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|2018-07-28, 02:33
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19)
Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill Confirmed for
Star Wars: Episode IX Cast:
"Disney has revealed the cast of Star Wars: Episode IX, which will see the directorial
return of J.J. Abrams. Among the cast are the expected stars, like Daisy Ridley and
Oscar Isaac. But it looks like Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) will be back and well even
see the return of the late Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa. It will also mark the end of the
Skywalker saga.
According to StarWars.com, returning cast members include Ridley, Adam Driver, John
Boyega, Isaac, Lupita Nyongo, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo,
and Fishers daughter, Billie Lourd. New actors joining the cast of Episode IX are
Naomi Ackie (Lady Macbeth, Doctor Who) and Richard E. Grant (basically everything).
Gwendoline Christies name is missing, which could mean her onscreen goodbye was
permanent (or theyre just trying to keep it a secret for now).
The new and returning actors will be joined by Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and Billy Dee
Williams, who will reprise his role as Lando Calrissian, which was teased last month.
Fisher is even returning, after her passing, with some previously unreleased footage
Abrams shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This makes official what Fishers
brother Todd Fisher said late last year.
We desperately loved Carrie Fisher, Abrams said. Finding a truly satisfying
conclusion to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us. We were never going to
recast, or use a CG character. With the support and blessing from her daughter, Billie,
we have found a way to honor Carries legacy and role as Leia in Episode IX by using
unseen footage we shot together in Episode VII."
Being dead doesn't seem to have hurt Carrie Fisher's acting career very much .......
|2018-07-28, 10:44
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Tastes Cloudy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Snake Way
Age: 30
"Finding a truly satisfying
conclusion to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us. We were never going to
recast, or use a CG character. With the support and blessing from her daughter, Billie,
we have found a way to honor Carrie's legacy and role as Leia in Episode IX by using
unseen footage we shot together in Episode VII.""
Right, like how you guys kill off Hon and Luke in the dumbest ways possible? Leia should have died off in space at that point with how badly they handled the old men.
|2018-07-28, 18:26
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#1 Akashiya Moka Fan
So Mark Hamill will return... allow a translation: he'll either be appearing in flashbacks or as a Force Ghost.
I.... hate to say it, but I'm really not excited for this movie.
|2018-07-28, 18:47
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Crazy Devout Fanboy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: 1st Ra Cailum-class battleship Ra Cailum, port-side officer's bunks
I'm not sure why you need to do the "translation" thing. He'll obviously be a Force Ghost; you make it sound like they're trying to hide that. In fact I fully expected this to happen after he died in TLJ. It was just the toxic haters claiming that Disney wanted to write him out of the new trilogy entirely and tried to make others believe Disney was trying to pull something screwy.
|2018-07-28, 21:24
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Black Steel Knight
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Indonesia
Count me in as one of those people who have lost all reasoning to be excited for IX except for one: at least the action should be good. Story-wise, I have zero interest in watching Mary-Sue protagonist & EMO-manchild antagonist + flat leftover new characters and freakin' Porgs (they even screwed Ackbar and turned Chewbacca into a non-entity).
I'll be glad to be proven wrong by the movie when it turns out great, but my expectation will be at an all-time low.
|2018-07-29, 19:17
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
this is why the director was fired and almost the lucas filmes woman president was almost fired too, the problem is which currently the "SJW" agenda in disney and hollywood is so big which it's starting to prodoce crap things which pepples must accept or be "called monster", like what the directo told, blaming the fans for his failure with both TLJ and han solo.
Peoples are getting tired to see this agressive "SJW" agenda where everything must be about diversity leading to horrible writing because is more important to have "badass womans" or pansexuals or transgender or fat or whatever tou want to add than bring a good plot because diversity is justifing everything.
|2018-07-29, 20:17
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Tastes Cloudy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Snake Way
Age: 30
"The Force is Female" gave it away.
|2018-07-29, 21:02
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User of the "Fast Draw"
It really sucks that I just can't generate any hype for a Star Wars movie. I mean it's Star Wars! That should be the easiest thing to get hyped for.
I could honestly just buy the movie opening up and saying "Kylo Ren was a really bad leader so everything just fell apart when he took over. Sit back and enjoy a movie of Porgs jumping around and Rey doing silly force stuff."
At least the movie is really far off. Can kind of just ignore it for now.
|2018-07-30, 10:57
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Tastes Cloudy
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Snake Way
Age: 30
I wanted Finn to be a Jedi too along with Rey and I wanted Kylo to be a bad ass vader fanatic grandson that required Finn and Rey to fight him 1 on 2 to beat. Instead we get May Rey Sue , Traitor and Darth Tempertantrom.
Also Nazi Empire instead of just a Empire.
|2018-07-30, 19:07
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Location: 3 times the passion of normal flamenco
|2018-07-30, 20:19
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Crazy Devout Fanboy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: 1st Ra Cailum-class battleship Ra Cailum, port-side officer's bunks
I've unfortunately seen the "fanbase's" reaction to this movie and it's quite clearly on the extreme side that goes far beyond bad or "worthy of contempt."
The petition to have TLJ removed from SW canon that got 50,000 signs or so. The most childish and ridiculous, and proof of how immature and toxic the SW "fanbase" is.
The poisonous and insistent attacks on TLJ and Disney staff. It's gotten to the point where the "fans" just make up ill will from the staff to vilify them.
Whether you admit it or not, the SW "fanbase" is contaminated with hordes of toxic and hideous people who just hate, hate, and hate. Though like I said, hating is pretty much the "in" thing now as everybody hates on everything.
|2018-07-30, 21:33
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#1 Akashiya Moka Fan
What I would love to know is how people reacted back in the 80's (I think) to ESB. In the current day and age, many people say it's the best of the OT. I strongly disagree with that myself; it's my personal least favorite of the OT. After all, look at what ESB did from what we know in ANH: Vader is revealed to be Anakin instead of having actually killed him; Luke runs away from his Force training to save Leia and Han; Han gets frozen in carbonite, and in general, by the end of the movie, it feels like the Bad Guys won, which while fitting the title of the movie, is a complete reversal from the end of A New Hope.
Of course, back in the 80's, we didn't have the internet to fight everyone on, and the SW fanbase was much more niche.
|2018-07-30, 22:32
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Unless we get a "full reboot" which not gonna happens too soon TLJ will be canon and can't be erased for now, peoples must just learn do deal with that and complain in the proper way which is not going to watch the movie in the theaters and wait to watch "at home for free" at best or just skip in the same way happened with han solo, low sales speak more loud than childshi complains another failure in specially the main series can easy change a log of things.
|2018-07-31, 19:13
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But, at least with ESB's and ROTJ's retconning they try to explain it. I don't like retconning, but if you at least try to fit it in with a reasonable explanation, I'll give you credit for it. The "from a certain point of view" thing isn't perfect, but, hey, it works.
|2018-08-01, 15:48
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Quarter-by-quarter analysis: Miami Dolphins' 39-36 loss to the Denver Broncos
First quarter
▪ Impact player: Dolphins running back Lamar Miller's four carries for 38 yards established a tone of speed and toughness that the Dolphins offense maintained most of the day.
▪ Highlights: The Dolphins moved down the field in big chunks on the game's first possession to lead to Daniel Thomas' 3-yard touchdown. Safety Jamar Taylor jumped all over a bubble screen to kill Denver's first drive in the red zone. The defense followed with a three-and-out. The offense rolled up 104 yards — 62 on the ground — the most Denver's allowed in a quarter all season.
