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A priest and a rabbi operated a church and a synagogue across the street from each other.
Since their schedules intertwined, they decided to go in together to buy a car.
After the purchase, they drove it home and parked it on the street between them.
A few minutes later, the rabbi looked out and saw the priest sprinkling water on their new car.
It didn't need a wash, so he hurried out and asked the priest what he was doing. "I'm blessing it," the priest replied.
The rabbi considered this a moment, then went back inside the synagogue.
He reappeared a moment later with a hacksaw, walked over to the back of the car and cut two inches off the tailpipe.


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Space for Life offers you, through its societies of friends, many volunteer experiences and advantages. Would you like to share your passion and talent with our institutions? Join the hundreds of volunteers that work for our societies.
Friends of the Montréal Botanical Garden
The Friends of the Montréal Botanical Garden has the largest number of volunteers (more than 300 to date) out of all our societies of friends. Please note that the Garden does not offer horticultural volunteer opportunities in plant maintenance, but the Friends offer many other possibilities to show your appreciation for the Jardin botanique and contribute to its enrichment.
Become a volunteer guide
Some 40 members of the Friends of the Botanical Garden are volunteer guides. They offer, for the pleasure of our visitors, guided tours of the greenhouses and outdoor gardens in different languages throughout the year. A 6-month training session is provided to help them carry out their duties.
To volunteer for the Friends of the Botanical Garden, you must first be a member.
Would you like to give your time and talent to one of the biggest gardens in the world? Contact the Friends of the Botanical Garden today!
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On Sunday's episode of the Emmy award-winning show Homeland, the Vice President of the United States is assassinated by a group of terrorists that have hacked into the pacemaker controlling his heart. In an elaborate plot, they obtain the device's unique identification number. They then are able to remotely take control and administer large electrical shocks, bringing on a fatal heart attack.
Viewers were shocked – many questioned if something like this was possible in real life. In short: yes (except, the part about the attacker being halfway across the world is questionable). For years, researchers have been exposing enormous vulnerabilities in internet-connected implanted medical devices.
There are millions of people who rely on these brilliant technologies to stay alive. But as we put more electronic devices into our bodies, there are serious security challenges that must be addressed. We are familiar with the threat that cyber-crime poses to the computers around us – however, we have not yet prepared for the threat it may pose to the computers inside of us.
Implanted devices have been around for decades, but only in the last few years have these devices become virtually accessible. While they allow for doctors to collect valuable data, many of these devices were distributed without any type of encryption or defensive mechanisms in place. Unlike a regular electronic device that can be loaded with new firmware, medical devices are embedded inside the body and require surgery for "full" updates. One of the greatest constraints to adding additional security features is the very limited amount of battery power available.
Thankfully, there have been no recorded cases of a death or injury resulting from a cyber attack on the body. All demonstrations so far have been conducted for research purposes only. But if somebody decides to use these methods for nefarious purposes, it may go undetected.
Marc Goodman, a global security expert and the track chair for Policy, Law and Ethics at Singularity University, explains just how difficult it is to detect these types of attacks. "Even if a case were to go to the coroner's office for review," he asks, "how many public medical examiners would be capable of conducting a complex computer forensics investigation?" Even more troubling, Goodman points out, "The evidence of medical device tampering might not even be located on the body, where the coroner is accustomed to finding it, but rather might be thousands of kilometers away, across an ocean on a foreign computer server."
Since knowledge of these vulnerabilities became public in 2008, there have been rapid advancements in the types of hacking successfully attempted.
The equipment needed to hack a transmitter used to cost tens of thousands of dollars; last year a researcher hacked his insulin pump using an Arduino module that cost less than $20. Barnaby Jack, a security researcher at McAfee, in April demonstrated a system that could scan for and compromise insulin pumps that communicate wirelessly. With a push of a button on his laptop, he could have any pump within 300 feet dump its entire contents, without even needing to know the devices' identification numbers. At a different conference, Jack showed how he reverse engineered a pacemaker and could deliver an 830-volt shock to a person's device from 50 feet away – which he likened to an "anonymous assassination."
There have also been some fascinating advancements in the emerging field of security for medical devices. Researchers have created a "noise" shield that can block out certain attacks – but have strangely run into problems with telecommunication companies looking to protect their frequencies. There have been the discussions of using ultrasound waves to determine the distance between a transmitted and medical device to prevent far-away attacks. Another team has developed biometric heartbeat sensors to allow devices within a body to communicate with each other, keeping out intruding devices and signals.
But these developments pale in comparison to the enormous difficulty of protecting against "medical cybercrime," and the rest of the industry is falling badly behind.
In hospitals around the country there has been a dangerous rise of malware infections in computerized equipment. Many of these systems are running very old versions of Windows that are susceptible to viruses from years ago, and some manufacturers will not allow their equipment to be modified, even with security updates, partially due to regulatory restrictions. A solution to this problem requires a rethinking of the legal protections, the loosening of equipment guidelines, as well as increased disclosure to patients.
Government regulators have studied this issue and recommended that the FDA take these concerns into account when approving devices. This may be a helpful first step, but the government will not be able to keep up with the fast developments of cyber-crime. As the digital and physical world continue to come together, we are going to need an aggressive system of testing and updating these systems. The devices of yesterday were not created to protect against the threats of tomorrow.


