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Red Sox minor league roundup: Time to start thinking about moving up Mookie Betts?; Keith Couch flirts with perfection; Anthony Ranaudo dominates; Travis Shaw, Bryce Brentz mash
|04.30.14 at 1:27 pm ET
Feats of Mookie: Absurdity. Players who are young for their leagues, who have been on a blindingly fast development path, aren't supposed to dominate at a level to the degree that Mookie Betts has done so in Portland, even if only for a month. The ridiculous month of Mookie continued on Tuesday with the 21-year-old second baseman going 3-for-4 with a homer. He's reached base in all 21 games for the Sea Dogs this year, with a season line of .422/.471/.689 with four homers, 15 extra-base hits, 10 walks, eight strikeouts and 10 steals in 12 attempts. He leads all of minor league baseball in average, ranks 13th in OBP and eighth in slugging. He's been one of the dominant performers in all of the minors — and not just this year. Dating back to last May 5, when he made an adjustment from a leg kick to a stride in the batter's box, he's hitting .361/.438/.580 with 68 walks, 53 strikeouts, 17 homers, 44 steals (in 49 attempts) and 66 extra-base hits in 125 games while blitzing across three levels.
Obviously, he hasn't been thrown by his rapid ascent up the ladder. He was more than ready for the Carolina League after his 76 games of dominance in Single-A last year, and more than ready to open this year in Portland after he finished last year with 51 games in Salem.
So how soon could he see a move up to Triple-A? His performance has forced that conversation on the Sox earlier than expected, even if there's no evidence that a promotion is imminent. There simply aren't many parallels in recent years in the Red Sox organization for what Betts is doing.
The closest comparable came from another leadoff hitter, Jacoby Ellsbury, who spent just 17 games in Portland at the start of the 2007 season, hitting .452/.518/.644 before forcing his way up to Pawtucket. But Ellsbury was different in a few key respects: 1) He was a 23-year-old who had been drafted out of college; 2) He'd spent 50 games in Portland at the end of his first full pro season in 2006. So, Ellsbury didn't force his promotion until he'd been in Double-A for 67 games rather than 50.
The Sox have had few position players who were drafted out of high school dominate like this. Will Middlebrooks was 22 when he arrived in Portland and had a great year, hitting .302/.345/.520 with 18 homers in 96 games before an end-of-year promotion to Pawtucket. Anthony Rizzo made it to Portland as a 20-year-old in 2010 and hit .263/.334/.481 with 20 homers in 107 games before getting traded that offseason.
Xander Bogaerts had 79 games in Double-A — 23 at the end of 2012, 56 more at the start of 2013 — before his promotion to Triple-A Pawtucket in his age 20 season.
So, as Kevin Thomas of the Portland Press-Herald pointed out (via twitter), the Sox haven't had a top position prospect blitz through Portland in recent years in fewer than 61 games. That suggests that Betts may have a while to wait before he moves up to the top rung of the minor league ladder. Of course, it's worth noting that no one else dominated Portland out of the chute in the fashion that Betts has. He may be forcing his own set of rules.
"Nobody knows why he's still here. He's a freak, man," Portland pitcher Keith Couch told MiLB.com. "He should be in the big leagues. He has this electricity to his game. He's just crushing balls and getting on base and scoring runs."
Here's video of the homer:
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— Anthony Ranaudo submitted his most dominant outing of the year, firing five shutout innings in which he allowed just two singles, walked two and punched out seven. He filled up the strike zone with 53 of his 82 (65 percent) offerings, with rain helping him record the first complete game and shutout of his career. After a rough start to the year (6.14 ERA through three starts, 16 strikeouts, 8 walks in 14 2/3 innings), the 24-year-old has seemingly turned a corner in his last few outings, forging a 1.29 ERA. Interestingly, he's had the same 16 strikeouts and eight walks in his last 14 innings over those three starts that he had in his first three. He has 10.0 strikeouts and 5.0 walks per nine innings in Pawtucket this year, a significant departure from the 6.2 strikeouts and 2.1 walks per nine he featured in Triple-A last year.
The fine line that Ranaudo has experienced between dominance and struggles in his starts in Pawtucket has been his ability to work down in the strike zone. When he uses his 6-foot-7 frame to power the ball downward with a dramatic angle — as he did on Tuesday, even when the horrific weather forced him into a fastball-heavy approach (with 92-95 mph velocity) and to eschew the rest of his arsenal for most of the day — opponents have shown little ability to do anything against him. But whereas Ranaudo could beat hitters up (and sometimes above the strike zone) in lower levels, hitters are more often refusing to chase heaters above the strike zone, and instead making hard contact with pitches that are up in the zone.
Of course, late in the outing, Lehigh Valley's hitters were willing to expand the zone a bit (or by feet) in order to get off the field. Ranaudo concluded his outing by striking out the side on nine pitches, blowing fastballs past his opponents. The proof:
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— The most impressive streak (non-Mookie division) in the Red Sox farm system right now may belong to Bryce Brentz, who launched a first-inning grand slam on Tuesday and now has reached base at least once in 16 straight games in which he's had a plate appearance while hitting .317/.391/.567 with three homers and eight extra-base hits. He has hits in each of his last 11 games in which he's had a plate appearance, with a .350/.400/.650 line in that span.
— Christian Vazquez went 2-for-4, and he's now reached base multiple times in his last four games.
— Right-hander Keith Couch retired the first 17 batters of the game before settling for a 6 2/3 inning, five-hit, two-run performance in which he punched out seven and walked none. The 24-year-old right-hander has been an outstanding performer early in the year, with a 4-0 record, 2.48 ERA, 25 strikeouts and just five walks in 29 innings. He has yet to give up a homer.
Couch features an unspectacular arsenal — a fastball that touched 90, sometimes a tick above, with a slider and changeup. None profiles as above average in terms of power, life or action.
Yet Couch shows an understanding for what he has and how to use it in a fashion that's made him a consistent performer over a long haul. In parts of five minor league seasons, he's 34-23 with a 3.58 ERA, 7.1 strikeouts and 2.0 walks per nine innings. He's caught behind a wave of pitchers with higher ceilings in the Sox system, but Couch represents the type of pitcher who could easily find his way to the big leagues if given the right situation or environment. It may not come with the Red Sox, but no one should be surprised to look up in three years and to see Couch making meaningful contributions in the big leagues, perhaps in middle relief, perhaps as a back end starter who thrives when chance offers him the right opportunity, as it did for former Red Sox minor leaguer Miguel Gonzalez with the Orioles in 2012.
— Travis Shaw has now been in Double-A for parts of three seasons, dating to August 2012. He is performing like a player who very much wants to move on.
He got off to a slow start this year but has started to thrive. He went 2-for-4 with a homer on Tuesday, and in his last 10 games, he's now hitting .395/.458/.698 with all four of his 2014 homers coming in that stretch. It's a run that has little resemblance to any stretch he's had in Portland, but it has considerable similarity to what the 24-year-old did in the Arizona Fall League, when he hit .361/.452/.705 with five homers in 17 games.
— Shortstop Deven Marrero went 2-for-4 with a double, and he's now reached six times in nine trips to the plate over a two-day span to improve to .306/.386/.403 for the year.
— Manuel Margot went 2-for-3 with a double (and two sacrifice bunts), and he now has three straight multi-hit games. The 7-for-13 stretch has improved the 19-year-old's line for the season to .289/.341/.474.
— Right-hander Jamie Callahan threw five innings in which he permitted three runs on seven hits (five singles, a double and a homer) while punching out five and, perhaps most notably, walking just one. The 19-year-old, a strike-thrower as an amateur and in his pro debut last year in Lowell, had issued 13 free passes in 17 frames spanning his first four starts. The homer was the first he's allowed this season.
