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Skyhawk Soccer | Phil McNamara - Head Coach
The University of Tennessee at Martin soccer program has grown into one of the top programs in Ohio Valley Conference history behind the work of head coach Phil McNamara, who enters his eighth season at the helm after being named UT Martin's fourth head coach on March 23, 2010.
During his tenure at UT Martin, McNamara has continued to build an impressive résumé. Having strung together four consecutive OVC titles - including two regular season and tournament championships - McNamara has guided players to 15 All-OVC first team honors, five earning second team honors and 14 on the All-Newcomer teams. McNamara helped Skyhawks earn their first OVC Player of the Year in 2014 when Rianna Jarrett brought home the award. In his second season, McNamara helped Melissa Govea earn UT Martin's second OVC Defensive Player of the Year award.
In 2016, McNamara oversaw the development of All-OVC first teamer Amy McGivern and All-OVC newcomer Danae Kaldaridou. McGivern ranked ninth in the OVC in points per game (0.72) and 10th in goals (five) as just a sophomore while Kaldaridou added four goals and two assists as a sophomore last season.
After a slow start to the season, McNamara's squad rallied to claim a tie for third place in the league standings and ultimately a home contest in the first round of the OVC Soccer Championship in 2015. With an overall record of 7-11-1 and a league mark of 5-4-1, the Skyhawks remained as one of the OVC's most consistent soccer programs. Three Skyhawks earned All-OVC honors with Maggie Burkett and Rebecca Starnes earning first team nods while Saphyra Coombs-James earned second team honors. The freshman duo of Starnes and Burkett were also joined on the All-Newcomer squad by Lisa Schmieder.
In 2014 McNamara saw the Skyhawks open the season with a school-record four victories on their way to a fourth-straight season with double-digit victories. Guiding the team to a 12-6-2 record including a 6-3-1 conference slate, the Skyhawks were offensively gifted by leading the OVC in shots taken. The season saw newcomer Rianna Jarrett set a school-record with 17 goals on her way to the program's first OVC Player of the Year honor. In the conference tournament, UT Martin fell in a shootout to Jacksonville State.
McNamara has continued to build an impressive résumé throughout his time at UT Martin as he led the Skyhawks to a piece of conference history. The Skyhawks picked up their fourth consecutive OVC title, including two regular season and tournament championships, after rattling off an 8-2 record in conference play to win their second consecutive season crown. The Skyhawks became the first team in conference history to pull off such a streak.
The Skyhawks saw five players take home six OVC awards, highlighted by three All-OVC first team selections for Mariah Klenke, Aoife Lennon and Hannah Fessenden while Alyssa Curtis earned second team honors. Lennon was joined by classmate Ellie Myrick as All-Newcomer selections. Three players took home All-Tournament honors as Lennon and Fessenden both joined Lucy Pater. As a whole, six Skyhawks took home either All-OVC or All-OVC Tournament accolades in 2013.
After McNamara took the Skyhawks to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history, he posted arguably the best season in school history in 2012. UT Martin captured its first outright Ohio Valley Conference regular season championship on its way to a new program record for single-season winning percentage (.659, 13-6-3). In the NCAA Tournament, the Skyhawks pushed Southeastern Conference power Kentucky to the limit before a narrow 1-0 loss in overtime.
For his efforts, McNamara garnered 2012 OVC Coach of the Year honors. He also presided over five players who were All-OVC performers, including Saphyra Coombs-James - the program's first-ever OVC Freshman of the Year. All in all, eight of McNamara's players earned All-OVC or All-OVC Tournament accolades in 2012.
McNamara's second season at UT Martin was a banner year, as the Skyhawks captured their first-ever OVC Tournament championship in 2011. UT Martin won a program-record six straight games from Oct. 21 through Nov. 6 on its way to a school record for victories (14) before falling to then-undefeated Memphis in its first NCAA Tournament match in school history. The Skyhawks boasted four players on the All-OVC team, including Melissa Govea (the league's Defensive Player of the Year) and Brooke Robertson (the fourth player in program history to achieve All-OVC first team status in two different seasons).
In his debut season as Skyhawk skipper, McNamara guided UT Martin to an 8-8-2 record and 3-4-1 OVC slate. The Skyhawks began to click midway through the schedule, winning seven of nine games during one stretch. UT Martin also continued its home dominance under McNamara, putting together a five-match win streak and going unbeaten for a 58-day span, falling only in the home opener and finale in 2010. The stingy Skyhawk defense also excelled under McNamara, as the team tied an all-time single-season record with eight shutouts.
McNamara came to UT Martin from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn., where he led the Eagles to the NCAA Division II championship tournament in each of his last seven years. His teams advanced to the NCAA Final Four in back-to-back years in 2004-05 and won five regular season league titles and four South Atlantic Conference tournaments. During his eight-year tenure at Carson-Newman, he picked up the South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year honor four times.
At Carson-Newman, McNamara's teams were consistently ranked, as his players garnered several top honors throughout his tenure. All in all, he coached 43 all-conference players, 22 all-region players, four All-SAC Tournament members, four All-SAC tournament MVP's, four All-Americans (including the first in Carson Newman history), four All-NCAA Tournament team players, three SAC Players of the Year and two SAC Freshmen of the Year. In addition to coaching the program's first-ever national All-American, he also guided the Eagles to the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and NCAA Tournament victories. Four players also earned national or regional academic All-American awards under his watch.
McNamara's 2009 Carson-Newman team was the best in school history, as they set a single-season record for most wins (20). They finished ranked seventh in the nation after winning their third NCAA Southeast Regional title under his guidance.
McNamara won 11 games or more every year for the past eight years at Carson-Newman, a tremendous feat considering the Eagles had never won more than 11 games in any one season in its first 11 years of playing soccer prior to McNamara's hiring.
Before Carson-Newman, McNamara served two seasons at Virginia Intermont in Bristol, Va.. He posted a 17-12 record and he led the team to both conference and regional championships. He was named conference and regional coach of the year. He spent the 2001 season as head coach of both the men's and women's programs. The men were ranked 18th in the nation.
McNamara also served as an assistant coach for both the men's and women's programs at his alma mater, King College in Bristol, Tenn.
McNamara has three European coaching licenses and has served as a youth coach for the Irish Football Association (IFA) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. As a player, he was a YTS trainee with Ashton Villa FC in England for two years, and spent one season with the Carrickfergus Rangers FC in the Irish First Division. He was a member of the Cliftonville FC in the Irish Premier League for four years before ending his playing career in the United States, spending one season playing indoor soccer with the Huntsville Fire of the Premier League and two years with the Roanoke Wraft of the PDL D-2 League.
McNamara is married to the former Jacqueline Logue of Belfast, Northern Ireland, and has two children, Halina and Anthony.
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Funds sought by towns' tourism levels
The chamber of commerce is attempting to solicit tourism promotion funds from the local cities proportionally to the size of their tourism income.
Chamber Manager Peggy Nevsimal laid out her organization's plans to develop tourism in 2014 at the Grand Coulee Council meeting last Tuesday night.
She explained that the three municipalities, Grand Coulee, Electric City and Coulee Dam, which collect hotel/motel taxes, together take in about $128,000 a year of the tax that, by state law, is to be spent on promoting tourism. Electric City takes in about $67,000 annually; Grand Coulee, $20,500; and Coulee Dam, $40,350.
Nevsimal unveiled a chamber plan asking for $9,941 from Grand Coulee's annual hotel/motel revenues of $20,500.
The chamber manager had already appeared before Electric City's council, asking for $32,491.
She explained that of the $128,000 collected by the three towns, Grand Coulee's part was 16 percent of the total, so the chamber is asking Grand Coulee to fund 16 percent of its $62,000 plan. It is seeking 52.41 percent from Electric City, and when it appears before Coulee Dam's town council, the chamber will ask for 31.56 percent of the total, or $19,567.
If successful in the three towns, the money would account for $62,000 for advertising and promoting the region for the next tourist season.
Nevsimal's presentation outlined how the chamber would spend the money.
The chamber got a warm reception at the council meeting, but the amount of the request caused one council member to remind its members that the Ridge Riders and other organizations would also be appearing, and asking for hotel/motel tax funds.
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The magic of Dec. 12, 2012, became a little more enchanting for one couple when their newborn daughter arrived at 12:12 p.m
The magic of Dec. 12, 2012, became a little more enchanting for one couple when their newborn daughter arrived at 12:12 p.m.
The Internet is abuzz with comments about last repetitive date this generation will ever experience. Some couples got married, some people merely acknowledged the anomaly, while Crystal Ortiz and Derone Penn decided it was time to have their baby.
Weeks ago the decision was made to have Nadia Penn born on the repetitive special date
"This birthday is easy for dad to remember," Ortiz explained, smiling at Penn.
