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D10: Nathan Myhrvold Defends Patent System, Lawsuits
Above: Conference host Walt Mossberg questions Nathan Myhrvold of Intellectual Ventures
One of the more interesting discussions at the AllThingsD conference this morning was a conversation with Intellectual Ventures co-founder Nathan Myhrvold about the patent system.
Conference host Walt Mossberg pressed Myhrvold on the recent raft of patent cases in the mobile market and on his company's track record of suing companies for violating patents it owns. Nevertheless, Myhrvold was fervent in saying that patents spur innovations and are a standard part of the business world.
Intellectual Ventures is focused on "invention capital," explained Myhrvold, formerly CTO at Microsoft. The company is the fifth largest filer of patents in the United States (after Microsoft, IBM, HP, and GE) and 17th in the world. In addition, it buys interests in other people's patents.
In its labs, Intellectual Ventures is currently working on a new kind of nuclear reactor, which is powered by nuclear waste and is thus safer. Also in progress is a new kind of mobile broadband antenna that doesn't use a dish, which is electronically steerable and manufactured from an innovative material, based on a new branch of solid-state physics. The inventors, Myhrvold predicted, will win a Nobel Prize.
All that is very interesting, Mossberg said, but more controversial is the fact that the company also acquires or takes an interest in intellectual property, and in that form has been part of a number of patent lawsuits.
Myhrvold believes in head-to-head competition, but the incentives around patents are how the system works. There have always been companies trying to hold off others through litigation. In the mid-90s, Microsoft was sued by Apple over Windows, but neither company had patents. Then, there was the antitrust case against Microsoft, and there have been others since. Now, as the tech industry has advanced, everyone has patents. Myhrvold didn't claim to have invented the system, but it was clear to him it would happen for a long time.
"If the people who create something don't get made, they won't create things," Myhrvold said. Lots of people who get patents aren't in a position to start companies. Mostly, Intellectual Ventures licenses its patents, rather than suing companies, but it needs to sue people who don't license them to protect its rights.
Mossberg noted that Intellectual Ventures doesn't only acquire patents from small inventors, but also from Fortune 500 companies. Myhrvold responded that not even big companies can afford real research; most corporate CFOs see R&D as "a roach motel for dollars." Only Microsoft, IBM, and a few others really support large-scale research, he said. By giving these companies a way to monetize their research, Myhrvold said his company is helping to spur innovation.
"Most inventors license their patents out to other people," he said. Tesla and Edison, for example, both licensed their patents to other companies.
"The incentives that patents provide is essential in mature industries," Myhrvold said. In industries like biotech, companies respect patents more. It's a fact of life that patents are part of the competitive landscape, he said.
So how would Myhrvold change the patent system? The U.S. system was just revamped last year, and that is probably as good a law as could be expected, he answered.
Most inventions don't work, but even those failures are important. Apple's Newton, he noted, was a very important invention. Later, he pointed out how early mobile start-up General Magic created a lot of interesting technology but didn't make it. Intellectual Ventures bought its patents, and that helped pay back investors.
Patents are just one of the ways companies try to get paid. Is it wasteful? It's as wasteful as any head-to-head competition, he asserted.
But Mossberg said it isn't competition in the market, it is in a court or administrative body that might not understand the market. Myhrvold said this only happens when somebody copies someone.
Myhrvold calls patents the "first open-source system," since they need to be fully disclosed, and he said that the company, which has raised about $5 billion from investors, has supplied billions of dollars to stimulate invention.
Still, there was much animosity toward his business model in the audience. "There's an attitude in Silicon Valley that some kinds of meritocracy deserve to be rewarded," but others don't, Myhrvold replied. Many people feel threatened by patent creation.
"This is the year all of Silicon Valley is doing what I do," he said. Google, Microsoft, and Apple have all recently bought big patent portfolios. He believes he is helping innovation by creating a market, but he recognizes that "things that are important aren't always popular at first."


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Yogini and filmmaker Kate Churchill set out to capture how the transformative powers of yoga would effect a new practitioner in this superb documentary. She follows Nick, an out of work journalist, as he takes his first yoga classes in the hip yoga studios of New York and as he explores the devotional aspects of yoga in India. Nick is charming, inquisitive, and skeptical of the possibility that yoga can enlighten him. Kate is passionate and unfailing in her desire for yoga to transform Nick, and this eventually leads to a conflict that was courageously shown in the film. These small segments of drama add a bit of spice to the film's main focus of showing the vast world of yoga through the eyes of a beginner.
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The National LGB&T Partnership
Did you know that across the whole of England and Wales there are fewer than 75 registered lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans charities?
Over the last decade progressive legislation has included unprecedented rights under the law for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people.
Every one of the major political parties in this country is now publicly committed to equality for LGB&T people.
However whilst some public attitudes have changed many have not. Homophobia, biphobia and transphobia are very much present within society today.
The National LGB& T partnership is an England wide group of LGB&T voluntary and community organisations who are committed to reducing health inequalities and challenging homophobia, biphobia and transphobia within public services
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The Death of Twitter: And Why Twitter Won't Die
My Twitter Break-Up Letter
Dear Twitter: I think of you like this
You're the coolest new toy on the market. All the kids want you. Once I get you, I play with you all the time, so much so, that you break. SNAP.
Your arm just came off.
You use some handy-dandy super glue and repair yourself. It worries me that the you just broke, but I think, "It was a fluke. I was just really rough on you; I'll be more gentle and it won't happen again." Two days later your arm pops off again. While fixing it, the head pops off too. Well, damn. I know it isn't me anymore.
Ready to Break Up With You,
Twitter: Just Die Already?
That new toy. It's shiny, it's cool, it's useful when you can use it. But, it's made like a piece of crap.
