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Saturday, 7:15am, Political Scoop: My guest this week is state Sen. Sylvia Larsen, who was re-elected to her 9th term on Tuesday and on Friday to a record 6th consecutive term as her party's leader in the upper chamber.
Sunday, 10am, Close-Up: Host Josh McElveen grabs the two must-have gets for the weekend: Governor-elect Maggie Hassan and House Speaker (for now) Bill O'Brien, to talk about the elections. Then, I come on with a broader look of what happened with other races.
Prediction Contest
About 200 people participated in the WMUR Political Scoop prediction contest, including some very smart political types. But crushing them was state House Democratic Caucus staffer Dan Mason. He correctly predicted winners for all 10 State Senate contests, even if he did, like all of us, miss that Frank Guinta would lose, or that, this is embarrassing sort of, that he would move from the House minority office to the House majority office. As promised, Mason will be my guest next week for my Political Scoop TV segment so he can rightfully be praised.
In the prediction survey there was also space to offer the craziest prediction just for bragging rights. Some of the answers were correct, but they weren't all that crazy. But those deserving some respect were:
- Chris Melcher was right that a Democrat would win a state rep slot in Londonderry.
- Andrew Shagoury was right that Florida would be so close that it would force recounts there.
- Matthew Hancock was right that Democrats would hold Montana and North Dakota senate seats.
- Tyler Deaton was right that,The Freedom to Marry would pass in Maine, Washington, and Maryland. The constitutional amendment on marriage in Minnesota would be defeated. Marriage equality would break a 0-32 losing streak with a 4-0 rout.
For Those Keeping Track
Even though he lost by a smaller margin, Mitt Romney received fewer statewide votes than John McCain. (George W. Bush's 2004 campaign still has the record for Republican presidential candidate votes in state).
Democrats have only held the Second Congressional District for 24 of the last 164 years, narrowly edging out the 22 years during that period when the seat was held by a person with the last name of Bass.
In Case You Missed It
For the second time, there isn't a single New England Republican member of Congress.
Not Making This Up
John Stephen delivered the news to Ovide Lamontagne that he lost on Tuesday and had to convince him to do the right thing and finally concede and not wait for more numbers.
Where Things Stand...
...In the U.S. Senate race: All indications are that Jeanne Shaheen will seek re-election in 2014. The Washington Post says the Senate seat is the 8th most likely to change parties, and they are speculating (like us all) about John E. Sununu's return.
…The 2014 Governor's race: Three days after winning the governor's office, Democrat Maggie Hassan is expected to seek re-election. Potential Republicans who could challenge her include: Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas, Frank Guinta, Kevin Smith, Jeb Bradley, John Stephen, and Chuck Morse.
…The First Congressional District: Some of this depends on what Frank Guinta decides to do, but others to watch are Chris Sununu, Rich Ashooh, Sharon Carson, Pam Tucker and Jeb Bradley.
…The Second Congressional District: While 2014 will be a better year for Republicans, they still will have to find a way to match Democrat Annie Kuster's fundraising advantage. The folks being discussed are Gary Lambert, Kevin Smith, Bob Odell, Donnalee Lozeau, Chuck Morse, Bill O'Brien, and Peter Bragdon.
…New Hampshire Republican Chair: Who knows if Wayne MacDonald will run again for re-election in January -- or if Kelly Ayotte lets him. Here is the list of folks thinking about a run or being talked about: Phyllis Woods, Steve Stepanek, Cliff Hurst, Kevin Smith, Jennifer Horn, Bob Clegg, and Karen Testerman. (My fantasy picks that no one is talking about: James Sununu and Juliana Bergeron).
…Next NHGOP Executive Director: This is the position that really matters and among those being discussed (in no particular order) are B.J. Perry, Nick Pappas, Kerry Marsh, Derek Dufresne, and Kory Wood.
…NH House Speaker race: Former Speaker Terie Norelli looks like she has the votes to become speaker again, but there is no hard count.
…NH House Minority Leader: Pam Tucker released a list of 70 votes, and it is believed that Gene Chandler has around 50 votes secured, which means there are about 60 votes up for grabs for those two and new entrant Laurie Sanborn. (Often forgotten fact: Sanborn hasn't served a complete term in the House yet).
…Manchester Mayor: Alderman Patrick Arnold is totally running for mayor.
Can both claim victory or does one have to be wrong?
Cornerstone Action claims that 61 state Representatives elected signed the socially conservative "Families First Pledge." The pro-same sex marriage Republican group, Standing Up For New Hampshire Families claims they won 41 state Representative seats and 2 state Senate seats.
Last week I asked: With President Clinton and Barack Obama sharing the stage in Concord this weekend, name the last time a former president and a presidential nominee shared the stage in New Hampshire.
No one guessed it was former President George H.W. Bush and then Texas Governor George W. Bush at the Hampshire Hills. (Though Tom Rath told us this tidbit.)
For this week: When was the last time Democrats held the governor's office for 10 years straight?
Be the first to give the answer in an email (jpindell [at] hearst [dot] com), and I'll recognize you next week.
Questions for the weekend
What are the chances that now former CIA director David Petraeus will end up on the ZUMBA instructor list?
What will Newt Gingrich say about Petraeus?
What are the chances that Jim Demers takes Maggie Hassan to visit a casino in the next few weeks?
Can two Sununus appear on a ballot for U.S. Senate and Congress at the same time?
Would Lamontagne have defeated Jackie Cilley if she were the Democratic nominee for governor?
Would Kevin Smith beat Lamontagne's 43 percent mark if he were up against Maggie Hassan?
No matter how people personally feel about Andy Sanborn or Lee Nyquist, how many want Sanborn to lose the recount because a 12-12 Senate would be really interesting?
How involved will Kelly Ayotte get in the NHGOP Chairman contest?
Will Republican rank and file activists understand that their problem wasn't message, but tactics?
Is Kevin Smith sitting there as the 1992 version of Ovide Lamontagne?
Isn't it true that Gene Chandler looks like the Republican leader that Pam Tucker would be and that Tucker looks like the Republican leader Chandler would be?
Since Martha Fuller Clark gave money to Jackie Cilley in the primary and Martha has a district where she can do whatever she wants, do Maggie Hassan or Martha care more about repairing the relationship?
What kind of job will Frank Guinta take?
Does Maggie Hassan's win mean that she just got a second house that she won't be paying property taxes on?
Andy Smith: Proving all the naysayers wrong his last WMUR Granite State Poll was dead on. Will John H. Sununu start taking out Smith's "garbage" now?
Obama Staffers: Pete Kavanaugh ran one of the best, if not the best, campaigns in state history. Sean Downey somehow did the impossible task of keeping the state's legendary large ego activists satisfied. Will Hinkle came on 2 months ago to handle down-ballot coordination and is a major factor in the huge obama NH coattails. Ben Wakana, the deputy press secretary, pulled 14,413 clips throughout the course of the campaign and found the several hundred random people with unique stories who were featured on press calls and blogs. Harrell Kirstein is now one of the most sought after staffers in the state and should be begged into working for Shaheen or Kuster or Shea-Porter. That is, if he sticks around.
Jeanne Shaheen: She showed the state and the country that her political operation is stronger than ever, and undoubtedly the strongest in our state. Possible opponents should take note that taking her on will be no cakewalk. She campaigned at every level of the ticket (recruited Chris Pappas for Executive Council), did a radio for CSP in closing days, and helped the President. She could be nominated soon for U.S. Secretary of Something, a great career capstone.
Sean Owen/Tyler Deaton/Liz Purdy: They the Standing Up For New Hampshire Families group was one of the most powerful outside groups this year. They killed the gay marriage repeal in the House and their efforts in this election mean they have killed the gay marriage repeal law this upcoming session also.
Jim Demers: His title of "Obama's New Hampshire person" remains for another four years, he was one of the first backers of Maggie Hassan, and gambling has never been more likely to happen.
Senate Republicans: Assuming the Sanborn recount holds up, the State Senate Redistricting Map preserved a GOP majority against a huge tide. It was designed to ensure a GOP majority in the worst case scenario, and it worked.
Concord Monitor: I guess they can resume interviews with the House Speaker.
John Lynch: He leaves the state with his legacy intact, with the successor he wanted, and with the gratitude of a re-elected President for helping to deliver New Hampshire.
Ray Buckley: he raised upwards of $2 million in the last few months of the campaign, while his counterpart barely pulled in $200,000. He may not always be the popular one in Democratic circles, but nobody can doubt his effectiveness.
Gene Martin: Two years ago he was a state senate staffer who just saw his Senator Betsi DeVries tossed out in the 2010 wave. He was left jobless by the new senate majority. He then went to work for the NHDP and used his knowledge of the Legislature to engage Democratic activists and make Speaker O'Brien a household name. After overseeing 4 very successful special elections, he was the obvious choice to run the House Democratic campaign arm. He quietly plotted to take back a majority, even though the political class thought it was impossible. After a return to a majority by a win of 118 seats, what's he going to do next? Whatever he wants.
