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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Bronco men's and women's soccer teams kick off the start of classes this Friday night with a double-header spectacular at Buck Shaw Stadium. The No. 15 Bronco men (4-2-1) open the doubleheader with a Rivalry Series match against San Jose State (3-3-0) at 6:00 p.m. PT, followed by one of the highlights of the women's soccer schedule. Ranked fifth in the country, the Bronco women (6-2-0) welcome the third-ranked in the nation in the UCLA Bruins (6-1-0).
In the opener, the men's team will be looking to rebound from a tough weekend in Southern California in which it dropped games to UCLA and Cal State Northridge.
"We learned a lot of hard lessons last weekend," said Broncos head coach Cameron Rast. "Our inexperience showed up a bit, but having tough games on the road early in the season will only help us in the long run. I think the team is excited about coming home and taking on a local rivalry in an important game for us."
Despite the Broncos stumble last weekend, they appear to in good shape for this weekend's match against the Spartans. They have a very deep lineup and are getting contributions from seniors all the way down to the freshmen. Junior captain Peter Lowry scored his team-leading fourth goal last weekend to move him to second in the West Coast Conference in scoring, while senior Keith DeVey has scored two goals in the past three matches.
"We are really going to rely on our experienced players right now," said Rast. "Peter and Keith have been very good this year and they are helping our talented younger players get better. Erik Ustruck has also provided excellent leadership with his two-way play in midfield."
For the visiting Spartans, they are led by Ed Brand, who has scored two goals so far in 2006. Led by head coach Gary St. Clair, who is in his 17th season, the Spartans have posted a 3-3-0 record with big wins over Stanford and Saint Mary's in the early portion of their schedule. In the all-time series, the Broncos lead 20-19-1 after posting two straight wins in 2004 and 2005.
"Rivalry Series matches are always intense and good battles," noted Rast. "We have gotten the better of them recently, but no game with them is ever easy. We expect a tight game on Friday and I think that our guys will be fired up and ready for it."
The nightcap of Friday night's twinbill features the match of the week in the women's college soccer world as the No. 5 Broncos (6-2-0) host the No. 3 UCLA Bruins (6-1-0) following the men's contest. The Broncos are coming off of a weekend which saw them on the wrong end of a 1-0 upset at the hands of Boston University, but then bounce back two days later to claim a 1-0 overtime win over the No. 9 Tennessee Lady Volunteers on Meagan Snell's fifth goal of the year.
"Against Boston University we learned that you can't overlook anybody and that you have to prepare yourself well and show up ready to play," said head coach Jerry Smith of the past weekend, before praising the team's effort in rebounding to defeat the Lady Vols. "Sunday, we learned that if we do come to play and hustle, good things will happen for our team. We had good control of the match and got another goal from Meagan, so we're real happy that she's scoring so well and having a lot of confidence in front of the net."
Santa Clara will look to keep its 11-match home winning streak intact on Friday against the very team that dealt them their last loss at Buck Shaw Stadium, as UCLA's Danesha Adams scored both Bruin goals in their 2-1 overtime win last Sept. 16. In fact, each of the past four matches between the two teams has required extra time to determine the match's outcome, with the Bruins holding the 2-1-1 edge in those four meetings.
Snell, who has scored a goal in five of the last six matches, leads a Bronco attack that will look to pressure UCLA goalkeeper Val Henderson early and often, while a back line anchored by veterans Marian Dalmy and Lauren Zealear will be tasked with locking down the speedy and dangerous Adams.
"UCLA is one of the most talented teams in the country, and Danesha is right at the center of that talent pool that they have," Smith said of Adams. "She is gifted in so many different ways with her speed, quickness, and skill. You have to contain her every second that she is out there on the field, and that's not an easy job to do. You have to be careful with UCLA, though, because they have so many weapons, and players like Christina DiMartino and Lauren Cheney can easily hurt you if you put too much attention on one player."
"It's going to be a great challenge for us, our matches with UCLA have always been real tight games and I think we'll have another one of those this Friday," Smith added.
Following Friday night's double-header, the Bronco women will return to Buck Shaw Stadium Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. to battle the CS Fullerton Titans.


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Chris Jordan appointed top tax man
A former policeman who once worked in John Howard's office has been appointed to run the Tax Office, in a rare decision to give the top job to an outsider.
The Treasurer, Wayne Swan, said on Monday that a veteran private-sector tax adviser, Chris Jordan, would replace the departing Tax Commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo from January.
Before spending more than two decades at the accounting firm KPMG – where he worked until this June - Mr Jordan began his working life as a policeman in Sydney in the 1970s. He was also seconded to advise Mr Howard on taxation when the future Prime Minister was in Opposition during the 1980s.
But although Mr Jordan still counts Mr Howard as a personal friend, his handling of complex policy issues has earned accolades from the current Labor government.
After several bruising battles with big business, the government was also impressed with Mr Jordan's private-sector experience.
Mr Jordan this year chaired the panel tasked with cutting company taxes – which failed to reach an agreement with business – and also helped implement the GST for the Howard government.
''Mr Jordan brings a broad range of experience, including industry and public policy experience under both Labor and Coalition Governments,'' Mr Swan said.
The shadow Treasurer, Joe Hockey, said the Coalition welcomed Mr Jordan's ''much-needed'' private sector experience.
In tax circles, Mr Jordan is also known for this impartiality. But this has not stopped him from criticising business and government alike.
In June, Mr Jordan criticised simplistic calls for business tax cuts dressed up as ''reform.''
"Is tax reform just a rate cut? That's not really reform, that's just reducing rates," he told BusinessDay.
He also took aim at both sides of politics for their failure to consider raising or widening the GST.
"I think it is a shame that it's something that we just can't even have as a debate, like increasing the tax on consumption was ruled out of the Henry review," he said.
Mr Jordan will take over the ATO at a time when the agency is under pressure from slipping projections for tax receipts, while there are also growing calls from business to consider an increase in the GST.
The appointment of Mr Jordan breaks a long-running tradition of promoting staff from within the ATO to Commissioner – a move that has been welcomed by tax groups.
