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Jack "No Busfare" Johnson is the beatnik who many people, in the deep, dark recesses of their psyches, always wanted to be. He's traveled from town to town, making music and poetry, expounding his theories on life, and chasing his muse. He has lived with Allen Ginsberg and run from the gun of William Burroughs. While many only dream of restarting their lives in a different city with a new name, Johnson goes where his mood takes him.
At the moment he's living in Hollywood, where he plays guitar with singer-songwriter pal Michael Judge at Sneakers Sports Grill every Sunday night. Even though he knows his birth date -- December 21, 1949 -- he can't quite remember his age. He thinks he's 45, but, after somebody else does the math, he's told that he's 48. Whatever. Linear time is an outmoded concept anyway. Thoughts like these, Johnson realizes, lead people to think he isn't exactly stable.
"People think stability means lack of transformation and being safe," he says while seated in Sneakers, a cold Rolling Rock in hand. "In fact it seems like the cosmos in its nature is impermanent and transformative. And it seems that our struggle to fight that causes 90 percent of the problems that we have, the illnesses and the stress-related things. I'm not saying you have to constantly be on the bus, I'm not saying you have to do it physically. That can wear you out. But I think that mentally, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually, you need to allow yourself to evolve. If we don't do that, we're dead."
The latest step in Johnson's evolution is his debut CD, Welcome to the 21st Century, on which he sings and plays guitar, keyboard, harmonica, and trumpet. Musically the songs are a mix of R&B, folk, country, and even doo-wop, but the lyrics -- delivered in a clear, unwavering voice -- offer a poet's sensibility.
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Dense with imagery Johnson's lines are often romantic and occasionally sentimental. In "Queen of St. Augustine," a country ballad written for his long-time partner and traveling companion, Rose Virgo, he sings, "when she stands by the sea, the waves stand there amazed." He can also be whimsical and self-effacing, as on "Poetry's Hot Rod," in which he sing-speaks of drinking with one-eyed filmmakers and being roused by New York City garbage trucks "before even the coffee has time to breathe."
In conversation Johnson doesn't take himself too seriously. He peppers his remarks with high-pitched snickers and often ends his philosophical monologues with the qualifier, "Of course, that could be total bullshit."
"Jack's got a strange energy," admits Michael Judge, Johnson's musical collaborator. The two met on a basketball court, "shooting baskets and talking philosophy," Judge recalls. "I first heard him giving a poetry performance and was astounded by it. He comes from the poetic side of songwriting, and I enjoy playing his songs because I can sit back and soak in the imagery."
Johnson creates personas as well as images. His real name is Glenn Edward Seaman, and he's been Johnson only for the past six months, since he returned to Hollywood to care for his ailing mother. His previous incarnation was Sharkmeat Blue, a nom de plume that appeared on his book King Death and Other Poems, published in 1994 by Selva Editions, a small imprint based in Boulder, Colorado.
His new name was inspired by Jack Johnson, the boxer mentioned in the Leadbelly song "The Titanic," and it also serves as an homage to Jack Kerouac. "No Busfare" refers to Johnson's life on the highway. "I was looking through racks of blues records," he recalls, "and these guys have great names like Bullmoose Jackson and Blind Lemon Jefferson. 'No Busfare' just occurred to me because I thought of all these bus rides I've been on, days of reading Kerouac on a bus from San Antonio to New Orleans, and I never had a dime."
In a bus fare-less world, Johnson has come up with creative ways to get by. "If you have nothing, then survival depends on where you are and how you use your wits," he explains. "If you have absolutely nothing in an urban area, you can easily survive on art openings." He laughs and mimics the sycophantic atmosphere: "'Pass the hors d'oeuvres, thank you. Care for some páte?' It's the best."
He adds, "If you're out in the middle of nowhere, it can get a little bit hairy. But for me it's like the Christ thing: Do I have faith or not? I have to confront that on some very deep level, and I've found that magic occurs. I have no idea how I live sometimes."
Johnson was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and moved with his family to the Miami area when he was five. His father was a jazz trumpet player who backed Sarah Vaughan, among others, and his mother worked for Dade County. He attended North Miami High School and then FSU. His college years coincided with the height of the hippie movement, when political activists like Jerry Rubin were becoming cultural icons. Johnson, however, was skeptical.
"I was a poet who saw how certain elements of the mass media were trying to characterize a significant social movement into Jerry Rubin's idea of what that was supposed to be," he says. "I once asked Allen [Ginsberg] his take on that, and he said 'I think we prolonged the war three years.' It became a flippant thing to me, which ended with us electing Ronald Reagan ten years later because there was such a backlash."
After graduating from FSU in 1972 with a degree in music education, Johnson began to wander. Using Kerouac's On the Road as his guidebook, he sought adventure in cities across the United States: New York, Chicago, Denver, and San Francisco, among others. "In the early days, I went out of my way to seek transformation and impermanence," he notes. "I wanted to be Jack Kerouac, to meet Neal Cassady, to go on the road with Ken Kesey, and then I did, which is cool. But there is a physical burnout which can happen, and I think there is a lot to be said for the Henry David Thoreau Walden style of just being in one place."
Johnson never did meet Cassady, but he's played poker with Kesey, and he played the trumpet while Kesey and Ginsberg read poetry on a Colorado stage. He also backed Ginsberg at a show in New York and at various venues around California.
It was in Boulder sometime during the late '70s that Johnson first met Ginsberg, who was reading with Burroughs at an event called the "Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics." Johnson had admired Ginsberg since college, when he saw him dragged from a Miami stage by police while trying to recite "Howl." At the low-turnout event in Colorado, Johnson found him quite accessible, and the two began a friendship that lasted until Ginsberg's death in 1997.
Johnson paid tribute to Ginsberg with a nine-page poem titled "Poets Can Get Away With Anything Except Death." It opens with the line, "History should forget the Beat Generation hype/& remember the time you loaned me twenty bucks." The poem also touches on some of Ginsberg's idiosyncrasies: "OK, so your conduct wasn't so perfect. No, I don't want a blowjob."
