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In February, Andrew Kowalik of Rockport, Texas was sentenced to five years of home confinement and a $10,000 fine for smuggling over 500 pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico to Texas' Big Bend National Park. The agents recovered ceramics, lithics, figurines, and 2,000-year-old shoes, "all estimated to be worth $250,000 on the black market." The objects are thought to be looted from the canyons around the Rio Grande on the northern Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexican border.
A Big Bend National Park Ranger noticed Kowalik's suspicious activity in April 2016. Upon further investigation by National Parks Service officials, he was found with hundreds of artifacts. Homeland Security Investigators, The National Park Service, and the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service worked together to prosecute Kowalik. Questioned about Kowalik's motive, Tim Stone of Homeland Security Investigations said "It is like almost any crime, it's really the same—it's profit."
During his sentence, he cannot leave his home after sundown or leave his home county. He also is prohibited from entering federally protected lands, such as National Parks.
The National Park itself and United States' and Mexico's larger Rio Grande region is home to an immensely rich archaeological heritage. Occupation spans from the Late Paleo-Indian Period (ca. 8000-6500 BCE) through the Historic Era. The earliest inhabitants of the region lived as hunter-gatherers and hunted large game animals for subsistence, clothing, and shelter. In the Archaic Period (6500 BCE-1000 AD), the climate began to change, as did human lifeways. In this period, inhalants of the area relied largely on plants for food and developed a more complex, hierarchical social organization. The atlatl also became popular during this period. The Late Prehistoric Period (ca. AD 1000-1535) saw the sedentary Jornada Mongolian archaeological culture influence the people of the Big Bend region. The Mogollon had a great artistic tradition of ceramic production and also practiced very complex agricultural methods. These traditions were also adopted in the region. Interregional trading also characterized the Late Prehistoric. Lastly, the Historic Period spans from 1535 AD to the present. During this period, several distinctive cultural groups inhabited, and continue to inhabit, the larger Big Bend region. These include the Chiso and Concho indigenous communities, with the Apaches settling the region in the 18th century. All of these communities' lives were, and continue to be, heavily impacted by Spanish and Euro-American colonization.
We do not know the exact site or region that the objects were looted from, but the majority of the objects that were trafficked were lithics, or stone tools, from the region south of Big Bend. Stone tools include projectile points, bifaces, ground stone artifacts, and unifies. Lithics allow scientists to understand socioeconomics, technology, and cultural organization in an archaeological culture. Debitage, or lithic production by-products, such as flakes and cores, are also heavily studied by archaeologists and provide data about prehistoric technological processes. Looters such as Kowalik tend not to collect the debitage associated with their 'loot,' because the small pieces are difficult to recognize and have little to no monetary value.
The staff of Big Bend National Park "will be working with partners in Mexico to repatriate the artifacts involved back to Mexico." After the objects are repatriated they will be most likely studied by trained lithic analysts. Because the objects were illegally looted, the exact provenance of the objects will never be known. The associated debitage was also permanently lost, which greatly inhibits the amount of data archaeologists can gather from the tools.
The "preservation of cultural resources is important to understanding history," says Acting Parks Superintendent Vidal Davila. "National Park Rangers are committed to preserving these resources within our parks, as well as ensuring that these lands are not used for smuggling artifacts from other countries." Though this particular act of looting was not within the United States, this type of crime underscores the importance of fighting for the newly declared Bears Ears and Golden Butte National Monuments.
To become further involved in the fight against archaeological looting in North America and worldwide, consider donating to or working with SAFE.
Lillia McEnaney
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If you are ready to purchase bench furniture of some type, you may need to gather some facts and information on what type of bench furniture is right for you. There are many types of bench furniture that this article will present to you. The decision rests with you as to which bench outlet you choose.
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You will find hall bench furniture in hallways and entry ways where you might need a place to sit and wait for someone, or just for the nice look of a wood bench. Many homeowners love to have bedroom bench furniture in their bedroom. If your fancy is bench white and pure, or maybe a black bench with a padded top, you are sure to find the perfect gem.
Bed bench furniture is great to sit on, and helpful when putting on your shoes, or just to prop up your feet to tie your shoes. Bathrooms are also a great place to have a comfortable place to sit and dry off.
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It is a great way for kids to keep their things organized where they can find them easily. Some people may decide on a bench ottaman to place with other furniture. You may also purchase accessories, such as bench cushions or bench covers to protect the wood or upholstery on them.
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This is a cool idea. The newly formed South Brooklyn Running Club is going to gather in Carroll Park, next to the World War I memorial tomorrow at 9 AM. Here is your chance to get to know and to team up with other runners, because "it's more fun to run with other people."
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Raw Energy & Antioxidant Trail Mix
Sunday, 7 February 2010
In honor of America's favorite junk-food holiday, Super Bowl Sunday, I thought I would write about a healthy snack alternative. I watched the game today, and even though I was disappointed that my Green Bay Packers didn't even come close to being in the game, I am happy for New Orleans and hope this win will bring cheer to a city that has seen some pretty rough years. I opened up a bottle of my favorite gluten-free beer, whipped up a batch of delicious mayo-less deviled eggs, made a spread of raw goat cheese & gluten-free crackers, and fixed a bowl of my favorite on-the-go snack, a raw high-energy and super-antioxidant chocolate trail mix.
Many of you have written that the hardest part of being on a gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free diet is that it is difficult to find easy foods to snack on. But, as basic as it sounds, trail mix is such an easy treat to throw together for a party, to take with you on the go, or just for munching on at home. I make a batch every week and take a little container with me when I am out working, and it totally sustains me and gives me energy between meals. I like to make my own mix and generally avoid any prepared store-bought trail mixes, because they tend to contain dried fruit with sugar & sulphur dioxide added, the nuts are often salted and roasted in cheap oil, or they use peanuts, which I have a sensitivity to and which consist of poorer quality oils & proteins (and may carry mold). I use a mix of raw nuts, choosing ones that have high omega-3 content (walnuts, hazelnuts & almonds), unsweetened chocolate (for energy & antioxidants), and dried cherries for natural sweetness. I cannot eat dried fruit on its own, because it messes up my blood sugar levels, but in combination with the extra fiber in the nuts, the natural sugar is more slowly absorbed and I don't have that problem. Eating nuts on their own also tends to make me bloated, but the combination with the fruit alleviates that problem. (Eating dried fruit and nuts together is one of nature's genius food combinations for healthy digestion.) And chocolate, what can I say, that is my one vice I allow myself…but it's guilt-free as long as it's unsweetened. And if you get a piece of chocolate and a cherry in the same bite, it makes the chocolate taste as if it's sweetened.
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I'm writing pizzeria reviews as Examiner.com's Manhattan Pizza Examiner. I know it shows that I have the palate of a 5-year-old, but pizza's easily my favourite food, so you can count on me for plenty of fangirling over crust and sauce in these articles.
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Help Unlimited discusses High-Yield Checking Accounts with Bankrate.com
High-yield accounts offer slightly higher interest rates compared with a standard checking account, more liquidity than a certificate of deposit and less risk than stocks or bonds, says Chris DesBarres, co-owner of Help Unlimited, a money management service in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Listen to co-owner Chris DesBarres discuss "What to Keep, What to Throw Away" with the Joyful Organizer in this radio interview
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The SEC ban on short-selling
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Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE:SXT) has been downgraded to Hold in a statement by Zacks Investment Research earlier today.
- Updated: September 26, 2016
Boasting a price of $74.83, Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE:SXT) traded 0.08% higher on the day. With the last stock price close up 7.39% from the two hundred day average, compared with the S&P 500 Index which has decreased -0.01% over the date range. Sensient Technologies Corporation has recorded a 50-day average of $74.25 and a two hundred day average of $69.68. Volume of trade was down over the average, with 95,901 shares of SXT changing hands under the typical 202,645
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Menderman's Second Annual "Light The Night" Protest.