Twitter just found about 20 million in venture capitalist money. The question is what are they going to do with it? The obvious choice would be to correct the infrastructure of Twitter, to assure that the site only goes down for upgrades or far and few between maintenance sessions. I'm not sure why the entire search marketing community insists on Twitter, putting up with it's ups and downs. Is it because of convenience applications, applications like:
Is it because many of you have a great following on Twitter and don't feel like creating a new following somewhere else? As a SEO/SEM, I know what a large following of folks who will likely link back to you is worth, but if I can't disseminate that information, if I can't be a part of the community because the community is never "alive" enough to receive my messages, then I'm still exactly where I started: a whole bunch of great ideas and conversation, and no one to listen.
Zombie-Tweet-Nation: Why Twitter Won't Ever Die
Twitter won't die. That's the truth. Too many people, especially from the Search Marketing community, will keep Twitter afloat. Twitter is going to fester and rot, but never die.
Some will say, no need to reinvent the wheel. Others are perfectly happy with the functionality and don't want updates. Twitter will live on in infinite mediocrity and everyone will just accept it.
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SEC M5: 11.26.13 EditionPosted by Greg Mitchell (@gregpmitchell) on November 26th, 2013
Jordan McRae was named SEC Player of the Week after scoring a combined 45 points against the Citadel and Tennessee State. He has tightened up his efficiency on offense since the beginning of the year, missing only nine shots in those two games after missing ten in the opener against Xavier alone. His hot offensive week has helped make up for sluggish starts from two players expected to carry part of the scoring load for the Volunteers, Jarnell Stokes (40% FG%) and Robert Hubbs (35% FG%). James Young was named the Freshman of the Week, continuing the stranglehold the Wildcats will likely hold on the award all year long.
Kentucky had its first non-Michigan State scare of the season last night as Cleveland State held a ten-point lead with ten minutes left. The Harrison twins were mainly responsible for the rally that helped Kentucky avoid the upset. This is encouraging for Wildcat fans because Aaron (who has struggled from three) hit a big corner three, and Andrew (who is shooting 37 percent overall) had an important old-fashioned three point play. Consistent perimeter offense from the Harrisons would elevate Kentucky to a truly complete team, and perhaps they can use their big plays last night as a confidence building block.
Scottie Wilbekin made his season debut last night against Jacksonville, and it was immediately apparent how badly Billy Donovan needs his senior point guard. With Kasey Hill injured, Wilbekin had to play 34 minutes in a 26 point win. He had a good start to the season with seven assists against two turnovers. As Donovan gets one important player back, it appears another, Damontre Harris, won't suit up for Florida this season. "Right now, he's been gone for 25 days," Donovan told The Sun. "I don't have any hope he's going to come back. We're still going to try to help him and work with him and try to get him to do the things he needs to do, but there's no level of accountability on the things that he needs to do on a regular basis." It's not often you see a coach be this honest, especially in a negative context. The Gators still have three good forwards in Patric Young, Will Yeguete and Dorian Finney-Smith.
Interim Missouri coach Tim Fuller ended his stint at the helm with a 5-0 record after a win against IUPUI. Frank Haith returns when the Tigers play Northwestern on Thanksgiving. The record looks impressive, but Fuller did it against a weak slate of teams. Still, he had to show composure as the Tigers were tested against Hawaii (one-point halftime deficit), Gardner-Webb (two-point halftime lead), and IUPUI (nine-point lead with under eight minutes to play). This doesn't say much for Missouri, but it was a good learning experience for a guy with a sterling recruiting reputation that will likely get head coaching looks down the line.
Arkansas dropped its first real test of the year, losing to California 85-77 in the opening game of the Maui Invitational. The Razorbacks were bullied on the glass as the Golden Bears grabbed 18 more rebounds. Mike Anderson got good scoring efforts out of Michael Qualls and Anthlon Bell, but his front court combined to make only seven baskets. Luckily for Arkansas, the deep Maui field means they still have a shot at a resume-boosting win against Minnesota, which lost to Syracuse. The Golden Gophers present a challenge to Arkansas because they haven't turned the ball over much this year, and have a dynamite rebounder in Eliot Eliason (11.2 rebounds per game).


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Change nameservers to set up Office 365 with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Check the Domains FAQ if you don't find what you're looking for.
Follow these instructions if you want Office 365 to manage your Office 365 DNS records for you. (If you prefer, you can manage all your Office 365 DNS records at AWS.)
Add a TXT record for verification
Before you use your domain with Office 365, we have to make sure that you own it. Your ability to log in to your account at your domain registrar and create the DNS record proves to Office 365 that you own the domain.
This record is used only to verify that you own your domain; it doesn't affect anything else. You can delete it later, if you like.
To get started, go to your domains page at AWS by using this link. You'll be prompted to log in first.
On the Resources page, select Hosted Zones.
On the Hosted Zones page, in the Domain Name column, select the name of the domain that you want to edit.
Select Create Record Set.
In the Create Record Set area, in the boxes for the new record, type or copy and paste the values from the following table.
(Choose the Type and Routing Policy values from the drop-down lists.)
The quotation marks required by the onscreen instructions are supplied automatically. You don't need to type them manually.
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Select Create.
Wait a few minutes before you continue, so that the record you just created can update across the Internet.
Now that you've added the record at your domain registrar's site, you'll go back to Office 365 and request Office 365 to look for the record.
When Office 365 finds the correct TXT record, your domain is verified.
In the admin center, go to the Settings > Domains page.
On the Domains page, select the domain that you are verifying.
On the Setup page, select Start setup.
On the Verify domain page, select Verify.
Typically it takes about 15 minutes for DNS changes to take effect. However, it can occasionally take longer for a change you've made to update across the Internet's DNS system. If you're having trouble with mail flow or other issues after adding DNS records, see Find and fix issues after adding your domain or DNS records in Office 365.
