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NCSF's 2014 Roundup
NCSF's 2014 Roundup 2014 has been a year of progress for NCSF and for people who are kinky and nonmonogamous. The national conversation about gay marriage, consent, and even Fifty Shades of Grey are transforming mainstream attitudes. The change in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5 stating that BDSM is a healthy form of sexual expression has also had a significant impact on both the courts and public opinion about kink. Education Outreach Project The NCSF Board Members and presenters gave Education Outreach Project workshops and tabled at 36 events in 2014 (compared to 22 in 2013), with a…
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom: Are you ready for the Fifty Shades of Gray Movie?
Does your media agency have resources for these special interest pieces? Contact the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom for interviews and information on kink and open relationships. NCSF is the national advocate for consensual adult sexual expression. Why kink? There has been a significant interest in BDSM sparked by the wildly successful Fifty Shades of Grey. Similar topics appeared in recent TV Shows from CSI to House to Desperate Housewives, and even animated shows such as American Dad. Furthermore many people, married and otherwise, are discovering and practicing non-monogamy. From polyamory to swinging to open relationships, a notable percentage of the public are shifting their relationship parameters in an honest…
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GayLawNet Joins Forces with NCSF
NCSF's Kink Aware Professionals joins forces with GayLawNet NCSF has expanded the reach of its Kink Aware Professionals by collaborating with GayLawNet, which now offers a way for lawyers in their database to self-identify as Kink Aware Professionals: gaylawnet.com/attorneys/ussolc.html "Whenever someone can't find a lawyer in NCSF's KAP list, I always refer them to GayLawNet," says Susan Wright, spokesperson for NCSF. "Many of their gay-friendly lawyers are eager to work with kinky people, and the GayLawNet database is huge." NCSF recently started an outreach campaign to the lawyers who have listed themselves on GayLawNet to let them…
Tides Awards NCSF $1,500 Grant
NCSF Receives Grant Award NCSF is proud to announce the receipt of a $1,500 grant awarded by Tides Foundation. About Tides #TidesProject "Since 1976, Tides Foundation has worked with over 15,000 individuals and organizations in the mutual endeavor to make the world a better place. These include foundations, donors, corporations, social investors, nonprofit organizations, government institutions, community organizations, activists, social entrepreneurs, and more. We break down the walls between entrepreneurs and their efforts to bring positive change to their communities. We are all about new ideas, innovation, and providing the tools to make these great ideas a reality." NCSF is…
NCSF Mental Health Survey
NCSF Mental Health Survey Please take the NCSF Mental Health Survey! We would like to know more about your BDSM practices, mental health and relational violence experiences: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FZ2XDMP NCSF is working with researchers at Sam Houston University's Department of Psychology and Philosophy who will compare our responses to two other sample populations – one college-aged and the other LGBT. NCSF will use these results to help with our advocacy, benefiting both existing and developing programs. Specifically, the study's results will assist in educating law enforcement, legal and psychological professionals about the practices and mental health of BDSM practitioners. The survey…
Military Court Accepts NCSF's Amicus Brief
Military Court Accepts NCSF's Amicus Brief in Support of Consensual Nonmonogamy April 24, 2014 – Washington, DC – The Navy and Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals has accepted NCSF's amicus ("friend of the court") brief advising the court that prosecutors are avoiding the Supreme Court decision, made in Lawrence v. Texas, that moral judgment is not a basis for criminalizing consensual sexual conduct, and that consensual sex should only be criminalized if that conduct is injurious or goes against a valid societal interest. In the appellate case, it was argued that the activities were "public" even though the sexual…
Ombudsman Committee Established
NCSF Appoints Members of the Ombuds Committee June 3, 2014 - NCSF is proud to announce these appointments to the Ombuds Committee: Desmond Ravenstone, James Huesmann and Bjorn Paulee. The Ombuds Committee handles complaints and concerns regarding the conduct of NCSF officers and staff, and the operations of NCSF institutions. The NCSF Ombuds Committee shall be established as an Advisory Committee, as per NCSF bylaws, to review Coalition administration and activities, assuring ethical and effective fulfillment of NCSF's mission and goals. Board Member Fil Vocasek is the Board Liaison to the Ombuds Committee. NCSF thanks the three members…
NCSF Files Amicus Brief in Military Court
NCSF Files Amicus Brief in Support of Consensual Nonmonogamy March 26, 2014 – Washington D.C. – NCSF has filed an amicus brief in a military case involving a marine who engaged in a consensual threesome and because of that was convicted of adultery, attempted consensual sodomy and indecent conduct, a "crime" based solely on undefined sexual conduct inconsistent with "common propriety." In its brief, NCSF points out that military law is out of sync with U.S. Constitutional law and societal mores, especially when it comes to consensual sexual behaviors. Dick Cunningham, NCSF's Legal Counsel who prepared and filed…
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Parks and Recreation Notes: Jan. 18
• The Knightdale Recreation Center, located at 102 Lawson Ridge Road, offers several fitness opportunities for children.
Kindertot, for 2-year-olds, meets Thursdays from 3-3:30 p.m. at a cost of $35 per month (four sessions). The program is designed to develop gross motor skills, movement creativity, physical development and body awareness, while learning numbers, colors, shapes and songs.
Kinderdance, for ages 3-5, meets Wednesdays from 6:30-7:15 p.m. at a cost of $42 per session. This is a developmental dance, movement and fitness program taught on three levels. It teaches the basics of ballet, tap, acrobatics and creative movement while blending educational concepts.
Registration for these programs can be completed at Knightdale Town Hall, 950 Steeple Square Court, or by calling owner/instructor Elizabeth Littleton at 919-274-7055.
• Zumba classes are held at 6 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. every Tuesday, and from 6:30-7:30 p.m. every Thursday at the K-Fit Center, 426 N. First Ave. The cost is $5 per class, pay at time of class.
• The town's newest Zumba class, Zumba Gold, which offers a scaled back version of the dance moves, meets Thursdays from 10:30-11:15 a.m. at the K-Fit Center, 426 N. First Ave. The cost is $5 at the door.
• Mandy's Aerobics is an ongoing class held at the K-Fit Center.
Class are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:30-9 a.m. (abs) and 9-10 a.m. (step/sculpt). Classes also meet Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m., and Sundays beginning at 6 p.m.
The cost is $5 per class, and all equipment is provided except for a mat or towel and water bottle. For more information, call 919-217-2236.
The Wendell Community Center, 601 W. Third St., has several offerings for those interested in exercising. For more information on the following programs, call the center at 919-366-2266.
• Zumba with Beth Narron is held Tuesdays at 6 p.m.
• The community center weight room is open Monday to Thursday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost for all members is $10 per month.
• Wendell Parks and Recreation holds weekly CPR/AED, first aid, and child and babysitting safety classes at the Wendell Community Center, 601 W. Third St. For times and other details, call 919-366-2266.
The Zebulon Community Center, 301 S. Arendell Ave., has several offerings for those interested in exercise and health-related events. For more information on the following programs, call the center at 919-823-0432.
• The Community Center will host its winter games from 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 20. The day will feature relays, games, arts and crafts, and more. Register by Jan. 13. $10 for residents, $15 for non-residents.
• East Wake Healthy Weight Loss will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. each Thursday from Jan. 15 to Feb. 19 at the Community Center for tips on living up to your New Year's resolution. Registration is $5 per person. Call 919-823-0432.
• 1 to 1:45 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 22 to Feb. 26: Flip, Flop & Drop is an introductory gynmastics class for children ages 3-5. $25 for residents, $30 for non-residents.
• Gymnastics runs from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 26 to March 2. Registration is $25 for residents and $30 for non-residents.