Chris Sununu: He has options if he wants them.
Gary Lambert: He left the state senate on his own terms and now he's set up for a good run at the CD2 nomination.
Jeb Bradley: Frank Guinta can't clear a primary now.
Pat Hynes: Obama's second term and Maggie Hassan's first term will be good for business. With card check, tax hikes and other policy items on Obama's agenda, there will be plenty of lucrative issues and advocacy accounts to pick up.
Planned Parenthood: They now have, count 'em, all five votes on the Executive Council.
Josiette White: The low profile state director of America Votes served as the glue that kept all the progressive (independent expenditure) groups on the same page with their messaging and tactics. It's a tough job to be a traffic cop to the different groups with their various issue, priorities, and egos, but everyone respected Josiette's quiet and respectful demeanor. She did a great job in keeping her groups on message and moving in the same effective direction.
Tommy Schultz: He stood out among all of the state Communications people across the country.
Carol Shea-Porter: She's baaaaaack!
Peter Bragdon: He's still standing like John Lynch in 2010.
Maggie Hassan: She went from an unknown former state Senator, to soon being one of the best known governors in the country.
The Pledge: The pledge continues to be a major reason why Democrats can win state elections.
Annie Kuster: If she can survive her first re-election she can have this seat for a very long time.
The New Hampshire judiciary: The amendment to impose legislative rule and authority over the courts failed, and the anti-court majority is gone. That isn't a breeze you feel, it is a big sigh of relief coming from One Charles Doe Drive. Just a few weeks ago Ken Weyler and the joint committee refused to approve funding for three new judges because they didn't want a "lame duck" governor making judicial nominations. Yesterday they approved four positions without a peep.
Republicans who sat out: For folks like Ted Gatsas, Rich Ashooh, Bill Binnie and Jeb Bradley (for major office) they look pretty smart.
Ray Burton: Let's not forget that he won again.
Charlie Bass: By definition, he is down somewhat because he lost his re-election, but this was the best campaign he has run in his life and he cannot have any regrets about how this went down.
NH Business Community: They are very skeptical of Hassan, but know she is boxed in on policy because she took the pledge.
The Union Leader: More and more, the paper is preaching to an ever smaller choir. Getting its endorsement in a primary is starting to be disqualifying for the general election.
Jackie Cilley: She is boxed out from running for governor, Congress, and even her old State Senate seat. It is hard to see how she tries to stay in the game, because her email "Legislative Alerts" will have less punch with the makeup of the legislature these days. She, more than most, really needed a Constitutional Convention.
Frank Guinta: He still has options for 2014, but he isn't going to clear any primaries and now he needs a job.
Paul Collins: A nice and well liked guy. But Ovide's loss is his 5th consecutive loss (Sununu, Binnie, Mahoney, Huntsman) and another reminder that the type of race he runs just doesn't win anymore. We are not living in the same atmosphere that existed in the 1990s where a Republican could walk backwards into a congressional seat by relying on sign waves and refusing to run a real get out the vote effort. He's a dinosaur trying to compete in the modern political era. (In fairness, it is believed that he was basically cut out for the closing weeks of the Lamontagne campaign, and that he didn't even approve of one radio ad in particular, so it is questionable how much blame he rightly deserves for this last one).
Jim Merrill: Others can pile on the guy who controlled a lot of the campaign infrastructure this year. His major clients were Romney for President and Lamontagne for Governor. But, remember, to even be in that position he won two primaries -- and he won big.
Wayne MacDonald: He's a nice guy who has done a lot for the Republican Party, but he's not getting re-elected as state chair.
The state's Republican political operative farm team: The good staffers are moving out of state or out of politics. The bad ones are sticking around to leach off of the next campaign. And they aren't developing any new talent.
Devine Millimet: Partner Ovide Lamotnagne won't be governor, and Partner Susan Duprey won't be the First Lady's Chief of Staff. Dan Callaghan, who is very well liked and the biggest Democrat at the firm, has moved to Virginia, which doesn't help the efforts of Rockingham Park to get a no bid casino license (which took a blow anyway with Ovide's defeat). And add to that, Jim Merrill.
Libertarians: Maybe if they acted like a political party they would have their candidate for governor get 4 percent to qualify to actually be a political party.
Democrats for Ovide: Seriously, what were they thinking endorsing as he was going down?Florida: for all their attempts to take away our First In The Nation primary, they ended 2012 not as critical in the primary and an afterthought in the general.
Ovide Lamontagne: When he first met with the RGA, he was told he had to run a real campaign, a professional campaign. He got really indignant, and retorted that, "I have always run campaigns this way." Anytime his campaign was criticized, he would say the same thing. It never dawned on him that he had never won before. He had no message. He didn't defend himself. He wanted the position handed to him, but Hassan snatched it. This was his race to lose and he lost it. And he lost it for others. He might be around to help the party, but it's over for him.
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Saturday, July 12, 2014
The North Carolina Tar Heels swept the South Carolina Sandlappers in the eighth annual Clash of the Carolinas Saturday at Blackbaud Stadium on Daniel Island.
UNC-Asheville signee Carolina Houser scored in the 79th minute to help North Carolina escape with a 2-1 win in the girls game.
North Carolina controlled possession throughout the match and reeled off 16 shots against South Carolinas three attempts. Wandos Logan Nelson tallied 12 saves in goal for South Carolina, five through the first 20 minutes.
It was a lot of fun to get more action and show everyone what I can do, Nelson said. It was bittersweet playing in my last high school game, but we played our hearts out to represent South Carolina.
Appalachian State signee Lindsay Kubrick struck for North Carolina in the 27th minute from 35 feet away off an overhead pass from Katie Causey.
South Carolina got off just one shot in the second half. But Hilton Heads Ashley Greene evened the match for South Carolina with a penalty kick in the 70th minute.
Greene was named MVP for South Carolina, while midfielder Natalie Johnson earned the honors for North Carolina. The Tar Heels now hold a 6-1-1 lead in the all-time girls series.
For girls who have never played together, I was fairly impressed with the effort and play, South Carolina and Bishop England coach Dave Snyder said. It looked like we may have done the trick late and walked out of here with a tie, but thats the game. Still a great experience on and off the field for everyone involved.
North Carolina took a 2-1 win in the boys game with another strong performance.
The Tar Heels let off 12 shots, seven in the first half, while limiting the Sandlappers to four in the game. Academic Magnets Brady Allardice turned in four saves for South Carolina in the first half to earn MVP honors.
A lot of these people are my friends, so its great to play one last game with them, Allardice said. I think we played well as a team. (St. Josephs midfielder) Brennan (Koslow) was out there playing well. (Wando defender) Darby (Martens) was holding down the back. It was a lot of fun to play in this game.
Appalachian State signee Will Green broke through with a header from 15 feet out off a cross from Noah Kemble to give North Carolina the lead in the 11th minute. Ryan Turner opened a 2-0 Tar Heels lead in 48th minute with a 25-foot strike.
St. Josephs Brennan Koslow broke the shutout for South Carolina off a penalty kick in the 72nd minute. South Carolina threatened in the final minute but couldnt find the equalizer.
Wake Forest signee Chase Rhode earned MVP for North Carolina. The Tar Heels own a 4-1-3 advantage in the overall boys series.
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Alexander M. Meiklejohn
Professor of Law
AB, Amherst College; JD, The University of Chicago
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Alexander Meiklejohn teaches Contracts, Commercial Law, Secured Transactions, Real Estate Transactions, and Franchise Law. His publications and research interests are in commercial law and franchising. He is a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising and of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association Section on Franchise Law. He serves as Legislative Liaison for that section. Before coming to Quinnipiac in 1981, he practiced real estate law, including zoning and state environmental regulations, in Woodstock, Vt.
Selected Publications
Franchising: Cases, Materials, & Problems. Lead Editor, Chapter Author (ABA 2013)
State Franchise Regulation and the Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution: Unresolved Issues Concerning American Federalism, 10 International Journal of Franchising Law, Issue 2, at 3 (2012).
State Franchise Regulation and the Contract Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Part 2): Reliable v. Deere, 10 International Journal of Franchising Law, Issue 3, at 3 (2012).
Redresssing Harm Caused by Misleading Franchise Disclosure: A Role for the Uniform Commercial Code, 3 Entrepeneurial Business Law Journal 435 (2009).
UFOCs and Common Law Claims Against Franchise Counsel for Negligence, 25 Franchise L.J. 45 (Fall 2005).


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Erin Boyd ('12) | Biology & Psychology
Senior from Keller, Texas
Erin Boyd likes the color purple. It's a good thing, too.
The prevalence of her favorite color in ACU's admissions packet attracted her when it arrived in the mail. Everything else about the university convinced her to enroll.
