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Glenn Greenwald weighs in on the extensive back and forth that is taking place about the Julian Assange case, looking at the legal and political aspects of the case that have been presented, along with ways on how this could be resolved with both Assange and his accusers being treated fairly and justice served. He also examines the deep hostility of major elements of the media towards Assange and Wikileaks which has extended to those who have been concerned about the attacks on Wikileaks.
The attacks on those who have defended Assange's extradition and asylum arguments has depended on the disgusting slander that such advocates are indifferent to the allegations of sexual assault made against him or, worse, are "rape apologists."
The reality is exactly the opposite. I have spoken to countless Assange defenders over the last couple of years and not a single one – literally not one – is dismissive of the need for those allegations in Sweden to be taken seriously and to be legally and fairly resolved. Typifying this view is [Seumas] Milne's column last night, which in the midst of scorning the attacks on Assange, embraced "the seriousness of the rape allegations made against Assange, for which he should clearly answer and, if charges are brought, stand trial."
That is the view of every Assange defender with a platform that I know of, including me (one can certainly find anonymous internet commenters, or the occasional named one, making actual, horrific rape apologist claims, but one can find stray advocates saying anything; imputing those views to Assange defenders generally would be like claiming that all Assange critics want to see him illegally shot in the head or encaged for life because some prominent American and other commentators have called for this).
Not only Assange defenders, but also his own lawyers and the Ecuadorean government, have worked relentlessly to ensure that he faces those allegations in Sweden. They have merely sought to do so in a way that protects him from extradition to the US to face espionage charges for his journalism – a threat that could send him to prison for life (likely in a torturous super-max facility), and a threat only the wilfuly blind could deny is serious and real.
In their New York Times op-ed this week, Michael Moore and Oliver Stone correctly argue that it is "the British and Swedish governments that stand in the way of [the sex assault] investigation, not Mr Assange." That's because, they note, Assange has repeatedly offered to be questioned by Swedish authorities in London, or to travel today to Sweden to face those allegations if he could be assured that his doing so would not result in his extradition to the US to face espionage charges.
Time and again, "Correa said Ecuador never intended to stop Assange from facing justice in Sweden. 'What we've asked for is guarantees that he won't be extradited to a third country,' he said." Both Britain and Sweden have steadfastly refused even to discuss any agreement that could safeguard both the rights of the complainants and Assange's rights not to be imprisoned for basic journalism.
Greenwald points out that people who view this as purely a legal matter and think that the US, British, and Swedish legal systems would do their work untainted by the political aspects of this case because those governments have no role in this process are ignoring the reality.
Seumas Milne says,
Can anyone seriously believe the dispute would have gone global, or that the British government would have made its asinine threat to suspend the Ecuadorean embassy's diplomatic status and enter it by force, or that scores of police would have surrounded the building, swarming up and down the fire escape and guarding every window, if it was all about one man wanted for questioning over sex crime allegations in Stockholm?
To get a grip on what is actually going on, rewind to WikiLeaks' explosive release of secret US military reports and hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables two years ago. They disgorged devastating evidence of US war crimes and collusion with death squads in Iraq on an industrial scale, the machinations and lies of America's wars and allies, its illegal US spying on UN officials – as well as a compendium of official corruption and deceit across the world.
The US administration yesterday claimed the WikiLeaks founder was trying to deflect attention from his Swedish case by making "wild allegations" about US intentions. But the idea that the threat of US extradition is some paranoid WikiLeaks fantasy is absurd.
A grand jury in Virginia has been preparing a case against Assange and WikiLeaks for espionage, a leak earlier this year suggested that the US government has already issued a secret sealed indictment against Assange, while Australian diplomats have reported that the WikiLeaks founder is the target of an investigation that is "unprecedented both in its scale and its nature".
The US interest in deterring others from following the WikiLeaks path is obvious. And it would be bizarre to expect a state which over the past decade has kidnapped, tortured and illegally incarcerated its enemies, real or imagined, on a global scale – and continues to do so under President Barack Obama – to walk away from what Hillary Clinton described as an "attack on the international community". In the meantime, the US authorities are presumably banking on seeing Assange further discredited in Sweden.
None of that should detract from the seriousness of the rape allegations made against Assange, for which he should clearly answer and, if charges are brought, stand trial. The question is how to achieve justice for the women involved while protecting Assange (and other whistleblowers) from punitive extradition to a legal system that could potentially land him in a US prison cell for decades.
Greenwald (and others) point out that while courts can adjudicate the permissibility of extradition, the decision to extradite is an executive one that resides with the government.
The article goes on to cite the Swedish extradition law to outline two possible outcomes where the target of an extradition request challenges its validity: (1) the Swedish supreme court rules that extradition is not legally permissible, in which case the Swedish government is not free to extradite; (2) the Swedish supreme court rules that extradition is legally permissible, in which case the Swedish government is free to decide that it will not extradite for policy or other prudential reasons. In other words, the Swedish judiciary has the right to block an extradition request on legal grounds, but it lacks the power to compel extradition; if the courts approve of the legal basis, the Swedish government still retains the authority to decide if extradition should take place.
Kevin Drum at Mother Jones points out the obvious.
But regardless of what you think of that, Assange's fear of being extradited to the U.S. seems pretty reasonable. What's more, I have little doubt that if the UK and Sweden really wanted to, they could figure out a way of giving Assange the assurance against extradition that he wants. I'll bet they'd do it if it were someone worried about being extradited to China [My italics]. I can't pretend to know everything that's going on here, but still, common sense suggests that the fact that both the UK and Sweden are stonewalling is telling.
It is absurd to think that the governments of the US, UK, and Sweden are helpless bystanders on the deeply political issue of whether to seek or allow the extradition of someone to another country.


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According to English Russia, a Russian guy designed this car using a 3D modeling software. Then he and his friends got a Nissan Maxima "as a source for some parts" and built it. Looks like an all-terrain batmobile to me.
Why can't Russian keep building insanely dumb stuff like this instead of trying to start World War III?
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Newly discovered items for President Kennedy's personal assistant, Dave Powers, went to the highest bidder. NBC's Lester Holt reports.
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- President John F. Kennedy's Air Force One bomber jacket sold for $570,000 at an auction on Sunday of items that belonged to a longtime aide, nearly 50 years after the president's assassination.
The jacket was among thousands of items, including letters, photographs and books, that had been tucked away in drawers and file cabinets at the home of David Powers, who died in 1998, said Dan Meader, auction appraiser at John McInnis Auctioneers.
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JFK's Air Force One Bomber Jacket, given to his special assistant David Powers and worn by LBJ, which sold for $570,000 at an auction in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
They were discovered in recent years by relatives as they prepared Powers' Arlington, Massachusetts, residence for sale, Meader said.
Powers was close to the president throughout his political career, from 1946 until his assassination in 1963.
He later remained close to the Kennedy family and became curator of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston before retiring in 1994.
'President's best friend'
The auction included personal effects that reflected Powers' years of shared history with Kennedy and his family. Among them are dozens of letters from former first lady Jackie Kennedy and books inscribed by the president.
"The amazing thing about this whole thing is that it shows the personal connection," Meader said. "This is stuff that's true, it's pure, it's right from the family home ... right from the president's best friend."
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John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever to serve as U.S. president. Click on the gallery for photos detailing key moments in his campaign for the White House, his brief time in office, and his untimely death.
