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Zhen Li wrote: Also, I'm not sure about administrators in the Vinaya...
Generally speaking everything has to go to a vote as per karma proceedings. A motion is put forward a few times and provided nobody objects, then it is passed. Otherwise there needs to be discussion and if need be a vote.
This isn't viable, but then in the spirit of democracy there could be leaders elected by the community to make decisions for a set term.
However, monasteries are all dictatorships or autocracies. Historically it seems this was also the case in most cultures and time periods.
I don't object to strong leadership if it is benevolent, but then again this begs the question why propagate a Vinaya system you don't even follow half of.

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Smit: Boks went back to basics
John Smit believes last week's victory over Australia in Pretoria has given his team a platform to build on.
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'Since our return from overseas we have been concentrating on what we can control, which is our game – our set pieces, what we do in general play, how we kick and whether we kick to give it away or to get it back.
'When you have a bad run of results you have to go back and touch on your basics and get them back to where they belong'.
Ackerman presents Bok jerseys
South African business icon Raymond Ackerman presented the Springboks with their match jerseys in Bloemfontein on Friday.
'It took enormous courage from you to come back the way you did last week,' the founder of Pick n Pay told the team. 'I know what its like to take reverses. It's different for you guys because your setbacks make the headlines. To come back from 14-0 down needed something special and it was amazing.'
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LINCOLN, Neb. – In their first of two matches this weekend, the Miami University women's tennis team started off their trip to Nebraska on a high-note with a 7-0 sweep of Wyoming on Saturday afternoon. The RedHawks won two of three doubles matches before going on to sweep the slate of six singles bouts.
In doubles competition, sophomore Ana Rajkovic and junior Christine Guerrazzi won at No. 1 doubles, 8-3 while freshman Andreea Badileanu and senior Nimisha Mohan won at No. 2 singles, 8-1. The RedHawks' lost at No. 3 doubles, 8-3 but had already secured the doubles point by winning at No. 1 and No. 2.
Mohan emerged victorious in her No. 1 singles bout, 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8). Badileanu extended her win streak to six games with a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 2 singles. At No. 3 singles, senior Christiana Raymond won 6-4, 7-5 while Guerrazzi won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 4 singles. At No. 5 singles, junior Ramona Costea won 6-3, 6-7, 1-0 (10-8) and Rajkovic downed her No. 6 singles opponent by a final of 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6).
The sweep was the third for the RedHawks this season, the first one coming at home against Wright State on Jan. 31 and the second occuring at home against IUPUI on Feb. 9. With the match win, Miami (7-3, 0-0 MAC) continued its streak of never losing a match coming off a loss. The Red and White are 3-0 in such situations.
Miami returns to the courts on Sunday at noon to face Nebraska.
1. Nimisha Mohan (Miami) def. Veronica Popovici (WY) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8)
2. Andreea Badileanu (Miami) def. Dorottya Jonas (WY) 6-1, 6-4
3. Christiana Raymond (Miami) def. Jessica Parizher (WY) 6-4, 7-5
4. Chrsitne Guerazzi (Miami) def. Christa Gecheva (WY), 6-2, 6-1
5. Ramona Costea (Miami) def. Silviya Zhelyazkova (WY) 6-3, 6-7, 1-0 (10-8)
6. Ana Rajkovic (Miami) def. Alena Vasileva (WY) 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
1. Ana Rajkovic/Christine Guerrazzi (Miami) def. Veronica Popovici/Jessica Parizher (WY) 8-3
2. Andreea Badileanu/Nimisha Mohan (Miami) def. Alma Espinosa/Christa Gecheva (WY) 8-1
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Defense Turns Up Stellar Again as Women's Basketball Rolls Anderson 77-59
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MISENHEIMER, N.C. Defense for Pfeiffer University came up big again as the Lady Falcons held Anderson University to just 26.3% shooting from the field in a 77-59 victory over the Trojans on Monday night. The win gives Pfeiffer its fourth-straight inside Conference Carolinas play improving to 9-7 overall, 9-2 in league play. Anderson dips their mark to 9-7, 8-3.
Midway through the first period, the contest had seen four ties and five lead changes before Pfeiffer took over. After a Celeste Caudill (Sparta, NC) three gave the Lady Falcons a one-point lead 15-14, Pfeiffer proceeded on a 19-3 run with nine of those points being scored by Domonique China (Durham, NC). Down by 17, 34-17, with 1:35 to go in the first, the Trojans closed out the half on a 9-0 run with five of those points going to Alexa Neal (Greensboro, NC). Pfeiffer took a 34-26 lead into the break.
Neal would drain a three at the 18:13 mark of the second period, before Pfeiffer ran away from Anderson for good. A 9-2 stretch with layups from Christina Harvey (Locust Grove, VA) and Jamila Harris (Danville, VA), coupled with another 10-4 run just minutes later, gave Pfeiffer a 62-45 lead after a Shelley Reese (Brown Summit, NC) three. The Lady Falcons closed the contest out with a 9-1 final run for the impressive 77-59 win.
Neal led all scorers with 19 on the night. Amanda Parris (Summerville, GA) was the only other Trojan in double-figures finishing with 10. China again led the Lady Falcons with 17 points, followed by Harveys 12, Caudills 11 and Charlotte Fullers (Moorestown, NJ) 10.
Pfeiffer held Anderson to 15-of-57 shooting from the floor (26.3%) knocking down 29 shots of their own at 47.5%. The Lady Falcons finished +10 in the rebound count and helped out each other with 11 more assists that Anderson at 16-5.
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The 200 varieties of of birds can be viewed through 10 p.m. Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
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Rejected centre Walter Venter says he won't leave the Lions and is even willing to prove himself in the Varsity Cup.
Venter was dumped from coach Loffie Eloff's 33-man squad last week, with Barry Goodes and Deon van Rensburg's versatility deemed superior to that of a specialist No 12 in Venter.
