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Africa, Art, and Music Converge at MXIBSby Steve Charles • April 6, 2008 Share:
Professors and students from the Wabash College Departments of Music and Art joined forces with the Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies to celebrate the opening of the MXIBS Eiteljorg Permanent Collection of African Art at the Institute on April 1. (Click here for photo album.)
Performances by Wamidan, the College's world music ensemble, led off the celebration, which concluded that evening with a dinner featuring keynote speaker Professor Benson Onyeji of Manchester College.
The occasion was also the kickoff event for the Wabash chapter of the Africa Network, a national consortium whose mission is to develop and promote the study of Africa in liberal arts institutions.
The Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies (MXIBS) Permanent Eiteljorg Collection of African Art combines two collections formerly housed at the College's Fine Arts Center—objects from Harrison Eiteljorg's collection of African art; and those from the MXIBS' own smaller collection.
"Wabash is incredibly lucky to have objects from Harrison Eiteljorg's African collection, which is considered one of the best private collections in North America," said Wabash Associate Professor of Art Elizabeth Morton, who welcomed participants at last Tuesday's opening. An art historian who served as curator of the National Museum and Art Gallery of Botswana and studied extensively in Zimbabwe, Professor Morton explained how the Eiteljorg and MXIBS collections were brought together after a show of the MXIBS works at the Fine Arts Center last fall.
"We began discussions with [MXIBS Director] Tim Lake about returning the MXIBS works to the Institute and creating a permanent display for these works there. We also discussed bringing in some of the works from the Eiteljorg Collection to make it a more interesting and robust exhibition.
"The MXIBS is an ideal place to bring together these two collections. The Institute is, in essence, a place to celebrate Africa and its heritage." Morton added. "These works from Africa look beautiful in the African centrally planned space. After wandering from the Continent to Eiteljorg's mansion in Indianapolis, to the Fine Arts building, they have finally found a home!"
And with Wabash joining the Africa Network, Morton noted, this was the perfect time to install this show.
Holding an Ashanti chief's staff from Ghana that he'd brought home from his study tour of West Africa, MXIBS Director and Associate Professor of English Tim Lake welcomed guests and officially opened the exhibition.
"For both Malcolm X and the field of Black Studies, Africa plays a primary role," Lake said after the event. "Malcolm is remembered for his visit to Mecca, but we should also remember that he visited several African nations. African governments received Malcolm as if he were a Head of State. Malcolm understood himself as an African who was returning home from a long journey.
"Likewise, as an academic field, Black Studies takes Africa as its point of departure for exploring the experience of African Americans and other African diasporians. Therefore, it is fitting that the MXIBS make a cultural as well as historical connection between the peoples of Africa and those of the larger Black world."
Professor of Music and Wamidan Artistic Director James Makubuya was enthused by the turnout and cooperation between the art and music departments and MXIBS for this first Africa Network event.
"This collaboration was a great way to demonstrate that the only way the Africa Network can and will work on our campus is through the collaboration of all interested people bringing all available resources together," Makubuya said. "The Africa Network fits the role of the Institute, one of whose goals is to introduce, develop, accommodate, and enhance Black Studies or the college and beyond. The MXIBS is therefore the 'home' of the Africa Network on our campus, and Professor Lake is one of the major founding members."
"Professor Morton has also put in a lot of work establishing the College's chapter of the Network," Makubuya added. "As a staunch 'Africanist' scholar and artist, Professor Morton's professional help was a big asset in both the planning and execution of our kick-off celebration."
Following the event, Wabash art history students gave "tours" of the new exhibit, offering information about pieces in the Collection, which can be seen at the MXIBS building during working hours, Monday through Friday.
(Click here to see photo album from the event and works from the Collection.)


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Today's 4 p.m. trading deadline is "Outta Here." The NL East was the most active as the Phillies made three moves, the Braves, two and the Mets, one.
Getting Tadahito Iguchi for second base while Chase Utley rehabs from surgery has already paid dividends for the Phillies. He'll help fill the gap.
RHP Kyle Lohse adds some experience to the starting rotation. Three years ago, the Phillies picked up another veteran right-hander from the Reds, Cory Lidle, on August 9. Lidle and Lohse are similar, vets who can take the ball every fifth day. Lide was 7-10 with a 5.32 ERA for 24 starts when we acquired him. Lohse was 6-12 with a 4.58 ERA for 21 starts.
Lidle went 5-2 for the Phillies with a 3.90 ERA in 10 starts the rest of the 2004 season. Lohse has the ability to duplicate those numbers.
Lohse joined the Phillies today and RHP Clay Condrey was sent to Ottawa.
Michael Bourn had to be placed on the 15-day DL this afternoon with a sprained left ankle. Michael was on crutches today. Chris Roberson has been recalled from Ottawa to take Michael's place on the roster. Chris was flown to Chicago this a.m. in case a move had to be made.
Shane Victorino has a strained right calf muscle and he, too, is now on the 15-day DL. Jayson Werth, who has been rehabbing in Clearwater, will be recalled and rejoin the team tomorrow in Chicago. For tonight, we are playing one player short.
In a minor league deal this afternoon, the Phillies picked up RH reliever Julio Mateo from Seattle's AAA club (Tacoma) for Reading Phillies SS Jesus Merchan. Mateo, 30 tomorrow, will join Reading. He's been lights out at Tacoma, one unearned run and one walk in his last 18 appearances, 3-0, 10 SV and 20 SO over 26.2 IP.
The Phillies are aware that Julio has domestic violence charges pending against him in New York. We view this, as any other gender violence, as a very serious matter. We have recently completed training on domestic violence issues for all of our major league and minor league players. We will make sure Julio knows that the Phillies treat this issue seriously. We will also immediately advise him of our employee assistance program and make available to him and his family any and all needed services.
After Mateo's arrest in May, the Mariners demoted him to AAA and then suspended him for 10 days without pay. He underwent counseling before returning to the mound.
With Bourn and Victorino now disabled, here's this season's DLDL (Darn Long Disabled List):
RHP Freddy Garcia, twice
RHP Jon Lieber, twice
RHP Ryan Madson, twice
C Ryan Budde
C Chris Coste
RHP Scott Mathieson
RHP Tom Gordon
RHP Brett Myers
1B Ryan Howard
2B Chase Utley
OF Jayson Werth
RHP Francisco Rosario
OF Michael Bourn
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Of all the injuries Madson hurts the most. In July he's given up 1 earned run in 14 innings. Myer's breaking ball is filthy but Charlie's going to over use him again. Speaking of Charlie…did he pick names out of a hat for this line up. Don't you think Rollins leading off, Rowand third and Burrell 5th makes more sense? I think Roberson will be a surprise. After playing himself off the Phil's in spring training, I expect him to take advantage of this opportunity.


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Peugeot's six-seat concept car hints at a new range-topping model tentatively planned to step into the French carmaker's fold as a replacement for the 607, which ended production at the end of 2010.
Called the HX1, the four-door luxury car is being used to showcase Peugeot's latest design lineage while providing a platform for new ideas under a project it calls "metamorphosis." The HX1 is powered by Peugeot's diesel-electric Hybrid4 system , currently offered on the 3008 and also earmarked for the 508RXH. It consists of a 204-hp, 2.2-liter four-cylinder diesel engine that powers the front wheels via a six-speed automatic gearbox, and a 95-hp brushless electric motor that draws energy from a plug-in lithium-ion battery pack and drives the rear wheels via a single electric motor-- a combination that effectively provides the HX1 with four-wheel drive.


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The Phoenix Suns have had the Clippers' attention ever since Dec. 30, when they beat the Clippers by 19 points at Staples Center.
Now you can add the Suns as yet another "rival" after the season series took a more physical turn during the Clippers' 112-105 home victory Monday night.
Blake Griffin scored 37 points, then was involved in a scuffle with Phoenix forward P.J. Tucker in the final period. Though Tucker was ejected, the Suns cut a deficit that had once been 25 points to four before the Clippers held on for their eighth consecutive victory.
