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Some negotiations end with a plan of action rather than a signed contract – for example, a plumber agrees to fix the tile damage caused by his work. Other negotiations wouldn't be appropriate to commemorate in writing, such as how you and your spouse decide to discipline your young child. But in virtually all significant … Read More
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Worst Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement: In a negotiation, your WATNA represents one of several paths that you can follow if a resolution cannot be reached. Like its BATNA counterpart, understanding your WATNA is one alternative you can use to compare against your other options along alternative paths in order to make more informed decisions at the bargaining table. See Also: Dealmaking Relationship Rules and Business Negotiations, 10 Hard Bargaining Tactics, Business Negotiators – Find the Right Fit.
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Negotiation Skills and Negotiation Training – Techniques and Strategies for Improving Your Negotiating Ability
How to monitor your negotiation skills progress and improve your negotiating ability through methods augmented with the latest in negotiation research. … Read More
Deal Negotiation Techniques and Closing the Deal: Negotiate Conditions to Create Value in Negotiated Agreements
Negotiate conditions to fulfilling the agreement before signing on the dotted line. Learn the importance of fulfillment clauses in dealmaking before and after negotiations. … Read More
Negotiation Skills in Business Communication: Types of Power in Business Negotiation and Status Consciousness
How status and perceptions of power affect negotiator behavior in business negotiations and dealmaking … Read More
Fostering Cultural Intelligence in International Negotiations
In a Harvard Business Review article, P. Christopher Earley and Elaine Mosakowski describe the value of improving your cultural intelligence, or the ability to make sense of unfamiliar contexts and adapt to them. Some people are naturally skilled at determining whether a person's behavior is unique to him or determined by his culture. For others, … Read More
Dealmaking: Relationship Rules for Dealmakers
Here are some concrete guidelines for fostering a strong relationship between negotiating partners drawn from The Global Negotiator: Making, Managing, and Mending Deals Around the World in the 21st Century. … Read More
Types of Power in Negotiation
Social psychologists have described types of power that exist in society, and these types of power emerge in negotiation as well. Two types of power spring from objective features of the bargaining process. … Read More
10 Hardball Tactics in Negotiation
Don't be caught unprepared by hard bargainers, warn Mnookin, Peppet, and Tulumello in Beyond Winning. Here is their Top 10 list of common tactics. … Read More
Negotiation in China: The Importance of Guanxi
Although most Americans treat those they know differently than they treat strangers, Chinese behavior towards insiders and outsiders tends to be more extreme than in the United States – and therefore more important in negotiations in China than many Americans understand. … Read More
Preparing for Multiparty Negotiation
When you're getting ready to meet with more than one party, the usual steps of two-party negotiation apply. … Read More
How to Negotiate When You're Literally Far Apart
Imagine that you're the CEO of a sports clothing manufacturer based in Chicago. You recently traveled to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to meet with a distributor who has a rich and diverse network in the European sports market. During the business trip, you both express enthusiasm about the possibility of a joint venture and agree to give … Read More
Business Negotiators: Find the Right Fit
When approached by a partner whispering sweet nothings about untold riches and power, it can be tempting to rush through the negotiation process. But if you do, you could find out too late that your Prince Charming is nothing but a frog—and that those glass slippers on your feet pinch. That's how famed shoe designers … Read More
The Paradox of Positions
It's not difficult for negotiators haggling over seemingly finite resources to become entrenched in their positions. Sometimes the only way to get unstuck is to think appreciatively and creatively about the other side. Rather than trying to determine why a person has taken a particular position, consider what she wants, appreciate it, and try to … Read More
Status Anxiety in Business Negotiations
Sometimes in negotiation we are forced to deal not only with the issues on the table but also with concerns about status. One famous instance took place in the late 1980s, when Robert Campeau, head of the Campeau Corporation and then one of Fortune magazine's "50 Most Fascinating Business People," tried to acquire Federated Department tores, … Read More
The Deal is Done – Now What?
At last, the deal is done. After 18 months of negotiation, eight trips across the country, and countless meetings, you've finally signed a contract creating a joint venture with a Silicon Valley firm to manufacture imaging devices using your technology and their engineering. The contract is clear and precise. It covers all the contingencies and has … Read More
In Sales Negotiations, Learn from a Seller's Market
With home sales heating up in some parts of the United States, homebuyers are facing competition they haven't seen since before the real-estate bubble burst, and it's showing up in the form of packed open houses, multiple bids above the asking price, and all-cash offers. To take an extreme case, in New York City, low condominium … Read More
The Dell Buyout: Michael Dell Weighs His BATNA
In negotiation, your best source of power typically is your "best alternative to a negotiated agreement," or BATNA. By cultivating appealing options away from the table, you free yourself up to walk away in the event of a disappointing deal. In all likelihood, Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell found himself facing such a BATNA analysis in … Read More
Why You Should Limit Your Options
An excess of choices can not only impair your effectiveness at the bargaining table but also reduce your quality of life. In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz offers these strategies for limiting choice – and improving overall satisfaction: … Read More
Deal Making Without a Net: Yahoo's Tumblr Acquisition
On May 19, Internet company Yahoo announced that it was purchasing the blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash. The acquisition could put a fresh face on the aging Internet company and provide it with a profitable revenue source—or it could turn out to be another instance of the Web pioneer overpaying for … Read More
Negotiation Design Dimensions: A Checklist
Here the Program on Negotiation offers a checklist of negotiation design categories. Whether your overall negotiation design is decide-announce-defend (DAD) or full-consensus (FC), or a hybrid of both, raising these issues is usually preferable to falling into a set of important decisions by default. … Read More
We Have a Deal, Now What Do We Do: Three Negotiation Tips on Implementing Your Negotiated Agreement
A recent article in Tufts Magazine by Program on Negotiation faculty member Jeswald Salacuse discusses an oft neglected aspect of negotiation: putting into action what negotiators agree to at the bargaining table. Normally negotiators focus on the deal-at-hand as well as those present at the negotiation, neglecting other aspects of the negotiated agreement that would not … Read More
Wheelers and Dealers?
