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duggardata · 5 years ago

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All The Data: Jessa + Ben

The Couple—

Jessa Lauren (Duggar) Seewald (b. November 4, 1992)

Parents Jim Bob + Michelle Duggar

Child # 5 of 19

Hometown Tontitown, AR

Early Education Homeschool (Switched–On Schoolhouse, ATI/IBLP)

Higher Education [ None Apparent ]

Occupation Stay–at–Home Wife / Mother (2014—)

Benjamin Michael Seewald (b. May 19, 1995)

Parents Michael + Guinneve Seewald

Child # 1 of 7

Hometown Hot Springs, AR (19 Kids & Counting (4–1–14), “A Duggar Says Yes.”)

Early Education Homeschool (Until 2013)

Higher Education Moody Bible Institute (Online; 2016—), A.A. / A.S. in Political Science (2015), National Park Community College (Hot Springs, AR)

Occupation Student, Moody Bible Institute (Online; 2016—), Property Maintenance (2014—?) (Note—Ben went to work maintaining Duggar–owned properties in 2014, while courting Jessa. He might still work for Jim Bob. See 19 Kids & Counting (9–16–14), “Duggar Dirty Jobs.”)

... Previous Windshield Repair Business (c. 2014) (19 Kids & Counting (4–1–14), “A Duggar Says Yes.”); “Country Club Golf Course” (c. 2013)

The Relationship—

First Meeting c. April 14 or 21, 2013

Location Cross Church—Springdale; Springdale, AR

Timing Jessa + Ben met on a Sunday at the Duggars’ church. Just a “few days” later, the Seewalds joined the Duggars at a conference out–of–town, probably the Annual ATI/IBLP Homeschool Conference (in Big Sandy, TX). That year, the Big Sandy Conference was held on April 22–26. Since Ben said he met Jessa on a Sunday “a few days” before, I’m thinking they met Sunday, April 14, 2013 or Sunday, April 21, 2013.

Pre–Courtship c. May 5 or 12, 2013

Timing First Meeting Date + 3 Weeks

Details Per Jessa, the Seewald Family attended the Duggars’ church again exactly 3 Weeks Later. (In the interim, Ben had spoken to J.B. at the conference, got his phone number, and began talking to him.) The Duggars invited the Seewalds over for supper, which gave Jessa + Ben the opportunity to talk more. From then on, Ben visited Tontitown every month, and used his visits to get to know Jessa better. No doubt about it... That’s a pre–courtship.

Courtship September 9, 2013 (Monday)

Location Duggar Compound (J.B.’s Office); Tontiown, AR

Details For their painfully awkward ‘courtposal,’ Jessa, Ben, Michelle, and Jim Bob all crammed into J.B.’s Office. Ben asked Jessa to start a courtship, she agreed, then they side–hugged. (Full Video) Apparently, they went on their first date 2 Days Later.

Announced September 16, 2013 by People (+7 Days)

Featured On 19 Kids & Counting (4–1–14), “A Duggar Says Yes”

Engagement August 14, 2014 (Thursday)

Location Thorncrown Chapel; Eureka Springs, AR

Details Ben orchestrated an elaborate scavenger hunt that led Jessa through a slew of activities, finally ending at the Thorncrown Chapel—a beautiful glass chapel in the woods—where she found Ben waiting. He got down on one knee and proposed.

Announced August 15, 2014 in People (+1 Day)

Featured On 19 Kids & Counting (11–4–14), “Jessa’s Engagement”

Marriage November 1, 2014, 1:00 PM (Saturday)

Location First Baptist Church; Bentonville, AR

Officiant Pastor Mike Schadt (SOS Ministries)

MOH Jinger Duggar (Jessa’s Sister)

Best Man Dylan McMahan (Ben’s Friend)

Announced November 1, 2014 in People (Exclusive; Same Day)

Featured On 19 Kids & Counting (3–31–15), “Jessa’s Wedding”

Honeymoon Paris, France; Rome and Venice, Italy (See 19 Kids & Counting (4–21–15), “European Honeymoon.”)

The Quiver—

Spurgeon Elliot Seewald (b. November 5, 2015)

Pregnancy Announced April 21, 2015 in People (Exclusive; 86 Days / 12 Weeks, 2 Days Along)

Due Date November 1, 2015 (Jessa + Ben’s 1st Anniversary)

Birthdate & Time November 5, 2015, 6:24 PM (4 Days Late)

Birthplace Seewald Home (Yellow / Brick Starter House); Fayetteville, AR

Birthweight & Length 9 Pounds, 11 Ounces; 21.25 Inches

Birth Announced November 5, 2015 by Jessica Seewald (Same Day). Very shortly after the birth, Jessica wrote on Instagram: “I’m an auntie!” This appears to have been posted without the new parents’ consent and, due to the blue font, it revealed not just the birth, but also the sex. Within hours of Jessica’s post, Jessa + Ben “confirmed” the news to People.

Sex Revealed w/ Birth Announcement

Name Revealed November 11, 2015 by TLC (+5 Days)

Birth Details Spurgeon was born at the Seewald Home after a lengthy labor lasting 27ish Hours or ~48 Hours, depending on who you ask. An emergency arose immediately after the birth, when Jessa hemorrhaged and had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance. She recovered after receiving a blood transfusion.

Featured On Counting On (12–27–15), “Counting One More”

Henry Wilberforce Seewald (b. February 6, 2017)

Pregnancy Announced August 23, 2016 in People (Exclusive; 117 Days / 16 Weeks, 5 Days Along)

Due Date February 2, 2017

Birthdate & Time February 6, 2017, 4:26 AM (4 Days Late)

Birthplace Seewald Home (Yellow / Brick Starter House); Fayetteville, AR (See Counting On (2–26–17), “A New Baby.”)

Birthweight & Length 8 Pounds, 11 Ounces; 21.75 Inches

Birth Announced February 6, 2017 in People (Exclusive; Same Day)

Sex Revealed w/ Birth Announcement

Name Revealed February 13, 2017 by TLC (+7 Days)

Birth Details Jessa gave birth to Henry at the Seewald Home after 4.5 Hours of labor. There were no complications. (See Counting On (2–26–17), “A New Baby.”)

Featured On Counting On (2–26–17), “A New Baby”

Ivy Jane Seewald (b. May 26, 2019)

Pregnancy Announced January 9, 2019 in People (Exclusive; 133 Days / Exactly 19 Weeks Along)

Due Date June 5, 2019

Birthdate & Time May 26, 2019, 5:57 PM (10 Days Early)

Birthplace Seewald Home (Yellow / Brick Starter House); Fayetteville, AR. Jessa claims that she’d planned a midwife–assisted hospital birth, but had to go with a home birth because that midwife was out of town.