Change your domain's nameserver (NS) records
To complete setting up your domain with Office 365, you change your domain's NS records at your domain registrar to point to the Office 365 primary and secondary name servers. This sets up Office 365 to update the domain's DNS records for you. We'll add all records so that email, Skype for Business Online, and your public website work with your domain, and you'll be all set.
When you change your domain's NS records to point to the Office 365 name servers, all the services that are currently associated with your domain are affected. For example, all email sent to your domain (like rob@ your_domain .com) will start coming to Office 365 after you make this change.
The following procedure will show you how to delete any other, unwanted nameservers from the list, and also how to add the correct nameservers if they are not already listed. > When you have completed the steps in this section, the only nameservers that should be listed are these four: > ns1.bdm.microsoftonline.com > ns2.bdm.microsoftonline.com > ns3.bdm.microsoftonline.com > ns4.bdm.microsoftonline.com
To get started, go to your domains page at AWS by using this link. You'll be prompted to log in first.
On the Resources page, select Hosted Zones.
On the Hosted Zones page, in the Domain Name column, select the name of the domain that you want to edit.
Select the Nameserver record set.
In the NS - Name server record set in the Value box, delete all of the nameservers by selecting them all and then pressing the Delete key on your keyboard.
Follow these steps only if you have existing nameservers other than the four correct nameservers. (That is, delete only any current nameservers that are not named ns1.bdm.microsoftonline.com, ns2.bdm.microsoftonline.com, ns3.bdm.microsoftonline.com, or ns4.bdm.microsoftonline.com.)
In the TTL (Seconds): area, select 1h (1 Hour).
Still in the NS - Name server record set, in the Value box, type or copy and paste the First line value from the following table, then press the Enter key on your keyboard and type or copy and paste the next line value.
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Every so often an exhibition elsewhere in the Cultural District relates to works in the Modern's galleries. While taking in American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, de Kooning, and Their Circle, 1927-1942—a wonderful exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art—I noted that a few of the Adolph Gottlieb paintings on view hold interesting comparisons to our own Gottlieb painting, Apaquogue, 1961. In particular, Untitled (Still Life), 1941, is an excellent early example of Gottlieb's interest in striking a delicate balance between two (quite different) halves of the same composition. In Untitled, a biomorphic mass made of brilliant cadmium, somber red, faint pink, and black, hovers in front of a ground of pink-grey and black bands. These bands bisect the composition horizontally with the upper, lighter strip of color positioned above the heavier, darker swath of color. While the upper register of the painting's ground is slightly thinner than the lower register, Gottlieb creates visual balance through his inclusion of the above mentioned mass of color. Through careful placement of varying shades of red, Untitled (Still Life) is given visual heft and lightness just where it needs it. What would have otherwise been a bottom-heavy color study is transformed into a sophisticated meditation on form, and the expressive qualities of color.
Likewise, Apaquogue is another careful study in balance and asymmetry. The lower register of the large cream-colored canvas is marked with a wide layer of energetic, thick black brushstrokes. With splats of black paint thrown in every direction, each stroke evidences the artist's hand. Hovering above this strata of expressionistically applied paint are three colored orbs—deep red, pink, and salmon. These circles of pure color are asymmetrically applied; their slightly non-regular positioning is carefully balanced by their respective color and slight modulations in size. What is striking about Apaquogue is the balance that exists between the expressionistic lower section and the coloristic upper half. The salmon-colored orb pulls to the right, away from the path of its sister circles on the left. Deftly, Gottlieb brings this wayward bit back into the paintings orbit by connecting it to the composition's lower, graffiti-like register with a fine spray of black paint. Action-based painting and careful placement of color come together in this studied flare-up of simple, black oil paint. As in Untitled (Still Life), the effect of this choice on the overall harmony of the composition is understated, yet crystal clear.


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Nintendo has stubbornly resisted the smartphone as a gaming platform. Until now.
Less-than-impressive sales figures for Nintendo's Wii U console seems to have forced a rethink by the gaming giant; according to Japanese newspaper Nikkei, Ninty is looking to move its properties onto smartphones.
For the time being, don't expect full versions of Super Mario Bros or The Legend of Zelda, though – Nintendo is limiting its involvement with smartphones to mini-games, free video and information about its upcoming titles.
That's not surprising, since Nintendo's biggest success of recent years has been the 3DS handheld console (the less said about the 2DS, the better) – and full-fat smartphone gaming apps based on its properties would likely eat into 3DS sales.
Expect to hear more about Nintendo's plans later in the week (which might just include two new consoles), when the company announces its quarterly financial results.
Update 29/01/14 Nintendo has denied that it plans to launch smartphone mini-games in a statement to Engadget – while noting that it is willing to "make use of smart devices to promote our products." It's worth noting, though, that Nintendo has past form in denying things that it turned out to be working on; back in June 2012, it claimed that a Nikkei story about a big-screen 3DS was "nothing more than conjecture" just a month before the 3DS XL launched.


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FIVB Beach Volley World Tour moves to FIVB Berlin smart Grand Slam
All of the FIVB World Tour events have been held in Berlin and this will be the third straight year Berlin has hosted an FIVB World Tour stop. Berlin also hosted the 2005 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and this week's tournament will be held at Washingtonplatz, the Main Train Station in Germany's capital city.
The third of 10 FIVB Grand Slam events in 2014, the FIVB Berlin smart Grand Slam will run from Tuesday through Sunday for women and Wednesday through Sunday for men. The tournament format has a one-day qualification tournament on Tuesday for women (Wednesday for men) to determine the final eight spots in each gender's 32-team main draw tournaments followed by round-robin pool play and a single-elimination bracket for the final 24 teams. The men's semifinals and medal matches will be held Sunday while the women's semis will be on Saturday and the women's medal matches on Sunday.