Car salespeople truly understand how to use modest concessions to extract much larger ones. First, they spend a long time legitimating the sticker price and suggesting that it's not only fair, but nonnegotiable. … Read More
Finding the Right Process in India
In 1995, a new government came into power in the Indian state of Maharashtra and canceled a 20-year power purchase agreement with the Dabhol Power Company, a joint-venture formed by Enron, General Electric, and Bechtel. Claiming that the deal was improper and even illegal, the government declared publicly that it would not renegotiate. … Read More
A Cash-Out Transaction: Cox Communications
On August 2, 2004, Barbara Cox Anthony and Ann Cox Chambers, two sisters who together owned 73% of Cox Communications, announced that they wanted to cash out the minority shareholders of their company. Their initial offer was $32 per share, or a 14% premium to the preannouncement trading price of approximately $28 per share. … Read More
Away from the Podium and Off to the Balcony: William Ury Discusses the Debt Ceiling Negotiations Facing Obama and US Congressional Republicans
Stewart recently interviewed negotiation expert and Program on Negotiation co-founder William Ury to discuss the aftermath of avoiding the fiscal cliff and the rounds of tough negotiations between Democrats and Republicans still to come. … Read More
Keeping the Game Out of Court
Sometimes those on opposite sides of a bitter dispute can achieve great gains – if only they can spot the ways in which they are similar. In 2001, the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA), an organization of five New York-area colleges best known for staging college basketball's National Invitation Tournament, filed a lawsuit against the National … Read More
The Fiscal Cliff and the Debt Ceiling: Program on Negotiation Chair Robert Mnookin Discusses Recent and Future Negotiations Between Congressional Republicans and the White House
Though Congress and the President were able to reach a deal and avoid the dreaded fiscal cliff, both sides engaged in some tough negotiating which has both bewildered and captivated the United States for months. Given all of the posturing and tough talk, some may ask: Is there a method to this madness? … Read More
A Value-Creating Condition Thwarted
In late 1999, with its stock in free fall, NCS HealthCare, a provider of pharmacy services to long-term care facilities, began "exploring strategic alternatives" – code in the mergers and acquisitions world that NCS's board wanted to put the company up for sale. In 2001, Omnicare, a larger provider in the same general industry, offered to … Read More
The Story of Goldman Sachs: Negotiating a Vision
In 1986, the investment bank Goldman Sachs was a $38 billion business owned by more than 100 active and retired partners. While the partnership structure had insulated the company from the vicissitudes of the stock market and given the company a strong culture of teamwork, it had some significant disadvantages, particularly an unstable capital base and … Read More
In New York, Fast-Food Workers Test Their Negotiation Skills
On November 28, dozens of employees at several fast-food restaurants in New York City walked off their jobs and demanded better pay and unionization. In doing so, they launched what is believed to be the largest coordinated campaign in the United States to unionize fast-food workers from different restaurants, reports Steven Greenhouse in the New … Read More
BATNA for the Holidays? Program on Negotiation Co-Founders Bruce Patton and William Ury Discuss the 'Fiscal Cliff' with NPR
The standoff between recently re-elected Democrat President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans has focused attention on the negotiation styles employed by the two parties as they seek to secure their interests while also working toward the resolution of the current budgetary battle. … Read More
Are You an Overconfident Negotiator?
In 1901, J.P. Morgan wanted to buy the Carnegie Steel Company from its founder, Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie was 65 years old and considering retirement. As Harold C. Livesay recounts in his book Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business (Little, Brown, 1975), when Carnegie finally decided he was ready to sell, he jotted down his … Read More
Use Time Delays to Advantage
For decades, General Electric and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sparred over who would pay for the removal of PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, that GE had discharged into New York's Hudson River, a cleanup project that is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars. The two sides finally came to an agreement in October … Read More
Simulating International Negotiations: The U.S.-Iran Crisis
When tensions rise between parties, the temptation to escalate commitment to a specified position can be overwhelming—and the likelihood that negotiations will resolve the dispute becomes increasingly slim. … Read More
When Time Isn't Money
Due to deeply ingrained gender stereotypes, women may find it easier to negotiate their time instead of their financial compensation. Consider that men and women are likely to rely on gender-stereotypic arguments to support their demands in negotiation. For women, the gender-stereotypic notion of being caregivers is readily available and likely to be well received. By … Read More
Penguin Sues Its Own Writers: When Business Negotiations Become Bad PR
In this business world, it's typically smart practice to keep disputes with key partners private, at least until doing so becomes unfeasible for financial or other reasons. That's why the book publisher Penguin's decision to file lawsuits against 12 of its authors for breach of contract is being widely judged as a public relations misstep. … Read More
Setting and Articulating the Goal: Great Negotiator Charlene Barshefsky Shares Her Negotiation Strategy with HLS Students
Great Negotiator Award winner and former United States trade representative (1997-2001) to Japan and China, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky visited Harvard Law School to speak with students in HLS Clinical Professor Robert Bordone's Advanced Negotiations Workshop course on October 3. … Read More
Water Diplomacy: Using a Creative Approach
The case of Jordan and Israel shows how even countries at war can negotiate a water agreement if it is framed in non-zero sum terms and trust continues to be built over time. And that is not the only case of a treaty that has succeeded against all odds to bridge conflicting water interests; the … Read More
Water Diplomacy: Value Creating Approachs to Water Negotiation
Zero-sum thinking emerges when people conceive of water as a fixed resource – one provided by nature in a given quantity that is either static or diminishing. Based on these assumptions, diplomats often focus on what share of the existing water will be given to each entity. Negotiations of this type typically involve decision makers … Read More
Water Diplomacy: The Role of Science in Water Diplomacy
Scientific and technical knowledge is important in water negotiations, but not in the ways it has often been used. It is counterproductive to use scientific information to justify arbitrary (political) decisions. For example, scientific information about water has increased dramatically over the last several decades, but our ability to manage water resources has not improved … Read More
In Dispute Resolution, Try Going to the Top
When two parties are attempting to resolve a contentious dispute, the most effective peacemakers may be those at the highest levels. That's the lesson from recent productive talks between President Obama and Afghan leader Hamid Karzai on the issue of rules for detaining terrorism suspects. … Read More
Water Diplomacy: Understanding Uncertainty, Risk, and Opportunity in Water Management
When countries face contending water claims, one of the biggest obstacles to reaching an agreement is uncertainty. Specifically, there are three types of uncertainty: uncertainty of information, uncertainty of action, and uncertainty of perception. In part 2 of this 5 part series, Program on Negotiation faculty member Lawrence Susskind explains the uncertainties facing negotiators trying … Read More
Mediation, Arbitration, and the Promise of Privacy
Negotiators often choose to resolve their conflicts through mediation, arbitration, and other alternative dispute resolution methods because of the privacy these methods promise. Unlike the public nature of litigation, mediation and arbitration typically give parties the freedom to hash out sensitive issues without the fear that their discussions and agreement will become public knowledge. Two … Read More
Business Negotiations: Cooperate to Claim Value
What happens in negotiations between two individuals who care little about each other's outcomes? Suppose an engineer and an industrial designer are arguing over the design of a car bumper. The designer only cares about whether the bumper matches the style of the vehicle; the engineer is concerned only about how the bumper connects to … Read More
Google Searches for a More Diverse Team
Recently, executives at the Silicon Valley-based internet giant Google noticed a disturbing trend: the company was having difficulty hiring and retaining female employees, from engineers to senior executives, Claire Cain Miller writes in the August 22 issue of the New York Times. Women were dropping out during the job interview process and were not being … Read More
Bring Back Your Deal from the Brink: Weigh the Benefits of a Concession
Another option for dealing with difficult negotiations is to craft what Harvard Law School professor Robert C. Bordone calls a "workaround" – a strategy for meeting your current goals without the involvement or support of your adversary. You might be able to induce a yes with a tempting concession on a key issue, according to … Read More
Bring Your Deal Back from the Brink: Probe the Other Side's Point of View
How can you figure out the motives behind someone's seemingly stubborn position? Begin by questioning her about the problem she is trying to solve. Deal blockers may be held back by financial, legal, personal, or other constraints you don't know about, according to Harvard Business School professor Deepak Malhotra. A tough stance could also communicate … Read More
Bring Back Your Deal from the Brink
What can you do when a difficult person is the main obstacle to a promising deal? There are a number of strategies you can use to bring the deal back from the brink of failure. In a series of posts, the Program on Negotiation will offer ten suggestions. … Read More
Becoming a More Balanced Negotiator
How can you avoid being pulled in opposite directions by contradictory imperatives? These three concrete steps can guide you through your next important negotiation. … Read More
When an Apology is Most Effective
Some researchers have found that the most effective type of apology depends on the nature of the mistake made. In a study by Peter Kim of the University of Southern California, Cecily Cooper of the University of Miami, Kurt Dirks of Washington University, and Donald Ferrin of Singapore Management University, participants assumed the role of a … Read More
Resolving Conflicts on the High Seas
In negotiation over a limited pool of resources, conflicts often spring up over what constitutes a fair agreement. If two business partners are going their separate ways, they might have different ideas about how their shared assets should be divided, for example. Currently, such a dispute is playing out between China and four of its … Read More
Do You Need a Broker?