Birthweight & Length 7 Pounds, 14 Ounces; 20.5 Inches

Birth Announced May 28, 2019 in Us Weekly (Exclusive; +2 Days)

Sex & Name Revealed w/ Birth Announcement

Birth Details Like her brothers, Ivy was born at the Seewalds’ Home. Jessa’s labor lasted ~3 Hours. After delivery, Jessa hemorrhaged, just like she did with Spurgeon, and was taken to a hospital by ambulance. She received Pitocin to control bleeding, but no blood transfusion.

Featured On Counting On (12–10–19), “A Surprise Delivery”

That’s “All The Data” for Jessa + Ben, for Now!

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oselatra · 7 years ago

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48 hours in Bentonville

The art capital of Arkansas.

48 HOURS

The Art Capital of Arkansas.

BentonVillE

Bentonville is the 10th-largest city in Arkansas, but No. 1 in the number of significant American paintings, thanks to Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. It is also known as the headquarters of the company Alice Walton's father founded, Walmart. Before the Waltons became the best-known folks in town, there was Thomas Hart Benton, who was from Missouri but supported Arkansas statehood and was thus awarded with the town's name. He was an artist, too. So Bentonville's art cred goes way back. It will go way forward, too, when Walton's nephews open a new haven of the arts, 21st century style, with the Momentary, a multi-use arts space in what used to be a Kraft Cheese factory.

Rather ride a bike than look at art? There are 20 miles of bike trails, both for those who like to glide along and those on mountain bikes who dare to attack the Slaughter Pen Hollow's jumps.

It's not your grandparents' Bentonville.

Day 1

Drop off your bags (and check in later)

Art lovers will choose 21c Museum Hotel, at 200 NE A St., on the northeast corner of the town square. Besides luxe accommodations, 21c's 12,000 square feet of gallery space exhibit contemporary art by nationally acclaimed artists. It also has a great bar and The Hive restaurant. You'll be joined by big green plastic penguins, 21c's trademark bit of whimsy, at various times.

Or, if breakfast with new friends is more your thing, there's the Victoria B and B at 306 N. Main St. No penguins here, but it's not fusty either: There are Jacuzzis and vaulted ceilings and baroque beds. French is spoken there, for an extra je ne sais quois. If you plan to spend two nights, check out Thrive Retreat, 401 SW A St.; your pet can come, too. If you want to do your own cooking, the B Side Loft, 412 SW B St., is a garage apartment. All are within walking distance of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, your next stop. (There are also numerous major chain hotels, including the affordable and recently redone DoubleTree Suites by Hilton at 301 SE Walton Blvd.)

Head to Crystal Bridges and lunch

The walk to Crystal Bridges from the square is only about 10 minutes along a paved trail through beautiful woods. You'll be ready for lunch when you get there, so head to Eleven, named for the opening date of the museum (11/11/11). On a scale of 1 to 10, it's also an 11, thanks to a menu inspired by American comfort food (shrimp and grits, beans and greens, braised short ribs). The setting, on a glass-walled bridge, with a view of the museum and its ponds, beautiful light, with a Jeff Koons glass heart overhead, is both welcoming and chic. After lunch, it's time for a tour.

The Alice Walton-conceived and financed museum, tucked into a 100-acre ravine of Ozark hardwoods and landscaped to a fare-thee-well with native plants and sculpture, makes looking at art feel like getting a hug — even if that embrace is from Lynda Benglis' metal lumps or Claes Oldenburg's brain-like melting alphabet. The collection, indoors and out, is first-rate, from early masterpieces by Asher Durand, to the mid-century marvel the Fly's Eye Dome by Buckminster Fuller, to Nari Ward's shoelace installation "We the People" (2015). The Crystal Bridges trail, which pulses with the flow of families on foot and the fleet on two wheels, is one way to enter; you can also drive to the west entrance and descend to the museum, where Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall spider sculpture "Maman" watches over the courtyard.

Time for a drink

No matter where you're putting up for the night, the bar at 21c is the place to go for an aperitif. There is probably no label you can't get here, from Balvenie scotch to Bulleit bourbon and beers and wines from around the world. Lots of thought and booze go into the cocktails, like the Rosie the Riveter (rum, apple brandy, cocchi rosa aperitif and mint) and the Kentucky Daisy (bourbon, grapefruit, ginger, lime and orange blossom water). So you don't fall out, the bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates, hummus, hamburger, a wild mushroom ricotta, pimento cheese, etc.

Dinner time

The shortest trek to dinner would be from the 21c bar to the 21c restaurant, The Hive, where award-winning chef Matt McClure dishes up what Northwest Arkansas restaurateurs call "High South" cuisine. Up for dry-aged beef tartare? Pumpkin pureed with apricots? Smoked pork belly? Make a beeline for the Hive. True to form, 21c has extended art to the dining room, which has been given a beehive treatment, complete with giant insects, by Canadian artist Johnston Foster.

Day 2

Eat again!

In good weather, check out Crepes Paulette, which serves sweet and savory crepes from its French-flag blue, white and red food truck near the entrance to the Crystal Bridges trail. Or check out Crepes Paulette's sitdown restaurant with crepes, soups, fancy cold drinks and beer and wine. 213 NE A St. (food truck) and 100 SW Eighth St. (restaurant).

Brought your kids? You're in luck.

Do your children like chocolate? Then head for the arts and science interactive Scott Family Amazeum, 1009 Museum Way (the road to Crystal Bridges' western entrance), where children experiment with the food of the gods in the Hershey's Lab. They can also tinker, climb in a canopy over the exhibit areas, visit a homestead cabin, control a giant SpongeBob puppet ... . They can even learn about the karst topography of the Ozarks, with the Amazeum's cave, complete with the sound of dripping water, cavefish and bats.

Brought bikes instead of kids?

Like virtually every other new development in Bentonville, the Walton family is behind this attraction: the biking and hiking trails that traverse the length of the town, 22 routes in all that circle Lake Bella Vista in the north to the Razorback Regional Greenway in the south that goes all the way to Fayetteville. There are trails for everyone from cruisers who like to just get from one spot to another to bruisers who tackle the Slaughter Pen Mountain Bike Trail.

Lunchtime!

Matt Cooper is a preacher's son, so it makes sense that he should be the executive chef at The Preacher's Son, 201 NW A St., an upscale venture of the Walton-led Ropeswing Hospitality Group. The restaurant is in a renovated church with windows designed by Fayetteville artist George Dombek; its menu includes gluten-free items that get an extra creative kick from gluten-intolerant Cooper. It's newly opened for lunch. Or head to the The Pressroom. A small venue with excellent coffee when it opened, it moved to a bigger edition a few years ago and now serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in chic digs at 100 NW Second St. Don't be surprised by the cucumber in your water.

Learn about how Sam Walton made his bundle

The Walmart Museum is set in the former Walton's 5 & 10 on the square. It tells of Sam Walton's rise from running a Ben Franklin store in Newport to opening his own store in 1950 in Bentonville. The rest is history — told with photographs, documents, a recreation of Walton's office, the old red truck he was famous for driving and hauling Old Roy in, a gift shop and a soda fountain.