The auction began on Sunday morning and continued into the night, with Kennedy's Air Force One leather bomber jacket selling for $570,000 plus a buyer's premium, he said. The jacket was initially expected to fetch $20,000 to $40,000 or more.
"There's never been an auction like this," Meader said.
Powers traveled with Kennedy, riding in motorcades, monitoring the reaction of crowds and informing the president of what his constituents wanted, Meader said.
"He was basically the eyes and ears of the American public," he said. "Dave was the pulse of the nation."
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"Refugee", the new video from Norwegian/British hard rockers TNT, can be viewed below.
When TNT's Ronni Le Tekrø (guitar) and Tony Mills (vocals) wrote the song, they were inspired by refugees in Toten and their invisibility in society.
The track and its theme aroused the enthusiasm of the Norwegian Refugee Council and a collaboration ensued. This resulted in a video that presents both the band live on stage and refugee issues with the NRC in large parts of the world.
Both parties hope the video will increase the focus on some of the most hopeless situations refugees experience and thus generate financial support for this work.
The clip, which tool a few months to complete, will be used worldwide by the NRC, the UN, and TNT networks worldwide.
Commented TNT: "This video is one of the last things our beloved keyboardist Dag Stokke participated in before he left us April 26, 2011. We dedicate the video to the memory of our beloved Dag Stokke for his love, his friendship and his tireless work for TNT, as well as all the world's people who are on the run! We lit the peace of Dag Stokke memory!"
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For a good chunk of this winter, it seemed like the Vicco crew had become the poor cousins of the surfing world...
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Offshore barrels and dreamy setups
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Thanks Christian. I know this but it justs get a bit frustrating sometimes after all the time and expense. I know things will get here "soon" and "soon" in the Amiga world rarely means what it means in the "real" world. It's just ... you knowxeno74 wrote:No, Linux isn't the primary operating system on AmigaOnes. It's the second operating system. It should only offer further possibilities. Maybe it could replace an additional PC or Mac. Linux source code is open so there aren't any secrets. All good and bad things can be announced. OS4.1 is a closed operating system so there aren't so much announcements but the OS4 developers work much more than us. I hope you understand what I mean.pgovotsos wrote: Sometimes it seems like Linux is supposed to be the primary operating system on these machines and not AmigaOS. All of the announcements seem to be about Linux. Funny, I thought these things were supposed to be Amiga computers.
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In my last post for AdvisorOne, I outlined ideas for how advisors can dip their toes into content marketing, a tactic focused on providing your prospects information that builds your credibility with your target audience, connects them to your message and leads them to select you as their advisor. Research results reported by marketing automation firm Eloqua in March showed that as much as 70% of a consumer's buying journey is complete before they contact you. Content marketing lets you have a voice in that journey.
Being numbers-oriented, our industry often struggles with trying to calculate a return on investment for marketing. Brand building, audience engagement and credibility building don't always lend themselves to an ROI analysis, or at least not initially. An additional complication for financial advisors is the compliance issues around allowing comments or other social media capabilities around your content. That means metrics such as "likes" or "followers" may not be available to you. That's okay, because these metrics can be overrated. Ever liked or followed a person or company and over time just stopped paying attention?
One of my favorite websites for content marketing tips and best practices is the Content Marketing Institute. A recent piece on the site called "How to Measure the Success of Content Marketing" provided comments from about a dozen marketing professionals who specialize in content. Those opinions ranged from "it varies" to "Google Analytics – and only Google Analytics."
For most advisors, poring through reports from Google Analytics or other measurement tools is not an income-producing activity. In fact, Robert Rose comments in the article, "I sometimes refer to analytics as WMDs—or Weapons of Mass Delusion." I think Jay Baer got it right when he described four content metrics—consumption, sharing, leads and sales—adding that "most markets overvalue the first two (blog page views and retweets, for example) and undervalue the last two (email subscriptions from people who first read the blog and, ultimately, sales from among that group.)"
So let's focus on those last two. How do you measure whether your content is generating leads? One of the easiest ways is to offer additional content for which the reader must register. For example, you create an article on why clients need an emergency financial kit of important documents, account numbers, PINs and phone numbers. Within the article, you offer a checklist or form to help readers create that emergency kit – in exchange for providing you some basic contact or qualifying information.
Keep in mind that the information you ask for must be aligned with the reader's perceived value of what you're giving away. The higher the perceived value, the more information they are willing to give you. Your website provider may offer a function for creating registration pages, or you can simply provide an email link. If you have multiple pieces of content linking to the same giveaway, you can create unique email addresses to track which content brought you the request: [email protected], [email protected], etc.
Surveys or polls can also help you identify which pieces of content or topics your audience finds most appealing. Let your readers "vote" on their favorite piece of content, then promote the winning article or video in your future content. Give voters the option of including their name and email for future content on the same topic. If your compliance department won't allow comments, consider including a link for readers to tell you what they think: you still get their feedback, but it won't be public.
Asking prospects that contact you where they heard about you is a staple for marketing measurement. Help them give you the most specific information by providing a list of possible marketing tactics that may have reached them, and have them check all that apply. Don't offer vague choices like "heard of in the community."
Now to that fourth metric: sales. By tracking specifically which pieces of content prospects responded to, whether you converted those prospects into a client and the amount of revenue they generate, you should over time be able to evaluate your return on content. Refine your content marketing strategy so you're spending the most time on those topics or types of content that resonate not with the most prospects, but with the most valuable prospects.
Content marketing is just one tactic for marketing your practice. Used with other marketing and sales practices, your target market will let you be part of that first 70% of their buying journey—and they will contact you to take them the final 30%.


