came around, and stopped requiring that attorneys use the extra verbiage.
At this point software is patentable. Whether that is a good idea or not is something that needs to be dealt with in Congress, not the courts. I don't see much chance that the Supreme Court will find software patents unconstitutional.
Robert Fish, patent attorney
So you're saying that
So you're saying that software is patentable in the US because, rather than close a loophole, the courts eventually gave in and de facto changed the law to reflect the persistent use of the loophole by corporate patent attorneys?
Huh. Reminds me of why corporations are taken to have the rights of persons (Happened in the 1890s I believe; it was written into a court decision after the fact by the court recorder or someone and then taken as a precedent from then on--no judge, let alone lawmaker, ever made an initial ruling that it was the case).
Software to hardware
Any software program can be mapped to a hardware language (through a series of methodical, deterministic steps) which in turn can be mapped to hardware gates or reprogrammable FPGAs (also through a series of steps). This hardware is not a general purpose machine but a device uniquely implementing that software (i.e. a very specific control unit and data path). Therefore, any software program can be thought of as a direct representation of a patentable hardware device and as such would seem to permit protection by patent.
Tool paths, tool paths, tool paths
"Any software program can be mapped to a hardware language (through a series of methodical, deterministic steps) which in turn can be mapped to hardware gates or reprogrammable FPGAs (also through a series of steps)."
Well, that's true enough. Remember though, that the very first computers were programmed by soldering iron, and nobody then ever considered their soldering jobs so vitally inportant that they patented them.
Perhaps the difference is that UNIVAC's programmers weren't idiots.
"This hardware is not a general purpose machine but a device uniquely implementing that software (i.e. a very specific control unit and data path)."
True, but then, we are not talking about special purpose machines when we talk about your common or garden, everyday computer. We are talking about a very general purpose machine - as witness Microsoft's XBOX, which started out as a special purpose games box, and has been used for godknowswhat.
And even then, you haven't gone down nearly far enough. When you say "computer hardware manufacturing", you are talking among other things, about tool paths. Most tool paths can be implemented in elementary CNC. I would hate to think that CNC can't define most of the chip manufacture process, clumsily to be sure - considering that SystemC, a dialect of C, is considered capable of defining the end product, and to define the process, is broken down into steps.
"Therefore, any software program can be thought of as a direct representation of a patentable hardware device and as such would seem to permit protection by patent."
There's just one minor matter - to implement such a "patentable hardware device" in hardware, we need a factory, and massive investment therein. To implement such a "patentable hardware device" in software, what we need is a group of people who understand the "problem domain" and at least one of the software tools to implement it, and the hardware to run it.
As a result of the Personal Computer developments dating from the 1970s, implementing this "patentable hardware device" in software is trivial - unless you happen to be Microsoft, the Elephant That Squeaked - and a trivial expense.
You haven't mentioned any of these factors.
Wesley Parish
Software to hardware -> Music to hardware
Any MUSIC can be mapped to a hardware language (through a series of methodical, deterministic steps) which in turn can be mapped to hardware gates or reprogrammable FPGAs (also through a series of steps). This hardware is not a general purpose machine but a device uniquely implementing that MUSIC (i.e. a very specific control unit and data path). Therefore, any MUSIC can be thought of as a direct representation of a patentable hardware device and as such would seem to permit protection by patent.
What if we make nothing patentable
Patents are only ever used to control things for the sake of wealth. There are humans that'll never do anything. There are humans who will only do something to get beer. There are humans that want to advance something, realising they're merely born and one day will die. Then there's the idiots who only want to get financially rich so they can say "look how rich I am".
What if we make nothing patentable
The problem is the recouping the costs associated with the development of the innovation.
If nothing is patentable, companies cannot justify spending years developing ideas, and so we will get mediocre products that take less than a year to develop and whose costs can be recouped before the competition get their copy to market.
In Australia they have an Innovation Patent costing about $80. If the product is viable and returns income, this can be used to get a real patent. If the market is global the patent costs can be over $250,000, so no profit for some years.
I think we need a patent system so developers have time to recoup their costs and make a profit, but also need a way of getting low cost world patents similar to the Australian model. I think an International patent body could also manage Open Patents and the prior art repository.
I also think that patents should last for a variable period depending on how long it would take to make 5 years profits for each one but no longer than 20 years. That should give the lawyers something to argue about and also bring the accountants into the mix.
I do not support the idea of software patents and patents of methods and concepts otherwise maybe I could patent the Ten Commandments.
I'm not here to argue whether or not I think software should or should not be patentable, but I would like to express a concern I have...
an entire industry has sprouted around the concept of software patenting - from companies, such as Microsoft, that produces thousands of them, to the law firms that back them up, to small-business entrepreneurs who hope to make it big. I am in the third category: as of now I'm staking a good amount of time and dedication in what I consider a novel idea, and if I don't make it, that means some angry venture capitalists.
