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<title><![CDATA[Newly acquired Weidner impresses in 5-4 loss to Brantford]]></title>
<link>http://guelphhurricanes.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/newly-acquired-weidner-impresses-in-5-4-loss-to-brantford/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Richard Elmes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://guelphhurricanes.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/newly-acquired-weidner-impresses-in-5-4-loss-to-brantford/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In his first game as a Hurricane, rookie Jake Weidner almost matched his point total that he accumul]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>In his first game as a Hurricane, rookie Jake Weidner almost matched his point total that he accumulated in 24 games with the Listowel Cyclones.</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_223" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 234px"><a href="http://guelphhurricanes.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/dsc02960.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-223 " title="DSC02960" src="http://guelphhurricanes.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/dsc02960.jpg?w=224" alt="" width="224" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Weidner scored 3 pts. vs. Brantford</p></div>
<p>Weidner who was acquired earlier this week along with fellow rookie, Blair Goss (for veterans Dan Mohle and Ken Rolph) was solid all night winning critical faceoffs and buzzing on a line with Martin Kudla and Mike Iacocca against the high flying Branford Golden Eagles.</p>
<p>Meanwhile Brantford through 46 shots at Hurricanes goaltender Chris McDougall and Josh McQuade added 4 points (3 goals and 1 assist) to his league leading point total in an exciting 5-4 win over Guelph.</p>
<p>This game featured powerplay goals, a short handed goal, a penalty shot, Guelph killing off a 5-3 and a fight.</p>
<p>Even though Guelph didn&#8217;t win the battle, they looked solid and may have picked up some information that can help them win the war, if these two team meet in the first round of the playoffs.</p>
<p><strong>Tomorrow night the Hurricanes travel to Listowel to take on the Cyclones in a home-in-home series that concludes when these two teams play Saturday night (7:30 pm) at The Sleeman Centre. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Remember to tell your friend that it is Kids get in Free night Saturday. With each adult admission they can bring up to 4 children ages 0-13. </strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Danny Green KO's Roy Jones Jr. in the 1st Round]]></title>
<link>http://thegrip.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/danny-green-kos-roy-jones-jr-in-the-1st-round/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thegrip</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thegrip.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/danny-green-kos-roy-jones-jr-in-the-1st-round/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Until we see another larger than life heavyweight champion, boxing will always take a backseat to UF]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Until we see another larger than life heavyweight champion, boxing will always take a backseat to UFC.</p>
<p>Kind of weak to stop the fight TKO style in the first round.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[SmartSymbols]]></title>
<link>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/11/30/smartsymbols/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TS</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/11/30/smartsymbols/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Genotrope Record:  SmartSymbols Funding Status: Seed Round Founders Backgrounds:  Faulkner Technolog]]></description>
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<p>Genotrope<img title="grzrlogo" src="http://buzzboston.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/grzrlogo.png" alt="grzrlogo" width="25" height="21" /> Record:  <a href="http://www.genotrope.com/genotrope/company.do?guid=A04A4A25-2DBE-FCA8-2F5B-7ACBC47BE8EC" target="_self">SmartSymbols</a></p>
<p>Funding Status: Seed Round</p>
<p>Founders Backgrounds:  Faulkner Technologies, Fidelity Investments</p>
<p>Investors: ?</p>
<p>Industry: B2B Online Marketing</p>
<p>Offering Description: Visual technology that uses attractive icons to give online prospects essential facts on the page timed to compel them to buy.</p>
<p><a title="Bookmark this post using any social bookmarking manager of your choice!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?&#38;url=http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2008/09/29/local-web-companies-to-watch/;title=Boston Web Companies to Watch"><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Micronotes]]></title>
<link>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/11/25/micronotes/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TS</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/11/25/micronotes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Genotrope Record:  Micronotes Funding Status:  Seed Round Founders Backgrounds:  Okena (Cisco), Ente]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Genotrope<img title="grzrlogo" src="http://buzzboston.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/grzrlogo.png" alt="grzrlogo" width="25" height="21" /> Record:  <a href="http://www.genotrope.com/genotrope/company.do?guid=94B85ABA-4494-A20C-7077-856FF129DEB6" target="_self">Micronotes</a> <img class="alignright" title="micronotes logo" src="http://www.micronotes.com/Portals/11971/images/micronotes%20small%20logo.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="45" /></p>
<p>Funding Status:  Seed Round</p>
<p>Founders Backgrounds:  Okena (Cisco), Entegra, Akamai</p>
<p>Investors: ?</p>
<p>Industry:  Mobile, Consumer Finance, B2C Marketing</p>
<p>Offering Description: Micronotes interactive direct marketing system enables consumer brands to mass-produce face-to-face sales interviews to deliver highly relevant offers to a target audience driving sales at lower cost than existing platforms.</p>
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<link>http://ersatzkhan.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/1/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>huth</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ersatzkhan.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/1/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Morri do dia!]]></title>
<link>http://delansalazar.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/morri-do-dia-2/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>delansalazar</dc:creator>
<guid>http://delansalazar.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/morri-do-dia-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Eu estou completamente apaixonado pelo PUMA First Round x Santa Cruz!!! Expressão máxima da paixão p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>Eu estou completamente apaixonado pelo <strong>PUMA First Round x Santa Cruz</strong>!!!</em><br />
Expressão máxima da paixão pelo skate e o grafismo dos anos 80, ele não é só pra quem quer&#8230;, e sim pra quem pode e <em>correr rápido</em>!<br />
Com edição limitadíssima, <em>vieram apenas 30 pares para o Brasil</em> que estão sendo vendidos à <em> R$ 398</em> na loja <em>PUMA The List do Shopping Morumbi</em>, em São Paulo <em>(lógico, né!)</em>.<br />
