Peter Thiel today announced the appointment of twenty-four Thiel Fellows.
“The Fellows are a tremendous group of young people who are going to advance the frontiers of knowledge, shake up staid industries, and change the world,” said Thiel. “Tomorrow will not take care of itself. In order to solve vexing problems and increase the quality of life for people everywhere, the world’s economy needs continuous scientific and technical innovation from outstanding creative minds. I’m looking forward to helping the Fellows become the next generation of tech visionaries.”
As the first members of the 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellowship, the Fellows will pursue innovative scientific and technical projects, learn entrepreneurship, and begin to build the technology companies of tomorrow. During their two-year tenure, each Fellow will receive $100,000 from the Thiel Foundation as well as mentorship from the Foundation’s network of tech entrepreneurs and innovators. The project areas for this class of fellows include biotech, career development, economics and finance, education, energy, information technology, mobility, robotics, and space.
“The Fellows’ creativity, intelligence, and leadership were captivating,” said James O’Neill, the head of the Thiel Foundation. “They’re challenging the authority of the present and the familiar. We had planned to award twenty fellowships, but the number of outstanding candidates far exceeded our expectations. It was challenging to select only twenty-four, and impossible to pick only twenty. We’re excited to be working with them, and we hope they will help young people everywhere realize that you don’t need credentials to launch a company that disrupts the status quo.”
More than four hundred people younger than twenty applied to be Fellows. Applications arrived from nearly two dozen countries, and from nearly two hundred high schools, junior colleges, community colleges, four-year colleges, and graduate schools. Many applicants never went to college, had already stopped out of school, were already working, or had already launched their own company. Many had a long personal history of entrepreneurship. They applied at a time of increasing debate about the cost and value of college and student debt.
Information about applications for the next round of fellows will be available at 20under20.org in late October.
ABOUT THE THIEL FELLOWS
BIOTECH
Laura Deming wants to extend the human lifespan for a few more centuries—at the very least. She started working in a biogerontology lab when she was 12, matriculated at MIT when she was 14, and now at 17 plans on disrupting the current research paradigm by changing the incentives embedded in today’s traditional funding structures. Too often, researchers design quick incremental projects to please grant-making bodies instead of taking on risky, long time horizon problems. With her fund IP Immortal, Laura plans on commercializing anti-aging research, bringing therapies out of the lab and into the market sooner.
Alexander Kiselev is a 19-year-old immigrant from Moscow who is worried that scientific advances in the biosciences aren’t developing fast enough. To spark a new age of discovery, he wants to make experimentation cheaper by creating affordable scientific instruments. With help from the open source hardware community, his first project will be an inexpensive high performance liquid chromatography system, a tool that helps biochemists analyze the components of a sample.
Darren Zhu has conducted research in a wide range of cutting-edge areas, from molecular spintronics fabrication to therapeutic drug design. He is most excited about synthetic biology, a burgeoning field that engineers solutions to biological problems by using standardized genomic components. After he stops out of Yale, his first project will be to build a diagnostic biosensor, the initial step toward his goal of making synthetic biology easier to engineer.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Daniel Friedman, Paul Gu, and Eric McKay are passionate about equipping people with the information to make better decisions. In some markets, high noise-to-signal ratios make it hard for the best to distinguish themselves from the lemons. With a wealth of talent in mathematics, programming, and social entrepreneurship, this trio plans to create a more efficient recruiting process driven by a peer-based evaluation system. Dan and Paul were both accelerated students at Yale, and Eric has already completed his degree summa cum laude from ASU. Between them, they have experience leading non-profit organizations, conducting research in psychology labs, consulting for small businesses, and working as analysts at a VC firm, hedge funds, and the NY Federal Reserve Bank. They plan to combine their experiences and talents to build a game-changing model for talent evaluation.
ECONOMICS & FINANCE
Jeffrey Lim wants to increase the amount of voluntary exchange and cooperation in the world by revamping some of our core economic and social institutions. He believes it’s time the means of exchange caught up with the Information Age. Once he stops out of MIT, Jeffrey plans on using his fellowship to create technologies that will help people self-organize to solve social problems. He’s particularly interested in helping people protect the wealth they create from the harmful effects of inflation.
Faheem Zaman has shot the moon on nearly every SAT test he’s ever taken: 5580 points across 5 tests. He wants to decentralize banking in the developing world with a mobile payment system. Because savings are difficult in poor countries—including in some regions of South Asia where many have to hoard and protect cash—Faheem believes mobile financial services will help bring prosperity to these areas. Before he introduces his technology to the developing world, Faheem’s initial plan is to gain a foothold in the U.S. market for mobile financial services.
EDUCATION
Nick Cammarata and David Merfield are working on OPEN, a project that aims to flip the industrial-scale classroom experience. OPEN is a tool used by teachers to create and share online lessons designed to be viewed at home by their own students, leaving class time free for more engaging activities. With a decade of programming experience, Nick has worked for Microsoft, Stanford, and Mozilla and is an active contributor to several open-source projects. David has designed web interfaces used by millions of people around the world. He has lived and been educated in England, Singapore, France, and the USA.
