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In Reversal of Fortune, Court of Appeals Finds Ambiguity in Executive's General Release
Last May, we covered a decision by a Michigan federal court that torpedoed Debourah Mattatall's claims against her former employee, Transdermal Corporation. Now, thanks to a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Mattatall's claims have been brought back to life.
To briefly recap the facts, Mattatall used to own a company called DPM Therapeutics Corporation. She sold it to Transdermal and entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement and Employment Agreement with that company. According to Mattatall, Transdermal didn't comply with its obligations, and she sued it in federal court. But the court quickly granted summary judgment, finding that Mattatall gave up her claims in a settlement agreement that resolved other litigation against her.
In that litigation, DPM's minority shareholders challenged the sale to Transdermal, and Transdermal countersued those shareholders. The parties to the litigation, including Mattatall, resolved the dispute and entered into a settlement agreement and a general release. The release stated that "Transdermal, DPM, [another controlling owner], and Mattatall and each [minority shareholder] … release[d], waive[d] and forever discharge[d] each other" from any claims arising before the agreement was signed. In Mattatall's subsequent lawsuit against her employer, Transdermal, the district court ruled that this language released all claims that any party to the agreement had against any other party – even though Transdermal and Mattatall were on the same side in the shareholder litigation, and Transdermal reassured Mattatall that she wasn't releasing her unrelated claims against it before she signed. Because her claims against Transdermal fell within the "unambiguous" and "broadly worded" terms of the release, this evidence was irrelevant, and Mattatall was out of court. Read More ›
Seeking Coverage Under Your D&O Insurance Policy: What Is A Claim And When Was It Made?
Companies buy directors & officers ("D&O") insurance policies with the intention of providing protection for key individuals in a corporate structure. The recent decision BioChemics, Inc. v. AXIS Reinsurance Co., from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, illustrates the importance of the terms of the policy in determining what is covered, what is not, and when you should notify the insurer of a potential claim.
As we've previously discussed, an insurance policy can provide more reliable protection for the indemnification rights of the directors and officers in times of financial distress, because corporations plagued by regulatory or other legal problems frequently suffer financial setbacks. However, when a corporation is the subject of an official investigation, determining exactly what constitutes the start of a covered "claim" may be a matter of some delicacy. Read More ›
Employee Wins Cross-Country Wage War Against CEO
The Supreme Court of Washington's recent decision in Failla v. FixtureOne Corporation is noteworthy on two levels.
First, it involved the surprising claim by a salesperson, Kristine Failla, that the CEO of her employer (FixtureOne) was personally liable for failing to pay her sales commissions. Typically, if an employee had a claim for unpaid commissions, you'd expect the employee to assert that claim against her company, not the chief. But under the wage laws of the state of Washington, an employee has a cause of action against "[a]ny employer or officer, vice principal or agent of any employer ... who ... [w]ilfully and with intent to deprive the employee of any part of his or her wages, [pays] any employee a lower wage than the wage such employer is obligated to pay such employee by any statute, ordinance, or contract." Read More ›
Goldman Sachs Programmer Asks Third Circuit to Take Another Look at Advancement Case
Last week, we covered the Third Circuit's decision that Goldman Sachs bylaws didn't clearly establish a vice president's right to advancement of his legal fees for his criminal travails. The vice president, software programmer Sergey Aleynikov, isn't giving up easily, however.
Law360 reports that Aleynikov has filed a petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc. In the federal appellate courts, this is a step that parties can take when they disagree with the decision of the three-judge panel that heard their case. In a panel rehearing, the panel can revisit and vacate its original decision; in a rehearing en banc, the entire Third Circuit could consider the issue.
Aleynikov contends in his petition that the panel misapplied a doctrine of contractual interpretation called contra proferentem. In plain English, contra proferentem means that a court will read the written words of a contract against the party that drafted it. The panel in Aleynikov's case disagreed as to whether under Delaware law (which governs his dispute), the doctrine can be used to determine whether a person has any rights under a contract. The two-judge majority said that it can't, and therefore refused to use the doctrine when it decided whether Aleynikov – as a Goldman vice-president – fell within the definition of an "officer" entitled to advancement under the company's bylaws. In dissent, Judge Fuentes asserted that "Delaware has never suggested that there is an exception to its contra proferentem rule where the ambiguity concerns whether a plaintiff is a party to or beneficiary of a contract."