▪ Lowlights: Jimmy Wilson got a silly unnecessary roughness penalty, exchanging repeated head butts with Denver wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders. More ominous: Denver immediately showed the ability and willingness to run the ball.
Second quarter
▪ Impact player: Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill ran for one touchdown, threw for another and completed every pass.
▪ Highlights: Tannehill's two 10-yard roll-out passes to Mike Wallace set up Tannehill's 1-yard TD run and scored the Dolphins' second touchdown of the quarter. Miller began the quarter with an 11-yard run and jumped on a Rishard Matthews fumble after a 21-yard gain to keep the second TD drive alive.
▪ Lowlights: Left tackle Juwan James left the game with an injury. What really hurt the Dolphins wasn't the Denver 80-yard drive that cut the Dolphins lead to 14-10, but the second that closed the gap to 21-17 at halftime. That one began with 1:54 left in the half and saw Jamar Taylor give up a 30-yard Peyton Manning-to-Sanders bomb on third-and-20. Both drives ended with TD passes to Demaryius Thomas.
Third quarter
▪ Impact player: Denver safety T.J. Ward had a rough quarter. Draped on Dion Sims, he couldn't stop a third-and-8 completion. He caused an incompletion with a hit on Damien Williams. But then committed a holding penalty that nullified a Denver interception, which was then fumbled and recovered by the Dolphins.
▪ Highlights: The Dolphins foiled a third-and-1 pass play and Manning took a sack. The ensuing 33-yard field goal attempt went off the right upright. A punt return fumble caused by Williams and recovered on the Denver 12 by long snapper John Denney set up a Tannehill to Jarvis Landry 5-yard TD pass.
▪ Lowlights: Safety Jamar Taylor sustained a shoulder injury that ended his game. On the last play of the quarter, Denver's C.J. Anderson ran through a huge hole for 20 yards on fourth-and-2 from the Dolphins 41.
Fourth quarter
▪ Impact player: Anderson capped his big day by running for a 10-yard touchdown, recovering a Dolphins onside kick and breaking a 26-yard run that allowed the Broncos to run out the clock.
▪ Highlights: After the Broncos appeared to have the game won up 39-28 with 3:08 left, the Dolphins drove 84 yards in 1:39 to Landry's 1-yard touchdown. On the way, Tannehill hit Landry for 7 yards to convert a fourth-and-2 from the Denver 43.
▪ Lowlights: The Dolphins gave up 22 unanswered points in the fourth — three touchdowns and a two-point conversion — and never did get anything resembling regular pressure on Manning. The last Denver touchdown followed an interception off Landry's hands to Ward, who returned the ball to the Dolphins' 8. The Dolphins onside-kick had everything but except a tricky bounce. Denver easily recovered.


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Blackpool's transfer business may finally begin in the next few days, with reports suggesting Ian Holloway has lined up two substantial offers for Garry Kenneth of Dundee United and Angel Rangel of Swansea City.
The Daily Mail suggests Holloway has expressed interest in a trio of talent from the SPL side, including David Goodwille, Craig Conway and Kenneth. However, the Seasiders' only offer as yet is understood to have been rejected by Peter Houston's side, £1 million not considered worthy of Kenneth's departure.
If, however, reports from the Mirror are to be believed, Holloway's dealings with Swansea may prove more worthwhile; with a similar £1 million offer for full back Rangel ready following the release of the funds by the chairman.
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Holloway, in training with his side in Devon this week, is also understood to be considering the signing of several trialists, including Frenchman Malaury Martin and ex-Evertonian Francis Jeffers, both of whom made appearences in the Seasiders' 2-1 victory against Accrington Stanley on Tuesday night.
Jeffers admitted to being relieved to be back in training with a Premier League outift, and is optimistic of the offer of a permanent place at Holloway's club. On the prospect of putting pen to paper with the club, Jeffers praised the team on its impressive mentality.
"Last year people wrote them off in the Championship but the camaraderie between the lads and staff shows you that they're a tight knit bunch," he told Blackpool's official website.
*Disclaimer: The views in this article are that of the writer and may not replicate those of the Professional Footballers' Association.


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Venezuelan policeman killed in Caracas violence
A policeman has been shot dead in the Venezuelan capital Caracas after security forces broke up protest camps, officials say.
President Nicolas Maduro said the officer was killed by a sniper and branded the protesters "murderous".
More than 240 people were arrested after the pre-dawn raids on four camps in the east of the capital.
Since anti-government protests began in February, more than 40 people have been killed, and thousands more arrested.
"A sniper killed the policeman while he was cleaning debris left by these violent, murderous protesters," a sombre Mr Maduro said during a televised address.
"He was vilely killed," he added.
Three other policemen were wounded, one by gunfire, Venezuelan media reported.
Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez said police had found "drugs, weapons, explosives and mortars" in the camps.
The violence erupted after raids by members of the National Guard broke up four tent camps maintained by student activists.
Hundreds of demonstrators poured on to the streets and set up barricades. Masked youths threw stones and petrol bombs, while police responded with tear gas.
Witnesses said shots were fired from buildings into the streets, but this could not be confirmed.
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Mr Rodriguez said 243 protesters had been detained and that the authorities were currently determining whom to charge.
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Earlier this week, the pressure group Human Rights Watch accused Venezuelan security forces of illegally detaining and abusing protesters.
Demonstrations were triggered by frustration with Venezuela's high crime rates and poor economic situation but have grown into a wider anti-government movement.
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IST quite literally helped "write the book" on cell analysis testing. They were asked to contribute a chapter of a book titled Validation of Cell-Based Assays in the GLP Setting: A Practical Guide, by authors/editors Uma Prabhakar and Marian Kelley (Publisher John Wiley and Sons, 2008, ISBN 0470028769, 9780470028766). Chapter 8 of this book entitled "Intracellular cytokine detection by flow cytometry" was authored by IST scientists Julie G. Wilkinson, Carlos L. Aparicio, and Wade E. Bolton.
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Badgley Mischka drew inspiration from the heavens for their Fall 2013 bridal collection, naming some of the gowns in their 16-piece ensemble after zodiac symbols, planets and the Greek alphabet. Below, crystal beading on a silk chiffon mermaid gown which the designer's named "Mercury."
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Fury Catamaran Snorkeling and Beach Party in Cozumel, Mexico
Sail aboard a 65-foot, state-of-the-art ocean catamaran to a spectacular snorkeling reef, then on to a private beach with all kinds of water toys.
The Fury catamaran includes a stairway to the ocean, freshwater showers, shaded lounge with comfortable tables and seats, a spacious sun deck, a bar onboard, and two restrooms.
After receiving snorkeling instruction and equipment, put on your snorkel gear and float in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean where 100-foot visibility is common. You'll discover stunning coral formations and tropical fish. Crew members accompany you to point out special sightings.
After snorkeling, it's all you can drink—soft dinks, beer, or margaritas—as your catamaran takes you to a private beach where you can enjoy Fury's Aqua Park which includes kayaks, paddle surf boards, a water trampoline, water mats, Jungle Joe, Rock it and Platinum Aqua Glide Slide. Or if you prefer, just relax on a beach chair, swing in a hammock under a coconut tree or check out a cabana. Enjoy a delicious burger for an additional fee.
On your return sail dance to reggae and other classic beach music. You can dance with the crew if you choose.
Make sure to bring environmentally safe sunscreen, towels, sunglasses, and a smile. Wear your bathing suit.
