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If Derek Fisher Had Been a Razorback: Insight from Nolan, Corliss & Derek HimselfPosted: June 9, 2014 Filed under: UALR | Tags: Corliss Williamson, Derek Fisher, Knicks coach, Nolan Richardson 2 Comments
There aren't many blank spots on former NBA player Derek Fisher's resume: five world titles, an AAU National Championship, a high school state championship, six years as National Basketball Players Association President, now New York Knicks head basketball coach. On every big stage the Little Rock native played, he left his mark.
Yet there's the stage he never played on.
It doesn't matter how many big-time events Fisher was a part of in his 18-year pro career. Nothing will erase the memory of how close he got as a college senior to making his sport's most dramatic competition: the NCAA Tournament. His University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojans were up 56-55 in the 1996 Sun Belt Conference Championship game with four seconds left.
The University of New Orleans had the ball. Fisher closed out quickly on the opposing guard with the ball, but he spun past Fisher's outstretched arms and drove to the basket, lofting a teardrop shot that resulted in an upset win.
Despite a 23-6 record, UALR would be left out on the doorstep on Selection Sunday. Fisher's final shot at the Big Dance was gone.
It could have been much, much different.
What if instead of leading UALR, Fish had helped steer the Razorbacks? "I think he could have played at Arkansas, but coming out of high school, he just wasn't ready," said Razorback All-American Corliss Williamson, also one of Fisher's best friends. There's a strong chance Fisher was ready for Arkansas halfway through his college career, though, and he was closer to making that jump than many people realize.
As a Hog, Fisher likely would have helped stabilize the state's flagship program during one of its most tumultuous periods and provided guard depth in a season in which it was sorely needed. In the 1995-96 season, for instance, the Hogs at times started four freshmen, including guards Pat Bradley and Kareem Reid. That team ended up making Arkansas' fourth consecutive Sweet Sixteen, but how much further could it have gone with a seasoned leader like Fisher?
All aboard the speculator, folks. Alternate history isn't just for Civil War and JFK buffs any more…
Before delving into conjecture, let's look at the facts: Fisher grew up in Arkansas basketball's 40 Minutes of Hell heyday of the early 1990s and, like so many other young ballers in Little Rock, would have loved to join in on the fun. As a Parkview High School student, he looked up to the Hogs' All-American point guard Lee Mayberry.
Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson knew about Fisher. He and his assistants had seen him play plenty of times in the summer circuit while scouting Arkansas Wings teammates like Corliss Williamson and Reggie Merritt. Fisher, never the most talented or most athletic player on his AAU or Parkview teams, didn't yet shine like he would a few years down the line.
Instead, he was grinder. "He has one of the best work ethics I'd ever seen, at that age or even now," Williamson said. "You know how a lot of us are as teenagers," he added. "We want to hang out and do different things, whereas Derek was more focused. He was always trying to go out and lift weights or get up extra shots."
Still, Richardson didn't offer him a scholarship. He said the six-foot, 173-pound Fisher was then more of a shooter than pure point guard and wasn't yet a player who could compete for playing time in a deep backcourt. In hindsight, though, Richardson said he considers his decision not to pursue Fisher as one of the biggest mistakes of his life.
Fisher, who grew up west of Boyle Park, landed near home at UALR. It wasn't easy. The Trojans' head coach Jim Platt doubted he was worth a scholarship, according to Fisher's autobiography Character Driven. But a couple of assistant coaches (he had played for one on the Wings) convinced Platt otherwise.
Fisher earned the starting job a few games in, and as his stock rose over the next couple of seasons, so did that of the team he'd so wanted to join in Fayetteville. From 1992 to 1994, the Hogs made the leap from national contender to national champion. Fisher often visited Fayetteville to see his Razorback friends, hang out and go to dinner, recalls one such friend Reggie Merritt. In the summers, they played pickup together in Little Rock.
Fisher was familiar with Arkansas' program and its players. That's a main reason he briefly considered transferring there, said Merritt, recalling a conversation he had with Fisher in the spring of 1994.
Over the preceding seasons, Fisher and his teammates had gotten progressively more fed up with the attitude of Coach Platt. By January, they were ready to go public with their grievances, according to Character Driven. They chose the even-keeled Fisher as unofficial team spokesman: "It was really something that came from my teammates," Fisher said in a telephone interview in early October. "It wasn't something I assumed would be my responsibility."
It became his charge when he and other Trojans boycotted a practice by taking a trip to the mall instead. An ad hoc summit was called. Assistant coach Dennis White visited him at his apartment along with UALR's former athletic director, Mike Hamrick.
Teammates wanted Fisher to request a meeting with the entire staff, minus Platt, to air concerns — that in preceding months he'd become too negative, too sarcastic, crossing the line between barbed motivation and verbal abuse. They had Fisher voice an ultimatum: Either fire Platt, or we won't play in an upcoming rivalry game against Arkansas State. "Once I was asked by my teammates to fill that role, at that point I embraced it 100 percent and really immediately took on that leadership and protector mentality of looking out for what's best for my teammates, even more than for myself," Fisher said.
At the meeting, Fisher explained the team's decision to boycott the ASU game unless Platt was immediately replaced. Hamrick explained contractual terms made this impossible, but did promise to investigate the complaints and evaluate the situation at season's end, Fisher wrote in Character Driven.
The players decided to keep playing but, predictably, UALR sputtered, dropping nine of its last 14 games. At season's end, Platt was let go. New coach Wimp Sanderson had work to do. "When I got there, it was chaos, kind of," Sanderson recalled. "It was just a bad situation." All of his players were quitting the program and looking into transfer possibilities. Indeed, shortly before Sanderson was hired, standout freshmen Malik Dixon and Muntrelle Dobbins had entered Hamrick's office and requested transfers.
They eventually stayed, as did Fisher. I asked Fisher if he considered transferring to Arkansas, as Merritt had recalled: "Once I was at UALR I don't think I had any questions about wanting to be there but I do recall the uncertainty of the situation requiring me to look at what else may be possible," Fisher said. "But I don't think those thoughts ever went to a place where I formally thought I would transfer from the university." Fisher is careful not to slam the door on the possibility of a consideration, though: "Reggie's memory may be better than mine."
Trojan fans have no problem recalling the accomplishments of Fisher's final two seasons on campus: Sun Belt Player of the Year honors as a senior and a career that left him second on UALR's all-time lists for scoring, assists and steals. Yet the question remains: What if he'd packed his bags for the Ozarks after that sophomore year?
Almost certainly, Razorback Fisher wouldn't have put up as big of numbers playing in the SEC as he did in the Sun Belt. He likely would have sat that first year — 1994-95 — per NCAA transfer rules. Still, he would have scrimmaged with Williamson, Scotty Thurman, Corey Beck, Clint McDaniel and Al Dillard, keeping his game plenty sharp.
And he would have absorbed lessons from those veterans that would have proved immensely valuable in the following two seasons.
The 1995-96 team started off with so much promise, yet ended up with so many question marks. Yes, the '96 Hogs lost nine scholarship players from the year before, but were also prepared to welcome in the nation's top recruiting class — including junior college players such as forward Sunday Adebayo, center Kareem Poole, point guard Marcus Saxon and shooting guard Jesse Pate. Saxon and Pate had formed the nation's best JUCO backcourt at Chipola (Fla.) Junior College.
Academic issues prevented Saxon and Poole, however, from ever making it to campus. The team's depth was further depleted when freshman guard Marlon Towns had to sit out the first couple months as an ACT score eligibility issue was cleared up. This meant almost the entire bulk of the point guard duties fell on the shoulders of 5-10, 165-pound Kareem Reid. "He's got to be the man right off the bat," Richardson told theArkansas Democrat-Gazette in October 1995.
Fisher, who'd put on significant muscle since Parkview, would have alleviated Reid's burden while providing more size against opposing guards. Fisher's role would have increased even more when the team's leading scorer, Jesse Pate, was ruled ineligible to play in February 1996 because the NCAA said his transfer grades had not been certified properly.