In his petition, Aleynikov asks the whole Third Circuit to decide who is right: Judge Fuentes or the majority. He also cites additional Delaware cases that he says support his position, including one "unreported case" that was brought to his counsel's attention "unbidden by a member of the Delaware bar who read an article commenting on the panel's decision in The New York Times on Sunday, September 7, 2014." Sometimes, to establish a right to advancement rights, it takes a village.
An Officer or a Vice President: Goldman Sachs Programmer Must Prove Advancement Case to Jury After Appellate Ruling
The case of Sergey Aleynikov, a former vice president at Goldman Sachs, has drawn a lot of media attention, including these prior posts here at Suits by Suits. Aleynikov was arrested and jailed for allegedly taking programming code from Goldman Sachs that he had helped create at the firm. His story even inspired parts of Michael Lewis's book Flash Boys. A federal jury convicted him of economic espionage and theft, but the Second Circuit reversed his conviction, holding that his conduct did not violate federal law. Now, Aleynikov is under indictment by a state grand jury in New York.
Unsurprisingly, Aleynikov wants someone else to pay his legal bills – Goldman Sachs. And it is no surprise that Goldman, which accused him of stealing and had him arrested, doesn't want to bear the cost of his defense. In 2012, Aleynikov sued Goldman in New Jersey federal court for indemnification and advancement of his legal fees, along with his "fees on fees" for the lawsuit to enforce his claimed right to fees. As we discussed in this post, indemnification means reimbursing fees after they are incurred, and advancement means paying the fees in advance. Advancement is particularly important for those employees who cannot float an expensive legal defense on their own dime. Read More ›
Release of Claims Means Exactly What It Says – Even When It Doesn't
If you're confused by this headline, you're not alone. But you can't be as confused as Debourah Mattatall must be after losing her lawsuit against her former employer, Transdermal Corporation.
The origin of Mattatall's lawsuit, appropriately enough, was another lawsuit. Mattatall used to own a company called DPM Therapeutics Corporation. DPM's minority shareholders sued her to prevent her from selling the company to Transdermal. She went ahead with the sale anyway, and signed a Stock Purchase Agreement and Employment Agreement with Transdermal. According to Mattatall, Transdermal didn't fulfill its obligations under those deals, citing a lack of funds.
After Mattatall's sale to Transdermal was final, Transdermal brought its own suit against the DPM minority shareholders. All parties, including Mattatall, eventually settled the two shareholder cases. Before agreeing to the settlement, Mattatall complained about the money that she was owed under the Stock Purchase Agreement and Employment Agreement. Transdermal's counsel assured her that her claims were "wholly extraneous" and she would be "free to pursue" her claims against Transdermal.
In the written settlement, however, everyone released the claims that they "had, has or hereafter may have" against any other party. Thus, even though Transdermal hadn't sued Mattatall, according to the language of the release, she was giving up her claims against it. The settlement also included a "merger clause," under which all prior understandings were "merged" and "supersede[d]." Read More ›
E-mailing Work Documents to Your Personal Account Looks Fishy, Says NY Appeals Court in New Non-Compete Opinion
Non-lawyers often wonder why folks in our profession spend so much time and money poring over the documents and e-mails each side usually has to produce in litigation. Sometimes, these document reviews are the legal equivalent of looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.
And sometimes, you find the proverbial needle – or needles. And when you do, and the success or failure of the case turns on that e-mail, or set of e-mails, then the time and money spent on the search for those things turns out to have been a wise and necessary investment.
Take the case of TBA Global, LLC v. Proscenium Events, LLC. TBA is an event planning company that "produces live event programs and marketing presentations for companies and branded products." In the course of its work, it hired three senior employees – Santoro, Shearon, and Cavanaugh. While the exact terms of their agreements differ from each other, all three signed non-compete agreements with TBA that provided that if they ever left the company, they would not "directly or indirectly, communicate with clients or prospective clients" of the company for a period of time (one year for two of the executives, and two years for the other). Read More ›
Morgan Stanley Socks "Faithless Servant" With $31 Million Judgment
This past holiday week, many moviegoers took in The Wolf of Wall Street, which is the latest glamorization of Wall Street misdeeds to hit the big screen. Of course, the most famous moment from a financial flick is still Gordon Gekko's "Greed is good" speech in 1987's Wall Street.