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We are a state-wide 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to help starving, neglected and abused hooved animals in Alaska, especially horses.
Alaska Equine Rescue is a wonderful coalition of the horses in our care; the many professionals who help us to help them; the foster homes who provide safe haven and a place to recover, passionate volunteers, and the board members who keep the organization running day to day; the amazing people who so selflessly commit to adopting our horses, giving them a better life and a future that may have otherwise gone unrealized; and all of the generous people who provide financial aid and donations to make it all possible. It is truly a community effort to provide support for these equine in need.


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Scrap Car Hilgay, Scrap your car for free
We offer a free scrap car collection service in and around Hilgay, Norfolk. Got an old scrap car then you will still be expected to keep the vehicle taxed if your vehicle is still on the road, even if you are not actually driving the vehicle. Do not pay to have your old scrap car collected. We offer a free scrap car collection service in Hilgay!
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As well as offering a completely free collection, we are also currently able to offer cash for scrap cars in Hilgay depending upon the weight of the vehicle!
If you'd like us to make you an offer just ask when calling or add 'CASH QUOTE PLEASE' in the 'Additional Info' box when submitting our online form.
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We've got a large number of happy customers around Hilgay having traded there for many years now. We know the Hilgay area so well we can be with you in under 30 minutes. At Scrap Car Hilgay, our service also includes a very fast response and we will always be with you in your specified time slot. We will collect vehicles, seven days a week, 365 days of the year, and are able to work around your commitments.
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DeepWater Buoyancy is exhibiting at the Oceans 17 conference in Anchorage Alaska. The conference begins on September 18th.
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Please come visit us at Booth 716 and meet Dan Cote, Sales Manager. Dan will be joined by Matthew Henry, DeepWater Buoyancy's Plant Manager.
About the Conference
Every autumn, the Marine Technology Society and the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society sponsor OCEANS, a prestigious conference/exhibition that draws an international audience of more than 2,000 attendees:
- Over 500 professionally reviewed technical papers, including sessions focused on local themes.
- Plenary sessions with leaders from industry, academia, the military and government.
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Ducks, Stars both missing key playersby Steve Hunt
DALLAS -- When the Anaheim Ducks and Dallas Stars hit the ice at American Airlines Center on Thursday, both clubs will be without key players.
Anaheim will be without its second-leading scorer, Corey Perry, as he begins serving a four-game suspension for an illegal check on the Minnesota Wild's Jason Zucker in a 2-1 win at Xcel Energy Center on Tuesday.
"Yeah, four games are a lot. What are we going to do?" Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said. "There's nothing I can do. It's done with and I don't think Brendan [Shanahan, NHL Senior Vice President of Player Safety] is going to phone us and say, 'Geez, you guys are good guys. We're going to make it two [games],' so we just have to drop it and go without him for four games."
Dallas coach Glen Gulutzan, whose team will be without top-line center Jamie Benn (wrist) and captain Brenden Morrow (groin) for a second straight game, took a tongue-in-cheek approach when discussing Perry's absence from the Anaheim lineup.
"Glad that Corey Perry's out," Gulutzan said. "Obviously a great player. Glad everybody's OK. But [they're a] big, strong team less one big, strong, skilled player. We're down one ourselves with Jamie Benn out."
It looks like Boudreau will plug Teemu Selanne into his top line, alongside Bobby Ryan and Ryan Getzlaf. While Boudreau has the luxury of replacing one All-Star with another, the veteran coach views the change the same way he would any other alteration to his lineup.
"I really don't worry about it too much. I just expect whoever goes in for him to be as good as the player that goes out," Boudreau said. "Usually they play well for a while and it drops off a bit. But at the beginning, usually it works out."
Anaheim will start Jonas Hiller in goal for a third straight game, while Kari Lehtonen will be between the pipes for Dallas for a sixth consecutive game. Gulutzan said he will go with the same lineup he used in a 4-0 loss Tuesday to the Nashville Predators, but with one minor exception. Philip Larsen, who has been injured or scratched the past seven games, comes back into the defensive rotation for rookie Jamie Oleksiak.
With Selanne promoted to the first line, Boudreau likely will have Daniel Winnik on the second line and Emerson Etem on the third line, while Kyle Palmieri, who has missed the past five games with an upper-body injury, figures to return and skate on the fourth line.
Gulutzan did say Benn and Morrow could be possibilities for Saturday, when the NHL-leading Chicago Blackhawks visit Dallas.


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The roadmap and requirements are very important resources for our team on initiating project development. Work breakdown is assessed and managed to divide complex project into smaller components. Then the components are distributed to each member of our team. It will be implemented and delivered. This kind of practices are the few concept included in Project Management Methodologies. The most common and traditional way to plan out a project is called the Waterfall Model.
"But what are the actual methods we are using on managing our projects?"
These article will gave you the ideas about the Methodologies on Excite. Let us start with the discussion about Agile.
Agile Software Development
Agile Software Development is an umbrella term for a set of methods and practices based on the values and principles expressed in the Agile Manifesto.
Solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams utilizing the appropriate practices for their context.
Scrum is a subset of Agile. It is a lightweight process framework for agile development, and the most widely-used one.
- A "process framework" is a particular set of practices that must be followed in order for a process to be consistent with the framework. (For example, the Scrum process framework requires the use of development cycles called Sprints, the XP framework requires pair programming, and so forth.)
- "Lightweight" means that the overhead of the process is kept as small as possible, to maximize the amount of productive time available for getting useful work done.
A Scrum process is distinguished from other agile processes by specific concepts and practices, divided into the three categories of Roles, Artifacts and Workflow. These and other terms used in Scrum are defined below.
Scrum is most often used to manage complex software and product development, using iterative and incremental practices. Scrum significantly increases productivity and reduces time to benefits relative to classic "Waterfall" processes. Scrum processes enable organizations to adjust smoothly to rapidly-changing requirements, and produce a product that meets evolving business goals.
An agile Scrum process benefits the organization by helping it to
- Increase the quality of the deliverables
- Cope better with change (and expect the changes)
- Provide better estimates while spending less time creating them
- Be more in control of the project schedule and state
Illustration: Scrum Workflow
Kanban is a method for managing knowledge work with an emphasis on just-in-time delivery while not overloading the team members. This approach presents all participants with a full view of the process from task definition to delivery to a customer. Team members pull work from a queue.
Kanban in the context of software development can mean a visual process-management system that tells what to produce, when to produce it, and how much to produce.
Kanban does the same for software teams. By matching the amount of work in progress to the team's capacity, kanban gives teams more flexible planning options, faster output, clear focus, and transparency throughout the development cycle.
Kanban Workflow States
- To do / New – work that has not been started
- In progress – work that is actively being looked at by the team
- Code review / Testing – work that is completed, but awaiting review
- Done – work that is completely finished and meets the team's definition of done
Illustration: Team Kanban Board
Waterfall, Scrum and Kanban Practices on Excite
To sum it up, we are following the ideas of Waterfall Method since our initial process is to gather the requirements, specifications and software design on starting with our projects. A taskboard, or we can refer as Scrum Taskboard is used to tracked down project tasks and a useful visiual tool which provides a daily reminder of the work to which the team has committed. A Stand-up meeting or the Daily Scrum meeting is held at the taskboard so members update the team regarding on their progress tasks. It emphasized the yesterday's goal, what they hope to achieve today, and whether there's anything blocking them from progressing. Now this cycle portion came from Scrum Development. Unlike Scrum, we are practicing our efficiency through focusing on one task after another. We are limiting our work in progress which limits the hightlight bottlenecks in our team. Change can also be happened any time during work-in-progress which is opposite to Scrum were the team compromise not to make changes during sprint. On the other hand, these kind of practices came from the idea of Kanban Method.
