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- Judge Slaps Down FTC's Attempt To Block Whole Foods/Wild Oats Deal
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Anonymous Coward, 12 Jul 2007 @ 7:26amFirst
Anonymous Coward, 12 Jul 2007 @ 7:27am
What he's doing with his time?Wasting it, Mostley...
Anonymous Coward, 12 Jul 2007 @ 7:33amOFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Charles Griswold, 12 Jul 2007 @ 7:37am
OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Don't you think that's a little extreme? All the idiot did was post "First".
Oh, you mean John Mackey. Well, it's still a little extreme.
mike sved, 8 Jan 2008 @ 9:31am
Re:quailty dropping along with stock/buy when at 1i work with wholefoods,and notice a change in there buying opp.by cutting corners,in the seafood dept. as well in other dept.the quailty has drop alot
Anonymous Coward, 12 Jul 2007 @ 7:38am
everybody does itAll those fanboy posts you read on various forums and message boards praising Apple products are actually just Steve Jobs using a pseudonym.
Anonymous Coward, 12 Jul 2007 @ 7:42amWhat he's doing with his time?
Who are you the time police!!
Edward Blunderbuss, 12 Jul 2007 @ 8:15am
Re:Yeah, maybe he posted in his free time?!
Which is just sad...
Ajax 4Hire, 12 Jul 2007 @ 8:32am
Re: Re: free time, work time, anytimehe is still the CEO and cannot give material information to a select audience.
In reality, he owns large block of stock, whether he sells at peaks or does a loan on stock colleteral, he still benefits. His job is directly measured against the stock price.
Duhhh! Company Board holds the CEO directly accountable for Stock Price.
I hear deaf ears.
Dr When, 12 Jul 2007 @ 11:45am
Re:He isn't Time Police, but I am. Get back to work.
Overcast, 12 Jul 2007 @ 7:58amHow different is it from these "pump ups" you see corporations do on the nightly news?
Just last week I seen something on the news that seemed more like an 'infomercial' than real news.
You get some 'expert' on there who says how great something is... blah blah blah.
Sounds to me like the CEO was just hyping his company.
Why is it now that people act like the damn internet is some kind of holy ground or something? OMG, someone said something on teh inteRnet that's not trUe about me!!!! REAWAWRRRRRRR
Ajax 4Hire, 12 Jul 2007 @ 8:06am
This is clearly a violation of Insider Tradingeven if he does not personally gain from the increase in stock price (which he will).
A corporate officer must make all company information public first. No longer can a company give guideance or any other information to a few select. It must be in a public news release.
Posting to a Message board, although a public forum would not be considered by the FTC as a widely distributed public news release.
I smell big problems for Whole Foods CEO in the near future.
SailorRipley, 13 Jul 2007 @ 7:51am
Re: This is clearly a violation of Insider Trading[Disclaimer: I have no stock, but do occasionally shop at a Whole Foods]
I am slightly less quick to judge...
I read the linked article and nowhere does anybody state (or even claim) that he did something illegal...at no point is anybody claiming that he used, or made available, any corporate information that was not already in the public domain.
I totally agree that IF he did, it was illegal to do so and he should be appropriately punished for it, however, based on what I've read, there is no proof, not even a real hint, that he actually did that.
Using a pseudonym etc... might seem shifty, but let's face it, any blog/site he would post on wouldn't, not for even 5 seconds, result in any real discussion (same would go for Jobs, Gates,...). I don't know if he did anything illegal, but judging from what I have been able to read on the subject, it looks like he had no illegal agenda and was just arguing (like he would have (been able to) if he hadn't been the CEO).
I'm not saying with certainty he is innocent, I don't know, not 100% sure, but (sorry to repeat myself) based on what I've been able to read, my statement is much more backed up by facts than yours...either of us can be wrong/right, but based on available information, your confidence is somewhat misplaced in my opinion
Dosquatch, 12 Jul 2007 @ 8:19am
Isn't part of the CEO's job to promote public confidence and opinion for his company? As long as he's just cheerleading, and not disclosing insider information, isn't this what he IS supposed to be doing, at least in part?
Are pseudonyms bad? Should they change the content of what a person says? I promise that this name is not what appears on my birth certificate, but at least I consistently use the same name. There's continuity with this name. Would my words somehow carry more weight if I were to post as Thomas instead?
Ajax 4Hire, 12 Jul 2007 @ 8:37am
Re: CheerleadingYes it is a CEOs job to Cheerlead.
But he/she cannot do it in hiding, it must be a public and well-disclosed.
Go look up Pump-n-Dump.
He is the pumper. As CEO he is required BY LAW to disclose this information in clearly defined public channels and with a clear definition of source.
He is doing neither, hiding who he is and limiting the scope of the distribution.
There are different rules for Corporate Officers than for the general employee or outsider. He broke those rules.
Jim (profile), 12 Jul 2007 @ 9:40am
Re: CheerleadingIs this not what the entire industry of golf is for? Give me a break, how is this any different and how would it be illegal?
Ajax 4Hire, 12 Jul 2007 @ 10:30am
Re: Re: CheerleadingBreak given.
If a CEO or any other corporate officer is found to give material information outside the normal stream of public media, then they will have to hire a lawyer to defend themselves.
From the way you couch the discussion (us vs. them, rich vs. poor) I can tell you are on the us/poor side of the equation.
Break given.
UniBoy, 12 Jul 2007 @ 9:26am
presumptionHmmm. A gov't agency made accusatiuons of postings supposedly made to the Internet by this guy under a pseudonym... Did they have a court order allowing them to wiretap his online communications? How exactly do they know it was him? Did his ISP hand over records related to his web posting activity? Were any privacy laws violated?
Do CEO's deserve less legal rights than the typical online music pirate? Or are TechDirt readers just full of hypocrisy?
Dave, 12 Jul 2007 @ 9:57am
GreedI used to date someone that worked for Whole Foods. She said that Whole Foods doesn't care about employees, so they are probably a good company to invest in.
But I was shocked when I found out the Whole Foods accepts food stamps and government aid. I had no idea that poverty-stricken people were so into health food.
Anonymous Coward, 12 Jul 2007 @ 10:35am
Re: GreedAs an institution that sells food,why shouldn't Whole Foods accept food stamps and government aid? They don't force the poor to buy their products, but that doesn't mean they should deny them the opportunity if they so choose.
Shalkar, 12 Jul 2007 @ 10:46am
Re: GreedFood stamps are supposed to be used for purchasing food---Everyone points fingers at the "Welfare Mom" who is buying chips and cookies for her kids as being too lazy to even bother cooking a meal. Now criticism for buying healthy food! Cheapest price for most nutients! Poor kids deserve to be healthy too...otherwise America may start to have a problem with obesity, oops...
Shan, 12 Sep 2008 @ 8:02am
Re: GreedEvery human being has a right to healthy food.
katherine, 27 Aug 2009 @ 6:11am
Re: GreedWow, ignorance isn't always bliss. So, what...if you're poor then it is unlikely that you would like to eat healthy?
Beth, 26 Jun 2011 @ 12:52pm
Re: GreedI hope you're not being serious. Anyone who shops at Whole Foods knows the value of eating healthy. Eating healthy is a right for everyone, whether they're in a bad spot financially or not.
As a single parent and college student I'm not able to fully support myself and my daughter without the help of government aid (which by the way is exactly what it's there for). If we had a Whole Foods near I would of course love to check out what they offer.
It's about making smart choices and if that means I go to Whole Foods for this or that I hope I don't run into someone who thinks less of me for using my EBT card there.
Beth, 26 Jun 2011 @ 12:54pm
Re: GreedI hope you're not being serious. Anyone who shops at Whole Foods knows the value of eating healthy. Eating healthy is a right for everyone, whether they're in a bad spot financially or not.
As a single parent and college student I'm not able to fully support myself and my daughter without the help of government aid (which by the way is exactly what it's there for). If we had a Whole Foods near I would of course love to check out what they offer.
It's about making smart choices and if that means I go to Whole Foods for this or that I hope I don't run into someone who thinks less of me for using my EBT card there.
Anonymous Coward, 12 Jul 2007 @ 12:24pmwhat a tool. i hope he pays for the unethical aspects of all of this, but i actually find the self-glorifying comments most disturbing.
"i like mackey's haircut. i think he looks cute!"
wow. just wow. glad i'm not a billionaire.