"Well it's the last time we could do this," Penn added, referring to the repetitive date.
So early Wednesday morning, Ortiz checked into Wake Forest Baptist Health — Lexington Medical Center about 5 a.m. and was given a dose of Pitocin around 6 a.m.
Ortiz's history is one of quick deliveries. When giving birth to her son, Niko, two years prior she entered the hospital around 10 p.m. and had her son at 2 a.m. With that quick delivery on his mind, Penn rushed through his physics exam to get to the hospital. He was just minutes too late for when the clock struck 12:12 p.m., Nadia took her first breath outside of her mother's warm womb.
"I'm still trying to process this, but when they laid her on my chest, I was like, 'oh wow, OK.' It's not overwhelming but it is such a joyous experience," Ortiz said.
Before the birth, Ortiz said she felt the urge to push but waited, looking at the clock. Dr. Merritt King came in, excited, and told her if she could hold out for five more minutes, she would have a baby born at 12:12 p.m.
"I never dreamed she would make it once I saw how delivery was progressing," King said.
King added that once the clock struck 12:12 p.m., the nurses were encouraging Ortiz along. With one final contraction and large push, Nadia arrived 14 seconds before the clock changed to 12:13 p.m.
Ortiz delivered Nadia vaginally, without any numbing medication. She said she had made the decision to give birth naturally when she had Niko. Hearing stories about epidurals causing back problems later in life, she decided she didn't want to experience that. She would rather just give birth without any drugs. So when Niko entered the world without too much difficulty, Ortiz determined she wanted to have Nadia naturally.
Ortiz said Niko was looking forward to meeting his baby sister, motioning to his tummy and asking "mommy, baby sister?"
"I have an older son and I always said I wanted two older boys and a baby girl and now I have that," Penn said.
"She's going to be so spoiled," Ortiz added.
Nadia was born weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces and measured in at 20 and one-quarter inches.
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� � �Slides apparently from a presentation given to US Porsche dealers, though unconfirmed, have found their way to automotive site Jalopnik, revealing that GTS versions of the car company's entry-level soft-top Boxster and hard-top Cayman roadsters are coming in mid-2014.
� � �Each will have 15 extra horsepower, come with manual transmission as standard, are expected to retail for $75,000 in the US and will make the public debut at the Beijing motor show in April.
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Gordon Orr, a director in McKinsey Quarterly's Shanghai office, offers a forecast for growth in China this year: Despite food price inflation and a stagnant housing market, he writes, China should maintain a rapid rate of growth.Here are the current offerings from the CFR's 14(!) blogs.
1. Government policies will spur consumption and investment. These moves will compensate for declining exports and a slumping housing market. To boost consumption, policy makers could pull a number of short-term levers, including tax breaks and rebates, and are likely to raise the minimum wage further. The 12th five-year plan calls for raising household disposable income by 7 percent a year; thus the government may urge large state-owned enterprises to increase wages across the board, which would pressure other companies to follow suit. Policy makers are also likely to extend a popular program offering rebates on purchases of electronics and appliances. (It fueled the sale of 200 million units, generating 450 billion renminbi--about $71 billion--in revenues from 2009 to 2011.) In addition, the government will invest heavily in manufacturing, particularly in the central and western regions, offering incentives to attract industrial companies inland. The manufacturing sector will continue to fuel China's growth, thanks in part to the lower cost of labor and the improving infrastructure in the country's interior.
2. Dominant models will emerge for reforming rural land ownership. China must consolidate its farms to increase agricultural output and reduce the income gap between rural and urban populations. Land reform could help it achieve these and other objectives, and regions across the country are testing different pilots to identify the best approaches. One in the city of Chongqing, for example, helps farmers move to cities and thus gain access to education, health care, and pensions, which may be unavailable in rural areas. Participants have the option of keeping or giving up their land use rights in the process. A pilot in Chengdu, aiming to bring jobs and development to the countryside, gives rural populations rights typical of those urban residents enjoy. Thanks in part to this initiative, more than 90 percent of Chengdu's rural residents now have medical insurance.
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The CRTC did something reasonable for a change! Woo!
That's a step in the right direction, however the lines are still owned by the monopolies, and they still set the base prices.
I remember back when DSL last-mile resellers would sell access per-user access to ISP's for $5 per month more than they were charging direct customers, for whom they also provided backbone access, service, and aquisition. It met the letter of the law for open networks, but it basically guaranteed that they wouldn't have to compete with small ISP's for service and access charges.
For those foreign readers one must realize that in Canada we have very little competition in that the competitors don't really try and compete. I doubt they conspire but they just like things as they are.
A little bit more relaxed up there, eh?
Interestingly enough this is not part of an anti-big-business campaign like the Democrats in the US but a pro level playing fields campaign.
Dear Sir,
A pro-level playing fields campaign IS an anti-big business campaign. In fact it is an outrage!
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Someone modded you funny, but that *is* the operating environment in Canada.
Because the big businesses which we do have, depend for their continued profitability upon an uneven playing field.
This isn't to say that big businesses can't be competitive in principle.
It's just to say that ours, aren't.
Since when were the democrats anti-big business? The only difference is which big business they support.
There's always been competition in the DSL market, thanks to the CRTC. For many people though, this is not enough as it's often a case of a choice between cable or DSL. If your phone isn't up to scratch, then you have no or little choice of ISP. That sucks.
Canada used to be a leader with high speed internet, but has fallen behind in recent years. Why are the DSL resellers limited to the speeds they were offering four years ago? It's about time they were offering ADSL2+, which, ignoring the story's comm
Isn't that what Bell's Fibe service is – renamed ADSL2+?
DSL competition always? I recall that a group of ISPs, possibly as many as 12 , had to light a fire under the CRTC over Bell's control of DSL.This would have been back in '98, IIRC.
What, when residential DSL was just starting out? Yes, I too had one of those terrible grey Nortel modems with their silly linecards at the exchange and pathetic upload speed. Wow, a long time without competition.
The Nortel 1-Meg modem - I may still have one lying around somewhere. Probably can use it to prop up my couch. The line filter alone was only a bit smaller than the last DSL modem I had.
If a newcomer does somehow make it then they are usually bought out by one of the monsters.
And who's fault is that? If the newcomer is privately held they don't have to accept an offer. They have no one to answer to like shareholders in that situation. It's simply human greed and an unwillingness to try to change the system by staying that causes the competition to fall apart then.
We've seen this movie already down here in the U.S. The government steps in to break the stranglehold on the market, forcing the private owners of the infrastructure (ILEC), after much biting and screaming to sell to competitors. Then the small competitors (CLECs) come in. The ones that try to play fair get kneecapped by the ILECs mercilessly. The other ones are ravenous bastards who do things like telling customers to order service from the ILEC (so that they, under common carriage, have to build out
the CLEC comes in there undercutting the ILEC and the ILEC is forced to let the CLEC use the equipment below cost.
In Canada, the CLECs often undercut the ILEC (by running tighter ships and accepting slimmer margins), and the tariffs the ILEC charges the CLEC for use of equipment is far from below cost (indeed, for the new usage-based-billing aspect of the tariffs, it's most likely a markup of 5000-10000% of cost).
What are you talking about? The CRTC nearly always sides with Bell. They allowed them to throttle their resellers and imposed a 60 Gb cap on their resellers (which will take effect once Bell discontinues all their unlimited contracts). The CRTC seems determined to put the Bell resellers out of business but for some reason I can't fathom decided to throw them a bone in this case. Maybe this has something to do with just how unpopular the CRTC is among Canadians, with an online petition that has over 10,000 signatures [dissolvethecrtc.ca].
Maybe this has something to do with just how unpopular the CRTC is among Canadians, with an online petition that has over 10,000 signatures [dissolvethecrtc.ca].
Dude. The "Help nominate William Shatner for Governor General of Canada" Facebook group has over 40,000 votes. I'm not a big fan of the CRTC either, but let's keep things in perspective here
Dude. The "Help nominate William Shatner for Governor General of Canada" Facebook group has over 40,000 votes.
There's a difference between clicking a link on Facebook (which a person was logged into anyway) and going out of your way to visit a petition site.
From the comments I've read and speaking to people, the CRTC really *is* that hated. I wouldn't doubt that a paper petition would collect even more signatures if put in the right hands.
And looking at the recent GG's we've had, I dare say we could do mu
There's a difference between clicking a link on Facebook (which a person was logged into anyway) and going out of your way to visit a petition site.
Not really, no. It's not important though - I was just pointing out how ridiculously low a number you were crowing about. Maybe if you were trying to petition the mayor of Tuktoyaktuk to cancel the annual Caribou Rodeo, 10,000 signatures would get results. When you're petitioning the Federal Government to scrap a major part of the bureaucracy, all it'll get you is a lot of poorly concealed laughter.
