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|Blue blocker sunglasses protect the retina from the damaging effects of blue light.
According to Dr. Lylas Mogk, retina specialist and author of Macular Degeneration: The Complete Guide to Saving and Maximizing Your Sight, "extensive laboratory studies of primates provide persuasive evidence that blue light may be more damaging to the macula than UV light."
However she does go on to say that there are conflicting results in human studies:
"Some studies positively link macular degeneration with any kind of light exposure, other studies have found a weak correlation between macular degeneration and blue light exposure, and yet a third group of studies has found no correlation at all between macular degeneration and sunlight."
Blue light waves are wavelengths from 400-500 nanometers and are the waves that give the sky its blue color.
Dan Roberts, the Founding Director of MD Support and author of The First Year: Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed sheds some light on this topic by answering our question, How is it that blue light can be harmful to our eyes?
"Retinas compromised by disease are more at risk from light damage than healthy ones. Blue light, specifically light that is in the higher frequency nearing ultraviolet (UV), is not filtered well by retinal tissue that is weakened by genetic deficiencies, poor nutrition, polluted environments, health habits, and aging. We need, therefore, to protect our eyes from both UV and near-UV.
To be absolutely clear, the research has not shown conclusively that blue light is any more toxic than the other colors. There is, however, enough evidence to cause concern. I, for one, prefer to err on the side of caution by taking simple steps to protect my eyes."
Blue light blocking glasses benefit the wearer in three ways:
1. Increased Visibility
These glasses do not make "the world" appear darker like most sunglasses. Blue blockers let in more light which helps with better visibility when outside.
2. Reduced Glare
Not only do these glasses block blue light, they also block glare. Most people with AMD are very sensitive to glare and appreciate these sunglasses for this reason alone.
3. Supports Healthy Sleep
I wear my Eagle Eye blue light blocking sunglasses while I am outside during the day but you may be surprised to hear that I wear them in the evening at home. Richard L. Hansler, PhD, physicist, and lighting researcher, explains, "Since it is primarily the blue rays in ordinary white light that control the circadian rhythm, one can make the body act as if in darkness by using light bulbs that don't make blue light or by wearing eyeglasses that block blue light. " Blocking blue light at night has greatly improved my ability to fall asleep and stay asleep. If you'd like to read Dr. Hansler's e-book on this topic it's less than a dollar at Amazon:Great Sleep! Reduced Cancer! 2nd Edition: A Scientific Approach to Great Sleep and Reduced Risk of Cancer
Sometimes you will see a % sign in the description of the glasses, letting you know how much of the blue light is being allowed in (not blocked).
Not all of blue blockers offer 100% protection from blue light. You will see statements like "blue blocker protection" or "100 percent blue light protection."
For those who don't want to spend the money to get prescription sunglasses, an easy option is to wear sunglasses over them.
People with macular degeneration like the orange and yellow lenses because of the contrast enhancement and better depth perception, while the amber and orange lens offer the best glare reduction.
Because these colored lenses also increase color distortion, (everything has an amber glow to it) it is not recommended that you drive with glasses that have a blue blocker lens. It may be especially difficult to distinguish the colors of traffic light signals.
A blue blocker lens also helps reduce glare and does not make the world darker - so things do appear more visible because of the brightness. They also provide better contrast.
These stylish lenses from Amazon are less then $20 and can be worn over your prescription glasses. Much less bulkier than other brands, yet provide good protection and polarization.Sun Shield Fit Over Sunglasses with Blue Blocker HD Driving Lens & Spring Hinges - Fit Over Prescription Glasses
These stylish glasses feel good on your eyes. They are brighter than ordinary sunglasses which make the world appear dark. Also they provide great clarity and protect your vision from glare.
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Eagle Eye Sunglasses are blue blocker sunglasses that provide 100% protection from blue light. They can be purchased as fit-over your prescription glasses or as regular sunglasses. Developed by NASA optic technology, the lenses are certified for 100% UVR AND blue-light protection.
These lenses are the result of the findings by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory of oil droplets found in the eyes of eagles. The oil droplets block out UV light but also enhance vision. Unlike other sunglasses that work by darkening light exposure, Eagle Eye sunglasses work by filtering out UVA, UVB and blue-light, but allow other light rays in. Colors like green, red, orange and yellow actually help to enhance vision by providing better visual acuity with less eye strain.
Another important feature, is polarized protection. The TriLenium Broad Spectrum Polarization lens reduces glare.
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Styles are available for men and women. After reading so much about the uniqueness of these sunglasses, I bought a pair and now wear them all the time. I purchased the Forenza sunglasses with the black frames. I have a small face and these fit just fine.
They are especially helpful to me in reducing glare when I am in the bright sunlight. My eyes seem to be more relaxed and not as strained. Check them out here at Amazon:
Be sure to pick an amber, yellow or orange lens. Many people find this to be a more attractive option than the large fitover blue blocker sunglasses. Unlike the fitovers, you don't need to figure out what size to get and how well they will fit over your prescription glasses.
However, they do not provide UV protection from the top or sides like some of the fitover or wrap around sunglasses.Eagle Eyes Clip On Sunglasses (Universal)
Blue blocker sunglasses not only provide protection to the macula they
can actually enhance one's vision by reducing glare and improving
contrast and you might find if you wear them in the evening, your sleep may benefit too.
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Fans Celebrate Jenni Rivera at Memorial Service
Jenni Rivera fans said their final goodbyes Wednesday at a funeral for the singer held in Los Angeles. More than 6,000 people gathered at Gibson Amphitheatre to honor the music powerhouse who died in a plane crash earlier this month.
Her brother, Juan Manuel Rivera, said, "I am sure that my sister is singing now," while family member Gustavo Lawrence Rivera, asked the audience to applaud for "Jenni, the eternal diva."
Pepe Garza, the singer's godfather, touched on the singer's tumultuous personal life, saying, "Above all we love her for her imperfections. It was her blunders that made us know that she was one of us."
Daughter Jacqie Melina Campos added, "The best thing you ever taught me is when you fall, you get back up. So that's what I'm going to do."
Jenni's plane crashed in a mountainous region in northern Mexico on Dec. 9.

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"The idea is that all the elements of a biological system can be defined and put into a database," he says. "Sequencing the human genome and placing the sequence in a database is pure discovery science…, which raises the possibility of globally analyzing the behavior of all human genes in, for instance, normal cells versus cancer cells."
Discovery science, Hood says, stands in contrast to hypothesis-driven science—the tried and true approach that has prevailed for years, where a hypothesis is formulated and experiments carried out to test that hypothesis.
Though his proposed interdisciplinary, systems approach to biological discovery is revolutionary, traditional hypothesis-driven methods have not been abandoned. Rather, they are embedded in the new approach, which advocates figuring out what happens normally within a system—a signaling pathway in a cell, for example—then disrupting that system repeatedly, making note of what changes occur. If you know how the system can break down, Hood says, you should be able to figure out how to fix it.
"At first blush, they all think biology's easy, and that they all have the ways to help us out," says Hood. "But in most instances, they are useful only in direct proportion to how well they understand biology.
"These people can develop techniques and computational tools, but the development has to be driven by biological frontiers. There are all sorts of fancy tools that let you measure things, but who cares if the things aren't relevant? You have to figure out how to measure important things rather than measure anything."


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Rita Ora has opened up about her split from Rob Kardashian after he appeared to accuse her of cheating on him.
Kim Kardashian's younger brother took to Twitter.com and ranted about a disloyal ex-girlfriend, just hours after news of his break-up emerged on Monday (03Dec12).
However, Kardashian stopped short of naming Ora outright as he tweeted, "She cheated on me with nearly 20 dudes while we were together... How can a woman who is so busy trying to start her own career have time to be with so many dudes all while in a relationship?!"
The R.I.P. hitmaker has now shared her side of the story with Britain's Glamour magazine, blaming the pair's busy work schedules for keeping them apart.
She says, "I'm not going out with Rob. We were close for a while, but it didn't work because I was never there. I was like a ghost. I used to get so frustrated with myself and then wonder why I was angry, so I decided it was best to keep it friendly - especially at the moment, when there's so much going on."
Ora also admitted she has never found true love, adding, "In 22 years, there's been nothing. I have had young fascinations but never love. I think it's my only weakness. I'm scared of letting my guard down, and if I feel in love with someone now, he'd have to try 10 times harder to break it down."