text: From the sublime to the bizarre, no other auto show thrills like Geneva. Under no other roof but that of the Geneva Palexpo could you find an electric Rolls Royce, an Indian microcar and an outlandish French concept. And that's not even mentioning the most exotic supercars, built in countries we didn't even know had automobile industries. With the knowledge that variety, and horsepower, is the spice of life, we bring you the concepts and cars that caught our eye at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. Above: BMW Vision ConnectedDrive Any news from BMW is big news, especially a concept that showcases a new design language. However, the folks in Munich sent over the Vision ConnectedDrive to highlight function, not form. While its sumptuous silhouette and roll-down Z1-style doors are certainly lust-worthy, we'd also love to have its 3-D augmented heads-up display that can be customized to show the driver anything from a clear windshield to architectural information about nearby buildings. Photo: NewspressAbarth Scorp-Ion What a difference a dash makes. The Abarth Scorpione 1300 was a tiny, rear-wheel drive racer that got about 8 mpg and did 0-62 in 12 seconds. The Scorp-Ion, however, is an all-electric, lithium-ion (get it?) battery-powered design study from Turin's Istituto Europeo di Design that puts electric motors at each wheel. We'd like both, please. Photo: NewspressAlfa Romeo 4C Please excuse our behavior when the 4C hits the showroom floor at our local Chrysler dealership, because we'll be squealing like tweens at a Justin Bieber concert. For us, the long-rumored return of Alfa has been like the promise of a Verizon iPhone, and it looks like it actually might be happening this time. Sure, it'll start out at $60k, but it'll be here, carving up the 101, valeted outside Manhattan hot spots and drooled over from sea to shining sea. Photo: NewspressAlpina BMW B5 BiTurbo It's the consummate Q-ship, the sublime sleeper, the überwagon. Alpina worked their Bavarian black magic on a 5-series wagon to give it 500 horsepower out of a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8. Amazingly, the bodywork and 20-inch rims look downright classy. We'd love to get groceries in this monster, but we're pretty sure they'd all end up pasted to the rear windshield. Photo: NewspressAudi A3 Concept Another score from Audi. Not only does the A3 look good as a sedan, but its stats are just as breathtaking: 408 hp from a direct injection, 2.5-liter, 5-cylinder engine mated to a seven-speed S Tronic transmission. The aluminum and carbon-fiber 20-inch wheels might reduce unsprung weight, but we're pretty sure they won't end up as standard equipment on a production vehicle. ? Photo: NewspressCitroën Metropolis Designed for the French pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, the Metropolis luxo-barge plug-in hybrid has silently sailed into Geneva. Still no word on if it's been given the green light for production, but if it does it'll certainly give the Panamera a run for its money, and become a worthy successor to the incomparable DS. Photo: NewspressSbarro Evoluzione No, we didn't pull a photo of a Gallardo off wreckedexotics.com -- that's how it's supposed to look. The Evoluzione is actually the creation of students of Swiss designer Franco Sbarro, who is best known as the inventor of the hubless wheel. We'd like to say the car is a beast if not a beauty, but unfortunately there's only a 1.8-liter Audi four-cylinder engine in the Evoluzione's bedsore of a rear end. Photos: NewspressMansory 458 Italia Siracusa We'll never forgive them for what they did to a Mercedes SLS, and the Dodge Challenger paint job isn't quite our cup of tea, but at least the tuners at Mansory squeezed another 30 horsepower out of, and shaved off 150 pounds off, a stock 458 Italia. Photo: NewspressNissan Esflow concept Unfortunately for Nissan, the Esflow debuted online a few weeks before its big unveil in Geneva. That doesn't change the facts: It's a mid-engine, rear-drive EV with a nearly 150-mile range that can do 0-62 in under 5 seconds. If Nissan decides to build the Esflow, it could be the new Z for the Leaf generation. Photo: NewspressPagani Huayra If they still make coffee-table books of supercars, this one will be on the cover. Replacing the Pagani Zonda, the ultra-exotic Huayra is so exclusive, you have to put down a $100,000 deposit just to learn how the model name is pronounced. Aside from the fact the car might be sold in the United States, the rest of the news is just math: 700 horsepower + 12-cylinder twin-turbo engine built by AMG + 0-62 time of 3.3 seconds = around $1.6 million. Photo: NewspressRenault Captur If you can imagine the styling of the Nissan Juke getting any more, er, "unique," you'll have a Renault Captur. Apparently, Renault still has enough money to hint at future models with outré concepts, and they've done so with the Captur. Beneath that rugged exterior lie seats made of fluorescent orange rubber bands and similarly colored luminescent dashboard panels. Photo: NewspressRolls-Royce 102EX A Rolls-Royce is supposed to be silent and powerful, right? It makes sense that it would be electrified. Still, a company as staid (and low-volume) as Rolls would go about the process quite conservatively. Hence, the 102EX is a one-off concept meant to judge customer interest and ensure that it delivers an "authentic Rolls-Royce experience," according to CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös. Photo: Rolls-RoyceSEAT iBX While we'll never see one in the United States, SEAT's iBX previews the design direction that the entire brand -- a Volkswagen Group subsidiary -- will take in the coming years. The two-door crossover is also a range-extended plug-in EV with about a 28-mile electric-only range. Photo: NewspressTata Pixel The Pixel is a city car in every sense of the world. Tata claims that it comfortably fits four adults in a package that's only 10 feet long -- jut a little bigger than a Smart ForTwo -- and gets over 60 mpg with start-stop technology and regenerative braking. The doors open upward, Lambo style, to make exiting the vehicle a snap even in the tightest parking spaces. Most interestingly, however, are the rear wheels that can turn in opposing directions, allowing the vehicle to "pivot" and parallel park effortlessly. Photo: NewspressToyota FT-86 II This Toyota-Subaru creation is the latest iteration of the rear-wheel-drive sports car that Toyota has been promising us for years, looking a little more production-ready than the previous FT-86 concept we saw. We'd love it if they called it a Supra. Photo: NewspressVolkswagen Golf R Volkswagen debuted new colors and interior stylings for the Golf R hot hatch, which is already on sale in Europe but debuts as a 2012 model in the United States. Perhaps the new colors of "Oryx White," "Carbon Steel Grey," "Space Grey" and "Aplomb Blue" (shown above) will make it stateside as well. Interiors of the show cars feature Nappa leather. Photo: Newspress


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Valero Energy
Valero is a U.S. oil refiner and retail gasoline brand based in San Antonio, Texas. Valero operates 15 refineries in North America, with 5,800 retail stores distributing fuel. Valero also owns the Diamond, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Beacon brands. Valero has rapidly become a major producer of ethanol fuel, purchasing 10 ethanol plants in less than a year.
Valero ranks number 26 on the Fortune 500, with over $35 billion in assets. The company profited over $2 billion in the first three quarters of 2010, on top of $13.8 billion in profit from 2006-2009.
Bill Klesse, Valero's President, CEO and Chairman, was compensated a total of almost $11.7 million in 2009.
Valero's Board of Directors has ties to Peabody Energy and Patriot Coal through Director Irl F. Engelhardt, and influence in the political system through Director Don Nickles, a former Republican Senator from Oklahoma. Nickles is the Chairman and CEO of the Nickles Group, a Washington-based corporate lobbying firm. The Nickles Group clientele includes Anadarko, ExxonMobil, and Southern Company, and has spent over $18.7 million on lobbying from 2008-2010.
Valero is at the forefront of attacks on California global warming legislation through Proposition 23, designed to suspend the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32). Valero gave just over $5 million to the effort, a majority of the Yes on 23 funding. Valero was cited on June 17 for a toxic chemical release at its refinery in Benicia, California. While industry opposition claims state legislation to address climate change is an economic threat, AB32 supporters counter that upholding climate legislation will be favorable for job creation and gross state product.
The Political Economy Research Institute ranks Valero #12 on their list of the top 100 air polluters in the United States, beating Duke Energy, BP, Southern Company, and other major industry polluters. Valero released 4.13 million pounds of toxic air pollutants in 2006. 59% of people exposed to Valero's toxic releases, including ammonia, sulfuric acid, and benzene, are minorities. Valero faced a formal civil rights complaint in Corpus Christi, Texas due to accusations of environmental racism .
Valero is a frequent violator of air and water quality laws. In August, 2007, Valero was targeted by the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency for pollution-related offenses, paying a $4.25 million fine and agreeing to invest $147 million on pollution controls for three of their refineries. One of these refineries, in Port Arthur, Texas, had back-to-back accidents: a toxic release that sent residents to the hospital, and a fire at the refinery. Valero announced plans to expand the Port Arthur refinery several months later. Valero has been fined hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars on numerous other occasions.
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Valero faced wrongful death lawsuits in 2005 at a Delaware refinery (which they recently sold) after two employees suffocated while doing maintenance work. Valero blamed the deaths on the victims, claiming they didn't follow safety instructions, while the victim's families asserted that the work permit for maintenance did not include suffocation hazard warnings. The same refinery had frequent accidents, deaths, injuries, and chemical releases from 2000-2005.
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Valero's federal lobbying expenditures since 2008 exceed $3.1 million. For the last three election cycles (2007-2012). Valero Energy PAC is one of the largest election spenders in the oil and gas industry, sending over $6.69 million to federal political candidates and committees.