— Wendell Rijo, Greenville's 18-year-old second baseman, and Carlos Asuaje, a versatile 22-year-old, reached base three times, with Rijo going 2-for-4 with a walk to improve to .333/.468/.508, and Asuaje going 1-for-3 with a walk and a hit by pitch, leaving his line at .377/.506/.638. They join Betts to give the Red Sox three of the top 15 OBPs in the minors, with Asuaje ranking fourth, Betts ranking 12th and Rijo in 14th.
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The James Wylie House is located in the village of White Sulphur Springs at the base of the Allegheny Mountains. Built in 1819 for Greenbrier poineer, Richard Dickson, the property has evolved from a working farm of over 1300 acres to a boarding house. Fully restored and placed on the National Registry of Historic homes in 1990, the B&B continues its long history of hosting travelers. Come join us on the porch for a lemonade and some fresh mountain air.
5 on April 21, 2015
Lovely step back in time. Beautifully restored home. Friendly, charming hosts, great food, would recommend. We wanted to see the nearby Greenbrier and this was a very affordable alternative to staying at the hotel.
5 on April 21, 2015
Really felt like home. Very clean. Great breakfast both days. Monica was just the best! I highly recommend! Thanks so much!
5 on November 09, 2014
From the time we arrived and were welcomed by Carl to the time we left, we loved every minute. The cabin is cozy and quaint and Monica made a delicious breakfast every day. Great place, great food, great company. It is plenty close to the Greenbrier and also to WVSOM. We will definitely be back!
5 on July 17, 2014
You will feel right at home and receive a warm welcome from Monica and Carl. Wonderful breakfast every morning. Very close to the Greenbriar. Stay here instead.
4.0 on October 09, 2013
A very friendly greeting on arrival set the tone for a very relaxing and enjoyable stay. Monica cooked great breakfasts and made the best pot of 'proper' tea in West Virginia. Highly recommend.
5 on November 11, 2012
Our group stays together several times a year in various locations and generally rent a house for everyone. When we could not find a house to rent we rented all of the rooms here. It felt like we were renting a house. The innkeeper accomdated us and we visited on the front porch like we owned the place. The living areas were just right for us and breakfasts were great. Highly recommend it for groups as well as individuals. Suzanne
5 on November 09, 2012
Forgot staying at a local motel. If you need a place to stay in W.S.S. area, Monica will take excellent care of you!
5 on August 11, 2012
This is our 2nd time here. We love it. We highly recommend it!
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We had a delightful visit here in October 2011. Monica, the innkeeper, was very helpful and even provided us with interesting history stories as well as local information. We would definitely stay there again.
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Just like home
Countryside, Mountains, Small town, Village
Antique Shopping, Art Galleries, Gourmet/Fine Dining, Historical interests, Lake, Live Music, Movie Theater, Museum, National/State parks, Nature area, Five-star Greenbrier Resort, State Fair of West Virginia, Snowshoe Ski Resort, Greenbrier State Forest, Oakhurst Links historic golf course, Organ Cave & Lost World Caverns, Performing Theater, Picnic area, Religious Services, River, Rodeo, Ski area, Winery
Other, Bed and Breakfast, Cottage
BBQ grill, Board games, CD player, Computer, Conference Rooms, DVD Player, Fax Machine, Library, Telephone, VCR, Videos, Washer/dryer, Wedding Facilities
Air conditioning, Alarm clock, Ceiling fans, Coffee/Tea facilities, Satellite/Cable TV, TV
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Friendly innkeeper interested in current events, quilting, knitting, gardening, and of course, cooking.
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Thick Cinnamon bread encrusted in a cinnamon-vanilla batter topped with our wonderful pears poached in orange juice with a pinch of nutmeg.

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Stewartchen brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 145 Designs von 35 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
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Our main target audience is the 18 to 35 age group which are heavy users of the Internet (social networking sites) and smart phones (IPhone).
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4. Some of the logos we like
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Adding a return vent/room pass through
The master bedroom closet which is 5x15 has a supply vent in the ceiling, but no return vent. If you leave the closet door open the hvac system keeps it a nice temp as the rest of the rooms. If not, cold in winter and hot in the summer. Keeping the door open all the time is not an option. So I was wanting to add pass through grill so the cold or hot air can return and be conditioned by the heat pump.
The question is how big should the vent be? Where is the best location, high or low? Since the bathroom is the room where the vent will exit, is installing the vent above the shower (2-3 feet above) a bad idea? Thanks for any help you can be.
Thats not a good idea. Transfer grille into the bathroom can cause troubles. Such as mold problems. Blowing odors into the house, when the system is running. Since the bathroom doesn't have a return.
Just under cut your closet door, and let it return into the room the closet serves.
Sorry I left out some info. The master closet door leads to the master bath, so the vent would do the same work as opening the door, without the door getting in the way. Then the bathroom empties to the bedroom and right outside the bedroom is the main return for the second floor rooms. The bathroom and bedroom doors are almost always open.
So back to the original question, high or low on the vent and what size. The door is cut for the carpet in the closet, but the gap cannot get the job done. So something between the gap under the door and the door itself in size for the added vent will work. Thanks
High or low makes little to no difference.
But. If there is a wall to the hall, I'd put the grille there instead.
Thanks. The hall is not a good option as it would really put thr vent closer to the first floor return (vaulted ceilings). A have two units, one for each floor. So into the bathroom is my best option. Does it matter how small or big the vent is in size?
Needs to be able to let the same amount of air out that the supply puts in.
As far as it being close to the first floor return if installed in the hallway. That doesn't matter.
It would have no effect on either system.
is this a first or second floor prob? if second can you access return in attic or if first a return from under floor
Well, I could access the return from the attic, but that would be a bite. Edge of roof line, lots of blown-in insulation and I am not sure it would be the best idea. Both units have only one main return in a hallway for each unit. So adding a true return in just one room may add in new problems. Should the "return" pass through vent for closet be the same size as the supply vent for the closet? Thanks
50% larger, since you'll have 2 grilles for the air to go through.
Presuming they didn't install a 4 X 12 in a closet.
It is a 8"x12" vent. I guess you are saying that the grilles will hurt airflow and
therefore the size of the returning air vent needs to be twice as big. I did not expect that. Am I correct on what you meant? Thanks
Yes you are.
Since it sounds like you have a sidewall register. Go with a 8X14.
An 8X14 return grille will have almost if not 50% more free area, then a 8X12 sidewall supply will(presuming the supply has adjustable louvers).
You have really helped me out been there. I am glad that you included the math as there is no telling what I would have figured out. Just in case it matters I have adjustable ceiling registers as the air handler is in the attic. Thanks again.
They would be about 60% free area then.
So the 8X14's are fine.
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The disastrous timing of
AMP on Tuesday increased its holding to 6,743,863 million shares, or 7.25 per cent of the company, up from 6.14 per cent previously.
On Thursday chairman Russell Tate doubled his stake to 20,001 shares, while chief executive Kevin Perkins added 40,000 shares to his holding, taking his stake to 7,040,833 shares.
Collins Foods, owner of the KFC outlets in Queensland and Sizzler's fast food outlets nationwide, debuted on the sharemarket on August 3 as the market began to plunge in panic selling, reacting to the US debt downgrade and European sovereign debt concerns.
Since listing, the stock has tumbled 16.8 per cent from its issue price of $2.50 to $2.08. The current turmoil has made the stock more attractive to investors due to its defensive qualities.
"The simple reason [we invested] is that the [products Collins sells] tend to be a lot more stable in terms of their earnings generation," BT Investment Management portfolio manager Paul Hannan told The Australian Financial Review last week. "We've got plenty of volatility and vagaries in the economy but people still seem to eat pizza and fried chicken."
BT Investment picked up 9.06 per cent to become the biggest substantial holder, with CBA, Aviva, NAB also in on the action.
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When mock drafts everywhere were updated, my e-mail, Twitter account and the comments here were flooded with questions about the number four pick. The Nets seem to be wavering on who they will pick at number three, meaning Derrick Favors may be available at number four. After the jump, I'll talk a bit about what this could mean for the Sixers.