Andrew Hsu started doing research in a pathology lab when he was 10. By the time he was 12, he had matriculated at the University of Washington. Soon after, he graduated with honors degrees in neurobiology, biochemistry, and chemistry. He was a 19-year-old 4th-year neuroscience Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University when he left early this year to pursue his start-up, Airy Labs.
John Marbach has years of experience working as an Internet marketer in customer development—he founded a vacation rental portal as a high school freshman—and he blogs frequently about emerging technologies. Now, with his start-up Ingenic, he wants to leverage web-based videos and mobile apps to bring the classroom into the twenty-first century.
Dale Stephens flaunts non-conformity in most aspects of his life. At 19, he leads UnCollege, a social movement that applies the methods of unschooling—the self-directed brand of homeschooling with which he was raised—to the realm of higher education. Now he is building a platform called RadMatter to revolutionize how we develop and demonstrate talent in the twenty-first century.
ENERGY
Tom Currier developed a deep obsession for entrepreneurship, cost reductions, and renewable energy after starting his first business when nine years old. To achieve grid parity, Currier believes that the solar industry needs a fundamental balance of systems breakthrough. He co-founded Black Swan Solar two years ago to commercialize an invention that enables low cost dual-axis photovoltaic module tracking.
Jim Danielson is working on building a more powerful and efficient motor for electric vehicles. He has already electrified a Porsche 924S, including power electronics of his own design. He is currently co-launching Makt Systems LLC, a start-up to commercialize his research and design. Before becoming a Fellow, Jim co-founded the Electric Vehicle Club at Purdue and was president of Purdue Innovations, the university’s entrepreneurship club.
Eden Full is the 19-year-old Canadian founder of Roseicollis Technologies, a solar energy start-up that deploys her patent-pending inventions in established and emerging markets. Currently electrifying two villages of 1000 citizens in Kenya, Eden’s SunSaluter is a solar panel rotating system that tracks the sun to optimize energy collection by up to 40 percent for only $10. She began developing her social enterprise when she was 15.
Sujay Tyle is one of the youngest students at Harvard and is passionate about hacking cellulose to create cheap biofuels. He first worked in a lab when he was 11, interned at Dupont as a teenager, and won the grand prize at the 2009 International Sustainable World Energy Olympiad in Houston. With his older brother, Sheel, he also runs ReSight, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to helping the vision-impaired around the world.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
James Proud taught himself programming at the age of 9. In his teens, he built products for companies such as Coca-Cola and Universal Music, while juggling his studies during the day. Upon graduating from the British equivalent of high school, James decided not to enroll in university and instead founded GigLocator.com, a start-up that aims to help music lovers discover more live shows.
Christopher Rueth thinks access to the entire Internet is a basic human right. When he was in high school, administrators put in place draconian Internet restrictions and also started logging all student emails. Upset by the school’s intrusion, Chris created a website that allowed students in his district to bypass this snooping. Now Chris wants to help emancipate information around the world.
Ben Yu had just returned from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro when he interviewed with the Thiel Foundation. He was about to climb another mountain in China when he learned he had won. His next challenge is to build an e-commerce start-up that will revolutionize price comparison on the web. Before climbing Kilimanjaro and taking on the current leaders in comparison shopping, Ben was a freshman at Harvard.
Sebastien Zany is pursuing a program to unify computation in a cohesive and elegant framework based around Haskell, with the goal of finally realizing the potential of computers and the Internet to enable people to work with information fluidly and creatively, especially on mobile devices.
MOBILITY
Gary Kurek has been developing mobility aids for physically-disabled citizens for the last four years. Seeing his grandmother weakened by cancer led Gary to invent a walker-wheelchair hybrid that can provide power to assist its user according to how strong she feels at any moment. This flexibility allows users to restore their strength, instead of growing dependent on a substitute. Gary is currently working on expanding the versatility of his mobility aids, making them lighter, foldable, and capable of navigating any home environment including staircases. Gary hails from Alberta, Canada, and is the 19-year-old founder of GET Mobility Solutions.
ROBOTICS
David (Jiageng) Luan plans to do for consumer robotics what the IBM PC did for computing. He came to America when he was 6 years old, began taking college courses at Worcester State in Massachusetts in 3rd grade, and received a certificate in computer science by the time he was 12. As student at Andover and Yale, he has been involved in robotics research for five years and now wants to create home robots that can handle an extensible array of low- to mid-level cognitive tasks in addition to physical jobs.
SPACE
John Burnham believes that the search for new resources has driven exploration, expansion, and innovation—from the discovery of the Americas to the California Gold Rush. Likewise, he believes the key to colonizing space is to make it possible to extract valuable minerals from asteroids, comets, and other planetary bodies. John plans on using his fellowship to develop space industry technologies to solve the problem of extraterrestrial resource extraction.