Illustration: Basic Workflow
There are other methods that we are practicing in our team such as Brainstorming and Peer Programming. By doing so, we can reduced the bottleneck that impedes our work-in-process and prevent it from happening in the future. We can also provide a quality outputs, and learn with each other in the process of Knowledge Sharing. These methods was not just helping the others but also improve ourselves in our daily development life.
Scrum (software development)
Kanban (development)
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Y-DNA testing has been used to help identify or verify Whipple ancestry. Males with surname Whipple can use a Y Chromosome DNA test to help connect with their ancestors. Females can ask a brother, uncle, father, or male cousin with surname Whipple to do the same.
(Note: Mitochondrial DNA tests are sometimes used for females to trace their matrilineal ancestry. If you are aware of any who have used mitochondrial DNA tests in verifying Whipple lineage, please share it with firstname.lastname@example.com.)
A Y-DNA "12-marker" test is probably sufficient to connect males surnamed Whipple to the Rhode Island or the Ipswich/Bocking Whipples–or to confirm that they are from some other line, or perhaps from an adopted line? More expensive tests such as 37- and 67-marker tests are probably overkill–at least initially–in identifying Whipple ancestry. (You can generally upgrade the 12-marker test later if you want more markers for your personal research goals.) After you receive your results, the Webmaster of the Whipple Website (email@example.com) is interested in your results–especially if they point to haplogroups other than R1b, or R1b1b2. (We'll be careful not to identify any submitter by name on this site!)
Sorting Out the American Whipple Families
- Rhode Island Whipples (R1b, R1b1b2, …). Captain John Whipple (http://whipple.org/366), born between 1615 and 1617 somewhere in England, migrated to New England as a teenager in 1632. He settled first in Dorchester, Massachusetts, then moved to Providence, Rhode Island in 1658 when just over 40 years of age. He died 16 May 1685 in Providence. We know virtually nothing of his ancestry. Tests so far point the R1b, R1b1b2, and similar haplogroups for John and his male patrilineal descendants.
- Bishop's Stortford/Bocking/Ipswich Whipples (T, T1, I2b1, …). Thomas Whipple (http://whipple.org/106442) of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, was born about 1475. His son Thomas (http://whipple.org/47862) and grandson Matthew (http://whipple.org/5929) moved east, settling in Bocking, Essex, England. A small number of tests seem to point to haplogroup T for this Whipple branch.
(Note: The T haplogroup is reportedly extemely rare in northern Europe. As a Y-DNA haplogroup, T is found primarily in southern Asia and Australia, making some wonder if it might be a mitochondrial (mtDNA) haplogroup instead. Queries to those who have reported the T haplogroup have resulted in assurances that it is in fact Y-DNA.)
Thomas' two great grandsons migrated from Bocking, England to Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1638:
- Matthew Whipple (d. 28 Sep 1647 in Ipswich, MA) http://whipple.org/5946. His descendants have reported haplogroups T, T1, and I2b1. (T seems to be "winning"?)
- John Whipple (d. 30 Jun 1669 in Ipswich, MA) http://whipple.org/5890. (We have no test results from descendants of this John Whipple. Logic would indicate a haplogroup of T or T1?)
- Other families. If you're a male patrilineal descendant of the Baden-Baden/Louisiana Whipples, (see http://whipple.org/56069), we're interested in your haplogroup. We're similarly interested in the Y-DNA test results of British Whipples and other Whipple subgroups. (Perhaps some British Whipples could offer clues to ancestry of the Rhode Island Whipples?)
Disconnected Whipples
Male patrilineal descendants of disconnected Whipples (see the Disconnected Whipples page) can be tested to see how their haplotrees compare with the haplotrees identified above. If you're stuck in identifying an ancestral connection, a Y-DNA test can help you choose between a Rhode Island and an Ipswich ancestor.
(The following are definitions I've encountered while reading Trace Your Roots with DNA: Using Genetic Tests to Explore Your Family Tree by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and Ann Turner [Rodale, 2004; ISBN 1-59486-006-8]. These appear in blog posts–often without further explanation. Let me know if you need more definitions.)
- Allele
- "One of the alternative versions of a gene or genetic marker that can exist in a particular location on a chromosome." — Trace Your Roots with DNA, p. 249.
- Haplotype
- An individual collection of "short tandem repeat" (STR) mutations within a DNA segment. Individuals with matching (or nearly matching) haplotypes belong to the same haplogroup. They likely share the same MRCA.
- Marker
- "A distinctive landmark that occurs in an otherwise featureless stretch of DNA; a DNA sequence with known genetic characteristics that can be tested for purposes of comparison." — Trace Your Roots with DNA, p. 253.
- Most Recent Common Ancestor. The nearest common (male–in the case of a Y chromosome test) ancestor shared by two related individuals (cousins/siblings/etc.).
- Patrilineal ancestry
- A person's ancestral line consisting exclusively of fathers: me, my father, his father, his father, … etc. (patri = "father's"; lineal = "line")
- Y Chromosome DNA test. A popular genealogical DNA test for matches (or near matches) of "markers" that appear on the Y chromosome. Because only males have a Y chromosome, the test determines if two living males–generally with the same surname–share the same MRCA (i.e. whether they have common patrilineal ancestry).


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For a fleeting moment in the early 80's Tommy Byrne was the world's greatest driver, the motor racing equivalent of George Best and Muhammad Ali all rolled into one. His rise was meteoric and his fall spectacular. In a little over four years Byrne went from driving a Mini Cooper in stock car racing to the big-time in Formula One. Eddie Jordan the former team-owner, who worked with both Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher, will tell you: 'Forget Schuey and Senna. Tommy Byrne was the best of them all.'
Tommy Byrne was a cocky, aggressive driver from humble roots and the F1 glitterati simply didn't like the mix. Driving was a route out from a future of toil and drudgery he saw stretching out before him. Upon his arrival in Britain his talent was obvious and its impact immediate as he secured six championships in four years.
During this period he caught Ayrton Senna's attention as a serious rival. That two incredible talents would arrive on the scene at virtually the same time was a freakish occurrence. While they both drove for the Van Diemen team, Byrne knew it was a source of resentment for Senna that he was being paid to race while the Brazilian had to pay his own way. For Byrne, ultimately, it would prove a disaster. In the early 1980s it was quick Brazilians with deep pockets rather than penniless tearaways who were all the rage among motor racing's top brass.
Byrne's own F1 career was limited to a handful of races for the under-funded Theodore team and a test outing for McLaren that has become the stuff of legend. Byrne's time wasn't just good, it was unbelievably good. It was the fastest time any McLaren had ever recorded at Silverstone, including the qualifying times set by former World Champion Niki Lauda and John Watson in the same car at that year's British Grand Prix.
While Ayrton Senna was winning his first F1 race, Byrne's career was already on a downward slope. A procession of clowns, lunatics and gangsters flitted in and out of his life before he finally followed his dream to settle in America after a turbulent stint on the Mexican F3 circuit. Thirteen years into their respective careers as the two brightest future stars of Formula One - Ayrton Senna was in his grave, deified like no other driver. Byrne was a depressed, drunk, labourer. Byrne's rise to F1 was prodigious, but the longer fight – to accept how everything turned out and how he rebuilt his life – is the real struggle. The story of the greatest F1 driver never to emerge.