<a href="http://delansalazar.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/puma-santa-cruz.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3292" title="Puma santa cruz" src="http://delansalazar.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/puma-santa-cruz.jpg" alt="" width="608" height="597" /></a><em>Oh vida!</em><br />
<em>Oh céus!</em><br />
<em>Oh multimarcas de Goiânia que não trazem tudo!</em><br />
<em>Oh falta de verba!</em><br />
<em>Oh desespero!</em> <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[My predictions for the first round of the football CIF-SS Southwest Division]]></title>
<link>http://ndpercy.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/my-predictions-for-the-first-round-of-the-football-cif-ss-southwest-division/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nathan Percy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ndpercy.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/my-predictions-for-the-first-round-of-the-football-cif-ss-southwest-division/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Playoff time is finally upon us for those who like to keep up with the OC high school football seaso]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Playoff time is finally upon us for those who like to keep up with the OC high school football season.</p>
<p>This year&#8217;s Southwest bracket offers some intriguing match-ups, but ultimately, I believe the end result could look a lot like last year&#8217;s final when La Habra beat Tustin 27-14. These are my predictions for the first round and we will go in order from top to bottom in the bracket (note: home teams will be marked with an asterisk).</p>
<p><strong>*La Habra </strong>vs. Kennedy: Kennedy was rightfully awarded the at-large berth in the Southwest Division. I like Sonora and what they were able to accomplish this season, but Kennedy won five games the right way. Sonora won three and then was given two more wins due to opponents having to forfeit. Either way, it doesn&#8217;t matter, because La Habra is too strong for Kennedy and should have no problem putting up points on a defense that gave up as many as their offense scored. Andy Peterson is a good quarterback, but likes to roll out too much, which has led to interceptions. La Habra&#8217;s secondary will be sure to cause plenty of problems for the Fighting Irish.</p>
<p><strong>*El Dorado</strong> vs. Santa Ana Valley: SAV tied with Savanna and Anaheim in Orange League play and was awarded the No. 2 seed in that league thanks to a coin flip (a system that I totally disagree with). Valley has a very talented running back in Darius Nacoste, who ran for 1908 yards this season and scored 16 rushing TDs. Carlos Acevedo has had a good season at quarterback as well, throwing 11 touchdowns to six different receivers, but the experience of El Dorado will prevail in this one. Not to mention they are playing at home. Running back Brock Dunn should have a solid game.</p>
<p><strong>*El Toro</strong> vs. Villa Park: Ever since El Toro lost their first Sea View League game against league champion Trabuco Hills, the Chargers have gone on a four-game win streak in which they&#8217;ve scored more than 28 points in every win. Villa Park had to win their last two games to get into the playoffs. After a hard-fought 14-7 win over Canyon, the Spartans cruised past El Modena for the No. 3 seed in the Century League. This game will be a lot closer than people think, but I give the slight edge to El Toro because they get to play at Saddleback College, which is a long drive for any Spartan fan.</p>
<p><strong>*Cypress </strong>vs. Troy: Troy had to beat Sonora to get into the playoffs and they have two running backs (DeAngelo Bonner and Justin Austin) who have rushed for a combined 1,991 yards on the season. The two have also combined for 25 rushing touchdowns, but the Warriors have no passing game to speak of (well, they do, but it&#8217;s not a factor). Cypress, on the other hand, has Akeelie Muhammad, a senior running back who, by himself, rushed for over 1,900 yards and scored a county-high 31 rushing touchdowns. Muhammad has scored four or five touchdowns in each of his last four games and will run all over Troy&#8217;s defense. If, miraculously, Troy is able to limit Muhammad enough, quarterback Zack Ortiz can complete some passes and spread out the Warrior defense.</p>
<p><strong>*Trabuco Hills</strong> vs. Savanna: This is why I can&#8217;t stand the coin flip. I believe that Savanna played well enough to earn at least the No. 2 seed in the Orange League, but the coin flip brought them down to No. 3 and they have the unfortunate task of facing a tough Trabuco Hills team on the road. The Rebels have a strong weapon in dual-threat quarterback Jeremiah Rideaux, who can run for as many yards-per-game as he passes. Aside from one game this season, the Mustangs have scored at least 24 points (the one exception was a 21-3 loss against Pac-5 team San Clemente). Running backs Shane DeCillo and Dylan Buononato pace the offense and quarterback A.J. Josue is very efficient and has completed almost 75 percent of his passes so far.</p>
<p>*Fullerton vs. <strong>Pacifica</strong>: After watching Fullerton get dismantled by La Habra, I don&#8217;t think their defense is as good as everyone was saying it was. Fullerton&#8217;s other loss came against El Dorado earlier this season, which Pacifica tied in the first week of the season. Pacifica&#8217;s record doesn&#8217;t look impressive at 5-4-1 overall, but they&#8217;ve played some tough competition in JSerra, Norwalk and Cal High. Aside from the explosive Joseph Hill, Fullerton&#8217;s passing game isn&#8217;t very impressive, while Pacifica has a very balanced attack. Quarterback Mario Nava has thrown for almost 1,200 yards with 12 touchdowns to just four interceptions. I think that the loss to La Habra will stay in Fullerton&#8217;s head and Pacifica will pull off the upset.</p>
<p>*Anaheim vs. <strong>Huntington Beach</strong>: This is the only other upset that I see in this bracket and I think it is far more likely than Pacifica over Fullerton. Anaheim may have received the No. 1 seed in the Orange League thanks to a coin flip, but out of the three teams involved in the coin flip (Anaheim, Savanna, Santa Ana Valley), I think the Colonists should have been ranked No. 3. First of all, Anaheim&#8217;s overall record is worse than that of Savanna and Santa Ana Valley and secondly, their offense is inconsistent. It didn&#8217;t show up against a weakened Western team, escaping with a boring 3-0 win. Huntington Beach quarterback Sean Guite has had a good season so far, throwing for 1,684 yards, but he, like Kennedy&#8217;s Peterson, throws almost as many interceptions (14) as he does touchdowns (18). Still, Huntington Beach can put up points in every game, where Anaheim has shown that it struggles at times when it counts (evidenced by the 24-3 loss against Savanna that, if they won, would have given them the outright title).</p>
