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Please, I repeat PLEASE do not step foot into University Motors Mazda VW. I visited University Motors a few months ago hoping to drive away in a vehicle that would get me to and from work. I was in a bad situation, very down and out at the time. I desperately needed a reliable vehicle. The salesman tried to sell me a vehicle that stalled during the test drive. When I expressed concern, the salesman told me that he saw my credit report and my income, and that I didn't deserve any better. He told me that I better take what I could get.
Feeling awful, I pulled myself together and asked to speak with a manager. I saw that the dealership was willing to work with me. Again, I needed a vehicle very badly and hoped that I could purchase a reliable vehicle that day. The manager JAMES FLOWERS physically turned me around, pushed me against the wall, and pushed himself against me. He said: "you are a very bad girl" to me.
I obviously left the dealership, nothing was worth this.
Later that day I received a call from manager Bob Cockerham. He apologized to me but I heard laughter in his voice. I later received a call from the owner Randy Price. He apologized, said that things had changed, and invited me into the dealership for a test drive. Ummm...I don't think so! Please, I repeat please do not step foot into this dealership!
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I have to say, both Jeff and Emanuel and Joannie's free skates were somewhat disappointing. Joannie needs to work on a few parts of her program - he spiral sequence is a bit akward and she can't mess up on her jumps like she did at Canadians when she skates at the Olympics.
Jeff did not seem to be as in tune with his program as I expected. He is going to really have to get this one under his belt before the Olympics. I am not so sure if the Quad should be part of it, it's too risky.
Emanuel - well what can I say? Tracy said he did not experience meltdown. That is true, but I am not crazy about his program and don't know how it will stand up against the rest of the field. He needs a better program.
I don't know - it was a weird Canadians. The top three skaters we are pinning our Olympic hopes on did not exactly light up the arena with stellar performances.
I know skaters are supposed to hold back and peak at the right time, but one does like to see some inspiration on home ice.
Well, they all have some work to do before the Olympics and not a lot of time. let's hope they are ready for Torino!!!

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The number comes from these calculations:
- On gallon of crude = about a half gallon of gasoline, so the spill is wasting 500,000 gallons a day.
- An average U.S. car goes 10,000 miles a year and gets, say, 25 miles per gallon.
- A 50 mpg Prius, by comparison, uses 200 fewer gallons a year than those average cars, which saves .55 gallons a day.
[Source: Green Car Reports, Washington Post | Image: IBRRC - C.C. License 2.0]


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- When Tarzan pulls a Dynamic Entry and catches Sabor just as she's about to sink her teeth into an unsuspecting Sora.
- The Beast's entire presence was a huge Moment of Awesome. With your party members temporarily leaving and you stuck without your weapon, the Beast is truly a lifesaver. Which only adds to the fact that he was only there to help in the first place because he ripped his way through the dimensions through sheer force of will.
- Sora's speech, just before getting his Keyblade back from Riku, was pretty awesome. He knows that the guy could kill him with a single hit of this baby, but he keeps standing there, saying something along the lines of: "I know now I don't need the Keyblade. I've got a better weapon. My heart." Probably, the Keyblade thinks the same as him, since that speech actually "persuades" it to ditch Riku and return to Sora.
- Although it's possibly the worst scene in all of Hollow Bastion, but Sora stabbing himself with the Dark Keyblade to get Kairi's heart back was awesome.
- And he gives Donald and Goofy a reassuring grin. He stabs himself in the chest and his biggest concern is his buddies worrying.
- Although it's possibly the worst scene in all of Hollow Bastion, but Sora stabbing himself with the Dark Keyblade to get Kairi's heart back was awesome.
- The moments before Sora's speech, Goofy and Donald who had been ordered by King Mickey to follow the Key Bearer, which was Riku at that time, wholeheartedly turned against Riku to protect Sora. The high point of the moment is when Riku throws a Dark Firaga against an unarmed Sora, and Goofy immediately jumps in from of him, blocking the fire with his shield.
- Goofy's shield, by the way, is barely the size of Riku's fireball.
- The Goofster's lines net him some bonus points.
Goofy: Sora ain't gonna go anywhere!
Riku: You'd betray your king?
Goofy: Not on your life! But I'm not gonna betray Sora, either, 'cause he's become one of my best buddies after all we've been through together.
- To make that even more awesome — the Dark Firaga is half way across the room before Goofy moves to stop it. Talk about quick on his feet! We can see why he got the job as Captain of the Royal Knights. He's quick.
- "There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart!"
- Both fights with Riku are, in fact, awesome. In the first fight, you get Donald, Goofy, and the Keyblade back after having to fight without them, not to mention that you get to pay Riku back for how he's been acting this entire adventure. The second fight occurs after a major plot twist, and now Riku -sorry, Ansem- has got a Keyblade of his own. Cue epic Duel Boss set to one of the best tracks in the entire game.
- Donald gets one before the second fight. After Riku steals a piece of Sora's heart and proceed to finish him off, Donald, the Squishy Wizard of the trio, charges for Riku to protect Sora! He gets sent flying as expected, but you have to give Donalds credit to making sure his friend was not going to be harmed.
- Goes even further when we connect his behavior here with the behavior he displayed in the Three Musketeers universe in Dream Drop Distance. There, he's actually a coward who couldn't become a musketeer initially because of it. Now, years later, here he is running into danger against a guy who he knows could beat him, all to protect his new friend.
- Jack Skellington certainly qualifies. Most other worlds live in fear from the Heartless. When they start to appear in Halloween Town, Jack tries to find a way to control them to use them in his Halloween celebration! Some people run and hide from the Heartless - Jack wants to dance with them!
- And when he got the message that the Heartless are in an alliance with his death enemy Oogie Boogie, he proceeded to rip them apart with his bare, boney hands alone.
- Technically, he, along with most of Halloween Town's residents, are not "living" and don't have the literal heart that the Heartless are looking for. The only people in the town who were under any threat by them were Lock, Shock, and Barrel, and they don't look exactly human either. The Heartless probably thought that Jack was one of them and went along with his antics for fun. Which makes him even more awesome for controlling Heartless by entertaining them.
- It should also be noted, once Sora locks Halloweentown's keyhole, the Heartless do not go back to the Town Square. The Final Fantasy crew couldn't keep them out of two levels of Traverse Town, and King Triton can't keep them out of downtown Atlantica; but Jack either rustles up a town militia or does it himself.
- The David and Goliath-style battle against Oogie's Manor. Oogie Boogie has merged with his lair, becoming a seven-storey high monster guarded by Heartless. Sora is just a five-foot tall boy with a Keyblade. Admit it; Sora climbing the manor and destroying all the orbs while blindfolded in one eye is nothing short of pure awesome.
- Sora is gone, leaving Kairi, Donald, and Goofy alone. In strolls Ansem, ready to tie up loose ends. What's Donald and Goofy's reaction, you ask?
Donald: Don't you make another move!