The field for the 2014 FIVB Berlin smart Grand Slam includes 90 men's teams from 32 countries and 63 women's teams from 23 countries selected by their national federations.
After five men's and six women's events the top three FIVB World Tour point leaders and the top three FIVB World Tour money leaders come seven countries-Brazil, China, Italy, Germany, Latvia, Russia and the United States. All are among the entries for this week's FIVB Berlin smart Grand Slam.
The men's point leaders are Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins with 2050 points and one gold medal while second is Italy's Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai with 1,860 points and two gold medals while third is Russia's Konstantin Semenov/Viacheslav Krasilnikov with 1,670 points and one gold medal points. For the men's money leaders on top is Italy's Lupo/Nicolai with $92,000 following by Latvia's Samoilovs/J. Smedins with $75,500 and third is Russia's Semenov/Rasilnikov third with $73,200.
The women's point leaders are China's Chen Xue/Xinyi Xia with 2,060 points followed by Brazil's Juliana Felisberta/Maria Antonelli with 2,,040 points and third is China's Fan Wang/Yuan Yue with 1,980 points. For the money leaders, on top is April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States with $85,000 and two gold medals, with Brazil's Talita Antunes/Taiana Lima second with $73,750 and Germany's Ludwig/Walkenhorst third with $65,000 and one gold medal.
As the host nation, Germany has three teams automatically pre-seeded along with one wild card into the main draw in both genders. For the men, the German teams in the main draw are Jonathan Erdmann/Kay Matysik, Markus Bockermann/Mischa Urbatzka, Sebastian Dollinger/Lars Fluggen and Alexander Walkenhorst/Stefan Windcheif. For the women, the German main draw teams are Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst, Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, Karla Borger/Britta Buthe and Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude.
Additionally, Germany has one team in each qualification tournament – Finn Dittelbach/Eric Koreng for the men and Teresa Mersmann/Isabel Schneider for the women. The host country also has two teams listed in each gender as reserve entries. The men's German reserve teams are Armin Dollinger/Clemens Wickler and Bennet Poniewaz/David Poniewaz. The women's reserve teams from Germany areJana Kohler/Anni Schumacher and Victoria Bieneck/Julia Grossner.
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After sitting out last year's FIVB World Tour, Brazil's iconic Juliana Felisberta Silva has returned to team with the very talented veteran Maria Antonelli. Juliana played domestically in 2013 following the retirement of her legendary teammate Larissa Franca with whom she won an unprecedented seven FIVB World Tour season point championships between 2005 and 2012,the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Juliana/Antonelli duo has advanced to the main draw after playing in three qualification tournaments this year and the team is listed for the qualifier in Berlin as well. Antonelli played last season with Agatha Bednarczuk and finished fifth in the FIVB World Rankings. Overall Juliana/Antonelli duo has a 27-7 record on this year's FIVB World Tour.
Men's championship team of the 2013 FIVB Berlin smart Grand Slam was the Brazilian first-time gold medal winning team of Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves while winning the 2013 women's gold medal in Berlin was Brazil's duo of Talita Antunes/Taiana Lima. Both defending champion teams are entered in this year's FIVB Berlin smart Grand Slam.
Last week's FIVB Moscow Grand Slam started a string of seven FIVB Grand Slams to be held over an eight-week window.
Through 2013, Germany has hosted a total of 22 FIVB World Tour events (14 men, 8 women all in Berlin) with Brazil leading the medal count in both genders. In the men's totals through 14 tournaments, Brazil has 17, followed by Germany and Switzerland with four each, Argentina, Norway, Spain and the United States with three each, Australia with two and with one each men's medals are Canada, Poland and Russia.
After eight FIVB World Tour women's events held in Germany (Berlin) through last year, Brazil leads the medal parade with eight total medals followed by the USA with seven, China with four and with one each women's medals are Australia, Cuba, Germany, Italy and Japan.
The gold medal teams in the FIVB Berlin smart Grand slam will each split $57,000, the silver $43,000, the bronze $32,000 and fourth place $24,000. The women's medal matches will be held on Sunday while also on Sunday will be the men's semifinals and medal matches.
The FIVB Berlin smart Grand Slam will be the 303nd FIVB men's tournament since its first event in 1987 and the 267th FIVB women's tournament since FIVB began women's competitions in 1992.
After Moscow, the FIVB World Tour continues its seven-event swing through Europe. There are four more double-gender FIVB Grand Slams over five weeks. After last week's FIVB Moscow Grand Slam in Russia will be this week's FIVB Berlin smart Grand Slam in Germany, the FIVB Stavanger Grand Slam in Norway (June 24-28), the FIVB Gstaad Grand Slam in Switzerland (July 8-13) and finally the FIVB Transavia Grand Slam played in four different cities in the Netherlands (July 15-20) but based in The Hague.
The FIVB Grand Slams in Moscow, Berlin, Stavanger and Gstaad have purses of $800,000 each while the event in the Netherlands has an FIVB Grand Slam-record purse of $1 million.
With a population of 3.4 million people, Berlin is Germany's capital, largest city and is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany on the River Spree, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has about 4.5 million residents from over 180 nations. Due to its location in the European Plain, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.


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Man given vasectomy by mistake
A man has been mistakenly given a vasectomy by medics who were supposed to be performing a "minor procedure" on him , a hospital has admitted.
The patient, who has not been named, went to the Royal Liverpool Hospital for a minor urological operation but was wrongly made sterile by a blundering surgeon.
Medics tried to reverse the error but it is not known whether the reversal was successful .
A man went to the Royal Liverpool Hospital for a minor urological operation but was wrongly made sterile
Health bosses at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust said they have apologised "unreservedly" to the patient.