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Hold the BBC Accountable |
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July 12, 2012 Dear Friends of AE911Truth, AE911Truth recommends that you write a letter to all 11 MPs (Members of Parliament) on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee in Parliament and cc the 12 Trustees of the BBC Trust. This Committee can really hold the BBC accountable to their Royal Charter, Agreement and Editorial Guidelines. This page contains a button you can click on that will open up your default email program and begin an email to all the Trustees and MPs and a bcc to AE911Truth. This page also contains a sample letter. #2) 2 requests to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee Thank you for your dedication and support for this BBC campaign! The next few paragraphs were in the original "Hold the BBC Accountable" page but everything after that is new We are writing to ask you to support a campaign regarding the BBC by three AE911Truth petition signers in the UK. A sample letter for you to send and the recipients' email addresses are provided for you below. By sending a short email to the House Media Committee you will help to persuade it to meet with our 3 petition signers in the UK, to investigate the BBC's failure to provide impartial and accurate reporting on the World Trade Center attacks in keeping with its Royal Charter, Agreement and Editorial Guidelines and open the door to more accurate coverage of this issue. Background - Why the BBC and why now? I BBC is part of the worldwide media cover up of 9/11 We have a unique and potentially powerful opportunity with this action. The corporate media across the western world is not allowing the full facts about 9/11 to be shown to the public. This is a major reason why the 9/11 truth movement has not yet been successful in creating sufficiently widespread knowledge and political pressure to force the new and independent investigation that we are all seeking. II BBC has a legal obligation to present accurate and impartial news We have a unique opportunity here to try to break this media blockade through one of the largest and most publicly trusted mainstream media outlets in the western world, namely the BBC in Britain. Unlike all the other large corporate media outlets in the western world, the BBC is publicly funded by the people of Britain. Because of this, the BBC has a responsibility to the public and operates according to a legal 'Royal Charter' that requires the BBC to provide information to the public in a fair, accurate, impartial, and independent manner. The BBC's Editorial Guidelines include Editorial Values promise truth, accuracy, impartiality, editorial integrity and independence, fairness, transparency and accountability. The Editorial Values also require the BBC to "ask searching questions of those who hold public office and others who are accountable, and provide a comprehensive forum for public debate," and to "be rigorous in establishing the truth of the story and well informed when explaining it." III Complaints and appeals allowed If the public ever feels that the BBC does not meet these criteria on something then there is a formal complaints process for the public which the BBC Trust must adhere to. Through the complaints process, if it can be proven that the BBC has not met the required criteria of its Royal Charter then it must take suitable action to address this. It only takes one major media network to crack a little on 9/11 and the global ripple effect could be huge. IV BBC coverage of 9/11 has been very biased Over the past few years the BBC has aired numerous documentaries about 9/11 conspiracy theories. Last year the BBC aired two documentaries about 9/11 to coincide with the tenth anniversary, namely 'Conspiracy Files: 9/11 ten years on', and '9/11: Conspiracy Road Trip'. These documentaries have mentioned some of the issues raised by the 9/11 truth movement but they have very much been biased towards supporting the official story of 9/11 and they have withheld or misrepresented crucial facts and information that challenges the official story. The sample letter below gives some specifics on the BBC's bias in these programs. V Three AE911Truth petition signers have filed a complaint and are asking for our help As a result of these two documentaries, three individuals in the UK, including UK Civil Rights lawyer, Paul Warburton, lodged three separate and formal complaints with the BBC over these two documentaries citing the numerous breaches of the BBC's Royal Charter to be fair, accurate, impartial, and independent. These complaints have also had some support from several Members of Parliament. These three complaints have now reached the top level of the BBC complaints and investigation process but have been apparently stonewalled within the BBC. At this point there is little to be gained from continuing to write to the BBC or BBC Trust. Rather, our 3 petition signers have decided to ask for a meeting with the House Media Committee. The rest of this is new as of June 30, 2012 VI 250 + AE911Truth supporters wrote letters to the BBC Trust and MP Tom Watson in June In response to our June 5 newsletter article and June 13 Action Alert over 250 AE911Truth supporters wrote to the BBC Trust and MP Tom Watson in support of our BBC campaign. These fabulous supporters are about 1% of our newsletter subscribers. We are incredibly grateful for your choice to step up for 9/11 Truth! VII BBC bureaucracy / gatekeeper has kept these letters of support and the appeal itself from being seen by the BBC Trust We had a reasonable expectation that letters on this subject to the BBC Trust would actually reach the BBC Trust. However Fran O'Brien, head of Editorial Standards for the BBC (part of the BBC Executive Branch) recently wrote to Peter Drew (one of our 3 petition signers) about his appeal against the BBC's findings relating to his complaints about the following two BBC documentaries: 1. Ref: 1445671 The Conspiracy Files: 9/11 Ten Years On — 29 August 2011 — BBC Two 2. Ref: 1445671 9/11: Conspiracy Road Trip — 8 September 2011 — BBC Three Miss O'Brien's letter states that her responsibility in this complaints process is to check that appeals qualify for consideration by the Trust. In her opinion, the BBC Trust would not be interested in Peter's complaint and therefore it will not be passed on to the Trust. This is what the ESC did with all 3 appeals. Peter Drew wrote a follow up letter challenging Miss O'Brien's decision but there is more that we can do. VIII Change in strategy: write directly to the House Media Committee in support of this campaign For this reason we have a change in strategy. It is clear that the BBC is the problem. They are not going to admit their own wrongdoing - their violation of their Royal Charter, Agreement and Editorial Guidelines in the 2 documentaries aired last September - and provide accurate and impartial information about the 9/11 attacks. The BBC gatekeeper has effectively prevented this appeal and our probably our letters related to the appeal from even reaching the BBC Trust. However the UK Parliament has a Committee - the Culture, Media and Sport Committee (the "Media Committee") - which has oversight authority over the BBC. This Committee can investigate the BBC's biased and inaccurate reporting of 9/11 as well as other topics. For this reason our 3 petition signers in the UK who are running this campaign are now asking for help from the Committee. It is the MPs on this Media Committee who can really hold the BBC accountable to their Royal Charter and Agreement. IX What can you do to support this BBC campaign?
#1) Click on the sample letter in the box below. That will highlight it. Then you can copy it with a right click, then copy. #2) Click here to write your email This will open up your default email program and begin a new email message to the MPs on this Committee and cc'd to the BBC Trustees and to AE911Truth. The sample letter is the rest of the page - it goes all the way to the end of this page. Sample letter to the Members of Parliament on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee Click on the boxed letter content below to select it all for easier copy and paste to your e-mail client. [insert date of your email] [Your city, state and country if you feel comfortable providing it] [Your email address] If you are not familiar with all the evidence I am referring to then it is precisely because of the problem I am referring to here. The BBC and the rest of the mainstream media have refused to show this information and have instead sought to smear the character of those people attempting to bring this evidence and factual information forwards for the public to see. Therefore the majority of the public, perhaps yourself included, have not seen all this evidence. If you are not aware of this evidence, as a very quick start, just look up 'Building 7' on youTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvx904dAw0o and you will see in just 30 seconds an excellent example of what is being referred to. The only mistake is that explosives other than dynamite are used in controlled demolitions of buildings. If this 30 second video has got your attention then please invest just another 15 minutes of your valuable time to watch this mini documentary "Architects & Engineers - Solving the Mystery of WTC 7" put together by numerous professional Architects and Engineers from the organization 'Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth' presenting just a small amount of the abundant scientific evidence into why the collapse of Building 7 is the smoking gun for a very different story about 9/11 that the BBC and the British media are wilfully covering up and preventing the public from seeing. Below I will describe in detail the requirements for BBC's programs and how it has not met those requirements. // You can also join our Media Outreach Team by writing to the AE911Truth Volunteer Team. See our Volunteer Page for more information. See also this page to read and watch a video of the Statement to the Press that Richard Gage, AIA, presented at the theater in Beverly Hills. Thank you for your dedication!