- The Final Battle with the World of Chaos IS one. Even moreso if you use each of your summons to help deal the damage. Ansem, Seeker of Darkness should have learned not to mess with Dumbo, Bambi, Tinker Bell, Simba, Mushu, and Genie.
- Special props to the development team who made the HD Re Mix of the first game. Because the original assets were lost years ago they had to build the game up from the very beginning on new hardware... and they made it better!


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Packers' inactives: Lang is active; no word on whether he'll start
Green Bay - Here are the inactives for the Packers-Lions game tonight at Lambeau Field.
- WR Jordy Nelson (hamstring)
- LB Clay Matthews (hamstring)
- CB Charles Woodson (collarbone)
- RB James Starks (knee)
- DE C.J. Wilson (knee)
- DE Mike Neal (shoulder)
- LB Terrell Manning (shoulder)
OT T.J. Lang is active and still listed as the starter on the inactive release, but the Packers won't say who is starting until just before the game.
- QB Kellen Moore
- S Louis Delmas
- OT Jason Fox
- OT Corey Hilliard
- WR Lance Long
- DE Ronnell Lewis
- DT Corey Williams
Nick Fairley will start for Williams and Don Carey will start for Delmas.
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- Video: Breaking down Saturday's Packers practice
- Packers haven't forgotten about ILB Beniquez Brown
- Packers heighten emphasis on punt return after 2015 struggle
- Packers WRs learning Getsy's way of doing things
- Thompson: 'We're starting a new year and we're playing for a championship'
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The video for "Månelyst," one of the many visceral metal assaults off Kvelertak's spine-busting piledriver of a record Meir, was a terrifying beast. Fusing about 50 years of horror movie cliches into one clip, it showed off the band's grisly side without necessarily displaying its personality. The freshly-released (via Spin) video for "Kveletak"—yes, it's named after the band—does a better job of showing off how fun-loving these Norwegian metal gods can be.
The clip, directed by Stian Andersen, is a high-octane portrait of the band on the road. Crystal Castles take note: This is how you make a tour video. You've got shots of crowds, time-lapse photography of stage's being set up, copious alcohol consumption, people making out, lots of tattoos, drummers air-drumming and a dude wearing an owl head. Drake would approve. Watch the video below.


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Hotel Boston Cattolica ★★★
An Hotel for You and your Children
Welcome to Hotel Boston! A place where particulars make the difference and where every detail is personally looked after by the owner, in order to make your stay truly unforgettable! The Belemmi's family has owned and operated the Hotel since 1966.
Enjoy an elegant evening on the exclusive terrace overlooking the famous Carducci Avenue and the nearby blue of the Adriatic Sea. Spend time talking with friends, having a drink, listening to some pleasant music, or admiring the fountains.
Hotel Boston offers you a choice between two different menus (fish is served every day) stimulating your palate with its rich buffet of appetizers and contours that span from traditional local dishes to the most refined international cooking. Recommended for Gourmets!
Enjoy breakfast with the scent of the sea to wake you! Spend a sunny day on the beach, or shopping along Carducci Avenue. When you return to your room relax in style with all the comforts of air conditioning, private telephone, secure safe, satellite television, private balcony and private bath with shower. Moreover Hotel Boston offers air conditioning in the main lobby and dining room, guarded parking, an internet access point, parking for bicycles and your own cabins on the beach.


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After a cloudy but mild afternoon, it appears the rain drove both trick or treaters and drivers inside, as no major incidents were reported in the area Wednesday night.
"It was an extremely, extremely quiet night," said Woodland Police Sgt. Steve Guthrie of the Halloween activity in Woodland, or lack thereof. "I'm assuming it was a result of the rain."
The Davis Police Department reported no alcohol-related accidents between Saturday night and early Thursday morning, the day after Halloween.
During this time frame, Davis PD deployed officers for a total of 12 hours specifically to target suspected DUI drivers, supported by an AVOID program grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety.
"During that time frame those officers made 23 vehicle stops," said Davis Police Sgt. Rod Rifredi in a statement. "Three drivers were evaluated for possible DUI and one driver was taken into custody for suspected DUI."
Patrol officers not assigned to the DUI efforts in particular made three additional DUI arrests between Saturday and Thursday, Rifredi said.
Meanwhile, the Woodland California Highway Patrol Office reported one DUI arrest around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in which a solo truck slid on wet pavement and hit a road sign along Highway 16.
In Woodland, it was Main Street that got the most traffic -- foot traffic.
More than 1,000 children, parents and four-legged friends participated in Historic Woodland Downtown Business Association's Trick or Treat Along Main Street's annual event in which 50-plus businesses hand out candy.
Prizes were given out to 12 children in Heritage Plaza after the treating at a free costume contest judged by Vice Mayor Tom Stallard, Councilman Jim Hilliard and Sweet Potato Pie's new owner, Janelle Dwyer.
Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) celebrations were held Thursday at the Woodland Public Library including music, story time, poetry readings and Special performances by the Folklorico Latino de Woodland.
Day of the Dead celebrations continue Friday starting at 5:15 p.m. with native drumming at the Taller de Arte de Nuevo Amanecer, 1224 Lemen St. Special presentations on Mexican culture by Professor Juan Hernandez starts at 5:30, followed by musician Orion Chacon-Hurst at 6 p.m., with singing from Voz y Sentimiento.
There will be various altar exhibits, catrinas, raffle and food.
Also Friday is Downtown Woodland's First Friday Art Walk, in conjunction with Yolo County Arts' annual Art Farm "harvest" auction, a culmination of the year's Art Farm visits by artists.
Art Farm takes place at Gallery 625, located in the County Administration Building at 625 Court St.
People can rest up Sunday with an extra hour of sleep, as Daylight Savings ends Sunday morning at 2 a.m.
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An ECI Conference Series
October 1-6, 2017
Gyeongju, South Korea
Call for Abstracts! Request for Next Mailing
Student Contest sponsored by the Trust of the Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Please forward this link to colleagues who may be interested in the conference topic.
Funding provided by the JECerS Trust will be allocated to fund travel grants for students participating in the EPD 2017 Student Contest. Requests must be submitted per e‐mail (to Dr. Begoña Ferrari, email: firstname.lastname@example.com) before 30th April 2017 indicating in the subject "JECerS Travel Grant.
About This Conference
This conference follows from the success of the first five International Conferences on Electrophoretic Deposition: Fundamentals and Applications, organized under sponsorship of ECI in August 2002 (Canada) June 2005 (Italy), October 2008 (Japan), October 2011 (Mexico) and October 2014 (Austria). The goal is to bring together experts working in the area of electrophoretic deposition (EPD) with focus mainly on its application as a processing technique for the fabrication of both traditional and new materials and composites.
Electrophoretic deposition exploits an electric surface charge on particles in suspension, which migrate in the presence of an appropriate electric field enabling the consolidation of particles into films onto any shaped substrate or forming bulk ceramic components. For its successful application, a basic understanding of the colloidal stability, the deposition kinetics, and the constrained drying and sintering issues of the deposit is necessary.