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Preah Khan (Khmer: ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន; "Royal Sword") is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII to honor his father.[1]:383–384,389[2]:174–176 It is located northeast of Angkor Thom and just west of the Jayatataka baray, with which it was associated. It was the centre of a substantial organisation, with almost 100,000 officials and servants. The temple is flat in design, with a basic plan of successive rectangular galleries around a Buddhist sanctuary complicated by Hindu satellite temples and numerous later additions. Like the nearby Ta Prohm, Preah Khan has been left largely unrestored, with numerous trees and other vegetation growing among the ruins.
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Location: 100 kilometres (62 miles) northeast of Siem Reap Access: Tip: Spectacular views of Cambodia and Thailand from the Dangrek Mountains Date: Construction probably began in the late ninth to early tenth centuries and continued in the mid-12th century King: begun by Yasovarman I
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Angkor Wat, in its beauty and state of preservation, is unrivaled. Its mightiness and magnificence bespeak a pomp luxury surpassing that of a pharaoh or a shah Jaham, an impressiveness greater than that of the Pyramids, an artistic distinctiveness as fine as that of the Taj Mahal. Loc
We stand before it stunned. It is like nothing else in the land. Location: in the centre of the city of Angkor Thom, 1.5 kilometres (1 mile) from the south gate Access: enter from the east Date: late 12th century to early 13th century King: Jayavarman VII (reigned 1181-1120) Religion:
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Church of Bulgaria
|Patriarchate of Bulgaria
|King Boris I
|Autocephaly/Autonomy declared
|927, 1186, 1872
|Autocephaly/Autonomy recognized
|927, 1235, 1945 by Constantinople
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|Patr. Maxim
|Sofia, Bulgaria
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|Church Slavonic
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|6,500,000 [1]
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The Church of Bulgaria is one of the autocephalous churches of the Orthodox Christian communion whose territory consists of the Republic of Bulgaria. The church is led by the Patriarch of All Bulgaria.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Since I'll never buy one....
...I guess there's no harm in letting her look at the catalog. I've never really understood the appeal of those dolls. My suspicion is that she's having almost as much fun looking through the catalog (32 minutes now) as she might if I were to cave. Which I won't.
Not even for that one. Wow, Bunny looks interested.
Wonder how she feels about all this. Don't worry, Bunny, I'm totally on your side.
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Yeah, bunny is siding with momma Anna's lush quilt! What a nice blankie to lay on! More than nice! Tell me about it.......those dolls are way tooo overpriced! My girls drool and drip over the magazine and then it usually ends up in shreds after they have fought and snatched at it and grabbed some more. I honestly think that they DO get more enjoyment out of the whole browsing and dreaming thing. Why not!?! Go check out the Corolle dolls from france....a fraction of the price and they have cute faces and pretty hair to comb, just the same....and their designer momma and big sister can sew them matching Chocolate Lollipop dresses. *grin*ReplyDelete
Looks like some lazy, summer fun.
I refused to buy one too. Fia loved looking and she told my mother in law, well she bought her one for Christmas and Fia ABSOULTELY LOVES IT. They have great hair, not like barbie hair, and are really great quality.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the giggles.ReplyDelete
I've given up on those kinds of toys...the kind that cost more than a dinner date, and get played with for 2 days only to be eclipsed by the old standbys.
Kudos, Mama!
- Anonymous5:16 PM
Sounds like the catalog is all she needs to occupy her. Guess it's the cardboard box effect. (Loving the quilt and coordinating pillows!)ReplyDelete
ohhh, i love them. i am glad i have a daughter, because i would buy them for myself if i didn't. :)ReplyDelete
Oh the dream is wayyy better than the reality! Like those lottery tickets people buy...can't they just DREAM that they won??? You are a great mom.ReplyDelete
I love the American girl dolls. I saved up $82 to buy one back when I was in 4th grade...18 years ago! And if I ever have a daughter, I'd make her do the same. I appreciated it so much more that way.ReplyDelete
But, I did much prefer looking at the catalog and daydreaming about the dolls and their scenes day after day. Those playscapes and all of the amazing food...I need to sign up for the mailing list again : )
I'm going to come clean and admit the catalog is fun to look at. I like looking at all their little clothes. The funny thing, is Eleni just gets excited about looking at it and doesn't really pester to have one...maybe she doesn't know its possible. Shhh.ReplyDelete
I had a similar doll by Fisher PRice- My Friend Mandy and My Friend Jenny anyway, my grandmother sewed me so many doll clothes. I hope to have a daughter so I can buy her the fake American Girl dolls at Target and then make them lots of doll clothes. At least I'll have fun!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7:22 PM
I'm like her :) Just difference is that I'm 26 already and still meditate in front of catalogs... And truth is that's really much more fun to dream about stuff there than to have it... well, almost always :)ReplyDelete
She lies on such amazing blanket!
- Anonymous7:41 PM
My 3.5 year old son does the same thing with Thomas related catalogs. And I can tell you from experience that he gets far more enjoyment out of the catalog than the toys from the catalog. Like 48 minutes with the catalog vs. 2.7 with the toy. So you're definitely on the right track! ~A :-)ReplyDelete
I had my daughter in between two boys and I bought her a beautiful madame alexander doll...she only put her in "time out!" She never ever played with them. And I would OFFER to buy one...Precious pic of your angel with the bunny..he would feel like the velveteen rabbit if you bought the ag doll...ReplyDelete
She's too young for an American Girl Doll anyway. I was just like you about it for my daughter, but her Grandma really wanted to do the whole day at the Michigan Ave store for my girl's birthday and I became a convert. The dolls are beautifully made and the accessories are high quality and not always so expensive. Every parent wants their children to adore their toys like this, and now we can steer the family there for gifts...ReplyDelete
Just today we had a little tea party with her doll, Elizabeth. My daughter made cinnamon rolls and cashew marshmallows, and her tea set matches the vintage stuff I collect.
I dreamed about the American Girl dolls for so long - read all the books, grabbed up the catalogs as soon as they came. My grandma bought me one for Christmas and I just loved her so much. This was when they were still pretty new - there were only five dolls I think. The quality seems to really have gone down since then. I don't think I would buy one now. But every once in a while I still like to look at the catalogs...ReplyDelete
The catalogs are very magical! I know I spent many hours just flipping and imagining (I actually just got the newest one in the mail minutes ago - some bedtime reading). She is a bit young, but in a year or two she might really want one. Encourage her to read the stories, and then save up her money (whether all or half - whatever is feasible for her age). She'll really appreciate that doll a thousand times more, and will probably make a huge impression (in more ways than one) on her life. 15 years ago I saved up for Molly, and she is still very important to me - and Kit also - and are proudly displayed in my home, as a reminder that life shouldn't always be so serious as I grow older. Sometimes it's a great break from the real world to sit down on the change the doll's clothes!ReplyDelete
Plus, with a mother (and now a sister) as talented as you, I'd be itchin' for some chocolate lollipop duds for my little friend! (You wanna adopt me?! ;) )
Oh, AG dolls, how I miss you! Grandma bought dolls for the girls 15 years ago. Can it be that long? They played and played and played. Researched the history of the era from which they came. Asked Mommy sew clothes for the dolls, with matching for their owners. Set up elaborate vignettes. Had doll parties and doll sleepovers and doll clubs with friends. This went on until the girls were in their teens! I am not kidding. Those were such creative, expressive, precious times! Earlier this year for a winter holiday, my oldest and her husband went to the shop in Chicago...she called me on her cell just so I could hear her sigh.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:05 PM
Your daughter is really too young for an AG doll.ReplyDelete
When my daughter was 8, out of the blue, she asked for a doll. I wasn't in favor of spending that much, until I asked her which doll she wanted. She wanted Addie, which is the African American doll.