If Evan Turner is really the guy the Sixers want, they should without a doubt draft him with the number two pick. If Derrick Favors is really the guy the Sixers want, they should without a doubt draft him with the number two pick. Take the guy you want, that's the luxury of picking this high, you don't have to cross your fingers and hope your guy falls.
If, however, Turner is your guy, you get him, and then an opportunity arises to get Favors also, well, then you have to act. Here's the scenario, John Wall gets picked first, the Sixers take Evan Turner, the Nets take either Wesley Johnson or DeMarcus Cousins. At this point, David Kahn is on the clock (and under the gun), this is when you make the call.
There are a few different directions you can go here. You can either try to swap picks with Minnesota, giving them the guy they covet the most, Evan Turner, and insisting they take Elton Brand's contract, giving you Favors in return. I'd be perfectly fine with that, but if the Sixers really believe Favors is the better pick, then they should just take him and not gamble on it. It's also unlikely that drafting Turner is worth the $50M+ owed to Brand over the next three seasons, and I absolutely would not take Al Jefferson back in the deal. It would have to be a deal that couldn't be finalized until July 1st with Minnesota using a combination of their cap space and one lesser contract to absorb Brand's contract. Love + Favors for Turner + Brand. That I'd do. This is the perfect world scenario, for me at least, but there's another avenue that I could definitely live with.
Again, Wall goes #1, we take Turner #2, then we call Minny and offer Andre Iguodala for the #4 pick. Again, no way Jefferson is coming to Philly, I want no part of him, nor his contract. I'd love to get Love in the deal, Ryan Gomes would probably be included, but Minnesota is using their cap space to make this deal happen. Iguodala for Favors + Gomes + Love (maybe). Minnesota gets the wing they desperately need, the Sixers get...
Well, the Sixers get to hit the reset button in an unbelievably meaningful way. They've already taken two steps back in their on-court production for this upcoming season through the Dalembert trade. Right now best (worst?) case is Collins can coach this roster up to a .500 record, get a low seed in the playoffs and get knocked out in the first round, leaving the Sixers with a middling #1 pick and essentially locking this roster until Brand's contract either expires or can be moved. If you trade Iguodala and get Favors in return, this team will be bad this season. There's no denying that. I think Collins could have them playing competitive basketball most nights, but they'd be relying solely on rookies and really, really young players for heavy minutes. I don't care what kind of magic Collins tries to work, odds are, the Sixers would be looking at a top ten pick again next season. So let's take a step back and look at the roster if the Sixers could pull this rabbit out of a hat on draft day.
(opening day age)
- Jrue Holiday (20)
- Derrick Favors (19)
- Evan Turner (22)
- Marreese Speights (23)
- Thad Young (22, his birthday was actually yesterday)
- Jodie Meeks (23)
- Elton Brand (31) - contract expires summer 2013
- Lou Williams (23) - contract expires summer 2013
- Willie Green (29) - contract expires next summer
- Andres Nocioni (31) - team option for 2012-2013, likely contract expires next summer
- Jason Kapono (29) - contract expires next summer
- Jason Smith (24) - restricted free agent, could expired next summer
- Spencer Hawes (22) - restricted free agent, could expire next summer
- Ryan Gomes (28) - team buyout, probably expiring next summer
I didn't include Love, but if he was obtained in the deal, you could probably add him to the bottom of the first category, or the top of the second. Essentially, the Sixers would have a core of a defensive big, a distributing PG who can play lockdown defense and a versatile scoring wing all on rookie contracts with every other contract on their roster set to expire before any of the core players need to be extended. They'd also probably have at least one more top-ten pick to augment that core with.
No one is a bigger fan of Iguodala than I am, but I would absolutely have to make this deal. That is a true rebuild, that is a true plan, a true path and the team would have every option available to them to add whatever is needed in the next three seasons. Free agency, trades, draft. This is truly a no-brainer. If Favors is off the board, though, I wouldn't make the same deal for Cousins.
by Brian on Jun 22 2010
Tags: Andre Iguodala | Basketball | Derrick Favors | Draft | Evan Turner | Offseason | Sixers | Trades |
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Cozy Theater among buildings considered for demolition
One of the buildings in Pine River recently considered for destruction, known as the Eastern Star building, was once a source of news and entertainment for the city.
Joe Zigmund constructed the split-level building in 1915. Its initial purpose was to house the Pine River Sentinel-Blaze in the basement and a silent film theater called The Cozy Theater in the top. Elmer Dahl published the Blaze, and two brothers from Walker operated the theater.
The theater showed four silent films a day at an admission price of 15 cents.
During construction on the Pine River School in 1920-21, the building became a temporary classroom to grades three and four.
Within recent memory, the building was used as a Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star chapter. That use ended in 2009.
This property is one of three parcels recently proposed for destruction to create parking on the Barclay Avenue/Highway 371 corner. The other two parcels house a former dry cleaning building and the Pinewood Café. These three parcels were to be converted to parking with the condition that the adjacent lot currently occupied by the former Tom Thumb building was purchased and that the city was awarded a Department of Employment and Economic Development grant to pay for the demolition and property development.
However, the city did not receive the grant. Earlier this month, the Pine River City Council learned that Family Dollar was still interested in the nearby corner lot, and demolition of the Cozy Theater and two other buildings would not be necessary under the new plan.
Some history buffs in Pine River have reservations about the possible demolition of the Cozy Theater building. Pine River's Heritage Group North historical preservation group has not made any official group statement or taken any official stance, though group vice president Alan Johnson commented independently.
"I just hope that all the potential uses for the building are considered before it is leveled," Johnson said. "From our position, through my involvement with Heritage Group North, I've heard dozens of people bemoan the destruction of buildings that used to stand in Pine River. There's always so much moaning and groaning and wailing after the fact. Let's make sure we get all the concerns up front and if it does have to be torn down, then at least nobody can complain they weren't heard or that an option wasn't considered."
Johnson said he understands that alternatives to demolition might be difficult to find, partially because it would be difficult to make the building comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
"The problem is, nobody does have a specific repurposing in mind for right now; however, if the building stands there for another five years, it isn't hurting anything, and maybe someone will come up with something," Johnson said. "This might be a challenge to repurpose because of the way it has been built. I would understand that."
Johnson said he would still like to see the building saved unless the parking is absolutely needed.
"I just hope all the alternatives are explored and nothing is torn down until firm commitments are in place. Evidently that's the city's intent also," Johnson said.


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I am a relational style teacher. I enjoy helping kiddos learn through discovery and conversation. Frustration is inevitable, but in our classroom, it is merely like a game to be mastered! Education should be fun, but not always easy. We all (teachers included) should learn something new everyday! I am strict with behavior. I probably always will be. It was how I was raised. I love creativity and see the good in most things!
I will not list these because I believe that teaching is one of the greatest HONORS anyone can have. Teaching is also the most AWARDing occupation I could imagine having.
Home Schooled K-12 Lipscomb University - BS K-8 Education Student taught K, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 EL Certified in 2014
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my family and I went here for Christmas and enjoyed our stay. This is a nice, Quite town in Dec. People were very friendly both at Robinhood village and at one of the local stores...
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My friend and I are staying at this super cute and clean tiny house tonight. So far it is very nice! Our unit has a hot tub and is very close to the nicely kept Grounds. There are cute swings, fire pits and a ceremony area for weddings. I will likely come back!
my family and I went here for Christmas and enjoyed our stay. This is a nice, Quite town in Dec. People were very friendly both at Robinhood village and at one of the local stores that we went to down the road. If you are looking for excitement this isn't the place but if you like the country experience you...
Alderbrook across the street for spa, etc Family owned & operated... Nice change from corporate insincerity! Cabin really part of tiny house movement. Friendly helpful staff--young man brought wood & started fire🔥Lost key=npk
We are locals who live close by, but we enjoy an evening of dinner and drinks and music in the Robin Hood Restaurant and Pub. We usually stay in one of the cabins, take a walk along the canal and enjoy the view of the Olympic Mountains and the peaceful Hood Canal. There are at least 4 cottages that are...