EPD has been known since the last century. Earlier applications have been in the shaping of ceramic articles and in coating technology. New areas of applications of EPD are the low-cost fabrication of composite materials, including fibre reinforced ceramics, nanocomposites, composite laminates and functional gradient materials. Furthermore, EPD of electroceramic particulate materials gives potential advances in a number of applications, including piezoelectric motors, biomedical ultrasound probes, and chemical sensors. Progress has been reported also in the development of EPD as an additive manufacturing technique because it allows precise placement of materials in three dimensions. Moreover EPD is being considered as an important tool in the area of nanotechnology as it enables the production of components of industrial shapes and dimensions from nanoscale elements such as nanoparticles, nanotubes or nanorods. EPD is also being highly considered to develop innovative graphene-based devices. There is also increasing interest in the use of EPD in the field of biomaterials, EPD offers also the possibility to deposit biological entities, including bacteria and cells.
Participants will report on ongoing work in several laboratories world-wide, which is focused on establishing the scientific and engineering fundamental aspects of the EPD process and its applications. Although the basics of EPD are well-known and have been the subject of extensive research, there is still need for a deep, quantitative understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of EPD, in particular when 2- or 3-component suspensions are used with the aim to fabricate complex microstructures. Moreover, predictive models describing the EPD solid particle deposition rate in dependence of EPD parameters are scarce.
On the application side, it is expected that delegates from the industry will focus on concrete applications of EPD, particularly on those areas of materials processing where EPD is being used with commercial success. The organisers believe that the full potential of the EPD technique for materials processing, including the fabrication of novel composite materials with complex microstructures, has not been fully exploited as yet. This has been confirmed by participants at the previous five conferences, including industrial participants. This is the main motivation for the organisation of this sixth international event. The purpose is to maintain a continuing international conference series (with conference organised every three years), which is the only international conference activity dealing specifically with EPD as a material processing tool.
The sixth conference will constitute a unique, timely forum for the discussion of EPD relevant issues among experts active in research and development in this area. It is expected that the success of the previous five conferences and the publicity generated by the publication of the conference proceedings and related journal special issues will lead to a larger number of participants to the sixth conference. We also plan to engage industrial participants by organising a special focus session on industrial applications of EPD.
Session topics and program
The program of the conference will follow a similar format to those of the previous five conferences held in this series. Although some modifications may become necessary, the typical program will include sessions on:
1) Fundamentals of the EPD process and modelling
2) Novel experimental techniques
3) Traditional applications: ceramics
4) Traditional applications: metals and coatings
5) EPD integrated manufacturing technologies (session focusing on industrial applications)
6) Novel applications: composite materials, laminates, nanomaterials, functionally graded materials, materials for solid oxide fuel cells, nanostructured materials, carbon nanotubes and graphene, biomaterials, etc.
7) EPD as an additive manufacturing method and for biofabrication
8) EPD of biological entities, e.g. bacteria, cells and proteins
Keynote speakers (preliminary list)
Stephan Barcikowski, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Dr. Rajendra N. Basu, India
Begoña Ferrari, Institute of Ceramics and Glass, Spain
Brian Giera, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Weidong He, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Motohide Matsuda, Kumamoto University, Japan
Lobat Tayebi, Marquette University School of Dentistry, USA
Erik T. Thostenson, University of Delaware, USA
Special symposium: "Fundamental Aspects of Electrophoretic Deposition" to celebrate the 70th birthday of Prof. O. van der Biest
A special symposium entitled "Fundamental Aspects of Electrophoretic Deposition" will be organized within EPD 2017 to celebrate the scientific career of Prof. O. Van der Biest on the year of his 70th birthday, highlighting his many contributions to the field of electrophoretic deposition. Prof. van der Biest has been a co-chair of the EPD conference series since the first conference (EPD 2002, Banff, Canada). Over the years he and his research group have published widely in the field of EPD with focus on the modeling of the process for coatings as well as free standing objects. The work was often tied to practical realizations such as ceramic laminates which show (pseudo-) ductile behavior, functionally graded cutting tools as well as bioceramic implants with tailored nanostructure and functional ceramics with enhanced properties. He has been also involved in the development of a new, now patented, method to carry out EPD in water which allows EPD of bio-entities.
The conference will be held according to the typical format of ECI. It will be held for 4.5 days, beginning on the Sunday evening and continuing until the following Friday afternoon. Morning and afternoon/evening sessions will be scheduled to provide a stimulating balance between formal presentations, small group interactions and informal discussions. Each session will have 1-2 invited keynote lectures, followed by several shorter presentations. According to the number of participants, it will be necessary to have one or two poster sessions, in addition we plan also a rapid firing presentations session for young researchers (PhD students). There will be prizes, as follows, first and second best posters, first and second first presentation of a PhD student. The conference banquet is scheduled for Wednesday evening, so that all participants will attend. Attendance at the conference will be limited to 80-100 participants to encourage maximum interaction. All participants will stay at the conference site.
We have also established the "Electrophoretic Deposition International Network", the webpage of the Network (www.electrophoretic-deposition.com) will be also utilized for publicity of the conference.
Student Contest
To apply for a travel grant and participation at the student contest, the following data from the candidate should be sent to Dr. B. Ferrari, (email: email@example.com) including as subject: "JECerS Student Contest"
before 30 April 2017:
Name of the candidate
Name and address of university/institute
E-mail address
Date of birth
(Expected) date of defense of thesis
Copy of document demonstrating student status
Title and abstract of presentation
The general guidelines of the student contest are available here.
Conference Organization
Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini
Institute of Biomaterials, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Email: email@example.com
Prof. Omer van der Biest
Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Prof. James Dickerson
Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Dr Tetsuo Uchikoshi
National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Email: email@example.com
Organizing Committee:
M.J. Santillan, National University of Cuyo (Mendoza)
M. Tirado, National University of Tucuman
Dr. J. Vleugels, KU Leuven
Dr. P. Sarkar, Alberta Research Council
Prof. I. Zhitomirsky, McMaster University
Czech Republic
Dr. Jan Grym, Institute of Photonics and Electronics
Dr. H. Hdraba, Central European Institute of Technology
Prof. S. Barcikowsky, University of Duisburg-Essen
Dr. G. Falk, University of Saarland
Dr. Kirsten Moritz, University of Freiberg
Prof. Christos Argirusis, National Technical University of Athens
L. D. Besra, Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology
Babak Raissi, Materials & Energy Research Center, Iran
Arash Simchi, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Federica DeRiccardis, ENEA
Dr. Carmen Galassi, ISTEC Faenza, Italy
Prof. Cristina Leonelli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Italy
Dr. J. Hamagami, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Dr. Kiyofumi Katagiri, Hiroshima University, Japan
Prof. A. Matsuda, Toyohashi University of Technology
Dr. Hirokazu Munakata, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Dr. H. Negishi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Touichi Shimizu, Kyusha Institute of Technology
Dr. Tohru Suzuki, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Dr. Katsumi Yoshida, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Gregorio Vargas-Gutiérrez, Cinvestav-Unidad Saltillo
Paul Vilarinho, University of Aveiro
Dr. Danjela Kuscer, Jozef Stefan Institute
Dr. Sasa Novak, Jozef Stefan Institute
South Korea
Sunyoung Caroline Lee, Hanyang University
Dr. Maria Yolanta Castro, Inst. De Ceramica y Vidrio
Dr. B. Ferraris, Inst. de Ceramic y Vidrio
Dr. Eva Garcia, CIDETEC
Dr. R. Moreno, Inst. De Ceramica y Vidrio
C. Kaya, Yildiz University
United Kingdom
Peter Hope, Clearclad
Prof. Mary P. Ryan, Imperial College London
United States
Prof. Cullen R. Buie, MIT
Prof. Dennis Desheng Meng, University of Texas at Arlington
Prof. J. B. Talbot, University of Califorinia, San Diego
Submission of Abstracts
Original papers for presentations at the above listed sessions are invited. If you wish to be considered for an oral or poster presentation, please submit a one-page (300 words) abstract. The abstract should include both the significance of the research as well as results that will be discussed in order to allow a scientific assessment of the work by the organizers. Please indicate the session for which you are submitting your abstract, or else select "poster presentation".