Splash with kids

In summer, Lawrence Park Plaza (conveniently located across from the downtown entrance to the Crystal Bridges Trail) is a splash park, with jets of water spouting up to cool your sweaty tykes. In winter, it's an ice rink, where Southerners learn how to stand and move in skates the way Northerners do from the moment they begin walking.

See Native American artifacts

If you can put aside your qualms about how the grave goods in the Museum of Native American History, 202 SW O St., were acquired, you and your kids may enjoy a trip to this museum, which displays the private collection of a Bentonville resident along with items borrowed from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Arrowheads, bows, clothing and ceramics from all parts of North America are on display.

Relax with a drink

Another place to have an adult beverage is back at The Preacher's Son, in the Undercroft Bar below the restaurant. An Undercroft Sazerac, made with Old Overholt rye whiskey, Peychaud's bitters and lemon peel in an absinthe-washed glass, adds a little touch of the Big Easy to Bentonville.

Then eat dinner

When Crystal Bridges was under construction, the coastal smarts hired to come to work on the museum heard a new restaurant was coming to town: Tuscan Trotter. That's what they heard, anyway. But what really opened was Tusk & Trotter American Brasserie, 110 SE A St., a name that nods to the Razorback scene in Northwest Arkansas. In a nod to the hog, pork rinds, pork belly, pork shanks and pig ear nachos number among the beef and chicken dishes. Nice bar scene here, and you can get bacon in your booze. Other locally owned places to land: There are many. Check out Table Mesa, 108 E. Central Ave., for Latin cuisine, Thai Kitchen, 707 SW A St., for ... Thai.

Before you leave town ...

Stop by Pink House Alchemy, 1010 SW A St., and pick up one or two or more of the simple syrups this local business creates to flavor your cocktail or nonalcoholic spritzers. Find Ginger Shrub, House Bitters, Grapefruit Bitters, Dark Cherry Grenadine, Mexican Chile Simple Syrup, Hazelnut, and, yes, Pumpkin Butternut Spice — they inspire lots of drink ideas, no? Pink House is only open weekdays, but holds special events on some Saturdays, so you might find them in. Find a schedule on Facebook, @PhAlchemyHandcraftedSimpleSyrups.

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tsgnorthwestarkansas · 4 years ago

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STAY CLOSE AT 21C: YOU DON’T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR TO TRAVEL WELL

We are so excited to announce that 21c Bentonville is reopening its doors this Wednesday, July 1st! We have missed our beloved 21c over the last three months! As all of us embark on our “new normal” together, we wanted to connect and share a few updates on how 21c – with their commitment to Stay Well – is looking after guests and the 21c team.

“Please know that our top priority remains the safety, care and wellbeing of our 21c family. Welcoming, safeguarding and taking care of others is at the very heart of what we do and who we are. At this moment, this means keeping our guests and employees safe by preventing the spread of COVID-19 – partnering with top experts to implement new standards of safety and enhanced operational protocols and procedures which are among the most stringent in the hospitality industry.

We have taken the time to map and rethink the guest’s entire journey through 21c, taking extensive measures to protect our guests and our team, including physical distancing; mandatory screening for all guests and employees, which may include a temperature check; masks provided to guests and worn by all employees; a 48-hour vacancy period for rooms post-departure; increased frequency of cleaning & disinfecting, with a focus on high-touch points; and continued use of EPA registered disinfecting chemicals, proven effective in preventing the transmission of COVID-19.” – 21c Museum Hotels

WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT 21C BENTONVILLE

Over 12,000 square feet of exhibition space

The Hive, led by Arkansas Native and James Beard Foundation Award Semi-Finalist Matthew McClure

In-room dining provided by The Hive

24-hour fitness center

Bicycle rentals

Business center

Laundry service

Museum shop

Pet-friendly rooms

Free Wi-Fi

21c is running a fabulous reopening promotion called “Stay Close” for any of its locations, which is a buy one night, get one free – bookable for the next 2 weeks (certain terms & conditions apply)! 21c locations currently open include Bentonville, AR, Chicago, IL, Durham, NC, Kansas City, MO, Lexington, KY, Louisville, KY, and Nashville, TN.

Be sure to tell them The Scout Guide sent you!

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penneylanephotography-blog · 5 years ago

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This pic was taken a year ago...he wouldn’t be caught dead in this helmet today. 😂 Isn’t it interesting how much we can change in a year. Speaking of change I am going to test some new packages out starting next week. My session fee remains the same but I will now offer a package where the turnaround time is 48 hours. 😱 And it won’t include retouching. I do this already with weddings. I only retouch a few that are more creative portraits. I have noticed that some people prefer the natural look. 🤷🏼‍♀️#timechangeseveryone (at Bentonville Bike Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0KdBTbgKbu/?igshid=70xuwdhgr028

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junkfoodvideous-blog · 5 years ago

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Radford VA Crime Scene Cleanup Costs & Biohazard Cleaning

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courtesycare · 6 years ago

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mappingmegan · 7 years ago

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48 Hour Itinerary for Bentonville and Eureka Springs, Arkansas https://t.co/AlLHS3irz1 via @ASouthern_Gypsy

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katyperguntou-blog · 7 years ago

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Mr. Clean: North Little Rock's Harvey Cobb tries to clean up with his secret stain-removal formula.

No one realized it at the time, but a nuclear warhead wasn't the only thing that accidentally was launched, during a 1980 explosion at a Titan II missile silo, near Damascus in Van Buren County.