"All of a sudden, ACU just became this top contender," she said. "Everything in the packet attracted me. It has everything a big school has but with a small-school atmosphere."
Erin is certainly taking advantage of everything she can. She plays bass clarinet in the Big Purple, serves as president of the W Club, will graduate in May 2012 with two majors – biology and psychology – and she has filled any spare time with work on three undergraduate research projects.
Working with Dr. Tom Lee, professor of biology, Erin has helped analyze data collected from a census of small mammals in Michigan.
"He just really became a mentor figure in my undergraduate career," she said. "I've learned so much about how research works and what needs to go into writing a paper."
Erin also is working with Dr. Cynthia Powell, assistant professor of chemistry, on a project to determine the influence of pre-college experiences on students' choice in major, which won commendation for oral presentation at the 2011 ACU Undergraduate Research Festival.
She plans to pursue a doctorate in health psychology, which combines elements of her two undergraduate majors, and hopes to work in the research and development of medication to help those suffering from chemical imbalances, neural disorders or brain damage.
In the meantime, Erin also works as the social media coordinator for ACU's Adams Center for Teaching Excellence.
"I'm really thankful for my professors," she said. "They're so willing to help me and teach me. The experience is invaluable."
It's an experience she could not have had without the support of ACU's generous alumni and friends. Erin's parents had planned for her to attend a state university, but when ACU's purple packet caught her eye, affordability became a much bigger concern.
"Scholarships played a huge role in coming here," she said. "I'm paying for half my education through scholarships. Just remembering that you are earning money [through receiving] scholarships, it's a motivating factor."
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Serves 6 |
Prep Time 15 minutes |
Cook Time 50 minutes
1 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 cup onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup celery, diced
4 cups vegetable stock
15 ounces Eden Kidney Beans, do not drain
15 ounces Eden Chili Beans (seasoned dark red kidney), do not drain
1 tsp dried thymeor 2 Tbsp. fresh thyme, chopped
1/2 tsp Eden Sea Salt, or to taste
1/2 cup organic partially pearled barleyor whole barley
1/2 cup leeks, finely chopped
1/4 cup organic sweet corn, fresh or frozen
1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
2 Tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
Heat oil in a medium soup pot and sauté the onions and garlic for 1 to 3 minutes. Add celery, vegetable stock, kidney beans, chili beans, thyme and sea salt. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove half and puree in a blender. Add puree back to the pot. Add barley, leek, sweet corn and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil again. Reduce flame and simmer another 20 to 30 minutes until the barley is tender. Adjust seasoning, if desired. Serve hot, garnished with parsley.
Note: If using whole barley, soak overnight or 6 to 8 hours and simmer in the soaking water for about 1 hour or until slightly tender before adding remaining ingredients in the recipe.
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MARTINSBURG - Two Division I basketball scouts came to watch Martinsburg senior star Donte' Grantham Wednesday.
Bulldog coach Dave Rogers took Grantham aside at the end of pregame warmups to assuage the player's fears.
"(Rogers) told to me to keep my head level and to be smart, play as the game comes to you," Grantham said.
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Martinsburg's Donte' Grantham goes in for a slam dunk against Sherando, Va. Wednesday at the Fieldhouse (Journal photo by Ryan Decker)
And he didn't disappoint.
Grantham filled up the stat sheet with his game-high 24 points, 13 rebounds, four blocks and three assists. Four of his points came off two dunks, one an alley-oop from David Long in the first quarter and a powerful slam in transition during the third period.
Grantham's big game powered the Bulldogs to a 99-71 victory over Sherando, Va., to get the Bulldogs back into the win column after they suffered their first loss Saturday.
"Donte' is a Division I player," Rogers said. "He's worked hard in the offseason to improve.
"He's one of our leaders."
Martinsburg led by 12 at halftime after a strong finish to the second quarter.
A sloppy start to the third quarter by both teams washed away Martinsburg's momentum. It led to a Martinsburg timeout with five minutes remaining in the period.
"We have to come out every night and play our game; I thought we were giving up too many easy baskets," Rogers said. "At times, we weren't giving 110 percent on every play."
The defense tightened up, swarming the ball and causing turnovers. Martinsburg's stingy defense only allowed seven points the rest of the quarter, while its offense scored 17 following the timeout, two of those points included Grantham's dunk from Jarrell Jones.
Martinsburg led by 22 after the third quarter and continued to extend its lead in the fourth.
The Bulldogs' advantage quickly jumped out to 26 and then to a game-high 28. The defense tightened up again at the end for Martinsburg, causing two steals back to back by Jason Hill and Jones, both leading to points.
Martinsburg was not settled in early on. The Bulldogs committed six turnovers in the opening three minutes and looked at a six- point deficit. The Bulldogs tied the game and then jumped out to a four-point lead.
Two steals by Jalen Lewis and Long to start the second quarter put Martinsburg up by four. Later in the period, a Lewis jumpshot put Martinsburg up by 10 points, its largest lead to that point.
During the second period, Grantham went up for a potential dunk in transition but was bear hugged and fouled hard by a Sherando player, who was given an intentional foul. Immediately after the play ended, a technical foul was given to Long .
Grantham made both of his free throws and Sherando's Aaron Miller made both of the technical free throws as well.
Rogers said that even though the win looked convincing, there are still some things the team can improve on.
"Well if you looked at the scoreboard, you'd say we played pretty good," Rogers said. "But we saw some breakdowns that we don't like to see. There were times we gave up too many easy buckets and if you do that too much, it's going to cost you."
Lewis was the second leading scorer for Martinsburg with 14 points.
Tayler Loudon led Sherando with 18 points.
Martinsburg heads to Ohio this weekend to play in the Diabetes Shootout tournament, where Rogers says there will be over 200 college scouts looking at talent.
Martinsurg goes to 12-1.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Twenty five years ago a stern-faced Air Force Colonel called us all to attention and read us the new smoking rules.
"I hereby ban all smoking in buildings where we work, outside building entrances where smokers congregate, on street corners where smokers think they are unseen, and eventually anywhere on base where I have to breathe your obnoxious smoke," he said to a stunned audience of airmen and sergeants. "I'm going to make you quit. There's no place to hide. You'll thank me for this someday."
That day is now, because I was one of those smokers who arrogantly shared my second-hand cigarette smoke with anybody within range of my daily habit. As an addict of nicotine, I had no compassion for those who weren't. I thought I had rights. I was wrong.
It was that Air Force Colonel who boldly stood up to smoking many years before the rest of the world began closing ranks on the nasty habit. Under this strict enforcement, it became harder and harder to find a place to take a smoke break, so I eventually quit.
A similar ban is now being brought to bear in a 10-block area around our hospital zones in downtown Charleston.
At the request of Roper St. Francis Healthcare and the Medical University of South Carolina, the City of Charleston is moving toward the creation of a "tobacco-free zone," around the two hospitals, effectively outlawing smoking in public on the surrounding blocks.
If caught smoking on the sidewalks or near the entrances of these healthcare facilities, smokers could be fined up to $25. This ordinance should be fully implemented in March.
This comes much to the dismay of people who think they have the right to blow smoke in the face of reality and smokers who are finding fewer and fewer places where they can light up.
While smoking is already banned inside the hospitals, smokers move to the next safest place to feed their addiction, usually just outside the doorways. For years, non-smokers have had to plow through clouds of smoke just to get in and out of hospitals.
Now the no-smoking zone is being expanded, much to the delight of everyone except the smokers.
In their defense, they are not smoking to irritate others. They are smoking to make their life less irritable. Being addicted to nicotine creates a powerful desire to feed this vicious addiction. But it's getting harder and harder to find a place to light up.
While the immediate goal of this no-smoking ban is to remove noxious, second-hand smoke from the healthcare environment where people are trying to heal, the ultimate result is people finally saying they've had enough of being treated like a second-class citizen, and they quit smoking.
So thanks, Colonel. It worked on me.
Maybe this will work on them.
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Loyola University Maryland is a Jesuit, Catholic university committed to the educational and spiritual traditions of the Society of Jesus and the development of the whole person. Accordingly, the University inspires students to learn, lead, and serve in a diverse and changing world.
At Loyola, this means that the curriculum is rigorous and faculty expectations are high. With majors and minors in more than 40 academic fields, Loyola offers an undergraduate program grounded in the liberal arts, focused primarily on developing undergraduate students as well-rounded scholars and leaders who are distinctly prepared to succeed in every aspect of their lives.
Our students come from diverse geographic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, which adds to the rich and varied experiences of our community. In addition, Loyola offers a variety of study abroad programs, exchanges, and affiliations in countries such as Spain, New Zealand, Thailand, and Australia. Loyola also has a strong community service program, Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program, and athletic program. Loyola competes in the Patriot League, fielding teams in seven men's and nine women's sports.