All abstracts should be submitted electronically and submissions must follow the template provided at this link.
All abstracts will be reviewed by the session chairs.
Abstracts for oral presentation: February 28, 2017
Abstracts for poster presentations: March 1, 2017
Graduate students and young investigators are particularly encouraged to present posters. An evening poster session will be an integral part of the conference.
If an abstract has multiple authors, each of whom wishes an invitation to attend the conference, each author must submit a separate application.
Conference Venue
The Hotel Hyundai Gyeongju is situated at the Bomun Lake Resort, 4 miles from downtown Gyeongju. The hotel represents the traditional history of Gyeongju with the modernity of today's Korea.
The hotel has 449 rooms on 14 floors. Its conference facilities are excellent with ample space for poster presentations. The hotel also has a full service business center (open 24 hours each day) with free Internet access on its eight computers. There is also free in-room Internet access.
The hotel offers one of the largest fitness facilities in Korea which includes aerobic equipment, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a Jacuzzi, and saunas.
Address: 338, Bomun-ro, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongju, Korea
TEL: +82-54-748-2233 FAX: +82-54-748-8234 E-Mail: email@example.com
Gyeongju is Korea's ancient cultural city, the capital of the once great Silla Kingdom (BC 57~AD 935). It is located approximately 350 km southeast of Seoul. When the Silla Kingdom reached the peak of its development, Gyeongju was estimated to have one million residents – four times its current size.
UNESCO designated it both as one of ten World Heritage sites in Korea and as one of the world's ten most important ancient cultural cities, both for its position in the historical and cultural development of East Asia and for its role in the formation of the Korean nation. Because of the vast number of archeological sites and cultural properties that remain in this city, Gyeongju is often referred to as "the museum without walls". It is the main destination in South Korea for visitors interested in the cultural heritage of Silla and the architecture of the Joseon Dynasty.
From that ancient kingdom, only stone structures, a portion of its artwork, and its legends remain. Gyeongju and its environs contain hundreds of royal tombs, temples, palace sites, fortress ruins, pagodas, and rock sculptures. Finely crafted gold and silver ornaments, skillfully shaped clay figures and pottery, metal utensils and weapons, and an astonishing number of other objects discovered here are now displayed in the Gyeongju and Seoul national museums.
At the same time Julius Caesar was in power in Rome, walled towns were forming on the Korean Peninsula. One of these, Silla (Saro) became the first unifier of the peninsula, initiating 250 years of relative peace and prosperity and ushering in the cultural renaissance. By the 3rd century, Saro became known as Geumseong ("City of Gold"), only later to be called Gyeongju.
With broad advancement in government, education, military, science, technology, and the creative arts, Silla developed a highly complex and vibrant society. Silla exchanged much in trade and ideas with the more advanced Tang China, and also acted as a conduit to Japanese islands, particularly for religion, philosophy, architecture, and arts. Confucianism (introduced in 503) and Buddhism (which became the state religion in the 530s) helped strengthen the social fabric and moral standards. The period from 600 to 800 was a time of high cultural attainment, relative affluence, learning, and artistic refinement, known as Silla's "Golden Age."
In the mid-1300s, the Mongols ravaged Gyeongju, burning many wooden treasures. In the 1590s it was invaded and razed by the Japanese army which carried away many treasures. Only the tombs were not violated. In the early 20th century the treasures of Gyeongju were "rediscovered." Japanese and Korean experts first did the excavating; later, international organizations came to help. Digging continues, and every year there are new discoveries.
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Mounded tombs, the most obvious remnant of the city's past, dominate your view as you approach this historic city. Many of the early tombs were constructed near the Banwolseong palace site. Others were constructed outside the city boundary, in the midst of flat farming fields and at the foot of the low hills that rim this valley.
Early tombs were simple rounded mounds. Some were set on a raised earthen dais surrounded by natural stones, while others were rimmed with a retaining wall of cut stone slabs. Later these slabs were engraved with zodiac figures, the mounds surrounded by a stone fence, and civilian, military, and animal statuary set in front of the tomb as symbolic guardians. Most tombs are single mounds, but several are double-humped, presumably containing both a king and a queen. Tomb mounds range from a few meters in diameter and height to one that's 25 meters high. Gyeongju became in effect a royal Silla cemetery. Over 670 tombs dot the city and surrounding plains; dozens more are scattered throughout the former Silla territory.
One of the most popular tourist attractions is Cheonmachong – or "heavenly horse tomb". The tomb does not contain a horse but the name comes from a painting of a heavenly horse that was found during the tomb's excavation. The mound is 12.7 meters high and 47 meters in diameter. The site was made into a museum to reveal how it was excavated with imitations of the uncovered artifacts placed in the positions I which they were found.
Bulguksa Temple
Bulguksa Temple is the representative relic of Gyeongju and was designated as a World Cultural Asset by UNESCO in 1995. The temple was built in 528 during the Silla Dynasty and was called Hwaeom Bulguksa Temple or Beopryusa Temple at first. After 17 years of construction under three kings, the name 'Bulguksa' was finally given to the temple.
Set amid the foothills of T'ohamsan, the beautiful aesthetics of the temple complex complement the surrounding area. The scenes are are breathtaking, especially in the autumn as the colors change.
The temple's magnificent design and its structure is in itself a beauty, but it also has many cultural relics preserved within it, such as Dabotap, Sukgatap and Golden Seated Vairocana Buddhist Figure. The Dabotap and Seokgatap are major pagodas of Korea. Designated as Korean National Treasures in 1962, each measure 10.4 meters and 8.2 meters in height and stand on the east and west sides of the yard. Both are outstanding examples of 8th-century Unified Silla architecture and the skillfully balance the square, octagonal and circle in one design.