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If you've been reading my blog for a while, you already know I'm a huge fan of Lynsay Sands's Argeneau series. I eagerly await each new installment, and then after reading, wish the next would come quickly. Well, her recent additions, although good, haven't given me what I know and love about the series as much as others have in the past…the delight of the secondary characters, the humor, the adventure, and most of all that steamy immortal sex appeal. RUNAWAY VAMPIRE (Argeneau #23) gives us all that and more.
***eARC provided by publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest and unscripted review
Blurb for RUNAWAY VAMPIRE:
The latest entry in the sizzling paranormal vampire series featuring the Argeneau family - no one does wickedly funny and irresistibly steamy like Lynsay Sands!
Dante Notte has heard it said that love hurts. He just wasn't expecting it to run him over in an RV. Still, a punctured lung and broken ribs are nothing compared to the full-body shock he feels whenever he's near the vehicle's driver, Mary Winslow. He needs to keep her safe from their pursuers while he rescues his brother. Most challenging of all, he needs to claim this smart, stubborn woman as his life mate.
The naked, injured, insanely gorgeous younger man who clambered into her RV insists they belong together. If Mary wasn't feeling their incredible connection in every inch of her being, she wouldn't believe it. But now that the men who took Dante's twin are after her too, trusting her gut means risking her life for an immortal who's the very definition of a perfect stranger.
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Mary Winslow's life is on the downslide since her husband died. She thought she'd lost all that was special and made life worth living. Her only companion now is her faithful canine, Bailey. She made the yearly trek to Texas as she and her husband had for years but found it lacking in enjoyment so decided to return home to Winnipeg, Canada early. Sticking to back roads for comfort, sentimentality, and so as not to rush home to her empty house, Mary thought it was a smart move…until her RV thumped over something in the road. Fearing she'd hit a pedestrian, she stopped and searched the road but found nothing. When Bailey reacts to something in the woods, she and the dog scurry back into the RV and head for the nearest truck stop. She feels terrible about leaving the scene but soon discovers the what or rather the whom she hit is a very handsome, very sexy, and very naked Dante Notte with his sexy Italian accent, gorgeous immortal body, and a claim that she is his life mate. Lucky gal!
Dante is escaping from the men who have been kidnapping immortals. He had to leave his twin brother, Tomasso behind but needs Mary's help to keep ahead of the kidnappers who are now chasing them until Lucian can get the other hunters in place to grab them, read their minds, and discover where they are keeping their victims. When the bad guys run the RV off the road, everything changes!
First, let me say that I love that Lynsay has given us another older woman as our heroine who is about to discover the secrets of the immortals and what being a life mate to one is all about. Being able to relate to a woman of Mary's age, although she has at least four years on me, is such a delight. Whenever someone says something about my enjoying looking at younger men, I am always reminded of the saying when it comes to men…if I stop looking I'd have to give up my man (woman) card. Well, since I'm back out there just as Mary is, I completely understand her interest in, her attraction to, and her resistance to the gorgeous naked man in what is essentially a moving bedroom. Yes, Dante spends a lot of time naked or semi-naked in this story and we love that, don't we?
RUNAWAY VAMPIRE, book 23 in the Argeneau series by Lynsay Sands is everything we go to this series for…humor, sexy men, beautiful women, excitement, adventure, edge of death events, and we even get treated to some of the crazy Bricker annoying Lucian time we love. I know Lucian is a badass and he has to be…it's his job…but I love him anyway. One of the things I loved about RUNAWAY VAMPIRE was how it reminded me of the very first Argeneau that I ever read, BORN TO BITE (Argeneau #13). There was no lead-in to the action, it just happened and never stopped until the last page. In RUNAWAY VAMPIRE, we are treated to characters we know and love, and are introduced to two new ones who are already favorites of mine and when you meet them, you'll quickly discern why.
I highly recommend reading RUNAWAY VAMPIRE by Lynsay Sands simply because you'll have such a great time reading a book—ever. You'll laugh, you'll swoon, you'll worry, and you'll cheer on Dante as he tries so hard to win Mary over. And before you ask—yes, you can read this one just as you can all of the others that have come before it as a standalone. So what are you waiting for? It's time you dip into the Argeneau series if you haven't already. As for me, I'm thinking I need to get an RV and start roaming the back roads, in case Tomasso escapes too.
Happy Reading Everyone!
RUNAWAY VAMPIRE, an Argeneau novel by Lynsay Sands, Avon Romance, release date – February 23, 2016, available in print and ebook formats at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobobooks.
RUNAWAY VAMPIRE, an Argeneau novel by Lynsay Sands, Avon Romance, release date – February 23, 2016, available in print and ebook formats at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobobooks.


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It began with snowbanks as a backdrop, but the spring sports season, like the weather, quickly ramped up into something quite enjoyable.
Cape Elizabeth and South Portland's baseball teams enjoyed magical seasons, as the Capers, who won just four games in 2014, got to the Western B Final, while the Red Riots made a spirited run to their first state championship game in 24 seasons.
Scarborough's softball team, for the second year in a row, had no peer during an undefeated regular season, but once again, the Red Storm were stymied just shy of their ultimate goal, as they lost by a run in the state final. Cape Elizabeth and South Portland also made the playoffs.
Boys' lacrosse saw Cape Elizabeth win Class B for the third straight season. South Portland had a chance to repeat as Class A champion, but lost in the state game to Brunswick.
On the girls' side, South Portland enjoyed its most competitive season in years, Cape Elizabeth got back to the playoffs and Scarborough reached the Western A Final.
On the track, while no team titles were won this spring, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and South Portland all had athletes who impressed.
Cape Elizabeth's boys' tennis team made it three straight Class B championships, while the Scarborough girls made a surprise run to the regional final.
Before we all take a deep breath and enjoy a well-earned summer break, here's one last look at the highlights of spring:
Cape Elizabeth boys' lacrosse, Class B
Cape Elizabeth boys' tennis, Class B
Scarborough softball, Western A
South Portland baseball, Western A
South Portland boys' lacrosse, Western A
Morgan Carpenter, Cape Elizabeth, Class B girls' javelin
Michael Cuesta, South Portland, Class A boys' long jump
Daniel Giuliani, South Portland, Class A, boys' shot put (state record)
Juliana Selser, South Portland, Class A girls' 800
5) Scarborough softball nearly perfect
Scarborough's softball team began the year with a 26-0 five-inning win at South Portland and never looked back. The Red Storm got a couple scares during the regular season, but won all 16 games for the second year in a row. As the top seed in Western A, Scarborough was pushed by Windham, Biddeford and Thornton Academy, but managed to escape each time to reach the Class A state final. Since it was an odd-numbered year, the Red Storm appeared pre-ordained to win the title (they won it all in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013), but Scarborough met its match in Messalonskee ace Kirsten Pelletier, who blanked the Red Storm, 1-0, the first time the team had been shut out since May 25, 2006 (a span of 181 games). Scarborough will look to end its even-year jinx and get back to the pinnacle in 2016.
4) Shot put record set
South Portland's Daniel Guiliani already held the indoor shot put record coming into this spring and now boasts the outdoor record as well after a top effort of 62 feet, 8.25 inches at the Class A state meet June 6. If that wasn't impressive enough, Guiliani also was runner-up in the discus and helped the Red Riots to a sixth-place team finish by scoring nearly a half of his team's points all by himself.