Note to mods..This is a repost because of today's date..Thanks On Saturday at 8:30 p.m. people around the world are being encouraged to switch off their lights as a gesture of support for energy co
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Menderman's Second Annual "Light the Night" Protest.
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Latest Moveon Agenda. And Mendermans Translation
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Menderman's Third Annual "Light The Night" Protest.
It is once again time to make sure ALL the lights you own are ON tonight from 8:30 to 9:30 PM! The Earth Hour website says by turning off your lights for an hour you are "Voting" for Earth by support
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Ivan And The Doorstop
Published on Dec 19, 2012 Ivan hates to be left out of the action. When I'm in my den working on my computer, he signals that he wants to come in and crawl all over me and my keyboard.
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Crazy dude sees a statue of a baby and thinks it is Jesus and goes batshit crazy...
I suppose some could come to the conclusion that the baby under the shelter could be Jesus, and Joseph and Mary are the adults looking on, but you would have to be looking for Jesus to see him here.
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Intel Joe
Published on Oct 11, 2012 by IOTW2009Joe Biden scapegoats our intelligence community for being so wrong on the Libya Massacre and then he turns around and says we should rely on the intel communit
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Former Supreme Court Justice Souter on The Danger of America's 'Pervasive Civic Ignorance'
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Travelers Rest – Tandem Creperie and Coffeehouse owners Brad and Kristen Hartman are not slackers. In fact, they are the opposite.
I was in town a couple days ago, and wanted to pop in for a latte before a business meeting. Lattes always make meetings better.
This is what I saw:
Kristen and Brad building and installing shiny new bike racks. Digging sod may look easy, but take it from me, it's not.
They'd already installed racks next to the store before I got there at 11am.
And while they were digging and assembling, professionals from Overhead Door were installing glass garage doors and side panels on the patio.
Don't know about you, but I like to be warm and comfortable inside restaurants during cooler months. In the warmer months? Outside if possible, but not sweltering. Here's the solution!
Not immediately, but up next is a new sign. Their temporary sign had seen better days and needed to come down.
I did get my latte after snapping pics. And the meeting went well!
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Handbook on Transport and Urban Planning in the Developed World
Edited by Michiel Bliemer, Corinne Mulley and Claudine J. Moutou
Chapter 25: Managing on-road public transport
Graham Currie
Cities continue to play a leading global economic and social role. In 2007, for the first time in history, more than half of the worlds' population were city dwellers (United Nations Population Fund 2007). Between 2000 and 2030 the worlds' urban population is expected to double. This is the 'Urban Millennium' where the functioning of cities has a principal influence on human endeavour (United Nations Population Fund 2007). The prospects for the development and operation of transport systems to support growing cities, particularly those in western developed countries such as Australia, is extremely challenging. Travel is dominated by the private car (Cosgrove et al. 2009) which is becoming increasingly problematic from a number of perspectives: ● Traffic congestion is now widely recognized as a major and growing urban transportation problem (Cervero 1991; Downs 1992; Arnott and Small 1994). In Australia congestion costs AU$9.4 billion per annum. (2005) and is expected to rise to AU$20.4 billion by 2020 (Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics 2007). ● There are also social impacts of car traffic on urban liveability (Vuchic 1999) including the separation of urban communities by busy roads and impacts on social disadvantage (Rosenbloom 2007).
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As part of the 10th International Shibori Symposium, we took a day-long tour of the area and visited with the Chavez Santiago family in the local weaving village of Teotitlan del Valle. Federico (Fe) Chavez Sosa is a master weaver who has been weaving for generations, adapting traditional designs with his own color combinations and patterns. Son Omar spoke gave us an introduction in English, and then we were shown quite a big selection of rugs of all sizes.
Like many of the 2000 weavers in the area, he had been using aniline dyes in his spacious studio attached to his home. But since the processing of these dyes was in tandem with a home and living environment, he decided to return to natural dyes used by his ancestors, including his grandfather. Federico's wife Dolores (Lola) also weaves, as do other family members, including son Omar, Janet and Eric.
Looms are built locally, with carved wood ratchet and wheel (wow- contemporary looms elsewhere use metal for these critical parts) and take about a month to complete.
The family also operates Galeria Fe y Lola, a small, well displayed shop at 5 de Mayo 408, Centro, Oaxaca. It's located behind a storefront with other shops, as is often found in Oaxaca. Well worth a visit as these are excellent works using natural dyes only.


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We are pleased to announce that Charlie Proutt and Eileen Schilling, owners of Horsford's Nursery in Charlotte, will be offering one large shade or ornamental tree to ten schools in Addison and Chittenden counties for their 2018 Arbor Day Ceremonies.
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Soundsmith Strain Gauge SG-200 phono cartridge system
"This thing stopped and started faster than any cartridge I've ever heard. The speed and precision of its instrumental attack set new standards for phono cartridges, in my experience, as did its overall transparency and its rhythm'n'pace. In the best sense, it made my Wilson Audio Specialties MAXX 3 speakers sound like electrostatics, but with full bass extension and dynamic capabilities."
- Michael Fremer, Stereophile
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Strain-gauge phono cartridges are rarely made and seldom heard; for most vinyl fans, they are more myth than fact. Panasonic once made one, as did Sao Win, but those were decades ago. I've heard about those two models for years but have never seen, much less heard one.
As if he's not got enough to do building his extensive lines of moving-iron cartridges, preamplifiers, amplifiers, and speakers, Soundsmith's Peter Ledermann also makes a full line of strain-gauge cartridge systems available with a choice of six user-replaceable stylus profiles. I believe the Soundsmith is the only strain-gauge cartridge currently made anywhere in the world. Ledermann says it takes him a full day to build one.
I've often seen—and sometimes even heard—Soundsmith's blue-lit strain-gauge models at Consumer Electronics Shows and various consumer audio events, but only in entirely unfamiliar systems. Because of the impossibility of making any kind of judgment of their sound under such conditions, I've pretty much ignored what I heard in those rooms, though the reactions of other listeners have ranged wildly, from wide-mouthed "Wow!"s to scrunched-face grimaces of distaste. All it did was intensify my curiosity to hear one at home in my own system.
However, because a strain-gauge model requires an active power source, the cartridge must be used with an outboard preamplifier and power supply. Until very recently, Soundsmith incorporated its strain-gauge circuitry within a wide range of standalone full-function preamplifiers: if you wanted to own or review one of their Strain Gauge models, you had to replace your preamplifier with Soundsmith's—not only an unattractive proposition for anyone already happy with his or her preamp, but the simultaneous swapping out of two audio components makes for an unsatisfactory review context: how do you know which new component is doing what to the sound?
Soundsmith now offers its Strain Gauge cartridge with a reasonably priced dedicated interface that simply and only plugs into any preamplifier's line-level input. Ledermann says that this circuit is identical to what's in the full-featured preamps. The long-promised SG-200 system, which Soundsmith calls its "entry-level" model, recently arrived here, and I immediately installed it in a Graham Engineering Phantom II tonearm.
What is a strain-gauge cartridge, anyway?
In a standard phono cartridge, a mass—a magnet or a coil—must be moved to generate a voltage. The mass must be supported by an elastomer suspension that acts as a kind of shock absorber for the mass, which is attached to a cantilever-stylus assembly. When that assembly moves, displaced by the modulations in the record groove, it in turn moves the coil or magnet. A certain amount of that transferred energy is transformed into heat in the suspension and is thus lost. The coil-magnet system turns what's left into a tiny amount of voltage.
