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Don't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
New Riders, 2006 - Computers - 201 pages
Five years and more than 100,000 copies after it was first published, it's hard to imagine anyone working in Web design who hasn't read Steve Krug's "instant classic" on Web usability, but people are still discovering it every day.Ā In this second edition, Steve adds three new chapters in the same style as the original: wry and entertaining, yet loaded with insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike.Ā Don't be surprised if it completely changes the way you think about Web design.
Three New Chapters!
"I thought usability was the enemy of design until I read the first edition of this book.Ā Don't Make Me Think! showed me how to put myself in the position of the person who uses my site.Ā After reading it over a couple of hours and putting its ideas to work for the past five years, I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book.
In this second edition, Steve Krug adds essential ammunition for those whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on doing the wrong thing.Ā If you design, write, program, own, or manage Web sites, you must read this book."Ā -- Jeffrey Zeldman, author of Designing with Web Standards
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Fish Arrow Flash J 2" - #22
- Brand: Fish Arrow
The most realistic series of soft lures I've seen! Super versatile too!
I fish these for LRF just as I do for Perch etc. on a jighead, Dropshot, however you want to fish them! Top tip is to fish them with lightweight 'wacky' jighead and hook them just through the nose, especially for perch or in calm conditions at sea. This applies to all of the Flash J series. By constantly shaking the rod tip on a slow retrieve, the jighead promotes a rolling action in the lure that really gets the lures internal foil flashing away.
This 2'' version and the 3'' model match perfectly to all Fish Arrow Jigheads!
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Ben says:
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Carbon Inspiration Collection BMW iPhone X & iPhone XS Navy Stripe/ PU Carbon Fiber Hard Case
This PU Carbon Fiber hard case features a PU Carbon Fiber back with a colored stripe and a special metal BMW "M" logo.
- iPhone X/XS
Shop our branded computer and tablet backpacks, briefcases, sleeves and more.
Shop for bluetooth and wireless headphones with features like noise-reduction, explosive bass, Hi-Fi Stereo and more.
Shop for travel power bank, featuring a micro USB slots, fast charging and small size for on-the-go.
Shop invisible screen guards meticulously crafted for sensitivity and protection.
High Spec Cars. High Spec Cases.
James Bond
Why mention James Bond, a British Secret Service Spy, for an article about BMW and CG Mobile? Style and image. No matter who plays Bond and regardless of what is taking place in the film, he is always stylish. He sets the standard for both men and women. He exudes confidence, intelligence, and class under the most extreme pressure. And so does BMW.
While the actors who play Bond have changed over the last five decades, various qualities about have Bond not, such as his agent number (007) and his elegance.
Most fans enjoy seeing what gadgets Bond will be using. In the 1990s, the die-hard Bond fans, after seeing the movies, went out and purchased their very own BMWs. They know that Bond is always in tune with sophistication and fans want to be exactly like Bond, which means they want that style and grace that comes with driving a BMW.
Bond's BMWs
We all know James Bond enjoys a life of extravagance and his cars reflect that. They are fully equipped to serve his every need and desire. Only top quality, high-end, luxury brands would serve such a man. Not surprisingly, several have been BMWs.
GoldenEye opens with Pierce Brosnan driving a BMW Z3 in a wild chase.
Brosnan drives another BMW in Tomorrow Never Dies.
It's Brosnan again in The World Is Not Enough with a BMW Z8, equipped with ground-to-air missiles, a sonar device, and an extremely important cup holder.
BMWs simply reflect Bond's image of style and luxury. He wouldn't drive anything less.
Standards for Luxury
Standards progress. BMW knows that. Senior Vice President, Hildegard Wortmann, recently said that luxury cars have to evolve to reflect shifting buyer tastes and expectations. She said, "Luxury is no longer adding chrome and bits and pieces... there is a new generation coming up where you have to deliver luxury in a different way, which is more about innovation, about craftsmanship, about the materials you use…"
CG Mobile
Since 2016, CG Mobile has been a worldwide market leader in case design. Its aim is to manufacture and distribute officially licensed mobile, tablet and computer accessories that set the standard for quality, durability, luxury, and style.
To achieve its goal, CG Mobile partnered with BMW, a company that has set the standard for luxury and style.
BMW knows that quality and style begin and end with superior craftsmanship, quality, and the best materials. That's why all of the BMW accessories CG Mobile offers are made with genuine leather, carbon, fiber, and aluminum. BMW wouldn't put its iconic blue and white emblem on anything less.
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When a you purchase an Avila's Pros Shop / Cowhorse Equipment product you can be assured it will last for a very long time if properly cared for. We build our products from the best quality USA leather available. We use primarily stainless steel hardware from the best sources.
Please browse through our product range, we'd love to hear from you if you have any questions about us or our products!


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SCHOOLGIRLS from across Hampshire have been encouraged to try engineering based workshops.
As part of National Women in Engineering Day, Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium invited girls aged 12-14 from nine schools to join in workshops, and network with female engineers, on Monday, June 23.
Winchester schools Henry Beaufort and Perins took part, and the day finished with a planetarium show aimed at honouring some of the astronomical advances made by women.
It was arranged by the Women's Engineering Society to celebrate its 95th anniversary.


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Kristian Foss necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 80 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
We offer the Norwegian market high quality, high volume, brand name underwear for women and men. As one of the few serious internet retailers of every day underwear we serve customers from all over Norway, but only to a very limited degree, from neighboring countries. Underverker.no (means wonders, but play on the Norwegian word for underwear) launched its webshop in june 2006, and have now established a solid customer base.
Our unique selling points are:
- good selection (brands + models + sizes)
- fast and free delivery (over NOK 500= approx USD 70)
- delivery directly to your home mail box
- free returns (when exchanging products)
Due to the order volume we now have reached, we will move to a new solution this fall.
Our core target audience are females between 20 and 50 years of age that could not be bothered going to the underwear/lingerie shop or does not expect to find their sizes there. Our secondary audience are men in the same age group that shop male underwear to themselves or/and female underwear to their partners.
Redesign our front page to increase conversion rates.
We feel that today's webshop radiates the right values and message:
- Seriousness
- Clean, simple design (not cheesy as many lingerie shops)
- Easy maneuvering and use
- Delicate and inviting
Try to keep that, your way.
Today's shop:
Today's logo shall be kept (download EPS from http://www.drivehq.com/folder/p6117410.aspx).
We also plan to emphasize other departments than female underwear. The first one is men's underwear. Therefore we need to be able to "switch" stores/departments, by use of top tabs (?), or other method, so a new left (vertical) menu list is listed (ex. figleaves.com/uk ). Otherwise, the basic navigation layout should be kept.
In general, we believe more in evolution than revolution (but again, we may be wrong:). We like these sites:
- http://www.mystore.no
- http://www.victoriassecret.com
- http://www.therussianstore.com/
- http://www.gingerpuplane.com/
- http://www.atocasa.it/
- http://shop.acnestudios.com/
- http://www.jcrew.com/index.jsp
- http://www.dkny.com/womens/index.php/
The winner must implement the design on:
- Product listings
- Product presentation
- General information pages
for an additional 150 USD.
All design material has to be in .PSD files with full resolution, so we can have it cut and implemented into HTML. Layers in .PSD must be well organised.
We will not comment the first 24 hours.
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Alex Rodriguez has had enough of the grievance hearing that was filed in an effort to overturn his 211-game suspension for alleged violations of Major League Baseball's drug agreement and labor contract.