There is a real possibility that Venter could be poached by another union if he remains on the outer, but he maintains he will stay in Johannesburg until the end of the year. The 24-year-old is contracted until the end of 2010, but there is a get-out clause at the conclusion of this year's Currie Cup.
"I've never been approached by anyone," Venter told keo.co.za. "I love the Lions, love the squad and I don't want to play anywhere else. I obviously think I'm good enough to play in the Super 14, so if offers do come my way I'll have to look at them."
In the wake of his exclusion from Eloff's squad Venter was in-line to help out the Cheetahs. However, his loyalty to the Lions – where he has been in the system since representing the Craven Week side in 2002 – meant he stayed in Johannesburg.
"Seeing as I was dropped I was on the draft list for other sides, so I phoned up [Cheetahs coach] Naka Drotske," said Venter. "He said I could join with pleasure on a two-week trial seeing as they are short of centres. But we are playing the Cheetahs next Friday and it's not in my character to be unethical, so in the end I decided to stay here."
Venter was content with his pre-season form and conditioning, where he bulked up by 7kg.
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This is my first ever attempt of a professionally developed circuit board. I have noticed that people have been wondering why only the Demo Board has the microphone. It is because the microphone's hardware has to be as small and as close to the chip as possible to reduce noise. I do not have an extensive knowledge of what "noise" is but because it affects the mic you can ONLY have the mic if you have the Demo Board. This is not suitible for cheap people like me who do not want to buy a demo board, it is also convienient for those who wish to develop projects involving the mic that do not what to have a custom board made. I have created a board with small, close together mic componants and a Propeller chip on board that should give demo board preformence without "noise". I have posted the EAGLE file here. It is most likely so full of errors that it would take a day just to fix them all, so PLEASE review the file and tell me the errors I have so I can fix them. Also, tell me if the setup is "noise"-proof and that the componants can work properly. If there is enough demand I will get some boards made by Golden Pheonix PCB and will start selling them online. If not, then I will move on. I do not want to be like·[someone I know]·and sell the hardware before the software but this is mainly for my Speech Recognition once it is compleated (if it is). Thank you in advance for all your help and comments!
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What Is Your Favorite Halloween Treat?
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- Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
- Feel free to suggest poll ideas if you're feeling creative. I'd strongly suggest reading the past polls first.
- This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
What Is Your Favorite Halloween Treat?
by hcs_$reboot (1536101) on Monday October 15, 2012 @09:06AM (#41656647)Not complaining. But it's the 2nd halloween poll, and still no "I don't give a * about halloween" option.
Ha, well, you'll *love* next month when... Xmas retail solvency season starts in November.
Though I've been much better at avoiding it lately... I think last year I managed to get through the whole two months without having to hear any Christmas music until the last few days, and even then it was the excellent and eclectic somafm mix.
What do you mean next month? They have already put up Christmas crap around here now....
Missing options include:
O I'm diabetic, you insensitive clod!
O US-centric poll!
O Other, please specify
Not complaining. But it's the 2nd halloween poll, and still no "I don't give a * about halloween" option.
It's just a spooky feeling; be prepared not to complain when it happens again. These two consecutive polls imply a trilogy -- perhaps unplanned at the least -- by accidentally creating conditions begging for a third, far more interesting poll: What Is Your Favorite Halloween Trick?
by jellomizer (103300) on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @02:17PM (#41684103)
I don't give a bin about halloween
I don't give a boot about halloween
I don't give a etc about halloween
I don't give a home about halloween
I don't give a lib about halloween
I don't give a local about halloween
I don't give a proc about halloween
I don't give a sbin about halloween
I don't give a var about halloween
I think I am doing it wrong. Perhaps I should go do a different directory.
Candy corn isn't dead last?! Could someone explain the popularity of what is basically sugar, corn syrup, and wax [wikipedia.org]?
it's because everyone else remembers the horror of the peanut butter flavored mary jane candy.
Candy Corn + Peanuts = Payday Bar. (Score:2, Informative)by Anonymous Coward
Take a handful of candy corn and roasted peanuts mixed up and pop it into you mouth all at once.
It tastes just like a Payday candy bar. No kidding.
Take a handful of candy corn and roasted peanuts mixed up and pop it into you mouth all at once.
It tastes just like a Payday candy bar. No kidding.
Mod parent up. My wife brought home a jar of peanuts with candy corn mixed in. I've always hated candy corn, but this is awesome.
Could someone explain the popularity of what is basically sugar, corn syrup, and wax
That would be the sugar.
I also love peeps around Easter. They're popular because they are basically just sugar, and you only really get them once a year. Regular candy is boring.
And yes, I know you can get peeps and candy corn year round. But who eats that stuff any other time?
Nearly every non-chocolate candy is made of those three ingredients in varying amounts.
You need it for the US presidential debate. Bascially, whenever Romney lies, you eat a piece of candy corn.
It's a substitute for shots. You may gain weight and loose teeth, but at least you won't be comatose before the end of the introductions.
Thanks for the link. Here I was, all this time assuming that anytime an American show mentioned candy corn, that they were talking about flavoured pop-corn.
Surely this question and it's answers is a troll at this point?
Beef jerky... (Score:5, Funny)
...bacon, hardboiled eggs and tangerines.
For any American that wants a cured meat that will make you reject Jack Links and his ilk, hunt for a South African butchers (I have no idea how common they are there) and get yourself some Biltong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltong [wikipedia.org]
Because it's the most honest answer. Optionally with food coloring and artificial flavors.
pixie stixs ftw
Nothing says homemade like Red Dye #5!
Handful of sugar, because it is compatible with coffee.
Also, I don't care about Halloween, and neither do any of my countrymen.
No, its the most stupidest answer.
Do you think we don't know they have sugar in them? Seriously? They are different things. They choice is which think to you like.
How sad of a life you must have where they only way you can find any self importance is pointing out needless and pointless information.
Stop being boring.
Holy shit, this is quite possibly the wildest overreaction I've ever witnessed. Awesome!
Love that dark chocolate. But I also have a sweet spot (bada-Bum!) for that nasty old candy corn.
