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October 30, 2012 | 12:00 pm
By Chris Meadows
Ars Technica has a couple of great, in-depth pieces laying out in detail the facts of the matter surrounding the upcoming Supreme Court case concerning a Thai exchange student who imported and resold cheap foreign editions of English-language textbooks to finance his doctorate. Publishers contend he earned $1.2 million in revenues, and essentially set himself up as an unlicensed importer/distributor, damaging the publishers' market for the books within the United States. The publisher plaintiff is John Wiley & Sons, which has also garnered attention for its recent lawsuits against unauthorized BitTorrent distributors of its books.
The article discusses the Costco vs. Omega case, which I covered here, in which Omega tried to use copyright to prevent importation, but notes that even though Omega essentially won the deadlocked Supreme Court ruling by default, the lower court to which the case was remanded eventually found that this was actually a misuse of copyright. It's not clear just how much effect the precedent will have on the textbook cases, since a $1,299 watch is not a $200 textbook.
"Nobody has to buy a $2,000 watch, or a $1,300 watch, so it didn't affect people in general," says [lawyer John] Mitchell. "But anyone who wants a college degree is going to need to get their hands on textbooks. It affects millions of people, and I'm hopeful that now the Supreme Court is going to look at this as a case of importance to everyone in the U.S."
The reason this sort of thing is even possible stems from the different cost of living standards all over the world. If American publishers want to sell their books in China, or India, or somewhere else where the average salary is so much lower than in the United States, they essentially have to price them commensurate with what people can afford over there, or they just won't sell any. The problem is that our market is now essentially global, and people can order goods from overseas as easily as swapping out the ".com" from the end of amazon.com with some other suffix.
This is also the reason for the region-protection schemes that were implemented for console games, DVDs and Blu-rays. Even at the dawn of the DVD era, studios knew people would readily buy from overseas to save a few dollars—and since they had the technical means to prevent people from doing so (albeit rather poorly in the case of DVDs, at least), they might as well. (This is also why you can't buy e-books from the UK in the U.S., and vice versa, though in that case it's more about selling rights separately to different publishers in different regions than charging more in one region than another.) But you can't DRM a paper book.
I remember back in the 1990s when the Hong Kong movie craze was at its height here in America, and I looked for sources from which to buy cheap, unexpurgated Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat movies. Hong Kong stores like HiViZone (which apparently no longer sells DVDs) and DDD House offered the movies cheaply (legitimately region-free, since Hong Kong studios didn't seem to care about such things), but took several weeks to ship them. U.S. importer Poker Industries (which is apparently also defunct now) offered them at a higher though still decent price, but with quicker availability—except for titles that had been exclusively licensed by U.S. distributors, even when they were only releasing edited, dub-only versions of them, as with most Jackie Chan movies.
Another case had to do with Japanese toys and their Korean knock-offs from the popular Macross anime series, which had been licensed in the U.S. as part of Robotech. After Harmony Gold got interested in Robotech again, it realized that it (thought it) held the rights to all Macross-derived properties in the U.S.—including imported toys. So it started going after toy importers with legal threats. (Since then, it seems to have quietly backed down from this position—at least I haven't heard about any other such threats in the last few years.)
My understanding to come out of such cases was that it was legal to import single copies of these items for your own use, by buying them from foreign stores—but if you turned around and sold them again in the U.S., you were violating the exclusive rights those studios had purchased. A 1998 Supreme Court case called Quality King did suggest that copyright owners couldn't control re-importation of domestically produced items due to the First Sale doctrine.
But publishers have argued (successfully, so far) that doesn't apply to goods that were originally manufactured overseas (like the textbooks—or, for that matter, the Hong Kong movie DVDs or Macross toys), because of phrasing in the Copyright Act stating it applied to goods that were "made legally under" its authority. These overseas-imported goods weren't made under the Copyright Act's authority, the publishers argue—they were made under the laws and regulations of other countries instead, so First Sale doesn't apply. The Supreme Court found this argument convincing in the Omega case.
When you think about it further, this is exactly the kind of sticky wicket the Supreme Court exists to address. If SCOTUS finds the textbook importation legal, it means that publishers who sell cheaply overseas are essentially undercutting themselves because there's nothing stopping anyone from turning rogue distributor and reselling at whatever price the market will bear.
But on the other hand, if SCOTUS sides with the publishers' argument that First Sale doesn't apply (as it almost did in the Omega case, and certainly would have if one Justice hadn't had to recuse herself due to arguing in favor of the case herself in a lower court), it could give publishers a legal loophole to shut down used sales of their works (which they would greatly love to do)—just have them printed overseas, and they're no longer manufactured under the Copyright Act. Not only would this make used sales more complicated (how can you know whether a given book is legal to sell when some of them could be illegal based on where they're made?), it would also send jobs overseas, which can't be what the court wants to do.
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That second Ars Technica article covers the first day of oral arguments in some detail. And while I wrote the majority of this post before seeing it, it doesn't seem to change much of the implications here. It seems the Justices were concerned about how this precedent could affect museums, libraries, and even used car dealerships (can a foreign-made Toyota car be legally resold, given that its onboard computers contain copyrighted software?), though rather less sympathetic to the Thai student in the case. None of the options seemed particularly appealing.
Whichever side wins, the losers will probably start lobbying Congress to clarify matters in law—amending the Copyright Act to apply to any goods made anywhere, or closing the loophole that lets foreign importation slip by. The used resale market is huge, but so is the new sale market, and publishers tend to see them as competing with each other—and will do everything they can to try to kill the used market off.
And this is where the e-book angle comes in, as e-books (and paid-download video games and other digital media) can't be resold (under current copyright law, anyway, though companies such as ReDigi are in the process of trying to change that). But in this field, e-books actually take something of a back seat to computer games, which have been going into digital distro in a huge way.
Computer game distribution networks such as Steam have been converting pirates into consumers with crazy sales and reasonable prices, annoying UK video game retail chains (and, for that matter, American chain Gamestop, which actually went so far as removing a coupon for a free Steam download from physical copies of one new computer game they sold!) with their widespread integration into many hit computer games, and making one Forbes commentator wish that something similar were available for movies. It does DRM well enough that a lot of gamers accept it, where they quail at more invasive versions. And while you can give new digital video games from Steam as gifts at the click of a mouse, you can't resell them used—which a lot of game developers don't exactly mind. Nearly half of all computer games sold in 2009 were digital downloads. The proportion has probably increased since then.
If SCOTUS sides with the right to resell used physical goods, I expect this could give a pretty big boost to the digital side of things, as so far, digital goods are by and large resale-proof. Might it lead to publishers throwing that many more resources into increasing e-book sales, including running their own e-book stores to compete with Amazon and other big e-book sellers? It should be interesting to find out.
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This case is very interesting as it cuts to the heart of globalization; i think there is almost no chance the Supreme Court will rule in favor of Wiley outright, on the other hand a straight ruling against them needs to be followed by some form of prohibiting large scale re imports as the lack of such will simply mean that the products will cease to be made and sold for the poorer countries.
Good for us in the US as we keep our resale rights, but a disaster for the poor countries where most people on Earth live as of today so the morality of this is tricky.
The bottom line is that while it may seem to us a rip off to be charged 15$ when someone in a poor country is charged 1$, the reality is that without those 15$ the product in cause is not made and that applies to everything from medicine to books to software.