• Family Saturdays feature events from 10 to 11 a.m. at the center. Basketball for ages 8-13 is $20/$25 (resident/non-resident) or $5 per class; Zumba for kids ages 7-11 is $20/25 or $5 per class; and Yoga for adults is $5 per class, or use your Get Fit pass.
• A line dancing class will take place at 10 a.m. Wednesdays.
• Kid's Fitness for grades K-5 gives children an opportunity to learn more about fitness, exercise and healthy eating.
The class, instructed by Amy Scaggs, consists of age-appropriate exercises (cardio and body weight muscle work), games that include moving and a short lesson on healthy eating.
There is a five-child minimum and 12-child maximum for the classes, which will meet Thursdays from 4-5 p.m. The cost per month is $15 for residents and $20 for nonresidents.
• Zumba classes are offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-7 p.m.
• Yoga classes are held Wednesdays at 9 a.m. and Thursdays at 6 p.m.
• Strength training is offered Thursdays at 9 a.m. and trekking meets Tuesdays at 9 a.m. Use your get fit pass or pay $5 per class.
• Senior aerobics are held Thursdays at 10 a.m. and cost $3 for Zebulon residents and $4 for nonresidents per visit. Senior walking group meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
• Family gym time is offered free on Mondays from 4-5:30 p.m. for children 15 and younger with parental supervision.
Children ages 7-12 can take part in open gym on Tuesdays from 4:30-5:30 p.m. for $1 per visit. Open gym for youth ages 13-17 is Wednesdays from 4-5:30 p.m. for $1 per visit. And open gym for adults 18 and older is offered on Tuesdays from 6:30-8 p.m. at a cost of $2 for residents and $3 for nonresidents.
• Karate classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. Cost is $35 for Zebulon residents, $45 for nonresidents.
• Senior cards time is held for free Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 a.m.
• Free walking programs are offered Monday through Friday from 7-11 a.m.


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Former Ryder Cup Captain Mark James posted his fourth consecutive round of 67 to lead by one stroke following the first round of the ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship at De Vere Slaley Hall, in Northumberland, England.
The Englishman was joint runner up behind Gary Wolstenholme in last week's Benahavis Senior Masters with three straight rounds of 67. After starting on the tenth tee on the Hunting Course, he continued that sequence, carding six birdies before dropping his only shot of the day on the challenging closing ninth hole after his chip from just off the green came up 20ft short.
James missed that par putt and signed for another 67, and at five under par is one shot better off than compatriot Bob Cameron.
"It's a nice number to be stuck on, 67, isn't it?," said the 58 year old. "I played great today. It's one of the very few good rounds I have shot around this course and I felt very much in control.
"The few bad shots I hit, I got up and down well, so I'm very pleased. The stroke felt good today.
"They were decent scores last week but round this course 67 is very good. I've not got a good record around here so I need every inch out of every round."
James, an 18-time European Tour champion, is searching for his first European Senior Tour win since defeating Irishman Eamonn Darcy in a play-off in Mallorca in 2009 and he attributed his recent form to an improvement in his putting stroke.
"I suddenly started putting well on the last day last week," he said. "It came out of nowhere really. Today the stroke was great. It felt simple, from three feet it felt pure, easy and rhythmical. That's not that normal for me. It makes a huge difference to my game if I start putting well.
"I'm coming off two very bad years with the putter so it's a good sign. I read a really good book by Bob Rotella which said if you hole putts on the putting green and miss them on the course it is mental, but if you can't hole them on the putting green it is technical.
"That put my mind at rest that it wasn't mental, and so I know now that if I'm putting badly it's because of my stroke."
Cameron, who also posted six birdies in his round of 68, recorded his joint best finish of 2011 in this event last year, sharing fifth place, and he is hoping for another strong performance this week.
"I'm extremely pleased to be four under after the first round," said the 59 year old. "I nearly dropped a shot on the last but managed to hole a swinging six footer, so I'm very pleased.
"I've always played quite well around here. The greens are so nice to putt on here. That's a strength of my game so it plays into my hands. If I can strike the ball well and keep it in play this week, hopefully I will be there at the finish."
Englishman Jeff Hall briefly joined James in a share of the lead but bogeyed his last two holes – the eighth and ninth holes – to drop back to three under par following a 69.
Six-time European Tour champion Anders Forsbrand is one of six players tied for fourth place on two under par, while defending champion Andrew Oldcorn, who won by nine shots 12 months ago, opened with a level par 72 for a share of 16th position, alongside former Ryder Cup player Barry Lane and 2011 Order of Merit winner Peter Fowler.
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Probiotic. Lacto-fermented. What's it all mean?
Find out how tasty fermented and raw foods can contribute to wellness at a three-hour, cutting-edge workshop Saturday, Nov. 10 at Island Naturals Market and Deli-Kailua.
Benjamin Cohn, fermented and raw food specialist at Honaunau's Dragonfly Ranch, discusses "Raw and Ferment Foods: Their Role in Healing, Health and Well-being" 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
The informative program includes a raw food lunch and admission is by donation. Registration is at 9:45 a.m.; coffee and tea will be served.
The workshop is presented by the Women's Federation for World Peace-Hawaii. WFWP is a global organization that empowers women with knowledge, skills and supportive community to learn their unique value and bring lasting peace. It is co-sponsored by The Pacific Rim Education Foundation (PREF) and Hawaiian Queen Coffee Company.
The workshop will explain the benefits of raw, "living" food and share why fermented foods can improve digestion through a balancing of bacteria and enzymes.
Cole will detail the important connection between fermented foods and vitamin B12 and delve into sprouting food and the proper use of kitchen tools during food preparation.
He will also demonstrate how to prepare raw and fermented foods in a tasty and appealing way so they can be easily integrated into your lifestyle.
Reservations are appreciated to Betsy, 987-6510 or email@example.com.
Island Naturals is located at 74-5487 Kaiwi Street in the Old Industrial Area.
The Pacific Rim Education Foundation sponsors educational programs, funds charitable activities and supports practices that nurture love, wisdom and peace within individuals and families, which promote understanding and connectedness among communities, and which foster wise care for the Earth.
PREF is funded by the Hawaiian Queen Coffee Company (HQC); the Unification Church, founded by the late Reverend Sun Myung Moon; and by individual donors.
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DATE: Sunday, september 8th
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
If you would like to add your Family Mini Session to the end or beginning of this session or choose another date, please let us know. We will send Spring Mini dates closer to the end of the year.
LOCATION: If you have a location in mind, please let us know. Otherwise, just let us know if you prefer RUSTIC, URBAN, TRADITIONAL, GRUNGE, FIELDS, etc. Better yet, if you have seen a session on our IG or FB page that you absolutely loved, let us know.
We have several locations we use in Stanton and the Permian Basin. If your location is anywhere other than Stanton, we will send a location meeting place when we know what look you prefer. The majority of our sessions begin with meeting at the Studio and going from there.
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We are thrilled to be photographing YOU!! We created this page so that you can find all kinds of information about your VIP Senior Session as well as Wardrobe Tips, and location ideas.
SENIOR MAGAZINE: While we count the days until your VIP Session, enjoy looking through our Senior Magazine. Everything from what to expect, wardrobe tips, featured sessions, our specialty products, pricing, and collections can be found inside.
WHAT TO WEAR? Remember, it's all about wonderful YOU! We want to capture your personality, your style, and who you are at this very moment. Ah, the senior year...there is nothing like it! If you need some inspiration for What to Wear, we put this guide together:
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Additional Experiences: Want us to photograph you competing in your favorite sport? Would you like to have a Family Mini Session before your son goes off to college? Would you like to add a Cap and Gown Session highlighting where you will be attending College? Our Additional Experiences are exclusive for our Senior VIP Clients that had or will have a Senior Session Experience and have or will purchase Collection One or Collection Two.