Seokguran Grotto
The Seokguran Grotto is a hermitage and part of the Bulguksa temple complex. It lies four km east of the temple on Mt. Tohamsan and overlooks the Sea of Japan (East Sea). It exemplifies some of the best Buddhist sculptures in the world.
Seokguran, located on Mt.Tohamsan was designated as World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995. It is an artificial stone temple made of granites. The construction started in 751 during the reign of King Gyeong-Deok of the Silla Dynasty and it was finished in 774, after 24 years.
Seokguran is known to have been built with Bulguksa Temple. According to the history book Samgukyusa of the Goryeo Dynasty (the country that unified the Korean peninsula at the end of the Silla Dynasty, 918~1392), Kim Dae-Seong had built Bulguksa for the parents who were alive, and Seokguran for the parents of his former life.
The geology of the Korean Peninsula, which contains an abundance of hard granite, is not conducive to carving stone images into cliff walls. Seokguran is an artificial grotto made from granite and unique in design. The small size of the grotto indicates that it was probably used exclusively by the Silla royalty. Seokguran is an artificial stone temple made of granites, and is located on the eastern peak of Mt. Toham (745m sea level).
The grotto is symbolic of a spiritual journey into Nirvana. Pilgrims were to start at Bulguksa or at the foot of Mt. Tohamsan, a holy mountain to the Silla. There was a fountain at the entrance of the shrine where pilgrims could refresh themselves. Inside the grotto, the antechamber and corridor represented the earth while the rotunda represented heaven.
The centerpiece of the granite sanctuary is a Buddha statue seated in the main chamber surrounded by fifteen panels of bodhisattvas. The Buddha is seated on a lotus throne with legs crossed and has a serene expression of meditation. The Buddha is surrounded by fifteen panels of bodhisattvas, arhats and ancient Indian gods. Forty different figures representing Buddhist principles and teaches are in the grotto. The grotto was built around these statues in order to protect them from weathering. The rounded ceiling, decorated with half moons, looks like a half-moon. The top is decorated with a lotus flower. Inside the round-shaped main hall, there are the Bonjon Statue, Bodhi-sattva and his disciples. Seokguran was built to preserve these statues. The Bonjon figure wearing a generous smile is seated on the stage engraved with lotus flower design. The rounded ceiling looks like a half-moon or a bow and has a lotus flower decorated cover on it. As the sunrise from this spot is so beautiful, many people climb the mountain at daybreak.
The main Buddha is a highly regarded piece of Buddhist art. It is 3.5 meters in height. It represents the Seokguran Buddha, the historic Buddha at the moment of enlightenment. The interior of the grotto can now only be viewed through a glass wall, installed to protect it from both the temperature change and tourists.
Gyeongju National Museum
The Gyeongju National Museum has a superb collection of Silla Dynasty artifacts – approximately 100,000 pieces, of which only about 3,000 are on display at any one time. Visitors may rent audio cassettes.
Spaced around the museum grounds are various relics recovered from excavations around the country. Pieces of statues, temple ornaments, bridges, stupas, and other monuments line the walkways. Some have brief descriptions of their purpose and where they came from, while others are just left for the viewing of visitors. There are also reproductions of the two great pagodas of Bulguksa temple. The trees that line the walkways burst with cherry blossoms in the Spring an drop multicolored leaves in the Fall.
There is an outdoor exhibition area with numerous stone objects and statuary from the area, and reproductions of the two great pagodas of Bulguksa temple. From filigree gold crowns to earthenware pots and granite statuary, the collection illustrates the great craftsmanship of Silla artisans and is a graphic display of the tangible cultural heritage of the dynasty.
Emille Bell
Korea's largest and most beloved bell hangs in the museum yard. Popularly known as the "Emille Bell", it was cast in 771. At 3.3 meters high, 2.3 meters wide and reputedly weighing a phenomenal 23,000 kg. This skillfully wrought and gracefully embellished bell is one of the world's largest. While smaller bells ring with a melodious peal, the Emille Bell booms with the roar of a dragon, and can be heard 40 kilometers away on a crisp winter night. According to legend, the bell would not ring when it was first cast, so it was melted down to be recast. The head priest of a temple threw a small child into the molten metal, saying he was told to do so by a vision. When the bell was recast and struck, it sounded like the baby's cries of em-ee-leh when the child was sacrificed.
Bomun Lake Resort
This man-made lake is located below the old fortress of Myonhwal-san. Opened in 1978, Bomun Lake Resort is about eight kilometers east of downtown Gyeongju. Most of the accommodations and attractions here line its northern shore, with the concentration at its eastern end. There is a tourist information desk, shopping complex with numerous shops and restaurants, and an outdoor stage with a multi-story pagoda as backdrop. From April to November, music, dance, and other cultural performances are staged here free of charge at the Bomun Outdoor Performance Theater.
From the nearby pier, rowboats and paddleboats can be rented, and a swan-shaped excursion boat departs for a short tour of the lake. Bicycles can be rented from various vendors. The Sonjae Museum of Contemporary Art is located on the grounds of the Kyongju Hilton Hotel and features works from contemporary Korean artists and occasional exhibitions by foreign artists. An outdoor sculpture garden holds oversize pieces, which give you a preview of the style of the artwork displayed inside. Bicycles can be rented from various vendors. The Sonjae Museum of Contemporary Art is located on the grounds of the Kyongju Hilton Hotel and features works from contemporary Korean artists and occasional exhibitions by foreign artists. An outdoor sculpture garden holds oversize pieces, which give you a preview of the style of the artwork displayed inside.
A huge traditional water mill and 12-meter high artificial waterfall, the largest of its kind in Korea, are located in the Bomun Lake Resort. The resort also features a 100-meter fountain with scheduled performances.
Three of Gyeongju's four golf courses are located near the lake and the Gyeongju National Park borders the eastern side of this lake.
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Holy *** Moses. I thought it looked pretty nice already, but the interior and exterior are just gorgeous. They also said it will be getting GM's brand new 2.5L direct injection motor, not the 2.4L from the Lacrosse and Regal. No word on the turbo model yet. They really emphasized how they concentrated on making the new Malibu a better driver's car while improving everything the car already did well.It hurts a little how much it shames my own Malibu, just two years old too...http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2013-chevrolet-malibu
I have to say I love it too! It addresses all of the things I didn't like about it(too narrow, passenger dash, front end on lower models) and I just don't know what else to say haha! I also like how they slipped in that it will get at least 35 mpg.If I was in the market for a new car when it comes out(I will have bought a car by then) it would definitley be at or near the top of my list.
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It's a great evolution of the current design, with some cues that they should have added to the current model sooner. I love the more aggressive stance and the squared tail lights actually work with the design, I wasn't so sure about them when I first saw them in the teaser photos. On the interior the only thing I don't really like is the gray plastic surrounding the center console, other than that the interior looks great from the above picture.
