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Cinderella is dead. The Pac-12 is on life support. But March Madness – fresh off a four-day basketball bender just thrilling and cruel and dramatic enough to make you sweat through a whole closet of Sean Miller's shirts – just got an adrenaline shot to the heart.
The Big Dance's first four days were one long fever dream, the kind that would make Don Draper blush before ordering another Old Fashioned. In a haze of comebacks, clutch performances, and harrowing levels of heartbreak, the NCAA Tournament's wildest weekend was so dizzying that most of us lost track of where we had even begun.
We had already watched in horror as co-favorite Michigan State fell to 15th-seeded Middle Tennessee State in one of the tournament's biggest upsets ever, Wisconsin hit a brilliant, buzzer-beating 3-pointer to eliminate Xavier, and Northern Iowa lobbed a half-court beauty to down Texas. We'd seen an inbounds brain cramp doom USC, a dunk that wasn't end Cincinnati's run, and a last-second Notre Dame tip-in take care of popular underdog Stephen F. Austin. Our brackets were a mess of red ink.
And yet, by Sunday night, most of those stunning results had slipped from our immediate memory, replaced by a colossal collapse that defied not only convention, but also science, math, and pretty much everything else.
By most win probability measures, 11th-seeded Northern Iowa had either a 99.9 or 100 percent chance of beating third-seeded Texas A&M when it led by 12 with less than 35 seconds left Sunday. The Panthers seemed destined for Anaheim as the underdogs du jour of this year's tournament. After all, no team in NCAA history, postseason or regular season, had ever lost a lead that big inside of a minute.
But inside this fever dream we call March, these laws apparently do not apply. What happened next even Salvador Dali would have accused of being too surreal. (In fact, Northern Iowa could have used Dali's help; maybe then it could have done something to bend the clock in its favor.)
In those final 35 seconds, no one would have faulted Texas A&M if it decided to run out the clock and call it a season. Instead, the Aggies forced four turnovers and scored six times in roughly the equivalent of one shot clock to force overtime. Read that back to yourself and try to make sense of it.
Actually, don't bother. You can't. Watch it back and even the video evidence feels staged. This was lightning striking twice in one spot. This was a repeat Powerball winner.
This was March magic, at its darkest and cruelest and most brilliant. And as much as we hate to see the clock strike midnight on Cinderella, as much as Northern Iowa's presence might have captured our hearts next weekend, this topsy-turvy tournament isn't about to turn into a pumpkin.
America loves underdogs, but history tells us their magic quickly diminishes after the first weekend. Eventually, time would have run out on Northern Iowa, which made it to March only because of a buzzer-beater and advanced to the second round thanks to another. As brutal as the sequential offing of our beloved underdogs turned out to be, the tournament will be better for it. Though, we all could have benefited from a little more of Thomas Walkup's beard.
But just take a look at the still-standing field of 16. All four No.1 seeds advanced through the first weekend for the first time since 2012. The deck is so stacked that your choice of loveable underdogs is now between double-digit seeds Syracuse (10) and Gonzaga (11), the only mid-major team left.
Unless, of course, you consider Oregon an underdog. The Ducks might be a top seed, but after what the Pac-12 did last week, who could blame you?
As the ACC saunters into the Sweet 16 with a record six teams, the Pac-12 is crawling there on one bum leg, after six of its seven teams were eliminated. The Ducks are the conference's only remaining team after two rounds, and even they were a few breaks away from losing to Saint Joseph's. The rest of the league went down in laughable fashion – most embarrassing of all being Utah, which was one of the Pac-12's best all year. On Saturday, the third-seeded Utes were demolished by Gonzaga, leaving the conference at 3-6 overall with its wins over 16, 14, and 8 seeds.
And all of this after the Pac-12's coaches stood on their soapboxes all season, declaring superiority, in hopes that doubters back East might finally believe. But the reality for the Pac-12 is far bleaker than the picture they painted: Only one Pac-12 program has made it to the Final Four in the past 15 seasons. And after firing the coach that got it there three years in a row (Ben Howland), that school's new coach (Steve Alford) felt so bad about the team's performance this past season that he gave back a contract extension as penance.
It's unfair to judge a conference's status entirely on the tournament. March Madness is dictated by anomalies. But the Pac-12's March futility, especially after such effusive West Coast praise this season, is impossible to ignore. Since John Wooden's final title at UCLA in 1975, the Pac-12 has just two national championships. Duke, on its own, has five in that span.
It's time to accept that the Pac-12 just isn't as good as the other conferences that dominate college basketball. The Big Ten, the Big 12, and most notably, the ACC, all have a legitimate shot to claw their way to the Final Four, while Oregon will do its best to wear the cape for the downtrodden Pac-12.
But you won't find many people who expect the Ducks to play conference hero. With Duke and Oklahoma likely waiting, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who believes Oregon will get out of the West. Despite being a No.1 seed, the Ducks are not even Las Vegas' favorite to advance.
But hey, this is March. Crazier things have happened.
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Published 1:00 pm, Friday, August 5, 2011
LUBBOCK - City crews have spent hot afternoons picking up dead fish lining the city's playa lakes. High temperatures have sapped the lake levels and deprived oxygen from catfish and stocked bluegills and sunfish.
A fishing lure might have been the biggest threat in past years, but the drought has crews pitching schools of the dead fish into buckets or trailers and trucking them off to the landfill.
"I hate to see any of them dying off, but I don't know what we can do about it," said Stewart Gerhart, Parks Department operation manager.
Fish kills began in the spring with rapid changes in water temperatures. Dead fish continued to line the small shores of the converted playa lakes scattered throughout the city as the hottest June on record burned away water levels.
Oxygen levels drop with the shoreline. Water became too low to even run fountains, which help improve oxygen levels, in the two city lakes that have them, Gerhart said. - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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LUBBOCK - Lubbock attorney Danny Lee Simmons 52, received a 26-month, fully probated suspension effective March 22, according to a recent listing of disciplinary actions from the State Bar of Texas.
An evidentiary panel of the District 16 Grievance Committee found that Simmons neglected client matters and failed to communicate with clients and to respond to grievances.
He was ordered to pay $1,915.80 in attorney's fees and direct expenses. - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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LUBBOCK - Lubbock County authorities filed charges against three teens accused of severely beating another young man while a large crowd watched at a party early this summer.
Mario Medrano, 19; Abel Lopez, 18 and Isreal Ocon, 18, face charges of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury in the June 18 attack of Michael Florez in the 2600 block of Colgate Street.
Police believe the suspects beat and kicked Florez multiple times even as he lay on the ground unconscious in the street while a crowd gathered around, according to court documents.
A $3,500 bail each was attached to Medrano's and Ocon's warrants. Lopez was facing a $5,000 bail. - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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AMARILLO - Average Amarillo police response times to high-priority calls have dropped so far this year by a minute after increasing 41 percent last year to 12.15 minutes, the highest average dating to 2002, police records show.
Last year's jump reversed a trend of steadily improving times and came after the city and Randall and Potter counties' emergency departments consolidated their dispatch divisions into a single system at the Amarillo Emergency Communications Center on Oct. 1, 2009.
Even the improved average of 11.05 minutes so far this year is about twice as long as the time police hope to reach and almost a third higher than the low of 8.46 minutes recorded in 2008, the last full year before the consolidation. Several officials contributed the longer response times, at least in part, to the adjustments and "glitches" involved in switching to a new system.
The new center allows fire, ambulance, police and animal control departments to more easily coordinate their efforts as all calls go through a single software program and all dispatchers work in one room, said center manager Judith Weshinskey-Price.
Police staffing remained about level between 2009, when the department finished the year with 152 officers and 306 sworn personnel, and 2010, when the department finished with 154 officers and 308 sworn personnel. Call volume increased by about 6,800 in 2008 to 119,593 in 2010, according to police records. At the end of 2010, the department was authorized to employ 323 sworn personnel.
Communications center assistant manager Terry Bavousett said the new system has been a work in progress. - Amarillo Globe-News
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Web video marketing is an excellent way to get your product or company out there, and there are huge numbers of benefits to using video as part of your online advertising arsenal. Videos are easy to make! They might seem like a big annoyance to produce – but the truth is the video is one of the easiest, simplest and fastest ways to make a massive impact on your business because of all the new-customer-traffic and sales conversions it can be responsible for. You can also learn about best video production company via various websites.
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Treo 650 Hi Capacity Battery
Lion Ion, a long time ago was very kind enough to send me an extended battery (rated 2200 mAh) so that I could use it and test it out with the Treo 650.