After arbitrator Fredric Horowitz refused to order testimony from Commissioner Bud Selig, the New York Yankees third baseman reportedly slammed a table and cursed at MLB Chief Operating Officer Rob Manfred before leaving the room during the 11th day of hearings on the grievance filed by the players' association.
A-Rod said in a statement he does not intend on returning.
"I am disgusted with this abusive process, designed to ensure that the player fails," he said. "I have sat through 10 days of testimony by felons and liars, sitting quietly through every minute, trying to respect the league and the process.
"This morning, after Bud Selig refused to come in and testify about his rationale for the unprecedented and totally baseless punishment he hit me with, the arbitrator selected by MLB and the players' association refused to order Selig to come in and face me. The absurdity and injustice just became too much. I walked out and will not participate any further in this farce."
Rodriguez's attorneys remain involved in the process.
The Miami New Times reported in January that Rodriguez was one of several players who had bought human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing substances from Biogenesis from 2009 to 2012.
He was suspended by the league Aug. 5 for "use and possession of numerous forms of prohibited performance-enhancing substances, including testosterone and human growth hormone over the course of multiple years" and "engaging in a course of conduct intended to obstruct and frustrate the office of the commissioner's investigation."
Rodriguez was allowed to continue playing while contesting the punishment.
Baseball, softball could return to Olympics by 2020
Oscar Pistorius to face gun charges unrelated to murder case
No more swaying, staggering or falling down for Australian Olympians
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Captured on a farm in Saskatchewan, this 1949 Chrysler shows some obvious signs of quite a few years spent out in the Canadian elements. Pictures of potential project cars like this one always manage to elicit automotive optimism from us, so it shouldn't come as a surprise we imagine this old Chrysler to be as complete and restorable as it looks from this angle.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior Andrew Erickson (Shorewood, Wis.) was rewarded with a solid showing over the weekend with the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's cross country runner of the week award for the week of October 2. Erickson helped the nationally-ranked No. 9 Engineers take second place at the Bowdoin College Invitational, finishing behind only the host Polar Bears.
Erickson and the rest of the Cardinal and Gray squad were getting a preview of the eight-kilometer course that will host this year's New England Division III championship next month. The senior finished with a time of 27:04.64, good for 11th place.
Erickson is the third different Tech harrier to take home conference honors this year, joining teammates Daniel Harper (Naperville, Ill.) and Benjamin Mattocks (Sharon, Mass.) who were recognized previously this fall.


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Obama And Source Of The Nile
Tom Mboya was a gentleman of the old school. As so often has happened in my long life span in Africa, I was to attend his funeral on that flat island called Rusinga close to the location where Barack Obama visited members of his father's family. Mboya, in the prime of his life, was shot down in a planned assassination….
[International: Obama]
Barack Obama's plan is music to many frustrated people in the world where for several decades now we have gradually come to accept, without effective protest, that our leading world politicians are programmed to lie.
Obama, and from his body language he means it, shouts "Change!" Obama knows, and his followers know, that the only remedy for the sharp decline in the good reputation of the once mighty America is for a change, not only within the domestic body politic but outwards in foreign policy with a more rational assessment of the internal pressures within the countries whose foreign policy is relevant to its own security and an appropriate diplomatic approach rather than knee jerk threats of sanctions and the bombastic blowing of war trumpets.
African Americans pride themselves on the use of language to bring unity. In the dark period when, after slave sales, their ancestors had to live together with others of different languages and widely varying customs the voice was the only tool they had.
They had no weapons, they had no power except the mastery of the vocal chords in song and clever rhetoric to pit against the whip, the torture and the bullying of slave masters.
This eventually brought them freedom despite the resources ranged against them and the wisdom gained in turn influenced the tactics of later politicians in Africa, the birth of Liberia and the strength behind Kwame Nkrumah the freedom fighter of Ghana.
Already we are seeing this skill and fervor in the speeches of Obama who has roots in the soil of Africa and comes from the great agriculturists and fishermen families who produced one of the finest leaders of the old colonial days who fought and established trade unionism in defiance of the then British administration in East Africa.
This man was the legendary Tom Mboya, a genius and leader I knew well as a friend. He was a member of the Luo ethnicity and a personal associate of Barack's Kisumu family.
Mboya was known to us all as a defiant spokesman for the Luo at a time when they were heavily dominated by the Kikuyu. Yet Mboya did more than others at the time, organizing demonstrations against the British administrators of Kenya who were holding secret trials of the Kikuyu, placing tens of thousands in the Tsavo and other concentration camps.
Mboya was a gentleman of the old school. As so often has happened in my long life span in Africa, I was to attend his funeral on that flat island called Rusinga close to the location where Barack Obama visited members of his father's family.
Mboya, in the prime of his life, was shot down in a planned assassination, sadly by a Kikuyu, something the Luo are never going to forget and is one of those memories adding to the present divisions within Kenya.
Obama is endeavoring at this time to focus on the ugly aspects of recent government not only in his own country, the United States, but elsewhere around the world and demanding, genuinely in my view, that this must change, including actions in Iraq and its suffering peoples.
Obama has told America and the world that he is prepared for a face-to-face talk with the leaders of Iran. He realizes that there will be no peace until there is an understanding between his great country and this country that developed one of the first great civilizations and was once the centre of the then known world's commerce.
If Obama is sincere with this promise he has my moral vote. Even within Iraq, and so many are not aware of its existence, is one of those islands of civilization that recalls the film "Lost Horizon" that some of us saw in our youth with its city of Shangri-La, a serene escape from the corrupt and turbulent injustices of the outside world.
I can hear you saying "impossible!" but there it is just some 60 miles from Baghdad, a true Shangri-La for thousands of dignified Moslems of many professions boasting orchestras, swimming pools, debating societies and the home of Islamic poets.
Courage must be their motto for they are devoted to the cause of defending human rights. This is the city of Ashraf built on an oasis today inhabited by a proud, dignified, professional people mostly refugees from Iran and especially from the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mullahs.
We are told, and learnt from their literature, that these Iranians who live under the flag of Iraq also include men and women originally from Iran but who today are nationals of Canada, America, United Kingdom; in fact from almost every democratic country but who are making the greatest of sacrifices by risking their own safety only so that their homeland next door to Iraq can someday also enjoy freedom, democracy, and a respect for individual and group human rights.
Their future today is very grim. Ashraf has gone unnoticed. It has been peaceful under the present American administration but as Obama has reminded us all, the present American foreign policy has lost its way and seemingly the great peoples of Ashraf are to be handed over to Iran in some ugly maneuvers similar to those at the end of World War II when tens of thousands of Russians who had fought against communism were handed over to Stalin for immediate mass execution.
Talking to Ashraf leaders, as I have, they see Barack Obama as a world leader whose words will give hope. Here is a man of America---A Black man, who is prepared to listen.
The Bush group, having cleverly described their foreign policy as a "war on terror" and thus justified aggressive acts anywhere they choose in the world as legitimate national defensive measures, feel free to declare sanctions against already suffering peoples and support notoriously undemocratic regimes whom they favor or who control necessary raw materials.
Barack Obama recognizes that natural honest democrats exist in all corners of the planet and a much better response to problems is to speak to all the leaders and work towards solutions that are self supporting and capable of developing democratically with grassroots support.
The good people of Ashraf see that the self imposed policing of the planet by the present U.S. government could have been so much more successful and truly praiseworthy if less selfishly business driven and more characteristic of the widespread generous instincts of the majority of the American people.