Until this June, Mr Jordan was the chairman of KPMG in NSW, and he is currently chair of the Board of Taxation.
Clancy Yeates is a business reporter.

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A spokesman for insurers Towergate said that parents who had taken out school closure insurance were expected to claim £100 a day if day nurseries or schools closed because of the snow. Although the first day of closure is not covered, if the snow persists into next week, families could receive as much as £500 a child.
Parents who take out the insurance, for a £30 premium per child, will receive £100 for every day that the school is closed – whether it is because of floods, bad weather or heating failure. However, you can only start claiming 14 days after you buy the insurance.
Neil Forrest, Area Managing Director and Partner at Towergate said, "Theres no doubt that unpredictable weather conditions are causing more and more schools to close. This leaves many parents with the hassle of taking time off work or trying to arrange child care at short notice."
More than 3000 schools have been closed in England and Wales due to the current snowy conditions, which are expected to persist through the next few days.
School closure insurance costs no more for those families who live in areas prone to bad weather or those who attend schools with poor heating systems. There is no requirement for the parent to prove loss of earnings or increased childcare costs to be able to claim.
Although employees who are parents of young children have the right to unpaid time off for emergencies relating to dependants, or to find emergency child care, this can cost them dearly. What is more, many companies are inserting adverse weather policies into their employment contracts, meaning that employees will not be paid if they are unable to attend work because of adverse weather. Teachers on permanent contract are still paid when schools are closed.


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Maltz Jupiter Theatre's 10th Anniversary Season Gala Raises $776,000
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's tenth annual gala, "The 10 Event Gala," raised a record $776,000 for the not-for-profit Theatre.
More than 550 people attended the spectacular sold-out benefit, held Saturday, February 23, at the Theatre. The event took place the week of the Theatre's 10th season anniversary, and provided a glamorous, unique celebration of the Theatre's past 10 seasons of extraordinary success.
Guests kicked off the evening in a glittering tent onsite at the Theatre, with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres accompanied by a classical guitarist. Then, a string quartet accompanied a gourmet dinner of beef tenderloin medallions, pan-seared black grouper, roasted red potatoes and butternut squash confetti inside a large ballroom within the tent, complete with chandeliers, sequined linens, voluminous feathers and the colors of silver, white and the "Maltz blue" that has made the Theatre so famous.
The event continued inside the Theatre with a magnificent retrospective multimedia presentation produced by the Theatre's producing artistic director Andrew Kato, complete with extensive video interviews (including a special message from Burt Reynolds), a 14-piece orchestra and more than 20 stars of the Theatre's past hit productions.
"The fact that this unique event sold out is a tribute to the quality and value that the Maltz Jupiter Theatre has brought to the community," said Pamela Dyar, the Theatre's associate director of development. "The 10 Event Gala was both a historic celebration of the past ten seasons and an inspiration to our Theatre's future. It was an exciting, joyful evening for a wonderful cause."
Performers included Hello, Dolly! star Vicki Lewis; My Fair Lady star Amanda Watkins; Crazy For You and The Music Man star Matt Loehr; Ain't Misbehavin' star Angela Grovey; Mark Jacoby and the Cagelles from La Cage aux Folles and many more. Students from the Maltz Jupiter Theatre Paul and Sandra Goldner Conservatory of Performing Arts also performed as a mass choir, filing down the aisles and singing songs such as Pure Imagination and We Go On.
"The Maltz Jupiter Theatre has truly come full circle," said the Theatre's managing director, Tricia Trimble. "Just ten seasons ago, hundreds of volunteers attended our 'set the stage' event to help clean the theatre prior to its grand opening. Today, we had a record number of sponsors for the gala, and this is the most we've ever raised through our annual benefit. We are so thankful to the incredible generosity and support that has brought us to where we are today."
Following the performances, guests returned to the glittering tent, full of an array of delicious desserts, and danced the night away.
The event's 10 Grand Benefactors were the Bebe Foundation, Joan and Allen Bildner, Roberta and Harvey Golub, Myra Hoffstein, Peggy and Rick Katz, Chris Kritikos, Pattie and Nate Light, Bonnie Osher, Diane and James E. Perrella and PNC.
Organized by a gala committee and led by two board members - honorary producer Roe Green and chairman Roberta E. Golub - a highlight of the evening occurred when Ms. Green announced that the Roe Green Foundation is giving the Theatre $1.5 million toward a $2.5 million capital campaign. To complete the planned renovations prior to the start of its 2013/14 season, the not-for-profit Theatre is working to raise additional funds by March 28.
"It was wonderful to see everyone enjoying an unforgettable evening, and we are incredibly grateful for the tremendous support from the community," Kato said. "As the largest regional theatre in Florida, we'd like to thank everyone who has helped the Theatre reach this milestone, and those who will join us for the next 10 seasons."
Now celebrating its 10th season, the not-for-profit Maltz Jupiter Theatre has become one of Florida's preeminent professional theatres, committed to production and education through its collaborations with local and national artists. Currently the state's largest award-winning regional theatre, the Theatre draws over 70,000 people annually, serves a subscription base of more than 7,530 and has world-class classroom facilities in support of its Paul and Sandra Goldner Conservatory of Performing Arts, which serves hundreds of youth and adults. The Theatre is a member of the prestigious League of Resident Theatres and has earned numerous Carbonell Awards, South Florida's highest honor for artistic excellence, including the prestigious Bill Von Maurer Award for Theatrical Excellence in 2012. For more information about the Theatre's upcoming shows and Conservatory, visit www.jupitertheatre.org or call the box office at (561) 575-2223.


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OWINGS MILLS, Md. – With a team-best 19 points and 11 rebounds from Brian Clarke (Miramar, Fla.) men's basketball got their 2012-13 season off to a great start as they defeated first-time opponent Franciscan University (Ohio) by the final of 87-71 Saturday afternoon on the campus of Stevenson University as part of the 1st Annual D3Hoops.com National Invitational.