When I first received it, I was very impressed by the packaging. Unlike the typical blister packing which you have use the jaws of life to get open, this was an easy pop open protective clear plastic holder.
The size of the battery is that of the exact same size of the OEM battery. I did not experience any problems putting it, closing the lid etc. In fact, from afar and even up close you would not be able to tell the difference between the Mugen Power battery (the company who actually makes the battery itself) and the OEM battery. Both have the same look and the same feel, and the same "plastic coating."
One thing I did notice, is that the extended battery was slightly heavier. Of course this goes without saying as there are more cells to hold the power.
Although I was never able to find the values from the Pa1mOne documentation, I did however determine the maximum current used during load and standby.
Here is the math
For talk time (6 hr)
Current = Rating / Time
Current = 1800 mAh / 6 hr
Current = 300 mA
For standby (300 hr)
Current = Rating / Time
Current = 1800 mAh / 300 hr
Current = 6 mA
Taking this information I applied this to the 2200 mAh battery
For talk time
Time = Rating / Current
Time = 2200 mAh / 300 mA
Time = 7 1/3 hr
For standby time
Time = Rating / Current
Time = 2200 mAh / 6 mA
Time = 366 2/3 hr
Or if you wanted to, taken
2200 - 1800 / 1800 = 22 1/5 % increase in capacity.
I tried to get this to work as best as possible. I tried to make sure I can keep the tests constant, but again there will be some error.
These were the controls for the experiment
Bluetooth ON
Screen timeout: 1 min
EGPRS: Connected with Chattermail checking for mail every 1 min
Beam receive ON
Regular OEM Battery (1800 mAh):
Start time: 06h06 EDT (100%)
End time: 22h34 EDT (0%)
RUN TIME: 16 hours 38 mins
Extended Battery (2200 mAh):
Start time: 06h48 (100%)
End time: 03h18 (0%)
RUN TIME: 22 hours 41 mins (6 hours 3 mins longer or 36.8%)
Now those numbers truly tell all. The extended battery was able to do exactly what it was supposed to. I made sure to follow the instructions and charge and discharge the battery as indicated
I was really impressed by these results, and more so now, after work when I get home and check my battery power I usually have approx. 80% left with my hi-capacity one, whereas the stock would be at 50 - 60 percent. Those settings are, Beam OFF, BT OFF, Screen 30sec, Chattermail on withe EGPRS and mail being checked every minute.
My overall conclusion of this battery is that it is superior to that of the OEM battery. It took me a lot of courage to suck it up and test it, as I do not like using 3rd party electrical equipment to use on any of my gadgets. However, with Mugen�s reputation, you will not be disappointed with it at all.
I will do my best to get some pics shortly up, I do not own a digital camera, but hopefully that will soon change.
Looks exactly the same as the OEM battery
Fit is perfect
Packaging is safe secure and easy to pen with hands
It will give you more power
For the price it would have been nice to have had a 50% increase in this hi-capacity battery, although you would have to sacrifice the size
I thank you Lion Ion for this battery and I hope I could meet you to thank you in person.
If there are any questions you would like to know about the battery please do not hesitate to contact me.
Lion Battery Store
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Kiplinger is teaming up with the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), whose planners will answer questions on retirement planning and other financial challenges. Submit your questions here and get free personalized financial advice on Thursday, February 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET.
Welcome to February's Jump-Start Your Retirement Plan Q&A!During the event, expert financial advisors will answer questions across an array of topics, like:
- Taxes and Retirement -- including gift taxes, estate taxes and wills
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Talk to you Thursday!
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We received a number of questions in advance, and questions will be answered in the order they were received. Each question will be held for moderation until an advisor is available to give you a detailed, personalized response. So, if you don't see your question right away, don't be concerned!
Good Morning! I'm Bobbie Munroe, a NAPFA registered, fee-only financial planner. My company, Supporting Your Choices Inc, has offices in Tallahassee, FL and Atlanta, GA. I am SO pleased to be able to work with NAPFA and Kiplinger to provide these sessions. So bring on the questions.
I have a question for Thursday's "Jump-Start Your Retirement Plan" online event. My husband and I have about $20k squirreled away in retirement accounts that we are not actively contributing to (two traditional IRAs and the Federal employee Thrift Savings Plan). He is almost 40 and I am 34. We grossed about $90k last year and that will go up a little bit (about 5%) this year. We are both now California state workers relatively early in our careers and have mandatory pension contributions, currently 8% of each of our gross paychecks. We can also participate in contributing to 401(k)s if we choose: Roth 401(k) or traditional 401(k). How much, as a percentage of gross income, would it make sense for us to contribute to a 401(k)? And is Roth vs. traditional better? I do expect we will have much higher income a couple decades from now. (We are not eligible for a Roth IRA because we file taxes as married filing separately and earn over $10k, but I understand that that ineligibility does not extend to Roth 401(k)s)
Re: calculating the amount of money per year I can save for retirement when i'm older than 50. Do I include the matching funds that my company adds to my retirement money? Do I include the amount of money that my company puts into a separate retirement plan that is part of the retirement package? I have control over the money in deciding how to invest it, but it's separate from the 403b that I contribute to and that is partially matched by the company.
Beth, I think you definitely count those amounts. The ugly truth is people should save at least 15% of their income to replace that income in retirement (you have to take pension benefits into consideration). So let's say you are contributing 10% to your 401K, your employer matches with 3% and you also have 3% set aside annually in some sort of deferred comp plan. When I work with clients we count that as 16%.
Walt, I love to see what other advisors say on these chats. Beth, one of the best things to do would be to go to an advisor and run some projections. How much any individual needs to save is largely based on what kind of retirement they want (trips around the world or just going fishing most days).
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I have a cash balance 403B plan at work that I would like to annuitize for retirement. It will be with "Hewitt", how confident can I be that they are and will remain solvent or should I withdraw the full amount and place it with someone such as Fidelity, Vanguard, etc.
Hi this is Andrea, I gross about $60 right now and my husband makes about $33k. I am at one of the lower steps of my career ladder and expect in 10 years I could be grossing double. I don't think my husband will make double, but probably around $50k by the same time period. I am not 100% sure on our retirement formula, but I believe it is 2% for 62 for both of us (2% of salary for each year of service based on the average last three years of pay). I expect my husband will work another 25 years and I will work another 31 years at least.
Hollis - I think it comes down to a question of control. If the account is eligible to be rolled over to an IRA, then you may want to pursue that because of the estate planning involved. In other words, you can leave an IRA to your beneficiaries if you pass away prematurely. If you annuitize, normally the cash remaining in the plan does not go to your heirs. Who knows whether Hewitt will be solvent. That's hard to control for.
Dear Kiplinger, we are currently in 25% tax bracket and we are in our late 30s. In the worst case scenario, our tax bracket drops to 15% for the rest of our careers, does it still make sense to do Roth IRA instead of traditional IRA? Forbes ran a pretty interesting article www.forbes.com which tells whether you should Rothify your IRA or not. What do you think about the formula? Thanks. Roger
Andrea, first let's address the ability to make contributions to any kind of IRA. For married filing separate, the ability to make such contributions phases out between $0-$10K in income. So if one of you participates in a work retirement plan, you can't make any contribution as you both make more than $10K.
Roger - Here's my take. There's always benefit to having different "buckets of money". For example, if you have some pretax money, some Roth money and some investments that are subject to capital gains, in relative balance, then you can manage your retirement tax bracket better than most. Just keep saving towards your goals and don't sweat the details too much. Capture your company match--that's a must.
Here's some guidance from our Rachel Sheedy about rolling over a 401(k): Check Options Before Rolling Over a 401(k)
Andrea and all, just remember that even if you can't contribute to an IRA you can still save the money in a taxable account. Indeed, many of my clients who only have money in retirement accounts find out that it would be nice to have some outside of retirement accounts. For instance, if you want to retire at 55, you will have to pay a 10% penalty on withdrawals from retirement accounts if that is all you have to fund your expenses.
Katherine - I think it's almost always best to roll old retirement plan accounts to either your current employer or an IRA. Here's why: Employers sometimes change plan providers and sometimes old employees move around the country. Keeping track of the administrative details is the problem. Do they have your new address? Did you old funds get mapped over to the new investment company when your old employer changed investment companies? I've see things break down when that stuff occurs. Not worth it in my opinion.