There are always two (or more) sides to every story. In this case, the nullification of software patenting means the destruction of a (fairly) large industry, and less protection for what are often very novel ideas (from this area I digress from the author: to stake the claim that software patenting only covers obvious ideas is absolutism; this issue will exist for all types of patents, and while software patents are *far* from immune, there are many truly unique ideas out there that are being protected by patents).
That said, I'm not certain that software should be patentable. It has always irked me...
That's one of the big problems.
An entire industry has "sprouted" up around software (and the other scourge, business methods) patents, and that's one of the big problems
with software patents. This "industry" has absolutely nothing to do with the intent of "patent protection" embedded into the U.S. Constitution in Article I, Section 8, Clause 8: "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts by securing for limited Time to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
Here "Authors/Writings" doesn't refer (in common vernacular) to literature or music, but to scientific/technological discoveries.
As you recognize, this industry of lawyers, IP vultures, and investors dependent on software patents, could care less about promoting the progress of science, especially since it has to actively fight to retard technological progress to profit off its patent portfolio.
But again, software (as US Supreme Court precedent has already established) is essentially no different than music or literature -- it is merely the expression of an idea of how to do something. Would you suggest that an architectural blueprint of a building, or a car design, are "inventions" that should warrant patent protection too?
It is unfortunate that the parasitic greedy nature of capitalism promotes the mere making of money by exerting the least amount of energy and intelligence. So, as you acknowledge, the current legal system, from lawyers to judges, have agreed among themselves, that they will promote this fiction of software patents because they stand to greatly profit from its creation and expansion.
If you were truly interested in making money off innovative technology then you probably shouldn't look at patenting it anyway, since that would force you to reveal the "invention" to anyone who sees the patent (and there are people/groups who just scan patents for ideas).
Many companies who make "real things" don't even bother to patent them, they keep their inventions "secret" and just profit from the fruits of these inventions. These are referred to as "trade secrets," which companies take great measure to keep secret. It is much better to try to maintain a "trade secret" into perpetuity than to patent the same inventions (making it public knowledge) to eventually lose exclusivity to its use after a period of time.
It seems like you are more worried about being denied the ability to make "easy money" off of an idea that is not novel or non-obvious enough for you to just create a business around solely on the merits of the technology involved. But patent protection was never meant to allow profit from ideas just because you have an idea -- does it promote science, or just your pocket book?
As FOSS proves, you don't necessarily need patent, copyright, or trademark protection if you have truly novel ideas, and know how to effectively market and manage them. The main problem with people in a capitalistic society is that you want to hoard solely for yourself the fruits of your ideas, even though you need other people's skills and labor to profit from them. If you thought holistically and realized your profit is best obtained by other people motivated to also profit from your ideas, then it could be win-win for a large group of people versus win-lose for primarily you, as this capitalistic economic system promotes.
I would encourage you to think about technology more from the point of view of its usefulness to society, and not as a profit generating vehicle. If its useful, people will help you make money from it, if its not, then no amount of artificial protection will help you if no one wants to use/buy it in the first place.
Very well put
please dont be offended by my horrendous spelling :)
Patents exist to protect a person or group's research, development, and effort. If a home-based scientist comes up with the answer to time travel, they - alone - deserve to be made immortal. They should be repaid for their vast contribution to the human knowledge of scence by having their own period to make personal benifit from their creation without rich corperations suddenly moving in, stealing the work, and profiting. This is what patents stand for. If you know (and trust me, you _do_ know) that you are not going to profit because large corperations - or just other people just wanting to make a quick buck - are going to steal all your work and grab all the fame and fortune you diserve, you will _NOT_ even try to make the scientific advancments you would knowing you are protected.
Software patents do not serve to to protect one's research, development, or effort - and this is not the only reason they are immoral. They serve to give the large corperations a weapon with which they can destroy any possible threats to their monopoly. If you look at how software patents work in the real world, you see the monopolies hard at work trying to patent everything remotely possible to add to the hundreds of thousands of patents they already have. Individuals making intelectual discoveries end up with one, or mabey two patents, if they even beleive in protecting themselves, while the people who already have firm groundings in the industry only try to deepen their rock-solid grip even farther.
The legal reason why software patents are contradictory to existing laws or standards is that software is data. If you write a story on paper, it is data. If you write a story in a word processing program, it is data. You dont patent the story, you copyright it. If you were to patent parts of the story, you would be able to say that untill your patent expires, no other writer can have the antagonist of the story die from falling off a cliff, or that the main character's dog may not be a doberman. WHAT KIND OF LUNACY WOULD SUCH A LAW BRING TO THE WORLD?? Unfortunately, the same is already true of software, which is technically no different from a written story except that it is written in a different language: one computers can interpret. If you write down (on paper) an algorithm which decodes a file format, this is not a patentable "invention." It is not even an invention, it is just a mathmatical algorithm. If you type the same algorithm into a word processor, it is still not patentable. It is still just a mathmatical algorithm. However - if you decide to write this algorithm in C (a programming language, for those who are just peering in on the problem and not actual developers), the program is now a patentable "invention," even though it is still _just data_, no different from the story or the algorithm written on paper.