A strain gauge is a tiny piece of silicon or other material whose resistance to a current flow supplied to it changes as it expands and contracts. It's typically used in devices that measure pressure. A stereo strain-gauge phono cartridge uses two of these ultradelicate devices, which are flexed by the cantilever pressing on the carrier holding them. The design of the Strain Gauge carrier is proprietary to Soundsmith, and Ledermann didn't want to tell me much about it. The interface that supplies current to the cartridge includes a low-noise preamplifier that increases the cartridge's tiny modulated voltage to line level.
The biggest advantage of such a system over a standard voltage-generating system such as a moving-magnet or a moving-coil is, of course, that virtually no mass need be moved in order to produce a modulated voltage, which means that almost no energy is lost in overcoming the inertia of a magnet or coil. The stylus-cantilever system can therefore respond far more quickly, and so is able to more accurately trace the groove walls. Theoretically.
Displacement-, not velocity-based performance
I haven't mentioned RIAA equalization so far because, with this system, none is needed.
RIAA equalization is applied when a lacquer is cut, attenuating the low frequencies and boosting the high frequencies. When the resulting LP is played, a complementary RIAA filter in the preamplifier attenuates the highs, dropping noise in this region well below audibility while restoring flat HF response. Attenuating the lows during cutting limits the lateral groove displacement, thus permitting a tighter groove spiral, which means that more music can be packed onto each LP side. When the record is played, the preamp's RIAA equalizer restores a flat bass response to the sound by boosting the lows.
Magnet-based cartridges, MM or MC, are devices that are sensitive to velocity, which is measured as distance over time; their electrical output is directly proportional to the stylus's speed as it's moved back and forth by the zigs and zags in the groove. By contrast, strain-gauge and piezo-electric (crystal or ceramic) cartridges are sensitive to displacement, without regard to time. Move the stylus in such a system the same distance, whether very slowly or very quickly, and the electrical output will be the same.
Magnet-based cartridges are very sensitive to how quickly or slowly the generator system moves. Moving such a system slowly produces far less output than moving it quickly. Think of your bicycle's generator: the faster you pedal, the brighter the headlight. So imagine an LP cut "flat," with no equalization applied, and using a magnetic cutter head—another velocity-sensitive device. Lower frequencies would move the cutting stylus far more than higher frequencies, which would create serious problems when the record was played by a displacement-sensitive strain-gauge cartridge. However, RIAA equalization is applied, greatly cutting LF and slightly boosting HF lateral displacement.
So consider a 20Hz–20kHz test-record signal that's been recorded at the same amplitude for all frequencies, but using RIAA. Since we've boosted the lateral displacement of the highs and cut the lateral displacement of the lows, we get nearly equal groove displacement at all frequencies. Thus, a displacement-sensitive device like a strain-gauge cartridge creates an automatically flat response with no RIAA equalization applied to the output. Instead of a complex filter network in the line, all that's needed is a simple, low-distortion preamplifier stage.
In sum, a strain-gauge cartridge is a low-mass, low-inertia mechanical system that can accurately trace a groove with blazing speed and requires no RIAA equalization—vs a higher-mass, higher-inertia system that can't track or trace as quickly, and that requires a complex RIAA equalization circuit.
In reality, there are subtle changes in equalization in the RIAA curve that need to be compensated for, and Soundsmith's preamplifier does that—but it's still much simpler than a full-blown RIAA circuit, and the resulting frequency range is claimed to be an astonishing DC–70kHz (though the circuit also includes a staggered low filter for minimal impact on the signal)
Soundsmith Strain Gauge SG-200
Its two bright-blue tubular LEDs, which run vertically through the metal body's horizontal slats, give the Soundsmith Strain Gauge cartridge a unique look. Unlike most cartridges, it features controls for adjusting vertical tracking angle (VTA) by ±3°, as well as azimuth, though these are to be used only if your tonearm doesn't offer them.
The cartridge's mass (10gm) and compliance are suitable for any modern-day tonearm of medium to high mass. The compliance is unique in being designed to vary more with vertical tracking force (VTF) than is usual: from 16µm/millinewtons at 1.5gm to 10µm/mN at 2.5gm. This allows for a bit of "tuning," according to Peter Ledermann, but even within that range, it's a low- to medium-compliance design.
When you order your Strain Gauge cartridge, it comes standard with the SGS-5 nude line contact/Ruby cantilever and power supply for $5499.95. However, Ledermann says that most buyers opt for the SGS-6, an "Optimized Contour" nude line-contact stylus with a ruby cantilever, which adds $100 to the system price.
Soundsmith offers six user-replaceable styli:
SGS-1: bonded Shibata, aluminum cantilever ($149.95)
SGS-2: nude elliptical, aluminum cantilever ($199.95)
SGS-3: 1-mil radius, conical, aluminum cantilever ($199.95)
SGS-4: 3-mil radius, conical, 78rpm, aluminum cantilever ($199.95)
SGS-5: nude line contact, ruby cantilever ($399.95)
SGS-6: nude "Optimized Contour" line contact, ruby cantilever ($499.95)
Soundsmith strongly recommends factory installation of your choice of stylus, to ensure perfect alignment and top performance. Removing and reinstalling the same stylus won't change its performance, but switching to another stylus at home requires resetting azimuth, VTA, and stylus rake angle (SRA), all of which are critical for extracting maximum performance from this system (or from any cartridge, really)—but particularly with the two most severe stylus profiles. When ordering additional or replacement styli, free factory custom fitting is recommended for top performance.
The review sample of the SG-200 Strain Gauge came fitted with the SGS-5 and SGS-6 styli.
Setup and use
Hookup follows the standard system of four color-coded pins, although, as the instructions point out, since the cartridge's strain-gauge elements have no polarity and are purely resistive devices, you can reverse polarity with no change in performance. But why would you?
The SG-200 power supply is based on a pair of 24V DC wall warts that I didn't plug in until I'd installed the Strain Gauge cartridge in the Graham Phantom II arm and made all connections. When everything was plugged in, a flip of the power switch lit up green and red LEDs on the interface that indicated that both negative and positive supplies were active.
Leave the Soundsmith preamp's Auto Mute switch in the down position on plug-in, and the cartridge's two blue LEDs light and your excitement rises. If you put the Mute switch in the up position, the yellow Mute LED glows until the preamp senses a signal from the cartridge, at which point the blue Unmute LED will light. This prevents loud pops, should you accidentally drop the stylus onto the record. A second muting system senses a faulty connection between the cartridge and preamp. It also lets you unplug the tonearm or headshell without turning down the volume.
VTA and SRA are critical with both supplied styli, so I used a digital USB microscope to achieve 92° SRA. This put the cartridge's body up in the back (Soundsmith's recommended orientation is parallel to the record surface).
You could use the Musical Surroundings Fozgometer azimuth-alignment device and The Ultimate Analogue Test LP (LP, Analogue Productions AAPT 1) to precisely set azimuth, but I'm now using a digital oscilloscope that's theoretically more accurate. No more guessing. If you're spending this kind of money on a cartridge, I suggest you either get these devices and learn how to use them (I'll cover the digital oscilloscope in an upcoming column), or find someone who has.
The Strain Gauge's recommended range of VTF is 1.7–1.9gm. Though the cartridge can theoretically track as low as 1gm and as high as 2.5gm, neither setting is recommended. I went with 1.8gm.
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Remember the first time you heard a pure electrostatic speaker, and how fast, open, detailed, and free of gross cabinet colorations it sounded? That was pretty much my experience of listening to the Soundsmith Strain Gauge SG-200 for the first time, though like electrostats, the Strain Gauge had a particular sonic quality that some will love and others won't—and, of course, it will flatter some records and render others unpleasant.