According to conventional wisdom, you should always hire a real estate agent when you're trying to buy a house. The broker's market expertise will help you decide what moves to make and what price to pay. Because the seller usually has his own broker, the motto "fight fire with fire" applies as well. Perhaps most … Read More
Is the Devil in the Details?
You're close to a deal, but concerns linger. Some of the contract seems less than precise. What in the world does "reasonable best efforts" mean, for example, or "good faith"? Negotiators in this commonplace situation face a choice: push for more precision now or sign the deal and hope the ambiguities won't cause trouble down … Read More
Turn Your Adversary Into Your Advocate: How to Ask for Advice
Advice seeking is a versatile negotiation tool, as long as you project the right image and tone. Here are three guidelines: … Read More
Negotiating for Continuous Improvement: Report Negotiation Results Internally
To further improve negotiations, a company could publish an internal negotiation newsletter that can be distributed through a secure company intranet. Each month, the person overseeing the newsletter could choose a negotiation involving someone within the company. … Read More
Negotiation Skills: Your Good Mood May Work Against You
Just before a meeting with her boss, Cindy peeks into his secretary's office and whispers, "How's his mood today?" When the secretary gives a thumbs-up, Cindy decides the time is right to ask for a big raise. … Read More
Roger Fisher Papers Open at Harvard Law School Library
Roger Fisher, one of the cofounders of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and Samuel Williston Professor of Law, Emeritus, was honored on the 8th of April with a celebration of his career, research, and contributions to both the HLS community and the field of negotiation. … Read More
Why You Should Question Your Agent's "Objective" Advice in Business Negotiations
You've found a beautiful condo that you'd like to call your own. You conduct a thorough assessment of its value and identify several other appealing properties in the same neighborhood and price range. Believing you've found the magic bid, you phone your real-estate agent. … Read More
Bargaining at a Fever Pitch: A Bold Bid
Have you ever won an auction only to realize later that you overbid for the prize? In competitive bidding situations, it's easy to get carried away in the heat of the moment and overpay. … Read More
The Darker Side of Perspective Taking
Many negotiation experts recommend that you try to take the other party's perspective, particularly when attempting to resolve disputes. Recent research by Nicholas Epley of the University of Chicago and Eugene Caruso and Max Bazerman of Harvard University suggests a dark side to this generally sound negotiation advice. The researchers ran a series of experiments … Read More
Do Attitudes Influence Results?
Many people consider negotiations to be stressful and threatening. Others view them as challenges to be overcome. Do these different attitudes influence the outcomes that people reach? New research by professors Kathleen M. O'Connor of Cornell University and Josh A. Arnold of California State University sheds light on this important question. … Read More
Anchor Trials or Balloons in Conflict Resolution
The power of anchors in negotiation has been demonstrated time and again. Sellers who demand more tend to get more. Indeed, the initial asking price is usually the best predictor of the final agreement. A trio of researchers may have found an important exception to this rule, however; lower starting numbers set by the seller in … Read More
The Enduring Power of Anchors
In past issues of Negotiation, we've reviewed the anchoring effect – the tendency for negotiators to be overly influenced by the other side's opening bid, however arbitrary. When your opponent makes an inappropriate bid on your house, you're nonetheless likely to begin searching for data that confirms the anchor's viability. This testing is likely to … Read More
When Umbrella Agreements Spring Leaks in Dispute Resolution
Negotiators tend to want the best of both worlds. When reaching an agreement, they want to nail down parties' respective rights and responsibilities, but they also want to retain the flexibility to deal with ever-changing business conditions. One solution to this apparent dilemma is to craft umbrella, or framework, agreements. (The term umbrella is more commonly … Read More
Conflict Management – Evenhanded Decision Making
As discussed in past articles, anchoring and framing can bias important decisions in negotiation. A buyer may make a more generous offer than she intended, for example, after a seller drops anchor on a bold demand. A litigant who focuses on his chances of winning in court – a positive frame – may be less … Read More
Great Negotiator Award 2012
The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, in conjunction with the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School, honored distinguished statesman and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III as the recipient of their Great Negotiator Award for 2012. Secretary Baker served under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1992. A … Read More
Specific versus Abstract Negotiation Skills Training
Researchers have argued that negotiators learn more from cases and real-world experiences when they can take away an abstract version of the lesson. Such abstractions come from analogies developed across two or more different negotiation contexts, say Leigh Thompson and Dedre Gentner of Northwestern University and Jeffrey Loewenstein of the University of Texas, who propose … Read More
Taking ADR Too Far
More and more companies are inserting alternative dispute resolution (ADR) clauses in their contracts with customers and vendors, and even in agreements with their own employees. ADR processes such as mediation and arbitration can be beneficial for all concerned if they help avoid the cost, delay, and uncertainty of going to court. Mediation, in particular, … Read More
Cultural Notes
As members of organizations and families, we all know from experience that even people with identical backgrounds can have vastly different negotiating styles and values. Nonetheless, we continue to be intrigued by the idea that distinct patterns emerge between negotiators from different cultures. Researchers do confirm a relationship between national culture and negotiation style and … Read More
Sacred Issues in Negotiation
In a classic New Yorker cartoon, a dinner guest shows up for the party, hands the host a $20 bill, and announce that this was the amount he had planned to spend on a bottle of win before he ran out of time. Negotiation buffs might admire the guest for making an efficient tradeoff that … Read More
Being Fair and Getting What You Want
Imagine that you and your business partner agree to sell your company. You get an offer that pleases you both, so now you face the enviable task of splitting up the rewards. Some background: Your partner put twice as many hours into the firm's start-up as you did, while you worked fulltime elsewhere to support your … Read More
Negotiating Systems
While most negotiation research aims to sharpen individual managers' skills, there is growing scholarly and professional interest in an organizational approach to negotiation.A systemic perspective evaluates the training, authority, procedures, and resources that manager need to improve their companies' "return on negotiation," as consultant Danny Ertel puts it. Looking at negotiations broadly reveals important design … Read More
Leading Horses to Water
The hardest step in negotiation is often the first. Costly lawsuits can drag on it everyone is afraid to be the first to blink. Prospective buyers and sellers can waste endless hours dancing around a possible deal. And in collective bargaining, labor and management teams sometimes paint themselves into corners by refusing to negotiate "matters … Read More
Powerful Thoughts
For many people, thinking about the role of power in negotiation can be paralyzing. In fact, the same people who are anxious about negotiating in general tend to be anxious about exerting their power during negotiation. Why? Perhaps because most of us realize that power, even when not explicitly discussed, is often the precipitating and … Read More
So You Want to Buy a Car?
