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Before the Blade Runner, there was the forerunner.
Before Oscar Pistorius - the South African sprinter who this summer became the first double amputee ever to compete in the Olympics - there was American Marlon Shirley, who had previously owned the title of "World's Fastest Amputee."
Shirley, who lost his left foot at age 5 in a lawn mower accident at the since-shuttered Southern Nevada Children's Home in Boulder City, was the first amputee to break 11 seconds in the 100-meter dash and a pioneer of the Paralympics - the Olympics for athletes with disabilities that starts Wednesday in London.
He captured Paralympic gold medals in the 100 in 2000 and 2004, when he sprinted past Pistorius in Athens.
The 34-year-old Shirley's bid to cap his career with a third straight gold in track's showcase event came to a crushing end in Beijing in 2008, when he tore his Achilles' tendon midway through the final won by Pistorius - who swept the sprints (100, 200, 400).
Refusing to be carted off, Shirley somehow willed himself across the finish line - showing the courage and grit that helped carry him through the bleakest of childhoods.
His deceased mother, Lindy Lebolo, was a prostitute and heroin addict. His father was her pimp.
Shortly after Shirley was born, his mother fled with him from her hometown of Richmond, Va., to Las Vegas, where they sought refuge at the Blue Angel Motel on East Fremont Street.
Abandoned on the city streets at age 3 as his mother battled her demons, Shirley was picked up one day by social service workers, wearing only a bathing suit as he wandered alone outside the motel.
He learned later that his grandfather, Joe Lebolo, had notified police of his whereabouts. But Shirley - whose mother was white and father was black - also discovered his grandfather had refused to take him in because of the color of his skin.
"He didn't want to associate with me because I was half black," Shirley said. "It was a very well-to-do family. It is really, really sick."
While horsing around with a caretaker on a riding mower at the Children's Home, Shirley's foot slipped into the chute and was mangled by the blade.
He bounced back quickly from his severed limb, but his emotional and mental wounds cut deeper.
"The last time I saw my mom was in the hospital," he said. "I remember her walking out the door."
Alone and confused, Shirley once told a caseworker, "My mom must've died. Because why hasn't she come to see me?"
Shuffled from one foster home to the next, Shirley was 7 when he was physically and emotionally abused by a local couple.
"They beat the (crap) out of me," he said.
Caught sneaking into bags of Halloween candy he'd hoarded, Shirley was ordered to eat the candy until he vomited. He then was forced to eat the vomit.
After 18 months, his foster parents sent him back to the children's home.
When he was 9, he was finally adopted by a loving family from Tremonton, Utah: Marlene and Kerry Shirley and their three other children.
A natural athlete who refused to be slowed by his disability, Shirley played football and competed in track and field for Bear River High. He also played church league softball and basketball.
"When I was in high school I'd never even seen another amputee," he said. "I just did everything like everybody else would. I think that took me to the next level, because I had to keep up or surpass them."
During his junior year, doctors had to further amputate Shirley's left leg, this time above the ankle. The surgery left the self-conscious teenager on crutches, with a cast covering his stump.
"I didn't go to school for months until I could walk again because I didn't want people to see me like that," he said.
But Shirley soon bounced back and, during his senior year, his future came into focus at a national indoor track meet in Idaho.
After clearing 6 feet 4 inches on the high jump with an unconventional headfirst dive, Shirley was approached by coach Bryan Hoddle, who urged him to train for the Paralympics.
"The ability to jump 6-4 is one thing, but headfirst is unbelievable," said Hoddle, who coached the 2004 U.S. Paralympic team. "It was really obvious he had incredible athletic ability.
"He had a very supportive family, too. That's really, really important at the elite level."
Shirley exploded onto the Paralympic scene, setting world records in the high jump and long jump before garnering his first gold in 2000 in Sydney.
But he could not outrun his past. Shortly before leaving for Australia, Shirley spoke with his grandmother, Minnie Lebolo, for the first time and learned the hard truth about his biological family, including the fact his birth mother had died in 1992 at age 35.
As sobering as that conversation was, Shirley said he doesn't dwell on the past.
"It's just unneeded stress," he said. "I'm not one to go back and rehash old situations because I just don't give a (damn).
"I know where I'm going, I know what I want and I'm pretty focused on that."
A few months before Beijing, Shirley contracted a serious staph infection in his left knee that caused him to lose 43 pounds in four weeks and fear for his life.
"While I was in the hospital, we had a family friend die from a staph infection," he said. "It was just so extreme, to go from being in the best shape of my life to fighting for my life within a few weeks' time."
Shirley had nine surgeries and was bedridden for two months before the infection finally cleared.
He barely had two months to regain his form for the Paralympics, but decided to give it a shot.
"I thought, 'If I'm going to fail, I'm going to fail trying,' " he said.
After dragging himself to the finish in Beijing, Shirley spent the past four years training for his shot at redemption - and a rematch with Pistorius - at the London Games. But he won't get that chance.
He failed to qualify for the U.S. team at the track and field trials in Indianapolis - missing by .01 seconds in a heartbreaking 100 in which Great Britain's Jonathan Peacock broke Shirley's world record (10.91 seconds) with a time of 10.85 seconds.
"I was actually shocked I didn't qualify. I still don't know why I didn't run better," said Shirley, who plans to retire after next year's world championships. "It was a really tough day. Not only did I lose, but my record was broken."
His record may be gone, but Shirley's legacy in the sport is secure. Hoddle, who works with amputee soldiers across the country, said Shirley and four-time Paralympic gold-medal winner Tony Volpentest - who was born without hands or feet - made a lasting impact on people with disabilities.
"It's really amazing the number of people I come across who remember Tony and Marlon and were inspired by them," he said. "Both Tony and Marlon left an incredible legacy. Not only were they good athletes and good people, they were pioneers for Paralympics track and field."
Shirley, who shares his story as a motivational speaker, also has inspired plenty of able-bodied athletes, including several at Bishop Gorman, where he was a volunteer assistant track and field coach the last two years.
"He has a great rapport with the kids," Gaels coach Scott Cooley said. "They really look up to him."
So does Cooley.
"He's somebody I look up to every day," he said. "He has a great attitude and an amazing story of how he dealt with adversity in his life. He definitely came out a winner."
Dylan Weldon, a junior sprinter at Gorman, agrees.