Shun, 12 Jul 2007 @ 4:37pm
Was the real crime that he was caught?A CEO's job, by definition is to praise the company and give it a lot of publicity. He kept the shareholders happy by (covertly) pumping up the share price. He probably "earned" himself nice big bonus checks, to boot. Now, given the incentive, is it not in a CEO's best interest to lie, cheat, and steal in order to maintain a high share price for his company?
Just how many CEO's of huge companies can claim that they are perfectly honest, all the time? And the down side to doing naughty things? You get caught, possibly fired, and you have to use 1% of the money you earned to hire a lawyer and pay whatever measly fine the government can come up with to "punish" you.
Maybe the share price goes down, maybe not. Either way, the system continues to exist.
Charles Griswold, 12 Jul 2007 @ 6:20pm
Re: Was the real crime that he was caught?
Now, given the incentive, is it not in a CEO's best interest to lie, cheat, and steal in order to maintain a high share price for his company?Of course not. That's the job of his marketing department. Honestly, the guy needs to learn to delegate a bit more.
Jenny, 12 Jul 2007 @ 7:19pm
reduce the cost in the right wayA CEO should help the company to reduce the cost and increase the profit in the right way, legal and acceptable.I am a member of acb2b.com dealing with trades between America and China. The aim for me to be a member of this site is just to find a cheaper provider for my business. And I do find! Try to explore, it is worthwhile.
Lee D, 13 Jul 2007 @ 12:34pm
Whatever line he crossed,The collective bloggosphere should all chip in and buy him something nice as our way of saying thank you for all the material. John Mackey is a genius at satire, even if he doesn't know it. http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/search/label/whole%20foods
Dan Greenfield, 13 Jul 2007 @ 6:32pm
CEO bloggingA while back, I listed 10 reasons why CEOs shouldn't blog. Http://bernaisesource.blog.com/1504872/ I should add potential stock manipulation to that list. It goes to show that blogging must be transparent whether you are the CEO or work in the mailroom
tcurranmortgage, 17 Jul 2007 @ 9:32am
A Web Reputation Follows YouIn its simplest form, this tale describes how a CEO violates one of the most fundamental tenets of a public corporation: transparency.
By creating online "alter egos" and attempting to hide his true IRL "self" this CEO demonstrated a telling quality of his chairmanship. If he can't be transparent on the internet---bearing in mind that your web reputation follows you wherever you go---how can he possibly be transparent in his other CEO activities?
Too, this story proves that many people still don't get it about the internet: the 'net doesn't provide the anonymity they all think it does!
I post a lot on the 'net and I follow a simple rule: whatever I "say" online is a direct reflection on my business. This allows me to keep my ire in check when attacked by a troll or when I want to fire off something silly and negative in response to something that gets me angry.
I've found this basic rule has saved me from embarrassing myself when I wanted to let my emotions speak instead of keeping my cool and thinking "long term" about my business and its online reputation.
Sometimes simple is very, very hard to do, but it's well worth the effort.
John, 17 Jul 2007 @ 2:59pm
I don't see what this fuss is all about...Ok, I am not a relative of Mr. Mackey nor Mackey himeself under a psuedo name.
Now that I have gotten that out of my chest, i feel very relieved so that I can say whatever I have to say... right?
What is the big deal that this man has done? Everyone uses different psuedo names in message boards. There monkeys with keyboard on Message boards. Who the heck cares about what they say, there are always insiders taking sides of their companies and talking good things about their pay-checkin paying companies.
Albeit this guy happen to be the CEO, what rights did he violate? what did he really do? There is nothing wrong in his actions, he could cry out wolf or sweet talk his whole life and no one would have given hoots about that.
Media is having a ball like those star magazines who trive on Paris hilton stories. IMo, He did not violate nothin. Waste of SEC time, and everyone's time...
who care of what he thinks of his competitors, you have to be reading the message boards to have an idea of what goes on there, before you start a issue out there... and whoever invests with the message board info is a fool anyway.
BTW, did I mention monkey with keyboard, I wouldn't have done nothin with his comments.
John (of course a pseudo name, what do you think!)
Anonymous Coward, 17 Jul 2007 @ 5:32pm
Childish or Childlike ?What is this guy 13 years old ...
Rkeane, 30 Aug 2009 @ 11:41am
Goldman Sachs scandal with secret softwareRick Aristottle Munariz of the Motley Fools is paid to mislead investors about Sirius XM Radio. He is part of a news media collusion lead by CNBC and their own Jim Cramer. Jim Cramer's street.com web site is also hip deep into the collusion. Jim Cramer and his writers, especially Scott Moritz are all part of the scandal and it leads upward to CNBC/GE executives and Goldman Sachs. Thank god their is now an investigation taking place with Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs was investigated and 10 firms, including Goldman Sachs were fined $1.4 Billion dollars in 2003. Now the full blown investigation by Boston's Chief Financial Regulator William Galvin will reveal the corruption of Goldman Sachs again and I can only hope that William Galvin will follow the money trail and check the bank accounts of Rick Aristottle Munariz of the Motley Fools along with Scott Moritz of the Street.com Just check these 2 writers banking accounts and the investigation will reveal that they are being paid off to write mis-leading stories about Sirius XM Radio. The money trail from these 2 writers will lead to >>> Motley Fools >>> Street.com >>> Jim Cramer >>> CNBC >>> GE / CNBC executives >>> NAB >>> Goldman Sachs.
It has all been a news media collusion along with the combination of Wall Street corruption by Goldman Sachs to destroy Sirius XM Radio inc. by naked short selling, flash trading, superfast computers, using secret software to manipulate the Sirius XM Stock price in decimal places the past few years since the Siri /XM merger was announce in Jan 2007. It was a pact agreed to by the news media and Goldman Sachs, which is why CNBC keeps reporting positive story after positive story about Goldman Sachs. All are into this collusion knee deep and this is why they will not report Goldman Sachs and their biggest scandal in the history of Wall Street.
Goldman Sachs got greedy. The scandal with Sirius XM Radio, worked so well with their secret software that was making them millions of dollars a day. Well, their Greed expanded into not just naked shorting & decimal place trading Sirius XM radio, but Goldman Sachs, next said , heck this secret software works so well, along with CNBC's cover up lets do it to our competition the banking industry. Goldman Sachs next used these tactics on the banking industry in 2008 - 2009. They have been protected by CNBC by paying CNBC millions of dollars a month in advertising or shall we say paid protection.
Goldman Sachs greed almost ruined this country when they began using naked shorting and their secret software to attack the banks. It was their Greed of making millions using this software attacking Sirius XM Radio and when they expanded their scandal to the banking industry, they were now making over $100 million dollars a day. This is a fact, as Goldman Sachs made over $100 million dollars a day in 46 of 64 trading days last Quarter 2009 ( April , May, June 2009 ).
CNBC is part of the scandal, taking in million a months from Goldman Sachs for their silence. Why wouldn't Goldman Sachs pay CNBC millions of month, that was nothing to them, since they are making over $100 million dollars a day. They helped CNBC try to ruin the competition ( Siri ) and now CNBC will help them ruin the other Banks. A true partnership by Goldman Sachs & CNBC.
The scandal lives on today, but thankfully the investigation by William Galvin will be expanded into the news media collusion of CNBC, Motley Fools & Street.com along with many other news media types.
Their Greed and goals have cost the average investors of the World hundreds of billions of dollars the past few years. In the end the truth is going to come out, but how does the people of the World hear the truth when the news media is part of the Scandal.
Well, a few years ago, CNBC & Goldman Sachs would have gotten away with it, but thank you www.Satwaves.com , www.twitter.com/stockshockmovie and the many social media outlets and bloggers out there. Thank you for helping bring the truth to the World. Each day we get closer and closer to the biggest scandal in the history of the United States. ( Written by Richard Keane – August 30th, 2009 )
Nonthawat, 13 Jan 2010 @ 3:22am
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If you enjoy Thai foods or you want to learn more about them, try visiting the website, www.thai-food.in.th. It is only just beginning but I think you will eventually find it to be a great resource. It also explores a variety of Thai food facts in general.
Nonthawat, 13 Jan 2010 @ 3:23am
Thai Food & Thai RecipesThank you very much. The information was very nice and the service was excellent.