"Allen never wanted to be, but he was a father figure to me," says Johnson. "He never perceived himself that way; it bothered him for some reason." Despite his close ties to Ginsberg, Johnson avoided the poet's funeral in Manhattan. "I didn't go because I feared it would be a media circus, and it was. Lou Reed was there, and Bob Dylan. You don't go to a funeral to meet Lou Reed."
Johnson has had enough brushes with fame for one lifetime. "I used to go drinking with Billy Burroughs, William's son," recalls Johnson. "One time we're sitting there listening to music, Billy and me and our friend Steve, and the door comes blasting open. It was the old man with six big, blond, Aryan guys. Burroughs Sr. comes in and looks at the radio and says 'I hate music!' and he kicks the radio. Then he goes over to a drawer and gets his gun. He takes it out, looks at it, and puts it back. Me and Steve look at each other and say, 'Good luck, Billy, wish you the best.' And we were out of there."
Hollywood may or may not be Johnson's last stop, just as "No Busfare" may or may not be his final incarnation. "The personas I create are a Buddhist thing about impermanence," he explains. "Every time the Sharkmeat or Johnson thing comes up, it's a reminder to me of our own impermanence and our own death. It's so easy to get caught up in the whole ego thing, especially when you're hanging around Allen, and here comes Jerry Garcia and Bianca Jagger, and suddenly you realize you've totally lost contact with your art and what you really want to do."
Perhaps when Johnson tires of his current life, he'll shed it and move on. For the time being, however, he's made a name for himself among the Hollywood locals. At one point in the evening, the bartender at Sneakers approaches Johnson's table, places a quarter in front him, and walks away. Johnson explains the gesture simply: "Bus fare.
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Sofia University researchers, as cited by the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), argue that the CVM must be changed or terminated because it only causes damage in its current form.
Prof. Georgi Dimitrov from the Department of European Studies at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" argues that the reports are very loose-textured and diffuse that their content remains hard to figure out by the authorities in Bulgaria and Romania....
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Former GOP staffer Michael Brodkorb pleaded guilty this week to DUI charges and will serve a year probation.
Brodkorb, an Eagan resident, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree DUI, a misdemeanor, on March 13 in Dakota County District Court.
The 39-year-old will be on probation for a year and must complete a chemical assessment, listen to a victim impact panel and remain law-abiding, among other requirements.
Brodkorb was charged last month after blood tests determined he was intoxicated the night he crashed his car into a wall on Interstate 35E in Lilydale.
Brodkorb also was charged with a second count of fourth-degree DUI, careless driving, and no seat belt, which were all dismissed.
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension found that Brodkorb had an alcohol concentration of 0.10, which is above the legal limit of 0.08.
Brodkorb was seriously injured in the crash and spent several days at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
Brodkorb has been at the center of attention after admitting to an affair he had with former Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, R-Buffalo, when he was her executive assistant.
He lost his job in December 2011, one day after Koch resigned her leadership position over an "inappropriate relationship" with a staffer.
Last July, Brodkorb filed a lawsuit against the Senate, the state of Minnesota and Secretary of the Senate Cal Ludeman, claiming gender discrimination. He claims he was treated differently than female staffers who had affairs with male legislators.
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The mayor of Tampa, Florida drives an alleged pimp's old SUV:
Mayor Bob Buckhorn's city vehicle, a jet black GMC Yukon Denali with tinted windows, was seized from a man charged last month with sex trafficking, sexual battery and forcing someone to become a prostitute.
Charles "Boogy" Melvin Fox, accused of running a prostitution ring, has driven prostitutes in the SUV everywhere from Tampa to Orlando, Daytona, Chicago and Tulsa, Okla., and he placed proceeds his prostitutes gave him into a money clip in the SUV's console, police reports state.
First, although Fox does not seem to be savory character, he hasn't been convicted of anything yet, so it is improper for the government to take his property at least until they prove the case against him. Innocent until proven guilty applies just as much to alleged pimps as to Sunday school teachers.
Second, and perhaps more importantly in this case, forfeited property should not be used to enrich law enforcement agents or elected officials. If the city of Tampa wants to provide a vehicle for their mayor, they should appropriate a vehicle allowance in the budget. Allowing the mayor to go down to the forfeiture lot and take his pick creates all sorts of opportunities for corruption. And that's not idle speculation; this kind of thing has happened before.
I live in Saint Louis, and several years ago we discovered that the police department had been towing vehicles, holding them through asset forfeiture, and then using the forfeiture pool like their own personal car lot. From a 2008 AP story on the scandal:
For years, police contracted with St. Louis Metropolitan Towing to tow and impound cars. The contract was ended in July after police revealed that the firm allowed many officers – and former Police Chief Joe Mokwa's daughter – to borrow the seized vehicles, sometimes for weeks or months at a time. Mokwa retired amid concerns raised by the scandal.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday that the towing firm kept nearly $700,000 owed to the city, and that police failed to act on evidence in their own files. The newspaper said its investigation found that police leaders ignored auditors' advice to keep a close watch on the deal with St. Louis Metropolitan Towing.
Police said in a news release that contracts called for the towing company to pay some fees to the department and other fees to the city. Some payments were received, but the department said a recent comparison of towing records to towing payments "revealed the possibility that additional monies could be due."
That's one way of putting it. Another is that the city's police department systematically defrauded its residents to the tune of several million dollars. Tampa might want to read up on the case and reconsider whether it wants to give powerful public officials the ability to profit from their forfeiture program.
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In addition, a skills development centre is to be created in the very house where she was left to die.
Anene's foster mother, Corlia Oliver, a seasonal farm worker who was forced to leave school in Grade 5, will be given a job at the centre.
Yesterday Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande launched the project in Anene's memory, saying it would benefit hundreds of local young people through programmes such as training in electrical construction, health and safety, solar installations, carpentry, plumbing, community house building, road construction, as well as recognition of prior learning programmes in construction-related training.
The schemes were initiated by Nzimande in partnership with the construction sector education and training authority and the Cape Agulhas Municipality.
Nzimande said: "While the initiative is sadly an offshoot of one of the most tragic criminal acts our country has seen in recent history, it will also mark the dawn of a new era of hope and opportunity for the people of Bredasdorp and surrounding areas.
"From the ashes of a very sad, tragic incident comes a new beginning in the life of this community. Because a life taken away cannot be brought back and the pain that was caused by the perpetrators of this incident cannot be qualified or fully understood, as government, we thought the least that we could do to ease the pain for the family and the community, would be bringing this project here."