They said an internal investigation into the incident has been launched and the responsible surgeon has been suspended from carrying out operations pending the result.
An operation conducted on the wrong body part is classed as a "never event" by health officials. The incidents are regarded by the Government as so serious they should never happen. Between April and September last year there were 148 such incidents recorded by NHS England.
A vasectomy is a minor operation, where the tubes that carry sperm from a man's testicles to the penis are cut, blocked or sealed. It is possible for a vasectomy to be reversed but the success rate is around 55%.
NHS guidance states: " Even if a surgeon manages to join up the vas deferens tubes again, pregnancy may still not be possible. This is why you should be certain before going ahead with the vasectomy."
Dr Peter Williams, medical director of the Trust, said: "We can confirm that a patient who was scheduled to have different minor urological procedure was wrongly given a vasectomy.
"We greatly regret the distress that this has caused him. We have apologised unreservedly to the patient and we are offering him our full support.
"It is our duty, in the best interests of the patient, to uphold their confidentiality, therefore we cannot provide any further detail without their agreement.
"This is a serious incident and we are investigating this fully to understand why it occurred and how we can ensure it does not happen again. We take any incident such as this extremely seriously and report them at the highest level in the Trust and to our regulators.
"Since this incident, the surgeon has not been carrying out any operations, pending the findings of the investigation. In addition we are carrying out routine checks on compliance with the WHO checklist and our surgical teams are compliant."
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Thursday, May 25, 2006
Tainted Iced Tea
There's just something about the words "fecal coliform bacteria" that makes me feel a bit queasy. Your results may vary.
Speaking of fecal coliform bacteria, a Dallas TV station recently ran around town, taking samples of iced tea from a bunch of restaurants. Of the ten restaurants sampled, fecal coliform bacteria turned up in iced tea from five.
So what's the deal? Should you give up iced tea when you're eating out? The article notes, "city officials speculate it could be from restaurants not properly dismantling, cleaning and sanitizing the beverage mechanisms", but goes on to point out "we don't know if any of the coliform bacteria is from the ice, the water, the cup, or the tea."
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2 comments:
- thedallasdiva said...
I live in Dallas, and CBS Channel 11 is forever doing gross-out stories on local eateries. They even managed to temporarily stop the handing out of produce samples at the Dallas Farmers Market, which cut severely into the vendors' business.
- William I. Lengeman III said...
Local news outlets do sometimes tend toward hysteria when covering such stories. While it's something to keep in mind, I'm not going to make any adjustments when it comes to restaurant iced tea. That said, I think the real scandal is how crappy most restaurant iced tea is. My personal vote for best restaurant iced tea is Pita Jungle in Phoenix and Lanvina, in Lancaster, PA.
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Twins alter pitching staff with roster moves
BALTIMORE -- The Twins made a couple roster moves before Sunday's game, as they recalled left-hander Pedro Hernandez from Triple-A Rochester to start against the Orioles and activated right-hander Anthony Swarzak from the 15-day disabled list.
Both had an impact in the 4-3 win over the Orioles. Hernandez allowed three runs in five innings with three strikeouts, and Swarzak earned the win with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.
To make room for the two pitchers on the roster, right-hander Cole De Vries was placed on the 15-day DL retroactive to March 30 with a strained right forearm, and left-hander Tyler Robertson was optioned to Triple-A Rochester after Saturday's game.
Swarzak, who was placed on the DL on March 22 with two left rib fractures stemming from a horseplay incident in late January, is expected to be used as the club's long reliever. He also had his wisdom teeth removed on Wednesday but said he's fully recovered.
"It feels very good," Swarzak said. "There were a few weeks there in Spring Training where I wasn't sure how much time I'd miss and it was scary. But now that it was only five games and I'm back I feel ready to go."
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said he was happy to have Swarzak with the team, as the right-hander can eat up innings as a long reliever, considering he went four innings in his last Minor League outing on Tuesday.
"It's huge," Gardenhire said. "It turned out good last night because Josh [Roenicke] picked us up, but we were sitting there talking while [Vance] Worley was battling out there that we wished we had Swarzy. So this is huge having him back. He can do a lot of things for us."


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Koike Aronson Inc./Ransome, Arcade, NY, a manufacturer of cutting and positioning equipment for the metalworking industry, introduces the Anti-Drift Turning Roll, which uses Koike's patent-pending eccentric axle design to minimize vessel drift. The turning roll allows for a lower vessel centerline height and holds the vessel on rolls axially in position within + 0.04 in. It automatically compensates for vessel irregularities and roll misalignment, making corrections quickly and with little force. The machine's simple, low-maintenance design eliminates unreliable moving bases and vertically moving wheels.Koike Aronson Inc.: Ransome: 800/252-5232; www.koike.com
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THIS Friday and Saturday Ring of Honor returns to New York City and the Manhattan Center for TWO epic live events! First, on Friday night April 5th, it's the SOLD OUT "Supercard of Honor VII" event in the Hammerstein Ballroom! It airs live on iPPV right here on ROHWrestling.com and all three ROH Titles will be on the line, plus a huge ten man war pitting ROH against S.C.U.M, Karl Anderson comes to ROH all the way from New Japan, and whole lot more on tap as well!
On Saturday afternoon April 6th, we move upstairs to The Grand Ballroom for our first ever "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV Taping and already signed are The American Wolves in singles action as Richards battles O'Reilly and Edwards takes on Fish! In addition, Karl Anderson will be in action against Michael Elgin, the TV Title will be up for grabs, and more to be determined by whatever happens at "SoH VII"!