If you enjoy Thai foods or you want to learn more about them, try visiting the website, www.thai-food.in.th. It is only just beginning but I think you will eventually find it to be a great resource. It also explores a variety of Thai food facts in general.
best restaurant, 25 Jun 2010 @ 4:28am
add restaurantWhen visiting Thailand, H. never once was asked how spicy the food should be when served. In my own experience in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Korea, or anywhere in Europe, you could possibly make certain reasonable requests, but it was not so common unless you had unusual needs, and you were certainly almost never asked how spicy you wanted the food; it would just come with a reasonable default.so you can add restaurant .thanks...................................
best restaurant, 25 Jun 2010 @ 4:33am
add restaurantWhen visiting Thailand, H. never once was asked how spicy the food should be when served. In my own experience in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Korea, or anywhere in Europe, you could possibly make certain reasonable requests, but it was not so common unless you had unusual needs, and you were certainly almost never asked how spicy you wanted the food; it would just come with a reasonable default.so you can add restaurant .thanks...................................


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While this isn't the first time I've covered the distance before, this is the first time I've had this problem. I didn't feel it while I was running, but when I got home and tried to put on a regular bra I noticed my boobs had chafing near the nipples. Has anybody else had this problem? How did you stop it??
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This thread is useless without pictures.
I must admit I giggled seeing this thread title above another entitled "Lactate Threshold."
New running bra?
Never had the nipple problem, but regularly get chaffing from the strap on my sternum esp if I have a HR monitor. I use a simple band-aid over that area.
I have absolutely nothing to offer to this thread. I merely clicked on it because I saw the word "boob" and couldn't stop myself. I'm 39 years old, going on 14. Of course, most guys are when it comes to boobs.
I have nipple chafing issues, but use bandaids.....I got nothing else to offer. Sorry.
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Actually I would ask the opposite. When my bras get too loose I tend to get weird chafing. Use Glide and try a different bra.
Also, was it the first warm day? Maybe sweat was a factor?
Bodyglide (sold in stick form) or Chafe Free (in a tube) applied pre-run will help prevent chafing.
Aquaphor is good to help it heal quickly.
Actually I would ask the opposite. When my bras get too loose I tend to get weird chafing.
Actually I would ask the opposite. When my bras get too loose I tend to get weird chafing.
This is my experience. Chafing usually indicated that the bra is getting too loose and is heading for retirement soon...
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Lots of body glide. And seamless bra if possible.
Fix it or break it.
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I get underboob chafing. Body glide helps... When I remember to use it. I was fine all winter; now it's getting warmer so I'm sweating more.
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Friction and movement isn't your friend - I would say get a new/different bra!
Thanks gals. I`ve used that bra plenty and it fits well so I`ll first try the bodyglide, then if that doesn`t work I guess I`ll be finding money for new sports bras.
MTA: TeaOlive, where do you get seamless sports bras?
You sure about that? We American gals have a long history of wearing too large a band size. I don't really know how many miles I get out of a bra, but I tend to replace them once/year and I generally rotate 2-3...logging maybe 250-400 miles/bra.
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Sizing I'm pretty sure of. I'm a 36D/DD, so bra shopping is a challenge to begin with. I've been measured professionally as a 36D. However, sports bras are weird cause they come in S/M/L/XL sizes, but I go by if it fits snug enough to stop the bounce and isn't too tight then it fits and that's worked for the last 4 years I've been running.
However, wear and tear I don't know about. I've had some of mine probably 3 years, although the one I was wearing the other day is probably only a year old. How does one tell if a bra is worn out? The seams are all good and the tech fabric still feels like it should, which is what I go by on regular bras.
You sure about that? We American gals have a long history of wearing too large a band size. I don't really know how many miles I get out of a bra, but I tend to replace them once/year and I generally rotate 2-3...logging maybe 250-400 miles/bra.
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I get underboob chafing and the only solution is bodyglide et. al. But nipple chafing to me sounds like the bra is a little big. Sounds like you have an old fashioned pull over your head kind which is bound to stretch out eventually.
My guess is your mistake is buying sports bras that are sold S M L XL. They tend to have horrid fit for the larger cups as they size them up everywhere, not just in the cup. I buy these.... get your band size as professionally measured and your cup size err on the small side. I usually buy 1 cup smaller to get a little more squish but I like them pretty tight for running.
Double check your band size yourself. Many places are still adding 4 inches to the measurement which is a bit much.
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School goes nuclear on student expression
Bans all statements rather than allow a pro-life message
Administrators at a school in Tacoma, Wash., have gone nuclear over student expression, banning any and all statements of opinion or expression on posters in school hallways rather than allow a pro-life message to appear.
Word comes from the Thomas More Society of the decision by Wilson High School.
The school had allowed promotions for a "gay"-straight alliance, but when the local Students for Life proposed adding their own posters to the mix, promoting a pro-life position, the school censored them.
When the Thomas More Society wrote a letter pointing out the inconsistency, school officials responded by banning everything.
"The new restrictive speech policy by the Wilson High School administration teaches a harmful message to their students," said Peter Breen, vice president and senior counsel of the Thomas More Society.
"Instead of showing these young citizens the value of the robust exchange of ideas guaranteed by the First Amendment, the school officials are teaching that the government will go to great lengths to silence messages that it opposes, including the pro-life message. Is that the lesson we want these future voters to take to heart?"
The conflict began when school officials responded to a request from Wilson Students for Life, led by student Bryce Asberg, for equal treatment for his organization. Asberg wanted to organize events for students within the guidelines that apply to other groups.
But school officials withdrew the right for anyone in the school to post expressive posters.
The Thomas More Society said the principal granted Students for Life permission for a pro-life Day of Silence at the high school and to host a diaper drive for a local pregnancy center.
However, in response to WSFL's request to hang its pro-life posters, the school decided this week to prohibit all groups from hanging posters containing any graphics, opinions, or other expressive text.
Only meeting or event information is allowed on posters.
"The effect of this policy is that the expressive nature of any student group's speech will be limited to the audience that actually attends the meetings or events, with no ability to provoke thought or spark debate with the viewers of the poster who would likely not attend the actual event," the Thomas More Society said.
Asberg said that while "there is equality under this new policy, no one's voice will be heard."
Kristan Hawkins, national president of Students for Life of America, said that while his organization is pleased that the Wilson High School administration is now allowing Wilson Students for Life's events to proceed, "we are disappointed that the school has chosen to implement a policy that will limit every student's ability to publicly advocate for causes they believe in, simply to avoid the pro-life message."
"They are sending a message to all Wilson High students that if they stand up for their rights, everyone's will be taken away," Hawkinds said. "How can Wilson High School say it is preparing students for the 'real world' when they won't allow important issues, issues that directly affect young people, to be discussed in the public square?"
Wilson officials did not respond to a request from WND for comment.
Asberg's group wanted to put up two posters. The first reads "Since Roe v. Wade 1/3 of our generation has been aborted" and features picture of a milk carton and the word "missing" above a photo of a baby. The second poster quotes President Ronald Reagan: "I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion is already born."
But school officials said the posters might "offend."
However, the same officials allowed flyers and posters promoting homosexual relationships to students by showing conjoined male symbols and conjoined female symbols and stating, "Love knows no limits."


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Designer Anait Bian's Birthday Party at Tavern on the Green
Friday, October 6, 2006 at Tavern on the Green, New York City-- Designer Anait Bian celebrated her birthday with friends including actress Christy Scott Cashman (who is currently starring in Kettle of Fish. For more about Christy, click here), image guru to the stars, Montgomery Frazier, Susan Shin, John Mahdessian, Laura Wells, Christine Cachot, Christina Wood, Alex Pasha Bahadori, Gwen Bokine, Leven Rambin, Anna Kulinova, Melissa Berkelhammer, Lionel von Richthofen, Gordon von Broock, Renee Lucas, Cat Hausmann, Jeffrey Caldwell and many others on a chilly Friday evening in New York City. Guests enjoyed a delicious chocolate cake with creamy vanilla? frosting washed down with Vueve Clicquot champagne and Grey Goose vodka mixed with V&V Premium Energy Beverages. To see photos from Anait Bian's birthday party last year, CLICK HERE. PHOTO CREDIT: ©Manhattan Society.com 2006 by Christopher London (disclaimer: photos taken with infrequently used pocket digital camera) | tel:Private |e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com More
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Two teens were sentenced in Hood River Circuit Court on Monday for their involvement in the vehicular-related deaths of others.
Both Uriel Lozano, 16, and Samuel Trejo-Rodriguez, 17, pled guilty to adult felony charges that they had violated safe driving practices. Judge Donald Hull ordered them both to prepare 45-minute orations that might warn other youth away from irresponsible behavior behind the wheel.