The incident grabbed worldwide attention when a warhead ended up in a nearby ditch. It also inadvertently launched a business enterprise called Harvey Gene Inc. and a secret stain-removal formula. The all-purpose cleaner has won over hundreds of satisfied customers through exposure in Wal-Mart stores. The performance of Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean has led to other sales opportunities. Will this North Little Rock venture be the next great Arkansas success story? Will there be a multimillion-dollar payday at the end of the line? Is the sky the limit for the 48-year-old man behind the product, Harvey Gene Cobb, a retired Air Force officer. Or will his dream go bust? Cobb says he received a third-party offer to sell about 40 percent of his company for $3 million following a May 28 article in the Arkansas Gazette. He claims he didn't blink twice before rejecting the offer as too low. JM Products Inc.'s North Little Rock plant is geared up to handle 100,000 cases of production for Cobb, although annual sales have a long way to go before that production level is required. The Damascus explosion propelled Cobb into this whirlwind of manufacturing and marketing. Cobb was stationed at the Air Force's Strategic Air Command headquarters in Omaha, Neb., at the time. The military tapped him to head a program to improve safety at aging missile silos. Later, he helped deactivate the entire missile wing. During the assignment, Cobb gained some chemical expertise. His creative light bulb clicked on. The end result was Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean, the stain remover Cobb invented following hours of experimentation as a garage chemist. "You might say I had a charmed career in the Air Force," says Cobb, who retired in February 1987 as a lieutenant colonel. "Everybody has a dream, but they are reluctant to take that first step." Cobb's first step came in April 1990 when he decided to close his contracting firm, that built custom homes, and devote his attention to marketing the cleaning product. "We didn't want him to look back and say, 'I wish I had tried that,'" says his wife, Kathryn, who operates Trends And Traditions, an upscale North Little Rock accessory store for homes and offices. Encouraged by friends and family, Cobb took the entrepreneurial plunge armed with a business management degree from Louisiana Tech University at Ruston and a master's of business administration from Webster University at St. Louis. The Wal-Mart Way Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has designated Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean as a local purchase opportunity. Cobb ships the product directly to about 80 Wal-Mart stores in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas, according to North Little Rock attorney Tom Donovan. Does Wal-Mart plan to distribute Cobb's product throughout its growing retail empire? Donovan, Cobb's corporate lawyer, says, "We've sent in our application for national distribution, and I assume we will get it." "We're selling 2,000 cases per month right now and looking at a substantial increase in distribution with Wal-Mart," Cobb says. The enthusiastic pronouncements are tempered by the observations of a buyer at Wal-Mart's Bentonville headquarters. Is the product on the brink of mass distribution through Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs? "Not at present," the buyer answers. "We have limited shelf space in the household department. |Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean~ doesn't have enough sales to knock someone out of their regular shelf space." Resolve and Woolite are the leading brand names. They have a combined 65 percent share of the Wal-Mart market. So far, Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean has had a mixed degree of success with Wal-Mart shoppers. "Stores that have put it out on display and demonstrated the product have been rewarded with higher sales," the Wal-Mart buyer says. "But store sales have been disappointing without the demonstration. "In household chemicals, name |brand recognition~ is everything. Either that carpet clean or you have a real sharp price. Obviously, this product does not have that going for it. "The product has done OK, but I wouldn't categorize its overall sales as phenomenal." The cleaner usually retails at $2.37 for an 8-ounce bottle, $7.37 for a 32-ounce bottle and $18.50 for a gallon bottle. Cobb hopes to gain additional exposure with product lines such as Auto Clean, Pet Clean, Upholstery Clean, Dry Clean and Jewelry Clean. The products are essentially repackaged Carpet Clean since it is a general-purpose cleaner. The various names are designed to attract consumers who want a product geared to their specific needs. The cleaner smells of ammonia, but the chemical and its scent are used only for psychological effect. The active ingredients are odorless, according to Cobb. Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean first found its way to a Wal-Mart sales floor at Benton. That breakthrough is a testament to Cobb's persistence and resourcefulness. He tried repeatedly to gain an audience with Wal-Mart buyers at Bentonville. Product samples were sent to the corporate offices for testing and subsequently lost. As a single-product vendor, Cobb didn't carry the weight of a Procter & Gamble Co. or a Beatrice. His product was lost in the shuffle of a vast retailing machine. A frustrated Cobb finally decided to make a direct pitch to a Wal-Mart store in the Indian Hills area of North Little Rock. He convinced employees there to let their cleaning crew try his product on the store's well-traveled carpet. Harvey Gene's wowed them and gained a new customer. But without approval from Bentonville, the store manager would not consent to sell the product. The experience was not without its rewards, though. Cobb was given the name of a contact, Don Henry, manager of the Benton Wal-Mart. Cobb was told that Henry, a longtime Wal-Mart employee and friend of Sam Walton, might have enough autonomy to give the product a shot. Cobb won Henry and his staff over with a personal demonstration and samples. The Benton Wal-Mart made an initial order of 36 cases in March, and Cobb was in business. He and his wife also held an in-store demonstration to promote the product. "We've done real well with it," Henry says. "The product does what it says. We haven't done much advertising, but if you ever get it in a consumer's hand, they keep coming back. "This is the kind of product that is going to slip up on the big boys before they know what hit them." More Connections Frank Fletcher heard about Cobb's product through a mutual friend and gave the cleaner a shot at North Little Rock's Riverfront Hilton. "From what we can tell, other carpet cleaners will remove the stain but leave an oily residue that causes the stain to reappear," say a Riverfront Hilton employee. "Harvey Gene's doesn't leave a residue. We haven't come across anything yet it won't remove." Fletcher told a friend about the product. That friend happened to be an independent manufacturer's sales representative. Dick Jefferson, based in Wexford, Pa., contacted Cobb in August and struck a deal to market the product in the Northeast. "The response we've seen ... has been very encouraging," Jefferson says. He expects Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean to become a major source of his income during the next two years. "That's how enthusiastic I am about the product," Jefferson says. Jefferson landed Stop & Shop, the No. 1 grocery chain in the Boston area. It operates 80 supermarkets. The parent company, Bradlees New England, operates 130 discount stores. The Stop & Shop buyer grabbed a black magic marker, purposely smeared a stain on his mauve carpet and told Jefferson to get it out. "I thought to myself, 'Harvey, you told me it would take out magic-marker stains, and I sure hope you weren't lying,'" Jefferson recalls. "It took out the stain, and you couldn't even tell where it had been. "The most amazing thing about Harvey's product is how quickly people become believers. The last thing a buyer wants to see is another household product. But once they see it in action, that changes." Stock Talk Cobb's company, however, may have violated Arkansas securities laws while raising working capital. Harvey Gene Inc. has sold 55,000 shares of stock through private placement to about 20 investors. The corporation is authorized to issue 1 million shares of stock, of which Cobb plans to retain at least 700,000 shares. Cobb is contemplating the company's largest private placement to date. "I'm leaning toward issuing $1 million worth of stock," Cobb says. Proceeds from the offering will be used to bankroll the purchase of materials needed to fulfill future contracts, according to Cobb. It all adds up to 66,666 shares at the proposed price of $15 per share. Why hasn't Cobb or his attorney filed any paperwork with the state Securities Department? "We didn't make a securities filing or exemption because the investors contacted us directly," Donovan says. "There were no third-party sales |through broker dealers~," Cobb says. Security industry observers say the company may still need to make a formal exemption filing. The possible violation could be nothing more than an oversight. None of the investors have filed complaints. Company pro formas were floating around Arkansas earlier this summer. It is unclear whether the material came solicited or unsolicited. "I'm not familiar with that," Donovan says. The material notes that Cobb was the head of a $150 million chemical program. It's a reference to the annual budget of the Titan II project he worked on, Cobb claims. The stock price has gone up since the first private placements last year. Harvey Gene Inc. stock has carried values of $4, $6, $10 and $12 per share in relation to company sales. That steady increase has raised eyebrows in the financial community given the company's lack of a track record and its small asset base. "The different stock prices reflect the progress we've made," Cobb says. "We've removed more risk and increased the value. It's growing so fast it's hard to keep up with." According to Cobb, a determining factor in the stock price is the price-earnings ratio based on current sales. Major chemical companies have ratios between 30 and 50, Cobb says. "If we were to use that kind of multiple, our stock should be selling for $150 per share," he adds. No one will argue that Cobb is high on his venture. Apparently, so are his investors. Among the investors is John Delich, chief executive officer of Mutual of Omaha Fund Management Co., a division of the Mutual of Omaha Insurance Cos. The fund management company oversees a $1 billion mutual fund. "We met when he was based here, and our wives are friends," Delich says. "He and his wife are unique, creative people ... Harvey told me about his idea when he was based here. He seems to be having tremendous success so far." Delich bought his piece of the action as a personal investment last year. "I look for it to have a big, big future," he says. "I've given product samples to friends and acquaintances, and they just can't believe how magical it is." Cobb says annual sales would be $14.4 million if the company had full distribution through the Wal-Mart chain alone. With those kinds of numbers, profits could be magical as well. At this point, the operative term is "could be." "I don't want to come across as a holy roller or anything, but the power of prayer has been tremendous in this project," Cobb says. Getting a Wal-Mart football is certainly nothing short of miraculous.