<p><strong>*Tustin </strong>vs. Valencia: Congratulations to Valencia for making it to the CIF-SS playoffs for the 14th straight season. The Tigers&#8217; story is quite remarkable, really. After seven games, they were at the brink of elimination after starting off 0-2 in the Empire League and possessing a 2-5 overall record, but they beat Kennedy and beat Katella, giving them JUST enough to earn the No. 3 seed (the tiebreaker was Valencia&#8217;s win over Kennedy). Their reward? A first-round matchup against one of the more explosive offenses in Orange County. Tustin possesses massive power on both sides of the ball and it starts with Anthony Wilkerson, who led all of Orange County in rushing yards despite missing a game due to injury. Wilkerson finished the season just seven yards shy of 2,000, while scoring 30 touchdowns. The quarterback position is much improved with Nick DiMaio and the defense is extremely tough as always. Tustin and Valencia both have small rosters, but the Tiller players are bigger than those of Valencia.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Stockport County 5-0 Tooting &amp; Mitcham United - FA Cup 1st Round]]></title>
<link>http://ryan147.com/2009/11/09/stockport-county-5-0-tooting-mitcham-united-fa-cup-1st-round/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>crucible77</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ryan147.com/2009/11/09/stockport-county-5-0-tooting-mitcham-united-fa-cup-1st-round/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On Saturday 7th November I went to watch a match at Stockport County&#8217;s Edgeley Park for the fi]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chesterfield Youth 4-1 Mansfield Town Youth - FA Youth Cup 1st Round]]></title>
<link>http://ryan147.com/2009/10/30/chesterfield-youth-4-1-mansfield-town-youth-fa-youth-cup-1st-round/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>crucible77</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ryan147.com/2009/10/30/chesterfield-youth-4-1-mansfield-town-youth-fa-youth-cup-1st-round/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 27th October 2009 I went to watch Chesterfield&#8217;s youth side play Mansfield Town you]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Video: Top 10 First Round Playoff Moments]]></title>
<link>http://jnovosad.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/video-top-10-first-round-playoff-moments/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jnovosad</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jnovosad.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/video-top-10-first-round-playoff-moments/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thanks to TSN for all their Top 10 Moments! I&#8217;m hoping to put more Top 10 Moments later this w]]></description>
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<p>Thanks to TSN for all their Top 10 Moments! I&#8217;m hoping to put more Top 10 Moments later this week. If you have a hockey top 10 that you want to share, say it in the comments!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[thredUP]]></title>
<link>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/10/16/thredup/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TS</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/10/16/thredup/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Genotrope Record: thredUP currently hiring Funding Status:  Seed Founders Backgrounds: Microsoft, Fo]]></description>
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<p>Genotrope<img title="grzrlogo" src="http://buzzboston.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/grzrlogo.png" alt="grzrlogo" width="25" height="21" /> Record: <a href="http://www.genotrope.com/genotrope/company.do?guid=DE8F78E6-2FEB-0132-EDCD-F3D0FA404B84" target="_self">thredUP</a></p>
<p><strong>currently hiring</strong></p>
<p>Funding Status:  Seed</p>
<p>Founders Backgrounds: Microsoft, Foley Hoag,</p>
<p>Investors: ?</p>
<p>Industry: Consumer Web</p>
<p>Offering Description: We did some real thinking and figured out this whole idea of more efficient exchange makes a lot of sense for two reasons. First, most people bore easily, clothes included; second, buying stylish new clothes on a regular basis is expensive. So we thought it would be cool if you could exchange the clothes that you were bored of (old to you) for new ones (new to you). Thats really it: out with old to you, in with new <a style="text-decoration:underline;visibility:hidden;display:none;"> more&#8230;</a><span id="leftoverComments" style="visibility:visible;display:inline;">to you. Then we got all fancy with being a personal shopper and a refresh button and starting a closet revolution. No matter what we call it, its the same great experience.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[And so it begins...]]></title>
<link>http://thatswhatimsayingguy.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/and-so-it-begins/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jeremy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thatswhatimsayingguy.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/and-so-it-begins/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ubaldo Jimenez quietly was one of the NL&#39;s best starters in 2009 No time to recover from last ni]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_1430" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1430" title="85131432JD008_Colorado_Rock" src="http://thatswhatimsayingguy.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/fc6c0b2124f4e028a5ebbc3356dca31f-getty-85131432jd008_colorado_rock.jpg?w=300" alt="Ubaldo Jimenez quietly was one of the NL's best starters in 2009" width="300" height="200" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ubaldo Jimenez quietly was one of the NL&#39;s best starters in 2009</p></div>
<p>No time to recover from last night&#8217;s AL Central Tiebreaker &#8212; the MLB Playoffs get underway this afternoon, with the Phillies and Rockies kicking off a triple-header at 2:30.</p>
<p>With all the hype surrounding the Twins, it&#8217;s easy to forget the Rockies enter October (and by that, I mean the playoffs) equally hot, having gone 20-11 since Sept. 1 and 72-38 since sitting a miserable 20-32 on Jun. 3. Sound familiar? Yeah, because they had a similar run in 2007 to reach the playoffs, where they swept the Phillies in the first round and the D-Backs in the NLCS before losing to Boston in the World Series. So, a repeat of that series with Philadelphia in 2007? It&#8217;s possible, given their pitching staff is stronger (though they&#8217;ll be without 16-game winner Jorge de la Rosa) and their offense scored the second-most runs in the National League. The league&#8217;s top offense, however, was that of the Phillies, behind the always-dangerous duo of Chase Utley and Ryan Howard. I&#8217;d love to see this one go five. Ubaldo Jimenez (15-12, 3.47) and Cliff Lee (14-13, 3.22) get the ball in the opener.</p>
<p>Also on tap today are the Yankees-Twins and Red Sox-Angels. Now, the baseball fan in me would love to see a New York-Boston ALCS, though that means one of the two would be in the World Series and have a shot at winning. I&#8217;ll play it safe and just hope they both lose in the first round.</p>
<p>Anyway, enough talk &#8212; game on!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Chicago gets snubbed, Prez to blame]]></title>
<link>http://voiceofthevogts.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/chicago-gets-snubbed-prez-to-blame/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>The Vogts</dc:creator>
<guid>http://voiceofthevogts.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/chicago-gets-snubbed-prez-to-blame/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today the International Olympic Committee voted to have the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Th]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rio 66, Chicago 18]]></title>