He said Anene's family was consulted
about the project during its planning stages.
"The Construction Skills Development and Job Creation Project is an attempt to ease the material conditions of this community, so that some of the offshoots of poverty and unemployment do not lead to a repeat of what happened to Anene."
Nzimande appealed to the youth to take advantage of the apprenticeships.
The training will run for a minimum of nine months and a maximum of 12 months, depending on the field of training.
"In addition to about 700 learners receiving different training, each trainee will also receive a monthly stipend of about R1 500, which will help in alleviating the socio-economic conditions of the community in the short term, while they they will receive "will skills" that will lead to longer-term, more sustainable benefits," Nzimande added.
He is expected to announce 10 full bursaries for local youth: five for public college study and five for university study.
Turning to the proposed skills development centre - which will be named in Booysen's honour –
Nzimande said the intended beneficiary of the RDP house where Booysen's body had been found no longer wanted to move in after the killing and chose, instead, to wait for an alternative home to be allocated to her.
Since the house was vacant, it was chosen as an appropriate base for the Anene Booysen Skills Development Centre.
"We want to employ Anene's mother, who is a seasonal farm worker who had to leave school in (Grade 5). This will provide the opportunity for her to work at a centre in memory of her own daughter," he said.
Anene's family welcomed the initiative, saying it would keep her memory alive.
Oliver, who will be celebrating her 41st birthday today, said that to have her daughter honoured was the best present any mother could receive.
"I'm very happy about this opportunity. It means a lot for the community and youth like Anene's friends, who are unemployed and still at home.
"While it would have been better to still have Anene here with us, she would have been proud and happy to see how everyone came together to honour her.
"She may not be here any more and it is possible that, if projects like these existed in our town when she was alive, she may still have been here with us today," Oliver added.
Oliver said that, hopefully, other youths would be able to make something of their lives through the initiative.
Local community leaders also welcomed the scheme, saying it would keep the youth off the streets and out of trouble while creating hope for a better future.
"The youth in the Overberg is in dire need of training. There are many bright students who cannot further their education because of poverty in the community.
"This will go a long way to helping our youngsters," Dirk Jantjies said.
Themba Tebele said it would be "great" if the training project could be rolled out to other areas.
- Jonathan Davids, 22, and Johannes Kana, 21, who are accused of raping and murdering Booysen, will appear in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court tomorrow. - Sunday Argus


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The Chinese have all but officially relented on their officially strict (but realistically lax) ban on home video-game console imports by doing what they do best — swiping all the best ideas and making their own.
Last week, China's Lenovo, the fourth-largest global PC maker, announced it would be introducing a console aimed at Chinese gamers, complete with motion controls and downloadable software. If that doesn't already sound familiar, try the name: The Ebox.
In an attempt to capitalize on the nation's burgeoning middle class, Lenovo spun off about 40 software engineers into a company called eedoo to develop and market the Ebox, which is set to bow in China in November. But like Chery automobiles and Nokir mobile phones, the unabashed rip-off of Japanese and American technology is far from embarrassing for the company — in fact, it's the highlight of the entire product line.
"We are the world's second company to produce a controller-free game console, behind only Microsoft," eedoo president Jack Luo told China Daily. "Our product is designed for family entertainment. Ebox may not have exquisite game graphics, or extensive violence, but it can inspire family members to get off the couch and get some exercise."
That sounds suspiciously familar to Nintendo's pitch for the Wii a half-dozen years ago. Maybe the age of that technology explains why the target of comparison is Microsoft's upcoming motion-controlled peripheral, Kinect, which is coming to North America on Nov. 4. Lenovo promises that like Kinect, there will be no need for controllers to make games work, unlike the Wii or Sony's Move for Playstation 3.
Of course, the reason Lenovo wants to sell the Ebox to the Chinese is because the Big Three have been banned from importing consoles to the country since 2000, after the government determined video games are a detriment to children's mental and physical development. There are knockoffs, sure — devices like the Vii, POPstation and PolyStation 3 are advertised across China — but there's nothing a Chinese company could market as its very own. That's surely a big deal to a modernizing nation developing its opinion of itself, despite the official frowning.
"We understand Chinese culture and customers better than our competitors. We still hold advantages in terms of Chinese game content, sales channels and customer service," Luo said.
But at what cost comes this electronic ego stroke? Lenovo and eedoo predict as many as 120 million families are potential buyers, although Boston Consulting Group says a retail price of 3,000 yuan (about $440) puts Ebox in the reach of about 19 million.
That doesn't faze eedoo: They say the price likely will be higher than a Wii, but lower than the current Xbox 360 retail of $299 (Kinect's base price will be $150, and a Move bundle will run about $100 on Sept. 19). That's fairly comparable for a system boasting 30 launch titles and 16 global third-party developers signed on to make content. Plus, a price in that range would still bring in an estimated 29 million families, although Luo says the company only expects sales of 1 million in the first couple of years. That's without even discussing plans to expand into the rest of Asia.
But then, among a population of 1.3 billion Chinese, even one-tenth of 1 percent is doing pretty well.
— Joshua Gillin writes about video games and entertainment news for tbt*. Feel free to challenge his opinions at email@example.com.


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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalised the security plan for polling day in the wake of increasing terrorist attacks on political parties in the run-up to the May 11 election.
According to the plan, the army will be utilised as a quick response force with 20 to 30 personnel in each squad.
An ECP source said that about 30,000 soldiers will be deployed in the quick response force to deal with any emergency situation on polling day. As per plan, security personnel on all polling stations throughout the country will be deployed on May 10.
There will be seven security personnel deployed on each of the most sensitive polling stations, five on moderately sensitive stations, and four at the remaining.
The measures come as part of the ECP's steps to ensure security during the historic general elections on May 11, the first time that a second successive democratic government would be elected in Pakistan.
Pakistan has witnessed a recent surge in violence targeting election rallies and campaign, raising security concerns with the May 11 polls less than two weeks away.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on Wednesday also decided to place the National Crises Management Cell, presently working under the Ministry of Interior, at the disposal of the ECP.
The NCMC is repository of various assets including representatives of intelligence agencies and specialised services.