Despite all the flux (Adebayo was also ruled ineligible), the team managed to finish 20-13 while leading the SEC in rebounds, three-pointers and assists. But Fisher would have helped do more than anchor the backcourt; he also would have provided much needed maturity, especially for the young guards. In the summer of 1996, Reid was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana in a dormitory room along with Marlon Towns. "I think [Fisher's] leadership would have benefited our team," said shooting guard Pat Bradley, "We were immature, but talented."
The actual '95-'96 team lost in the Sweet Sixteen to Massachusetts 79-63. Center Marcus Camby was UMass' star, but the team's engine belonged to its Puerto Rican backcourt of Carmelo Travieso and Edgar Padilla. Against UMass, Reid and Bradley had to log 37 minutes each. Fisher would have allowed them to stay much more fresh while likely chipping in 13-17 points of his own. It would have been a nailbiter, but it's possible that these alternate history Hogs would have beaten UMass, then taken down an Allen Iverson-led Georgetown in the next round. They likely still would have lost to eventual national champions Kentucky in the Final Four, but making it that far would have been plenty impressive. Granted, Arkansas fans at the time wanted more, but in the last 16 years they have learned how rare Final Four berths are.
For Fisher's part, he doesn't dwell on all these what-ifs. He insists he's a Trojan, through and through. I asked him during that pivotal spring of 1994 if he'd ever imagined how he would do playing with the likes of Corey Beck, Clint McDaniel and Kareem Reid. "Not really," he said.
Instead, he was out to prove himself from Little Rock. "Had I had the opportunity to play at the SEC level or 'big college' level, I could have been as or more impactful as those guys were. And I had a lot of respect for what those guys accomplished in their years at Fayetteville — no question about it."
But he was also driven to carve out a career that would also be worthy of much respect, "to work as hard as [he] possibly could to put UALR on the map."
The above is an update of an article that originally ran in 2012 in Sync magazine
The Most Dominant Athlete in Arkansas College SportsPosted: December 11, 2013 Filed under: Sports Sears, UALR | Tags: Edina Begic, Sonia Milanovic, Women I would not want to face in a dunk contest on one of the those 8.5 foot goals Leave a comment
I don't usually repost press release copy from universities, but I'm making an exception today. Because it's a shame not more people know about Edina Begic, the UALR volleyball star who likely just pulled off this year's single most dominant individual season in all Arkansas college team sports. You'll read about some of all the amazing things she achieved below, but what I find most stupendous is the fact that the Bosnian she received a Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week award seven times this fall – including one historic stretch of five such honors in a row.
After another record-breaking year that saw her finish third in the nation with 5.11 kills per set, Begic was this week named to the American Volleyball Coaches' Association All-Region Team for the Southwest Region. Begic is UALR's first volleyball player to achieve this honor.
The junior outside hitter, who is now eligible to be named an All-American, topped the Sun Belt Conference in kills per set and points per set and was named its Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. She was also third in the country with 5.83 points per set. Begic is the first player in conference history to win Freshman of the Year followed with a pair of Offensive Player of the Year awards. She is only the the third Trojan to win Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player, joining Barbara Gomez (1997) and Tanja Radovic (2000).
Behind Begic's offensive prowess, the Trojans took the No. 2 seed into last month's Sun Belt Conference Tournament and held a 12-6 record in Sun Belt play along with an 8-5 mark in non-conference games. Begic set multiple school records this season, shattering the record for kills in a match with 36 kills in only four sets against Arkansas State on Oct. 2. In that match she had 16 kills in the fourth set alone and hit .517 for the match.
Against Georgia State on Nov. 8, Begic broke the school record for kills in a season and currently ended the campaign with 634 kills.
Milanovic has put up impressive numbers herself this season. She was the first Trojan to break the 30+ kills in a match barrier, matching the- then school record for kills in a match (34) against Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Sept. 7. She is second on the team with nine double-doubles for the season, including her first match in a Trojan uniform against Southeast Missouri State on Aug. 31 (22 digs, 17 kills). Besides being second in kills per set in the SBC, Milanovic sits ninth in both aces (0.24 per set) and hitting percentage (.282).
Begic is the third player to win Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year for UALR, joining Barbara Gomez (1997) and Tanja Radovic (2000). A Trojan has been selected All-Conference 35 times. Finally, Begic broke the school record for kills per set in a match on Oct. 25 against Troy, tallying 28 kills in only three sets (9.33 kills per set).
All-America teams will be announced on Dec. 18.
While Begic may end up being the first UALR All-American volleyball player, there's a chance the second is already playing by her side. Sophomore Sonia Milanovic paired with Begic to make up the nation's top spiking duo. She was the first Trojan to break the 30+ kills in a match barrier, matching the- then school record for kills in a match (34) against Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Sept. 7. She finished second in kills per set in the Sun Belt with 3.99 kills per set. That's 41st in the nation.
Congrats, Edina and Sonia. I hope you lead UALR to a season for the ages in 2014.
[Check out photographer Jim Hilton's other superb sports photographs here]
Jeremy Evans on Scottie Pippen, Bobby Petrino and Competing Against Streetballers in the NBA Slam Dunk ContestPosted: February 16, 2013 Filed under: Arkansas high school basketball, College basketball (non Hogs), Pro basketball, Razorback football, UALR | Tags: Jeremy Evans, NBA slam dunk contest 2 Comments
In January, I interviewed 2012 NBA Slam Dunk champion Jeremy Evans for SLAM magazine. We discussed the redundancy that's come to pervade the dunk contest and possible remedies. I proposed allowing the general public into the contest, and Evans welcomed the challenge of competing against pro streetball dunkers. Tonight, Evans will defend his title against a field of NBAers including Gerald Green and James "Flight" White, who has promised to unveil dunks never before seen by the public.
Evans, a Crossett, Ark. native, and I also touched on other subjects in the interview. Here are some highlights:
1. Evans isn't the first "Arkansan" to win the NBA's slam dunk contest. Fred Jones, who grew up in Malvern and moved to Oregon in middle school, won the 2004 contest.
2. Ashley County in southeast Arkansas has about 22,000 people but has produced two NBA players besides Evans. The first was Myron Jackson, a 6-3 guard who played for UALR. Jackson, a Hamburg native, played eight games with the Dallas Mavericks in 1986-87. The following season another Hamburg native, Scottie Pippen, made his NBA debut.
Evans said Pippen inspired him as a young player. Hamburg is only 15 miles from Crossett, and as a teen Evans believed "if he can make it, I can make it." Evans twice met Pippen – at a basketball game in Hamburg and at Wal-Mart in Crossett. In Wal-Mart, Evans (who is an introvert) said his mom took him over to introduce him to Pippen. "He signed my shoes and that's about it," he said with a chuckle.
Pippen, by the way, participated in the 1990 NBA slam dunk contest, where he threw down a free-throw line dunk (Evans says he's completed one of these only once – during a practice in high school).
3, Evans loves to draw. "I do everything – airbrush, portrait, oil painting, colored pencils, landscapes – just about anything you can imagine." After his playing days end, he wants to open his own studio.
As far as he knows, he is one of the only NBA players who seriously draws. He recalls one erstwhile Oklahoma City Thunder player had a similar interest, and ultimately opened a studio in Oklahoma (he's forgotten the player's name).
My sportswriter friend David Harten attended Western Kentucky University with Evans in the late 2000s and told me Evans drew a portrait of CBS announcer Mike Gminski before a 2009 NCAA Tournament game. "Someone came up to me and asked me to do it," recalled Evans, who enjoys portrait drawings the most. "I did it just because they asked me to."
Evans' favorite type of art is portraiture. He likes the challenge of trying to get a person's face exactly right.
