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Back in Hawaii, Terry emails me the KOTC contract which I forwarded to Lowen.
Couples of weeks go by and Lowen still has not returned the contract.
During this time, an interview form from a MMA website was sent with the contract.
I received an email from KOTC regarding the status of Lowen’s contract.
It stated that we couldn’t move forward until this is done.
I called Lowen regarding the interview form and Lowen tells me that his girlfriend, Logan, was finishing the up the interview.
He then asked if I could finish filling up the rest of the interview because he didn’t know how to respond to some of the other questions.
I told Lowen that I could finish up his interview for him.
I asked if he was able was able to email back the contract to KOTC and he replied "No, because I don’t have a scanner".
I asked him if he wanted me to sign for him and email it back for him and he replied, "If can coach", meaning yes.
I told Lowen that I would do it since I had a scanner.
Next was the OneFC contract, which Lowen initials and signs during practice, which was about 9 days later after sending the KOTC contract.
In the contract, there was a section KOTC put in there that stated that OneFC contract will not conflict with the KOTC contract which I explained to him in detail.
While we went over EVERY PAGE, he initialed that section and continued through the rest of the ONEFC pages.
Since we were at our training facility (Powerhouse Gym Aiea) I e-faxed it from the gym office.
Lowen was given a copy of that contract and took it home.
Then the bout agreement for the Colossa fight came in (which was Lowen’s FIRST OneFC fight).
Lowen signed it, we emailed it back.
Lowen wins the $2000 to show, $2000 to win, and an additional $1000 finish bonus.
Victor Cui was so impressed with his performance; they sent Lowen an additional $1000 " locker room" bonus when he got home.
This was a total of $6000 in his 3rd pro fight.
During this time I referred him to a manager, Jason Karpel, of Elite Management.
I told Lowen that he would need a manager because "I know you will blow up and these guys can help you get more sponsorship money and into the big shows".
At this point, Lowen is going into his 2nd OneFC fight against Felipe Enomoto making $2500 to show, $2500 to win, with a finish bonus of a $1250 and a 20% increase off the whole sum for every win.
Lowen wins and purse totals $6250.
I told Lowen that I have taken him as far as I could and at the next level he would need a manager.
So Jason Karpel talks with Lowen and his father, Myles, and begins to work on Lowen’s behalf in good faith that Lowen will sign with Jason Karpel.
Karpel then went on to get Lowen sponsored by Jaco Clothing and some other main sponsors.
I was able to land him a local sponsor (Pound 4 Pound), which paid for Lowen’s gym membership as well as travel money when he fought.
Lowen VERBALLY agreed to sign with Karpel.
He ended up NOT signing with Karpel after he already received sponsorship and gear for his first OneFC fight.
It was 9 months later and well into both contracts that Lowen finally signs with Karpel.
Meanwhile, during this time Karpel is still working on behalf of Lowen with only a verbal agreement.
Lowen then fights in California for the KOTC World Title; again signing a contract IN FRONT of the California Commission at weigh-ins acknowledging his commitment and fulfillment of his KOTC contract.
Lowen wins the title, his KOTC purse is $1000 to show, $1000 to win (after California commission taxes and licensing, he walks away with $1600).
We all go out to dinner with Terry Trebilcock.
There is about 8-10 of us on the dinner table (Kai Kamaka, Lowen Tynanes, Logan Garcia, Kaleo Kwan, Nathan Thorell, Ian Dela Cuesta, Myles "Boonie" Tynanes, Hawaii Promoter Jay Bolos).
Terry once again is explaining the plan for Lowen and the rest of the team for their KOTC fights.
This is when we learn about Lowen’s next fight, which was setup for OneFC versus Felipe Enomoto.
So, as you can see there were numerous occasions when Lowen and Terry had discussions about his contract.
So the next morning we were driving from LA to Las Vegas for Ian Dela Cuesta’s tryout for the 135lb Ultimate Fighter.
On our way to Las Vegas, Terry calls and informs me that he arranged and paid for our group have 3 rooms paid by him for 3 days so we could all be comfortable and have fun.
Two months later, we head to back to Manila for the Enomoto fight.
Next fight was scheduled for July 5, 2013 in KOTC in Manila, which Lowen unexpectedly pulled out due supposedly to a nose injury and needed surgery.
This info was given to my by his teammate at the time, Ian Dela Cuesta.
LOWEN DID NOT TELL ME AT ANY TIME that he did not want to fight for KOTC.
On Saturday, 6-22-13, Lowen’s father contacted me to say that Lowen didn’t want to fight for KOTC because "KOTC is cheap".
I immediately scrambled to find him a replacement and did with Kaleo Kwan, another teammate at the time.
Since that day Lowen has not trained with the 808 Fight Factory.
All Tynanes brothers are great athletes and very humble kids.
I would like to see Lowen in the cage as well.
I believe he has the potential to be the next BJ Penn for Hawaii and I have said this time and time again.
I honestly believe things just moved a lot faster then he expected and now that it has, he is trying to capitalize on the moment.
In conclusion, if it were not for KOTC opening up opportunities for Lowen, he would still be fighting in small amateur shows.
KOTC kick started his career by giving him the URCC fight and the ONEFC contract to represent KOTC.
With that being said, I wish Lowen all the best for his future.