A Few WARDROBE Tips:
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FOR THE PARENTS: Your Senior VIP Session is all about you....but it's also for your parents. Make sure at least one of your outfits is one that they love.
ACCESORIZE TO MAXIMIZE: One outfit can totally look like another outfit simply by adding a hat or a scarf, maybe a vest, and different jewelry. One of our favorite accessories? That's hard to choose....but you can't go wrong with a great leather jacket or even a jean jacket.
KEEP IT EASY: Wearing the same pair of jeans but with a different top and different shoes makes for quick changes but totally different looks. Try vans or converse with skinny jeans and a fun top and then change to Boots, and a sweater or different top and vest or scarf.
STUNNING: This is YOUR VIP Senior Session, choose one outfit that you feel spectacularly stunning in. It could be an over the top outfit that makes you feel STUNNING! An outfit that you wouldn't wear just anywhere. No need to go shopping (unless you need and excuseHa!), check out your closet or borrow from a friend. Think outside the box. A suit is so cool in an urban setting and in a rustic country setting. Call us if you need help with styling...we love to help!
SHOW US THE OUTFITS!!! Text images of your outfits and accessories to Kristi (432 270-2910) or email them (email@example.com). You don't have to be wearing them in the images. Seeing your outfits a week ahead of time helps us plan the perfect props and locations that compliment your style.
Bring your clothes already on hangers complete with accessories. The easiest way to bring your accessories is to place each outfit's accessories in a gallon ziplock bag and hang it with the outfit. It also helps you remember what you wanted to pair with your outfits and makes for quick changes which allows us to maximize your session.
How many outfits should I bring? We will photograph you in three to five outfits as time permits. If you are torn between a few outfits, bring them too, and we can help you decide.


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MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 3-V Biosciences, Inc., announced today that two abstracts have been accepted for presentation at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (The Liver Meeting®) being held November 9-13 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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3-V Biosciences is discovering and developing oral antiviral therapeutics designed to have broad-spectrum activity and a high barrier to resistance. Data characterizing the preclinical antiviral activity of the company's novel small molecules targeting the fatty acid synthase (FASN) pathway for the potential treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection will be featured in oral and poster presentations.
Oral Presentation
Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 5:30pm ET:
HCV Therapy: Preclinical and Early Clinical Development
"Potent Hepatitis C Antiviral Activity By Inhibiting Fatty Acid Synthase"
(Parallel 13, Hynes: Room 21)
Poster Presentation (Presidential Poster of Distinction award)
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 from 8:00am - 12:00pm ET:
HCV Therapy: Preclinical and Early Clinical Development
"TVB-2640, a Novel Anti-HCV Agent, Safely Causes Sustained Host-Target Inhibition in Vivo"
(Poster Hall, #1876)
About FASN
FASN is a cellular enzyme implicated in HCV replication and several cancers. First-generation FASN inhibitors have shown preclinical benefits in a variety of viral infections, including HCV, as well as in models of pancreatic, prostatic, breast and colorectal tumors, but their development has been hindered by poor bioavailability and systemic tolerability. 3-V has discovered and is advancing proprietary FASN inhibitors with pharmaceutical properties that overcome the shortcomings of earlier generations of inhibitors, and have the potential to become potent therapeutics for chronic HCV and other indications.
About 3-V Biosciences
3-V Biosciences, Inc. is a privately held biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops antiviral therapeutics designed to have broad-spectrum activity, including efficacy against viruses resistant to other classes of antiviral drugs, and a high barrier to resistance. The 3-V team applies an integrated approach with internal expertise in virology, biology, drug discovery and development to drive programs forward. The company is located in Menlo Park, California.
For additional information on 3-V Biosciences, please visit www.3vbio.com.
Contact information
Stephen R. Brady
Chief Business Officer
Media Inquiries
BCC Partners on behalf of 3-V Biosciences, Inc.
Karen L. Bergman
Michelle Corral
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Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century by William J. Mitchell, Christopher E. Borroni-Bird, and Lawrence D. Burns, The MIT Press, 227 pages, $21.95
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) by Tom Vanderbilt, Knopf, 416 pages, $24.95
Ask about the future of information technology and many people will tell you something out of The Matrix or, as we call it now, Google. Ask about the future of transportation technology and you'll generally hear about ... cars. Cars that go faster, cars that use less or different fuel, but cars, doing basically what cars do today.
This paucity of imagination reflects a shift in our thinking. In the industrial age, people thought about the future in terms of mechanical inventions. Today, when information technology is central, the hardware is a mere window into a limitless digital "cloud." The automobile, in contrast, remains pure hardware, resolutely machine, thus difficult to project onto a digital future.
Now three engineers have taken a crack at it, with the meticulously detailed, punishingly dry, but sneakily radical Reinventing the Automobile. Written by a trio including the head of the Smart Cities program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (William J. Mitchell), the recent vice president of research and development at General Motors (Lawrence D. Burns), and GM's current director of advanced vehicle-technology concepts (Christopher E. Borroni-Bird), the book is filled with a kind of pocket-protector prose that can be off-putting to the casual reader in search of Gladwell-esque infotainment. There are lots of "synergistic efficiency benefits" and "unified delivery mechanisms," not to mention charts. And graphs. And more charts. But the book richly rewards persistence. Like an onion being peeled, its core insight is unveiled slowly: Reinventing automobiles means reinventing cities.
This is heady stuff. Before jumping in, readers are advised to ground themselves with a quick read of journalist Tom Vanderbilt's recent bestseller Traffic, which makes clear that the main barrier to a smoothly functioning future on the roads is not technology but the hominids behind the wheel, picking their noses and forgetting their turn signals.
Unlike a smart phone (note the name), the only intelligence in a car is what its operator brings to it. Therein lies the rub: Human beings aren't all that suited to the job. The biggest problem is sheer speed. For 99.9 percent of their time on Earth, people rarely traveled above 30 miles per hour; even today, in crowded social spaces, a comfortable driving speed is more like 10 miles per hour. Now we're hurtling around at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, taking in a constant stream of information and making dozens of fine-grained decisions every minute, each based on complex, ambiguous assessments of risk and reward, each subject to perceptual quirks and illusions (yes, everyone thinks the other lane is moving faster).
What's worse, we make these assessments in circumstances that deny us almost all familiar social cues, including the most basic of all, eye contact. Since we have no visual contact with the vast majority of the people with whom we share the road, their ability to communicate their intentions is highly abridged and subject to frequent misinterpretation. No conscious tribal or family ties link us to other drivers, whom most likely we will never encounter again, so there can be no alliances or expectation of reciprocity. Every tool that humans have evolved to deal with other members of their species is blocked or complicated while driving, which may explain why they act like such jerks.
Because it is so often a solitary activity, the little habits, routines, and frustrations of driving can seem oddly intimate. Reading Traffic sparks one moment after another of recognition, even embarrassment, like reading a detailed account of one's morning ablutions. "Hey, I trim my ear hair just like that!" When the lane is closing ahead, do you merge early or wait until the last minute? At a four-way stop, do you make eye contact with the other drivers before proceeding? When parking do you pick a row or cruise around seeking the optimal spot? The answers to these questions vary from person to person, in ways that drive traffic planners nuts.
While the accretion of names, studies, and statistics in Traffic can get a bit much, for the most part the book is a lively, eye-opening demonstration that there's a limit to how efficient traffic can get with humans in charge of it.
Reinventing the Automobile aims to rethink the system from the ground up, in response to three key facts. First, we are an increasingly urban species. As of 2007, more people in the world live in cities than in rural areas, a trend expected to accelerate over the coming century, particularly in developing countries. Urban mobility is now the central problem.