Some argue that physical pattern in memory or on the hard drive is patentable, but what if the filesystem or operating system is encoded differently? these patents are not grounded logically. They are equal to patenting water as "an apperatus to cooling things" because it is _sometimes_ found in frozen form.
I could go on, but I want to get back to work on my programming - god forbid any of the underlying technoledgies were legal (due to patent restrictions, see this for example: http://freetype.sourceforge.net/patents.html ).
-- Zorro
limit software patents another way
Why not allow some form of patents for software, but since the "development" and "life" of software
is short compared to physical objects like large machinery, etc.--why not make software patents for only 4 years instead of 17 years?
It provides for time for development, yet promotes the general good by making them available to everybody quicker.
You don't have to build a factory, borrow millions of dollars to set up a production line, etc to write some code for a new idea you have. reduced costs of development=reduced time of protection of idea.
Software is unique in this way. In my trade, I own a machine shop, I have to buy material for a part, then spend time making it, then sell it.
Copy number 2, next week, costs pretty close to the same to make it as the first one.
Copy 10, copy 200, etc--STILL require me to buy more material, then machine it, to sell it.
Software, once copy one is done, you buy a new Cd and buy a new box and copy two is much cheaper.
the more you sell the higher the profit margin.
Before anyone says software takes much longer to make than machined parts--they should look at the cost of the dies to make skins for a single automobile. It is a process that is started 2-3 years in advance and the machining can take 18 months of that.
Hi this question might be
Hi this question might be subreal, but I am thrilled to know the answer and might was as well other readers not living in the US.
In the spanish countries/speakers, the language is rulled by this RAE see http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltGUIBusUsual?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=ventana
(window in spanish)
in some sense all the words are copyright, every spanish speaker country agrees and subcribes with the RAE, just for the sake of the language, so everyone more or less can understand which is the broad sense of each word.
Narrowing it down (notice the copyright under the site Real Academia Española © Todos los derechos reservados), also means that someone cannot name a company mambo and team-mark it, just because "plain sense", anyone else has full-rights to name their company mambo as well.
(unless they write a mambo in a funky way like M4mb0- )
This is extremely usefull, in special cases such as writing and getting things clear in an essay/document, etc... the grammar "paladins" could eventually dictate a novel/document/essay invalid in or censor it because is that not complies the rules that every country suscribe to (i.e such essay uses funky letters and capital where shouldn't).
Is there anything alike in the US or maybe the commonwealth?
just curious, can I team-mark a: Word(tm)
Linux Pünks: nothing new over here.
it all explains by itself with the recent presentations realeased by dell about virtualization and linux
there are you have your Linux Pünks
leeching and not giving anything back.
Willing to destroy any common sense, by the sole and only meaning of ...how much profit can I get? how more? how far?
this is not new at all.
Legal Fiction?
You (The Author) used the term "Legal Fiction" incorrectly, Legal Fictions are facts taken as truth for the sake of argument, when it suits the purposes of the court, but not necessarily true. One example is the doctrine of survival: if it is impossible to make a correct unambiguous decision about which of two people died first, the oldest person is arbitrarily declared to have died first. This curiosity is an unfortunate but necessary part of the Western judiciary system, which requires facts, sometimes above truth. The institution of software patents is not legal fiction then, but a short sighted malfeasance resulting from a Legislature, Executive Power, and Judiciary, that have a collective ignorance of technology and software.


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Thomas Edward Yager, Devils Lake, ND, formerly of Milford, TX, passed away Sunday evening, August 3, 2014 at Mercy Hospital, Devils Lake in the loving care of his family and Mercy Hospice.
Tom Edward Yager, son of Pete and Margaret (Senger) Yager was born on September 28, 1953 in Devils Lake. He grew up in the Lake Region, attending school in Crary, ND and graduating from Devils Lake High School. He graduated from NDSCS in Wahpeton, ND and upon graduation, worked for Murphy Sheet Metal in Grand Forks, ND. Tom then worked for SKYTECH, a firm that installed skylights, which took Tom to every state in the U.S. except Alaska. He was employed there until ill health forced his retirement.