The other tricky issue is that this case is about textbooks which are indeed a ripoff and should be produced at cost as part of the job description by tenured academics who get high salaries and perks while the great teaching load is done by grad students and adjunct professors paid by course with no benefits but that is another issue
Since the First Sale Doctrine specifically deals with physical goods, not digital goods, these law cases won't change the current re-sale status of digital goods like ebooks. The copyright office specifically says that a used digital item can't be resold since it is not a physical item like a paper book so it is not covered by the First Sale Doctrine.
I would guess that the justices will keep this focused on physical goods. It will be complicated enough without getting into digital goods.
However, the question of whether the doctrine of first sale or some modern equivalent of it applies to digital goods will eventually have to be addressed. That is not a moot question as some here have suggested.
From a legal perspective, the question is moot.
The First Sale Doctrine Defined:
"First Sale Doctrine refers to the right of a buyer of a material object in which a copyrighted work is embodied to resell or transfer the object itself. Ownership of copyright is distinct from ownership of the material object. Section 109 of the Copyright Act permits the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under the Copyright Law to sell or otherwise dispose of possession of that copy or phonorecord without the authority of the copyright owner.
Commonly referred to as the 'first sale doctrine,' this provision permits such activities as the sale of used books. The first sale doctrine is subject to limitations that permit a copyright owner to prevent the unauthorized commercial rental of computer programs and sound recordings." US Government Publication 04-8copyright.
If you are interested, go here for links to various legal sources which state that digital media is not a material object. http://mbyerly.blogspot.com/2009/04/first-sale-doctrine-and-ebooks.html
The courts really can't change this, only Congress can by redefining copyright, and that will never happen.
Marilyn, you haunt these topics on copyright giving out false information.
There is nothing in current copyright law that states that digital goods cannot be resold. The only thing that legally prevents people from reselling digital goods is that digital goods are typically encumbered with DRM which is, in fact, illegal to remove.
And please stop spamming links to your own blog. If you have an argument to make and wish to link to a source that actually supports your argument please provide a direct link. Don't link to your personal blog which then links to a great mass of other sites and documents.
Binko, someone is offering false information and it ain't me.
I have links to articles below from the Columbia School of Law, Harvard School of Law, and the US Government which all say that the first sale doctrine doesn't apply to digital material. Who are your experts?
Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader Locked Up: Why Your Books Are No Longer Yours, Columbia Science and Technology Law Review.
Explores the various issues of sale versus license, first sale doctrine, etc.
iTunes White Paper
The last sections explain various governments' stances on first sale doctrine issues.
US Government Publication 04-8copyright.
Please read the following quote from the first link you provided:
"Whether a transaction is a license or a sale is a factual question determined by courts—even if a publisher calls it a license, if the transaction actually looks more like a sale, users will retain their right to resell the copy. However, as more commercial transactions involve the transfer of digital content—particularly commercial software—courts have struggled to consistently make the distinction between license and sale. Software is increasingly transferred with highly restrictive licensing terms, but federal case law has not clearly determined whether these types of transfers are licenses or true sales"
If a consumer clicks on a prominent "BUY NOW" button on Amazon's website while the legalize that states his purchase is really a license is hidden away somewhere he would certainly have a case that he purchased his ebook and did not license it.
As many other people have pointed out, the issues surrounding licensing and sales and resale of digital goods have not yet been fully worked out in Federal Court.
The second link you provided is a 100 page document on the state of copyright and contract law across the world while the third is a basic summary of US copyright law. Nowhere that I could see in either does it state that digital goods cannot be resold.
You are repeating false information and providing a bunch of links in an attempt to appear to be well researched when, in fact, the links you provide do not support your claims at all.
Binko, copyright owners and publishers have no control of whether Amazon uses a "buy" button on their digital works, nor do they have control of where Amazon places the terms of lease on their site so that cannot be used as an excuse to say that you have the right to resell an ebook.
When you "buy" an ebook, you are agreeing to the terms of lease which is in the small print or on another page of the sale website. There is no question whether it is a lease or sale because these terms clearly state that you are buying a license.
Many ebooks now have statements that they cannot be resold on their copyright page and that they are licensed, not sold.
The copyright office's document I listed says this, "First Sale Doctrine refers to the right of a buyer of a material object in which a copyrighted work is embodied to resell or transfer the object itself. "
A digital copy of an ebook is not a "material object" so you cannot resell it. A "material object" is a book or CD which is legal to resell. Certainly, that is clear enough.
I've dug through my research on copyright and have some clearer examples of the issue of "first sale doctrine" and ebooks.
"Further, the privileges created by the first sale principle do not "extend to any person who has acquired possession of the copy or phonorecord from the copyright owner, by rental, lease, loan, or otherwise, without acquiring ownership of it." See 17 U.S.C. § 109(d). Most computer software is distributed through the use of licensing agreements. Under this distribution system, the copyright holder remains the "owner" of all distributed copies. For this reason, alleged infringers should not be able to establish that any copies of these works have been the subject of a first sale."
"But "first sale" is under fire in the digital world. Created in an era of physical copies, the doctrine historically applied only to tangible copies of copyrighted material. In the context of a downloaded book or music file, the Copyright Office suggests that first sale rights could be limited to the medium used to make the copy. In other words, to resell your digital downloads, you must also sell your hard drive, ebook reader, or iPod.."
The case was argued last week with justices challenging both sides.
"First sale" seems obvious right to most of us, but the law as written has far reaching implications way beyond textbooks.

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text: I had a bye my first round, won my second, and got crushed my third. On a side note, I watched the male pros and was treated to some great matches. Earl Strickland lost to Jose Parica 10 - 3. Earl gave up after the third game. He was hanging his head, and just wishing for the end. Cory Duel is out of the tournament as well. He lost a hill hill match to Fabio Petroni. The afternoon session for the men was well attended. I never made it to the women's to see how they were doing. Any comments on the women? The show was packed as usual with fans, buyers, and overall enthusiasts. Thewre were many great buys to be had. Tom (Dr. Cue)Rossman was there doing his show. I got to play him a game of 8 ball yesterday. He won, but it was fun anyway.


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Poster, Artificial Nature Exhibition Poster for The Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, 1990
Offset lithograph on white wove paper.
Gift of Ken Friedman. 1997-19-432
Some of the people involved with this object include
- Dan Friedman (Designer)
- Dan Friedman (Designer)
What is this?
Recto: Photographic color reproduction of a beach with a floating waste transporter with yellow floatation tanks, at right. Above center in yellow block text "Artificial" and in white block letters in black "Nature". Below, across lower portion of the sheet imprinted in white, the date and place of the exhibition and a list of the participating artists.
Verso: Eight color photographic reproductions with short phrases of different sizes superimposed which creats a caption in juxtaposition to the images. The images/ captions are: a woman's face with a test tube/"culture"; muscle man ini water/"artificial intellegence" "packaged";computer simulation of a seated infant/ "genetic engineering", "hyperhuman"; a nude male in a landscape/"post-natural nature", "fantasy"; Elvis Presley waterskiing/"surrealized", "virtual reality"; a woman in a sauna/"geometric abstraction", "plasticized"; robotic arm/"biotechnology","self improvement", an abnormally shaped child's head/"waste products", "mutations", "end."


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SOUTH WHITLEY – After last meeting's tense conversation over budget numbers, South Whitley's Town Council convened once again to sort through town funds and appropriations.
Lending her expertise to the topic was Retha Hicks from HR Unlimited. Hicks was contracted to help Clerk-Treasurer Bob Gould reconcile bank statements and budget line items.
Hicks confirmed that the budget reflected an additional $160,000 for 2012 that was not actually given to the town to spend.