The Beacons, who now stand at 1-0 on the year also achieved a milestone, with Saturday's victory marking the 300th win in the program's history. The win also moved head coach Charlie Titus one win closer to hitting the 300 wins plateau. He now stands at 281 career victories as the leader of UMB men's basketball.
In Saturday's match-up, Clarke came off the bench and finished 8-for-13 from the field and 3-for-5 from the line. Of his 11 boards, five were on the offensive side of the court. Right behind him was newcomer Rahshjeem Benson (Boston, Mass.) who also posted a double-double. The junior closed out his first college game with UMB with 18 points and 11 boards.
Jahleel Moise (Brockton, Mass.) got the start in Saturday's match-up and finished third on the team with 16 points after going 8-for-10 from the floor. The freshman also managed a game-high three blocks, while senior Mike Mitchell, Jr. (Dorchester, Mass.) made his return to the Beacons starting line-up to finish with seven steals and eight points.
Franciscan (0-2) had two 20+ scorers in Tim Schenk (20 pts.) and Christian Duke (23 pts.). Joseph Rine finished third on the team with 17 points. Duke, who was a perfect 7-for-7 at the line, also managed a team-best seven boards.
As a team the Beacons shot an impressive 51.4% (36-for-70) from the floor in what was a shootout from start to finish. Franciscan was also solid from the field as they shot 40.4% (23-for-57) on the day. The Beacons also converted the 23 Franciscan turnovers into 21 points, while the bench picked-up some slack scoring 36 points in the contest. In the paint UMB had their way with their opponents with 62 points coming from the Beacons big-men.
In the opening minutes of the contest, both teams came out firing looking to gain the early advantage. The Beacons gained the early advantage jumping out to an 8-2 lead. Franciscan would battle back however and tie the game a total of four times in the first 10 minutes of play.
The two teams would continue to battle back-and-forth, but with time getting set to expire UMass would go into the locker room holding a two-point lead following a Benson jumper (39-37).
After the break, UMass came out red-hot and quickly extended their slim lead to as much as 10, which they hit twice following a jumper from Vinny DeLucia (Miami, Fla.) and back-to-back free throws from Clarke.
Despite the early run by the Beacons, Franciscan used a run of their own to cut UMB's lead to one. Even with their opponents right on their heels, the Beacons never surrendered their lead and with key baskets were able to gain some distance. With less than six minutes to play, UMB's offense began to fire on all cylinders and pushed their lead to as much as 20 and never looked back.
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Bus collision kills 11 in central Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Police say two buses have collided in central Vietnam, killing 11 people and leaving nine others seriously injured.
The traffic police chief in Khanh Hoa province, Phan Long De, says nine people including the two bus drivers died at the scene of Friday's accident and two others died in hospitals.
Nine passengers remain hospitalized with serious injuries, not none of them were life threatening.
He says one bus was carrying 47 passengers. The number of passengers on the other bus was not immediately known.
Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT lightweight men fell to Yale and Georgetown at the annual Joy Cup on Saturday in what looks to be another fast year in EARC Lightweight racing. Yale's varsity completed the 2000-meter course on the Charles River in 5:57.4, dropping Georgetown and MIT early with a very strong start.
Georgetown and MIT battled for the runner-up spot, but it was Georgetown who was able to take a comfortable lead after 800 meters with MIT pushing them through the body of the race. At the finish, MIT finished just 6.6 seconds behind the Hoyas who controlled the last 700 meters of the race (Georgetown 6:07.4; MIT 6:14.6).
While a loss is chalked up on the scorecard, the MIT lights have shown considerable progress since last year. At the 2007 Eastern Sprints, the Engineers raced Georgetown in the Men's Lightweight Eight and finished over 25 seconds behind the Hoyas.
The day's racing was also the first test of the freshman Engineers. With more than half the boat lining up for their first ever 2K race, the crew's focus was on being internal. Hitting their stride at 2-4 beats per minute below their counterparts, the young squad kept their composure and pushed hard the entire course.
Like Yale's varsity teammates, the Yale frosh took control early in their race with an aggressive first 500 meters. The Hoyas and Engineers battled through the 750 mark, but the Georgetown lights took charge and finished comfortably ahead of the Engineers (Yale 6:05.99; Georgetown 6:18.19; MIT 6:34.76).
MIT's second freshman 8+ rowed a gritty race against Yale. Despite rowing a base cadence three beats lower, MIT held the Elis to only a six-seat lead for the first half of the race. Trying to keep pace at that rate differential, however, proved costly as Yale cracked open water after the Mass Ave. bridge and didn't look back. The final times were Yale - 6:51.1; MIT - 7:02.1.
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San Francisco maps from the early 1900s show a depiction of the Statue of Liberty on a hill above 17th Street, near Clayton Street. This rise is called Mount Olympus, and at the time, was considered the geographic center of San Francisco. Adolph Sutrosilver baron, philanthropist, and one-time mayorowned the land. And, as he did on his other property, Sutro installed a statue.
In this 1904 map of San Francisco, the statue is represented in the center. Courtesy of the David Rumsey Map Collection.
The statue has crumbled away in this 1947 photo. No buildings or trees surrounded the monument to block the view.
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The Development of Accounting Principles
by JOHN W. QUEENAN Partner, Executive Office
Presented before the Financial Executives
Institute, Detroit—September 1968
THE ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES BOARD presently finds itself in a position colloquially described as "damned if you do and damned if you don't." I don't know how closely you've been following newspaper and magazine articles dealing with the Board's activities, but it's been interesting to me to see how many times the Board has been put in a "can't win" kind of situation. For example, in a recent article, one critic accused the Board of being biased in favor of the "public accounting" approach to accounting principles, and not enough directed, or oriented, to the practical, businessman's
side of accounting principles. In support of his contention he contrasted
the large number of practicing public accountants on the Board, including the more or less automatic representation of the so-called "Big Eight" accounting firms, with the minimal representation given to business.
(The Board, by the way, presently has 19 members, of whom 15 are practicing CPAs, including representatives from the Big Eight firms; two are from the accounting departments of large universities; and two are from industry.)