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Saturday, 02/22/1997
Teatro Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Set 1: Walfredo, 2001Also Sprach Zarathustra > Funky Bitch, ThemeTheme From the Bottom > NICU > CircusWhen the Circus Comes, Talk[1], SOAMeltSplit Open and Melt, IDKI Didn't Know, Character Zero
Set 2: CDTChalk Dust Torture, GinBathtub Gin > Sparkle > Simple > JJLCJesus Just Left Chicago, HoodHarry Hood > Free, Hello My Baby
Encore: JBGJohnny B. Goode
[1] Trey on acoustic guitar.
· Super Bad tease in Also Sprach Zarathustra
Noteworthy Jams: Chalk Dust Torture
Average Song Gap: 5.84
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: 2001 contained Super Bad teases from Trey. Talk featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
Song Distribution:
4 Billy Breathes
2 Lawn Boy
1 Stash
1 Rift
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This show was part of the "1997 Winter European Tour."
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Hi everybody,
First off, I would like to give props to the makers of PS3 Media server. It is much more easier to use as compared to tversity and windows media player 11 stream capabilities,
I tried to stream a 5 gig .mkv file on my PS3 and there were a great deal of lag when doing so. Thus, today I tried copying it over to the HDD via Wireless. I know, wireless takes a long time as compared to the wired connection.
Now the thing is, I've been letting it copy into the PS3 for 2 hours now and the file displayed on the PS3 apparently has been increased significantly. The initial 5 Gig file has risen to 10 Gigs! Not only that, it still hasn't finished copying and continues with the operation.
Is this a common problem faced by all PS3 mEdia server users? Please help me out... I really do not want to cancel the video copy


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15 November 2006
Rules for Writing
When specifying particular cities in fiction, do not use cities that have been specified in poems. Poems have so few things left of their own anymore that we should let them have their own cities.
When writing poems, use many different points of view. Poems without multiple points of view are too strident. Prose is allowed to be strident on certain political holidays, but poems that are strident tend to resemble over-ripe fruit, and nobody likes that.
Bad writing is usually caused by over-ripe fruit, but often enough there is too little rain during the season, and that isn't any good, either. More good writing is produced by rain than by drought.
Do not write about the thing that annoyed your brother the last time you wrote about it, because he's bigger than you and he's got a mean streak and there are plenty of other things to write about, like the weather.
If you write about the weather, use as many adjectives as you can, or else your nouns will wilt and become adverbs.
Some coaches insist adverbs are stronger than nouns, but an independent panel of statisticians has proved otherwise. Despite appearances, though, statisticians don't like nouns so much as they adore conjunctions.
If you use foreign phrases in your writing, be careful to use the correct pronunciation.
There are really only three plots: the queen cried because the city became a piece of over-ripe fruit; the king killed himself because the political holiday was ruined by the weather; and the thing that annoyed your brother caused him to hate nouns.
If you write a play, call it a poem, because otherwise everyone will assume it's a blog post, and trust me, you don't want that.
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I salute you, Sir.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11/16/2006 9:49 AM
I love you.ReplyDelete
I love you more than Jeff does.ReplyDelete
With 100% fewer Evil Monkeys.
Jay Lake annoyed my brother in a previous post so Jeff's love is more real but less relevant as it exists in the past tense on a day when the weather in Tokyo was simply fine rather than wondrous.ReplyDelete
i like you too.
Hilarious post. Kudos.ReplyDelete
Hehe, Matt, Justine Larbalestier says you are spilling writers' secrets over here. I suppose you are, in a way. Good one.ReplyDelete
You are a brilliant man. (And if you apply three adjectives to Mornington Crescent, you are automatically in spoon.)ReplyDelete
Genius. Sheer genius.ReplyDelete
I shall be recommending to several people that they have your rules tattooed on their arms so that they can't forget them.
- Anonymous11/17/2006 8:18 PM
Strunk to White: "Look here."ReplyDelete
White to Strunk: "Mm?"
S to W: "These new rules make ours look positive asinine by comparison."
W to S: "Yet we're #180 on Amazon."
(Insert sound of Strunk clubbing White with copy of AGAINST THE DAY)
I don't love you because I've only just met you, but I sure think you're funny.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11/18/2006 11:38 PM
One of of 10 dentists recommend dipthongs to their patients who use dipthongs.ReplyDelete
I love you, three -- reverentially, spiritually, metaspiritually, and with rotting bananas from Brugges.
- Anonymous11/19/2006 4:31 PM
"avoid verbs that specify a particular city" -- would that be like Roaming or making Nice? What about Turin? Lansing a wound? All forbidden, huh?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11/23/2006 11:09 AM
Matthew: Brilliant. Freakin' brilliant.ReplyDelete
Joe: Ditto.
My brain hurts, but that's okay. I don't blame you, or the weather, or overripe fruit. I blame the friend who sent me the link to this, even though I know she loves me.ReplyDelete
Matt--follow your own rules, buddy!ReplyDelete
If you nouns, you not verbs.