Graduate degrees at the master's and doctoral levels are also available in a wide range of programs and areas of study. The University is comprised of the School of Education, the Sellinger School of Business and Management, and Loyola College—the University's college of arts and sciences. Loyola also operates Clinical Centers in Baltimore and has two graduate centers in Timonium, Md., and Columbia, Md.
In addition to academic coursework, Loyola's Jesuit mission is carried out through a variety of programs and events sponsored by various University departments, including Campus Ministry and the Center for Community Service and Justice.
When Jesuit priests founded Loyola in 1852, they looked to the very heart of their order for inspiration in choosing a name. They found their inspiration in St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, and that's how Loyola—our Loyola—became the first institution of higher education in the United States to bear his name. To this day, we remain committed to the ideals embodied by the priests of the Society of Jesus throughout its rich history. Those Jesuit ideals include an emphasis on academic excellence, the importance of the liberal arts, and cura personalis—the education of the whole person. We strive to live up to the ideals set by St. Ignatius, and know they are integral to what Loyola has become.


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The victory by the Buffalo Bills on Sunday over the Jacksonville Jaguars could come with a high price.
Four Buffalo starters – center Eric Wood, receiver Stevie Johnson, right tackle Chris Hairston and cornerback Leodis McKelvin – left the game because of injury.
Coach Chan Gailey didn't have an update on the condition of any of the players after the game, but Wood's appeared to be the most serious.
He declined an interview request from The Buffalo News in the locker room after the game, and had his left knee immobilized. He was hurt with about 10 minutes to play in the game.
Hairston, who didn't return after suffering a right ankle injury, told The News after the game the injury was "not too bad."
"I feel like I can come back next week," he said.
Johnson suffered a left hamstring injury, but didn't sound overly concerned.
"It's tight. That's all it is," he said. "I think we're going to get some work on it and be back next week."
Johnson was hurt on the play before he caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick in the third quarter.
"I felt it when I made the cut and afterward it was like, 'if I go out there again, I think it'll end up pulling or something,' " he said.
McKelvin's back tightened Saturday night. That meant rookie Ron Brooks made his first career start. McKelvin went out for the Bills' first punt return and gained 12 yards, then made a fair catch on his second attempt. He was in noticeable pain coming off the field, though, and did not return.
"He got here and we tried to get it loosened up, but he just couldn't go," Gailey said.
Brooks had an up-and-down day in his first start, making nine tackles and breaking up three passes, but also getting flagged for three penalties. He was targeted early and often by Jaguars quarterback Chad Henne.
"As a competitor and as a cornerback, you always look to make plays. You want them to come at you," said Brooks, who learned in the morning he'd make his first start. "The first play of the game they came at me. Once that happened it was like, 'here we go. Let's get ready.'
"You always feel like you can get better and work on little things, but for the most part I think I did pretty good. ... The whole team played well."
Former Bills punter Chris Mohr received the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Distinguished Service award in a ceremony prior to the game.
Mohr, who played for the team from 1991 to 2000, is the 35th winner of the award, which was established in 1986 to honor former players and staff for long and meritorious service to the team (multiple recipients have received the award in some seasons). Mohr was active in community service as a volunteer for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Women's and Children's Hospital during his time in Buffalo.
The Bills were without No. 2 receiver Donald Jones, who was inactive because of a calf injury.
"It was as much precautionary as it was him being in bad shape," Gailey said. "I think that may be a week-to-week thing. We just have to make sure he's able to push off and do everything that he needs to do."
Cornerback Aaron Williams (knee) and defensive ends Chris Kelsay (neck) and Mark Anderson (knee) also missed the game because of injury.
Quarterback Tarvaris Jackson and linebacker Kirk Morrison were healthy inactives, as they have been all season. Offensive tackle Thomas Welch was the other inactive.
Former Bills linebacker Paul Posluszny tied for the Jaguars' team high with nine tackles and also had a second-quarter interception of Buffalo quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.
"It's great to be back here in a sense because there's so many good people, great people that you get to see from the organization," said Posluszny, who spent the first four years of his career with the Bills after being a second-round draft pick in 2007. "It's different playing against your buddies. ... Guys that you came in with as a rookie, there were older guys and they helped you out, now you're competing against them and being on the opposite sideline, it's different and it always will be."
Gailey on Fitzpatrick's 51-yard completion to T.J. Graham in the first quarter:
"We saw it on film that we thought that he'd be able to beat that guy [Jaguars cornerback Kevin Rutland]. They had some corners which they were playing with some backup guys, too. That was an audible. Fitz audibled to that when he saw the coverage. We had an off-tackle play or that throw and Fitz saw the coverage, saw the free safety cheated over to Stevie [Johnson] and made a great throw into the wind."
The catch was a career long for Graham, the rookie third-round pick out of N.C. State.
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"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- When Santa brings toys for tots in December he'll be giving Rudolph and the other reindeers the day off and instead will arrive by train -- courtesy of the Florida East Coast rail -- from Jacksonville to Miami with New Smyrna Beach one of the stops along the way.
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
Field Training Officer PFC Maury Sullivan, 31, of Summerville has been with Summerville Police Department for seven and a half years. He grew up in Jacksonville, FL and moved to South Carolina in 2006 after earning a Bachelor's Degree in criminal justice.
His dad is a police officer with MUSC Public Safety.
"The chief heard about me through a friend – another SPD officer – and my friend told me the chief wanted me to call him ASAP. I did, went for an interview and was hired on the spot," says Sullivan.
So he accepted, went through the police academy, been certified in "so much" including radar and Taser and worked his way to field training officer in two years. His goal?
"I want to become chief some day."
In the meantime, however, he wants no part of anything but patrol. "I do patrol by choice, I love patrol," he grins.
"I love talking to people and either being able to help them or just listening…even in a domestic situation, sometimes you just need to listen."
Sullivan says eventually he may want to get off the road but "not now."
Having worked nights for seven years, Sullivan has just switched to days, which, he says, is much better for spending time with his family…"it has made my whole life better."
"I love for people to see us," he continues, "at night they can't see us but during the day they see our vehicles, we wave at kids at the bus stop and they wave back…it puts a sparkle in my eye."
One of his worst experiences, he recalls shaking his head, was the night he spent sitting in the hospital with a 10-year-old little girl after she had been sexually assaulted.
Best? "There are so many!" he says, smiling. "I do remember one call when I responded to an older woman one night…she needed help…a way out of her home."
The woman, he says, was the victim of domestic abuse and she simply didn't know how to get out of her situation.
"I was able to get her to a shelter and the next day she called me and thanked me for getting her out of her situation."
When he isn't working he spends his time, he says, with his wife Shareka, who is a personal banker with Bank of America, and their son Maury Jr. who is a year old.
They are expecting another little boy – Mason – in November, he grins.
"I like to spend my time with my wife and son…we travel a lot…road trips…visit Asheville, NC, a lot…we love the mountains and sometimes we got to Florida to visit family."
"Oh! And I'm a movie freak – both home and at the cinema," he laughs, "I love the movies."
And sports. "Love sports, especially football. I played linebacker and a bit of defensive back in both high school and college."
He doesn't hunt but he "might" try fishing.
"I don't cook, but I can clean!"
"Well," he amends, "I can throw down breakfast."
Especially now that his wife is expecting, he says, he makes sure the house is clean.
"I am a newspaper lover. Every where we go," he says, "I buy the local newspapers."
"I get the Post & Courier too," he says, then quickly adds, "I read the Journal Scene online!"
His supervisors, he says, are trying to get him to go to instructor school for more specialized skills that he could then teach others but finding the time is difficult, he says.
"I love teaching/training," he says, "I learned a lot…so much from my FTO and I wanted to teach others the way I was taught…it makes me feel good."
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While doing a girl from behind and just before climax you withdraw, spit on her back and sigh in relief. When she turns around, assuming you've finished, you blast her in the face; thus falling into your cum trap.
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A term used to describe one's mouth.
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A tampon used to absord excess male ejaculation, inside the vagina.
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a word used to describe a woman is a whore.
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A statement that, in someone's head is genius, but when said or drawn, comes out really butchered.
Your theory on perpetual motion sounded interesting, but it came out DtotheG, so you should try thinking what you want to say before you try telling it to me again.
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Oral sex that is not requested, expected or prepared for. Common traits of the receiving parnter usually include shock and awe followed by extreme happiness.
Brendan was only on a second date with this girl, but when she came with the strong spontaneous head after dinner, he fell in love.
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Leclerc, who stars as hearing-impaired Daphne Vasquez on the ABC Family series, is engaged to marry her boyfriend, real-estate agent Brian Stuart Habecost.
"We are thrilled to start our life together," LeClerc, who turns 27 on Wednesday, tells PEOPLE exclusively.
"We can't wait to combine families and start the adventure together."
Habecost, 29, recently popped the question by decorating their entire Los Angeles home with flowers, balloons and a banner that said, "Katie will you marry me?"