How can you negotiate the best possible price for a new car? This is a common negotiation question, and naturally so. A car is one of the most significant purchases you'll ever make—and the price is almost always negotiable. Here are a few tips to improve your performance: … Read More
Fine-Tuning Your Contract
When negotiators sign on the dotted line, they sometimes worry about the wrong concerns. "Did I overpay?" wonders the buyer as he inks the sales agreement. Across the table, the seller is thinking, "I bet if I'd pushed a little harder, I would have gotten more." … Read More
Beware Your Lawyer's Biases
Parties in litigation are often overly optimistic about their chances of winning in court. This tendency reduces the bargaining range for settlement because one or both parties perceive their walkaway alternative (namely, letting the courts decide) to be more attractive than it actually is. According to conventional wisdom, lawyers can help their clients overcome this … Read More
Small Talk, Big Gains?
According to conventional wisdom, small talk builds rapport and gets both sides a better deal in the end. But in fact, the question of whether to engage in small talk can be highly context-specific. New York City investment bankers, for example, tend to be far less likely than Texas oil executives to engage in small … Read More
Pick the Right Agent
So, you've decided to use an agent in your next negotiation. Now what? It's important not to rush headlong into the process of choosing an agent—picking the first one you speak to, for example, and sending him off to talks the next day. You need to choose your agent carefully, then establish a clear, detailed understanding … Read More
"Are We Exclusive?"
Ron McAfee, a carpenter and roofing expert, spent considerable time working with a condominium association on the design of a new roof deck. After gaining agreement on the proposed layout, design, and materials, McAfee submitted a written bid of $12,500. One of the board members subsequently showed McAfee's plans to another roofer, who offered to … Read More
Eyeing the Competition
Ford vs. GM. Coke vs. Pepsi. Oxford vs. Cambridge. These famous rivalries remind us that the top two achievers in a given realm often compete fiercely with each other. Researchers Stephen M. Garcia and Richard Gonzalez of the University of Michigan and Avishalom Tor of the University of Haifa have produced a useful series of … Read More
How to Lighten Your Burdens
For decades, General Electric (GE) and the Environmental Protection Agency sparred over who would pay for the removal of PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, that GE had discharged into New York's Hudson River, a cleanup project expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars. In October 2005, the two sides came to an agreement. … Read More
When We Expect Too Much
How often have you heard a friend or colleague refer to a contract as being "in the bag," only to find out later that the deal didn't go through? There always turns out to be a good reason a negotiation fell apart. Yet the fact remains that most negotiators are overconfident about their chances of … Read More
Learning from the Soda Wars
This past November, in an unusual move, Costco, the largest wholesale club in the United States, removed Coca-Cola products from its shelves and posted messages telling shoppers that Coke products would not be available until the company lowered its prices. … Read More
To Avoid Disaster, Plan Ahead
In the midst of the recent financial crisis, accusations of greed on Wall Street have sounded across the globe. Greed may be a significant factor in the collapse of credit markets, but it's not the only one. Overlooked in cries to punish the "bad apples" is the role of a mistake that virtually all negotiators … Read More
Should You Make the First Offer? Making the First Move in Negotiations
Should you make the first offer? Few questions related to negotiation have yielded more attention and debate. The conventional wisdom among some: Don't make the first offer, or risk "showing your cards" and perhaps unknowingly giving away some of the bargaining zone. … Read More
Should You Go Dutch?
Most everyday auctions are English: they begin with an opening bid, continue with ascending bids, and end when the bidding stops. But for some assets, the seller opens at a very high price, then moves down rather than up if all bidders are silent. … Read More
What Makes Negotiators Happy?
The question above may seem silly. Getting more of what we care about seems the obvious answer. Yet negotiators often don't know how to accurately assess a good outcome; instead, they rely on outside indicators to determine their satisfaction, for instance by comparing their outcomes to those of others. Your negotiated annual salary of $100,000 … Read More
Is Your Agent Faulty?
Top executive pay attorney Joseph Bachelder was representing a client who'd just been chosen as a company's next CEO. After a first session with the board's representative to hammer out a compensation package, Bachelder took his client aside and informed him that he would get everything he wanted from the negotiation, according to the Wall … Read More
When Their Agent is the Problem
The benefits of hiring an agent are well known. Yet negotiation experts often overlook the ways in which you can use the other side's agent to your advantage. … Read More
Check Your Confidence
Many negotiators understand the importance of estimating the other side's reservation price—the worst deal he would accept from you. However, despite the fact that such estimates often are based on hints, clues, and speculation, negotiators are frequently overconfident that their estimates are accurate. … Read More
When It Pays to Delay
Kathy, a serial entrepreneur, was negotiating the acquisition of a boutique software-development firm when a dispute arose regarding the valuation of one of the software firm's assets. Specifically, the firm owned the rights to a technology patent of uncertain value. The firm's owner argued that this patent was worth millions. Kathy agreed that the patent … Read More
Is Your Role Not Quite Right? Negotiate a Better "Fit"
What happened the last time you faced a new leadership opportunity? Whether you were called on to head a team, a task force, a unit, a division, or a company, chances are you negotiated the compensation and perquisites of the appointment—your salary, title, vacation, and bonus. But did you look beyond these basics and negotiate … Read More
Tough Tactics: Do 'Death Threats' Really Work?