It needs a Barack Obama if it is to bring around us an envelope of peace and a sharing of the world's life giving minerals. Over and over again Bush has reminded us that Africa is the future of the planet, but he has shown how sticky fingers take what they can and give nothing but war in return.
Obama stands for the best in both Africa and America and even as I write, his hand extends to that wonderful lady of wisdom, Sarah, his grandmother, who comes from the Kenyan village of Nyangoma nestling there in the bush close to Lake Victoria from which the might of the Nile flows.
She is the same age as myself, 85, and Africa blesses us as elders of wisdom. So be it. Heed the elders of the world, from North korea to Alaska, and choose Barack Obama as the best present choice for sanity and a hopeful future for the young and the still unborn.
Astles who lived for many years in Africa was once an advisor to Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada. The movie "The Last King of Scotland," is widely believed to have been based on his life.
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She has made this book.
Both girls have made this book.
A finite verb changes its form in person and number. By the way, it's called "finite" because it's bound or limited to a given position in the sentence. Non-finite verbs, on the other hand, are more or less free and can occur in more than one position. For example, our participle made can occur, say, as part of a verb or as an adjective modifying a noun. Moreover, it doesn't change form:
She has made this book.
Both girls have made this book.
He is a made man. <adjective>
Yes, but actually, it's non-finite in form, meaning it's not the main verb: it doesn't inflect for tense, person, and number.Originally Posted by user_gary
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Getting ready for a good spring cleaning and my wife is starting to get on me for all the stuff I have since I took over our garage at home. She calls me a VW/Audi Hoarder....lol, but I guess thats a good thing. Anyways, I figured maybe instead of getting rid of a bunch of stuff, I could see what other enthusiasts have for trade. Maybe if it looks different and things move, she won't know the difference...lol.
Well, here I go....I'm looking to possibly trade my 2002 Busa and my wifes 01 S4 White Tip w/ 68K original miles . Have had it since 04 and am the second owner. Put about 3000 miles on since I've got it. Has Power Commander, Yosh Slip Ons, Custom undertail, custom levers w/ 38special shells, chrome wheels, chrom rear grab bars, LED turns, many chrome accents. Only thing is it has a minor chip in headlamp, but not major. Also comes with stock levers, turn signals, solo seat, chrome grips(not installed yet). Adult owned. Garage kept. Looking to change up.
S4 is my wife's car but she has an our SUV or her 07 Passat most of the time. Has Black Leather w/ Blue Alcantara Interior w/ aluminum trim. Minor ding in pass front door and trunk. Minor dent in rear driver's door(one of my sons ran into it with their bike). Badgeless grille(but will put OEM one back on because the badgeless one is fading a little). Overall a very nice car. Also have euro trunk lid which could come with it if someone wanted to have it painted(currently green). Also have new FK coilovers which have never been installed.
Would like to pickup another nice VW/Audi or another 600/750/1000 sport bike(Tired of just going fast. Would like to switch up with something I can hit the backroads with). Prefer 5-speed but will consider Auto if car is right. Please not ragged out cars. Upgrades a plus. Looking for a nice daily driver. Straight Trade, Trade plus cash, trade plus parts....I will consider most things.
Some items I know I need are:
Power Steering Pump for 02 S4 Avant
Passenger Fender for 02.5 B6 A4 1.8T
1.8T Performance upgrades for B5 Passat, B5 A4, and B6 A4
19" Wheels with Tires(Prefer with nice sized lip, but not necessary) Need 5X100 or 5X112
Turbo upgrades for 02 S4 2.7T
Air Ride Systems 02 S4 Avant
Silver MKIV Jetta Hood
2.0L Motor for my 00 MKIV Jetta
High Flow injectors for my MKIV Supercharged VR6
1.8T Head for 00 Passat
S4 Avant Performance Exhaust System
Front Struts for my wife's 07 Passat
Nice 93/94 corrado(but will consider other well done corrados)
Anything Good will be considered
Other items I have for trade are:
00 Passat V6 30v
92 Toyota Landcruiser
08 Mazda CX9
04 Yamaha Raptor 600
04 Yamaha Warrior 350
99 2.8L 30v A4 Avant Parts Car(Front Track AT) Complete- Will be parting out soon
98 1.8T A4 Parts Car(Complete) ATQ- Will be parting out soon
R32 Hatch and Passenger Door
B5 Passat Wagon Interior, Black Leather complete w/ door cards, carpet, trim, headliner, etc.
93 Corrado Parts Car(No Title).
90 Corrado Shell Silver(Clean Title)
Let me know what you have. PM me or text me at 443-722-6149. Thanks!


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Our current favorite driver, 2007 world champion and inveterate no-shit-giver Kimi Räikkönen, got lost at the Brazilian Grand Prix over the weekend, taking an escape road that was gated shut. That's the drive of a champion right there.
Despite Kimi's previous calls to the contrary, the Finn should not have been left alone, he did not know what he was doing.


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Happy Feast Day of St. Patrick - 17 March
[NOTE: This is my annual St. Patrick's Day post, originally posted on St. Patrick's Day 2005, and posted a day early this year because I'm not planning on blogging this Saturday]
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh!
(Happy St. Patrick's Day!)
As a Roman Catholic of Irish descent, I am, quite predictably, a big fan of St. Patrick. Long before I became Catholic, St. Patrick - with his bishop's mitre and crozier - stood there beckoning me home to the Church of my forebears. Indeed, the first rosary I ever purchased (again, before I ever became Catholic) had a St. Patrick junction and a Celtic Cross Crucifix. St. Patrick's feast day, therefore, is a cause for great celebration in our household.
But just what is it about this British-born saint - who (1) was kidnapped as a boy from his home in Britain by Irish pirates, (2) was sold into slavery in Ireland, (3) escaped from his Irish oppressors, and (4) returned to Ireland to evangelize his former captors (the same Irish who would, a century later, with saints like Columba and Aidan, re-evangelize Britain after the Anglo-Saxon invasions) - that makes his feast day celebrated to a greater extent around the world than most other saints?
Perhaps it is because of the extent of the Irish Diaspora, which stretches from Continental Europe to North America to South America to Australia, and numbers in the tens of millions - making St. Patrick not only the patron saint of Ireland, but of all Irish all over the world. Possibly, it could be St. Patrick's contribution to Celtic Christianity, an influence that can be seen in the Lorica of St. Patrick, which has been attributed to him.
For more on the story behind why St. Patrick is such a significant personage within the Church, especially where the Irish are concerned,
go here: Patron Saints Index - Patrick,But unfortunately, I think the real reason this particular feast day has such resonance with so many people has nothing whatsoever to do with its religious significance. St. Patrick's Day, like Christmas, is a religious feast day that has lost much of its meaning due to over-secularization. Rather than a day to celebrate the life of this great British saint who evangelized the Irish, St. Patrick's Day has become just another excuse to get drunk and tell stupid Irish jokes.
and here: The History of St. Patrick's Day,
and here: Saint Patrick's Day: An Irish Celebration,
and here: The Ultimate St. Patrick.
Personally, one of the biggest problems I have with the secular celebrations of St. Patrick's Day is the ubiquitous presence of the leprechaun. On and around St. Patrick's Day, this little fairy creature can be seen on the front pages of major newspapers, on greeting cards, and on televisions selling used cars, credit cards, and beer in a cheesy Irish brogue accent.