Lozano was given 180 days in jail for criminally negligent homicide related to the death of his friend, Bismar Guadarrama, in May. His license was revoked for eight years and he was ordered to pay $3,600 in compensatory damages to the victim's family. In addition, he has to complete a drug and alcohol treatment program, finish high school and make a personal appearance quarterly to report on his progress to Hull. He will speak at nine Mid-Columbia high schools to tell other students about what happened to his friend, his emotions about that incident and how it could have been prevented.
"I see three things here that contributed to the death of someone who probably had a bright future, dreams and aspirations: youth, speed and alcohol," said Hull.
According to police reports, Lozano and Bismar were returning to Hood River from a party in the upper valley when they began racing against Alonso Muro, 17, north on Highway 35. The speed of the vehicles reached up to 90 miles per hour, according to police, before Lozano lost control of the car he was driving and crashed into a guardrail just south of Odell a few minutes after midnight on May 20. When the passenger door flew open and the seatbelt failed, Guadarrama was thrown from the vehicle and sustained severe head injuries that caused his death two days later. Lozano received only minor injuries in the wreck and admitted to law enforcement officials that he had consumed three beers that evening.
Muro has been charged with Reckless Driving and is scheduled to enter a plea on Sept. 17. Three other juveniles attending that party have been cited for underage drinking and furnishing alcohol to a minor.
"The reason cops take the time and spend the effort to break up teenage drinking parties is exactly because of cases like this," said Hood River District Attorney John Sewell.
Speed also was a factor in the July 2 hit and run death of Patrick T. Edwards of Hood River. Rodriguez was ordered to serve 45 days in jail, followed by 36 months of probation and 240 hours of community service. In addition, he was given $405 in court fines and fees and instructed to complete his senior year in high school with satisfactory grades. He will deliver a speech to four area high schools to explain his criminal conviction and his drivers license has been taken away for five years.
"I want you to explain to people that negligent acts lead to tragedy," said Hull.
Rodriguez told Hull at his Aug. 27 court appearance that he had been driving down Eugene Street at a high rate of speed just prior to being confronted by Edwards, 50, who resided there, on the evening of June 30. He said that Edwards began to yell and swear at him when he stopped at a friends' house and then physically stood in front of the car as he was attempting to leave the scene. According to witness statements, Rodriguez was traveling between 5-10 miles per hour when he ran into Edwards after attempting to go around him several times. According to police reports, when Edwards fell off the hood of the car he struck his head on the ground and Rodriguez left the scene.
Two days later Edwards died as a result of head injuries received in that fall and Rodriguez was arrested after friends revealed his identity to investigating officers. At the time of the incident, Rodriguez' license was in the process of being suspended on an unrelated DUII charge and, since then, he has opted to participate in a diversion program available to first-time offenders.
"This was a tragic accident and clearly Samuel Trejo-Rodriguez shouldn't have left the scene, but it didn't rise to the level of criminal negligence as defined in the law," said Sewell.
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So, I don't know if it's possible for people to get gremlins or not. My bike seems to be sorted out, but the gremlins aren't gone yet. This time they're after my wife.
Last night right before leaving work, my wife started to feel kind of off. She had a strange upper abdominal pain that was causing her quite a bit of discomfort. After I ate a late supper, I did some laundry since my bike clothes were all nasty. This, unfortunately, got me to bed around 2:00 AM and asleep some 10 minutes later. Not really my ideal bedtime considering the alarm goes off at 5:30.
The problem is that I didn't sleep until 5:30. My wife's pain started to flare up to unbearable levels at about 3:30. Off to the ER we went. I brought the bike, since there's a bus stop about a mile from the ER. I'm on the bus right now.
So far, they still don't know what's wrong. They have a few different diagnostics to run. Keep my wife in your prayers if you're the praying type. As for me, I'm going to be operating on 1 hour and 20 minutes of sleep. In other words, riding all the way to work from home would take longer than the nap I got.
I think I feel a 20 ounce quadruple-shot mocha coming my way.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Human Gremlins?
So, I don't know if it's possible for people to get gremlins or not. My bike seems to be sorted out, but the gremlins aren't gone yet. This time they're after my wife.
4 comments:
- Mike said...
My prayers are with you and your wife Noah. Keep us posted.
- June 13, 2007 7:56 AM
- A Midnight Rider said...
The doctors will take good care of your wife.
I'm still amazed at how you get by with so little sleep.
- June 13, 2007 9:06 AM
Just got back from my trip. Sorry to hear about your wife. Yes, of course, I'll keep you both in my prayers.
- June 13, 2007 4:59 PM
- Frogman said...
Hope it's something simple and easy to take care of.
- June 13, 2007 9:37 PM
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A Guide to X-Men: First Class Continuity, Does It All Make Sense?
Should X-Men: First Class have made a clean break from the previous X-Men films? Probably so, according to how convoluted the continuity is now. Maybe this is in keeping with the spirit of the X-Men books, without a doubt Marvel's most confusing comics from a timeline perspective, but one gets the impression that no one on the First Class crew actually took the time to watch the previous four X-Men films.
Check out these differences between First Class, the earlier X-Men movies, and the comics on which they are based.
(Mouseover for some fun)
Professor Charles Xavier
From X-Men: "When I was 17, I met a young man named Erik Lehnsherr..."
Does it look like James McAvoy is playing a seventeen year old in X-Men: First Class? Not one bit. In keeping with the comics, the men did meet each other as young adults, but the specifics of their initial meeting are different -- in the comics, they meet at a psychiatric hospital catering to Holocaust survivors; in First Class, they meet during an attempt to subdue the evil mutant Sebastian Shaw.
From X-Men: "Cyclops, Storm, and Jean were some of my first students."
Even if "first students" isn't quite the same as "first class," this is still contradicted by later films. In First Class, the school is established in 1962. If X-Men: The Last Stand takes place in the "near future" of 2006, then the "twenty years ago" title card that introduces the moment in which Magneto and Professor X meet Jean Grey for the first time would be set sometime around 1986. That's a twenty-four year difference from the moment the school opened, till Jean Grey became a pupil. Unless enrollment was way down, there's no way Jean could be considered one of Professor X's first students.
Cyclops (aka Scott Summers) shows up in the movies for the "first" time in the mid-1970s world of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, when Prof. X rescues him from William Stryker, along with a dozen other young mutants. Due to the time frame, this would also discount Professor X's claim that Cyclops is one of his first students.
On a bit of a side note, these contradictions also mess up the age difference between Jean Grey and Cyclops. Cyclops is clearly a teenager in Wolverine and Jean looks to be around ten years old in The Last Stand. This would put Cyclops considerably older than Jean, when it's obvious in the first three films that Jean is clearly older than Scott.
The line from X-Men about first students is an obvious nod to the comics (save for Storm), because the original first class was made up of Cyclops, Angel (aka Warren Worthington, not Angel Salvadore, as seen in First Class), Iceman, Beast, and Jean Grey.
From X-Men:
Xavier (explaining why he can't find Magneto with Cerebro): "He's found some way to shield himself from it."
Wolverine: "How would he know how to do that?"
Xavier: "Because he helped me build it."
Way to take credit for Hank McCoy's invention, Professor! This bit of dialogue is in keeping with the comics, more or less. Xavier created Cerebro, with some later help from McCoy, but Magneto didn't really have anything to do with it. In First Class, it's established that Hank McCoy created Cerebro, but it's possible that Prof. X and Magneto may have built the massive, updated version that we see in the first X-Men film.
That aside, it's Magneto's helmet that keeps Xavier from finding him, and according to First Class, Xavier should know this since it's actually a major plot point in the film.
Xavier walks in The Last Stand and Wolverine.
Whoops. In The Last Stand, Xavier walks to Jean Grey's house from his car (in a scene that takes place in the mid-1980s). Backing up a little bit to the 70s, Xavier is seen walking out of an helicopter in Wolverine. It's clearly established in First Class that Xavier is paralyzed in 1962. I'm not sure how the filmmakers missed this major continuity boner.
In the comics, Xavier is paralyzed before he starts the school, by having a large stone dropped on him by the alien Lucifer.
In X-Men, Mystique knows where Xavier's school is and knows how to sabotage Cerebro.
This works out pretty well, since First Class establishes that she knows how to break in to Xavier's home undetected. She's also familiar with Cerebro, so this little bit of retro-continuity helps X-Men make a little more sense. Without First Class, this was one of X-Men's biggest plot holes.
In The Last Stand, Beast knows Mystique very well.