I was surprised, since we are white. When I asked her why she wanted Addie, she said it was because she was so brave and had an exciting life. My daughter had read the stories about Addie and how she and her family had escaped from slavery and were later reunited. Well, I was so impressed with her reason that I bought her the doll and never regretted it.
The, next doll, she wanted was one of the modern AG dolls and she picked the Asian doll. She's 22 and still admires the dolls.
The dolls are beautifully made and the accessories are so authentic to the period of history. Addie has beautiful African American hair.
- Anonymous10:24 PM
i have to admit that i love the AG dolls too- very positive attributes in the books and all the historical lessons. my daughters love the catalog and even cut out the dolls and make paper dolls out of them-mounting them on card stock or left over cardboard. lots of them are the same size and they can "dress" them in the different outfits. they even make scenes for the backgrounds. fun and sweet...and CHEAP!!!ReplyDelete
My son also enjoys flicking through the toy catalogues. He can look at them for ages too. I think that is almost as fun as going to the store and seeing them.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3:33 AM
catalogues are the best, free viewing pleasure for hours :) isn't it amazing how everyone loves looking through them - even men (although computer parts don't really evoke the same imagery in me ...).ReplyDelete
i love the quilt!
AAWW!!! My girls love those dolls. I went to Chicago in May, and I got them a set of twins, for the price of one of the big dolls. You could get her a set of twins, they are very soft. The big dolls are kind of stiff.ReplyDelete
Those dolls give me the creeps. My 9 year old wants one and always moons over the catalog, too.ReplyDelete
She will never have one unless she earns her own money (which she won't)! Ever notice how they all have the same funky teeth?
The only doll I see is that precious Elenaki. I could eat her with a spoon. Squeeze her for me, AM, will ya?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:22 AM
I love my AG doll. I've had Molly 10 years now. It was really special when my mom gave her to me beause she has glasses like me and she was from the time period of when my mom was a little girl. We really bonded over it!ReplyDelete
Of course, she only has her original outfit! My mom bought a book of patterns instead :)
I received my first AG doll when I was turning 9, and then proceded to get the original five dolls from christmas's and birthday's. I was not given any of the accessories from the catalog because my mom being extremely crafty felt we could make similar or better. I had 10-15 friends that had the dolls for those preteen years and all we did when we got together is play with them and make them stuff. We also had a club. I do think they are pricy and a girl shouldn't get one just for fun, but I also think they help younger girls learn alot about history how people lived back then, and good sewing and crafting skills. I don't have a daughter yet but she will be able to have one if that is what she likes.ReplyDelete
Well, yes, anything is better than Bratz. I always thought I would buy my daughter an AG doll, but now that I have a daughter, I'm not so sure. She's a little young yet, so we'll see. One reason I'm not too keen on them anymore is that there really isn't one that looks much like her, which I thought was the point. The historical dolls are just a bit too cliche/stereotype for my taste.ReplyDelete
my daughter never liked those dolls when she was little. but now that she is 17, she is obsessed with the asian ball jointed dolls that run several hundred dollars a piece. She has bought 3 (with her own money) custom ordered from Korea. She has taught herself to sew, design and make clothes for them. She does get help from me occasionally but that is usually after she has already made something and wants to know how she can make it better.ReplyDelete
Oh those dolls, my girls had them (and we still do so they can give them to their children, granted my mother bought the dolls for the girls). Especially when they started reading the books. Then the friends had the ones from the books too, which means you act out the books, which turns into the a club and the girls start sewing their own outfits (with help from mom) so that they can put on full blown plays. Which then turns into a therater company. Now one of the girls is working on turning it into a real therater company in the coming years...You see it is a snowball thing once you start with the historical dolls in that catalog...Now that my girls are grown, my 17 year old (like Judy aboves) has started into the ball jointed dolls.......My mother also bought one of the baby dolls for girl no. 2 because at the time they were the only ones had a Hispanic baby (she was much more of a mom than girl no. 1).ReplyDelete
My girls, 17 and 19 still cherish their AG dolls even though they have been neatly packed away for years. My oldest had Felicity first and her stories and accessories inspired such a love for American History that she continues to study it in college. Her shelves are filled with History books she bought herself. Her room is still decorated in the most luscious toile simply because her doll had a toile bedspread. Don't write them off so quickly, I have never regretted spending money on them (and I really didn't have the money to spend at the time). I so look forward to getting them out again for granddaughters someday but I'll probably just have grandsons ;)ReplyDelete
oh, please bend and buy her one. then start selling clothes in your fabulous fabrics and style. or maybe you can teach your girls to make them and they can sell them? our dolls would be so cool...now i am dreaming :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:22 PM
My little girl is almost a year and is too young to appericiate an American Girl or the catalog. I was wondering about Bunny! Where did she come from? She looks like a snugglie friend.ReplyDelete
I got Molly (one of the 3 originial American Doll girls) for my 5th birthday. Molly turns 20 this year and still gets dressed up for the holidays and other special occasions. My point is, the thrill will last. And although I'm almost horrified to look at the catalogues now, I'm still enchanted which is a great thing for little girls, or big girls, and their mamas. Cave in!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2:09 PM
My mom never caved--but the catalogs inspired many attempts at doll making and accessory making. All the little bits are so fasinating!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:57 PM
My daughter has many dolls that were gifted to her but her AG doll remains her most played with and favorite of all. We don't get into the buying of extra clothes or accessories but its fun to look and admire the catalogue.ReplyDelete
I have to admit I actually had an American Girl Doll... but that was back in the day when there were only the original three, Molly, Kirsten, and Samantha... my and my two sisters had them... they have gone crazy commercial since then!ReplyDelete
I have a 14 year old daughter and she has had "Molly" since she was 8 or 9 (my mother and I shared the expense). That was the best gift I ever bought her. Molly went to tea, Disneyland, the beach and anywhere else we went. Obviously Molly doesn't go with us anymore and doesn't leave my daughter's room, but every once in a while I'll notice she's changed her clothes.ReplyDelete
Molly is very well made and I'm sure she will be passed down or at least displayed. She has been just as much fun for me as she was for my daughter.
My children have more fun looking at all the toy catalogs. It's like magic and keeps them entertained for hours and is something they enjoy reading on the toilet. I not really a big american girl fan either.ReplyDelete
I just found this post via your Flickr stream. I am too old for AG dolls, but my great grandmother went to the Goodwill and bought a doll, then she made all sorts of clothes AND shoes (from cereal box cardboard and fabric) and sent them all to me in a big box. I loved that doll and still have her. She wasn't perfect, but I loved the matching clothes and the attention to detail and the thought that went into it. I also had a Kerry doll for which my mom made clothes. I loved to dress her up and dream about the next clothes my mother would make for her. Make some clothes for whatever doll you end up buying your daughter.ReplyDelete
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Rep. Ryan, Sen. Wyden Propose Bipartisan Medicare Fix
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) announced Thursday a bipartisan reform plan for Medicare. The plan would give seniors the option to receive a voucher to enter the private healthcare market, but Medicare would remain an option as well.
"Before the partisan attacks begin to escalate and the 2012 election ads start to air, we are outlining a plan for how Democrats and Republicans can work together to ensure that American retirees – now and forever – have quality, affordable health insurance," Ryan and Wyden wrote in their 12-page report introducing the plan.