That error was made known at the last council meeting, but how the mistake happened has not been determined.
Town Manager Dave Wilkinson assured the board that the recently approved 2013 budget was based on correct numbers. Gould and Wilkinson worked together to establish the 2013 budget. According to Wilkinson, the pair used the amount of funds spent in each category in 2012 to determine the budget for 2013.
"The budget submitted is covered, but there is no extra," said Wilkinson. "We can ask for additional appropriations. That would come from prior tax dollars from previous years."
But it was the here and now that Council President Tony Starkey was most concerned with. Starkey asked Gould if there was enough appropriations to get through to the end of December.
"Yes, but it's going to upset some of the people here," Gould said referring to members of the Park Board present at the council meeting.
"Some people over spent to the amount of $40,000. I had to take money from the Park Board to balance out the budget," Gould said.
The town has a "rainy day" fund that acted as additional monies for expenses and overages. However, when the council approved the purchase of a new vehicle, that line item was reduced almost in its entirety.
"You asked if we can afford the car and I said yes," Gould said. "It was not budgeted, so I used the rainy day fund. That took all of the that fund."
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Falcons Blank MSU-Billings, 7-0
Feb. 21, 2010
The Air Force men's tennis team won its second consecutive match in Bozeman, Mont., Saturday, blanking Montana-State-Billings, 7-0. The Falcons improved to 3-2 this spring and wrap up the weekend on Sunday, Feb. 21 against Montana State.
The Falcons cruised through all nine matches against the Yellowjackets. Senior Brett Rodgers and junior Taylor Soster led the way early, winning the No. 1 doubles match 8-0 over Franco Valdez and Delbert Landicho. In singles play, freshman Lance Wilhelm improved to 5-0 at the No. 1 singles spot with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Navin Marimuthu. Air Force won the other five singles matches in straight sets as well.
"Our team played great today," said Air Force Dan Oosterhous. "We have prepared ourselves well for a very tough match against Montana State tomorrow morning."
1. Rodgers / Taylor Soster (AF) def. Valdez / Landicho, 8-0
2. Francis / Wilhelm (AF) def. Lehman / Marimuthu, 8-5
3. Beaussart / Sam Barnes (AF) def. Schouman / Luis Olivera, 8-2
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Animals living in a state of nature reproduce according to their nature and the limits of their habitat. People, in contrast, mostly live not in states of nature but in political states and societies. Our reproductive freedom to have unplanned (and sometimes unwanted) children imposes a financial burden on the state (and thus taxpayers), which becomes responsible for financially supporting custodial parents in the absence of support from the other biological parent, or in providing for children when both parents are unable to.
A recent article 'Single mothers and the sexual contract' argues that the economics of parenting in our capitalist society creates two categories of parents: partnered parents who are economically privileged because they can support each other, and unpartnered parents who are economically vulnerable because they often cannot rely on the economic support of the other parent of their child.
Unpartnered parents consequently must rely on the support of the state, which in Australia has recently been reduced with the intent of forcing single parents to return to work regardless of whether suitable work (such as with flexible hours) exists. The article argues that the state, in reducing its support for single parents, has become a 'deadbeat dad' that is avoiding its responsibilities.
In Australia we don't talk much, or nearly enough, about the relationship between citizens and the state. The topic itself sounds American, and it is in the United States that a very different approach is being evaluated in relation to the financial responsibility that parents owe to their children and to the state.
An American father who owes approximately $100,000 in child support to the mothers of his 4 children has been ordered by a judge to not have more children until he has paid what he owes to support his existing children.
In this case, the judge's actions suggests that the state does not want more responsibility in financially providing for children, and it expects parents to take more responsibility. Imagine that happening in Australia. There would be outrage. The view that the state should always provide for us is entrenched, as is the assumed freedom to be irresponsible without suffering the consequences.
Advocates of single parents make a valid point that many non-custodial parents avoid their financial responsibilities by lowering their taxable incomes through complex accounting strategies. This should be fixed, and it is in the interests of the state and individual taxpayers for this to occur.
However, this is not relevant where neither parents has an income or assets, and has nothing to contribute towards the welfare of their children. The state is then forced to provide support.
The supposed 'right' to reproduce is rarely discussed and is, to the best of my knowledge, not defined in law. It does not exist. As former federal politician Peter Reith states in relation to people seeking fertility treatments in order to have children, 'our political class don't support their right to have children'.
It may be extrapolated from this that Australian political parties do not view having children as a right that should be formalised in legislation. This is perhaps why it has not been clarified in Australian law. But it is defined elsewhere.
Article 16 of the United Nations' Universal declaration of human rights states that 'Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family'. 'Found a family' means 'have children'.
I don't see how this 'right' can be sustained irrespective of economic conditions, as it entails allowing citizens to demand that their fellow citizens pay for their choice to have children through welfare payments when they do not have the financial capacity to support a child. I don't think anyone has a right to choose to make a greater burden of themselves on the state and taxpayers.
Coincidently, Fatima Measham today published an article about a hypothetical future parenting licence.


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Clinical Fellowship Program
UVA's Allergy
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combined medicine and pediatric fellowship. The division's eight
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a period of four months, giving them exposure to a variety of attending
management styles and patient disorders. Fellows also have
opportunities to work with ongoing research programs within the
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Pinna, Marco (2012) Specificità dei test cardio-polmonari nel nuoto: comparazione tra il nuoto trattenuto e test aspecifici di laboratorio. [Doctoral Thesis]
The purpose of this study is to compare maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2max), maximal heart rate (HRmax), and anaerobic threshold (AT) obtained by a swimming test (SW) and three other testing procedures: cycling (CY), running (RU), and arm cranking (AC). On separate day and randomly assigned, 12 male swimmers (age 19.2 ± 0.8 years, weight 68.9 ± 1.6 kg, and height 177.3 ± 1.7 cm), completed SW, CY, RU, and AC incremental tests to exhaustion. VO2max, HRmax, and AT were measured by a portable gas analyzer. To permit expired gases collection during SW testing, the device was connected to a modified snorkel system. During the SW the athletes showed a higher VO2max compared to the CY and the AC tests. There was no significant difference in VO2max between the SW and the RU test. The AT occurred at higher workloads during SW in comparison to the other tests. Moreover, the SW test induced a lower HR response with respect to the other tests. These results do not support the use of any unspecific testing procedures to estimate VO2max, HRmax, and AT for swimming. Thus, swimmers should be evaluated in their specific activity since prediction of physiological parameters for swimming from other kinds of efforts can be misleading. The most specific parameter appears to be AT, which showed the most relevant difference between the SW and the other tests.
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In a fascinating interview ahead of Gerard Houllier's return to Anfield on Monday, Jamie Carragher explains why he regards the Frenchman, in his first three years at Anfield at least, as the best manager he's ever worked with...
It's 9.30am on a frosty morning in Merseyside, where the memory of a late defeat to Tottenham Hotspur two days previous is about to be blotted further by news that Jamie Carragher will be sidelined for three months.
A dislocated shoulder suffered during a seemingly innocuous challenge on former teammate Peter Crouch will keep the 32-year-old in the treatment room until late February at least. Carragher could be excused for not being in the best of moods.
It says much about the man that he still arrives on cue for a pre-arranged sit down with Liverpoolfc.tv. Most footballers - forgivably - would have postponed. It's also an illustration of the high regard he has for old boss Gerard Houllier, who is the subject of today's interview.