Image caption Waking up too early and having problems settling back to sleep may have a negative impact on the heart, a study shows People who have trouble drifting off to sleep may be at increased risk of heart failure, researchers say.
The study, published in the European Heart Journal, followed more than 50,000 people for 11 years.
Scientists found those who suffered several nights of poor sleep were more likely to develop the condition, in which the heart fails to pump properly.
Experts say further research is needed to see if a lack of sleep causes heart failure or the link is more complex.
"Luckily many of the things that reduce the chance of heart failure also reduce insomnia; good diet, exercise, weight loss and not smoking Dr Tim Chico, Univeristy of Sheffield Scientists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology looked at more than 50,000 people aged between 20 and 89.
At the beginning of the study, none of them were known to have heart failure.
In this condition the muscles of the heart are often too out of shape to do their job properly - they may be too weak or too stiff to pump blood around the body at the right pressure.
More than 750,000 people in the UK have heart failure and for the majority there is no cure.
People with the disorder may feel increasingly breathless and exhausted.
And as heart failure worsens, it can be difficult to get a full night's rest - but the Norwegian study is one of few to investigate whether poor sleepers without the condition are at risk of getting it in later life.
'Stress hormones' During the research, the participants were asked whether they had any difficulties getting to sleep or staying asleep and whether they felt fully restored after a night's slumber.
People who had trouble falling asleep and remaining asleep each night were three times more likely to develop heart failure than those who reported no trouble sleeping.
Those who experienced substandard sleep that failed to leave them fully refreshed were also at risk.
And this link between a bad night's sleep and heart failure remained true despite researchers taking smoking, obesity and other well known triggers of insomnia and heart problems into account.
The researchers say it is unclear exactly why poor sleep and heart failure are associated in this way.
Dr Laugsand, lead author of the study, said: "We don't know whether insomnia truly causes heart failure.
But if it does, the good thing is it is a potentially treatable condition.
"So evaluating sleep problems might provide additional information in the prevention of heart failure."
He suggests the lack of sleep may provoke harmful responses in the body.
Heart Failure In this condition the heart fails to pump blood around the body effectively.
Most commonly this is due to damage to the muscles of the heart because of: Heart attacks High blood pressure Excessive alcohol Cardiomyopathies - a group of diseases that affect heart muscle Some people are born with heart failure British Heart Foundation "When you have insomnia your body releases stress hormones which in turn may effect the heart in a negative way," he said..
The same team of researchers have previously reported a link between people prone to insomnia and heart attacks.
'Unpleasant condition' And diabetes, depression and poor brain function have all been linked to missing restful hours in bed.
Dr Tim Chico, senior clinical lecturer at the University of Sheffield said: "This is an association study - it links insomnia to heart failure, but does not prove that insomnia causes heart failure or vice versa.
Studies like this raise interesting suggestions that need further work to examine.
"Insomnia is a very unpleasant condition, but there are effective lifestyle changes that can reduce it, such as weight loss and exercise.
"Luckily many of the things that reduce the chance of heart failure also reduce insomnia - good diet, exercise, weight loss and not smoking."
June Davison, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: "This research shows a link between insomnia and your heart, but this doesn't mean sleepless nights cause heart failure.
"It's well known that getting enough sleep is vital for your mental, physical and emotional wellbeing.
"Trouble drifting off can be helped by taking a warm bath to relax, or avoiding caffeine and heavy meals too close to the end of the day.
"If lack of sleep is becoming a problem and affecting your daily life, have a chat with your GP."
Chanting “Long live the Intifada,” University of Texas at Austin activists recently stormed a class to protest and disrupt a talk by a guest lecturer.
Waving Palestinian flags and shouting anti-Israel epithets, twelve members of the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) entered the public event, sponsored by Institute for Israeli Studies Professor Ami Pedahzur and hosting Stanford University military historian Dr. Gil-Li Vardi.
Throughout the incident — during which Pedahzur insisted that the invasive students either “sit down and learn something” or leave — the PSC activists filmed everything on their cellphone cameras.
Since that episode, which took place on Friday, November 13, mere hours before Paris was brutally attacked by ISIS terrorists, Pedahzur, professor of government and founding director of the Institute for Israel Studies, has become the focus of a PSC intimidation campaign.
This includes a petition circulated by the PSC and claims that Pedahzur was violent.
“We were met with physical force and intimidation,” the PSC said in a statement.
A UT Austin professor as well as an attendee escalated what was supposed to be a reading of a prepared two-minute statement, culminating in professor Ami Pedahzur physically pressing his body against a PSC member, nose-to-nose in a move to physically intimidate the student.
Pedahzur had to be restrained by 3 people.
Watching the video of the episode, which was uploaded to YouTube by PSC members immediately after they crashed the event, one gets a sense of the menacing nature of the demonstration — on the part of the students, not those trying to subdue them.
In an exclusive interview with The Algemeiner on Tuesday, Pedahzur described the incident, the first of its kind he says he has experienced in his career — as professor of government, the Arnold S. Chaplik Professor in Israel and Diaspora Studies and founding director of the Institute for Israel Studies — and the ongoing nightmare he is now living as a result of it.
Wearing a disguise on campus and fearing for the safety of his family and students says it in a nutshell.
“Along with the PSC petition smearing my name and accusing me of inappropriate behavior, I’ve received death threats,” Pedhazur said.
“But no one at the university has offered to protect me or my students.