Under the plan, beginning in 2022, seniors would have the option to enroll in Medicare or receive "premium support" to purchase insurance through a Medicare-approved private plan.
Ryan and Wyden expect that the competition introduced by private health insurers would bring down the cost of the program. The bill would also cap the growth of Medicare in the event that costs continue to escalate.
Medicare is the single most expensive federal program and the fastest growing part of the federal budget. It cost $480 billion in fiscal year 2011, which was 3.2 percent of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP). With no changes, Medicare is expected to consume 5.5 percent of GDP by 2035, according to a Medicare trustee's report.
The Ryan-Wyden plan is similar to a plan offered by Ryan earlier this year. Ryan's earlier plan would not have kept the current Medicare system in place. That plan was widely criticized by Democrats for "ending Medicare."
Wyden has a long history of seeking bipartisan solutions to the rising costs of healthcare. In 2009, he worked with Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) on a bipartisan health care reform plan that has some similarities to the Ryan-Wyden plan. Bennett lost his primary election in 2010 to a Tea Party backed candidate, because, in part, of the Wyden-Bennett plan. He was viewed as being too willing to negotiate with Democrats.
The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal came out in favor of the Ryan-Wyden plan on Thursday, arguing, "This is an important moment because it shows that the serious entitlement debate is taking place within the camp of choice and incentives, not the Obama status quo."
The Ryan-Wyden plan is similar to that of presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. It also received praise from presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.
"Ron Wyden & Paul Ryan deserve credit for having the courage to work across party lines on a very difficult large challenge," Gingrich wrote on his Twitter feed Thursday.


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The 138th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands is just under 80 days away, but the year's early indicators point to good things.
A few weeks back the number of horses nominated to the Kentucky Derby and the Triple Crown spiked to 398 3-year-olds – an unexpected gain of nearly seven percent in the number of horses made eligible to run in the spring classics.
And now we have the results of the first of three betting pools in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.
The three-day pool that provides racing fans with a chance to wager on possible Derby contenders weeks in advance of the Run for the Roses at odds that could be much more attractive than those available on Derby Day.
Lot of Entries
Racing's only active pari-mutuel future pool also benefitted from a burst of fan and bettor enthusiasm and a record $631,304 was wagered during the three-day pool.
That's an increase of 6.6 percent in betting from 2010 and erased a record set in the opening pool of 2005, the year in which 50-1 shot Giacomo won the Kentucky Derby.
The strong 3-2 favorite in the pool was not an individual Derby prospect, but the mutuel field, or "All Others†ruled the weekend.
That $2 win bet covers all 3-year-old Thoroughbreds in the world other than the 23 individual horses among the 24 wagering interests in the Derby Future Pool.
"All Others†has been favored in each of the opening pools of the Future Wager since the bet was introduced in 1999, so the strong support for that interest this year was no surprise.
If you're looking for an individual horse that could be called the favorite to win the 138th Kentucky Derby, it would be either Union Rags or unbeaten Algorithms.
The former suffered the only loss of his career in a narrow setback to eventual 2-year-old champion Hansen in last fall's Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs and is trained by Michael Matz, who did a marvelous job of getting the ill-fated Barbaro to the Kentucky Derby winner's circle in 2006.
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Algorithms, owned by the Starlight Racing partnership headed by Louisville native Jack Wolf that includes attorney and civic leader Ed Glasscock and son Clint, defeated Hansen in the Holy Bull at Gulfstream Park to maintain a 3.0 record.
Union Rags closed as the favored individual horse at 7-1, while Algorithms, one of four Pool 1 horses trained by Derby winner Todd Pletcher, was next at 12-1.
After that the individual odds ranged from 16-1 on the Pletcher-trained El Padrino to 141-1 on Longview Drive.
Why bet the mutuel field at such an early stage?
For one thing, there's a good chance that the winner of the 2012 Kentucky Derby was not on Pool 1's list of individual horses.
Animal Was Late
Animal Kingdom, winner of the 2011 Derby, was not a betting interest until last year's third future pool, and the eventual winner was a member of the "All Others†betting interest in Pool 1 in five of the previous 13 renewals of the Derby Future Wager.
And why would you bet on a horse so early?
One thought is that you're looking for Funny Cide, who paid $27.60 on a $2 win wager in the 2003 Kentucky Derby, but returned $188 for the same wager in Pool 1 of that year's future bet.
And, of course, there are bragging rights for handicappers.
Boost To Ego
The fact that you or I not only liked the Derby winner, but bet on him three months before the race, is a nice boost to the ego of the Derby fan and horseplayer.
The fate of tickets purchased in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1 will not be revealed until the race is run on the first Saturday in May, but the bet has rebounded in the past two years after a string of three consecutive years during which the opening pool's betting total failed to top $480,000.
In a national Thoroughbred wagering marketing that has been on a two-year slide, the 2011 total of $592,492 and this year's record betting total – just the second to top $600,000 in the Derby Future bet's 14-year history – cannot be viewed as anything but a positive indicator for the Derby and the industry.
And, as a longtime member of the Churchill Downs team and the racing industry, I can assure you that we graciously accept any good news that develops.
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2 is scheduled for March 2-4, and the year's third and final Derby Futures Pool is set for March 30-April 1.


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The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe.
THE GOOD: The Offense. If you asked us before the game if we would take 4 runs in a game that both CC Sabathia and Mariano Rivera would pitch, we would have taken that in a heartbeat. 9 hits and 4 walks is always a good night against those two…Grant Balfour. The Mad Australian had a little extra giddy-up on his fastball last night. His fastball was consistently 93-94, even hitting 95 once.
THE BAD: One Of Those Nights. As soon as the Rays took the lead, we just had a bad feeling about the dramatic tone that was being sent over the entire evening…BJ Upton. Earlier in the game, Bossman made a great slide into 3rd base on a basehit by Carl Crawford. He would score the go-ahead run later in the inning. But any "good" was erased by what happened in the 9th. With the score tied in the 9th, Upton got a leadoff single off of Mo Rivera. He then proceeded to get picked-off. Of course. We wish we could say we were surprised…James Shields. Well, it wasn't a hanging changeup and the bases were empty. But "Big Game" James (ironic, huh?) did hang a slider and a fastball for back-to-back home runs that tied the game in the 6th. His 21 home runs allowed lead the AL…Joe Maddon. As the visiting team in a tie game, it is not unusual for a manager to save his closer in case his team takes a lead at some point in extra innings. Of course, the risk is losing the game with one of JoeMa's biggest weapons never being used. And last night, Maddon went with Choate, Wheeler and Cormier in the 9th and not Rafael Soriano…Sean Rodriguez. Rodzilla missed last night's game because there was a sprinkler mishap at his condo causing it to flood. Was there nobody else that could move the furniture or lay down some towels? Was anybody's life in immediate danger? Couldn't the Rays have sent over a couple of interns to help out? There will only be 18 opportunities to beat the Yankees during the regular season. And Rodriguez left the Rays short-handed during one…
THE TELLING: About a week ago we noted that several of the Rays appeared to have switched from striped stirrups to striped socks. In actuality, they are still wearing stirrups, but for some reason several players (e.g. Jason Bartlett) are wearing navy socks under the navy stirrups, giving the impression that they are solid socks…
WHERE THEY STAND: The Rays are 54-35, 3 games behind the Yankees and 3.5 games ahead of the Red Sox in the Wild Card. After 89 games in 2008, the Rays were 55-34.