Greed isn't always good, as Joseph F. "Skip" Skowron III, a former portfolio manager for Morgan Stanley, could probably tell you. Skowron's admitted misconduct has cost him not only his freedom, but also $31,067,356.76 that he must pay back to his employer. Morgan Stanley v. Skowron, No. 12 Civ. 8016(SAS), 2013 WL 6704884 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 19, 2013).
The big judgment arises from Skowron's August 2011 plea agreement with the government, in which he admitted that he participated in a three-year insider trading conspiracy. As news reports described, Skowron used insider tips from a French doctor to avoid losses in hedge funds he managed, and then lied to the SEC about the tips. The judge in Skowron's criminal case sentenced him to five years in jail, and ordered him to pay restitution to Morgan Stanley of 20% of his compensation over the time of the conspiracy.
Morgan Stanley then sued him to recoup the rest. In that lawsuit, it moved for summary judgment based on New York's "faithless servant" doctrine. Under that doctrine, if an employer can show that an employee was disloyal – either because he engaged in "conduct and unfaithfulness" that "permeate[d] [his] service in its most material and substantial part, or because he breached "a duty of loyalty or good faith" – it can recover all of the compensation that the employee was paid during the period of disloyalty. Phansalkar v. Andersen Weinroth & Co., 344 F. 3d 184 (2d Cir. 2003). Read More ›
Sniff, Sniff: The Pungent Odor Of Sexual Harassment?
Ah, the smells of the holiday season: fresh-cut evergreen trees, just-baked cookies and other goodies, bowls of tasty fruit punch. Take a deep whiff wherever you are. Breathe it in deep.
But be careful about sniffing those smells, though.
That is the apparent lesson from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision in Tonia Royal's retaliation lawsuit against her employer, an apartment management company named CCC&R Tres Arboles. The appellate court held that the trial court incorrectly gave the apartment company summary judgment, because too many material facts about the basis for Ms. Royal's firing were in dispute. And many of those facts relate to the behavior of other CCC&R employees, who Ms. Royal alleged sexually harassed her by sniffing her in a rather curious and uncomfortable manner. Read More ›
The Inbox – December Rain Edition
Weather gurus are predicting snow, sleet, and rain for our area over the weekend. Although my kids are hoping for the white fluffy stuff, this amateur prognosticator is predicting a downpour. In keeping with this theme, the week's biggest employment news is Robinson Cano's $240 million deal with the Seattle Mariners (who are well accustomed to rainy skies). But our sights here at Suits by Suits are on matters a little less lucrative:
- You still have a chance to win free admission to our Dec. 10 webinar, "Whistleblower Watch: Big Issues in the Latest Whistleblower Cases Under Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the Internal Revenue Code." For more details on this prize, click here.
- The First Circuit affirmed a summary judgment ruling in favor of Strine Printing Company against a former sales representative who claimed that his firing resulted in an "oleaginous mass of perceived wrongs." The decision addresses a number of employment-related claims, including unjust enrichment, breach of an implied or express employment contract, and misrepresentation.
- We've previously covered the exploits of Larry Conners. Despite his year-long non-compete agreement, the St. Louis newsman is headed back to TV – as a pitchman. He'll be a spokesman for John Beal Roofing.
- Jeff Green of Bloomberg Businessweek brought us the latest trend in executive hiring – the "golden hello." These are multi-million dollar signing bonuses designed to entice new candidates to join the team. Among them: the $45 million that Zynga paid to entice an industry vet, Don Mattrick. Some are skeptical of the arrangements, noting that they don't correlate with successful performance.
- A Louisiana appellate court has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit by former professors at Louisiana College, writes Charles Huckabee of the Chronicle of Higher Education. The professors claimed that they should have been able to use certain books in teaching classes on religion and values, which were prohibited by the college's administration. The court refused to intervene on the ground that it was a religious dispute not proper for court involvement.
- Dominic Patton of Deadline Hollywood covered Jeff Kwatinetz's suit against Prospect Park. The producer and talent manager wants a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to decide whether a noncompete provision in his agreement with Prospect Park can permissibly bar him from competing for five years.


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A fix by mike_ar69 & DarkStarSword
Assembler and alternate wrapper by Flugan
3DMigoto improvements by Bo3b and DarkStarSword
Profile by Helifax
Special thanks to everyone on the forum who helped out with testing!