True. Every time I mention the CRTC to a non-tech friend, they start talking about their mortgage.
You think that is bad try working for the Canadian Mental Health Association.
I know what you mean - I've worked for a healthcare organisation in Ont; I've heard the jokes.
> If the government continues on this path we might have a chance to have one of the greatest
> internet systems at low cost that is found on earth.
Pfft, spoken like someone that doesn't know about systems anywhere else in the world. Look up Japanese pricing some time. Even the US gives you reasonable bandwidth caps, not the 50/60 GB you get from Bell and Rogers.
I would argue that competition is strong in this rural region of Ontario. We have a handful of independent telephone companies, a couple of cable companies, not to mention the big players all duking it out. Everyone has their own infrastructure so we do not have problems with the alternative ISPs having to use Bell's last mile, for example.
As opposed to the US, where the companies DO conspire, and when caught simply buy off the judge or buy off some legislators or "regulators" to claim that it's not "really" collusion, or else just buy up whole local areas for "exclusive" provisioning.
I remember when Warner Cable ran Viacom Cable out of my hometown and got a monopoly in the county. Ads with a king declaring "I declare Warner Cable for my entire kingdom", and then hiking the rates by $40/month because what was someone going to do - go to a com
Ads with a king declaring "I declare Warner Cable for my entire kingdom"
Really? But he didn't say that with a straight face, right?
tell that to Quebec, where competition in telephony, internet, and tv are heating up extremely fast.
Bell vs Rogers/Fido vs Videotron
It is shaping up to be an epic fight
If by epic fight you mean it took a third conglomerate to force Bell and Videotron to pretend to compete, kicking and screaming.
Rogers/Fido doesn't offer TV or wired internet service in Quebec. Internet remains a duopoly between Bell and Videotron, TV has a third competitor (Star Choice/Shaw Direct), but it has a relatively small market share (less customers over the whole country than Videotron has in Quebec alone).
Only the telephony market sees a fair amount of competition, with a variety of options (POTS/VoIP/cell) and providers (Bell, Videotron, Rogers, all the VoIP carriers, Public Mobile, etc).
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I doubt they conspire but they just like things as they are.
The things are the way that they are because the regulatory body (CRTC) is primarily run by executives from our major telecommunications corporations. The only thing that makes this not a conspiracy, is that it's not done in secret.
The CRTC(our FCC) that seems to have supported this anti consumer situation is no longer friends with the government and thus the big players have lost their biggest weapon to stop annoying things like pro-consumer companies.
When I read this you rang a bell, and sure enough I had read a Globe and Mail article a couple of weeks about about how Harper's government is trying to neuter the CRTC. Here is the link [theglobeandmail.com].
I love how people think oil and gas companies and stations conspire etc... set prices. They are NOTHING compared to the telcos in Canada.
Bell and Rogers don't even try to hide it. They just price everything the same. They even use the exact same sales methods. With convergence I bet their business model is exactly the same now also. They all sell the same services, though slightly different. Cable VS Sat, Landline VS VOIP, Cellphone VS Cellphone (of which both own several subsidiaries), Cable Internet VS Ph
Is there also a GRPH, ATTR and DAC? Oh. Is it too late for VGA humor? I suppose nobody got that.
If only they would do that here. There's a local ISP here called Cloud 9 Internet which has EXCELLENT service. I'd much rather use them. However I'm forced to deal with Verizon (who don't even know how to route a CIDR block to me) to get my 35Mbps symmetric connection. It' infuriating.
At least you can get 35Mbit symmetric. Here in Oz I'm on 1.5Mbit plus a separate 0.5Mbit connection for VoIP.
This is separate from the 60GB UBB cap. So now you can run into a wall faster.
The problem isn't copper vs. fiber. The problem is that the large telcos who own the backbones and built the networks with government funding/subsidies were forced to open up the copper networks to other smaller players on a reseller basis. Now that fiber to the home is being rolled out, they are not obligated (until now) to grant access to the fiber networks.
The small companies don't own the physical wires and so by not letting them access the next generation infrastructure rollout, the monopolistic big companies can effectively force them out of the market.
Welcome to Canada? We have 33m people, and the majority of them live in a 100mi corridor along the US border. And where cable won't go, in some cases all you can get is copper.
They should rule against Bell Canada for pretending to have fiber services with their DSL "Fibe" network
Oh but they do have fiber services, just not to your home. The "Fibe" stuff is fiber to your neighbourhood, and if you're lucky you'll be close enough to their remote to actually get something like the speeds they're advertising.
Of course, they could sell you the 25MBit/sec tier and deliver 1MBit/sec speeds because it's all "up to".
Be careful for what you wish for.
In the USA, when your get fiber to you house by the telephone company, they REMOVE the copper so that you cannot get phone or DSL from a competitor.
Teksavvy is getting access to Rogers cable internet now. Cheaper than Rogers, no caps. I think twice before jumping to dsl and look at staying with "Rogers" infrastructure but using the resellers option.
Not sure where you live, but I know in many parts of the country the options are even worse.
Where I live in Ontario, its not too bad, but I still pay about the same as you for a 60GB cap from Cogeco, which I believe is owned by Rogers. It was a 10mbit, but they improved it the last couple of years. I currently get about 12mbit so it probably is a theoretical 15mbit by now. I also am a heavy user (though not that heavy) and also usually exceed my cap by a bit, though I have been trying to monitor my usage an
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Has this been a problem? Most cases of similar replies come from two people composing answers at the same time.
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DonQuigleone certainly could acknowledge that his "no, goddammit, there's no giant cheese floating around the Atlantic" is not logically perfect, because he doesn't have access to real time satellite data on the entire ocean surface. But even so, it's also very practical to tell giant Atlantic cheese believers to eff off. He doesn't have to acknowledge anything because the burden of proof lies in the giant cheese eaters side.
Of course, if he fancies himself open-minded, once presented otherwise with evidence of floating Atlantic cheese, he ought to be willing to change his position. Flat Earth Atheism is unhealthily attractive to stray lighting bolts.
But for now, he's perfectly within his right to ask why he must give extra courtesy to the God believers (Goddists!) as opposed to whatever courtesy he could muster for the Mozzarellians. I'll admit, numbers have powers of their own, ironically not logically either (argumentum ad populum), but because the followers of ancient desert gods are much more likely to hang me up on a tree if I am in the wrong place at the wrong time while saying the wrong things, than the gentlemen of the society of giant Atlantic cheese.
But since I am safe behind the Internet (though not behind 7 proxies...n00b, I know), well...
Also, agnosticism in the specific issue of divine providence maybe quite convenient, but stretching the logical underpinnings of this principle too far and we will venture very quickly into the territory of solipsism: "I think therefore I am, maybe, not sure, but I'm even less sure if reality, my mom, and you aren't the product of my own mind. Therefore go away." Or, for example, DonQuigleone cannot be 100% absolutely sure if his senses are lying to him and the cheese are already there but he alone couldn't smell them.
Not the happiest way to live, of course.
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That said, I like Agnostics fine, I just think most agnostics wouldn't be agnostics if there wasn't a large number of easily offended theists out there, I think most agnostics are de facto atheists anyway. If a person was truly agnostic and talked about nothing being objectively true, then I might start getting annoyed. Thankfully that's rare.
Likewise, look at our personal lives. I can't be too sure that my son is actually my son. So when my son asks me "are you my daddy?" am I going to say back "Well I don't think I can truly know one way or the other." And let me tell you, there's a much higher chance of that child not being mine, then there is of god existing, in that the former is merely improbable, while the latter is nearly impossible(if not absolutely impossible).
|2012-10-08, 02:17
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New England
Age: 34
DonQuigleone, I think you are simplifying things by equating pondering the existence of God compared to wondering if onions are really onions or if your son is really your son, etc.
We aren't talking about things such as looking at an onion on a counter or interfacing with the child that you know is your son. We are talking about things that involve mysteries and unknowns. Things where we just don't have definite answers to.
If this helps you, don't just focus solely on the idea of a Judeo-Christian God. Think of the concept of "A higher power and order". Was the universe intended to form from some higher power? We humans gotta ponder, are all the phenomenons that we know about and can observe, and all the ones we don't even know about yet, are they all part of some higher power and order and is their a purpose to existence, or is it all just from random occurrences, and nothing more? The universe was born and if it didn't happen just right, it'd be far different than it is now and there'd be no stars and no planetary systems. Earth formed and got ideal conditions for life. Earth had no complex life for a few billion years and eventually complex life forms came and eventually us sentient human beings with higher thought came along and cultures and societies came along and we are far above the creatures and beasts of Earth in so many ways. We have arts and sciences and discovered mathematics and spirituality exists and people can create so much purpose for their lives. All these right causes and conditions fell into place, some things happening just perfectly. Is it all just from random occurrences, and that is all there is to it, or is there something more (maybe much more) to reality? These are things steeped in mysteries. These kind of things are truly worth pondering about. This all just simply can't be compared to "I'm looking at an onion on the counter and I know what onions are but can I really be sure it is an onion?".