This decision was taken by the prime minister to allay concerns raised by the ECP regarding the law and order situation.
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Subsequently, a high level meeting was convened, which was attended by the chief ministers and chief secretaries of all the provinces, representatives of the federal and provincial law enforcement agencies, besides representatives of intelligence agencies to discuss the mechanism for implementation of the decisions of the cabinet.
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It's easy to feel good about a gym membership on the day you sign up. You're feeling motivated and hopeful that you'll be able to stick to a regular workout schedule. Unfortunately this high doesn't last long, and before you know it you're barely even showing up. Celebrity trainer Kristin McGee gave us some helpful insight on knowing when it's time to cancel your gym membership and how to still get a good workout in.
Signs You Should End It
1. When it's been at least two weeks and you haven't stepped foot in the gym.
2. You get depressed, anxious or resentful when you feel like you have to go to the gym.
"You should enjoy the gym you go to and try and make it at least three to five times a week to reap the benefits," says McGee. And when it's time to break up with your gym, Kristin says, "Be direct and honest. Say 'I am no longer using the gym and I am ready to move on.' Don't give excuses and don't let them persuade you with price reductions. If you aren't using the gym, why throw money away even if it is a reduced fee? If it helps to have support, bring a friend or your spouse so they can make sure you stay firm. "
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Not having a fancy gym membership doesn't mean you should slack off when it comes to exercise. There are plenty of ways to get a good workout in without having to pay a monthly fee.
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"I also think walking or jogging are great activities since they get you outside and in the fresh air. You can meet a friend so you stay more consistent. The runner's high or endorphins you get from a great power walk are super beneficial."
To build muscle, McGee also suggests body weight exercises, like squats, lunges, planks, push-ups and triceps dips. "You don't need any equipment for these," says McGee.
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Balai Taal
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Just a few hundred meters along the road to Talisay from the Tagaytay ridge lies what is likely the most upscale vacation rental in Tagaytay. Balai Taal, a privately owned vacation home in an exclusive development, is available for rent as accommodation or for corporate and personal events such as weddings or parties. The tastefully designed and immaculately maintained home offers visitors a taste of the good life in one of the country's most popular weekend destinations.
Balai Taal is actually the name of the entire subdivision, a 19 hectare property built within and around the forested slopes of the Tagaytay ridge. Masterplanned by Architect Francisco "Bobby" Mañosa, the low-density development has available lots that are oriented to have excellent views of the Taal Lake.
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The house can be rented on a daily basis, with weekday and weekend rates as well as corporate and wedding packages available. Convenient facilities like cable TV and WiFi are provided for guests' use. Party packages are available for 80 to 150 guests; for smaller parties using the house as a vacation rental, a maximum of 18 people is recommended. Demand for Balai Taal as an events venue has the place solidly booked during weekends up to 2012; as a rental home, it is has served as a hideaway for celebrities like ZsaZsa Padilla and daughter Karylle.
With its posh facilities, exclusive setting, and lush surroundings, Balai Taal lets guests step into the shoes of the privileged few and experience the good life-even if only for a quick weekend getaway.
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From the Aguinaldo Highway rotunda or the Santa Rosa highway, turn left heading towards Picnic Grove. Before reaching Picnic Grove, turn right on Ligaya Drive, which goes down the ridge to Talisay. The gate of Balai Taal is on the left side. Upon entering the gates, turn left at the second street. Balai Taal Houses 1 and 2 are on the right side at the corner lot.


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Vancouver, Wash. residents find two mutilated cats, fear more
VANCOUVER, Wash. - After discovering two bodies of mutilated cats in the past week, people on Vancouver's east side are worried someone is intentionally targeting their pets.
According to neighbors, the mutilations have happened two summers in a row, and at a recent neighborhood association meeting more stories about mutilated cats came up. Some of those incidents, police and animal control say, were animal attacks, not the work of a serial cat killer.
A resident found one of the cat bodies Saturday - just the back end of the cat only - on Southeast 20th Street. The head was missing. The death of the cat appeared to be intentional, because the cut was clean, not like it would have been if it had been hit by a car or attacked by another animal.
Neighbors found the other mutilated cat a few days earlier in the Fisher's Landing neighborhood. Pet owners say they are worried about someone coming after their animals, and they're especially disturbed by where the cats were found.
"Someone's deliberately placing them in places where people will find (them)," said one pet owner who did not want to be identified for fear her pets would be targeted. "Last summer there was one we just recently heard about that was decapitated in this park and just left out for someone to find."
Vancouver police, animal control and the folks at the humane society said the best way to protect your cat is to keep it indoors. Also, make sure it has identification such as a license tag on its collar or a microchip.
Vancouver police and animal control work together to investigate cases of animal cruelty. They haven't gotten an official report on the recent two possible cases. They want to remind residents that if they think there's a problem they have to let them know.


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Jan 25 2011, 10:33 PM
My mom recently felt that I was old enough to hear about her sexual abuse. She was 9 years old when her 18 year old uncle (her mother's brother) started sexually abusing her. I won't go into any detail, but more than 40 years later, my grandma still won't admit that her brother did that to her oldest daughter. She continues to call my mom a liar. My mom refuses to be around her uncle, which is understandable, but my grandma thinks my mom is being dramatic. Recently, the abuser was visiting my grandma, and it caused all kinds of friction between my mom and grandma when my mom told my grandma she had no interest of ever being around her abuser. So my grandma and the abuser were talking, and it got around to him and my mom and what went on. The abuser admitted that the abuse did happen, but he didn't call it abuse, and he said my 9 year old mother was a willing participant in the sexual activity. And my grandma believed him. And she hasn't told my mom, my mom found out from her sister. This devastated my mom, and I can not believe my grandma is still not wanting to admit that anything happened. She thinks my mom willingly participated in the sexual abuse! My mom is one of the most wonderful people in the world, and I want to help her through this. So I need some advice on what to do, and how to help her. Thanks!