- Lights
- Shadows
- Global illumination
- Specular highlights
- Environmental reflections
- Decals
- UI Depth adjustment added (cycle with ~ key)
- Hairworks MSAA one-eye transparency
- Hairworks glitch at specific depth from camera
- Hairworks shadows
- Light shafts
- Sun & moon depth
- Sun & moon reflection in water
- Approximate fix for water environment reflection probes (Note that an SLI bug affects these - see below)
- Approximate fix for direct reflections on water
Use driver 350.12, 352.86 or 353.06 (Note that 352.86 and 353.06 are known to cause issues in other games, and 350.12 may be more stable).
Install Helifax' custom profile for The Witcher 3 (especially important if using driver 350.12, but recommended regardless). Note that you will have to repeat this any time you reinstall the nvidia drivers (instructions summarised from here):
Download Geforce 3D Profile Manager.exe attached to this page
In the "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs" folder delete the nvdrssel.bin file (It will get automatically generated on profile import).
In Geforce 3D Profile Manager, choose "Export SLI Profiles" and save the NVIDIA Profiles.txt somewhere.
Open NVIDIA Profiles.txt in notepad (other editors may corrupt the file's non-standard encoding) and search for "Witcher 3". Remove the existing profile and replace it with this one:
Profile "The Witcher 3" ShowOn GeForce ProfileType Application Executable "witcher3.exe" Executable "witcher3release.exe" Setting ID_0x00a06946 = 0x780020F5 Setting ID_0x1033cec2 = 0x00000002 Setting ID_0x1033dcd3 = 0x00000004 Setting ID_0x70092d4a = 0xb19c3533 InternalSettingFlag=V0 Setting ID_0x701eb457 = 0x2241ab21 InternalSettingFlag=V0 Setting ID_0x702442fc = 0x1c22fe24 InternalSettingFlag=V0 SettingString ID_0x7049c7ec = "웪ꑌ" InternalSettingFlag=V0 SettingString ID_0x7051e5f5 = "籪鸙" InternalSettingFlag=V0 Setting ID_0x708db8c5 = 0x5c3300b3 InternalSettingFlag=V0 Setting ID_0x708db8c5 = 0x3FF13DD9 UserSpecified=true Setting ID_0x709a1ddf = 0x4b1cd968 InternalSettingFlag=V0 SettingString ID_0x70b5603f = "榛鳈⏙ꢗ" InternalSettingFlag=V0 Setting ID_0x70edb381 = 0x24208b6c InternalSettingFlag=V0 Setting ID_0x70f8e408 = 0x80b671f3 InternalSettingFlag=V0 Setting ID_0x709a1ddf = 0x4b1cd968 InternalSettingFlag=V0 Setting ID_0x709adada = 0x37f58357 InternalSettingFlag=V0 EndProfile
In the "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs" folder delete the nvdrssel.bin file. (if it got generated).
In Geforce 3D Profile Manager, choose "Import SLI Profiles" and select the modified NVIDIA Profiles.txt
Extract 3Dfix-Witcher3-1.0.zip into the game directory. If done correctly, the d3d11.dll file should be in the same directory as witcher3.exe.
- There will shortly be an alternate version of the fix available using Project Flugan, which may be more stable in some cases. Please check back soon for the link.
Make sure that "Enable advanced in-game settings" is enabled in the NVIDIA control panel under Set Up Stereoscopic 3D -> Set keyboard shortcuts.
Launch the game. If 3D does not kick in change the video settings to exclusive full screen mode (This setting has a tendency to reset from time to time, so this step may need to be repeated on occasion).
Disable compatibility mode with Ctrl+Alt+F11 (check the green text to confirm that it is disabled - you should only need to do this once).
Keys and Configuration
~: Cycles UI depth between several presets. You may customise the default depth by editing the d3dx.ini and adjusting x under [Constants]. Negative numbers go into the screen, positive numbers will pop out. To customise the presets on the ~ key, find the [KeyHUD] section and adjust the list as desired.
When raining, raindrops will land on the camera. If you find this distracting you can disable it by editing the d3dx.ini file and setting x1 under [Constants] to 1.
Known Issues
Sometimes after dying and loading a previous save the game may crash, or the 3D may glitch out. If this happens, restart the game.