"A lot of athletes look up to him because of his story and what he was able to accomplish," he said. "Even though he went through what he did, he kept pushing and didn't give up."
Shirley moved back to Las Vegas two years ago, in part, to be closer to his girlfriend. A man of many passions, he's a nine-handicap golfer, licensed pilot and accomplished poker player.
But Shirley still finds time to give back. In addition to volunteering at Gorman, he recently launched a free interactive personal fitness website - ossur.com/active - for people with disabilities.
"I went through the (worst) things you can go through and I was still able to keep my faith and keep my drive to be successful, whether it was on the track or off the track," Shirley said. "I just think it goes to show how much perseverance we have and how diligent we are as human beings."
Contact reporter Todd Dewey at email@example.com or 702-383-0354.


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Police said the shootings occurred Sunday morning at the Leyalina Hookah bar.
Police said none of the injuries are considered life-threatening.
Authorities said the incident started between two feuding groups and may have been gang-related.
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At Ron Paul's caucus night event in Ankeny, Iowa, most of his supporters were celebrating. Paul finished a strong third in Tuesday night's caucuses.
But one man in the crowd — famed Republican strategist Frank Luntz — was much more concerned with what happens next.
"I think over the next 24 to 48 hours the campaign's gonna get a little bit meaner, a little darker, and a little bit more personal, as the candidates now fight for their life," said Luntz, who spoke with NPR in between television appearances Tuesday night.
For Luntz, the lack of a clear GOP front-runner will make for a protracted primary season that could drag on through April. And he says it won't be pretty: "Republicans are not gonna like what's about to happen. … I think a war is about to break out within this primary field."
For the short term, Luntz made some predictions about two upcoming GOP contests: "There's no question [Romney] wins New Hampshire. There is a significant question who wins South Carolina. For the first time in a long time, South Carolina truly matters."
And two candidates, Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, are helping to keep it a toss-up: "One week ago, you could swing a dead cat and you wouldn't find a Rick Santorum supporter," said Luntz. "And now in just seven days, he brings it all back."
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The players might not be overly big, but the numbers at the 2013 NSW Junior State Cup are staggeringly large.
The city of Port Macquarie has welcomed in excess of an estimated 12,000 players, coaches, officials and supporters for the event.
During the tournament 288 teams will participate in over 900 games of Touch Football, requiring 350 referees, 40 staff and volunteers, and 28 fields; with all of this occurring in just two days.
So significant has the demand been for field allocation that the local council has had to create five new Touch Football fields just to accommodate all of the games.
"We usually have 23 fields here, but we had to make up another five fields just for this weekend, so we have 28 fields available," Kerry Lewis - Port Macquarie Hastings Council.
The event has also developed a level of prestige that has seen teams from all corners of the state travelling to Port Macquarie to vie for the chance to be crowned the champion of their state. Some of the affiliates have travelled close to 1000 kilometres and up to 12 hours just to be here this weekend.
There are plenty of ways that you can keep up-to-date with all of the latest news, information and results from the 2013 New South Wales Junior State Cup in Port Macquarie.
The NSWTA events website – www.nswtaevents.sportingpulse.net will have all of the results from the weekend as well as stories and links to highlights, while the NSWTA website – www.nswtouch.com.au will also be updated regularly during the event.
The NSWTA social media pages will also be updated frequently throughout the weekend and can be found by clicking on the links below:
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Clint Eastwood, John Wayne and co. may have satisfied our Wild West thirst on the big screen, but the world of gun-slinging outlaws has never really materialised in any meaningful way on the videogame circuit. Red Dead Redemption could go some way to filling that void this May, but until then, if you're looking for some rootin' tootin' shootouts at dawn, Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West could be a good way to pass the time. Howdy partner Lead and Gold is a third-person, team-based ...
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Baba Vanga
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Grandmother Vanga | |
Clairvoyant and healer
Born | Strumica, Ottoman Empire, present day Republic of Macedonia |
31 January 1911
Died | 11 August 1996 Sofia, Bulgaria[1] |
(aged 85)
Nationality | Bulgarian[2][3][4] |
Spouse(s) | Dimitar Gushterov, (m. 1942-1962; his death) |
Grandmother Vanga (Bulgarian: баба Ванга) (31 January 1911 – 11 August 1996), born Vangeliya Pandeva Dimitrova (Вангелия Пандева Димитрова), known after her marriage as Vangelia Gushterova (Вангелия Гущерова), was a blind Bulgarian mystic, clairvoyant, and herbalist, who spent most of her life in the Rupite area in the Kozhuh mountains Bulgaria.[5][6][7] Millions of people around the world believed she possessed paranormal abilities.[8]
Vanga was born in Strumica, then in the Ottoman Empire, present day Republic of Macedonia. She was a premature baby who suffered from health complications. In accordance with local tradition, the baby was not given a name until it was deemed likely to survive. When the baby first cried out, a midwife went into the street and asked a stranger for a name. The stranger proposed Andromaha (Andromache), but this was rejected for being "too Greek" during a period of anti-Hellenic sentiment within Bulgarian society. Another stranger's proposal was a Greek name, but popular with Bulgarians in the region: Vangelia (from Evangelos).[9][10]
In her childhood, Vangelia was an ordinary child with brown eyes and blonde hair. Her father was an IMRO activist, conscripted into the Bulgarian Army during World War I, and her mother died soon after. This left Vanga dependent on the care and charity of neighbours and close family friends for much of her youth. After the war, Strumica emigrated from Bulgaria to Serbia. The Serbian authorities arrested the father, because of his pro-Bulgarian activity. They confiscated all his property and the family fell into poverty for many years.[11] Vanga was considered intelligent for her age. Her inclinations started to show up when she herself thought out games and loved playing "healing" – she prescribed some herbs to her friends, who pretended to be ill. Her father, being a widower, eventually remarried, thus providing a stepmother to his daughter.
According to her own testimony, a turning point in her life occurred when a 'tornado' allegedly lifted her into the air and threw her in a nearby field. She was found after a long search. Witnesses described her as very frightened, and her eyes were covered with sand and dust, she was unable to open them because of the pain. There was money only for a partial operation to heal the injuries she had sustained,[12] This resulted in a gradual loss of sight.