3) More Cape tennis excellence
Cape Elizabeth's boys' tennis program has long been the measuring stick in the state and on June 13, the Capers' third straight Class B championship also gave them a new state record of 16 titles overall. Would anyone be surprised if number 17 follows next spring?
2) Close calls on the diamond
The 2015 baseball season was one of great parity and drama and Cape Elizabeth and South Portland were in the middle of all of it. The Capers, who went 4-12 in a playoffs-less 2014 campaign, surprised many by winning 11 games and earning the top seed in Western B. Cape Elizabeth then got to the Western B Final, but lost a frustrating, controversial eight-inning decision to eventual repeat state champion Greely. In Western A, the Red Riots were expected to be a top contender behind senior ace Henry Curran, but when the dust settled, South Portland had enjoyed a 12-win regular season before holding on to defeat Biddeford, Marshwood and Portland in thrilling regional playoff contests. The Red Riots got to the state final for the first time since 1991 and gave defending champion Bangor all it could handle, but South Portland's late rally was snuffed out by a double play and the Red Riots fell one run shy of the pinnacle.
1) Cape lax dynasty adds another crown
Cape Elizabeth's boys' lacrosse team was already the two-time defending Class B champion entering the season, but these Capers were being measured by history. Cape Elizabeth hadn't won three in a row since an 11-year run between 1990-2000 and many felt that this year's squad had a chance to be an all-time great team. While they didn't quite finish at that level, these Capers proved to be excellent as they shook off two close regular season losses (one in overtime to eventual Class A champion Brunswick and the other by two goals to rival Falmouth) to embark on an emphatic playoff run. Cape Elizabeth drubbed Kennebunk by 14 goals in the semifinals, then avenged its earlier loss by handling Falmouth by eight in the regional final. The Capers were pushed to the end by Yarmouth in the state game, but proving their greatness once and for all, they held on to prevail, 7-5. Cape Elizabeth looks to do it again in 2016 and will likely be the favorite once more.
Sidebar Elements
For the third straight spring, Cape Elizabeth's boys' lacrosse team had no peer in Class B.
Lilly Volk and her Scarborough teammates won their first 19 games this spring, before losing by a run to Messalonskee in the Class A state final.
South Portland's Henry Curran lived up to billing as the state's best pitcher, leading the Red Riots to their first state final since 1991.


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Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Advertising & Marketing Communications
Course Code
Type of Qualification:
Honours Bachelor Degree
Field of Study
Combined,Marketing and advertising
Type of Study:
Full Time,Part Time,Modular,Distance Education,Non IT Tallaght
Application Closing Date:
Not Specified
About the Course
Course Code: TA 023 - Level 8
Honours Bachelor Degree of Arts –
Advertising & Marketing Communications
Length of course: 4 years
Recognised in Europe
Membership of the Professional Body
Mature students welcome
Mature applicants (23 years of age) may not be required to meet the minimum entry requirements but may be considered on their merits.
The BA (Honours) in Advertising and Marketing Communications is an Honours Degree (NQAI level 8). The CAO code is TA023.
The Advertising industry is diverse and offers a wide range of career opportunities in:
- Advertising
- Public Relations
- Event Management
- Sponsorship
- Media
- Direct Marketing and Customer Relationship Management
- Sales promotions
- Brand consultancy
The Department of Marketing and Business Computing is a leading provider of courses in Marketing Management, Advertising and Marketing Communications, and Digital Marketing, offering courses at Higher Certificate, Ordinary Degree and Honours Degree level.
It also offers a Higher Diploma in Business in Marketing, as well as a BSc in Data Analytics with Digital Marketing, and research Masters. BRAND NEW for this year, the Department will offer a new Level 7 Bachelor of Arts (Ordinary Degree) in Digital Marketing, which is particularly relevant to the needs of Ireland's fast-expanding technology sector, where ICT employers are growing their business operations.
The Department plans to continue to develop its links with this sector across all programmes of study, as well as Irish and global business enterprise to create industry-ready, career-focussed graduates that are highly-skilled in the needs of the modern digital enterprise.
- Industry focussed, business graduate, ready for the dynamic Marketing sector.
- Excellent modern and traditional marketing skills from a highly-skilled team of lecturers.
- Several business and management elements (Law, HR, Accounting) to support core marketing skills.
- Practical modules and industry experience throughout.
- International dimension as core element of delivery, as well as language option and option to study a semester abroad.
Our #LearnMór concept is simple. Choose any of our courses in Marketing, Advertising or Digital and we'll help you to #LearnMór – that is think big, learn more, be confident in your qualification, develop future-relevant skills, and take the first or next steps on a digitally-focussed, internationally-oriented career path. After all, Dublin is one of the most important tech hubs in the world, and Ireland (as a small open economy) is one of the best countries in the world to do business. So let us help you position yourself to make the most of the opportunities in Dublin, elsewhere in Europe and around the world by welcoming you onto one of our programmes. We think outside the box and utilise an excellent pool of talented professionals who deliver dynamic, modern and career-relevant topics over a range of subject areas to develop a future-focussed marketing professional.
Our specific courses in Marketing Management, Advertising and Marketing Communications, and Digital Marketing are tailored to the unique needs of each of these individual sectors. However, no matter which one you choose, we think about the big picture to ensure that all of our graduates are presented with the most up-to-date knowledge and have the opportunities to develop a well-rounded education. And so we encourage you to #LearnMór in preparation for the key skills needed when you walk out the door and become our ambassadors. And we go the extra mile to support you along the way, with smaller class sizes, unrivalled technology access and real-life industry practitioners and academics delivering some of the most modern programmes available anywhere. So come on - #LearnMór at IT Tallaght.
In April 2017, Glenn Mehta took on a new role as Head of Department of Marketing and Business Computing. A graduate of marketing at ITT himself, Glenn has written text books and is an active researcher and digital marketing consultant with unrivalled links to industry, community and non-profit organisations around Dublin, Ireland and the world, and is leading a digital transformation agenda.
It's all about the people
If you study Marketing, Advertising or Digital in ITT, you will be supported all along the way by an excellent team of professional academics, who bring vast amounts of experience from industry and international links. Add to that the talent pool of industry practitioners who are at the forefront of their sectors, and are delivering cutting-edge insights into the industry in regular class contact, guest lecturers, webinars and online workshops.
We're confident that we have the right mix of highly-respected academics and industry-savvy practitioners who jointly deliver classes and support projects on all of our programmes. Your Head of Department is a graduate of Marketing from IT Tallaght, and has a welcome insight into the demands and support requirements of students at all levels, and has put procedures in place to make the Department as supportive and student-focussed as possible, while maintaining the highest academic quality and subject relevance (in an ever-changing digital employment market) to protect the value of the awards that the Institute stands over and the quality of the student experience. After all, our students are our best ambassadors for our courses.
Year four - award year for the BA (Hons) in Advertising and Marketing Communications
Research opportunities at Postgraduate level
Recognised by the IAPI
Entry Requirements
Leaving Certificate Entry Requirements
Leaving Certificate with at least 2 H5's in two Higher Level subjects, and a minimum of Grade O6 (Ordinary Level) in 4 other subjects in the Leaving Certificate Examination, which must include Mathematics and English or Irish. Foundation level Maths (F2) is acceptable for this course.