Possibly related to the above, sometimes HBAO+ may stop working correctly. If you see a false ambient occlusion shadow appear to the right of objects, you can press F11 to quickly disable HBAO+ without having to use the menus. This is often an indicator that the 3D is going to die or that the game may even crash soon, so it is recommended to save your game and restart as soon as possible.
On SLI systems, water in certain areas may display an incorrect reflection (e.g. reflecting clouds from the sky while underground). These false reflections can be disabled by pressing F3.


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Results: Provided more than 90 million minutes of pre-paid calling cards Prevented more than 7.5 million phones from ending up in landfills Cell Phones for Soldiers mails approximately 10,000 calling cards a week
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If the depth of field of your photo is only a few hundred yards… you are not capturing the horizon. A grove of trees, a hill or buildings standing 150 yards distant are not the "horizon". They are blocking your view of the horizon. Likewise, a shot of the tree tops and clouds overhead does not qualify as a photo of the horizon. A mountain that fills the frame is not a horizon photo. Its a photo of a mountain. Any shot from within a forest will be rejected. You can't even see the horizon when you're surrounded by trees.
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Fuma ryu ninjutsu: Shuriken & Tanto
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Fuma ryu ninjutsu: Shuriken & Tanto
English | ~57min | MP4V3 | 360x288 | 12.05fps 493 Kbps | MP3 15 Kbps 11.0khz | 207MB
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Two films grandmaster Fuma Ryu Ninjutsu Harunaka Hoshino on technology weapons ninja: syuriken and tanto. The film shows a syuriken kinds of missile weapons, grip, position, throwing techniques, as well as ways to train on the targets, in pairs, etc. The film is about the tanto is made in the same way warm, movement types tanto, how to capture, methods of attacks and defense, steam equipment, as well as assembly and disassembly of the Japanese sword.
Shuriken Magic Effect Pack (Unity)
13 January 2013
Shuriken Magic Effect Pack (Unity)
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Shuriken Magic Effect Pack for Unity.
This effect pack contains 40 effects, using custom scripting, models, and of course Shuriken. Missile and breath attacks also present.
Meifu Shinkage-ryu Shurikenjutsu by Yasuyuki Otsuka
24 December 2010
Meifu Shinkage-ryu Shurikenjutsu by Yasuyuki Otsuka
DivX | 1300 kbps | 640x480 | MP3 128 kbps | 45 min | 427 MB
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Shurikenjutsu is a general term describing the traditional Japanese martial arts of throwing shuriken, which are small, hand-held weapons used primarily by the Shinobi or "Ninja" in Feudal Japan, such as metal spikes bo shuriken, circular plates of metal known as hira shuriken, and knives (tanto). Shurikenjutsu was usually taught among the sogo-bugei, or comprehensive martial arts systems of Japan, mostly in Ninjutsu, as a supplemental art to those more commonly practiced such as kenjutsu, sojutsu, bojutsu and kumi-uchi (battlefield grappling) or jujutsu, and is much less prevalent today than it was in the feudal era.
3 July 2011
Genre: eLearning / Martial Arts
VHSRip | AVI | 720x480 | mpeg4 1341 kb/s | 29.97 fps | mp3 stereo 128 kb/s | 02:01:57 | 1.52 GB
This video collection contains VHSRips of Unsui Manaka's demonstration of the entire set of techniques of Gyokko Ryu Kosshijutsu, including the rare two tape set of teaching designed exclusively for senior members of his organization, the Jinenkan.
Human Weapon – Ninjutsu (2009)
2 October 2010
Human Weapon – Ninjutsu (2009)
English | 00:44:55 | 624x352 | XviD 935Kbps | 29.970fps | MPEG Audio 139Kbps | 350MB
Jason Chambers and Bill Duff venture back to the Land of the Rising Sun to study one of the most mysterious, subversive, and deadly martial arts in the world--Ninjutsu. From the electric streets of Tokyo to the misty mountains of North Japan--our hosts will wield the swords, throwing stars, and violent takedowns of the Ninja. They'll explore the secret passages of a 300-year-old Ninjutsu barracks, and hone the secret fighting tactics of Japan's immortal shadow warriors. And it's all in preparation for one ultimate challenge: a back-to-back showdown with two Ninjutsu masters.
Koga Ryu Ninjutsu Empty Hands
17 July 2012
Koga Ryu Ninjutsu Empty Hands
English | AVI | XviD 2500 kbps | 29.97 fps | 720x480 | MP3 128 kbps | 100 min. | 1.1 GB.