In football, as in all walks of public life, perspective arrives only with patience. For many years after the press conference announcing his departure from the club, analysis of the Houllier era was bottom-heavy. The final two years, the inability to translate cup success into league glory, the litany of misjudged signings such as El Hadji Diouf and Bruno Cheyrou - it was all too fresh in the mind. The 2001 treble, it often seemed, was a prefix to failure.
"He came back too soon," says Carragher, referring to Houllier's dramatic return to the dugout for our Champions League encounter with Roma in March 2002 - just weeks after undergoing heart surgery.
"I think he'd say himself now that he'd probably have been better waiting until the end of the season. That was just his enthusiasm for football. Obviously it didn't help him that summer when he made certain decisions but for the first three or four years he was the best manager I've had.
"He wasn't so much a coach, he was a manager. He was fantastic in a team meeting in getting you pumped up for a game, getting everyone together and team spirit."
So, six eventful years on, how would Carragher define the Houllier era?
"He put us back on the map in Europe with that UEFA Cup run in 2001," says the now veteran defender. "He was also the first manager to get us into the Champions League.
"The treble in 2001 is definitely under-appreciated. That season was unbelievable. To win a trophy in a season is a great thing. To win three?
"It's not just the finals. You've got the quarter-finals and the semi-finals - they're all massive games. Everything is on a knife-edge. Lose one game and it all falls apart.
"There were signings that didn't work but look at Sami Hyypia - what a signing he was. Markus Babbel, Didi Hamann, Stephane Henchoz, Gary Mac - these signings. Look at what Heskey did in the treble season. Look at the way he made me and Danny Murphy better players and brought Steven Gerrard through."
Carragher will himself be best remembered for his performance during one night in Istanbul, for overcoming sustained bouts for cramp to ensure the greatest comeback of them all didn't morph into a story of what might have been.
But while he regards lifting the Champions League trophy as his finest hour, Carragher argues that the treble was and is an even more remarkable feat.
"It's actually a better achievement than Istanbul," said our No.23. "Istanbul as a one off will never be beaten by anyone but someone wins the Champions League every year. To win three cup competitions in one season - that's not something that happens very often, not just at Liverpool but anywhere."
Houllier famously declared in the aftermath of Istanbul that it was largely his team that had triumphed. After all, he argued, 12 of the 14 players who wore red in the Ataturk were either signed or, in the case of Steven Gerrard and Carragher himself, nurtured on his watch.
For some, this undermines the tactical brilliance Rafael Benitez displayed to guide the Reds past Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus, Chelsea and, after a dreadful first half, AC Milan. Not forgetting the immense contribution of Benitez signings Luis Garcia and Xabi Alonso.
It also ignores the fact that most observers - including Carragher - felt it was right for Houllier to leave the club a year earlier.
"Don't get me wrong - the players and Rafa, it was our team," reflects Carragher. "But a lot of the players Gerard brought through played a major part in Istanbul. He's got to take some of the credit for that.
"Whenever a manager leaves it's because things haven't gone too well towards the end - it was the same with Rafa Benitez lately. But what Gerard left was winners in the team. He didn't inherit a team of winners.
"Even though the team wasn't doing too well, there were players in the squad who knew how to win trophies. Myself, Sami, Stevie, Michael, Didi, John Arne Riise. All these players had played in major finals. That made Rafa Benitez's job a bit easier coming in - he had players who knew how to win."
Carragher played his 650th game for Liverpool against West Ham last month and is now placed fifth - just behind Ian Rush - in the club's all-time appearance list.
This, perhaps, is another aspect of Houllier's legacy that is undervalued.
It was the Frenchman who warned Carragher to reel in any excesses early in his career; Houllier who brought the training facilities and methods at Melwood into the 21st century; Houllier who nagged him to get a girlfriend and settle down.
"The club and the team he came to was maybe set in its ways from the old days; going out drinking and enjoying your wins," says Carragher. "He certainly put a stop to that and he was certainly proved right by the success he had in his first few seasons.
"When we won the treble in 2001 - that's when the penny finally dropped.
"After the FA Cup final, no one was allowed a drink even though we'd won - and we went on to win the UEFA Cup final. These things make a difference.
"The fact I'm still playing now, and you look at Danny Murphy, Stevie, Michael Owen, Heskey - all those players from back then are still playing around the 30 mark or over. A lot of that is down to the manager.
"It probably wouldn't have been possible (to play 650 games) without the advice he gave me off the pitch. He's someone who came in just after Arsene Wenger and revolutionised English football in terms of how we look after ourselves.
"He was (on at me to get a girlfriend). I think all managers want players to settle down. It keeps them in. It wasn't just me - he was like that with other young players in the team.
"He was the biggest influence on my career because of what I won with him, how he influenced me as a player and what he gave me off the pitch."
Even today, more than six years after his Anfield reign ended, Houllier takes a keen interest in Carragher's wellbeing.
"He sent me a message about my shoulder and I spoke to him on the phone about how to come back and different things," explains Carragher. "He's given me a lot of support there, which is appreciated."
Having admitted that he could have been forced to hang up his boots by now without Houllier's mentoring, there is a certain irony in the fact that a rare injury will prevent Carragher facing the Frenchman's new club on Monday.
The centre-back knows there will be no room for sentiment as Liverpool look to bounce back from the Spurs defeat, but he is hoping the Kop gives Houllier the welcome his trophy haul and dedication to the club deserves.
"I'm expecting a great reception for what he did and also what he went through. He basically had a heart attack because he was putting so much work into trying to get Liverpool back to the top.
"He's the manager I won 70 or 80 per cent of my trophies with, he's someone I get on very well with and I'd like to see him do well. Though obviously not on Monday."
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In a landmark legal ruling, IT services firm EDS has lost its ongoing case with broadcaster BSkyB after the British High Court ruled that the HP-owned company had lied about its expertise. The court ruled that EDS has misled BSkyB over its skills and that the contract and a clause limiting EDS' potential damages to US$30 million were invalid. The ruling would leave EDS liable to at least £200m (AU$357 million) in damages."It's probably the decision that service providers have been dreading," Alan Owens, a litigation partner at Morrison & Foerster told the Wall Street Journal."We can expect a drastic change in behaviour among sales teams bidding for major contracts."The saga began in 2000 when EDS won a £48m (AU$85m) contract to build a CRM system for BSkyB's operations in Scotland. The project was beset with problems and cost overruns and in the end BSkyB sacked EDS and finished the project themselves, at a cost of £265m (AU473m).BSkyB said that EDS had misrepresented its skills and if it had known this it would have gone with an alternative bid from PricewaterhouseCoopers."We are pleased the Court dismissed the majority of the allegations made," an HP spokesman said in a statement."While we accept that the contract was problematic, HP strongly maintains EDS did nothing to deceive BSkyB. HP will be seeking permission to appeal."
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Again why is Considine here?
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Again why is Considine here?
I like the agression. Didn't like the execution. Gave Vick a very short field--not cool.
Looking at it again it was a good call. 32 tripped him up or he would have had it.
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A punt puts them around the 20, probably. Now they start on our end of the field. I don't understand that one at all. Not in a tie game in the second quarter.
i like the call.
i DONT like Consadine running it.
If we were going for it get your starters out there, jesus!!
harb's hand pick player
Let's Go Defense
Someone is going to get ejected over this and it will probably be a Raven
Settle the fuck down! Goodness!
what the hell is going on?
Clarence Brooks going OFF on the sidelines, love it!
Ihedigbo got in his way.