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Shruti Haasan has a soul connect with Dimple Kapadia
Shruti Haasan has a soul connect with Dimple Kapadia.
She has found a best friend in the veteran actress despite being several decades apart.
Shruti Haasan and Dimple Kapadia
Shruti and Dimple bonded well on the sets of Welcome Back and became thick pals while shooting together.
The two are now inseparable on the sets. Shruti is also shooting with Dimple's son-in-law Akshay Kumar for Gabbar and gets along well with him too.
Interestingly, Dimple and Shruti's father Kamal Haasan acted together in Saagar (1985) as well as in the Tamil film Vikram (1986).


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This is a throw and go crock pot recipe. If you don't have a crock pot GO GET ONE (really, it's like a $20 investment).
2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 cans black beans, rinsed and drained (I use organic, but that's a personal call for you)
3/4 cup low sodium salsa (you can make it fresh, but that would take more than 10 minutes)
onion powder
Ms. Dash seasoning of choice
1 pablano pepper (seeded and chopped)
Handful of cilantro (I chop mine roughly)
6 corn tortillas, sliced or chopped or just torn up
black pepper
1 can low-sodium non-GMO corn kernels (or you can strip them off the cob in like 2 minutes or less)
Cut chicken into chunks…throw EVERYTHING in the crock pot (no water please). Turn on high and go workout for a while
If you're going to be gone ALL DAY, turn to 300 degrees and let it cook SLOW.
That's it. Easy as can be and the family LOVED it. Leftovers keep great (always a plus for working moms). I serve with side salad just because it makes me feel good about myself


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Report: FBI Knew of O.J. Simpson Plan in Advanceby Free Britney at . Comments
Federal agents knew for weeks that O.J. Simpson and sports a memorabilia dealer planned a sting operation to retrieve personal items that the Juice said were stolen from him, according to FBI reports obtained by The Associated Press.
Dealer Thomas Riccio said he reported to the FBI August 21 that a collector claimed to have belongings of Simpson's, and that O.J. wanted to videotape the confrontation with the person peddling pieces of his memorabilia.
Amazingly, Thomas Riccio told the AP that he raised the subject while talking with the FBI about an unrelated subject: a video of Anna Nicole Smith.
But he said agents dismissed his report, the dealer said, telling him that "they didn't want to be involved in another weird celebrity case."
"The guy flat-out told me he had items stolen from O.J. Simpson's house," Riccio told the AP. "I have a legitimate business."
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said Thomas Riccio did not indicate a crime would be committed. Riccio was advised to contact a lawyer before taking action and was told that alerting the FBI would not absolve him of any crime(s).
Riccio said he was not clear how the O.J. Simpson operation would unfold.
There was no mention in the report of any plans to use guns, a central component of the case now being made against O.J. Simpson and his co-defendants.
"I went along with O.J.'s plan," Riccio said. "It was a self-organized sting operation. Except for the end, with him bringing people with guns. I knew nothing about that."
O.J. Simpson, 60, and five other men were arrested after they allegedly stormed a Las Vegas hotel room with guns September 13 to seize items believed to include family photos and the suit Simpson wore the day he was acquitted of murder.Las Vegas police said the FBI did not alert them before the confrontation between Simpson and collectors Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong.
"They contacted us afterward and provided us with the documentation," said Las Vegas Police Detective Andy Caldwell, the investigator of the case.
Caldwell said he had no information about any FBI investigation.
Riccio, who previously sold Anna Nicole Smith's diary, said that he spoke for an hour with FBI agents about a video a doctor shot of Smith's breast implant surgery. At the end of the discussion, agents gave him about 15 minutes to discuss Simpson.
After they expressed little interest, Thomas Riccio said he contacted Los Angeles Police, where he said kept being switched from one department to the next before finally being told to file a civil complaint.
"No one seemed to be concerned about it," Riccio said.
An LAPD spokesman declined to comment on Riccio's account.
Twelve years after his murder acquittal, O.J. Simpson is being charged with an assortment of felonies such as armed robbery and kidnapping.
As of last week, three co-defendants have since pleaded guilty to lesser charges and said they would testify against Simpson in exchange for their pleas.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled next week in Las Vegas.
FBI reports dated Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, said Riccio told agents he had been approached by Beardsley, who wanted to sell thousands of Simpson items.
"Riccio and Simpson want to do a television broadcast confronting Beardsley regarding the items that were stolen," one of the reports said.
"Simpson wanted Riccio's assistance in setting up the operation and helping obtain interviews for Simpson through various media outlets after the fact."
The documents said Riccio described Beardsley as a fanatic and said Riccio contacted Simpson about the items. Simpson said his belongings were stolen from his Florida house by his former agent, Mike Gilbert, and others.
Probably not Christie Prody. But one never knows with O.J.


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NEW YORK, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Renowned New York dealmaker Donald Drapkin believed he was "going to get screwed" after he left the employment of his former business partner and friend, Ron Perelman, Drapkin testified on Tuesday.
That's why, Drapkin said, he sued Perelman's holding company in 2009 seeking unpaid compensation, starting a round of litigation between two of New York's best-known dealmakers.
Now it's Drapkin's turned to be sued. He told a jury in New York yesterday, "I just realized I was going to get screwed so I had no choice but to bring a lawsuit,". Drapkin is the defendant in MacAndrews & Forbes LLC v. Drapkin in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, no. 09-04513.
MacAndrews & Forbes is the holding company of Billionaire Ronald Perelman, who according to Forbes, has a net worth of $12 billion and is also the 12th richest American.
Steven Kobre, a lawyer for MacAndrews & Forbes, told jurors in his opening statement that the firm paid Drapkin millions of dollars when he left in 2007. It also agreed to pay him millions more if he promised not to induce other employees to quit and to return all company documents.
"Mr. Drapkin willfully disregarded his obligations," Kobre said.
According to Kobre, Drapkin tried to encourage Eric Rose, a surgeon who was executive vice president of life sciences, to leave MacAndrews & Forbes. Drapkin and his personal assistant also kept thousands of documents on a company computer given to them when they left.
"Mr. Drapkin didn't live up to his promises," Kobre said.
Last week The New York Time described the dispute as "Another Bitter Divorce for Perelman" The Times was alluding to Perelman's four divorces from his prior wives.
In January of 2010, Bloomberg reported that Perelman was ordered to pay his most famous wife, actress and former bombshell Ellen Barkin, $3.4 million, plus $1 million in interest.
The money was to go to "Barkin's Applehead Pictures LLC, after she claimed in a suit he reneged on a promise to invest in her production company."
The $4.3 million Perelman was ordered to pay, is a relatively small amount compared to what his marriage to Barkin cost him, as well their subsequent divorce.
Barkin sued for divorce in 2006. New York Magazine had a cover story that detailed the events leading up to the widely and wildly publicized separation.
This year was different. Something was plainly wrong. Ellen Barkin, the feisty, flop-mouthed actress and Perelman's wife of five years, was not at Perelman's side at midnight. Later, she would tell friends she was trying to stay as far away from him as possible. The night before, she had told them, she and Perelman had had a particularly brutal fight, their worst ever. Read more about Ellen Barkin-Ronald Perelman Divorce New York Magazine
The same issue of New York Magazine detailed the costs of Perelman's three previous divorces. The Magazine reported that the aggregate cost of Perelman's three prior marriages was $118 million.
In January of 2010, Huffington Post reported that the couple had finally arrived at a settlement. According to Huffington,
When they divorced, Barkin received a settlement that
Perelman's spokeswoman has described as "enormous" but declined to quantify. Barkin also sold off jewelry Perelman gave her at an auction that fetched more than $20 million; she told an interviewer the pieces were "not memories I want to wear out every day."
New York Magazine had previously estimated the settlement to be $60 million.
More recently Barkin has shifted her attention to the much poorer, but considerably younger and better looking Sam Levinson.
In November of 2011, The New York Post reported
Super-cougar Ellen Barkin seems to have won over the parents of her 26-year-old boyfriend, Sam Levinson. Sources say filmmaker Barry Levinson and his wife, Diana Rhodes, were "initially wary" of the actress, 57, who made her debut in Barry's 1982 movie "Diner." Sam celebrated his latest, "Another Happy Day," a film that Barkin produced and stars in about a dysfunctional family that feuds on a wedding day, with her and his own family at the Boom Boom Room on Monday. Barkin plays the matriarch "Lynn," a character inspired by Sam's mother, Rhodes. "Barry and Diana totally accept and embrace their son's relationship with Ellen because she has done so much for him and his career," a source said.