Again, this is a happy accident. First Class establishes a strong relationship between the two characters, so when Hank McCoy reviews the security footage of Mystique in The Last Stand, it makes sense that he would be intimately aware of her abilities.
From X-Men: The Last Stand: "My family tried to kill me, you pathetic meat sack."
There's nothing in that line that contradicts the events of First Class, but it adds an interesting layer of subtext to her orphaned character, and why she immediately took to Xavier as if he were her brother. While there's no connection like this at all between Xavier and Mystique in the comics, it works well for the films.
Hank McCoy is first seen, sans blue fur, in X2: X-Men United.
The characterization is correct -- Hank appears as a pundit for mutant rights on a news program, in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo. He gets his blue fur in First Class (in a way that's shockingly close to the comics -- the blue fur is the result of an experiment gone awry, not his personal mutation), but he's 100% fur-less in this X2 scene, which takes place decades after First Class.
I guess he gets his hair again before The Last Stand, because he's blue and furry by the time Kelsey Grammer played the role (though the make-up design is completely different, right down to the eye color).
Banshee is taken in by Xavier at the end of Wolverine.
Banshee is one of the kids that Xavier whisks away to safety at the end of Wolverine. This majorly contradicts First Class, which finds Banshee as one of Xavier's first students. In addition, he appears to be the same age in both films, despite more than a decade passing between their events. In the comics, Banshee was a former Interpol agent, making him an adult when he finally joined the X-Men. He was never a student at Xavier's school.
Banshee's daughter Siryn is in X2.
This is just a nifty Easter egg from the comics that doesn't impact the films' continuity much.
Emma Frost
In Wolverine, Emma Frost is a teenager and is taken away to safety by Prof. X at the end of the film.
First Class gets Emma Frost more or less correct. She's portrayed as one of Sebastian Shaw's key members of the Hellfire Club, and a powerful psychic in her own right, just like her comic book roots. The diamond skin ability, as seen in First Class and Wolverine, is a power that was added to the character only recently in the comics. Her appearance in Wolverine doesn't jibe at all with her appearance in First Class, with the character aging backwards and having no apparent ties to Xavier, despite their confrontations in First Class.
It's pretty obvious that the X-Men film continuity is beyond repair at this point. First Class is entertaining enough on its own, to the point that timeline nitpicks are just that -- nitpicks. Still, they probably should've cleared the slate with this prequel, and allowed Xavier's first class to mimic the first class of the comics, re-introducing our favorite X-Men instead of third tier characters like Darwin and Angel Salvadore. Maybe the next X-Men film will be a clean re-start, but if not, I'll still be there to see the further adventures of Professor X and his mutant super-team, no matter how much further they complicate the timeline of the series.
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A Heart for Jesus
The Holy Spirit can reach our heart no matter how much we may have sinned.
Hardened Heart, Holy Spirit, Salvation, Sin
Instruction slip page [PDF] Click here
Approximately 10 minutes
Before class, print the instruction slip page. Cut and attach one slip to each Tootsie Roll Pop so you have one for each child.
The children will take home their candy and follow the instructions on the paper slip. If Tootsie Roll Pops are unavailable, you can easily modify this object talk to use individually wrapped sandwich cookies.
What I have here is a yummy Tootsie Roll Pop! Everyone loves Tootsie Roll Pops! There is delicious candy on the outside, and even more delicious chewy Tootsie Roll in the center. You know this candy reminds me about how a person can have a relationship with Jesus.
First, the center of this candy is soft, like a person's heart. The Bible talks about having a hard heart. How does a heart become hard? Well, it is sin. The Bible says, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). The hard candy reminds me of sin that covers the heart. Each time someone sins, another layer of hard stuff surrounds the heart. Then, to make it worse, people refuse to admit they are sinners. Instead, they cover their sin with pride, denial, even doing things that make them look good. That is like the wrapper covering this candy.
When a person removes the wrapper of denial and pride (remove wrapper), the Holy Spirit can complete His work. He can lick past all the hard stuff covering your heart (take a few licks) and give you the gift of life that comes from knowing Jesus as Savior. Your heart then belongs to Jesus, and that is a wonderful ending. Now we will get ready for the homework! (Pass out one candy with instruction slip attached to each child.) I want each of you to take your Tootsie Roll Pop home. Yes, your homework is to eat the Tootsie Roll Pop. Not so bad is it! However, as you do I want you to following the instructions on the small slip of paper that is attached. That part is very important.
Verses on instruction slip:
Jeremiah 23:24 "Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?" declares the LORD. "Do not I fill heaven and earth?" declares the LORD.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all urighteousness.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.


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Royole's FlexPai Smartphone – Flexible and Foldable!
Modius - Positive Attitude is Important for Losing Weight, but apparently Vestibular Nerve Stimulation helps too!
Last Gadget Standing finalist
Modius from Neurovalens - a few short, relaxing sessions a day apparently does the trick!
More and more, consumer wearables are making meaningful improvements to people's well-being. Helping people achieve leaner, healthier bodies improves quality of life and could radically reduce healthcare costs and even save lives. So this one got my attention!
This product - Modius, is a non-invasive headset which, through vestibular nerve stimulation claims to do just that. The device was designed to "activate the epicenter in the brain - the hypothalamus - that causes people to struggle with their weight".
Neurovalens, a neuroscience technology company headed up by Dr. Jason McKeown, launched the product last year after a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign and secured orders on a global scale. Results from users in 80 countries are now pouring in: they claim 80% of users have experienced significant weight loss from using the device and 1 ton of collective weight has been shed!
This one caught my eye and is one to watch in my opinion. I will be watching :-)
Neuro-hacker company Brainco may help handicapped, improve health
The Brainco "mind control" headband from Looxid Labs. Effectively hacks into brain signals with a range of applications — from helping to improve attention spans, to detecting disease, controlling smart home appliances or even a prosthetic device.
According to Zenchuan Lei, the device "translates your brainwaves into electronic signals"
BrainCo. demonstrated how a person could use the headband to manipulate a prosthetic hand using brainwaves or simply turn the lights on or off just by focusing on that."
Harvard and MIT scientists employ "neuro feedback," as a means of allowing people to control their brain waves for various purposes. Brainco is developing the hardware and software required and hopes to have it available later this year for less than $150.
Is Virtual Reality producing Swivel Chair Potatoes?
Couch potatoes are a dying breed. People are just not sitting in one place long enough to view content these days.
At the Innovation City exhibition at Mobile World Congress this year there certainly were a lot of Swivel Chairs and there was a queue to sit in them. Mostly to view 3D360º content of all types. Everything from games, roller coaster rides to real live video content shot in 3D360º.
An unbelievable Interactive Entertainment experience!
The technology is now with us and very cheap if you add your own Smartphone as the screen.
Unlike couch potatoes and movie goers, they were not all looking in the same direction! Up, down and all around. The swivel chair is a must as without it, a sore neck results!
So my new term for viewers of virtual and real 3D360º content is "Swivel Chair Potatoes".
Pay attention Broadcast, TV and movie industry players! This is a new kind of compelling content for you to monetise. Think news, sports, travel, documentaries, reality shows and lots more...
Augmenting Reality - Add Smell to the Sensory Experience!
13 March 2015 - I have been an outspoken advocate of Augmented Reality needing to be a Five Senses experience simply because our 'reality' experience involves all five, 24/7. I have been working with a stealth start up in the process of bringing context driven fragrance and scent dispensing into the wearable technology space. More on that sometime soon :-)
As a followup to the Wearable Technology Show this past week, I met with Adrian David Cheok, Professor of Pervasive Computing at City University London and Founder and Director of the Mixed Reality Lab in Singapore.
He introduced me to Scentee, a scent spraying APPessory to iOS and Android Smartphones. A bit large to fit in your pocket, but not bad for a first pass at producing smells on demand or remotely over long distances.
Scentee also is the technology for an Oscar Meyer Bacon campaign that made the technology and an APP called "Wake Up and Smell the Bacon" available to lucky contest winners.
Basically when your alarm on your phone goes off, it makes the sizzling sound and produces a puff of the smell of Bacon to get you interested in actually getting up and cooking some!
This all Caught My Eye and my Olfactories!
It's a start...
More to come! Watch this space!
The Premium Watch Brands Make their Move
Starting now (March 2015), the "Connected Watch" (aka, Smart Watch) sector will be dominated by existing watch brands that know their customers well and they will now add appropriate features and applications in their next models. Partly because it's the next value add they can make to their products and simply because they can - the electronics fit in without changing the profile of their products, they know what features would turn on their brand fans next and their consumer base all have smartphones.