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What could put Philadelphia on a new path of growth? For the region, the Economy League's World Class agenda has identified key priority strategies to boost growth over the long haul — supporting entrepreneurship, stoking our innovation economy, and selling our goods and services to the world. For Philadelphia, these strategies are also critical. But the city has one policy option supported by stacks and stacks of research that could put its economy on a different trajectory — lowering the wage tax.
Since its inception as a temporary tax in 1939 to tide the city over the Great Depression, the wage tax has been identified in scores of commissions and studies as the root of the city's wealth-building challenge. By taxing people's wages at such a high rate, Philadelphia drove away jobs and income. It's a major reason, as Center City District data shows, that 40 percent of Philadelphia residents outside of Center City leave the city every day to go to work. The wage tax has been a significant barrier to more job creation in Philadelphia.


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Kevin Spacey is the smartest man in Hollywood because he has found a way to go beyond the traditional borders of Hollywood and the entertainment industry.
If you watched the broadcasts of the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night, it was apparent that Spacey is as sharp at career management as he is skilled at acting.
Aside from President Barack Obama, it was Spacey's show. The star of Netflix' (NFLX) hit series House of Cards is widely respected. He starred in a spoof that was shown at the dinner. Every media and political power broker got needled and it was plainly a status point to be mentioned in it.
It was also quite obvious that the media representatives at the dinner were star-struck and in awe of Spacey. The television journalists who provided commentary made the point that he was the one celebrity that everyone at the dinner wanted to meet.
The reason was not necessarily Spacey's Best Actor work in American Beauty, either. He is hot right now because of House of Cards. He has found a way to remain relevant as an actor when the careers of his peers are slowing down either because of age or a lack of ambition.
Spacey is showing no signs of slowing down and he clearly understands how the Hollywood game is being played. He is not waiting around for the movie biz to minimize his acting career, as it does with so many others. The standard operating procedure is to chew up and spit out actors. But Spacey is taking charge.
He took a big chance, in a way. What if Netflix' gambit bombed or nobody bothered to watch House of Cards? He'd have been a punch line on Jay Leno's show.
But no matter. Spacey deserves credit for taking a chance and making a bet on new technology. Netflix is a big winner because it will have an easy time getting other shows off the ground, given the success of House of Cards.
How many actors have conquered Hollywood and Silicon Valley? Kevin Spacey has blazed a path.He won't be the last one.
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Today a quick post guys, on how to lock down a caster for more a less 20 sec (and definitly force him to use a trinket.
This is the list of abilities.
What i normally do is bring the target till 80% and then start this combo:
This is the list of abilities.
What i normally do is bring the target till 80% and then start this combo:
- Spear hand strike from the front to blanket silence.
- Leg Sweep (which normally will force the trinket)
- Fist of Fury here the damage component helps tons in bringing down the target.
- Paralysis (if your target at this point hasn't used the trinket, he will use almost guarenteed at this point. At this point paralysis from behind will give you 8 second stun this is a good time to change target until paralysis is almost over, so you have a good damaging window, and leave the other team on the backfoot).
- Spear hand strike from the front so the blanket silence is off DR, and at this point you have setup a good oportunity, to get a kill.
From my experience in RBG's in which i am on healer CC duty, this is devastating, specially if in Leg Sweep and Fists of Fury you manage to get 2 healers (a common situation is that you see the healers moving toghether, so this aoe cc happens easily.
Try this guys and tell how it goes.


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26 comments:
- MyStyle said...
Hi my dear-they are totally gorgeous, you definitely made the right decision to keep those beauties!! xx
- March 10, 2011 7:18 PM
Wow--how to pass up that?! Still, I love the "hooker" boots. I think they're fab!
- March 10, 2011 7:33 PM
- Dancing Branflake said...
Good choice! Although I do love the other two, I really think safety does come first. Not comfort, but safety.
- March 10, 2011 7:37 PM
- the nyanzi report said...
Difference in opinion: those black front zipper boots would not make you look like a hooker.
They would look sensational if styled the right way - twinned with rolled up super skinny stone-washed denims and a light floral print loose-fitting top...tucked in, of course. No belt.
- March 10, 2011 7:38 PM
- SabinePsynopsis said...
nyanzi - I agree and IF they had been a fifth of the price I would probably have started to argue with her, but this way it was the needed push to not buy a pair of pretty pricey boots.
- March 10, 2011 7:42 PM
- Rosie said...
Those are lovely, you definitely made a good choice there. Can't wait to see how you style them!
- March 10, 2011 7:47 PM
- drollgirl said...
i love them all! they are gorgeous, but you made a great choice here!!!
- March 10, 2011 7:48 PM
- Isabel said...
i love all of them but the ones you kept are probably the most classic/wearable ones :)
- March 10, 2011 7:49 PM
- Vintage Vixen said...
Gorgeous choice, I'd have probably gone for the hooker boots as well as I haven't got a Sarah to advise me. Love your jacket. xxx
- March 10, 2011 8:10 PM
- vint junky said...
Perfect choice! They're beautiful sabine. And well done you. I applaud your willpower
Oh cripes, this means that like sarah little koo will be passing remark on mummy's questionable purchases someday, I hadn't thought of that :/ Should be interesting!
- March 10, 2011 8:38 PM
- SabinePsynopsis said...
Be prepared, Nic, daughters, they are ruthless. (And you can't even get back at them because then they cry - or shout at you.)
- March 10, 2011 8:44 PM
- Len♥reNeverM♥re said...
Jil Sanders for 50, Sabine?!
- March 10, 2011 8:51 PM
- Veshoevius said...
Hooker schmooker - I love those black boots - keep!
- March 10, 2011 8:58 PM
- Fashionistable said...
I agree with David but can see your side of things. Very, very hard call. But £50 for Jill Sanders AMAZING. Xxxx
- March 10, 2011 9:15 PM
- eugenialejos said...
oh love your blog! I follow you of course! Kisses from porto;)
- March 10, 2011 10:03 PM
- THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...
Oh that would have been a hard choice! I love the boots. Hooker? Really? I don't see it. Guess that says alot about how I dress, huh? :)
But I have to say the Jill Sanders are definitely keepers. Especially for that price!
- March 10, 2011 11:37 PM
- Tanvi said...
i wld have gone with the boots too. Don't see why they wld make anyone look like a hooker! (Sorry Sarah) But Hey - daughters, they are ruthless. (And you can't even get back at them because then they cry - or shout at you.) This is NOT true, right Sarah? :o)
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- March 11, 2011 12:31 AM
Love you´re style and blog, it´s great!
Keep on with the good work!
- March 11, 2011 6:36 AM
- Kazuko said...
great decision, Sabine!
oh, how cruel can daughters be? (but if you looked like a hooker in those boots, you looked like a hooker - sometimes one needs those there's-no-other-way-around advice, right?)
have a super weekend! xo
- March 11, 2011 7:23 AM
- Maddy said...
I had to laugh out loud at Sarah's comment! Not sure if they're hooker material, but I love that she doesn't bite her tongue ;o) Great find with the Jill Sanders shoes though I'm with you! I lust after really high stilettos, but if they're not wearable, they're going back in the box!
- March 11, 2011 12:29 PM
- Girl in Oslo. said...
The black shoes are amazing:)
Have a great day:)
- March 11, 2011 1:20 PM
- Orchid said...
sexy pair of shoes!!!and yoo did some really great vintage looking phottography...cheers!!!
- March 11, 2011 7:17 PM
- Harriet said...
Those are sone immense heels! Kind of love the hooker ones, but I *suppose* being able to walk in them is a necessity...
- March 12, 2011 4:44 PM
- Cloud of Secrets said...
I think you made the right choice, although I'm intimidated by caring for suede. The pumps look edible, like velvety dark chocolate truffles! I'd have a hard time sending back the Pura Lopez stilettos, though. I'll be checking the price on yoox!
- March 12, 2011 5:24 PM
- Cindy Whitehead said...
It;s always good to have a friend who tells you her truth and helps you decide - we all need that at times (not saying they are always right...) The beauty of shopping online is order 3, select 1 and send others back - perfection!
- March 13, 2011 3:29 PM
- Fashion, Art and other fancies said...
Excellent choice, dear Lady, but I want them all. LOL;-)
- March 14, 2011 7:13 PM