Jan 28 2011, 06:49 AM
wow, the lengths people will go to protect themselves eh?! i am somewhat in the same boat, except i was the one abused by my step dad and my mom still doesnt beleive me. she too thinks that i brought it on myself and that i asked for it... how does a 6yr old ask it? i shouldnt even know what sex is at that age! anyways... i also have caused difficulty in my family because of my moms disbeleif, my hole family beleives me but her and it hurts. what i suggest is to tell your mom that its ok and that she can get help. and its your family's loss not hers... although its hard to not be apart of your family sometimes but when youve had something like this happen its alot harder than people think. has your mom gone to counselling? like has she dealt with the abuse or has she blocked it out still? i hope things get better for you and your mom... she must love you soooo much to tell you that scary part of her life
tell her to stay strong
Jan 29 2011, 10:14 AM
I completely agree children can't ask for sex regardless of age that's why there are laws against it. Anyway "myturnnow" said everything I could think of. I just wanted to add after you encourage her to get therapy and counselling the best thing you can do, personally, is help her by being a wonderful daughter and telling her and showing her that you love and care about her. Hugs, talking(just random stuff, talking in general, it dosn't have to be about this), encouragment to do things that make her happy, telling her she's wonderful. Encouraging her to deal with the past and move on, protect herself by getting rid of the negative things in her life and stop letting her mother get to her as she's wrong and it's her choice to be wrong taking responsibility for her mother's choice will only hurt her and it dosn't have to so long as she has faith and trust in herself and who she is. She needs confidence in herself all around and by being apart of her life like I said and hugging and telling her she's wonderful your encouraging/fueling/creating that confidence in her and she really really needs that as it along with happiness helps to act as a barrier against negative influences. It's not your responsibility to fix the problem just try and help. Put a smile on her face and encourage her towards a better life. Leave the rest to her and therapy, don't for example try to change your grandma's mind. Do the rest and you'll be an amazingly wonderful daughter that everyone would be beyond lucky to have in their lives.
Also to "myturnnow". Someone suggested to me once to stop taking responsibility for other people's choices and actions. And so I have. When people don't like me or don't trust me, have respect for me etc, I accept that it's their choices and not mine. That I have no influence in it and thus cannot take responsibility for it. I don't get hurt that way. I think I know where your coming from because to be honest a part of me will always wish I had a father, but his choices not mine I won't take responsiiblity for them. Same for my mother, I will always wish she was there for me. But I won't let it hurt me that they chose otherwise; I've tried to change their minds, help them when they reach out to me, and show them that they're abusive but it dosn't work to help them and they don't believe me that they're abusive and it's not my fault. Apart of them will always see me as a worthless child because they don't know how to see me any differently and they are too resistant to change for any attempts to change that view to work. So I move past it, move on with my life, and don't let myself be held back by feelings of pain and longing for them to fix it. I just wanted to pass on that advice, in some way letting something hurt us always holds us back or is in some way detrimental to our lives... don't let it be.
Jan 29 2011, 05:38 PM
Wow, I feel really bad for your mom and can relate to her. I was molested by my fathers brother when I was 5 and it took my grandma until I was like 15 and hearing the story from me to actually believe it.
How can a 9 year old willingly participate in sex? They have no idea what it even is and even if your mom could understand it the uncle was a grown adult making it illegal to do anything sexual with your mom.
If I was your mom I do not think I would be talking to my mom anymore after that. It is one thing to not believe someone but to be told by the abuser that it actually happened and then sit there and try to defend the abuser that just takes it to a whole nother level
Feb 2 2011, 10:33 PM
I think staying beside her and believe her is most precious act that you can do right now. she is still lucky despite of the hardship that she gone through in the past because she have you. what's important is the present and the future.
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Be warned that this reads like an eye-rolling Hollywood fairy tale: Man loses job and fulfills his lifelong dream.
Only thing is, the story is absolutely true.
It all started when Peter Clapsis, now 49 and living in Spring Hill, was in the third grade in Toms River, N.J., and he and his classmates decided to act out The Wizard of Oz. No script. No scenery. No costumes.
"I was the Cowardly Lion," Clapsis said. "I always went for the character roles, even when I was a kid."
The teacher thought it was so good, she took them on tour — to other classrooms.
"That kind of got me started," Clapsis said.
In seventh grade, Clapsis played the role of kidnapper Bill Driscoll in the O. Henry tale, The Ransom of Red Chief. By high school, he was a regular, doing Pajama Game, Oklahoma, Kismet, South Pacific, You Can't Take It With You. At age 14, he and his fellow thespians in the Township Savoyard Gilbert & Sullivan acting troupe went to the fancy Commodore Hotel in New York City to do the HMS Trekkiestar for a convention of Star Trek fans.
"I met Gene Roddenberry and the cast of Star Trek," he said. "Imagine that, at age 14."
Clapsis' trajectory seemed set: He'd graduate from high school, then go live with his grandparents in Greenwich Village, get a job and go to acting school.
But Real Life interrupted.
While directing a community theater version of Plaza Suite, he fell in love with a lovely woman named Linda and married her at age 21. Several years later, along came daughter Maria, now 25 and a design artist for Disney, then Carolyn, now 23 and working at Starbucks to save money for graduate school to become a psychologist.
For the next two decades, Clapsis' life centered on his family and career in community relations. All that theater stuff was behind him, even after he and his family moved to Florida in 1990 to be closer to his in-laws, and several theaters were nearby.
Then one day after Linda began teaching at Hernando High School, she asked Peter to help with productions of Bye, Bye Birdie and Pajama Game.
Clapsis' latent theater bug began to bite.
"I saw an audition notice for You Can't Take It With You at Stage West (Community Playhouse),'' he said. He tried out for the role of Boris Kolenkhov, a role he'd done at age 17, and in January 2005, he was back in the theater, this time for good.
That role won him a HAMI Award by vote of his peers and theater patrons.
"I've been in five shows a year since then," he said.
Sometimes he's been the lead, playing Sheridan Whiteside, the cranky visitor in The Man Who Came to Dinner, or Pseudolus, the conniving Roman slave in Funny/Forum — his all-time favorite role.
Sometimes, it's a key supporting role, such as the leprechaun Og in Finian's Rainbow, or the pickpocket Fagin in Oliver! Sometimes, it's a member of the chorus.
Whatever, Clapsis manages to make even small roles big.
None was bigger than the time the vertically challenged Clapsis stepped in to play the mobster Big Jule in the musical Guys and Dolls after the original actor dropped dead of a heart attack on stage on opening night. "I didn't want to do that one," he said.