Second, today's automobiles are wildly overbuilt for the purpose of getting around cities. Most are capable of speeds over 100 miles per hour and distances of more than 300 miles without refueling. Yet average speeds in cities range from 10 miles to 25 miles per hour, and 80 percent of Americans drive fewer than 50 miles a day. We need go-karts, but we're driving tanks.
Third, today's cities are increasingly degraded by their accommodation of cars. An enormous amount of land is devoted to pavement, which exacerbates the urban heat-island effect, leads to toxic runoff, and is generally ugly to look at. In many downtowns, more than half the land is set aside for parking, enough to accommodate peak traffic hours, which means most of it lies vacant most of the time. Roads and parking spaces limit the possibility of dense, walkable development.
What's needed is a reimagined urban transportation system that increases quality of life while reducing pollution, noise, and lost productivity. Reinventing the Automobile proposes such a system, step by meticulously described step.
It begins with the Urban Small Vehicle (USV), which can best be described as a computer with wheels. Because it will be electric -- run, like laptop computers, on lithium ion batteries -- it will be simpler and more modular than cars with internal combustion engines: "A traditional car requires elaborate systems of reservoirs, tubes, valves, and pumps to distribute the gasoline, oil, water, air, and exhaust gases, but a battery-electric automobile replaces most of these complicated distribution systems with wires connecting the batteries to the wheels."
The motors that power the car will be in individual wheels, attached to a "skateboard" that carries the batteries. Wheels can be attached in virtually any configuration -- traditional four-wheel rectangle, four-wheel diamond, six-wheel, even two-wheel (balanced, like the Segway, by a gyroscope). Similarly, the skateboard design allows for virtually any shape or design of chassis, enabling any kind of seating posture and any driving interface. The hegemony of steering-wheel-and-two-pedals will end at last.
USVs will be equipped with an array of sensors and controllers that enable them to maintain steady distances from other cars, avoid crashes, and even pilot themselves. (Yes, pilot themselves. The authors drop this notion into the mix rather casually, but it's the first real signal that things are going to get Jetsons--style crazy here.) Far more than any advanced engine or materials ever could, this situational awareness will allow the vehicles to be smaller, lighter, less armored, and more energy efficient. At least initially, they'll need to travel in dedicated lanes so as not to wind up smeared on the bumpers of SUVs.
Where the vision tips over from cool-for-car-nerds into mind-blowing is not in the car itself but in how it's connected to the power grid, other cars, and the city around it. Most cars are parked about 95 percent of the time. All those idle batteries add up to considerable energy-storage capacity. Having a place to store electricity is important because America's power system, like its cars and parking infrastructure, is overbuilt, scaled to meet peak demand. With a place to store surplus electricity when it's made and release it when it's needed, system engineers can "shave the peak."
The authors envision USVs converging with other technologies -- rooftop solar panels, small wind turbines, geothermal heat pumps, cogeneration systems, large-scale batteries, smart grids -- to create a new kind of power system in which cities are generating, managing, and distributing all or most of their own electricity. This kind of local, distributed power system will eliminate the high cost of transmission lines bringing power from a distance, reduce smog and other particulate pollution, eliminate dependence on foreign energy, and, at the limit, make possible carbon-neutral cities.
Moreover, all USVs will be GPS? and Internet-connected. Think of the location--specific services an iPhone offers, from maps and directions to restaurant suggestions to hyper-local news. Now imagine a similar range of apps for a vehicle that's receiving real-time information about road congestion, parking availability, and the latest box scores. Imagine the benefit to traffic planners of having information about the location and trajectory of every vehicle (encrypted, say the authors, but their discussion of privacy issues is cursory at best).
This "Mobility Internet" could lead to the same kind of innovation unleashed by the Internet itself. Among other things, it could enable a revolution in civic management of road, parking, and power services. Currently the large majority of roads and a great deal of parking is free, and as any economist will tell you, an unpriced resource will be overused. Sure enough, road and parking demand frequently exceed supply, leading to congestion, a good chunk of which, Traffic reminds us, is created by people driving around looking for parking ("parking foreplay" also causes one in five urban collisions). Although power isn't free, it's generally sold at a flat rate, leaving consumers no way of knowing when it's most valuable.
Toll roads and congestion charges are crude attempts to change the situation. Once the devices that consume road, parking, and power services are connected to the Internet, however, cities can institute variable, real-time, citywide pricing for those resources, based on the balance of supply and demand moment to moment. This could radically increase the productivity of resource use, compensating at least in part for the expense of building these systems. Cities would become more like organisms, their subsystems controlled and coordinated by a unified nervous system. (Water and sewage systems could be integrated to the digital grid as well and even used as backup energy storage -- but that's another story.)
For years greens have pleaded with people to do "10 small things" for the environment, futile and symbolic as they may be. Residents of smart cities will actually be able to answer that call in a substantial way: They will be able to closely control their resource consumption based on their own needs, values, and priorities.
If it all sounds somewhat utopian, the authors of Reinventing the Automobile rush to assure you that the technologies required either exist or are foreseeable in the near future. What's more difficult to envision, however, are the necessary social and institutional transitions. So much of the new infrastructure the authors envision is interdependent. Which comes first, electric cars or electric-car charging stations? Getting them as a package deal would require a kind of big thinking and spending for which Americans evince little appetite these days. There's a chapter at the end of the book about implementing the vision, but it contains little of the detail and precision of the preceding technology chapters.
Perhaps some day in the not-too--distant future, those of us who grew up using muscle power and small mirrors to pilot quasi-military vehicles around treacherous, loud, smelly urban highways will be shouting at the kids to get off our lawns with their damn iCars. After they help us program this infernal new-fangled power meter, that is.
But it's tough to see how to get there from here. Just as human idiosyncrasy and willfulness have stymied traffic engineers for years, so too may they prove difficult obstacles for the engineers of a sustainable future.


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At the request of James and Charles Coker, Sr., Sonoco Products Company, approximately 100 Sonoco employees met November 18, 1941, to discuss the formation of a savings and loan association under the Federal Credit Union Act. The purpose was to provide a means by which employees of Sonoco could save, borrow, and eventually purchase their homes.
Sonoco Credit Union was organized under a federal charter in 1941 with start-up money provided by Sonoco Products Company in Hartsville, South Carolina. In 1961, the Credit Union reorganized under a State of South Carolina charter. Until 1988, the Credit Union remained a division of Sonoco. In May 1988, the name of the credit union was changed to SPC Cooperative Credit Union. The following year, SPC began to operate independently.
In 2004, SPC expanded its charter to serve anyone who lives, works or attends school in Darlington, Florence and Marlboro Counties. In March 2010, the Credit Union officially changed its name to SPC Credit Union.
From an initial membership in 1941 of slightly over 100, SPC now serves more than 22,000 members throughout Darlington, Florence & Marlboro Counties. SPC remains a strong and stable financial institution with a commitment to create a rewarding experience for its member/owners and employees. We are proud to have served this region for more than 70 years.
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August 8 commenter demonstrating that not everyone can do comedy and the embarrassment a department carries having that person on the payroll. Wonder how many laughs occur around the city council table when tax payers are handed a bill for civil damages caused by senseless gender discrimination actions? Perhaps you could go it alone in a dangerous situation and not desire or expect a female officer to back you up? Good luck to your department and much pity for the community you supposedly serve.
Not a bad article considering a woman wrote it.
This article does a great job summarizing numerous dimensions of a topic into one article that both academicians and law enforcement organizations have researched and discussed for more than two decades. Most importantly, this article offers helpful solutions. If this article is low on facts must be dozens of researchers have been successful over the past 20 years in publishing both refereed and non-refereed articles with false findings.