Summary: 2H5 & 4O6/H7
2018 CAO points: 219 (round 1)
QQI/FET (formally FETAC) entry requirements:
Essential Component awards: 3 Distinctions
Essential major awards: (BBSXX),(5M2102),(BBSAX),(5M2468),(BIPXX),(5M2067),(BMXXX),(5M2069),(BRSXX),(5M2015),
Career Opportunities
The Marketing Communications Industry
The Marketing Communications industry is diverse and offers a wide range of career opportunities in Advertising, Public Relations, Event Management, Sponsorship, Media, Social Media Marketing, Big Data, and brand consultancy.
Despite experiencing a deep recession since the first graduates joined the jobs market in 2012, our graduates enjoy excellent employment prospects in Ireland. This is due to the practical nature of the course - graduates are work ready. Follow in the footsteps of previous graduates and work for the likes of Irish International, Publicis, PHD, Refresh, Starcom, Kinetic and Brandfire.
You could be part of the team that creates and implements effective advertising campaigns for public and private sector organisations. You will be capable of analysing the wealth of data that are generated through internet and social media usage and devise online marketing campaigns. You might want to organise major sporting, musical and cultural events. You might want to apply for a Masters Degree sometime in the future.
Year one
You will become acquainted with experts from Advertising, Event Management and PR, and you will be introduced to the fundamentals of Marketing and Digital Marketing with Social Media.
You will begin with the fundamentals of analysing media, and explore the mind of the consumer in Behavioural Studies. You will begin working in teams, make presentations and write effectively. By the end of year 1 you will be on the road to becoming a Marketing and Advertising professional.
Year two
You will aquire skills in design such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. This will enable you to create effective promotional material. You will learn about the dynamic media industry and your Marketing expertise will be developed further. You will learn how to analyse data for use in targeted marketing campaigns, a vital skill in today's digital economy.
Year three
Programme content will give you an in-depth understanding of key issues pertinent to the practitioner. Working in a team, you will plan and stage a fundraising event for charity.
You will learn how to build a website and link it to various social media for advertising and marketing communications campaigns. You will gain hands-on experience in Radio and Video Design and Production in our state of the art Advertising studio..
The industry project sponsored by leading global out of home Advertising agency, Kinetic Dublin will give students the opportunity to work on a real campaign.
You might also want to avail of the optional opportunity to study in the Netherlands, France, Austria or Canada for one semester under the Erasmus + programme.
Year four - award year for the BA (Hons) in Advertising and Marketing Communications
Your final year culminates in the Advertising Portfolio module. You will work in a team and take a brief from a client organisation. Working in the AdLab which is equipped with industry-standard equipment, you will create a fully integrated campaign and present your solutions to the client and a panel of lecturers. This module provides you with excellent networking opportunities and you will have a portfolio of work to show potential employers. Previous clients include Concern Worldwide, An Taisce, Club Orange, DSPCA, MS Society and Fit4Less, Vodafone, McVitie's Jaffa Cakes, Dublin Community Games, South Dublin Chamber of Commerce. In January of your final year, you have the option of engaging in work experience with agencies such as Mixtape Marketing, TBWA, Owens DDB, Chemistry, Kinetic, Dynamic Events and OMD.
Take a look at some of our students' work
This will give you a better idea of what you might achieve if you choose to study Advertising and Marketing Communications at IT Tallaght.
How To Apply
Department Social Community:
Snapchat: DigiMktgAdvert
Instagram: @MarketingAdvertisingDigital
Facebook: /MarketingAdvertisingDigital
or search for Department of Marketing and Business Computing
Mr Glenn Mehta, BBS (Hons), MA (Research)
Head of Department
Department of Marketing and Business Computing, IT Tallaght
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: http://www.it-tallaght.ie/marketingadvertisingdigital
Department phone extensions: + 353 1 404 2300 / 2333 / 2305 / 2306 / 2307/
Fax: + 353 1 4042304
Further Information
Please visit the Dept of Marketing & Business Computing Website
Programme Leader:
Ms Trish Medcalf
Direct telephone number: 01-4042890
- Full-time Fee Information http://www.it-tallaght.ie/fees
- Part-time fee Information http://www.it-tallaght.ie/part-time-fee-concessions
Course Content
Semester 1
MandatoryEU Studies
Critical Skills Development
Introduction to Advertising
Introduction to Information Technologies, Applications and Social Media
Analysing the Media
Introduction to Marketing Theory
Semester 2
MandatoryThe Marketing Communications Industry
Introduction to Statistics
Business I.T. and Intro to Data Analysis
Media Communications
Behavioural Studies
Trends in Cultures and Societies
Semester 3
MandatoryMedia Options
Culture and Identity
International Marketing Applications
Principles of Law
Database Systems
Design Studies
Semester 4
MandatoryGraphic Design
Research Methods
Advertising Law
Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
Fundamentals of Fin & Mgt Acc
PR and Media Relations
Semester 5
MandatoryThe Consumer as Individual
Qualitative Research Methods
Event Management/IMC 1
Global Business
Media Production 1
Interactive Marketing
Semester 6
MandatoryMarketing Across Cultures
Web/App Design & Optimisation
Media Production 2
The Consumer in the Socio-Cultural Setting
Quantitative Methods for Marketing
ElectiveEvent Management/IMC 2
Industry Project
Semester 7
MandatoryMarketing Management
Advertising Portfolio Design 1
Communications Planning & Strategy
Advanced Data Analysis and Modelling
Creativity and Innovation
Semester 8
MandatoryBrand Management
Small Business Management & Entrepreneurship
Financial Management
Business Ethics
Advertising Portfolio Design 2


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"Three Laws of a Popular Visionary"
Before I was accepted into Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Technical Communication program, I wouldn't even know what the acronym "HCI" stood for. One would be hard-pressed to divine any information about the field of human-computer interaction from me. My mind was a blank regarding this subject -- or so I thought. If the same person asked me about the prophetic implications of science fiction writing on the field of modern science, the floodgates of information would burst forth and inundate her mental landscape with a host of ideas that derived from the imaginations of so many authors. Little did I know that these prophetic visions would delve deeply into reality.
Popular culture is something that social scientists and ethnographers have long studied to derive the understanding that a mass audience has regarding several different mental realms. Not surprisingly, science is one such realm. Figures -- media darlings such as Carl Sagan and Michio Kaku -- have brought about a popular notion of what science is. Their ideas bring forth a popular assertion that science is a part of life and will not fall away so long as the public imagination remains captured. Furthermore, their credentials allow the public to believe what they say, because, after all, they are experts in their fields. But something strange also permeates the public imagination more ubiquitously than scientists themselves. While the Sagans and Kakus of the world bring forth "real" science, the imagination is truly touched by the fictional author. Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, and their ilk all contribute to the speculative realm of popular culture, a realm that in turn impacts science itself. Not surprisingly, when you ask the "common man or woman" what they see in the future, something from science-fiction often emerges.
Within the domains of science and fiction, their is contention. However, the world was blessed on January 20, 1920, with the birth of the truest exemplar of both science and fiction, Isaac Asimov. Born in the Soviet Union, no single figure has grasped the public image of what it means to be a legitimate scientist and a legitimate fictional prophet than Asimov. His pioneering fiction brought new, radical ideas into the common understanding. He literally hybridized both science and fiction into something digestible by the average person and respected by the advanced scientist.