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I will be out of college and hopefully have a good job by the time this car starts selling. It will be goodbye Accord, hello Malibu. even the base 2.5 liter (will it be base?) makes 190 horsepower and 180 pound-feet of torque. that's probably enough, but if there is a more powerful version I'd want that
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It looks fantastic, classy yet at the same time athletic. One of the best looking cars in the segment if you ask me.
Very nice. Exterior is good, hopefully it wont grow old but nice details here and there.The interior....Very nicely done. Definitely like it, the curve of the dash and the center stack having physical but nice modern buttons for everything. And that little nav screen in the middle of the gauges....very nice little touch.
Not bad. What I am trying to figure out is if this car will only be available with a four cylinder? Will a V-6 even be an option?
There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today, and something wrong with our bloody system as well.
Its not bad looking. I'll need to see one in person before I judge if I truly like it. Like the striped portion across the dash and the creases on the hood. Could be very pleasing in person, or off putting. Not a bad looking car overall though.
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Did they really have to shame my Malibu as much as it shamed the one before that??The other side of things is that they'll HAVE to update the Regal significantly for the 2013 MY because the two cars will basically be on a level playing field as it stands.
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The front end was a nice evolution of the current front end, if not a bland one. The side has turned kind of blobby, kind of reminds me of the first generation LaCrosse, and the rear, well read my comments and others in the thread already started.. Sorry gotta lock it up for being a duplicate.
Not too bad. Handsome exterior... not too sure about that 80's inspired Baretta interior. I'm sure as long as the materials and finish are top notch, that shouldn't be an issue. Definitely a pleasant evolution of the current car with just the right amount of style to take it from boring to eye catching.
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Wow, they really surprised me with this. I really, really like the interior; it looks so high-class.I love the stance on that rear 3/4 angle; it looks so poised. The tail lamps might take some getting used to...they don't really fit with the rest of the car's organic lines, though I do like how they look like a hybrid of the Camaro's tail lights and the 2000-2005 Impala's tail lights. I also love that small bump in the rear of the greenhouse before it meets the C-pillar. It's a perfectly done retro cue that looks like it's part of modern design.The front reminds me of a Taurus with that massive-looking front end that still has a nice flow to it. The headlights are a bit large and bulbous, but they still look good.
Interior: Very goodExterior: Above average. Grille looks clunky and front end does not flow ideally into back end. Kind of looks like 2 different cars.


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iPhone 5 ranks fifth in user satisfaction in the U.S.
Four Android phones rank higher in user satifaction than the iPhone 5, according to an OnDevice poll.
The poll asked 320,000 smartphone and tablet users how they felt about their devices. Of the 93,825 users polled in the U.S., the Motorola Atrix lead with the highest overall user satisfaction. The Droid Razr, HTC Rezound and Samsung Galaxy Note 2 followed the Atrix, leaving Apple's iPhone 5 in fifth place. In the UK, the iPhone 5 ranked second—behind the HTC One X.
CNET reported OnDevice's reaction to the poll:
"Although Apple created one of the most revolutionary devices of the past decade, other manufactures have caught up, with some Android-powered devices now commanding higher levels of user satisfaction," OnDevice Research marketing manager Sarah Quinn said in a statement.
The findings of the poll—initially released Monday—have been widely discussed by the tech blogosphere. Interestingly, they also come on the heels of a warning Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently gave about rising competition for Apple. As we reported last week, Wozniak was quoted in an interview as saying: "In my opinion Apple is currently lagging behind in terms of features. Others have caught up with us. Samsung is a great competitor simply because they are making great products at the moment."
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Are the values the mean or median satisfaction of the users?
Without knowing that the numbers are wortheless.
Meanwhile, I looked up the original slides from the source given by DPR. To their credit, headline and graph are copied from that source.
My big complaint though:
The original source contains a graph BEFORE the graph shown here, and that chart (which is by manufacturer) shows Apple first and Samsung LAST. Quite a different message.
Also important to know: The data is from a mobile online poll where devices were identified by browser id. Such online poll results typically are very skewed as more vocal users dominate the result. A satisfied but productive user won't find the poll nor have the time to respond.
I am disappointed DPR just copied graph and headline w/o doing ANY research. Will stop looking at connect.dpreview.com.
What an awful graph. If you want us to take data from you seriously set the axes at zero.
Honestly, I thought we had moved beyond this.
(PS I do not own a smartphone of any make)
The statistics isn't significant to be quoted the way it is.
As said below, the difference is very small and the chart is drawn wrong.
Worse even, phones with thin market shares came out first. A typical sign of a badly executed study. This is why most serious score systems use some sort of combination of average and size.
And of course, responses to a subjective question can't be compared if the target audiences do differ. As is the case here.
So, the entire study is a waste of time and money and should probably be ignored by a serious journalist.
it needs a completely new ios overhaul would like to put apps in filing cabinet style and scrap the 12 app limit folders and add more apps in the folders, and make a parent file folder with sub folders of different categories and mix together apps documents photos, and notes neatly filed away within the file cabinet (s)..
also would like apple to improve the camera ie: 12mp and add more cool features to the camera app and apply filters and effects
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LOL are you kidding me?! Learn how to draw a graph correctly. The difference between 8.57 and 8.23 is 4%. That's not twice as much as the visuals of this graph make you believe.
4% also seems like too small of a difference that would be within the margin of error on such polls.
Time and time again 'connect' is trying to stir up a controversy to gain some traffic on their site.
I am taking statistics now and we just covered this, it is one of the most basic topics in elementary level statistics. It is either ignorance to publish such a graph, or it is downright deception. Mind, I hate apple.
Mind people - he hates Apple. Oooo. We need to know this why? Because the Androids aren't content just to use their excellent devices. They have to go out of their way to tell us that they HATE Apple. I've owned one smartphone. An iPhone 4s. It's a fine device. I have absolutely NO opinion or emotions about any other device or the people that use them. I just assumed they would be as happy with their choice as I was with mine. Apparently not. Apparently the enjoyment they gain from their choice is directly proportional to how often and how vehemently they can publicly express their HATRED for Apple. Wouldn't it be simpler just to buy an iPhone? ...:)
Have an Iphone 4 and love it but do not like the size of the 5. It's too long, I buy wrangler cargo pants at Wal-mart partly because the Iphone fits perfectly in the sleeve sewn behind the cargo pocket on the left side. The 5 probably doesn't fit in very many pockets . It does seem Apples Marketing people come from the same school of thought as Canon's.
Wah! My precious i-feces-loaf device won't fit in my trouser pocket like it is supposed to. wah.
I agree with the others here. Typical "Man Bites Dog" headline.
If Apple made a dozen different iPhone models (like Android, which is a swell phone btw), three of them would have made the top 5 !!!
Technically you're right, Android doesn't make phones, but Android is owned by Google who do! Google make the Nexus and also bought Motorola's mobile phone business a year or two back which run Android.