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Dave Wright doesn't have to make tortillas from scratch at Del Fuego Taquería, his cheery Mexican restaurant with a deck in front, a shaded patio in back and a dark wood dining room decorated with bright folk art and vintage Spanish language movie posters.
He doesn't need to start with dry corn, boil it with slaked lime and then grind that into masa. He could buy commercial masa to feed into his Lenin tortilla machine. The results would still be good. But something would be missing.
"You lose the flavor. You lose the aroma," Wright said. When you lift up one of Del Fuego's tortillas, the corn scent hits your nose before you take a bite.
At his new restaurant, Wright, who became a fanatic of Mexican food growing up in Northern California, makes everything from scratch.
Del Fuego Taquería
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- Known for: Made from scratch Mexican food.
- Opened: June 2014.
- Hours: Dinner M-Sa (lunch to be added soon).
- Drinks: Mexican beer, 101 tequilas and mescals and aguas frescas.
- Parking: Street.
The half dozen salsas include vinegary chile de árbol and a chipotle salsa negra that's tar black, smokey and as thick as jam. The guacamole can be doctored with pickled onions, roasted poblanos or even pomegranate seeds, which add pops of sweetness and make an order look like a Christmas-time centerpiece.
Tacos, which arrive on mismatched vintage plates, anchor the menu. Fillings include carne asada, lengua, nopales and chorizo. Mission burritos and a handful of entrees, such as sautéed gulf fish with chile rubbed calabaza and roasted duck enchiladas with mole negro, round out a menu that will soon expand.
At first, Wright planned to open a basic taquería along the lines of Felipe's. But the restaurant, even before it opened, grew and became more complicated.
"Professionally, I wasn't going to be satisfied making tacos and burritos," he said. "I would have been bored."
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Broncos focused in win over Russets
SHELLEY — County foes collided for the second time this soccer season this time on the home field of the Shelley Russets as the Blackfoot squad came calling for a High Country Conference showdown.
With the moon rising overhead, the Broncos prevailed 6-0 in a twilight match that witnessed good things being done on each sideline.
"We had heard about Shelley and we saw tonight that they are an improving team so we had to maintain our focus tonight or they could hurt us," Blackfoot head coach Liam Pope said. "No matter which eleven is on the field the focus has got to be there because we'll get hurt."
After a lackluster performance at Highland last Thursday afternoon the Blackfoot Broncos came out focused on the task at hand, getting a quick goal in the 10th minute of play as Carlos Murrillo scooted a shot from out front past the diving Shelley goal keep.
"Our defense was helped by the fact that we were tighter all over the field, we lost the complacency," coach Pope said. "It is what I've been telling the boys since Friday that we got complacent in the second half against Highland and we got what we deserved in that forty minutes and we did a fine job of keeping our focus."
Blackfoot maintained that early pressure tallying goals in the 19th and 21st minute of the first half as Titus Robinson redirected a shot into the back of the net ahead of a pretty goal by Hector Munoz who took an assist from Jose Torres giving the Broncos a 3-0 half time advantage.
"We came ready to play, we figured that Blackfoot would come out after winning 8-0 in Blackfoot looking to who was going to get a hat trick, how big can we win by and we were able to accomplish somewhat what we set out to do," Shelley head coach Brian Park said. "We can play with them, we just need to get the ball in the back of the net."
Munoz scored his second goal of the day just thirty seconds into the second half and from there the teams played evenly as the skies darkened.
"Blackfoot has a great team," coach Park said. "They can take the ball out of the air and put it where they want it and that is what I want to get from my team. They're a young team but with practice and playing in this division we are going to get better."
Torres added two more goals late in the contest to put the finishing touches on the 6-0 win as Blackfoot goal keeper Carlos Almenderoz kept a clean sheet for the men in black.
Both teams will be back in action on Thursday with Shelley traveling to Hillcrest while Blackfoot will travel to Rigby.