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These are the most common signs of Covid-19 in children - and how they differ to adult symptoms
Several schools across the UK have reported cases of Covid-19, but symptoms in children may be harder to spot.
New research suggests that the virus presents differently in children than in adults - so what signs should you look out for?
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The NHS lists the following as the main signs of Covid-19 in adults and children:
- High temperature
- A new, continuous cough
- A loss or change in the sense of smell or taste
However, the team behind the Covid symptom study app state that new data shows that coronavirus presents differently in children compared to adults.
Professor Tim Spector of King's College London, who led the research, said: "We need to start telling people what are the key symptoms at different ages rather than this blanket obsession with fever, cough and lack of smell."
The team's latest findings are based on reports of symptoms amongst 198 children who tested positive for coronavirus, out of the almost 16,000 tested.
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He said: "If you followed the government's advice, you'd be missing half of the [symptomatic] infections."
The professor added that parents and teachers needed to be aware of the different ways that the virus presents in children.
What are the symptoms of Covid-19 in children?
Of the children tested, who had symptoms, it was found that 55 per cent of children had fatigue, 54 per cent had a headache and almost half had a fever.
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A third of the children who tested positive did not experience symptoms.
The research from the Covid symptom study app echoes that of researchers at Queen's University Belfast.
Dr Tom Waterfield, first author of the study, said: "In our group, diarrhoea and vomiting were more predictive than, say, cough or even changes in smell and taste.
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Hide Ad"If you want to actually diagnose infection in children, we need to start looking at diarrhoea and vomiting, not just upper respiratory tract symptoms."
Professor Spector said that while some of the symptoms of the children overlapped with symptoms for that of a cold, other symptoms were unusual - like skin rashes.
Researchers behind the app have previously argued that rashes should be considered a fourth sign of Covid-19, alongside temperature, cough and change in taste or smell.
Professor Spector said: "It is certainly as important as the other features, and in children it is much more important.
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The professor said that the difference in symptoms was likely down to the way the immune system responds to the virus.
What is the Covid symptom study app?
The Covid symptom study app was developed by health science company ZOE, and is endorsed by the Welsh Government, NHS Wales, the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland.
The app works by tracking users' reports of symptoms and how they are feeling.
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OVO Arena Wembley has changed the way we advertise the majority of ticket prices on our website.
From 15 February 2011, the price displayed on our website for tickets sold by AXS will include the ticket price (face value) and the service fees applied to each ticket. For example, if the price of the ticket is £60.00 and the per ticket service fee is £6.00, the ticket will be advertised at £66.00. This price excludes delivery costs, which will be added to the total amount due and clearly detailed before you commit to purchase. Should we link to an alternative vendor e.g. See Tickets, the Venue Box Office, we will only advertise the ticket price. The service fees and delivery charges will be detailed on their website prior to committing to purchase.
All prices on ovoarena.co.uk will be clearly marked as to what they include so there is no confusion at the point of sale. See below for more information explaining AXS service fees and charges:
What is the difference between the Service Charge and Order Processing Fee?
The Service Charge applies per ticket. The Order Processing Fee applies once per order, regardless of the quantity of tickets purchased. Why are these charges levied? The charges pay for our credit/debit card processing services, merchant fees, distribution network, the installation and maintenance of computer hardware and software, telephone lines, labour and all other costs associated with the ticket transaction. If AXS incurs ticket delivery costs, these will be included in the Order Processing Fee. Examples include postage and packaging, or the support of newer delivery methods such as eTickets, where scanning hardware is required at participating venues.
How much is the service charge and the order processing fee?
As an authorised ticket agent, AXS negotiates charges with venue operators, promoters and others based on costs involved in both their presentation of the event and our services with respect to the ticketing of their events. The actual amount is determined by agreement with the venue or promoter for each event.
Why do I have to pay a booking fee?
AXS bring tickets to customers via telephone and the Internet. They are open seven days a week and twenty-four hours a day, AXS provide customers with the ability to save time and often money, by not having to travel to the box office to buy tickets. The booked fee is charged per ticket to pay for our credit/debit card processing services, merchant fees, the distribution network, the installation and maintenance of computer hardware and software, telephone lines, labour and all other costs associated with a ticket transaction. As an authorised ticket agent AXS negotiate fees with venue operators, promoters and others based on costs involved in both their presentation and the ticketing of their events. The actual amount is determined by agreement with the venue or promoter for each event. Please note that the booking fee is sometimes referred to as service charge or convenience charge.
Is the booking fee always the same no matter where I buy my tickets?
No, the Service Charge will vary depending upon where you purchase the tickets. A Service Charge is applied when you purchase via the Internet or phone via AXS or in person at the venue Box Office.
Why is there also a handling charge?
The AXS handling charges are used to operate a large postal and administrative department. This is responsible for the distribution of up to 10,000 letters per day. Tickets are generally sent out by first class, with an additional charge being sent out for special delivery. In accordance with the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers (STAR) by whom they are regulated, a AXS agent or our internet sales site will always clearly identify the face value and any additional convenience or handling charge before proceeding with the transaction. This carefully scripted information is to ensure the customer knows how the total price is constructed consequently and gives them a choice to continue or decline.


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It is well known the PS Vita is not backwards compatible with any UMD-based PSP games, as it uses a different, not compatible storage media. Sony also confirmed that PSP games purchased through PSN's PlayStation Store will be compatible with PS Vita.
My question is: are all PSN PSP games compatible with PS Vita? If not, which games are specifically NOT compatible with Vita (preferably a list)?


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O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down,
Now scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown;
How pale Thou art with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn!
How does that visage languish, which once was bright as morn!
What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, was all for sinners' gain;
Mine, mine was the transgression, but Thine the deadly pain.
Lo, here I fall, my Savior! 'Tis I deserve Thy place;
Look on me with Thy favor, vouchsafe to me Thy grace.
My burden in Thy Passion, Lord, Thou hast borne for me,
For it was my transgression which brought this woe on Thee.
I cast me down before Thee, wrath were my rightful lot;
Have mercy, I implore Thee; Redeemer, spurn me not!