These brands, plus a precious few - Apple, Pebble, Martian and a few other "Smart Watch" pioneers will be the dominant players in this category going forward. (R.I.P. to most of the others)
Other notable evidence - Guess Watches with Martian inside. Swarovski Shine with Misfit Shine hiding inside their latest jewellery collection.
GUESS CONNECT, Powered by Martian
Another example of a Fashion Brand with a strong market following partnering with one of the leading wearable technology companies. I wrote this up last year as the Martian Notifier because of it's styling and functionality and have been wearing it for quite a while because it looks like a normal watch, but has valuable functionality hiding inside.
Adding the Guess styling and brand to the equation could be a winner.
GUESS CONNECT, Powered by Martian. Looking forward to trying one of these!
A Wearable with a Mission - OhMiBod
It was inevitable - connected marital aids. I can't really expand on this too much, but I think if I describe some of the functions, you will be able to take it from there. I must admit, the person at the booth certainly understood the use cases!
Stimulation in cadence to heart rate, music, various settings, etc. etc. etc.
Plus remote control stimulation. The world is your oyster! This is definitely a notable step up from the CuteCircuit Hug Shirt!


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DENVER—After struggling much of the season, Colorado at last made the most of its power play.
The Avalanche went 3 for 3 with the man advantage, getting power-play scores from Ryan O'Reilly, Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon as Colorado beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Tuesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.
Jamie McGinn and Jan Hejda also scored for the Avalanche, who won despite being outshot 38-23. Semyon Varlamov made 35 saves for Colorado.
"They took it to us on the 5-on-5," said Colorado's Matt Duchene, who had two assists. "So we got those chances on the power play. That is where we wanted to bear down and we did it."
Nick Foligno, Boone Jenner and Ryan Johansen scored Columbus' goals.
The effectiveness Colorado showed on the power play was in contrast to their record coming into the game, ranking 18th in the league and converting 22 of 129 previous opportunities.
"It has been so-so all year," Landeskog said. "But we've worked on it. We moved the puck around and it worked. We had some good opportunities and then we opened it up."
While Colorado capitalized on its power play, Columbus was shut down by the Avs' penalty-killing unit, going 0 for 3 with the man advantage.
"We out-worked them, out-shot them and out-chanced them. And we still came up short," Columbus center Mark Letestu said. "Our penalty-kill has to step up here. That's two games we have been burned pretty good there. As a group, we have to look in the mirror and be better."
Leading 3-2, Colorado scored on the power play for the second time when Paul Stastny passed across the slot to Landeskog, who was perched on the doorstep. Landeskog put the puck into an open net at 8:10 of the third period.
Just 37 seconds later, Foligno responded with a wraparound shot that got past Varlamov to again narrow the Blue Jackets' deficit to one.
Columbus snapped a 1-1 tie at 8:34 of the second period on a goal by Jenner, but the Blue Jackets couldn't hold the lead as the Avalanche scored twice less than 3 minutes apart later in the period.
Duchene's shot from the slot bounded away from goalie Curtis McElhinney and onto the stick of McGinn, who backhanded the rebound into the net to make it 2-2 at 12:04 of the second.
The Avalanche then capitalized on a power play to take the lead at 14:42 of the second with Duchene again in the middle of the action. His shot was stopped by McElhinney, but the rebound again got away. O'Reilly gathered in the loose puck and knocked it into the net to put the Avalanche up by one at 14:42 of the second.
The Blue Jackets scored first 4:13 into the game.
Foligno muscled his way past defenseman Hejda to get a shot that bounced off the pads of Varlamov. Johansen beat MacKinnon and slapped the puck past Varlamov for his 16th goal.
Hejda, who spent four seasons with Columbus from 2007-11, made amends at 6:33. He got to a loose puck along the boards, and his slap shot from the left point wriggled through McElhinney's pads for his fourth goal.
NOTES: Duchene had a team-leading 16 points in December (4 goals, 12 assists). … The Avalanche hosted a New Year's Eve game at the Pepsi Center for the first time. … Johansen has 10 goals and eight assists in his last 17 games. … Columbus is 6-17-2 against Colorado. … The Avalanche improved to 9-3 against Eastern Conference teams this season.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After trailing by two runs at the top of the second inning of the first game on Thursday afternoon, the MIT softball team came from behind to defeat Newbury College, 8-2, in non-conference play. Later on in the evening, the Engineers won their second game against the Nighthawks, 3-0. The games were the season opener for Tech, while Newbury fell to 3-7 for the season.
After taking a 1-0 lead in the first, Newbury added another run in the second on an RBI single by Alyssa Donovan. The Nighthawks remained ahead until the bottom of the fifth when freshman Alexandra Marshall (Glen Head, N.Y.) doubled, moving to third base on sophomore Sarah Van Belleghem's (Los Gatos, Calif.) single. Marshall then scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of freshman Melissa Kreider (Branford, Conn.), leaving Van Belleghem on third. With a single by sophomore Ellie Fodor (Trenton, Mich.), Van Belleghem also scored, evening the score at 2-2.
MIT broke the game open in the sixth inning with six runs, taking advantage of three Newbury errors. After a leadoff single by senior Leah Alpert (Needham, Mass.), Newbury committed back-to-back errors that led to the first Engineer run of the inning. Marshall, Fodor and Jensen all added RBI singles in the inning as MIT took control of the game.
Marshall came in to pitch the final three innings of the game, giving up only one hit and striking out seven to earn the win.
Marshall started game two and got out of a bases loaded, one-out jam, getting a fielder's choice and a ground out to short to end the threat. In the bottom of the second, MIT scored what proved to be the winning run when Alpert led off with a single, moved to third with a sacrifice and scored on a ground out by Kreider. After walks to Kirwin and Marshall and a single by Van Belleghem loaded the bases, the Engineers struck for two more runs on a Wopat single.
Fodor then came on in relief of Marshall and did the rest for MIT, holding Newbury to just one hit over the final three innings to pick up the win.
The Engineers will return to the pitch on Tuesday, March 19 when they host Simmons College at 3:00 and 5:00 p.m.


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Andrew Bradford is the new executive director of the Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts, the Lafayette-based group announced Monday.
Bradford, whose appointment officially begins Aug. 11, replaces David Pratt, who had accepted the job in early December but then reneged on his agreement in January to stay with the Savannah Philharmonic in Georgia. The CMF has been searching for an executive director since Catherine Underhill ended her 11-year tenure in August 2013 to return to her hometown, Syracuse, N.Y., to become managing director of the town's Symphoria.
Bradford's immediate concerns with the CMF are finding a new music director to replace Michael Christie and overseeing the organization's upcoming season and special events.
Bradford comes to Boulder County from Chicago, where he has served as executive director of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra the past two years. Bradford is credited with balancng the IPO's budget, creating an artistic vision to perform American music on every concert as well as the orchestra's popular "presenting" series and increasing the group's audience base.
He has a bachelor's degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and a master's from the University of Michigan, where he studied music and management. He also graduated from the renowned management fellowship program at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, where he was worked under arts management expert Michael Kaiser.
Bradford has experience in orchestra management, marketing, development and strategic planning with such organizations as the National Symphony Orchestra, The Kennedy Center, Aspen Music Festival, Houston Symphony and San Francisco Classical Voice.
Bradford said he is "delighted to be joining the Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts.
"With its sterling reputation as a premier summer music festival and its unparalleled commitment to presenting the highest quality music and educational programs for the benefit of the community, the organization is ideally positioned for a bright and prosperous future."
Jane Houssiere, president of the CMF & CMA, said she is eager to work with Bradford.
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Bradford's hiring comes only weeks before the June 29 kickoff of the Colorado Music Festival's 2014 six-week concert season, which runs through Aug. 8.
The CMF season will feature many prestigious guest conductors, including Michael Butterman, Lawrence Golan, Cynthia Katsarelis, William Boughton, Larry Rachleff, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Joshua Gersen, Steve Hackman, Andrew Grams and Jean-Marie Zeitouni.
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Lipscomb tennis player Colby Shaw likes competition. That's a good thing since he, and his fellow seniors, are feeling the heat from the two juniors, two sophomores and one freshman on the 2013 team.
The Bisons are fresh from a 4-3 home win over Abilene Christian Friday night, the No. 11-ranked team in NCAA Division II. It was the first match win for the Bisons, 1-2, this season. Shaw pointed out that seniors did not carry the match.
