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U.S. Women's National Team Weekly Update for Feb. 9
Bill Kauffman
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: 719-228-6800
E-Mail: email@example.com
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 9, 2009) – The current edition of the U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update released on Feb. 9 includes briefs on national team players competing overseas, U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryouts, trivia questions, how to purchase replica national team jerseys, updated list of United States players competing professionally overseas (including non-National Team members) and much more.
For the complete PDF document that includes the international transfer list, trivia questions and other fan interaction sections, click here. Below are selected sections from the update.
OPEN TRYOUTS FOR U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM: USA Volleyball will hold its annual open tryouts for the U.S. Women's National Team and Associated Training Programs Feb. 20-22, 2009, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. As part of the tryout, athletes will compete for spots on the USA Women's Volleyball National Team program, USA Women's Junior National Team or the USA Women's Senior A2 Teams. The tentative roster, which could change depending on late adds or drops due to injury, includes 44 outside hitters, 41 middle blockers, 36 liberos, 29 setters and 13 opposites. A total of 64 different colleges are represented on the roster, including four non-NCAA Division I institutions. For the complete press release, visit click here.
TRIVIA QUESTIONS: 1. Name the only country to have participated in more Olympic Games in the women's indoor volleyball discipline; 2. Name the three future Olympians who played on the Minnesota Chill of the USPV in 2001. Answers can be found on page four in the complete U.S. Women's National Team Weekly Update (PDF) by clicking here.
TOM UPDATE: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a three-time U.S. Olympian and Best Scorer of the 2008 Olympic Games, is playing with Hisamitsu Springs in the Japanese V-League. On Feb. 7, Hisamitsu Springs played against Pioneer with two-time U.S. Olympian Tayyiba Haneef and 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Head Coach Toshi Yoshida. The fans enjoyed watching a 20-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-20, 15-10 five-set match ultimately won by Tom's squad. She scored 24 kills, two blocks and two aces as Hisamitsu Springs played in its sixth straight five-set match with the final five being victories. Hisamitsu put an end to its five-set match streak with a 25-22, 25-21, 25-18 victory over JT on Feb. 18. Tom came away from the abbreviated match with 11 points via 10 kills and a block. Hisamitsu is now 12-6 overall and in a four-way tie for first place in the V-League. Hisamitsu Springs and Pioneer have a rematch on Feb. 14 at Hyogo, while Hisamitsu Springs has a Feb. 15 match against Toray, which is one of four teams tied for first.
HANEEF-PARK UPDATE: Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.), a two-time U.S. Olympian, is competing for the Pioneer Red Wings of the Japanese V-League. On Feb. 7, she and Pioneer faced Hisamitsu Springs, which is led by three-time U.S. Olympian Logan Tom. Haneef-Park led all scorers, but Hisamitsu came away with a 20-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-20, 15-10 victory. She scored 32 kills on 67 attacks and just four errors. Haneef-Park added four blocks for a total of 36 points in the match. On the following day, Pioneer dropped a 25-16, 25-16, 25-23 match to Toyota. Haneef-Park provided 10 kills and four blocks for 16 points in the loss. Pioneer is currently tied for sixth place with an 8-10 overall record. Pioneer and Hisamitsu Springs meet again on Feb. 14 at Hyogo, while Pioneer finishes the week against Okayama on Feb. 15.
AH MOW-SANTOS UPDATE: Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (Honolulu), a three-time Olympian for Team USA, has returned to her professional team in Switzerland as Volero heads into the playoffs. Ah Mow-Santos led Volero to a 25-16, 25-18, 24-26, 25-18 victory in the first match of the quarterfinals against Tech laser VBC Cheseaux on Feb. 7. The two teams meet again on Feb. 14, with a tiebreaking match on Feb. 15 if needed.
BUSSE, CRIMES, PRESSEY UPDATE: Toa Baja, competing in the Puerto Rico Super League, features three players who trained with the U.S. Women's National Team during 2008. Cassie Busse (Prior Lake, Minn.), Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.) and Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) all are sharing a heavy offensive load for Toa Baja. Toa Baja won its third straight match to open the season on Feb. 5 with a 25-14, 25-21, 26-24 victory over Guaynabo. Busse scored a match-high 17 points with 13 kills without an error, two blocks and two aces. Crimes added six kills, three blocks and an ace for 10 points. Pressey was held to three kills and an ace. For Guaynabo, past U.S. Women's National Team member Patrice Arrington scored 13 points in the loss. Toa Baja captured its fourth straight victory by rallying past Juncos 18-25, 25-20, 17-25, 25-19, 15-11 on Feb. 7. Crimes scored a team-high 18 points, followed by Busse with 17 points. Pressey added nine points against Juncos. Toa Baja and Mayaguez are tied for first in the Puerto Rico Super League with 4-0 records. Busse is eighth overall in points scored.