In truth, he has become something of the go-to guy at Stage West in many instances.
Like the time the actor playing the king dropped out of The King and I at the last minute, and Clapsis did the role with mere weeks to learn it. Or the time the two lead actors and the director dropped out of Being of Sound Mind close to opening night, and Clapsis not only directed the show, but also recruited his wife and friend Dalton Benson to do the roles, scripts in hand.
He also took on projects others didn't necessarily want, like directing the creepy murder mystery Veronica's Room and the lame comedy Epic Proportions or playing the detective in the silly Ax of Murder.
Though the latter two were flops, Clapsis and cast and crew turned Veronica's Room into a triumph, winning two HAMIs, including Favorite Forum Show.
"I am very, very proud of that," Clapsis said, never mind that he also had doubts about doing it. "Such material (as Veronica's Room) isn't actually my cup of tea," he said before the show opened.
Then came June 2010, when his employer, Access Health Care, eliminated his position as community relations director.
"I decided to take time off — vacation," Clapsis said. But fate would step in.
"I happened to run into Matthew McGee," the artistic director at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre. "He was having trouble casting (the role of) Ali Hakim in Oklahoma!," which was to open Oct. 1. McGee had seen Clapsis perform at Stage West and suggested he go to the Show Palace tryouts.
"I went to audition, and the rest is history," Clapsis said.
He got the role of Ali, along with big rounds of applause from theatergoers, then went on to land two roles in the current show, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Mr. Twimble, the mailroom chief, and Wally Womper, the Big Boss) and has been cast in the upcoming 42nd Street as Bert Berry, the writer and producer of the play within the musical.
"There is nobody nicer," McGee said of Clapsis. "He's so talented."
Longtime Stage West pal and personal friend Paulette Hess was among those from Stage West who filled three tables at a recent show.
"He was beyond wonderful, and, yes, was born to perform," she said. "(We are) so very proud of him."
All this seems to be happening at the right time for Clapsis.
"Right now, I'm trying to get an agent," he said. Besides his theater work, he's doing voice-overs for WJQB-FM 106.3 in Hudson, an oldies station.
"It's not great money," he said. "But my daughters say, 'We never saw you come home from work this happy.' "


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Research Topics
G Zhou
Affiliation: Fudan University
Country: China
Detail Information
- Combination of SLC administration and Tregs depletion is an attractive strategy for targeting hepatocellular carcinomaLong Chen
Principle Investigator of the Lab of Tumor Immunology, the Department of Anatomy and Histology and Embryology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, P R China
Mol Cancer 12:153. 2013..We hypothesized that the intratumoral injections of SLC and depletion of Tregs would have stronger inhibition effects on the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in mice...
- Computer aided quantification for retinal lesions in patients with moderate and severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy: a retrospective cohort studyHuiqun Wu
Department of Medical Informatics, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
BMC Ophthalmol 14:126. 2014..The traditional subjective judgments by clinicians are dependent on their experience and can be subject to lack of consistency and therefore a quantification method is worthwhile...
- Special role of Foxp3 for the specifically altered microRNAs in Regulatory T cells of HCC patientsLong Chen
Lab of Tumor Immunology, Department of Anatomy and Histology and Embryology, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, 200032 Shanghai, PR China
BMC Cancer 14:489. 2014..The microRNAs (miRNAs) are identified as the key modulators in Tregs. This study was to explore whether the expression profiles of miRNAs of Tregs were different in HCC-activated Tregs and whether Foxp3 had special effects on them...
- Modulation of retinal cell populations and eye size in retinoic acid receptor knockout miceG Zhou
Center for Neuroscience, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Mol Vis 7:253-60. 2001..Rara is of particular interest because this gene is a candidate for Nnc1, a QTL that controls retinal ganglion cell proliferation...
- Eye1 and Eye2: gene loci that modulate eye size, lens weight, and retinal area in the mouseG Zhou
Center for Neuroscience and the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 40:817-25. 1999..The genetic basis of variation in eye size in mice was explored, and genes that modulate eye weight, lens weight, and retinal area were mapped...
- Genetic dissection of retinal developmentR W Williams
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and the Center for Neuroscience, University of Tennessee, 855 Monroe Avenune, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Semin Cell Dev Biol 9:249-55. 1998..Here we review this approach and give three specific examples of how genes with well-defined functions in retinal development are being mapped and characterized...
- Miniaturized pyrosequencer for DNA analysis with capillaries to deliver deoxynucleotidesG Zhou
Hitachi, Ltd, Central Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
Electrophoresis 22:3497-504. 2001..The new system is successfully applied to sequence a GC rich region or a region close to a priming region where misreading frequently occurs. A rapid analysis for a short DNA was easily achieved with this small instrument...
- [Isolation of high-quality genomic DNA from plants]Z Y Luo
Molecular Biology Research Center, Xiangya Medical College, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China
Hunan Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 26:178-80. 2001..We expect that this method can also be applied to other plants...
- Single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes of histamine N-methyltransferase in patients with gastric ulcerG L Chen
Pharmacogenetics Research Institute, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Central South University, 410078 Changsha, Hunan, P R China
Inflamm Res 53:484-8. 2004..Histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT) is the major metabolizing enzyme for histamine inactivation in human stomach...
- A Chinese isolate of barley yellow dwarf virus-PAV represents a third distinct species within the PAV serotypeF Liu
State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, PR China
Arch Virol 152:1365-73. 2007..These data suggest that PAV-CN may have undergone a recombination event with GAV and that PAV-CN represents a third distinct species within the PAV serotype of BYDV...
- Dual mechanisms of ABCA1 regulation by geranylgeranyl pyrophosphateX Gan
Department of Atherosclerosis and Endocrinology, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065, USA
J Biol Chem 276:48702-8. 2001..These data indicate that activation of the Rho proteins may change the activation status of LXR...
- The pattern of gene expression in mouse Gr-1(+) myeloid progenitor cellsJ Chen
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland, MC2115, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Genomics 77:149-62. 2001..Our data provide a basis for studying altered gene expression in myeloid disorders using mouse models...