When she walked into the house, she saw the sign and immediately started to cry. Soon he got down on bended knee and proposed.
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North Charleston is the only "zone" in Charleston County that doesn't have a full Montessori school, and some say that's a problem.
Public Montessori school options in the Lowcountry
Murray-LaSaine Elementary on James Island will pilot five Montessori classrooms this fall, and it eventually will offer only Montessori instruction.James Simons Elementary will offer Montessori classes to some students this fall, and the downtown school eventually will offer only Montessori instruction.Other public options with a Montessori focus in Charleston County are: Montessori Community School in West Ashley and East Cooper Montessori Charter School in Mount Pleasant.Mitchell Elementary downtown and Hursey Elementary in North Charleston have Montessori programs, as does Whitesville Elementary in Berkeley County.
Superintendent Nancy McGinley has pledged to make the same choice offerings available in each of four geographic areas or "zones," and school officials are working on a proposal to do that in North Charleston.
"This isn't about traditional versus Montessori," said North Charleston parent Louise Monteith, who has three children in Montessori classes at Hursey Elementary in North Charleston. "This is about my kids having the same opportunity that the kids downtown have and that the kids in West Ashley have."
A range of residents, from parents to Mayor Keith Summey, have been speaking out about the need to open a full Montessori school in their community, and to do it soon. Many were disappointed in the school board's recent decision not to convert Hursey Elementary, which offers traditional and Montessori classes, into a full Montessori school.
"We've been trying to get parents to keep their kids in North Charleston schools, and we're starting to get more young people in North Charleston," Summey said. "There is a demand for that type of choice."
Across the district, more than 500 students are on a waiting list for Montessori classes. Montessori education encourages students to learn at their own pace and work independently, and teachers do more individual lessons rather than instructing an entire class.
North Charleston resident Kathleen Hamrick was trying to figure out where to enroll her daughter for kindergarten when she visited Hursey's Montessori program. She saw a classroom with ample natural light and 3- to 5-year-olds who worked quietly and independently.
She was so impressed that she pulled her daughter out of her private pre-school to enroll her in Hursey's Montessori program. At the time Hursey was rated "at risk," but Hamrick said she was willing to try the school because Montessori students were well-behaved and learning at high levels.
"The classroom I saw wasn't an 'at-risk' classroom," she said.
North Charleston resident Catherine Loichinger's 3-year-old son started at Hursey last fall, and she echoed reasons similar to Hamrick's. She couldn't believe a room full of children could be so quiet, and she said the small, intimate setting reminded her of the school where she grew up.
"We were blown away by the atmosphere," Loichinger said. "We love it."
The school board agreed at its last meeting to expand Montessori programs at Hursey so that current students and students on the school's Montessori waiting list would be accommodated. Some board members and the Charleston NAACP are opposed to doing that, because it will force some of Hursey's students to be moved.
The board asked district officials to plan to return to it with more options and cost estimates for a full Montessori program in North Charleston.
School Board Chairwoman Cindy Bohn Coats said the board has made it clear that it supports Montessori, and she plans to push for the creation of a full Montessori school in North Charleston.
"I don't think this is something North Charleston deserves in two years," she said. "We need to find a solution to this quickly."
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Eight-year-old Michael Zwick was working on his spelling recently during independent study time in a Montessori classroom at Hursey Elementary School in North Charleston.×


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THERE is no such thing as a pre-season friendly in South African rugby. What was a supposed first hit out for the Stormers could easily have been a Super Rugby match played at the most critical juncture of the season. It was full on.
It was unrelenting and both teams were playing to win. Both teams kicked for goal at vital times and neither bought into the 10-try feasts usually associated with warm-up matches. Tries were at a minimum and both sides tackled.
The quality of the match was remarkable, given it was the first week of February. The Cheetahs won with an injury-time penalty, but the biggest winner was surely the sight of Juan Smith back on a rugby field and as imposing as ever.
Smith is one of the great loose-forwards of the last decade. He is also one of the least spoken and written about, but every South African supporter would have kept an eye on his comeback in Bloemfontein.
Schalk Burger's return is a week or two away and if Smith and Burger can make it to July with knees, hands, feet and head intact, the Bok pack will again be the envy of the rugby world.
Smith was darn good, given he has been out for 18 months with an Achilles injury that threatened closure on his career. What a wonderful view to see him rampant and playing as fearlessly as is his norm.
South Africa have a legend, but watch centre Jan Serfontein of the Bulls. He will play for the Boks before the year is over.
He was the World Under 20 player in the Baby Boks' tournament-winning effort in Cape Town last year and he has been nurtured into senior rugby without haste and with plenty of conviction.
Some players simply make the transition from juniors to seniors and Serfontein is one of those. He is also a beast, physically the most imposing centre in South Africa and one of the biggest in the game. He's just 20 years old but it's his skill and natural feel for the game that is even more impressive than his physical presence.
Not since Danie Gerber weaved destruction has a player looked as capable of doing as he pleases from broken play.
If Bok coach Heyneke Meyer battled with some positions in 2012, it won't be the case this season.
There is so much new talent in the South African game and there is also massive changes to what paraded as Super Rugby in New Zealand and Australia.
It is heartening to see how the Lions have embraced their year out of Super Rugby.
Johann Ackermann is bringing through another generation of players and the Lions have been committed in everything they have done on the field this year.
The regrouping could be the best thing that has ever happened. The core of the Super Rugby team is on loan to other South African franchises and there's a very promising group that has played in the season's first month of matches.
Rugby in South Africa is strong and globally it is healthy.
The Sevens in New Zealand was the best tournament I've watched and Kenya were 10 seconds away from a miracle win. The Africans had beaten the Boks, beaten hosts New Zealand and were leading England 19-12 with 10 seconds to go. They turned over the ball, England scored and in the sudden death scored again to win the tournament.
But what a display from the Kenyans, who have benefited from the structure and intelligence of English coach Mike Friday.
Kenya now play the game like they understand it and not just on natural feel. They understand defence, thrive on it, and were the most physical of the teams at the tournament. A coach does make a difference.
The Boks have opted for more agility and players blessed with a step but not with size. There is no substitute for physicality in rugby. When the Bok Sevens have had more bulk than balanced runners they have been effective.
Paul Treu is currently trading on goodwill as coach, as the Sevens has been in free fall for some time now. It can't be a fait accompli that he is the best there is. Results don't make a convincing argument.
Finally, the Six Nations delivered on its promise, with Wales diabolical against Ireland and England ruthless against Scotland.
The global game needs seven to 10 teams to be a factor between World Cups, and England and France most definitely are the equal of South Africa and Australia, with New Zealand still out in front, but not by a lot.
The rugby season will run until December, but the break over the last two months has been too long.
Just like Juan Smith's performance on Saturday, it is full-on from here on, and you can be confident that South Africa's Super Rugby challenge can deliver a winner this year.


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Martin died from his injuries. His sister Jane, 7, lost a leg, while their mother Denise had surgery for a brain injury, WHDH reported. A third child, an older son, was reportedly not injured.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Bill Richard said, "My dear son Martin has died from injuries sustained in the attack on Boston. My wife and daughter are both recovering from serious injuries. We thank our family and friends, those we know and those we have never met, for their thoughts and prayers. I ask that you continue to pray for my family as we remember Martin. We also ask for your patience and for privacy as we work to simultaneously grieve and recover. Thank you."
The family had gathered in Copley Square to watch the iconic race, but Bill, a community leader in the Ashmont section of Dorchester, was not running, PEOPLE has confirmed.
Friends of the Richard family gathered Monday night at Tavolo Restaurant, just down the street from Peabody Square, to grieve, according to the Boston Globe.
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A neighbor, Jane Sherman, told WCVB that Martin was a typical 8-year-old who loved to ride his bike and play baseball. "There are no words to describe how they are feeling ... we are feeling," she said.
A single candle was lit in front of the family's home, and the word "Peace" was written on the sidewalk in front of it, WHDH said.
The local Dorchester Reporter newspaper said both Bill and Denise Richard were respected as civic leaders in the area.
Bill helped to lead the transformation of Peabody Square over the past decade. The family is said to be deeply involved in Dorchester life, from kids' baseball and soccer to their church, St. Ann's parish in Neponset.
More than 100 people were wounded in the attacks, many of them critically. A massive investigation is underway, under the direction of the FBI.


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Get $20 for neutering your cat
NAPLES — The Collier County Humane Society is offering a $20 bounty on cats – for neutering them, that is. The group says the drastic measure is needed to curb the growing cat population.
A female cat can produce three litters a year. With an average of six cats in a litter, that one cat could be responsible for 90 others over a five year period.
To encourage cat owners to get their pets fixed, the Humane Society is offering free neutering service for male cats plus a $20 reward. The only catch is the cat has to be yours and over four months old.
You don't have to live in Collier to participate, but you do have to make an appointment with the Collier Humane Society.