Just last week, ONTD.com (Oh No They Didn't) "reported" that Barkin would neither "confirm nor deny her relationship" with Levinson. However, there is no denying that Ellen Barkin and Sam Levinson like to be photographed together. Photo source Huffington Post, read more Ellen Barkin dating Sam Levinson
During the past few months some of our favorite billionaires have been pressing the levers of power with the hope of being able to convince Congress and The President, to either pass or kill SOPA.
The Anti-SOPA billionaires have been much more open and outspoken with their opposition to the bill. The billionaires who want to see SOPA become law, with one notable exception, have been more inclined to sit this one out, letting their well paid PR flaks and lobbyists, carry the water for them.
Well they can run but they can't hide! Billionairechronicles has done the research, and is now going to tell you the names of the people, who own and/or control the corporations, who stand to make the most or lose the most, depending on the outcome of this kerfuffle.
Let's start with The Ridiculously Rich.
Bill Gates (Net worth $59 billion) is retired from Microsoft, but he still has a small stake in that outfit. Microsoft is a major participant (along with Apple, Adobe, Dell, Quark, McAfee, Rosetta Stone, and several others) in The Business Software Alliance (BSA). If you have a grudge against your former boss, and happen to know that he/she is using a little bit of pirated software, BSA wants to hear from you. They might even make it worth your while.
About BSA, and their members' positions on SOPA, Let BSA's words speak for themselves.
ON October 26, 2011, they issued a press release that included this paragraph
The Business Software Alliance today commended House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) for introducing the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (H.R. 3261) to curb the growing rash of software piracy and other forms of intellectual property theft that are being perpetrated by illicit websites.
Less than a month later (Nov. 22, 2011) they back pedaled with this
Valid and important questions have been raised about the bill. It is intended to get at the worst of the worst offenders. As it now stands, however, it could sweep in more than just truly egregious actors. To fix this problem, definitions of who can be the subject of legal actions and what remedies are imposed must be tightened and narrowed. Due process, free speech, and privacy are rights cannot be compromised. And the security of networks and communications is indispensable to a thriving Internet economy. Some observers have raised reasonable questions about whether certain SOPA provisions might have unintended consequences in these areas. BSA has long stood against filtering or monitoring the Internet. All of these concerns should be duly considered and addressed.
So where do and Microsoft and BSA stand SOPA? Before the avalanche of negative PR, they supported, but now they're more concerned about filtering and monitoring the internet.
The Waltons; Jim, Christie, S. Robson, Nancy Walton Laurie, Alice, and Ann Walton Kronenke,. They control Walmart. Their collective net worth is $93 billion. Walmart supports SOPA.
Michael Bloomberg (net worth $19.5 billion is sort an interesting fence sitter. His company, Bloomberg L.P. is opposed to the bill. As Mayor of New York, a city that is economically dependent on the entertainment industry, but which is also the home of a burgeoning online publishing and tech community, Bloomberg sounded like your typical politician. This week he told reporters
"If you make a threatening phone call over the telephone, going after the telephone company is not something that makes some sense." Then he threw a bouquet to the other said when he said
"I am very sensitive to the people that create the content. People that create something deserve…[to be].. compensated for it. And I think everybody has an obligation to help make sure that there is not piracy. Piracy hurts everybody, and so they've got to come to some agreement in Washington that protects the rights of the content owners, at the same time is something that is enforceable. But I think to just say, 'Anybody has a right to- we can't stop it, so just have piracy,' is not the right answer to that."
Jeff Bezos (net worthn $19.1 billion) controls Amazon. Amazon opposes SOPA
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook (net worth $17.5) has personally campaigned against the bill. He as been personally been "out there" with opposition to SOPA. Look at his Facebook post about it. (Notice how many "likes" and "shares" he got.)
Sergey Brin and Larry Page (each with a net worth of $16.7 billion) are the co-founders of Google.
Page posted this on his Google+ account
Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA.
The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late.
Brin posted this on his
"Imagine my astonishment when the newest threat to free speech has come from none other but the United States. Two bills currently making their way through congress — SOPA and PIPA — give the U.S. government and copyright holders extraordinary powers including the ability to hijack DNS and censor search results (and this is even without so much as a proper court trial)," Brin wrote. "While I support their goal of reducing copyright infringement (which I don't believe these acts would accomplish), I am shocked that our lawmakers would contemplate such measures that would put us on a par with the most oppressive nations in the world."
Michael Dell (net worth $15 billion) of Dell Computers is also a member of BSA. As was the case with Bill Gates, he was for it (SOPA) before he was against it.
Steve Ballmer (net worth "only" $13.9 billion) is Billionaire #2 at Microsoft. He is still CEO. He's been mum on SOPA. This week Bloomberg (the publication, not the mayor) reported that they had received a press release from Microsoft stating
"We oppose the passage of the SOPA bill as currently drafted," They explained why they would not join last week's "blackouts" with this. "Hundreds of millions of customers rely on our services every day so we don't plan to shut those down to express our view."
Here's how the merely filthy rich weigh in on SOPA.
There are three other "lesser" Facebook billionaires, Sean Parker (net worth $2.1 billion), Eduardo Saverin (net worth $2 billlion), and Dustin Moscovitz (net worth $1.7 billion) presumably are in the "opposed" camp.
Additional Anti SOPA billionaires include:
Yahoo Co-fouders David Filo and Jerry Yang (both with net worths of $1,1 billion
Reid Hoffman, Linkedin founder (net worth $1.5 billion)
Pierre Omidyar, Ebay (net worth $6.2 billion)
Filo, Yang, Reid, and Omidyar all signed "An Open Letter to Washington, which appeared on CNET.com on Dec. 14, 2011
We've all had the good fortune to found Internet companies and nonprofits in a regulatory climate that promotes entrepreneurship, innovation, the creation of content and free expression online.
However we're worried that the PROTECT IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act–which started out as well-meaning efforts to control piracy online–will undermine that framework.
These two pieces of legislation threaten to:
* Require web services, like the ones we helped found, to monitor what users link to, or upload. This would have a chilling effect on innovation;
* Deny website owners the right to due process of law;
* Give the U.S. Government the power to censor the web using techniques similar to those used by China, Malaysia and Iran; and
* Undermine security online by changing the basic structure of the Internet.
We urge Congress to think hard before changing the regulation that underpins the Internet. Let's not deny the next generation of entrepreneurs and founders the same opportunities that we all had.
Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz
Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and Square
Caterina Fake, co-founder of Flickr and Hunch
David Filo, co-founder of Yahoo!
Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn
Arianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post
Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube
Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive and co-founder of Alexa Internet
Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal
Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist
Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay
Biz Stone, co-founder of Obvious and Twitter
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation
Evan Williams, co-founder of Blogger and Twitter
Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!
Before moving on to the longer list of Billionaires who support SOPA, I would be remiss if I didn't mention Godaddy's Bob Parsons (net worth $1.5 billion.) The SOPA controversy went viral after Godaddy made this official statement in support of the bill
Go Daddy has a long history of supporting federal legislation directed toward combating illegal conduct on the Internet. For example, our company strongly supported the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008, the Protect Our Children Act of 2008, and the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PROTECT IP). Go Daddy has always supported both government and private industry efforts to identify and disable all types of illegal activity on the Internet. It is for these reasons that I'm still struggling with why some Internet companies oppose PROTECT IP and SOPA. There is no question that we need these added tools to counteract illegal foreign sites that are falling outside the jurisdiction of U.S. law enforcement. And there is clearly more that we could all be doing to adequately address the problems that exist.
After reading the Godaddy statement, Reddit.com user selfprodigy posted this on December 22, 2011.
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/nmnie/godaddy_supports_sopa_ im_transferring_51_domains/
The post drew (as of today) 36,924 "up votes" and 32,103 "down votes, as well as 3,123 comments.
One day later Godaddy reversed its position. Their change of heart was no doubt inspired by the tens of thousands of domains they saw being transferred from Godaddy to various competitors. On December 24, 2011, Venturebeat.com reported
Hosting and domain registrar company Go Daddy has lost more than 37,000 domains in the past two days due to the company's wishy-washy stance on the Stop Online Piracy Act.
Source Thoughtleader.com
This brings us to the last Anti SOPA billionaires on our list. Until September 6, 2011, Reddit.com was a division of Conde Nast, one of the world's largest magazine publishers. Conde owns Vogue, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, and many more. The parent company of Conde Nast is Advance Publications Inc., which is owned by Samuel (S.I. Jr.) Newhouse (net worth $6.6 billion) and his less affluent brother Donald Newhouse (net worth $5.9 billion.