I don't understand the chippy ness
Come on ...NO STUPID penalties-please.
Jackson should be gone for throwing a punch


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UofL senior Wes Seacat
Sept. 15, 2006
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Led by senior Wes Seacat's second-place finish, the University of Louisville men's cross country team stayed unbeaten on the season with a win at the University of Tennessee Invitational Friday evening at Lambert Acres Golf Course, while freshman Tarah McKay added a second-place finish overall to lead the Cardinal women's squad.
Seacat, a native of New Albany, Ind., earned second in the field of 102 runners to lead the Cardinal men, ranked fourth in this week's FinishLynx Southeast Region Top 15, to 46 points overall and the team title. Belmont was second in among the 10 teams with 60 points, followed by the host Volunteers in third with 69 points and Georgia State in fourth with 134 points.
Seacat covered the 8,400-meter course in a time of 26 minutes, 58 seconds to earn runner-up honors overall and was the top collegiate finisher in the race. Joining Seacat in the top 10 was junior Soimo Kiplagat in seventh with a time of 27:10, followed by freshman Matt Smith in eighth at 27:14 and freshman Scott McClain in 10th at 27:20. Junior Thad Schroeder rounded out the scoring for the Cards with a 19th-place time of 28:00.
On the women's side, McKay, from St. Clements, Ont., covered the 5,000-meter course in a time of 18:08 to finish second in the field of 84 runners and lead the Cards to fourth place overall in a field of 11 teams with 104 points. The host Lady Vols, ranked 14th in the nation this week, won the team title with 28 points, followed by Georgia Tech in second with 77 points and Chattanooga in third with 81 points.
"For our men, it wasn't a pretty win, but we had some guys who really stepped up and made a difference today," said UofL head coach Ron Mann. "Wes Seacat did a great job and two freshmen, Matt Smith and Scott McClain, had nice races that pushed us home for the win. On the women's side, Tarah ran a terrific race and we're very pleased with where she's at right now. Overall, it was a solid day for us and something good for us to build on before our first home meet in two weeks."
The Cards will have a week away from competition before returning to race action on Sept. 30 at the Greater Louisville Classic at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer Park in Louisville, Ky.
UT INVITATIONAL Knoxville, Tenn. - Sept. 15, 2006 Men: 8,400m / Women: 5,000m
MENS RESULTS (10 Teams) 1. LOUISVILLE 46 points 2. Belmont 60 points 3. Tennessee 69 points 4. Georgia State 134 points 5. Runners Market 143 points 6. Georgia Tech 151 points 7. VMI 159 points 8. Austin Peay 186 points 9. Bryan College 247 points 10. Maryville College 315 points
U of L Men's Individual Finishers (field of 102) 2. Wes Seacat 26:58 7. Soimo Kiplagat 27:10 8. Matt Smith 27:14 10. Scott McClain 27:20 19. Thad Schroeder 28:00 24. Ryan Byrne 28:19 34. Michael Eaton 28:47
WOMENS RESULTS (11 Teams) 1. No. 14 Tennessee 28 points 2. Georgia Tech 77 points 3. Chattanooga 81 points 4. LOUISVILLE 104 points 5. Belmont 109 points 6. Georgia State 119 points 7. Austin Peay 223 points 8. VMI 228 points 9. Bryan College 280 points 10. Tennessee State 283 points 11. Maryville College 300 points
U of L Women's Individual Finishers (field of 84) 2. Tarah McKay 18:08 21. Kelsey Page 19:30 24. Kim Grieshaber 19:36 27. Kortni Dukes 19:55 30. Sarah Weir 20:02 33. Kathryn Long 20:15 36. Meredith Edwards 20:29 43. Kat Alcorn 20:56 60. Casey Keefer 22:29


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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Get Set For the Miller Chill Invitational
I have never understood the snag in using alcohol as a sponsor in certain sporting events (the NFL doesn't seem to have a problem with it), but the PGA Tour is different and likes to avoid using a company that sells alcohol as their main squeeze.
Well, up until now. According to Jon Show of the Sports Business Journal said that the PGA Tour is really looking into allowing "spirit" (that means alcohol ... hehe) companies to headline events.
Executives at PGA Tour headquarters are taking their most serious look yet at loosening rules that prevent spirit companies from buying tournament title sponsorships or traditional endorsements with players, said multiple sources familiar with the talks. Industry sources estimated the category could be worth up to $50 million a year in new sponsorship dollars.
The PGA Tour has considered such a move before but didn't take action because of the stigma attached to the category, said a tour source. The PGA Tour's board of directors would have to approve any change in the rules, and there is no firm timetable for a decision.
I'm all for this. You can say whatever you want about my following point, but alcohol and golf were made for each other. Hell, a beer company once signed maybe the least beer-drinking fellow in the world, Sergio Garcia, to a sponsorship deal, so at least Michelob Ultra understands it.
I think this makes good business sense. Hire a spirit company to headline some events, cash in on the easy money and understand that just because the event is called the Makers Mark Shootout, people aren't going to start hiding whiskey bottles behind their computer screens at work.
h/t Waggle Room
4 comments:
- Lawrence said...
Found your blog via Deadspin. The camouflaged Cleveland wedge was hilarious. Sadly, Boo Weekley, who clearly will have/already has it in his bag is probably way too stoked about it.
- April 28, 2009 at 2:33 PM
- Shane B. said...
I'm sure he bought some for all his cousins.
Also, welcome!
- April 28, 2009 at 3:46 PM
- AppleDawg said...
I have never understood it either but I have always respected the PGA for it
I drink as well and like Bud Light ads
If the ban ends, so be it
- April 28, 2009 at 6:10 PM
- Ryan Ballengee said...
Love the pic, Shane!
- April 29, 2009 at 8:35 AM
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Several Florida Counties Deploy Smart911 Service (2/20/13)
Counties across Florida, including Hamilton, Lafayette, Gilchrist, Taylor, Lake, Levy, Union and Collier, joined the Smart911 national network. Dixie County was the first county in Florida to announce availability of the online safety profile service two years ago.
"This service allows us to have the important details we need in order to provide the fastest and most accurate response, immediately," said Dixie County 9-1-1 Coordinator Chuck Elton. "We have been actively working to educate the community about this free service and encourage everyone to log on and create a safety profile for their household."
With its growing use in the region, community organizations across the state have been offering their support to public-safety officials by encouraging Floridians to take advantage of Smart911 and the extra protection it provides.
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Let me start with saying that I'm already a huge fan of castelli apparel and these were better than I expected. I just moved back to the Midwest so I had to get something for my winter training and these so far are working great. First time using the kiss3 chamois and it's definitely more comfortable than the chamois in my castelli podium collection bibs. I've rode on these bib shorts about 6 times now and the weather has ranged from 40-60 degrees. No problems in either condition and I think I should be fine riding in them down to 30 degrees. If they keep me warm down to that I'll definitely be purchasing another pair. I'm 160 and 6ft tall and a medium fits perfect. Tight but not restricting.
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. The Charleston County Board of Elections and Voter Registration has scheduled the Certification of the town's Election results for Thursday, Nov. 7 at 10:30 a.m.
A special town council meeting will be held to approve a resolution accepting the results of the election shortly after the official results are received from Charleston County.
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Rhode Island will join a majority of states in requesting relief from the controversial national education law, No Child Left Behind.
However, Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist recently told the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education that the state would wait until February to apply for a waiver, bypassingthe first opportunity in November.