This article is high on supposition and low on facts. It makes it appear that women face diffferent barriers than everyone else, what a joke. That is the problem with the world, if you fail its never your fault, someone else is keeping you down.


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Extending the scalable range of the i.MX 8 series, the i.MX 8X family is comprised of common subsystems and architecture from the higher-end i.MX 8 family, establishing an unmatched range of cost-performance scaling with pin-compatible options and the highest level of software reuse. Built with a high-level integration to support graphics, video, image processing, audio, and voice functions, the i.MX 8X processor family is ideal for safety certifiable and efficient performance requirements. Example applications include industrial automation & control, HMI, robotics, building control, automotive cluster, display audio, infotainment, and telematics applications.
Embedded computing power is very much in demand in a growing number of multimedia-centric devices. The Ka-Ro TX8X is ideally suited for target markets requiring high-end devices for powerful images and impressive video streaming creating connected devices in the following vertical markets.
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The philosophy behind Ka-Ro's TX CoM family is to reduce a CoM down to the absolute minimum of components. In doing so, application designers and engineers using Ka-Ro CoMs can achieve maximum flexibility. Ka-Ro TX CoM modules solely feature the processor plus memory and the power supply. Any additional functions can be added to the base board.
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Religious Groups Split on 'Noah' Film
Hollywood's First Big Bible Movie in Nearly 50 Years Draws Mixed Reaction
LOS ANGELES—Even before the rain fell, there were questions.
Would "Noah" the big-budget action movie from Paramount Pictures, alienate the faithful? Would it attract the secular masses it needs to earn back its $125 million production budget? And most important, would Hollywood's splashy return to biblical epics float with key religious leaders?


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Novel Turmeric Compound Delivers Much More Curcumin to the BloodOctober 2007
By Dale Kiefer
Life Extension readers have long been aware of the vast array of health benefits conferred by the curry spice turmeric, which is the source of curcumin. Scientific researchers around the world are investigating applications for curcumin that include fighting cancer, arthritis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and reversing the pathological processes underlying Alzheimer's disease, among other conditions.1-13
Curcumin has long been known to have poor bioavailability, requiring high doses to achieve desired blood levels. A novel curcumin absorption system has been developed that delivers up to seven times more pharmacologically bioactive curcumin to the blood compared with commercial curcumin products.
This revolutionary development will radically change the extent to which people may obtain additional health benefits from this revered herb.
A wealth of data shows that curcumin and its related chemicals (collectively known as curcuminoids) help to prevent and fight a wide range of diseases—from cancer to cardiovascular disease—through a variety of mechanisms.1,5,7-19 These include powerful anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, chemopreventive (cancer-preventive), and antineoplastic (cancer-fighting) properties.
Perhaps one of curcumin's most important activities in the human body is its ability to inhibit activation of the transcription factor, nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB),4-6 a potent inducer of chronic inflammation. NF-kB is a protein that acts as a sort of switch, turning on inflammation by activating genes involved in the production of inflammatory compounds. As NF-kB activation has been implicated in all the stages of carcinogenesis, this transcription factor is a potential target in cancer chemoprevention and is the subject of intensive research.
The Curcumin Revolution: Greatly Enhanced Bioavailability
Despite its impressive array of benefits, the effectiveness of oral supplementation with curcumin has been limited by poor absorption into the bloodstream through the digestive tract. In the past, a few formulators worked around this problem by adding a derivative of black pepper, piperine, which enhanced the absorption of ingredients such as curcumin.20 Scientists have long sought a more bioavailable form of curcumin to provide even greater pharmaceutical potencies to maximize curcumin's efficacy.
Life Extension has reviewed numerous curcumin products that showed varying degrees of enhanced absorption. One published clinical study caught our attention. In it, a novel manufacturing technology was able to dramatically increase blood plasma curcumin to levels not previously seen through supple mentation. While only 50-60% of pure curcumin administered to animals is typically absorbed, this new technology increased the absorption of curcumin to a remarkable 96%.21 This impressive rise in bioavailability was achieved without the addition of piperine.
Impressed with these data and seeking to verify these findings, Life Extension then ran an objective comparison trial on human volunteers to determine if this novel curcumin could really deliver significantly greater concentrations of curcumin to the bloodstream and for a longer sustained time period.22 The findings from Life Extension's independent study basically mirrored those in the first study. As a result, we identified a curcumin formula that provides better bioavailability than was ever thought possible. Known as BCM-95®, this "next generation" formulation is far more readily absorbed than other currently or previously available curcumin products. In fact, both studies delivered close to seven times more curcumin than was previously available from a standard supplement.
Life Extension's study of this new formulation was designed to document the "pharmacokinetics," or absorption, circulation, and metabolism of curcumin and curcuminoids in human subjects. The study compared BCM-95® with two other curcumin products: a plant-bound curcumin formulation with piperine and a purified 95% curcumin standalone extract (which is what most supplement companies sell today). Eleven volunteers were recruited. They were divided into three groups. Subjects received BCM-95®, plant-bound curcumin extract with piperine, or ordinary curcumin extract. Blood was drawn at baseline and again six times over the following eight hours. After a two-week washout period, subjects were switched (crossed over) to an alternate formulation; BCM-95® subjects were given ordinary "control" curcumin, while subjects originally given either of the two "control" curcumin formulations were given BCM-95®.
New Formulation Increases Blood Levels More, Sooner, Longer
Subjects' plasma samples were subsequently assayed to determine curcumin concentrations. The results clearly showed that BCM-95® was rapidly absorbed from the digestive system, allowing more of turmeric's powerful disease-fighting chemicals to circulate throughout the bloodstream, while delivering the full punch of curcumin's properties as never before. In fact, curcumin reached a peak within one hour in the bloodstreams of subjects who took BCM-95®. After a brief dip at about two hours' post-dose, curcumin reached a second, still higher peak again at 4.5 hours, and then gradually declined. By eight hours' post-dose, curcumin was still detectable in subjects' blood.22
In contrast, ordinary standalone curcumin took two hours to reach peak concentration, and then rapidly declined. By 4.5 hours' post-dose, when BCM-95® curcumin was just hitting its stride, curcumin from this control formulation had virtually disappeared from subjects' bloodstreams. Even at its peak, this control curcumin formulation reached only about half the concentration of curcumin from BCM-95®. Likewise, the BCM-95® showed superior absorption compared with the plant-bound curcumin with piperine formula. Thus, BCM-95® not only delivers more curcumin to the bloodstream, sooner, but it sticks around nearly twice as long, too. This is an extremely important advantage, which should result in greatly enhanced benefits.
How did the inventors of this patent-pending curcumin achieve this breakthrough? Rather than focusing on further purification of curcumin and curcuminoids derived from turmeric (usually marketed as "95% curcumin/curcuminoids"), the formulators went back to the "roots," so to speak, reincorporating many of the components of raw turmeric root—which are normally removed during the extraction process—and greatly enhancing the bioavailability of active constituents in the process. In essence, this revolutionary reformulation relies on the inherent synergy of the turmeric rhizome's natural components to dramatically enhance bioavailability.
As a result, BCM-95® is six-to seven times more bioavailable than ordinary 95% extract. Just one 400 mg dose of this new bioavailability-enhanced turmeric extract is equivalent to taking 2,772 mg of standard "95%" curcumin extract or 2,548 mg of plant-bound curcumin extract with piperine. In the Life Extension human trial, BCM-95® delivered 6.93 times more curcumin to the bloodstream than the ordinary standalone curcumin product and 6.37 times more curcumin to the bloodstream than the plant-bound curcumin extract with piperine.22
Life Extension's results confirmed the findings shown previously for BCM-95®.