M&M's, too.
And why is caramel apples an option on this list? Nobody gives out fruit any more, because parents just trash anything that isn't still in its store wrappers. Too many incidents of razor blades in apples and poisoned whatevers over the years.
or at least too much fear of incidents. I still haven't heard of a real incident except one guy who was trying to injure his own kid and shift the blame.
I think it is more of the fear of razor blades and poison in the apples than any thing else. Besides given the stories I hear on the news about the random dangerous stuff that crops up in prepackaged food these days I would trust some random apple that someone handed out more than some piece of candy that is still in a wrapper.
In a town without cons (Score:5, Funny)To me, October 31 is a day when cosplaying in public is actually appreciated. I haven't seen a lot of anime conventions and the like come to my town.
My favorite Halloween treat based on those choices is for sure gummy but my overall favorite is ice cream in sandwich form
Girls in Slutty Costumes! (Score:5, Insightful)
Sorry but its true. Will be going out to a party and on the town, and the best treat is all the girls to pick that one night to really slut it up. Makes for an entertaining evening!
Yup. Eye candy is my favourite Halloween treat.
for men.
Another festive event invented by Coca Col'a marketing department?
I never really was too fond of sweets. Of course Raspberry Pi is an exception.
Say everybody have you seen my balls they're big and salty and brown.
If you ever need a quick pick me up, just stick my balls in your mouth.
Oh! Suck on my chocolate salty balls, put 'em in your mouth and suck 'em.
Suck on my chocolate salty balls, they're packed vitamins,
and good for you, so suck on balls.
Saw a picture set on the web somewhere last year where someone made caramel-covered white onions.
Look just like apples when coated.
Hmm. Might do chocolate-dipped cloves of garlic for the neighbouring kids this year
How it goes... (Score:5, Insightful)You buy bags of candy "for the neighborhood kids".
A couple of weeks before Halloween, you notice that the candy is all gone, so you buy a couple more bags of candy.
A week before Halloween, you notice that the candy is all gone, so you buy a couple more bags of candy.
Halloween comes and, after the first bunch of kids have come and gone, you notice the candy is getting low and you are not going to have enough for yourself later. You turn out the lights.
There's something about smarties that I find just irresistible, and I don't particularly care for a lot of commercial candy. There shouldn't be anything special about the stuff, either. Maybe it's just all the memories they trigger...
This year I'd also whore myself out for Robin Choclates' salted agave caramels, though. I think I'll pop 'round her shop tomorrow and see if she can fill an order for a couple hundred in time for Halloween. As always my strategy is to mostly give away candy that I personally
I'm from the US. It's the wrapped up powdery, chalky, rather tart one.
We Canadians would refer to the second tasty treat as 'Rockets.' Cuz that's what's on the label. It's also my understanding that Americans don't get to experience the sheer joy that is a Coffee Crisp bar.
That's the one candy I can't stand anymore. I think it's just years of getting way too many of them at Halloween. I don't think there's much difference between those and say, SweetTarts or Pixie Stix. But for some reason I just can't tolerate Smarties any more.
Those shitty little hard candy's that fizz up as they melt
I cycled to Milton Keynes one Hallowe'en and came back with a bag full of free server gear. Built a working server out of it all as well (dual Athlon MP on a Tyan Tiger board, 185GB SCSI RAID... nice)
Salty liquorice (Score:4, Interesting)by hansg (264039) <firstname.lastname@example.com> on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @03:50AM (#41666577)
"It's an acquired taste"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_liquorice [wikipedia.org]
If you don't like it, you are weak
Why isn't "Slutty Costumes" an option? Are you trying to give us all diabetes?
sharpened and stuffed in apples.
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There's a new house going up for them all, outside San Antonio.
The RV is back there, too, so there's no place to go but the driving range, and Jimmy Walker spent a couple of hours there Tuesday at Riviera, sending long balls into the netting on the other end.
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Congrats! Wisconsin, Notre Dame and GA. Tech did the same vs the mighty SEC West. Still, Florida St. defending champs with 29 straight wins can't get denied a shot. Good job Ducks! and Add Ohio State now too vs the SEC West.
I am glad you got a kick out of the Final Four discussion, Proline 82. Obviously we need a bigger field of 6-or-8 teams as stated in the video, and these arguments could be decided on the field. The fact is however that TCU would be made a favorite over FSU and that is the primary evidence we have to go on until they play the game. I definitely am not one who thinks FSU "sucks," in fact, I just might take the points in a game against TCU but from a Las Vegas power ratings standpoint, TCU is the "better" team.
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House's lawmakers likely to rebuff many of DoD's plans
Next Wednesday morning marks the start of the House's annual marathon of Defense legislating: the full committee markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). We haven't yet seen the main foundational bill (known as the "chairman's mark") that the Armed Services Committee will be debating and amending, but it's already clear that the committee is poised to reject a large proportion of the cost-saving ideas DoD wants to implement as coping mechanisms under sequestration.
In their markups of the chunks of the NDAA over which they hold jurisdiction, the six HASC subcommittees took several jabs at the department's proposals.
For instance, on Wednesday, the personnel subcommittee snubbed most of the elements of DoD's package to save $2.1 billion in military compensation costs. Members approved language that would turn back the department's request to consolidate the TRICARE system and increase retiree premiums, blocked most of DoD's proposed cut to the commissary system and declined to allow cutbacks in service members' housing allowances.
"Congress established the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission and we need to be informed of their analysis before proceeding with wide impacting changes," Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), the subcommittee chairman, said.
With regard to DoD's request for permission to do another round of base realignments and closures (BRAC), lawmakers already have made it known in hearings this year that they had no interest in authorizing another BRAC, but the readiness subcommittee went a step further, adding language that expressly condemns another round.
DoD's budget plan also made clear that if sequestration stays in place beyond 2015, it would have to cancel plans to refuel and overhaul the aircraft carrier U.S.S. George Washington, and retire the ship instead. But the seapower and projection forces subcommittee inserted language to force DoD's hand, withholding funds from the Office of the Secretary of Defense until the department obligates more than $700 million to keep Washington in service.