Given the artistic legacy of beautiful music, poetry, literature, and liturgical art bequeathed to us by the Irish; given the indispensable contributions the Irish have made to Christianity and Western Civilization as documented by Thomas Cahill in his best-selling book How the Irish Saved Civilization; and given the steadfastness of the Irish in overcoming historical persecution - racial, cultural, economic, and religious; I find the use of the leprechaun on St. Patrick's Day as a symbol of the Irish people and their cultural contributions about as appropriate as a lawn jockey on Martin Luther King Day.
Some will think that is not an apt comparison. Sorry, but I think it quite apt. The leprechaun as a symbol of this holy feast day is just plain offensive, and should go the way of the kerchief-headed version of Aunt Jemima.
The Irish - that mystical race of warriors and poets, saints and scholars, who brought us great works of literature like Ulysses and Gulliver's Travels, early medieval illuminated manuscripts like the Books of Kells and Durrow, musicians like Turlough O'Carolan, U2 and Van Morrison, wordsmiths like W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney, kings like Brian Boru and ... (well, Brian's about it as far as great Irish kings go), political heroes like Daniel O'Connell and Michael Collins, and saints like Columcille (a.k.a. Columba), Brendan, Aidan, and Columbanus - deserve better on the feast day of their patron saint than to be represented by a short, ruddy (and might I add, pagan) fairy dressed in a green suit.
The University of Notre Dame is also guilty of this blood libel against the children of Erin. The University does quite a disservice to the true spirit of the "Fighting Irish" by representing that spirit in the form of a leprechaun (of course, some would argue that Notre Dame also does a disservice to Ex Corde Ecclesiae by calling itself "Catholic"). Bring back the Irish Terrier to represent the Fighting Irish, as it did in the days of Knute Rockne. Just get rid of that damned leprechaun!!! (Oops! Sorry about that. That should be "damned leprechaun".)
Okay. Rant over.
Hopefully, we can try to keep in mind today (1) the spiritual legacy of Ireland's patron saint, and (2) the many cultural contributions of the people he loved so dearly as to bring them the Light of Christ - which are, after all, the primary reasons we celebrate the feast of St. Patrick. Even if the rest of the world is too deep in a drunken stupor to notice.
And so I end with the following blessing:
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig oraibh!
(St. Patrick's Day Blessing On You!)
Recommended Reading:
Patrick: The Pilgrim Apostle of Ireland by Maire B. de Paor
The Confession of St. Patrick by John Skinner
How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
Wisdom of the Celtic Saints by Edward C. Sellner
Sun Dancing by Geoffrey Moorhouse
Previous Pro Ecclesia posts on this subject:
"... The Slur of the Fighting Irish"
Happy Feast Day of St. Patrick - 17 March (2006)
Happy Feast Day of St. Patrick - 17 March (2005)
Labels: Humor, Ireland, Saints and Martyrs, Traditional Feast Days


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Drone surveillance isn't just for the government any more. The Spy Hawk RC glider, with a camera that streams live footage to the 3.5" LCD on its controller, lets you be the eye in the sky -- for only £250.
The Spy Hawk's built-in camera is a respectable 3.5 megapixels and not only gives you a first-person, real-time view of your flight, but also lets you save any particularly crazy stunts (or discoveries) to the controller's 4GB SD card. The Spy Hawk can handle a range of about 2,000 feet, and around 15 minutes of flight on a single charge, so you can cover some ground.
On top of all that, the Spy Hawk also has an autopilot setting that will automatically adjust the glider's flaps in order to stabilize the sucker should you encounter some obnoxiously strong winds. For £250, the Spy Hawk is a pretty good bet for doing a little bit of casual surveillance, or just having fun. Or both, you know, if that's what you're into. You can pre-order now at Red5. [Red5 via Uncrate]


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The big game is in Dallas this year, but New Orleans is already preparing for the return of the Super Bowl in 2013 with a major overhaul of the Louisiana Superdome. [http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2011/01/final_phase_of_superdome_fa....
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In the beginning, Randy Baer created his website for fun. But little did he know that the site would become so popular that it would lead to two successful books, force him to adopt another name, and popularize the word "crap" in the wrestling community.
Indeed, the joke turned into reality.
In April 2000, Baer teamed with good friend Merle Vincent to create a website, which they entitled Wrestlecrap. The site was dedicated to what they felt was the very worst in professional wrestling. If there was a bad gimmick, a bad angle, a bad anything to do with wrestling, chances were that Baer and Vincent would have it on the site.
Since its early beginnings, Baer's site has grown in leaps and bounds. When he's not interacting with the fans, Baer finds himself watching today's wrestling and shaking his head.
"It sucks. It's in a funk, and I don't mean that in a good Terry Funk kind of way," Baer told SLAM! Wrestling. "It kills me that every week is the same old, same old,"
Baer, like many fans today, is upset with the current direction WWE is taking. "It's harder to be a fan now than anytime since I started watching in the mid-'80s," he said. "I mean, even in the early '90s, things were horrible, but they were a funny horrible. These days it's just really hard to get excited about anything."
When Baer first got the idea for a site featuring the worst gimmicks in wrestling, he never imagined it being popular. "When I first came up with the concept, it was never meant to be a big website. It was meant to be something for me and my friends and silly stuff in wrestling, it was something for me and my friends to laugh at," he said.
The 36-year-old Indianapolis resident is happy for the success that he and the site have enjoyed. "What happened is, I wound up with a lot more friends than I started with, and for that I'm very very blessed."
One of the popular features on the Wrestlecrap website is R.D.'s Mailbag, located within the R.D.'s Ramblings section. But wait, who is R.D.?
"RD Reynolds, Randy Baer, same person. I used to manage for an independent group, and when I turned heel, the 20 or 30 people watching knew my name, looked it up in the phone book, and started leaving nasty messages on my home phone," Baer recalled. "When I started with the Wrestlecrap site, I decided to stick with R.D. Reynolds, because maybe it would draw an extra person or two to the shows I was doing, and now more people know me by R.D. Reynolds, and that's why I go with that."
In what seemed to happen overnight, Baer began receiving mass amounts of emails from fans regarding the Wrestlecrap website. Baer didn't use the mailbag or anything else to judge how popular his site was, but he instead looked up the web traffic to see the official number of hits. "I remember very vividly Merle and I checking the web traffic, and in our first month we got 2,000 hits, and we were excited, but we get that now in two hours on a Friday morning," Baer said. "It was very different, and we thought it was very neat. Merle was just like me, he just wanted to entertain people and make them laugh. If it's 10 people we're making laugh, that's great, if it's 10,000 people we are making laugh, that's even better."
With Wrestlecrap's fan base expanding, Baer decided to contact the people at ECW Press and pitch a book. Wrestlecrap: The Very Worst of Professional Wrestling was born a short time later.
"The first person I showed the book to was my wife, and I just couldn't believe I was able to con somebody into paying me to write a book with the word 'Crap' in the title," he laughed. "To me that was the greatest achievement I could ever possibly achieve."
Baer was in a whirlwind of emotions as he saw his first book. "When I first saw my book, I was happy with the job ECW Press did, they didn't really mess with what I had to say, and that's one of the main reasons why I wrote a second book with them," he said.
With the excellent reception of Wrestlecrap, Baer and ECW Press decided to work on another project, that being The Death of WCW. This time Baer co-wrote the book with Bryan Alvarez. "I was a Figure Four Weekly subscriber, that's Bryan's newsletter, and I found that he's just so funny and so knowlegeable, and his newsletter usually arrives on Saturday, and if I go to the mailbox and it's not there, I get depressed. I just thought that he was so talented, and that he could eaisly write a book."