Curcumin's Many Benefits
Curcumin's benefits are so diverse that they affect virtually every organ system in the body. It's no accident that the National Institutes of Health has funded numerous studies investigating curcumin, which include diverse applications such as treatment of cystic fibrosis, the feasibility of controlling the autoimmune disease, scleroderma, and various cancer chemoprevention trials.23 Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies around the world are actively working to derive patentable molecules based on curcumin, which they hope to market, at great profit, as anticancer treatments.24
Among other activities, curcumin has demonstrated antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant capabilities.18 It's even showing great promise in the fight against the most common genetic disorder in Caucasians, cystic fibrosis.14 To this list, add powerful anticancer protection, cardiovascular protection, and protection against neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.8,16,25-29 Additionally, curcumin shows promise as a potential treatment for multiple sclerosis,7 and may protect against cataracts30 as well as reverse some of the damage associated with the high blood sugar levels that characterize diabetes.31 Curcumin also shows great promise as a treatment for skin disorders such as psoriasis, and in the treatment of wounds.9, 32
Powerful Cancer Protection
Scientists usually go out of their way to avoid hyperbole when describing the subjects of their inquiries, but curcumin's amazing properties evidently tempt even the most staid researcher to throw caution to the wind. "Curcumin appears to possess all the desirable features of a desk-designed, multipurpose drug," wrote one research team, recently.33 Other investigators focused on promising anticancer activity. "Curcumin… has emerged as one of the most powerful chemopreventive and anticancer agents," wrote Indian researchers last year. "Its biological effects range from antioxidant [and] anti-inflammatory to inhibition of angiogenesis, and [it] is also shown to possess specific antitumoral activity."27 Although
anticancer drugs weaken the immune system, curcumin actually enhances it, 12,34-43 acting as an "immunorestorer."34 It's little wonder, then, that cancer prevention and treatment has emerged as one of the most avidly researched aspects of curcumin's potential benefits.
Writing in Cancer Letters, American scientists noted recently, "Pre-clinical studies in a variety of cancer cell lines including breast, cervical, colon, gastric, hepatic, leukemia, oral epithelial, ovarian, pancreatic, and prostate have consistently shown that curcumin possesses anticancer activity in vitro and in pre-clinical animal models."44 Other investigators wrote: "Carcinogenesis encompasses three closely associated stages: initiation, progression, and promotion. [Curcumin] has been shown to possess anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antitumor properties. [It] has also been shown to be beneficial in all three stages of carcinogenesis."43
Specific Anticancer Mechanism Discovered
In mid-2007, scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham published a report in the journal Cancer Research, detailing at least one of perhaps many mechanisms by which curcumin functions as an anticancer agent. The investigators grew prostate cancer cells in the laboratory, and exposed them to varying concentrations of curcumin. The curcumin reduced the cells' production of a protein known as MDM2, which is associated with the formation of malignant tumors. Simultaneously, curcumin prompted the cells to produce another protein associated with the promotion of programmed cell death (apoptosis).27 Like NF-kB, an inducer of inflammation, MDM2 has been suggested as a novel target for human cancer therapy.
To test curcumin's effects in a live model, the scientists grafted human prostate cancer cells onto special mice, which subsequently developed tumors. The mice were then fed either curcumin or a placebo, five days a week, for four weeks. Afterwards, curcumin-fed mice were further divided into three test groups. One group continued to receive curcumin alone, while another received curcumin plus the cancer chemotherapy drug, gemcitabine. The final group received curcumin plus radiation treatment.
"Curcumin inhibited growth of [human-to-mouse prostate cancer grafts] and enhanced the antitumor effects of gemcitabine and radiation. In these tumors, curcumin reduced the expression of MDM2," wrote the researchers. This suppression, or "down-regulation" of MDM2 expression was declared to be a newly discovered mechanism by which curcumin exerts its anticancer activity. MDM2 down-regulation by curcumin "may be essential for its chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic effects," the scientists concluded.27
It's interesting to note that epidemiological studies show the incidence of prostate cancer among men in India to be among the lowest in the world. One recent study estimated that the annual prostate cancer incidence rate in India ranges from 5.0 to 9.1 per 100,000/year. In contrast, among whites in the United States, the incidence rate is 110.4 per 100,000/year—more than ten times higher compared with men from India. The rate for African Americans is even higher.45 Perhaps not coincidentally, Indian men's consistent intake of turmeric, in the form or curry, is among the highest in the world. The average intake of turmeric in the Indian population is 2-2.5 g/day, providing 60-200 mg curcumin.


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Wednesday, March 07, 2012
My next chapter
This has caused many of them over the years to wonder, "Why is he still there?" Others have wondered, "You're still there?". But most people, when I tell them what I do for a living, say to me, "The Geek Squad wasn't invented by Best Buy?" That makes me the happiest. That's how a deal should go down: all parties do well, the business still thriving and the deal should make sense 10 years later. Those same people are amazed to discover that what started on a single bicycle in 1994, is now a global services brand with over 20,000 employees worldwide. Now I want to take what I've learned founding a startup and combine it with the experience I gained working at a Fortune 50 company.
When I got my first computer in 1981, I thought it was the best time to be in technology. When I went to college in the 1990's, the World Wide Web was an even better time to be in technology. This last decade made technology more human, more social. And yet, this next decade will witness change 100 times greater than anything we have seen thus far, mainly due to mobile computing and wireless sensors. I cannot wait to play in this area. I've agreed to stay on as an occasional advisor to Best Buy. This lets me help where I can, and also gives me the freedom to pursue new possibilities.
Every company is in the service business now. Operations are not enough: companies must design experiences if they are going to stand out. Technology and software will be key to building those services. Every company needs a unique brand and culture, especially if it is going to innovate. That's where you'll find me: at the intersection of four key areas: service, technology, culture, and brands.
See you there.
42 comments:
I wish you well on the new chapter in your life. It was pleasure to have had the opportunity to work with you for a while in your time at Best Buy.
Mark Paragi
- March 7, 2012 at 9:52:00 AM CST
When I first joined Geek Squad and was learning it's history I Googled your name so I could see a picture of the founder. The first picture I saw you were laying across Fabio's arms in your Geek Squad uniform.
Best of luck to you!
- March 7, 2012 at 10:02:00 AM CST
- Stefan said...
After visiting your lectures at DLD and TES I'm very impressed about your "story" and the great things you realised.
"Make it happen!" The 3 magic words for an entrepreneur. You did this already. So I'm curious about your new ideas.
Good luck!
Best regards from Germany,
- March 7, 2012 at 10:03:00 AM CST
- Erik Sjogren said...
Watch out world, Robert Stephens is on the loose! It's time to blow people's minds again.
Good Luck!
- March 7, 2012 at 10:06:00 AM CST
- SnrCIAStephens said...
Chief Inspector,
I wish you all the best in all your future endeavours.
World Domination will come and you will still be the person who inspired us all!
Regards Agent Matt Stephens
- March 7, 2012 at 10:09:00 AM CST
- Techneek said...
"Await the signal."
- March 7, 2012 at 10:35:00 AM CST
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- March 7, 2012 at 10:38:00 AM CST
- Joe Z. said...
Thanks for keeping an open door during my (multiple) jobs at this company. I greatly appreciated the fact I had you available to ask questions and run ideas by. It also helped you did the same for me in terms of throwing new ideas my way and actually getting me to take action on them.
I will always appreciate your openness and honesty, something I've always tried to strive for and something we don't have enough of around here. You'll be missed!
Good luck in your new adventure!
- March 7, 2012 at 10:46:00 AM CST
- Kareem Ahmed said...