Was this universe born (and all sorts of scientific laws displaying order came with it) just because reality just does things and sometimes things work out, or is there much more to reality than just chaotic, soulless, swirling randomness. That is stuff worth pondering deeply about.
|2012-10-08, 03:57
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Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 29
I am an atheist until proven otherwise, and I think this is the position the vast majority of atheists take, we're not "Flat Earth Atheists". If I received a revelation from God, I'd change my mind pretty quickly.
There is no evidence in favour of god's existence. You can say there's no evidence that he doesn't exist, but you can't really prove a negative (as you can see with the cheese). The burden of proof always lies with the person making the claim. It is natural for the rest of us to disbelieve until that evidence is given.
There are many crazy superstitious things out there that people are trying to persuade me to believe, from the existence of thetans, to triangle power, to the power of star formations in the sky to predict the future(if only we could exactly figure out how!). There's no evidence of any of these things being true, but they all might be true. Sure, god might exist, but so might the cheese in the Atlantic ocean. Those things are so absurd that I'm going to assume the negative unless you show me something really amazing.
|2012-10-08, 05:53
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Which is why it's very rare for me to bring up the topic of religion, when talking casually with people I'm not yet familiar with.
|2012-10-08, 06:27
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Age: 27
What I don't get here is the insistence that something either is or isn't. I don't see anything wrong with making decisions with a purely probabilistic perspective in mind. There's really no reason extend as far as "belief" or "non-belief" when making a claim when you can just as easily label something as "probable" or "improbable". After all, there really is no such thing as anything "solid" to hold on to, be it physical sensations or religious dogma. It's not like acknowledging such things will change reality in any way.
As an agnostic atheist myself, I like to maintain a principle of absolute relativity in many things. As such, from my perspective, both empirical logic and blind faith are tools that people choose from in making sense of reality. One is not better than the other. Its just that a lot of us here go for the former rather than the latter.
|2012-10-08, 09:03
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: East Cupcake
Is that clear enough?
The purpose of this thread is not to argue the existence of God (which is one of the most boring discussions you can have on the internet since you cannot actually hit or yell at the person you are 'talking' to) or really even question anyone's beliefs, rather this thread simply serves to describe your own beliefs/belief system (and if necessary describe how you came to these conclusions).
This thread was created along the same lines as the general "How old are you?" or "How tall are you?" style of threads that pop up. Describing your religious beliefs in-thread is supposed to serve no other purpose than describing any other pertinent information you wish to disclose over the internet. This is not an actual debate thread (and I do not know why everyone wants it to be a debate thread). Follow RapidPotential's example (the post directly above mine).
This is a general warning for everyone: Please Stop.
|2012-10-08, 19:24
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I'm a Muslim, I pray everyday : )
I was born into a Muslim family, when I became older it didn't reqiure much thinking from me
I take a look at the world .. trees,grass,water,animals, even space and stars
I asked myself the simple question, how all of this was created ? how all of this works with a great system of life
how we, human beings created with a very "complicated" way .. be it cells,blood,hair .. anything
my simple answer .. Allah created this world, and gave humans many books to learn from through many prophets in history
the final one was the holy Qur'an, to find our salvation.
the book is written in arabic - our language - and yet no arabic person could ever wright even a sentence like it, it's in my language yet I can't come with anything that come close to it, this is why it considered a miracle even to this day and age
I always feel that Allah protect me ^^
anyway, I respect everyone's beliefs, and I wish a happy life for everyone ^^
|2012-10-19, 08:51
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Japan
I'm a Shintoist.
Shinto (神道, literary means "the way of Gods) is a Japanese traditional religion.
I think that many of you have seen a Shinto shrine in anime lol
Shintoists don't have to pray seriously everyday such as Muslims.
However, I never have meal without saying "Itadakimasu(いただきます)."
This is not only a word for a cook, but also for food which was sacrificed for us.
And Shinto has so many Gods XD
|2012-10-19, 10:22
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: East Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 28
|2012-10-19, 12:36
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Senior Member
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Location: East Cupcake
Please feel free to discuss your beliefs, how they came to you, how they affect your life, etc. But, do not argue about your beliefs, nor should you feel that you have to defend your beliefs in this thread.
|2012-11-10, 09:21
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The Undead Summoner
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: The Philippine Islands
... former Lenaisianist (a religion I formed for myself when I stopped believing in God and with Jesus the savior). I am still finding my way back to the Roman Catholic faith (BTW, I've already dropped Leniasianism half a year ago).
... can I go slightly off-topic here? Since there are Muslims here, I'll just have to ask one question: Do some of you (Muslims) find the depiction of your brothers-in-faith in some movies somewhat offensive? (I'll cite two examples: The Kingdom and Body of Lies) Just asking.
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When Alaska voters approved Bonding Proposition A in November's general election, they also gave the thumbs up for $20 million of the $453.5 million package to go toward rehabilitating the Kenai Spur Highway.
However, the project is only loosely defined.
State Sen. Tom Wagoner, R-Kenai, said he wanted $35 million for the project, which would widen the Spur between Kenai and Soldotna in its two-lane portions to four lanes with a turning lane.
"That was the request I sent in, but they just funded $20 million of it," Wagoner said. "It wasn't a very smart deal, but that is the way it happened. At least we got over half of it ready to go."
The project has been on Wagoner's wish list for a while, he said. In fact, construction was supposed to happen before he left office as Kenai mayor in 1985 and was a primary objective of his during his Senate tenure, which will end when Soldotna Mayor Peter Micciche takes the reins next year.
"It has been a frustrating 25 years," Wagoner said.
DOT Transportation and Public Facilities Division Director Jeff Ottesen wrote in an email that legislative projects like the Spur improvements usually include "a somewhat detailed statement of project scope and purpose."
"It simply says, 'Rehabilitate road between Soldotna and Kenai,'" Ottesen wrote. "In our lexicon, rehabilitation of an existing road generally involves repairs and/or replacement of existing components (sub-base, drainage features, lighting, curbs and gutter, pavement and/or bridges). It generally does not cover new lanes or even turning lanes, but that is not an absolute rule."
Kenai City Manager Rick Koch shared Wagoner's frustration, advising residents to not hold their breath for a four-lane Spur Highway in the next few years.
"It will be a while," he said. "I think the very earliest that you would see, and this is my crystal ball, is three years from now, probably four years is a more accurate gauge."
Wagoner said he thinks $20 million will be enough to complete the project if the Alaska Department of Transportation doesn't get "too extravagant," but Koch disagreed.
"It is an easy $40 million considering what we've seen in the cost of construction the last few years with the cost of energy stuff," he said. "So, you've got half the money and $10 million of that is just going to get burned up with all the (pre-construction work). So then you've got $10 million to actually do something with."
Koch said the Spur is made dangerous by the two different flows of traffic traveling it — those commuting from Soldotna or Kenai and those drivers using the highway to access homes, neighborhoods and businesses lining it.
Each summer the highway is a magnet for accidents due to high traffic, but turn pockets could ease some of that congestion, Koch said.
Koch thinks $10 million would be enough to rehabilitate the major intersections — Beaver Loop, Silver Salmon, Strawberry Road.
"There are five of them that you could build a four-lane with turn pockets," Koch said. "You could put in the lighting improvements, you could probably do a fair amount of utility relocation because somebody was actually thinking when they did the initial Spur improvements — everything except one set of telecommunications overhead cables are way back at the edge of the right of way."
By the time that construction is complete, Koch said, the state might have found funding for the rest of the project.
"If we get $20 million now, the other portion will come along," he said. "It would be silly to not finish the rest."
Wagoner said he originally wanted the project to be included in the Legislature's capital budget. But, much to his dismay, the project landed in the bonding proposition through the work of other legislators that wanted to free up room for their "goodies" in the capital budget, Wagoner said.
"So when we had the money for it, instead of paying for it, we bonded for it," he said.
Wagoner said DOT was the reason the project has been stalled so long.
"Dealing with the DOT? Let me tell you something, they are going to do what they want to do not what the people on the Peninsula want done," he said. "That's been one of the biggest frustrations I've had for 10 years working at the state level."
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Saturday 11 June 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the first meeting of the Fellowship of Engineering, later the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 1976, our Senior Fellow, HRH The Prince Philip, invited 130 leading engineers to Buckingham Palace, where the Academy's journey began.