"It was a hard game to focus through, a lot of stuff, a lot of fouls," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. "The game was really called tight. It was good calls, just a tightly called game.
"You have to play through that, you've got to adjust to that. I thought both teams kind of got off rhythm a little bit."
The Clippers held a 105-90 lead when Tucker and Griffin got tangled under the basket. They fell to the floor with Griffin on top, and Tucker appeared to shove his forearm into Griffin's face. Tucker was give a foul, a technical foul and was ejected.
"Blake gets hit as much as anybody in the league," Rivers said. "I think we've all seen it. I think he's doing the right thing, I really do. He puts his arms up because if he reacts like some people say he should, then he gets thrown out, gets suspended and it hurts the team. I know it's very difficult for him. But he's doing the right thing for the team."
However, Griffin, who was scoreless in the fourth period, picked up his fifth and sixth fouls on charging calls. When he left, the Clippers held a 10-point lead and the Suns got as close as 109-105 with 32.5 seconds left.
Chris Paul had 17 points and 11 assists for the Clippers and DeAndre Jordan had eight points and 17 rebounds.
Goran Dragic had 23 points to lead the Suns, who had seven players in double figures.
Griffin made 14 of 16 shots (one of his misses came while trying to dunk off a lob pass) and the Clippers held a 90-76 lead entering the final period. Griffin took no shots in the fourth quarter, but Paul scored 11 of his points in the final period.
The Suns were playing without guard Eric Bledsoe, the former Clipper guard who has been one of the main difference makers for the Suns but is out after undergoing knee surgery. The Clippers were without J.J. Redick, Jamal Crawford and Jared Dudley, who are dealing with assorted injuries of their own.
Under first-year coach Jeff Hornacek, Phoenix still has playoff ambitions despite a recent slide without Bledsoe.
"You looked at them on paper . . . Jeff's done an amazing job, he really has," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. "He has a lot of tough-minded guys. That team's fun to watch, you enjoy preparing for them because you get to watch them play.
"They play extremely hard, they play free, they share the ball, they're tough, they're undersized and they play their way. You ask every coach if you can get your team to play their way, whatever way that is, and they buy into it every night, they have a chance of success and they do it every night."
The Clippers learned that on Dec. 30, when the Suns dismantled them on hteir own court, 107-88. It's been different since then.
Griffin scored 22 of his points in the first quarter, when he made 8 of 9 shots. He came within a point of tying the franchise record for a quarter held by Randy Smith (1973) and Ken Norman (1989).
The Clippers led by 11 points after the first quarter and kicked the lead up to 62-45 by halftime.
Guard Darren Collison had 20 points but the best news for the Clippers might have been the emergence of Danny Granger, who could be the key for the club in the postseason if Redick, who has a bulging disc in his lower back, can't come back.
Granger had surpassed his high game as a Clipper with 11 first-half points and he finished with 14.
"I thought tonight was his best defensive game for us," Rivers said. "His feet are starting to move a little bit, he can shoot the ball. Tonight he put the ball on the floor and that's something I didn't know about him. He's helping us."


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On Queens Boulevard and 70th Avenue each Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. through December 29, patrons can not only purchase nutritious local and regional produce, but now walk steps away to the BIG! Compost kiosk.
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Scraps can be transported in reusable containers, paper bags, and plastic bags. Items that will not be composted are meat, dairy, bones, and oily products. It is recommended that patrons freeze food scraps to eliminate odors when stored in their homes.
BIG! Compost's debut in Forest Hills on June 2 was an overwhelming success.
"We collected 162 pounds on the first day of the market, which is the highest amount we've received for a new drop-off site on record," stated Chris Bivens, a coordinator with the NYC Compost Project. "There was a really great response from the community. One woman has been saving her food scraps since December. It's exciting to hear how dedicated residents are to composting."
New York City residents discard 650,000 tons of food scraps annually, only to be deposited in landfills hundreds of miles away. When food breaks down in landfills it releases methane, which is associated with climate change.
On the other hand, BIG! Compost's finished compost can act as a slow-release fertilizer for street trees, community gardens, and window boxes. Gina Baldwin of BIG! Compost explained the process of composting.
"Nitrogen-rich food scraps from drop-off sites are mixed with carbon rich materials such as leaves and wood chips to create optimal conditions for decomposition," she said. "Food scraps turn into usable compost in three months, which is given to communities to improve their urban soil."
Some composting organizations charge a collection fee, but BIG! Compost isn't one of them. Rather, funding is provided by the Department of Sanitation and North Star's Greening Western Queens Fund.
Although BIG! Compost is a newcomer to Forest Hills, they began collecting food scraps at greenmarkets in 2009. There are drop-off sites throughout Queens each day, such as at greenmarkets in Jackson Heights, Socrates Sculpture Park, and Sunnyside, as well as at select Queens Library branches.
"At drop-off sites, we have bins where residents can deposit their food scraps," explained Baldwin. "We also have a bin containing wood shavings, which are used to cover the food scraps particularly in the warm summer months, enabling us to keep our compost sites odor-free and pest-free."
The kiosk also serves as an educational base where patrons can learn about composting in New York City.
"In partnership with the Forest-Rego Compost Collective at the Forest Hills Greenmarket, we aim to educate the community about waste reduction," Baldwin said
"We have a strong calling for environmental causes worldwide, but wanted to make a change in our own backyard," said Forest Hills resident Carlos Pesantes, who plays a leading role in the Forest-Rego Compost Collective.
The group's goal is to educate and work with neighbors to divert food scraps and yard waste from the landfill, and repurpose it into compost, which they will use and distribute within the neighborhood.
The success of the Forest-Rego Compost Collective is already evident. The group recently beautified an underutilized site behind The Church-in-the-Gardens, and turned it into Forest Hills' first compost site.
"Regular hours will make the drop-off of food scraps easy for neighborhood residents, and they will be able to use compost produced at the garden for their personal plants," said Pesantes. "The site will also be used for educational workshops and skills exchanges."
Classes will feature everything from composting to producing cheese, yogurt, and kombucha tea.
Forest-Rego Compost Collective has also reached out to Home Depot at 75-09 Woodhaven Boulevard requesting to transform the back of its property into a spot for composting and greenery.


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Lewandowski commented on Palmer et al. and noted several important considerations that invalidate it:
- Mercury deposits in the western U.S. (including Texas) come mainly from Asia. Texas emissions are deposited in the eastern U.S.
- The primary source of mercury exposure in humans is fish, and fish are also exposed to mercury elsewhere.
- Autism incidence was already known to be linked to degree of urbanization. A correlation with many factors, including other chemicals, is thus expected.
The response by Palmer et al. to Lewandowski was unsatisfactory and essentially conceded that the correlation was inconclusive and should be studied further.
Another point is that a major source of environmental mercury exposure is coal burning, which is not as much an issue as it used to be.
The rough link to degree of urbanization needs to be emphasized. Because of this link, if a researcher were to look for a correlation between, say, consumption of French fries and the administrative incidence of autism, they could very well find a correlation, giving credence to the autism fries hypothesis. So it's not sufficient to document these types of correlations.
Windham et al. admit that there could be "uncontrolled confounding" in their study. This confounding may or may not be environmental in nature.
The California Department of Developmental Services (CDDS) provides sufficient information to determine if regional differences in autism prevalence are real. I will try to use this data to show that one should be skeptical of the correlations found by Windham et al. and any correlations where degree of urbanization acts as a proxy.
I will use data provided to me by CDDS. Readers can obtain this data by emailing datax at dds.ca.gov and asking for the file named CDER Qrt Data.XLS with autistic client characteristics for each regional center (or post your email address in the comments section). Readers may also find the regional center map useful to follow the analysis.