Perhaps that is why these latest Motorola phones have got good reviews. Motorola used to be very poor and treated customers badly before the Google takeover so I wouldn't be surprised by these polls.
As far as the operating systems go, I think I give the edge to Apple iOS with 9/10 and Android 8/10 maybe 8½/10. Not much in it. Certainly in terms of market share, here in the UK where I am, Android's market share has always been high and a year ago it was something like 45% Android to 25% iOS. It is now radically much higher. Don't have those figures to hand for the UK but it was something like 85% Android to now less than 20% iOS. The US was always the reverse with Apple having biggest market share but even that has changed there too! Latest comscore data for US, Android 53% iOS 36%
As far as a user's rating goes, I went from an iPhone 3GS to an iPhone 5. I was looking forward to new features especially camera w/ flash. Also my 3Gs was beginning to show signs of death. I have a love/hate relationship with new phone. I love the camera including the flash. The touch response of the screen is finicky. Sunday the sound wouldn't work on the map when directions were requested. Had to shut down the phone and turn back on before I got audio directions. Sometimes I don't get texts for hours after someone sends it to me. Only 5 months old - thinking about taking it to Apple store and complaining about all the issues I have with it..
Regardless of the news whether good or bad, there must be an iPhone word in there. So desperate...
Yeah it is like "Romney landed 2nd on 2012 US Presidential election" instead of mentioning Obama as the new president.
Does dpreview stands for Digital Phone Review? It does appear that way.
This seems like a strange statistic. It sort of implies that users of the iphone 5 would be more satisfied with Droid Razr M, when that is likely not the case.
To me this shows that users of high end mobile phones are pretty happy and generally rank satisfaction in the 8-9 out of 10 range. It doesn't show which product is the best.
I wonder why you put the iPhone in the headline? Why not title "Two Motorola Smartphones Top the List"?
The way the headline reads now ("iPhone 5 ranks fifth in user satisfaction in the U.S.") it is not even clear that the poll is about smartphones only - which makes a 5th rank look rather disappointing for a very ambitious product.
Seeing the headline, i had (maybe stupidly?) assumed the poll was about all kinds of consumer products - cameras, radios, not just smartphones - and then a 5th rank would have been not as bad as when you compare smartphones only.
Have you forgotten that you are in connect.appple.dpreview.com?
Yea.....people were pretty disappointed with the iphone 5. Its an update. Not exactly an upgrade though. More evolutionary vs revolutionary. All they added was a longer screen and lte. thats about it. its a great phone.
The 5s will be in the same boat(same size and form), Or else they are going to anger ALOT of manufactures(cases and accessories)/developers(their app store, the only thing keeping them alive right now).
Nothing is keeping them from releasing a 6. just dont see it happening. Apples like canon now.
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We're going to bring you a 1977 Green Bay vs. Chicago game in three parts that we found recently. More specifically, it's from October 30, 1977 and it turned out to be a Halloween horror show for the Packers, but it's interesting to watch from a historical perspective. It's always notable to see just how much the television broadcasts themselves have changed. Despite the outcome, we hope you enjoy seeing the Packers of a recent yesteryear.
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Also interesting to see how uniforms have changed. The basic designs are not radically different for these two teams, but how players wear them has changed. For example, sleeves on today's jerseys are much shorter or even non-existent for some positions. Also, players seem to prefer a tighter fit to prevent opponents from yanking on the jersey.
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CHICAGO ó He did it. He finally admitted it. Lance Armstrong doped.
He was light on the details and didnít name names. He mused that he might not have been caught if not for his comeback in 2009. And he was certain his ďfate was sealedĒ when longtime friend, training partner and trusted lieutenant George Hincapie, who was along for the ride on all seven of Armstrongís Tour de France wins from 1999-2005, was forced to give him up to anti-doping authorities.
But right from the start and more than two dozen times during the first of a two-part interview Thursday night with Oprah Winfrey on her OWN network, the disgraced former cycling champion acknowledged what he had lied about repeatedly for years, and what had been one of the worst-kept secrets for the better part of a week: He was the ringleader of an elaborate doping scheme on a U.S. Postal Service team that swept him to the top of the podium at the Tour de France time after time.
ďIím a flawed character,Ē he said.
Did it feel wrong?
ďNo,Ē Armstrong replied. ďScary.Ē
ďDid you feel bad about it?Ē Winfrey pressed him.
ďNo,Ē he said. ďEven scarier.Ē
ďDid you feel in any way that you were cheating?Ē
ďNo,Ē Armstrong paused. ďScariest.Ē
ďI went and looked up the definition of cheat,Ē he added a moment later. ďAnd the definition is to gain an advantage on a rival or foe. I didnít view it that way. I viewed it as a level playing field.Ē
Wearing a blue blazer and open-neck shirt, Armstrong was direct and matter-of-fact, neither pained nor defensive. He looked straight ahead. There were no tears and very few laughs.
He dodged few questions and refused to implicate anyone else, even as he said it was humanly impossible to win seven straight Tours without doping.
ďIím not comfortable talking about other people,Ē Armstrong said. ďI donít want to accuse anybody.Ē
Whether his televised confession will help or hurt Armstrongís bruised reputation and his already-tenuous defense in at least two pending lawsuits, and possibly a third, remains to be seen. Either way, a story that seemed too good to be true ó cancer survivor returns to win one of sportís most grueling events seven times in a row ó was revealed to be just that.
ďThis story was so perfect for so long. Itís this myth, this perfect story, and it wasnít true,Ē he said.
Winfrey got right to the point when the interview began, asking for yes-or-no answers to five questions.
Did Armstrong take banned substances? ďYes.Ē
Did that include the blood-booster EPO? ďYes.Ē
Did he do blood doping and use transfusions? ďYes.Ē
Did he use testosterone, cortisone and human growth hormone? ďYes.Ē
Did he take banned substances or blood dope in all his Tour wins? ďYes.Ē
In his climb to the top, Armstrong cast aside teammates who questioned his tactics, yet swore he raced clean and tried to silence anyone who said otherwise. Ruthless and rich enough to settle any score, no place seemed beyond his reach ó courtrooms, the court of public opinion, even along the roads of his sportís most prestigious race.
That relentless pursuit was one of the things that Armstrong said he regretted most.
ďI deserve this,Ē he said twice.
ďItís a major flaw, and itís a guy who expected to get whatever he wanted and to control every outcome. And itís inexcusable. And when I say there are people who will hear this and never forgive me, I understand that. I do. ...
ďThat defiance, that attitude, that arrogance, you cannot deny it.Ē
Armstrong said he started doping in mid-1990s but didnít when he finished third in his comeback attempt.
Anti-doping officials have said nothing short of a confession under oath ó ďnot talking to a talk-show host,Ē is how World Anti-Doping Agency director general David Howman put it ó could prompt a reconsideration of Armstrongís lifetime ban from sanctioned events.