<link>http://demozie.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/rio-66-chicago-18-final/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Chicago scored only 18 out of 94 votes  from International Olympic Committee members in the first ro]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Chicago scored only 18 out of 94 votes  from International Olympic Committee members in the first round of voting Friday, according to the Chicago Tribune. That placed the city&#8217;s bid out of the race for the 2016 Olympiad.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the IOC&#8217;s full voting tally, according to WLS-TV Chicago:</p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">First round:<br />
Chicago &#8211; 18<br />
Tokyo &#8211; 22<br />
Rio 26<br />
Madrid 28</span></span></p>
<p>Second round<br />
Rio 46<br />
Madrid 29<br />
Tokyo 20</p>
<p>Final round<br />
Rio 66<br />
Madrid 32</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Chang Kai-Chen? Sounds like someone I went to high school with]]></title>
<link>http://thedoublebagel.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/chang-kai-chen-sounds-like-someone-i-went-to-highschool-with/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Yes, she also looks like someone I went to high school with and not like a Dinara Safina killer. But]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Yes, she also<em> looks </em>like someone I went to high school with and not like a Dinara Safina killer. But I never went to high school in Taiwan so she really must be a Dina killer.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">At this point, I&#8217;m not even going to expound on the ridiculousness of this loss from Dinara. This is <em>probably </em>rock bottom so there is no way but up from here!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Image via The Canadian Press</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kessel To Toronto, Classic Jerseys Revealed, Phaneuf lays out Okposo]]></title>
<link>http://loge19.com/2009/09/19/kessel-to-toronto-classic-jerseys-revealed/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thekiiid</dc:creator>
<guid>http://loge19.com/2009/09/19/kessel-to-toronto-classic-jerseys-revealed/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Alright, I know, the Loge has been slacking for the past summer. But for good reason, we&#8217;ve al]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2348" title="Phil Kessel" src="http://loge19.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/250px-phil_kessel_and_bruins1.jpg" alt="Phil Kessel" width="250" height="265" /></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">Alright, I know, the Loge has been slacking for the past summer. But for good reason, we&#8217;ve all been super busy with our respective jobs. But, I, thekiiiiid, promises that we will be back in full swing along with the regular season. It&#8217;s been a busy few weeks for all of us. So, lets get to it. Kessel goes to the Leafs for 2 first round draft picks. Yea Burke? Dude, in all honesty take him. I was blown back by this acquisition for about 2 minutes, then I thought, whatevs&#8230;.Kessel didn&#8217;t buy into Julien&#8217;s system, nor will he buy into Burkes. I know, he&#8217;ll score atleast 6 goals against the B&#8217;s this year&#8230;.but if I learned one thing during the first round playoff series against the Canadiens last year, f*** &#8216;em. Tonight people were telling me, &#8220;Yo, he got a long-term contract for a lot of money.&#8221; Wow, cool, I hope his loonies and toonies keep him warm at night while the Cup is passed around the Garden or UC. Money only makes sense in the NFL or NBA, championships mean more in the NHL. What does Brian Burke, Toronto GM have to say? <a href="http://mapleleafs.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=802&#38;id=46770" target="_blank">Well if you can decipher what he has to articulate between bourbon shots, listen here</a>.  So, what does this mean for the B&#8217;s? Nothing, Sturm is back, we picked up Begin, Krejci is will be ready in November and hopefully at that point Rask is ready to rock if Thomas is tired. For Toronto? Who cares? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjZbNtzsQFY" target="_blank">Komisarek will yuckie his pants like he did with the mediocre Habs</a>, and their goalie situation is still questionable. This has little impact on the Northeast division except that Kessel has more buying power when he plays Boston or Buffalo. I&#8217;m over it.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">NHL.com with the </span><a href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=499053" target="_blank"><span style="color:#888888;">story</span></a><span style="color:#888888;">:</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color:#888888;">It was a difficult deal to get done, but</span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#888888;">Toronto Maple Leafs</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> GM </span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8445782"><span style="color:#888888;">Brian Burke</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> stuck with it, and on Friday night he got his man.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">Burke continued his revamping of a franchise that hasn&#8217;t made the Stanley Cup Playoffs since the 2003-04 season, acquiring 21-year-old center </span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8473548"><span style="color:#888888;">Phil Kessel</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> from the</span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://bruins.nhl.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#888888;">Boston Bruins</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> in exchange for a pair of first-round draft picks and a second-rounder.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">The trade was contingent on Kessel signing a contract with his new team, which he did by agreeing to a deal TSN was reporting is worth $27 million over five years.</span></p>
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&#8220;Phil&#8217;s a dynamic player,&#8221; Burke told reporters following the trade. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had him with the U.S. National Team. He&#8217;s got great food speed, he&#8217;s a good power-play specialist, he&#8217;s good in the shootout and he&#8217;s a solid kid, so for us, it&#8217;s an important day for the Leafs and we&#8217;re very pleased </span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8473548"><span style="color:#888888;">Phil Kessel&#8217;s</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> coming to Toronto (on Saturday).&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">Kessel, who turns 22 on Oct. 2, has already overcome testicular cancer and emerged as a future star in just three NHL seasons. The fifth pick in the 2006 Entry Draft debuted with the Bruins the following season and had his breakthrough year in 2008-09, scoring 36 goals as Boston finished first in the Eastern Conference.