Here's a look at what brought us to NYC this weekend:
Bell time – 7:30pm EST
Kevin Steen defends against Jay Briscoe
Come Friday night the statistics will read like this: 328 days with 18 successful title defenses against 16 different opponents. Those are the cold, hard facts of Kevin Steen's Ring of Honor World Title reign. Of those 18 defenses all but one, the infamous No Contest with Jay Lethal at "Killer Instinct", ended with Steen's hand raised in victory. Those are numbers that make him the most successful World Champion since Nigel McGuinness' reign ended on April 3, 2009.
Those are all impressive statistics but the scariest of them all is the number 839. That is how many days it has been since Steen last saw his shoulders pinned to the mat or uttered the words "I Quit" or was directly beaten by any individual. To be fair, that number does take into consideration his in-ring absence from "Final Battle 2010" to "Final Battle 2011" but even if you take that year long hiatus out of the equation, it has still been 469 days since Kevin Steen tasted defeat inside the ROH ring. He has been on the losing end of tag and multi-man matches but not once has he been the recipient of the deciding pinfall or submission. Those are the numbers…now add in the names: Davey Richards, Eddie Edwards, Roderick Strong, Homicide, Jay Lethal, Michael Elgin, and El Generico are just a portion of the men that Steen has beaten to stay on the top of the mountain. Those are the facts and figures of Kevin Steen and they are drastically different than those of Jay Briscoe.
One of the founding fathers of ROH, one of the two men in the first official Ring of Honor match, Jay has challenged for the ROH World Title against Xavier, Samoa Joe twice, Takeshi Morishima, Nigel McGuinness, Jerry Lynn, Roderick Strong…nearly half of the champions in ROH history, seven times in all. Despite his historic success with brother Mark in the tag team ranks, not once has Jay Briscoe raised his hand in victory in a World Title bout. That's 4059 days without a singles title…
Now, during the biggest wrestling weekend of the year, Jay Briscoe will get his chance to end that drought and against one of the biggest rivals he has faced in his ROH tenure in Kevin Steen. The history between these two men dates back to 2007 when a feud over the tag team titles spiraled out of control into the birth of the original Ladder War at "Man Up". That was a rivalry largely dominated by the brothers from Sandy Fork and in recent memory, since the birth of S.C.U.M and Kevin's crowning as World Champion, the pattern has largely continued. At nearly every turn, Jay & Mark have owned the members of S.C.U.M. Be it in a tag match, inside a Steel Cage, or in a trios bout, the record-setting tag team has largely had Steve Corino & Jimmy Jacob's number but that direct victory over Steen has always eluded them.
Heading into "SoH VII", with his arm still in a sling as of earlier this week, Jay Briscoe looks to put a grinding halt on the momentum of Kevin Steen's World Championship reign and end S.C.U.M's dream of killing ROH. Yet the question is still floating out there…where does Kevin Steen stand with S.C.U.M? The chaos that erupted at the "11th Anniversary Event", the scene that put Jay in a sling in the first place, that all happened around Kevin but the champion himself seemed quite removed from the scenario. In fact, this past week on ROH TV when Jay & Kevin went face-to-face it seemed as if Steen had something to say regarding Steve Corino and the rest of the unit but Steve interrupted the proceedings before Kevin could say his piece. Is there more to the story of Steen & S.C.U.M, especially in light of Kevin's recent claims to actually be proud of representing ROH as champion? Then again, after the events of Steen's career since he turned his back on El Generico back at "Final Battle 2009" can you really trust any word that falls out of his mouth?
Either way, Jay Briscoe and Kevin Steen will collide one-on-one this Friday night in the Hammerstein Ballroom and when that bell rings, all the numbers & statistics, the successes & failures, the dreams & nightmares of both men, none of them will mean a thing. All that will matter is that moment; whether it takes five minutes or fifty, all that will matter is who will be called champion when the final bell rings. Will it still be Kevin Steen or will it finally be Jay Briscoe…and what will it mean for the future of Ring of Honor?
ROH World Tag Team Championship
reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) vs the American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards)
At the "11th Anniversary Event", Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish scored a huge victory against Jay & Mark Briscoe and as a result claimed the World Tag Team Titles as their own. It was a title opportunity earned when redDRagon won a Tag Team Gauntlet on "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV by beating The American Wolves (albeit with some unrequested assistance from S.C.U.M) and although the shot may have been tainted, the championship came in a victory free of question. O'Reilly and Fish beat the most decorated team in ROH history to become champions, a feat that Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards could not pull off at "The Hunt for Gold" less than two months prior.
"Bobby and I did what Davey and Eddie could not do." said Kyle O'Reilly to ROHWrestling.com, "We beat the men who helped create Ring of Honor, we beat the Briscoes, we took their titles, WE beat The Briscoes! The legendary American Wolves couldn't do it, just like they couldn't stop us from getting the title shot in the first place. For everything The Briscoes have done the last eleven years, for everything The Wolves did in their time on top, they certainly deserve recognition. Now though, they are the past and Bobby and I are the present, the now of Ring of Honor's tag team division, and we are most certainly the future as well. The time to man up has passed, the hunt is over and done, now everyone can chase the dragon."
Well Kyle & Bobby will have the chance to back up those words soon enough because on April 5th at the sold-out "Supercard of Honor VII" iPPV event, the World Tag Team Titles will be on the line with redDRagon defending against Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards, The American Wolves!
Last time in NYC at "Final Battle 2012" The Wolves, competing in their first tag team match in over a year, put down Fish & O'Reilly who were certainly competing in the biggest match of their nascent tag team career. The rematch, as mentioned earlier, went in favor of Fish & O'Reilly and now the rubber match will go down in the Hammerstein Ballroom om 4/5/13! Will redDRagon maintain their championship status or will it be The Wolves who are crowned for the second time? Not to be lost in the midst of the S.C.U.M/ROH war, the tag team division will be on fire with this one!!!!