The chairman's mark next week is expected to include language dealing with several other of DoD's cost-saving ideas, such as the Navy's "lay-up" plan for several of its cruisers, but Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the Armed Services Committee's ranking member, said we shouldn't expect next week's final product to acquiesce to many of DoD's cost reductions.
"I don't know that Democrats are being any less parochial than Republicans are at this point," he said Thursday at a Capitol Hill forum hosted by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. "I think most of the amendments you'll see will be efforts to save one program or another, not to find budget savings."
Smith, like most HASC members, thinks sequestration was monumentally stupid and destructive to both the Defense and non-defense sides of government, but he takes the view that since there are very few conceivable political paths to getting rid of it, it's time for Congress to devote its energy toward finding ways to create a military that can live within the budget caps.
Instead, he said, Capitol Hill's most ardent Defense supporters are making DoD's problems much worse by forcing the continuation of programs it won't be able to fund.
Defense officials have made a similar point as they rolled out their budget submission this year. They say they designed many of this year's proposed cuts in such a way that they'll bring year-over-year compounding savings in 2016 and beyond, when sequestration will have taken full effect. So even if lawmakers find ways to hang onto their favorite programs in 2015 while staying under this year's more modest caps, they'll be blowing a much bigger hole in the following years' budgets.
"We're battling over a little bit of money here and a little bit of money there in order to get through 2015, but we're creating a big bow wave," Smith said. "People are saying, for instance, 'If we can just find $400 million, we can save the A-10.' That's a daunting challenge, but it's also not realistic, because if we save the A-10 this year, it's going to cost us $3.5 billion in the four years after that. The same is true with the personnel costs. The FY15 savings are relatively small, but it's $2 billion over five years. We're painting ourselves into a corner, and we're going to run out of floor space at some point."
Just so I'm not accused of making too much out of the first step in what will be a long legislative process, it's worth noting that the language the HASC subcommittees passed this week still will be subject to amendment in the full committee next week, and the bill they end up passing will be further debated on the House floor (where Smith intends to force a vote on BRAC, by the way).
The Senate will need to undertake its own parallel NDAA markup process, which usually happens much later in the year and under the cover of closed-door markups, not because there's much classified material being discussed, but because the Senate likes it that way.
With that caveat, a few other interesting items from this week's subcommittee markups on the House side:
- In the 2012 version of the NDAA, Congress told DoD to develop a strategy to transition to cloud computing, using commercially-provided cloud services as much as possible. But the subcommittee on emerging threats, capabilities and intelligence believes the department is moving too slowly. Its contribution to this year's bill would order an outside assessment of DoD's cloud posture, including whether it's biased toward using government cloud services instead of commercial ones, whether it's clearly articulated its cloud brokerage and security procedures to industry, and whether commercial cloud services are being built into DoD's forthcoming Joint Information Environment (JIE).
- Speaking of the JIE, the subcommittee also believes the way DoD's building the elements of that future shared IT infrastructure has resulted in "decisions made for expediency over competition." So it's ordering a DoD inspector general review into whether the department is "overly reliant on sole source, brand name or other contract types that bypass competition requirements" in its pursuit of IT commonality.
- DoD's constant mantra with regard to JIE is that it's not a program of record. But the subcommittee is concerned that the department can't describe what it is instead, including which existing programs are going to be affected by the new architecture. So the legislation orders the DoD CIO to come up with a briefing that identifies all the funded programs across the military services that contribute to the JIE, along with a five-year master schedule with milestones and funding for each of the programs.
- The subcommittee takes a similar view toward Air Force cyber spending. It believes that service's cyber workforce is so disaggregated across so many projects that it's impossible to track the entirety of its investments or manage the workforce in a coherent fashion. So it's ordering up a report that identifies all of the Air Force's aggregate spending on cyber and how its programs integrate with U.S. Cyber Command and the rest of DoD.
- While the personnel subcommittee blocked most of DoD's proposals to reduce compensation spending, it did order the department to conduct an anonymous survey of service members to determine which forms of compensation they most value relative to one another — ostensibly to help guide future decisions about personnel spending. Our friends at CSBA conducted a nearly-identical study as a proof of concept two years ago, and found some surprising results.
- The readiness subcommittee gave some help to DARPA and its pursuit to constantly recruit new talent. The agency has been using some "temporary" authorities that give it a free hand to hire up to 60 scientists every year outside the normal pay and personnel rules that govern most federal employees. The language makes those authorities permanent, but doesn't expand the cap beyond 60, something DARPA's director, Arati Prabhakar says she'd like. She told the Senate Armed Services Committee last month that the agency is consistently using each of those authorized slots each year.
The Pentagon's view of the impacts of sequestration beyond 2016
One more note on the DoD budget and sequestration: The Pentagon's current five-year budget asks for $115 billion more than sequestration allows, but last week, DoD sent Congress a report which detailed the actions the department would have to take if it doesn't get what it's asking for and the spending caps stay in place.
The contents of the report have been well reported in other media outlets, but it's worth pointing out that the worst-case picture DoD painted almost was entirely about military hardware and force structure. As mentioned above, the Navy would have 10 carriers instead of 11. The Air Force would have to eliminate its fleet of KC-10 refueling aircraft, and the Army would reduce its number of active duty soldiers from 450,000 to 420,000, to take just a few examples.
But the report almost is entirely silent on any reductions DoD would have to make to its civilian and contractor workforces - two areas of the budget that have grown the most over the last decade. It's difficult to imagine that full sequestration wouldn't impact defense employment, and it's also difficult to understand why DoD didn't put that issue front and center in its presentation to Congress.
DoD to reward its best suppliers
The Pentagon's Better Buying Power program first started four years ago. Many of its ideas have been revised since then in Better Buying Power 2.0, and more revisions are coming in a 3.0 version.