ABOUT THE THIEL FOUNDATION
The Thiel Foundation defends and promotes freedom in all its dimensions: political, personal, and economic. The Thiel Foundation supports innovative scientific research and new technologies that empower people to improve their lives, champions organizations and individuals who expose human rights abuses and authoritarianism in all its guises, and encourages the exploration of new ideas and new spaces where people can be less reliant on government and where freedom can flourish. For more information, see ThielFoundation.org or 20under20.org.
ABOUT PETER THIEL
Peter Thiel \ˈtēl\ is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist.
He first gained attention for innovations in banking and startup finance. Today he is known as the mentor of the PayPal mafia of entrepreneurs, as well as for his warnings of a coming technology deficit with severe economic consequences. He works to accelerate innovation to prevent such a crisis by identifying and funding promising technology ideas and by guiding successful companies to scale and dominate their industries.
In 1998, Thiel made e-commerce easier, faster, and more secure by co-founding and leading PayPal, which now has 98 million active financial accounts. In 2002, he sold PayPal to eBay and founded a global macro fund, Clarium.
In 2004, he co-founded Palantir Technologies, which offers platforms for finance companies and intelligence, defense, and law enforcement communities to integrate, visualize, and analyze the world’s information.
In the same year, Thiel made the first outside investment in Facebook, the social networking hub that now has more than half a billion active members. He serves on its board.
Building on his personal success as a venture capital investor, Thiel co-founded and manages the Founders Fund, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital fund that has pioneered new methods of venture financing that benefit founders. Through Founders Fund as well as through his private investing, he has helped launch the next great generation of tech companies, such as SpaceX, LinkedIn, Quantcast, RoboteX, Causes, and Spotify.
Thiel promotes better health through investments in Halcyon Molecular, Practice Fusion, Navia Systems, Collaborative Drug Discovery, and Pathway Genomics, and by funding the longevity research of Drs. Cynthia Kenyon and Aubrey de Grey.
He advances freedom by sponsoring the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Seasteading Institute, and the Human Rights Foundation. He funds the artificial intelligence research of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence. He also aids work against violence through the Oslo Freedom Forum and through the research of philosopher René Girard, which is extended and promulgated by Imitatio.
Thiel earned a B.A. in philosophy from Stanford University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he occasionally teaches courses on globalization and sovereignty and serves on the board of overseers of the Hoover Institution. His articles have appeared in Policy Review, First Things, and the Wall Street Journal. He co-produced the film Thank You for Smoking, was rated a master by the United States Chess Federation, and received the Innovation Award from the Economist.
Thiel established and funds the Thiel Foundation, including the Thiel Fellowship. He lives in San Francisco.
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LETS THINK BIG
MARTIN
Thursday, June 2, 2011
20 under 20 gets $100,000 each to dropout college
Peter Thiel via The Thiel Fondation announced the appointment of 24 Thiel Fellows in San Fransisco recently. “The Fellows” are referring to a tremendous group of young people who would change the world through their creativity in many fields including biotech, information technology, mobility and space. According to James O’Neill, the head of the Thiel Foundation, The Fellows’ creativity, intelligence and leadership were captivating.
Peter Thiel is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist who is also known as the co-founder of the world’s famous online money transfer, Paypal, as well as the early investor in Facebook.
The foundation’s 20 under 20 Fellowship application was opened late 2010 and received more than 400 applications from people younger than 20. It is reported that many applicants never went to school and many had a long personal history of entrepreneurship. The Fellowship was open to anyone between the ages of 14 and 20 and to apply, applicants are required to write and essay of max 1000 words or to record a 5-minutes video of given statement; “Tell us one thing about the world that you strongly believe is true, but that most people think is not true” and “How do you want to change the world?“.
The Fellows received $100,000 each over the period of 2 years to get their business up and running.
Among the selected fellows are Eden Full, 19-year-old Canadian founder of Roseicollis Technologies, a solar energy start-up with its product SunSaluter currently electrifying two villages of 1000 citizens in Kenya and Jeffrey Lim of MIT who wants to create technologies that will help people self-organize to solve social problems.
College isn’t for everybody, but education is. We bound to believe that everyone should go to college and get a degree, but we also know that degree are just licence to a better pay and positions. With $100,000 to kick-start, and continuous support by the Thiel foundation for young entrepreneurs, there’s no better way to venture their own business idea. College can always come later.
KEEP ROLLING
MARTIN
Peter Thiel is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist who is also known as the co-founder of the world’s famous online money transfer, Paypal, as well as the early investor in Facebook.
The foundation’s 20 under 20 Fellowship application was opened late 2010 and received more than 400 applications from people younger than 20. It is reported that many applicants never went to school and many had a long personal history of entrepreneurship. The Fellowship was open to anyone between the ages of 14 and 20 and to apply, applicants are required to write and essay of max 1000 words or to record a 5-minutes video of given statement; “Tell us one thing about the world that you strongly believe is true, but that most people think is not true” and “How do you want to change the world?“.The Fellows received $100,000 each over the period of 2 years to get their business up and running.