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">A restricted free agent, Kessel was looking for the sort of contract the Bruins, already up against the salary cap, couldn&#8217;t afford.Toronto&#8217;s interest in Kessel dates as far back as this summer&#8217;s draft, when the Leafs were reportedly set to send defenseman</span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8465200"><span style="color:#888888;">Tomas Kaberle</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> to the Bruins in return. Miscommunication over a draft pick to be included in the trade was blamed for it eventually falling apart, but Burke remained dogged in his pursuit. On Friday, he praised the job done by his counterpart in Boston, Peter Chiarelli, in getting the most he could in the deal.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;I think Peter Chiarelli&#8217;s done as good a job as any general manager in our League the last two years,&#8221; Burke said. &#8220;He was very patient and drove a very hard bargain on this. It&#8217;s a very high price, but it&#8217;s one we feel makes sense for us.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">In the end, the Leafs will give up first- and second-round picks in the 2010 Entry Draft and another first-round pick the following year. The return for a team coming off four straight non-playoff seasons could be enormous.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">Kessel has registered 66 goals and 126 points in 222 regular-season games.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">His new coach, Ron Wilson, addressed the trade following Toronto&#8217;s 4-3 preseason win at Pittsburgh.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;I just talked to Phil and he&#8217;s very excited,&#8221; Wilson said. &#8220;He was bubbling on the telephone.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">The Leafs didn&#8217;t have a 30-goal scorer last season. </span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8467844"><span style="color:#888888;">Jason Blake</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> led the team with 25 goals.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;He&#8217;s going to add some speed. He&#8217;s a sniper. Obviously, if there&#8217;s an area that might be lacking at the moment it would be a proven goal scorer, somebody who can make things out of nothing,&#8221; Wilson said. &#8220;And that&#8217;s not underestimating what I think a guy like </span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8467844"><span style="color:#888888;">Jason Blake</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> can do this year or [Niklas] Hagman &#8230; we do have 20-goal scorers in the mix. But it&#8217;s nice to have somebody who&#8217;s really on the upside of things, scored 36 goals last year. He only averaged 16-and-a-half minutes a game. If I can get him up in the 20-minute neighborhood, always out on the power play, I think he can be quite successful.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">In 15 playoff games with the Bruins, Kessel recorded nine goals and 15 points. Boston coach</span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8448385"><span style="color:#888888;">Claude Julien</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> scratched him from three games in a first-round loss to Montreal in 2008, but Kessel came back to score three goals in the series and his production took a big leap forward last season.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;Claude told me that if I play good two-way hockey, if I&#8217;m good in the defensive end, I&#8217;ll get good chances in the offensive end,&#8221; Kessel said midway through the season, addressing the benching and his relationship with his coach. &#8220;It was a tough situation. You never want to not play. I want to be out there, but it&#8217;s his decision.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it has changed my game, but he has distilled more good defensive awareness for myself and my line. Our whole team is playing good two-way hockey, and that&#8217;s creating chances for us. The big change is I&#8217;m not cheating on the defensive side. Claude explained that it&#8217;s important not to give up goals. I want to score, but we can&#8217;t be giving up goals.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">Rotator cuff surgery in the offseason has Kessel sidelined until at least November. He was previously awarded the </span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8447635"><span style="color:#888888;">Bill Masterton</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> Trophy for perseverance and dedication to hockey after returning to play in the 2006-07 season following the battle with cancer.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;I&#8217;ve never, ever wanted to miss a game,&#8221; Kessel said last season. &#8220;I love it so much, even the bumps and bruises. I&#8217;m fortunate to not have any bad injuries so far. I just go out and play and hope nothing happens.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;You always love the game, but you don&#8217;t realize how much you miss it until it is gone. You don&#8217;t know what to do. I was so bored. When I look back, I couldn&#8217;t be someone who doesn&#8217;t play hockey. I love it so much and I missed it so much. I had to get back right away.</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">On that note, as most of you should know, most of the off season drama has ended. Kessel ends up in Toronto and</span><a href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=499025" target="_blank"><span style="color:#888888;"> Heatley is in San Jose</span></a><span style="color:#888888;">. So, who ends up on top with their respective deals? <a href="http://sharks.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=852&#38;id=46719" target="_blank">In my opinion, Heatley</a>. The Sharks have been pressing for a few years now and have a system set and built. Toronto is still trying to build and make a name since being moved to the Eastern Conference. Whatever Toronto gained this year, won&#8217;t last, and this isn&#8217;t from a B&#8217;s fan point of view. It&#8217;s going to take atleast a season for these kids to buy in to this system.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">Thanks to </span><a href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=499025" target="_blank"><span style="color:#888888;">NHL.com for the story</span></a></p>