- Quantitative detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms for a pooled sample by a bioluminometric assay coupled with modified primer extension reactions (BAMPER)G Zhou
Hitachi Ltd, Central Research Laboratory, 1-280 Higashi-Koigakubo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-8601, Japan
Nucleic Acids Res 29:E93. 2001..The method is sensitive enough to detect 14 amol ssM13 DNA. The proposed method seems very promising in terms of realizing a cost-effective, large-scale human genetic testing system...
- Generation of high-quantity and quality tag/ditag cDNAs for SAGE analysisS Lee
University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S. Maryland MC2115, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Biotechniques 31:348-50, 352-4. 2001..These modifications provide a large quantity of initial 3' cDNAs and high-quality tags and ditags for the construction of SAGE libraries...
- 27-hydroxycholesterol is an endogenous ligand for liver X receptor in cholesterol-loaded cellsX Fu
Department of Atherosclerosis and Endocrinology, and Metabolic Research, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065, USA
J Biol Chem 276:38378-87. 2001..We conclude that 27-hydroxylation of cholesterol is an important pathway for LXR activation in response to cholesterol overload...
- Differential gene regulation in human versus rodent hepatocytes by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) alpha. PPAR alpha fails to induce peroxisome proliferation-associated genes in human cells independently of the level of receptor expressoJ W Lawrence
Department of Safety Assessment, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck and Co, Inc, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, USA
J Biol Chem 276:31521-7. 2001..These results suggest that other factors besides PPAR alpha levels determine the species-specific response of human and rat hepatocytes to the induction of PP...
- Partial cloning and sequencing of chick fibrillin-1 cDNAG Zhou
Munroe Center for Human Genetics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198 5430, USA
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 36:19-25. 2000..Antisense and sense riboprobes were synthesized and used in in situ hybridization in stage 14 chick embryos and high levels of FBN1 transcripts were observed in the heart...
- The orphan nuclear receptor COUP-TFII is required for angiogenesis and heart developmentF A Pereira
Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030 USA
Genes Dev 13:1037-49. 1999..This down-regulation suggests that COUP-TFII may be required for bidirectional signaling between the endothelial and mesenchymal compartments essential for proper angiogenesis and heart development...
- Two genes for de novo purine nucleotide synthesis on human chromosome 4 are closely linked and divergently transcribedK A Brayton
Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
J Biol Chem 269:5313-21. 1994..Expression of a luciferase reporter from the GPAT promoter was approximately 3-4-fold higher than from the AIRC promoter. The GPAT gene was mapped to the q12 region of chromosome 4...
- Components of a new human protein kinase signal transduction pathwayG Zhou
Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109 0606, USA
J Biol Chem 270:12665-9. 1995..Both MEK5 and ERK5 are expressed in many adult tissue and are abundant in heart and skeletal muscle. A recombinant GST-ERK5 kinase domain displays autophosphorylation on Ser/Thr and Tyr residues...


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Sunday, September 24, 2017
Women's Health
Tender breasts/swelling after menstruation
My breast are incredibly sensitive from about 4-5 days after menstruation to the start of the next cycle. I`m 38 and have had 3 children in the space of 18 months - with my twins I had pre-ecclampsia. At the same time that the breast tenderness starts, there is an overall swelling/bloating of my whole body, especially noticeable around the breasts, waist, tummy and thighs; my hands and feet also swell substantially. I have also found that I can`t seem to lose weight even though I`m on a healthy eating plan, and exercising, whereas before kids losing weight was not a problem. I am currently around 15kg overweight and is becoming a great convern for me. Before going to see a physician, I just wanted to get a general idea of what might be the problem. I would appreciate any advice. Many many thanks.
You have two issues here: First, lets talk about the breast tenderness which can have several common causes: related to the hormonal changes with menstruation, birth control pills or IUD, caffeine and smoking, fibrocystic breast disorder and more rare breast cancer (depending on other related factors and risk).
Second, is the issue of losing weight after childbirth, which has been difficult for some women to achieve. Much of weight problems that occur after childbirth is due to weight gained during pregnancy. Also, having short intervals between pregnancy also increases weight problems. Age also plays a role in losing weight in that it is harder (not impossible) to lose weight as you age.
Be careful to watch for hidden calories which is the most likely cause of weight gain. Even though the composition of the foods you are eating is healthy, the amount of calories that you are taking in are more than what you are burning off through exercise. Try to see within you diet where you can cut out an additional 500 calories per day which translates to 1-2 pounds weight loss by the end of the week. It is important to exercise for 30-60 minutes daily and add weight training to your workout to build up muscle, which will help you burn more calories. Visit you doctor and have him/ her check your thyroid to make sure that it is not underactive which can also be a reason for weight gain.
Esa M Davis, MD, MPH
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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Today: A stock exchange sees its initial public offering overshadowed by a system failure that halted Apple (AAPL) stock trading and reports of an SEC investigation. Also: Facebook wants to stop potential employers from asking for social media passwords, and Zynga's top execs are planning to sell stock.
Stock exchange's initial public offering goes batty
BATS Global Markets hoped that the letters associated with it Friday were I-P-O, but it instead got F-A-I-L.
The nation's third-largest stock exchange had its initial public offering Friday, the same day the Wall Street Journal reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the practices BATS relies on, then saw its systems fail and cause a halt to trading in the hottest stock of the year, Apple. By the end of the trading day, the company had withdrawn its IPO, which will go down in the annals of Wall Street as one of the most spectacular failures in history.
"It's like seeing an airplane crash on takeoff. To see defeat snatched from the jaws of victory is always a sad thing," James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University business school, told Bloomberg News.
BATS — which stands for Better Alternative Trading System — is one of dozens of electronic trading exchanges established in the past decade to challenge the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, typically offering lower fees than the established exchanges with the ability to execute large numbers of trades in a short time. BATS was established in 2005 and had built its business up to 10.9 percent of all U.S. equity trades by last month, Bloomberg reported.
Thursday night, the company priced IPO shares at the low end of the suggested range, $16, and planned to sell 6.3 million shares for a windfall of more than $100 million, all of which would have gone to investors in the company instead of BATS. At 7:45 a.m. Pacific time, BATS became the first stock traded exclusively on its own BATS Exchange.