With the change on September 6, Reddit.com is now listed as "a subsidiary of Advance Publications.
Now let's look at the other billionaires who support SOPA.
Major League Baseball, National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA), and National Hockey League; all support the bill
Mihael Prokhorov, NJ Nets (and opposing Vladimir Putin for the Presidency of Russia, net worth $18 billion)
Paul Allen, Seattle Supersonics, Seattle Seahawks, Microsoft co-founder (net worth $13.2 billion)
Phillip Anschultz , LA Kings and Lakers (net worth $7 billion)
Richard DeVos, Orlando Magic (net worth $5 billion)
Micky Arison, Miami Heat (net worth $4.2 billion)
Theodore Lerner, Washington Nationals $3.3 billion)
Ronald Burkle, Pittsburg Penguins (net worth $3.2 billion)
Stan Kroenke, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche (net worth $3.2 billion
Stephen M. Ross, Miami Dolphins (net worth $3.1 billion)
Malcom Glazer, Tampa Bay Bucs (net worth $2.7 billion)
Charles Dolan, NY Knicks (net worth $2.6 billion)
Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavericks (net worth $2.3 billion)
Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys (net worth $1.9 billion)
Glen Taylor, Minnesota Timberwolves (net worth $1.8 billion)
Robert Kraft, New England Patriots ($1.7 billion)
Daniel Gilbert, Cleveland Cavaliers ($1.5 billion)
Michal Ilitch, Detroit Tigers ($2 billion)
Robert McNair, Houston Texans ($1.5 billion)
Steven Bisciotti, Baltimore Ravens ($1.3 billion)
Tom Benson, New Orleans Saints ($1.1 billion)
John Henry, Boston Red Sox ($1.1 billion)
Jeffrey Lurie, Philadelphia Eagles ($1.1 billion)
Dan Snyder, Washington Redskins ($1.05 billion)
Ronald Perelman, Revlon (net worth $12 billion)
Leonard Lauder, Revlon (net worth $6.3 billion)
David Geffen, Dreamworks ($5.5 billion)
Sumner Redstone, Viacom ($4.1 billion)
Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Johnson & Johnson (net worth $3.1 billion)
Stephen Spielberg, Dreamworks (net worth $3 billion)
Ray Dolby, Dolby Stereo (net worth $2.4 billion)
Jim Davis, New Balance (net worth $1.8 billion)
Darwin Deason, Xerox (net worth $1.05 billion)
Frank and Lorenzo Furtitta, Ultimate Fighting Championship ($1.2 billion each)
And finally, our favorite SOPA-Supporting billionaire is Rupert Murdoch (net worth $7.4 billion). No surprise, his Newscorp supports the bill. While he hasn't made any public statements specifically supporting SOPA, last week he posted two heavily re-tweeted rants on Twitter, accusing "piracy leader" Google of "plain stealing,"
According to Forbes
hat touched off Murdoch's tirade was, in fact, something that happened during a presentation he attended at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. Hosted by Google, it was a demonstration of Google TV, a service that makes it easy to watch over-the-internet video on a television set.
At one point, according to sources with knowledge of the events, the presenter was explaining the different ways to find content within Google TV: You can go through a "Shows and Movies" app that catalogs offerings from Netflix, YouTube, Amazon, etc., or else you can use standard browser-based Google Search. Murdoch asked what would happen if he were to search for a particular blockbuster film, and the presenter explained that the results would be the same ones you'd find in any Google search. Including links to content-pirating sites? Murdoch pressed. Yes, unless those sites have already been removed from search results in response to takedown requests, the presenter confirmed.
Billionairechronicles likes @robdelaney take on the Rupster.
He wrote:
Sup bro you're doing great on Twitter nobody thinks you're a weird asshole or anything keep it up
Sources Forbes.com, Reddit.com
Usain Bolt, 2008 Olympic Gold Metal Winner (100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay), AKA "World's Fastest Human", was seen wearing a golden goatee, similar to Billionaire Richard Branson's. Bolt underwent a "facial hair transformation" before appearing in a of series of TV commercials for Virgin Media's "superfast" broadband service. Photo Source Mailonline.com
Branson on Steve Jobs. "Completely Different From Me."
SOPA supporter Rupert Murdoch took a shot at Google on Sunday. He Tweeted
Piracy leader is Google who streams movies free, sells advts around them. No wonder pouring millions into lobbying.
Then to prove his point he followed up with
Just been to google search for mission impossible. Wow, several sites offering free links. I rest my case.
He goes on to describe what Google does as "plain stealing."
Good thing the bill hasn't passed yet. They might shut us down for quoting him.
"Delicious irony" is how Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank described the current state of affairs within the Republican Party. GOP leaders were ecstatic in 2010, when The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Citizens United vs The Federal Election Commission (FEC). Now having gotten what they wished for, some might be thinking that they should have wished for something else.
Citizens United, as they describe themselves on their website are:
an organization dedicated to restoring our government to citizens' control. Through a combination of education, advocacy, and grass roots organization, Citizens United seeks to reassert the traditional American values of limited government, freedom of enterprise, strong families, and national sovereignty and security.
Citizens United had challenged provisions of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, which has come be known as the Mcain-Feingold Act. Its sponsors were Republican Senator John McCain and former Democratic Senator, Russell Feingold. The effect of the ruling is that corporations and labor unions are no longer prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to fund advertisements in congressional or presidential elections. On January 22, 2010 the Washington Post wrote
The decision shakes the foundation of corporate limitations on federal and state elections that stretch back a century, and prompted sharp partisan reaction. Republican leaders, still celebrating Tuesday's Senate upset in Massachusetts, cheered the ruling as a victory for free speech and predicted a surge in corporate support forGOP candidates in November's midterm elections.
President Obama sharply criticized the ruling, however, calling it "a green light to a new stampede of special interest money," and vowed to "develop a forceful response" with congressional leaders from both parties. The court's decision was handed down on the same morning that Obama riled Wall Street by proposing tough new restrictions on the nation's largest banks.
In a subsequent ruling on March 26, 2010, a three-judge U.S. District Court panel in Washington, ruled in favor of SpeechNow.org vs. FEC. That decision opened the floodgates for wealthy individuals to contribute enormous sums of money to their favorite SuperPacs. Wheras Citizens United made it easier for SuperPacs to spend money, Speechnow.org made it easier for them to collect money. Or to put it another way, it made it much easier for wealthy individuals to donate money.
Fast forward from Washington, DC, March 2010; to South Carolina, January 2012. Jon Huntsman Jr. marches on, parlaying his 3rd place (16.9%) performance in New Hampshire, into a quixotic attempt to siphon votes away from front runner Mitt Romney. There are reports that Huntsman is struggling to raise funds. Of course his campaign would have collapsed a long time ago, were it not for the backing it has received from Jon Huntsman Sr. The Wall Street Journal wrote today
One important supporter is Mr. Huntsman's father, Jon Huntsman Sr., chairman of chemical giant Huntsman Corp. and a backer of Our Destiny PAC, a "Super PAC" boosting the Huntsman candidacy. The political action committee has made $2.4 million in expenditures so far, according to the Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan group tracking such spending.
Huntsman Sr.'s Huntsman Container Corp. is credited with creating
the Big Mac "clamshell" container. Huntsman Sr.has also (according to Forbes) donated $1.2 billion to charity, over the course of his lifetime. There had been reports about a Huntsman family "drama" over whether Huntsman Sr. would tap into his vast resources to provide the kind of funding that Jr. will need if he going to mount a serious challenge, this year. (2016 anybody?)
Huntsman Sr. was one of the three billionaires that Polico.com was referring to in a piece that ran this week titled, "3 Billionaires Who'll Drag Out The Race".
Billionaire number two is Foster Friess. Politico reports that
Friess, a Wyoming mutual fund master, acknowledged to POLITICO that he is a major financial backer of a super PAC supporting Rick Santorum called the Red, White and Blue Fund and is preparing to give more, but declined to say how much he has given or plans to give.
While nobody is denying that Friess is extremely wealthy, his name is nowhere to be found on the Forbes List of Billionaires.
On the other hand, Newt Gingrich's sugar daddy, sorry; political benefactor, Sheldon Adelson; is number 8 on The Forbes 400. He is only $.5 billion "poorer" than George Soros, and he's $.6 billion richer than Jim Walton (Walmart).