Among the selected fellows are Eden Full, 19-year-old Canadian founder of Roseicollis Technologies, a solar energy start-up with its product SunSaluter currently electrifying two villages of 1000 citizens in Kenya and Jeffrey Lim of MIT who wants to create technologies that will help people self-organize to solve social problems.
College isn’t for everybody, but education is. We bound to believe that everyone should go to college and get a degree, but we also know that degree are just licence to a better pay and positions. With $100,000 to kick-start, and continuous support by the Thiel foundation for young entrepreneurs, there’s no better way to venture their own business idea. College can always come later.
KEEP ROLLING
MARTIN
Sunday, May 29, 2011
20 Flirting Signs That A Girl Likes You
1. A woman will get closer to you in proximity.
You may even get the feeling she is hovering around you
or trying to eavesdropping on your conversations.
2. She will keep making eye contact with... then quickly
she will look away.
3. She will smile at you. This will be a genuine "slow
smile" not a nervous or forced smile.
4. She'll find reasons to talk to you.
5. She'll be the first to ask your name... or other
personal questions about you.
6. She will give you a flirtatious nickname. (this is
a powerful flirting sign)
7. She'll attempt to find out how old you are or if
you're single.
8. She'll be lightly touching you during a
conversation
9. She will move closer to you as the two of you are
talking
10. She will be laughing at all of your jokes... even
the unfunny ones (another powerful flirting sign)
Learn how to consistently get these signs from a woman:
===> http://www.chickmagnet101.com/
11. She'll come up with future plans.
For instance, she'll mention a band that she wants
you to see.
12. She'll send you random text messages
13. You will be able to sense a jealousy when you
talk about other girls.
14. She'll be eager to introduce you to her friends.
15. She'll tease you about something
16. She calls you a "player" or "heartbreaker"
17. She asks if you have a girlfriend, or she
mentions your girlfriend to see what you say
18. She plays with or tosses her hair as she is
talking to you
19. She compliments you a lot
20. She tries to keep the conversation going so
that you don't leave.
When you've got a woman really attracted to you, you
will be noticing quite a few of these signs.
If you're unsure of how to really create that heart
pounding attraction in a woman that makes it
impossible for her to hide her desire check this out:
You may even get the feeling she is hovering around you
or trying to eavesdropping on your conversations.
2. She will keep making eye contact with... then quickly
she will look away.
3. She will smile at you. This will be a genuine "slow
smile" not a nervous or forced smile.
4. She'll find reasons to talk to you.
5. She'll be the first to ask your name... or other
personal questions about you.
6. She will give you a flirtatious nickname. (this is
a powerful flirting sign)
7. She'll attempt to find out how old you are or if
you're single.
8. She'll be lightly touching you during a
conversation
9. She will move closer to you as the two of you are
talking
10. She will be laughing at all of your jokes... even
the unfunny ones (another powerful flirting sign)
Learn how to consistently get these signs from a woman:
===> http://www.chickmagnet101.com/
11. She'll come up with future plans.
For instance, she'll mention a band that she wants
you to see.
12. She'll send you random text messages
13. You will be able to sense a jealousy when you
talk about other girls.
14. She'll be eager to introduce you to her friends.
15. She'll tease you about something
16. She calls you a "player" or "heartbreaker"
17. She asks if you have a girlfriend, or she
mentions your girlfriend to see what you say
18. She plays with or tosses her hair as she is
talking to you
19. She compliments you a lot
20. She tries to keep the conversation going so
that you don't leave.
When you've got a woman really attracted to you, you
will be noticing quite a few of these signs.
If you're unsure of how to really create that heart
pounding attraction in a woman that makes it
impossible for her to hide her desire check this out:
Thursday, May 26, 2011
3 Dating Secrets Your Friends HIDE From You
Hey,
I received an email from a TRL reader today, a guy named CHRIS from Mombasa. Apparently, he has difficulties getting numbers from the
girls that he chats with on the Internet.I received an email from a TRL reader today, a guy named CHRIS from Mombasa. Apparently, he has difficulties getting numbers from the
It really isn't that hard to do, though, PROVIDED you do things
correctly. Read below for what he had to say:-
"Martin, I think I have mastered my intro email. I give great
responses and one woman even said: 'Funnily enough, I don't really
respond to anybody here unless I know them from other friends.
However, your annoying attitude really attracts me, for some
reason.' Needless to say, I'm really pleased with the results so
far!"
My question is this: How are you able to move so fast from being
cocky to asking them for their phone numbers - basically asking
them to do things for you?
Here's my answer:
Chris, do you know why you haven't had any idea how to deal with this
kind of thing from the very start? It's because you were lacking
some important information. If you had had the Online Dating
Playbook, these girls would have shoved their numbers into your
hands right away!