As soon as BATS shares hit the market, however, they dropped to less than a penny in some trades, and trading was halted. The company put out an alert that said it was "investigating system issues" affecting stocks with ticker symbols that started with A through BF, alphabetically. Minutes later, at 7:57 a.m. Pacific, 100 shares of Apple stock were sold through BATS for $542.80, more than 9 percent less than the near-$600 Apple at which Apple was trading.
The "flash crash" of Apple's share price caused trading in the nation's hottest tech stock to halt for five minutes, and turned all eyes to BATS. By 9 a.m., the company reported that it had resolved the issues and resumed taking trades, but the company's own stock — moved to the Nasdaq index — had again dropped to just pennies, causing it to be pulled from trading for a second time.
Eventually, the negative perception was so great that BATS had to withdraw its IPO.
"Although our affected market has reopened, in the wake of today's technical issues, which affected the trading of certain stocks, including that of BATS, we believe withdrawing the IPO is the appropriate action to take for our Company and our shareholders," Joe Ratterman, chairman and CEO of BATS Global Markets, said in the announcement.
Electronic trading systems such as BATS began growing in the latter part of the last decade, and first became widely known after being blamed for a May 2010 "flash crash" of the entire market, in which stocks took a huge dive and then came back within minutes, creating a panic on Wall Street.
Now, as the Wall Street Journal reported on its front page Friday morning, the SEC is investigating the relationship between high-volume, rapid-fire trading agencies such as Getco and Tradebot Systems and computerized trading systems such as BATS to determine if the agencies receive and unfair advantage over other investors. Getco and Tradebot have both invested in BATS, and BATS founder Dave Cummings also founded Tradebot and returned to the agency after leaving the stock exchange. BATS has said the SEC has formally asked it for information and statements in its investigation.
In the end, there will be very little, if any, long-term fallout for investors, as all the trades executed at the wrong price are expected to be canceled and the purchase of IPO shares in BATS would not have completed until March 28. BATS, however, will have to regain the trust of investors even while dealing with an SEC investigation and the fallout of a canceled IPO.
"Historically, BATS has been very reliable, but this is a question going forward," Bruce Weber, dean of the University of Delaware business school, told Bloomberg. "The competition that entrants like BATS has brought is good. They have to provide the reliability investors expect to sustain their role."
Apple stock was relatively unaffected by the odd sale and five-minute hold on trades, but shares did end the day down 0.6 percent at $596.05
Facebook says it will fight employers seeking social media passwords
Facebook used its own platform to express outrage Friday at recent reports that employers are asking interviewees for their social media passwords in order to view their private profiles.
Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan posted a note to Facebook users Friday explaining that sharing a password is against the Menlo Park-based social network's terms of service, and saying the company was prepared to fight for changes to the law or use the courts to stop the practice.
"We'll take action to protect the privacy and security of our users, whether by engaging policy makers or, where appropriate, by initiating legal action," he wrote.
The issue has gained steam since the Mercury News first reported about it January. After the Associated Press wrote a story about the issue earlier this week, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he would begin writing a law that would disallow such a maneuver, which he called an "unreasonable invasion of privacy for people seeking work."
"These practices seem to be spreading, which is why federal law ought to address them. They go beyond the borders of individual states and call for a national solution," Blumenthal said Thursday.
Zynga filing shows execs are selling stocks, OMGPOP purchase price
Zynga issued a regulatory filing Friday that revealed that its secondary offering of stock will include millions of shares from company executives and insiders, as well as the purchase price from Wednesday's announced acquisition of OMGPOP.
Zynga shareholders plan to sell 43 million shares in the secondary offering, which is seen as an effort to keep a flood of stock from hitting the market when the company's so-called lockup ends in three months. Employees and other shareholders generally have to wait six months to sell their shares after an IPO; Zynga went public in December.
The biggest chunk of stock to be sold belongs to CEO and founder Mark Pincus, who plans to unload 16.5 million shares for an expected windfall of about $227 million. Pincus will still own 36 percent of the voting power and 13.1 percent of the company's stock, according to the filing.
"It is never a positive to see a founder sell off shares," Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia told Reuters.
Other important executives selling the company's stock include Chief Financial Officer Dave Wehner, Chief Operating Officer John Schappert, board member and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, and Google (GOOG), which will sell 3.96 million shares. The filing comes one day after Hoffman said he would sell a chunk of his Facebook shares before that company makes it to the public market.
The filing also revealed that Zynga paid $180 million for "Draw Something" game maker OMGPOP, a deal that was announced Wednesday.
Zynga stock, which got a bump the past two days from its OMGPOP acquisition, fell 2.6 percent Friday to close at $13.40.
Silicon Valley tech stocks
Up: Jive, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Netflix (NFLX), NetApp, Juniper, Advanced Micro Devices, Cisco (CSCO), Nvidia
Down: Zynga, eBay (EBAY), LinkedIn, Tesla, Yahoo (YHOO), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Apple, Google
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Up 4.60, or 0.15 percent, to 3,067.92
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 34.59, or 0.27 percent, to 13,080.73
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Up 4.33, or 0.31 percent, to 1,397.11
Check in weekday afternoons for the 60-Second Business Break, a summary of news from Mercury News staff writers, the Associated Press, Bloomberg News and other wire services. Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/mercbizbreak.


text: Nationals cleanup hitter Michael Morse will be shut down for about six weeks after aggravating the injured back muscle that already landed the left fielder on the disabled list. Washington general manager Mike Rizzo said Thursday that surgery is not an option and Morse just will need to rest before resuming rehabilitation. Rizzo won't say how long he expects it to take before Morse is able to play for the Nationals.


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June 30, 2009 BY Aaron Kr.
A few days back, we gave you another look at the extremely creative upcoming swagger x Nike Sportswear Terminator High Supreme collaboration and now we have some more pics of this highly anticipated release. As previously reported, this is not a two-pack, but one pair of sneakers with one solid colored shoe on each foot. The left foot is brown (chocolate) and the right is light green (mint). Both feature tonal snakeskin uppers with an extra high tongue and a huge swagger lacelock that covers nearly the entire lace section. These are expected to drop in July so we'll hit you with the exact release info once it has been confirmed. Keep reading after the jump for some more pics of the swagger Terminator High. Via Hypebeast.
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