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48 hours in Fayetteville

More than just Woo-Pig.

48 HOURS

FayettevillE

More Than Just Woo-Pig.

The Hogs will forever reign supreme up on the hill in Fayetteville — even when the football and basketball teams are in shambles. But say, "Who pig?" and plan your visit on a weekend when there's not a big game. You might want to bring a bike and use the Razorback Regional Greenway to pedal around town and all the way north to Bentonville. That would help you burn off all the calories you're going to pile on touring Fayetteville's fantastic food and bar scene.

Day 1:

Start with a burger in a basement

"Housed in a cellar location straight out of a Beat poem, it's the kind of place that'll make even an oldster feel like the clock has been wound back to the glory days the minute you walk in the door," the Arkansas Times once wrote in a review of Hugo's (25 1/2 N. Block Ave.), a Fayetteville institution since 1977. Most of the decor appears not to have changed since then. Hugo's will hopefully forever be a bit dingy. That's the way we like it. There's no better place in Fayetteville to grab a burger and a beer.

Buy books, records

The best book shopping in Arkansas is in Fayetteville. Dickson Street Bookshop (325 W. Dickson St.), where used and out-of-print books are bought and sold ("where good books go to good people" is the store's motto), is a rabbit warren of literary delights in which bibliophiles can happily lose an hour or two. Nightbird Books (205 W. Dickson St.) sells a smart and broad collection of new books for adults and children. It's got everything an indie bookstore fan could want: pet birds to admire, an in-store coffee shop and comfy chairs. Block Street Records (17 N. Block Ave.) is the record shop every college town should have now that the kids are buying vinyl again. It's got a wide selection of obscure as well as popular new and used albums, a knowledgeable staff, and it's open daily with hours that stretch to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.

You need nature

And Lake Fayetteville and the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks will provide. You didn't bring a boat, of course, but no worry: Lake Fayetteville will rent you one for its calm, no-wake waters. Or climb back on your mountain bike and check out the surrounding area. The 6.9-mile nature trail is a destination for bird watchers and others who like to walk in the woods, and it goes right by the Botanical Garden. There's a $7 ticket, but you'll see 12 themed gardens, a butterfly house and learn about bats or succulents or tea — whatever is being offered in the garden's educational program.

Grab a drink and some nostalgia

Maxine Miller sits at the head of the table of the Arkansas Bar Hall of Fame (which does not, but should, exist!). As a 24-year-old single woman in 1950, she opened Maxine's Tap Room at 107 N. Block Ave. For more than 50 years, Miller presided over the smoky shotgun bar, perched on the only green stool in a line of a red ones, sipping coffee and playing dominos, while generations of students stopped in for cold beer, a beloved jukebox and a try on an arcade bowling game known as "Ding Ding." In her later years, Miller sold T-shirts that read, "It was your parents' bar. Now it's yours." When Miller died in 2006, her family kept the bar open, but a fire forced it to close for a year, among other setbacks. But in 2013, the owners of nearby Block Avenue businesses The Little Bread Co., Terra Tots and Hammer & Chisel stepped in to operate the bar. They gave it a update, stripping out drop ceilings and peeling back some of the bric-brac, and introducing a smart, classic cocktail menu. It remains one of the best bars in Arkansas. Bonus points: Former Arkansas Times arts and entertainment editor and professional music nerd Robert Bell often DJs there.

Head south to the Mill District

Restaurateurs Jerrmy Gawthrop and Clayton Suttle have made South Fayetteville a food and drink destination. In 2006, they opened Greenhouse Grille (418 S. School Ave.), a "new American" restaurant that specializes in innovative takes on comfort food and relies heavily on local ingredients. Naturally, it's vegetarian and vegan friendly, though you can also get beef tenderloin served with bleu cheese butter. In 2014, Gawthrop and Suttle opened Wood Stone Craft Pizza + Bar just to the south of Greenhouse Grille (557 S. School Ave.). It's a similar formula to Greenhouse, with lots of local ingredients inventively combined, but on pizza cooked in a wood oven. You'll also find a happening bar scene, with a wide selection of Arkansas craft beers and craft cocktails; there's boozy root beer and dreamsicle floats, too. Both restaurants are easily accessible for bikers or walkers on the Frisco Trail, part of the Razorback Regional Greenway.

Stay downtown ... or on the outskirts

The former Cosmopolitan Hotel underwent a complete redesign and renovation, which included replacing and updating furniture, fixtures, plumbing and electrical systems, before reopening in 2012 as The Chancellor (70 N. East Ave.), a boutique hotel with 92 rooms and 15 suites, modern decor and an affordable price point (rooms start at $99). It's downtown near the square and within walking distance of campus and many of our recommendations for food, drink and fun. Or stay at the Inn at the Mill (3906 Johnson Mill Blvd.) just outside of town, in Johnson, near Arvest Park, where the Northwest Arkansas Naturals play. The late Fayetteville architect James Lambeth restored the Johnson Mill, part of which dates back before the Civil War (some of it was burned after the battle of Pea Ridge and reconstructed after the war), in the 1990s and constructed the inn around it. His daughter, Courtney James, and her husband, Miles James, ran it and the restaurant James at the Mill. The Jameses sold the property earlier this year and the new owners plan to turn the restaurant into additional space for lodging. In the meantime, what's there has been recently renovated.

Day 2:

Grab breakfast or brunch or toast at Arsaga's

Cary and Cindy Arsaga opened the first location of Arsaga Coffee Co. in 1992. Since then, the Arsaga family has become near synonymous with coffee in Fayetteville, adding new locations and its own warehouse roastery. In 2012, they transformed a long dilapidated freight train building into what became Arsaga's at the Depot (548 W. Dickson St.), an all-day restaurant that specializes in crepes, but also does sandwiches, salads, loaded fries and big breakfast plates. It's got a big outdoor porch that overlooks the Frisco Trail. In 2016, the family opened Arsaga's Church & Center (200 W. Center), nicknamed "Toast," because the shop only sells coffee and other drinks and loaded thick-cut toasts — like the Boss Hog (smoked pork, pimento cheese, pickled carrot, parsley and mojo verde on multigrain bread) or the Toast Shop Crunch (buttered and sugared sourdough topped with sweet maple cream and fresh fruit).