I just visited the Robinhood Village to see if they have any availability and I didn't find the service very good they were untrained in Customer service, somewhat rude
We stayed here in cabin 7 for two nights on a Groupon and were not disappointed! The cabin was very clean and has a full kitchen. It rained during our entire stay, but that didn't dampen our spirits. There was still plenty to do in the area and we were able to use the covered hot tubl
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My boyfriend and I enjoyed the weekend in cabin 12. It rained the whole time but we were able to soak in our own private hot tub and enjoyed listening to the heavy rain while we soaked. The cottage was spotless and we'll equipped with lots of towels, dishes and even an umbrella. There are lots of walking trails and...
The staff was great and the location is really fun. We stayed in one of the older cabins which made it a little more fun although they are a bit...rustic. The quick walk to Hood Canal across the street made for some fun and easy kayaking. The personal hot tubs are drained and filled between guests which is nice to...
Great Resort, I love the location, quiet, secluded, river right there, fun to walk in the woods, fish run, its cool for the kids, they do have fire pit to burn fresh wood, thats cool, hot tub was awesome and we loved it, we could not get out of it, fishing area was fun, we didnt use kayak's, but we...
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Dawkins, Hitchens: Arrest the pope
Prominent atheists Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens are encouraging human rights lawyers to make the case to arrest Pope Benedict XVI for crimes against humanity on his state visit Sept. 16-19 to the U.K.
The Christian Post reported April 12 that the writers believe the pope can be arrested using the same legal principle that led to the arrest of the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on his 1998 visit to Britain. Pinochet was arrested in London and by the British government in March 2000.
"This is a man whose first instinct when his priests are caught with their pants down is to cover up the scandal and damn the young victims to silence," said Dawkins.
"This man is not above or outside the law," Hitchens said. "The institutionalized concealment of child rape is a crime under any law and demands not private ceremonies of repentance or church-funded payoffs, but justice and punishment."
Unearthing new species was child's play
Matthew Berger, 9, discovered a new hominid species in mid-April at the Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near Johannesburg, South Africa. Matthew was with his father, Lee Berger, an American paleoanthropologist.
The skeletons of four individuals were unearthed, including the one Matthew found, a 4-foot-2-inch boy. Scientists determined the find reveals a new species of hominid, which has been named Australopithecus sediba. Geologists estimated individuals lived 1.78 million to 1.95 million years ago, probably closer to the older date, when australopithecines and early species of Homo were contemporaries.
NCAA bans bible verses on field
The NCAA's Football Rules Committee has instituted a ban on messages of any sort on "eye black," worn beneath a player's eyes to cut down on glare from the sun.
In the case of the University of Florida's Tim Tebow, it was more like "flair from The Son." Tebow used his face as a Christian billboard the past two seasons. After the 2009 BCS Championship Game, 92 million people Googled "John 3:16," the verse he wore during the game.
The NFL also has a "no messages on the eye black" rule.
Ayatollah: Dangerous curves dead ahead
Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi, a senior Iranian cleric, told worshippers at overnight prayers April 17 in Tehran that women who dress inappropriately can bring Allah's wrath in the form of natural disasters, reported Agence France-Presse.
"Many women who dress inappropriately . . . cause youths to go astray, taint their chastity and incite extramarital sex in society, which increases earthquakes," Sedighi said. "Calamities are the result of people's deeds. We have no way but conform to Islam to ward off dangers."
The Islamic dress code is mandatory in Iran. Every post-pubescent woman regardless of her religion or nationality must cover her hair and bodily contours in public.
In response to the ayatollah, freethinker Jen McCreight (who blogs at blaghag.com) organized a Facebook event April 26: "I will wear the most cleavage-showing shirt I own. Yes, the one usually reserved for a night on the town. I encourage other female skeptics to join me and embrace the supposed supernatural power of their breasts. Or short shorts, if that's your preferred form of immodesty."
After 14,000 people signed up in the first 24 hours, McCreight, of West Lafayette, Ind., wrote that what started as a joke had gone viral.
Hagee's God moves in delirious ways
Rev. John Hagee brought his Christian-Zionist road show to the Lancaster County (Pa.) Convention Center on April 22, the Lancaster New Era reported.
Hagee, pastor at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, noted a volcano in Iceland erupted the day after the British Advertising Standards Authority ruled an ad for the Israeli Government Tourism Office falsely implied East Jerusalem is part of the state of Israel. It wasn't mere coincidence that the volcano then erupted, shutting down Britain's economy, the next day, Hagee said.
"That's coincidence like the flood was a coincidence. That's coincidence like the Red Sea was coincidence. That's coincidence like the earthquake and the resurrection was [sic] coincidence," Hagee told about 3,200 people at his Rally and Prophecy Seminar.
Hagee said the U.S. is also on its way to breaking a covenant with God. "Obama shunned Netanyahu and let the prime minister sit there by himself while he ate with his family. He was trying to pressure Israel to divide Jerusalem. But God is the president of Jerusalem, not the U.S."
Bible museum likely not in Abu Dhabi?
Leaders of the Oklahoma-owned Hobby Lobby chain want to open a national bible museum to display the many biblical artifacts it's accumulated. President Steve Green told the Tulsa World it hasn't settled on a location yet. As you may have guessed, it's a family business.
"We have had passed down to us, from my parents and my grandparents, a love for God's word and have been passionate about that. We believe in the bible and believe it's the most incredible book that's ever been written," Green said.
Steeler QB slips off Christian pedestal
Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback Ben Roethlisberger used to wear "Playing for Jesus" on his cleats and armbands until the NFL made him stop. "You don't have to listen to what I have to say, but I will always have the opportunity to glorify God in all that I do," he told the Baptist Press in a 2005 pre-Super Bowl interview.
On March 5, at The Velvet Elvis bar in Milledgeville, Ga. (home of writer Flannery O'Connor), Roethlisberger, 28, whipped it out (you know what) in public on the way to a bathroom with a 20-year-old woman. They stayed behind the locked door for 10 minutes. The woman charged him with sexual assault later, but authorities declined to prosecute. The NFL suspended him for up to six games.
The alleged victim's friend told police that after Roethlisberger bought a round of drinks, he ordered "all my bitches, take some shots."
Tom Krattenmaker, author of "Onward Christian Athletes," wonders if a new catchphrase is in order: Partying for Jesus?
Graham 'disinvited' from prayer event
The U.S. Army rescinded its invitation to evangelist Franklin Graham for the May 6 National Day of Prayer event at the Pentagon over remarks he made last December about Islam.
"True Islam cannot be practiced in this country," Graham told CNN's Campbell Brown. "You can't beat your wife. You cannot murder your children if you think they've committed adultery or something like that, which they do practice in these other countries."
Col. Tom Collins of the Army told The Associated Press that the invitation was not from the Pentagon but from the Colorado-based National Day of Prayer Task Force (which is housed at Focus on the Family).
Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which raised the objection, said the invitation offended Muslim employees at the Pentagon.
Students don't embrace 'Year of Our Lord'
Graduating students at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, have asked the school to give them the option of removing "in the Year of Our Lord" from the dates on their diplomas. The private college, founded in 1869, has ties to the Presbyterian Church.
Senior Sidra Qureshi, a Muslim student and president of Trinity Diversity Connection, said, "A diploma is a very personal item, and people want to proudly display it in their offices and homes." She told the San Antonio Express-News that the phrase "is directly referencing Jesus Christ, and not everyone believes in Jesus Christ."
Evolution = termination for bible scholar
Public acceptance of the theory of evolution by evangelical Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke led to his termination at the Orlando, Fla., campus of the Reformed Theological Seminary ("A mind for truth, a heart for God").
After Waltke appeared in a video titled "Why Must the Church Come to Accept Evolution?" on the Web site of the BioLogos Foundation, he was asked by seminary administrators to have it removed. BioLogos then removed it.