<blockquote><p><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8468482"><span style="color:#888888;">Dany Heatley</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> officially put Ottawa in his rear-view mirror on Friday. The two-time 50-goal scorer took the ice for the first time as a San Jose Shark, then went before the assembled media to talk about how happy he was to have been traded to San Jose by the Senators six days earlier.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;I feel good. I feel ready to go right now,&#8221; Heatley said during the news conference at HP Pavilion following his first practice. &#8220;This is a very good team that has a great chance to win. I&#8217;m excited to be part of it.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">The Sharks acquired Heatley on Sept. 12 in a deal that sent forwards </span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8467357"><span style="color:#888888;">Jonathan Cheechoo</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> and </span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8470599"><span style="color:#888888;">Milan Michalek</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> to Ottawa. The 2008-09 Presidents&#8217; Trophy winners hope he can be the missing piece that helps them convert their regular-season prowess into playoff success &#8212; after finishing first in the overall standings last season, the Sharks were bounced by Anaheim in the first round of the postseason.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">In Heatley, the Sharks received a steady and prolific scorer who has 260 goals and 283 assists for 543 points in just 507 career games. He&#8217;s coming off a &#8220;down&#8221; year for him &#8212; Heatley scored 39 goals and 72 points in 82 games with the Senators in 2008-09, then asked to be traded, saying he felt he wasn&#8217;t being used properly under new coach Cory Clouston, who took over midway through the season.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">Heatley declined to discuss any specifics about why he wanted to be traded.&#8221;There&#8217;s a lot of things &#8212; hockey-wise, personal-wise &#8212; that led to me asking to be traded,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to get into that. I think that&#8217;s in the past. I&#8217;m ready to move on here.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">General Manager Doug Wilson, who pulled the trigger on the deal, said he&#8217;s not concerned with any problems in Heatley&#8217;s past. He&#8217;s more concerned about the future, and what Heatley can bring to the table.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;He&#8217;s gone and played hard,&#8221; Wilson said. &#8220;His reputation as a player &#8212; and the most important people, his teammates, the people he&#8217;s played with, and the coaches he&#8217;s played for &#8212; they look at him as a hockey player that leaves it all out there. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re getting. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re doing from this day forward. He&#8217;s a San Jose Shark.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;There&#8217;s no question about him as a hockey player, and there&#8217;s no question about him as a man. We&#8217;re proud to have him here.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">Heatley is coming to an organization that&#8217;s familiar with him and his style of play. Wilson is from Ottawa, Assistant GM </span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8451891"><span style="color:#888888;">Wayne Thomas</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> has known Heatley since he was a youngster, and Heatley said he likes the Sharks&#8217; force-the-tempo style of play under coach </span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8449456"><span style="color:#888888;">Todd McLellan</span></a><span style="color:#888888;">, who coached him at the World Junior Championships before he turned pro.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;I like shooting the puck,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m ready to go. I like the style of this team. I feel confident playing this style &#8212; an offensive, skating style. I&#8217;m anxious to get going.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">He also praised McLellan as &#8220;a great communicator&#8221; and someone &#8220;who will tell you exactly what he wants.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">Wilson said the Sharks did a lot of checking before he decided to make the deal, and that he was satisfied with what he found.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;He was probably the easiest guy that I ever had to do research on,&#8221; Wilson said. &#8220;He was playing in my hometown in Ottawa. When he represented the country of Canada, he was playing for </span><a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8452578"><span style="color:#888888;">Steve Yzerman</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> and Bob Nicholson, two very good friends and two people I have as much respect for as anyone in hockey. Peter Chiarelli, who&#8217;s a good friend of mine, is the general manager of Boston and was in Ottawa when Dany was there.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;You look at people and say, &#8216;does this guy fit in as a hockey player?&#8217; Absolutely. As a person? Absolutely,&#8221; he said. &#8220;When we sit here and say we go forward, we do it with great pride.&#8221;Wilson said Heatley&#8217;s international success also convinced him to make the deal. Heatley was among the invitees to Canada&#8217;s Olympic training camp last month and figures to be a prime candidate for the final squad that will try to win gold in Vancouver in February.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;Dany has represented his country more often and better than any other player in the history of international hockey,&#8221; Wilson said. &#8220;He is the leading scorer for the country of Canada, and that means a lot to me because it&#8217;s obviously in a forum of pressure and attention &#8212; an environment where you want to win. It&#8217;s an honor to play best-on-best. That&#8217;s another element to his game that makes us feel very fortunate to have him.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">Heatley was part of the Ottawa team that went to the Stanley Cup Final in 2007 before losing to Ottawa. He&#8217;s eager to be part of a team that can take that last step to a title.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of good teams on paper,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It takes a lot of different things to gel and do what you have to to win. The Stanley Cup Playoffs are four tough rounds. The bottom line is to win when you have to.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">&#8220;Any time you don&#8217;t win, you haven&#8217;t done the best job. I think everyone is excited to get back on the ice and show what we can do.&#8221;</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">That&#8217;s all for now, hopefully the Commish will wake up tomorrow and give us his input. On that note, enjoy the rest of the weekend with Phaneuf&#8217;s hit on Kyle Okposo. This was huge and it earned </span><a href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=499008" target="_blank"><span style="color:#888888;">Pascal Morency an indefinite suspension</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> for jumping off the bench after the hit. The best part is that everyone got involved in this scrap. On that note, this is why I love the show&#8230;you&#8217;re responsible for your actions. Should Okposo jumped the bench to challenge Phaneuf? Probably not, but you have to love the kid&#8217;s spirit, stepping up for a teammate. More often than not you won&#8217;t see a bag of knuckles like this game gave us, but some of the youngsters are trying to get their nameplate in a pro locker room&#8230; Either way, I look forward to see these teams meet each other again in the regular season&#8230;.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Iql-lyihBkM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Iql-lyihBkM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">By the way, I love college football, but why are these not the top stories at ESPN? On that note, the first preseason home game for the B&#8217;s tomorrow. I know we&#8217;ve been soft on the previous games, which had a lot of action, but a full report tomorrow.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#888888;">Finally,</span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=57028&#38;navid=bos-home-dl" target="_blank"><span style="color:#888888;"> the B&#8217;s released the Winter Classic jersey</span></a><span style="color:#888888;"> officially, with an explanation on how it was designed.</span></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/hZGp8i6fBE4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/hZGp8i6fBE4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<link>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/09/18/yotta/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TS</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Genotrope Record: Yotta Currently Hiring Funding Status: Seed Investors: ? TBD Industry: Storage Sof]]></description>