And this sentence is wilting:
If horribly write about transgenderly, use as many adjectives as with great haste (phrase), or else your flourescently will wilt and become clumisily.
Mmmmm. Yes, I feel that this will provide adequate sustenance for the harsh months yet faced by my own good self.ReplyDelete
Bra. And, indeed, vo (as a wise man once told me whilst we we both engaged within a fairly deep opium binge). Santa shall visit you twice this solstice eve.
I may not love you, however. No, all my amor is directed towards those cute and cuddly (yet bloodthirsty and quite evil) simians, spoken of above.
Awesome post. Oh wait....that's an adjective!ReplyDelete
No more shanghaiing then, I guess.ReplyDelete


text: If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then Cancer Bats have flattered a lot of people over the years. Not only does their musical catalog reflect so many of their influences, but they've been known to breakout a cover or three when the occasion calls for it. On the heels of the success of their excellent cover of the Beastie Boys' classic "Sabotage," the Cancer Bats have dedicated an entire EP to a band they likely aren't often associated with, Black Sabbath.


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Debbie Crandall isn't sure how to define forgiveness, but experts who study it would say she embodied its spirit on a recent March day in court.
That's when Crandall, her husband, Karl Fleischman, and their agender teen, Luke "Sasha" Fleischman, came face to face with the family of Richard Thomas, the 16-year-old accused of setting Sasha's skirt on fire on an AC Transit bus in Oakland. Sasha still bears scars on both legs after suffering second- and third-degree burns in the Nov. 4 attack, which became a national news story.
But the assault's painful memories temporarily receded during those moments before the court hearing when Thomas' mother approached Sasha's family and said, "I'm so sorry."
"There were 10 or more people from the family, and they all came up to us and gave us hugs," Crandall said. "It didn't feel forced, like they were trying to get something. It just felt very genuine."
Sasha's mother said she was glad to return the hugs and to tell Thomas' mom she was sorry about her situation, too, empathetic to her plight as the mother of a son who is in jail, facing adult charges of mayhem, assault and hate crimes.
"It was a healing experience for all of us," Crandall says.
It's that kind of positive encounter that underlines what experts say is the healing power of forgiveness -- especially for those who have been wronged.
Since the early 2000s, an explosion of studies in social science journals have chronicled the potential health and psychological benefits of letting go of anger and the need to settle scores with those who have caused us harm. Once mostly considered a religious virtue, forgiveness gained widespread attention through restorative justice programs efforts in African nations recovering from war and political conflicts. Forgiveness training, which has been linked to reduced trauma among 1994 Rwandan genocide victims, also formed the basis for South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, established in 1995 by then-President Nelson Mandela to allow perpetrators to come clean about apartheid-era political crimes and ask for forgiveness.
Another Bay Area case of forgiveness received national attention last month when the documentary "Facing Fear," by Berkeley filmmaker Jason Cohen, was nominated for an Oscar. The film told the story of Matthew Boger, formerly of Newark, who went through the long and painful process of forgiving one of the neo-Nazi skinheads who savagely beat him decades ago when he was a 13-year-old hustling in Hollywood.
While those cases are dramatic, they have something to teach us about how forgiveness also can improve relationships with family members, friends, co-workers and neighbors.
"Now it's entered into the daily discussion of psychology, spirituality and emotional well-being," says Frederic Luskin, director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects. "It's become immediate and practical to people in a way that it wasn't before."
For a long time, we've lived in a society that encourages wronged people to resort to anger, blame and a "self-righteous aggression," Luskin explains. No doubt, anger is a justified, normal human response to different kinds of outrages. Still, holding a grudge carries downsides -- both for individuals and for society.
"We live in a culture that's stressed and angry," Luskin says.
Jason Marsh, the editor of the magazine for UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, concurs.
"A core message from the research is that it's relatively easy for us, after suffering any kind of hurt or betrayal, to be defined by anger and to ruminate on past offenses," he says. "But devoting a large amount of mental energy to that kind of thinking takes an enormous toll."
This toll includes stress, depression, high blood pressure, heart disease and impaired immune function, writes Everett L. Worthington, a psychology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and one of the world's leading scholars on forgiveness research.
Conversely, forgiveness promises a host of benefits. Forgiving types tend to be more optimistic, energetic and compassionate, Luskin says.
A study by the University of Miami found that college students who forgave boyfriends or girlfriends felt much better about the relationships, which in turn made them happier. In addition, most of the time, spouses who are less vindictive are better at resolving conflicts, according to University of Tennessee researchers.
As Crandall suggested, forgiveness has no hard and fast definition. It's also not appropriate for all people or situations, experts say.