Heís also had discussions with officials at the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, whose 1,000-page report in October included testimony from nearly a dozen former teammates and led to stripping Armstrong of his Tour titles. Shortly after, he lost nearly all his endorsements, was forced to walk away from the Livestrong cancer charity he founded in 1997, and just this week was stripped of his bronze medal from the 2000 Olympics.
Armstrong could provide information that might get his ban reduced to eight years. By then, he would be 49. He returned to triathlons, where he began his professional career as a teenager, after retiring from cycling in 2011, and has told people heís desperate to get back.
Initial reaction from anti-doping officials ranged from hostile to cool.
WADA president John Fahey derided Armstrongís defense that he doped to create ďa level playing fieldĒ as ďa convenient way of justifying what he did ó a fraud.Ē
ďHe was wrong, he cheated and there was no excuse for what he did,Ē Fahey said by telephone in Australia.
If Armstrong ďwas looking for redemption,Ē Fahey added, ďhe didnít succeed in getting that.Ē
USADA chief Travis Tygart, who pursued the case against Armstrong when others had stopped, said the cyclistís confession was just a start.
ďTonight, Lance Armstrong finally acknowledged that his cycling career was built on a powerful combination of doping and deceit,Ē Tygart said. ďHis admission that he doped throughout his career is a small step in the right direction. But if he is sincere in his desire to correct his past mistakes, he will testify under oath about the full extent of his doping activities.Ē
Livestrong issued a statement that said the charity was ďdisappointed by the news that Lance Armstrong misled people during and after his cycling career, including us.Ē
ďEarlier this week, Lance apologized to our staff and we accepted his apology in order to move on and chart a strong, independent course,Ē it said.
The interview revealed very few details about Armstrongís performance-enhancing regimen that would surprise anti-doping officials.
What he called ďmy cocktailĒ contained the steroid testosterone and the blood-booster erythropoetein, or EPO, ďbut not a lot,Ē Armstrong said. That was on top of blood-doping, which involved removing his own blood and weeks later re-injecting it into his system.
All of it was designed to build strength and endurance, but it became so routine that Armstrong described it as ďlike saying we have to have air in our tires or water in our bottles.Ē
ďThat was, in my view, part of the job,Ē he said.
Armstrong was evasive, or begged off entirely, when Winfrey tried to connect his use to others who aided or abetted the performance-enhancing scheme on the USPS team
When she asked him about Italian doctor Michele Ferrari, who was implicated in doping-related scrapes and has also been banned from cycling for life, Armstrong replied, ďItís hard to talk about some of these things and not mention names. There are people in this story, theyíre good people and weíve all made mistakes ... theyíre not monsters, not toxic and not evil, and I viewed Michele Ferrari as a good man and smart man and still do.Ē
But thatís nearly all Armstrong would say about the physician that some reports have suggested educated the cyclist about doping and looked after other aspects of his training program.
He was almost as reluctant to discuss claims by former teammates Tyler Hamilton and Floyd Landis that Armstrong told them, separately, that he tested positive during the 2001 Tour de Suisse and conspired with officials of the International Cycling Union officials to cover it up ó in exchange for a donation.
ďThat story wasnít true. There was no positive test, no paying off of the labs. There was no secret meeting with the lab director,Ē he said.
Winfrey pressed him again, asking if the money he donated wasnít part of a tit-for-tat agreement, ďWhy make it?Ē
ďBecause they asked me to,Ē Armstrong began.
ďThis is impossible for me to answer and have anybody believe it,Ē he said. ďIt was not in exchange for any cover-up. ... I have every incentive here to tell you yes.Ē
Finally, he summed up the entire episode this way: ďI was retired. ... They needed money.Ē
Ultimately, though, it was Landis who did the most damage to Armstrongís story. Landis was stripped of the 2006 Tour title after testing positive and wound up on the sportís fringes looking for work. Armstrong said his former teammate threatened to release potentially destructive videos if he wasnít given a spot on the team. That was in 2009, when Armstrong returned to the Tour after four years off.
Winfrey asked whether Landisí decision to talk was ďthe tipping point.Ē
ďIíd agree with that. I might back it up a little and talk about the comeback. I think the comeback didnít sit well with Floyd,Ē Armstrong recalled.
ďDo you regret now coming back?Ē
ďI do. We wouldnít be sitting here if I didnít come back,Ē he said.
The closest Armstrong came to contrition was when Winfrey asked him about his apologies in recent days, notably to former teammate Frankie Andreu, who struggled to find work in cycling after Armstrong dropped him from the USPS team, as well as his wife, Betsy. Armstrong said she was jealous of his success, and invented stories about his doping as part of a long-running vendetta.
ďHave you made peace?Ē Winfrey asked.
ďNo,Ē Armstrong replied, ďbecause theyíve been hurt too badly, and a 40-minute (phone) conversation isnít enough.Ē
He also called London Sunday Times reporter David Walsh as well as Emma OíReilly, who worked as a masseuse for the USPS team and later provided considerable material for a critical book Walsh wrote about Armstrong and his role in cyclingís doping culture.
Armstrong subsequently sued for libel in Britain and won a $500,000 judgment against the newspaper, which is now suing to get the money back. Armstrong was, if anything, even more vicious in the way he went after OíReilly. He intimated she was let go from the Postal team because she seemed more interested in personal relationships than professional ones.
ďWhat do you want to say about Emma OíReilly?Ē Winfrey asked.
ďShe, sheís one of these people that I have to apologize to. Sheís one of these people that got run over, got bullied.Ē
ďYou sued her?Ē
ďTo be honest, Oprah, we sued so many people I donít even,Ē Armstrong said, then paused, ďIím sure we did.Ē
Near the end of the first interview installment, Winfrey asked about a federal investigation of Armstrong that was dropped by the Justice Department without charges.
ďWhen they dropped the case, did you think: `Now, finally over, done, victoryí?Ē
Armstrong looked up. He exhaled.
ďItís hard to define victory,Ē he said. ďBut I thought I was out of the woods.Ē


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Prime Minister John Key says the death of former Cook Islands prime minister Sir Geoffrey Henry is a sad day for the island nation.
Sir Geoffrey, who led the country for a decade from 1989 after a brief stint as caretaker prime minister in 1983, was 71 when he died on Wednesday night.
He had been sent home from hospital on Saturday where he had been receiving treatment for cancer.
Mr Key said he believed he met Sir Geoffrey once.
"Obviously we were saddened to learn of his death. We respect the role he played as former prime minister of the Cook Islands."
The government's sympathy was extended to the people of the Cook Islands and there would be appropriate representation at his funeral.
Arrangements for a state funeral were under way.
Labour's Pacific Island Affairs spokesman Su'a William Sio said Sir Geoffrey was a "shining star of Cook Islands politics".
Sir Geoffrey, who quit politics in 2006, was named speaker of the Cook Islands parliament in February last year.
He became a Knight Commander of the British Empire in 1992.
A New Zealand-trained lawyer, in 2010 a terrorism-related comment to a flight attendant led to him being asked to leave an Air New Zealand flight at Auckland.


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