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<p>Funding Status: Seed</p>
<p>Investors: ? TBD</p>
<p>Industry: Storage Software, Cloud Computing</p>
<p>Offering Description: stealth mode storage offering. Experienced founder.</p>
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<link>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/09/11/techstars-demo-night-companies/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TS</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/09/11/techstars-demo-night-companies/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here is the list of the Companies participating in the Summer 09 TechStars Boston. www.oneforty.com ]]></description>
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<p>Here is the list of the Companies participating in the Summer 09 TechStars Boston.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.oneforty.com/" target="_self"><img class="aligncenter" title="oneforty" src="http://dondodge.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf9da53ef0120a5b9076d970c-pi" alt="" width="182" height="46" />www.oneforty.com</a> Twitter app store.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sensobi.com/home/" target="_self"><img class="aligncenter" title="sensobi" src="http://dondodge.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf9da53ef0120a5b90784970c-pi" alt="" width="166" height="51" />www.sensobi.com</a> Personal relationship management for the mobile professional.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.baydin.com/" target="_self"><img class="aligncenter" title="baydin" src="http://dondodge.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf9da53ef0120a5b9077a970c-pi" alt="" width="72" height="105" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.baydin.com/" target="_self">www.baydin.com</a> Add-in for Microsoft Outlook 2007 that shows you relevant files from SharePoint, shared network drives and your computer based on the content of your email.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.localytics.com/"><img class="aligncenter" title="localytics" src="http://dondodge.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf9da53ef0120a5b90759970c-pi" alt="" width="155" height="45" />www.localytics.com</a> Deep Analytics for mobile apps.</p>
<p><a href="http://havemyshift.com/" target="_self"><img class="aligncenter" title="havemysgift" src="http://dondodge.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf9da53ef0120a5628e60970b-pi" alt="" width="152" height="36" />www.havemyshift.com</a> Makes shift exchange a snap.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.www.langolab.com/" target="_self"><img class="aligncenter" title="langolab" src="http://dondodge.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf9da53ef0120a5628e4c970b-pi" alt="" width="153" height="46" /></a><a href="http://en.langolab.com/" target="_self">www.langolab.com</a> Pop culture video for learning foreign language.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tempmine.com/" target="_self"><img class="aligncenter" title="tempmine" src="http://dondodge.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf9da53ef0120a5b9074e970c-pi" alt="" width="150" height="48" />www.tempmine.com</a> Imagine a temporary-staffing market where everybody wins.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.accelgolf.com/" target="_self"><img class="aligncenter" title="accelgolf" src="http://dondodge.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf9da53ef0120a5628e72970b-pi" alt="" width="140" height="21" />www.accelgolf.com</a> Tools for savy golfers.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ampidea.com/" target="_self"><img class="aligncenter" title="ampidea" src="http://dondodge.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf9da53ef0120a5b90766970c-pi" alt="" width="130" height="51" />www.ampidea.com</a> Intelligent baby monitor.</p>
<p>Good luck to them all!</p>
<p>For more in-depth coverage see:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2009/09/the_innoeco_awards_from_tonigh.html" target="_self">Scott Kirsner</a> of the Boston Globe or <a href="http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2009/09/techstars-boston-debuts-new-startups.html" target="_self">Don Dodge</a> of Microsoft</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Keep an Eye on these Companies and Sites]]></title>
<link>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/09/10/keep-an-eye-on-these-companies-and-sites/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TS</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/09/10/keep-an-eye-on-these-companies-and-sites/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We are always discovering new companies or services as we go about our daily activities of keeping o]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>We are always discovering new companies or services as we go about our daily activities of keeping on top of the start-up scene here in theHub of <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-986" title="vermeereyes" src="http://buzzboston.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/vermeereyes1.gif" alt="vermeereyes" width="79" height="45" />Boston/Cambridge.</p>
<p>Here a a couple of Companies to keep an eye on. They are backed by proven founders and I am looking forward to see what new products and services they will create.</p>
<p>You can sign up on the sites now and be alerted when they go live.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.goby.com/" target="_self">www.goby.com</a> travel search? Stealth Mode</p>
<p><a href="http://www.abtests.com/" target="_self">www.abtests.com </a>Learn, Share, Improve your conversions today.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.infinetics.com/Infinetics/_.html" target="_self">www.infinetics.com</a> disruptive networking technology</p>
<p><a href="http://www.performable.net/" target="_self">www.performable.com</a> a marketing platform for start-ups and online businesses.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[2009-2010 Fantasy Fantasy Draft Strategy Guide: Round One]]></title>
<link>http://veryok.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/2009-2010-fantasy-fantasy-draft-strategy-guide-round-one/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chance Brambles</dc:creator>