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The warriors of the shadows want to return to the scene, but this time with more accuracy. Two Ryu who have traditionally been rivals IGA and KOGA have brought their outstanding representatives to formalize and come to an agreement so that they can avoid old errors. Juan Hombre is the only person authorized in Europe to represent this focus of traditional Ninjutsu.
Koga Ryu Ninjutsu Empty Hands
31 May 2012
Koga Ryu Ninjutsu Empty Hands
English | AVI | XviD 2500 kbps | 29.97 fps | 720x480 | MP3 128 kbps | 100 min | 1.1 GB
Genre: Video Training / Fighting
Udemy - Learn the Unity 3D Shuriken Particle System
22 August 2014
Udemy - Learn the Unity 3D Shuriken Particle System
English | .MP4 | AVC 1280x720 15 fps | AAC 96 Kbps 48.0 KHz | 265 MB
Genre: eLearning
Create awesome particle effects with Unity 3Ds Shuriken Particle system. Send rockets blazing into space, create muzzle blast shooting effects, create particle emitters and much more.
Learn the Unity 3D Shuriken Particle System
23 August 2014
Learn the Unity 3D Shuriken Particle System
English | .MP4 | AVC 1280x720 15 fps | AAC 96 Kbps 48.0 KHz | 265 MB
Genre: eLearning
Ninjutsu - Bujinkan: Mutodori
30 January 2011
Ninjutsu - Bujinkan: Mutodori
English | ~49min | DX50 | 704x576 | 25.00fps 767 Kbps | MP3 63 Kbps 44.1khz | 295MB
Genre: eLearing
In this video tutorial shows in detail the art of whipping out a sword, ninja fighting techniques with their bare hands against armed opponents.


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I stumbled across this small shop on my way back to Ginza from the fish market. I was drawn in and I couldn't help it - it's so beautiful. It's only like 5 mins walk from all the Ginza glitz and it's a small family-run handmade jewelry business and they make everything in their basement workshop - which you can see from peep-holes in the glass cabinet - SO COOL! The pieces are designed to be organic with super fun design themes like vegetables, cutlery. I bought myself my first Japanese souvenir of Okra earrings (Okra, y'all!). It's reasonably priced and it's all handmade and top quality.
The son was able to help me (in perfect English). He even pointed me in the right direction to buy sake and a japanese kimono! I could go wild in this shop!!!
There are so many lovely small shops like this all throughout the back streets of Ginza...
After buying our well loved parasols, stocking, socks, and a few more small items at GINZA, naturally our tummies were grumbling by then!
What to eat? Most specifically, where to eat? I read somewhere in my surfing from the net that there are lots of eateries in the basements of many department stores. As the drizzle coupled with winds, continue soaking us despite the raincoats and the parasols we decided to follow the long rows of little eateries lining the sides of Yurakucho station.
I remembered there are also cheap, yummy and healthy food available there. After what seemed like ages choosing where to eat, we finally settled on one that is almost at the far end of the station, to my husband's chagrin. he couldn't understand why I was taking a while in choosing! Actually it is our youngest that is always hampering our search for food as he has some special needs- he is fussy so to speak! (That's another story, don't blame me!)
Anyway, so we found this shop, at its front like many eateries either have pictures of the food or actual set menus covered in plastic with Japanese character but the price are easily read in English.
So we saw 500 yen for the pork rice bowl with miso soup and pickled vegies (the last two items are standard part of set menus). Then there's the fish and chicken.
As soon as we got in, we were led to the far end of the thin narrow eatery, which is really clean and dimly lit but well stocked with drinks and other condiments in each table. I saw several older office workers and immediately smelled the cigarette smoke. So I quickly told the waiter we wanted no smoking and went back near the front
of the shop and each of us sat on the stools facing the narrow long table like a bar setting. It was comfy enough for us and no obnoxious cigarette smoke to be inhaled, that's good enough for us!
There were also hangers behind us to hang one's jackets/raincoats, very organised. Another interesting feature is the presence of square baskets at the bottom of each stool for storing one's bag/stuff. I like this neat and orderly system of the Japanese!
In front of us are the jugs of water flavoured with lemon wedges and cubes of ice. There were nice crockery with soy sauce and other condiments like chilli flakes, etc.