The Greater Good Science Center, which is affiliated with UC Berkeley's psychology department and promotes research into forgiveness and other practices thought to promote social and emotional well-being, sums it up as "the conscious and deliberate decision" to let go of resentments and the need for vengeance. That doesn't mean condoning or excusing offenses. Advocates reject the adage that to forgive means to "forget." They add you don't have to reconcile with the person who has hurt you. In some cases, that's not possible -- when the person denies responsibility or isn't available, as in the case of a parent who has died.
Luskin's definition -- "Giving up all hope of a better past" -- reflects his belief that forgiveness mostly is "for you," not the person who has hurt you and not anyone else.
"The essence of forgiveness is being resilient when things do not go the way we want -- to be at peace with 'no,' to be at peace with the vulnerability inherent in human life," he says.
He recalls a student, Delores, who was devastated by her fiance's betrayal. At first, Delores couldn't stop talking about his lousy behavior and blaming him for how much she disliked herself. She was reluctant to forgive her fiance, because she didn't want to seem weak.
Over time, Dolores realized that she didn't have to forget her fiance's betrayal or condone it. However, she had to accept that he wasn't going to change and decide that she didn't want that kind of misery in her life. When Delores gave up her "hope of a better past," she was able to move on, Luskin says.
As for Crandall, she doesn't hold herself up as a model of forgiveness and says she could have easily become angry and focused on seeing Thomas punished -- especially if Sasha's injuries had been more serious or if the assailant had been an acquaintance with malicious intent. Instead, Crandall and her husband viewed Thomas' act as a stupid prank by a misguided, possibly troubled kid. Crandall especially felt bad for Thomas' mother. For these reasons, anger never came into play, for which Crandall is grateful.
Meanwhile, Sasha, a student at Maybeck High School, has been focusing on enjoying senior year with friends and looking forward to the future. Sasha is weighing offers from MIT and Reed College.
As for the attack, Crandall notes: "I don't think Sasha thinks about it much."
want to Forgive?
You've been hurt, but you don't want to continue to feel bad. Forgiving this person is one way to move on. Frederic Luskin, author, psychologist and director of Stanford University's Forgiveness Projects, breaks forgiveness down into nine steps. Here's a summary:


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A boy was struck by a train Saturday along Joe Nuxhall Boulevard in Hamilton Saturday evening.
Authorities with the Hamilton Police Department said the accident happened at about 4:30 p.m.
Officials said the victim was an 11-year-old boy. His identity was not released.
A medical helicopter was dispatched to the scene. The juvenile was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital. The boy suffered what police called "a significant injury to his left leg."


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ATHERTON -- Prolific quarterbacks Jack Heneghan and Anthony Gordon performed as expected, combining for 791 yards passing, 492 by Heneghan and 299 by Gordon.
But Terra Nova running back John Wallace upstaged both, rushing for 277 yards and five touchdowns as Terra Nova defeated Menlo School 44-25 in a Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division showdown at Menlo.
Equally important was Terra Nova's second-half defensive performance. Menlo led 25-22 at halftime, but Terra Nova (7-0, 3-0) held the Knights scoreless in the second half.
"We went to our nickel package,'' Terra Nova coach Bill Gray said. "(Jack Heneghan) was picking us apart in the first half. I realized we couldn't get it done with four defensive backs. So we went with five DBs and two linebackers in the second half.''
Heneghan was 16 of 27 for 266 yards in the first half, throwing for two touchdowns and running for two. He finished 34 of 63 for 492 yards. He now has thrown 28 touchdown passes and rushed for nine more TDs.
"He's really good,'' Terra Nova quarterback Anthony Gordon said of Heneghan. "I've got a lot of respect for Jack. I knew he was good but didn't think he was that good.''
Gordon was 25 of 35 for 299 yards and one touchdown.
Terra Nova (603) and Menlo (553) combined for 1,156 yards of total offense.
Touchdowns were scored on the first seven possessions, four by Menlo (5-2, 1-1) and three by Terra Nova as the lead was traded three times in the first half. When Menlo took the opening kickoff and went 70 yards for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead, it was the first time Terra Nova had trailed all season.
But the second half was all Terra Nova.
"They made some big plays and we didn't,'' Menlo coach Mark Newton said. "They're a great team. We made several mistakes in the second half and they clearly took advantage.''
Terra Nova's game plan was to pound the ball with Wallace. He carried on seven plays in Terra Nova's first possession as the Tigers went 67 yards in nine plays for a touchdown, a 4-yard run by Wallace. He went 70 yards for a touchdown out of the Wildcat on fourth-and-inches on Terra Nova's second possession. Carlos Grande's extra point gave the Tigers a 14-13 lead.
Wallace's 6-yard run in the second quarter gave Terra Nova a 22-19 lead. He scored on runs of 19 and 62 yards in the second half.
"He's a man,'' offensive coordinator Tim Adams said of the 195-pound Wallace, who is in his first year of varsity football. "He's just going to get better.''
Wallace set school records for both yards rushing in a game and touchdowns.