Gist said she plans to hold public meetings to gather ideas from parents, teachers, principals and superintendents about what needs to be changed. Based on that feedback, the state Department of Education will develop its application, she said.
President Obama announced in September the U.S. Department of Education would allow states to apply for the waivers, which grant flexibility from some No Child Left Behind provisions.
One of the most criticized aspects of the law was its requirement that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014, a deadline no state is on target to meet.
The waiver would exempt states from that goal, while requiring them to embrace other changes including: tough high school graduation standards that prepare students for good-paying jobs and college; dramatic improvements to the worst-performing schools; and new teacher evaluations that include student growth and performance.
Rhode Island has already embarked on those initiatives as part of the state's successful Race to the Top grant that is bringing in $75 million to Rhode Island over four years for school improvements.
Many educators have criticized No Child Left Behind, saying it places too much emphasis on standardized test scores, penalizes schools with low test scores even as they strive to improve and sets unrealistic expectations on schools and teachers to have all students reach proficiency by 2014.


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Below is the poem entitled Replacements which was written by poet
Jones. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
Read Poems by
Bianca Jones
We make it in digital so that nothing real exists
Beyond the firey belly thought horizon
Far beyond the fraudulence of existence
Numbers and symbols form and this replaces our language
The heart is gone, nothing but rom and unread messages
Cold to the touch and anger replaces our moral ethics
We make it in stereo so that we know it is real
Speakers pounding to replace the hole where heart once filled
She heard it in waste, on repeat three times a day
But it all somehow remains meaningless
Going in and out of dead space
Barely recognizing a recognizeable face
It swells and then it quickly builds
In empty space it lives
Made toxic but sweeter still
In sync the destruction of hope and heart appear
But it is all squalor and sickness
Thus we make it in hologram so that we can feel
One must erase or become deleted, otherwise it all becomes far too real
As a touching moment between friends turned lovers that will soon end
Because in the end it is all truly insignificant
What seemed impromptu later is revealed as scheduled
Proven to be hoax, planned and illegitimate
As it is wise to look before one leaps
Before the fall even the strong can be deceived
As I when I believed you friend, when in truth you all were enemy
Made strong by my hope, my naivety
They told me it's ok to grieve
But before my grief could last too long they all abandoned me
With care their lies paved and stupidly along its path I came
Because if one can't believe then how are we to have any faith?
So, they broadcast it in digital to make us into slaves
It's purchased and bartered, laundered and exchanged
In innocent blood they are all washed and bathed
Made pure by impure act and trade
Made in America and over time slowly degrades
We've all been duped, we've all been betrayed.


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A clip/trailer of Kung Fu PandaTags : Kung Fu Panda
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Release Date :June 06, 2008
Studio :DreamWorks
Director :John Stevenson, Mark Osborne
Starring :Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu
"Kung Fu Panda" features Jack Black as Po the Panda, a lowly waiter in a noodle restaurant, who is a kung fu fanatic but whose shape doesn't exactly lend itself to kung fu fighting. In fact, Po's defining characteristic appears to be that he is the laziest of all the animals in ancient China. That's a problem because powerful enemies are at the gates, and all hopes have been pinned on a prophesy naming Po as the "Chosen One" to save the day. A group of martial arts masters are going to need a black belt in patience if they are going to turn this slacker panda into a kung fu fighter before it's too late.
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Why a (gray) guy like me is in a (coworking) place like this
Posted on 02. Aug, 2014 by tobymorning in Colearn, Coworking, Coworking Day, coworkingweek, Local News, San Francisco, Startups
Why a (gray) guy like me is in a (co-working) place like this
As you can tell by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin, I'm not a San Francisco twenty-something. My goatee is gray. Yet I share my workplace with people my daughter's age. I may actually be the oldest living occupant here.
So what's a guy like me doing in a place like this?
The place is Citizen Space, a San Francisco co-working location and one of the first of some more than 3,000 similar shared office operations that have sprouted up around the world just since 2005. And for sure, I'm part of a rapidly expanding cohort — by 2013, there were more than 160,000 space sharers like me — up from zero just 9 years ago.
What's behind the growth? Coworking is a cost-effective alternative, for sure. But consider three other more inconspicuous, but inexorable, trends.
- Burgeoning number of independent workers. The number of consultants, contractors, and so-called "solopreneurs" will have soared 50 percent from 2011 by the time they reach an estimated 24 million in 2018, according to an annual workforce report by MBO Partners.
- Rise of micro-enterprise. We're more productive because we're so much more connected and technologically enabled. Duh. But not so duh is this: The average size of a small business is shrinking from about 7.6 employees in 1991 to about 4.7 in 2011, or so says the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. You don't have to be a MBA to see why co-working makes so much sense to startups and other micro-enterprises like my own MediaArchitechs.
- Emergence of the 'sharing economy.' After this last great recession, we're all being forced to do more with less. And a number of new, disruptive ventures have arisen out of finding ways to match demand with hyper-economical or underutilized supply — witness Airbnb, Lyft, Uber, TaskRabbit, ODesk, and, yes, coworking spaces, too. My company has sprouted out the same landscape. Only instead of vacation housing, rides, or personal, contract services, or shared office space, we're building targeted exchanges for expert advice. The first of these: Our CloudBase3.com, a contextually relevant, magnet media property devoted to helping the nation's 28M SMBs connect with the 1 million consultants, independent IT service providers, and tech contractors who can provide one-to-one advice for buying services in the $174B cloud-computing market. (Did I just give an elevator pitch?)
But that doesn't explain why I'm such an unlikely member. Which brings me to the real reason. It's this: "If you really want to enjoy life," my favorite novelist Mark Helprin wrote, "you must work quietly and humbly to realize your delusions of grandeur."
I might share space now, but once I didn't. I held lofty titles at big companies that bestowed me with my own comfy digs on the upper floors of soaring corporate office towers. It all changed when I did something extraordinarily bold — or certifiably stupid. I started my own company — and at a time when many of my peers are starting to smell the roses of retirement.
So now I spend my days sans the Aeron chair, the ergonomically correct desk, and the door to my own domain. But here's the thing: I'm fine without these appurtenances, because I'm finding something better in their place — networking with a raft of new contacts far beyond the insular world I occupied at companies such as Yahoo and CNET. And while your expertise and character are keys to success, don't downplay another key factor, kids — your ability to build relationships.
So now I'm hanging with people like Citizen Space owner Toby Morning, a fellow entrepreneur who has his fingers in as many businesses, I swear, as Warren Buffet. Or take Manish Panjiar, who's building a disruptive new telemarketing platform. Or how about Sebastian Zontek. He's an entrepreneur from Poland who's building a predictive advertising platform. In his case, I'm connecting him, because I spent more years in the media business than I want you to know.
What's a guy like me is doing in like this? Here's what: He's turning away from the cosseted corporate confines that once possessed him and turning to a place where he consorts with others as young at heart, as full ambition, and teeming with hope as he is.
(Patrick Houston the Founder and CEO of MediaArchitechs, a San Francisco Bay Area startup devoted to unleashing the power of free enterprise by making one-to-one advice affordable and accessible to the smallest enterprises in every corner of the world.)
Coworking Week 2014
Posted on 31. Mar, 2014 by tobymorning in Colearn, Coworking, Coworking Day, San Francisco, SOMA
Friday, March 28, 2014
"Citizen Spaces Announces Global Coworking Week 2014 celebrating 9 years of coworking, collaboration, and the sharing economy"
In 2005 an independent worker in California conceived of a different way of working; he envisioned a place where independent workers could come together, collaborate and reap the rewards of community, increased productivity and creativity. That worker was Brad Neuberg and the word he used to describe his vision was coworking, is also a cofounder of Citizen Space, arguably the world's first Coworking Space. On August 9th, approximately 5000 coworking spaces around the world will celebrate Neuberg's vision as part of International Coworking Day.