In 1925 Vanga was brought to a school for the blind in the city of Zemun, in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, where she spent three years, and was taught to read Braille, play the piano, as well as do knitting, cooking, and cleaning.[13] After the death of her stepmother she had to go back home to take care of her younger siblings. Her family was very poor, and she had to work all day.
In 1939 Vanga contracted pleurisy, although it remained largely inactive for some years. The doctor's opinion was that she would die soon, but she quickly recovered.
During World War II, Vanga attracted believers in her ability to heal and soothsay – a number of people visited her, hoping to get a hint about whether their relatives were alive, or seeking for the place where they died. On 8 April 1942 the Bulgarian tzar Boris III visited her.[14]
On 10 May 1942, Vanga married Dimitar Gushterov, Bulgarian soldier from the village of Krandzhilitsa near Petrich, who had come asking for the killers of his brother, but had to promise her not to seek revenge. Shortly before marriage, Dimitar and Vanga moved to Petrich, where she soon became well-known. Dimitar was then conscripted in the Bulgarian Army and had to spend some time in Northern Greece, which was annexed by Bulgaria at the time. He got another illness in 1947, fell into alcoholism, and eventually died on 1 April 1962.[15]
She continued to be visited by dignitaries and commoners. After the Second World War, Bulgarian politicians and leaders from different Soviet Republics, even Leonid Brezhnev, sought her counsel; in the 1990s, a church was built in Rupite by Bogdan Tomalevski with money left by her visitors.[16] Vanga died on 11 August 1996 from breast cancer.[17][18][19] Her funeral attracted large crowds, including many dignitaries.[20]
Fulfilling Vanga's last will and testament, her Petrich house was turned into a museum, which opened its doors for visitors on 5 May 2008.[21]
Despite her death, her spirit are still communicated by at least one known fellow Bulgarian prophetess, named Madame Vanya.[22]
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Vanga was illiterate or semi-literate, as well as showing very right-wing, reactionary and xenophobic tendencies.[22] She did not write any books herself. What she said or allegedly said had been captured by staff members. Later numerous esoteric books on Vanga's life and predictions were written.
Vanga claimed that her extraordinary abilities had something to do with the presence of invisible creatures, but she could not clearly explain their origin. She said that those creatures gave her information about people, which she could not transmit to them, because distance and time did not matter. According to Vanga, the life of everyone standing in front of her was like a film to her from birth until death. But changing "what was written on the generation" was well beyond her power.
Sources such as The Weiser Field Guide to the Paranormal claim that she foretold the break-up of the Soviet Union, the Chernobyl disaster, the date of Stalin's death, the sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk, the September 11 attacks and Topalov's victory in the world chess tournament.[23][24] On the other hand, Bulgarian sources say that the people who were close to her claim that she never prophesied about Kursk or other subjects circulating the Internet, and that many of the myths about Vanga are simply not true, which ultimately hurts and crudely misrepresents her and her work.[25][26]
In early August 1976, just two months before her death, Yugoslav actress and singer Silvana Armenulić was on tour in Bulgaria and decided to seize the opportunity to meet with Baba Vanga. The meeting was unpleasant. Vanga only sat and stared out a window with her back to Silvana. She did not speak. After a long time, Vanga finally spoke: "Nothing. You do not have to pay. I do not want to speak with you. Not now. Go and come back in three months." As Silvana turned around and walked towards the door, Vanga said: "Wait. In fact, you will not be able to come. Go, go. If you can come back in three months, do so."[27] Silvana took this as confirmation that she would die and left Vanga's home in tears.[28] Armenulić died two months later, 10 October 1976, in a car crash with her sister Mirjana.
In 1979, Vanga predicted about a Greater Russia rising to become a superpower, leading to the removal of everything in its path.[29]
Everything will melt away like ice yet the glory of Vladimir, the glory of Russia are the only things that will remain. Russia will not only survive, it will dominate the world.
— Predicted by Baba Vanga in 1979[30]
Vanga incorrectly predicted that the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final would be played between "two teams beginning with B". Some say that she foretold it that way because of the penalty that Bulgaria was not given. One finalist was Brazil, but Bulgaria was eliminated by Italy in the semifinals.[31] Vanga predicted that a World War III would start in November 2010 and last until October 2014.[32][33] However, according to close friends, Vanga was not the type to voice predictions she saw if they were catastrophic because she knew that chaos that would ensue around those she told. Witnesses and close friends also claim that she never made such prophecies, and in fact when asked claimed that there will be no World War III.[26][34] Nevertheless, after North Korea — a nuclear nation — attacked South Korea on 23 November 2010,[35] there was a spike in internet interest about Vanga concerning this alleged prophecy.[36]
Vanga purportedly predicted another 'realm of being,' claiming that entire cultures would begin to spread through a 'false world.' She claimed that in 2003, any person would be able to think in synchronicity with others, allowing for a form of secondary existence. 2003 marked the year of release of the game Second Life, in which an account holder can make an avatar and engage in social interaction with others. Many believe this to be the secondary 'realm of being' that Vanga spoke of.[37]
Vanga attempted to prophesy about newborn or unborn children. She said that she was "seeing" and "talking" to people, who had died hundreds of years ago. Vanga talked about the future, although she did not like to. In her words, in 200 years men will make contact with brothers in mind from other worlds. She said that many aliens have been living on the earth for years. They came from the planet, which in their language is called Vamfim, and is the third planet from the Earth.
In 1988, she predicted those of big leaders and the Eighth One, whom people referred to as Vladimir Putin, as well as the nations joining the Group of Eight.
We are witnessing the events of paramount significance. Two big leaders shook hands. (manifest reference to Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan). But we have to wait for a long time before the Eighth One will come forth and sign a final peace agreement on Earth.
— Predicted by Baba Vanga in January 1988[30]
Followers of Vanga believe that she predicted the precise date of her own death,[26] dreaming that she would die on 11 August, and be buried on 13 August. Shortly before that she had said that a ten-year-old blind girl living in France was to inherit her gift, and that people would soon hear about her.[citation needed]
Vanga reached news headlines after predicting, in 1989, what many interpret to be the 9/11 terror attacks.
Horror, horror! The American brethren will fall after being attacked by the steel birds. The wolves will be howling in a bush, and innocent blood will be gushing.
She also spoke of world-shaking global catastrophes and disasters, as well as the changing of the people's mentality due to the division by their faith, which happened as predicted, with the arrival of bad times.