If Derek Fisher had played for the RazorbacksPosted: November 2, 2012 Filed under: In-State Competition, Razorback basketball, SEC, UALR | Tags: Arkansas Razorbacks, Corliss Williamson, Derek Fisher, Kareem Reid, Nolan Richardson, Pat Bradley, Reggie Merritt, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Wimp Sanderson Leave a comment
There aren't many blank spots on longtime NBA player Derek Fisher's resume: five world titles, an AAU National Championship, a high school state championship, six years as National Basketball Players Association President. On every big stage the Little Rock native has played, he has left his mark.
Yet there's the stage he never played on.
It doesn't matter how many big-time events Fisher has been a part of in his 16-year pro career. Nothing will erase the memory of how close he got as a college senior to making his sport's most dramatic competition: the NCAA Tournament. His University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojans were up 56-55 in the 1996 Sun Belt Conference Championship game with four seconds left.
The University of New Orleans had the ball. Fisher closed out quickly on the opposing guard with the ball, but he spun past Fisher's outstretched arms and drove to the basket, lofting a teardrop shot that resulted in an upset win.
Despite a 23-6 record, UALR would be left out on the doorstep on Selection Sunday. Fisher's final shot at the Big Dance was gone.
It could have been much, much different.
What if instead of leading UALR, Fish had helped steer the Razorbacks? "I think he could have played at Arkansas, but coming out of high school, he just wasn't ready," said Razorback All-American Corliss Williamson, also one of Fisher's best friends. There's a strong chance Fisher was ready for Arkansas halfway through his college career, though, and he was closer to making that jump than many people realize.
See the rest of the story at Sync magazine.
PS – This concludes what has apparently become my blog's Of(Fish)al Derek Fisher Week.
UALR basketball star Will Neighbour On the MendPosted: July 30, 2012 Filed under: UALR | Tags: British national team, UALR basketball, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Will Neighbour Leave a comment
In a perfect world, UALR's leading returning scorer from last season would near home right now, representing his native Great Britain.
Instead, he's in his second home – Little Rock – trying to finish off the last few weeks of rehab from an April surgery to repair a a torn labrum in his left shoulder and a torn left bicep. Neighbour suffered the injury on December 31, but still produced an All-Sun Belt second-team season, averaging 10.5 points per game on 41.3% three-point shooting.
For the last few years, his goal had been to show off that perimeter stroke in front of family and friends in this summer's London Olympics. Priority shifted in the spring, though, when he weighed the risks and rewards of trying out for the British national team (thus postponing his surgery) and getting surgery out of the way to come back strong for the start of the 2012-13 season.
He chose the latter, and doesn't seem to regret the decision much. The rehab "is coming along real well," he told me on Tuesday during an interview for an upcoming SYNC and KUAR FM 89.1 story.
Here's more on his progress:
I'm working out with the team, but I can't do any of the contact stuff. I can do the shooting drills, dribbling drills and I'm working out every day with my two trainers – coach [John] Barron, a fantastic weight coach and Michael Switlik. He's doing amazing too. We're doing rehab everyday and just trying to get full range of motion back and just get my shoulder strong and ready for the season."
The trainers estimate he won't be ready for contact drills and scrimmaging for another two months, he added.
Derek Fisher's spring more than a Little RockyPosted: June 4, 2012 Filed under: Pro basketball, UALR | Tags: Derek Fisher, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Royal Ivey, Russell Westbrook Leave a comment
For an NBA player, dry patches don't come much more Saharan than this.
Twenty-two times over the course of the three biggest games of his season, Derek Fisher tried to put the ball into the basket. Eighteen times he failed. You'd get better percentages from Shaq picking up wood and trying to hit against Cliff Lee.
Even before last week, the Little Rock native was having a tough go of it. Indeed, this has been one of his most difficult seasons since coming out of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock nearly 16 years ago. He spent half of 2011 jetting around the nation, carrying out duties as the president of the National Basketball Players Association in the midst of a lockout. He spent hundreds of hours thumbing through papers and negotiating in boardrooms while younger players stayed sharp playing pickup games. In this way, Fisher sacrificed on-court maintenance for off-court progress, and it showed by the time the season finally started in December: the 6-1 point guard stumbled out of the blocks, shooting well below his career 40% field goal average while having trouble staying in front of younger, quicker opponents.
The man who had helped the Lakers win five NBA championships, who for 13 seasons served as a calming liaison between the likes of Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal and Phil Jackson, was suddenly expendable.
"I think it would be good for both of us." – Megan Herbert on possibility of UCA-UALR basketballPosted: January 9, 2012 Filed under: In-State Competition, UALR, Women's basketball | Tags: Chastity Reed, Megan Herbert, UCA Leave a comment
Following is another possible matchup that's a lot closer to reality, and could be just as interesting for its colleges' fans:


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Tierra LiCausi Has a Wedding Date! Sean Lowe Who?
We'd like to issue an apology to Bachelor Nation's resident single studs: Tierra LiCausi is officially off the market. We know, we know — all your dreams just crumbled around you. Turns out, Tierra reconnected with an old flame just days after being eliminated by Bachelor Sean Lowe in St. Croix, and she and her fiance are currently living happily ever after in Colorado!
Tierra showed up to The Bachelor Season 17 "The Women Tell All" special to dish about her surprise engagement, and in an unaired clip she told Chris Harrison that she's already set a date for her wedding. "He proposed in January," Tierra's brother, Tyler, tells Wetpaint Entertainment. "He picked up his whole life to move here for her. He has an apartment in Denver and they're doing great. The ring is kind of insane. The main stone is a four-carat yellow diamond and it's surrounded by a set of white diamonds. Tierra loves it."
Tierra has yet to reveal the date of her wedding (nor has she revealed the name of her fiance...), but it looks like she's pretty serious about her man. Clearly, he isn't trying to steal her sparkle, unlike some people. The real question? Will Sean Lowe's infamous ex makes it down the aisle before he does?!
Source: People

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What's Your Favorite Cracker?
I like Triscuits and appreciate that they only have 3 ingredients!
I like Triscuits and appreciate that they only have 3 ingredients!
Tiger lilies
I'm working on Indian cuisine.
Thanks, I figured it would need to be a mix of whole wheat and white. The pastry flour is a great idea and I already have semolina. I'm trying it tomorrow.
In California, we do giant taco bars. Make lots of meat beforehand and you can buy shredded veggies, cheese, guacamole and salsa. Easy,delicious and the food can be customized so vegetarians can be happy as well.
Homemade pasta with chicken and fresh asparagus. Also made a killer beet salad last night with goat cheese, walnuts and balsamic vinegar (it also looks so pretty on a white plate).
You may have accomplished the impossible - making matzah pizza actually look good!
A breadmaker. In our defense, it was a gift from the in-laws . It's just not that hard to make it from scratch and the breadmaker bread always looks kind of unattractive.
I love the idea of green chilies with mac and cheese. Could you do this without the chicken?
Tortilla Soup is a great food movie!
I am getting hungry looking at this!
Fresh Strawberry Pie
I love the Pattern Press - so simple and smart.
Kenji has done it again. I am sitting at my desk drooling!
Chicken breast for dinner Wednesday night!
I like artichokes and olives!
I may need a trip to San Diego just to eat "Senor Peanut". That looks amazing!
I had Kabuli pilaf at a local restaurant that does incredible Afghani food!
I make excellent guacamole and cannot stand avocadoes. I live in Southern California where they grow in our backyards but the texture just grosses me out.
My mother in law when asked to bring fruit to an event always brought "Ambrosia Salad". This was canned fruit with marshmallows and a sickly sweet dressing. It was pretty tasty but it definitely was old people food
I made this the other night - it was delicious and good cold as welll as warm.
For baking myself, it's a tie between challah and an olive oil based-bread.
I want this now! Looks amazing.
Add some gummy worms for a fun touch - especially if kids are involved!
I am looking for a good whole wheat pasta recipe. I've got the Kitchenaid attachment and have successfully made regular and spinach noodles but am worried about whole wheat coming out too heavy.