Last year (2013) Citizen Spaces started celebrating for an entire week instead of just one day, this year we are encouraging space owners all over the world to join us in celebrating 9 years of coworking, collaboration, and the shared economy!
Coworking Week will begin August 2, 2014, and end on International Coworking Day, August 9, 2014, if you are interested in participating; we have provided a guide to jump start your participation below.
All the marketing materials you need, and some event ideas that we are implementing in SF. You can implement the same program, or remix and mash it up for your space as you see fit.
Here is what we ask participating space owners worldwide to commit to:
1) Promote the event through all channels at your disposal
2) Offer Free Drop In Passes at least one day of Coworking Week Celebration
3) Offer a special "Coworking Week" membership discount to encourage new member sign ups
4) Use the branding & logo provided by Citizen Space to promote Coworking Week
5) Keep Sponsorship rates listed the same as the sponsorship sales docs provided by Citizen Space
6) Participate in the Monthly organizers Google Hangout Meetings
Step 1: List your official event on the Coworking Week Meetup page: http://www.meetup.com/coworkingweek/ & it will automatically be listed on www.coworkingweek.com
Step 2: Download the Zip File with event logo & other marketing materials here
Step 3: Create a content calendar to promote the event on social media ASAP
Step 4: Start sponsor and participant outreach in your local community NOW! Download sponsorship templates here!
Official Event Date: August 2nd – Aug 9th
Official Hashtag: #coworkingweek
Space Owners & Sponsors with questions can contact us at 415-501-9155, or email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Internships at startups: an alternative to MBAs
Posted on 05. Feb, 2014 by tobymorning in blog, Classes, Colearn, Coworking, Funding, San Francisco, SOMA, startup camp, Startups
Don't waste your money doing an MBA.
Get an internship instead.
Wanna be an entrepreneur? It takes more than just passion and desire. You need real skills to succeed, but where do you get them? A surprising number of people think that they should do an MBA. I don't blame them. After all, universities invest a significant amount of effort convincing potential students that getting an MBA is a good idea. The cruel reality, though, is that MBA programs tend to be terrible at teaching entrepreneurship and, in particular, tech entrepreneurship. They are slow, expensive, include too much theory and not enough practice, and, more importantly, they are taught by people that have not been entrepreneurs themselves. Fortunately, there is a better alternative: Internships at tech startups. Here is why:
MBAs are about enterprise-level management while internships can be about entrepreneurship. The skills required to manage and be part of a 5,000 person company are different than the skills required to start and grow a company. In fact, enterprise-level management techniques may negatively affect the chances of success of your future startups. For example, using balance scorecards[1] and KPIs may be great for companies in advanced stages of growth, but they are an overkill for startups at the MVP stage.
Internships provide more hands-on knowledge than MBAs. While an MBA program will teach you a lot of theory, an internship will allow you to learn [a fraction of] that theory put to practice, plus many more techniques that are not taught in MBAs.
Internships are faster than MBAs. An MBA program lasts between one and two years. In contrast, you can do two or four internships in just one year. Don't have a year? No problem. If you're a fast learner, interning for six months may be enough.
Internships are less expensive than MBAs. Top MBA programs cost more than $100,000[2], not including living expenses. Internships cost 0. In fact, if you're lucky, you may get a paid internship. This means that instead of you paying to learn, you'll get paid to learn!
Assuming you want to do an internship already, these are some factors to keep in mind:
Intern at a startup with a team of less than 50 people. In a team of less than 50 you're likely to interact with the founders and managers making important decisions. You'll learn a lot from them. Also, you're likely to get exposure to many different areas of the business. In larger teams, you are likely to interact with low-level managers that joined the company later in the game and are not likely to be too entrepreneurial. Also, you may have to focus in just one area of the business, missing out on the big picture.
Intern at a startup that is making money and growing. When revenue and growth are achieved, you have a company with a real business model. You want to learn how they got there. Don't join a startup without a business model, a startup that is not making money, or a startup that is not growing, even if they have raised capital. Such companies may only teach you how to raise capital to subsidize the operation of a company, which is not sustainable. In fact, I recommend giving higher priority to bootstrapped companies.
Intern at a startup that is located in a tech innovation hub. You'll be able to attend plenty of networking events and meetups. The people you'll meet may change your life. I've met most of my co-founders at networking events. If in the US, I suggest startups in the Bay Area, New York City, and Boston. After all, it's not only what you know, but who you know.
Visas are not necessarily an issue. Depending on your nationality and the country of the startup, it may be technically illegal for you to work there. Fortunately, some startups won't care. Give the company the option to get paid in your country of origin as if you were an overseas contractor.
If possible, join a startup founded by a serial entrepreneur. Serial entrepreneurs, specially successful ones, have "been there and done that" several times. They are the equivalent of teachers with PhDs. These companies are more likely to follow successful, structured techniques that you will find useful in your future endeavors.
Target startups that don't offer internships. Although some startups proactively look for interns, some don't have the time do so. Find startups that you like and cold-email their founders. Messages like "Hey Joe. I'm willing to work for you for free just to learn from your wisdom" are very likely to grab the attention of the recipient. Even if only 10% of them reply, that's still a good conversion rate!
A final word: Getting an MBA is a good way of telling others that you like to follow the crowd.
Tech entrepreneurship is about innovation. Innovation means disruption. Innovation is doing things that others don't dare to do.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_scorecard
[2] http://poetsandquants.com/2011/01/08/how-much-does-a-top-mba-degree-cost/
Alex Torrenegra-
Founder and CEO of Bunny Inc. (VoiceBunny, Voice123, BunnyCast) and Torrenegra Labs. Techie, activist, investor, offroader.
2014 Citizen Space Residency Program
Posted on 28. Jan, 2014 by tobymorning in Colearn, Coworking, Designers, Developers, Funding, Internships, Residency, San Francisco, SOMA, Startups
Last year we established a residency program to encourage the worlds DOER'S to succeed with their projects they would like to launch from our bay area location.
A total of 5 DOER's or "startups" will receive free full-time resident access to a Citizen Space for three months valued at $425 per month. The Citizen-in-Residence can take advantage of both the physical spaces & the communal resources.
In exchange, they work on a project of their choosing that help the "COWORKING" community at large, documenting their progress through our social presences on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. At the end of the residency, Citizens-in-Residence do a presentation to members of the space about their project.
Accepted Applicants will be announced one week prior to the residency start date. The first residency will start March 3, 2014 and the application process begins Tuesday, January 28, 2014.
We are seeking support from your company to help us make this program a success. If your company or you personally would like to sponsor this program, please email us: firstname.lastname@example.com
Convertible royalties: An alternative to the equity model for accelerators
Posted on 02. Oct, 2013 by Paulo in Coworking, Local News, San Francisco, Startups, venture capital
Written By: Alexander Torrenegra
Instead of earning equity from the businesses they accelerate, accelerators could earn royalties from the revenues of such businesses. This could enable accelerators to help entrepreneurs grow and bootstrap their business instead of forcing them to raise capital.