As quoted on Soundsmith's website, someone from the Mid-Atlantic Audiophile Group said that the Strain Gauge "leapfrogs the finest moving-coil cartridge." Well, it certainly did that in somerespects, and convincingly, too—just as electrostats leapfrog moving-coil speakers—in some ways. The sound the Strain Gauge produced was, like that of every other cartridge I've ever heard, distinctive. Some will fall in love, others will run like hell—and from the same qualities.
Well, count me among the wide-eyed—at least when it came to the Soundsmith system's incredibly clean and fast top-to-bottom transient attack, its spectacular transparency, its taut, deep bottom end, and its airy top. This thing stopped and started faster than any cartridge I've ever heard. The speed and precision of its instrumental attack set new standards for phono cartridges, in my experience, as did its overall transparency and its rhythm'n'pace. In the best sense, it made my Wilson Audio Specialties MAXX 3 speakers sound like electrostatics, but with full bass extension and dynamic capabilities.
With either of its two supplied styli, the SG-200 traced the groove as well as any cartridge I've used and better than most, particularly in its tracking of HF transients and vocal sibilants. If there were any lumps or bumps in its frequency response, they were difficult to hear, though after a while I think I found a midband trough. Still, the SG-200's overall tonal neutrality was unquestionably superior to all but a few of the best cartridges I've heard through the best phono preamps. Its background blackness never failed to amaze me, and its generously wide, deep, tall soundstage indicated unusually low levels of crosstalk (which I confirmed by measurements). But none of that means that everyone will enthuse about how it actuallysounded.
With the top-of-the-line SGS-6 stylus in place, I auditioned a recent remastering of Paul McCartney and Wings' Band on the Run (Hear Music/Concord Music Group UMG 8 88072 32566 1). The percussion in "Bluebird" was positively astonishing: razor-sharp, as in "utterly natural," without being brittle or etched. The acoustic guitars, tom-toms, and bass lines in "Mrs. Vandebilt" were so cleanly and precisely rendered, so naturally fast and taut, that my ear/brain couldn't help but be drawn in and transfixed by the novelty of the sound compared to that of any standard cartridge.
That stop-and-start ability, that freedom from overhang that audiophiles often confuse with "warmth," are leapfroggings in performance over more usual cartridge designs—yet the SG-200's delivery was so fast and clean that there was little time for harmonic development to unfold before it was off to the next aural event. So while the attack was extraordinary, the sustain was somewhat stingy. The SG-200 could sound somewhat cool and lacking in physicality, and while its top was crystalline and airy and its bottom tight, deep, and well textured, the mids were less than fully fleshed out, making the overall sound somewhat cool and slightly recessed.
When I played the same copy of Band on the Run with the Ortofon A90 cartridge, I got a totally different but equally valid performance that, in its own way, leapfrogged the Strain Gauge: There was more weight and, especially, texture in the bottom end, more follow-through of the instrumental harmonic structure, more "skin" in the toms, more flesh in the voices, and, in general, more roundness and body to further flesh out the three-dimensional picture. But the magnetic Ortofon does sound slower, less well defined, and, particularly, somewhat less transparent and immediate than the SG-200.
Playing the essential 45rpm reissue of Nat King Cole's Love Is the Thing (LP, Capitol/Analogue Productions SW-824) with the SG-200, I was quickly made aware of the vocal microphone's rising high end. The bow scrapes on the strings get greater emphasis, the sheen and woody resonance somewhat less. Cole's chest cavity plays second fiddle to his vocal cords and mouth. Through the Ortofon A90, the emphasis was reversed. Which you will prefer will depend on your system and taste.
But consider that for $5600, the SG-200 Strain Gauge is complete. The $4200 A90 still needs a phono preamp, and in this case I used the $28,000 Ypsilon VPS-100, along with a few other top-shelf tubed and solid-state preamps—and the two systems were on a reasonably level playing field in terms of macrodynamic slam, HF extension, and resolution of detail. With a good magnetic cartridge, however, you can alter the flavor as necessary by changing the phono preamp. That's not the case with the Strain Gauge, which is what it is.
The differences between a great MC system and the Strain Gauge can make evaluating different pressings of the same album difficult. Right now I'm listening to the two new Rolling Stones boxes. Tattoo You sounds positively muffled and dynamically dead through the Ortofon A90, but through the Strain Gauge it sounds reasonably alive on top, though still dynamically dead. The life has been compressed out of the new records, though not so the ABKCO box of the earlier Decca/London-era Stones.
I suspect that the Strain Gauge cartridge's displacement-based operating system was in some way emphasizing the RIAA HF boost. It's not the same as the resonant peak found in the sounds of most MC cartridges, because it's not an obtrusive brightness or a detail-obscuring ringing. Instead, this rising top end was an addictive, finely focused light that, with the right recordings, reproduced with astonishing clarity and definition tambourines, cymbals, and electric guitars, particularly Fender Stratocasters.
This character had me pulling out records like the Byrds' chimey first album, Mr. Tambourine Man (LP, Columbia). Roger McGuinn's 12-string Rickenbacker and the constantly rattling tambourine were reproduced with greater clarity, authority, and purity than I've ever heard, yet neither sounded too bright or edgy. On the other hand, McGuinn's voice was less coherent; its timbre was slightly off, making his very well-known voice less recognizable. But if you try to predict how familiar recordings will sound with the Strain Gauge, you'll probably be wrong much of the time. As with the Decca cartridges, I found that how a particular record, or a particular instrument on that record, would sound through the Strain Gauge was not at all predictable.
An example: I predicted that Vladimir Ashkenazy's piano, on his set of the Beethoven concertos with Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony (LPs, Decca SXLG-6594-7), which I use as a reference, would sound tinkly through the SG-200. That's not what happened. Instead, the first thing I noticed was how the Soundsmith's astonishing stop-on-a-dime speed laid bare Ashkenazy's pedal work. When he took his foot off and the damper hit the strings, the stopping of the sound was head-through-the-windshield fast as I've never before heard it. The hammer attack was equally precise, but the overall piano sound was somewhat recessed and almost drab in the midrange, as if the sustain was being absorbed by a sponge.
There's a banjo part in Virgil Thomson's The Plow that Broke the Plains, performed by Leopold Stokowski and the Symphony of the Air (LP, Vanguard VSD 2095). Through the Strain Gauge, it had a startlingly distinctive metallic ring that some would think realistic but others might find hyped-up and "hi-fi"–ish. It was in that region of the spectrum—cymbals, banjo, plucked guitar strings, etc.—where the Strain Gauge's most distinctive personality trait manifested itself.
After spending a few weeks listening to the extra-cost SGS-6 "Optimized Contour" line-contact stylus, I switched to the less severely profiled but equally setup-critical SGS-5 line-contact stylus. While everything I'd heard previously remained, the emphasis on instrumental attacks was now somewhat diminished. That helped to produce a less hyper, more unified sound that I felt was less hi-fi and more natural, though the mids were still less than generous and somewhat recessed relative to the octaves above and below, and the HF emphasis remained. In my system, I preferred the standard SGS-5 to the SGS-6.
Adherents of strain-gauge cartridges warned me that, once I'd heard one in my system, I would become hopelessly addicted to it. After spending a few months listening to the Soundsmith Strain Gauge SG-200, and despite the obvious need to pick apart its sonic character for this review, I've found that they were right. The SG-200 is a unique game-changing product.