"I give all the credit to my offensive line,'' Wallace said.
With Heneghan and Gordon combining for 59 completed passes there were plenty of receptions to go around. Peter Bouret had 10 catches for 141 yards for Menlo. Will King had eight receptions for 141 yards and Jack Marren eight catches for 94 yards.
Jaylend Jones was Terra Nova's leading receiver with eight catches for 90 yards. Nick Pierotti caught six passes for 60 yards and a touchdown.
Terra Nova 14 8 14 8 -- 44
Menlo School 13 12 0 0 -- 25
M -- Heneghan 5 run (Walker kick)
TN -- Wallace 4 run (Grande kick)
M -- Heneghan 10 run (kick failed)
TN -- Wallace 70 run (Grande kick)
M -- Bouret 22 pass from Heneghan (run failed)
TN -- Wallace 6 run (Ortisi pass from Gordon)
M -- King 40 pass from Heneghan (pass failed)
TN -- Pierotti 14 pass from Gordon (Grande kick)
TN -- Wallace 19 run (Grande kick)
TN -- Wallace 62 run (Ortisi pass from Gordon)
Records -- Terra Nova 7-0, 3-0; Menlo School 5-2, 1-1.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Islanders Dance team will be hosting a Coastal Bend Dance Challenge on Saturday, March 9, at the Dugan Wellness Center. The competition is open to ages three through 20 years old. 300 participants are slated to compete with 67 routines to be performed.
There will be four categories: team, officer, solo and duets & ensembles. As part of the solo competition, high school dancers are encouraged to compete for up to a $300 scholarship to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi as part of the Islanders Dance Team by performing an individual routine. Critique sheets will be issued. Solos will be judged on showmanship, originality, difficulty, technique, appearance, style, memory and flexibility.
Deadline for receiving entry, contest fees, and names of solos, ensembles, and officers is two weeks before the contest. Spectator tickets for the competition are available at the door of the competition site and tickets cover all day. Cost of entrance is $8 for adults and $5 for children. Two years and under will get in free. There will be a concession stand available for the teams and spectators.
The awards ceremony is set for 3:30 p.m.
For more information contact Head Coach Melanie Lowry at (361) 825-3417 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
For the latest on Islanders Dance, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Dance), follow them on Twitter (@IslandersDance) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.


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A term of of endearment. Often used in conjunction with words such as:
Sonic Boom
Bo Sha
These terms are all interchangeable.
Sonic Boom
Bo Sha
These terms are all interchangeable.
Oi, Theo! Check dat out - it's Wicked Wacked Sonic Boom! Enter the dragon, dude.
An alternative way to phrase this could be:
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An alternative way to phrase this could be:
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When the male gently enters a finger into the woman's vagina, tricking her into thinking he is going to penetrate her vaginally. He then deceives her and shoves his penis full force into her rectum using no lube or the bare minimum amount needed to get it in. On entrance, you must let out a Bruce Lee monkey Howl "ooooOOOOAAAWWWWWWWWWWW" accompanied by the signature face and then rip your penis out of her rectum, hopefully causing a pink sock. Bruce Lee Donkey Punch may be needed on exit to cause pink sock.
"Man, last night Chuck gave Amanda an Enter The Dragon. I heard she shits sideways now and permanently has one sock on at all times."
by OneGoodFella December 02, 2008
pounding a girl who has a tattoo of a dragon on her lower back.
Bro, look at that chick with the dragon tramp stamp. Yea man, I would love to enter the dragon.
by engbel May 31, 2016
to enter the dragon, this is when at a sleepover you constantly try to get into the bed of the person who is holding the seepover. also when you try to put the male reproductive organ into a dragon (a stuffed toy because real dragons dont exist silly)
dude, we were at this guys house,and we were about to enter the dragon but we thought it was a bit gay but we got bored so we entered the dragon anyway. he kicked us out though. but since we were all awake we took his sisters stuffed dragon and had some good times.
by danielmanson94 July 09, 2009
one of the greatest martial arts classics ever made. starring the late, great bruce lee, it features a nonsensical plot, ridiculous dialogue and great martial arts. it follows Lee's plan to infiltrate a tournament organised by a rogue shaolin monk and defeat him, along the way avenging his sister's murder and releasing an imprisoned army of martial artists (go figure) also features a very cool Afro sporting karate hero and a fairly cool white guy, in short, an undeniable classic.
Some geek: do you want to go play some Halo 2?
The Snowman: hell no! i'm watching Enter the Dragon.
The Snowman: hell no! i'm watching Enter the Dragon.
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Thoracotomy - discharge; Lung tissue removal - discharge; Pneumonectomy - discharge; Lobectomy - discharge; Lung biopsy - discharge; Thoracoscopy - discharge; Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery - discharge; VATS - discharge
You had surgery to treat a lung condition. You may have spent time in the intensive care unit (ICU) before going to a regular hospital room. A chest tube to drain fluid from inside your chest was in place part or all of the time you were in the hospital. You may still have it when you go home.