I am looking for a good whole wheat pasta recipe. I've got the Kitchenaid attachment and have successfully made regular and spinach noodles but am worried about whole wheat coming out too heavy.
I am looking for a good whole wheat pasta recipe. I've got the Kitchenaid attachment and have successfully made regular and spinach noodles but am worried about whole wheat coming out too heavy.
I recently got an ad for a magazine featuring all recipes from home cooks. I know there are fabulous home cooks out there but I also know that when I cook at home I do a certain amount of improvising. I noticed a recipe that I make in this magazine and that the cooking time was way off. I like recipes that I know have been rigorously tested. Do you like the websites that feature recipes by home cooks and do you trust them?
We received a gift of a large and probably very expensive array of dried fruit. No one in the family is a huge fan of it. Any recipes or ideas in ways to use it creatively? There's apricots, dates, figs, prunes and I think apples. Thanks!
We're not huge meat eaters but I want to make a brisket of beef for the Jewish New Year. I need to find a good recipe that will be moist. I'm open to a spicy version but don't want anything with fruit.
I am looking at buying a grill. I want something fairly simple and not ridiculously expensive. I'm thinking of a Weber Kettle level. Any recommendations from grillers? Will I be happy if I buy a small one? Thanks,
We will be in downtown LA this weekend for the theater. Any recommendations for a medium-priced restaurant. Any type except Japanese is fine.
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I am making my first attempt at homemade ravioli this weekend. I'm comfortable making pasta and I just bought a ravioli filler/cutter set. The main thing I'm concerned about is how thick to make the pasta dough and how to make sure it doesn't leak or explode in the hot water. Any advice or great ravioli recipes would be appreciated. Thanks!
I will be hosting a Chanukah party for 15-20 people. Of course we will have latkes but I need some ideas for a vegetarian main dish. It needs to be able to feed everyone and hopefully can be at least partly prepared in advance. I was thinking of a lentil or vegetable soup or maybe even a veggie chili. I welcome any new ideas.
I love unusual kitchen bargains! I realized that my 2 favorite bargains of late were very different but both great:
1) a copy of "The Food Chronology" - a fascinating food timeline book that I picked up at the library for $2
2) A sombrero-shaped chip and dip set that plays the Mexican Hat Dance when you press a button. It was $1 at a garage sale. It's incredibly tacky but always makes me smile.
What bargains have you gotten that have made your cooking life more fun or interesting?
My slow cooker comes out regularly in the colder months for stews, soups and other hearty type dishes. It would be ideal for warm summer days but I'd like to make lighter dishes. Anyone have some suggestions for dishes that would be appropriate for summer? (We're not strictly kosher but don't eat pork or shellfish) Thanks,
I bake a fair amount and use a lot of parchment paper to keep things from sticking and to make clean up easier. I've been thinking about buy some of the silipat sheets to put in the pans instead.
If you use the silipat sheets - here are some questions:
Do you like how your food comes out?
Are they easy to clean?
How long have they lasted?
Any comments on which you prefer would be appreciated.
Hi - I'm hosting a combination 18th birthday/graduation party. There will be people ranging in age from toddler to senior citizen and lots of teens. I make pretty good chocolate chip cookies and lemon bars but I'd like to expand my repertoire. They need to be able to made in quantity and freeze well.
Suggestions, please!
We will gorging on Pizza and pasta from a local restaurant. We'll finish off with some cookies or other flour-based dessert. We'll start balanced meals again on Wednesday!
I was in Trader Joe's today and they sold Vanilla Extract either with or without alcohol. You use so little vanilla in a recipe that I couldn't see the alcohol being a problem. I bought the one with alcohol because that what's I'm used to but I'm curious to hear if there's any advantage to non-alcoholic vanilla.
I just got my Kitchenaid pasta roller and cutter attachment. I've tried it once with good but not fabulous results. My first try was all-white flour but for the next one I want to do a combo of white and semolina flour.
I'd love to get any tips, tricks or special recipes that anyone has for fresh pasta.
I've decided that this is the year that I make fresh pasta. If you have a pasta machine and love it, can you share what type it is and where you got it.
I do have a Kitchenaid so the pasta attachment is also an option if anyone can comment on that as well.
I've been invited to a Middle Eastern potluck and asked to bring a dessert that is not baklava. I'd love to get a recipe from someone for something delicious and somewhat authentic. It has to be transportable and able to be made in a good quantity. I have some Middle Eastern markets near me so I should be able to get some of the more exotic ingredients.
We're doing a family vacation in South Lake Tahoe and Reno in a week and I'd love some suggestions for restaurants. We're fairly adventurous eaters but also love good burgers and pizza.
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Bishop Joseph Toal, who was appointed Bishop of Motherwell on Tuesday, has raised "significant concerns" about the council's "commitment to provide Catholic schooling".
He promised to "stand together with the Catholic community" in opposing proposals in the local authority's recent consultation on school provision which would dramatically reduce the number of Catholic schools in the diocese.
Bishop Toal said in a letter to the council that proposals to alter the school estate provision have been "carefully considered, together with the consequences that these might have for the pupils, teachers, families and communities involved".
The Bishop said: "In the past few weeks the Diocese has met representatives from schools, parishes and the local communities and I have listened to their views on the matter."
The formal response from the Diocese of Motherwell then lists a series of "significant concerns about what some of these proposals might suggest about the council's commitment to provide Catholic schooling on an equitable basis within this Diocese."
The submission points out that at public meetings NLC officers claimed that larger secondary schools are necessary to ensure adequate curriculum provision. Yet, they are content to have non-denominational schools with rolls as small as 414 in one case and fewer than 700 in four other cases.
Across the authority, Catholic secondary school rolls would be on average one third larger than non-denominational schools.
This is highlighted by the Diocese, as "inequitable treatment of pupils attending Catholic schools."
In asking for a reconsideration of their proposals, the Bishop assures the council, "that the Diocese will always be keen to work in partnership with the Council to ensure the best provision of services to the community."
Councillor Jim Logue, Convener Learning and Leisure Services, said: "We are fully committed to both investing and supporting Roman Catholic education in North Lanarkshire.
"The new £19m school Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral Primary School in Motherwell and £44million St Ambrose High School in Coatbridge alone demonstrates this commitment.
"Since 2006, the council has invested over half a billion pounds creating new schools and nurseries, including two new denominational secondary schools, nine denominational primary schools with eight of these on shared campuses. Within the shared campuses we have worked closely with the Catholic Church, schools and local communities to retain each school's unique identity and ethos while enjoying the benefits of the shared facilities.
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NC State Softball to Host Boston College in Final Home Series on ESPN3
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RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State softball team will look to complete a very successful 2014 home slate this weekend when it plays host to the Boston College Eagles at Dail Stadium. Friday's doubleheader is set for 4 p.m., while Saturday's first pitch is slated for noon.
All three games of the series will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
The Wolfpack (28-11, 12-4 ACC) has been dominant in its series with the Eagles, as the Pack has won 20 of 25 previous meetings. State has won the last six meetings and posts an 8-1 mark in games played at Dail Stadium.
Last year, the Pack swept the three-game series played in Chestnut Hill, Mass., in very impressive fashion. The squad tied the school record with seven home runs in the first game of the doubleheader and followed that performance by setting the school record with eight home runs in a 16-2 win.
Senior Scout Albertson had a fantastic day at the plate in the series as she hit two homers in each game of Saturday's doubleheader. Junior Emily Weiman set the school record for wins in a single season with 28 in the final game of the series.
In the Wolfpack's last outing on Wednesday, it swept a twin bill against UNCW, defeating the Seahawks in the first game 5-0, before claiming a 9-1 mercy rule win in the second game. It was the sixth mercy rule victory the team has collected this year.
Weiman tossed her nation-leading 11th complete game shutout in game one of the doubleheader. She also set a season high and tied her career high with 12 strikeouts in the contest.
On the season, the Wolfpack is 21-1 in home games. Seniors Kirsty Grant, Leah Jones, Hayley Stowe, Chelsea Tate and Albertson will be honored in a pre-game ceremony on Saturday in observance of senior day.