Inside Higher Education reported on April 9 that Waltke "had lost his job over the video." (Waltke offered his resignation, which was accepted.) Interim campus President Michael Milton said faculty members are allowed to have different views on creation, but "Darwinian views, and any suggestion that humans didn't arrive on Earth directly from being created by God are not allowed, and faculty members know this."
Irrefutable proof of risen Christ?
First Lutheran Church Pastor Greg Wallace's Easter sermon included the following, reported the Redlands (Calif.) Daily Facts:
"As far as the physicality of the resurrection, as Christians that's a non-negotiable," Wallace said. "If the resurrection isn't real, then the whole basis (of Christianity) is a sham and not worth much more than platitudes."
Frank Tipler, mathematical physics professor at Tulane University in New Orleans and author of The Physics of Christianity, explained the science behind the faith: "Believe in the laws of physics and they will tell you Jesus rose from the dead."
According to Tipler, Jesus' body was a "glorified" body capable of "dematerializing" at one location and materializing in another. Modern particle physics provides a mechanism for dematerialization, Tipler said.
Cracks surface in Crystal Cathedral
Rev. Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif. is $55 million in debt and owes tens of thousands of dollars to vendors for services provided at last year's "Glory of Christmas" pageant. The megachurch earlier ordered major layoff and cut the number of stations airing the "Hour of Power" broadcast.
Kristina Oliver, who provides live animals for the manger scene from her Hemet-based farm, said she's has been trying to collect nearly $57,000 from the church for months.
King Solomon, the first playboy?
A student group at the University of Texas-San Antonio encouraged students to trade in religious texts for pornography for three days in March with its "Smut for Smut" campaign.
Atheist Agenda President Carlos Morales said while porn is a symbol of misogyny for some, the bible also advocates mistreatment of women. "If they're defining morality by what it says in the bible, then it's OK to stone your children; it's OK to tell women they can't talk outside the church. I wouldn't want to live by what they call 'morality' in the bible."
[Note: According to First Kings, King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines.]
Polish musician in Dutch with law
Adam "Nergal" Darski, frontman for Behemoth, a Polish death-metal band, was charged March 8 for insulting Polish Catholics. The law says before a charge can be made, there must be at least two complaints. Darski made headlines in 2007 when he called the Catholic Church "the most murderous cult on the planet" during a show in Gdynia and tore up a copy of the bible onstage.
There was no judgment against Darski in an initial hearing, but since a second complaint has been filed, the matter goes to court. Darski said what he does onstage is artistic license and wasn't meant to offend anyone's religious feelings. The maximum sentence is two year in prison.
Graham daughter at Capitol revival
Several hundred Missourians kicked off 40 days of prayer and fasting with a revival-style prayer service March 29 in the Capitol in Jefferson City. Lawmakers are struggling to balance the budget with a revenue shortfall of $500 million.
People held hands in small groups to pray. Some then walked through the Capitol, pausing to pray outside office doors that God would grant unity, pure motives, wisdom, patience, humility and solutions, said the Jefferson City News Tribune.
"We need those prayers," said Senate Majority Leader Kevin Engler. "If we can do this budget without God's help, without divine intervention, I think we're kidding ourselves."
Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of Billy Graham, was keynote speaker. She said that God "can show us where money is that we never could have found without him."
The Missouri Family Network and the National Day of Prayer Task Force coordinated the event.
Judge OKs ministry's million-dollar bills
In 2006, the federal agents confiscated 83 packs of the Great News Network ministry's gospel tracts, which resemble million-dollar bills. The tracts feature a "million-dollar question" and bible excerpts.
U.S. District Judge Jorge Solis ruled March 31 that agents violated the Fourth Amendment by seizing the tracts in Denton, Texas, without a warrant and ordered their return. Solis said the bill bear "no real resemblance" to U.S. currency and are not counterfeit money.
GNN has distributed over 1 million of the tracts, which are produced by Ray Comfort and Living Waters as an evangelism tool.
Raped 10-year-old denied abortion
A stepfather accused of raping and impregnating a 10-year-old in Mexico has been arrested but the girl can't get an abortion.
The girl's home state of Quintana Roo allows abortion in cases of rape during the first 90 days of pregnancy. But she is at 18 weeks [in late April].
Quintana Roo legislator Maria Hadad said continuing the pregnancy could cause severe mental and physical health problems for the girl. "It's not just a high-risk pregnancy. It's a pregnancy that puts the girl at risk," Hadad said in a report by CNN.
Despite fierce opposition by the Catholic Church, abortions in the first three months of pregnancy with no restrictions were legalized in Mexico City in 2007. The law has been upheld by the country's Supreme Court.
Indonesia upholds blasphemy statute
Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled 8 to 1 Monday that a 45-year-old law banning religious blasphemy was constitutional, the New York Times reported April 19.
The law lets the government ban religious groups that "distort" or "misrepresent" official faiths, with penalties of up to five years in prison for convictions of heresy. The law also limits the number of officially recognized religions to six: Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Confucianism.
About 90 percent of Indonesia's 240 million people are Muslims.
Somali music resumes but bells silent
Somalia's Islamist insurgent group, the Shabab, outlawed school bells in the town of Jowhar because they sounded too much like church bells. The Shabab also banned internationally recognized days like World AIDS Day. Only Islamic festivals can be observed, the New York Times reported.
Radio stations in Mogadishu stopped playing any music, even to introduce daily news broadcasts, after another Islamist group, Hizbul Islam, warned radio stations to stop or face "serious consequences." The ban was rescinded later that day.
Somalia hasn't had an effective government for 19 years.
Business not divine at 'pro-life' store
The Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy in Chantilly, Va., closed in March, the Washington Post reported April 13: "It turns out that no birth control pills, no condoms, no porn, no tobacco and even no makeup added up to one thing: No customers."
A Catholic priest sprinkled holy water on the self-described "pro-life" pharmacy when it opened in 2008. "The marketplace spoke, and women voted with their feet," said Marcia Greenberger of the National Women's Law Center.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops estimates that 4 percent of married Catholic couples use natural family planning.
Dublin's Irish Museum of Contemporary Art opened its "Blasphemous" exhibit on Good Friday to protest the nation's new anti-blasphemy law.
The first piece to greet visitors parodied Michelangelo's Pieta, with the Virgin Mary transformed into a giant rat. A multimedia piece called Resur-erection featured stop-motion priests and bishops in seamy scenarios.
"We want to raise awareness about the new blasphemy law," curator K. Bear Koss told Time magazine, "and to celebrate the freedoms of discourse that the law seeks to stifle."
Christian DA: Stay mum on sex ed
The district attorney in Juneau County, Wisconsin, warned schools in a letter to drop sex education courses. Scott Southworth said a new law could lead to criminal charges against teachers for contributing to the delinquency of minors.
The law requires schools that have sex education programs to tell students how to use condoms and other contraceptives. Southworth said such education encourages illegal sex by minors and could lead to charges against teachers.
He disputed claims he's trying to promote his political views. "If I'd wanted to be ideological, I would have said in the letter you shouldn't have sex before marriage because that's the Christian perspective. I'm an evangelical," Southworth said.
You judge who's mentally disordered
Bradley Lopez, a science teacher at Fresno (Calif.) City College, is appealing a warning from the school to stop telling students that homosexuality is a mental disorder and quoting the bible as proof that human life begins at conception.
Lopez disputes some of the allegations in the letter, which outlines what a teacher must do to avoid further discipline. He plans to contest the notice in an administrative process that lets him challenge alleged deficiencies in his teaching methods.


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The principle of transparency about how public money is spent is under threat, according to the Chief Ombudsman and the Green Party. The Government's plan to block public scrutiny of the soon-to-be partially-privatised power companies has come under attack from Chief Ombudsman Beverley Wakem, according to Adam Bennett's Ombudsman warns on power selldown.
Proposed legislation would remove the SOEs' obligations under the Official Information and Ombudsman's Act, but Wakem argues that, with the Crown having the controlling stake in these large companies, the need for oversight and accountability remains. She says there are plenty of existing safeguards to deal with commercial sensitivities and that many partially privatised council-owned businesses have proven that public scrutiny does not create commercial disadvantages.
