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July 7th, 2011 - 9:52 pm § in Uncategorized

HUMOR: The Red Shoe as Intellectual Property

from the Australian: FRENCH shoemaker Christian Louboutin is suing rival fashion house Yves-Saint Laurent in a New York City court, saying YSL is unfairly copying its line of women’s shoes with red soles. The suit cites the popularity of its shoes with celebrities including Sarah Jessica Parke[...]

July 7th, 2011 - 8:51 am § in Politics

The Border: Israel and Egypt

Egypt’s police shoot Eritrean migrant near Israeli border Egypt’s Security sources said on Thursday that the Egyptian police shot dead an Eritrean who was trying to cross the border into Israel late Wednesday Security sources said that border security observed the 20-year-old near the Ta[...]

July 7th, 2011 - 8:24 am § in Misc.

“The higher education experience is not akin to shopping on iTunes “

from Huff Post: In a 17-page-report released on Wednesday, the Liberal Arts dean at the University of Texas rejected Rick Perry’s much touted plan to treat students as ‘customers’ in order to reduce costs. Randy Diehl blasted several of the proposed reforms to the University of Tex[...]