But one idea that's been around since the outset and never really got off the ground was the idea of creating a "superior supplier program." It was outlined at the time as a way to create some sort of advantage in the acquisition process for contractors with a consistent history of good performance. It's a complicated notion to implement in a government acquisition structure that's supposed to be biased toward the idea of full and open competition wherever possible, but DoD thinks they've finally got the basic underpinnings worked out, based on pilot programs the Navy has been working on.
In written testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee this week, Frank Kendall, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, logistics and technology said the superior supplier program should be up and running DoDwide within the next year.
He didn't specify exactly how the final program will work, but under the Navy construct, vendors are divided into three tiers, based on past performance data in the government's Contractor Performance Assessment Rating System (CPARS).
Under the Navy program, the top third of the performers get a chance to propose ways to reduce costs to the acquisition system. It's unclear if DoD will add any other rewards in the final, militarywide system.
- The first C4SIR & Networks conference is scheduled over two days beginning Monday in Arlington, Virginia. Speakers include Navy CIO Terry Halvorsen, Army deputy CIO Mike Krieger, Brig. Gen. Brian Dravis, the director of the JIE Technical Synchronization Office (JTSO) at the Defense Information Systems Agency, and many more high ranking officials.
- The Senate Armed Services Committee kicks off its week on Tuesday with a hearing on military compensation featuring Gen. Martin Dempsey and the other top ranking uniformed military personnel from the services and reserves.
- The House Armed Services gets started with the aforementioned NDAA markup on Wednesday and expect a series of marathon sessions.
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Randy Williamson — director of health care issues, GAO
The facilities may be better but huge problems still persist at the Walter Reed Medical Center. That's according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. It has been five years since the Walter Reed scandal broke, exposing poor treatment and neglect of wounded warriors. Randy Williamson, director of health care Issues at GAO, told us about the original problem in 2007 and the remaining problems today.
Tom Cochran — blogger, Ghosts of DC
Trivia fans: Do you know which federal building could easily host a marathon in its long hallways? Or which had a faulty elevator that plunged five stories down with a congressman's daughter inside? Tom Cochran does. He blogs about our region's lost history on GhostsofDC.org.
Dr. Jacques Gansler — head of the Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise at the University of Maryland
A new degree track launches today at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. The master's degree program will focus on the complicated world of federal acquisition and contracting.
Jeff Neal — senior vice president, ICF International
Jeff Neal, a former federal employee at the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Homeland Security, discusses the results of the 2012 Employee Viewpoint Survey.
Related story: OPM survey: Tight budgets, pay freeze 'taking toll' on employee satisfaction
Christi Grimm — special assistant, Office of the Inspector General
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are paying for more and more alternatives to nursing homes for the elderly and disabled. There's a troubling side effect: more and more mispayments to these personal care services. Some is outright fraud. Some is just improper payments. Either way, the government is losing billions of dollars at a time when it seems it can't afford to lose a penny.
Personal Care Services: Trends, Vulnerabilities, and Recommendations for Improvement
Daniel Schuman — director, Advisory Council on Transparency, Sunlight Foundation
Now you might think of analyzing big data sets as a slow, boring process. But open data from the federal government helped to power the response to Superstorm Sandy in real time, and that's just part of the transparency push during the Obama administration.
Cybersecurity Update
- Cyber Monday shoppers beware. The FBI and Homeland Security Department have sent out warnings that cyber criminals will target holiday shoppers with scams today. NextGov reports, con artists are selling expired gift cards on auction websites in an effort to get your credit card information. The FBI said to watch out for the similar scams on social networks and websites with flash sales. The bureau recommended shoppers always check the user ratings of sellers and to remember that if a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is. (NextGov)
- The National Security Agency has responded to a Freedom of Information Act Request from EPIC, seeking the public release of Presidential Policy Directive 20. The Directive, first reported by the Washington Post, is believed to expand the NSA's cybersecurity authority. In response to EPIC, the NSA argued that the Agency does not have to release the document because it is a confidential presidential communication and it is classified by the NSA. EPIC is litigating similar claims against the NSA, including the release of NSPD 54, a 2008 presidential directive setting out the NSA's cybersecurity authority. In an official statement to Congress earlier this year, EPIC explained that the NSA was a "black hole for public information about cybersecurity." EPIC plans to appeal the NSA's determination. (Federal News Radio)
DoD Report
- Thousands of pieces of body armor worn by special operations forces are being recalled because they might be defective. Military Times reports, a few of the plates have delaminated, and that can keep them from stopping bullets. The pieces were made by Ceradyne Defense, which discovered the defects. A Special Operations Command spokesman said that no one has been injured because of defective body armor. He said the defect has been found in less than 5 percent of the pieces. The affected products are called Spear Generation Three. (USA Today)
- Military-connected high school students are getting better access to advanced science and math courses thanks to a nonprofit organization. The National Math Science Initiative has expanded its two-year-old program to more than 50 schools with high populations of military connected students. It's also offering Advanced Placement English courses. Students who pass a test at the end of the courses can receive college credit. Former Secretary of the Army Pete Geren said AP classes are important for military families because they offer a consistent curriculum for students who frequently change schools and close the achievement gap for minority students. NMSI is also helping out with teacher training, study equipment and lower AP exam fees. It plans to expand the initiative to 80 schools next year. (Armed with Science)


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January 16th, 2008 #1
Ravenseyestudios.com Updated 2/23/2012 Insect Dragon
Long ago I started this sketchbook. See where I have ended up!
These two were 1 to 2 hour speed paints i did to try and quickly capture the scene from the game lotr online which i saw my brother playing and noticed how good the atmospheric perspective is. Not only that but i get the option to practice so Ive been starting to do a few of these.
This right here is a work in progress ... im slowly learning how to start to capture a scene and such and hopefully with your help ill get the ability to get their faster.
Another work in progress is this.
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Very cool! I like refes which you'd used.thats mean your feelng are great!
crit^: but you have to work with shape and perspective.
keep it up and show us more/
p.s. how old r u?