On January 7, The Wahsington Post reported
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has given $5 million to an independent committee supporting GOP presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich, the first of what is expected to be many millions the Las Vegas billionaire plans to spend this election year.
The check from Adelson is the latest in an avalanche of campaign cash flooding the presidential season to independent groups known as Super PACs The check was cut on Friday to Winning Our Future, a group run by former Gingrich associates, according to two people close to the donor.
Thanks to Adelson's generosity, South Carolinians are being treated to a barrage of anti Romney campaign ads that attempt to portray Romney and Bain Capital as corporate raiders. Winning our Future has also produced a 28-minute film about Romney called "King of Bain".
Today The Washington Post had this to say about "King of Bain"
The 29-minute video "King of Bain" is such an over-the-top assault on former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney that it is hard to know where to begin. It uses evocative footage from distraught middle-class Americans who allege that Romney's deal-making is responsible for their woes. It mixes images of closed factories and shuttered shops with video clips of Romney making him look foolish, vain or greedy. And it has a sneering voice-over that seeks to push every anti-Wall Street button possible.
On the Post's "The Fact Checker" Page, "King of Bain" was awarded the not-so-coveted "4 Pinnochios" rating. Click here to read why "The Fact Checker" Gave "King of Bain" 4 Pinnochios
Click here (If they haven't taken it down yet) to see the whole video, "King of Bain".
Today Gingrich said, "I am calling for the Winning Our Future super PAC supporting me to either edit its 'King of Bain' advertisement and movie to remove its inaccuracies, or to pull it off the air and off the Internet entirely."
The Wall Street Journal also reported that
Mr. Gingrich said Mr. Romney should also ask super PACs backing him to remove any ads that contain inaccuracies. Mr. Romney has said that he isn't responsible for the ads of pro-Romney super PACs, which by law can't coordinate with the candidate.
Last night Stephen Colbert spoke with former FEC Chairman, Trevor Potter. Potter told Colbert "you cannot be a candidate and run a SuperPac. That would be coordinating with yourself." Then Colbert brought Jon Stewart. Colbert asked Stewart if he would take over the Colbert SuperPac. Stewart expressed concern because as he put it "You and I are business" partner. Potter put their minds at rest when he explained that "being business partners does not count as co-ordination, legally." Colbert and Stewart then signed the one page document that is required to transfer control of the SuperPac, from one person to anohter. Then Stewart noted that he was busy and he asked Potter if he could hire Colbert's former SuperPac employees to run the now "Stewart controlled SuperPac. Answer – "Yes."…As long as they have no knowledge of Stephen's plans." Colbert concluded by announcing that he was running for the Presidency of "The United States of South Carolina…God Bless Citizens United!" Click here to watch Stephen Colbert talk about non-coordination of his SuperPac
A former reporter with the Detroit Free Press, claims that he was on two occasions, harassed by private security guards working on behalf of billionaire Matty Moroun.
Reuters reported today that
Manuel "Matty" Moroun, an owner of the Detroit International Bridge Co that controls the Ambassador Bridge, along with company president Dan Stamper were booked at Wayne County Jail. They will be held until they comply with a February 2010 court order to complete the project, or until they no longer have the power to do so.
Joel Thurtell worked for the Detroit Free Press from 1983 until his retirement in 2007. Since then he has been writing a blog called Joeltheroad.com. He wrote on his blog on September 24, 2008
The billionaire owner of the Ambassador Bridge has grabbed parts of two City of Detroit Parks and — maybe to cover up his takeover — he's banned photography from what remains of the publicly-owned park. He claims authority under Homeland Security, but city officials tell me the feds say he's acting on his own.
I found out about this by accident on Monday, September 22, 2008, while exploring one of the parks.
I almost fell into Matty's clutches.
One of his gunslingers tried to arrest me for taking photos in the city's Riverside Extension Park.
Luckily, I made good my escape.
According to Thurtell, what happened on Sept 22, was his second run in with "Moroun's Goons".
First time it happened was Friday, September 19 on the Rouge River as I putt-putted in my motorboat up the freighter docking bay at SeverStal steel mill. A security guard huffed and puffed that I was boating in a "Marine Security Area" and had to get out pronto. He said he was going to take my boat number and report me to the Coast Guard. I reported on this incident in an earlier column, but since have talked to the Coast Guard and learned there are no boating restrictions on the Rouge River. The guard was full of crap. Nor did the SeverStal hired gun ever turn me in. He was REALLY full of crap.
Not surprisingly, Thurtell blogged today about Maroun. Read his post here.


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In 2011, eBay was looking to acquire companies that could speed up image recognition and augmented reality features for online retailers to capitalize on the mobile phone's potential to help consumers make impulse purchases. In other words, photograph an image of what you want to purchase with your mobile phone and it will give you similar items which you can easily purchase from eBay.
A Swedish company, OculusAI, has refined image recognition to a science and rolled it into a new mobile app, Productify. The app lets consumers take a photo of a product and find and purchase similar products on the internet.
Emerging from a highly scientific background, the company first applied its image recognition technology to online retailers or businesses who wanted to remove pornographic images from their websites. Today, OculusAI is applying that same image recognition to a market that's worried about keeping up with consumers on the go — eCommerce.
Read the complete article at Forbes.


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Triple Toscas
in two nights
by Jason Victor Serinus
It was exciting enough that San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley gave us two strong casts for Tosca , with "dueling divas" Angela Gheorghiu and Patricia Racette pitted against each other in a role where going for broke is the norm. But when Gheorghiu could only make it through Nov. 15's opening night's first act before being ambulanced to the hospital with intestinal flu and nausea, and her understudy Melody Moore was rushed into costume, far more drama unfolded on the stage of the War Memorial Opera House than anyone had expected.
What made matters even more exciting, for those with lavender hearts, is that both Moore and Racette – Melody and Pat to their adoring fans – are out lesbians in committed relationships. Add to the mix out and married Canadian sister Adrianne Pieczonka, the Tosca for SFO's 2009 run of Puccini and Illica's potboiler, and the male nude frescoes that dominate Scarpia's apartments in the familiar production's Farnese Palace, and you being to wonder if SFO's Rainbow Series has expanded to include entire operas.
I was going to use "delicious" to refer to SFO's lesbian triumvirate, but that word must be reserved for Racette's Tosca of Nov. 16. From the moment she appeared onstage, lips tight with jealousy, eyes darting about, and voice flying high and strong, it was clear that we were in for quite a show. The top of Racette's range may have grown more tremulous since her Butterfly of over six years ago, but she knows how to sing through its wide but still fast vibrato, and her voice and being remain beautiful and supremely communicative.
Determined not to miss a trick in the book, Racette was a diva delight. Add to the mix tenor Brian Jagde, a young and somewhat beefy Cavaradossi with an invitingly natural ease onstage and a big, burnished, ardent voice that mixes baritonal heft with a ringing top, and baritone Mark Delavan, a larger-than-life Baron Scarpia who melds throaty force with evident glee in flipping from dastardly charmer to despicable devil, and you have a theatrically charged trio that transformed Puccini's 112-year old melodrama into living theater.
The loving interplay between Racette and Jagde was a relief after the lack of chemistry between opening night's Cavaradossi, Massimo Giordano, and both of his Toscas. Giordano's face and figure lacked electricity, and the voice, at least on opening night, wasn't strong enough to project his character's ardor across the footlights. Too many high notes were pushed up from the octave below, and his short-lived cry of victory in Act II proclaimed his vocal limitations. Roberto Frontali, the cast's Scarpia, possessed the only strong voice of the three principals, but his Scarpia was less subtle than underplayed. To contrast the look on Delavan's face as he was about to pounce on Tosca with Frontali's apparent lack of animal zeal spoke volumes about their theatrical expertise, at least in matters horizontal.
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There was a break of close to an hour before Moore was ready to step onstage for her first stab at Tosca. Lord knows what the flurry was like backstage, but she seemed exceedingly pulled in before the footlights, as if she wasn't quite ready to inhabit the "diva unhinged" role on short notice. Far more heartfelt than hearty, she seemed as though she didn't have an ounce of diva bitch in her being.
The audience, nonetheless, was on her side. Just about everyone who has seen Moore perform at multiple LGBT events, or at SFO as the deeply moving lead in Heart of a Soldier and gleeful First Lady in The Magic Flute, has grown to love her. Attendees made their support known with a huge ovation after her beautifully sung "Vissi d'arte." By the final act, she came into her own, with a performance notable for both its vocal beauty, absolute surety on high C, and presence. If Gheorghiu does not recover in time for Sunday's matinee, I expect Moore's first full Tosca on any stage will make a considerable mark.