Switching to Soundsmith's Strain Gauge SG-200 from a standard magnetic cartridge, MC or MM, produced a seismic sonic shift similar to switching between speakers based on different technologies. But it's a far more practical way to add a transformative component to an audio system and to swap it in and out with ease, particularly if your analog front-end has two tonearms or your arm has detachable headshells—or, like the Graham Phantom II arm, interchangeable wands. The SG-200 is a perspective-changer, that's for sure, and not because it adds gross colorations—though with that apparently rising high end, it definitely has a unique sonic character. Don't expect unrelenting brightness, because it didn't consistently sound like that. That particular quality seemed to be record-dependent, and not predictably so, for reasons perhaps Peter Ledermann can explain.
If I could afford it right now, I'd buy the SG-200 in a Peekskill minute. It's as addicting as its proponents say, and I'm going to miss it.
Description: Strain-gauge phono cartridge with interchangeable styli (6 choices) and dedicated preamplifier and power supply (two 24V DC wall warts, no specifications provided). Styli supplied (both with ruby cantilever): SGS-5 nude line contact (standard, $399.95 if purchased separately), SGS-6 "Contour Optimized" nude line-contact ($499.95 if purchased separately). Recommended vertical tracking force (VTF): 1.7–1.9gm. Compliance: low–medium, depends on VTF, 10–16µm/mN. Frequency range: DC–70kHz. Effective tip mass: 0.30mg, SG-10; 0.32mg, SG-5. Channel separation: >25dB at 1kHz. Channel balance: <1dB. Recommended load resistance: not applicable. Recommended load capacitance: not applicable.
Dimensions: Cartridge weight: 10gm. Preamplifier/power supply: 6" (150mm) W by 3" (80mm) H by 8" (205mm) D. Weight: 2 lbs (0.9kg).
Serial Number Of Unit Reviewed: SG2000131.
Price: $5499.95 with SGS-5 stylus; add $100 for SGS-6. Approximate number of dealers: 18; also sold direct. Warranty: "All cartridges are warranted against defect in workmanship for a period of not less than one year."
Manufacturer: The Soundsmith, 8 John Walsh Blvd., Suite 417, Peekskill, NY 10566. Tel:
(800) 942-8009, (914) 739-2885. Fax: (914) 739-5204
Soundsmith Strain Gauge SG-200 phono cartridge system Associated Equipment
Associated Equipment
Analog Sources: Continuum Audio Labs Caliburn, Cobra, Castellon turntable, tonearm, stand;Graham Engineering Phantom II tonearm, Ortofon A90 cartridge.
Digital Sources: Playback Designs MPS-5 SACD/CD player–DAC, BPT-modified Alesis Masterlink hard-disk recorder, Benchmark ADC1 A/D converter, Sooloos music server, Pure Music software.
Preamplification: Ypsilon VPS-100, Allnic H-3000, Einstein Turntable's Choice phono preamplifiers; darTZeel NHB-18NS preamplifier.
Power Amplifier: Musical Fidelity Titan.
Loudspeakers: Wilson Audio Specialties MAXX 3.
Cables: Phono: Hovland/Graham Engineering MG2 Music Groove. Interconnect: TARA Labs Zero, Stealth Sakra, ZenSati. Speaker: TARA Labs Omega Gold, ZenSati. AC: TARA Labs The One Cobalt AC, Shunyata Research King Cobra Helix CX, Isoclean 1000.
Accessories: Shunyata Research V-Ray II Reference, Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One 5.0, TARA Labs Power Screen power conditioners; Oyaide AC wall box & receptacles; Finite Elemente Pagode, HRS SXR stands; Symposium Rollerblocks; ASC Tube Traps, RPG BAD & Abffusor panels; Audiodharma Cable Cooker; Furutech DeMag & deStat LP treatments; VPI HW-17F, Loricraft PRC4 Deluxe record-cleaning machines.—Michael Fremer


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By: Megan Stewart
A suspect is in custody after allegedly shooting a Norman County sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Authorities said 19-year-old Steven Anthony Henderson is being held in the Northwest Regional Correction Center in Crookston.
The deputy who was shot was in the process of taking Henderson's 18-year-old brother, William Patrick Henderson, into custody for an outstanding warrant in Pennington County, according to Jill Oliveira from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
The deputy and Steven Henderson exchanged gunfire and the deputy was wounded, Oliveira said.
The shooting happened 7 miles east of Perley, Minn. Steven Henderson was caught about 3 miles north of the original shooting scene.
The deputy, who is not being named, was taken to a Fargo hospital, treated and released. Oliveira said the Norman County deputy was wearing a bullet-resistant vest.
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John Galsworthy! Elizabeth Jane Howard! Circadian novels! Find out what that means, and much more, in episode 41.
Guys, it was SUPER hot when we were recording this podcast. It's rather cooler now that I'm editing, but I rather worry that I wasn't making much sense in this episode… forgive any heat-induced nonsense. And potentially wavering audible quality. So hot. I have cunningly edited out the bits where I went to get more cold water.
(Blame that for me saying 'Alan Bennett' when I mean 'Arnold Bennett'.)
In the first half, we look at the length we like books to cover – from books where all the action takes place in one day to those where it's over many years. And, for the second half, we've read more than ever this time – two chunksters, albeit only the first books in their respective series. We're comparing A Man of Property by John Galsworthy and The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard – the openers to the Forsyte Saga and the Cazalet Chronicles.
Thanks for the new reviews, by the way! Feel free to add them through iTunes app, or you can explore our iTunes page. Let us know which you'd choose, and any recommendations!
The books and authors we mention in this episode are, as always, below:
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Another Time, Another Place by Jessie Kesson
One Fine Day by Mollie Panter-Downes
One Day by David Nicholls
London War Notes by Mollie Panter-Downes
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Can Jane Eyre Be Happy? by John Sutherland
Ulysses by James Joyce
Saturday by Ian McEwan
Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey
Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day by Winifred Watson
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Jodi Picoult
The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Weatherley Parade by Richmal Crompton
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair
Alas, Poor Lady by Rachel Ferguson
Us by David Nicholls
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
Agatha Christie
Marcel Proust
The Year of Reading Proust by Phyllis Rose
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Catherine Cookson
The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard
A Man of Property by John Galsworthy
The L-Shaped Room by Lynne Reid Banks
A Pin To See The Peepshow by F Tennyson Jesse
The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
H.G. Wells
Illyrian Spring by Ann Bridge


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Recently, I was asked to check out a new book that was written for church leaders. I love to read. I love the church. Reading a book that talked about how to develop leadership both within and outside of the church? Now you got my attention.
This book was Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck's Designed to Lead: The Church and Leadership Development.
Eric Geiger serves the local church in a couple of ways. First, he is the Senior Pastor at ClearView Baptist Church. Second, he serves as one of the Vice Presidents of LifeWay Christian Resources. Kevin Peck is the Lead Pastor of The Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, TX.
In this book, Geiger and Peck look to address the issue that one reason for which the church was created is to be a springboard of leadership. This leadership was not just intended to impact what took place in the "walls of the church," but it was to effect every aspect of life.
Local churches should not be outpaced in developing leaders who bless the world and advance His Kingdom. (p.9)
I think that this is one major thing that set this book apart from many that would fall under the heading of "church leadership." Many books share about ways in which churches can do better at doing church the way that it has been done for a while now. Some of these books are helpful in developing some leadership skills in pastors/servants, but others are… let's just say not so helpful.
Designed to Lead was intended to show that the church is not supposed to be about what takes place "inside the walls," but that the church is supposed to impact the world around it. I really believe that this is an important thing to look at for the church today. There are too many churches that are trying to run away from the world instead of impacting and redeeming it with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Geiger and Peck put forth a framework to help churches work on developing leaders that lead both within and outside the church. This framework begins with conviction, moves through the culture, and creates constructs to make it happen (p. 14-15). These three elements make up the three major sections of the book.