"There's no limit to the number of cats someone can bring in," said Stephen Wright of the Collier Humane Society.
Stray cats will not be accepted in this program, which is made possible by a donation the Humane Society received.
The money will be given to pet owners until the funds run out.
While the Humane Society says this program may not eliminate the overpopulation problem, animal advocates think it's a step in the right direction.


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You've heard us mention the Visual Resources Collection on the blog before, but now, we're excited to announce that we'll be offering VRC workshops for WSU faculty.
The introduction to the VRC workshop for faculty will be offered on two dates: Wednesday, 19th from 12:30-1:50 pm and Tuesday, August 25th from 1:00 – 2:00 pm in Lab A on the first floor of the Undergraduate Library. The workshop will include learning how to create, manage, and copy media groups; Export image files and presentations to PowerPoint; How to use Flickr to supplement presentations; Professors will be provided an extra lesson how to use VRC to aid in teaching and learning.
For more information please call the TRC at (313)-577-1980 and direct all calls to Jon McGlone. To register for the workshops send an e-mail to email@example.com indicating which day you would like to attend along with your name, contact information, and department.
Student walk-in workshops are in the works but will be provided at a later date in the fall semester. They will not be required to register for the workshop and location may change from the faculty workshop. Students, keep an eye out for emails and notices on Pipeline and your classroom Blackboard messages from professors on when the student workshops will be available.
For those not able to make the workshops, the Technology Resource Center will be developing instructional videos to provide a step – by – step process on how to interact with the Luna software and make use of the tools available. The videos will not be available until about early – mid fall semester.
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
In celebration of National Library Month, students at Summerville Catholic School were treated to special guest reader. Miss Summerville, Catherine Fox, visited several classes and read Shel Silverstein's book The Giving Tree. Students enjoyed listening to the story and asking Miss Summerville about her many responsibilities and adventures.
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The bow is one of Aubrea Phipps' true passions.
"My dad always has been a really big archery hunter since he was a teenager. One day, I saw him shooting a bow, and I thought, 'Wow, that's pretty neat. What is that?' I think I was in fifth grade. This was great," Phipps said. "He said, 'You can try it,' and he bought me one of those play bows at Wal-Mart. I was shooting around, and I got into it."
By then, though, Phipps already loved basketball and established herself as a promising upcoming prospect by playing on an AAU team with older girls a couple of years earlier.
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Aubrea Phipps first got into archery in fifth grade thanks to her father's interest in hunting.
Now, with her high school career - and possibly her athletic career - winding down, Phipps is taking aim at one of the few targets that has eluded her: a PIAA postseason win.
"It feels great. The team hasn't been in this position for, what, 10 years. We just want to go out there and play our best and show everyone that we can make it, that we can win," said Phipps, a 5-foot-10 swing player who leads the District 5 champion Everett Lady Warriors into Friday night's Class AA interdistrict playoff opener against Mohawk of the WPIAL at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.
The Lady Warriors are one of 10 teams from the Mirror coverage area still in the running for state championships. Five play on Friday and five on Saturday.
Everett coach Keith Moyer said it's a fitting way to wrap up one of the most accomplished careers in a program with a pretty strong tradition. Phipps heads into this weekend with 1,350 points over four seasons as a starter that include an Inter-County Conference title and a trip to the PIAA play-in round as a freshman. Phipps is more than a scorer - she can handle the ball like a guard and has averaged double-figure rebounds twice.
"She's the type of kid that you want to have on the team," Moyer said. "She works hard. She never complains. She wants to win. It's a good combination to have as a coach who wants to put a good product on the floor."
Phipps' senior campaign has been a testimonial for that attitude.
Phipps is averaging a team-best 14.9 points per game to go along with 8.3 rebounds and 20 blocked shots, and she's gotten to the foul line more than 130 times for the third straight season. Those numbers, though, pale in comparison to her junior year, when she collected 18.1 points and 11.4 rebounds and made 99 of 146 free throws.
Everett entered the season with some pretty lofty expectations, as did Phipps, but both of those seemed endangered when she reaggravated an ankle injury in the second game, forcing her to miss almost two weeks. Phipps came back and played through the pain, but she said she's only been 100 percent for about the last two weeks.
"It was really depressing. It was tough sitting out and watching my team play without me," Phipps said of the injury. "Instead of driving, I would settle for jumpers. I would pass it more. I think it did make me better. Physical therapy made me better. And I think my teammates saw how good they were without me, and that made us a stronger team."
The Lady Warriors went 5-3 after Phipps' return. Then Everett turned things around, going on an eight-game winning streak that included victories over Tussey Mountain and Southern Fulton.
"When you have a three-year, a four-year starter coming out hurt, and you don't have anybody [to step in], everybody just has to kind of step it up and say, 'Hey, I'm going to fill in this role,'" said Phipps' friend and teammate Bailey Morral, a guard who is the team's second-leading scorer. "It was nice that everyone stepped up, but it also was nice to have her back so everyone could go back to normal."
"Normal" isn't a word Phipps' friends use to describe her a lot of the time.
"If you know her like me and [fellow senior] Laura [DuVall] do, she's really goofy. You wouldn't think that on the basketball court, where she's really serious," Morral said. "She's very random. If you didn't know her, you'd think it was two different people. It's funny to see how crazy and hilarious she is compared to how serious on the court she is."
Phipps also is very serious when she has a bow in her hand. Since she began hunting at the age of 12, she's bagged a doe and two bucks.
"Oh, my goodness. She's crazy about hunting," said DuVall, who has lived across the street from Phipps since they were 4."In hunting season, she's always with her dad at their camp or she's out back. I've watched her shooting at targets. She's really good."
Phipps laughed when asked about any dreams she might have to take over for Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games" series, but she's very focused on taking her best shot in the basketball playoffs. Phipps is considering playing college basketball at UPJ or Juniata, but she also might stop playing competitively and just concentrate on medical school.
"It's a mixture between anxious and sad, because, if we lose, this could be my last game ever," Phipps said. "At the same time, you have to work hard every practice and stay focused, so, when it's game time, you can practice what you play."


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At lot has changed with the Chevrolet
Volt since it was first
shown in concept form at the Detroit Auto Show in early 2007.
Gone is the swoopy bodywork (which was deemed elegant, yet not
aerodynamic enough), support for E85 fuel (the Volt now requires
premium), and the gas tank was cut in size from
12 gallons to less than 8 gallons.
One thing that remained constant
through this constant state of change with the Volt program over the
past three years has been the electric driving range of the vehicle.
General Motors has always stuck to a 40-mile range for the vehicle on
battery power alone. Now, however, GM has revised the battery range
to "25 to 50 miles" according
to the Associated Press.
GM spokesman Rob Peterson says that the
revised range figures come as a result of extended testing including operating the Volt in extreme
temperatures. Other factors that will come into play include
whether the driver is traveling on flat or hilly roads, whether the
HVAC is operating, or if the driver has a lead foot.
By stating this change now, GM may
avoid complaints from customers in the future who don't achieve the
previously stated 40-mile battery range. On the flip side, Volt
owners who drive on absolutely perfect/level roads, don't run the AC,
and drive miserly can at least be delighted at the potential for 50
miles of battery-only travel.
The additional driving range provided by the gasoline
engine/generator remains the same at 300 miles.
GM expects to build 10,000
Volts by the end of 2011 at a cost of $41,000
each (before a $7,500 tax credit). The company hopes to boost
production to 30,000 the following year.
The Volt will be joined at a later date
by the Volt
MPV5 which offers a crossover body style and seating for 5. GM
stated that that the vehicle would have an electric driving range of
32 miles at its announcement – there's no word on what the revised figure will be once it reaches production.
quote: But they made a marketing mistake by insisting on premium fuel. That shatters the "green" image they sought to create
quote: When a similar vehicle comes from Toyota or Nissan and as scale of production drops the price significantly, I'm in.
quote: I'm not sure I get this one, how does requiring premium fuel mean 'less environmentally friendly' than regular fuel? More expensive, yes, but less environmentally friendly?
quote: 2. They *KNOW* that they are a good 5 years behind GM in terms of developing an electric vehicle.