In secondary roles, Christian Van Horn's towering Angelotti was so powerful that I wished the plot had allowed him more time onstage before his death. Veteran Dale Travis' Sacristan made clear what character acting is all about, and Joel Sorensen's sniveling Spoletta was suitably despicable. The offstage voice of Shepherd boy Etienne Valdez on opening night was a major asset, and the chorus was, as expected, excellent. The orchestra played gloriously, but on opening night, Music Director Nicola Luisotti refused to hold back in Act II, putting orchestral swells before respect for a last-minute replacement's reticence.
As for Gheorghiu, whose recent ROH Tosca with Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel – coincidentally Racette's Tosca duo at the Met – has just become available on DVD, it's unfair to judge the smaller-voiced, more subdued performance of a diva in major distress who seemed less than totally present. I don't know if Director Jose Maria Condemi can inspire Giordano to get more with the program – Jagde, Racette, and Delavan need no such prompting, and relished adding a host of stage business unseen on opening night – but I fully expect fighter Gheorghiu to return to the stage prepared for a collegial duel to a blazing finish.


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The Immortality King
Stefin Bradbury weaves a tale of religion, loyalty,and love in The Immortality King, A novel as impressive as the flames of Inflammar . Guillermo Arena, the man turned God, Dustin Settles, his prophet, and Jessica Sanchez, the woman torn between them. After having to fire his best friend as prophet, Guillermo finds a new man, Dustin Settles, to take the job. But when Dustin becomes filled with greed and ego, Guillermo must find a way to save The Religion, even if that means sacrificing himself.
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Android Apps Alert #95: 500px, Hotmail, Path, and more
April 20, 2012 | by Andrew Kameka
Android Apps Alert is Androinica.com's weekly round-up of new, updated, and under the radar apps. Each app is plucked from a list of candidates found by browsing the Android Market and developer/user submissions. To suggest an app for review, drop us a line on Google+ or Twitter.
Dell Voice updated to provide visual voicemail. Canadians can use Dell Voice to get a new number that forwards to more phones and provides online features for controlling or monitoring accounts. It's basically Google Voice for Canadians.
Google Offers got itself a snazzy new appearance. Now you can get a Holo look when trying to get daily deals, and so much faster. The app was also prated to better manage notifications and access deals in more cities.
Draw Something was updated to allow users to speak with other players, undo a single move, refresh, and get notifications. It's easier than ever to write, I mean, Draw something.
Galaxy Pool
Android 2.2+
Physics and puzzle games rank among my favorite past times on Android, and Galaxy Pool is a fun member of those genres. The game is sort of like pool (billiards) but has a space theme where players must bounce a ship off beams into a planet. Along the way, the ship should cross stars in order to earn points. The more you hit, the more you earn sounds simple enough, right? Well, it is initially, but as the game progresses, it becomes tougher and tougher to master all 50 levels. Galaxy Pool requires that players reposition multiple in beams on each board in order to unlock just the right combination to land on the planet, and you only get maximum points if all stars are touched. It reminds of the games my middle school teachers used to trick us into learning geometry – only this is actually fun.
Android 2.2+ required
Gorgeous, stunning, breathtaking, and throw in whatever other beauty-based adjective you can think of – that's how you can describe some of the photography featured in 500px. The popular photo-sharing site has made its way to Android, available now for phones and tablets to browse through the thousands of images upload to 500px. The app features a simple gallery that groups images in four tabs: Popular, Editor's Choice, Upcoming, and Fresh. Users can also search for a specific term or browse their own photos. 500px can zoom in on a photo by double-tapping, shows ratings and comments, view a slideshow, or share a link on Twitter/Facebook. Download this app if you are a shutterbug or appreciate good photography.
Android 2.1+
Android 2.3.3+ with OpenGL ES 2.0 required for Lenses
Path has managed to grow as a social network because it has focused on remaining small. Not as in total number of users small, but small as in the number of people who are in a member's given circle. The app and the network are designed to keep communication within a close-knit group of people you wish to connect with, but there are options to push content out to Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr. In the latest version of Path, sharing photos got an upgrade thanks to a change that saves photos on the device as well as online, and a new Lenses feature. Lenses lets Path members apply filters to their photos similar to Instagram and a host of other apps. There are seven filters available, and users get a live view of them through camera, so you can select the right effect before taking a photo.
Android 2.1+
Hotmail is still the email service of choice for millions of web users, including many who have opted for Android phones. The Hotmail Android app, which has been downloaded more than 5 million times, has been updated to improve support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. ICS users can now check their email without issue, as can HTC Desire users who were experiencing problems when pressing the Back or Menu button. Microsoft also claims to have improved the way the appp handles calendar/meeting requests, fixed meeting description and acceptance sending, and "optimized battery usage on Android 2.1″ devices. Grab the app now to get these improvements and the ability to set updated frequency or use multiple Hotmail accounts.
Android 2.1+
One of the most frustrating things about using Chrome as my default Android browser is that I'm constantly running into situations where I need to play Flash video. Despite how much you "HTML5 is the future" naysayers call for the death of Flash, the people who matter haven't gotten the messages yet, so I need access on my phone and tablet. That's why I was happy to get a note Flashify, an app from Nightshade Labs that provides an easy switch to another browser. The way it works is that if you come across Flash content in Chrome, select More > Share > Flashify. This will then bring up a list of installed browsers that can open the same URL. This has proven to be a much better solution for me than copying and pasting from one app to another. Download this app if you have the same problem, if you just want to send URL's from one browser to the next for any reason.
Android News & Reviews of the Week
- Wave Control controls your favorite music player without having to touch your phone [App Reviews]
- Frostwire updates torrent search app to support gestures for music playback controls
- Spotify completely redesigns Android app, adds 320kbps streams, speed, and Holo
- Google TV updates TV & Movies app to support favorites and trending
- PlaceMe is the always-on location memorizer you never asked for [App Reviews]
- Google Play actually has a phone help line for tech support [TIP]
- Chrome for Android goes global: adds languages, supported countries, and new features
- Read It Later is now Pocket, a gorgeous and free app for cleaner reading on Android


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Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)
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30.—(1) The Race Relations Act 1976 is amended as follows.
(2) In sections 14, 17 and 18 for "local education authority" in each place where those words occur substitute "local authority".
(3) In section 57(5A) for "local education authorities" substitute "local authorities".
(4) In paragraph 46 of Schedule 1A(1) for "local education authorities" substitute "local authorities".
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JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) -- Police officers now may take their guns into the Clayton County courthouse after the new sheriff lifted a four-year ban on firearms.
Clayton County Sheriff Kem Kimbrough says he is halting a policy started by former Sheriff Victor Hill that prohibited officers other than his deputies from taking guns into the courthouse in Jonesboro, a suburb of Atlanta.
Officers testifying in court or getting warrants signed had to check their guns at the door.
County Police Chief Jeffrey Turner says the old policy made his officers defenseless inside the courthouse.
Turner says allowing police to carry weapons in the building is an "added level of security" if there is an emergency.
Kimbrough took over as sheriff Jan. 1.
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Cowboys coach Jason Garrett will stop and attend the second Alabama Pro Day on Thursday on his way him from the NFL Owner's Meeting in Palm Beach.
"Alabama had a pro day earlier in the month and a number of their players were not able to work out cause of injury," Garrett said. "We felt it was worth while. Logistically it made sense. I am here. I'm going back to Texas. We are going to fly right over Tuscaloosa. It made sense for me to stop there and go to this workout tomorrow
So that is one of the reasons."
Garrett has visited no other pro days this off season and is not scheduled to attend any others.
Read into it what you want. But Garrett only visited one pro day last spring. That was at Southern California. Not coincidentally, the Cowboys drafted USC tackle Tyron Smith with the ninth overall pick in 2011.
There are several Alabama players who could be targets for the Cowboys with the 14th overall pick in 2012 or in a possible move down in the first round. They are safety Mark Barron, linebacker Courtney Upshaw and cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick.
Upshaw and Barron, along with running back Trent Richardson, didn't work out in the first Alabama Pro Day earlier this month because of various injuries so they will work out tomorrow for teams and scouts, including Garrett.
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A woman from Milton Keynes is getting ready to run her 10th marathon for a lung cancer charity.