Baer was willing to share his byline with Alvarez, but not R.D. Reynolds, who had taken over his life and gotten co-credit for the first book. "For my own ego, I wanted my own name on the book," he said, "and there was a long discussion going back and forth with ECW Press, and for whatever reason, their marketing department decided to promote me as two different people."
With The Death of WCW, Baer attempted to reach a different audience. "With the first book, I wanted it to be more general, and be something that someone with no knowledge in wrestling could grasp," he said. "I pictured my mother, who has no idea about wrestling as being my target audience. When I wrote The Death of WCW, I knew the target audience was going to be different. It was going to be more hardcore wrestling fans."
Baer knew his audience, and judging on responses from his previous book, he knew what the fans wanted to read, and what type of read they would enjoy the most. "With the first book, the hardcore wrestling fans didn't think I was in-depth enough and that there wasn't enough behind-the-scenes information," he said. "My goal for the second book, was to make it something that the hardcore fans would like, and bringing Bryan on board really helped me to accomplish that."
The success of both books have taken ECW Press by surprise, according to the book's publisher, Jack David. "I was astonished at the response to Randy's books," he said. "Sure, they were well written and entertaining, but they flew off the shelves, and there seems to be no slowing down. Wrestling fans love original, well-researched, humourous books, and these two books prove the case."
With two books already under his belt, Baer plans on doing another book, with Alvarez once again being his co-writer. "ECW Press is very interested in doing another project, and I am too as long as it's the right project," Baer said. "I've written the two books I wanted to write, Bryan and I want to do another book, but we want it to be something that will make people go 'Wow.' We want the next book to be about something we both feel strongly about, and we want it to be worlds better than the other two."
No matter how bizarre the stories Baer tells may be, his very own story is even more out there. Going from being a wrestling manager for a small independent group, to creating a website that built an enormous following, to becoming a best-selling author, Baer is living his dream. "I just want to say thanks to all the people who supported me," he said. "I am truly very blessed."
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About an hour after waking Fleet Commodore James Harrison (Harry to his men, Jimmy to his old school mates at the race track) was feeling magnificent. There really was no other word for it, he had gone to bed dreading the worst of what a night of whiskey and cards might bring come morning, but come morning he felt glorious. The night before the cards had fallen his way and he now had a pocket full of bank notes. To add to the jubilation he had received a telegram, freshly wired, informing him the horse he'd backed in Melbourne had come through by a full length the day before. Today was a magnificent day, there was no doubting it.
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|Harry, lucky to head the Russians off in all the open sea, lines his ships up. A mixed force representing a joint operation between the Free Australians and the Covenant of Antarctica.
|The Russians, keeping their knock-out punch solidly in the middle...
Taking water and whatever fresh supplies they could from a small island chain in the vastness of the Indian ocean the Russians had a right to feel unlucky to have been caught by the fleet so far following only the rumour of their wake.
A mix of the frigates and Victoria Class gunships concentrate their fire on the opposing fleet commodore and the squadron of cruisers making up the right of the Russian strong centre. Some lucky strikes manage to shatter the ablative armour of their opponents.
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The Protectors roll in, and with some incredible luck both their gunnery and broadsides manage to break the ablative armour of the Cruisers ahead of them, and shred half a squadron of heavy frigates to their left.
While the barrage of fire from the frigates, the gunships and Harry's own Bounty manage to wreak merry hell on the Russian fleet a squadron of dive bombers swoop in and light the afternoon with some spectacular fireworks.
Surfacing in order to shred the escorts and pile more damage on the Russian flag ship the Aronax proves it's fearsome mettle...
Under the burning sun and after a lucky guess, the pride of the Russians was withering under a storm of hellfire... Harry couldn't stop from smiling, today was a magnificent day.
And we called it not long afterwards, James and Ewen (joint Covenant/Australian and the Russian commanders respectively) had to leave, and the battle was heavily skewed in favour of the Covenant and Australian forces. The range of heavy damage from the Bounty and the Victoria class gunships had managed to crack the usually frightening armour of the Russian ships early, and some insanely lucky rolling meant that anytime the dice were thrown, the Russians would suffer.
This game really moved at a fast clip, and 1000 points made for a nice and interesting fleet, some heavy hitters, some mediums, and some smalls. A great game and a lot of fun (well, I was joint commander of the Aussie/Covenant Fleet - so things went my way).
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Japanese automaker, Toyota, despite having flat GCC sales in 2000, expects a substantial improvement next year. The cause for optimism is a broader model line-up and national economies, which are reviving, a senior official disclosed.
The car manufacturer predicts year-end GCC sales of 145,000 cars, equivalent to last year's performance, but far below that of 1998 when it sold over 163,000, Gulf News reported.
"But next year should bring us definite gains as we will have an established line-up which has been supported by the launches of the new Corolla, Lexus and others," remarked Dato Akira Okabe, General Manager of sales and marketing division in Oceania and the Middle East.
"Even in a difficult market situation in the GCC we have been averaging about 150,000 units over the last three years and increased our market share," he added.
Toyota registered a record year in 1983, with Gulf region sales exceeding the 200,000-car mark. The company now is fuelled with renewed optimism. Its new Lexus flagship, the LS430, sold out according to Al-Futtaim Motors (AFM) officials. Al-Futtaim is the local dealer of Toyota vehicles in the Gulf.
"We expect the LS430 to notch sales of 200 a month in the GCC, maybe even higher. This has been our experience in Japan where it was introduced in late August." — (Albawaba-MEBG)
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Optimizing health worker roles for maternal and newborn health
The World Health Organization's recommendations on optimizing the roles of health workers aim to help address critical health workforce shortages that slow down progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals. A more rational distribution of tasks and responsibilities among cadres of health workers can significantly improve both access and cost-effectiveness – for example by training and enabling 'mid-level' and 'lay' health workers to perform specific interventions otherwise provided only by cadres with longer (and sometimes more specialized) training.
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"He is truly the funniest man living
in the 3-mile 'safe' zone off the shores of America."
-- Comedian Steve Martin
Portsmouth -- The New York Times has called Dave Barry "the funniest man in America." But Carl Hiaasen disagrees, calling him "one of the funniest writers alive." You can judge for yourself when this Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist takes the stage at The Music Hall's Historic Theater on Tuesday, February 12, in the celebrated author series Writers on a New England Stage presented by The Music Hall and New Hampshire Public Radio.
Dave Barry will discuss his new novel, INSANE CITY which is a return to the comic suspense genre of which Barry is a master. Following his presentation and reading, the bestselling author will be interviewed by Virginia Prescott, host of NHPR's noontime show "Word of Mouth."
INSANE CITY is a madcap, hilariously complicated, heartfelt tale of a groom, Seth Weinstein, and his numbskull posse of pals, set on the eve of his spectacular wedding. He and his bride-to-be, Tina Clark, are an odd couple, to say the least. Seth, a college graduate who is still living at home with his parents, is marginally employed as a "tweet whore" – a guy who sends out gushing posts and tweets for products including forklifts, energy bars, and douche. Tina is an up-and-coming, very connected young lawyer in a Washington, D.C., law firm, with a rocking body and a passion for human rights.