After going out again with the waiter to show what we liked, we got our yummy food- all pork, chicken, and fish set menus which we shared with our youngest son who stuck to his fave miso soup and rice sprinkled with soy sauce! As for the three of us- we enjoyed our meal up to the jelly dessert!
The damage? WHAT a BARGAIN as the entire fab meal for 4 of us amounted to 2000 yen!
GINZA can be cheap especially where food is concerned!
One of my most favorite electronic brands is SONY.
Sony has a fantastic 5-levels showroom in GINZA area (GINZA Station) within SONY BUILDING at Sukiyabashi Crossing (near MATSUZAKAYA & MITSUKOSHI DEPARTMENTAL STORES).
If you're a Sony fan like I'm you'll do well to head for this showroom before buying anything. It has all the latest models (including products not yet released!): stereo systems, Mini-disc players (love this! A must for long flights), fantastic multimedia notebooks (To see latest model, click here), PDAs, MP3 players, TVs, digital cameras, viewcams, robots (now, it'll really be great if I get this for my birthday ;-)) etc... & you get to test them. Just make sure you've your credit cards with you & then head for the basement. Here, you can shop for all you want!
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At a streetcorner in the Ginza area there is a small statue of the coicorin. This statue is supposed to bring good luck if you pet it. There are certain areas to pet. For instance the stumic if you want to loose weight, or the head to find a lost love.
THE SONY BUILDING....addmission is free and it is open from 11am - 7pm .Located in down town Ginza. It has all the latest game software and you can play them for free. Worth having a look in if you are in the Ginza area, Phone (3573-2371)
But there's a lot more to the Sony Building than Sony. Also on the premises are two of Tokyo's finest restaurants, Sabatini di Firenze (3573-0013) on the 7th floor, and Maxim's de Paris (0120-55-6291) in the 3rd basement. Also AVIC, an electronics shop where you can purchase the goodies you've been playing with upstairs, and Sony Plaza with all kinds of imported snacks and goodies.
The Sony Building's first-floor lobby is a popular rendezvous spot among foreigners, especially on rainy days, as even newcomers to Japan can find their way there simply by asking, 'Sony Biru?'
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You hear the word "innovation" all the time these days, especially as it relates to competitive advantage. Most people just see innovation as a rare big bang. It's a lot more than that.
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Mercury News reports that an iPad test model was one of the items stolen in a robbery and kidnapping that took place at a Cupertino house earlier this month. Specific details regarding the device are sparse at this point, although it has not yet been recovered. The victim of the robbery was a 20-year old man who was also kidnapped after responding to an online advertisement from a woman. The victim is thankfully safe following the incident.
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Officials in three major cities have reported dramatic reductions in iPhone thefts since Apple introduced Activation Lock as part of iOS 7, preventing devices being re-activated without the original owner's iCloud login. Reuters reports that the number of reported iPhone thefts has fallen year-on-year by 25% in New York, 40% in San Francisco and 50% in London … Read more
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When Apple introduced the new Activation Lock anti-theft system with iOS 7 to help prevent the re-use of stolen iOS devices, some lawmakers saw it as the perfect way to help quell smartphone theft. In fact, many sought to make features like it standard on all mobile devices. Today, the New York Times has released some new numbers that shows a decrease in iPhone theft following the implementation of Activation Lock.
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Bild.de reports that thieves crashed an Opel Corsa into the Apple Store in Berlin in the early hours, stealing display model iPhones, iPads and Macs. Six thieves were said to have carried out the smash and grab at 4.15am before escaping in two Audis.
There have been seven such burglaries in Berlin recently, including one at the electronics chain Media Markt, where the thieves made off with goods worth €100,000 ($137,000).
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Ahead of a meeting with government officials later this month to discuss how Apple could prevent increasing smartphone crimes, Apple today introduced a new feature called 'Activation Lock' that it says will be "a really powerful theft deterrent" when released later this fall in iOS 7.
We told you earlier this month that government officials in the US were calling Apple, Google and others to a "smartphone summit" later this month on June 13 to discuss the increasing amount of smartphone related crime in New York city and the rest of the country. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon have been pushing smartphone makers to come up with solutions to prevent crime and discourage thefts of devices.