Meanwhile, other critics look at the representation of the large firms on the Board in quite a different light. These critics note that the Big Eight accounting firms are the auditors for all but four of the 100 largest industrial corporations in the United States and for all but about three dozen of the 500 largest industrial corporations. Then, giving us little credit for our reputation for independence and ethical behavior, these critics point out what they consider to be the inevitability of the collective influence of all these large corporate clients on the direction that proposed Opinions of the Board will take.
So, according to some, the Board has too little industry representation,
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Authorities offer no new information about victim's fate
AVON – David Robertson remembers watching the silver Toyota drive away, his son James J. Robertson, 37, in the back seat accompanied by two men with badges and guns.
"It's been a long five months living this nightmare," said David Robertson. "Our goal now is to get Jamie home and take it from there."
Last week, David Robertson got one step closer to that goal when Scott W. Morrison, 46, of Norfolk and Alfred Ricci, 45, of Canton were arraigned on kidnapping charges in Brockton District Court and held of on $200,000 cash bail.
James Robertson, a welder by trade, was fixing the his parents' plumbing on New Year's Day in their Avon home when he was taken from the residence by two men for a supposed probation-related drug test.
Robertson was on probation at the time for a breaking-and-entering charge in Dedham.
The two men, who claimed to be constables, arrived while Robertson was in the driveway retrieving a wrench from the family's boat and presented him with a document with his photo on it. They claimed they were taking Robertson to Dedham for a surprise urine test.
David Robertson said the family did not have anything further to say at this time and referred additional questions to the Norfolk Country district attorney's office.
In a press release on Friday, the DA's office said it could not release any more details about the case at this time because the investigation is still ongoing.
Morrison and Ricci are scheduled to be in Stoughton District Court on June 27 for a probable cause hearing.
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The second day of auction for 2G spectrum started at 0900 hours today, on the back of demand for spectrum in the Bihar telelcom circle.
A Department of Telecommunications official replied in the affirmative when asked if the auction resumed on time this morning.
"Yes. Eighth round is in progress," the official said.
The government is auctioning eight blocks of spectrum having 1.25 megahertz airwaves frequencies in each circle.
As per the data made public, the last round of Day 1 (on November 12) saw bids for spectrum only in Bihar circle. Or else it would have ended on Monday itself.
The first round could end early today if participating companies do not opt for extension of bid rounds.
Five telecom operators -- Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Telenor-promoted Telewings, Videocon and Idea Cellular -- had applied for participating in the auctions.
There was lukewarm response to the auction on Day 1, mainly due to higher base price of Rs 14,000 crore for 5 megahertz airwaves frequency on pan-India basis.
There were no bidders for spectrum in Delhi, Mumbai, Karantaka and Rajasthan.
There were seven rounds of bidding on Monday and demand for 98 out of 176 blocks of spectrum for auction was witnessed. The value of 98 blocks stood at Rs 9,224.75 crore at the end of day.
New players or companies, whose telecom permits were impacted by Supreme Court judgement that cancelled 122 licences, are required to bid for minimum of four blocks. Existing players can bid for maximum of two blocks.
The government has also assured to provide additional blocks of spectrum in all circles, except Delhi and Mumbai, if required by new players or companies for them to qualify in the auction.
The auction is for 1800 megahertz spectrum band - currently being used for offering 2G GSM telecom services.
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Cima Lago Lungo m. 3165
This peak is situated above Lago di Careser and Lago Lungo in the upper Val di Lamare.
From here a stunning wiew of Lago Careser to south and Cima Venezia with the Careser Glacier ( Ghiacciaio del Careser ) to north.
Val di Peio, Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio, Trentino, Italy
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol consists of two provinces: Trento and Bolzano-Bozen. The region was part of Austria-Hungary (and its predecessor, the Austrian Empire) from 1815 until its annexation by Italy in 1919. Together with the Austrian state of Tyrol it is represented by the Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino.More informations on Wikipedia


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Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:39 pm
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Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
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Shingro wrote:I'm the sort of guy who will play something like Mugen Souls without blinking or show Monster monpiece to a new acquaintance. I tend to think sexuality in a healthy part of video games as an artistic medium, and that exploring the boundaries of what is acceptable in a safe space is tremendously helpful to us as human beings. I sort of recognize I'm in a small, strange camp, but it's my comfortable camp. I used to love discussing that sort of thing, and probably still do, but the conversation around sex in games feels like it's become more ideological then inquisitive these days so perhaps that's unfair to say. Used to be upset, now not so much.
Shingro wrote:Overall I'm a cheerful mega-otaku who has balanced his life a bit more then you'd expect? I'm one of the two people who are likely to be able to tell you about the gameplay of Criminal Girls or tell you about the novels of Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere. It's not the stuff I'm currently playing, but I've lived in that area and know it's streets and alleys quite well. Much like any person who casually survives in an area, I don't think it's threatening or strange even if newcomers tend towards visceral reaction. There's a jungle metaphor here but I can't chase it down.
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Making a game called Super Rad Raygun -but occasional breaks for Gunpoint :)
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428: Shibuya Scramble, Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition
iscariot83 wrote:Holy damn, the squad is still alive and kicking!?
I'm iscariot83 - aka Chris in the real world. I'm from the old 1up boards as well, back in my college days.
I've managed to transform myself into an indie game developer living in Brooklyn over the past few years - with a little freelancing on the side still, because indie game development doesn't come with regular paydays. It's a massive time sink, so I haven't been able to do a ton of other gaming (or much of anything) lately - my pile of shame is the biggest it's ever been at this point, but generally I like adventurey, story driven games, and I'm a sucker for a good FPS. Lately, I've managed to squeeze in some Hotline Miami and Rogue Legacy though. I also just loaded up Day of Defeat the other day, because I still love the feel of those guns for some reason Oh, and I've spent an embarrassing amount of time playing Soccer Physics on Kongregate.
We're launching our first game this fall, so hopefully I'll be able to spend some time on this board, and actually start playing games again
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This morning I tried to log in to my Gmail account only to discover it was locked due to "unusual activity detected".