What language shall I borrow to thank Thee, dearest friend,
For this Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end?
O make me Thine forever, and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to Thee.
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As a Briston-Hill household, Halloween is one of our favourite times of year – mostly helped by the fact that Eli is in a permanent state of "goth", so of course its his annual time to shine!
Outdoor Trick or Treating is off the agenda this year (damn you Covid), so I've been looking at alternative fun festivities for the family. SELFRIDGES in both Manchester (Exchange Square and Trafford Centre) always host great events and as usual, are your one-stop shop with a perfect selection of spooky themed gifts, confectionary from brands such as Ask Mummy & Daddy and Jelly Belly and all the decorations you can shake a witches-broom at. Oh and I must mention that SELFRIDGES also has everything for you to eat, drink and be scary this October to boot too.
Gather the family and head to the much-loved Laudurée Cafe in Selfridges Exchange Square to check out their limited edition Halloween Macarons, served in a glow in the dark box! What's more, Laudurée will be giving a FREE macaron to any child in fancy dress on Saturday 31st October, simply head to the counter and enjoy!*
Looking for a fun-filled family activity this Halloween? Visit Selfridges Manchester Exchange Square and Selfridges Trafford for an abundance of excellent in-store activities this October!
As Greater Manchester is (at time of posting) in Tier 3, the following in-store events are all compliant with current government guidelines and measures have been taken to help minimise the risk of coronavirus, in line with guidance from Public Health England and the relevant authorities. As such the wearing of a face covering is compulsory when visiting the stores and customers should only shop in a group from one household or support bubble.
Selfridges Pumpkin Hunt // SELFRIDGES TRAFFORD & EXCHANGE SQ
About // Get hunting this Halloween with Selfridges' Pumpkin Hunt, a perfect activity for all the family to enjoy. Receive a complimentary treat once you have found all the pumpkins and returned your competition card to our Host!
Date // 28 – 31 October
Time // 12PM – 4PM
Price // Complementary
- Trafford // CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO THIS EVENT
- Exchange // CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO THIS EVENT
Decorate a Gourd // SELFRIDGES TRAFFORD
About // Join us for some Halloween-themed fun and decorate your own ghoulish gourd for your house with the help of one of our expert decorators.
Date // 29 October
Time: 12PM – 4PM
Price: £5
- Trafford // CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO THIS EVENT
Trick or Treat Bag workshop // SELFRIDGES TRAFFORD
About // Decorate your perfect Trick or Treat bag with us – it will make for a spooktacular Halloween accessory.
Date // 30 October
Time // 12PM – 4PM
Price // £5
- Trafford // CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO THIS EVENT
Slime Jar Workshop // SELFRIDGES TRAFFORD
About // Discover how to create your very own slime at this fun-filled (and extremely spooky) workshop.
Date // 31 October
Time // 12PM – 4PM
Price // £5
- Trafford // CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO THIS EVENT
Can't make it to an in-store event in Manchester? No problem – here is my Halloween Top Ten from Selfridges.com!
For more Halloween gifting and decor inspiration, head to Selfridges.com
Whatever you get up to this Halloween, enjoy yourselves, stay spooky and stay safe!
*Limited to one macaron per child. Redeemable at Selfridges Exchange Square only, for the first 100 children in store.
For clarity, I was kindly #gifted all products that are highlighted in this post above, on behalf of Selfridges Manchester.
This is not a sponsored or paid post and I was not obliged to write this blog post or link back the Selfridges website; though this post may contain affiliate links that earn me a tiny commission. I only shout about items that I genuinely believe in, so be safe in the knowledge that I'm a big fan of Selfridges – both their in-store activities and online offering.


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Milford Buildings Preservation Trust hosted the Belfast Association of National Trust Members in Milford village on Saturday 24th May 2014. The Trust was delighted to welcome the group. After morning coffee in The Old Schoolhouse the group were given house tour of Milford House Museum by Keeper of Collections Stephen, Mc Manus and a tour of the world famous William Mc Crum Park by Joe Mc Manus (who was instrumental in saving the field where the penalty kick was invented). Following this the group were taken by to The Old Schoolhouse and Stephen Mc Manus told them about the Manor House School, which owned Milford House from 1936 to 1965, why Milford House is designated one of the top ten listed buildings at most serious risk in Northern Ireland and the Trust's work to save Milford's Heritage.
The group were privileged to be joined in the morning's events by the Rev.John William Mc Crum Miller and his wife Joan who were visiting from Edinburgh. The Rev.Miller is a great grandson of Robert Garmany Mc Crum of Milford House. Both he and his wife Joan have over the years been extremely generous benefactors gifting many precious Mc Crum and Miller family items to Milford House Museum.
After a highly enjoy bale lunch the group was taken on a walking tour of Milford village by Stephen Mc Manus who revealed the stories of the fascinating buildings and the people who lived there. This continued up to the back gates of Milford House. The group amazed at the extraordinary history of the house, the Trust's work to save it but equally shocked at the deteriorating state of the property.
David Gibson of the Belfast National Trust Association said " I would like to express the thanks of our group to you and your team (especially the caterers) for a very enjoyable day put. We were all impressed by your encyclopaedic knowledge of the history of Milford. and Milford House and your enthusiasm for the area". Stephen Mc Manus said it was an absolute pleasure for the Trustees to welcome the group and we look forward to welcoming many more groups in the future.


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Clermont, Florida – Lakeside Studios today proudly introduces their first free iOS application "Persongalize", a personal song generator that lets you flatter your significant other or yourself with an original personalized song in five simple taps of your screen. With three different genres to choose from, each song includes a different females name sung inside the song and is very likely to help make you the best boyfriend, husband or crush that ever lived!
Persongalize features access to 1,816 original personal songs available in the Rock, Pop/Dance and Country genres. Each song is customized to include a different females name sung inside the song.
While writing and recording a song for every single name imaginable is extremely challenging, Lakeside Studios has accepted the challenge and is excited to move forward taking the first step of many into the personal song writing movement with Persongalize 1.1. If the name that a user was looking for is not included in the first version, Lakeside Studios encourages name submissions to them. To stay updated with the latest Persongalize news, updates or polls for what genre should be featured next, follow Persongalize on Facebook.
Feature Highlights:
* 1,816 Personal songs available in three different genres
* Music trivia quiz
With over 700 female names already available, Persongalize will be updated frequently, including new songs featuring names that were not included in the first version 1.1, expanding its genre options, adding songs featuring male names and other expansions users will not want to miss.
Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3/4/5 gen) and iPad
* Requires iOS 5.1 or later
Pricing and Availability:
Persongalize 1.1 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category. The songs are made available through iTunes with a thirty second preview and can be purchased for $.99 (USD).
Persongalize 1.1
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Located in Clermont, Florida, Lakeside Studios was founded in 2010 by Alec Larson and Karlton Tillman. Lakeside Studios is a committed team of songwriters, recording engineers, producers photographers and UAV operators. Since 2010, Lakeside Studios has been involved in the production of such projects as, The Advaita Concept, Destination: You and even specializes in obtaining high quality low altitude aerial photography and video through the use of their state of the art unmanned aerial vehicles. Copyright (C) 2012 Lakeside Studios. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPod, the iPod logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.


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Title: "Fool For Love" (Believe #2)
Author: Karen Ferry
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: 27th April, 2016
What do you do when everything you thought you knew about yourself turns out to be a lie, forcing you to re-evaluate your life?
Do you face them?
Or do you run?
My name is Suzy. I am the girl who has always believed in fairytales, unicorns, and that wishing upon a shooting star would make all my dreams come true.
I have always had faith that I would find my very own Prince Charming. I have always been certain that we all have a soul mate...that we will find our true love someday, and that we must never give up.
But not that long ago, I started to wonder...
What if my Prince is in fact...a Princess?
Why is it so hard to be seen for who I am?
Love is love, isn't it?
I have started to lose faith in my once so adamant beliefs: where is my one? Where is the person who will be able to restore my faith in the fairy-tale and the happy-ever-afters?
Is New York the right place for someone like me? Or will she squish me like a small, insignificant bug beneath her feet?
Only time will tell.
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While Garrett talks to the guy from the airport, I watch him from the corner of my eye. My curiosity is piqued, and I want to get to know him better. Safiro was a fountain of information as usual, but the way the tabloids write about the recluse that is otherwise known as the renowned Italian cook, Garrett Thompson, doesn't really seem to fit the man in front of me. While he's still virtually a stranger, I haven't seen the confident player that he's made out to be – that is, when he ever finds the chance to get out of his restaurant downtown.
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I snort when that thought enters my mind. Garrett and I will never happen. For one thing, I'll be leaving New York in a few months; and for another, he's a lot older than me. Somehow, I doubt the lines in the corners of his eyes are laugh lines; I can see it now that his hair is pulled away from his face – hello, man bun! – and I'd be a downright fool to get involved with him.
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Explaining Science with Ten Hundred Words
February 14, 2013
Ask a scientist what they do for a living and sometimes you'll get a mouthful of jargon and very little understanding of what he or she actually studies.
That's where the "Ten Hundred Words of Science" challenge comes in. Inspired by internet comic artist Randall Munroe, who recently used only the 1,000 most common words in the English language to describe the Saturn V rocket, scientists from every field are now experimenting with this limited word list to explain their own work.
The result of Munroe's attempt to parse impenetrable scientific terminology into everyday language is the web comic panel "The Up-Goer Five." In this annotated blueprint, he describes each piece of the complex rocket that took American astronauts to the moon, eliminating complicated technical terms in favor of explanations everyone can understand.
Detail from the "Up-Goer Five" schematic.
Munroe calls the helium tanks on the Saturn V Rocket "things holding that kind of air that makes your voice funny" and makes the complicated pieces of machinery comprehensible by describing their function. In Munroe's hands, the Launch Escape System becomes the "thing to help people escape really fast if there's a problem and everything is on fire so they decide not to go to space."
The "Up-Goer Five" is not only a funny and enlightening comic, but it served as a commentary on the difficult-to-understand nature of most scientific communication. Its publication inspired geneticist Theo Sanderson to build a web-based text editor – The Up-Goer Five Text Editor – which restricts writers to those 1,000 most commonly used words. Scientists around the world are using the text editor to explain their work, then posting on Twitter with the hashtag #upgoer5 or submitting to a Tumblr blog called Ten Hundred Words of Science.
The text editor isn't a translator, though, so it takes some creativity to find words that get accurate scientific ideas across with only the most basic vocabulary. Several Brookhaven scientists have already tried their hands at explaining the science done at the Lab with the "ten hundred" most common words.
Dead Green Things
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Alistair Rogers, a biologist in Brookhaven's Environmental Sciences Department, studies the long-term effects of elevated concentrations of carbon dioxide on plants in the field, and their physiological, biochemical and molecular adaptations to global change. His work is easy to understand in this excerpt from his Ten Hundred Words submission:
"Up near the top of the world it is really cold and lots of old dead green things have been stuck in ice in the ground for a very long time. When the dead green things are stuck in ice the tiny life forms can't eat them and the bad stuff is stuck where it can't make the world hotter. When ice gets warmed up it starts to go away and when it does the tiny life forms in the ground can eat the old dead green things and give out the bad stuff that makes our world warmer. When the world gets warmer more ice goes away, more dead green stuff gets eaten and more bad stuff ends up in the air which makes the world get warmer, and so on. This could make the world get hotter very quickly, and we need to know more about it."
Little Bits of Light
In this rendering of physicist Mark Dean's research, an x-ray probe (blue) hits a superconductor, which emits light back with information on the spin of electrons. In Ten-Hundred-Words speak, when the blue 'bits of light' change color into red light, we can tell more about how the electrons in superconductors move.
Mark Dean, a physicist in Brookhaven's Condensed Matter Physics Department, uses the text editor to transform his work investigating superconductivity with Raman scattering , X-ray scattering, and neutron scattering into a basic explanation of materials science:
"In our group we fire little bits of light at stuff and we check what happens to the bits of light after they hit the stuff we are interested in. By looking at where the bits of light go we can see where the little bits of stuff sit within the big bit of stuff. By looking at how the bits of light change color we can tell how the little bits of stuff move. People who make new things like phones, cars and houses then look at what we learned about the stuff and use it to make them better."
Hot Stuff
And Paul Sorenson, physicist at Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), gives his work studying quark-gluon plasma the Up-Goer Five treatment:
Paul Sorenson
"What we really like to do is make big groups of these small things and make them as hot as we can. Really hot. More than ten hundred hundred times hotter than the sun. We do this by slamming four hundred up, up, down, and up, down, down things together all at the same time. When we do this, they all become very hot and new small matter and not-matter things are made out of this thick hot stuff. The new small things are the same number of matter and not-matter. Light comes out of the thick hot stuff too and we can tell how hot the stuff is from the color of the light.