If you are a leader in the local church and have been feeling that there has been a leadership vacuum both within and outside of your church, then I would encourage you to check out Designed to Lead. Geiger and Peck have written this book for leaders to reproduce leaders and impact this world for Jesus Christ.
I have received a few copies of Designed to Lead, and I would like to bless some church leaders with this book. If you would like to be considered for this giveaway, please leave a comment in the comment section of this blog (not on Facebook). I will choose from the comments the winners on Monday, September 19th.


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Christopher Nolan + Sci-fi will always get me to the Alamo Drafthouse. Since 2000's "Memento" he has given us some mind-bending, engulfing and mesmerizing stories. "Batman Begins," "The Prestige", "The Dark Knight," "Inception" etc. have all given us a smorgasbord of excellent storytelling partnered with an incredible visual assault that leaves fans craving his next film project.
Needless to say I was thrilled to be included in this Poster Posse project. See the entire collection of Phase 1 art over on Blurppy.
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Wedding Minister in and around Embudo, Nm.
Life's Moments are those times in life that we decide to make an unique acknowledgment of life altering events. Weddings are celebrations, weddings are ceremonies, but most importantly weddings are a new beginning, a moment in time to be valued. Having the right Minister is essential.
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Ministerial solutions and also wedding event officiating in the Embudo, Nm location is our specialty, but we could travel if the need occurs. We offer a total range of Eloping plans; from elopement on the courthouse steps to the most intricate formal wedding you might want.
We also provide the finest in Justice of the Peace or nonreligious weddings. These civil ceremonies provide their very own form of celebration, whether it be with family or simply a couple and a couple of witnesses, your wedding event is a special moment to be valued.


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Recommended reading by the National Mental Health Association.
To his mother, twelve-year-old Benjamin Sherman is an object of pity and anxiety. To his father, he is bizarre and embarrassing. To his psychiatrist, he is a case study in mental illness. To the counselors at the camp where he is spending his summer, Benjamin is a "freaky kid" who shuns his peers and is strangely—and perhaps dangerously—attached to his best friend, Elliot, a stuffed letter… (more)
Publisher: Penguin (June 01, 1996)
Format: EPUB
Page count: 172 pages
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Item title reads - BOUNDARY BOMBSHELL - DR MCNEILL RESIGNS from Commission as he felt justice was not being done. Ireland.
M/S of Dr McNeill stood with other members of the Commission, the camera pans across them. C/U of Dr McNeill looking at the camera with his hat on. M/S of him stood in front of a tree without his hat on. C/U of him speaking to the camera.
The spelling of "Boundry" in the title seems unnecessary - I think a title of "Boundary Commission Bombshell" better reflects the content of the story.
Despite the spelling in the title card, all references in text and tags to "Dr McNeill" should read Dr Eoin MacNeill.


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I'm trying to sweep a geometry on two planes. I can do this no problem when the sketch is drawn on one plane, but can't figure out how to do it on two planes.
Firstly, is there any way of combining two sketches, then sweeping the resulting path.
Or, do I need to create two separate sweeps and merge them?
Attached is a screenshot of where I am so far.
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Intellectual Property
The Intellectual Property Group has a winning track record for the enforcement and defense of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secrets claims in trials, arbitrations and appeals nationwide. We also successfully represent clients in litigation before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the Patent & Trademark Office (PTO).
Our IP litigators are top-ranked by Chambers USA and Best Lawyers in America for expertise in complex, high-profile patent and copyright litigation and as one of the top 10 choices nationally in trademark litigation. We bring powerful advocacy, creative solutions and a committed, experienced team to every case, large or small. We don't just litigate – we win.
In a recent patent trial, we defeated multimillion dollar patent infringement and indemnity claims over telecommunications patents involving the routing of wireless telephone calls. We also defeated a $200 million patent infringement claim by invalidating three life sciences patents on summary judgment, and maintained our victory through an en banc appeal to the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. We recently won summary judgment in three patent infringement cases.
We have tried multiple trademark, trade dress and copyright cases to juries with outstanding results. We obtained a $30 million dollar payment and a worldwide injunction for our client in a trademark and trade dress infringement action. We won two copyright cases on summary judgment and obtained several consent judgments and permanent injunctions for plaintiffs in cases involving copyright, trademark and patent infringement.
Our attorneys have expertise in a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, automotive, aerospace, computer hardware and software, electronics, semiconductors and fabrication, specialty chemicals, footwear and apparel, food and beverage, life sciences and pharmaceutical, new media and internet technologies, medical devices, toys and entertainment, online games and apps, and more. We also counsel clients in IP sales, licensing and acquisitions.
Our active Pacific Rim practice includes representation of well-known companies from China, Korea, Japan and other Asian countries. Our Asian clients are drawn to the vigorous representation we provide, our key language capabilities (including attorneys and staff who are fluent in Chinese and Korean) and our familiarity with foreign jurisdictions. This provides our clients with the convenience of communicating in their native language and enables us to handle complex, cross-border litigation matters efficiently.
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- We have the technical capability to handle complex, high-stakes cases in virtually every industry. Our IP attorneys have degrees in automotive and aeronautics, biology, chemistry, electrical engineering, physics, mathematics and the computer sciences.
- Our cost-effective representation can make the difference between a meaningful victory and a symbolic one.
- Winning an IP case does not require an army of lawyers. It requires the tenacity, expertise and judgment to develop and implement winning strategies.
The Firm's Intellectual Property Sub Practice Areas include:
- Patent Litigation
- US PTO Proceedings Before PTAB (including Inter Partes Review, Covered Business Method Review and Post-Grant Review)
- US ITC Section 337 Litigation
- Trademark & Trade Dress Litigation
- US PTO Proceedings Before TTAB
- Copyright & Idea Theft Litigation
- Trade Secret & Unfair Competition Litigation
- Life Sciences
- Appellate Practice
- Intellectual Property Counseling, Licensing & Technology Transactions
Intellectual Property SUB PRACTICES
Adrian Pruetz
Partner and Chair of the Intellectual Property Department
Andrew Choung
Partner and Head of Patent and Technology Practice
Erica J. Van Loon
Partner and Head of the Trademark, Copyright and Media Practice
Rex Hwang
Steven Basileo
Of Counsel
Brittany Elias
Dan Liu
Guy Rodgers
Patent Litigation (including ITC Proceedings)
- Won summary judgment of noninfringement of nine JVC Kenwood optical disc patents for client Nero, based on patent exhaustion and end user licenses containing express releases, including successfully moving to strike JVC's 96-page expert declaration as inconsistent with its infringement contentions. The decision was unanimously affirmed on appeal in a precedential opinion.
- Won reversal by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals of district court's denial of attorneys' fees, with a unanimous panel issuing a precedential opinion holding that the district court had abused its discretion.
- Won summary judgment of noninfringement of both asserted patents and invalidity of one asserted patent as being anticipated by the prior art for client VIZIO in case accusing the video processing algorithms used by chipsets in VIZIO's televisions.
- Won summary judgment of invalidity for client VIZIO, invalidating a patent on portable input-output computer systems based on inadequate written description and failure to claim what the inventor regarded as his invention.