Art and architecture

The stomping grounds of E. Fay Jones and Edward Durrell Stone ought to have some architecture to look at, right? Stone designed the Fine Arts Center building on the UA campus, the Sigma Nu house and other buildings. Jones, the famed creator of Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, who taught at the UA, which named its architecture school for him, designed many of the fabulous mid-century homes you see tucked into Fayetteville's hills. In fact, Fayetteville is lousy with architectural firms and exciting 21st century designs by the DeMx, Marlon Blackwell, David McKee firms and others. If it's old you're into, Fayetteville has that in spades, too: In 1853, a century before Jones was bringing his version of Prairie-style works to town, Col. Tebbets built his place at 118 E. Dickson St. It's now the home of the Washington County Historical Society. Even earlier, in 1845, Judge David Walker built a home at 207 Center St.; it's one of the few properties, like the Col. Tebbets house, to survive the Civil War; now called the Walker-Stone House, it hosts exhibits of fine art. The oldest standing building in Fayetteville is the Ridge House, a portion of which dates to 1830.

Like Fort Smith, Fayetteville has joined the mural movement, with the Green Candy public art project. Check out "Owl" on the east side of the former Mountain Inn building; it's a three-story work by Puerto Rican artist Alexis Diaz. There's a timely eclipse mural by Argentinian street artist Marina Zumi on the west side of Hog Haus Brewing Co. And Fayetteville artist Jason Jones is the creator of the gas-masked rabbit at 545 W. Center St.

After you've seen what's outside, go indoors to see what's on the walls at the Walton Arts Center's Joy Pratt Markham Gallery. Before the renovation of the UA Fine Arts Center — part of the $120 million, Walton-family-supported School of Art that will be built during the next five years — see what's up in the gallery there. Ride your bike there; you'll never find a place to park.

Too much culture for you?

If you like your fun with a big helping of nostalgia, the Arkadia Retrocade (1478 N. College Ave.) is the place to get your fix on Asteroids, Galaga, Donkey Kong and other classic arcade games for one low entry fee.

Refresh in style ... or waste the afternoon and evening at adult playland

The restored Carnall Hall, the turn-of-the-century women's dorm that has been transformed into luxe lodging, has a terrific dark and cozy bar called the Lambeth Lounge. It's got that swank, intellectual Algonquin Round Table feel. And if you pull a Dorothy Parker and have one too many, no matter: Ella's Restaurant is in Carnall Hall, too, and it's a white-tablecloth, crab cakes and tenderloin kind of place.

On the other hand, JJ's Beer Garden & Brewing Co. (3615 N. Steel Blvd.), owned by JJ's Grill restaurateur Jody Thornton, is a 12,000-square-foot brewpub that has it all: beer brewed on location, a huge menu of pub grub and an outdoor barbecue food truck, and a massive outdoor patio and play area with a 16-by-19-foot TV, shuffleboard, cornhole, ping pong, bocce ball, sand volleyball and even a wading pool. You can imagine that things get a little crazy here on game days.

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Mr. Clean: North Little Rock's Harvey Cobb tries to clean up with his secret stain-removal formula.

No one realized it at the time, but a nuclear warhead wasn't the only thing that accidentally was launched, during a 1980 explosion at a Titan II missile silo, near Damascus in Van Buren County. The incident grabbed worldwide attention when a warhead ended up in a nearby ditch. It also inadvertently launched a business enterprise called Harvey Gene Inc. and a secret stain-removal formula. The all-purpose cleaner has won over hundreds of satisfied customers through exposure in Wal-Mart stores. The performance of Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean has led to other sales opportunities. Will this North Little Rock venture be the next great Arkansas success story? Will there be a multimillion-dollar payday at the end of the line? Is the sky the limit for the 48-year-old man behind the product, Harvey Gene Cobb, a retired Air Force officer. Or will his dream go bust? Cobb says he received a third-party offer to sell about 40 percent of his company for $3 million following a May 28 article in the Arkansas Gazette. He claims he didn't blink twice before rejecting the offer as too low. JM Products Inc.'s North Little Rock plant is geared up to handle 100,000 cases of production for Cobb, although annual sales have a long way to go before that production level is required. The Damascus explosion propelled Cobb into this whirlwind of manufacturing and marketing. Cobb was stationed at the Air Force's Strategic Air Command headquarters in Omaha, Neb., at the time. The military tapped him to head a program to improve safety at aging missile silos. Later, he helped deactivate the entire missile wing. During the assignment, Cobb gained some chemical expertise. His creative light bulb clicked on. The end result was Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean, the stain remover Cobb invented following hours of experimentation as a garage carpet cleaning chemist. "You might say I had a charmed career in the Air Force," says Cobb, who retired in February 1987 as a lieutenant colonel. "Everybody has a dream, but they are reluctant to take that first step." Cobb's first step came in April 1990 when he decided to close his contracting firm, that built custom homes, and devote his attention to marketing the cleaning product. "We didn't want him to look back and say, 'I wish I had tried that,'" says his wife, Kathryn, who operates Trends And Traditions, an upscale North Little Rock accessory store for homes and offices. Encouraged by friends and family, Cobb took the entrepreneurial plunge armed with a business management degree from Louisiana Tech University at Ruston and a master's of business administration from Webster University at St. Louis.