3 Way Elimination ROH World TV Championship
Matt Taven w/ Truth Martini vs. Adam Cole vs. "Self Proclaimed Icon" Matt Hardy
Since "Final Battle 2012" when Matt Hardy beat then-World TV Champion Adam Cole in a non-title affair, albeit through the use of a low blow behind the official's back, the "Self-Proclaimed Icon" has been politicking for a TV Title match. Cole was ready to give it to him to show that Hardy was not the better man but ROH Match Maker Nigel McGuinness was reticent to do so considering how Hardy secured his December victory. Hardy antagonized the champion and Nigel both, even laid out Cole with the TV Title belt at "Defy or Deny II", and took it as his own property until finally a title match was set for the March 2nd TV Tapings in Chicago.
In the midst of this situation, Matt Taven was in the process of impressing fans and officials alike with his success in the 2013 Top Prospect Tournament. Beating ACH in the Opening Round and Silas Young in the Semi-Finals, Taven went head up with Tadarius Thomas in the Finals with a future shot at the World TV Title on the line. To the shock of many, Taven secured the victory and the title match that came with it but not on his own. In fact it was with the assistance of one Truth Martini that Taven got his win and while that help seemed more convenient for Taven than wanted, Martini whispered something into the air of the 2013 TPT victor that convinced him to give Truth a chance.
Come the "11th Anniversary Event" where Taven was scheduled to receive his title opportunity the change in the challenger was evident…he had fully embraced the Hoopla of the HoT. It proved to be the best decision of his career as, with Matt Hardy sitting in on commentary, Taven shocked the world once again when he beat Adam Cole to become the new World Television Champion and send Hardy's plans to dethrone Cole the following night into chaos. Hardy then surprised the world in his own fashion when, later that night, he joined S.C.U.M in the massive assault on the ROH locker room that closed the iPPV event.
It was determined that, despite his S.C.U.M alliance, Hardy and Cole would go one-on-one to determine the TV Title challenger for "Supercard of Honor VII" on April 5th. Unfortunately the match on "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV was tainted as Adam fell victim to a Gore from Rhino which in turn brought out Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander, followed by members of S.C.U.M, turning the scene into absolute chaos and causing a No Contest for the match.
"I'm not surprised by what happened." said Nigel McGuinness. "Of course Steve Corino and SCUM would take the easy way out when it looked like their man was on the ropes. The problem I have though is that, no matter what, Matt Hardy will never stop running his mouth and demanding title match after title match until he is put down properly. Adam Cole of course deserves his rematch for the TV Title, and Matt Taven must defend the championship at "Supercard of Honor VII" in New York City. So taking all the factors in, I have decided that on April 5th Matt Taven will defend the TV Title against BOTH Matt Hardy and Adam Cole! It will be an elimination match, and I am confident that in this war, honor will prevail."
#1 Contenders Match
Jay Lethal vs. "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin
It was announced recently on "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV, in addition to the title opportunities granted to Mark Briscoe at the recent "WAR" event, Jay Briscoe at "Supercard of Honor VII", Adam Cole at "Border Wars 2013", and BJ Whitmer in Richmond, when Ring of Honor returns to NYC for "Supercard of Honor VII" on April 5th, two recent World Title challengers will go head-to-head!
This match won't just be for bragging rights though, when Jay Lethal and "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin lock up, it will be with a future World Title Match at stake!
"Both Jay and I have had our opportunities to dethrone Kevin Steen." said Michael Elgin to ROHWrestling.com, "We both failed to become champion, that is entirely on us. We both gave Steen everything we had and it wasn't enough for either of us to claim the title. I don't know about Jay, but if he is anything like me, he won't blame his loss in Chicago on anything or anyone else but himself. If he is anything like me, that loss will become fuel, motivation, that loss will become the driving force for his existence. Like me, Jay will see the World Title in his sleep. It will consume his dreams, his training, and become the sole purpose for his life. That is how important it is for both of us to become champion, but only one of us can achieve that dream Jay. It will be me, that is a guarantee I am making myself and I am making to you. I will be the number one contender after New York City and then I will be World Champion!"
Can Elgin make his words reality? Or will it be Lethal who leaves NYC with a title match waiting in the wings? Find out live on iPPV when Jay Lethal and "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin collided in a #1 Contender's Match at "Supercard of Honor VII"!
Special Challenge Match
"Machine Gun" Karl Anderson vs. Roderick Strong
As reported in the 3/13 Newswire, Roderick Strong told Nigel McGuinness he wanted the best competition for the sold-out "Supercard of Honor VII" iPPV event on April 5th in NYC. Well the word has gotten back to ROHWrestling.com that McGuinness has found his man and it is none other than Karl "Machine Gun" Anderson!
Anderson may only have two previous ROH appearances under his belt ("Survival of the Fittest 2007" & "Chaos At The Cow Palace") but this 11-year veteran of the ring wars is a highly decorated, world traveling competitor of the highest caliber. A former GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, former IWGP Tag Team Champion, and winner of the 2009 G1 Climax Tag League alongside Giant Bernard, Anderson also claimed victory in the 2012 World Tag League with Hirooki Goto as his partner. Anderson also recently challenged Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in February but was unsuccessful in his first ever attempt to claim that title.
Now Anderson heads to The Big Apple for his first ROH appearance in almost six years and will go head-to-head with one of Ring of Honor's hardest hitters in Roderick Strong!
"It's been awhile but this isn't the first time me and Karl have locked up." said Roderick to ROHWrestling.com, "He's gone on to have a little bit of success here and there and I've become Mister ROH, Mister Triple Crown, the hardest working man in this locker room bro. I'm glad Nigel went and found me some real competition for New York though cause I could certainly use the workout after having to dumb it down lately for that meathead Elgin. This is the match that should be for a shot at the World Title man, not anything involving that clown. Keep an eye on me in New York Nigel cause after the beating I'm going to lay on Anderson, you won't have a choice but to get me into that title picture."