Numerous catastrophes and disasters will shake the world. The mentality of the people will change. They will be divided by their faith.
— Predicted by Baba Vanga at an unknown time[30]
Vanga also predicted that the 44th President of the United States would be African American and would be the last one before being succeed by someone with a "messianic personality"; both of which some refer to as Barack Obama and Donald Trump.[42]
She repeatedly spoke about a forgotten ancient teaching that would be related to Russia and would rematerialise in the world.
There is an ancient Indian doctrine the doctrine of the White brotherhood. It will extend worldwide. About it will print new books, and them will read everywhere on the Earth. It will be the Fiery Bible. Day and all religions will come will disappear! There will be only a doctrine of the White brotherhood. Precisely white colour it will cover the earth, and thanks to it people will escape. The new doctrine will come from Russia. It the first will be cleared. The white brotherhood will extend across Russia and will begin the procession on the world.
— Predicted by Baba Vanga[43]
According to journalist Dimitri Gachev, the prophetess predicted the war in Syria long before it started. The journalist asked her when peace was going to come.
"Peace will come when Damascus falls, and the Bible says that no stone would be left upon another in Damascus. A man from Russia will come to save us all. Russia is a mother country!" Vanga said.
— Said by Baba Vanga when asked by journalist Dmitri Gachev[44]
In December 2016, when asked what will happen in 2017, Vanga's spirit spoke through Vanya about Trump and Brexit, as well as speaking about the threat coming from unchecked immigrants. She said Trump will serve two terms and Brexit will become good for Britain.[22]
One recent attempt to systematically summarize the existing knowledge about Vanga was made in the documentary Vanga: The Visible and Invisible World.[25][45] The movie includes interviews with some of the people who met Vanga in person, including Sergey Medvedev (press secretary to President of Russia Boris Yeltsin in 1995–96; Sergey Medvedev visited Vanga as Yeltsin's envoy following Vanga's request to meet her), Neshka Robeva (Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast and coach), Sergey Mikhalkov (Soviet and Russian writer, author of the Soviet Union anthem), Nevena Tosheva (director of the first documentary about Vanga), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (Kalmyk multi-millionaire businessman and politician). According to the documentary, Baba Vanga predicted Yeltsin's second electoral victory in 1995, and warned him about his heart condition.
Several researchers have studied the phenomenon of Vanga in the attempt to establish whether she has any extraordinary capabilities. One of the first studies was initiated by the Bulgarian government and is described in the 1977 movie Fenomen[46] directed by Nevena Tosheva. Prominent Bulgarian psychiatrists Nicola Shipkovensky and Georgi Lozanov also studied the capabilities of Vanga. Reportedly, some of the studies concluded that about 80% of predictions of Vanga turned out to be accurate.[47]
Baba Vanga in popular culture[edit]
Vangelia, a 24-episode biographical TV series with elements of mysticism, was commissioned in 2013 by Channel One Russia.[48]
Clairvoyant's supposed predictions, political speculations with them and their criticism continue to appear in the mass media in different countries and in different languages.[16][49][50][51][52][53][54]
Her image is particularly popular in the Balkans and in Russia. Russian publications related to the mysterious prophetess are numerous. "The Great Encyclopedia of Vanga" is a Russian online project, dedicated to her.[55]
See also[edit]
- ^ NOTES FROM HISTORY: Baba Vanga
- ^ Christianity and Modernity in Eastern Europe, Bruce R. Berglund, Brian A. Porter, Central European University Press, 2010, ISBN 9639776653, pp. 252-253; 265.
- ^ Gender and Nation in South Eastern Europe, Anthropological yearbook of European cultures, Karl Kaser, Elisabeth Katschnig-Fasch, LIT Verlag Münster, 2005, ISBN 3825888029, p. 90.
- ^ Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria, Нistorical Dictionaries of Europe, Raymond Detrez, Rowman & Littlefield, 2014, ISBN 1442241802, p. 57.
- ^ The Weiser Field Guide to the Paranormal: Abductions, Apparitions, ESP, Synchronicity, and More Unexplained Phenomena from Other Realms, Judith Joyce, Weiser Books, 2011, ISBN 1609252985, pp. 21-25.
- ^ The History of Bulgaria, The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, Frederick B. Chary, ABC-CLIO, 2011, ISBN 0313384460, pp. 145-146.
- ^ In Search of Destiny: The Universe and Man, Robert A. Welcome, AuthorHouse, 2012, ISBN 147723747X, pp. 35-36.
- ^ Прoрoчeствaтa нa Вaнгa. Жeни Кoстaдинoвa, Издателство Труд, ISBN 954-528-074-3,Страници 696.
- ^ According to Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh EditionAt the beginning of the 20th century Bulgarians constituted the majority of the population in the region of Macedonia. They are described in the encyclopaedia as "Slavs, the bulk of which is regarded by almost all independent sources as Bulgarians": 1,150,000, whereof, 1,000,000 Orthodox and 150,000 Muslims (the so-called Pomaks); Turks: ca. 500,000 (Muslims); Greeks: ca. 250,000, whereof ca. 240,000 Orthodox and 14,000 Muslims; Albanians: ca. 120,000, whereof 10,000 Orthodox and 110,000 Muslims; Vlachs: ca. 90,000 Orthodox and 3,000 Muslims; Jews: ca. 75,000; Roma: ca. 50,000, whereof 35,000 Orthodox and 15,000 Muslims; In total 1,300,000 Christians (almost exclusively Orthodox), 800,000 Muslims, 75,000 Jews, a total population of ca. 2,200,000 for the whole of Macedonia.
- ^ Честотно-тълковен речник на личните имена у българите, Николай П. Ковачев, Държавно издателство "Д-р Петър Берон", 1987 г. стр. 58. Dictionary of Personal Names of the Bulgarians, Nikolai P. Kovatchev State Publishing House "Dr Petar Beron", 1987, p 58. (Bg.)
- ^ Стоянова, Красимира. Ванга ясновидящая. София, "Вариант", "Два слона", 1991. ISBN 5808600316. с. 30.
- ^ The truth about Vanga, p. 42
- ^ The truth about Vanga, pp. 43-44
- ^ Joyce, Judith (2010). The Weiser Field Guide to the Paranormal: Abductions, Apparitions. Weiser Books.