Congrats, and cheers! Good luck in your next journey. Life's a grand adventure and when it's time to move on, it's time to move on.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:47:00 AM CST
- Agent Farley said...
All the best in your future Chief Inspector Stephens, - Sleeper Agent 42674.
- March 7, 2012 at 10:55:00 AM CST
- Mark Shteiman said...
Good Luck! Does it mean you already know what are you going to do or open for suggestions?
- March 7, 2012 at 11:27:00 AM CST
- Bill Parmenter said...
I still reflect on my geek squad days. Three years of my life in which i learned a ton. You created a brotherhood and completly changed the reputation for "geeks everywhere.
- March 7, 2012 at 11:34:00 AM CST
- Colin Marshall said...
Best of luck to you Robert! Thank you so much for building this amazing company. I look forward to what you do next and see you as an inspiration.
- March 7, 2012 at 11:38:00 AM CST
I still remember interviewing with you in the Washington Avenue location. The excitement and energy in the Squad were palpable, and I couldn't tell if you fed them or if they fed you. Either way, I knew that it was where I needed to be - even with a proposed title of "Minion".
Anyone could start a company with service and technology, but it took the culture you created and its branding to make the company a true success.
Thank you, and good luck with your next project!
Agent 45
- March 7, 2012 at 11:44:00 AM CST
- Heather said...
I salute you, Chief Inspector Stephens. It's been a pleasure serving with you, sir.
- March 7, 2012 at 1:51:00 PM CST
- Matt Jaeh said...
It was a pleasure working for you. Geek Squad really changed my life and a difference for many. I wish you well in future endeavors.
Agent 2524
- March 7, 2012 at 1:57:00 PM CST
Mr. Stephens,
It has been a pleasure working with you for the past 7 years that I have been employed by Best Buy. I have also started a new chapter in my life as of January 27th. But I will never forget the time that myself and 3 other agents accompanied you to the ABC / Disney studios in Burbank California 3 years ago for a tour and then an afternoon presentation all about Geek Squad.
That is definitely a career highlight of mine. Its a shame to see what Best Buy has turned the Geek Squad brand in to but like you said its all about business and profitability. I have enjoyed working within the Geek Squad brand and will never forget how much I've learned and enjoyed being a Double Agent. I will never forget you! Thank you for everything! Good luck in your new chapter. :)
--Erik Lest
Agent# 3488
- March 7, 2012 at 2:19:00 PM CST
- Agent 18354 said...
Agent 66, Await the signal.
-Agent 18354
- March 7, 2012 at 3:14:00 PM CST
Wow, what a strange feeling to think that you are no longer a part of this culture, this movement, this world that you created.....
but I'm sure everyone knows you will do amazing things and we can all look forward to what those will be!!!
Thanks for all you did here and GOOD LUCK!
- March 7, 2012 at 3:31:00 PM CST
- John said...
Robert, I wish you luck in everything, and I hope that someday you might consider whatever startup you work on, if you need someone in PA (or just remote connected), I'm interested! Email me: firstname.lastname@example.com
I Love my experience with Geek Squad, but I am always looking for that "next great thing" to pursue. So far I haven't found something that can pull me away, but I'm interested in new opportunities and ideas.
Best of luck if I don't hear from you. Just remember, Live long and Prosper. \\//.
Please feel free to visit my blog in the future: nerdy.it // virusinvasion.com
Peace out!
- March 7, 2012 at 3:39:00 PM CST
- Unknown said...
Never another head geek! I have enjoyed learning about you in the workplace and such sources as CNN and other documentary sources. If one thing the world should learn it is that the only limit to the dream is the dreamer!
Best of luck though I have a feeling that you won't need it!
- March 7, 2012 at 3:48:00 PM CST
- Colin said...
We'll miss you here in Minnesota. Keep letting us know what you're up to. You're an interesting dude.
Colin Lee
- March 7, 2012 at 4:46:00 PM CST
- Ricktizzle said...
You sold me. You sold me on the culture that you created, and the demeanor of your business ethics. I did a lot of "growing up" in the 5 years I spent with GS. When we moved over to Project Ollie and you showed up on the screen for our teleconference as a giant kitten, you sold me again. Half of the culture I held on to was the belief you had in your people and the ability to reach out and say hello, or help, and you would answer. I can't wait to see where you go next. Sell me again, Robert.
Sleeper Agent Garza (2230)
- March 7, 2012 at 7:50:00 PM CST
- lilgeekygirl said...
You will be missed! Your leadership and passion for your vision is what made me more than proud to proclaim that I am a Geek Squad agent. I have worn that logo proudly for over five years and meeting you while I was an agent in Dallas was a moment in time I will never forget. Sitting across from you at dinner was nerveraking until I was fortunate enough to hear and learn aboutnyou as a person and a leader. I was not nervous for long because you never came across like some bigwig with an oversized ego. You were just one of us geeks sitting around and enjoying some good Tex-Mex food!
You are a treasure that will be missed greatly and I look forward to hearing about your ventures in the future. I wish you only the best of luck in whatever the path leads you to next. I'll miss the Geek Squad as it was when you were it's leader. I'm comforted in knowing that you will be hanging around to advise. You are truly a wonderful person, an all around great guy. God speed!
DA Krista Pieri
Badge 6216
- March 7, 2012 at 8:19:00 PM CST
Cya boss, await the signal.
Sleeper 6105
- March 8, 2012 at 1:18:00 PM CST
- March 8, 2012 at 4:43:00 PM CST
- David Sotomayor said...
Since I joined Geek Squad in 2008 here at Puerto Rico I always been proud of the roots and how it all began. I never got to know you but I always tried to maintained does principles in witch you base your dream! It's been a great experience and I wish you the Best in you future adventure. As I always say, things happend for a reason and God has always has a great plan for you. Take Care make the force be with you Nsala Malekum!!
- March 8, 2012 at 8:23:00 PM CST
- Supermark said...
Mr. Stephens,
Thank you for starting the company that got me my start in IT. Three and a half years ago, I was hired at Best Buy to PCHO, and was swiftly moved into the Precinct. After a year, unable to attain a full-time position in my precinct, I moved onto my first full-time job in IT, despite the fact that I went to school for sociology. Here I am, three and a half years after starting at the Geek Squad, working in the IT department for a major online retailer in the heart of Boston and loving every minute of it.
Your endeavor eventually turned what was nothing but a hobby to me into my passion and my career. Thank you for what you started that enabled me to be where I am today.
Sleeper Agent 22266
- March 8, 2012 at 10:38:00 PM CST
Best of luck to you Robert. You will never collect the Broadway pizza that Marshall & I owe you!
I heard that you are still driving the Morris Minor to work every day.
- March 9, 2012 at 5:45:00 AM CST
Fearless Leader ...
You have played a huge roll in every Agent's life. You gave us a place where we can feel proud of our inner geek. You single handedly changed the term "Geek" from an insult to a "badge" of honor. You created a family, a fraternity, a place we belong...
I've worked at the Best Buy in Covington LA for the last 4.5 years, and when I go on vacation, you can bet money that I am visiting at least 1-2 Best Buys. Why? To visit the Precinct of course. Agents are universally thrilled to see you, eager to talk shop, and proud to show off their Precinct...
Thank you for everything you have done, and I cant wait to see what you succeed at next. Just promise not to forget us, or your importance in our lives. Drop us a line every once in a while. Maybe through the Geek Squad Only Forums... Remind us you care for your first born lol
You did say Global Domination in 2012 ... How Nostradamus of you!
DCI Lindsay
Agent 15040
- March 9, 2012 at 5:03:00 PM CST
- yourchinesemate said...