It gave me the option to verify my account via phone, which I did, and I got control of the account again.
After looking up what could trigger unusual activity, I learned I can see the details of the most recent activity on my account via IP addresses that have logged in. All of the addresses belong to me and nothing is out of the ordinary at all in the last 2 days. They only locked it this morning, because only a 4 hours earlier I accessed it just fine.
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'Dreamed about it. Never made the putt.'
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- His dad was hoping for a baseball player. The baby boy who popped out was football-sized instead, so chubby and pink that Gerry Watson needed all of 10 seconds to nickname his newborn son "Bubba." Instead of crashing into running backs, he grew up to overpower one of the most iconic golf courses in the game.
The newest Masters champion isn't much for subtlety. Bubba Watson has never taken a lesson or watched his quirky southpaw swing on video, and he can barely putt. Watson arrived ranked 152nd out of 185 players on the PGA Tour and not surprising, he finished tied for 37th in that department here, needing 10 more strokes on Augusta National's slick, contoured greens than Louis Oosthuizen, the guy he beat in a playoff.
But nobody anywhere hits it farther. Or so relishes the adventures that begin every time he hunts down one of those wayward drives in the trees -- which is often.
Watson hadn't even reached his tee shot deep in the woods on the right of the second playoff hole when he began charting a course toward the 10th green. He saw the crowd already outlining a tunnel back to the fairway, and a TV tower in the distance he figured would be directly between his ball and the flag. He was right.
"We had 135 front, which is the only number I was looking at. I think we had like 164 (yards to the) hole, give or take, in that area, maybe a little less," Watson recalled in the interview room afterward. "And I hit 52 degree, my gap wedge, hooked it about 40 yards, hit about 15 feet off the ground until it got under the tree and then started rising."
He looked out at the blank stares on the faces of the reporters in front of him.
"Pretty easy," Watson said a moment later to laughter.
"Even though the tower was in my way, I didn't want to ask if I get relief or anything, because it just set up for a perfect draw," he added, "Well, a hook."
Like the back nine that preceded the two-putt par that won it, just about everything else was a blur.
"I know I made bogey on 12 and then I birdied four holes in a row. Nervous on every shot, every putt. Went into a playoff. I got in these trees and hit a crazy shot that I saw in my head and somehow I'm here talking to you," he said, "with a green jacket on."
Watson began sobbing even as he pulled his ball out of the cup, then hugged his caddie, Ted Scott, before falling into mother Molly's arms. The father Watson was named after died two years ago. His own newborn son, Caleb, adopted barely two weeks ago, and wife Angie were back home. He couldn't wait to get there, save for one thing.
"I don't want to change a diaper. Hopefully this will give me a week or two," Watson said, then quickly added, "Maybe not, though."
What he vowed to never change was his go-for-broke playing style, which his pals -- among them former Milton (Fla.) High School teammates and current PGA pros Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum -- have dubbed "Bubba golf." That's shorthand for hitting his azalea-pink driver as hard as he can, finding the ball, and then hitting it under, over or around all the obstacles that get in his way. He hits more greens in regulation than you'd think, mostly because the 6-foot-3 Watson needs a club or two less than his rivals to get where he's going.
"Truthfully," he explained, "it's like Seve (Ballesteros) played. He hit shots that were unbelievable.
"And if you watch Phil Mickelson, he goes for broke. That's why he wins so many times. That's why he's not afraid. So for me, that's what I do. I just play golf. I attack. I always attack. I don't like to go to the center of the greens. I want to hit the incredible shot. Who doesn't?"
He had a front-row seat for one of the most amazing shots the Masters has ever seen, a 253-yard 4-iron by Oosthuizen, his playing partner throughout the day, that landed on the front of the par-5 second hole and rolled 80 feet before curling into the cup for a double-eagle. It was all Watson could do to keep himself from racing across the green to give the South African a high-five.
"Then I saw the leaderboard on the next hole," he said, "and I thought, that double-eagle, he's leading now."
Being Bubba, it didn't change a thing Watson did. He kept bombing away, firing at the pins from every crazy angle, just like he did in a losing playoff effort against Martin Kaymer in the 2010 PGA Championship.
"I mean, I can hit it straight. It's just it's easier to see curves, get the ball working towards the hole," Watson said.
"I remember this good player, maybe great player, y'all, Jack Nicklaus. He said he wanted to aim at the center of the green and get the ball drifting towards the hole when he played Augusta. That's what he did here. That's the way I like to play all the golf courses, not just Augusta. ...
"So I can do it. It's just not something I really want to do. It's easier in the trees," Watson said, "like I did on the last playoff hole."
It's such an improbable recipe for success, that even though Watson finished up his college golf career at Georgia some 100 miles down the road, he couldn't quite picture himself wearing the green jacket that fit snugly on his shoulders.
"I dreamed about it," he said. "I just never made the putt."
Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke(at)ap.org and follow him at Twitter.com/JimLitke.


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Garagiola Sr. to receive Buck O'Neil Award
Joe Garagiola Sr. never could have imagined himself being honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
After all, the former Major League catcher experienced limited success while playing for four teams over his nine-year career from 1946-54.
Joe Garagiola Sr. never could have imagined himself being honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
After all, the former Major League catcher experienced limited success while playing for four teams over his nine-year career from 1946-54.
Yet thanks to all that Garagiola has done since hanging up his cleats, the 87-year-old will receive the 2014 John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award in Cooperstown at the annual awards presentation on July 26 as part of Hall of Fame Weekend.
"You get a call from the Hall of Fame, especially the way I played, and you wonder what they want," Garagiola said Friday in a conference call. "You know they don't want my bat, they don't want my glove. But this is a tremendous, tremendous thrill. To have me and the Hall of Fame mentioned in the same sentence, it's unbelievable. I don't have the words at this time to express how I feel."
And this isn't the first time Garagiola's name has been linked to the Hall of Fame. The legendary broadcaster was also presented in '91 with the Ford C. Frick Award by the Hall of Fame for broadcasting excellence.