The Wal-Mart Way Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has designated Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean as a local purchase opportunity. Cobb ships the product directly to about 80 Wal-Mart stores in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas, according to North Little Rock attorney Tom Donovan. Does Wal-Mart plan to distribute Cobb's product throughout its growing retail empire? Donovan, Cobb's corporate lawyer, says, "We've sent in our application for national distribution, and I assume we will get it." "We're selling 2,000 cases per month right now and looking at a substantial increase in distribution with Wal-Mart," Cobb says. The enthusiastic pronouncements are tempered by the observations of a buyer at Wal-Mart's Bentonville headquarters. Is the product on the brink of mass distribution through Wal-Mart and Sam's Clubs? "Not at present," the buyer answers. "We have limited shelf space in the household department. |Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean~ doesn't have enough sales to knock someone out of their regular shelf space." Resolve and Woolite are the leading brand names. They have a combined 65 percent share of the Wal-Mart market. So far, Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean has had a mixed degree of success with Wal-Mart shoppers. "Stores that have put it out on display and demonstrated the product have been rewarded with higher sales," the Wal-Mart buyer says. "But store sales have been disappointing without the demonstration. "In household chemicals, name |brand recognition~ is everything. Either that or you have a real sharp price. Obviously, this product does not have that going for it. "The product has done OK, but I wouldn't categorize its overall sales as phenomenal." The cleaner usually retails at $2.37 for an 8-ounce bottle, $7.37 for a 32-ounce bottle and $18.50 for a gallon bottle. Cobb hopes to gain additional exposure with product lines such as Auto Clean, Pet Clean, Upholstery Clean, Dry Clean and Jewelry Clean. The products are essentially repackaged Carpet Clean since it is a general-purpose cleaner. The various names are designed to attract consumers who want a product geared to their specific needs. The cleaner smells of ammonia, but the chemical and its scent are used only for psychological effect. The active ingredients are odorless, according to Cobb. Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean first found its way to a Wal-Mart sales floor at Benton. That breakthrough is a testament to Cobb's persistence and resourcefulness. He tried repeatedly to gain an audience with Wal-Mart buyers at Bentonville. Product samples were sent to the corporate offices for testing and subsequently lost. As a single-product vendor, Cobb didn't carry the weight of a Procter & Gamble Co. or a Beatrice. His product was lost in the shuffle of a vast retailing machine. A frustrated Cobb finally decided to make a direct pitch to a Wal-Mart store in the Indian Hills area of North Little Rock. He convinced employees there to let their cleaning crew try his product on the store's well-traveled carpet. Harvey Gene's wowed them and gained a new customer. But without approval from Bentonville, the store manager would not consent to sell the product. The experience was not without its rewards, though. Cobb was given the name of a contact, Don Henry, manager of the Benton Wal-Mart. Cobb was told that Henry, a longtime Wal-Mart employee and friend of Sam Walton, might have enough autonomy to give the product a shot. Cobb won Henry and his staff over with a personal demonstration and samples. The Benton Wal-Mart made an initial order of 36 cases in March, and Cobb was in business. He and his wife also held an in-store demonstration to promote the product. "We've done real well with it," Henry says. "The product does what it says. We haven't done much advertising, but if you ever get it in a consumer's hand, they keep coming back. "This is the kind of product that is going to slip up on the big boys before they know what hit them." More Connections Frank Fletcher heard about Cobb's product through a mutual friend and gave the cleaner a shot at North Little Rock's Riverfront Hilton. "From what we can tell, other carpet cleaners will remove the stain but leave an oily residue that causes the stain to reappear," say a Riverfront Hilton employee. "Harvey Gene's doesn't leave a residue. We haven't come across anything yet it won't remove." Fletcher told a friend about the product. That friend happened to be an independent manufacturer's sales representative. Dick Jefferson, based in Wexford, Pa., contacted Cobb in August and struck a deal to market the product in the Northeast. "The response we've seen ... has been very encouraging," Jefferson says. He expects Harvey Gene's Carpet Clean to become a major source of his income during the next two years. "That's how enthusiastic I am about the product," Jefferson says. Jefferson landed Stop & Shop, the No. 1 grocery chain in the Boston area. It operates 80 supermarkets. The parent company, Bradlees New England, operates 130 discount stores. The Stop & Shop buyer grabbed a black magic marker, purposely smeared a stain on his mauve carpet and told Jefferson to get it out. "I thought to myself, 'Harvey, you told me it would take out magic-marker stains, and I sure hope you weren't lying,'" Jefferson recalls. "It took out the stain, and you couldn't even tell where it had been. "The most amazing thing about Harvey's product is how quickly people become believers. The last thing a buyer wants to see is another household product. But once they see it in action, that changes." Stock Talk Cobb's company, however, may have violated Arkansas securities laws while raising working capital. Harvey Gene Inc. has sold 55,000 shares of stock through private placement to about 20 investors. The corporation is authorized to issue 1 million shares of stock, of which Cobb plans to retain at least 700,000 shares. Cobb is contemplating the company's largest private placement to date. "I'm leaning toward issuing $1 million worth of stock," Cobb says. Proceeds from the offering will be used to bankroll the purchase of materials needed to fulfill future contracts, according to Cobb. It all adds up to 66,666 shares at the proposed price of $15 per share. Why hasn't Cobb or his attorney filed any paperwork with the state Securities Department? "We didn't make a securities filing or exemption because the investors contacted us directly," Donovan says. "There were no third-party sales |through broker dealers~," Cobb says. Security industry observers say the company may still need to make a formal exemption filing. The possible violation could be nothing more than an oversight. None of the investors have filed complaints. Company pro formas were floating around Arkansas earlier this summer. It is unclear whether the material came solicited or unsolicited. "I'm not familiar with that," Donovan says. The material notes that Cobb was the head of a $150 million chemical program. It's a reference to the annual budget of the Titan II project he worked on, Cobb claims. The stock price has gone up since the first private placements last year. Harvey Gene Inc. stock has carried values of $4, $6, $10 and $12 per share in relation to company sales. That steady increase has raised eyebrows in the financial community given the company's lack of a track record and its small asset base. "The different stock prices reflect the progress we've made," Cobb says. "We've removed more risk and increased the value. It's growing so fast it's hard to keep up with." According to Cobb, a determining factor in the stock price is the price-earnings ratio based on current sales. Major chemical companies have ratios between 30 and 50, Cobb says. "If we were to use that kind of multiple, our stock should be selling for $150 per share," he adds. No one will argue that Cobb is high on his venture. Apparently, so are his investors. Among the investors is John Delich, chief executive officer of Mutual of Omaha Fund Management Co., a division of the Mutual of Omaha Insurance Cos. The fund management company oversees a $1 billion mutual fund. "We met when he was based here, and our wives are friends," Delich says. "He and his wife are unique, creative people ... Harvey told me about his idea when he was based here. He seems to be having tremendous success so far." Delich bought his piece of the action as a personal investment last year. "I look for it to have a big, big future," he says. "I've given product samples to friends and acquaintances, and they just can't believe how magical it is." Cobb says annual sales would be $14.4 million if the company had full distribution through the Wal-Mart chain alone. With those kinds of numbers, profits could be magical as well. At this point, the operative term is "could be." "I don't want to come across as a holy roller or anything, but the power of prayer has been tremendous in this project," Cobb says. Getting a Wal-Mart football is certainly nothing short of miraculous.

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yahoo-the-dagger-blog · 8 years ago

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Did Memphis really lose a recruit to Division II Ouachita Baptist?

Six of Memphis’ eight leading scorers have transferred since Tubby Smith’s debut season ended (AP).

One evening earlier this month, Cabot High School coach Jerry Bridges’ phone buzzed with a text from senior forward Matt Stanley.

“He told me, ‘I’ve just been offered by Memphis,'” Bridges said. “I went, ‘Wow, really?'”

The late scholarship offer from such a prominent program was a surprise to Bridges because Stanley hadn’t received much interest from other Division I programs. Miami (Ohio), SIU Edwardsville and a handful of other small-conference schools had all kept tabs on the skilled 6-foot-8 stretch forward, but Stanley committed to Division II Ouachita Baptist earlier this year because none of the Division I programs pulled the trigger with a scholarship offer.

Bridges’ first inkling that Memphis might be interested in Stanley came via a voicemail that Memphis assistant Saul Smith left on his office phone the Friday before Cabot High’s spring break. The high school coach did not get that message until 10 days later and he said he played phone tag with Smith thereafter.

For a couple weeks, Stanley weighed the pros and cons of going to a little-known Division II school that had been recruiting him for years or a nationally renowned Division I program that only began showing interest out of desperation after six players transferred in the past month. In the end, Stanley made the mature and practical choice, signing with Ouachita Baptist on Wednesday afternoon.