- Former Rays minor leaguer Jon Weber has retired. [Watching Durham Bulls Baseball]
- David Price spoke about his all-star experience, including hitting a lady in the neck with an errant warm-up throw. [Tampa Tribune]
- Derek Dietrich and Nick Barnese make this week's "Prospect Hot Sheet." [Baseball America]
- You know BJ Upton has hit a low point when even Jonah Keri says it is time to trade Bossman. [JonahKeri.com]
- David Laurila spoke with John Jaso about his career, his stats and his relationship with Fernando Perez. [Baseball Prospectus]
- Check out Rays Prospects for boxscores and more detailed recaps. [Rays Prospects]
- DURHAM: Virgil Vasquez picked up his first loss after giving up 5 runs in 5 innings including 3 home runs…Desmond Jennings went 0-4 with a strikeout…Joe Dillon was 2-3 and hit his 6th home run…Dioner Navarro was 0-4 with 2 Ks and is hitting .265 in triple-A.
- MONTGOMERY: Jake McGee struck out 8 and gave up just 2 runs in 6 innings on 5 hits and a walk…Cody Cipriano hit his 3rd home run…Leslie Anderson went 0-5 to drop his average to .304…Henry Wrigley was 2-5 with an RBI.
- CHARLOTTE: Frank de los Santos was pounded for 8 runs on 12 hits in 4.1 innings…Tim Beckham went 2-4 with a double and another walk.
- BOWLING GREEN: Alex Colome gave up 5 runs on 9 hits and a walk in 5 innings. He struck out 6…Cody Rogers was 0-3 with a walk. He also stole his 4th base.
- HUDSON VALLEY: Wilmer Almonte gave up just 1 run on 4 hits and a walk in 8 innings. He struck out 3.
- PRINCETON: Eliazer Suero struck out 9 and pitched 7 shutout innings with just 3 hits and no walks.


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Hazzard to Represent UA on Tour of China
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – Rising junior guard Jacob Hazzard will travel to China this summer as Arizona's representative on the 2014 Pac-12 Men's Basketball China Tour. The conference office announced the 13-player roster on Friday.
The 10-day tour will be the first men's basketball all-star tour for the Pac-12 since the conference sent a delegation to Japan in 1996. Ten of the league's 12 members will place at least one student-athlete on the team, with Oregon and UCLA not being represented on the tour.
The team is scheduled to gather in San Francisco on Aug. 7 for practice before departing for China. The squad will play a Chinese university all-star team before facing the Yao Ming-owned Shanghai Sharks, the Jiangsu Dragons and the 2013-14 Chinese Basketball Association regular-season champion Guangdong Southern Tigers, who are led by former NBA lottery pick Yi Jianlian.
In addition to its four games, the team will participate in various youth clinics, as well as take in the culture and history of China with visits to various landmarks and historical sites. The Pac-12 is also working with its Chinese partners to organize an academic symposium in conjunction with the tour that will include a high-profile U.S.-China university leaders' forum.
The United States Consulate in Shanghai will support the tour and will have senior members of the Consulate hold a welcome reception and a tour press conference for the Pac-12 delegation.
Hazzard played in 13 games for the Wildcats last season, averaging 1.5 points and 0.2 assists per appearance. He shot 47.1 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from the three-point line. In 20-career appearances for UA, the Los Angeles native has averaged 1.1 points and shot 36.4 percent from beyond the arc.
For the latest updates on Arizona men's basketball and an inside look at the program, follow @APlayersProgram on Twitter.
2014 Pac-12 Men's Basketball China Tour Roster
Andrew Andrews, Washington
Bo Barnes, Arizona State
Malcolm Duvivier, Oregon State
Jacob Hazzard, Arizona
Xavier Johnson, Colorado
Nikola Jovanovic, USC
DaVonte Lacy, Washington State
Jordan Loveridge, Utah
Roger Moute a Bidias, California
Cheikh N'diaye, Oregon State
Jeremy Olsen, Utah
Schuyler Rimmer, Stanford
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The Navy is employing the Aegis Open Architecture standard as part of its modernization program for cruisers and
destroyers equipped with the Aegis combat system, shown here aboard an Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer. The
first of 22 Navy cruisers received its Aegis Open Architecture upgrade last fall. The modernization program for the 62-
ship class of Aegis-equipped destroyers will begin in 2012.
gate, two pass" internal review process for Navy acquisition programs to include OA questions to ask program managers at each review, said Benedict, who
chairs the Navy's OA Enterprise Team.
"We think that OA is more than just a pocket of
interest, say, as in IWS," Benedict said. "It really is the
way that the Navy — from leadership on down to the
executing program PEOs and, now, the program managers — are being tasked to move forward."
Benedict regards communication as the greatest
challenge in implementing OA.
"Sometimes, if you ask 10 people their definition of
OA, you're going to get 12 definitions," he said.
Accordingly, in late 2008 the Navy took steps to nail
down the technical and business specifications of OA,
especially for the surface warfare community. PEO IWS
has published the "Surface Navy Combat Systems Development Strategy" and the "Acquisition Management
Planner" (AMP) as executive-level program roadmaps,
and the technically oriented "Architecture Description
Document" (ADD). The defense industry and related
government organizations have been asked to review the
latter document — which will be available on the Internet
to contractors — and provide feedback to PEO IWS.
"The AMP is based on some of the practices that
were pioneered by the submarine [community] in its
Acoustic Rapid COTS [commercial, off-the-shelf]
Insertion program," Benedict said. "The ADD begins
the process of defining future surface combat systems
architecture to a level sufficient to guide the transformation of legacy PEO IWS Combat Systems into a single product line."
Benedict sees OA as bringing significant business
advantages in acquisition, such as using successful
technology across a wide spectrum of systems, promoting more savings through interoperability. Also,
the plug-and-play aspect of OA will allow systems to
be deployed on schedule, even if some peripheral subsystems are not yet ready for service.
"Ultimately, what we also see as a tremendous
advantage of OA is increased competition," he said.
"What I will call the 'monolithic' contracts of combat
systems of old — where one contractor owned all
aspects of the combat systems — we now see [OA] as


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Episode 20:
We turn to the second wave of Punk: the emergence of Hardcore. From the Horror Punk of the Misfits, to the influence of Rollins and Black Flag, to the political Dead Kennedys, and the Straight Edge of Minor Threat and Fugazi, we turn to the advancement of a Punk Subgenre that would play a crucial role in the future of Heavy Metal.
Hosted by Greg Davies from Blendover, the Heavy Metal Historian Podcast delivers to you snippets of tales from years gone by in the world of Metal, one episode at a time.