What would you do if someone threatened you? Strike back? Run away? Beg for mercy? Try to negotiate? Last April, The New York Times in effect held a gun to the heads of Boston Globe employees – twice. The confrontation, say experts at the Harvard Program on Negotiation, offers valuable lessons in handling high-risk, high-stakes situations. Background: … Read More
Business Negotiation Skills: Negotiate Before the Damage is Done
Suppose you work for a specialty bicycle manufacturer and have negotiated a one-year contract to buy 500 headlamps per month from a supplier for $10 each, with payment due 30 days after receipt. The seller makes five deliveries; you promptly pay $5,000 after each shipment. The seller fails to make the sixth delivery, however, and … Read More
Beware the Pressure of Sunk Costs in Business Negotiations
Think about what your house, condominium, or some other valuable asset might be worth in today's market. Did the price you paid for it affect your answer? "Ignore sunk costs," accounting professors and economists tell us. The amount of money and effort we've invested in the past, they say, is irrelevant to our future investments. … Read More
Who Won? Art Buchwald, Paramount Pictures, or … the Lawyers?
When Art Buchwald sued Paramount Pictures over the 1988 Eddie Murphy movie Coming to America, the widely reported outcome was seen as a win for the late, beloved humorist. But Buchwald actually lost — and so did Paramount. … Read More
How an Indie-Pop Band Used Integrative Negotiation to Keep Their Name
When interests collide, some managers dig in their heels: You get your way or I get mine. Others go for a compromise where the plan is to give up as little as possible. Neither strategy is likely to lead to the best outcome. But businesses, nonprofits, government agencies … and even rock 'n' rollers … … Read More
Negotiating on Behalf of Others: Are Women Better Agents?
Under certain conditions, women may work harder than men when negotiating on behalf of others, suggests a study by Harvard professors Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen McGinn, and Carnegie Mellon University professor Linda Babcock. … Read More
Dealing with Differences in Attitudes Towards Risk
Even when parties at the negotiating table have the same interests, they may disagree on the amount of risk they are willing to take. … Read More
Does Your Company Have to Negotiate with a Giant that Dominates Your Business Market?
Individuals in this position often feel as though they have few if any options. In his February 2006 article in Negotiation newsletter, "Negotiating with a 900-Pound Gorilla," MIT Professor Lawrence Susskind offers strategies for how negotiators in a weak position should deal with a seemingly all-powerful opponent. … Read More
The Value of Making Several Offers in Business Negotiations
What's the right number of options to put forward in financial negotiations? In their April 2005 article in the Negotiation newsletter, "Putting More on the Table: How Making Multiple Offers Can Increase the Final Value of the Deal," Northwestern professors Victoria Husted Medvec and Adam D. Galinsky write that issuing three equivalent offers simultaneously can … Read More
Concealed information in Business Negotiations
The Clearinghouse at PON offers hundreds of role simulations, from two-party, single-issue negotiations to complex multi-party exercises. The following role simulation explores client/attorney relationships and the complexity of information exchange. … Read More


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The method embodying the invention uses a data transmission network between at least a server connected to data sources and a plurality of receiving and dialog peripherals for users. This network transmits the data in the form of a succession of digital data cells respectively associated with a virtual channel constituting a source/destination link for the data. In a first mode, each channel is associated with a respective previously compiled program whereas, in a second mode, a virtual channel is associated with each user, the latter being able to individually access and act on the different sources in order to compose the program he wishes to view. The invention applies notably to the distribution of data on board an aircraft.
1. A method for distributing program data provided by a plurality of program sources, to a multiplicity of users, said method using a data transmission network between at least one server connected to said sources and a plurality of receiving and dialog user terminal, said program data being transmitted by said network in the form of a succession of time-multiplexed digital data blocks or cells each being associated with a virtual channel number, said method comprising:
a first mode enabling each of said users to select a broadcasting program from among a predetermined number of programs proposed by said sources, and comprising the steps of:
(i) allocating a respective virtual channel number to each of said sources, and
(ii) transmitting to each user terminal the program data from said sources in cells associated with the virtual channel number allocated respectively to said sources,
(iii) selecting by each of said user terminals the cells associated to a virtual channel number allocated to a source selected by a user on said terminal,
a second mode enabling each of said users to access and act on said sources in order to compose a program, and comprising the steps of:
(i) allocating a respective virtual channel number to each of said user terminals,
(ii) transmitting to each of said sources program commands introduced by the users in each of said terminals in the form of data cells associated to the respective virtual channel number allocated to said terminal,
(iii) transmitting to said terminals from said sources in response to said program commands program data in the form of data cells associated to the virtual channel numbers respectively associated to the data cells in which said program commands were transmitted.
2. A network for distributing program data provided by a plurality of program data sources, to a multiplicity of users, according to a first mode enabling each user to select a broadcasting program from among a predetermined number of programs proposed by said sources, and a second mode enabling said user to access and act on said sources in order to compose a program, said network linking said sources with a plurality of receiving and dialog user terminals each comprising a viewing and dialog means, said network comprising:
at least one server connected to said sources and comprising means for managing accesses to said sources, means for editing program data flows from said sources into time-multiplexed data cells assigned respectively to virtual channels linking respectively said sources to each user terminal in a first mode and linking respectively said user terminals to each source in a second mode, means for collecting said cells associated to each of said virtual channels, and means for multiplexing said virtual channels towards said user terminals,
at least one head end connected to said server and comprising means for receiving program data from said virtual channels, means for constructing from the data cells transmitted by said virtual channels a flow of data cells to be transmitted towards said user terminals, and means for routing said virtual channels in the event of there being several network head ends, and
distribution cases interconnected by a ring network and linking said head end respectively to groups of at least one of said user terminals, each distribution case comprising means for receiving virtual channel selection orders coming from the user terminals linked to said case, as well as the flow of data cells coming from said head end, means for extracting or copying the cells assigned to virtual channels allocated in said second mode to said user terminals and selected in said first mode by the user terminals linked to said case, means for routing said flow of data in said virtual channels to the user terminals linked to said case, and means for transmitting to said head end program orders introduced by users in the user terminals linked to said case.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transmission of digital data cells is performed according to the ATM model.
4. The method according to claim 1, said method comprising combining said first and second modes in said network.
5. The network as claimed in claim 2, wherein said flow of data from the sources is compressed.
6. The network as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a first interface between said video server and said head end, defining a format and protocol of the data traveling between said server and said head end.
7. The network as claimed in claim 2, further comprising, between said head end and said distribution cases, a second interface which defines format and protocol of the data traveling between said head end and said distribution cases.
8. The network as claimed in claim 7, wherein said second interface also connects a plurality of network head ends to one another.
9. The network as claimed in claim 7, wherein said first and second interfaces have a same protocol.
10. The network as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of said network head ends comprises a multiplexer driven by a management unit.
11. The network as claimed in claim 2, further comprising two network head ends each comprising a switching matrix driven by a management unit, said two switching matrices exchanging data by means of a two-way link.