Lack of Equivalence
In order to make a valid claim that there is correlation between autism and something else, a researcher should make sure they are comparing apples with apples. If what "autism" is in one region differs from what "autism" is in another region, then the correlation analysis has no merit. One way to tell if "autism" is equivalent across regions is to compare the characteristics of those diagnosed with autism. Table 1 lists autistic client characteristics in regional centers across the Bay Area.
|Regional Center
|Autism-Epilepsy Ratio
|Severe Behaviors
|In MR Population
|Golden Gate
|North Bay
|East Bay
The autism-epilepsy ratio turns out to be a good indicator of prevalence for a region. (This could also be autism-cerebral palsy ratio, or the reader could determine the total population served by a regional center if so inclined). The last column of Table 1 represents the recognition of autism in the population with mental retardation. I have found that differences in this rate of recognition throw off the other proportions. So in this case we're fortunate that differences in this proportion in Table 1 are small.
Table 1 shows that there is inequivalence between regional centers. But it is also of interest that in regional centers with higher autism prevalence, the proportion of autistic clients with mental retardation, epilepsy and severe behaviors is lower. A more dramatic example of this phenomenon can be observed in Table 2.
|Regional Center
|Autism-Epilepsy Ratio
|Severe Behaviors
|In MR Population
|San Diego
|North LA
We can see that North LA has an autism prevalence about 2.4 times that of San Diego, but proportionally, about 2.4 times as many autistics have mental retardation in San Diego as they do in North LA. (I chose these two regional centers because, again, their recognition of autism in the mental retardation population is similar, which allows for a fair comparison).
Evidence of Catch-Up
The differences in autism prevalence that exist today across regional centers were widened considerably during the "autism epidemic" of the 1990s. In fact, the "epidemic" was mostly confined to the Los Angeles area. These observations are illustrated in the following figure [courtesy of CDDS]:
Presumably, something unusual happened in the 1990s in LA that did not happen nearly as much elsewhere, e.g. there was a significant upsurge of environmental pollution. Whatever it was, it's apparently leveling off now. What's strange is that the regional center with the lowest prevalence of autism in the state, Central Valley, currently has an annual autism caseload growth of 23.94%, whereas the regional center with highest prevalence in the state, Westside, has an annual autism caseload growth of 8.7%. (Note that annual caseload growth is 10.5% for the state as a whole). One would have to assume that there has been a very significant shift in emissions of environmental pollution, with Central Valley all of the sudden surpassing Westside in emissions and growing much faster. It is far more likely that Central Valley was behind in its recognition of autism and is now simply catching up.
Why Only the Bay Area?
It is unfortunate that Windham et al. decided to only look at the Bay Area. It would have been interesting to see their take on why the prevalence of autism in the Far Northern regional center (apparently a very sparsely populated area) is about 1.7 times that of the Central Valley regional center (which has a city, Fresno, population 400,000). Or why the prevalence of autism in East LA is slightly lower than that of Westside. Or why the South Central regional center has a considerably lower prevalence than all of the surrounding regional centers in the LA area.
Before we can move forward with regional prevalence differences and whether they correlate to various environmental triggers, it is necessary to determine that these differences exist in reality. Recognition of autism in the population with mental retardation is the key variable, because once this proportion is adjusted, it appears that the rest of the variation can be explained through differences in the definition of "autism". So I would recommend carrying out the following pilot study. Random groups of clients with mental retardation from Central Valley and Westside should be selected (at least 100 each). An evaluator blind to region and to pre-existing diagnoses would evaluate the clients for DSM-IV autism. This would tell us if it is true that Westside has significantly more autism than Central Valley in reality.


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Fox News contributor Fred Barnes alleged that President Obama is championing legislation that will make undocumented immigrants instantly eligible for a pathway to citizenship. In fact, according to Obama's immigration reform proposal, applicants must prove eligibility and wait roughly thirteen years before becoming citizens.
On the March 27 edition of Special Report with Bret Baier, Barnes suggested that President Obama's immigration reform bill includes instant eligibility for a pathway to citizenship:
In reality, Obama's plan would require applicants to wait multiple years before obtaining citizenship. Talking Points Memo reported that applicants would likely have to wait eight years to obtain a green card, and five more to apply for citizenship.
A draft of the White House immigration proposal published by USA Today on February 17 outlined a conditioned path to citizenship in which undocumented immigrants would have to pay taxes, pass a criminal background check, submit biometric information, and pay additional fees before applying for the new visa:
According to the White House draft, people would need to pass a criminal background check, submit biometric information and pay fees to qualify for the new visa. If approved, they would be allowed to legally reside in the U.S. for four years, work and leave the country for short periods of time. After the four years, they could then reapply for an extension.
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Guri Weinberg appears in Breaking Dawn - Part 2 as Stefan.
Guri was born in August 1972 in Israel. When he was on a month old his father was murdered. His father was Moshe Weinberg a wrestling coach who was the coach for the Israeli Wrestling Team for the 1972 olympics. Members of the PLO or "Black September" snuck into the Olympic Village in the middle of the night and took 11 people hostage. They killed Guri's father leaving him fatherless at only a month old. Then they threw his father's naked body onto the streets to make a spectacle for the press. The other athletes were murdered shortly after. Guri and his mother lived in Montreal and New York where he learned English. When he was in high school they moved to L.A.
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By Rail: The Indian Railways connecting different destinations within and outside the state of Kerala offer plenty of options. There are over 200 railway stations in the state alone with trains travelling from all four corners. For longer distances, there are express trains and super-fast trains connecting Kerala to all the other major metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata.
By Air: On your Kerala family tour package, travel to the state by Air. Kochi, Kozhikode, and Thiruvananthapuram are home to the international airports. The capital city, Thiruvananthapuram, is well connected to the Gulf countries as well.
By Road: Travellers can reach Kerala by road. Roads in the state are in excellent condition, connecting to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka through national highways. You can choose tourist taxi, buses, and autos as your main mode of transport.
By Sea: To reach the interiors of Kerala, you can avail the sea route. There are public ferry services, houseboats, and speed boats available.
Q: How many days of Kerala tour package is ideal for a complete trip?
Q: What is the best time to visit Kerala?
Q: What are the famous Honeymoon destinations in Kerala?
- Munnar: It is a popular hill station located in Kerala, famed for picturesque landscapes and lush green tea gardens. Munnar is the first choice for Kerala honeymoon package
- Thekkady: Enjoy wild jeep safari and bamboo rafting in Periyar National Park. It is the ideal station for adventure lovers.
- Wayanad: An entrancing location in Kerala, Wayanad is an amazing place to relax on a honeymoon.
- Kumarakom and Alleppey: The backwaters of Kerala - Kumarakom, and Alleppey are the romantic gateway that brings honeymoon couples to the state. These are the major attractions for honeymoon couples in Kerala.
- Kovalam: Pristine beach, blue waters, and Ayurvedic massage in Kerala invite honeymooners to the beautiful location, Kovalam.
Q: What are the things to do in Kerala on a family tour package?
- Watch snake boat race at Alappuzha in your Kerala tour package.
- July to September is the time of Onam festival. During this time, you can rent a vat and witness the splendid race.
- Explore the rustic life of villagers in Kerala, especially at the backwater villages.
- Houseboats in Kerala are the major attractions. Do not forget to choose a customized Kerala tour package and stay on a houseboat.
- Gorge some of the exotic native dishes ranging from fried chips to pazhampori, appam with stew, dosa with Kerala style sambhar, puttu and kadala curry, and Malabar biriyani.


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DOWNEY – A man who was shot in the head during a home invasion robbery in Downey and gravely wounded was upgraded to critical condition as police continued searching for his attackers today.
Officers found the man when they arrived in the 9300 block of Elm Vista Drive in response to a gunfire report received at 11:54 p.m. Monday, said Downey police Sgt. Perry Miller. | POLICE NEWS
The wounded man was taken to a hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound to the head and listed in grave condition, said Downey police Sgt. Brian Baker.
The victim, whose name was not released, was in critical condition early today, Miller said.
Baker said three males "forced entry into the victim's residence seeking valuables," Baker said.
"Once inside, they were confronted by residents, and an altercation ensued," Baker said. "The incident carried into the front yard, where one of the suspects fired a handgun at the victim, striking him in the head."