I feel like you are uncomfortable asking for a girl's phone number
right away. You seem uneasy about going from "busting" on women to
quickly getting their phone numbers.
You see, if you are uncomfortable, women will feel the vibe of
nervous energy that you send out. They will feel like something
isn't right and that you aren't projecting a calm and confident
energy. Because of this, you do not get ANY phone numbers at all.
It is easy to remedy this, though. Act "normal".
If you act like moving fast isn't that big of a deal - that it is
normal for you to do it that way and that is how you usually roll -
she will not make a big deal out of it, either.
My friend Luke is NATURALLY good with women. One thing he would do
to test things out was leave a baby playpen inside the living room.
Yes, a PLAYPEN!
He doesn't have children, but he decided to just do it to see what
would happen. Do you know what happened?
The women would come to see him at his place and get sight of the
playpen, but he wouldn't say anything nor make excuses for it. In
turn, the women would simply start getting into the playpen,
dancing in it, while drinking and going wild, as usual.
Strange, huh?
The thing is: Luke didn't make a huge deal out of it, so the women
didn't, either.
There must be a reason why some guys really succeed while other
guys just move along without any actual gains.
Well, there is. If one reason needs to be pinpointed on why guys do
not "succeed" with dating online, this would be it: they give up -
usually because they get frustrated by their lack of positive
results.
Frustration comes about because they didn't do the things that I
have mentioned here so far. Without a clear model to learn and
practice regularly, it is pretty much impossible NOT to feel
frustrated.
So here's what you need to do. First, say "thank you" for the
reply. Reply to her email with only a few sentences, and THEN say
"Hey, I'm not too fond of emails. WHAT'S YOUR PHONE NUMBER?". End.
Yes, that is how easy it is. As a matter of fact, I have already
received 14 new numbers last two weeks from several babes by doing
just that.
See, women want men to take the lead, but the majority of guys send
35 emails to and fro to develop an online relationship. That's
crazy.
Time is precious and doing that is like having another full-time
job. So listen to me:- send an email, get her phone number, and
move things into the real world.
Do not get used to sending emails to and fro. Move things along
because she will be getting more than 50 emails every day from tons
of OTHER guys! If you stop making a huge deal out of it, she won't
make a huge deal out of it, either.
Most importantly, act on it and DO NOT back down, REGARDLESS OF
WHAT HAPPENS.
I hope this helps you!
MARTIN MURIITHI
Monday, May 9, 2011
Manny Pacquiao Dominates An Inactive Shane Mosley In An Underwhelming Fight
Manny Pacquiao dominated Shane Mosley in their welterweight championship fight Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, as was widely expected. That he did so in relatively unspectacular fashion for large stretches of the fight may be the bigger story.
More than anything, the fight confirmed that Shane Mosley is officially finished as an elite fighter.
Pacquiao earned a unanimous decision in a fight in which he threw far fewer punches than he usually does, yet still easily outworked Mosley, who threw a mere 260 punches over the course of the fight. Pacquiao scored a legitimate knockdown of Mosley in the 3rd round, while Mosley scored a highly debatable knockdown in the 10th round on a push.
The fight opened with a tactical 1st round, as Pacquiao appeared to take some time to adapt to Mosley’s speed and quickness. In the final minute of the 2nd round, he began to unleash some of his trademark combinations, which were largely absent in the opening stanza.
Early in the 3rd round, Mosley landed a strong right hand that seemed to awaken Pacquiao. A minute later, Pacquiao unleashed a strong jab and hellacious left hand that dropped Mosley and left his legs wobbling. Mosley used his ring savvy to survive the round but was clearly hurt. For Mosley, it was only the third knockdown he suffered in his career.
Mosley recovered well in the 4th, looking shaky early but rebounding to land several solid right hands in a good action round that Pacquiao nonetheless controlled. The fifth round also belonged to Pacquiao as he outworked Mosley. The low punch output from Mosley prompted boos from the crowd in the 6th and 7th rounds as Pacquiao widened the gap even more.
Pacquiao stepped on the gas in the 8th round, as Mosley looked to have nothing left in the tank, surviving on experience and instinct. The one-sided nature of the fight continued in the 9th, punctuated by a strong straight left from Pacquiao before the bell.
In the 10th round, Mosley scored an unexpected knockdown of his own on what replays revealed to be a push. Pacquiao demonstrably protested the knockdown ruling by Kenny Bayless during the count and responded by unleashing flurries that electrified the crowd for the first time in several rounds.
Pacquiao continued to fight with more spirit in the championship rounds, chasing Mosley around the ring and strafing him with combinations. Mosley fought an extremely negative fight throughout much of the second half of the fight, darting away from Pacquiao and rarely throwing punches.
The fighters’ heads clashed often throughout the fight, perhaps due to Mosley’s relative inexperience against southpaws.
The official scorecards read 120-107, 120-108, and 119-108.
Pacquiao claimed that his legs were tight, tired, and hurt in the post-fight interview with Jim Gray, and said at times that he could not move well.