It will take 6 to 8 weeks to get your energy back. You may have pain when you move your arm, twist your upper body, and maybe when you breathe in deeply.
Do not lift anything heavier than about 10 pounds (about a gallon of milk) for 2 weeks after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and 6 to 8 weeks after open surgery.
You may walk 2 or 3 times a day. Start with short distances and slowly increase how far you walk. If you have stairs in your home, go up and down slowly. Take one step at a time. Set up your home so that you do not have to climb stairs too often.
Remember you will need extra time to rest after being active. If it hurts when you do something, stop doing that activity.
It is probably okay to start sexual activity when you can climb 2 flights of stairs without being short of breath. Check with your doctor.
Make sure your home is safe as you are recovering. For example, remove throw rugs to prevent tripping and falling. To stay safe in the bathroom, install grab bars to help you get in and out of the tub or shower.
For the first 6 weeks after your surgery, you must be careful how you use your arms and upper body when you move. Press a pillow over your incision when you need to cough or sneeze.
Ask your doctor when it is okay to start driving again. Do not drive if you are taking narcotic pain medicine. Drive only short distances at first. Do not drive when traffic is heavy.
It is common to take 4 to 6 weeks off work after lung surgery. Ask your doctor when you can go back to work. You may need to adjust your work activities when you first go back, or work only part-time for a while.
Your doctor will give you a prescription for pain medicine. Get it filled on your way home so you have it when you need it. Take your pain medicine when you start having pain. Waiting too long to take it will allow your pain to get worse than it should.
You will use a breathing device to help you build up strength in your lung. It does this by helping you take deep breaths. Use it 4 to 6 times a day for the first 2 weeks after surgery.
Wear compression stockings for about 2 weeks after surgery to prevent blood clots from forming in your legs and traveling to your lungs.
If you smoke, ask your doctor or nurse for help quitting. Do not let others smoke in your house.
Keep the dressing (bandage) on your chest-tube wound for 1 to 2 days after your chest tube has been removed. You may have some skin soreness around your chest tube.
If you have a chest tube:
Change the dressing on your incision every day or as often as instructed. Your doctor will also tell you when you no longer need to keep the dressing on your incisions. Wash the wound area with mild soap and water.
You may take a shower once all of your dressings have been removed.
Sutures (stitches) are usually removed after 7 days. Staples are usually removed after 7 to 14 days. If you have the kind of sutures that are inside your chest, your body will absorb them and you will not need to have them removed.
Call your doctor or nurse if:
Putnam JB Jr. Lung, chest wall, pleura, and mediastinum. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 58.
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- B.A., Fordham University
- M. Div., Unification Theological Seminary
- EdD Teachers College, Columbia University
Rev. Kathy Winings, EdD, began teaching at UTS in 1989. Dr. Winings also served as the Dean of Campus for UTS' New York City Extension Center having worked there since its inception in August 2000.
Together with faculty and staff, she expanded UTS' influence throughout the greater metropolitan area of New York through the creation of various institutes and programs, setting UTS on the path of becoming a premiere seminary for effective urban ministry.
Dr. Winings also serves on the Steering Committee of the Center for Education at UTS, an organization committed to offering effective resources to religious educators, teachers, and pastors throughout North America and to supporting the creation of diverse "communities of practice" in education. As the President and Founder of Educare, an educational consulting firm, Dr. Winings conducts training programs and seminars dealing with a wide range of educational issues from effective teaching strategies to curriculum design to parenting. In this role, she has also aided in the development of diverse curricula and ministry manuals for Sunday Schools, youth ministries and schools.
Dr. Winings is also the Vice President of the Board of Directors for the International Relief Friendship Foundation, Inc., an international disaster and humanitarian development agency, after having served as its executive director for 11 years. She is also on the International Council for the World Association of NGOs (WANGO) and is a Board member of the Religious Education Association. As a public speaker, Dr. Winings has addressed audiences around the world on a wide range of educational, ministerial and social justice topics. The author of numerous articles in academic as well as popular journals and publications and the editor of a book on American Christian denominations, Dr. Winings published her first book in 2002 entitled: Building Character through Service Learning.
Dr. Winings received her Undergraduate degree in both Elementary Education and Media Studies from Fordham University, her Masters of Divinity from UTS, and her EdD from Teachers College, Columbia University.Dr. Winings was voted into Kappa Delta Pi, the National Honor Society for Education, and also received a special award for Women Educators from Teachers College. In 2007, Dr. Winings was a recipient of the Harriet Tubman Humanitarian Achievement Award. She is also listed in Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in International Education, and Who's Who of Women Professionals.