The men fled in a small, light-colored vehicle, possibly white. Anyone with information on the crime was urged to call Detective Robert Del Rio at (562) 904-2324 or Detective Paul Hernandez at (562) 904-2368.


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The Magic Restroom Café is a blessing for headline writers. Since this toilet-themed Taiwanese eatery opened in a City of Industry shopping mall a few weeks ago, the headline writers of America have been, ahem, wallowing in joy. A quick browse came up with "Dining Goes Down the Toilet at Magic Restroom Café," "Magic Restroom Café Is Flush with Originality," "Latrine Cuisine" and the perhaps unintentionally hilarious, "Magic Restroom Café Soft Opens."
It is, however, not much of a blessing for those who eat there. You sit on toilets, eating unpleasantly pre-digested looking stews out of miniature toilet bowls. Service is slow; lots of tables don't have food on them. This is strange, when you consider that — once you've gotten past the novelty of sitting on commodes while eating out of porcelain appliances — this is a less-than-ordinary Taiwanese stew-and-fry shop.
The menu runs to fried fishcakes, fried calamari, fried tofu, fried mushrooms, fried buns, "Magic Curry Chicken" (which does not look like something you'd really want to eat), sausage with rice, steamed pork with rice, ground pork with rice, and meatballs with rice.
It follows the Taiwanese school of novelty first and foremost — there's a popular Taiwanese restaurant called Jail (where you eat in a jail cell), and a place called D.S. Hospital (where you're served by nurses). This sort of goofy concept works well when the beer and soju flow. But you've got to face the toilet bowls of Magic Restroom Café are cold stone sober. And the food is overly saucy, overly salty — clearly not the point.
By contrast, if you want a first-rate taste of the often-quirky cooking of Taiwan, head downstairs to the City of Industry branch of the oddly punctuated MonJa TaiKer (there's another branch on Garvey Avenue in Rosemead). There was a wait to get into MonJa, but in this case, people were going there for the food, not for the atmosphere — which aside from a photo of the Manka Qingshui Zushi Temple on one wall and some lanterns overhead, is pretty minimal. Indeed, the whole place is pretty minimal; just a couple of handfuls of tables crowded into a narrow storefront, with a service area that takes up about a third of the room.
This is the sort of food those of us who have wandered through the narrow alleys of Taipei know well: Dozens of small dishes served with crazy speed, packed with more flavor than can be easily believed, at prices that are way down there. Some years ago, I was a judge in a cooking competition in Taipei (it's a long story). Since my guides were tired of eating Chinese food, they arranged a series of banquets for me at French restaurants, Italian restaurants and steakhouses. After I got back to my hotel, I'd head for the Night Market to gobble the local food. I just about doubled in size. But I was happy.
Considering that the kitchen at MonJa is barely there, it's amazing how many dishes come flying out of it. There are roughly 75 savory dishes and 75 non-alcoholic drinks and desserts. The one dish to get is the Red Grain Pork Rice, which is a crazy good creation of meltingly tender slices of pig marinated in sugar, rice wine and soy, served atop a pile of rice with pickled greens. It's one of those can't-stop-eating-it dishes. But then, so is much of the menu.
This is where you go for long-stewed chicken drumsticks and popcorn chicken rice. For fried sparerib noodle soup and rice ball wonton soup that tastes like wonton soup should, and rarely does. For hot & spicy dry noodles and fabulously funky Taiwanese meatballs. There are yam fries on the menu (is that Chinese food? One bite and I'm convinced).
Wash it all down with smoothies, slushies, brown sugar hot drinks, milk tea or a wide assortment of "Flavorful Tea," which can be tricked up with all sorts of add-ons like aloe, boba and coffee jelly. MonJa isn't open as late as the Night Markets of Taipei — just to 11 p.m. on weekends — but that's late enough to draw a crowd until the last bowl is served.
Merrill Shindler is a Los Angeles-based freelance dining critic. Send him email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Investigators probing the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport are focusing on the decisions made by an experienced pilot, fellow pilots who were supposed to be monitoring him and why no one noticed that the plane was coming in too slow.
Authorities are also reviewing the initial rescue efforts after fire officials acknowledged that one of their trucks may have run over one of the two Chinese teenagers killed in the Boeing 777 crash Saturday.
San Francisco Fire Department Chief Joanne Hayes-White said Monday there "might be a possibility," that a fire rescue apparatus came in contact with one of the passengers, but the alleged incident is still under thorough investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman said a preliminary review of airport surveillance video "wasn't conclusive."
The FBI and San Francisco Police Department were notified of the alleged incident and an investigation began after the plane crash scene was locked down and the aircraft was secure, San Francisco Fire Department Airport Deputy Chief Dale Carnes said during a press conference Monday.
"One of the deceased did have injuries consistent with those of having been run over by a vehicle," San Francisco Fire Department Spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said Sunday.
The crash killed two people and injured at least 182. The plane, traveling from South Korea, slammed into the runway on Saturday morning, breaking off its tail and catching fire before slumping to a stop that allowed some passengers to flee down emergency slides into thick smoke and a trail of debris. Firefighters doused the flames that burned through the fuselage with foam and water, and police officers on the ground threw utility knives up to crew members so they could cut the seat belts of those who remained trapped as rescue crews removed the injured.
The two victims killed in the crash were Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, both 16-year-old Chinese students.
San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said one of their bodies was found on the tarmac near where the plane's tail broke off. The other was found on the left side of the plane about 30 feet away from where the jetliner came to rest after it skidded down the runway. Foucrault said an autopsy will involve determining whether the second girl's death was caused by injuries suffered in the crash or "a secondary incident," and a report won't be available for two to three weeks.
Earlier Monday, Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyomin told the Associated Press that pilot Lee Gang-guk was trying to get used to the 777 during Saturday's crash landing. She said the pilot had nearly 10,000 hours flying other planes, including the Boeing 747, but had only 43 hours on the 777.
Hyomin told Reuters that co-pilot Lee Jeong-min has 3,220 hours of flying experience with the Boeing 777 and a total of 12,387 hours of flying experience, and was helping his colleague with the landing.
In all, four pilots were on the plane and worked in rotating shifts during the 10-and-a-half hour flight from Seoul. The pilots were described by Asiana chief executive Yoon Young-doo as veterans, with more than 10,000 hours of flight experience.
Hersman said the NTSB will look into whether or not Gang-guk's 43 hours spent flying Boeing 777's had a role in the crash landing.
"You want to make sure they can do it safely every time, and safely the first time," she told Fox News.
The NTSB is interviewing all four pilots and Hersman said investigators are looking into the activities of the pilots in the 72 hours leading up to the crash to see if fatigue or medications were a factor.
"A lot is focused on the crew's experience, their training, how they worked together, crew resource management, the way that they communicate and how they divvy up their responsibilities. We're looking into all of those things right now," Hersman told Fox News.
The South Korea government also announced Monday that officials will also inspect engines and landing equipment on all Boeing 777 planes owned by Asiana and Korean Air, the national carrier.
Some of the passengers who were onboard the plane have already gone home, airlines officials told the Los Angeles Times. Asiana Airlines said two people flew home Sunday and four on Monday. Six government officials and a dozen relatives of the passengers are being flown in from Shanghai.
A preliminary review of recordings taken from the black boxes on the plane showed that during its landing attempt the plane was traveling "significantly" slower than normal before it crashed, according to Hersman.
Hersman said Sunday that the flight crew on Asiana Airlines Flight 214 had a visible approach to the runway and put the plane's landing gear down, according to communications heard in the cockpit voice recorder.
Hersman added that the plane's target speed for the landing was 137 knots (158 mph) and the crew had no discussion of anomalies or concerns with the way the plane was descending.
But seven seconds before the plane hit into a seawall, one of the crew members called on the pilots to increase speed. Information from the flight data recorder displayed that the plane was going well below the target landing speed, and the engine throttles advanced.