12. The network as claimed in claim 2, further comprising at least three network head ends each comprising a switching matrix driven by a management unit, said three switching matrices being interconnected by one-way links in such a way as to constitute a loop.
This invention relates to a method and a device for the distribution of "multimedia" data, notably on board a vehicle such as e.g. an aircraft.
More particularly, the object of this invention is to provide a distribution system enabling at least two types of services to be obtained, i.e.
a "video broadcasting" service enabling users who have an appropriate peripheral to select the video program they wish to view, from among a given number of programs proposed,
a "video distribution" service enabling users to compose their own video program, by setting up a "virtual channel" between their peripheral and a video server.
The object of the invention is more particularly to achieve these ends by means of a system with the following features, among others:
utilisation of an entirely digital technology,
modularity enabling several different performance configurations to be obtained with a same equipment basis,
transparency with regard to video image storage and generation technologies,
ability to perform and host new services,
possibility of link-up with the other data management systems in the aircraft (electronic library, flight management system).
Accordingly, with a view to achieving these results, there is provided a method using a network distributing data between a video server (capable of supplying a multiplicity of previously compiled programs) and a plurality of receiving and dialog peripherals for the use of users. This network is based on the transmission of blocks or "cells" of digital data, e.g. according to the ATM ("Asynchronous Transfer Mode) model, and the association of each cell with a virtual link or "virtual channel" between the source and destination of the data.
When the service the user wishes to obtain is of the "video broadcasting" type, the method embodying the invention comprises the transmission, to all the peripherals, of all the virtual channels, with the user then indicating which virtual channel corresponds to the previously compiled program he wishes to obtain.
When the service is of the "video distribution" type, the method embodying the invention consists in associating with each user a virtual channel by means of which he can individually access and act on the different sources so as to compose the program he wishes to view.
An important advantage of the method described above is the fact that a same system can ensure a combination of services of the "video broadcasting" and "video distribution" types, by way of the use of virtual channels and the ATM technique, the sole limitation being the technological limitation of the video storage medium.
The device for implementing the method described above can use, in its simplest configuration, a video server that manages the access to storage media or, more generally, to data sources, that carries out the editing into cells of the video data flows, that receives the orders allocating the virtual channels, that assigns the cells to a virtual channel and that multiplexes the virtual channels towards a network head end designed so as to receive the virtual channels transporting the video data, to construct the flow of data to be transmitted towards distribution cases, to perform the routing of the virtual channels in the event of there being several network head ends, to ensure the management and allocation of the virtual channels, and possibly to reconfigure the topology of the overall network to change to the degraded mode.
The distribution case is designed to receive the virtual channel selection orders coming from the peripherals to which it is linked, as well as the flow of video data coming from the head end of the network. It comprises a means enabling the extraction or copying of the cells assigned to a virtual channel belonging to it, and the orienting of the flow of data in the virtual channel to the destination peripheral. Furthermore, it is designed to transmit the orders input by the user to the head end of the network to which it is linked. The receiving and dialog peripherals comprise a viewing and dialog means that can be of a conventional type.
Further features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the embodiments of the invention described, by way of non-limiting examples, in reference to the corresponding accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of the hardware architecture of a device for the distribution of data on board a vehicle such as e.g. an aircraft;
FIGS. 2 and 3 are schematic representations for the purposes of illustrating the working principle of the device represented in FIG. 1 in the broadcasting mode (FIG. 2) and in the distribution mode (FIG. 3);
FIG. 4 shows further details of the architecture of a device (single head end and single-server) configured in the broadcasting mode;
FIG. 5 shows further details of the architecture of a device according to FIG. 1, configured in the distribution mode;
FIG. 6 is a diagram of a device with three head ends and three servers configured in the distribution mode.
In the example represented in FIG. 1, the system comprises two devices of identical structure (blocks I, II in broken lines) each comprising a video server S1, S2 connected with a plurality of data carriers I1 to I5, such as CDROM type memories I1, I2, hard disks I3 and data sources I4 (satellite broadcasting, HF or VHF "DATALINK", . . . or even to the other aircraft systems I5 such as ELS, FMS, CCS).
This video server S1, S2 is connected, via a first interface A1, A2 to a head end T1, T2 to which a plurality of serially mounted distribution cases BD are connected via a second interface B1, B2.
Each of these distribution cases BD is connected, via a third interface C1, C2 to at least one peripheral PS, e.g. a peripheral associated with each seat in the aerodyne, this peripheral comprising a viewing screen associated with a dialog means such as a keyboard, touch-sensitive surface, etc.
In a general manner, the video server S1, S2 manages the accesses to the media or carriers and to the data sources I1 to I5. It receives the flow of compressed video data coming from these sources and media I1 to I5 and edits these data into cell form.
As mentioned above, each cell is associated with a virtual link between the data source and the destination. This link could e.g. be the connection mode link of the "OPEN SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION" reference model defined by the ISO standard ISO 7498. In the description of the ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) model, this link is referred to as "virtual channel".
The images are transmitted compressed, e.g. in accordance with MPEG coding (ISO 11172).
Moreover, the video server S1, S2 receives virtual channel allocation orders from the peripherals PS and assigns the cells to a virtual channel in accordance with these orders. It also has the task of multiplexing the virtual channels towards the first interface A1, A2.
The latter defines the format and protocol of the data traveling between the video server S1, S2 and the head end T1, T2. Typically, this interface A1 can consist of a high-thruput link with e.g. a capacity of the order of fifty virtual video channels (100 Mb/s class).
The head end T1, T2 receives the virtual channels transporting the video data coming from the video server S1, S2. The head end builds the flow of data directed towards the second interface B1, B2, performs the routing of the virtual channels when there are several head ends T1, T2, and ensures the management and allocation of the virtual channels. It can also be designed to reconfigure the topology of the overall network to change over to the degraded mode.
The interface B1, B2 defines the format and protocol of the data traveling between the head end T1, T2 and the distribution cases BD. As with the interface A1, A2, this is a high-thruput link with a capacity of the order of fifty virtual video channels (100 Mb/s class).
This interface B1, B2 is a one-way interface, the transmission of data from the peripheral to the head end T1, T2 or video server S1, S2 is ensured by the ring network constituted by the interconnection of the distribution cases BD and the head end T1, T2.
The interface B1, B2 also connects the network head ends T1, T2 to one another.
For the purposes of homogeneity, the interfaces A1, A2 and B1, B2 have a same protocol. However, they may differ from one another by the thruput of the physical links.
The distribution case BD receives the orders, transmitted by the peripheral PS, for selection of a virtual channel, in addition to the flow of video data coming from the interface B1, B2. It extracts or copies the cells assigned to a virtual channel belonging to it and directs the data flow from the virtual channel to the destination peripheral PS, via the interface C1, C2. It formats the data flow from the interface B1, B2 to the interface C1, C2 and transmits the user orders sent out from the interface C1, C2 to the head end T1, T2 to which it is connected, via the interface B1, B2.