Focus on Asimov's life is often focused on his prolific authorship that helped to spread the importance of science, and rightfully so. Having written or edited nearly 500 books, and with over 90,000 instances of correspondence, he was indeed something of a literary fanatic. Additionally, he was always a scientist at heart. Having graduated from Columbia University in 1939, he earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the same institution in 1948. In the decades that followed, he would hone his craft toward humanistic science fiction that brought the genre out of the "pulp-magazine" domain and into the domain of widely-respected fiction. Oddly, he existed in a void, separated from 20th century literature. According to New York Times Reporter Mervyn Rothstein, who wrote an April 6, 1992 obituary of the author:
"I make no effort to write poetically or in a high literary style," he said in 1984. "I try only to write clearly and I have the very good fortune to think clearly so that the writing comes out as I think, in satisfactory shape. I never read Hemingway or Fitzgerald or Joyce or Kafka," he once wrote. "To this day I am a stranger to 20th-century fiction and poetry, and I have no doubt that it shows in my writing."
Regardless of this separation from the works of contemporary authors, Asimov's brilliance prolongs a legacy that continues to impact thinkers to this day.
One area that Asimov's writing has influenced is the arena of human-computer interaction (the aforementioned "HCI"). His most famous statements that would impact this field appeared in the 1950s with his "Three Laws of Robotics." These laws are:
1. A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, unless this would violate a higher order law.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with a higher order law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with a higher order law.
It was, in fact, Asimov himself who is the origin of the term "robotics," which first appeared in his 1942 story "Runaround."
Robots, and all automata, have been part of the popular imagination for hundreds of years. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus brings forward a horrific account of the dangers of automating and granting independence to machines and machine-like creations. Automata and clockwork technology existed before Shelly's masterpiece. "During the twentieth century, several new technologies moved automata into the utilitarian realm...[the] clay model, water clock, golem, homunculus, android, and cyborg [all] culminated in the contemporary concept of the robot," writes Roger Clarke of the Australian National University. He continues to define the robot in more complicated terms, having the "exhibit three key elements:"
1. Programmability ("a robot is a computer")
2. Mechanical Capability ("a robot is a machine")
3. Flexibility
Clarke concludes that "we can conceive of a robot, therefore, as either a computer enhanced machine or as a computer with sophisticated input/output devices." He goes on to note that the distinction between "robot" and "computer" is becoming increasingly arbitrary, a notion that suggests that Asimov's optimistic visions of robotics will become more relevant as time progresses. Clarke does note, however, that "Many facets of Asimov's fiction are clearly inapplicable to real information technology or too far in the future to be relevant to contemporary applications." Yet he continues,
"Some matters, however, deserve our consideration. For example, Asimov's fiction could help us assess the practicability of embedding some appropriate set of general laws into robotic designs. Alternatively, the substantive content of the laws could be used as a set of guidelines to be applied during the conception, design, development, testing, implementation, use, and maintenance of robotic systems."
Examples that we can see following Asimov's laws are many. For example, consider the implementation of a standardized computer-robotic interface across several cultural borders. Clarke asserts that the flexibility required for technology (and that breaks from Asimov's rigidity) must be able to follow contextual adaptability.
Ideas such as what is and ought to be follow as well. "The greater a technology's potential to promote change, the more carefully a society should consider the desirability of each application," writes Clarke.
Ultimately, one of Clarke's strongest points following Asimov's laws is that of the implementation of a code of ethics that must surround the interaction between humans and computer or computer-like interfaces. Information technology professionals must definitively examine the ethical implications of their creations and their interfaces. Humans will not always be accepting of robots, computers, and the like, and to properly allow greater ease among users, ethical lines must be drawn that afford people the chance to feel comfortable that their interface does not violate tacit codes of conduct and understanding. Maybe the rigidity of Asimov's laws will help guide engineers toward such an understanding.
Jean-Luc Doumont, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers agrees with this notion. He writes:
"The search for fundamental laws, unfortunately, has seldom, if ever, been applied to professional communication. Most how-to books on the subject seem content with long lists of phenomenological principles. Useful as each of these might be, a long list of them will always be hard to assimilate, at least without some perception of a simpler underlying logic."
Doumont feels that using this rigidity, one can effectively communicate ideas through both personal and impersonal laws. He defines a set of "Three Laws of Professional Communication" that echo Asimov's robotic laws. From adapting to an audience to reducing noise to using effective redundancy, Doumont's laws may differ greatly from Asimov's (in terms of scope and applicability), but carry with them the same inspiration.
In a similar circumstance, Dror G. Feitelson uses Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics to derive three laws that apply to software itself, another fundamental element of HCI. Feitelson asserts in his reformulation of Asimov's first law that human production (be it text or the like) is the sacred element that must not come to harm. However, current trends in programming allow software to discard this record. Despite this, he continues to state that the data and the experience must be held as sacred as well, suggesting that if the software disrupts this contract, it will be impossible for the user to successfully employ the software. "These changes," he writes regarding ideas and programs that will protect the user's experience, "might seem small to the developers, who spend considerable time considering the best ways to perform various tasks, but they can be devastating to users who just want to perform their work with as little hassle as possible."
Feitelson's second law parallels Asimov's as well. "Software must obey orders given by its users." He explains how it must function "according to its specs." Likewise, his third law suggests that software, like the robot, must protect its own existence. It should not crash or regularly malfunction, but should continue to work properly, even if the user lacks the know-how to function gracefully within its parameters. Feitelson acknowledges that his adaptation of Asimov's laws is a "trade-off" for designers, but one that will undoubtedly increase the performance and enhance the experience that users face. "It's time for software developers to be more accountable for their products and to remember that their software is there to serve its users -- just like Asimov's robots," he writes.
In the end, Asimov is not responsible for an HCI revolution. He did not see himself as anything more than a humble humanist with a few good words to share. However, unlike so many others, his ideas, especially his Three Laws of Robotics, have been a launch pad for other innovators, essayists, and thinkers to move into a new realm of understanding regarding HCI. Without his rigid laws, there would be neither those laws we could emulate nor those laws which we could break so effectively.
Clarke, Roger. "Asimov's Laws of Robotics: Implications for Information Technology (Part 1)." Computer. Dec 1993: 55. IEEE Xplore. Web. 22 Sept, 2009.
Clarke, Roger. "Asimov's Laws of Robotics: Implications for Information Technology (Part 2)." Computer. Jan 1994: 62. IEEE Xplore. Web. 22 Sept, 2009.
Doumont, Jean-Luc. "Three Laws of Professional Communication." IEEE Transactions of Professional Communication. Dec 2002: 291. IEEE Xplore. Web. 22 Sept, 2009.
Feitelson, Dror G. "Asimov's Laws of Robotics Applied to Software." IEEE Software. July/Aug 2007: 112. IEEE Xplore Web. 22 Sept, 2009.
"Isaac Asimov Biography and Notes." 2009. Web. 22 Sept, 2009.
"Robotics Research Group." University of Texas at Austin. Web. 22 Sept, 2009.
Rothstein, Mervyn. "Isaac Asimov, Whose Thoughts and Books Traveled the Universe, is Dead at 72." 7 April, 1992. Web. 22 Sept, 2009.
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Meme Monday – New Memes?
How does a meme begin? How does it circulate? I suppose you can find the answer to that question on Know Your Meme. But if there are things that would make a good meme, that maybe are a meme in your life… well… why don't they spread? What can you do to get them going?
Yeah I don't know. There are tons of memes and image macros that go nowhere, and many of the sort that go flat are ones that are being forced. So the answer is really just that the culture is all there, and some of it goes viral.
But if I were to get a meme going…
One might be this great Doctor Who character – from the first Doctor Who episodes that I watched, actually. It would make for such a great non-sequitur reaction meme.
I think I'm going to use it more, now that I've made it.
But other than that, I don't know. Maybe it's just easier to work with the classics…