Mosley acknowledged that he did not take enough risks in fight and praised Pacquiao’s power. He did not assertively answer Gray’s question of whether or not he would retire.
Despite badly losing the fight, Mosley dominated the ring walk with LL Cool J by2nd round knockout over Jimi Jamison (the guy from Survivor [the band, not the show], apparently).
The Undercard
Veteran junior featherweight Jorge Arce (57-6-2, 43 KO) overwhelmed young Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (20-1-1, 17) KO in dramatic fashion with a 12th round TKO, forcing Vazquez’s corner to throw in the towel with a relentless onslaught against the helpless Vazquez in the final round. Vazquez dropped Arce with a big left hook at the bell in the 4th round but Arce rallied to score the victory in another classic installment in the Mexican-Puerto Rican boxing rivalry.
Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO) defeated Alfonso Lopez (21-1, 16 KO) by majority decision in a good super middleweight fight. Pavlik looked rusty early in his comeback but flashed an impressive left hook and showed his trademark resilience, and Lopez looked capable in defeat and deserves another televised opportunity on either Friday Night Fights or ShoBox for his solid effort.
Junior welterweight Mike Alvarado (30-0, 22 KO) beat Ray Nahr (25-2, 21 KO) by TKO when Nahr quit on his stool after the 3rd round. Nahr handled the big stage about as well as Brooks from The Shawshank Redemption handled the outside.
More than anything, the fight confirmed that Shane Mosley is officially finished as an elite fighter.
Pacquiao earned a unanimous decision in a fight in which he threw far fewer punches than he usually does, yet still easily outworked Mosley, who threw a mere 260 punches over the course of the fight. Pacquiao scored a legitimate knockdown of Mosley in the 3rd round, while Mosley scored a highly debatable knockdown in the 10th round on a push.
The fight opened with a tactical 1st round, as Pacquiao appeared to take some time to adapt to Mosley’s speed and quickness. In the final minute of the 2nd round, he began to unleash some of his trademark combinations, which were largely absent in the opening stanza.
Early in the 3rd round, Mosley landed a strong right hand that seemed to awaken Pacquiao. A minute later, Pacquiao unleashed a strong jab and hellacious left hand that dropped Mosley and left his legs wobbling. Mosley used his ring savvy to survive the round but was clearly hurt. For Mosley, it was only the third knockdown he suffered in his career.
Mosley recovered well in the 4th, looking shaky early but rebounding to land several solid right hands in a good action round that Pacquiao nonetheless controlled. The fifth round also belonged to Pacquiao as he outworked Mosley. The low punch output from Mosley prompted boos from the crowd in the 6th and 7th rounds as Pacquiao widened the gap even more.
Pacquiao stepped on the gas in the 8th round, as Mosley looked to have nothing left in the tank, surviving on experience and instinct. The one-sided nature of the fight continued in the 9th, punctuated by a strong straight left from Pacquiao before the bell.
In the 10th round, Mosley scored an unexpected knockdown of his own on what replays revealed to be a push. Pacquiao demonstrably protested the knockdown ruling by Kenny Bayless during the count and responded by unleashing flurries that electrified the crowd for the first time in several rounds.
Pacquiao continued to fight with more spirit in the championship rounds, chasing Mosley around the ring and strafing him with combinations. Mosley fought an extremely negative fight throughout much of the second half of the fight, darting away from Pacquiao and rarely throwing punches.
The fighters’ heads clashed often throughout the fight, perhaps due to Mosley’s relative inexperience against southpaws.
The official scorecards read 120-107, 120-108, and 119-108.
Pacquiao claimed that his legs were tight, tired, and hurt in the post-fight interview with Jim Gray, and said at times that he could not move well.
Mosley acknowledged that he did not take enough risks in fight and praised Pacquiao’s power. He did not assertively answer Gray’s question of whether or not he would retire.
Despite badly losing the fight, Mosley dominated the ring walk with LL Cool J by2nd round knockout over Jimi Jamison (the guy from Survivor [the band, not the show], apparently).
The Undercard
Veteran junior featherweight Jorge Arce (57-6-2, 43 KO) overwhelmed young Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (20-1-1, 17) KO in dramatic fashion with a 12th round TKO, forcing Vazquez’s corner to throw in the towel with a relentless onslaught against the helpless Vazquez in the final round. Vazquez dropped Arce with a big left hook at the bell in the 4th round but Arce rallied to score the victory in another classic installment in the Mexican-Puerto Rican boxing rivalry.
Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO) defeated Alfonso Lopez (21-1, 16 KO) by majority decision in a good super middleweight fight. Pavlik looked rusty early in his comeback but flashed an impressive left hook and showed his trademark resilience, and Lopez looked capable in defeat and deserves another televised opportunity on either Friday Night Fights or ShoBox for his solid effort.
