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To: altair19 who wrote (186223)	2/4/2010 9:09:18 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361508

A19: You could add Lotus to that list -- that may have been an inside the park homerun before IBM bought it...and then there's Akamai...and Biogen Idec...and the list goes on... btw, don't forget that FaceBook was incubated in a dorm room in Cambridge, Mass (and Greylock is an investor)...but the company moved to the Silicon Valley early in its lifecycle. Boston has a A LOT of promising new tech and biotech firms in development right now as it clearly is the 2nd largest hub for early stage venture capital investment.

To: altair19 who wrote (186223)	2/4/2010 9:14:18 AM
From: stockman_scott	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361508

Tom Watson: Tiger needs to be humble, ditch boorish on-course act detnews.com ASSOCIATED PRESS Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Tom Watson says Tiger Woods needs to "show some humility to the public" when he returns to golf after sorting out his personal life. Watson also said Wednesday that Woods should clean up his on-course behavior in order to be considered among the true greats of the game. Woods is on an indefinite break since his car crash Nov. 27 that fueled sordid tales of extramarital affairs. "I'll let the cat out of the bag," Watson said ahead of the Dubai Desert Classic. "Tiger has to take ownership of what he has done. He must get his personal life in order. I think that's what he's trying to do. And when he comes back he has to show some humility to the public. "I would come out and I would do an interview with somebody and say, 'You know what? I screwed up. And I admit it. I am going to try to change. I want my wife and family back." Watson, 60, one of golf's elder statesmen, also criticized Woods -- a 14-time major winner -- for bad language and other on-course behavior. "I feel that he has not carried the same stature that other great players that have come along like Jack (Nicklaus), Arnold (Palmer), Byron Nelson, (Ben) Hogan, in the sense that there was language and club throwing on the golf course," Watson said. "You can grant that of a young person that has not been out here for a while. But I think he needs to clean up his act and show the respect for the game that other people before him have shown."

To: altair19 who wrote (186223)	2/4/2010 9:17:31 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361508

Phil Mickelson takes controversial club out of his bag latimesblogs.latimes.com February 3, 2010 Phil Phil Mickelson said Wednesday that he is voluntarily taking his Ping Eye 2 wedge out of the bag even though it is still legal. Mickelson also said he hoped other players continued to use the club to keep pressure on the United States Golf Assn. and the PGA to fix a rule that went into place Jan. 1. The Ping Eye 2 is a square-grooved club that, because of a lawsuit settled in the mid-1990s, is considered "conforming" even under the new rule, which mandates pros use V-groove irons. Most players don't have the ability to find a Ping Eye 2 (one made before April 1990). Mickelson has one though. However, because of the uproar caused last week when another player, Scott McCarron, said that Mickelson, by having the club, was basically cheating, Mickelson said Wednesday that he would not have the Ping Eye 2 in his bag this week for the Northern Trust Open. Mickelson is the two-time defending champion and the world's second-ranked golfer. "This week I won't be playing the wedge," he said. "My point has been made. I won't play it. But if these governing bodies cannot get together to fix this loophole, if players stop using this wedge, which would stop the pressing of the issue, then I will re-look at it and put the wedge back in play. I hope that the governing bodies get forced into changing their rule-making process." Mickelson said he disagrees with the rule change mandating the so-called V-groove clubs, which impart less spin and are supposed to put a premium on driving accuracy instead of allowing players to recover from a bad shot off the tee by being able to put more spin on the ball. He said he purposely used the Ping club to illustrate the absurd nature of a rule that offers such an obvious loophole. "I think it was a ridiculous rule change," he said. -- Diane Pucin