Seth is mystified that she has chosen him when she could have had virtually any eligible bachelor in town, but Tina truly seems to like Seth's dearth of ambition, since she has more than enough for two. Soon Seth will become involved with a family of Haitian refugees, an orangutan named Trevor, medical marijuana, a fake pirate ship, a gigantic snake, Russian gangsters, scheming billionaires, angry strippers, and gorgeous Cuban women – all set in and around Barry's insanely dangerous, wacky, but exhilarating hometown of Miami.
During this "destination wedding" gone awry, Dave Barry manages to address some of the most pressing issues of today's world, such as gluten which is suddenly "the Nazi Party of food ingredients." Carl Hiaasen has said of Barry's madcap brilliance, "Despite years of medication," "Dave Barry is still the funniest d___ writer in the whole country. Let's hope he never grows up." In INSANE CITY, Barry proves once again, fortunately, that there is absolutely no danger of that.
"We are so excited to welcome Dave Barry to The Music Hall and Writers on a New England Stage. Not only is he a brilliant humorist, but he is a gifted writer and speaker. His evening with us should be full of humor and insight – a true celebration of the full panoply and PANIC that literature has to offer," said Margaret Talcott, Associate Producer of Writers on a New England Stage.
Dave Barry has been a professional humorist ever since he discovered that professional humor was a lot easier than working. For many years he wrote a newspaper column that appeared in more than 500 newspapers and generated thousands of letters from readers who thought he should be fired. Despite this, Barry won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, although he misplaced it for several years, which is why his wife now keeps it in a secure location that he does not know about. One of Barry's columns was largely responsible for the movement to observe International Talk Like a Pirate Day every year on September 19. This is probably his most enduring achievement.
Barry has written more than 30 books, including the novels Big Trouble, Lunatics, Tricky Business and, most recently, Insane City. He has also written a number of books with titles like I'll Mature When I'm Dead, which are technically classified as nonfiction, although they contain numerous lies. Two of Barry's books were the basis for the CBS sitcom Dave's World, which can probably still be seen on cable TV in certain underdeveloped nations. Barry lives in Miami with his family and a dog that is determined to urinate on every square inch of North America. INSANE CITY is Dave Barry's 40th book.
Book Clubs and High School Guests of The Music Hall
At each Writers event, The Music Hall hosts local high school students selected by their teachers, who come free of charge to the event and get an opportunity to meet the author. The Music Hall welcomes local book clubs attending on the night to take part in a drawing to be guests at a private backstage book signing/reception with the featured writer. For more information on how to join the Writers on a New England Stage book club list and drawing, email Associate Producer Margaret Talcott at firstname.lastname@example.com. Interested high school and middle teachers can contact Programming Coordinator Chris Curtis at email@example.com
Tickets and Signed Books
Tickets to Writers on a New England Stage: Dave Barry are $13 ($11 for members of The Music Hall and NH Public Radio). Autographed copies of INSANE CITY, a novel, are $24.25 (hardcover) when reserved in advance through the purchase of a voucher through The Music Hall box office. Signed books can be purchased on the evening for the full retail price of $26.95. Event tickets and vouchers can be purchased at The Music Hall box office in the Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth or over the phone at 603-436-2400.
About Writers on a New England Stage
Writers on a New England Stage was created by executive producer Patricia Lynch, also executive director of The Music Hall, and is presented with New Hampshire Public Radio in collaboration with Yankee magazine. The series' companion bookstore is RiverRun, in Portsmouth, NH. Since 2005, the series has spotlighted a broad range of celebrated authors including Salman Rushdie, Mitch Albom, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Dan Brown, Isabel Allende, Stephen King, Ann Patchett, E.L. Doctorow, Madeleine Albright, the late John Updike, Wally Lamb, Jodi Picoult, David McCullough, and Cokie Roberts, among many others. Each author's presentation is followed by an interview with Virginia Prescott, host of New Hampshire Public Radio's "Word of Mouth." Live music is performed by the award-winning house band Dreadnaught. The live shows are rebroadcast on New Hampshire Public Radio.
About The Music Hall
The Music Hall is a performing arts center featuring curated entertainment from around the world in two theaters in its downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire campus - one, a landmark 1878 Victorian theater, the other the intimate Music Hall Loft around the corner, recently named "best performing arts venue" by Yankee Magazine and the recipient of the NH AIA award for design excellence. Acclaimed signature series bring top authors and artists to both stages, while HD broadcasts and independent film fill both screens. A radio show broadcast on NH Public Radio originates here. This dynamic arts center urges patrons to Explore + Learn via master classes, post film panel discussions, and matinees for children. An anchor cultural organization in this historic working seaport, The Music Hall is one of downtown Portsmouth's biggest employers and largest contributors to the regional economy: The Music Hall and its patrons contribute $7 million annually to the local economy through show and visitor related spending. Innovative in its outlook, the organization is community oriented and committed to making the Seacoast flourish. The Music Hall is 501c3 nonprofit managed by a professional staff with the assistance of a volunteer board. Though global in the scope of its artists and programs, The Music Hall operates independently with the support of 3,000 members, 300 business supporters and 40 community partners. Welcoming more than 100,000 patrons (including 20,000 children) each year from the tri-state area and beyond, The Music Hall is the region's center for the performing arts, literature and education…easy to get to, impossible to forget. www.themusichall.org
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Each TI:GER team is paired with a business mentor, an attorney mentor, and professors from Emory Law and Georgia Tech. In addition to guidance from classroom guest speakers and mentors, the TI:GER Industry Advisory Board—composed of lawyers, investors, inventors, and executives—provides expertise and guidance to students.
Market-Ready Skills in High Tech Product Development
Incoming first year MBA students are selected for the TI:GER® program based on academic excellence, entrepreneurial or innovation-related work experience, and likely interest in technology commercialization as a career alternative.
In TI:GER® we examine the technology commercialization from each of three different perspectives:
- University Technology Transfer
- Corporate Innovation and Intrapreneurship
- Venture Creation and Entrepreneurship
For MBAs, the program is designed to build market-ready skills in high-tech product conceptualization, development, and launch and specifically the ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary innovation teams regardless of the business setting.
Each MBA in TI:GER® receives a Graduate Research Assistance (GRA) that provides financial support for the two-year MBA program. GRA work assignments will be designed to supplement TI:GER® program content and introduce students to various organizations around the Georgia Tech campus that are focused on University Technology Transfer including VentureLab and the Office of Technology and Licensing (OTL).
Intersection of Technology, Law, and Business
Industry studies indicate that the biggest problems in science and technology research and development are
- managing R&D for business growth;
- balancing long-term and short-term initiatives in R&D;
- the integration of R&D and business strategy;
- making innovation happen; and
- assessing scientist productivity.
Interestingly none of these of these issues are purely technology related. In fact, the major issues are all at the intersection of technology, law, and business application. Other studies related specifically to post doctorates reveal that although PhDs in science and technology will typically have outstanding technology skills, these graduates often lack skills in management, communication, and working effectively in a team. The purpose of TI:GER® is to help PhD students develop an awareness of innovation processes particularly as they relate to the business and legal activities necessary to commercialize new technology and to build skills that will help them succeed, whether they remain in a university environment as a researcher or move into an industry setting.
The TI:GER® program is targeted towards PhD candidates that have typically completed their second year in the PhD program, passed their discipline qualifiers, and have selected a research topic. To be accepted for TI:GER®, students must have an outstanding track record in academics, express an interest in technology transfer and entrepreneurship, and be recommended by their academic adviser.