The Boston College Eagles enter the weekend with a 23-18 record on the year, including a 7-10 mark in ACC play. In its last outing, the squad split a doubleheader at Syracuse, winning the first game, 2-0, and losing the second game, 13-12.
Sophomore outfielder Megan Cooley leads the team offensively with a .357 batting average at the plate with 46 hits. Senior Tory Speer is second on the squad with 32 hits and a .330 clip.
In the circle, graduate student Nicole D'Argento has shouldered the load with 32 appearances and 27 games started. She owns a 13-11 record on the season with a 2.69 earned run average. Freshman Jordan Weed has also pitched for the Eagles and has an 8-6 mark to go along with a 4.13 ERA.


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Who throws a Valentine's Day party in preschool? No one! With the pressure off, I thought we'd have a little Love-themed play date for my 2-1/2 year old daughter Lulu's school friends which would serve 2 selfish purposes: 1. I'd get to meet the other moms (carpool leaves us all disconnected) and 2. I'd have to unpack some of the boxes scattered about from our December move and get my house together.
The invitations were Hershey bars wrapped in craft paper and bakers twine accompanied pink hand-written party details on buckslips from Paper Source. Each invitation had a couple of hearts pasted on (made from a 2" heart punch) before being slid into red string-and-button envelopes.
Snacks were kept simple and nut-free by serving squishy applesauce, gold fish crackers, mini boxes of raisins, fresh strawberries and a cheese plate plus bottled water and juice boxes. For the finale, we used red, pink and white Valentine sprinkles and sparkly gel icing tubes to decorate sugar-cookie hearts that were frosted with buttercream.
The house was decorated in flag banners made by slicing triangles on my paper cutter using Valentine craft paper that I then strung onto gold yarn and hung at multiple levels across the party space. We threw Lulu's hot pink chevron printed teepee in the corner of the room which added flavor, play space and covered up the fact that we have yet to buy proper furniture. The kids' table (actually a 6' folding table from Target propped onto storage bins to make it kid-height) was covered in a conversation-heart themed cover I bought at Home Goods.
Centerpieces were jars of varying sizes with paper lollipop-style Valentines and filled with Valentine-colored M&Ms, Hershey's Kisses and Conversation Hearts. We rented kid-sized chairs and put a foam heart and bubbles at each place setting. The little ones were supervised by our fabulous babysitter Jessica who made valentines with them by covering the foam hearts with all kinds of stickers including sparkly sticky jewels.
The kids had so much fun with both crafts – the valentine and the cookie decorating – and most of the moms were able to breathe a bit knowing Jessica was leading the charge. It was indeed fabulous to get to know the other parents but the best part of all was seeing my own little one in her hearts dress handing out favors (goody bags filled with Valentine-themed treasures from Target) to her friends and generally having a grand old time. Lulu's happiness, as always, was the best valentine of all.


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Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe praised his players following the narrow 1-0 defeat to Wigan in their FA Cup third-round replay.
A first-half strike from Mauro Boselli was enough to settle the close-fought tie in Wigan's favour, although the Barclays Premier League side had the woodwork to thank for preventing an upset as both Eunan O'Kane and Mark Pugh rattled the crossbar during the 90 minutes.
It is the first time Howe has tasted defeat since he returned as Cherries boss, a run of 18 matches, but the former Burnley manager was pleased with the effort from his side and he said: "I thought it was a really good game and Wigan showed us a lot of respect with the team they picked."
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Football Pick: Louisville Cardinals at Cincinnati Bearcats
- Updated: December 3, 2013
Matchup: Louisville Cardinals at Cincinnati Bearcats
Date/Time: December 5, 2013, 7:30 ET
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Point Spread: Louisville -3.5
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The college football season is nearing its end and although week 14 had plenty of great rivalry games, there is still one more to be played. On Thursday the Louisville Cardinals and the Cincinnati Bearcats will go to battle with the winner receiving the Keg of Nails rivalry trophy. This could be the last game for the rivalry as the Cardinals are slated to join the ACC Conference in 2014, making this an extra special game.
Louisville Cardinals at Cincinnati Bearcats Preview
The college football odds will reflect just how close this game could be. Both teams are loaded with talent and will be ready to win this rivalry for perhaps the final time. Though Cincinnati owns the all-time series lead at 30-22-1, U of L holds the Keg of Nails after last season's 34-31 overtime thriller. While Tedy Bridgewater gets all the press as the quarterback of the Cardinals, the Bearcats have a very good signal caller on their side of the field.
Bearcats quarterback Brendon Kay is a leader on the field and a big reason that the team is on a six game winning streak entering this contest. The winning streak has the Bearcats on the move in thepolls. rose to No. 25 in the USA Today coaches' poll last Sunday, following a 24-17 win at Houston on Saturday. The Bearcats were No. 27 in last week's USA Today poll. UC also advanced to No. 27 in the Associated Press media poll Sunday, after being tied for No. 30 last week. The changes for a BCS bowl were lost when Central Florida beat South Florida, but the Bearcats will still be focused on what they are calling their biggest game of the season.
The latest college football trends reveal that the Cardinals have the edge in this rivalry both straight up and against the spread. Cincinnati is 2-5 straight up in its last 7 games when playing at home against Louisville and 5-10 straight up in its last 15 games when playing Louisville overall. From a betting stand point, Cincinnati is 1-6 against the spread (ATS) in its last 7 games when playing at home against Louisville. Louisville is 12-1 straight up in its last 13 games, but just 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games overall. The total has gone under in 5 of Louisville's last 6 games on the road, but the total has gone over in 4 of Cincinnati's last 6 games.
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BlackBerry case: No shutoff, for now
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In a hearing on Friday, U.S. District Judge James Spencer decided against issuing an immediate ruling on whether to impose an injunction that would shut down sales and service of the popular mobile e-mail devices in the U.S. But what remains clear, he said, is that the jury verdict in NTP's case against Research In Motion for patent infringement, nearly four years ago, "has not changed in any substantial or substantive way."
During the hearing, lawyers for NTP asked Spencer to issue an updated $126 million judgment against the BlackBerry manufacturer, calculating that figure based on methodology used by the jury, which initially awarded it $23 million in damages. NTP also called for an injunction against RIM's U.S. service for violating patents.
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Lawyers for RIM argued fervently against any injunction, basing their defense largely on the idea that doing so would undermine the public interest. They noted that the company was willing to hand over damages if the validity of NTP's patents was upheld but argued for a new trial to calculate the appropriate amount.
After nearly four hours of arguments from each company and the U.S. Justice Department, Spencer said he would take the matter under advisement and reveal his decision "as soon as reasonably possible."
Spencer said he expects to release an order related to the damages before releasing one related to the injunction. He wants "to make sure the government and its needs are met" before making the latter decision, he said.
The judge, who has been vocal about his desire to conclude the proceedings, scolded the companies for not coming to a settlement on their own.
"In plain words, the case should have been settled, but it hasn't, so I have to deal with that reality," Spencer said, adding that he thought the matter was a "business decision" and was surprised the companies opted to leave the decision with the courts.
"Settlement has never been an option for us," RIM's co-chief executive officer, Jim Balsillie, said in an interview with CNET News.com after Friday's hearing. On Thursday, Balsillie told attendees at the RBC Capital Markets conference that NTP's licensing terms were far too prohibitive to accept, which NTP has denied.
Friday's hearing came as RIM has been fighting to limit the damage from a 2002 jury verdict that found that it infringed on several of NTP's patents related to mobile e-mail communications.
In 2003, Spencer imposed an injunction on the sale and support of BlackBerry devices in the United States, but he stayed that injunction, pending the appeals process. Spencer also increased the damages awarded by a jury as a result of misconduct by RIM's lawyers during the trial and ordered the company to put 8.55 percent of its quarterly revenue into an escrow account, pending the appeals process.