The Buck O'Neil Award, however, carries added significance for Garagiola, who considered O'Neil a close friend prior to his death in 2006. Two years later, O'Neil was named the inaugural recipient of the award, which is given no more than once every three years to "honor an individual whose character, integrity and dignity is comparable to the late O'Neil." Longtime executive Roland Hemond received the honor in 2011.
"He was a friend of mine, so to receive an award named after him, is just an extra thrill," Garagiola said. "When you talked to Buck, I don't care what you were talking about, he always looked at you like you were saying the most interesting thing he's ever heard. And he always had something to say to keep it going. He was a warm man, who liked people."
While O'Neil did his part to help others and uphold the integrity of the game of baseball, Garagiola has certainly followed in the footsteps of his late friend.
Garagiola has founded two organizations -- The Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.) and the National Spit Tobacco Education Program -- to further his efforts around baseball in a positive manner. B.A.T. has helped those in need by distributing over $28 million in grants to over 3,000 individuals since 1986, and his tobacco education program has helped the game to create a Smokeless Tobacco Policy, while Garagiola has testified before Congress on the issue and continues to fight the ongoing battle against tobacco.
"It's hard for me to say, 'Hey I did this, I did that,' because everyone does a lot of things," Garagiola said. "It's not just me. But there were things happening in baseball that I was a part of and worked hard to get it going and keep it going, that helped a lot of people."
All of that was on the side of a lengthy broadcasting career that started immediately following his retirement as a player after the '54 season. Garagiola started calling Cardinals games on the radio alongside Harry Caray and Jack Buck from '55-62 before later working with the legendary Vin Scully during part of his 30-year tenure at NBC.
Through it all, Garagiola opened eyes in a variety of demographics, earning broadcasting duties for special events, ranging from the Rose Bowl Parade to the Westminster Dog Show.
He officially announced his retirement earlier this year after a 58-year television and radio career, the last 15 of which were spent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Though hosting the Westminster Dog Show may have been the biggest surprise for Garagiola, it was far from the only one.
As a child, growing up on the same block as Yogi Berra, Garagiola said he had three dreams in life: play professional baseball, meet a pope and meet a United States President.
Though Garagiola has done all three -- he met Presidents Harry Truman, Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton, as well as Pope John Paul II -- even he could not have dreamed up being part of Hall of Fame Weekend.
"The baseball guys in the Hall of Fame, they're all so great ... If you ever played with them or against them, you know why they're there," Garagiola said. "I knew right away that if I was ever going to get into the Hall of Fame, I'd need to buy a ticket."
As it turns out, not only won't he need a ticket come July, but he'll have one of the best seats in Cooperstown that weekend. He said he's eagerly looking forward to seeing his childhood neighbor at the ceremony, though he already knows how Berra will likely greet him.
"I can already tell you exactly what he's going to say: 'What took you so long?'" Garagiola said with a laugh.
With months to prepare for the ceremony, Garagiola hopes to be able to better put into words exactly what receiving the award means to him. For now, all he can do is simply express his gratitude.
"When you get something like this, what do you say besides, 'Thank you'?" Garagiola said. "You've got to say more than just, 'Thank you,' but it's all just icing on the big cake for me right now."
Paul Casella is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @paul_casella.


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"Woman Reported Missing Out of San Carlos "
How are "missing from" and "missing out of" different?
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gerry456 wrote:In that case I would propose that bkakti-yog is intensified or more effective when we have good grounding in hatha yoga or at least when we are more able to detach from the components from consciousness.
Experience in hatha yoga is not necessary. The aspirant needs to build up their love of the divine to the point where the ego can not compete, it is pushed ever to the side, for when this love, being continuous, consumes one's thoughts, one's very being, such a one may then attain by Devotion. In the beginning it is very difficult to even remember that you're supposed to be devoted to something. That is why creating simple rituals to perform throughout the day [hint, hint, Liber CC <eg>, hint, hint] can be extremely beneficial. I have found that likhita japa or written mantra is a fantastic way to instill steady mindfulness of your object of worship. Simply create a mantra or use the name you have for your focus of adoration and write it down on paper, chanting it out loud or mentally as you do so. You do this for either a predetermined amount of time or a set number of sheets of paper. Two sheets worth of doing this, roughly 30 mins., is pretty powerful stuff in this regard (the time period and/or number of sheets work like mala beads). Just be sure to keep your attention to where your pen is at on the paper and concentrate on the meaning of what you are writing as you chant, no looking around or watching the clock. To quote the Beatles: "the love you take is equal to the love you make"--or something like that. The raja yoga techniques of pratyahara and dharana are also invaluable tools for building up the requisite devotion in the beginning as they allow you to focus on thinking of the divine while engaged in other tasks, such as shopping, the job, spending time watching a boring movie with the woman, etc.. You really want to get that drilled in to your mind to think of the divine as often as possible: every waking moment of the day is the bare minimum. The adoration and emotion and renunciation of self (i.e. ego) and all of that jazz will come later, developing constant mindfulness is the first major hurdle. The funny thing about Vivekananda's book "Bhakti Yoga" is that I found it TONS more helpful in making headway in jnana yoga rather than bhakti...
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During that long blogging sabbatical I took there were so many days I missed that warranted special bentos... New Years, Valentine's Day (I had so many fun new heartsy things too!!!), April Fool's Day...Easter, Autism Awareness Month... every time one of these occasions passed without a bento to mark the occasion I kicked myself. Well, not literally, but you know what I mean.
Well, September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Remember how last year we had that fundraiser for Gabe's My Heart and had the little contest/fundraiser and got 35 ducks adopted for the cause? Wasn't that awesome? Well, guess what. It's September. The last day of September, in fact. And I didn't want another special event to pass me by while I was busy doing something that didn't involve bento blogging about it.
This is a Chemo Duck themed bento packed in a stainless Lunchbots Pico box, the left side holds sandwich-sushi of peanut butter & fruit preserves and purple grapes with duck picks (from allthingsforsale). The right side has duck shaped cheddar crackers (Whole Foods brand) in a silicone cup and some homemade pickles. Quack!