Four seconds before impact, a "stick shaker" – a device that emits an oral and physical warning to the crew that the plane is about to stall – sounded off, Hersman said. Around that time, the plane was traveling at 103 knots (119mph).
The crew then called to abort the landing and to try another attempt 1.5 seconds before impact.
Hersman said there were no reports of wind conditions or weather playing a role in the crash landing, but investigators will look into data from prior flights that landed in the area.
The black box recordings were taken from the plane wreckage and analyzed at a lab in Washington D.C.
Authorities are also looking into what role the shutdown of key pilot navigational aid had in the crash.
Hersman said on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday that the glide slope system is a ground-based aid that helps pilots stay on course while landing and it has been shut down at the San Francisco airport since June. The pilots, however, were notified before the crash that the system wasn't available.
Aircraft security experts told Reuters that the glide slope system is not essential for routine landings, but it's not unusual for airports to disable them for maintenance reasons.
"The pilots would have had to rely solely on visual cues to fly the proper glide path to the runway, and not have had available to them the electronic information that they typically have even in good weather at most major airports," said Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who crash landed a plane in New York's Hudson River in 2009, told a CBS news affiliate, according to Reuters.
"What that means is that then the automatic warnings that would occur in the cockpit when you deviate below the desired electronic path wouldn't have been available either. So we don't know yet if that's a factor in this particular situation, but that's certainly something they'll be looking at," he said.
San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee said at a news conference Saturday evening that all 291 passengers and 16 crew members onboard the plane had been accounted for, but officials said 182 people were taken to area hospitals. As of Sunday afternoon, 19 people remained hospitalized with six in critical condition, one being a child.
Dr. Margaret Knudson of the San Francisco General Hospital said among the 53 people they have treated, they have seen large numbers of abdominal injuries, some spinal fractures -- with a few causing paralysis -- and patients with head trauma.
She also said they were "surprised" to see a few patients with severe road rash, comparing it as when someone crashes on a motorcycle without wearing leather.
"There's going to be many, many more surgeries to come," she added.
Joanne Hayes-White, the San Francisco Fire Department chief, said Sunday that it was "nothing short of a miracle that we had 123 people walk away from this." Hayes-White said there was major structural damage inside the plane, as some seats were buckled.
On audio recordings from the air traffic tower, controllers told all pilots in other planes to stay put after the crash. "All runways are closed. Airport is closed. San Francisco tower," said one controller.
At one point, the pilot of a United Airlines plane radioed.
"We see people ... that need immediate attention," the pilot said. "They are alive and walking around."
When the plane hit the ground, oxygen masks dropped down, said Xu Da, a product manager at an Internet company in Hangzhou, China, who was sitting with his wife and teenage son near the back of the plane. He stood up and saw sparking — perhaps from exposed electrical wires — and a gaping hole through the back of the plane where its galley was torn away along with the tail.
Xu and his family escaped through the opening. Once on the tarmac, they watched the plane catch fire, and firefighters hose it down.
The flight originated in Shanghai, China, and stopped over in Seoul, South Korea, before coming to San Francisco, airport officials said. South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said that the plane's passengers included 141 Chinese, 77 South Koreans, 61 Americans, three Canadians, three from India, one Japanese, one Vietnamese and one from France, while the nationalities of the remaining three haven't been confirmed. Thirty of the passengers were children.
President Obama, who was at Camp David in Maryland, was informed of the crash and was being kept up to date by local, state and federal authorities, the White House said.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye offered her condolences to the families of passengers and said her government would make all necessary efforts to help handle the aftermath, according to her spokeswoman Kim Haing.
"I offer my deep condolences to the families of the passengers who suffered from the unexpected Asiana plane crash," South Korean President Park Geun-hye said, according to her spokeswoman Kim Haing. Park said that the South Korean government will make all necessary efforts to help handle the aftermath, according to Kim.
Asiana is a South Korean airline, second in size to Korean Air. It has recently tried to expand its presence in the United States, and is a member of the Star Alliance, which is anchored in the U.S. by United Airlines.
The 777-200 is a long-range plane from Boeing. The twin-engine aircraft is one of the world's most popular long-distance planes, often used for flights of 12 hours or more, from one continent to another. It is a smaller, wide-body jet that can travel long distances without refueling and is typically used for long flights over water. The airline's website says its 777s can carry between 246 to 300 passengers.
A tweet from Boeing said the company's thoughts are with those affected by the crash. "Our thoughts are with everyone affected by today's incident at SFO," Boeing said on its Twitter account. "We stand ready to assist the NTSB."
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.


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The Czech Republic is an inland country in Central Europe. Its dominant physical elements are mountains and water systems. In spite of its relatively small size (78,866 km2), it is characterized by a high degree of wild plant and animal species richness, resulting from its geographical position at the boundaries between several biogeographical regions, morphological and geological diversity as well as from historical and cultural developments. A natural barrier is created by the two mountains systems between which the country is located. The main European watershed also passes through the country to divide the northern and southern drainage areas. From the peak of Mt. Kralický Sněžník in the northeast (1,423 metres a.s.l.), water runs into three different seas according to which slope receives rain. The country is one of the most important crossroads on the migration routes of the certain biota (e.g., main Eurasian bird flyways).
Many areas within the country are highly affected by urbanization, intensive agriculture, forest management practices, and the development of new transport infrastructures. The Czech Republic displays high landscape and habitat diversity and there is no doubt that agricultural practices have contributed to an increase in these features. However, agriculture is also counted as a significant cause of the loss of rural landscape biodiversity. The most significant reduction of species diversity occurs in areas with intensive farming and strong disturbances to original landscape structures. These practices often cause many changes related to water runoff, watercourse pollution and overall soil degradation, affecting natural soil fertility, water retention ability and species richness dependent on rich agricultural landscape. However, by far the most serious driver of change in agricultural biodiversity is water erosion. In the Czech Republic, more than half of the agricultural land is potentially threatened by it.
The main objective of the National Biodiversity Strategy of the Czech Republic adopted in 2005 was to create a document for biodiversity conservation in the Czech Republic that would be both intersectoral and interdisciplinary. The National Biodiversity Strategy of the Czech Republic was prepared with consideration given to implementing the EU Biodiversity Action Plan to 2010. Chapters are divided into strategic themes (e.g., Ecosystem Approach, in situ conservation, ex situ conservation, sustainable use) and into aspects on biodiversity mainsteaming in sectoral policies (e.g., agriculture, forest ecosystems, water and wetland ecosystems). Implementation of the Strategy was to substantially contribute to achieving the objectives previously set out in the National Sustainable Development Strategy. Attention would also be paid to consistent implementation of applicable legislation and already approved policies, and to preparation of new legislation, as outlined in the Strategy. The Strategy, in itself, does not encompass additional financial requirements from state budgets.
The agricultural sector has taken numerous steps in agricultural biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of its components. Measures (e.g., ecological agriculture production, integrated production, sustainable grassland management, growing of intercrops, management of mesophilic and hydrophilic meadows, enhancement of landscape connectivity in farmland) have been carried out in High Nature Value Areas. In situ biodiversity conservation measures in agriculture mainly focus on soil organisms by ensuring environmentally friendly farming procedures. Ex situ measures are ensured by the National Programme on the Conservation and Utilisation of Plant, Animal and Microbial Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which is divided into three respective programmes aimed at the conservation of crop genetic resources, farm animals, fish, bees and microorganisms.
The Czech Republic has a policy objective of supporting the certification process of forests within the Pan-European Forest Certification system. The National Forest Programme (NFP) is also in place.
Freshwater quality monitoring is obligatory according to the EU Water Framework Directive (2000) and the National Water Act (2001). Almost 300 watercourse profiles and selected border streams are monitored 12 times a year according to various indicators. A wide range of organic substances and radioactive substances are also monitored. Likewise, data on air quality monitoring have been systematically collected in the Czech Republic since 1980 and inventoried in the Register of Emissions and Air Pollution Sources (REAPS).