- ^ The truth about Vanga, pp. 61-65, 69-70, 80-81
- ^ a b Stephen Kinzer, "Rupite Journal; For a Revered Mystic, a Shrine Now of Her Own", "The New York Times", April 5, 1995. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide, Volume 3, Author Lynn Walter, Publisher Greenwood Press, 2003, p. 110.
- ^ The History of Bulgaria, The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations, Author Frederick B. Chary, Publisher ABC-CLIO, 2011, ISBN 0313384479, p. 145.
- ^ Pilgrimage and Sacred Places in Southeast Europe: History, Religious Tourism and Contemporary Trends, Editors Mario Katic, Tomislav Klarin, Mike McDonald, Publisher LIT Verlag Münster, 2014, ISBN 3643905041, p. 85.
- ^ ru:Файл:Vanga's-Grave-Rupite.JPG
- ^ Prophetess Baba Vanga's Petrich house becomes museum, The Sofia Echo
- ^ a b c https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/we-asked-the-spirit-of-a-famous-dead-clairvoyant-whats-going-to-happen-in-2017
- ^ Press Review, "Notes from History: Baba Vanga", by Lucy Cooper, in the Sofia Echo Mon 19 Dec 2005 [1]
- ^ Joyce, Judith (2010). "Baba Vanga". The Weiser Field Guide to the Paranormal. San Francisco, CA: Red Wheel/Weiser. pp. 21–25. ISBN 978-1-57863-488-0. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ a b Ванга. Мир видимый и невидимый first aired 31 January 2011 on RTV on YouTube
- ^ a b c Баба Ванга не е предсказвала края на света
- ^ "Srpski Nišvil". Vreme. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ Silvana Armenulic - Biografija at the Wayback Machine (archived November 17, 2011)
- ^ "Vanga: Russia will be world's only superpower". 31 January 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "Legendary Bulgarian prophetess Vanga predicted most horrible catastrophes". 3 February 2006. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ Stephen Kinzer: Rupite Journal; For a Revered Mystic, a Shrine Now of Her Own in The New York Times, April 5, 1995.
- ^ McLain, Sean (January 1, 2011). "The year that wasn't: failed predictions of 2010". The National.
- ^ Pravda
- ^ Baba Vagna, The Astral World
- ^ "Korea Attack: Yeonpyeong Island Shelled By North Korea (PHOTOS, VIDEO)". Huffington Post. 23 November 2010.
- ^ Google Trends
- ^ Valtchinova, G., 2009. Between Ordinary Pain and Extraordinary Knowledge: The Seer Vanga in the Everyday Life of Bulgarians during Socialism (1960s–1970s). Aspasia, 3(1), pp.106-130.
- ^ "Blind mystic whose followers claim she predicted 9/11 attack, ISIS and 2004 tsunami has chilling vision for 2016". Mirror Online. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ Blind mystic who predicted 9/11 attacks said 2016 is going to be horrible
- ^ Did a blind Bulgarian clairvoyant predict the rise of ISIS? 'Nostradamus of the Balkans' who died 20 years ago said there would be a 'great Muslim war' in 2016
- ^ "Baba Vanga: 'Bulgarian Nostradamus' predicted ISIS, 9/11, Fukushima?". News Limited. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/20/baba-vanga-was-right-about-trump-but-will-the-45th-president-be-peacemaker-6380439/
- ^ "Vanga: Syria will fall to rescue mankind". 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ^ "Vanga: Syria will fall to rescue mankind". 23 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ^ "Зачем Ванга звала к себе Бориса Ельцина?". Комсомольская правда. 27 Jan 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Fenomenat". IMDB. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ Mishlove, Jeffrey (1975). "Psionics". The Roots of Consciousness. Random House. ISBN 0-394-73115-8. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ Vangelia on the official site of Favorite Film. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ Зорница Стоилова, "Защо се върна Ванга", Bulgarian weekly business newspaper "Capital", April 4, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ "Regarding Vanga and "Vangelia", talk show of the Bulgarian National Television about the Russian TV series, March 19, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ Documentary "Baba Vangja, the last Macedonian prophet", shot by the Macedonian "Kanal 5", August 23, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ "The secrets of Baba Vanga's predictions", Croatian daily newspaper "24sata", November 11, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ "You'll marry a man in white", prediction about Lepa Brena's marriage, Serbian online media "Telegraf", December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ "Global media on Baba Vanga. Bulgarian prophetess predicted the emergence of the Islamic State?", Serbian tabloid newspaper "Blic", December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ "The Great Encyclopedia of Vanga". Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- Стоянова [Stoyanova], Красимира [Krasimira] (1996). Истината за Ванга [The truth about Vanga] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Balgarski Pisatel. ISBN 954-443-170-5.
- Ostrander, Sheila; Schroeder, Lynn (1970). "Vanga Dimitrova: The Bulgarian Oracle". Psychic discoveries behind the Iron Curtain. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 259–281. ISBN 978-0-13-732230-5.
- Valtchinova, Galia (2005). "Vanga, la "Pythie bulgare": idées et usages de l'Antiquité en Bulgarie socialiste". Dialogues d'histoire ancienne (in French). 31 (1): 93–127. doi:10.3406/dha.2005.2487. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- Ivanov, Petko; Izmirlieva, Valentina (2003). "Betwixt and Between: The Cult of Living Saints in Contemporary Bulgaria". Folklorica, Journal of the Slavic and East European. 8 (1): 33–53. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
External links[edit]
- Stephen Kinzer: Rupite Journal; For a Revered Mystic, a Shrine Now of Her Own in The New York Times, April 5, 1995
- (in Russian) An article by Natalia Baltzun, translated by Kristina Hristova (Bulgaria)
- (in Russian) Vanga's Prophecies: Product of the Bulgarian Secret Services
- (in French) An article in french about Vanga's propheties, by K8 Transmission
- (in Urdu) An article in Urdu about Baba Vanga predictions


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The master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, weaves a knotty yarn of intrigue in this early outing. Aboard a transcontinental train, a young woman named Iris Henderson meets an elderly governess, Miss Froy, en route to her home. Their conversation is polite, uneventful. Then Iris is hit on the head, and Froy disappears! Iris comes to and queries the crew and other passengers about Froy's whereabouts; shockingly, no one recalls seeing the governess. Iris asks a skeptical traveler, Gilbert, to help her find Froy. He agrees to assist Iris. As the search begins to seem futile, Iris starts to suspect she is losing her mind... Then several people on the train--including a shifty physician and a mysterious nun--reveal nefarious motives beneath their innocent facades.