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By Thomas Hauser
Eight years ago, I wrote an article entitled What's Going on at HBO? In part, that article read, "Boxing at HBO is at a crossroads. There's an axiom in the sweet science that, if a fighter isn't getting better, he's getting worse. And the same might be said of those who televise fights. To a degree, HBO is living off the good will that attaches to the HBO brand. And because HBO sets the standard, if it gets sloppy it will allow everyone else's standards to drop."
Four years after that, in 2007, I wrote, "This is a watershed moment for HBO Sports. And it comes at a time when HBO can no longer take its favored position with boxing fans for granted. Until recently, there was a presumption that, if a fight was on HBO, it was worth watching. That's no longer always the case. The powers that be at HBO have to sit down with a blank piece of paper and ask themselves, "What do we want HBO Sports to look like five years from now?" And when they do, they should examine the underlying philosophy that drives their boxing program."
Since then, I've remained an admirer and also a critic of HBO Sports. Among the points I've made are:
(1) HBO Sports should televise better fights.
(2) Rather than pre-select "stars," HBO Sports should let stars emerge from exciting competitive match-ups.
(3) HBO Sports has been bidding against itself and overpaying for fights.
(4) HBO Sports should stop tilting the playing field in favor of certain promoters and managers. In recent years, that tilt has been toward Golden Boy and Al Haymon.
(5) HBO Sports should reserve the HBO-PPV label for special events and give pay-per-view buyers better undercard fights.
(6) The HBO Sports announcing teams (which are crucial to branding its boxing program) should be revamped.
(7) HBO Sports needs to eliminate the arrogant condescending attitude that several of its key executives manifest toward the boxing community.
(8) The decision-makers at HBO Sports have to immerse themselves in the boxing community and become better informed with regard to boxing matters.
These things didn't happen. As a result, HBO Sports let its subscribers, Time Warner's shareholders, and boxing down.
Recent events have been extremely discouraging to the many people who have worked so hard over the years to build HBO Sports. The announcement that Manny Pacquiao is leaving the network to fight Shane Mosley on Showtime Pay-Per-View has led to serious soul-searching at the highest levels of HBO. But Pacquiao-Mosley is only the tip of the iceberg. There's a growing understanding, as evidenced by years of declining ratings, that the problems at HBO Sports go far beyond one fight.
The key players at HBO Sports are Ross Greenburg (president), Kery Davis (senior vice president for sports programming), Mark Taffet (senior vice president for sports operations and pay-per-view), and Rick Bernstein (senior vice president / executive producer).
Their future and the future of HBO Sports will be determined by three men.
Bill Nelson is HBO's chairman and CEO. Richard Plepler is HBO's co-president. Michael Lombardo is president of HBO programming.
Greenburg reports to Lombardo. Above that, the chain of command runs through Plepler to Nelson. Sources say that Ross did not inform Nelson, Plepler, or Lombardo that HBO was in danger of losing Manny Pacquiao until it was too late for HBO to marshall its resources and make a proposal that would be competitive with Showtime and CBS.
Other sources say that Nelson, Plepler, and Lombardo have decided that HBO will remain involved with boxing on a longterm basis and that they are committed to restoring excellence to HBO's boxing brand.
In furtherance of that goal, Plepler and Lombardo have embarked upon a fact-finding mission. When it's complete, Plepler (with significant input from Lombardo and subject to Nelson's approval) will decide who is best qualified to run HBO Sports in the future. All other HBO Sports personnel decisions will flow from that choice.
No final decision has been made yet with regard to Greenburg's future. But a number of leaders in the boxing community have said privately that, if Plepler and Lombardo ask for their opinion, they will tell them that both Greenburg and Davis are better suited for positions other than the ones they currently hold.
"The handwriting is on the wall," says one person with knowledge of the situation. "It's more than handwriting; it's graffiti. Ross and Kery are on a very small island and the water is rising. I'd be very surprised if either one of them is with HBO Sports six months from now."
Commenting on another person's job performance is a serious matter. But it's a responsibility that resides with the media at appropriate times. Time Magazine and CNN (which, like HBO, are components of the Time Warner empire) critique the performance of government officials and corporate executives on a regular basis. HBO Sports grades the performance of fighters and others in the boxing industry all the time; often harshly.
Certainly, a journalist has the right to critique the leaders of HBO Sports.
For far too long, the people running HBO Sports have been like trust fund babies with a constant flow of budget money from above who aren't in touch with the financial realities of the boxing industry. There has been a collective failure to identify, acknowledge, and take responsibility for problems. As one industry veteran notes, "They're like guys at a very exclusive country club. They sit around enjoying the good life, telling each other what a wonderful job they're doing, and nothing that goes wrong is their fault."
When Roger Goodell was interviewing for the job of commissioner of the National Football League, he gave the owners this piece of advice: "Change before you're forced to change."
The leaders of HBO Sports have been slow to change. Indeed, because HBO Sports was so successful during the last two decades of the twentieth century, they've resisted change in the new millennium. And they've seemed oblivious to the decline of HBO's boxing franchise. The problem isn't that HBO lost Pacquiao-Mosley. The problem is everything that led to the loss of Pacquiao-Mosley.
Ross Greenburg took over the helm of HBO Sports ten years ago. During his tenure, HBO has turned a deaf ear to large segments of the boxing community. In July 2008, when Bob Arum was raising some of the same issues he has raised during the past year, HBO issued a statement that read, "We've grown weary of Bob Arum's tirades against HBO Sports. They are foolish, unproductive and marginal in accuracy."
In recent weeks, Arum has been cast as Moses leading boxing out of bondage into the promised land with Greenburg playing the role of Pharoah. It's not that simple. Arum is far from perfect and Greenburg has redeeming qualities. But Arum is able to see beyond his own personal preferences, and Greenburg seems to have difficulty doing that.
"Ross personalizes everything," says a former HBO employee. "He doesn't understand that what appeals to him doesn't necessarily appeal to HBO's subscriber base. Ross likes baseball, so he thinks that everybody likes baseball and he won't run boxing against the baseball playoffs. There are run-of-the-mill college football games that do better ratings than the baseball playoffs."
Also, there are times when Greenburg allows his personal feelings to override sound business judgment.
"Ross has stopped speaking to me altogether," Arum said in 2008. "He won't take telephone calls from me anymore because he's mad that I've criticized him. I've called him five or six times in the past few weeks, and he won't return my calls. That's not how a responsible television executive behaves. It's worse than unprofessional. It's fucking moronic. I'm supplying Manny Pacquiao, Kelly Pavlik, Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito. None of them are tied to HBO, which means they can bolt at any time. Ross might despise me. But doesn't he have an obligation as the head of HBO Sports to talk with me? Don King and I were mortal enemies at times, but we always talked. [Former HBO Sports president] Seth Abraham was pissed off at me more times than I can count, but we always talked. Even when Seth and I were fighting, he'd pick up the phone and call to say 'congratulations' after a great fight."
"Ross made it personal with Bob," says someone who knows both men well. "His approach was, 'Hey; let's dump all over the promoter who has the best, most marketable fighter in boxing because he has nowhere else to go.' That's not a very good strategy."
"You can like Bob Arum or not like Bob Arum," says another industry insider. "But Bob has one of the longest-running relationships that exists between a supplier and HBO. Not just HBO Sports; all of HBO. Bob has supplied HBO with more fights than any other promoter. If you add up the revenue from pay-per-fights-over the years, HBO has made more money with Bob than with any other promoter. And look what Ross has done to that relationship."
Greenburg's first response to the loss of Manny Pacquiao should have been to sit back and reflect on the question, "What did we do wrong?" But people who've worked closely with him say that he has difficulty admitting to having made a mistake. Being stubborn in the face of a contrary reality is rarely a virtue. The Bourbon Kings (who were known for their stubbornness) ruled France from the late-sixteenth century until the French Revolution. Talleyrand said of them, "They have learned nothing, and they have forgotten nothing."
For the past decade, like its Emmy-award-winning Sports of the 20th Century series , HBO Sports has often seemed to be rooted in the past.
More significantly, Greenburg and the business of boxing are a poor fit.
Lou DiBella (who was the point person for HBO's boxing program during the glory years) observes, "Other networks have been heavily into boxing in the past, and other networks will be heavily into boxing in the future. But their sports departments haven't been built on boxing. Boxing is the core of HBO Sports. Not documentaries; not Real Sports. Boxing."
Eight years ago, I wrote, "Seth Abraham was a forceful advocate for boxing within Time Warner. Greenburg is a great producer. But Greenburg doesn't know the sport of boxing, the business of boxing, or the players in boxing the way Abraham did. Nor is he expected to be as strong an internal advocate for the sweet science. Boxing might well be just another sport to him; something to be thrown into the mix."
"You need a boxing guy to run boxing at HBO," Bob Arum said in 2008. "Not a bunch of TV guys who think they know boxing. The biggest problem with Ross, far worse than his personal animosity toward me and one or two other promoters, is his lack of knowledge and lack of interest in boxing. Ross was a good producer, but that doesn't qualify him to be the head of a major department at a major premium network. I'm sorry to say it, but Ross is ill-equipped for the job and he's certainly ill-equipped to run HBO's boxing program. If someone has no understanding of boxing and no love for the sport, he gets hooked on names he's heard of, even if those names belong to fighters who are way past their prime or could never fight to begin with. That's why you see so many horrible fights and so many of the same tired old faces on HBO. Make up a quiz about boxing and give it to all the executives who've been involved in buying fights for the television networks over the past ten years. I guarantee you; Ross would come in last."
Years ago, Seth Abraham reflected on the first professional fight he ever saw. At the time, he was a young man working as a special assistant to Bowie Kuhn (then the commissioner of Major League Baseball).
"There was nothing remarkable about the fight, but I found it thrilling," Abraham recalled. "I'd seen countless fights before on television. But sitting at this one, I was struck by the realization that every other sport has some type of time frame; either a clock or a given number of innings or whatever. And a fight can end at any moment. I suppose that's obvious, but it was an epiphany for me and the excitement of that night stayed with me. A year later, I went to HBO, believing that boxing had all the elements of great drama and great television."
But that drama often seems lost on Greenburg, who has made delay telecasts an integral part of his programming philosophy. Here, Arum observes, "The whole idea that it doesn't matter if people watch a fight live because we're showing it on tape and we count the cumulative total from all of the telecasts and re-telecasts is nuts. The whole point of watching a fight is that you can't take a break like you do if you're watching the first quarter of a football game. Because if you do, when you come back, the fight might be over. To watch a fight when you already know the result takes most of the excitement and drama out of it. Can you imagine someone saying, 'I'm not watching the Super Bowl live. I'll watch it on tape a week later.' You can't have a major sport like that."
Greenburg's critics also point to numerous missteps which were avoidable.
For example, in 2008, I wrote, "HBO is on the verge of signing a longterm output deal with Golden Boy. The proposed deal is, by definition, for fights and fighters unknown. It would undercut HBO's leverage in future negotiations with Golden Boy because the promoter would already have certain dates, which in and of itself is a major negotiating point."
In the same article, Seth Abraham was quoted as follows: "It's hard to believe that HBO would commit to buying a specified number of fights from Golden Boy for a specified number of dollars over a [longterm] period. Teddy Brenner once said, 'Fights make fights.' How could you know what fights and fighters you're buying?"
Greenburg finalized the output deal with Golden Boy. It's now widely acknowledged (even within HBO) that it was a huge mistake.
Prior to that, in 2006, Greenburg vetoed a deal that would have had HBO, in effect, partnering with Versus and using the cable network (which is part of the Comcast empire) as a development ground for HBO fighters. An opportunity for synergy with a network that's seen in tens of millions of homes was lost.
In 2009, Ross nixed a proposal that HBO bring boxing's leading promoters together for a "summit" to discuss the sport's problems.
And over the years, Greenburg has evinced a sense of entitlement that has soured a number of people in the boxing and entertainment industries.
A case in point –
Last year, Jim Lampley proposed that HBO work with his production company on an unscripted documentary-reality series about trainer Freddie Roach. Greenburg turned the project down. The following recitation of what happened thereafter has been pieced together from multiple sources.
Ted Chervin is the head of worldwide television at ICM (one of the largest and most influential talent agencies in the world). He's also Lampley's agent. Chervin was instrumental in eliciting an offer for the Freddie Roach project from AMC. In May 2010, Greenburg was given one last chance to pick up the project and declined. Thereafter, the deal with AMC was finalized.
In October 2010, Manny Pacquiao arrived at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles to begin training with Roach for his November 13th fight against Antonio Margarito. HBO's 24/7 production team was there. At that point, HBO executive producer Rick Bernstein called Nick Khan (who works for Chervin and is Roach's agent) and told him, "Our camera crew says there's an AMC crew there. They have to leave."
Khan said that the AMC crew had every right to be there.
Five minutes later, Greenburg called Khan, demanding, "How dare you do a show like this? You're shutting that AMC project down now [expletives deleted]."
Khan told Chervin about the conversation, including the fact that Greenburg had referred to the two of them as "morons."
Ted Chervin is a former assistant United States attorney, who made his name in legal circles by prosecuting organized crime figures (including members of Colombia's Cali drug cartel). He didn't like being called a moron.
Chervin instructed Khan to have the 24/7 crew thrown out of the gym.
Soon after, Arum and Top Rank president Todd DuBoef called Khan and told him, "This puts us in a difficult spot. We have a contract with 24/7. We'd take it as a personal favor if you let them back in the gym."
Khan called Bernstein and said that, as a courtesy to Top Rank, the 24/7 crew would be allowed in the gym when Pacquiao was there. He also telephoned Greenburg and told him that, if Ross didn't apologize to Chervin, Ted would complain about the incident to Richard Plepler.
Greenburg called Chervin, apologized, and asked, "Is it all square between us now?"
Maybe it is; maybe it isn't.
Ross's righthand man on boxing matters is Kery Davis. Like Greenburg, he declined to be interviewed for this article.
Davis had a hard act to follow. As I wrote in 2003, "Lou DiBella essentially ran HBO Boxing for Seth Abraham on a day-to-day basis. He was proactive when it came to the sport. He loved the fight world. He understood, cared about, and subordinated his life to boxing. He also operated in a very personal way with everyone from the media to the fighters themselves. DiBella constantly bounced ideas off people and solicited their advice. He fought to change HBO from a network that showcased its stars in mismatches in order to groom them for pay-per-view events to a network that put fighters in tough and stood by them when they lost as long as they lost with honor. He championed the lighter-weight fighters; a commitment that's paying dividends now in the form of Naseem Hamed, Erik Morales, and Marco Antonio Barrera. And he was up-front with his feelings about corruption in the sport. To a degree, his passion for cleaning up the sweet science inoculated HBO against some of boxing's broader scandals."
DiBella had his flaws (as all of us do). "He ruffled feathers in-house," I wrote. "There were times when he upstaged some of his compatriots and neutered others. Because boxing at HBO was enormously successful under his watch, the powers-that-be gave him wide latitude. But now that DiBella is gone, there appears to be a new attitude at HBO. Kery Davis is the new 'boxing guy' at HBO. Davis comes out of the music business and appears to lack DiBella's passion for and knowledge of the sport. Whenever there was a [pay-per-view] fight in Las Vegas on a Saturday, DiBella was likely to be in attendance at the ESPN2 card the night before. Kery is more likely to be enjoying a leisurely dinner. Davis may well grow into his role. But right now, he doesn't have the personal rapport with fighters, managers, and the media that DiBella enjoyed."
"Part of Seth's genius," says a longtime HBO employee, "was that he let Lou be Lou. Part of Ross's problem is that he lets Kery be Kery."
Davis has voiced anger that I've questioned the practice of HBO Sports executives not staying at the host hotel for certain fights and, instead, staying at more luxurious accommodations away from the action. My own view is that corporate employees are entitled to travel in comfort. But when HBO Sports pays for one of its executives to be on-site for a fight, the purpose of the trip is not eat expensive dinners, play golf, and hang out at the best hotel in town with friends.
I might add that Time Magazine, CNN, and other Time Warner subsidiaries appropriately criticize the extravagant perks given to management at Wall Street brokerage houses and other corporate executives.
Also, Davis is enormously engaging and charming when he chooses to be. But a lot of people in the boxing industry feel that he acts disrespectfully toward them. A small example: there was a time when Kery was said to have a policy of not returning telephone calls from Internet writers because of their lowly position. If Dana White had adhered to that policy, UFC might not exist today.
More important, a promoter who does business regularly with HBO says, "A lot of us don't feel that we can rely on what Kery tells us. Sometimes that's because he's telling the truth as he sees it and then Ross undermines him. And sometimes it's because – let's put it this way – Kery equivocates."
But the heart of the matter is that, in recent years, HBO has televised too many mediocre fights. "Kery is in a job where he has to know boxing," the same promoter notes. "And he doesn't. He doesn't know what will make for a good fight and he certainly doesn't know which fighters have the potential to become stars. Kery knows music; he has passion for music; he respects music people. But he doesn't get it when it comes to boxing. Kery should be in the music business, not in boxing."
Bob Arum sounded a similar theme last year, when he opined, "Kery isn't a boxing guy. To do that job, you have to love boxing and be part of boxing and get boxing. Kery has no feel for the sport. He would dispute that, but I've been in boxing for a long time and I know what I'm talking about."
It's time for a change in leadership at HBO Sports. That isn't something I write lightly. As noted earlier, commenting on someone else's job performance is serious commentary. I'm mindful that people's livelihoods are at stake; just as they're at stake every time that HBO Sports makes a decision regarding which fights to buy and how much to pay for them.
Ross Greenberg and Kery Davis make decisions every day that affect the trajectory of people's careers.
Last year, HBO Sports dismissed Lennox Lewis as a commentator on Boxing After Dark. The decision wasn't motivated by personal ill will. Rightly or wrongly, there was a judgment that Lennox wasn't performing up to par. Very few jobs come with lifetime tenure.
"The solution is simple," says one observer of the unfolding drama. "It's fixable, but not by the incumbents. HBO Sports reminds me of an overfunded incompetently-run sports franchise. Omar Minaya with the Mets and Isiah Thomas with the Knicks are examples of executives who were continually outmaneuvered by guys who had much smaller budgets but knew what they were doing. Just as in other sports, you hire a new general manager and a new coach and get to work."
"If you've gone from being the unquestioned leader in boxing to a floundering giant, you've fucked up," says a promoter who has done business regularly with HBO. "They've taken the premier franchise in boxing and turned it into an ordinary product. It's like when the New York Yankees went from the greatest dynasty in baseball history to just another team. The Yankees came back, but it took new leadership."
There are people who think that Ross Greenburg and Kery Davis have done a good job. Their opinions should be given the same careful consideration as those voiced above.
As for the other leaders of HBO Sports; Mark Taffet is respected in the boxing industry. He's comfortable communing with the powers that be. And when HBO has a big pay-per-view fight, he spends as much time in the media center as many of the writers. He's studying, exchanging ideas, and learning because he views it as part of his job.
"Taffet is a politician," Bob Arum said two years ago. "But at least he's a bright politician."
Rick Bernstein's tenure as executive producer has been more problematic.
The HBO Sports production team has many advantages, including the platform and money to do virtually anything it wants as it relates to boxing. It has better access to the athletes it covers than the producers of almost any other network sports department. It also has the services of some enormously talented people like director Marc Payton and creative young producers (who haven't been given the opportunity to fully show what they can do). There is a technical support staff comprised of people who are as good, if not better than, any of their industry counterparts.
But in recent years, HBO Sports programming has lost its edge. It has become formulaic. It's far less innovative and daring now than the documentaries produced by Sheila Nevins (president of HBO Documentary Films), not to mention such offerings as Boardwalk Empire. It has become tired and less appealing to young viewers, who will make up the next generation of premium-cable subscribers.
That's also true of HBO's boxing telecasts, which have gotten stale. Last year's fights at Cowboys Stadium and Yankee Stadium saw some interesting innvovations; particularly with regard to lighting. But those were largely the work of the promoter.
Rick Bernstein's defenders say that he hasn't been allowed to deviate from certain templates that Ross Greenburg has set in stone. One assumes that Richard Plepler and Michael Lombardo will explore the matter.
All of this prompts the question of, "Who will lead HBO Sports and its boxing program into the future if Ross Greenburg and Kery Davis are replaced?"
The role of HBO Sports president will be more complex in the future than in the past because HBO's boxing program will face competition from multiple networks and alternative media platforms; not just Showtime.
The next president of HBO Sports has to appreciate the fact that boxing has been the anchor of HBO Sports for decades. If he intends to continue on that course, he must clearly communicate this fact, both internally and externally.
Because of boxing's primacy, he should be grounded in boxing, not just sports, and understand the strength of the brand of boxing.
He must be a visionary leader with the ability to plan for the future.
Once the blueprint for the future is fashioned, he must have the ability and credibility to sell the new HBO Sports to the boxing community, hotel-casinos, other potential sites, sponsors, and the media.
He must understand that ratings (which are a measure of subscriber satisfaction) are more important than Emmys.
He must be a good administrator who knows how (and to whom) to delegate authority.
He must put his own personal comfort aside and get on a plane to close a deal when necessary.
He has to listen to people carefully enough to understand their point of view and accept the fact that his own personal preferences for programming might be different from those of HBO's subscribers.
His conduct must be such that he restores morale and a sense of pride where it has been lost.
He must realize that he is not the star. He is occupying a position of power in a fiduciary role to benefit others; not just himself.
The new president of HBO Sports will be chosen before the point person on boxing is selected. A National Football League team doesn't hire a new head coach and tell him who his offensive coordinator will be.
The number-two slot (HBO's "boxing guy") isn't just a matchmaking job. The person who fills it needs a passion for boxing and an understanding of what makes an entertaining fight. It's imperative that he (or she) have respect for fighters and all of the other "boxing people" he comes in contact with in the performance of his duties. He also has to be able to transition back and forth between the boxing world and the corporate environment of HBO and understand the profit-and-loss end of the business. He needs negotiating skills and an understanding of the legal environment that he's operating within. People can like him or not like him, but they have to be able to trust his word. He can't play favorites.
No one can learn the boxing business in six months or a year. It takes at least five years of close study. Even then, a person needs an aptitude for it. Given the current crisis at HBO, both positions have to be filled by people who can hit the ground running.
Ideally, HBO will have a new team in place and be ready to act decisively in the market place by May 8th (the day after Mosley-Pacquiao). Given the realities of today's world and the detailed nature of the study that Richard Plepler and Michael Lombardo are undertaking, that might not be possible.
Thomas Hauser can be reached by email at [email protected] . His most recent book ("Waiting For Carver Boyd") was published by JR Books and can be purchased at http://www.amazon.co.uk/ or http://www.abebooks.com .
Hauser says that Waiting for Carver Boyd is "the best pure boxing writing I've ever done."