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In Tuesday's international press round-up: Venezuela reacts to Hugo Chavez's return to the country, the British press reels at revelations the News of the World hacked a murdered teenager's mobile phone, Fox News falls victim to hackers on Twitter, and Iceland could restrict cigarette sales - to prescription only.
Venezuelan newspapers Tal Cual and El Universal disagree on whether Hugo Chavez should put the country before his cancer - or if it's time for him to step down.
In Britain, the Guardian reveals Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid the News of the World hacked a murdered teenager's mobile phone - destroying vital evidence and giving her parents false hope.
The Daily Beast looks at how hackers managed to break into Fox News' Twitter account - and tell followers President Obama was dead.
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When upgrading welders, which is better?
Welding has advanced since the 1930s, when stick (electrode) welders, using an AC power source, began making their way to farm country. Today there are other options, such as TIG and wire welding, but stick welders remain the go-to form of welding to tackle many farm tasks. Here are several tips from experts to help you use your stick welder more effectively.
Because farm equipment manufacturers use metal inert gas (MIG) welders to assemble machinery, many farmers assume a MIG welder is the optimum welder for a farm shop.
However, experts say that an A/C or A/C-D/C welder that uses stick-type electrodes might be a better choice.
"For general repair and maintenance work, where you're going to be welding rusty or painted metal, maybe outdoors in the wind, stick [welding] is a better process," says John Leisner of Miller Electric Mfg. Company. "MIG is good for fabrication, where the metal is clean, unpainted and the environment is wind-free."
MIG welders produce beautiful, liquid-looking, spatter-free welds, but require stringent conditions. Metals at the weld point must be completely free of corrosion and paint. Ground clamps must be attached as close to the weld point as possible. Any wind (even the breeze from a shop fan)can disrupt the shield of inert gas around the welding arc and create weak, ugly welds.
"Metal preparation is always recommended for any welding process, but with stick welders you can weld rusty painted metal outdoors in the wind with good results," Leisner says. "You can connect your ground clamp to the machine 20' from where you're welding and still get a good arc. I'd say 80% of the time, stick welders are a better fit for farm use [than MIG welders]."
The downfall with stick welders is welding thin metal. Conventional A/C stick welders tend to "burn through" when welding metals thinner than 1⁄8", while MIG welders can weld metal as thin as 24 gauge (0.0239").
Dan Klingman, a technical trainer with Lincoln Electric, says using a stick welder with a direct current (D/C) option can reduce "burn-through" when welding thin metals.
"You can use straight- or reverse-polarity on a D/C welder, which changes the direction of flow of electricity. Straight-polarity reduces the tendency to 'burn through' when you're welding thin metals," Klingman says.
Farmers who try a modern A/C-D/C stick welder are often surprised. "Somebody who goes from the welder their grandpa bought 30 years ago to a new welder will notice a big difference," Klingman says. "The new electronics make it a lot easier to strike an arc, and they produce a smoother arc that minimizes spatter."
Chad Schincke of Dakota Dunes, S.D., won a trip to the 2009 Miller Welding University, hosted by Farm Journal and Miller Electric Mfg. Co., and noted the advantages of welders equipped with modern technology.
"Compared to the old A/C welder that I was used to at home, the newer welders seemed to have more power. They didn't stick all the time when I was trying to start an arc, and it was easier to maintain an arc while I was welding," Schincke says. "That made it easier to do vertical and out-of-position welds that I wasn't really comfortable with when I used our old welder."
Alternate options for MIG. While stick welders are the most versatile welders for farm use, there is an option that makes MIG welders more flexible under farm conditions. Converting to flux-cored wire can increase a MIG welder's ability to weld painted, corroded metals outdoors in the wind.
Conventional MIG welders use an inert gas to shield the arc from atmospheric gases that contaminate welds and create uneven, bubbly welds. Flux-cored wire has shielding flux inside the wire. The flux vaporizes in the heat of the welding arc to shield the arc from atmospheric contamination.
"You have to change the spool of wire from regular MIG wire to flux-cored wire, and you absolutely have to reverse the lead connections inside the welder to reverse polarity, but flux-cored wire is a way to make a wire welder work well under field conditions," says Scott Rozmarynowski of Hobart Welding Products.
"Flux-cored welds have to be chipped and cleaned like stick welds, but flux-cored welding is more forgiving [than MIG welding]," he adds.
"Flux-cored wire welding is an option somewhere between stick and MIG," Rozmarynowski explains. "MIG is hard to beat for welding clean metal under controlled conditions, but stick welders are still probably best for all-round farm use."
Pros and Cons of MIG and Stick Welding
Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Wire Welding
- can weld metal as thin as 24 gauge (0.0239")
- produces beautiful, smooth, slag-free, nearly spatter-free welds
- welding is never interrupted by the need to stop working in order to replace the electrode (stick)
- even a minimal amount of rust, paint or contamination can create porous weak welds
- ground clamp must be on bare metal and must be near welding point.
- any breeze, even a shop fan, can disrupt shielding gas and result in porous weak welds
- pressurized bottles of inert gas necessary for MIG welding are clumsy for field repairs
- must change entire spool of wire to weld special metals—aluminum, cast, etc.
A/C or A/C-D/C Stick Welding
- less sensitive to paint and corrosion at welding point
- ground clamp can be attached far from welding point
- not affected by wind
- easy to change rods to weld special metals—cast, stainless, etc.
- welders with direct current (D/C) option can alter polarity of electrode to reduce burn-through in thinner metals
- the slag must be chipped from the welds prior to painting or subsequent welding
- some spatter is inevitable; D/C stick welding has less spatter than A/C welding
- welding is interrupted every time a welding rod must be replaced
- welding metal less than 1⁄8" thick is difficult


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So there's a new wrinkle to the story about the baseball-snatching adult couple that made a little boy cry at a New York Yankees-Texas Rangers game earlier this week.
The couple spoke to a TV station in Dallas saying they meant no harm and were simply caught up in the moment (via HBT).
"My fiance Shannon and I were honestly unaware of the situation of the little boy sitting next to us last night since we were so caught up in the excited and moment of being at our first Ranger's baseball game together," [Sean Leonard] wrote in a statement.
As you can see in the video, the culprits really had no idea.
The kid's parents say that at no point have they thought the couple was wrong for not giving their kid the ball.
We obviously weren't there, but we've been to enough baseball games to know that during a game with no intensity you can hear just about anything in the stands in-between pitches.
Let alone a severely upset child.
The couple is also asking Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay to apologize for turning their ignorant bliss into such a nationally-followed villainous act.
"It's very hurtful, especially when you know you wouldn't intentionally hurt somebody or hurt their feelings," [Shannon] Moore said. "Especially when it's a little-bitty toddler."
Oh please, Kay's comments were all in good fun. This is what he said:
"Oh my God. They can't give it to the kid? That's awful."
Upon noticing the couple was posing for pictures with the ball Kay added, "Wow! They're actually rubbing it in the kid's face. How cold."
He also described the two as "greedy" and "tone deaf." But keep in mind that Kay was broadcasting a Yankees game in which the Yankees were losing and nothing all that exciting was going on. Hardly something worth apologizing for.
But the couple should be upset with themselves for NEVER realizing what happened and were instead immensely excited over a silly ball. Also, giving a child a baseball instead of keeping it is one of baseball fans' most-widely accepted rules.
No one over the age of 12 has any need for a baseball.


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Too Many Stories about Pitching..
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by tfjim on 2013-07-19
How about stories while funded by them? How did they help you grow? Did they make introductions? Are they supportive in providing whatever resources you need? Did they just give you money and stopped there?
Anyone with multiple VC firm experience who can give an objective comparative review is highly appreciated.PRIVATE: Members Only
David Spector Fair, Up Front
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2012-02-15
I pitched David Spector recently. He has been with Sequoia for about two years so I'm happy to write his first review on TheFunded. Note: It was an impromptu pitch and demo and David had no materials beforehand, so keep that in mind. My takeaways:
- He's a sharp guy. Asked good questions about our product and business model and paid close attention to my words.
