The Velvet Underground sued a foundation that manages artist Andy Warhol’s legacy in a trademark dispute over the influential New York-based rock band’s iconic cover for its 1967 album “The Velvet Underground & Nico.” The cover features a banana on a white background with Warhol’s signature. The artist selected the banana design from an element of advertisement in the public domain, according to the lawsuit. The band essentially served as the house band for Warhol’s studio, The Factory, and contributed soundtracks to several of his film projects. A partnership, which manages the band’s catalogue and includes band members Lou Reed and John Cale as partners, claims that The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. has infringed the band’s trademark by licensing the banana image to third parties, including purportedly cases for iPhones and iPads. The partnership, which filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on Jan. 11, is seeking a declaration that the Warhol Foundation has no copyright interest in the design. CHAD BRAY
See image of Warhol banana at: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/01/11/yes-we-have-no-bananas-velvet-underground-sues-warhol-group/

December 08, 2011
As one of the pioneers of information technology, LexisNexis has earned its reputation as an innovator that only works with best-in-class solutions. After careful consideration, the company picked MarkLogic Corporation, the company empowering organizations to make high stakes decisions on Big Data in real time, to power components of the new platform behind Lexis Advance, the next generation legal research solution.
http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2011-12-08/aBLTkRBMK3Fo.html
Please note that this is a "puff piece".

January 12, 2012
Today, Bernstein Research. released a report: Reed Elsevier: Voices Calling for Asset Divestitures Should Grow Louder, and Perhaps Fall on Deaf Ears which includes some significant implications for the legal publishing marketplace. The report recommends that Reed Elsevier divest some units including LexisNexis and suggests by implication that Bloomberg Law is standing by and ready to purchase those assets. The report also notes that interviews with U.S. law librarians were a key source used in the report. http://deweybstrategic.blogspot.com/

THREE SISTERS
Three Sisters (play), a play by Anton Chekhov.
The Three Sisters (1930 film)
Three Sisters (film), a 1970 motion picture adaptation of the Chekhov play
Three Sisters (TV series), a 2001 comedy series on NBC
Three Sisters (Oregon), a cluster of volcanoes in Oregon
Three Sisters (District of Columbia), three islands in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
Three Sisters (Great Lakes), a series three islands on the Great Lakes.
The Three Sisters (New York), three small islands off the west side of Goat Island in the Niagara Falls State Park.
The Three Sisters (Queensland), three islands in the Torres Strait North Queensland, Australia.
The Three Sisters (Aleutian Islands), Alaska
The Three Sisters (Ireland), a group of three rivers in Ireland.
Three Sisters Springs (Florida), on the Crystal River.
Three Sisters Wilderness, a wilderness area in the Oregon Cascades.
Three Sisters (Pittsburgh), a collection of three nearly identical bridges in Pittsburgh
Three Sisters (Waipoua Forest), three large Kauri trees in Waipoua Forest, New Zealand.
Three Sisters (agriculture), the three basic agricultural crops of indigenous peoples in North America.
Three Sisters (tomato), a variety of tomato See many more items at:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_term_three_sisters_mean

Giving Turnips a Second Look TARA PARKER-POPE
Last fall, I was speaking with the Meatball Shop chef, Daniel Holzman, and the conversation turned to one of his favorite side dishes: Smashed Turnips With Fresh Horseradish. The turnip, Chef Holzman says, is one of the most “underappreciated and often overlooked” vegetables at the market. “They are super-delicious, really inexpensive and easy to cook,” he said. “But for whatever reason, they are not part of our regular culinary quiver.” This week, Martha Rose Shulman weighs in with five new ways to enjoy turnips, including her own take on mashed turnips, as well as a frittata, a creamy gratin, a stir-fry and a comforting couscous.
Turnip Gratin:
Couscous With Turnips and Sweet Potatoes:
Frittata With Turnips and Olives: Rice Noodles With Stir-Fried Chicken, Turnips and Carrots:
Mashed Turnips and Potatoes With Turnip Greens: Find recipes at: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/giving-turnips-a-second-look/?ref=health

Homemade brass and copper polish Put 2 tablespoons of salt into a cup of white vinegar. Add just enough flour to form a smooth paste. Dip a damp cloth into the paste, then rub until the stains disappear. Rinse with cold water, dry.