The third interface C1, C2 defines the format and protocol of the data traveling between the distribution case and a peripheral of the seat.
This can be a low-thruput link required for the transmission of a single virtual channel (2 Mb/s class). This interface is a two-way interface.
The operating of the device previously described is illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3.
In the "broadcasting" mode, each video program is associated with a channel. All the peripherals PS are destinations of all the virtual channels. It is up to the user of a peripheral PS to indicate the channel, and consequently the video program he wishes to view (like a conventional television set).
In FIG. 2, the server proposes three programs P1, P2, P3 accessible by each of the peripherals, via the distribution cases, by means of three virtual channels CN1, CN2, CN3. The invention is obviously not limited to such a number of channels. Thus, the capacity of the interface can be N channels, where N is the number of video programs, N generally being limited to some twenty programs simultaneously. A single head end T1, T2 can then perform the broadcasting function.
In the "distribution" mode, each user is associated with a personalized virtual channel set up by the user at the time of composing his own video program, which can use the available sources P1 to P5, between his peripheral PS and a video server S1. The time sequence of each personalized program is independent for each user (Video on Demand). The number of virtual channels simultaneously open on a server is limited by the technology of this server and the number of virtual channels supported by the interfaces A1, A2 and B1, B2.
In FIG. 3, the four virtual channels CN'1 to CN'4 represented respectively and individually connect the peripherals P'S 1 and P'S 3 to the sources P'2 and P'1 of the server and the peripherals P'S 2 and P'S 4 to the source P'3 of this same server S1.
More generally, the interface B1, B2 can of course be occupied by M virtual channels, where M represents the number of programs distributed individually to the users.
This number M may exceed the physical capacity of the interface B1, B2.
In this case, several head ends will be required as indicated in FIG. 1.
In the "broadcasting" configuration, the video server S1 can comprise, as represented in FIG. 4, an insertion multiplexer M1 (extraction of "cells") as well as a management unit G1 for the video server S1.
The multiplexer M1 is connected by its inputs to the different data sources (of which only three I1 to I3 are represented).
It is connected by its output to a multiplexer M2 of the same type that is part of the head end. This multiplexer M2 is coupled, by a two-way link, with a management unit G2 of the head end T1,
The output of the multiplexer M2 is connected to the input of a multiplexer M3 that is part of a first distribution case BD1 of a loop of distribution cases BD1 to BD4, each having an identical structure.
This multiplexer M3 is further connected, on the one hand, by a two-way link to a management unit G3, itself connected by a two-way link to a video decompression unit UD of a seat peripheral PS associated with the distribution case BD, and, on the other hand, by a one-way link to the multiplexer of the next distribution case BD.
The connections between the other successive distribution cases BD2 to BD4 in the chain are made in the same way, by means of one-way links.
The multiplexer of the last distribution case BD4 is connected by a one-way link to a multiplexer M4 of the head end T1 which is coupled to the management unit G2 by a two-way link. The output of this multiplexer M4 is connected to the management unit G1 of the video server S1.
In the video distribution configuration, the device can have a structure of the type of the device represented in FIG. 5 comprising several sets each including a video server S'1, S'2, a network head end T'1, T'2 and a loop of distribution cases BD1 to BD4 -BD'1 to BD'4 in which each case is associated with at least one peripheral PS.
In this example, each video server S,1, S,2 comprises, as previously, an insertion multiplexer M'1, M"1 (extraction of cells) connected to the different data sources I1 to I3 -I'1 to I'3 and to a video server management unit G'1, G"1.
The head ends T1, T2 each comprise a cell switching matrix MC1, MC2 driven by a management unit G'2, G"2 via a two-way link. This matrix MC1, MC2 is more particularly designed so as to:
receive the data transmitted by the multiplexer M'1, M"1 as well as the data coming from the chain of distribution cases BD1 to BD4, BD'1 to BD'3,
transmit the data coming from the distribution case chains BD1 to BD4 to the management unit G'1, G"1 of the video server S'1, S'2 associated with it, and to its own management unit G'2, G"2,
exchange data (by way of a two-way link) with the switching matrix of a head end T'1, T'2 of another set.
The switching matrices MC1, MC2 are controlled by the management unit G'2, G"2 associated with them, as a function of data received by the latter.
In this FIG., two virtual channels, represented by links C4 and C5, set up communication between a data source of one of the sets and a peripheral belonging to the other set.
FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of a network comprised of three sets each comprising a video server (of which only the multiplexer MU1 to MU3 has been represented) coupled to a plurality of data sources I1 to I3, I'1 to I'3, I"1 to I"3, a head end (of which only the switching matrix MC3, MC4, MC5 has been represented), and a loop of distribution cases BD1, BD'1, BD"1, (of which only one has been represented for the purposes of simplification).
In this case, the cell switching matrices MC3, MC4, MC5 are not connected to one another by two-way links but by one-way links arranged in such a way as to constitute a loop of matrices.
As previously mentioned, the basic application of the system previously described is the distribution of video programs on board a vehicle such as an aerodyne. However, the invention is not limited to this type of application. In fact, this system further enables interactive dialogs to be set up between the user of a peripheral and a multiplicity of data sources which may be managed by processors.
In fact, the digital structure of the data distributed authorizes all types of extensions of the system to exchanges other than video, such as e.g. the transfer of computer files, the transmission of fax messages, the transmission of various data that may pertain to the flight of the aerodyne, weather, or even messages intended for the passengers.
Furthermore, the modularity of the system makes it possible to envisage configurations providing, as a function of a criterion such as traveling class, a broadcasting mode or a distribution mode.
This is notably made possible by the fact that, seen from the distribution network (i.e. interfaces A and B), there is no difference between the virtual channels associated with a program and those associated with a user.
By way of these arrangements, this system is highly flexible and has considerable upgrading potential, criteria that are much sought after by customers of these systems, e.g. the airline companies.
In particular, the complexity of the configurations made possible by these systems can be increased, according to the availability of the techniques used, by virtue of the functional breakdown proposed (server/network head end/distribution case), and of the standardization of the interfaces.