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quote: I find Obama the lesser of two evils
quote: Both options were bad.
quote: "HEY EVERYONE! LOOK! I HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE OF A 10 YEAR OLD AND THE MATURITY OF ONE TOO. WATCH ME ACT LIKE A MORON WHILE I SHOVE MY HEAD UP MY ASS WHENEVER SOMEONE HAS AN OPINION I DON'T LIKE"Basic summary of the way Reclaimer77 is acting. Props to those keeping a level head in the "conversation".
quote: Democrats are not the friends to the common man that they are made out to be. I think this revelation is too much for the individuals who typically lean that way to bear, so they ignore it.
quote: I happen to believe Romney would be a better President than Obama. But that's hardly a glowing endorsement, seeing as how Obama has set the bar so low almost anyone else would make the cut.
quote: There was no good candidate in 2008, or 2012. Romney was bad. Ron Paul was bad. Obama was bad, but he was the less worse of the three potentially electable candidates.
quote: Nope. Romney wasn't peachy at all. He simply knows how to run a business--as you so eloquently pointed out. Given that we're 17 TRILLION in debt--and counting--I would that that qualification, alone, should have placed him at the top of the pile for "most qualified candidates". Call me crazy because I think a man with demonstrated fiscal responsibility should be put in charge. *facepalm*
quote: EasyC: I find Obama the lesser of two evilsReclaimer77: Then you're just an idiot


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Sources: Detroit News, NPCC, Nation Corn Growers Assoc., EPA
quote: Sugar sold for 21 cents a pound in the United States when the world sugar price was less than 3 cents a pound. Each 1-cent increase in the price of sugar adds between $250 million and $300 million to consumers' food bills. A Commerce Department study estimated that the sugar program was costing American consumers more than $3 billion a year.


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Sixty-Seven Percent of DU Student-Athletes Earn Spot on Director of Athletics' Honor Roll
June 13, 2012
PITTSBURGH - A total of 67 percent of the Duquesne student-athletes have earned a spot on the Director of Athletics' Honor Roll for the end of the Spring 2012 semester. To earn this distinction, student-athletes must have achieved at least a 3.0 grade point average for the semester.
Of the 351 student-athletes on the Director of Athletics' Honor Roll, 127 earned a spot on the Dean's List with a GPA of 3.5 or above and 21 student-athletes had a perfect 4.0 GPA for the semester.
Of the Dukes' 16 varsity teams, 14 had an average GPA over 3.0 for the semester, led by women's tennis who posted a team average of 3.62. Overall, the 16 teams had a cumulative average of 3.266.


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With time to consider the most memorable moment of her Olympic experience, 2003 Everett Area High School graduate Natalie Dell didn't pick having a medal placed around her neck.
Dell instead related the tale of going to the stadium in London with a teammate a few days later to take in the events in track and field, the sport in which she starred with the Lady Warriors. There, she saw Sarah Attah finish last in her trial by a wide margin in the 800-meter run.
Attah, though, was becoming one of the first female athletes ever to compete in the Olympics for Saudi Arabia. Dell recognized how that made Attah a winner in her own way.
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Mirror photos by Patrick Waksmunski
2012-13 Altoona Mirror Athletes of the Week and special award winners included (from left):?First row—Chestnut Ridge's Dan Albright and Ben Pick, Northern Bedford's Wes Foor, Altoona's Tanner Baumgartner, Bellwood-Antis' Keith Shawley, Noah Davis, Casey Gray, Ian O'Shea, Haden DeGennaro and Seth Worthing, Williamsburg's Bryce England. Second row—Portage's Olivia McCabe, Bellwood-Antis' Katy Leamer, Penn Cambria's Taylor Freeman, Bellwood-Antis' Taylor Payne, Hollidaysburg's Morgan Griffith, Altoona's Hannah Mulhern and Abby Wagner, Central Cambria's Hannah Swope, Sam Elkin and Alyssa Brandis, Central's Taylor Flaugh and Kylie Gunnett, Bellwood-Antis' Jacqueline Finn. Third row—Juniata Valley's Abbie Zinobile, Northern Bedford's Maria Snyder and Leah Hershberger, Altoona's Ashli Livermore, Everett's Kadie Morral, Tyrone's Jordyn Swogger, Altoona's Kaycie Reffner and Darby Lee, Bishop Guilfoyle's Halee Adams, Kayla Bates and Devin Stessney, Bishop Carroll's Sarah Gomish, Altoona's Caitlyn Hall, Bishop Guilfoyle's Alyssa McGhee and Rachel Potopa. Fourth row—Penn Cambria's James Mardula, Central Cambria's Max Kirsch, Bishop Carroll's Scott Ranck, Tyrone's Greg Ferguson, Hollidaysburg's Jordan Kirsch, Bishop Carroll's Brandon Martinazzi, Central's Ethan Lewis, Hollidaysburg's Mace Long, Cambria Heights' Tristin Irwin, Altoona's T.J. Brandt, Bishop Guilfoyle's Ben Kasun and Brandon Drenning, Huntingdon's Collin Glorioso. Fifth row—Tyrone's Brandon Gripp, Northern Bedford's Blake Over, Hollidaysburg's Brian Urban and Macky Power, Penn Cambria's A.J. Leahey, Claysburg-Kimmel's Trey Claar and Zach Helsel, Tyrone's James Oliver, Hollidaysburg's Matt Barton and Hannah Mercer, Claysburg-Kimmel's Abby Kulick, Philipsburg-Osceola's Kate Burge, Claysburg-Kimmel's Kiersten Coho. Absent were Hollidaysburg's Mikayla Dongell and Brett Hileman, Central's Austin Cunningham and Bradi Moore, Bedford's James Jeffries and Ryan Easter, Penn Cambria's Tori Shingler, Glendale's Damon Braniff, Everett's Aubrea Phipps, Claysburg-Kimmel's Josh Brown, Portage's Haley Heidler.
"As she is running down the backstretch, the stadium starts to rumble a little bit, because I think we all realized this was a moment in history, and this is something that is way bigger than running," Dell said. "She hits that final stretch, and it's like the whole stadium is going to come down. As she cross the line, the sound was just deafening."
Dell elicited a similar response, the bronze medalist rower delivering a stirring 16-minute speech that drew a standing ovation and served as the highlight of the eighth annual Altoona Mirror Athlete of the Year Banquet on Monday night at The Casino at Lakemont.
By the end of the event, Hollidaysburg Area High School's Matt Barton had been crowned the Male Athlete of the Year, and Northern Bedford's Maria Snyder had been presented the award for the top female athlete.
Central Cambria's Alyssa Brandis (Angie Gioiosa Memorial Award), Bellwood-Antis' Noah Davis (Ron Rickens Sportsmanship Award, male), Penn Cambria's Taylor Freeman (Erin Dodson Memorial Award), Central Cambria's Max Kirsch (Frank Kiraly Memorial Award), Cambria Heights' Tristin Irwin (Erin Johnson Award) and Hollidaysburg's Hannah Mercer (Ron Rickens Sportsmanship Award, female) took home the other major awards. More than 60 recipients of the 611 MRI Altoona Mirror Athlete of the Week awards also received plaques.
It was Dell, though, who put everything in amazing perspective.
"That was a gold-medal speech," said Mirror general manager Erik Brown a few moments later as he took the stage to give Dell a gift: a plaque of her own with the group picture of her with the Mirror all-star track and field team from her senior year of high school.
Accompanied by friend and high school teammate Stephanie Strittmatter, Dell held the crowd in the palm of her hand, as she talked about watching Attah and how the idea for her speech coalesced during her plane trip from San Francisco, joked about meeting Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, briefly touched on her own Olympic journey and waxed philosophical when discussing how both she and Strittmatter - a college distance runner turned biathlete - went on to have success in different sports than those in which they started.
"I didn't find the sport that I was truly meant to do until I was in college, and I've got to be honest, I think there are a few other sports that God has made me to do, and I have yet to find them," Dell said. "The door is not closed. There are a lot of sports out there. Keep your hear opened. Keep your mind opened."
Dell laughed upon seeing a photo of Altoona pole vaulter upside down going over the bar, and she mentioned her reaction during her speech.
"I wasn't even close to this good in high school," Dell said. "I feel like I'm really amidst greatness."
Dell wrapped up by leaving the athletes who were intending to continue competing in college with a few suggestions, including to care about what you are doing, be nice, be coachable, do not give up, and, above all, to thank their parents.
"Winning has different meetings. For some of us, it is coming in last in the Olympics and making history. For others, it's getting a college scholarship. For others, it is passing down your knowledge as a coach," Dell said. "For many, it's pouring out your heart in your children's dreams as you rack up those miles in your cars going to and from their practices."
The role of parents was a recurring theme at the banquet. The Kiraly and Rickens awards were presented by their daughters, Melanie Madey and Linda Schellhammer, while the Dodson Award was handed out by her parents, Michelle and Bernie Dodson.
"Newspapers make everything better," Mirror publisher Ed Kruger said at the start of the festivities, "but parents make everything better."
In fact, almost every speaker and recipient followed Dell's advice and made mention of their mother and father.
"Parents' sacrifice led to the children's success," added sponsor Adam Trybus.
In Barton's case, a good gene pool didn't hurt, either - his father, John, played football at West Virginia and then coached him in the same sport. The younger Barton starred on the gridiron, make the all-area first team twice, but his athletic achievements also included winning his weight class in the District 6 Class AAA tournament and taking first in the discus and shot put at the 6-AAA track and field championships.