Congratulations to @mattstanley32 on signing with @Ouachita to play basketball next year! ???????? #Panthers #Tigers #AFAmily pic.twitter.com/X1eSQjXiVs

— AFA (@arkansasfit) April 19, 2017

“Matt told me, ‘There’s so much uncertainty going on at Memphis, I just feel good about OBU,'” Bridges said. “I said, ‘Well heck, go to OBU. Don’t get caught up in D-I or D-II. Do what you feel is best. The bottom line is you’re the one who has to wake up the next day and live with the decision you just made.’ He knows what he’s getting going to Ouachita. I think that played a big role in it.”

Exactly how interested Memphis ever was in Stanley has since become a point of contention.

Embattled Memphis coach Tubby Smith and his staff faced ridicule via social media on Wednesday night for losing a recruit to a Division II program in Arkansas that went 14-14 last year. The Tigers appear to have responded by leaking to local media that they had never offered Stanley a scholarship in the first place.

I'm told Stanley was never offered a scholly by Memphis. Tubby never saw or talked to him; had no intentions to offer him – and I believe it

— L. Jason Smith (@JasonSmith929) April 20, 2017

On Stanley. His people say offered. Memphis people say wasn't. Both have reason to say that. Nobody denies Tigers fishing in Div. 2 waters.

— Geoff Calkins (@geoff_calkins) April 20, 2017

It’s difficult to fully ascertain the truth because there’s evidence on both sides.

On one hand, Memphis clearly didn’t put on a full-court press to land Stanley. He never visited campus and the Tigers staff doesn’t appear to have vehemently pursued him recently.

On the other hand, Stanley has no reason to lie about receiving a scholarship offer. He was happily committed to Ouachita Baptist then and he happily signed with the Tigers on Wednesday.

On April 5, Stanley tweeted that he had received a scholarship offer from Memphis. Two days later he described the offer as “a total shock” to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. And on Thursday, his father Jim confirmed to the Commercial Appeal that he had a scholarship offer from Memphis in writing.

Matt Stanley's father Jim emailed this morning to clarify: "Matt was offered a scholarship. We have it in writing. The timing was just bad."

— Mark Giannotto (@mgiannotto) April 20, 2017

Even if there was some confusion and Memphis either didn’t intend to offer Stanley a scholarship or retracted the offer soon afterward, the Tigers still badly mishandled this situation. They should have known how bad it would look when he signed with a Division II school and delicately sent out word to local reporters that an offer hadn’t actually been extended.

Whether Memphis got out-recruited by a Division II program or simply made another public relations blunder, this much is undeniably true. Tubby Smith and his staff are desperate enough for warm bodies after losing seven of their top nine players that they showed interest in and a player no other Division I program deemed worthy of a scholarship offer.

Bridges sincerely believes Stanley is a Division I-caliber prospect. After all, this is a kid who helped lead Cabot to an Arkansas state title as a junior, toppling Malik Monk-led Bentonville High in the championship game.

But even Bridges acknowledges Stanley isn’t ready to play in the American Athletic Conference right now. Stanley is young for his grade and needs a couple years to add muscle and further develop his game.

“He would be good enough to play at Memphis. It just wouldn’t be next year,” Bridges said. “He’s two days away from where he would be a senior next year, and boy do I wish his mother would have had 48 hours of extra labor. I’d love to have him back one more year.”

One thing Bridges is confident about is that Stanley is being truthful about Memphis extending a scholarship offer earlier this month.

“He is honest to goodness the best teammate of any player I’ve ever coached. He’s just a hell of a kid,” Bridges said. “Tubby Smith runs a good program and he’s been successful everywhere he’s been. I just think they were late on the draw to be honest. Matt was very comfortable with Ouachita Baptist already.”

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EFF Applauds Amazon For Pushing Back on Request for Echo Data

The number of Internet-enabled sensors in homes across the country is steadily increasing. These sensors are collecting personal information about what’s going on inside the home, and they are doing so in a volume and detail never before possible. The law, of course, has not kept up. There are no rules specifically designed for law enforcement access to data collected from in-home personal assistants or other devices that record what’s going on inside the home, even though the home is considered the heart of Fourth Amendment protection. That’s why it’s critical that companies push back on requests via currently existing rules for data collected via these new in-home devices.[1] EFF applauds Amazon for doing just that—pushing back on a law enforcement request for in-home recordings from its Echo device.

The widely-publicized case involves a first-degree murder investigation out of Bentonville, Arkansas. The victim, Victor Collins, was found in November 2015 his friend’s home. The two had been drinking and watching football with a few others at the friend’s home the night before. The friend, James Bates, was charged with first-degree murder. He pled not guilty and is currently awaiting trial.

During a search of the defendant’s home in December 2015, police found an Amazon Echo in the kitchen. The police seemed to think that the device—which is “always listening” to its surrounding for its “wake” words, Alexa, Echo, or Amazon—may have recorded what went on inside the home. They seized the device and later served Amazon with a warrant for any “audio recordings, transcribed records, or other text records related to communications and transactions” between the Echo device and Amazon’s servers for a 48-hour period surrounding the incident, along with subscriber and account information. Amazon turned over the defendant’s subscriber information and purchase history, but it refused to turn over any recordings or transcripts.

The police sought to get the data via another route. A few months later, they got a second warrant—this time to search the devices they had in their possession: the physical Echo device and the defendant’s two cell phones (which, if the defendant used the Alexa app, could have contained Alexa recordings or transcripts). They were able to “extract the data” stored on the Echo device and one of the defendant’s phones, but the second phone was encrypted.

In December 2016, the State of Arkansas informed Amazon that it intended to enforce the original warrant. Amazon filed a motion to quash the warrant on February 17, 2017. Amazon argued that the request for the Alexa recordings and transcripts implicated First Amendment protected speech and that the police therefore needed to make a heightened showing before it could compel Amazon to turn over the information. As Amazon explained, the First Amendment protects not only users’ verbal requests to Alexa, but also Alexa’s responses. Alexa’s responses are protected for two reasons. First, they contain expressive material specifically requested by the user, such as podcasts, books, or music. Second, the responses are also the speech of Amazon, and they are protected the same way that a search engine’s results are protected. (Read: Despite some early reports to the contrary, Amazon never argued that the device itself had constitutional rights.)

Amazon argued that because the police were seeking access to First Amendment protected content, they needed to show a compelling need for the information and establish a sufficient nexus between the information sought and the underlying investigation. The Bentonville police hadn’t done that, so Amazon was right to push back.

A hearing on Amazon’s motion was scheduled for March 8, but it was cancelled after the defendant agreed to release the information to the authorities. With Bates’ consent, Amazon has since turned over the requested recordings to the Bentonville police. We applaud Amazon for sticking up for its user’s rights and pushing back until it had that consent.

[1] Depending on what data is requested, generally applicable data protection laws may apply, but they may not in all cases, especially where the data requested is especially sensitive.