Metal News Links
BLACK SABBATH's GEEZER BUTLER Thanks Fans For Support
Documentary Filmmaker DREW STONE To Direct 'The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film'
Ex-WHITESNAKE Guitarist DOUG ALDRICH To DEE SNIDER: 'You Are A Total Jackass'
Former METAL MANIACS Editor KATHERINE LUDWIG Dies
ICE-T's BODY COUNT Releases Cover Of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES' Institutionalized
IMPELLITTERI To Release 'Venom' Album In April
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist wins car and truck on The Price Is Right
MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON: 'We're Moving Forward With Writing A New Album'
RUSH: North American 'R40 Live' Tour Dates Announced
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- "Holiday in Cambodia" by Dead Kennedys from Fresh Fruit…
- "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles from The Age of Plastic
- "DOA" by DOA from Hardcore '81
- "Rise Above" by Black Flag from Damaged
- "Family Man" by Black Flag from Family Man
- "Rollins Diary #2 (1984-1986)" by Henry Rollins from Get in the Van
- "Two Boys" by Henry Rollins from Talking from the Box
- "Volume 4" by Rollins Band from Weight
- "Low Self Opinion" by Rollins Band from The End of Silence
- "Up For It" by Rollins Band from Nice
- "Straight Edge" by Minor Threat from First Two Seven Inches
- "Repeater" by Fugazi from Repeater
- "Too Drunk to Fuck" by Dead Kennedys from Give Me Convenience…
- "Fleshdunce" by Dead Kennedys from Bedtime for Democracy
- "Werewolves of Wall Street" by Jello Biafra from White People…
- "Halloween" by Misfits from Collection 2
- "Long Way Back From Hell" by Danzig from Danzig II: Lucifuge
- "Snakes of Christ" by Danzig from Danzig II: Lucifuge
- "Pay to Cum" by Bad Brains from Bad Brains
- "Rebel Girl" by Bikini Kill from Pussy Whipped
- "21st Century (Digital Boy)" by Bad Religion from the album Stranger Than Fiction
- "Tell Me" by The Mark of Cain from Ill at Ease
- "Corona" by Minutemen from Double Nickels on the Dime
- "Total Mash" by Scream from Still Screaming
- "Gotta Go" by Agnostic Front from Something's Gotta Give
- "Sabotage" by Beastie Boys from Ill Communication
- "My Last Serenade" by Killswitch Engage from Alive or Just Breathing
- "Rise to Fall" by Arsonists Get All The Girls from Motherland
- "Downsides of Being Honest" by Columbus from Home Remedy
- "Out of Vogue" by Middle Class from Out of Vogue: The Early Material
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Billingsley to undergo Tommy John surgery
Right-hander, who made two April starts, will miss rest of the season
NEW YORK -- Dodgers right-hander Chad Billingsley will undergo Tommy John surgery on his right elbow Wednesday and will be sidelined for 12 months, the club announced Tuesday.
Dr. Neal ElAttrache will perform the operation at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles.
Billingsley was a late scratch Sunday with lingering elbow pain he felt after a Friday bullpen session and was then placed on the 15-day disabled list.
He missed the last two months of last season with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow, but instead of surgery, Billingsley opted for several platelet-rich plasma injections and rest. He resumed throwing last October, hit 93 mph in a simulated game last November and didn't miss any time during Spring Training.
"I think he was pretty confident coming into Spring Training having had a good winter and been able to throw," said manager Don Mattingly. "Then when he didn't have any problem between starts, we got confident. I'm sure he's disappointed. We are, too. It's not missing a start. It's a year."
But management held its breath all along, hoping that Billingsley's elbow would hold up longer than the two starts he made this month.
"You can't make a guy do anything," said Mattingly. "The fact it seemed like it was working was energizing for him."
That said, Billingsley's uncertain health was a key factor in the club's successful pursuit of free agents Zack Greinke and Hyun-Jin Ryu.
The Dodgers went into Spring Training with eight highly paid starting pitchers, then dealt Aaron Harang to the Rockies on April 6 for Ramon Hernandez because they were convinced Billingsley was healthy.
Now with Billingsley joining Greinke (broken collarbone) and Chris Capuano (pulled calf muscle) on the sidelines, Stephen Fife was called up from Triple-A Albuquerque to take Billingsley's spot in the rotation. Ted Lilly will be activated from the disabled list Wednesday night in what had been Greinke's slot.
"We're still in good order," said Mattingly. "We'll end up with five guys that are accomplished starters [Clayton Kershaw, Ryu, Josh Beckett, Lilly and Capuano] and Greinke on top of that. Nobody wants to hear our complaints. A lot of teams would like to have five accomplished Major League starters."
Mattingly said Capuano should return when he's eligible on May 2 and that the lefty would throw a bullpen session Tuesday or Wednesday and make a rehab start before May 2.
Billingsley opened this season on the disabled list, but it was for a bruised right index finger he sustained while bunting in Spring Training. He made two starts, going 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 12 innings.
He earns $12 million next year, then there is a $14 million club option for 2015 or a $3 million buyout.
Billingsley's loss comes 11 days after the Dodgers learned they would be without Greinke for two months because of a broken collarbone sustained in a benches-clearing fracas in San Diego on April 11. The Dodgers also lost Capuano, who took over for Greinke in the rotation, to a pulled calf muscle sustained, in part, sprinting in from the bullpen during the incident.
Fife started Sunday in place of Billingsley against the Orioles and allowed three runs in the first inning, but regrouped and made it through 4 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and a walk.
He had been considered the club's designated replacement for Billingsley since the season started, having pitched for Albuquerque on the same days Billingsley pitched for the Dodgers.
Fife was 1-1 with a 4.61 ERA for the Isotopes, striking out 14 with three walks but allowing 20 hits. Fife, 26, was 2-0 with a 3.45 ERA in Spring Training and was 0-2 with a 2.70 ERA in five starts with the Dodgers last season.


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I'm one of few very lucky people who had access to final version of the game before release. This gave me advantage to complete the game twice and also to perform some tests of it. I received pre-release access to the game under condition of not posting any info about it before release. I think i fulfilled this condition and didn't reveal anything about final version of the game.
While playing i decided to be recording videos of my gameplay. As i already mentioned, i finished the game twice: stealth way and killing them all way. On this playlist you can watch stealth playthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... u0umvcoGxT
Videos will be available to watch since moment of release of Shadwen. They are uploaded already and just waiting for Shadwen release.
What i can say about game without breaking promise given to Frozenbyte? Pre-alpha and beta demos were very much like tech demos of this what we can play in final release. Final version of the game offers much more than what you have seen so far. Game has interesting story explaining why do we travel with Lily. Lily is not just "useless obstacle" as many people were claiming after playing demos, she is more important than you can imagine.
Is the game worth to buy? I have received access to the game before release, i may be known (or may not ) to some players who have been playing Trine series, all this may make you to not trust to my opinion, and you are totally right, under normal conditions i wouldn't trust such guy as me, but decision if to trust me or not is up to you. Back on topic: is Shadwen worth 17usd (14.55usd on release)? IMO this is very unique game, mixing together few so different gameplay mechanics and unusuall for stealth games story telling. I'm very pleased with this game and time spent with it was amazing. Despite game mechanics it was still challenging and satisfying to play every level in this game. Yes, game is worth its full price and i recommend it to anyone who is missing decent stealth games. This is a game for you. Unless you are some guy who would prefer to kill a child instead of helping to it
Do not watch my videos, just buy the game and enjoy it by yourself, experience it, but if you want to watch it before buying and spoil yourself a lot of fun, it is up to you. Do not forget to thumbs up my videos (or thumbs down if you dislike them). In the meantime, before videos will become publicly available just go to my channel and subscribe it to become one of first viewers of these videos:
Little note about technical condition of game: it works awesome under Windows (videos recorded on Windows on resolution 2560x1400, very high detail and just fxaa antialiasing) and on Linux Shadwen is one of the best performing games in my steam library, works a lot better than Trine 3. Same results were with Beta Demo.
Shadwen - stealth playthrough gameplay (60fps videos)
Shadwen is a stealth game, where sneaking is not optional. It was released in May 2016 for Windows, Linux, Mac and PlayStation 4.
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Shadwen - stealth playthrough gameplay (60fps videos)
An interesting blog that i've found out some time ago:
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