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DAYTON, Ohio - Nobody will ever say that the Tennessee Tech
volleyball team went down without a fight. A great fight. A battle
that took the Golden Eagles right to the brink before falling to
Tulane, 3-1, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Golden Eagles overcame a 25-21 loss in the first set to lead wire-to-wire and win the second set, 25-22. Tech led most of the third set before a late Tulane rally gave the Green Wave a 25-22 win.
The Golden Eagles then led much of the fourth set, fell behind and fought back to force three match points before Tulane - seeded 16th overall in the 64-team tournament field -- was able to clinch the victory, 27-25.
"It was a heck of an effort by a game team and I think Tulane knows who Tennessee Tech is now," said TTU coach John Blair. "I think we represented ourselves well, and I'm certainly proud of every one of our kids.
"We talked about representing the conference, as well as Tennessee Tech and ourselves, and I thought we did a good job of that," Blair said. "Hopefully our conference can continue to move ahead and think about moving forward instead of being happy just to be here."
Tech matched Tulane in kills with 58 apiece, and the Golden Eagles managed a better overall hitting percentage. Tech hit .292 for the four-set match while Tulane hit .277. The Golden Eagles had more digs (53 to 49), more assists (57 to 55) and were within one in total blocks (10.5 to 9.5).
Even the difference in the service game, while it was a minor factor, didn't turn the contest. The Green Wave posted 10 aces and five errors, while Tech had six aces and eight serving errors.
Individually, Tech players had some strong numbers, led by junior Amanda Lindgren with 19 kills and 11 digs. Lindgren, one of three Golden Eagles to record a double-double, hit .417 with just four errors in 36 attempts.
Sophomore Marie Peddicord didn't have a hitting error, and finished with 13 kills in 25 swings for a .520 hitting mark, along with three total blocks. Sophomore Leah Meffert had a double-double with 14 kills and 11 digs.
Senior setter Kappy Lang wrapped up her career with 50 assists and a team-high 12 digs.
Jessica Asplund, another senior who saw her career come to a close, had a solid night with eight kills and a .389 hitting percentage, along with six blocks total.
Conference USA Player of the Year Sara Radosevic led a balanced Tulane attack with 14 kills. She also had five service aces and three blocks. Bridget Wells had 14 kills, while both Visnja Djurdevic and Ksenjija Vlaskovic added 12 kills apiece.
Libero Jenn Miller had a match-best 20 digs, while both Green Wave setters contributed - Visnja Djurdevic had 29 assists and Rachel Lindelow added 21 assists.
Asplund kick-started the Golden Eagles in the second set, helping Tech jump to a 5-0 lead by knocking down three early blocks. Tech didn't give up an ace in the second set, and Peddicord had five kills to lead the way to the win.
The Golden Eagles ran out to a 17-11 lead in the third set, and held the edge late into the set before the Green Wave were able to get the equalizer at 22-22. Tulane came up with a couple of blocks to finish the set and grab the 2-1 lead.
Lindgren had six kills in the fourth set and Tech hit .433, as the Golden Eagles worked to avoid elimination. Tech got up 6-2 in the early going, and the score was tied 15 times as the two teams hammered back and forth. The Golden Eagles pulled ahead 20-19 on a block by Caitlin Bullock, then had to come back five times after that after slipping behind.
Down 23-22, the Golden Eagles got things back to even at 23-23 on a kill by Lindgren. Trailing 24-23 and facing the first match point, Lindgren came up with another kill to tie it at 24-24. A kill by Radosevic gave Tulane another match point at 25-24, and once again Lang set Lindgren for a kill to make it 25-all.
Finally, Visnja Djurdevic recorded a kill for a 26-25 Tulane lead, and the contest ended when Lang's attack came down outside the line for the 27-25 final count.
"We got off to good starts," Blair said, after his team had leads in all five sets. "I think we really had Tulane off balance because we did the things that we knew we needed to do, and that was control the ball. That would give us options. We did a real good job of spreading the court early on, and giving our attackers more of the court.
"I knew they were going to keep playing and stay aggressive, and they had some individuals step up in certain situations and make runs and close some gaps. We gave away a couple of points instead of making them earn them. We put ourselves in position to win the match, and it's hard to ask a whole lot more of this group than that," Blair said.
The Golden Eagles, who won the Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships, ended the year with a 19-13 overall record. Tech's win in the second set marked the first time in eight years that an OVC school won a set at the NCAA Tournament.
Tulane improved to 28-5 overall, and advanced to the second round Saturday against the Dayton/Western Michigan winner.


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So, Apple developers are protected.
Actually I don't see this being as clear cut as that. Apple merely says it thinks developers are included in Apple's license. Apple does not offer to indemnify developers.
So depending on how clearly defined the licensing agreement is between Apple and Lodsys, developers may be protected, may not be protected, or maybe worse yet, could questionably be protected (causing a developer to have to defend themselves at great personal expense, with no guarantee of success).
Apple should indemnify developers as the EFF requested. Unless and until that happens, Lodsys is free to pursue suits against individual developers, and let the courts decide whether Apple's license covers the developer or not. Like defending yourself against an RIAA lawsuit, even if you win, it probably would have been cheaper to just pay them off.
No, it's pretty simple – if you implement something in a patent, you need to pay for it. Apple implemented In-App purchasing, paid for it, and distributed their solution as a dynamic library. None of the developers linking against the dynamic library implemented it, so none are liable. Ofc, IANAL.
It seems pretty clear-cut as that; the letter isn't a mere opinion or press release. Its a detailed rebuttel by Apple's legal department, including a cease and desist instruction and a clear statement that they a) are licensed, b) this license covers the use of their API's by developers, and c) they will defend this in court.
While I'm with you on (a) and (b), keep in mind that Apple isn't the one being sued here.
I'm Joe Developer. I have received a letter from Lodsys. I have two choices--pay money or fight it in court. So the question is, do I need to hire lawyers or is Apple going to do this for me.
If Apple is going to pay their crack legal team to defend me, I certainly appreciate it. But if I have to pay for the lawyers myself and Apple will only "assist" my legal team, then I'm not real pleased about Apple forcing me to
The way I read the letter, its pretty clearly stated IMHO that if Lodsys does not drop this, Apple will directly file suit to enforce the terms of its license deal.
They may not defend you directly, but they can still shut the whole thing down. They have an existing deal with Lodsys which, they say, covers you completely: and they'll take Lodsys to court to prove that if they need to.
Apple does not say it "thinks", their letter boldly states "Apple is undisputedly licensed to these patents and the App Makers are protected by that license," [emphasis mine].
They also state they are prepared to take legal action against Lodsys if they insist to go after developers. If Apple flexes it's legal muscle, it can do a lot of harm to Lodsys, from a simple bankrupting of the company, to a more complex process of having all patents invalidated (resulting in the same, given these patents seem to be their source of income.)
The real question there is: how effective and fast can that be? Even if Apple manages to submit a lawsuit against Lodsys overnight, I don't think they can stop Lodsys from terrorizing developers and launching lawsuits against them. Given most developers can't afford any level of legal defense, they would be automatically ruined and that alone can result in huge shock-waves in the development community.
I think this was Apple's "friendly and polite" request to stop, and made public to reassure developer's confidence in Apple's intentions to defend them. Future actions may be done in a private, more direct, manner and next time we hear about this may be either party saying they have come to an agreement and developers will be left alone, or Lodsys saying they don't give a @#$@% and start the lawsuits against developers. The later may happen as early as tomorrow. I would guess dialog between the companies may take a bit longer and we wont hear much until Friday or next week.
Apple does not say it "thinks", their letter boldly states "Apple is undisputedly licensed to these patents and the App Makers are protected by that license,"
And of what use is that to a small time developer who's being sued? In Apple's opinion is you're ok. They're certainly not going to phrase it that way, "Nah, you're probably fine, don't worry about it." The best this does is give developers an opportunity to claim good faith when the court is deciding whether to award punitive damages.
If Apple truly is as convinced as they claim they are, they'll indemnify their developers. The fact that they're not doing this suggests they're not as confident as they s
imdenify = Compensate (someone) for harm or loss: "insurance carried to indemnify the owner for loss"
AFAIK - nobody has paid lodsys yet.. compensation isn't in play.
if Apple caves, it sets a dangerous precendent.. the dollars are irrelevant. this is about priniple. @less than $6000 per million in income.. the "fee schedule" is designed to get devs to pay because $6k is nothing compared to 1M... BUT if Apple doesn't fight, EVERY SINGLE APP DEV with in app purchases is subject to infrigement. and nevermind th
Offering developers indemnity doesn't mean Apple paying Lodsys, it means that Apple tells developers they'll adopt any damages the developers would have incurred. It also means that it's easy to shift any lawsuits from individual developers to Apple themselves. So Lodsys sues MacAppmaker, Inc., because of the indemnity, MacAppmaker, Inc. is able to move to have the defendant renamed as Apple; Lodsys can either accept that or risk having the case summarily dismissed.