A federal appeals court lifted the injunction and sent the case back to a lower court in 2004, though it agreed that most of NTP's patent claims are infringed by the BlackBerry system. With that basic question of infringement appearing to be settled, the debate has turned to two other areas: the patent re-examination process and RIM's "work-around."
RIM has been playing a waiting game, hoping to convince Spencer to avoid entering an injunction until the patent review process is complete. Spencer denied a similar request to stay the trial, pending the review process in November, but RIM believes the uncertainty around the patents should prevent a new injunction.
During their arguments on Friday, RIM attorneys repeatedly said that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has declared NTP's patents invalid. The Patent Office as of Friday had issued a "final office action" for two of the five patents at issue in the trial. The other three have only received nonfinal decisions, but they are expected to get the final rejection sometime soon.
A "final" decision isn't completely final, as NTP has the right to appeal those actions to a three-judge panel at the Patent Office, as well as to a federal appeals court, before the patents are struck down.
But NTP will still be entitled to any damages awarded as part of Friday's hearing. Damages awarded for patent infringement through a trial are still valid, even if the patents are later struck down. NTP would lose the right to seek future damages, but it could collect the almost $250 million currently sitting in escrow without having to pay it back later.
The morning opened with arguments from two NTP lawyers, who split their time arguing in favor of an extended damage award and an injunction on BlackBerry service.
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- I knew it
- NTP will lose. Know why? Because RIM's lobbyists will convince the judge that NTP is an extortionist and the judge will rule against the injunction. Plus, the second denial for the patent came in at the same time.
In some ways, this is really unfair for NTP. RIM's lobbyists are probably having a direct effect on the decision making process for the courts. But, NTP is really acting like a child and probably deserves it.
Yeah for capitalism!
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- Problem.
- Personally, I don't think an injuction should be allowed until after the patents are finally validated or invalidated. I think that companies like NTP and RIM are prime examples of why reform is needed. The unfortunate part is that in the end the reform will probably only benifit big companies and patent holding companies.
Either way the small guy will get screwed 80% of the time.
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- To Hell with them all....
- Maybe NTP does own the key patents. Maybe RIM was inviolation
=of those patents. Now, NTP wants to rip RIM a new bunghole in
compensation top keep the service running.
RIM should tell NTP to go to Hell and totally shut down
Blackberry, INCLUDING the government dweebs who are
pleading for exclusion from any court decision. No ransom, no
tribute, no payment, and no Washington sycophants thumb
typing their inane messages.
Rim gets nothing, NTP gets nothing, The government dweebs
get nothing - a nice even up solution.
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- No surprise, this will drag on forever
- Unitl the patent process makes it clear that patents should be used and not horded, other companies will behave like NTP.
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- Weird World
- It's been said before but people who dream up ideas and patent them without ever implementing them should not have the patents granted.
I think the ultimate insult goes to RIM who stand to lose a couple of hundred million dollars, even if the NTP patents are all scratched.
The Patent system should be revised thus:
1. Only applications where a working prototype is available will be considered.
2. The appeals system for patent applications should remain within the patent office and not federal courts.
3. If you take someone to court for infringement and win, but the patents are subsequently dismissed, you should lose the damages awarded and have costs awarded against you.
This may seem harsh but each point would have the following effect:
1. True innovation comes from identifying a problem and solving it, not from having your lawyer document an idea.
2. The patent office should be beefed up (not have budgets cut) so they have access to the best brains in any area to pass an opinion rather than going to a jury of people who undoubtedly are unfamiliar with the concepts and are open to being swayed by some silver tongued lawyer arguing a point.
3. Ultimatley NTP may find they have no valid patent in this case, which means they have achieved income through threatening behaviour i.e. we will take you to court if you don't licence our technology. I thought this was extortion. Knowing you might not keep your initial damages would stop these tenuous cases.
This might sound as though it favours the big players with deep pockets, but quite the contrary - unless you have proven your idea you don't have a case and you wont take the risk of bringing a case unless you are completely convinced of its validity. It really becomes a case of first to dream it, do it, file it wins.
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- I've managed to get plenty of patents allowed after final rejection
- happens all the time, in fact. So it isn't quite accurate to say the PTO has found these patents to be invalid. Yet. But given the state of reexamination, it hardly seems appropriate for the judge to grant an injuntion in this case. If the patents are upheld, in whole or in part, then greater damages may accrue and RIM will have to pay them. But if the patents go down in flames, then RIM (and their users) will have been harmed for nothing.
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- Is RIM a patent pirate?
- Mr. Balsillie, chairman and co-CEO of Research in Motion (RIM) has very efficient public relations and lobbying operations which plead his case in media and on the Hill while a multitude of RIM's victims for the most part suffer in silence. As you will see below - we of the Professional Inventors Alliance (PIAUSA.org) strongly believe that he and his company RIM - are clearly the "patent abusers" and we are disappointed that most of media does little more than repeat RIM's self serving propaganda! We understand that big money speaks loudly in the political process but are disappointed that most of media is failing to do due diligence before writing about these issues.
Based in part on the information detailed below, we believe that RIM has demonstrated an appetite for others intellectual property.
The best known case is RIMs attempt to deny inventor Thomas J. Campana and his family justice in the RIM v. NTP dispute. So many innovators' stories are tragic because well heeled predators decide to take their inventions. In this case, an American inventor and small business person died in 2004 without seeing justice. Justice delayed is truly justice denied. We should all pause to think about the injustices American innovators may be suffering at the hands of RIM and all the other inventors who are suffering similarly across America. .
In addition to the NTP case where RIM was caught red handed trying to foist contrived evidence on the court, RIM was sued by the University of Texas for patent infringement and paid $1.8 million dollars to settle that case. RIM also was alleged to have infringed a patent held by Antor Media Corporation.
Even more recently an American inventor of predictive text Howard Gutowitz, who owns a small company named Eatoni Ergonomics, tried to license his inventions to RIM. RIM responded with a lawsuit. This is a common tactic of deep pocketed companies, which often is a ploy to bankrupt financially weaker inventors. Our organization, PIAUSA.org has helped this inventor make contact with those who are in a position to stay the course until justice is achieved.
It is our opinion that RIM's litigation with Howard Gutowitz may well become as contentious and self destructive as their battle with NTP. How will investors and end users react when they discover that RIM is facing a very similar situation to the NTP case? What businesses will deploy RIM services when they have legitimately licensed alternatives such as Visto and Good Technology and the Palm Treo? Why isn't our government switching to reputable service providers who respect American innovator's intellectual property? And perhaps the most important question is why some of our representatives are backing patent pirates!
In light of RIMs rash actions, can investors or users have any confidence that RIM will not make similar decisions in the future?
Mr. Balsillie made some outrageous claims in a WSJ editorial letter regarding NTPs abuse of the patent system. It is our understanding from off record USPTO sources that RIM lobbied the USPTO to initiate reexaminations of NTP's patents and in concert with their PR and political efforts also made many reexamination requests through normal and back channels as evidenced by Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) outrageous comments. Rep Davis has been reported to have said the BlackBerry case exposed inefficiencies with how the Patent and Trademark Office operates.
What the RIM case demonstrates is that American inventors' are being discouraged by patent pirates at a time when we desperately need those inventors and the jobs they create. This sin is being compounded by the sin of a coalition of patent pirates vision of a reformed patent system which would make inventing a kings sport. A system where innovators do not have a prayer of building the next generation of innovative companies.
During a reexamination an inventor is entitled to add claims as long as such claims are supported by the original disclosure. Seeking the full coverage which an inventor is entitled to under law is not an abuse of the system. This is especially true when the reexamination was forced on the inventor. We did not find RIM's claims of patent system abuse by NTP to be credible, and the large number of reexamination requests made by RIM is a perfect example of how an opponent of an inventor who has deep pockets can and does abuse the patent system to create delays and unduly burden invention based small business with the goal of bankrupting them. When an inventor is crushed financially, the infringer wins by default.