January 20th, 2008 #9
btw, if you r still not decided about web site - i would recomend to ya - open blog at blogspot.com, for gallery you can use picasa gallery. (see my blog and gallery)
have a good day)
January 21st, 2008 #10
Hey thanks alot dtraty its nice knowing someone is actully looking in. Was worried i wouldnt get any crits. I deff need to continue with perspective ive been seeing some speed paints where people throw up the lines very fast and have started testing it and it works great. Need to keep practicing with that! I do plan to make a website here very soon i have several projects im working on and i also understand how important it is for portfolio and jobs. Thanks for the tip on the blogspot i actully have one that i had to make for a class so ill try to stat throwing it up on their.
more dumps
These are two of the acrylic paints ive done for the free art group im in.
water color peice
Lych claymore and Crusadors greatest honor
On a side note i was once given a link to a section within these forums that had hundreds of characters in different poses. Pictures taken of people in poses. Does anyone know the link to that section? After my life drawing class where we only had 3 models i was really mad that i didnt learn much and would really like to study those pictures. I guess on the same note if anyone knows of some good sections to check out on this website i would really appreciate it if you could link them too me. I really am serious about my work and when im not at school or work i am working on my own personal art to get better. Its what i love and until the day i die will be doing thats how much i love art and creativity so if you could help me a little i would be very greatful! Thanks all Please keep an eye on me!
Sorry forgot to add that im 20 Have been taking art classes at kvcc in michigan ... community college and am currently trying to get to a school that might actully teach me something. I havent learned alot from the school im at right now.
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January 21st, 2008 #11
For details on how to use attachments instead of img tags, go to the Lounge section, and into the stickied intro thread. There are directions and pictures there that will show you how.
I'll try to give a critique later, but you have some nice stuff from a glance.
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January 21st, 2008 #12
thank you!
January 21st, 2008 #13
For post #1 in the hour speed paint, I love the texture and depth. I also like the glowing coming from within the trees, although it's my opinion that it doesn't fit well with the rest of the peice-- You should add some more red hues (not nessisarily glowing, but something) to help the composition. Are you planning on spending more time on it and adding other colors? I think that would be fun to see.
I like the color variety in the speed paint with the purple tower, although the lighting (or lack thereof) on the left rock seems off in relation to the shading of the path.The sky is excellently done; nice shades and convincing clouds.
I love the mushroom house scene. The treetrunk texture and flowers are convincing, but the bridge looks too computer drawn to me. Yes, I know that's an odd comment since it -was- computer drawn, but I think that making it "more realistic" would fit in with the rest of the peice better. I hope that made some sort of sense. =P
For your warrior, I think you did an excellent job on the arms. However, the right shoulder armor looks too flat, try rounding it out more or shading it to look more curved. I love the glow-details on the eyes, sword, and cape. A suggestion for future warrior-works is to try finding a more dynamic and action-filled pose.
I love your swirling vortex eye-thing. It's fun to stare at. =P Alright, so not my most brilliant comment. The hightlights on the stretching bands of red and pink are great, and the shades inbetween them are fun to look at. No real criticism for this one, I suppose. You keeping it as-is, or thinking of working with it more and turning it into a peice?
For the perspective building scene with the horse and the guy, excellent details on the mountains and bridge. I think the flowers are a bit off, because the area around the horse looks like it could possibly be liquid. Just my impression, anyways.
I'll critique some more later, probably.
Keep up the good work!
January 21st, 2008 #14
good start man nice to see so many updates... as for a crit i would have to say two things about your enviroments, 1) atmospheric perspective is your friend embrace him 2) your color are clashing is certain areas, bust out the ol' color wheel, and go nuts. (this the kind of stuff i have had said to me because i had very similar issues)
other than that keep the sketchs churning out and you'll be drop dead amazing in no time, good luck and keep post'n!
January 22nd, 2008 #15
Taven thank you very much for your comments and crits really! The speed paints i am doing from refrense is more or less to build up my mind to capture a scene. Not only that but to build my skill of capturing it with speed. Most of the time i do a speed paint i am not planing to go back and work on it more but your comments for example on speed paint 1 i will deff keep in mind when i go to work a speed paint again if i have a similar situation. I also understand exactly what your saying about the bridge. I had some others tell me it was offsetting the peice as well when i get back into work on it heavely i will do altering to the bridge to give it more of a realistic look! Thanks again! Im going threw a huge i need to learn how to draw more things which are always good to embrase inbetween peices.
Tooled!- Could you explain a little better? Im not sure exactly what you mean with the colors clashing and such ive never really had anyone teach me good about color. as for the atmospheric comment thank you so much!!! Ill keep working as hard as i can at it!
These were some skull sketchs i did to practice.
skull sketchs and studies
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January 24th, 2008 #18
For the female character-- I like how you're working on expression. The forearm and hand gripping the sword are also very nice! The proportions are a bit off; but nice work.
For the motion character-- The proportions are also off here (hey, don't worry, practice will make perfect!) but details like the helmet feathering being sweeped back and the billowing cape add to the illusion of motion. I think it might be better rendered if his stride was longer.
I'd suggest looking at some anatomy books or pictures and sketching them to get more familiar with the human form; a lot of artists do this, and spend time sketching various poses. If you look over the sketchbooks there's a bunch of examples.
Keep at it; hope to see more stuff soon,
January 27th, 2008 #19
Once again thank you taven. Sorry i havent got anything up in the past few days the forums wernt opening up for me. Its ok thou i havent had a ton of time to do some awsome things anyways. You know their was a link that i was given once from conceptart.org that had hundreds upon hundreds of different models in different poses. One set i can really remember was a guy holding a gun that looked like a Rcp-9 i think its called and he was standing up on couch's and pretending he was actully in action and ive been searching and havent been able to find it. The guy was bald. So hopefully if someone reads this they can link it too me! I would love you. So anyways heres some sketchs i did the other day.