Similarly, the Greens' education spokesperson Catherine Delahunty is asking why taxpayers aren't being told the details of the first contract for two Charter Schools in West Auckland - see RNZ's Contract details wanted by Greens.
Gordon Campbell also looks at the need for public scrutiny of Public Private Partnerships, using an evaluation by the OECD of recent experience in Melbourne and London - see: On the government's new PPP deal in education. Campbell concludes: 'if you monitor a PPP franchise operation properly, its alleged cost savings tend to vanish'. He says PPP's 'routinely invite "beauty contest" tendering - where unrealistically low bids win the contracts, allowing politicians to brag about cost savings. Then the same politicians prove incapable of ensuring the contractors were held to account for subsequent cost "over-runs" and extortionate lease conditions and debt financing that can end up pushing overall costs through the roof'.
The flow of money and influence into the political process is also attracting attention as a Green MP's bill to regulating lobbying has been drawn from the ballot. Both the Herald and Dominion Post support some regulation, saying it is inevitable, even if the level of lobbyist influence is considered to be far less than in other nations - see the Herald's The time has come for more transparency and the Dominion Post's Shine a little light on lobbyists. It's also worth noting some potential problems with such regulation of political activity - outlined today in David Farrar's blogpost on The Lobbying Disclosure Bill.
Political donations have always been a key lobbyist tool and the examination of candidate donations for the last election continues with today's No Right Turn blogpost Who is buying our politicians? which lists the big donors, including Talleys who gave $5000 each to eight National backbenchers. David Farrar looks at third party campaign disclosures and argues 'the spending by unions is a magnitude greater than that by business groups' - see: Union spending in the campaign.
One simple, but unlikely, way to make political donations transparent would be to adopt a tongue-in-cheek proposal that has been floating around the US for a new dress code for politicians. They would be required to wear the corporate logos of their sponsors, in the same way that NASCAR drivers do - see a mockup here.
Australia's hardline stance on asylum seekers and enthusiasm to pass them onto New Zealand is causing some concern.
Tracy Watkins reports that John Key has previously taken his own hard line on the issue when a boat load of Sri Lankan refugees was intercepted in Indonesia on their way to New Zealand - see: Aussie to let refugees sail for NZ.
While the Greens are urging compassion (see TVNZ's Asylum seeker: We'd rather risk our lives), Labour's spokesperson Darien Fenton is saying she hopes the Australian Government does not encourage them to come to New Zealand - see: Asylum seekers given temp visas.
But the most interesting comment and analysis on the issue comes from rightwing libertarian blogger Peter Cresswell, who lashes out against the 'xenophobes' that are 'so mean' that they 'would begrudge ten human beings the new life they seek in our land' - see: Refugees: What's the problem?. Cresswell's particular anti-welfare, libertarian solution is to allow anyone into the country, as long as they can find private welfare and non-state care.
The extension of Paid Parental Leave appears to have the votes to pass but it could be vetoed by the Government because of its fiscal impact, reports Danya Levy in Veto hangs over parental leave support. The 'problem' with the Moroney bill is that it is not a cost-neutral, which is a major weakness for private members bills. Labour could have looked at making it cost-neutral by funding the expansion out of employer's pockets. The original paid parental leave scheme pushed by Alliance MP Laila Harre was designed to be funded by business, and it was only the Labour Party's fears of losing business support that led it to give employers taxpayer funding for what is, in many countries, an employer obligation.
Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson says the $150 million to extend the scheme is simply unaffordable, but The Standard queries whether it goes far enough given that 'it doesn't extend eligibility to the nearly 60% of mothers who don't meet the rules currently (only 26,000 of 60,000 mums per year get it)' - see: Choices, choices: paternal leave too expensive?
Other important or interesting political items today include the following:
For the first time since the US imposed a ban on military training with NZ armed forces in 1984, Audrey Young reports, Military combat exercise with US first for 27 years. This is a significant development in NZ-US military relations as it is 'the first traditional military exercise since the reprisals against New Zealand for its anti-nuclear legislation included a ban on joint exercises, without a special waiver'. Expect a lot of fanfare.
Business writer, Tim Hunter, suggests that Power prices are heading one way - up. This is a must-read discussion for anyone concerned about competition in the electricity sector and the potential effects of partial privatisation on power prices.
In his blogpost, Electorate Seats for the Greens, David Farrar explores the possibility of the Greens winning an electorate seat. He picks Grant Robertson's Wellington Central as the most likely option for capture, but flags a Rongotai by-election as a perfect opportunity for the minor party to pull off an upset.
Isaac Davison reports on what seems to be an almost immutable law whereby Government spending on consultants increases irrespective of the party or policies of Government - see: Spending on consultants rises under National.
Political scientists, Ramesh Thakur and William Maley argue that given New Zealand's limited ability to bribe its way internationally, it's senior managers not diplomats that should be facing the chop - see: Chop the managers, save the diplomats. See also Gerald McGhie's A simplistic reduction of Mfat will solve nothing.
Fran O'Sullivan continues her crusade to make foreign investors feel welcome in New Zealand, but wonders why she is one of only a few public voices taking a strong stand - see: Dusting off welcome mat for foreign cash.


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Hong Kong Groups Plan Protest to Support Edward SnowdenBloomberg News
Hong Kong civic groups plan a protest against any U.S. efforts to extradite Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has admitted revealing a secret U.S. electronic surveillance program.
At least 14 groups, including the Civil Human Rights Front and the League of Social Democrats, will demonstrate June 15 at the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong and the city government's headquarters in support of Snowden, who is in the city at an undisclosed location.
"We ask the U.S. government not to seek extradition of Snowden because he isn't an offender," said Leung Kwok-hung, a Hong Kong lawmaker and chairman of the League of Social Democrats. "He was speaking from his conscience."
Snowden's disclosures to the U.K.'s Guardian and the Washington Post about the NSA's collection of telephone and Internet data -- revealed last week -- have sparked both lawmaker calls for his prosecution and a debate about the extent of government spying on citizens. Hong Kong has an extradition agreement with the U.S., and Snowden may have breached the city's laws if he passed on secrets since his arrival, according to Simon Young, a law professor at the University of Hong Kong.
"It might be possible that any surveillance activities that took place in Hong Kong arose as a result of information provided confidentially by the Chinese or Hong Kong governments," Young said in an e-mail. It's an offense to make such a "damaging disclosure," Young said.
Criminal Investigation
In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Snowden said the U.S. had been hacking computers in Hong Kong and mainland China since 2009. He said the U.S. is "bullying" Hong Kong to extradite him.
Snowden's disclosures have triggered a criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, calls for the surveillance to be limited, and a lawsuit accusing the government of violating the privacy and free-speech rights of its citizens.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner called Snowden a traitor whose disclosure put Americans at risk. "It shows our adversaries what our capabilities are," Boehner said on ABC News's "Good Morning America."
The protesters backing Snowden on June 15 will call on the Hong Kong government to "respect international legal standards" and condemn the U.S. government for violating rights and privacy, according to a statement on the organizers' website.
Double Standards
Speaking at a briefing today, China Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying called for more dialogue and talks on cybersecurity. In response to a question about Snowden's accusations of U.S. hacking, Hua said: "The adoption of double standards will bring no benefit to the settlement of the relevant issue."
The U.S. government may want to adjust its counter-terrorism policies so that intrusions on individual rights "are not as expansive," the English-language China Daily newspaper said in an editorial today.
"Whether Snowden should be praised or condemned, the ongoing public debate sparked by his leaks is worthwhile if it can help both the American people and the U.S. government find a better balance between public safety and individuals' right to privacy," the editorial said.
The incident "seriously discredits" the U.S. over previous claims about human rights, privacy and due process, Lee Kai-Fu, the former head of Google Inc.'s China division, said in a phone interview. Lee, who has 43.9 million Weibo followers, wrote a microblog post on June 11 saying he admires Snowden's "principles and values."