Usually, the little up and down things can't escape their groups. The field that keeps them together is very strong. But when the thick hot stuff is hot enough, then the little up and down things escape from their groups and become free for a little time. Eventually the thick hot stuff grows and cools until the little things start to stick together again into groups. Those groups fly away until the thick hot stuff is gone. We catch the light and the little groups as they come from the thick hot stuff. By studying how they came out of the thick hot stuff, we learn what the thick hot stuff was like. We also learn about the strong force that holds the groups together."
As difficult as it is to pare down complex scientific studies into basic explanations, Sorenson said that while the task seemed "daunting" at first, using the Up-Goer Five Text Editor to describe his work wasn't as difficult as he'd first thought.
"I was able to name five out of six quarks because physicists adopted fairly simple words to label the quarks and their different charges," he said. "It almost became easier to talk about my work this way because I didn't have to explain what more obscure words mean. It was liberating and fun."
It wasn't without its challenges, though. Dean points out that some studies show that even three-year-olds have a vocabulary of more than 1000 words, and lamented not being able to use simple terms like "metal" or "magnet". Sorenson also found the limited vocabulary tough to work around. "I did find it hard to live without the word 'electron'," he says.
Scientists throughout the Lab are encouraged to describe their work the Up-Goer Five Text Editor. To submit a description of scientific work at Brookhaven for the Ten Hundred Words project, contact Chelsea Whyte, email@example.com, in the Media & Communications Office.
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Before thinking about how to be more creative, let me begin point out some real barriers that some people seem to have when wanting to enhance creativity, have a think if any of these things are applicable to you and your life;
1. Lack of time. This is not as major as you may think. Linking thoughts and ideas only takes seconds. It can happen anytime, anywhere. Provided you are in the right state and pay attention to your own experience.
Creativity in my opinion is more about the quality of the time you have and being receptive to yourself. Though this does take some time.
2. Fear of being judged. When I worked for a national newspaper and we had brainstorming sessions, individuals were often scared of expressing ideas. Creativity results in unusual ideas and perhaps even being different in some way. They can be thought of as strange, odd or challenging. Fear of being considered weird, stupid or just different often kills creativity. If I feared people thinking any of those things about me, I would not bother getting out of bed in the mornings; I love the fact that people think I am all of those things!!
3. Lack of self-esteem. When you do something creative, you go beyond the bounds of what has been safe and familiar in the past, to yourself and maybe even others. When you are not sure about yourself, being different in any way can feel risky or make you feel vulnerable. The danger is that you give up your new insight to just blend in. Smash out of those shackles!
4. Fear of failure. This inhibits us. If you are making a new connection in your brain there can be no inherent "right" or "wrong" about it. Failure can only have two meanings really; firstly, that it didn't work in the way you wanted it to. Secondly, Someone else did not like it. But so what??!! I have to tell you all that I get many comments on how I generate so many successful projects and am often asked how I do it. I always point out that these projects are actually only about 10% of what I have imagined. The other 90% didn't work or didn't get out of my brain.
Creativity is not reserved for genius only. Einstein was brilliant but he is not necessarily the best model of creativity for us. You do not need specialist expertise to be creative. The fruits of your creativity may manifest in many, many differing ways, in fact I expect so.
If at any time you doubt your ability to be creative, remind yourself that several times every night you create an entirely new dream, which you script, act in and watch, which involves all your senses and has effects that can last long after they are over. This creation is so very effortless most people don't even recognise it as such.
How to be more creative.
Ok, so how does one actually go about getting more creative. Let me give you some ideas;
1. Find the right frame of mind. Explore what states you associate with being creative. Discover properly what it is that triggers and maintains you being creative. What's your best time of day? The best environment? Do you need to be alone or with others or alone in the midst of others? Do you need sounds or silence or background sounds? Build a profile of your creativity state, then make time and space for it on a regular basis instead of waiting for some divine intervention and for it to just happen on its own.
2. Cultivate dreaming. Pay attention to your experience of life and attention to your existing creativity rather than dismissing day-dreams and dreams. Don't allow yourself to waste what you may already be discovering by ignoring it.
3. Ask yourself "What if?" and "What else?" and "How else?" Always go beyond what you fist thought, find more and more different ideas.
4. When and/or if you hit a problem, pretend your usual solution is not available. This can work in many different ways. If your PC crashes today, how else might you do your work? If you usually argue face to face, what would happen if you wrote your feelings down instead? Some solutions may be no better than the ones you're used to: others may offer you brilliant new opportunities. Do something different. I wrote about that idea in an earlier article entitled Do something Different, go check it out.
5. See how many different results you can get with the same ingredients. I am sure many of you know that there is a cookbook called "Recipes 1-2-3″ by Rozanne Gold, in which every recipe is made out of only three ingredients.
Some recipes use the same three ingredients but different processes or quantities come up with different results.
You can have some great fun by taking an every day object and imagine or think about how many other uses it can have, you can even think about how to combine them with other objects.
6. Think of different ways to do the familiar. Change the order in which you do things, use different things, use your less favoured hand; as soon as we break routine, we move from a state where we are on auto-pilot to one where we are alive and alert. You exercise unfamiliar brain connections and help build new links in your brain. A glorious feeling!
7. Look out for the difference that makes the difference. When you encounter something that strikes you as different, ask yourself what it is about it that is so different or new or unusual. Where does the key difference actually lie?
I want to mention a strategy that is well talked about in NLP circles and that I have used for many years and that is the Disney Creativity Strategy.
The Disney creativity strategy is for developing your dreams and giving them the best possible chance of becoming reality. It is named after Walt Disney, who often took on three different roles when his team was developing an idea; the dreamer, the realist and the critic. Robert Dilts, an NLP pioneer, modelled and developed this strategy as an NLP tools. Some of Robert's articles that he kindly donated can be found at my website.
The strategy separates out these three vital roles involved in the process of translating creative ideas into reality so that they can be explored separately for maximum clarity and effect.
Many companies have specialists in each of the three fields and I have done consultancy work with companies myself whereby I have asked different team members to take on one of the roles. You can also play all three roles yourself as I often do in coaching or business consultancy, with your own wants, needs and goals.
