Patent research firm IFI Claims today published its annual report on how patent grants played out in the tech industry in the past year, and it's a mixed picture as well.
When you're playing consistently I think you take it for granted – it's a shocking thing to take it for granted, playing for your country.
After making his Test debut in September 2011, he honestly admitted: "I probably took [playing Test cricket] for granted, playing at a young age for WA.
Does that count as a segue into the premiere for "Love Actually," the British romantic comedy in which HUGH GRANT plays a bachelor prime minister?
On Friday Alisa Weilerstein, a fast-rising young cellist and a recent recipient of a MacArthur Foundation grant, played a program of Dvorak and Ives with her parents in their regular incarnation as the Weilerstein Trio.
"People said we maybe took it for granted, playing in the side but that has never been the case since I have been involved for England.
"I wouldn't say I ever took it for granted playing for my country, but I think you definitely do get comfortable in the environment.
Granted, playing along with brief clips isn't as fun as a full episode (plus, I'm really bad at identifying songs — just ask my trivia teammates), but it was enough to establish that the syncing really does work.
Granted, playing outside or even visiting the Grand Canyon isn't the same as shouldering a pack and traversing mountains for weeks on end, as Cheryl Strayed did.
"The Gates Foundation grant plays a catalytic role in mOPV1 development," said M. A. Tag-El-Din, Egyptian Minister of Health and Population, "This will help support the national efforts to get rid of the virus once and for all".