Now, *I* myself am not doing any contest or fundraiser on my end for the program this year. But Lu (the founder of the Gabe's My Heart Chemo Duck program) has had a neat one running all month long. For every Chemo Duck you adopt *this month* you get an entry into the prize drawing... and there are some NEAT prizes you guys! Like an iPad 2!!! Now, it's only for this month, and remember how I said it's the last day of the month? Yep, today's the last day to get in on the fun! If you are interested in reading more about Chemo Duck and helping out this lovely cause, you can check out their website and Facebook Page.
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Lunchbots bento for a cause: Chemo Duck
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How do you make those little rolled sandwiches look so neat and tidy? I love them!
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Lots of practice! LOL :) I'm going to post a little tutorial soon to show a little trick I use that makes it a bit easier.
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An American Express subsidiary is suing a Maryland man who was jailed for months in Aruba in the suspected death of his traveling companion.
The subsidiary, AMEX Assurance Company, seeks to void a travel insurance policy that Gary Giordano, of Gaithersburg, took out in Robyn Gardner's name before their Caribbean vacation last year. The lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in Maryland, says the policy isn't legally enforceable because Giordano and Gardner aren't married or otherwise related, weren't business partners and didn't own property together.
It also accuses him of lying on insurance forms by identifying Gardner as his "partner" when the two actually had what the company calls a "casual and non-exclusive" relationship.
"You have to have an economic interest in the person" when taking out a policy, American Express spokeswoman Gail Wasserman said Monday.
The suit also says that Gardner remains a missing person, and that aside from Giordano's public statements suggesting she is dead, "there is no other direct evidence that she is no longer alive."
Giordano, 51, was arrested at the Aruba airport in August 2011, several days after reporting her missing. He has said Gardner, a Frederick woman he met on an adult social networking site, was swept out to sea as the two were snorkeling off the southern tip of Aruba -- a claim contested by her family. Giordano was jailed until late November, when a judge said prosecutors didn't have enough evidence to continue holding him. He has since returned home to Gaithersburg, in suburban Washington.
The travel insurance policy, which covered both Giordano and Gardner, caught the attention of Aruban investigators trying to build a criminal case. Gardner's policy listed Giordano as her sole beneficiary; Giordano designated his mother as his sole beneficiary. Two days after reporting her missing, Giordano began "to make inquiries about the accidental death and dismemberment portion of the policy on the life of Ms. Gardner," according to the lawsuit. He asked a representative whether the company had received forms that he had earlier mailed and faxed in, and asked whether the original copies he had would also be acceptable, the lawsuit says.
Giordano has said he routinely takes out insurance when he travels and that he inquired about the insurance on the advice of his former lawyer.
His lawyer, Scott Blumenshine, said Monday that Giordano remains entitled to collect the insurance sum. In June, Giordano sued AMEX Assurance Company in Illinois, where the company is incorporated, seeking to collect $3.5 million under the terms of the policy. Blumenshine said travelers are entitled to file claims on insurance policies they take out, and added that the claims in Giordano's lawsuit that would allow him to collect on the policy remain true.
The company says in its lawsuit that Gardner "had no role in the decision to purchase insurance." Giordano took out the policy, made himself the beneficiary and sent in the forms, said Wasserman, the American Express spokeswoman. However, Blumenshine said Gardner herself signed the form.
Wasserman said policyholders generally can't make a claim until one year after an insured person has disappeared. The company decided to sue now that the "waiting time period has expired."
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The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has conducted its first transport flight in support of the French-led Operation Serval in Mali, the Dutch Ministry of Defense announced over the weekend. A KDC-10 took off from Eindhoven air base on 7 February to pick up supplies in France before delivering them to the French logistics hub in N'Djamena, Chad.
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France requested logistic support by Dutch aircraft through the European Air Transport Command (EATC) in Eindhoven. The cabinet of the Dutch government on 1 February agreed to allow flights to the Malian capital of Bamako if the security situation allows and the first such flight could be as soon as the end of this week.
Togolese troops being transported by Luftwaffe C-160D (Bundeswehr photo)
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The only reason I can afford to go to school is because I get a fairly good amount of financial aid in the form of grants. Being the working poor does have its benefits, LOL.
Anyway this semester I FINALLY, after years and years of writing scholarship essays, won a scholarship award . . . a RENEWABLE scholarship award. It was an amazing feeling. Also, my scholarship is what is called a "named" scholarship, which means it is funded by an individual who donated the funds to the university with specific requirements, and they are deeply involved in choosing who wins the scholarship.
All that is to say, last weekend I went to the Recipients' Dinner and met the lady in person who funded my scholarship. It was such an amazing and humbling experience. She talked to me in detail, specific detail, about my essay and why she chose me. She told me about herself and her life and how my life parallels hers in many ways. It was such an intimate and enlightening conversation. I almost cried. Financial aid awards are one thing, but this was a remarkably unique experience like I have never experienced before.
It just really reminded me that there are still honest, genuine, good people in the world. She is. She gives me something to aspire too. I'm glad to have had that experience. I won't put her name on the Internet, because she may not want her privacy exploited, but I will post a photo of us at the dinner.
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Count Bowling Green's Dave Clawson as someone who has admired the work of Jeff Quinn with the University at Buffalo over the last month.
The Bulls (4-7, 3-4 Mid-American Conference) enter this afternoon's game against the Falcons (7-4, 5-2) on a three-game winning streak and in search of their fifth victory, which would tie for the second most since becoming an FBS program in 1999. Considering the Bulls' miserable start to the season, Clawson is impressed with UB's resilience.
"I certainly give their coaching staff a lot of credit," Clawson said. "To start off the season the way they did and lose six consecutive games and to find a way to win three straight is good coaching. To get your team 1-7 and to have them keep working and keep improving and then win three games late in the year I think speaks a lot of their coaching staff, it speaks a lot of their players. They kept working, they kept getting better and they're a very good football team."