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As some of you guys may have seen we were on CTV Morning Live today and we put Craig Larkins through pretty simple medicine ball core circuit. This circuit is going to involve both your transverse abdominis and your rectus abdominis. Your transverse abdominis is the deepest layer of the abdominal wall and the main muscle that you will want work to strengthen your whole core, plank is a great way to do this. Your rectus abdominis (the six pack muscle) is large muscle in the front of your abdomen, crunches is a simple exercise that will help you strengthen this.
Here is a circuit that is going to help strengthen your whole core.
Medicine Ball Slam: A very simply exercise where you are going to hold the medicine ball above your head and smash the ball into the ground as hard as you can. This should be done quickly and at a very high intensity. As you throw the ball into the ground focus on crunching your abs.
Medicine Ball V-sit Crunch: Hold the medicine ball above your head in a v-sit position. You are going to crunch your knees into your chest and then straighten them as much as possible. You should feel your core tighten and hold on so you don't fall backwards.
Medicine Ball Woodchop: Keep your feet about shoulder width apart and be in an athletic position. You are going to hold the medicine ball about 6 inches off your hip. Keeping your stomach drawn and your core engaged swing the ball across your body ending at about shoulder height. Make sure this done at a controlled rate.
Medicine Ball Jackknifes: Lay flat on your back with your arms above your head and the medicine ball resting on the the ground. Keeping your legs straight raise them up so they are pointing to the roof at the exact same time do the same thing with your arms. Make sure your back remains flat on the floor when lowering your legs.
If you feel any pain in your lower back during any of these exercises please e-mail me for modifications!
Try doing each exercise for 30 seconds or if you are a little more advanced try for 45 seconds with about a 15 second rest between each. Complete the circuit and repeat 3-5 times.
Let us know how it goes!!