Junior welterweight Mike Alvarado (30-0, 22 KO) beat Ray Nahr (25-2, 21 KO) by TKO when Nahr quit on his stool after the 3rd round. Nahr handled the big stage about as well as Brooks from The Shawshank Redemption handled the outside.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
5 Reasons Why Women Reject You
Many times a woman will reject you because you haven't PROVEN
your worth. On the other hands, there are also a number of
factors that you CAN'T control.
The following are five such factors:
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1- She is taken
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One of the simplest reasons why a woman will reject you is she
has a boyfriend or husband.
Before you approach a woman look for obvious signs of attachment
like a lingering guy or a wedding/engagement ring on her finger.
Yes, some will cheat on their significant other, but you REALLY
don't want that kind of baggage in your life (and the bad karma).
So if a woman is off the market, move on to someone who IS
available.
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2- She is not in a good mood
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We all have days where we're in a bad mood. Perhaps you
approached one hour after her dog died. Or maybe she had a
crappy day at work.
Sometimes she's simply not interested in having a guy talk to
her because of what's going on in her life.
It's important to see how she's acting before you approach.
If she looks particularly angry, or has a general "F___ You"
attitude stamped across her forehead, perhaps it's best to stay
away.
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3- She is evil
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Now one principles I try to teach is that ANY rejection is the
result of something that went wrong.
By adopting this attitude, I examine what I did wrong and learn
from it.
But there is a simple truth about a select few women. There are
some girls who are just plain ole evil.
Frankly they enjoy manipulating guys and hurting them. If you
see scores of guys approaching a woman and walking away with a
dejected look, then you might be dealing with an evil girl.
This is one of the better explanations as to WHY some women
act EVIL around men:
==> http://www.chickmagnet101.com/
My advice...don't deal with negative people like this. There
are plenty of great women who won't rip your heart out.
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4- She was recently hurt
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There are certain periods in a woman's life where she's not
interested in dating men.
A lot of this is due to the fact that another guy has hurt her.
Yes, she still likes guys. But there's a strong resistence to
meeting new ones out of fear of being hurt again.
To her, you represent ALL men who has hurt her in her life.
You can usually tell a girl like this when she brings up her ex
in the first few minutes of a conversation. It's like having
a big neon sign over head stating, "I have baggage!"
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5- She didn't like your approach
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The way you approached a woman was wrong. Perhaps you used a
cheesy pick up line or you didn't display the right kind of body
language.
The point is out of ALL 5 of these tips this is the ONE action
you CAN control.
So if you know the right way to approach a woman and initiate a
conversation, then you'll quickly reduce your chances of
rejection.
MARTIN MURIITHI
your worth. On the other hands, there are also a number of
factors that you CAN'T control.
The following are five such factors:
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
1- She is taken
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
One of the simplest reasons why a woman will reject you is she
has a boyfriend or husband.
Before you approach a woman look for obvious signs of attachment
like a lingering guy or a wedding/engagement ring on her finger.
Yes, some will cheat on their significant other, but you REALLY
don't want that kind of baggage in your life (and the bad karma).
So if a woman is off the market, move on to someone who IS
available.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
2- She is not in a good mood
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
We all have days where we're in a bad mood. Perhaps you
approached one hour after her dog died. Or maybe she had a
crappy day at work.
Sometimes she's simply not interested in having a guy talk to
her because of what's going on in her life.
It's important to see how she's acting before you approach.
If she looks particularly angry, or has a general "F___ You"
attitude stamped across her forehead, perhaps it's best to stay
away.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
3- She is evil
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Now one principles I try to teach is that ANY rejection is the
result of something that went wrong.
By adopting this attitude, I examine what I did wrong and learn
from it.
But there is a simple truth about a select few women. There are
some girls who are just plain ole evil.
Frankly they enjoy manipulating guys and hurting them. If you
see scores of guys approaching a woman and walking away with a
dejected look, then you might be dealing with an evil girl.
This is one of the better explanations as to WHY some women
act EVIL around men:
==> http://www.chickmagnet101.com/
My advice...don't deal with negative people like this. There
are plenty of great women who won't rip your heart out.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
4- She was recently hurt
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
There are certain periods in a woman's life where she's not
interested in dating men.
A lot of this is due to the fact that another guy has hurt her.
Yes, she still likes guys. But there's a strong resistence to
meeting new ones out of fear of being hurt again.
To her, you represent ALL men who has hurt her in her life.
You can usually tell a girl like this when she brings up her ex
in the first few minutes of a conversation. It's like having
a big neon sign over head stating, "I have baggage!"
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
5- She didn't like your approach
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
The way you approached a woman was wrong. Perhaps you used a
cheesy pick up line or you didn't display the right kind of body
language.
The point is out of ALL 5 of these tips this is the ONE action
you CAN control.
So if you know the right way to approach a woman and initiate a
conversation, then you'll quickly reduce your chances of
rejection.
MARTIN MURIITHI
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Isolating a Woman From Her Friends
Your goal when first talking to a girl is to appear different
from the other guys, and to break through her natural defenses.
