NoiseInsideMyHead
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Speaking of LJS' demise (in poking around, I see that the store in Sioux Falls closed last year), it is safe to say that the fast food game has permanently changed. Yet among the new and rising stars in the quick-serve universe (pick your list, they're all over the internet), it doesn't seem that GF is on anyone's radar. (Heck, we didn't even get a Panera until very recently, and they were old news.) Same for casual restaurants. Should we even hold out hope?
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At least we don't have to envy Fargo's Long John Silver's any longer.
http://www.inforum.com/business/3847278-inside-business-dickeys-barbecue-pit-aw-close-fargo
But those one-hour runs for Fish'n More are history.
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So, we're replacing a young, start-up chain burrito restaurant with a one-off owned and conceived by a man who "specializes in frozen burritos."
One must maintain optimism.
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Hey, Choke-aha!
Tickets, on sale, online, to all.
This is how a class program operates.
PS - Enjoy your drive up I-29.
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What is the NCAA going to tell UND, that their new bird logo can't have feathers on it?!!
I heard your team needed a name. So many choices, far too lame. NCAA says 'birds must be plucked.' Now UND is really...
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...anyone know if und plans to keep/connect the road behind memorial with that little road that runs behind the eerc....
That's going to become a trail of tears once the new nickname is announced. Part of the campus master flood control plan.
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At this point, all bison73 has done is to make Rob Port look like a genius by comparison. At least SAB cites sources, posts documents, and tries to spin anti-UND venom into something reasonably coherent.
"UND doesn't pay its bills. [sticks thumbs in ears] I win!"
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Does an affiliate have to get dispensation from the Vatican to pre-empt Notre Dame football?
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Only slightly off topic, but I saw Black Mass last night, and it would be an excellent way to decompress after a long day watching football. Great movie!
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College Gameday with several laughs at UND's expense this morning for not having a nickname. Also made fun of Nodaks.
I don't watch these guys as much as I have in the past, but that segment was poorly thought out and the execution was even worse. Either take on the NA nickname issue head-on (like journalists), spend some time on the nickname process (could be an interesting story, especially for fans who can't fathom their own school having to do so), or leave it alone. Half-assed ad libbing and sorry attempts at humor - at the expense of an FCS team with virtually no national footprint -
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No, I'm not the author of "How To Ruin Your Shoo-In Election As Governor Without Even Getting Out of Bed". Sorry.
FYP with the unabridged title of that masterpiece.
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Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. On the other hand, the logo possibilities are endless.
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Yah I was lazy on the details ...
+ 1 for the most brutally honest statement on this topic, ever.
Now, if only some of the more outspoken posters here would take a moment and reflect on the importance of details. (Graduates of the Marlan Haakenson School of Law, Good Sense, and DecorumSM are excused.)
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Well it appears the Forum will leave no rock unturned in order to stir the waters - you would think a large media conglomerate would have a better understanding of copyright and registration laws. The headline is so misleading - UND would not need an advertising agencies "permission" to use Sundog as a university athletic program logo. This is just low-brow journalism.
Sorry to nit-pick, but the fact that you refer to "copyright" is the very reason why the public needs to be spoon-fed. Names aren't copyrightable; this is the domain of trademark law. And while every user of a non-original, non-unique trademark may run the risk of infringing another's rights, permission is never required. At the same time, you should read that story as a juxtaposition against the nonsense coming out of Bismarck on Monday, not as a law school lesson.
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Finally, a voice of reason. THIS is how rational, sane and informed business owners (and citizens) behave. No hijinks, no threats, no subtle demands, only the healthy realization that they may own a "trademark" but they don't own the English language. The smart ones even recognize the potential for a huge UP-side. Some of you should take note...
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My point: What's to stop the next guy from trademarking and/or tradename the names for his college basement athletic teams consisting of air hockey and Foosball. That he also wants to sell shirts for online. Then someone takes UND to court for using North Dakota Fighting Hawks when UND with its infinite wisdom could have avoided the whole mess.
How?
Registered a trade name it doesn't need? (Hint: UND is going to continue to be known and do business as the "University of North Dakota.")
Registered a trademark it isn't using? (Hint: All UND has is a list of five potential candidates for adoption and no present intent to use any of them, even though it might intend to use one of them.)
Please enlighten the masses, oh sage one. We're dying to hear your proposed solutions.
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Facepalm to this administration if they didn't already register the five remaining options for "athletic sports teams."
Which I have a feeling they haven't.....*facepalm.*
Because if they did, it would have been reported.
You may be missing the point. It's a little hard to "register" that which you are not using. Yet, this yahoo goes and files papers with the state claiming to be engaging in the real estate business under all three names, admittedly for the sole purpose of sabotaging the University's nickname process. Kind of makes one wonder whether the whole thing is a sham but who knows, maybe he really is branching out with three new start-ups and wants to compete with himself in the marketplace.
Last I checked, filing bogus papers with the government was somewhat frowned upon.
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I'd hope with all the money, time, and effort und has put into the process this guy couldn't just come and screw it all up!
No, but UND's closet dream of opening up a personal real estate agency in North Dakota just took a massive hit.
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Haakenson said he registered the trade names in an attempt to interfere with the nickname selection process, though a UND official said such an attempt was unlikely to succeed.
In Haakenson's case, all three trade names are registered as "Real Estate - Personal."
Haakenson expressed confidence in his effort and said he sees his effort as ultimately working to return UND to the Fighting Sioux.
"I will predict that sometime in the future, maybe long after I'm dead and gone, the name will come back," he said.
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Sounds like the Alerus Center has added fireworks (pyrotechnics) for football games.
It should be a nice addition. Every time UND scores ....
Seemed forced, poorly thought out, and altogether kind of hacky. Too much borrowing from REA, and too little originality, methinks.
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Is it even possible for Verizon's signal at the Alerus to have gotten worse? Ugh.
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Deficit or no, UND has got to bear down and get its own truck. This $39.95 U-Haul thing just doesn't look right, or befitting of a serious program.
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Perfect time to re-visit the Wyoming Prediction thread. Almost cringeworthy.
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Can they count and do so securely?
Good question.
Here is the photo of the CEO from his Linked-In page, so I think we're good.
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Band and pregame video playing over each other right now. Tacky, and embarrassing. (We'll, it would be embarrassing if there were any non-die hards here.)