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Such "patent trolls" or "patent extortionists", as they've come to be known, have become a big headache, especially for technology companies...
...process of coming out carries with it its own series of stifling implications. First, it places a burden on all of us to categorize our sexual identity instead of giving it free rein, demanding that we label ourselves as gay, straight, or bisexual instead of openly and honestly coming to terms with our desires over a lifetime of sexual maturation. The view of sexuality as a ternary, rather than a spectrum, is enforced by a taxonomic, unsubtle paradigm. The pressure is particularly overbearing when one is expected to come out at a young age. With the passage of every National...
Even more damaging is the premise that all those who find themselves in the sexual-orientation minority are necessarily in a place of self-loathing until their interpersonal interactions in some way validate their identity. As Adrian Gillan of Gaydar Nation wrote, discussing United Kingdom National Coming Out Day: “Of course, the very notion of coming out implies you were once in a closet to come out of.” In a society rife with judgment and prejudice, being different is often all one needs to feel alienated and estranged from mainstream culture...
Student enrollment throughout all 12 public middle schools showed an increase of about 100 students per year for the past three years. 45 percent of these students come from low-income families, 55 percent from high-income families...
Individual schools showed enormous variation. Amigos, Fletcher-Maynard, Haggerty, Morse, and Tobin School all reported that over 60 percent of their students come from low-income families. Baldwin, Graham and Parks, and King Open all had above 60 percent of students coming from high-income families...