"We have generally the same team that we did last year, but one big difference is the experience we have this year," Shaw said. "You can already tell that three matches in. We don't just have leaders in the older guys in the lineup. The younger guys can step up too. That is huge for us.
"Last year we had three juniors and one senior, but a lot of guys that contributed last year were the younger guys. And you look at our match against ACU and the three seniors combined for zero of the four wins we had. The four wins were from two sophomores and two juniors."
Shaw views the competition as a motivational factor both in practices and in matches.
"They are definitely pushing us," Shaw said. "A lot of the time you think a senior is going to be playing because it his last year and the coach is going to put him in the lineup, but that is definitely not the case.
"We have eight guys who can come out and contribute in our lineup. Everybody has to bust it all the time because we know if we don't there is a guy that is ready to step up."
Shaw is impressed that this year's team is blessed with a strong work ethic from top-to-bottom.
"Last year we had a pretty good work ethic," Shaw said. "But in my first couple of years here we definitely had some guys coming to practice who weren't really there mentally.
"Tennis is an individual sport. But to get better you have to have everybody working all the time."
Shaw was ranked No. 1 in the state of Kentucky, but like most collegiate players he quickly discovered that the level of play in NCAA Division I is highly-competitive.
"I think people are sometimes rudely awakened when they realize that everybody at this level is just as good as they are," Shaw said. "But, at the same time, I think you also quickly realize that it is a good thing, especially on your own team.
"When you can push each other in practice each player gets immensely better. It is unreal the improvement you can have."
Shaw started competitive tournament tennis late in life at the age of 14. Like most sports-minded kids who grow up in Kentucky basketball held a great fascination.
"My dream was to play basketball," Shaw, a native of Lexington, Ky., said. "But I realized in middle school I probably wasn't going be playing basketball anywhere.
"I loved baseball so I narrowed it down to baseball and tennis. I started playing tennis with my Dad. I made my high school team as a sixth grader. And I just fell in love with tennis. From the age of about 13 on I didn't want to play anything else."
Starting so late in the game helped Shaw produce a competitive edge that continues to serve him well.
"Growing up I didn't have all of the lessons and all of the work on my technique," Shaw said. "I think a lot of times some guys are stronger than I am in that aspect.
"But I think I have a will to win. Sometimes when I am not playing my best, or even when I am playing guys that are better than me, I think I just want it more than they do."
The Bisons have a busy weekend ahead. They make the short trip to Vanderbilt for a 6:30 p.m. match Friday. Saturday they challenge North Alabama, a Division II team, at Richland Country Club at 7 p.m.
"This will be the third time we have played Vanderbilt since I have been here," Shaw said. "They are having a great year so far. We played some of their guys in regionals in the fall. We know what to expect from them. They have great guys at the top, but their No. 6 guy is also ranked.
"We have to come out from the very beginning and not be intimidated. We have to play with energy. If we do that I think we can come away with a good result."
Shaw expects a tough match with North Alabama as well, especially if the Bisons don't come out ready to play from the first match.
"They are usually pretty solid in doubles," Shaw said. "In singles they have a couple of guys at the top that are pretty strong."


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Multiscale Modeling of the Mechanical Behavior of Polymer-Based Nanocomposites
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Polymers filled with nanoscale fillers (carbon nanotubes or nanoparticles) exhibit enhanced properties compared with the neat polymer and with the polymer filled with micron-sized fillers at same volume fraction. Most interestingly, combinations of exceptional properties may be obtained as, for example, an increase in ductility without compromising strength, while insuring optical transparency as well as UV opacity.
The physical origins of this behavior are insufficiently understood and material optimization is currently performed experimentally by trial and error. This study is aimed at elucidating the main mechanisms that control the material behavior on multiple scales, and at capturing these phenomena in a macrocopic constitutive description of the composite.
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Continuum models are derived based on these data. The elasticity of the composite is predicted based on the molecular scale structure using appropriate homogenization procedures. The viscoelastic behavior is captured within a network model, which is calibrated based on atomistic simulation results. The predictions of the model are compared with experimental data.
Catalin Picu received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, in 1989. He then joined the faculty of the same institution working in the area of Solid Mechanics. In 1992 he entered the PhD program in Applied Mechanics at Dartmouth College from where he obtained his degree in 1995. Shortly after, Dr. Picu joined the Solid Mechanics group at Brown University, where he worked until coming to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a faculty member in August 1998.
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If they want to charge me $30 to watch the movie at home GREAT! I'll save $10 on popcorn, $10 on Soda and I'll invite 10 people over too who will also save at least $20 each making the movie a total net savings of at least $200!
Then I'll charge them $5 for popcorn and $5 for sodas and I'll make 70 bucks a movie!
I've been boycotting Sony products since their rootkit debacle of yesteryear... looks like it's time for Samsung to join the list.
I just wish the ignorant masses cared enough about their privacy and rights to pay attention to what's going on around them and help me vote with my wallet. Instead they probably own three playstations and four samsung tvs
This story is the first time I've felt compelled to add my 2 cents to the argument. I'm an avid reader of Techdirt, Consumerist, Slashdot, etc and this is the only time I've felt I HAD to register and provide a point of view.
I grew up on a farm. I'm 33 years old and I grew up in Iowa on a farm with farms all around me.
Monsanto was whispered like "he who shall not be named" in farming communities. God forbid you did something to piss off Monsanto, then you couldn't get feed or seed or the chemicals necessary for daily life on the farms of America.
Monsanto alfalfa and GMO crops are going to literally be the end of the family farm, they're intent on suing everyone who isn't using their products into the dirt, god forbid you wanted to save seed! That's a mortal SIN in Monsanto's eyes.
The bullshit and patent abuse that goes on in the agricultural businesses is tantamount to family farmer genocide.
I strongly recommend you guys contact some state representative and senators and urge them to stop allowing corporations to strip rights from family farms. It's too late for any of the members of the House or Senate of any Midwestern state, they're so deep into the pockets of big agribusiness they likely share the same blood supply.
I pray, with every fiber that this is the straw that breaks Monsanto's back and begins the downfall of their pitiful existence.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP)—Alexis Arguello, who fought in one of boxing's most classic brawls and reigned supreme at 130 pounds, was found dead at his home early Wednesday.
Presidential spokeswoman Rosario Murillo confirmed Arguello's death and an autopsy was pending. The La Prensa newspaper reported the Arguello—elected mayor of Managua last year—was found with a gunshot wound to the chest.
The 57-year-old Arguello retired in 1995 with a record of 82-8 with 65 knockouts and was a champion in three weight divisions. He was perhaps best known for two thrilling battles with Aaron Pryor and fights with Ray Mancini, Bobby Chacon and Ruben Olivares.
"I'm kind of in a daze right now," Pryor told The Associated Press. "Those were great fights we had. This was a great champion."
Nicknamed "The Explosive Thin Man," Arguello was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992, where flags were flying at half-staff in his honor Wednesday.
In 1999, a panel of experts assembled by The Associated Press voted Arguello the best junior lightweight and sixth-best lightweight of the 20th century. He never lost a fight at 130 pounds, and his popularity in his own country was so great that he carried the flag for Nicaragua at the Beijing Olympics.
"Not only was he one of the greatest fighters I've ever seen, he was the most intelligent fighter," Bob Arum, who promoted some of his biggest fights, told the AP. "He was a ring tactician. Every move was thought out. And he was a wonderful, wonderful person."
Arguello turned pro in 1968 and lost his first bout. He didn't lose much more, and six years later knocked out Olivares in the 13th round to win the featherweight title.
Arguello went on to win the super featherweight and lightweight titles, his 5-foot-10 frame and long reach allowing him to move up in weight without losing his tremendous punching power. At the time, he was only the sixth boxer to win championships in three weight classes, and was considered for a while the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
He moved up in weight again in November 1982 to challenge Pryor for the 140-pound belt, a match billed as "Battle of the Champions," and tried to become the first person to win titles in four divisions. More than 23,000 fans packed the Orange Bowl in Miami, and the two waged an epic battle before which Pryor knocked out Arguello in the 14th round.
"It was a brutal, brutal fight," Arum said. "That was something I will never, ever forget as long as I live. That was one of the most memorable fights I ever did."
The bout was named "Fight of the Year" and "Fight of the Decade" by Ring Magazine, but was shrouded by controversy. Pryor's trainer, Panama Lewis, gave him a water bottle after the 13th round that many believe contained an illegal substance—an accusation Pryor denies.