The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, weaves a knotty yarn of intrigue and romance in this early outing. Young, beautiful, and spoiled Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood) is wrapping up a ski vacation before unenthusiastically returning to London to be married. In the hotel, she meets an elderly governess en route to home, Miss Froy (Dame May Witty), as well as an unbearably rude music scholar named Gilbert (Michael Redgrave). Then, just before boarding the train, Iris receives a blow to the head and is taken under the protective wing of Miss Froy. Their conversation is polite and uneventful. Iris finally dozes off and when she comes to, Miss Froy is nowhere to be found, and no one on the train recalls seeing the governess. Thwarted at every turn in her search, Iris finds only one ally, the unbearable but handsome Gilbert. As their search begins to seem futile, Iris starts to suspect she is losing her mind. Then several people on the train--including a shifty physician and a mysterious nun--reveal nefarious motives beneath their innocent facades.
Theatrical release: August 1938.
Hitch onscreen: Hitchcock appears as a pedestrian with a cigar.
The set was one 90-foot-long coach, with other cars made by transparancies or miniatures.
Voted One of the Ten Best Films of the Year by The New York Times.
Voted One of the Best Films of All Time by the SIGHT & SOUND Critics Poll: Paul Zimmerman (1972), Philip French (1992).
While shooting, Hitchcock got a cable from David O. Selznick asking him to come to Hollywood to direct a picture about the sinking of the Titanic.
When a young woman on a train meets a charming old lady who promptly disappears, the other passengers deny having seen her, leading the young woman to suspect conspiracy. Hitchcock's final low-budget U.K. production before leaving for Hollywood stands as an extremely deft cocktail of comedy, romance, and suspense.
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After conducting a poll at a local college and sex positive workshop, here are the top ten mistakes women--and men--feel that women make in the bedroom:
1) Not knowing enough about anatomy. Women who are great in bed know how the penis works. Just knowing which end goes where won't cut it. You need to know where the hot spots are; like under the scrotum and the tip of the penis for starters. Buy a sex or anatomy book and study it, you will find out that caressing the tip of the penis causes more erection than just rubbing the shaft--although he probably won't complain much if that's all you do. Knowing is the difference between being good in bed and being great. Explore all the erogenous zones on a man as well, there are as many as on a woman.
2) Expecting him to be able to read your mind. The number one complaint from men about how women behave in bed is the lack of communication as to what gets you hot. If you want him to eat you out and he doesn't know that, you can't complain that that's the reason you didn't orgasm. You need to be comfortable with talking to him during sex, and this is an incredibly big turn on for them. Tell him what you want and ask him what he'd like you to do. The excited whispering and heavy breathing during sex is all part of the intimacy which makes for great orgasms and genuine closeness for couples.
3) Faking interest in sex once you're in a relationship. Another complaint high on the list from men is women who appear to be hot for sex during the first few months of the relationship, and then turn cold once they have him committed. Pretending he turns you on when he doesn't just so you don't have to be alone on a Saturday night is the wrong way to develop intimacy--and then you complain because he has a lack of commitment. If sex turns boring, work a little to spice it up, by being open to trying new things and being open minded.
4) Never initiating sex. Leaving it all up to him makes him feel as if you don't like sex or are not turned on by him. Again, this could be about your self conscious hang ups, or it could be that you are really not interested. If it's about hang ups, be willing to let loose a little, and surprise him by initiating sex and foreplay. He'll respond to your sexy phone calls in the middle of the day by being all that much more interested when he gets home--but don't promise something that you're unwilling to deliver, either.
5) Being paranoid about your body. He likes it enough to want to sleep with you, so leave it at that. If you're really not okay with your body, fake it. Pretend your breasts are perky and your tummy is flat, whatever you need to do to let go and enjoy yourself. Guys want to have fun in bed, not make the entire evening about validating your feelings.
6) Being afraid to try new things. A little flavored lubricant doesn't make you a slut. Try working through any hang ups you might have by trying something--anything--new. Do it with the lights on, just once. Guys like candlelight as much as women do, it makes the curves look good and the skin tone stand out. Missionary style position in a dark room gets old after awhile. Try doing it in the shower or someplace else you would normally not think of.
7) Shying away from oral sex. Most women don't like to give head with good reason. It can take forever and your jaw can often end up sore. But if you like getting it, then you've got to reciprocate. Read a good article on how to give head and start practicing. He'll be blown away when you initiate it.
8) Lack of surprise. One of the biggest complaints is that women expect the guy to initiate everything or anything out of the ordinary, and then they get angry that the guy tried to surprise them. Most women's hang ups around sex have to do with the way they see themselves physically or what people might think of them. This Victorian era style of repressed sexuality wasn't even real. The Victorians were far from prudes--in the bedroom, anyway. They talked a good line about being proper but when they were alone--watch out...
9) Not acting out fantasies (and making him feel he can't either). Acting out fantasies goes both ways. Meet him in the bedroom--or wherever--dressed like a milk maid or in a leather strapless. Take a trip to the adult toy store alone or with your best friend and get something you think is outrageous! Even something as simple as a pair of furry handcuffs will surprise him if that's uncharacteristic of you. Everyone has sexual fantasies that don't involve sleeping with a celebrity, so work through it by spicing up yours (and his) passions.
10) Conversations that are a turn off in bed. Don't talk about your day when you're in bed. Save the heavy discussions for after dinner, before bedtime. Nothing makes a relationship more hum drum in the sex department by practically picking a fight before sex--unless that's part of your fantasy, to have dirty makeup sex!--You can whisper dirty words, that's great, but a laundry list regarding your relationship is sure to put a damper on the evening.
These were the top ten mistakes women make in bed as expressed by college students at a local college and an impromptu interview with some of the members from a local sex positive nightclub. The ages spanned from around 22-50 - and it's interesting to note, the age of the men asked didn't seem to matter much, as the top ten were taken from approximately 60% of the answers.