My wife and I co-founded the Voice123 brand ten years ago. Today, it's a successful business with 30 employees. Its success didn't depend on angels, accelerators, or venture capitalists (VCs). In fact, had we listened to any of them, Voice123 would not exist today. There are thousands, maybe millions, of entrepreneurs like us out there. The current model made popular by Silicon Valley is suffocating many of them and killing startups that could also become successful. This article explains how and offers an alternative.
The current Silicon Valley model has one major flaw – it creates an ecosystem that asks entrepreneurs to shoot for the moon rather than build a sustainable business. VCs won't waste time working with companies that are likely to sell for less than $50 million (I don't blame them as their business model needs such scale). Angels and accelerators exist because VCs exist. They work as a bridge between the startup and the VC. Although some angels prefer capital efficient businesses that don't need much VC to avoid dilution, many angels won't invest in startups that aren't likely to scale to the $50 million valuation level because they're afraid VCs won't invest. Given that most accelerators follow the angel/VC/exit model too and measure their success based on the level of funding startups get, many entrepreneurs with great ideas and companies are being told to pivot to try "bigger ideas". In fact, they don't even consider bootstrapping, which actually works! Unfortunately, forcing first-time entrepreneurs to "dream big" and execute on $50 million ideas is no different than asking a first-time driver to compete in a Formula 1 race. It is very risky, to say the least. The concept of "Go Big or Go Home" may work for some, but it should not be a rigid mantra, especially in emerging economies.
I (and many of my colleagues) am fatigued from "demo days," that, judging by recent trends, should be renamed "PowerPoint Days," where panelists, primarily made up of investors, tell entrepreneurs that their companies are "not good enough" simply because their firms wouldn't invest in them. I'm tired of VCs dismissing entrepreneurs because their startup is a "lifestyle business" (as if being a VC isn't a lifestyle business!). I don't want to continue seeing emerging economies trying and failing to copy the Silicon Valley model, teaching entrepreneurs how to raise angel capital when there are still few successful exits, if any (I'm looking at you, Colombia).
This should change. Entrepreneurs with good ideas, even if they are "not-so-big" ideas, should feel comfortable building "not-so-big" companies. This is especially relevant for first time entrepreneurs. It's okay to build a bootstrapped company that "only" sells $1m per year and grows 20% year-to-year. Sure, no VC will get rich with them, but the founders will be happy and they can have a significant social impact.
Can angels and accelerators help? Unfortunately, their current business model depends on VCs. If a company they fund is not backed by a VC, it's going to be very unlikely for the angel and/or the accelerator to get their money back. The solution? There could be many, but the one I've been thinking about for a few weeks:convertible royalties.
When an accelerator or an angel invests in a company (whether it's cash or, more importantly, mentoring), they could start getting a small part of the company's revenue as a royalty. Of course, the revenue may be insignificant initially, but after a couple of years and some growth, the revenue may be high enough to justify the original investment. As with convertible notes, convertible royalties could become equity upon the occurrence of certain performance or time-based milestones. For example, hitting a certain level of aggregate sales, receiving a certain amount of funding, or getting acquired.
I'm calling it convertible royalties because of its similarities with convertible notes. Unlike convertible notes, though, the business model of accelerators and angels wouldn't depend on the company getting acquired to be viable. In fact, convertible royalties may open the door for accelerators to promote bootstrapping. The convertible royalties idea may allow accelerators and angels to invest in companies that nowadays are not even considered for acceleration: bootstrapped companies, companies that don't need additional capital, service companies, non-for-profits, etc. It may even allow services like Kickstarter and Indiegogo to start offering some kind of return to crowdfunders. I dream of the day when accelerators stop forcing entrepreneurs to improve their pitch for investors, and instead help them improve their pitch for clients and sell more.
Some are experimenting with related concepts. Adobe Capital, a social venture fund in Mexico, uses subordinated debt that is repaid by collecting a percentage of sales. Some call this model "revenue capital". Nevertheless, many entrepreneurs don't need venture capital. They need education, mentoring, connections, and strategy.
Of course, the convertible royalty model won't be perfect and may not work for every situation. For example, the royalties may need to be different for different companies depending on their business model. Royalty payments may need to be postponed initially to allow all company revenues to be reinvested into the growth of the business. Also, if royalties do get paid out, the equity or the potential conversion to equity, may need to be reduced so that the entrepreneur doesn't need to "pay twice".
What do you think? What drawbacks do you think the model could have? If you're an entrepreneur would you be willing to pay 0.5% in royalties instead of giving the traditional 5% equity to accelerators? If you're an accelerator, would you consider using the model? Will it work in emerging economies? Will it work in Silicon Valley? Should the convertible royalty agreement have a deadline? Will this model encourage accelerators to push entrepreneurs to increase sales in the short term while sacrificing long-term strategy? Let's start a conversation.
P.S. Wondering what makes me a qualified person to talk about this topic? To be honest, I don't know if I'm experienced or articulate enough. Some may call me ignorant or wishful. They may be right. Nevertheless, here's a little about me: I started my first business in Colombia when I was 14 and bootstrapped it to 25 employees. I moved to the US in 1998 and since, I've co-founded multiple companies here, including an incubator. We bootstrapped some of them. We raised angel capital for some. We raised venture capital for some. Some failed; some are successful. I've invested as an angel in several startups, as well. I'm co-founder of HubBog, the largest campus for startups in Bogotá, as well as co-founder of the two largest tech meetups of Latin America. I mentor many startups through several accelerators. I am the CEO of Bunny Inc (owner of Voice123, VoiceBunny, and BunnyCast), a successful bootstrapped company with 35 team members in Bogotá and San Francisco that is doubling sales this year. I never had an eight-digit exit, yet I am a happy entrepreneur.
Thanks to Leonardo Suárez, Shaun Young, Patrick McGinnis, Dan Gertsacov, Dan Green, and Tara Tyler for reading and commenting on drafts of this article.


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RIVERTON — It started at the top for Maple Shade. With its first three batters in the order reaching base on nine of 15 plate appearances, runs will score — and they did.
That trio served as the catalyst in the Wildcats' 7-1 victory over Palmyra in a Burlington County Scholastic League game on Thursday afternoon.


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Big size, small cost: Samsung PN43D450 Plasma 720p TV
The cost of HDTV's maybe falling but the ones which are affordable are either too small or don't have many features. If you are on a budget but don't want to compromise video quality, you should look into Plasma TVs. They are usually more expensive compared to LCD TV's but not the Samsung PN43D450.
The Samsung PN43D450 happens to be one of the best selling budget Plasma TVs. This budget TV comes with a large 43 inch screen. It's not only the size that will grab your attention as it is also quite well designed. Apart from the size and design this TV also has quite a lot of features. It comes with a maximum resolution of 1280 x 720 which should be great for watching movies and your favorite TV shows. Sure it isn't Full HD (1920 x 1080) but for the average person this won't really make a difference.
One of the biggest advantages of the Samsung 450 plasma 720p TV is the fact that it has a refresh rate of about 600 Hz which makes fast moving objects crystal clear. You need a high refresh rate if you are into Michael Bay's movies! Apart from that, this TV has a very low response time of about 0.001 ms which is quite incredible and useful for gaming. Response time is basically the time taken by a pixel to change its color. The lower it is the better. Such a low response time is great as it would completely eliminate the ghosting effect. Because of this you could use this TV for playing games on your favorite console.
Connectivity this TV include 2 HDMI ports, 1 composite cable port, and one 3.5mm headphone jack. The inbuilt speakers are decent but you would want to add a good surround sound system to it. Overall the Samsung Pn43D450 is one of the best budget Plasma TV's around!