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Leaky goggles
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on 2/20/2012
I've been a serious lap swimmer for 30 years and have used a lot of different goggles. The Speedo HydrospeX2 are a huge disappointment. The straps are easily adjustable with the toggle piece, but they don't stay tight. They become loose, let water in and I found myself stopping and re-tightening them every 25-50 yards. Don't purchase these goggles unless you need an excuse for resting every 25 yards!
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Exactly what I wanted. Time will tell how long they last
from Cleveland, OHIO
on 4/8/2015
great fit and view.
from Middleboro, MA
on 12/10/2014
These were affordable and fit great! Nice seal so no water in the eyes!! Couldn't ask for anything else!
I love these goggles!
from AZ
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These goggles keep the water out without being so tight that they give you a headache. They last a relatively long time, and I swim a lot (about three hours a day). My mom and brother prefer different types of goggles, but these are the best for me. They fit my eyes perfectly. As much as I like these goggles, I would suggest trying them on before you buy them online so you can see if they are right for you.
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on 2/9/2012
I can remember when Speedo was the go-to name for style and quality; I have worn this TWICE and already the inside liner is ripped. This has nothing to do with fit- it fits perfectly- what it has to do with is really shoddy workmanship!
Speedo HydrospeX2 Goggle
Patrick Fox
from manchester, MO
on 1/23/2012
Good in general but not as good as the origional speedo hydrospe for fit or comfort or ability to keep water out or for goggles to stay tight
Worst strap design ever !!!!
Richie M.
from Gloucester, MA
on 1/20/2012
DO NOT BUY THESE GOGGLES> Locking buttons on the strap do not work properly. Goggles loosen during swimming and leak. I complained to speedo and was told to try a different speedo goggle. I can't believe they haven't pulled this off the shelves yet..
ken s.
from alexandria, VA
on 12/11/2011
not as good as original hydrospex seal with the new strap design. I'm adjusting water them for water leakage every few laps. ugh
OK but not as good as the old hydrospex
Nice to have clear new goggles BUT these don't seem to have as good a fit with the new strap as the old ones. I'm adjusting for water leakage every few hundred meters. no foggin up though
Hydrospex2 Goggle
Laura H.
from Barnesville, GA
on 8/28/2011
I use this product with my college beginner swim classes. They are so comfortable for people who have never worn goggles before. They usually last two semesters because they are one piece and resist breaking. They are easy to adjust and make my job that much easier.
These are THE WORST
Fish Out of Water
from North Carolina
on 6/3/2011
Horrible, leaky, useless, idiotic straps. Bring back the original hydrospex!!!
from seattle wa
on 4/29/2011
HORRIBLE - they leak and are a horrible pair of goggles
Right fit
from Etowah, NC
on 4/21/2011
These goggles are the right fit for me... They stay on with no leaks for mycontinuous mile swim at the pool.So far fog free
Save Your Money
Swim guy
from Viginia
on 3/17/2011
Nowhere near as good as the original Hydrospex. These don't stay tight. Constantly need to adjust the strap.
John Gayle
from Fletcher NC
on 1/25/2011
lap swimmer had original hydospex lost at pool so got hydrospex 2 thinking they where better not true. The quick adjust clip clasp is of poor design it doesnt stay locked and comes loose these googles leak water and get loose all the time wish I had the original design.
Goggles leak
Fareed H.
from Randolph, NJ
on 11/20/2010
The strap loosens while swimming and water leaks in. Over engineered with a spring to maintain tension that isnt strong enough; Speedo should keep things simple with the loop and clip as in the past. Easily the worst goggles from Speedo. Now I have to order another pair.
from Marietta, GA
on 9/1/2010
Goggles were comfortable and fit well! Did not cloud up and made a perfect seal to keep out water. Would highly recommend.
Did not fog up
Joshua B
from Hudson, MA
on 8/22/2010
My wife is taking beginner swimming lessons. She tried a pair of goggles from Target that immediately fogged up both in the pool and in the lake. My swimming enthusiast boss recommended SwimOutlet and these goggles so I bought. These goggles do not fog up so my wife is very happy with them.
Loosen and Leak
Original Hydrospex are Better
from Iowa City, IA
on 6/29/2010
I swim 2500 yds 3 times a week.I've been using Hydrospex for a long time. They fit well and don't leak.Hydrospex 2 do not fit the same way. The straps are easy to adjust but they don't hold their position. I find that they leak a lot. I'm going back to original Hydrospex.


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