Each PhD candidate receives a National Science Foundation (NSF) IGERT stipend that provides substantial financial support for their research. Stipends will be awarded on an annual basis for the two years that the PhD is in the TI:GER® program. Students will also be designated as NSF IGERT fellows. Additionally each PhD student will receive a presidential fellowship. PhDs will receive very early exposure of their technology to legal, business, and market issues and will be able to leverage these insights in terms of adjusting research direction or priorities. The program in effect increases the probability that the student's research will have both technical and market relevance.
Courses for JD Students
TI:GER®participants attend courses as a "community of students," with course assignments driving the TI:GER®team activities. Courses expose students to leading thinkers and practitioners in the areas of technology commercialization and include guest speakers, a business lab, retreats, and workshops. Students also have access to an enhanced library of business and worldwide intellectual property databases and to campus-based high-tech research labs.
- Students must complete all required courses plus at least 8 elective credit hours to qualify for the Emory TI:GER® Certificate.
- Students choose either the Patent Law Track or the Technology Law Track.
- Students may obtain permission from Nicole Morris to further personalize their elective package. Email Professor Morris »
- See the Emory Law Academic Catalog for course descriptions.
Required Courses
- Fundamentals of Innovation I (first year, fall)
- Fundamentals of Innovation II (first year, spring)
- Special Topics in Technology Commercialization (second year, fall)
- Business Associations (either a 3- or 4-credit hour course)
- Go to Georgia Tech's curriculum webpage for updated syllabi »
Required Tracks (choose one of three below)
- Patent Track, Option 1
- Intellectual Property
- Patent Law
- Patent Track, Option 2
- Patent Law
- Copyright Law
- Trademark Law
- (One of these courses will count toward the IP elective requirement)
- Technology Track
- Intellectual Property
- Securities Regulation
Elective Courses
- Accounting for Lawyers
- Administrative Law
- Analytical Methods for Lawyers
- Antitrust Law
- Commercial Law: Sales
- Computer Law
- Copyright Law
- Corporate Finance
- Doing Deals: Accounting in Action
- Doing Deals: Commercial Real Estate Transactions and Workshop
- Doing Deals: Corporate Practice Workshop
- Doing Deals: Contract Drafting
- Doing Deals: Deal Skills
- Doing Deals: General Counsel—The Multifaceted Representation of the Corporate Client
- Doing Deals: IP Practice
- Doing Deals: Mergers and Acquisitions Workshop
- Doing Deals: Negotiated Corporate Transactions
- Doing Deals: Private Equity
- Doing Deals: Venture Capital
- Entertainment Law
- Federal Income Taxation: Corporations
- Food and Drug Law
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property or Technology Law Externship
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Introduction to Law and Economics
- Licensing Courses
- Negotiations
- Patent Law
- Patent Prosecution Workshop
- Secured Credit
- Securities Regulation
- Special Topics in Technology Commercialization II
- Statistics for Lawyers
- Taxation of Pass-Thru Entities
- Trademark Law
Faculty Affiliated with Emory Law
Nicole Morris
Director of TI:GER and Professor in Practice
Areas of Expertise: Intellectual Property Licensing, Intellectual Property Strategy, Patent Law, Patent Litigation & Prosecution
Profile » E-mail »
Tim Holbrook
Professor of Law
Areas of Expertise: Patent Law, International Patent Law, Patent Litigation, Trademark Law and Policy, Property Law
Profile » E-mail »
Tina W. McKeon
Attorney, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Areas of Expertise: Patents, Trademarks, Biotechnology
E-mail »
Administrators and Faculty Affiliated with Georgia Tech
Spring Asher
Business Communication
E-mail »
Marco Ceccagnoli
Assistant Professor
Area of Expertise: Strategy
Profile » E-mail »
Robert Gemmell
Executive Director
Profile » E-mail »
Philip Cooper
Partner, Locke Lord Bissell
Profile » E-mail »
Kathleen Kurre
CEO, TechBridge
Profile » E-mail »
Michael Lasky
Altera Law Group
Profile »
- BitLaw »
- Franklin Pierce Law Center's IP Mall »
- Jeff Kuester's Technology Law Resource Page »
- IP Newsflash »
- PatentCafe »
- Tech Law Journal »
- US Copyright Office »
- Copyright Website »
- Univ. of Texas at Austin's Office of General Counsel's Crash Course on Copyright »
- Association of Research Libraries' Copyright & IP Resources Page »
- Stanford's Copyright & Fair Use Homepage »
- Electronic Frontier Foundation Homepage »
Copyright Clearance Information
- Copyright Clearance Center Online (CCC) »
- American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) »
- The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) »
Patent Law
- US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) »
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) »
- Software Patent Institute (SPI) »
Patent and Trademark Searches
Trade Secrets
Applying to the TI:GER Program
Emory Law students apply in the spring semester of their first year. The competitive process includes submitting a statement of interest, a resume, your academic records, and an overview of your undergraduate experience. A group of Emory Law faculty members reviews the applications using a rigorous selection process. Approximately 12 to 18 students are selected to participate each year.
2018 Deadlines
The deadline for submitting all information has passed. Acceptance decisions will be made on April 7, 2018.
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That big, wide-eyed expressive face you see at the center of nearly every scene belongs to Olsen, younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley who, in just her two Sundance films, showed more than enough talent to eclipse her famous sisters. She completely dominates a cast that includes plenty of other heavy hitters, including recent Oscar nominee John Hawkes as the leader of the cult-like group she joins, Sarah Paulson as her older sister and Hugh Dancy as her frustrated fiancee. While the trailer lays on the suspense and intrigue of the film a little thick-- it's more of a contemplative character piece than an outright thriller-- but whatever will get more audiences to see this remarkable movie is fine by me. Martha Marcy May Marlene comes to theaters in October, also from Fox Searchlight--it's a studio that really likes its Sundance It Girls apparently.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb men's soccer team clinched a berth in the Atlantic Sun Tournament by tying the visiting Mercer Bears 1-1 on a soggy Thursday night at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex.
Lipscomb (4-11-3, 3-4-1 in the A-Sun) collected its 10th point in the conference standings with the tie. The Bisons are currently in fourth place. Mercer (7-6-3, 2-3-2 A-Sun) could move ahead of the Bisons if they defeat Belmont, Sunday.
The Bisons got on the board in the 21st minute. Senior Garret Pettis booted the ball past Mercer's Greg Ranjitsingh for his ninth of the season after a weaving run through the defense. It was the first goal Ranjitsingh had allowed in his past four contests.
For Pettis, the goal capped another monumental regular season and cemented his place in the Lipscomb record books. The goal was the 33rd of the Elizabethtown, Pa. native's career, moving him past Miguel DaSilva and into sole possession of first place all-time in Lipscomb Division I history.
The Bisons would hold the lead at halftime, but would be equaled early in the second half. Mercer's Ryan King received a pass from Ehjayson Henry and beat senior Brent McGee to the far post for his season's third goal.
The match became a defensive struggle following the tying goal; with both sides in desperate need of a positive result out of the night, neither wanted to fall behind again. Lipscomb senior Andrew Chamberlain drew the best chance of the second half, firing a shot from around 20 yards out that smacked the crossbar and bounced away.
What had been a forceful, physical confrontation to that point turned downright nasty following Chamberlain's near-miss. In the 87th minute, Lipscomb's Edvaldo Pedro and Mercer's Josh Shutter were both cautioned by the referee. Shutter would subsequently be red carded, leaving Mercer a man down the rest of the way.