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Heidi Klum has given Katie Holmes something to smile about as she tackles ongoing speculation about her divorce from Tom Cruise by insisting the actress is one of the most stylish people in Hollywood.
Katie Holmes put on a brave face to appear as a guest on Project Runway: All Stars just days after filing for divorce last month (Jun12), and Heidi Klum, who hosts the fashion contest's parent show Project Runway, claims the former Dawson's Creek star should consider a sideline as a style guru.
The German star tells The Hollywood Reporter, "She has great style. She has her own style. She's a designer... I think she has a great line. I like a lot of her clothes, especially right now. She has these very beautiful, like, spaghetti-strap camisoles. I love them, and the line. Sometimes these very basic things are the hardest ones to find."
Katie Holmes co-designs day and evening attire for the label Holmes & Yang she created with stylist pal Jeanne Yang. The fashionable partners will make their catwalk debut at New York Fashion Week in September (12).


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Many of you had asked for some tutorials on building basic sewing skills and techniques. There are so many great tutorials out there already that I wanted to share a roundup of those links, rather than try to re-do what has already been done so well. I'm going to concentrate on tutorials involving vintage lifestyle/vintage sewing only. Those are coming shortly! 🙂
One of my favorite learning platforms is Craftsy. I've purchased and worked through many Craftsy video classes for myself, as well as a number of free classes offered, and I highly recommend them when looking to invest in your sewing education.
Two of those FREE classes that are perfect for the beginner sewer are Mastering Zipper Techniques and Bag Making Basics. The bag making class is awesome if you know your way around a sewing machine, but haven't really "made" anything yet. A tote bag is the sewing project that most beginner classes will teach, and it's an excellent place to start, especially if you want to ease into accessory/garment sewing. For the record, I still refer to that zipper class all the time!
If you love the free video classes, check out the longer full length classes and see if any of them are for you. Craftsy offers classes on everything from pant fitting techniques, to drafting your own A-line skirt, bust adjustments, and more! I recently finished the A-line skirt class and I loved it!
Another amaazzzing resource is the Tutorials, Tips, & Tricks archive on the Colette Patterns blog. You'll find every thing from bias tape tutorials, tips for french seams (all kinds of seams actually), piping, cording, alternative types of pockets, setting in a sleeve, you name it! Use the search bar at the top of the page if you're not willing to scroll through all the the previous posts. But! If you do have time to scroll through all the archives, I bet you'll find yourself reading about something you didn't know you needed to know! Awesome stuff there.
Tasia of Sewaholic patterns also has a fantastic library of sewing terms and how she's used them in practice. She pretty much covers a little bit of everything you could possibly want to know!
Both Sewaholic and Colette have frequent sew-alongs where they walk you through every step of the sewing process for a particular pattern. Sew-alongs are great for those who want to get into garment sewing but need a bit of visual hand holding throughout the process, and that's okay! Sew-alongs also get you involved in the sewing community and help you make new friends online. I can't wait to bring Sew For Victory back in the spring! (That's a 1940's themed sew along for those of you who missed it last time.)
I hope these references will help you on your way to becoming a better seamstress.
Stay tuned for more vintage/40's specific sewing tutorials soon 🙂