The USPTO has become increasingly politicized over the last decade. When faced with a hot potato like the RIM v. NTP case and the fact that RIM is politically savvy while NTP and the other victims of an insatiable appetite for other's invention are not, the USPTO is anxious to lob the hot potato into the appellate courts. This is not the first case PIAUSA.org has seen such conduct from the USPTO. It is unfortunate that the agency can be influenced by companies who pirate inventors property and a gross injustice to America's inventors and the public.
In light of RIM's pattern of patent disputes, PIAUSA finds it hard to believe that RIM is always the injured party.
It is common for young successful companies to feel invincible. There are a number of contemporary examples of such companies who act like bullies when it comes to their use of the intellectual property of others.
While such tactics may often work for years, sooner or later companies who take others intellectual property do meet their match. The results often take a severe toll on them. Those who live by the sword, eventually die by it. It is those companies who unjustly appropriate other's intellectual property who are howling for changes to the patent system which would cement their positions and legitimize their appropriation of other's property.
It seems that what RIM may lack in an ability to invent for themselves, they make up in marketing, public relations, and lobbying savvy. There is no doubt that RIM is very sophisticated in those areas.
Mr. Balsillie makes some rather sweeping claims about America's patent system, claims which Mr. Davis parrots. Like other companies who are being held accountable for taking liberties with others' inventions, they claim our patent system is deficient. On the contrary, it is that patent system which has fueled our economy and there is no question that America is the greatest economic success story in the world today in large part due to our exceptional patent system.
Many foreign competitors would like to see our successful country pulled down to their levels. The reforms which RIM and our own multinational companies are promoting are designed to protect those company's vested interests but would kill the patent system which has made America, truly the land of opportunity.
Some companies who pirate others intellectual property make self serving claims that there is consensus among experts supporting their agenda for reforming the patent system. These claims are false. Dr. Irving Kayton, a top IP law expert in the US is adamantly opposed to the changes being proposed as was recently deceased former patent commissioner Don Banner and a multitude of other intellectual property experts and patent practioners also oppose so called patent reform.
Inventors and the companies they form are the seeds of new industries examples being HP, Apple, Edison, the Wright brothers, Gordon Gould (LASER), Wilson Greatbatch (Pacemaker), and Dr. Ray Damadian (MRI). They create jobs and tax base. As long as inventors control their companies their ties to the community keep those businesses in those communities. When American innovators property is taken -- society's losses are greater than the loss the inventor suffers. When an innovators life blood is sapped by protracted litigation -- their ability to innovate and build businesses is crushed along with the businesses they can no longer support and nurture. When large companies get away with taking inventions the benefits of those inventions generally end up in a low wage country while the patent pirate's business unjustly profits from its acts. In the end it is the American public that is impoverished.
Adding insult to injury is the massive PR campaign being orchestrated by abusive companies. In my opinion it is truly ironic that RIM and other companies with similar mindsets are painting those they abuse as abusers. This is an example of doublespeak and of spin at its best.
Many years ago I observed that some CEO's as being similar to teenage boys, big egos - little thought before engaging those egos, short term gain orientation and marginally developed sense of ethics. The situation which RIM and several other companies who have been accused of pirating other's inventions most certainly reinforces this observation.
The Professional Inventors Alliance USA was created more than a decade ago to protect American invention and encourage innovation. American inventors saw a need to track congressional legislation and federal policy that impacts independent inventors, small and medium-sized businesses and colleges and universities. The Alliance is the premiere organization in the nation, providing independent inventors a united voice in order to improve public policy.
The Alliance provides legislative counsel, congressional updates and strategy development to its members through a number of vehicles. Additionally, through its speakers bureau, Alliance members have an opportunity to provide expert opinion to many of the nations top-tier business, technology and mainstream media organizations. Over the years its members have testified before Congress, offered counsel to key Senate and House committee members, and successfully pushed legislation to protect Americas independent inventors.
Since its inception, the organization has grown into one of the most vocal advocates for Americas patent system.
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- Wrong place idiot
- This is NOT the forum for your moronic, diarhea of the mouth diatribe. Not to mention, you couldn't be more wrong. NTP is the guilty party here. They exist for no reason. They are entitled to nothing. They will lose. And we will all laugh. Way to go idiot.
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In my view the patent system doesn't work the way it was intended and needs major reform. Of course if this every happens it will it probably will just screw the individual inventor while helping corporations and patent holding companies get rich. I love America and it may be the best thing the worlds got, but frankly it's a country of greed and secrets.
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- I am our department's patent reviewer, from a technical perspective, when we have patent issues / questions. I have also been closely involved with the writing of several patents. I have come to the conclusion that ANY patent can eventually be written and re-written until it passes; all you have to do is put up enough funds and find a lawyer willing to take your money! If the system is so good; how come we even have patents for the cardboard coffee cup insulators? And we don't just have ONE patent for this invention (?)! For gosh sakes; IT'S A PIECE OF CARDBOARD!!!! I have seen patents for the perforated corners of my softener salt bags. All clever ideas; but patentable; come on! This current system is all about making lawyers rich; nothing else. I recently was checking out patents for baseball catcher's masks; we have them dating back to 1896. How many times do we need to patent that idea? I once had the understanding that IF you asked for a patent; you actually HAD TO BUILD the device.... (see the Selden automobile).... Now we have relatives of inventors and 'trawling' companies that couldn't actually make the original idea work; even if they wanted to. Pretty pathetic if you ask me. No wonder Asia is about to 'eat-our-lunch'!
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So we come to the end of our quest.
Now I only have one question left. Is mauifrogs guide the recomended for all wiis? Both boot2 and non boot2 and also system up to and also 4,3?
So. I got a pm from Bad_Ad84, and he sat it straight. Iv been looking on the list as a serial list with wholes, but you need to see it as a ranged list of serials, so any serial between is safe.
For me that means that 4 og 5 wiis are boot2.
I need to thank bad_ad84 for this info, but more than that I need to thank peire and bluphant for great info all the way. You really made a difference getting me there So now its of to check system version and hack
And If I may be so bold, it might be a great idea to edit that spesific post an add that the list is ranged not serial spesific
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So we come to the end of our quest.
Now I only have one question left. Is mauifrogs guide the recomended for all wiis? Both boot2 and non boot2 and also system up to and also 4,3?
Yes that's the best guide for all wiis
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Great, then this is the recap for all of you other noobs out there:
The best wii you can get for softmodding is a wii where you can install bootmi as boot2. This wil give it alot more brick protection in the future. Some info here: BootMii and the new boot1
If you can get one with system under 4,3 that wil be easier, or you wil need to get a hold on one of a handfull original games that wil "soften" your wiis updated defences from 4,3 and up.
You can identify boot2 wiis either by using an SD card and installing bootmii, or you can check the serial list here: http://www.wiihacks.com/bricked-wii-...mber-list.html
Please note that the serial list are ranged so if you dont find your serial and both the serial above and under are green/ok yours should be too(if it hasent been repaird at nintendo at some time)
For more technical specs for serials you can see here, but more specs then help: Wii Drive Chip Database
For more general info and newbie hacking I would read this great guide: http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-...i-hacking.html
And when you are good and ready, use this guide to softmod your wii, and later on getting and USB drive on it: http://www.wiihacks.com/recommended-...d-any-wii.html
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This column appeared in the Hastings Tribune on May 10, 2010.
If I were interesting enough to attract paparazzi, they'd make a fortune selling pictures taken surreptitiously at 3 a.m. over my backyard fence. There they'd find me standing on my patio, bedraggled and bleary-eyed, in scary-ugly pajamas, waiting for dogs to answer nature's call.
Thinker and Dude are the canine dictators of the Schlueterville compound. Their servants, Hunka Burnin' Hubby and me, tend to their midnight whims to avoid unwanted "gifts" on the rug, a shredded couch, or cops knocking at the door.