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Humour: | 6 | A few good ones in here, the "Take a shit wherever the hell you want!" policy tickled me as did the Nuclear Bomb rollar coaster ride. I'm glad you resisted the temptation to use any obvious jokes poking fun at random people. Though I think its got some good jokes in there it is (for this N00b) a bit short on funnyie here and there. How about somthing about the "Stranglers" singing "golden brown" on one of the rides? I'm sure there are other songs you can link in... |
Concept: | 7 | One of the more original Ideas I have seen in my short time as a N00b here and I think there is more scope for this one. It's nice to see something which is genuinely new. Maybe a bit more about the history of the place? Or where they get the rides made perhaps? |
Prose and formatting: | 6 | Could tell much not wrong here But eye ess nowt expert in the field... With the exception perhaps of looking a bit plane in places but I think you can improve this by using the pictures a bit better... |
Images: | 7 | Simshitty was a good one as was the pic of Macky D's, both worked very well. Why not make some of the pics a bit bigger though? Looks like you have space for it. I think this would make a big difference as you have clearly done some work with the pics and I feel your not using them to their full potential... |
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Final Score: | 33 | Generally I think the answer to your question is: Yes. This is funny... To me at least... I think that you could layer in a few more jokes here and there though. Maybe come up with a few more new ideas for rides, features and the like, but I say keep working on this one. Its got the capacity to be a very funny article with a bit more work and maybe some more funnies... Although as a N00b here, like some of your rides, I may be full of shit. Enjoy the smell... |
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QUESTION 1: What is the name of architect Paolo Soleri's home in Paradise Valley?
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The home of Paolo Soleri, an architect who studied under Frank Lloyd Wright, is called Cosanti, which includes a foundry where his famous windbells are cast. Soleri has lived in Paradise Valley on the grounds of Cosanti, a 5-acre compound near Invergordon and Doubletree Ranch roads he founded with his late wife, Colly, for more than 50 years. Cosanti serves as the home base for the Cosanti Foundation, a non-profit educational organization devoted to Soleri's urban-planning research. ________________________________________________________________________
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Bil Keane started drawing The Family Circus in 1960 when, he said, he needed to put food on the table for his family after they moved to Paradise Valley from Philadelphia. The cartoons reflected his family's at-home adventures through Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, PJ and their parents. ________________________________________________________________________
QUESTION 3: To which famous Arizona politician is the park-like memorial at the northeast corner of Tatum Boulevard and Lincoln Drive dedicated?
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The late U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater died in May 1998 at the age of 89. He had been a longtime Paradise Valley resident. The 1-acre memorial was dedicated on Feb. 14, 2004. The late Western artist Joe Beeler sculpted the park's centerpiece, a 10-foot-tall bronze statue of Goldwater. ________________________________________________________________________
QUESTION 4: Which actor used to have a home in Paradise Valley (where the Villaresi subdivision is now at the corner of Mockingbird Lane and Invergordon Road) where he raised Arabian horses?
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Robert Mitchum died July 1, 1997, in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 79. Mitchum lived in Paradise Valley for many years and was a regular at local Arabian horse events and at the Barrett-Jackson auto auctions. ________________________________________________________________________
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Clearwater Hills is a residential development north of Lincoln Drive and west of Tatum Boulevard. The Casa, a Catholic spiritual retreat center, is at 5802 E. Lincoln Drive. ________________________________________________________________________
QUESTION 6: Which Paradise Valley church boasts a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired steeple reminiscent of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed steel spire at the Promenade shopping center in Scottsdale?
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According to the town's residents' guide, some subdivisions have deed restrictions which prohibit horses. Residents must take reasonable precautions to assure that their horses are contained within their property. ________________________________________________________________________
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Rehnquist died Sept. 3, 2005, at age 80. He was never a town resident, but lived in Phoenix. The Paradise Valley Town Council hired him on Dec. 3, 1964, on a contract basis, and a month later he began his duties. Rehnquist was replaced four years later when he became an assistant U.S. attorney general. ________________________________________________________________________
QUESTION 9: What is the name of the cemetery in Paradise Valley across the street from Kiva Elementary School on McDonald Drive?
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Camelback Cemetery was dedicated as a community burial ground in 1916 by pioneers Hans and Mary Weaver, who homesteaded in the area. The two are buried there along with hundreds of others, from laborers to philanthropists. ________________________________________________________________________
QUESTION 10: What mountain is depicted in the town's official seal and flag?
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While it has had a town seal for years, Paradise Valley did not have a flag until 2003 when former Councilwoman Virginia "Jini'' Simpson designed one based on the town seal. The banner features a blue sky, green foreground and a white Camelback Mountain. ________________________________________________________________________
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Hyundai to Hynix Top Asia Buying as HSBC Remains Bullish
Sharon Cho and Weiyi LimSouth Korean stocks have gone from Asia's most-hated equities to the favorites of international investors after valuations fell to a six-year low versus global shares and exports rebounded.
Foreign money managers bought a net $1.04 billion of South Korean equities this month, the most among 10 Asian markets tracked by Bloomberg, following $7.2 billion of withdrawals this year through July. The nation's stocks trade at the same value as companies' net assets, versus 1.9 times for the MSCI All-Country World Index, the biggest discount since 2007. The benchmark Kospi index rose 5.9 percent from an 11-month low on June 25 through yesterday, paring its 2013 loss to 5.6 percent.
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp., the nation's top carmakers, and SK Hynix Inc., the world's No. 2 computer-memory chipmaker, are attracting money as exports fuel the fastest economic growth in two years. Fund managers who help oversee $1.1 trillion at HSBC Global Asset Management, Aberdeen Asset Management, ABN Amro Private Banking and Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management all say they are bullish.
"We are turning more positive on the country overall on the extremely cheap valuation," said David Gaud, a Hong Kong-based senior money manager at Rothschild, which oversees about $157 billion. Korean shares may return 20 percent in the next six months, he said. "The global cycle overall should improve and Korea should be an interesting proxy."
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The last time South Korean stocks were this inexpensive compared with global equities was January 2007, when the Kospi jumped 42 percent in six months and outperformed the MSCI All-Country index by 36 percentage points, monthly data compiled by Bloomberg show. The benchmark gauge for South Korea's $1.1 trillion market trades at an 18 percent discount versus its average price-to-book ratio of 1.2 during the past decade.