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"No, no," she panted. Had she miscounted? Four passages then right, three then left… and she had counted three and four. Of course she had miscounted.
Trapped. No way out. A vicious chuckle echoed down the canyon walls. The minions of the Dark were coming. Their thoughts rang in her head: The Light has forsaken us. The Lightkeepers have fled. We are alone, alone with the Dark. She sat down, her back against the wall. Something dug into her backside, but that was no longer important. The Dark closed in, taking their time, savoring her terror and despair.
For some, there is a place beyond terror, beyond despair. In the slow minutes before certain death, Riata found that place—not rage, not a desire to betray her soul for a few more years of life, but a calm certainty: I will die with meaning. She pushed the thoughts of the Dark from her mind, though they echoed all around, then reached around to see what poked her sitting place…
"Ah. That." A small copper canister of fat. A little rancid, but it could yet serve. Her wagon had an axle that tended to bind in its bearings, and Riata had not yet found a way to adjust it. She was always greasing that Light-forsaken thing, and she was doing it yet again when the minions of the Dark had come upon her. She must have slipped the canister into a pocket when she fled. Her flint was always with her… and a brush pile lay between her and the Dark.
Hope did not banish fear, nor did she expect to walk away from this canyon—but now, she knew she could fight. The Dark might take her in this hour, but their victory would come with a price. In the eternal twilight, she keened a song of mourning, but broke branches from longer sticks and piled dry leaves around her open canister. The minions of the Dark, hearing only her despair, gave her all the time she needed.
As the Dark approached, vicious and confident, Riata began striking her flint over the canister. Clack. Clack. Sparks fell into the fat, and the leaves she had rubbed in the fat… and a spark stayed. Riata blew gently, continuing to strike her flint. More sparks alit and glowed under her breath as the Dark closed in. A tongue of flame arose.
Caught in a trap of their own making, the minions of the Dark howled in pain and rage at the flare of Light blooming from the brush pile. Some fell, others charged, as spears of fire rained upon them and Riata's dirge became a battle song.


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Depending on which way you look, Intersil is connected to big names. When I first heard of Intersil, its data book also had RCA and GE on the cover. RCA (originally Radio Corporation of America) formed RCA Semiconductor in 1950 and was an early player in the transistor industry. In parallel, General Electric moved into the semiconductor business in 1954 with the formation of GE Solid State. In 1980, GE Solid State acquired Intersil. And in 1988, Harris acquired GE Solid State, which included RCA Solid State. [1] Jack Welch was president of GE and felt that the semiconductor business was too competitive for GE to dominate so he sold it to Harris. At Harris, the Intersil name was retired.
But wait, let's back up even further and find out where Harris came from. In 1895, Harris Automatic Press Co. was formed to make printing presses. In the 1950s, that company, renamed Harris Corp., expanded into electronics. And in 1967, it acquired Radiation Inc., a manufacturer of space and military electronics located in Florida. [1] Fast-forward a few decades to when Harris owns the remnants of the old Intersil product line; Harris spun off the division and the new company was renamed Intersil in 1999. In 1999, then-CEO Gregory Williams cites the meaning of the Intersil name, "The first half of the new name signals our intention of pursuing Internet-related opportunities, while… the second half of the name underscores our legacy in world-class silicon technology." [2]
Too fast? Yes, of course, because I skipped Intersil's entire first existence! And the original Intersil couldn't have been an Internet Silicon company.
Credit for founding the original Intersil goes to Swiss-born Jean Hoerni together with H. Gebhatdt, and S. Wauchope (the latter two from Union Carbide) with funding from the Swiss firm SSIH to develop low-power MOS technology for watches and calculators. [3] Hoerni was working at the California Institute of Technology in the early '50s, when his shy brilliance was noticed by William Shockley. The story of Shockley Labs and the founding of Fairchild is well known. Using what he modestly called "college level" physics, Dr. Hoerni (doctorates in physics from Cambridge University and the University of Geneva) invented the planar process, which enabled Fairchild Semiconductor to produce the first integrated circuit. His inspiration came to him during his shower one morning in 1958, at a time when Fairchild was completely stalled in their research. But plagued by an itinerant's need to seek new opportunities, Hoerni would leave Fairchild after only a few years, before the company achieved its success with semiconductors. He would go on to found many more companies, the most notable being Intersil. [4]
Because of the international background of the founders and the Swiss funding, Intersil originally meant "International Silicon". [5] In 1969, Dave Fullagar came over from Fairchild, fresh off the success of the µA741 op amp. He eventually rose to be Vice President of R&D. Fullagar once said,
"…the Intersil years were the most creative. I developed the first IC logarithmic and antilogarithmic amps and the first monolithic FET-input op amp, the ICL 8007, which dominated the market until the bipolar FETs came along.
I also got to spend a month in Japan designing the first electronic-shutter IC for a single-lens-reflex camera for Canon. This circuit took the logarithm of three inputs—film speed, aperture, and light intensity—summed the result, stored it while the mirror went up, and then took the antilogarithm to generate the shutter speed. It used about 20 transistors in total and was probably my most elegant design. Nowadays, this is done with about half a million transistors in a microcontroller—how prosaic."
In 1971, Jack Gifford was asked to leave Advanced Micro Devices by Jerry Sanders (that's another story). Jack wanted to start his own analog company. Hoerni asked Gifford to take over the analog side of his company. In exchange, he would help Gifford raise money to start his own business. [6] Gifford agreed and subsequently built Intersil up to a $130 million company. The analog side of Intersil under Gifford and Fullagar was a pioneer in CMOS analog circuits. The one that immediately comes to mind for me is the classic charge pump, ISL7660.
When GE acquired Intersil, they tried to keep the Silicon Valley spirit and entrepreneurship. By 1982, GE's new president Jack Welch appeared to be reversing his earlier assurances to let Intersil keep its own stock-option plan. Several conversations occurred between Gifford and Welch until it finally came to a head after a few drinks at a company party. Jack Gifford, in his rapid-fire way, tells the story of how Jack Welch confronted him at the party:
"No sooner does the greetings stop and he says, 'God damn it. Why the fuck do you guys have to have those stock options? There, you know, jeez.' And he goes on and on and on in front of fifteen, fifteen. In front of twenty, twenty-five guys, you know. And just, I mean we'd talked about this, five different times, you know. And all of a sudden he's now, you know, coming like it's my fault, like I'm the problem, right? And he's, say he's had a couple of drinks, and finally he starts, 'Well, what do you think?' And I said, and I was going to react and I just, I says, I was so mad and I just said, 'Fuck you.' And I just turned around and walked out." [7]
So Jack Gifford was fired from Intersil. Jack went back to farming for a a bit, then started to hear from his former colleages about how bad it was working for GE. So, in April of 1983, he founded Maxim Integrated Products with Fred Beck, Dave Bingham, Steve Combs, Lee Evans, Dave Fullagar, Roger Fuller, Rich Hood, and Dick Wilenken. GE and Intersil immediately filed suit, alleging infringement of trade secrets. The companies eventually settled, when Maxim agreed to let GE/Intersil pick 10 of Maxim's chips during the ensuing five years to manufacture and market on a royalty-free basis. In return, GE granted Maxim rights to certain product know-how, trade secrets and patent rights. [8] I'm told one of the alledged thefts involved the charge pump that went into the MAX232 and part of the final agreement was that Maxim would no longer recruit Intersil employees to join them.
So the original Intersil suffered under the huge corporate structure of GE. Now we can join the story that I started with Harris taking the Intersil group, dropping the name and eventually spinning it out again as a new company.
In 2002, the new Intersil acquired Elantec and Elantec's chief executive Rich Beyer became president and CEO of Intersil. After several more key acquisitions and a couple divestitures, we have the Intersil of today. Crazy as they were, the footsteps led us back to analog circuits.
Fun Fact: Jean Hoerni's life did not revolve solely around research. A fanatically dedicated mountain climber, he scaled most of the world's highest peaks, made a partial ascent of Mount Everest, and spent countless weekends in the Sierras. He was extremely strong, hiking at high altitudes with little food and never sleeping in a tent, and he was resourceful as well. To extend the life of an old sleeping bag, he stuffed it with newspapers. On waking up one morning above 12,000 feet, he said he planned to write a letter of appreciation to the editor of The Wall Street Journal saying that it was by far the warmest newspaper. On a trek in his later years, he became devoted to the Karakoram Mountains in northern Pakistan. Together with Greg Mortenson of Bozeman, Montana, (and author of "Three Cups of Tea") Hoerni donated $12,000 to build the region's first school and created a foundation called the Central Asia Institute with a $1 million endowment.
[1] "Intersil: Analog contender or pretender?" Mark LaPedus, EETimes.com
[2] http://harris.com/view_pressrelease.asp?pr_id=483
[3] ComputerHistory.org
[4] "Jean Hoerni, 1924 – 1997" by Deborah Claymon, Red Herring, Feb. 1, 1997
[5] "Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970" by Christophe Lécuyer, 2006
[6] "Jack Gifford: Baseball's Loss Was The World's Gain", Doris Kilbane, Electronic Design, Dec. 7, 2009
[7] Interview with Jack Gifford, July 17, 2002, Sunnyvale, California (http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/transcripts/gifford.htm)
[8] InsideChips: Maxim Integrated Products, May 01, 2002, Steve Szirom, senior analyst
Jean Hoerni photo credit: Wayne Miller
Jack Gifford photo credit: EDN magazine