However, the usual way to use it is to allocate three roles to different people (realist, dreamer and critic) to assess plans or tasks. Ask someone to act as the dreamer and tell you all the possibilities of the idea. Ask someone else to examine exactly what would be involved in putting it into practice (realist), and someone to take a hard look at it and really evaluate its strengths and weaknesses (critic). You may want to rotate the roles. If doing it on your own, be sure to keep the roles very separate and write them down. I do this with lots of my own ideas and with changes I want to make in my life.
You can even use this in a meeting broken down into three stages; Each role as a separate stage. Get everyone brainstorming and being creative first; then get them thinking about what would actually have to happen in practical terms; then get them critically evaluating the possibilities.
I suggest that you have some fun being creative and doing things differently to generate more creativity. It feels wonderful and if you have found that your progress to success or the outcomes you desire has been blocked or gone stagnant, then think about being more creative in how and what you are doing.


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Go to the Assignment tool.
Select the Assignments tool from the Tools Menu in your site.
Click Add.
Click the Add button to add a new assignment.
Give your assignment a title.
The title of your assignment should be something descriptive and unique, as this is the title students will see when they go to the Assignments tool to submit their work.
Add assignment instructions.
Enter the instructions for the assignment into the Rich Text Editor. You may use the editor to format your assignment description, and add images, links, or other media if desired.
Add honor pledge. (Optional)
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Student view of honor pledge.
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Add Attachments. (Optional)
If you would like to attach any additional files to the assignment, such as a grading rubric or peer review rubric, click the Add attachments button to browse for and attach file/s.
Specify the availability.
When you create a new assignment, the Open Date will default to the current day, and the Due Date and Accept Until dates will default to one week later. Change the dates using the calendar icon to bring up the date-picker pop-up calendar.
- The Open Date for your assignment is when it becomes available for students.
- The Due Date is the deadline to turn in the assignment.
- The Accept Until date allows you to accept late submissions after the due date. (Late student submissions marked as late.) If you do not accept late submissions, you may leave the Due Date and Accept Until date the same.
Tip: Often, faculty like to set the time on the due date to 11:55 PM, as that is the latest time you can select on a given day. Selecting 12:00 AM will display the date as the next day, and this may confuse students about the actual due date if they assume they have all day to turn in their work.
Send a reminder email. (Optional)
If you would like a reminder email to be sent 24 hours before the due date, check the box next to Send a reminder email 24 hours before the due date.
Hide due date from students. (Optional)
If you would prefer for students not to see the assignment due date, check the box next to the Hide due date from students option.
Add due date to Calendar. (Optional)
If you would like your assignment due date to be added automatically to the Calendar in your class, check the Add due date to calendar box.
Add an announcement. (Optional)
If you would like an announcement to be automatically posted to the site regarding the open date for your assignment, check the Add an announcement about the open date to Announcements box. If you enable an announcement about the option date, you will also have the option to choose an email notification for the announcement.
Note: The announcement will be posted immediately when you post your assignment, regardless of the actual open date of the assignment itself. This option is best used to announce changes in a due date, or the availability of a newly posted item.
You may display your assignment to everyone in the site (the default), or to selected groups.
Note: You must have existing groups in your site in order for the Display to selected groups option to appear.
Display only to selected groups. (Optional)
If you select the Display only to selected groups option, the settings will expand to show a list of all existing groups in the site. Select one or more groups to display the assignment to those groups only. If you selected the Group Submission option, you may limit the groups that are allowed to submit here.
Note: The display option only controls the visibility of the assignment for users in different groups. By default, each member of the group still submits an individual assignment, but this display setting allows you to identify different assignments for different groups or sections.
Tip: If you want students to submit one assignment per group, use the Group Submission - One submission per group option below.
Choose the submission format.
There are several submission formats that you may accept.
- Inline and Attachments: This is the default format and it allows students to either enter content into the rich text editor inline, or attach a file, or both.
- Inline only: Student may only submit a response by entering their content into the rich text editor. The attachment option is not available. This is a good option to choose if you want to be able to grade all of the responses online without having to download or open any files.
- Attachments only: This format removes the rich text editor option and leaves only the attachment option available.
- Non-electronic: This format choice is for assignments that you expect students to submit in person, but you want the option to view assignment details and/or grade the assignment in Sakai.
- Single Uploaded File only: If you want students to submit a file, but you only want a single file, this is the option to choose. (Both the Inline and Attachments and the Attachments only option allow students to upload and submit more than one file at a time.)
Choose your preferred format from the drop-down menu.
Allow resubmission. (Optional)
If you select Allow Resubmission, you may specify:
- The number of resubmissions allowed for the class.
- The deadline for resubmitting.
- You may also select to notify students via email when the grade is released and resubmission is available.
Tip: You may also choose to allow resubmissions on an individual basis when you grade student submissions.
Submission notification.
The default notification setting is Do not send me notification emails for any student submissions. If you would like to be notified, select either of the following two options:
- Send me a notification email for each student submission: This option will send a separate email for each student immediately upon submission.
- Send me one email per day summarizing notifications for student submissions: This option will send a digest email listing all student submissions for that day.
Choose the radio button for the notification setting you prefer.
Note: The notification email message will be sent to the external email address for your Sakai user account. It does not send the notification to the Sakai Messages tool.
Choose the grade scale.
There are several grade scales to choose from:
- No grade: This is the default option. This will allow you to collect and view student submissions electronically, but does not allow for grading in Sakai.
- Letter grade: You may select this option if you like to grade your assignments by letter grade only.
- Points: Allows you to assign points to an assignment for grading. This is the option you should choose if you plan to send the assignment to the gradebook.
- Pass/Fail: Designates an assignment as pass/fail.
- Checkmark: Allows you to mark assignments with a checkmark for completion.
Select the assignment's grade scale from the drop-down menu.
Note: The only grade scale option that can be added to the gradebook automatically is Points.
Enter maximum points.
If you select Points as the grade scale, you must enter a maximum number of points for the assignment.
Select the radio button for the gradebook option you would like to use.
- Do not add assignment to Gradebook: This is the default selection. This option does not send any grade information to the gradebook.
- Add assignment to Gradebook: This will create a new item in the gradebook with the same name as your assignment title.
- Associate with existing Gradebook entry: This option allows you to link your assignment to an existing gradebook item. This is useful if you have already created items in your gradebook and you want to use one of them, rather than creating a new assignment. You may only link an assignment to a single gradebook item, and vice versa.
Tip: Remember that you must have a Points grade scale in order to add the assignment to the gradebook!
Grading rubric.
- Select the Use the following rubric to grade this assignment radio button.
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Phishing attacks just got a whole lot easier.