First two are representations of Illidan stormrage. Warcraft fan ... sad to see the game moving to world of warcraft and forgeting about the awsome ness of warcraft its self. Last character was a female character i just drew.
I heart this depiction of him enchanting his sword. I drew this at work and got written up cous i hate my job so much and i go on break and get back to what i love to do ... draw.
Her arms are a little to short.
January 29th, 2008 #20
3rd peice for the free art group .... Its yours TAKE IT.
Ok so some much needed improvement on this and now it looks sawweet. I think this might be one of the best peices i have done. Yeah the buildings till flat but seeing as how i really suck at them im starting to get a better build up so the next one will only be better. Hope you all enjoy.
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January 29th, 2008 #21
How can i make my icon for the sketchbook appear? Like the litter avatar for the sketchbook?
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I love the environments. Any particular method you use to figure out perpsective?
As far as the people, the armor and detail is pretty nice, but they seem out of proportion.
January 29th, 2008 #23
not usually im starting too tho usin the line tool. Yeah i really really really need to find some good humans in dynamic poses to study. Know of any?
January 30th, 2008 #24
lol i miss when i got on after i did something and people commented lol
Ok so here is me studying women SO WARNING NAKED WOMEN ... zomg close your eyes to reality ... cloths suck we should all be naked. Anyway a much needed study in learning to draw characters. Others stuff too not just nakedness.
Working a scene. sorry first ones little hard to see i used lighter to represent atmospheric perspective.
Dread lord my favorite looking character from Warcraft although once illidan became a hybrid void lord i was like zomg illidan. But yeah remember the dreadlords yellow attack that shot a spray of freaky yellow green mist with bugs well thats what the bottom is representing a sketch of.
One thing i liked is when i was studying most of these were clothed women that i used my own mind to try and uncloth them which i think really helped.
And to end it ... all that work on females led me to draw this wicked cool sketch.
Basicly at work i was like yo dave lets create a character and so i started going threw a list of things like ... female or male ... imortal mortal ... human humanoid or other ... yada yada and we came up with this female character who basicly is a long living protecter being
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hey nice sketchbook you got here
looks like your digi work is coming along nicely, sry i can't crit i don't have that much knowledge about digital painting
about your pencils, i would work out some anatomy kinks but that comes with studying. the main thing i noticed had to do with your line quality...right now your line is equal all around, i would play with it, the thickness, looseness and how you can describe different things with different line, i can see you are trying but i would push it even further, i think it would it would really add to the life and depth of your sketches, pushing the contrast will help as well
keep up the good work man, you took a big step with that last dragon
keep up the updates!
February 1st, 2008 #27
Thank you thank you! I plan to be doing tons of more sketch studies so i will really try to keep that in mind. Some things i do as well with pencils is ill just grab my normal bland pencil 2h and draw a whole peice where what i should really do is pull out all my pencils ... plot with a 2h and start going in with the other pencils. But yes thank you!
February 1st, 2008 #28
Not bad. I would highly suggest doing some studies. Just go out on a nice day and draw a landscape or two, and it will greatly help you with things you are doing in the digital landscapes from imagination. Same goes with your figures, they are pretty weak. Build your knowledge of the figure from the inside out, learn the skeletal structure, and then the muscles. Keep up the hard work, and it will pay off!
February 2nd, 2008 #29
its winter right now lol dont want to go work on landscape! One of the things i dislike about my place of living is its a giant flate plato ... no mountains or anything just big chunks of forest ... i love it but i cant wait to go and see more. It doesnt shock me at all to see some of these people doing awsome mountains when they live right near them and get the ability to look and observe them all the time. Yes i know i need to study study study.
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JON CARDINELLI writes the Springboks' poor finishing and option-taking undermined what was a powerful and purposeful showing by the forwards.
Most will lament a shocking goal-kicking performance that saw the Boks miss five penalty attempts in the first half alone. The roof sheltered the Forsyth Barr Stadium from the raging wind and rain and still Morné Steyn and Frans Steyn couldn't translate the Boks' forward dominance into points.
The All Blacks went to the break with an undeserved 5-3 lead. Through the wayward kicking of the Steyns, the Boks had left 15 points on the park. The visitors were also guilty of blowing two try-scoring chances. This served to show how dire and in need of attention their attacking game really is.
Morné Steyn has come in for some scathing criticism in recent weeks, and deservedly so. It is not good enough that a goal-kicker of his quality and experience delivers a return of less than 80%, let alone 50% and below. It has cost the Boks in recent matches, and undoubtedly cost them again in Dunedin.
But it is not the only department in which Steyn has under-delivered.
Not much was expected of an inexperienced Bok pack, and in the event that they failed to front in Dunedin, the backs would have been forgiven for a limp attacking showing.
As it transpired, the Boks rocked up in a determined mood, and their heavies out-muscled the All Blacks at the collisions and breakdowns. In this scenario, more would have been expected from the backs. They should have converted those two early opportunities. Steyn and his backline could have done far more considering the platform they enjoyed.
The finishing was atrocious, but so to was the option-taking in that pivotal No 10 position. Steyn took the ball so deep that he allowed the opposition defence time to charge up and negate the Boks' attacking space. He failed to fix his defender, and crabbed across field, which further cramped and inhibited his team-mates on the outside. It may have a lot to do with his flagging confidence, but Steyn has shown himself to be a shoveller rather than a distributor.
The All Blacks should be thankful that it was Steyn who received the ball early in the first half when the hosts were back-pedalling in their own 22. Steyn picked up a pass on the bounce and barely took a step forward before shovelling the ball on to Zane Kirchner. Kirchner in turn threw a poor pass to Bryan Habana, who then knocked the ball on.
It was a clear example of poor finishing, but you have to look at how Steyn negated the attacking space and allowed the All Blacks defence time to scramble back.
There were too many examples of lateral movement, and the result was often a turnover. Jean de Villiers threw a pass that went straight into touch. Several players received possession in the outside channels and seemed unsure of how to proceed.