In other words, you're just a fun guy who is making friends.
Finally, you'll want to isolate once you're getting signs that
she's into you.
Here's where it gets a little tricky...
It's natural for a group to be suspicious of ANY guy that
initiates a conversation, and wants to talk to one of the girls
alone. To them, you're a stranger and some guys can be REAL
dangers to women.
So as I said before, you're first step is to show that you're
a normal guy who *might* be interested in getting to know one
of the women.
Now a great strategy you can implement is having a "wing man"
when you're approaching women. This will be the guy who talks
to the rest of the group, while you're building attraction and
rapport with a girl.
So at this point, you might wondering "What do I SAY to get her
alone?"
Fortunately there's an easy solution... TAKE CONTROL.
I find it kind of funny that many guys don't realize how easy it
easy it is to isolate a woman from her friends. Most of the time
all you really need to do is ASK.
There are a few ways to do this.
#1- Tell her a secret.
A great technique for isolating a woman is to say that you have
a secret to tell her away from her friends. Then lead her about
20 feet away from the group. That way she's isolated from her
friends, but they can still see her.
What secret should you tell her? Well I like to use something
that's a little bit teasing, but flirty at the same time.
Or you can even use what's known as a "flirty game."
Again, this is a topic that's covered here:
==> http://www.chickmagnet101.com/
#2- Lead her to a different place.
A great technique is to suggest that you find a quiet location
in a relaxing environment. This works well if you're in a
crowded bar or club.
Say something like, "This place is loud. Let's go in the other
room so I can actually hear you?"
Or you can even suggest that you relax on a couch and get a
chance to talk.
#3- Follow-up activity.
Sometimes it's not possible to really isolate a woman from
her friends.
If this happens, then you really have ONE option...
You set up a follow-up activity.
Often called a "date", you'll talk about an activity related to
one of her (or your) interests. Mention that you're going to do
it during the next week.
Then when she's interested, tell her that it would be cool if
she wanted to come "tag along" with you.
Normally I like to go for the number when she's isolated, but
sometimes it's impossible to get a girl away from her friends.
But if you're getting a lot of resistance, then you'll be better
off going for her number so you can get to see her ALONE at a
future event.
Isolating a woman doesn't have to be hard. As long as you're
projecting a fun, SAFE vibe, it's easy to get her alone for at
least a few minutes.
As long you're LEADING the interaction, she'll WANT to know
more about you.
Keep on Rocking and Rolling,
from the other guys, and to break through her natural defenses.
In other words, you're just a fun guy who is making friends.
Finally, you'll want to isolate once you're getting signs that
she's into you.
Here's where it gets a little tricky...
It's natural for a group to be suspicious of ANY guy that
initiates a conversation, and wants to talk to one of the girls
alone. To them, you're a stranger and some guys can be REAL
dangers to women.
So as I said before, you're first step is to show that you're
a normal guy who *might* be interested in getting to know one
of the women.
Now a great strategy you can implement is having a "wing man"
when you're approaching women. This will be the guy who talks
to the rest of the group, while you're building attraction and
rapport with a girl.
So at this point, you might wondering "What do I SAY to get her
alone?"
Fortunately there's an easy solution... TAKE CONTROL.
I find it kind of funny that many guys don't realize how easy it
easy it is to isolate a woman from her friends. Most of the time
all you really need to do is ASK.
There are a few ways to do this.
#1- Tell her a secret.
A great technique for isolating a woman is to say that you have
a secret to tell her away from her friends. Then lead her about
20 feet away from the group. That way she's isolated from her
friends, but they can still see her.
What secret should you tell her? Well I like to use something
that's a little bit teasing, but flirty at the same time.
Or you can even use what's known as a "flirty game."
Again, this is a topic that's covered here:
==> http://www.chickmagnet101.com/
#2- Lead her to a different place.
A great technique is to suggest that you find a quiet location
in a relaxing environment. This works well if you're in a
crowded bar or club.
Say something like, "This place is loud. Let's go in the other
room so I can actually hear you?"
Or you can even suggest that you relax on a couch and get a
chance to talk.
#3- Follow-up activity.
Sometimes it's not possible to really isolate a woman from
her friends.
If this happens, then you really have ONE option...
You set up a follow-up activity.
Often called a "date", you'll talk about an activity related to
one of her (or your) interests. Mention that you're going to do
it during the next week.
Then when she's interested, tell her that it would be cool if
she wanted to come "tag along" with you.
Normally I like to go for the number when she's isolated, but
sometimes it's impossible to get a girl away from her friends.
But if you're getting a lot of resistance, then you'll be better
off going for her number so you can get to see her ALONE at a
future event.
Isolating a woman doesn't have to be hard. As long as you're
projecting a fun, SAFE vibe, it's easy to get her alone for at
least a few minutes.
As long you're LEADING the interaction, she'll WANT to know
more about you.
Keep on Rocking and Rolling,
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