We should have known better, but in the same year we sent our youngest son to college we bought not one, but two high-energy Llewellin Setter pups. We've rarely slept through a single night since.
Thinker is quick and strategic. He knows there's a warm bed waiting, so he takes care of business and makes a beeline for the door. If I'm not there to open it for him, he does it himself. If Thinker were human, he'd be a rocket scientist or a jewel thief. Dude savors the experience, digging holes by moonlight, dining on turf, and checking for scofflaws or killer cheetahs. He heads inside only when I lose patience, wig out, and screech incoherently. If Dude were human, he'd be a champion snowboarder or a stunt pilot.
I try to understand what all the fuss is about. I note the industrial hum of local manufacturing and utility plants, owls hooting in a neighborhood pine, and the lonely trucker passing through town on his way to who knows where. The moon throws horror movie shadows. The breeze smells of dirt and ozone and leaves. And you know, exactly what is that weird pile of schmutz by the gate — hey, wait a minute! Stop the madness! DUDE! GET YOUR BUNS IN THE HOUSE, NOW!
I wonder if there are other late night dwellers standing outside in their underwear, waiting for Poopsie, or Chop Sticks, or Bowser to take pity on dog-tired souls. Perhaps we could form a secret society. We'd dig holes in the turf and check for outlaws, and toss our heads and howl to the moon. Fellow dwellers could answer with a feral yip and a snarl. It might be fun, at least until annoyed neighbors called the cops or launched a shoe over the fence.
So move over Lindsay Lohan. Step aside green aliens and 500-pound babies. There's new competition for tawdry pictures in super market tabloids. The next time I'm waiting in line at the grocery store, I'll scan their covers for a woman who looks a lot like me.
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WORCESTER, Mass. - Senior tight end Ryan McGuire (Woburn, Mass.) and junior center Chris Smith (Buffalo, N.Y.), members of the Holy Cross football team, have been selected to the 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I squad, it was announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America. The team is comprised of players from Division I schools in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
On the field, McGuire has caught eight passes this season for 71 yards and a touchdown. Academically, McGuire has a 3.41 grade point average with a major in economics. Smith has started every game, as the leader of an offensive line which has allowed the Crusaders to average 38.6 points and 483.0 yards of total offense per game. In the classroom, Smith has posted a 3.53 grade point average with a double major in economics and accounting.
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It seems plans to create an alliance between Kent and Essex to drive forward investment and boost jobs have not gone down well with Kent's Conservative backbenchers.
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The alliance has been proposed by KCC and Essex county council as the preferred option for the body - known as a Local Enterprise Partnership - that should replace the soon-to-be-scrapped Regional Development Agencies.
But the idea is not being supported by Kent MPs, who have sent a letter to communities secretary Eric Pickles saying it is not in the interests of Kent's businesses and they would prefer a LEP covering Kent and Medway - which was actually favoured by KCC.
The letter states: "As Kent Members of Parliament we believe any reform relating to its overall strategy and infrastructure should be in the interest of Kent and Medway's economic stability and prosperity. We are therefore very concerned the proposal to create a super-LEP across Kent and Greater Essex is contrary to that belief. We feel the proposed LEP is not representative of the various micro-economies that exist throughout Kent, each with their own distinct characteristics and requirements that we feel will not receive the tailored attention they require."
It goes on: "We believe the intention of creating a super-LEP to save central government money in the short term will in fact harm the people and businesses of Kent in the long term."
This is a little embarrassing for KCC's Conservative administration, which initially had supported the idea of a LEP for Kent and Medway but appears to have gone in the direction of a Kent-Essex bid after Eric Pickles - an Essex MP - advanced the idea of teaming up with its counterpart over the Thames.
It's also a shot across Mr Pickles' ample bows. I gather MPs were unhappy that he hadn't involved them in the earlier discussions about the idea. There are also concerns that in getting rid of one regional body, the government is simply substituting another where the common interests are not that obvious.
Unsurpisingly, Medway council - which has advanced the Kent-Medway option - has scarcely contained its delight at the MPs' backing for its plan. Over to Mr Pickles...
Not all Kent MPs have headed to Birmingham for the party conference. Sheppey MP Gordon Henderson and Chatham and Aylesford MP Tracey Crouch have stayed in their constituencies.
Gordon tells me he feels his time will be better used tackling constituency issues. "My constituents recognise that my first priority is to them and I put them first." He's got four visits to schools lined up for the week.
I reckon George Osborne has got himself in unnecessary difficulty over child benefit. The excuse that it will be impossible to administer a system to distinguish between a couple who stand to lose £1,752 if the father earns more than £43,875 while a couple between them earning £87,778 will lose nothing is particularly weak. Chatham and Aylesford MP Tracey Crouch has already expressed reservations, saying that while she agrees with the principle, she has "enormous sympathy" with those that consider the proposals as set out are anomolous and potentially unfair.
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Duke notches NCAA win, to host American U in 2nd round Saturday
Duke took advantage of a fast start to take a four-set victory (25-14, 25-8, 23-25, 25-19) over College of Charleston in the first round of the NCAA volleyball tournament at Cameron Indoor Stadium Friday.
The win earned Duke a second-round home match against American University, which beat Georgia in straight sets (25-21, 25-13, 25-11) in the first match of Friday's doubleheader. The second-round game will be played at 6 p.m.
Duke appeared poised to match American's sweep as the Blue Devils overwhelmed Charleston in the first two sets.
The Cougars led just once in the first two sets, by a 2-1 score in the first. Duke scored had runs of four and five straight points to go up by a 19-8 score. Charleston had 9 errors in the first set, led by Darcy Dorton's four.
Things got even worse for Charleston in the second set. Duke scored the first nine points of the set behind the serving of Sasha Karelov, who had an ace near the end of the run. Karelov also served for Duke's 7-0 run to close out the set.
"I was just trying to put pressure on them," Karelov said, "but my team put up a good block, so I could keep getting the ball back and serve again and again and again."
The 25-8 score was the most lopsided set in Duke NCAA Tournament history, topping a 30-14 margin over American in the first round of the 2005 tournament. It marked the first time Duke has held an opponent to single digits in a 25-point set since beating Virginia 25-9 on November 4, 2011 and was the most lopsided Duke set of any length since a 30-13 win over Wake Forest on September 18, 2007.
Charleston made 8 errors in the second set, and had 17 in the match at that point, compared to just four for Duke. The Cougars made errors on six of the last seven points in the second set.
"The numbers after two were just unbelievable," Duke coach Jolene Nagel said. "These (final stats) are a little more reasonable."
That's because Charleston bounced back after a trip to the locker room and took a back-and-forth third set.
"It was hard for us to make adjustments, because we were playing so well," Nagel said. "I don't know what happened in the third set. Our communication broke down a little. (Charleston) changed some things on offense. We just stopped being the aggressor and were a little more on our heels."
Charleston made just two errors in the third, while Duke had six.
"I think, in the third set, we didn't bring the same intensity, while Charleston came out really strong," ACC Defensive Player of the Year Ali McCurdy said. McCurdy had a game-high 23 digs.
Duke bounced back to wrap up the game in the fourth set. The Blue Devils won several long rallies to take a three-point lead midway through the set. Duke then scored the final seven points of the game to erase a 19-18 Charleston lead.
"In the first and second, Charleston just kind of collapsed," Karelov said. "Then we had to fight. The rallies helped everyone stay confident and knowing that we can put the ball away. We can't just let them make mistakes. We have to do it ourselves."
Nagel was glad to see the team right the ship after losing the momentum. "The team's been really good about being ready for each opponent and staying focused," she said. "So they haven't given me much practice on what just occurred (in the third set) to know what to do."
"I think we got a little bit tense knowing we were down," said Maggie Deichmeister. "Coach said to just relax. It was a little bit of a test, but we got our energy back." Deichmeister had a game-high 41 assists and added 15 digs.
"We've got our work cut out for us," Nagel said of today's second round match. "American is playing really well. They're a big team, and they have a different style than we're used to."


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