"I thank my parents for supporting me my whole athletic career," Barton said.
A James Madison recruit, Snyder was a six-time District 5 individual champion in track, a four-time PIAA medalist in track and cross country and managed to win a pair of District 5 singles tennis titles, even though her school doesn't have a tennis team.
The guidance of elders also played a big role for Irwin, who won the Johnson Award for perseverance in the face of adversity. In Irwin's case, though, it was his grandparents, Chris Irwin and Jerry Brant, who took over after his parents divorced and his father was killed in a car accident when he was almost 3.
Starting off swimming in the family bathtub, his guardians encouraged Irwin in his athletic pursuits, who went to set swimming records at Heights, starring in soccer and lettering in football and track, as well.
Davis and Mercer both were recognized for their friendliness despite being fierce competitors - Davis most notably in basketball and Mercer in basketball and softball - while volunteering free time to charitable organizations.
"Sportsmanship has always been a big thing with my parents," Davis said. "They've always told me to try to block someone's shot or try to score on them, but, when the play's over, help them up, pat them on the back and, after the game, try to become their friend."
Kirsch received the Kiraly Award for the area's top golfer after winning his second District 6 championship and finishing eighth at the state tournament. Freeman picked up the Dodson Award for the top volleyball player by virtue of setting a school record for kills with 505 in leading the Lady Panthers to their second district championship in three years.
Brandis was honored as the top distance runner in the area. She's medaled four times in the PIAA cross country meet - taking silver as a senior - in addition to winning two state medals in track.
"I want to thank my family, coach, friends, everyone who supported me," Brandis said.


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U R SUED: Patent holding company targets 131 companies over SMS patents
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| Sometimes, it seems as if licensing and patent holding companies are holding
| a secret contest between themselves to see who can pack in the most
| defendants into a patent lawsuit. Technology Patents LLC may be the new
| champion for suing 131 companies worldwideâthe list goes on and on, naming
| companies like Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, Telstra, AT&T, Cincinnati Bell,
| Motorola, Microsoft, Helio, Taiwan Mobile, O2, Rogers Wireless, China
| Resources Peoples Telephone Company, Yahoo, Sprint, and everyone in between.
EFF Supports Consumer Right To Repair, Resell Patented Goods
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| The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to
| protect consumers' traditional right to use, repair, and resell the products
| they own, even if those products are patented. At stake is the enforceability
| of "single use" and "not for resale" labels on patented products.
When Patents Threaten Science
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| Patents should not be used to protect laws of nature, products of
| nature, or mathematical formulas.
Microsoft hopes to patent 'automatic goodbye messages'
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| Microsoft is trying to patent automatic goodbye messages, including "Have a
| great afternoon!" and "Ciao, Harry!"
Microsoft Deems Emotiflags Patent-Worthy
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| Microsoft said you could count on them to improve patent quality.
| For an example of how they're raising the bar on innovation, check
| out this just-published patent application for Emotiflags, which
| Microsoft explains solves the problem of indicating an emotion
| associated with an email message. At the risk of infringing on the
| patent, this one Makes Me Mad!"
Microsoft patent hints at pay-as-you-go OS
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| A Microsoft patent application from June 2005, published only today,
| titled "System and method for delivery of a modular operating system"
| may signal a fundamental change for what an operating systems stands
| for and how it is sold.
In Microsoft Patent App, TV Watches You
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| In a just-published patent application for delivering Advertising that is
| relevant to a person, nine Microsoft inventors spell out plans for using
| cameras, remote controls and biometric sensors... Â*
Advertising that is relevant to a person - classic case of patent trolling
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| Patent application Advertising that is relevant to a person just filed by
| Microsoft is a splendid example of patent abuse or patent trolling. Â*
A Patent Lie
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| Microsoft sang a very different tune in 1991. In a memo to his
| senior executives, Bill Gates wrote, "If people had understood how
| patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented,
| and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete
| standstill today." Mr. Gates worried that "some large company will
| patent some obvious thing" and use the patent to "take as much of
| our profits as they want."
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| ...Thanks to Mr. Gates, we now know that an open Internet with protocols
| anyone can implement is communism...
| ...Mr. Gates' secret is out now--he too was a "communist;" he, too,
| recognized that software patents were harmful-until Microsoft
| became one of these giants...
Big businesses boast of patent benefits, for small businesses
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| A report published by an EU task force on intellectual property claims
| that small businesses benefit from a patent system, despite lacking
| almost any participation by the small business community.
| Instead, the report, titled IPR (intellectual property rights) for
| competitiveness and innovation, was written up almost entirely by
| large corporations and the patent industry.
| [...]
| The report does note objections from the likes of patentfrei.de and
| Sun Microsystems, which were recorded at some length in the report.
| But this does not appear to have impacted the conclusion of the
| report in any way
| [...]
| Jean-Pierre Laisne, of ObjectWeb, an open source software community,
| said that he found the report useless: participants were told that
| all their contributions would be recorded but at the end only
| those of Business Software Alliance and Microsoft were used.
MS Seeks Patent On Virtual Fuzzy Dice
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| Microsoft just published a patent application for an adaptive heads-up user
| interface for automobiles. It covers, among other things, virtual fuzzy dice
| that appear to move with automobile movements. Â*
Will Microsoft Put The Colonel in the Kernel?
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| "The kernel meets The Colonel in a just-published Microsoft patent
| application for an Advertising Services Architecture, which delivers targeted
| advertising as 'part of the OS.' Â*
Microsoft patents the mother of all adware systems
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| The adware framework would leave almost no data untouched in its quest to
| sell you stuff. It would inspect "user document files, user e-mail files,
| user music files, downloaded podcasts, computer settings, computer status
| messages (e.g., a low memory status or low printer ink)," and more. How could
| we have been so blind as to not see the marketing value in computer status
| messages? Â* Â*
Microsoft stole KittenAuth, renamed it and claimed it as their own.
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| The Microsoft Asirra project sites Oli as a source yet the Yahoo news story
| did not. I can only imagine that the more and more the Asirra project is
| pushed into the public domain, the less Oli will be cited as having the
| original idea. This isn't actually fair and I'd be very very upset if I was
| him. The idea is excellent yet the credit certainly won't be passed in his
| direction anymore. Any financial gain from the project won't pay royalties to
| him either and it's not like he could patent the idea originally. Â* Â* Â*
Microsoft files further adware patent
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| An example is given of a user browsing to a folder full of MP3 media files -
| such browsing would alert the adware monitor that the user may need MP3
| playing software, decoders, soundcards or other related items, and the
| appropriate advertising could then be displayed in a popup. Â*
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| 'MS are key sponsors of "Voices For Innovation" aimed at MS customers
| and designed to put a positive spin on software patents and enlist people
| to lobby on their behalf.'
Patent creators say Microsoft lied to get better deal on DVR patents
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| Microsoft is facing a patent lawsuit over its failed Ultimate TV DVR
| system. The lawsuit, filed by joint venture company Intellivision
| (no relation to the Mattel console), accuses the company of making
| fraudulent and misleading claims in order to acquire intellectual
| property without having to make royalty payments.
Fun with Google Patent Search: Why does the maker of Windows hold a patent on
a door hinge?
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| The patent was granted in 1998 and received a dribble of publicity
| in 1999, but I'm hard pressed to find any meaningful explanation for
| a door hinge being in the control of the company that made Windows famous.
Commerce Secretary names Schramm to innovation panel
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| He will be part of a lineup that includes the Microsoft Corp. CEO
| Steve Ballmer, 3M CEO George Buckley, UPS Chairman and CEO Michael Eskew,
| IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano and Wal-Mart Stores Vice Chairman John
| Menzer.
Did Microsoft just patent sudo?
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| 1985, huh? And when did this Microsoft patent happen? It was filed in
| 2000. Well gee, that doesn't make sense. How'd they get the patent?
| It certainly falls under the category of "obvious" if there's prior
| art such as sudo.
| What makes this whole thing funny, though, is something I saw a couple
| days ago. Head over to Builder-AU and listen to Peter Watson from
| Microsoft. He says,
| Â* "User Account Control is a great idea and strategically
| Â* a direction that sort of all operating systems and all technology
| Â* should be heading down"
| Excuse me? Does he really believe this is all Microsoft's great new
| idea?
| In the end, this seems like a patent that Microsoft will hold up and
| say "we have a patent and Linux is violating it!" They won't ever
| sue on it though (just leave the threat hanging to scare away
| potential users), because then they could have the patent revoked.
| It's better for them to just wave it around.
Microsoft Wins in Supreme Court; AT&T Ruling Overturned
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| In a stunning 7-1 decision with extremely broad implications in
| the field of patents and patentability, the US Supreme Court has
| overturned a Federal Circuit ruling that was in favor of AT&T,
| and has apparently affirmed Microsoft's arguments that software
| coupled with the device on which the software is installed
| cannot be considered patentable.