HONOR vs SCUM – 10 MAN WAR!
TEAM ROH (BJ Whitmer, Mark Briscoe, Mike Mondo, Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander) vs TEAM S.C.U.M. (Jimmy Jacobs, Cliff Compton, Rhett Titus, Jimmy Rave & Rhino)
War was declared at the "11th Anniversary Event", the battles have been fought in Chicago on ROH TV, they will continue in Asheville THIS Saturday night, and will hit NYC & "Supercard of Honor VII" with a vengeance on April 5th!
That night, live on worldwide iPPV and in front of the sold-out crowd in the Hammerstein Ballroom, Steve Corino has promised to lead his S.C.U.M army into battle against a team of ROH's finest…
"The first shot wasn't fired in Chicago." said Steve in an e-mail to ROHWrestling.com prior to 'WAR' in Asheville, "That was fired in Toronto the night Kevin Steen won the World Title. It has been a bit of a cold war in the months following sure but what happened in Chicago at the 11th anniversary, that was the official declaration of war against the lies ROH has perpetuated for over a decade. This weekend Kevin Steen will lay waste to Mark Briscoe, and then in New York, before he does the exact same thing to Jay Briscoe, my SCUM army will decimate whatever stupid, idiotic, misguided individuals Nigel McGuinness finds to stand up for whatever the hell it is they think honor means. Nigel, it is time you recognize that SCUM is the guillotine falling on the neck of ROH and honor will die very painfully."
Corino was also "kind" enough to inform us that it will be Rhino, Rhett Titus, Jimmy Rave, Jimmy Jacobs, and Cliff Compton who will represent S.C.U.M at "Supercard of Honor VIII". As for the ROH contingent, Nigel McGuinness has amassed a 5-Man team who all have their own issues with S.C.U.M, be it personal or simply standing up for ROH, and they are: BJ Whitmer, Caprice Coleman, Cedric Alexander, Mike Mondo, and Mark Briscoe!
As Corino mentioned, the younger Briscoe challenged Kevin Steen for the World Title last Saturday at "WAR" in Asheville, NC yet unfortunately the outcome of that battle was not in his favor, but you can bet that the master of Redneck Kung Fu is certainly looking to even the score with S.C.U.M after that defeat!
It's S.C.U.M (Jacobs, Titus, Rave, Compton, Rhino) versus Ring of Honor (Whitmer, Coleman, Alexander, Mondo, Briscoe) and it will happen live on iPPV as part of our "Supercard of Honor VII" mega-event!
Tag Team Challenge Match
ACH & Tadarius Thomas vs "God's Gift" Qt Marshall & A Mystery Partner
In the March 20th Newswire it was announced that Tadarius Thomas & ACH would unite once more to face "God's Gift" QT Marshall and a mystery partner in tag team action at "Supercard of Honor VII". The speculation, as it often does, has run rampant with QT spouting off names of his dream partners last weekend at "WAR". The only clues we have at this point to the identity of Marshall's partner is that Barrister R.D. Evans claims to have found a wrestler of "equal greatness" to QT Marshall, and that he apparently made some overseas travels in recent weeks as well. Evans also claims that QT and his partner's pursuit to conquer the tag division will start at "Supercard of Honor VII".
As for Thomas & ACH, these two young warriors are just starting their road to tag team success and Friday night would be the perfect showcase for them to show the world the threat the represent to the rest of the division!
And despite recent changes to the line-up, former World Tag Team Champion Shelton Benjamin WILL be in the house on Friday night as well!
In addition to all these great matches, there will be an EPIC Autograph Signing prior to the start of the event with THIRTEEN of ROH's finest including Jay & Mark Briscoe, Karl Anderson, The American Wolves of Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards, and more! Click here for the full details on that and make sure you are there early to take advantage!


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MOSCOW, March 21 (UPI) -- Fitch Ratings lowered Russia's debt rating Friday from stable to negative, citing possible impacts of sanctions imposed due to Russia's reunification of Crimea.
"Since U.S. and [European Union] banks and investors may well be reluctant to lend to Russia under the current circumstances, the economy may slow further and the private sector may require official support," the global ratings agency said affirming Russia's rating was triple-B.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday signed a Parliament-passed decree ratifying the treaty on reunification of Ukraine's breakaway Crimea with Russia after Crimean voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.
Fitch's move follows a similar action by Standard & Poor's Ratings Service Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported. Standard & Poor's cut its outlook for Russia to negative from stable, while affirming its own triple-B rating.
Tougher sanctions imposed by the United States Thursday and the risk of debt-rating downgrades negatively affected Russian stocks, with the sharpest falls felt by companies tied to people listed for new sanctions, the Journal said.
Russia's Micex stock index tumbled by more than 3 percent as trading began Friday, while the RTS Index lost more than 4 percent in early trading. During the trading session, both steadied somewhat.
"The direct impact of sanctions announced so far is minor, but the incorporation of Crimea into the Russian Federation will likely lead the EU and U.S. to extend sanctions further in response," Fitch said. "Furthermore, foreign investors may anticipate further official action and restrict Russian entities' access to external financing."
Fitch could cut its rating on Russia if tougher sanctions are imposed, reserves fall and growth prospects suffer, the Journal said. The firm warned "a steep and prolonged oil price fall that had a material impact on the economy and public finances" also could lead to a rating cut.
Leaders in pro-Russia Crimea and Moscow refused to recognize the legitimacy of the new government in Kiev that came to power after months of bloody protests that eventually led to the ouster of pro-Russia President Viktor Yanukovych. He surfaced in Russia several days after he was chased from office.