"It's very rare" for valuations to fall this low, said Bill Maldonado, the Asia-Pacific chief investment officer in Hong Kong for HSBC Global Asset Management, which oversees about $413 billion. "You've got a great opportunity there."
The Kospi index dropped less than 0.1 percent to 1,884.52 today, while the MSCI Asia Pacific Index declined 1.6 percent. Hyundai and Kia shares both gained at least 1.1 percent. Overseas money managers bought about $109 million of local equities today.
Foreign investors have added money to South Korean shares this month as they sold a combined $5.8 billion of stocks in nine other Asian markets tracked by Bloomberg. Thailand recorded $1.1 billion of outflows as data showed the economy contracted in the second quarter.
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South Korean exports increased 2.6 percent in July from a year earlier, following a 1 percent decline in the previous month, government figures show. Asia's fifth-largest economy grew 1.1 percent in the second quarter from the first three months, the fastest pace since 2011.
"It makes sense to buy Korea, especially companies that are export-oriented," said Daphne Roth, the Singapore-based head of Asian equity research at ABN Amro Private Banking, which oversees about $207 billion.
The economy may be vulnerable to a withdrawal of stimulus, said Lee Moo Kwang, a Singapore-based money manager at Truston Asset Management, which oversees about $9.5 billion.
The central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate at 2.5 percent, the lowest level since 2010, for the past three months. President Park Geun Hye's government obtained a 17.3 trillion won ($15.5 billion) extra budget in May.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve will begin paring its $85 billion of monthly bond purchases by next month, according to 65 percent of economists surveyed by Bloomberg from Aug. 9-13.
"We haven't bought Korean stocks recently," Lee said. "If we can find proof that the general economy can improve without further government stimulus, it will be a good signal to enter."
South Korea's bond risk is rising as household debt climbs to a record, growth in China slows and a weaker yen makes exporters less competitive versus Japanese rivals. The cost of insuring government debt from non-payment rose to a two-month high of 93 basis points on Aug. 21 and was at 84 basis points on Aug. 26, according to CMA prices.
The government's 10-year bond yield has climbed 49 basis points this year to 3.67 percent. While the won dropped 4.7 percent to 1,116.28 per dollar, it is up 7.4 percent against the yen.
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As the currency stabilizes and sales to the U.S. improve, profits will probably climb 16 percent this year and 15 percent in 2014, according to Chanik Park, the head of Korea equity research at Barclays Plc in Seoul. That compares with gains of 5.3 percent and 10.6 percent in the U.S. Standard & Poor's 500 Index, according to analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
The "global growth environment is improving," said Bhaskar Laxminarayan, the chief investment officer at the Asian banking unit of Pictet & Cie., which oversees about $411 billion. "Korea stands out as the Asian country outside of Japan to have created significant global brands."
More than 60 percent of 163 companies tracked by LIG Investment & Securities Co. beat analysts' estimates for operating earnings in the second quarter, passing the 50 percent mark for the first time in 13 quarters, the brokerage wrote in an Aug. 21 report.
"We see above-average return potential in Korea, driven by earnings growth" and higher valuations, Richard Titherington, the chief investment officer for emerging markets equities at JPMorgan Asset Management, which oversees about $1.5 trillion, said in an e-mail interview.
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Shares of Hyundai Motor, which gets about 57 percent of its sales outside South Korea, attracted a net 260 billion won of foreign purchases this month, the most among 762 stocks in the Kospi index tracked by Bloomberg.
The Seoul-based company is valued at 1.04 times net assets after shares climbed 8.9 percent this year. Kia Motors, which had 225 billion won of net buying, has a price-to-book ratio of 1.4 after increasing 13 percent. That compares with multiples of 1.8 for General Motors Co. and 3.4 for Ford Motor Co.
South Korean automakers are "very cheap compared to global peers," said Oh Sung Sik, the chief investment officer for Korean equities at Franklin Templeton Investments in Seoul.
SK Hynix lured 180 billion won of inflows, the data show. The Gyeonggi-based chipmaker, whose second-quarter profit topped analyst estimates, is valued at 6.2 times projected earnings for the next 12 months, versus an average of 12 times during the past three years, Bloomberg data show.
Samsung Electronics Co., the maker of smartphones and TVs that has the biggest weighting in the Kospi Index, attracted 148 billion won. The Suwon-based company's multiple reached a record low of 5.7 times earnings in July and was 6.2 yesterday, even after profits jumped 50 percent in the second quarter. The stock has dropped 14 percent this year.
"We have been adding Samsung Electronics," said Yoojeong Oh, a money manager at Aberdeen Asset Management, which had about $318 billion under management as of June 30. "We felt it had been unfairly penalized."


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According to background information in the study, a large body of evidence supports a central role for lowering levels of LDL-C in the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. "Randomized controlled trials have established that statin-mediated reductions in LDL-C have a favorable effect on the incidence of cardiovascular events. As a result, LDL-C lowering has become an integral component of therapeutic strategies in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. In particular, the use of statins has become widespread."
Stephen J. Nicholls, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., and colleagues from the Cleveland Clinic, "investigated the relationship between changes in lipoprotein levels and atheroma volume [lipid deposits in the inner lining of the artery that can obstruct blood flow] in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who were treated with statins." The researchers investigated the role of statin-induced reductions in atherogenic lipoproteins such as LDL-C and increases in HDL-C on the rate of atheroma progression. A total of 1,455 patients from four clinical trials were included. The patients underwent serial assessment of atheroma burden using intravascular ultrasonography. The average age of the patients was 57.6 years; 73 percent were men; 92 percent were white; the average body mass index was 30; 24 percent were current smokers; 76 percent had a history of hypertension; and 19 percent had a history of diabetes.
"The lipid changes translated to a mean [average] reduction in LDL-C of 23.5 percent and an increase in HDL-C by 7.5 percent, resulting in a reduction in LDL-C/HDL-C ratio of 26.7 percent. Changes in all lipid parameters, except lipoprotein(a), with statin therapy were significant," the authors found. "Substantial atheroma regression (5 percent or more reduction in atheroma volume) was observed in patients with levels of LDL-C less than the mean (87.5 milligrams per deciliter) during treatment and percentage increases of HDL-C greater than the mean (7.5 percent). No significant differences were found with regard to clinical events."
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