It means that quickly it becomes a legal
what I meant was no devs have paid lodsys yet, so there's no need for Apple to comepnsate.
if lodsys wins, the apple can just reduce their cut of the inapp purchase to compenstate the developers.
but it looks like APPL is of the opinion that their license covers devs as well.
if that's apple's opinion, and they lose the case, there's no need for devs to fight independently, since their argument will have been rendered moot by the court's decision against apple. either way, appl has covered the devs. they can't
But Apple hasn't covered devs at all, they have only put out a press release saying that in their opinion, covering devs is unnecessary, because they think Apple's license covers the devs. That may bear out in court, but it may not. But either way, those devs who have been sued stand to lose a lot of money in legal fees unless Apple gives them a legal tool to shift the burden.
what I meant was no devs have paid lodsys yet, so there's no need for Apple to comepnsate.
Apple can offer indemnity before people have experienced losses (that's the whole business model of insurance companies which offer
Vendor supported software distribution channels have an enormous potential; an obvious statement given the run-away success of iTunes App Store and the others.
The AppStore(tm) conveys a respectability and quality to the developers the makes the customer confident that they aren't buying some sort of malware/crapware/etc.. . The generally low-cost and quick access encourages trying out software.
From the developers standpoint, it has the benefits of the Co-Op or similar collectives [ ok -30%, but it is not
The generally low-cost and quick access encourages trying out software.
Not really: if you have to buy your product in order to try it out, it's not really a trial
The thing I do have to ponder though, would Google actually step in the same way Apple did, should they go after Android developers? Up to this date, they have not taken responsibilities for any patent issues phone makers have faced, despite being as capable to interfere.
Microsoft promises anyone that manufactures WP7 devices that it will take full responsibility for any patent lawsuits, but will they extend this to developers? Actually bigger question for WP7, does the OS even support in app purchases?
The thing I do have to ponder though, would Google actually step in the same way Apple did, should they go after Android developers? Up to this date, they have not taken responsibilities for any patent issues phone makers have faced, despite being as capable to interfere.
That's interesting, I wonder why they picked iOS devs first.
If you aren't using the official channels for your application and have in-app purchases, will you be liable for patent infringement?
Don't be so sure!
The biggest kick in the nuts for Lodsys in that letter is when Apple says "Lodsys's threatened claims are barred by the doctrines of patent exhaustion and first sale". As I read it: because Apple have already paid for a patent license for each iOS device that they sell, no-one can demand another license fee. It's already licensed and paid for. Lodsys is effectively asking to be paid multiple times for the same device, which they can't do.
So, assuming that Google and others are similarly lic
my next phone will inevitably be an android given a lack of meego or webos devices. Day 1 i'll wipe it and install cyanogenmod. i may be in the minority but i have little interest in app stores and $2.95 shareware. Nor paying to receive movies on a 3.5" screen.
If patent trolls and mega-corporations drive a resurgence in free software (as in speech - replicant) on mobile devices, bring it on!
The big question here is, what about Android mods like CyanogenMod and non-official stores?
Cyanogenmod doesn't include the official Android Market app, you have to get it separately. I would assume that non-official stores like the Amazon store have licensed this patent.
Right, because no one would have EVER thought of that sort of functionality, functionality that has been around for a good two decades.
Posted as AC so I can mod down this troll.
This makes all those laments about the walled garden seem hollow. Apple set up a system that specifically allows developers not to have to worry about e-commerce, or patents and copyrights. Sure it takes a cut, but as we can now see this may be worth it. It sure is to small developers.
All the poor chumps on Cydia now have Lodsys to contend with.
The proper place to put your wrath is on the asshole patent trolls that force the world to work like this.
The down side to this action by apple is that it re-info
Actually, I don't think so.
The Lodsys claim was a particular threat because it could have potentially threatened every app developer that used the InApp Purchase API - -that was a low volume, high profit margin strategy because Lodsys wanted a percentage of all the revenue generated by InApp Purchase. If Lodsys won, they would have a never-ending revenue stream pouring in off a one-time legal win. But there aren't any other iOS APIs that are directly generate additional revenue beyond the app's purchase pri
Full text of Apple's letter to Lodsys:
May 23, 2011
Mark Small
Chief Executive Officer
Lodsys, LLC
[Address information removed]
Dear Mr. Small:
I write to you on behalf of Apple Inc. ("Apple") regarding your recent notice letters to application developers ("App Makers") alleging infringement of certain patents through the App Makers' use of Apple products and services for the marketing, sale, and delivery of applications (or "Apps"). Apple is undisputedly licensed to these patents and the Apple App Makers are protected by that license. There is no basis for Lodsys' infringement allegations against Apple's App Makers. Apple intends to share this letter and the information set out herein with its App Makers and is fully prepared to defend Apple's license rights.
Because I believe that your letters are based on a fundamental misapprehension regarding Apple's license and the way Apple's products work, I expect that the additional information set out below will be sufficient for you to withdraw your outstanding threats to the App Makers and cease and desist from any further threats to Apple's customers and partners.
First, Apple is licensed to all four of the patents in the Lodsys portfolio. As Lodsys itself advertises on its website, "Apple is licensed for its nameplate products and services." See http://www.lodsys.com/blog.html [lodsys.com] (emphasis in original). Under its license, Apple is entitled to offer these licensed products and services to its customers and business partners, who, in turn, have the right to use them.
Second, while we are not privy to all of Lodsys's infringement contentions because you have chosen to send letters to Apple's App Makers rather than to Apple itself, our understanding based on the letters we have reviewed is that Lodsys's infringement allegations against Apple's App Makers rest on Apple products and services covered by the license. These Apple products and services are offered by Apple to the App Makers to enable them to interact with the users of Apple productsâ"such as the iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and the Apple iOS operating systemâ"through the use or Apple's App Store, Apple Software Development Kits, and Apple Application Program Interfaces ("APIs") and Apple servers and other hardware.
The illustrative infringement theory articulated by Lodsys in the letters we have reviewed under Claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 7,222,078 is based on App Makers' use of such licensed Apple products and services. Claim 1 claims a user interface that allows two-way local interaction with the user and elicits user feedback. Under your reading of the claim as set out in your letters, the allegedly infringing acts require the use of Apple APIs to provide two-way communication, the transmission of an Apple ID and other services to permit access for the user to the App store, and the use of Apple's hardware, iOS, and servers.
Claim 1 also claims a memory that stores the results of the user interaction and a communication element to carry those results to a central location. Once again, Apple provides, under the infringement theories set out in your letters, the physical memory in which user feedback is stored and, just as importantly, the APIs that allow transmission of that user feedback to and from the App Store, over an Apple server, using Apple hardware and software. Indeed, in the notice letters to App Makers that we have been privy to, Lodsys itself relies on screenshots of the App Store to purportedly meet this claim element.
Finally, claim 1 claims a component that manages the results from different users and collects those results at the central location. As above, in the notice letters we have seen, Lodsys uses screenshots that expressly identify the App Store as the entity that purportedly collects and manages the results of these user interactions at a central location.
Thus, the technology that is targete
Full text of Apple's letter to Lodsys:
May 23, 2011
Mark Small
Chief Executive Officer
Lodsys, LLC
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Dear Mr. Small:
I write to you on behalf of Apple Inc. ("Apple") regarding your recent notice letters to application developers ("App Makers") alleging infringement of certain patents through the App Makers' use of Apple products and services for the marketing, sale, and delivery of applications (or "Apps"). Apple is undisputedly licensed to these patents and the Apple App Makers are protected by that license. There is no basis for Lodsys' infringement allegations against Apple's App Makers. Apple intends to share this letter and the information set out herein with its App Makers and is fully prepared to defend Apple's license rights.
Very truly yours,
Epstein's Mother
Shouldn't that be App Makers®, just to differentiate them from Android App Developers?
It's great that Apple is defending the devs. It's nice to see a patent troll get beat down, but it's not much of a victory when they already got their money for this completely obvious and bogus patent.
Here's [lodsys.com] a list of their patents. They keep calling these "inventions" and the guy listed on the patents (Dan Abelow) is called a "prolific inventor" but after reading the patents he just seems like an opportunist who managed to get a couple blatantly obvious ideas through the patent system.
IIUC, Lodsys didn't actually get any money out of this, and the original "inventor" sold all his patents quite a long time ago -- to Intellectual Ventures (eventually: its possible they changed hands a few times before IV got them)
They're the one who Apple signed a license deal with, and if I'm not mistaken, it was a pretty broad license to quite a lot of patents. These were just a couple included. It wouldn't surprise me if the bundle included a lot of junk to shore up the numbers in the deal -- after all,
They don't have to sub-license it to anyone, The app developers are merely using the system licensed, owned and provided by apple.