- He offered concrete suggestions on what it would take to attract his and Sequoia's interest specific to my company.
- He is open. I asked him all manner of direct questions and he replied with direct answers.
Net: David is smart, direct and has a sense of humor. I felt crystal clear on where things stood and next steps.PRIVATE: Members Only (815 Characters)
Is Sequoia Worth Relocation to the Valley?
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by Krassen on 2012-01-18
I will have a meeting next month with them, so this is more of a question than comment. Warren Hogarth graciously agreed to meet for establishing a connection, even though he was honest upfront that they would not be interested in an early-stage deal that is outside the Bay Area.
Obviously, I know that Sequoia's reputation is fantastic, but do not know enough about them to even begin to contemplate a move. Feedback will be highly appreciated; details in the private section.PRIVATE: Members Only (559 Characters)
Sequoia the Devil You Know
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by scottdunlap on 2011-01-28
I enjoy pitching Sequoia for one simple reason. They are the purest form of greed on Sand Hill Road. If you have something that fits their model, few VC's will do more to help make that a reality, including stepping all over you (which, BTW, they should if you slow it down).
The Sequoia pitch is simple:
1) What it does.
2) Which of the 7 deadly sins does it serve. Yes, this is actually part of their screening. All great investments fundamentally feed one of the 7 deadly sins, which in turn creates an internal need to use it and share it with others. It's not stupid, it's genius. Just a little short on the ethical spectrum.
3) How it grows 1000x per year. Yes, that's the growth rate of their best investments over the last 20 years. Don't think of this as an elitest criterium, think of it as a challenge for you to see the highest growth areas of your business.
4) Data that backs up 2 and 3.
If you have something growing like mad, pitch Sequoia. If you have a hunch and some theories, don't bother unless you can build something that proves it in less than 30 days.
Sequoia doesn't want to be your friend. They want to get rich. You can decide whether or not that's what you want, but they will be that voice for sure.PRIVATE: Members Only (316 Characters)
Good Pitch; Conflict of Interest
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by sunil on 2010-12-08
Pitched Michael Moritz whom I pitched in 2007 on a different deal. He was quick to review and declined due to a conflict with another investment.PRIVATE: Members Only
The End of the VC Days is Near: Sequoia Buys a Bank
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2009-10-22
At first, I was shocked to learn that Sequoia was part of a private equity consortium that bought First Republic Bank. Then, upon further thought, it's no surprise that top venture capitalists would start to abandon the venture capital model first...
Has venture investing gotten that bad? I know that top venture funds have the authority to do all types of deals, including public market investments. It makes sense for VCs to try and make money however they can, so I get buying a publicly traded technology company or even taking some innovative traditional businesses private, like a newspaper with a good online division.
BUT, buying a bank? Where is the innovation?PRIVATE: Members Only
Does Sequoia Fund in Australia as Yet?
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by c1consult on 2009-03-27
Has Sequoia ever done a successful funding in Australia? Many of the US companies we've followed have funding origins in the USA but we're finding it hard to find a serious backer locally.
Big Fund Hard to Get Through
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by davidshay on 2009-01-08
Pitched several of their team members. It felt like they have seen it all.PRIVATE: Members Only
Focus on Market Size
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by generalist on 2008-06-14
Sequoia Capital's investment strategy is very simple - the product/service has to serve a very large market. They can fix everything else (replace management, keep developing the product, etc.) but they can not fix the market. If you want to pitch them - make sure that your story shows a huge market for your offering.PRIVATE: Members Only (551 Characters)
Gaurav Garg?
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-01-14
Has any one worked with him before"PRIVATE: Members Only
Lesson Learned Only Pitch a Partner
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-01-11
We were bounced around the firm for our initial pitch and landed on Joe Dobrenski. Lesson learned, only pitch a real player in the firm.
Joe was a nice enough guy (I suppose), but a complete waste of our time. He was really really really late and then hurried us along. No eye contact or attempt to engage in a meaningful discussion. Bolted for the door after 20 minutes.
If anyone sells Dale Carnegie classes... please call on Sequoia Capital and sell them the basic intro course on how to win friends and influence people.PRIVATE: Members Only
Similar Experience to Others
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by mojojojo on 2007-12-28
Lots of meetings resulting in a suggestion to refocus the business on just a few current customers. Why would I need venture funding for that"PRIVATE: Members Only
30+ Minutes Late and Then Rushed Me
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-12-06
The Partner that we were scheduled to meet with (through a referral) was 30+ minutes late. He rushed us through almost every pitch slide in our presentation. As he hurried out of the room after 25 minutes he kept saying, "Let's stay in touch. Let's stay in touch".
Really bad formPRIVATE: Members Only
Similar Experience to Previous
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-08-29
Was initially pleasantly surprised to be scheduled for a full 1.5 hours for our pitch, a luxurious time frame...however, was not at all surprised (despite rumors that there had been a crack down in this area) to find that the scheduled time did not match reality. We began 30 minutes later than scheduled, due to the late arrival of the Sequoia partner.PRIVATE: Members Only (818 Characters)
Memories Mar the VC Maven
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by anonymous on 2007-08-18
Most of the partners at Sequoia are top-drawer. But a sour apple in the barrel can make it a harder decision for seasoned entrepreneurs to choose Sequoia.PRIVATE: Members Only (745 Characters)
Funding Notes
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by anon on 2007-08-09
Play Book
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by bootstrapper on 2007-06-23
How the meetings usually go is standard among most VC. Make sure you know your market and have focus. Execution is #1 so know exactly how you have/will win customers, market share and make money.PRIVATE: Members Only (3786 Characters)
They See the Big Picture but Come Prepared
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by bootstrapper on 2007-06-23
The slogan on their site and back of their cards is "The Entrepreneurs Behind Entrepreneurs" - it's true. All the folks I've spoken with have operating experience and one partner, who sits on 5 boards, is actually acting CEO for one of the companies, actively seeking his replacement to help the company grow.PRIVATE: Members Only (2690 Characters)
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by mla on 2007-06-11
A small tip. Before you take a meeting with Someone commented that VC's have a play book, they all pretty much ask the same questions. It's very nice to know what to expect before you walk in the door with these guys.
So, what's that "play book" of questions"PRIVATE: Members Only
The Top Dogs
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-05-26
These guys earn their reputations - good decisions fast.PRIVATE: Members Only (447 Characters)
Mr. X and Mr. Y
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by opus on 2007-05-13
They have two partners for each deal -- for privacy reasons I will decline to name the two partners on our deal. Mr. X has been very responsive and straight with us, an early stage venture spawned at MIT (we have no slick MBAs or presentation yet). Mr. Y was really cool too -- unlike lesser VCs that nag about our lack of a team, these guys really focused upon the consumer experience. However, getting beyond the talk to a deal was not (yet) possible for us. Look at their track record and not at their website's claims about "very early stage" 100K deals. All their recent deals are post-Beta w/ >$3million. That said, they are very responsive and give good advice. They are actually really conservative -- they'll get in when it's a sure thing.PRIVATE: Members Only (124 Characters)
Thumbs Up on Sequoia, Roelof
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by dweekly on 2007-05-09
Even though our company ended up taking funding from another VC, our experience with Sequoia in general, and Roelof in particular, was extraordinarily positive. I came in half-expecting to be eaten alive, given some of the stories, but the partners were attentive listeners, kind, and gave wise and sensible feedback. I'd think with their kind of track record they'd be more standoffish, but I was pleasantly disarmed. Good guys!PRIVATE: Members Only (161 Characters)
No Small Deals
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by seller on 2007-05-08
Sequoia is a great partner, and will come to a decision quickly. One thing that sticks with them is ability to grow big. They do not want small (<$100M) exits, and will gauge founders views on this notion. Plans need to have long term view toward market building and revenue.PRIVATE: Members Only
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-03-21
Focus is on building things that can be worth $1B or more (otherwise, not worth their time...) Bring discipline and unbeatable rolodex to the table.PRIVATE: Members Only (155 Characters)
Be Smart When You Go There
Fund: Sequoia Capital
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-03-17
DO NOT make Sequoia your first pitch. Tighten up your story by spending time pitching other venture firms first; *then* go to Sequoia.PRIVATE: Members Only (376 Characters)


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UnNews:Fat People are Harder to Kidnap
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NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA—It's a sad fact that in today's vibrant and thriving terrorist economy, something as simple as overeating can send the abduction industry into deep recession. A recent, worldwide ten-year study[1] reports that 60 percent of prospective kidnap victims showed signs of unhealthy weight gain, and some were formally obese. This may account for the dramatic fall in successful kidnapping attempts during the same period. Of nearly 300,000 attempted kidnappings, barely 125,000 succeeded, those largely of healthy, trim victims.