<guid>http://veryok.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/2009-2010-fantasy-fantasy-draft-strategy-guide-round-one/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again. Summer is winding down. All your bros are meeting up online and ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>It&#8217;s that time of year again. Summer is winding down. All your bros are meeting up online and the draft date, after much haggling and whining, is finally set. Yeah, it&#8217;s fantasy time!</p>
<p><img src="http://veryok.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/larp.jpg?w=300" alt="Some of the bros before the live draft." title="Some of the bros before the live draft." width="300" height="244" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-175" /></p>
<p>Ok, we&#8217;re all pumped. But if you&#8217;re like most cool dudes out there then you&#8217;re also nervous as all hell and have no idea who to draft. That&#8217;s all about to change. Because here&#8217;s the:</p>
<p><strong>2009-2010 Fantasy Fantasy Strategy Guide</strong></p>
<p>(Remember this is for a standard lineup/scoring fantasy fantasy league. So if you&#8217;re in a weird all Anime or DBZ league it&#8217;s not going to help you that much.)</p>
<p>Part One: The First Round.<br />
Look, the draft is all important and if there&#8217;s one rule this 3 times running fantasy fantasy champ adheres to it&#8217;s this: <strong>GO WIZARD AND GO WIZARD EARLY.</strong> </p>
<p><img src="http://veryok.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/blackrobewizard.jpg" alt="Take this guy early." title="Take this guy early." width="435" height="571" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-174" /></p>
<p>A lot of bros out there have the misconception that there is going to be high wizard value in the mid to late rounds of the draft. These are the guys that pass on Merlin to take <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhqUk28OwHs">Goku</a>. These are also the guys that get stuck with David Blaine as a starting wizard. Come on! Levitation is totally weak! Don&#8217;t believe the hype, especially in a Point Per Spell league.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s it for round one. Tune in next time for middle round strategy and my list of Anime &#38; Star Trek sleepers. </p>
<p>Oh, and when you hear your coworkers and colleagues talking endlessly and monotonously about fantasy football be sure to mention fantasy fantasy. Tell them that it&#8217;s almost as boring, stupid and gay as what they&#8217;re in to.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Akiba]]></title>
<link>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/08/12/akiba/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TS</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2009/08/12/akiba/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Genotrope Record: Akiba Currently Hiring Funding Status: Series A Investors: North Bridge Venture Pa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Genotrope<img title="grzrlogo" src="http://buzzboston.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/grzrlogo.png" alt="grzrlogo" width="25" height="21" /> Record: <a href="http://www.genotrope.com/genotrope/company.do?guid=DC92E1BA-BB3B-D554-0655-FA20B59AF397" target="_self">Akiba</a> <strong>Currently Hiring</strong></p>
<p>Funding Status: Series A</p>
<p>Investors: <a href="http://www.genotrope.com/genotrope/company.do?guid=8574B61E-1F69-E297-18B2-F2EFFF05E1BB" target="_self">North Bridge Venture Partners</a>, Foundation Capital and angel investors.</p>
<p>Industry:  Software, Data Virtualization</p>
<p>Offering Description:  Data virtualization via patent-pending technology</p>
<p><a title="Bookmark this post using any social bookmarking manager of your choice!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?&#38;url=http://blog.bos.genotrope.com/2008/09/29/local-web-companies-to-watch/;title=Boston Web Companies to Watch"><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Ok! Rien à dire.Puma revient en force avec les nouveaux "First Round".]]></title>
<link>http://goodlemonsonwork.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/ok-rien-a-dire-puma-revient-en-force-avec-les-nouveau-first-round/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Benkhalil Omar</dc:creator>
<guid>http://goodlemonsonwork.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/ok-rien-a-dire-puma-revient-en-force-avec-les-nouveau-first-round/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ce modèle est les pour meufs.La Puma First Round Sparkle fait environ 160$ donc environ ( att 160 x ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_145" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-145  " title="puma" src="http://goodlemonsonwork.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/puma.jpg" alt="Ce modèle est unisexe, donc pour meufs et mecs.La Puma First Round Sparkle fait environ 160$ donc environ ( att 160 x 8 ça fait combien ouais voila) 1280 dirhams  " width="480" height="319" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ce modèle est les pour meufs.La Puma First Round Sparkle fait environ 160$ donc environ ( att 160 x 8 ça fait combien ouais voila) 1280 dirhams. Pas mal!!  </p></div>
<div id="attachment_146" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-146" title="Puma-X-Fresh-Prince-Of-Bel-air-1" src="http://goodlemonsonwork.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/puma-x-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-1.jpg" alt="Bein pour nous les mecs il n'ya que ce modèle et le suivant.Waaaaa!! J'adore.  " width="480" height="305" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bein pour nous les mecs il n&#39;ya que ce modèle et le suivant.Waaaaa!! J&#39;adore.  </p></div>
<div id="attachment_147" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-147  " title="Puma-X-Fresh" src="http://goodlemonsonwork.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/puma-x-fresh.jpg" alt="Et bein ça c'est les accesoires qui vont avec , donc on se fait ce package à genre 2000. Prochainement chez les magasins &#34;Puma&#34; au Maroc." width="480" height="549" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Et bein ça c&#39;est les accesoires qui vont avec , donc on se fait ce package à genre 2000 Dh. Prochainement chez les magasins &#34;Puma&#34; au Maroc.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_148" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-148" title="Puma-First-Round---Santa-Cruz-4" src="http://goodlemonsonwork.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/puma-first-round-santa-cruz-4.jpg" alt="Ca c'est la Puma Santa Cruz crée par le gigantissime Jim Phillips, pour ce modèle il n'arrivera au maroc que dans genre 2 ans." width="480" height="320" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ca c&#39;est la Puma Santa Cruz crée par le gigantissime Jim Phillips, pour ce modèle il n&#39;arrivera au maroc que dans genre 2 ans.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_149" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 490px"><img class="size-full wp-image-149" title="Puma-First-Round---Santa-Cruz-5" src="http://goodlemonsonwork.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/puma-first-round-santa-cruz-5.jpg" alt="Ce modèle fait environ 1500 Dh.C'est vrai Puma est revenue en force, mais elle a forcée un peu sur les prix." width="480" height="644" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ce modèle fait environ 1500 Dh.C&#39;est vrai Puma est revenue en force, mais elle a forcée un peu sur les prix.</p></div>
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