- Won summary judgment in favor of client VIZIO in a patent case asserting infringement of VIZIO's tablet computers and smart televisions, invalidating all asserted claims of the Lochner Technologies patent for lack of adequate written description and failure to claim what the applicants regarded as their invention, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
- Won a complete defense victory in the ITC for respondent VIZIO, preventing exclusion of VIZIO's blu-ray players
- Won summary judgment for defendant Roche invalidating three Stanford HIV test patents for obviousness, ending Stanford's multimillion dollar patent infringement suit, won the case on appeal to the Federal Circuit and before the en banc Court on rehearing, and won decisive victory in favor of Roche in the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Won a complete defense victory for defendant Intrado in a trial over patent infringement and indemnity issues involving telecommunications patents and their application to the routing of wireless telephone calls.
- Obtained favorable Markman ruling in the Eastern District of Texas for defendant VIZIO, resulting in judgment of noninfringement by VIZIO's DVD and Blu-Ray players.
- Won summary judgment of noninfringement for defendant Nike, defeating claims that Nike infringed a rival's design patent with its AIR JORDAN XVII basketball shoes, and won the appeal to the Federal Circuit.
- Defeated multimillion-dollar patent royalties claim and obtained compensation from plaintiff in excess of $1 million on behalf of defendant, a major software developer.
- Won a defense victory for Genentech in multidistrict patent litigation over Columbia University's recombinant DNA patent. Columbia conceded the case on the eve of defendants' summary judgment motion on obviousness-type double patenting, giving Genentech and the other defendants a broad covenant not to sue on the patent at issue.
Trademark Litigation
- Won summary judgment of no willfulness for use of the trademarks Razor LED and Razor Thin by client, Defendant VIZIO, with its line of flat-panel televisions. As Plaintiff could not show VIZIO selected the marks willfully, to trade off the value of Plaintiff's "Razor" and "Razr" marks, Plaintiff was barred from seeking disgorgement of VIZIO's substantial profits. The case settled a week before trial with no payment by VIZIO and instead, Plaintiff buying VIZIO's Razor LED and Razor Thin marks.
- Won a directed verdict for defendant Mattel at the close of the plaintiff's case, in a trademark infringement trial involving Mattel's Pearl Beach BARBIE doll line, and won the appeal to the Ninth Circuit.
- Achieved a substantial payment for plaintiff K-Swiss, as well as a consent decree and worldwide permanent injunction, on the eve of a five-week jury trial against Payless ShoeSource for multiple counts of infringement of K-Swiss' five-stripe and toe box trademarks and Classic trade dress.
- Won a jury verdict of several million dollars, a permanent injunction and attorneys' fees for plaintiff Mattel after a jury trial against a maker of toy cars who infringed Mattel's HOT WHEELS trade dress.
- Won a defense victory for defendant Nike in its landmark trademark case against Adidas over Nike's right to use two stripes on athletic apparel; Adidas filed a broad "covenant not to sue" releasing Nike from all past trademark claims and its own infringement counterclaims and committing not to sue Nike over any two-striped athletic apparel or shoes throughout the United States.
- Achieved a permanent injunction and damages for Red Bull against the maker and distributor of Arctic Bull energy drinks in a dispute over use of a mark confusingly similar to the RED BULL mark and trade dress.
- Achieved a permanent injunction and damages for SHFL entertainment, against a distributor of games infringing SHFL's THREE CARD POKER, CASINO WARS and PAIR PLUS trademarks and THREE CARD POKER and CASINO WARS copyrighted layouts.
Copyright Litigation
- Won unanimous defense verdict for DIC Animation City, Hallmark, United Feature Syndicate, Mattel and Live Film and Mediaworks, Inc. in a several week jury trial over copyright infringement claims by the widow of a famous screenwriter, upheld on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.
- Won summary judgment for defendants the Disney Channel, Warner Home Video and others in a copyright infringement suit over shows and products derived from children's animated television programs.
- Won summary judgments in defendant Mattel's favor in both federal and state court suits when American First Run Studios accused Mattel of infringing its "Tarzan" copyrights and other rights with Mattel's Tarzan action figures, and won the appeals of both judgments in the Ninth Circuit and California Court of Appeals, respectively.
- Won cross-border actions in the U.S. and Germany against Greiner & Hausser, a German toy company that sought to rescind its assignment of copyrights and patent rights in the Bild Lilli doll used in the creation of Mattel's BARBIE line.
- Won summary judgment of noninfringement and $500,000 in sanctions, upheld on the merits by the Ninth Circuit, when Mattel was targeted in a frivolous copyright infringement suit in which the plaintiff sought $2 billion for alleged infringement of its fashion doll copyright by certain Mattel BARBIE dolls.
- Won reversal of a preliminary injunction on appeal for defendant Kaiser Permanente, after taking over a case in which the company had been preliminarily enjoined from using its library of advertising and marketing photographs on the ground that these works (already paid for by Kaiser) were owned by the photographers; after the Ninth Circuit reversed the injunction the case settled.
Trade Secret and Unfair Business Practices Litigation
- Won a three month jury trial for CalComp involving computer protocol in high-speed color printers, obtaining a directed verdict on multimillion dollar trade secret and fraud claims and resolving the small remaining contract claim for a partial offset of CalComp's cost recovery from plaintiff.
- Won substantial compensatory and punitive damages for plaintiff Osterloh & Durham Insurance after a two-month trial over theft of trade secrets, conversion and interference with business relationships.
- Won a unanimous jury verdict awarding several million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages to plaintiff Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company after a three-month jury trial involving fraud, contract and unfair business practice claims, upheld by the Ninth Circuit.
- Won a quick dismissal for Disney of a case under the California Unfair Practices Act over Disney's alleged failure to warn children of the dangers of smoking in its G-rated animated films (spanning some 40 years) in which animated characters were shown smoking, and avoided a class action, despite the success of such suits against other companies.
- Won summary judgment for Mattel in a suit for alleged monopolization of the fashion doll market under the Sherman Act and California Cartwright Act.
- Successfully defended Fleishman Hillard over public disclosure issues in a high profile food contamination suit against Jack in the Box, arising out of Fleishman Hillard's role as public relations advisor to the company after several patrons were infected with E. coli bacteria following their consumption of meals at Jack in the Box.
Appellate Practice
- Won affirmance in the Federal Circuit of a summary judgment of patent noninfringement on behalf of Nike, after extensive oral argument on the impact of certain drafting conventions in design patent cases.
- Won affirmance of defense judgment in favor of Roche and denial of rehearing before the en banc Federal Circuit and the United States Supreme Court in a patent infringement and ownership dispute against Stanford University.
- Won affirmance by the Ninth Circuit of defense verdict in favor of Mattel, in an appeal from a trademark trial involving reverse confusion.
- Won reversal and remand for Abbott Laboratories in a patent case taken over post-trial, with the Federal Circuit affirming a post-judgment ruling setting aside willfulness, vacating an injunction prohibiting Abbott from selling its HCV genotyping products, and reversing and remanding for a new trial on invalidity.
- Won affirmance of summary judgment by the Ninth Circuit in favor of Mattel, in a copyright action over alleged infringement by Mattel's TARZAN dolls.
- Won reversal by the Ninth Circuit of a preliminary injunction entered against Kaiser Permanente in a copyright infringement suit taken over by the firm.
- Won affirmance on the merits by the Ninth Circuit of Rule 11 sanctions award against opponent who filed a frivolous copyright infringement suit over Mattel's BARBIE dolls.
Life Sciences
- Won summary judgment for defendant Roche, invalidating three Stanford HIV test patents for obviousness, won the case on appeal to the Federal Circuit and before the en banc Court on rehearing, and won decisive victory in favor of Roche in the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Won partial summary judgment for defendant Monsanto in a patent infringement case over bovine growth hormone, eliminating half of the products at issue; case settled on the eve of trial.