Hi Robert,
My name's Yu-San, 26 from UK. Having been involved with a fledgling start up since university I recently became self employed. It was then under the pressure of girlfriend parents that I find a "real job".
Having been inspired by your story and the company which you've built I applied for the Geek Squad, having known the brand and with an alignment to it's ethos.
I got a call today from Laura at recruitment to offer me the job as Technology Support Adviser at the "flagship" store on New Street in Birmingham UK.
I am saddened for the loss of you as founder and Chief Technology Officer and I hope that BestBuy/The Geek Squad will continue to go from strength to strength, especially in the European market.
I want to wish you the best of luck in your future startups and endeavours, and even if I won't be working for you now I sincerely hope to be working for/with you in the near future!
Kindest regards,
- March 12, 2012 at 7:55:00 AM CDT
- Warren Wright said...
Chief Inspector,
I'm sure that many Agents, like myself, will be watching your space and seeing what mischief you'll be getting yourself in to next.
All the best for the future, and hopefully in time we'll be meeting you at those very same crossroads.
Agent Wright (GS UK)
- March 13, 2012 at 4:32:00 AM CDT
- Ferd said...
We'll miss you Chief Inspector. Thanks so much for staring not only a great organization but a great culture. Best wishes in all you do.
DA Fernando Bartolozzi
Badge #2607
- March 15, 2012 at 9:45:00 AM CDT
- Kandi said...
I've worked for the Geek Squad for 3 and a half years. You will be missed, and you will be remembered!
- March 23, 2012 at 3:53:00 PM CDT
- JP Valere said...
I have worked for Geeksquad for almost 7 yrs, best company I've ever work for thank you and good luck.
DCI JP Valere
Badge# 13514
- March 27, 2012 at 6:51:00 PM CDT
- Daryl Orris said...
Had you Stephen or Brian done this as I proposed in 2007 Best Buy would be the undisputed leader in electronics:
January 4, 2007
Mr. Brian Dunn,
President & COO
Best Buy
Dear Brian,
RE: Integrating Best Buy on-line with Best buy in-store promotion proposal.
This promotion proposal is done to integrate the on-line shopping experience with that of the in-store shopping experience – ensuring that customers always get what they want and to open even more companies into the mix. Bring on-line computers into your stores and integrate the two for sales. In the same way that Amazon is beginning its foray into electronics Best Buy can head off their initiative by beating them at their own game. The idea is to make customers comfortable with either on-line and in-store by interconnecting the two with this in-store presence connected to a Best Buy Intranet. The upshot is that the Best Buy on-line and the Best Buy in-store can become more compatible and integrated, giving Best Buy a strategic advantage over competitors by integrating its on-line and in-store presence and by then adding other companies pricing as Amazon does – all to give Best Buy a competitive edge in electronics.
Please see the attached promotion proposal.
If you have any questions or require additional information please contact me. For information about Viking Creative concepts Inc. – see:
Daryl Orris, Ph.D.
Marketing Consultant
VIKING CREATIVE CONCEPTS INC. •11070 CEDAR HILLS BLVD. #336 • MINNETONKA MN 55305 • 952-545-2915 http://www.blendsicecream.com/viking/VCCppt.htm • email@example.com
Stephen, call and I'll send you the original proposal.
- April 12, 2012 at 12:42:00 PM CDT
Mr. Stephens, I would like to share with you a tale of woe stemming from my engaging GeekSquad in Alexandria, VA. Could you please send me the best email and snail mail address and telephone number to reach you personally? Thank you.
- April 29, 2012 at 8:55:00 AM CDT
- Roee Adler said...
Good luck Robert. The Geek Squad inspires us every day.
- April 29, 2012 at 3:09:00 PM CDT
Any comments on the current layoffs of the Agents?
- July 17, 2012 at 12:10:00 PM CDT
Robert, it has been a pleasure working with you and watching your I Squared (Instantaneous Intelligence)impact everything you touch. Look out world - the Chief Inspector is on the lookout for the next BIG brand!
Dean Bachelor
- August 1, 2012 at 12:16:00 PM CDT


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J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness continues the voyage of the Starship Enterprise and her crew - following the director's 2009 origin story/alternate reality reboot of the classic sci-fi series. The sequel catches up with Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) and Commander Spock (Zachary Quinto) several months after the events of the original film - as they, along with their iconic Enterprise crew, begin going ("boldly") where no-one has gone before. In Kirk's case, that means ignoring a prime directive, endangering the lives of his shipmates, and defying Starfleet regulations (not without consequence).
However, when a massive terrorist attack rocks London, Starfleet scrambles to maintain order and bring the perpetrator to justice. Ignoring Spock's pleas for restraint, Kirk refuses to back down from the fight, putting him at odds with members of his crew, as he commands the Enterprise in deadly pursuit of the mysterious attacker - known only as John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch).
In Star Trek Into Darkness, returning writing team Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (as well as Damon Lindelof) seek to expand on their alternate Star Trek timeline and dig deeper into this version of the Enterprise crew members (along with the larger movie universe). Casual filmgoers flocked to the 2009 "reboot," reigniting interest in the beloved sci-fi property, but in spite of the positive response, certain die-hard Trekkies were less smitten with the resulting variations of fan-favorite characters. Does Star Trek Into Darkness build upon the success of its predecessor and present a fun adventure that also pays homage to the classic series with smart additions to the expanded Star Trek canon?
Overall, Star Trek Into Darkness benefits from a much more focused storyline than its predecessor - since the franchise is no longer saddled with bringing the crew together, establishing each person's respective duties, while also juggling an inter-connected time-traveling arc. Surprisingly, the film actually evolves key themes and character dynamics, via a journey that includes engaging riffs on the classic source material. As a result, Star Trek Into Darkness will easily please the same moviegoers who enjoyed the 2009 effort - but there are definitely going to be a few controversial choices that will irk longtime fans of the series who are not already onboard with Abrams' rebooted take on the franchise.
Chris Pine once again delivers as a young Captain Kirk, continuing to find a good balance between the traits and disposition that made the William Shatner character so memorable, without relying on imitation or caricature. Kirk's story arc once again serves as a motor for the narrative, drawing heavily on his reckless "impulsiveness." Thankfully, Pine is also given plenty of room to develop and grow the Captain throughout the course of the film, allowing for the kind of sincere insight and thoughtful evolution that makes this Star Trek reboot more than just a standard Hollywood cash-grab. Commander Spock (Zachary Quinto) is equally enjoyable this round - especially when the filmmakers probe the ongoing conflict between his Vulcan and human emotions.
One of the sequel's biggest strengths is its management of the large ensemble cast. Every core Enterprise member - Dr. "Bones" McCoy (Karl Urban), Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu (John Cho), Lieutenant Nyota Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Ensign Pavel Chekov (Anton Yelchin), Lieutenant Commander Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (Simon Pegg) - along with side characters like Admiral Pike (Bruce Greenwood) - all have their own individual arcs (as does the ship itself). Not only does each one result in fun or exciting payoff, they're expertly interwoven into the larger Star Trek Into Darkness plot, resulting in a smartly-paced storyline. The unrelenting velocity of the film does undercut one or two key moments that deserved (and needed) a bit more time to unfold, but overall the film juggles a lot of different elements without becoming bogged down in minutia (especially considering the 132 minute runtime).
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J.J. Abrams has delivered a true follow-up in nearly every way imaginable - successfully exploring the iconic characters and expanded universe of his alternate timeline. The film is bigger and more personal than its predecessor, presenting another fun Trek adventure with captivating character drama that draws from the foundation established in the 2009 reboot (not to mention larger Star Trek mythos). The result is another bold voyage for the Starship Enterprise - one that will likely wow most moviegoers (even if it irks a few die-hard Trekkies).
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