Again, these mistakes were made more frustrating by the fact that the Boks were enjoying such tremendous success up front. It was unforgivable that that dominance wasn't reflected on the scoreboard.
The breakthrough arrived in the 49th minute where Habana produced a piece of individual brilliance. The Bok winger broke the line, chipped the defence, and showed the necessary speed and skill to collect his kick and score.
It was a moment to savour, but again it was an individual snipe rather than an example of collective attacking synergy.
The All Blacks had very few attacking opportunities by comparison. There was an instant in the first half where they produced the most spellbinding display, forwards and backs offloading in the tackle and Israel Dagg rocketing away to score a fantastic try.
Aaron Cruden missed the ensuing conversion, but when he had another opportunity in the 52nd minute, he made it count. That penalty saw the All Blacks draw level with Boks at 8-8.
The Boks continued to dominate at the point of contact, and this continued to force the All Blacks into errors. But the Blacks' blunders could not compare to those of the Boks.
The visiting pack would smash the New Zealanders back, but then Steyn or Ruan Pienaar would overplay the kick-chase tactic. It was poor option-taking that would cost the Boks another potential try on the hour when Steyn received the ball flat and then changed direction to kick for the corner. The men out to his left, unmarked an in space, went unused and the opportunity went begging.
Steyn was replaced by Johan Goosen shortly after that, and the difference to the Boks' attack was immediate. Goosen received the ball in almost the exact same position and ran the ball, the result being a Frans Steyn linebreak.
If only Goosen had enjoyed more of an opportunity to run at the All Blacks defence. He was only introduced in the 60th minute, and when Dean Greyling's brain explosion led to a yellow card in the 63rd minute, Goosen was robbed of the forward platform needed to work his magic.
There can be no more denial, no more defence of Morné Steyn and the Boks' attacking game. Goosen must be entrusted with the starting responsibilities from hereon in, and the Boks' attacking option-taking and finishing must be given the attention it so clearly needs.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Vice Chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, released a report today highlighting the critical role Hispanics play in the U.S. economy and said it underscores the need for swift action on comprehensive immigration reform. The report examines trends in Hispanic employment, income, education and homeownership and cites the need for comprehensive immigration reform. Hispanics are expected to account for one third of the U.S. population by 2050, or roughly 120 million people.
"Hispanics are an integral and growing force in America's economy and society," Senator Klobuchar said. "I will continue pushing for comprehensive immigration reform and other smart, bipartisan policies that promote economic opportunity for Hispanics and all Americans."
Klobuchar's report shows that Hispanics are not only the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population but also the youngest. The median age of Hispanic Americans in 2012 was 27.8 years, compared to 40.1 years for non-Hispanics. Employment among this relatively young and rapidly expanding demographic group has increased sharply in recent years, growing more than three times faster than overall employment.
Klobuchar's report also analyzes Hispanic homeownership rates, showing that while they dropped off considerably during the Great Recession, a rebound is on the horizon: By the year 2020, Hispanics are expected to account for nearly half of all U.S. homebuyers.
Trends in Hispanic educational attainment are also moving in the right direction: Between 2000 and 2012, the share of Hispanic high school seniors enrolling in college immediately following graduation jumped from 49 percent to 69 percent.
Klobuchar's report also suggests that comprehensive immigration reform could address many of the economic challenges facing Hispanic immigrants. In a recent poll, 70 percent of Hispanics said that passing significant new immigration legislation this year is very or extremely important. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Klobuchar has played a key role in advancing bipartisan legislation to reform the U.S. immigration system. According to the Congressional Budget Office, enactment of the Senate-passed immigration reform bill would reduce the federal deficit by $158 billion over the next 10 years and result in a 3.3 percent larger real GDP by 2023 and 5.4 percent larger real GDP in the year 2033.


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The Postojna Cave, the greatest Slovenian tourist attraction and the most visited cave in Europe, will be the venue of the 2013 EuroBasket draw ceremony on November 18. The draw, in which 24 national teams, including Slovenia, will be divided into groups, will be the first in history to take place completely beneath the ground at an extremely attractive location, while the ceremony will also be enriched with a programme and numerous prominent names from the basketball world, which will additionally contribute to the uniqueness of the event.
In 200 years, the Postojna Cave has been visited by over 34 million visitors, including many presidents, prime ministers, emperors, kings, scientists and artists from worldwide, and has been attributed numerous primacies and superlatives. On 18 November 2012, the Cave will host representatives of FIBA Europe and national basketball federations as well as other important guests.
In a rather cold environment, with a constant temperature of 8 to 10°C, an underground train will take the delegates of the 24 participating countries and other invited guests towards the spectacular Concert Hall, where the draw ceremony will take place and where a basket will be set up for the first time ever.
The hall, with a surface area of 3,000m² and a volume of 50,000m³, can hold as many as 10,000 visitors. It has already hosted many events, including concerts performed by the Symphony Orchestra of RTV Slovenia and the renowned Orchestra della Scala from Milan. At one time, the same location was also the only working underground post office in the world. A postcard sent from there today will bear a special postmark.
Prior to the official part of the draw ceremony, guests will be entertained by a special programme directed by Goran Vojnović, a renowned director, former basketball player and, still, basketball enthusiast who, in cooperation with Slobodan Maksimović, organised the event upon the 60th anniversary of the Slovenian Basketball Federation in June 2010 as well as the presentation of Slovenian candidacy for EuroBasket 2013 in Munich in December 2010.
The 24 participating countries will be drawn into four groups of six teams, which will then be allocated to their first-round venues, i.e. Jesenice, Koper, Celje and Ljubljana, while the second round and finals will be hosted by Ljubljana.
Two lucky winners of a Facebook competition entitled 'Facebook Draw Predictor' will also be invited to participate in the event. More information here.
Those media seeking to cover the EuroBasket 2013 Draw Ceremony at the Postojna Cave on Sunday, 18 November, at 6 p.m. can submit their accreditation applications via the sample form posted at FIBA Europe. The deadline for application is November 12.
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