A rematch was ordered and they met again a year later at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. This time, Pryor knocked out Arguello in the 10th round.
Arguello was never the same fighter after losing to Pryor. He won a couple more fights, then was out of the ring from 1986 until 1994, when he made an ill-advised comeback. He retired for good the following year.
"Alexis Arguello was a first-class fighter and a first-class gentleman," said Hall of Fame executive director Edward Brophy. "The Hall of Fame joins the boxing community in mourning the loss of a great champion and friend."
Arguello fought against the Sandinista government in the 1980s after it seized his property and bank account, but later joined the party and ran for mayor of the capital last November. He defeated Eduardo Montealegre, though opponents alleged the vote was fraudulent.
Arguello had returned Sunday from Puerto Rico, where he honored the late baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente. His death prompted Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega to announced he was canceling a trip to Panama for the inauguration of President-elect Ricardo Martinelli.
"We are upset," said Murillo, whose office declined to provide details about Arguello's death. "This is a heartbreaking announcement. He was the champion of the poor, an example of forgiveness and reconciliation."
AP Sports Writer Dave Skretta in New York contributed to this report.
I really liked watching this guy fight -- he was really good. ---- alh1020
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Here's cautioning all people living in Bombay and the extended suburbs against a particular builder by the name of KASHINATH MHATRE of SADANAND MAHARAJ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY whose office is located at Eksar Talao, Eksar road, Borivali West, Bombay, who has been blackmailing us flat owners by curtailing our water supply several times unless defaulters pay maintenance charges (and that too as per his discretion). Because of such blackmail even those who pay maintenance charges have been suffering because of him. He also has gone back on some of his contractual obligations (spelt out in the agreement) and refuses to abide by them. He also refuses to honour an agreement signed with us flat owners recently to the effect that he would charge only a particular amount as maintenance charges with deductions in case of curtailment of or poor quality of water supply. Despite this agreement he demands a higher amount from us and sends threatening letters to us. He has recently threatened to stop our water supply, electricity and security. He also denies allegations of curtailment of water supply. Moreover water seeps into the building in some of our flats because of his poor quality of construction. He also refuses to form a society and hand it over to us despite having charged us flat owners for it.
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Stephen Jones of Hendersonville thanks Jim Foster of Mills River for his joke about the farmer who was visited by the wage and hour department. Mr. Jones says the tale offers the perfect illustration of how ridiculous it is to have a minimum wage.
Stephen Jones of Hendersonville thanks Jim Foster of Mills River for his joke about the farmer who was visited by the wage and hour department. Mr. Jones says the tale offers the perfect illustration of how ridiculous it is to have a minimum wage. "The farmer," says Mr. Jones, "proved he was paying enough to two of his helpers but then mentioned one last person who was only getting $10 a week. The department man said he wanted to talk to that man. The farmer said, 'You're speaking to him.' When it comes to minimum wages, few liberals think of the one paying them. The farmer or small businessman, who hires a few helpers, often gets less than those he pays. Then if the employer becomes successful and hires many people, too many liberals now think he has become greedy and should be heavily taxed. In the 1950s, my dad had his own vending business. He worked 16 hours most days. There were no guarantees. His employees got paid a commission, and if they worked hard they got more than $1 an hour. Then the minimum wage law was implemented, and the feds said he had to guarantee $1 an hour. Because of this, Dad had to fire a man he had just hired from out of prison. Dad tried to give that man a chance but now was forced to choose who he could afford to keep employed. A minimum wage keeps many, including teens just looking for spending money, from being hired. It should be up to employers, not government, to decide what they can risk on a new hire. If an employer is not paying enough, competition will correct the situation, as it will be difficult to hire and keep good people."
'CONTRADICTION IN TERMS?: Boyd Peyton of Hendersonville has questions that may get answers from Mountains to Molehills readers. "Why," he wants to know, "are people who believe in ever-increasing government control called 'liberals?' What's liberal about government control? Isn't that a contradiction in terms? The entire history of humankind, until 1776, is a dreadful chronicle of mass misery and suffering under government control, by one name or another. Government control is a snare and deception, entirely retrogressive."
LUNCH WITH A VIEW: Visiting Peggy's Cove near Halifax, Canada, for the second time with Mountains to Molehills cruisers thrilled Jean Ogden of Spartanburg, S.C., but right up there at the top of her favorite excursions on our latest adventure is the historic, picturesque fishing village of St. Martins near Saint John, Canada. "We climbed the lighthouse, shopped for local crafts and lunched with a view of the Bay of Fundy," says the happy explorer. "All that was after I picked up rocks for almost an hour on the small, rocky beach. Local lore said if you found a rock with a white line or band completely around it, you'd have good luck and a wish granted. Most of the ones I found I gave to my new friends I made."
'SOONER OR LATER': A fellow went up before a family court judge for child support, and after a moment the judge asked him a couple of questions. Finally the judge asked him, "Where have you been living since you were last here?" The fellow replied, "Here and there!" "I'm sentencing you to the county jail," said the judge. "But when am I going to get out?" asked the fellow. The judge said with a grin, "Sooner or later!"
LAST BUT NOT LEAST: The Mills River Farmers' Market will hold its annual Holiday Market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the G&B Energy Center on Highway 280 in Mills River. Produce, baked goods, crafts and greenery for the holidays and many other neat items will be available. Holiday music to help folks get into the festive spirit will be provided by carolers from area churches. Asheville folk singer Laura Thurston will offer a variety of tunes to round out the music lineup.


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Newegg Battles World's Most Litigious Patent Troll Over Bogus Claims Of 'Inventing' E-Commerce Encryption
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Target had a website; Target got sued by TQP. It got out of the case by paying $40,000.All in all, Spangenberg has squeezed $45.37 million out of licenses for this one patent, which almost certainly does not actually cover the encryption used in online shopping, as Spangenberg claims. Oh yeah: Spangenberg's deal with the original inventor of the patent? The inventor gets 2.5% of the money, plus $350/hour for consulting. End result? He's made $588,000, while Spangenberg keeps the rest -- all on a patent he bought for about $750,000.
Some paid less than that—but most paid more.
Dodge & Cox, a mutual fund, paid a bit more than $25,000. Pentagon Credit Union paid $65,000. QVC paid $75,000. MLB Advanced Media paid $85,000. PetSmart paid $150,000. PMC paid $400,000. Cigna paid $425,000. Bank of America paid $450,000. First National paid $450,000. Visa paid $500,000. Amazon, Newegg's much larger competitor, paid $500,000. UPS paid $525,000.
IBM paid $750,000. Allianz Insurance paid $950,000. Microsoft paid $1,000,000.
And, yes, the patent (which has since expired) is highly questionable in the first place. While Spangenberg's lawyers (representing his shell company called TQP) tried to claim that the inventor, Michael Jones, was some sort of visionary genius who predicted the world of e-commerce, there's no actual evidence to support this. Newegg (thankfully) has famed cryptography expert Whitfield Diffie on hand to call bullshit on the claims that Jones (a) invented anything special or (b) that his invention is even remotely in use on e-commerce sites today. Diffie, of course, is one of the inventors of public key cryptography, which happened prior to Jones' invention, and is what is actually used online.
Jurors got a short dose of the conventional historical record when Newegg lawyer Kent Baldauf gave them a preview of Diffie's testimony. "It's Dr. Diffie's invention that allows credit cards to be encrypted today," explained Kent Baldauf. "He's the one that figured out how you could send information to some remote server that you've never had any contact with before without these keys somehow being pre-set and pre-arranged in a closed system."Of course, with a patent jury trial in East Texas, you never now how things are going to turn out. But, this case is at least interesting in helping to open the books on how patent trolling works -- getting tons of companies to pay up on questionable patents by offering "settlement" rates below what a lawsuit would cost, even if the patent is totally bogus. And, kudos, once again, to Newegg for fighting this. It could have easily settled like all those other companies, but is fighting this one out on principle -- and in the hope that it will stop the next patent troll from doing the shakedown game.
Baldauf also raised the basic themes of Newegg's defenses. The patent described symmetric cryptography—two hard-coded modems talking to each other. It wasn't that different in theory than the code books that have been exchanged since ancient times. It had nothing to do with public key cryptography that kept Internet data safe; Newegg therefore does not infringe, he argued.
To boot, to the extent Jones is an inventor at all, he isn't the first. The RC4 cipher was designed two years before Jones' patent filing and was combined with Lotus Notes by Ron Rivest of RSA Security.