Confidence Crisis
"Most discussion on Weibo is 'Wow, you are are not really different from the others,'" Lee, now chairman and chief executive officer of Innovation Works, said of the U.S. in the interview. "It's potentially a massive confidence crisis."
Lee was banned from Weibo for three days in February after speaking out on topics ranging from Beijing's air pollution to a censorship battle at a Chinese newspaper in January, to presidential politics in Taiwan.
Snowden, 29, was a former technical assistant for the Central Intelligence Agency and had worked for the National Security Agency in the past four years for contractors including Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., according to the Guardian and the Washington Post. Booz Allen, his most recent employer, said June 11 that Snowden has been fired.
Extradition Request
Hong Kong will deal with any extradition request based on its own legal system, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said in a Bloomberg Television interview in New York. He declined to comment on specific cases.
Snowden's revelations weakened the U.S. and European governments' "moral force" in calling for Internet freedom in China, Hong Kong-based Chinese-language newspaper Apple Daily wrote in an editorial.
U.S. officials have accused the Chinese government of being behind a series of hacker attacks designed to steal trade secrets and potentially disable computers that operate banks, power grids and telecommunications systems.
At a summit in California last week, President Barack Obama made clear to Chinese President Xi Jinping that resolving the issue is "key to U.S.-China relations," White House national security adviser Tom Donilon said.
In its own editorial, the South China Morning Post said it was debatable whether the U.S. surveillance programs are "more defensible than China's state-sponsored hacking activities."
— With assistance by Simon Lee, and Edmond Lococo


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Traffic camera maker Poltech International ran into more trouble yesterday when the Australian Stock Exchange queried the company over the completeness of its reporting to the exchange and shareholders.
Poltech, which is running low on cash and has agreed to sell a 75 per cent stake in itself for $5 million, rejected the claims yesterday.
In a letter to Poltech, the ASX said it had been informed that Poltech had reassigned $1.2 million of the $1.6 million value of a Westgate Bridge contract days after signing the contract in March.
The exchange said it had been told by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that the value had been transferred to aXent Global under a deed of novation on April 10.
The effect was to reduce the value of the contract to Poltech to just $385,000. The exchange asked why Poltech had not reported the drop in value.
Poltech managing director Mike Walsh said aXent was a party to the contract and was always going to share in the revenues. He said the novation agreement did not change the effect of the contract on Poltech's bottom line.
The novation arrangement just meant that aXent would be paid direct by the State Government rather than by Poltech, as a subcontractor.
In answer to another query, Poltech confirmed some of the $5 million share issue proceeds would be used to repay a loan to Gold International, a company associated with Poltech director John Nissen.
The company is a subsidiary of the listed CED Australia and Mr Walsh said Mr Nissen was not a controlling shareholder of CED.
"Therefore, in these circumstances, the loan is from an arm's-length party to the company. It is no different to any other arm's length loan that has been made to the company."
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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - November 1, 2011, New Braunfels, Texas HOW TO submit an nRITIJARY ■ By Email obits^heralcl /eitung com ■ By Talaphon« —Call 625-9144, ext 214 (Saturday ext 221| Obitiianns are paid miverlisements TOD \^'SSKHVICKS ■ JONAS, Irene Kaderli. Visitation until 10 a.m. Funeral 10 a.m. Zoeller Funeral Home Interment to follow at Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park. ■ MITCHELL, Issac Newton Memorial service, 2 p.m., Lux Funeral Home Chapel. ONLINE EXCLUSIVE To comment on obituaries or to read comments made by others, visit herald-zertung.com Elizabeth Kelly Reed Martinez I li/.tlH'th Kelly R(*('(l Marlinez went to 1)0 with her lord on Thursday, ()< tober 27, 201 1. fli7al)('th vv.is born in Nashville, IN on Nov('fnb('r U), She is th(' daughter ot Robert L. ,ind (iail Rei'fl ot New Hr.iuniels, T(»xas. I li/ab('th IS survived by her ( hil-flren, Ir.ivis St(*rtiberg and Danielle M.utin(v of New Braun-t('ls. She IS also survived bv h('r ()(irents and a broth-<'r, Robert I. R(>ed, |r. <ind his wite l('iin ot Devin«*, I \ <is w('ll cis a sisti'r, { olleen ( )gden .uid her hush,Hid, Mi( li.K'l and their ( hildri'n, ( .isi(' ,ind K\ lie ot I'e.irl,ind, TX. f hAibeth is th(> grand-d.uighter ot l.onnie cind I )i\ie Wilson ot Nashville, Í N, who have pie(cded h('r in de.ith, .is well as grandp.irents, Russell and Idith Ref'd ot ( ,uro, II , who h,u<* <ilso pre( ed('d her, I li/abeth was troni a ( .iieer \t,trine iiiilit.ir\ taniiK, theretore she livf'd and grew up in several pla( es, .iniong whu h w<'re Noith ( arolina, V''irgini.i, ( alitorni.i, I l.nvaii .ind An-/on.t. She gr.iduated trorn S( >uthw('sl lexas Stat(* I tni-v(Msity with a d('gre(' in Biologv. She had it lov(' tor aniin.ds ih.it g.ive her niu( h pl('asure. She lived c lose to her p.iients ,tnd helped them e\er\ d.i\ w ith the .miniáis th('ie. Sh(' was a( ti\,(> in ('lirl Stouts with her daughter, Danielle and S[)('nt many ha[)py times cam[)ing with them. Sh(* was always willing to hel[) a triend and worked hard at any endeavor that she undi'rtook. Sh(' will be missed so v('ry mu( h and there is <i void in our hearts th.it will be there forever. We will remember her every day and always. There will be a viewing with the tamily on Thursday, November 5, 201 1 from f)-8 p.m. at the Zoeller Funeral Home, f uneral services will be h('ld on I nday, November 4, 2011 ,it 2:00 f).m. at the Sts. Peter and Paul ( atholic ( hurth. Services will (on-c lude at the c hurch. The family has recjuested that memorial ( ontributions be given to the New Hr.iunfels I lumane So( iety. Z()1ü.ij;riunkr\lh()mi: I unt'r.ils C rfiii.Uu'iis IJigiiity i'I'i Limi.I. Nfw Hr.iuntols (8.Ì0) 625-2.149 Irene Kaderli Jonas I unei.ll .triangem(*nts ,ire ( omplete .it the /oi'ller I uiK'ral 1 lome tor Irene K.iderli lonas, who passed .nv.iv on ()(tober 28, 201 I at the age ot ')4 \ears. Visit,ttion I ontmu('s until seiv i( e tiiiK' luesd.iv .it the /oelU'r I uneral 1 lome. Si'ivK ('s w ill b(' luesdtiv .it 10:00 a.m. at the Zoeller Funeral Home. Interment will follow at 11; U) a.m. at th(' (i ua da I up(' Valiev Memorial P.irk. ZOFlJJiR 1UNHIUI.IK)MF 1 lllHT.li.s & Ca'IllcltU'llS IJigiuty i Lind.i, New lir.uintfh (830) 625-2.'