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Bartolo Colon
News about Bartolo Colon, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Mar. 6, 2015
New York Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon does better than expected in exhibition game against team's main rival Washington Nationals, who have just signed formidable pitcher Max Scherzer. MORE
Aug. 4, 2014
San Francisco Giants defeat New York Mets, 9-0; Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon, who is facing trade rumors, has sub-par performance, allowing six runs in four and two-thirds innings. MORE
Jul. 24, 2014
New York Mets beat Seattle Mariners, 3-2, with Bartolo Colon pitching perfect game into the seventh inning. MORE
Jun. 19, 2014
New York Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon records his first hit in nine years, scores his first run in 12 years and pitches eight innings to lead the team to a 3-2 victory over St Louis Cardinals. MORE
Apr. 13, 2014
New York Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon continues to surprise with his success at 40 years of age and 285 pounds; is scheduled next to take on the Los Angeles Angels, one of the seven teams he has played for in his often-distinguished 17-year career. MORE
Mar. 11, 2014
Tyler Kepner On Baseball column notes that New York Mets off-season acquisition Bartolo Colon continues to rely on his fastball more than any starter in baseball, even at age 40; says he is his own physical marvel, with exceptional athleticism that helps him succeed despite carrying 265 pounds on a 5-foot-11 frame. MORE
Mar. 7, 2014
New York Mets pitchers Bartolo Colon, Jon Niese and Bobby Parnell take turns facing live batters, in a gamelike situation at training camp, with no fans in the stands; all three are working their way back from injuries. MORE
Feb. 16, 2014
Bartolo Colon, who in the past energized other MLB teams, is being counted on to help replace Matt Harvey in the New York Mets pitching rotation this season; hope is that he can locate his fastball and mentor their young pitchers. MORE
Dec. 15, 2013
Pitcher Bartolo Colon and New York Mets complete contract on two-year, $20 million deal. MORE
Dec. 13, 2013
Tyler Kepner On Baseball column holds that with the acquisitions of Bartolo Colon, Curtis Granderson and Chris Young, the New York Mets have reason for optimism next year. MORE
Dec. 12, 2013
New York Mets, continuing spending spree, agree to a two-year, $20 million deal with All-Star free agent Bartolo Colon. MORE
Jul. 9, 2013
Tyler Kepner On Baseball column on Oakland Athletics starter Bartolo Colon, quality pitcher who can still perform at age 40; notes that Colon was suspended for 50 games after testing positive for testosterone in 2012. MORE
Aug. 23, 2012
Oakland Athletics pitcher Bartolo Colon tests positive for an excessive level of testosterone and is suspended for 50 games. MORE
Jul. 15, 2011
Toronto Blue Jays defeat New York Yankees Yankees, 16-7, as Yankees pitcher Bartolo Colon leaves game in first inning with recurring hamstring ailment. MORE
Jul. 14, 2011
Major League Baseball receives copies of medical records from Dr Sergio Guzman for novel stem cell procedure that New York Yankees pitcher Bartolo Colon underwent in April 2010 in the Dominican Republic to help his ailing shoulder and elbow. MORE
Jun. 12, 2011
New York Yankees defeat Cleveland Indians, 4-0, but Yankees pitcher Bartolo Colon strains his left hamstring. MORE
Jun. 4, 2011
MLB investigation into stem cell treatment received by New York Yankees pitcher Bartolo Colon in 2010 is stalled as league awaits Colon's medical records concerning procedure from Dominican Republic. MORE
May. 31, 2011
New York Yankees defeat Oakland Athletics, 5-0, as 38-year-old Yankees pitcher Bartolo Colon continues strong performances with his first shutout in five years. MORE
May. 13, 2011
New York Yankees are investigating whether pitcher Bartolo Colon was required to disclose all aspects of his medical past before signing with team in 2011; inquiry comes in light of concerns over Colon undergoing stem cell procedure in Dominican Republic in spring of 2010 for an elbow injury. MORE
May. 12, 2011
New York Yankees pitcher Bartolo Colon's regenerative stem cell treatment for elbow, administered by Florida orthopedic surgeon Joseph R Purita and team of Dominican doctors, raises concerns over potential usage of banned human growth hormone. MORE
Mar. 22, 2011
Bats blog; New York Yankees pitcher Bartolo Colon continues to make his case for spot in starting rotation with consistently impressive spring training outings; other MLB news noted. MORE
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Bartolo Colon Adds a Double to His Legend in a Win Over the Marlins
Colon scorched a run-scoring double and limited the Marlins to three runs in his seven innings on the mound, earning his major-league high eighth win.
June 1, 2015, Monday
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Mets Get a Lift From a Heavy Hitter (and Pitcher) of Their Own
Bartolo Colon caused a stir with his hitting and base running, but it was his pitching that was most important in a win over the Phillies.
May 26, 2015, Tuesday
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Rough Night for Bartolo Colon, and the Rest of the Mets
Colon lasted only four and a third innings, allowed 11 hits and nine runs (eight earned) and walked two batters.
May 21, 2015, Thursday
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Last-Place Brewers Add to Mets' Growing Anxiety
Bartolo Colon gave up six runs on just 62 pitches during his worst outing of the season.
May 16, 2015, Saturday
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Mets Beat Phillies, Buoyed by Fringes of the Roster
Johnny Monell's pinch-hit two-run double in the eighth inning capped the scoring for the Mets, who also got three hits from Daniel Murphy.
May 11, 2015, Monday
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Rare Inning of Offense Holds Up for Mets Against Orioles
After going 21 innings across three games without scoring, the Mets came up with three runs in the fourth, and Bartolo Colon pitched well enough to make those sufficient.
May 6, 2015, Wednesday
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Bartolo Colon's Arm and Bat Help Push Mets to 6th Straight Win
Colon connected with a fastball in the fifth inning to help the Mets as they matched their longest winning streak since April 2011.
April 18, 2015, Saturday
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With Arm and Bat, Bartolo Colon Steadies the Ship as Mets Head Home
The day after Mets closer Jenrry Mejia had been suspended for testing positive for a banned substance, Bartolo Colon led the team to a 4-3 victory over the Braves in Atlanta, including his first R.B.I. since 2005.
April 13, 2015, Monday
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Mets Exploit Two Errors to Beat Max Scherzer and the Nationals
Scherzer, the Nationals' new $210 million ace, carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, but two errors by Ian Desmond, the Nationals shortstop, allowed the Mets to open the season with a victory.
April 7, 2015, Tuesday
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So Who Needs Matt Harvey?
The Mets' decision to give this year's opening day start to Bartolo Colon has created something of a stir, but the team has done quite well on opening days regardless of its starting pitcher.
March 28, 2015, Saturday
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Physical trainer Samir Jaura is busy working with actress Rani Mukherjee for her look in "Mardaani". He says she needs to reduce 12 to 13 kg for her role in the movie.
"I'm training Rani for 'Mardaani' and she will be losing around 12 to 13 kg for the film. We started training two weeks back and she has already lost 3 kg," Jaura told IANS.
In the film, Rani plays a police officer, and the role demands her to be fit.
"Mardaani" is helmed by Pradeep Sarkar, who had earler directed Rani in the film "Laaga Chunari Mein Daag - Journey Of A Woman".
Jaura is also the one who is training Priyanka Chopra for the Mary Kom biopic, and he is also behind the macho and fit looks of Farhan Akhtar in "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag".
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how do they do it?? gaining and losing weight for roles? yaha its hard to lose half a kilo, forget 12 :P
Priyanka Chopra decided to take everyone out at a bar in Barcelona.
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