No, but the "in-app purchasing" framework IS owned by Apple. They wrote it, and provide it on their devices. App developers are just making use of it.
Apple has a license to the tech, and made a implementation of that tech, which they require app developers use. The developers aren't implementing anything. They just plug into an API.
What Lodsys is doing is really like requiring a license for using a hammer, instead of making one. Of course, analogies about software and patents and cars never go over well, or
...that lodsys completely destroys all app devs, and the whole app market as a whole, ultimately raising awareness to the ridiculous framework of patents and litigation in our country... ultimately leading to serious reform.
I like how the wording of the article implies a causal relationship between the EFF's call and Apple's actions.
Note to EFF: you had nothing to do with this.
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By Army Spc. Benjamin Crane
Special to American Forces Press Service
Oct. 15, 2008 - The phrase "knowledge is power" has been used for many years, and in a time of modern warfare in which technology and information are used as weapons, knowing what the enemy is saying may be the difference between winning and losing. For Army Sgt. Andrew Pershing and the nine linguists who work in Multinational Division Baghdad with the 4th Infantry Division's Media Monitoring Analysis Cell, finding out what the Iraqi media are saying about the U.S. armed forces, especially as it pertains to the division, is their everyday duty.
The civilian-contract linguists monitor open-source Arab media, explained Pershing, a Marion, Iowa, native, and the noncommissioned officer in charge of the MMAC. "They watch TV, listen to the radio and they look at Web sites and basically collect information about what the Arab media is putting out so we can monitor that side of the media field," he said.
Four television monitors line the walls of the office inside the Media Operations Center on Camp Liberty, where Nick, Mike, Ray and Marcus, all of whom speak Arabic as their primary language, spend at least seven hours a day getting a feel for what is going out over Iraqi airwaves. For security reasons, they're being identified only by their first names in this article.
"The Iraqi media reflect what the Iraqi side is talking about, the main issues for the Iraqi people or what the Iraqi channels or the Iraqi parties are saying to the local people about our side and the American troops," Marcus, a Chicago resident who serves as one of the linguists, said.
"It's very important, because we consider ourselves as a liaison between the Iraqi people and the American Army," said Nick, a Detroit resident. "It's important to the civilians, the State Department and the Army. They need to know what the Iraqi media is saying on their TVs and radios, and they need to know the Iraqi people's reactions."
After they gather the information from 15 Arabic TV stations, radio stations and Web sites, the linguists prepare the information so it can be distributed through e-mail to the leaders of 4th Infantry Division and Multinational Division Baghdad.
"The linguists collect the information from their shift and put them in a concise, compiled Word document, and then they give it to me and I ask questions to make sure the story is correct," Pershing said. "We then put the product out to the people in the International Zone, the leaders of 4th Infantry Division and MND-B so they can use it to further other missions."
As for what the Iraqi media is broadcasting, those working in the MMAC all say the same thing: It is not completely accurate, but it's pretty close.
"Its not accurate 100 percent, but most of the channels belong to different parties, and each channel is like the party that they represent. Each party gives different opinions, so that is why we watch and listen to different channels," Najjar said.
"This is the main issue: If you listen to the same subject as a foreigner, and I listen to it as an Iraqi man, I will feel different than you," Sorrou said. "I can say it different than you can say it."
Having Arabic-speaking contractors who know about the Iraqi people to analyze the media gives leaders here an edge in gaining greater support from the local populace and reduces the potential for misunderstandings in a fight where information has become a major weapon, Pershing said.
(Army Spc. Benjamin Crane serves in the Multinational Division Baghdad Public Affairs Office.)
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For a long time it's been an ambition of mine to visit CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which straddles the countries of Switzerland and France. Here they use the largest scientific instruments in the world to smash particles together at the speed of light in the hope of finding the smallest known things in the universe, the particles that make up matter. "CERN" comes from the acronym for the French "Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire", or European Council for Nuclear Research, which was founded in 1952 with the task of establishing a world-class physics research organization in Europe. When CERN was founded, its goals were around the research and understanding of what laid inside the atom, hence the term "nuclear" in the name.
In July I discovered that CERN were putting on two open days for the public before major upgrade work, so I knew I had to get there somehow! The lottery for underground tickets to see the legendary Large Hadron Collider, detectors and other experiments were hard to get hold of, as they only randomly released a few a day over the course of a month. As you'd expect geeks from all over the world were sitting like me refreshing the page constantly, to get the chance to grab tickets each time they released a few to the public, consequently they were snapped up within a couple of minutes every time.
Eventually I was lucky and grabbed a couple of tickets for ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment). The 10,000-tonne ALICE detector is 26 meters long, 16 meters high, and 16 meters wide, and is used to study quark-gluon plasma. The detector sits in a cavern 56 meters below ground close to the village of St Genis-Pouilly in France, receiving beams from the LHC.
So in September I went to Geneva to visit CERN, as you'd expect it was a wonderful and awe-filled experience. There was so much to see and so many brilliant physicists, computer scientists and other experts who gave their time to conduct tours, give amazing talks and answer questions. Of course my highlight was going underground to see ALICE, which was breathtaking and to see part of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator ring itself which is 27 miles in diameter. Also seeing the architecture, signs and small things like the bikes and scooters that the physicists use to move around, which gave one an idea of scale.
We also visited Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) Payload Operations Control Centre (POCC). The AMS is a particle-physics detector that looks for dark matter, antimatter and missing matter from a module which is attached to the outside of the International Space Station (ISS). It also performs precision measurements of cosmic rays and 17 billion cosmic-ray events were collected in the first year! Data is received from the module on the ISS by NASA in Houston, and then it is relayed to the AMS Payload Operations Control Centre (POCC) at CERN for analysis. This experiment is run by a collaboration of 56 institutions. The detector measures 64 cubic metres and weighs 8.5 tonnes, was assembled at CERN.
A model of the AMS module which is bolted onto the outside of the ISS.
Being in charge, in the CERN Control Centre 😉
It was a fab treat to have a look round CERN Control Centre (CCC), which combines the control rooms of the Laboratory's eight accelerators, as well as the piloting of cryogenics and technical infrastructures. It was boggling to see all the control stations and monitors, I also noted all the empty champagne bottles, which together made a timeline of CERN's milestones and achievements.
The Microcosm sculpture garden is wonderful and features some amazing examples of former CERN experiments shown as sculpture. Plus the many exhibits and kit on show which are too numerous to mention in a short blog post. There was even a music festival comprising of CERN staff bands, which was also fabulous. I didn't get to see everything, there was far too much to fit in my one day at CERN, but here are a few of my photos of my most amazing day at CERN.
The CERN staff bands play at the Open Days music festival.
Microcosm sculpture garden made of old CERN experiments.
There was also a great demonstration of robots!
My final sight of CERN was taking off from Geneva airport and seeing the Dome (above) and the CERN complex all lit up – I was very sad to leave!
Friendly physicist taking us on a tour underground.
One of many huge emergency stop signs underground in the particle accelerator ring.
Oh yes, I finally got my paws on a couple (well 3) official CERN t-shirts, which completed my trip as I'd been after a CERN t-shirt for many years, in fact I'd even taken to designing my own celebratory t-shirts for the switch on of the LHC back in 2008!
Celebratory t-shirts I designed for the switch on of the LHC in 2008 – I really should do some more for the Nobel Prize announcement!
In comparison, an official ALICE t-shirt from CERN circa 2013


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Deep Purple's 1984 reunion brought the highly-anticipated return of the Deep Purple Mark II lineup with Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice together on one stage. At the time, the group recorded a new studio release, Perfect Strangers, and hit the road for a tour.
Now, fans that couldn't get to the legendary run will have the chance to watch professionally shot footage of the band's concert in Melbourne, Australia, with the upcoming Perfect Strangers Live DVD.
The Perfect Strangers Live DVD, out Oct. 14 via Eagle Vision, runs 141 minutes and features a wide range of Deep Purple tracks, from "Smoke on the Water" to "Child in Time."


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NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathon Niese pitched another fine ballgame Thursday. The way the New York Mets are hitting lately, that's often not enough.
Madison Bumgarner struck out 10 in seven innings of four-hit ball, outdueling Niese to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 2-1 victory.
Niese (7-8) threw seven solid innings for the Mets, who batted .184 while going 4-7 on their penultimate homestand.
"I established all of my pitches, threw them all for strikes, got my cutter working on both sides of the plate," Niese said.
The left-hander is 4-2 with a 3.06 ERA in eight starts since returning from a rotator cuff injury Aug. 11. He has one scheduled start remaining, next Wednesday in Cincinnati.