A German security researcher named Sabri Haddouche has recently discovered a set of email vulnerabilities that have been collectively dubbed "Mailsploit." At the root, these vulnerabilities stem from the way most email systems interpret addresses encoded with a 1992 standard called RFC-1342.
The standard is that all information in an email header must be an ASCII character. If a non-ASCII character is encountered, it gets converted. Unfortunately, a shockingly large number of email clients (33 and counting) make no effort to check the header afterward for malicious code.
Also, if the RFC-1342 decoded header encountered a null-byte, or two or more email addresses, the only address that would be read would be the one that preceded the null-byte, or the first valid email address encountered.
The email clients vulnerable to this type of attack include:
- Apple Mail
- Mail for Windows 10
- Microsoft Outlook 2016
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Yahoo! Mail
- AOL Mail
And many others, but Haddouche notes that Gmail is unaffected by the exploit.
There are two ways a hacker can use Mailsploit. First and most obvious to the eye is the fact that it can be used to spoof an email address, making it appear to be from someone you know, which, of course, has the impact of making it much more likely that you'll click on any links embedded in the body of the message.
Secondly, and potentially even more troubling, is the fact that the exploit can be used to inject malicious code directly onto the recipient's machine, which can easily give the hacker sending the email full control of the target's system.
Worst of all, though, is the fact that while Haddouche contacted all of the companies found to offer vulnerable email clients, only eight of them have released a patch to correct the issue. Twelve vendors opted to triage the bug, but gave no information on if or when the issue might be patched, and twelve others made no reply at all.
Mozilla and Opera (both vulnerable) flatly refused to address the problem, which they see as a server-side issue.
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There's a lot going on, conceptually, in this article entitled "The $800M question: What's the difference between trademark and copyright?" in VentureBeat:
Ten years ago, when Sun sued Microsoft over Java, Sun alleged trademark infringement because Microsoft was not implementing Java according to Sun's specification. Microsoft had entered into a license agreement with Sun — promising to follow the specification. When Microsoft deviated from the specification, Sun rightly claimed breach of contract and trademark infringement. Sun sought an injunction against Microsoft to stop using the Java logo and to remove the incompatible Microsoft code from the market. Sun ultimately prevailed, and received a large settlement, in part due to Microsoft's anticompetitive conduct over Java.
Check. A fine point in trademark licensing: If you manufacture a widget and use my trademark, under a license, to tell the world that you've got my widget-juice running it, your willful failure to follow the specs is both a contract breach and a trademark infringement. Next:
Attorney David Boies . . . served as Special Trial Counsel for the United States Department of Justice in its antitrust suit against Microsoft. At the conclusion of that antitrust suit, U.S. District Court Judge Jackson found that Microsoft took actions "with the sole purpose of making it difficult for developers to write Java applications … that would allow them to be ported.†. . .
Boies now represents Oracle (which has since acquired Sun, including its rights to Java) in its case against Google for patent and copyright infringement of Java. He surely knows the differences between the issues in the prior lawsuits. Unlike Microsoft, Google never licensed Java from Sun. It never agreed with Sun to implement the Java specification, and it doesn't call its product Java. It calls it Android and Android is not a candidate for an antitrust case. In fact, the Microsoft .NET Framework and Java are the two dominant middleware platforms.
In court pleadings, Oracle constantly argues that Google breaks the "write once, run anywhere†promise of Java. . . .
The problem for Oracle is that Google made no license promise, and doesn't need to worry about Oracle's "write once, run anywhere†registered trademark because that trademark has nothing to do with Android . . .
Following? Not everyone is, according to author John Koenig:
Moreover, Oracle is suing Google for copyright infringement, not trademark infringement. Oracle never alleged any Java trademark claims, only harm by "fragmentation†of the Java "write once, run anywhere promise†and "creed.†But promise, creed and fragmentation are not copyright claims, they relate to trademarks. It's a nice example of the adage that "if you repeat something often enough, people will believe it's true.†Accordingly, on September 15, 2011, Judge William Alsup in his order regarding summary judgment says:
Android allegedly supports some, but not all, of the APIs defined for the Java platform… This so-called fragmentation undermines the "write once, run anywhere†concept underlying the Java system and supposedly damages Oracle by decreasing Java's appeal to software developers.
I don't know how "promise, creed or fragmentation . . . relate to trademarks," and I thought I knew a thing about trademarks. But to the extent that anyone buys this vague concept — which I would describe as reputational or goodwill (i.e., trademark-type) damage arising from copyright infringement — it doesn't seem to include Judge Alsup. Or, at least, he doesn't see a copyright claim here, never mind the theory of damages. As his order states:
Words and short phrases such as names, titles, and slogans†are "not subject to copyright.†37 C.F.R. 202.1(a); Planesi v. Peters, No. 04-16936, slip op. at *1 (9th Cir. Aug. 15, 2005). Google argues that "the names of the Java language API files, packages, classes, and methods are not protectable as a matter of law†(Br. 17). This order agrees. Because names and other short phrases are not subject to copyright, the names of the various items appearing in the disputed API package specifications are not protected.
So what was Oracle, and its oracular attorney, thinking? As Koenig says:
Google could have long ago pointed out that Oracle is alleging trademark harm using copyright infringement claims. But why should Google help Oracle plead correctly? Google never agreed to the "write once, run anywhere†promise (in any license) from which Oracle claims to have suffered harm. Google calls its software Android, not Java. While Oracle could have argued that Google has confused the market by making references to Java in Android marketing and documentation, Oracle cannot now amend the complaint with a trademark infringement cause of action. It's too late.
It's hard to believe that Oracle's legal team "missed" this one. More likely, they determined that "promise, creed and fragmentation" are just not trademark claims, and decided not to make them. In contrast, in the fluid world of copyright as applied to software, systems and programming, it probably seemed worth urging a unique theory of recovery to maximize the chance of a copyright verdict, which — damages notwithstanding — at least guarantees payment of attorneys' fees and costs to the prevailing party. Again, Koenig:
Oracle is not giving up however, and the API copyright issue isn't the whole lawsuit. Oracle is also claiming patent infringement, and there are still questions of fact and law about the scope of Google's alleged copying. But those don't relate to the "write-once, run anywhere†promise from which Oracle claims to have suffered harm.
Nevertheless, Oracle's latest alleged copyright damages and lost profits estimate is still in the neighborhood of a whopping $800 million.
Easy come, easy go. I don't think David Boies is losing a lot of sleep over this one.


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