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Jul 3, 2012
Do you have any up to date information on travelling to Malaysia with HIV drugs. There seems to be insufficient and contradictory information around. Do you know if I am likley to be refused entry carrying HIV drugs?
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Hello and thanks for posting.
You ask an important (and frequently unasked) question.
I asked my colleagues in Kuala Lumpur your question. Their reply should be reassuring to you: "there shouldnt be a problem. advise the person to get a generic letter from his physician stating tht these are prescription drugs."
Enjoy your trip to a fascinating and beautiful part of the world. BY
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Adapting Vintage Planters
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Source: Martha Stewart Living, May 2001
Ready old ceramic planters for use by hand-washing them with soap and water. Mineral deposits and water stains along the inner rims are easily removed with a gentle cleanser, such as Bon Ami. For more stubborn stains, scrub carefully with fine steel wool, taking care not to damage the glaze.
On our vintage metal tea tray, similar shades of blue unify planters of disparate styles. The container with an abstract leaf design holds cookies neatly beside a faux wood-grained "basket" of tea bags. A scalloped planter base makes a miniature tray for cups, while the companion planter has room for lemons and napkins. Sugar lumps nestle in a handsome blue glass planter. When teatime is over, the planters can earn their keep as storage containers on a pantry shelf.
The yellow planters on this page are a playful spin on more traditional bathroom accessories. Displayed on a metaland-glass table, they hold bottles of shampoo and liquid soap, sponges, bar soap, and hand towels. Tuck a new toothbrush, soap, and a washcloth into a planter and put it in the bathroom cupboard -- you'll have the perfect guest package ready at a moment's notice.
A few planters beside the kitchen sink can bring order to your cleaning supplies. Dish and hand soap, bottle and vegetable brushes, scouring pads and sponges all fit neatly into these colorful containers. At your desk, paper and binder clips, pens and pencils, notepaper, and even the stapler and hole punch will form an efficient workforce in a series of green or white planters (you may wish to line the bases with felt to avoid scratching the surfaces they stand on). And don't forget planters for playing cards, nuts, candies, score pads, and pencils. Bridge anyone?
A sunny collection of planters, in a variety of styles and sizes, organizes bathing essentials. To make a practical soap dish, we filled a planter with white beach pebbles, which let water drain to the bottom, leaving soap dry.


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Food Goals
GOAL: By 2020, increase sustainable food purchases by campus foodservice providers to at least 20%.
STATUS: On track
Food service impacts campus greatly given its purchasing, waste, and engagement components. Vendors continue to increase the percentage of their purchases of sustainable food, reaching 30% in 2015. With new staff focused on sustainability at Cal Dining, these purchases – and the awareness of them – should continue to grow. Criteria for determining sustainability of food include:
- locally grown (within 250 miles of campus)
- organic
- fair trade or humane
In July 2014, the University of California announced the launch of the Global Food Initiative "to address one of the critical issues of our time: how to sustainably and nutritiously feed a world population expected to reach eight billion by 2025." Its focus is both external, such as how UC translates research into policy and helps communities eat more sustainably, and internal, such as how UC leverages its collective buying power and dining practices to create desirable policies and outcomes. The initiative aims to rally the broad UC community across a wide range of disciplines to work toward putting the world on a path to sustainably and nutritiously feed itself.
Stay informed with the latest news in food policy, nutrition, and agriculture through the UC Food Observer, a daily news site created through the UC Global Food Initiative.
Spotlight: Projects
New Food Systems minor
New in the fall of 2015, the Food Systems minor, hosted by the Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management (ESPM) at the College of Natural Resources, is an interdisciplinary program that explores the role of food within the environment and society. Drawing from diverse fields as far ranging as ecology, sociology, the humanities, nutrition, history, and economics, the food systems minor critically examines issues of contemporary food and agriculture from a whole-systems perspective. Students who complete the minor will gain a broad and interdisciplinary understanding of critical themes and concepts of contemporary food and agriculture systems both domestically and internationally.
From San Francisco Sea Salt to Mt Lassen Trout
For the past 2 years, in celebration of food day and earth day, Cal Dining has hosted "extreme local" theme meals in each of the four resident dining halls at UC Berkeley. Every ingredient served on the menu those nights are grown, raised, and distributed within 250 miles of the UC Berkeley campus. Among some of the ingredients, this year's menu features locally harvested San Francisco Bay Sea Salt, California Pink Peppercorn, Mt Lassen Trout, and Imperfect Butternut Squash. Anything outside 250 miles was not available, so soda fountains and coffee machines were turned off for those nights and cereals weren't offered. Cal Dining received great feedback from the students – 74% of the students surveyed were very satisfied with the meal. In the summer of 2015, the extreme local theme meal won the Loyal E. Horton Grand Prize in the NACUFS National Conference.
Food Day star: new 'plant-forward' Brown's cafe
"Honey from American Canyon. Olive oil from Chico. Brown rice from Richvale. Goat cheese from Sonoma. Lean lamb bacon from Dixon. White beans from Half Moon Bay. A vegan kale, pomegranate and roasted butternut squash salad is among the harvest salads on Brown's winter menu…Brown's menu consists almost entirely of local foods that are grown, milled, preserved and processed within 250 miles of the Berkeley campus. A map of California displayed at the event displayed the more than 20 cities from Chico to Monterey where the ingredients are sourced." Brown's won the 2016 Best Practice Award for Sustainable Food Systems. Read more.
Photo credit: Josephine Wu
Campus Initiatives
Food Highlights
The Berkeley Student Food Collective provides fresh, local, healthy, environmentally sustainable and ethically produced food at affordable prices to the Berkeley campus and greater community.
The ASUC Sustainability Team runs The Local, an organic vegetable and fruit stand.
The Eat Well Berkeley Initiative integrates sustainable food practices with nutrition guidelines for healthier meetings, vending machines, catering, and restaurants.
Almost 70% of certified green events have served sustainable food!
Reuse in Dining Halls


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