Indeed, the Bulls have made strides with victories over Miami (Ohio), Western Michigan and Massachusetts, and on Wednesday the school announced it was rewarding Quinn - who has averaged three wins a season in three years - with a three-year contract extension which runs through the 2017 season.
"When the season began I really thought the two teams in our conference that could really surprise people were Kent and Buffalo," said Clawson, a native of Youngstown who was an assistant coach at UB in 1990 and '91. "Buffalo had a lot of players back from a year ago and Buffalo is a much better team than their record. If you look at their record you can say they played an absolutely brutal schedule. I think they had the toughest schedule in the conference. ... This is certainly a good football team."
So is Bowling Green, which rode a six-game winning streak until falling to Kent State last week, 31-24, giving the No. 23-ranked Golden Flashes the East Division championship. Ironically, considering both coaches' offensive backgrounds, both teams rely heavily on defense.
Bulls defensive coordinator Lou Tepper utilizes elements of the 46 Zone that blitzes from all angles.
"As a defensive end or a defensive lineman there's nothing more than you could ask for than to know it's going to be a pass," UB defensive end Colby Way said. "Especially with having Khalil [Mack] and Steve [Means] on the outside that's putting two guys on them and usually leaves me one-on-one with someone. It just becomes a great opportunity and it's a blast. It really is."
UB tied a school record with eight sacks last week at UMass, which has Clawson concerned.
"Their defensive scheme is very difficult to prepare for in one week," Clawson said. "They run a lot of what we call Double Eagle type stuff that kind of became popular in the mid-'80s with Buddy Ryan in Chicago.
UB ranks second behind Bowling Green in the MAC in total defense which could bring new meaning to this afternoon's self-proclaimed Black Friday Bash. Led by defensive tackle Chris Jones, who paces the MAC in sacks with 11.5, the Falcons held opponents to just 47 points during their six-game streak which included a 24-0 shutout over UMass.
Meanwhile, UB continues to have injury problems on offense. Tailbacks Bo Oliver (ankle) and Devin Campbell (back) were limited in practice this week and junior Brandon Murie (Iroquois), who led the team with 94 yards on the ground and a TD, could get the nod. Of course the Bulls seem to have limitless depth at the position and senior Rashad Jean, a former walk-on and converted defensive lineman, is the latest example. The 6-foot, 246-pound Jean rushed 17 times for 73 yards against the Minutemen last week.
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McLEAN, Virginia - Prosecutors sought a lengthy prison term for U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to create a deterrent for other soldiers who might consider following in his footsteps.
But while the 35 years Col. Denise Lind gave to Manning for leaking thousands of documents to the WikiLeaks secrecy website is indeed a long sentence, many lawyers and analysts are skeptical that it will prevent similar actions in the future - or have any effect on two other current high-profile cases involving leaks.
The two most prominent leak investigations are those of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is under investigation by federal criminal prosecutors for publishing the documents Manning provided; and that of Edward Snowden, who has been charged with violating the Espionage Act for publicly disclosing highly classified programs used by the National Security Agency to collect millions of pieces of data. Both are under investigation by federal prosecutors in Alexandria, Virginia, and their cases would be handled in civilian court if they were to go to trial.
Although Manning was charged in his court-martial with violating the same provisions of the Espionage Act that are used to prosecute civilian leakers, "There's no need for a civilian court to look to a court-martial for precedent," said Gary Solis, a former Marine who served as a military prosecutor and judge and is now a law professor at Georgetown and the University of California, Davis.
Bruce Fein, a lawyer who has represented Snowden's father, Lon Snowden, declined to comment specifically on how Manning's case might affect Ed Snowden.
Generally, though, he agreed with Solis that there is little crossover between military and civilian cases, and therefore no reason to think that a long sentence in military court would carry any precedent in civilian court.
But Gabriel Schoenfeld, a senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute think tank, said he believes Manning's 35-year sentence will ensure that Snowden "will do his best never to return to the United States and face a trial and stiff sentence."
One of Assange's lawyers, Michael Ratner, has suggested that Manning's conviction could make it easier for federal prosecutors to get an indictment against the Wikileaks founder as a co-conspirator.
But other legal experts said the Australian's status as a foreigner and a publisher make it unlikely he will be indicted.
Jesselyn Radack, a lawyer with the Government Accountability Project, which considers Manning a conscientious whistleblower, said that, if anything, Manning's trial in general will help Assange because Manning himself said in a courtroom statement he was not enticed by the WikiLeaks founder into leaking the documents.
During the trial, the government produced evidence of online communications between Manning and a username the government said belonged to Assange. However, the government was unable to prove its allegation that Manning took direction from Assange or WikiLeaks.
Zach Terwilliger, a spokesman for U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil MacBride, declined to comment on the Assange case except to confirm that the investigation remains ongoing.
Ed MacMahon, who is representing a former CIA officer, Jeffrey Sterling, on charges that he violated the Espionage Act by leaking classified information about the CIA's efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear program to a New York Times reporter.
He noted that while Manning is receiving an "incredibly long jail session," a federal judge in Alexandria recently imposed a term of only two-and-a-half years on former CIA officer John Kiriakou as part of a plea bargain in which he admitted leaking the identity of one of the agency's longtime covert operatives to a reporter.
The scope of the disclosures - Kiriakou's isolated leaks compared to Manning's disclosure of more than 700,000 documents to the WikiLeaks website, one of the biggest leaks in American history - is one of the factors that require judges to evaluate cases individually.
Judge Lind offered no explanation Wednesday for choosing the 35-year sentence instead of the 60 prosecutors requested or the 25 or less the defense sought.
When asking for the 60 years in his closing arguments Monday, prosecutor Capt. Joe Morrow said a long prison sentence would dissuade other soldiers from following in Manning's footsteps.
Morrow didn't get the 60 years he asked for, but Manning's attorney, David Coombs, said 35 years are enough.
With good behavior and credit for the more than three years he has been held, Manning could be out in seven years, Coombs said.
Associated Press writer David Dishneau contributed to this report from Fort Meade, Maryland.


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