- Won post-trial for defendant Abbott Laboratories in a patent infringement case lost at trial by another firm, convincing the district judge to set aside the jury's verdict of willfulness and convincing the Federal Circuit to uphold that ruling, vacate an injunction prohibiting the sale of Abbott's HCV genotyping products and reverse and remand the case for a new trial on an invalidity issue; settlement followed.
- Won a defense victory for Genentech in multidistrict patent litigation over Columbia University's recombinant DNA patent, obtaining a broad covenant not to sue on the patent at issue.
- Achieved substantial settlement for plaintiff Sonique Surgical Systems in dispute over licensing of ultrasonic liposuction patents.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company in a Paragraph IV litigation under the Hatch-Waxman Act against six companies, all competing for the ability to manufacture the generic version of the client's branded product. Protected the client's highly profitable revenue stream generated by the branded product and obtained a favorable settlement with all six generic manufacturers.
- Advised a major pharmaceutical company desiring to manufacture a generic product on issues relating to the Paragraph IV letter and the timing and filing of the Abbreviated New Drug Application under the Hatch-Waxman Act.
- Conducted confidential analysis for investment firm seeking to invest in pharmaceutical companies. Advised on the timing and effects of revenue streams taking into account various facets including FDA approvals, the Hatch-Waxman Act, pending and possible litigations, capitalization, strength of patents and market pressures.


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If Your Company Can't Communicate, What Can It Do?
All corporate annual reports should come with a disclosure notice on the inside cover, detailing the amount of staff hours invested in creating the report and the number of drafts/rounds of approval it went through on its way to completion. That, more than the financial statements or the chairman's letter […]Read More


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There are a lot of great cycling blogs out there with a lot of interesting information for both beginner cyclists and experienced cyclists. So, Cycling For Beginners will be featuring interviews with some of the cycling bloggers that we like to follow. One of those bloggers is James Schwartz.
James Schwartz is the Editor of www.theurbancountry.com. James lives in Toronto, Canada and advocates for using bicycles for daily transportation in North America by highlighting how other cities around the world have built their urban bicycling cultures.
CFB: Tell me a little about your riding history?
Schwartz: I have been riding on two wheels since I was 3-years-old. When I was 12 years old, living in a small town in Ontario, I would bicycle 5km to school on nice days, and prior to turning 16 I would use my bicycle as transportation to get to baseball practices and to visit friends in the city. When I moved to Toronto in 2002 I started using my bicycle again for transportation and have used a bicycle for transportation off and on for the last 8 years.
CFB: What kind of riding do you do now?
Schwartz: I ride a bicycle for every-day year-round transportation using an upright hybrid Trek cruiser that I have outfitted with a large basket and fenders. I also own a K2 racing bicycle to compete in the odd triathlon, but I don't own any lycra gear and you'll rarely see me on the racing bike.
CFB: How do you train to improve your riding?
Schwartz: I have never trained to improve my riding. I believe I ride just fine, and I'm rarely in a particular hurry to get places, so improving my speed is not a factor for me. Incorporating bicycling into my daily routine helps to keep me fit, and it helps me to clear my mind from the stresses of daily life.
CFB: What is it about cycling that you find exiting these days?
Schwartz: I am particularly excited about the amount of attention that bicycling for transportation has been receiving lately both in the mainstream media and online. In the Toronto mayoral election, bicycle infrastructure was a hot topic of debate between the candidates, so this is a positive sign that bikes are an important part of our city and political process. I'm also excited that people in North America are starting to view utilitarian bicycling as something that can be done in regular clothing instead of the historic view that bicycles are for recreation and require pretentious clothing and gear.
CFB: What advice would you give to a beginner cyclist who is just getting into (or getting back into) riding a bike?
Schwartz: My first recommendation to a beginner commuter cyclist would be to take your time, enjoy the ride, and be safe. Choose comfort over performance, and use a bicycle that can be ridden in your regular clothes (chain guards, fenders, baskets all contribute to add more comfort). Plan your routes to avoid more dangerous streets, and be courteous and obey the laws that make sense. I would also recommend you become a member of an advocacy group to help fight for better infrastructure in your city. Lastly, tell your friends how much you enjoy your ride and encourage them to do the same. This will help make things better for your friends, yourself, and everybody else who chooses the best mode of transportation on earth – the bicycle.
Our thanks to James for taking the time for this interview! Be sure to check out his blog, The Urban Country.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Film with great direction of Summer Preney and Jane Michener. This movie was presented in 2010, with original production from Canada and USA. You can watch Sounds Like a Revolution online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2010.
Rating: 5 by 62 users./
Runtime: 76 minutes
Jello Biafra, Rob Bowman, David Crosby, Alan Cross, Davey D, Ani Difranco, Steve Earle, Michael Franti, Ice-T, Al Jourgensen, Fat Mike, Tom Morello, Natalie Pa'apa'a, Paris, Jackie Richardson and Boots Riley.
76-minute film (full movie) directed by Summer Preney and Jane Michener.
The original audio of Sounds Like a Revolution has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in Canada, USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2010.
Screenplay written by Margaret Susan Martin.
Summer Preney.
Jeffrey P. Nesker, Jess Lilley, Jane Michener, Judy Holm, Summer Preney, Margaret Susan Martin and Michael McNamara.
Composed by Mischa Chillak.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Sounds Like a Revolution has a duration of 76 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
See the page of this full movie, Sounds Like a Revolution in FULLTV Movies.


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Question by Tricia B: What are the best books/DVDs for learning Yoga and Pilates?
I understand that others have asked similar questions but I didn't find an answer to help. My doctor recommended that I start Yoga for some of my health concerns.
I looked into classes and can't afford any right now. I was looking at trying a combination of a book and a DVD. Are there any specific books and/or DVD's someone can recommend for beginner Yoga?
I am also looking into Pilates. Are there any specific books and/or DVD's someone can recommend for beginner Pilates?
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Answer by chick a dee
I would recommend 10 minute soultion videos, the have pilates, kickboxing, muscle toning, exercise ball, and for yoga I would recommend Leslie Sansone's You can do it Yoga video, I also love her Walk Away the Pounds video, these can be found at walmart, or online at amazon.com or ebay, that's where I got mine,and I love them all, varitey is the key that I use to keep me up with exercise.
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Dark Match:
*Chuck Palumbo defeated Daivari.
*MVP pinned Matt Hardy with the Playmaker in a good match. After the match, Michael Cole interviewed MVP in the ring and he said he would overcome the odds at Judgment Day and become the new United States champion.
*They are promoting Edge will give his "Inaugural Address" as WWE World champion later tonight.
*Paul London & Brian Kendrick & Jimmy Wang Yang defeated WWE Cruiserweight champion Chavo Guerrero & WWE Tag Team champions Deuce & Domino when Yang pinned Guerrero with a moonsault.
*Mark Henry pinned Funaki.
*WWE United States champion Chris Benoit defeated Finlay by DQ when MVP attacked Benoit as he had Finlay trapped in the Crippler Crossface.
*Backstage, Ozzy Osbourne is walking. Jillian Hall tries to stop him to talk to him but he keeps going.
*Ashley Massaro introduces Ozzy Osbourne, who performs.
*Mike the Miz Mizanin defeated Christian York.
*They aired a video promoting Timbaland's music video would air next week.
*Backstage, Kristal Marshall was talking to Teddy Long about interviewing Vicky Guerrero. Vicky walks in and Long tells her he will give her an interview for the position of his assistant.
*Kane (with Boogeyman and Little Boogey) defeated William Regal (with Dave Taylor).
*Teddy Long comes out and introduces WWE World champion Edge. Edge talks about being champion and says he will defend the title against anyone. Batista comes out and says the World championship is rightfully his and he's coming for it at Judgment Day.
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