Christopher Crackour agrees. He runs Nigerian operations for a West African private security firm now under contract from the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. Raised in Bensonhurst, New York, Crackour learned his craft by abducting unwanted Canadians from Atlantic City at the request of the mayor and returning them to New Brunswick. An ex-Apartheid mercenary, Crackour remembers the early days of the conflict in South Africa. "We'd just pull up, grab them up out of their huts like bowling pins and throw them into the van and off we'd go. It was so much simpler then."
Crackour recalls an attempted taking in 1998 targeting Genevieve Sant, the daughter of then Prime Minister of Malta Alfred Sant. The grab was a hedge for pending reformist legislation he was due to sign, and was set for a spring evening following Genevieve's ballet recital. To minimize suspicion, Crackour sent in two of his more diminutive[2] agents. What he hadn't planned for was the fact that nine-year-old Genevieve weighed 238 pounds. The operation was a fiasco. One agent returned with a ruptured L5 disc, and the other had borne the full weight of the girl for almost 2 minutes when she fell on him in the scuffle.
Many on the Forbes' 400 Richest Americans list agree that this trend can be leveraged to their collective advantage. Sources at the Trump organization report that dieticians are working with several heiresses, including, Ivana Trump, Jamie Johnson (of the Johnson & Johnson fortune), and textile heir Cody Franchetti.
These spoiled socialites have been given a steady regime of high-calorie, high-carb and high-fat. The strategy is to make these walking bull's-eyes less palatable targets for a business segment ill prepared for what John Walton (of Wal-Mart) calls "a shift in market conditions." Donald Trump would not comment directly, but released the following statement through his company. "We feel the time is right to take this action. The cost of exposed hipbones has finally gotten too high."
When asked what advice he would offer to a young terrorist just getting started in the business, Crackour smiled and offered the following: "Work out your budget ahead of the grab—most important thing. I wish I had a euro for every time I had to let one go because we ran out of food, as if getting them in the van wasn't a Workers' Comp nightmare." Crackour then loaded his Polaroid camera and shot a photo of his most recent kidnap victim, Hali, a scrawny young man holding that day's issue of the Arewa, a Nigerian newspaper, and an uneaten can of Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Beef-A-Roni.
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A sword made of the lightest steel. This ancient sword hard is to break apart, and because of the lightest steel, this sword is one of the lightest sword ever made. This ancient sword made it possible for Mute to use it while he's speeding/charging. Mute found it on top of one of an Ancient abandoned mountain, made him a lucky person who've found the perfect weapon for him.
Red Glowing Part:
This effect made the cuts caused by this weapon will not trigger the target's pain receptors, meaning they won't feel the pain of the cut. This effect lasts for 5 seconds after the initial cut. This effect can be activated if Mute's in speed. This effect will NOT work on hard material such as sword, steel, rock etc.
Fighting experience:
Because of he's always alone, he got the chance to learn and master some of the fighting techniques.
He is fast, but not so fast, he's fast enough that he can charge to you easily. His speed gives him great flexibility on the battle field.
Close-ranged combat:
Since Mute is a swordwrath, close-range combat is an advantage to him, other than that, he's already a master in close-range combat.
Sword requirement:
Without his sword, he's not that strong. even though he got speed and mastered some fighting techniques, that's not enough for him.
Long-ranged combat:
Because of he's a swordwrath, long-ranged enemy is kinda challenging, he do can deflect bullets but he can only deflect some of them. A repeated attack will cause him in trouble, and he'll have to charge the enemy until close-range combat.
Strong Enemy:
Mute only depends on his speed and sword. However, strong enemies can overpower him and will be a challenging opponents to him.
Serious, lonely, mute, no friends. No one dare to be friend with him, and no one will..
From a far village, Mute was born, his parents wanted a perfect child, but then, they found out that he's mute, which made them felt sad. So they left him at an orphanage house. For plenty of years he live there, he still didn't know that his parents left him. Since a kid, he dreamed about being the Greatest Swordman, so he trained since he's a kid, but, because of his problem, he trained alone. Training and training, he never skipped even 1 day without training. No one dare to bully him, no one knows his name, so he was called Mute.Until one day, an old man Rudy, told him that his parents left him at the orphanage, knowing that, he was shocked. He left the Orphanage House and live on his own, travelling around his village, hoping to find his parents, never talk to anyone. Although that you saw him around, his status is still unknown.
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The 25 year old won twice on the Challenge Tour last year, including at the prestigious Grand Final, to become the first Norwegian to win the Rankings and earn a place in The 2013 Race to Dubai.
Kofstad makes a special guest appearance this week at the Norwegian Challenge, his first Challenge Tour event since holing the winning putt at last year's Grand Final in Italy, and he is delighted to return to his old stomping ground and show some of his friends around.
"It's really weird being here for a golf tournament," said Kofstad. "But it's really nice, I'm just trying to enjoy the week.
"It's nice to meet a lot of the guys from last year and just be at home. The people here are really friendly and I'm here basically here every day when I'm home.
"Obviously we didn't need the rain, this course is built on flood level so we need it to be sunny. I think the greens have held off really well. The fairways get a little wet but you could hardly tell that we have had so much rain when you're out there."
The Olso man has struggled with injury on his rookie season on The European Tour, adding further pressure to the many burdens faced on a maiden season in The Race to Dubai, but he is starting to feel better physically and thinks a turning point may just be around the corner.
"It's been tough going really," he admitted. "I didn't get off to the best start in the world and then when I eventually played well at the Open de España I got a hip injury so I haven't actually practised much since then.
"I did practise a lot around Sweden and Wentworth because I felt really healthy but I think I overdid it in France and hurt my neck that's still hanging around a bit.
"All I've done is work really hard all the time but I couldn't practise my putting very much for a while because I couldn't stand bent over my ball for very long.
"It puts that bit of tentativeness into the mindset instead of being able to prepare like I want to. Last week, for example, I was home for a week and all I could play was nine holes, even though all I wanted to do was hit balls and play golf all day long. It just hasn't happened so far.
"It can only get better though. I have still enjoyed it a lot, we get so spoiled at the big events and it's just a great place to be, but only if you're playing well.
"I feel like last year I earned my place in The European Tour and I didn't even find my form until July of last year so I'm hoping to get a good week this week and practise and use this as a practise round for Gleneagles and the rest of the year."
It is only fond memories that Kofstad has of the Challenge Tour and, having had plenty of time to reflect upon his incredible year last year, it is a season he will never forget.
"The first year I was on the Challenge Tour was just a big grind and there were a lot of ups and downs," he said. "But I kept feeling like I got better every tournament and I settled down at the end of the first year, finishing top 40 in the Rankings.
"Last year I just picked up from where I left off and then just won in Italy and all the pressure was off. I got into the big events and then I felt like I could everybody when I teed it up. It was just a good ride, I felt I could have a bad day and still shoot two under.
"When I played well I didn't make any bogeys. I just need to find that calmness that I found last year. I played so well and practised so well last season I felt like it was bound to click so I'm just hoping that happens for me soon this year, maybe in Gleneagles in two weeks."
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|DWYER, Paul
|GLENNEMO, Jacob
|PERRIER, Damien
|VANCSIK, Daniel
|CLAVERIE, Luis
|RAVANO, Nicolo


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