î4'» Robert Steven Talkington I uner.il .irrangements .ire pt'nding at the ZcK'ller Funer-<il I lome tor Robert Stev(>n Talkington, who passi'd away on Sund,IV in S.tn ¡Vtarc os, Texas at th(' age ot 87 years. Jesse Arispe I iiner.ll .irrangiMiuMits .ir(' pending at the Z(K'ller Funeral I lome loi l('ss(> Arispi', who passed away on (Jctober 51, 201 I .it tiu' ( oloni.il Manor ( are ( enter at the age ot ()8 V'(Mts. Official has regrets about fast and Furious' WASHINGTON (AP) In the l.itest (k'velopment in the controversv over .tn ()bama administr.ition gun-smuggling investigation, the lu'ad ot the lustit e I )e|)art-ini'iit's (timinal division said iVtonday lu* rt'grc'ts not alerting the dep.trtnu'nl's leadership to [iiohlems in .i similar gun-smuggling probe uitik'r tli(' Rush .ulministr.ition. Assist.lilt AttoiiK'y (len-er.il l.annv Hr(>u('i said he knew in April 20 10 that investig.itors in tlit* 200() Hush-ei.t proh(' had .illovv('d Itutidri'ds ol guns to be Ir.insterred to suspet t-ed arms tr.iffitkers - the same ta(tu th.it Republi-(ans .ir(' triti< i/mg the ()bania's .idministiation tor using in ()|)('ralion Fast and I urious When allegations about F.ist and I urious surtat ed (Mrly this v(Mr, the lustu e t)('partment told ( ongress that tlu' (k'partment makes "t'verv ('ttort" to s('ize w(Mpons that have been purchased illegally a statement undermined by the ('xisteiu e of Ihe earlier Bush-era prolx* Breuer said he made a mistake in not telling Attorney General 1 ri( Holder and Deputy Attorney ('len- PC COMPUTER REPAIRS On-Site • Affordable llie Services Cximpany of New Braunfels (830) 837-2844 er.il lames (ole about the tvirlier probe (ailed Operation Wid(> R(*teiver in whic h the so-called gun-walking ta( ti( was used. New Perry ad touts jobs DES MOINES, kMW(AP) With just two months until Iowa's presidential caucuses, Re[)ubli(an Rick Perry is redoubling his effort to introduce himself in the state that holds his political fate. Trailing in the [)olls, the Texas gov-('rnor on Monday intrcxiuc ed his sec -ond ad in the nation's first caucus state, just a wcx^k aftc'r his first, s€*tting his jobs and fiscal rc'cord as his chic'f assets and (K)king at his chief rival's superior dc'bating skills. "If you're lcM)king for a slick politician or a guy with great telc*()rom[)tc'r skills, we alrc'ady have that, and he's ckstroying our txonomy," IVrry says in the nc'w ad, x)king direc tly at Democratic Preste ent B.irac k ()bama, but also nudging Romnt*y. "I'm a ckx'r, not a talkc'r." And he's about to gcM some hc'lf) in another eady-voting st.tte. A supc'r ()olitical action committc'e that su[>-ports Perry and is run by s(>v(>ral Pc'r-ry asscx iates, Makc> Us (,rc>at Again, planned to run IV .ids in Snith ( aroli na as early as luesd.iy, tc'llingl V stations to reserve .lirtime for him. It was unc lear what the ( ontcMit ot the South Í arolina ad is, hut the- fac t that the group is planning to run acK'C'rtisemc'nts on his beh.ilt indie .ites th.it IVrry's allies are ni.iking similar efforts to bcK)St his poll numbc^rs in that key state'. I'erry's c|uick release» of a second ad and two trips to Iowa this wec'k refl(*c1 his urgc>ncy for a gcKKi showing in the state'. IVrry nc'c'cls ,i strong [kt-tormance' in the" jan. i e .lucusc's to carry him into New Hampshire*, vvhe're Romney the* forme*r Massa-e huse'tts gove*rn«)r, le*ael in |K)IIs ahe*ad of Its lt*aek)tf prim.iry. I\*rr\' [)l,i( e«i| fitth in The I )e's Moine*s Re'gister's Iowa Poll publishc'd Sun-cl.iy, tie*el with forme*r House Spc'.ikc'r Ne'wt C'lingrie h with suf)port from 7 pe-rcent ot likely e .lucus goers. He>r-man C ain le*d with 2 {f)c*rce*nt. Texas shooting donkeys, stirring burro backlash PRESIDIO (AP) Unoftic lally, the* state of Texas celc'brates donkc'ys and their historical and cultural significance in shaping the Ame*rican West. Offic iallye ihe policy on wild burros out hc're* is shoot to kill. Texas park range*rs arc* trying to wipe out hundreds ot free-roaming ek)nkeys in Big Bend State* Park, killing nearly 1 U) to date with . U)8-calil)er bolt-action rifles on this side* of the Rio (irande. But in the [)ro( ess, the* shootings are* stirring a whole new kind ot c ross border c ontrove*rsv, [)itting state offic lals against bur ro-lovers who believe the .inimal holds .t spec i.il place 111 historv and de'serves protec tion. Ihe state's stane e*: Wild donkt'ys wandering over from Mexit o simply ck)n't belong. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department considers an c*stimated iOO burros in Big Bcmd to be* destructive intruders, hogging forage and lap-f)ing up prc'c ious water in the drought-starved mountains thereby thrc'atening the survival ot hundreds ol native s[)c*t ies. ()utraged loc als, hovv-c'ver, c laim there's only one* anim.il the* state real-K ( arc's .ibout bighorn shc*c'[). "They say we're doing this just so tour ric h white guys can hunt bighorn sheep out here*," said David Riskind, dire*ctor ot natural rc'sourcc's for the parks agency. "That's just not true." 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The first debate with all four Democratic candidates vying for a U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey featured a lot of agreement on foreign policy issues but different ideas on how to fund education.
Congressman Rush Holt criticized Newark Mayor Cory Booker for backing the education policies of Republican Governor Chris Christie. That was echoed by Congressman Frank Pallone. He said, "Mayor Booker has been very supportive of Governor Christie's plans with education, which means vouchers, which means privatization of schools, which you have to be very wary of."
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BeschreibungOn February 20, 1959, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker announced to the House of Commons the cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow. Its development costs to that time were $340 million. The Arrow was to be the world's unsurpassed interceptor aircraft. Yet within two months of the Prime Minister's announcement, six completed aircraft were dismantled and all papers and documents associated with the project were destroyed. Here is the history and development of the Arrow - the plane that would make Canada the leader in supersonic flight technology. The Arrow was designed to fly at twice the speed of sound and carry the most advanced missile weapons system. Here are the stories of the men and women who were in the vanguard of the new technology - who had come from England, Poland, and the United States to make aviation history.
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Counterpunch wrote:I will say this, anyone who is done with their yellow version when the green one drops, I would be willing to buy or trade for it.
Counterpunch wrote:Kibble wrote:Swindle01 wrote:cant speak a word of chinese but im shocked to see that maketoys devastator is almost as tall as hercules.
I thourght the whole point with hercules was that he ment to be extremely tall in comparisson
to see these guys are almost the same height makes me feel i should have gone with G2 yellow devastator instead of starting on hercules
Don't know how long I've been posting that the difference in size between these two really isn't that much...
Perhaps not in height but in volume and mass, it's considerable.
craggy wrote:is there anywhere that has a boxing/MMA style "tale of the tape" comparing the Hercules and Giant individual bots and combined modes, in regards size, POA and accessories? I've yet to bite on either set (was holding out for Giant in green before deciding, continuing releases of the TFC set with presumably sorted QC issues make me consider that a viable option now) and would like to compare them all with pure numbers, as well as proper looks at each's aesthetics.
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This issue is a variant of Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #2 [Direct].
Cover Title: Archie & Friends Double Digest
Indicia Title: Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine
Recap of part one.
The "game" that Archie must play to rescue Betty contains many similarities to the first Mario Brothers game on the original Nintendo game system, complete with a "Boss Level" of a giant turtle that shoots fireballs.
Title page introducing the next section which features stories from Archie's Weird Mysteries series.
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Statement is for Archie's Pals n Gals Double Digest.
Average copies of issues for last 12 months: 183,937.
Number of copies for issue closest to filing date: 160,778.


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Thank you Mark Weinstein for joining us to talk about internet privacy. Mark is the preeminent online privacy advocate and talked about the current state of privacy, proper social media use for families and children, (corporate and government) cyber spying and tracking, data mining, the NSA and PRISM, Edward Snowden, net neutrality, the business of social media, the role of the Obama Administration, the invasiveness of Google Glass and all other related issues. Mark is the founder and CEO of Sgrouples, the Internet's safest and most secure social media network. He will be back with us in May! Take a listen and share with your friends and family.