The Bears entered overtime on the attack; although a man down, Mercer took three shots in the first overtime period. Lipscomb's Matt Kerridge also picked up a yellow card in the first overtime.
The Bisons got away three shots against the Bears in the second overtime, including another near-miss from Chamberlain in the 107th minute. The senior fired from the left side, but Ranjitsingh slid over and just got enough of the ball to deflect it off the post. That would be the last good look either side got in the game.
This game was also the final regular season home contest played by Lipscomb's five seniors. Pettis, Chamberlain, Drew Longinotti, Brent McGee and Evan McGee were all in the starting line-up and were honored by the fans in attendance prior to the game.
The Bisons await their next opponent, whom they will face in Johnson City, Tenn. The Atlantic Sun Tournament begins Wednesday, Nov. 9 and is hosted by ETSU.
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Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week - No. 2
By Chad Waller, Director of Communications and Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Sarah Kortze of Concordia (Neb.) has been named the NAIA National Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Kortze was selected based on her performance from Sept. 10 - 16 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent runner of the week selections.
Kortze, a senior from Rockford, Ill., was the top finisher among NAIA runners at the Woody Greeno Invitational on Sept. 15. Hosted by the University of Nebraska, Kortze was seventh overall with a time of 21:54.9 in the 6K race. Five of the six runners in front of Kortze hail from NCAA Division I ranks.
Her effort led the Bulldogs to 11th-place out of 32 teams at the event.
For complete results of the Woody Greeno Invitational, click here.
For the complete NAIA Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Nominees: Beth Heldmeyer, Siena Heights (Mich.); Savanna Flesch, Berea (Ky.); Kearstin McDaniel, Indiana East; Lauren Jaqua, Baker (Kan.); Darcy Mascotti, Cumberlands (Ky.); Jessica Davis, Texas Wesleyan; Talisa Budder, Haskell (Kan.); Ally Manley, Northwest Christian (Ore.); Catherine Fakler, Xavier (La.); Kelsey Buffum, Southwestern (Kan.); Sarah Williams, Peru State (Neb.); Ellie Staker, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Joanna Sowers, Northwest (Wash.); Dana Miller, Waldorf (Iowa); Rhianna Grossman, Carroll (Mont.); Chelsea Fullerton, Ottawa (Kan.); Cherie Gaines, Indiana Tech; Emily Dolan, Spring Hill (Ala.); Benidine Kosom, Wiley (Texas); Samanta Goff, Jamestown (N.D.); Jasmine Nielsen, Grand View (Iowa); Rachael Steil, Aquinas (Mich.); Emily Schultz, Columbia (Mo.); Hana Jiraskova, Point Park (Pa.); Brittany Aikens, Brenau (Ga.); Kayla Stricker, William Carey (Miss.); Liz Mosbach, Mount Mercy (Iowa); Lindsey McDonald, Park (Mo.); Megan Breeding, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Lauren Kelly, Montreat (N.C.); Gretchen Spahr, Huntington (Ind.); Melissa Carder, South Carolina Beaufort; Shelby Harp, Union (Ky.); Moriah Blanford, Warner (Fla.); Kortney Ellingboe, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Bethany Jones, Southeastern (Fla.); Abby Baker, William Woods (Mo.); Hannah Stanfield, Missouri Valley; Hilary Halford, St. Francis (Ill.); Brenda Felipe , Rogers State (Okla.); Lauren Nygren, Webber International (Fla.); Victoria Yates, Bryan (Tenn.); Emileigh Willems, Wayland Baptist (Texas); Kim Miller, Asbury (Ky.); Robbiccaa Williams, Tennessee Wesleyan; Mikel Elliott, Concordia (Ore.); Kaylee Fly, Mount Marty (S.D.); Allie Antrim, Oklahoma Wesleyan; Sharon Ronoh, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Emily Weber, Saint Mary (Neb.); Whitney Dooley, Midland (Neb.).
2012 NAIA Women's Cross Country Runners of the Week
Week 1 (Sept. 12): Hannah Helker, Oklahoma Baptist
Week 2 (Sept. 19): Sarah Kortze, Concordia (Neb.)


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|Our Times 我的少女時代 (Pic source: Google.com)
Every time I watch movie, I tried not to find out what the movie was about as I preferred to face whatever it was with an empty and open heart, and let whatever surprise to unveil itself. I didn't even know which country produced the movie. I knew it was Chinese, but not sure whether it was from Singapore, China, Hong Kong, or Taiwan.
So, finally I knew. It was Taiwan produced movie. You could read the movie plot from here, However, what I wanted to bring it out here in this post, was that... the movie title was really fitted perfectly remembering our times. Our times?
Check out the movie trailer above or click here.
Three of us were schoolmates during senior high school's time but not during junior high school. However, we went through the same generation's time, trends, liking, idols, and so on!!! So, the moments when the movie turned back into Lin Zhen Xin youth's time (it was most probably back to late 1980s and 1990s), it brought us back to where we were, especially our school's time (late primary to senior high school's time).
|Four Heavenly Kings (Liu De Hua, Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, and Leon Lai) - Pic source: Google.com
My dear sister would probably still remember how I wrote and imagined that I had special dating dinner, even slow dance after that, with Leon Lai or 黎明, one of the Hong Kong famous four heavenly kings (singers), right after his concert at our town. Hahahaha.... :D True enough, I was not the only one. In the movie, many were even imagining to be their wives. Lol!!!
We all used to collect their cards that we drew from the machine after we put coin inside, put their posters in our bedroom, and collect anything that had their faces on it, including the magnet address book that you could open up so long. It was also our times when we still used landline telephone at home, used Walkman to listen to our cassette collection, played Gameboy, used hairspray and hairdryer to make our bangs still and going up steadily, used red color lipstick for special occasion, when roller skate was one of the trendy sport to play (I even played too!), and so on.
In our country, basketball was also considered as the sport games that cool guys in our school used to play. The scenes there reminded us of how we were used to be like them, supporting their games from afar, and would blush and laugh out loud when the guy that we liked giving a glance at us, and so on. Even when the guys passed by our classroom. Hahaha... My bestie who happened to be in the same class with me knew it best what I encountered those days! ;)
This movie was simply bringing our memories back to alive!!! We were laughing out damn loud while watching those scenes!!! Until I had to be reminded that two persons who were sitting next to me could not stand the way I laughed :P
We could feel that almost everyone in the cinema enjoying the movie so much. There were ups and downs, happiness and sad moments. Laughter and cry was part of the movie as well. Thumbs up to the director. The ending part was definitely everyone of us's dream and wish to come true. So, what are you waiting for? Go and book your ticket now lah!!! Perfect for weekend dating! ;)


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Vintage Postcard: Ski Hill North Hatley Quebec
December 20, 2009 by © Joan Miller - Luxegen Genealogy.
Filed under Canada, Quebec
Auberge Hillcrest North Hatley
In response to A Festival of Postcards (6th Edition)
Topic: The WHITE Issue (things that are white)
This postcard was with our KERR family photos and is from North Hatley, Quebec.
The writing on the card says: "Auberge Hillcrest Inc. North Hatley, Quebec"
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For years I've wanted to play around with free motion stitching in a drawing capacity so this years 100 day project was the perfect opportunity. I went in without a plan, until the day I did the first monster, then I suddenly had a plan, a monster a day! Now Im wishing it was a 365 day project!
This hoop is for Day 44/100
It is stitched with black thread on natural essex linen (with a stabilizer backing) and set in a 5"hoop, It has a leather loop for hanging.
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