"Very impressive. He had command of all of his pitches and used them all today, and moved them all around," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "Our focus with him for the next 10 days is to make sure he feels good to give him a good start towards his preparation for next year."
New York begins its final road trip Friday night in Philadelphia. All-Star third baseman David Wright is expected back in the lineup after missing seven weeks with a strained right hamstring.
Juan Perez went 3 for 3 with an RBI single in his hometown, and the World Series champions won for the eighth time in 11 games. After taking two of three from the Mets, the Giants won't even change hotels — they remain in New York this weekend to play three interleague games at Yankee Stadium.
Scores of San Francisco fans filled an otherwise empty Citi Field all series, and the Giants received a loud ovation as they walked off following the final out.
"It's nice to have a good fan base like that," Bumgarner said. "Especially this far away, it makes it a lot of fun when they care that much about us."
With a runner on second, Javier Lopez retired pinch-hitters Lucas Duda and Anthony Recker for his first save since Sept. 11 last year. Recker struck out to end a crisp game that took 2 hours, 37 minutes.
Giants closer Sergio Romo, who had a blown save the previous night, was rested after throwing 50 pitches over the past two days. New York rallied for four runs in the ninth to win 5-4 Wednesday.
Bumgarner (13-9) caught a potentially painful break in the sixth.
With runners at the corners, Wilmer Flores hit a sharp grounder that appeared headed up the middle for a tying single. But the ball smacked off Bumgarner's left shin and pinballed right to first baseman Buster Posey for the third out.
"Felt a lot better when we got him out," Bumgarner said.
He walked back to the dugout with no problem, then retired Eric Young Jr. with two on to end the seventh after a visit from pitching coach Dave Righetti.
Jean Machi pitched a perfect eighth.
San Francisco scored twice in the fourth after Hector Sanchez hit a one-out double. Joaquin Arias blooped a single and Perez, who went to high school in New York City, delivered an RBI single.
Ehire Adrianza, making his first major league start, beat out a double-play ball to drive in another run.
Perez also walked during a perfect day at the plate and set a career high for hits while playing in front of family and friends.
"It's a moment that I would say I'll never forget," he said.
Josh Satin had a leadoff double in the fourth for New York's first hit. He scored on Daniel Murphy's single, but Bumgarner avoided further damage with the help of some fine defense by Arias at third.


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In Hawaii, gardens and cafeterias don't mix
In Hawaii, school gardens are growing in popularity, but using the produce can be problematic.
I've never met Glenna Owens, who is the School Food Services Branch director for the Hawaii Department of Education. But based on comments she apparently made to The Maui News last week, if I did meet her I would be tempted to suggest to her that she consider her words more carefully before she speaks.
In an article entitled, "Cafeteria conflicts for school gardens," Owens enumerated that reasons why food grown in the gardens set up by the South Maui School Gardens Project can't be used in school cafeterias. Her reasoning seemed to reflect a bias against school foodservice, which to me appears odd coming from someone who heads up the foodservice brand of the DOE.
A couple of her arguments against the use of garden produce made no sense, while others were contradicted by other suggestions she made. For example, according to the news article, she said that because produce coming from the gardens would not have been tested to measure its nutrition value. So using a vegetable from the garden in a school recipe might throw off the dish's nutritional profile.
This confused me. First, I didn't know that each vegetable or fruit served in schools is tested for its nutritional content. That seems like an awful lot of work for any government agency to do. Second, I didn't know that the nutritional profile of a vegetable is affected all that much by whether it's grown on a farm or a school garden.
Her second argument was, according to this quote from the article: "If we have a school garden, and the harvest is enough for 20 students but 80 students will be eating, how do you select which 20 students will get food from the school garden?" I just scratched my head at that one.
Finally, she raised the liability issue: "If a child gets sick, a parent will come back to the garden." I could almost accept that argument, until I read further, where Owens suggests that other things that could be done with the produce are sharing it in the classroom, taking it home to parents or selling it in a farm stand.
Why, I wonder, would there be liability from a foodborne illness only if the produce were consumed in the cafeteria? Wouldn't there be as much—or more—liability for the district if food sold at a farm stand made someone sick?
If you read further through the article, you will see that school foodservice managers do not agree with Owens. I doubt that bothers her very much. It seems that legislation is the answer, and there are at least a couple of bills before the Hawaii state legislature that could address this issue.
The major goals of school foodservice are making school food healthier and convincing students to eat it. Anecdotal evidence suggests that when kids have a hand in growing the food they are more likely to eat it. If getting school garden food into cafeterias would encourage students to eat more healthfully, I should think Glenna Owens should be doing all she can to make that road smoother, instead of blocking the path.


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Verizon has narrowed their submissions down to just 19 and has opened up public voting from today till the 18th. Each app has a description, screenshots, and some contain videos. There are a few apps there that we already have, edocrab for example, however they are still eligible because they contain new features not yet released.
Head on over to http://www.applyyourideas.com/entries.aspx to check em out and if you have an account with Verizon Developer Community go ahead and vote.


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FCHS student receives prestigious award from Governor Mike Pence
INDIANAPOLIS – Franklin County High School senior Autumn J. Riley was awarded with the prestigious 2014 Passing the Torch Award by Indiana Governor Mike Pence Thursday, January 16, 2014 at the Indiana Statehouse during the 23rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Indiana Holiday Celebration. Autumn received the award for her winning entry in the Third Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Art, Writing and Multimedia Contest.
"Autumn's entry showed incredible creativity and understanding of the March on Washington as well as Dr. King's life," said Jamal L. Smith, Executive Director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. "We were pleased to honor such an outstanding and deserving young woman."
Autumn's entry, titled Guardian, was selected as the winner by a panel of judges who reviewed more than 300 entries for this year's contest. The theme for the Third Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Art, Writing and Multimedia Contest was to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington.
In addition to receiving the 2014 Passing the Torch Award from Indiana Governor Mike Pence, Autumn also received a $500.00 college scholarship from Indiana Black Expo, Inc. Autumn, who currently holds a 3.5 grade point average at Franklin County High School, plans to major in Pre-Dentistry in the fall at IUPUI.
The Indiana Civil Rights Commission enforces the Indiana civil rights laws and provides education and services to the public in an effort to ensure equal opportunity for all Hoosiers and visitors to the State of Indiana. For more information visit: www.in.gov/icrc or call 1-800-628-2909.
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Forest Service Has New Rules for Fire Retardant Drops [AUDIO]
U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Interior, urging them to reject calls of an expansion of environmental reviews for coal exports out of ports in the Pacific Northwest.
Add another concern for the tanker pilots who drop fire retardant around the wildfires in the west this summer, endangered species. Doug Randall has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.


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A Bigger Splash: Painting after Performance
Following the rise of performance art in the latter half of the twentieth century, paint was no longer simply a medium applied to a fixed canvas. It could be flung at the walls, daubed onto skin, or used to decorate theatrical environments. Tate's bracketing of brush and body opens with two action-packed works from its own collection: one of Jackson Pollock's early dripped and dribbled paintings and David Hockney's 'A Bigger Splash' – both documents of a performance.
Pollock may seem the more obvious inclusion – the 'performative' nature of his flicking and flinging technique having been famously captured by filmmaker Hans Namuth in 1951, seen here in a clip shown alongside Pollock's rhythmic 'Summertime: Number 9A'.
Hockney's langorous image of an LA poolside, however, is actually also a perfect illustration of movement, capturing the forceful displacement of water caused by an unseen diver. It too is accompanied by a short video, from the semi-fictional biopic by Jack Hazan from 1973, which shows just how carefully staged and studious Hockney's recreation of a spontaneous moment really was.
Having set the scene for performance's pairing with paint, the more messy and often explosive (literally in some cases) experimentation into the limits of what painting could be is highlighted by works from the '60s and '70s, such as Niki de Saint Phalle's knobbly, multicoloured painting produced by firing a gun at paint sacks embedded within plaster. The hardcore Viennese Actionists upped the visceral level of live art to the max with their ritualistic, orgiastic performances involving individuals being slathered in not only red paint but a fair amount of animal guts and gore.
Once the paint had dried on these provocative, pigment-fuelled stunts, artists used themselves as canvases in more considered, introspective ways. Cindy Sherman and Bruce Nauman applied make-up or dressing-up as tools to question their identities, although face painting remains a cousin of clowning and cosmetics and only a distant relation to the artistic medium at hand.
Having opened with such a splash, it's a shame that the show doesn't have the stamina to sustain its early levels of high-octane performance. This is especially true of the final few rooms – theatrically painted sets and arenas for action created by contemporary artists – which are crying out for performers to animate them. Still, the message remains that paint should be anything but still.
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