Laura Brooks, 46, who has completed nine marathons since losing her father to lung cancer in 2008, is set to take part in the Virgin London Marathon on April 13 in aid of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.
Despite the fact she is soon set to complete her 10th marathon, Laura wouldn't describe herself as a runner.
She said: "I'd always watch the London Marathon on television and even went to cheer on runners so when I lost dad to lung cancer in 2008 it spurred me on to actually run it myself.
"I don't run fast, I would describe it more as a jog but I always make it across the finish line so I must be doing something right.
"People ask me how do I keep doing it and the truth is it's the support I receive from the charity, my family, friends and crowds on the day. They are amazing and give me the boosts of energy I need along the route."
Mark Parkinson, challenge and overseas fundraiser at Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, said: "The dedication and commitment shown by Laura is incredible.
"To be able to keep herself going for 26.2 miles over and over again just shows what can be achieved when you put your mind to it.
"Not only has she been able to run over 260 miles but Laura and her family have raised over £16,000 for the charity, which is fantastic."
"I'd like to thank Laura and her family for all their support and everyone at the charity wishes Laura the best of luck on the day."
If you've been inspired by Laura and would like to complete a run in aid of Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation visit www.roycastle.org/run


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DEXTER — Amy Lake clearly feared her estranged husband. He was awaiting trial for holding the family at gunpoint, and he was barred from seeing her or their two children. She was in the process of divorcing him. A neighbor said police drove by every day to check on her.
Yet, even though Amy Lake was careful and took precautions, her efforts failed.
Her husband, Steven Lake, killed the 38-year-old kindergarten teacher and the couple's two children, 12-year-old Monica and 13-year-old Cote, today, police said. Then he took his own life with the same shotgun he used on his family in the living room of their tidy house.
Police said Amy Lake tried hard to protect herself.
"She took the appropriate court action. Her co-workers were aware of her situation, and one of them reported (Steven Lake's) vehicle in the driveway," said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. "It is frustrating when someone has taken the appropriate steps and we still end up with a despicable act of domestic violence."
Investigators said after today's killings that they couldn't say for sure what pushed Steven Lake over the edge, but a relative told The Associated Press that Lake was frustrated by an ongoing custody dispute and particularly upset at having to miss his son's eighth-grade graduation.
In addition to killing his family, Lake poured a flammable liquid around the home, but the liquid didn't ignite, investigators said.
A Dexter police officer went to check on Amy Lake at 8 a.m. today at her two-story red clapboard home on the north shore of Lake Wassookeag when she didn't show up for work and when Steven Lake's car was spotted in her driveway. The officer heard multiple gunshots after pulling into the driveway and called for help.
State and local police and deputies from several sheriff departments surrounded the house and attempted to make contact by phone and through a public address system. Police never reached anyone inside and didn't know whether anyone was alive.
Around 2 p.m., a state police armored vehicle with a battering ram moved in on the house, and officers discovered the bodies in the living room. Some of the victims had been shot multiple times, according to the state medical examiner's office.
Steven Lake was awaiting trial for allegedly holding his family hostage last year in Wellington, where he most recently lived, said Maine State Police Maj. Gary Wright. He was free on bail but was barred from contacting his family.
Wright said investigators "may never ever know" what pushed Lake over the edge.
Steven and Amy Lake would have been married 16 years in July.
But Mylon Lake, of Harmony, told the AP that Steven Lake was his nephew and had been angry over a child custody dispute. Steven and Amy Lake at one time had shared custody, but Steven Lake had recently lost his right to see the children and was particularly upset about the graduation ceremony, he said.
"You push buttons enough, and everything's going to come to a head," he said.
Hours after the grisly discovery, tearful residents gathered in a downtown park for a vigil. The Rev. Will Walters, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church, acknowledged the community's anger and said the state needs "a better system to protect people."
"This should not happen," Walter said as a light drizzle fell. "We should make sure things like this never again happen to our women."
Residents admired and respected Amy Lake, who taught at the same school attended by her children.
"It's a huge loss for the school, for the kids. She was so well-loved by everybody," said Melissa Gudroe of Dexter, whose daughter was one Amy Lake's students.
Rebecca Dyment of Corinna said "there's going to be a hole in everybody's heart."
"It's a very sad day for the community and also the surrounding towns because they were very loved," she said. "It's so heart-breaking."
Steven Lake at one time owned his own heating company in Harmony, but most recently worked for another company, Mylon Lake said.
Neighbor Phil Kreider said local police officers had been checking on Amy Lake every day because she had a restraining order on her husband.
"I can't imagine anything like this happening here, and here it is," Kreider said.
A person who answered the telephone at home of Amy Lake's parents said the family had no comment.
Dexter, with a population of nearly 3,800, was known for years as the home of Dexter Shoe Co., which Harold Alfond created out of a vacant woolen mill in the 1950s. Dexter ceased its operations in Maine about a decade ago, and the shoes are now made overseas.


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Wiser pups choose safer haulouts
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New pup Joy spent Friday in the rain on a private beach south of Alki, while another pup slept safely on a platform offshore. Homeowners kept a watchful eye on the pup until she returned to the Sound late in the afternoon. We have responded to reports of two additional pups hauling out on private beaches stretching as far south as Brace Point, where many homeowners have voiced concerns about off leash dogs.


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Today I have a set of free mineral rocks and silica textures from Iceland. These are the type of minerals that you'll find near the Blue Lagoon and the Reykjanes peninsula hot springs.
They are great as textures and backgrounds, full of tiny details that you can use in your design work.
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This event goes back 1,000 years. Buddhist priests draw up healing waters and run about with huge pine torches.
Priests at Todai-ji Temple, famous for its enormous statue of Buddha, confess their sins before the Eleven-faced Kannon enshrined in Nigatsu-do Hall, and also pray for world peace and a rich harvest for 14 consecutive days. This ritual, called Shuni-e, has continued since 752.
During this period, an event known as Otaimatsu is really worth seeing. Priests run to and fro along the corridors of Nigatsu-do waving huge pine torches. It is believed that if you are showered with these fire sparks, you will be protected from evil things.
The Omizutori, the highlight of this event, is performed early on the morning of the 13th. Water which only springs forth in front of the temple building on this very day is drawn up and offered to the Buddhist deities. This water is said to have special powers for curing all disease.
This spring water is believed to reach Todai-ji after passing underground for more than 10 days from Obama City, Fukui Prefecture. Even today, the Omizuokuri ceremony is performed on March 2nd at Jingu-ji Temple in Fukui Prefecture to see off the departure of the divine water.
Water that has been drawn up is poured into a pot the following day, and to this pot they add water taken from a different pot which has been continuously replenished for over 1,200 years – the resulting mixture being preserved anew.
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- Nara
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- [Walk]5 minutes' walk from Daibutsuden Kasuga-Taisha-mae bus stop.Daibutsuden Kasuga-Taisha-mae bus stop is on the Shinai-Junkan Bus route from JR Kintetsu Nara Station.
- Location
- Todai-ji Temple
- Dates
- March 1st-14th
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- Zoshi-cho, Nara City
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(PCM) Breakout singer and songwriter, David Rogue, recently took center stage at Joe's Pub in New York City to showcase his highly anticipated debut album "Victim of My Circumstance" last weekend. Rogue was recently highlighted by Life & Style Weekly as a "must listen!", and his music has been featured in several award-winning films. "Victim of My Circumstance" is available worldwide on iTunes and other online retailers now.
The newly acclaimed musician wrote 11 of the 12 songs on the album, which was produced by Grammy-nominated producer/engineer RKRoman Klun and also features some of the industry's biggest names. At the show, David will be performing the lead single off his new album, "Free Fall in Love," which was co-written by Glee star, Matthew Morrison, alongside Jeff Cohen and Sacha Skarbek. Also performing live with Rogue Saturday night is an all-star line-up including famed saxophone player Andy Snitzer (Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Paul Simon) and Spin Doctors drummer Aaron Comess. Additionally, David's track "The Ride" features duet vocals produced by multiple Grammy award-winner Phil Ramone. Fans can also look forward to hearing musicians Jim Keltner (John Lennon, George Harrison, Bob Dylan), Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, John Lennon, Pink Floyd), Ben Butler (George Michael, Rod Stewart) and Matt Beck (Matchbox 20, Rob Thomas) on the new record among many others.
PCM's Kristyn Clarke was recently able to catch up with David Rogue just prior to his incredible performance at Joe's Pub in NYC to discuss the new album, working with legendary musicians and more! Listen below:
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