OTHER AMERICAN STANDOUTS IN PUERTO RICO LEAGUE: Shonda Cole (San Sebastian) is the leading scorer in the Puerto Rico Super League with 109 points. Jordan Larson (Bayamon) is ranked second in scoring with 98 points…Jessica Jones (San Sebastian) leads all players in blocks with 26, while Alexis Crimes (Toa Baja) is ranked sixth overall…Kristie Porter tallied 27 points as Corozal defeated San Sebastian 25-18, 23-25, 25-18, 25-14 on Feb. 4. Erin Moore added 13 points in the victory. For San Sebastian, Shonda Cole tallied 13 points, while Lily Kahumoku charted 12 points…Erica Short (13) and Kylie Atherstone (10) combined for 23 points as Carolina topped Ponce 25-22, 26-24, 25-13 on Feb. 6….Jeanne Fairchild scored a team-high 18 points and Therese Crawford added 10 points for Mayaguez in a 25-18, 23-25, 25-19, 18-25, 15-12 victory over Ponce on Feb. 8. Karen Lawrence tallied 20 points in the loss…Chelsea Goodman turned in a match-high 21 points while Jordan Larson added 17 points in leading Bayamon to a 21-25, 25-21, 25-13, 25-23 victory over San Sebastian on Feb. 7. Shonda Cole produced a team-high 19 points in the loss, while Jessica Jones recorded 14 points…Jeanne Fairchild totaled 11 points and Therese Crawford was one of three players with 10 points as Mayaguez topped Caguas 25-21, 25-23, 25-23 on Feb. 7…For more highlights from the Puerto Rico Super League, click here.
METCALF UPDATE: Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa), a 2004 Olympian, was one of four players in double-figuring scoring has her Turkish professional team Eczacibasi Zentiva defeated Eregli Belediyea 25-21, 21-25, 21-25, 25-14, 15-11 on Feb. 7. Metcalf scored 12 kills on 23 attacks with just three errors to go with two blocks for 14 overall points in the victory. In a break from league action, Eczacibasi Zentiva plays Vakifbank Guenes on Feb. 11 in the first of a home-and-home series in the Playoff 12 Round of the CEV Indesit Champions League. Metcalf and Eczacibasi Zentiva return to Turkish League action on Feb. 14 against Turk Telekom, which 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Head Coach "Jenny" Lang Ping leads.
McGINNIS, HUGHES UPDATE: Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.) and Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.), both alternates on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, did not compete for their Turkish professional team Beiktas last week. Both return to action on Feb. 10 as Besiktas takes on Galatasaray, which two-time U.S. Olympian Ogonna Nnamani competes for in the Turkish league. Besiktas also has a second match this week against Gazi Universitesi on Feb. 14.
NNAMANI UPDATE: Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.), a two-time Olympian, and her Turkish professional team Galatasaray was idle this past week. She returns to the court on Feb. 10 as Galatasaray plays Besiktas, which sets up a reunion of American players as 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternates Angie McGinnis and Heather Hughes compete for Besiktas.
BOWN UPDATE: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.), a three-time Olympian and middle blocker on the silver-medal winning 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, and her Italian Serie A professional team Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi competed in the quarterfinal round of the Italian Cup A1 on Feb. 6. She scored 14 points with 13 coming off kills to go with one block, but Yamamay Busto Arsizio came away with a hard-fought 26-28, 25-19, 25-21, 22-25, 18-16 victory to advance to the semifinals. Jesi will play the first match of the home-and-home series of the GM Capital Challenge Cup on Feb. 12 against France's USSP Albi. Bown leads all Italian Serie A middle blockers in scoring with 248 points – 30 more points than second place (Danielle Scott-Arruda with 218 points). She leads the league in both kill percent (57 percent) and attack efficiency (.50). Bown and Jesi return to Italian Serie A action on Feb. 15 against Asystel Volley Novara. Both teams are 12-5 on the year, but third-place Novara is ahead in points 36-35 over fourth-place Jesi.
WILLOUGHBY UPDATE: Kim Willoughby (Napoleonville, La.), a 2008 U.S. Olympic Games silver medalist, and her Italian Serie A professional team Despar Perugia were idle last week as it did not compete in the final rounds of the Italian Cup. Perugia plays Riso Scotti Pavia on Feb. 14 in its return to Italian Serie A action. Perugia is ranked seventh in the league standings, but trailing fifth-place by only one point in the standing as three teams are all at 9-8.
SCOTT-ARRUDA UPDATE: Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.), a four-time U.S. Olympian middle blocker, did not play for CGF Recycle Florens Castellana Grotte in its Italian Cup A quarterfinal loss to Foppapedretti Bergamo on Feb. 6. Scott-Arruda ranks second overall among all Italian Serie A middle blockers in scoring with 218 points on the season. She also ranks sixth in block average among players having played three quarters of the matches. Castellana Grotte, currently ninth in the Italian Serie A standings, faces Zoppas Industries Conegliano on Feb. 15 in the return to the regular season action.
GLASS UPDATE: Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.), a 2008 U.S. Olympian playing professionally in Russia with Universitet Belogorie, has been a key player in her team's current seven-match win streak. She contributed 20 points as Universitet Belogorie defeated third-place Samorodok 25-23, 25-21, 20-25, 25-22. Glass tallied 15 kills on 36 attacks with only four offense errors. She added four blocks and an ace to reach 20 points. She added a 68 positive service reception percent on 41 attempts. Universitet Belogorie had its seven-match win streak snapped on Feb. 8 in a 25-23, 25-20, 25-17 loss to Avtodor-Metar. Glass was held to two points in the match. Universitet Belogorie, now in second place, plays Balakovskaya on Feb. 15.
JOINES, RICHARDS UPDATE: Jennifer Joines (Milpitas, Calif.), a 2008 U.S. Olympian, and Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah), a 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate, are competing for Fakel in the Russian professional league this winter. In their latest match, Fakel dropped a 25-23, 25-16, 25-20 decision to Dinamo-Yantar. Richards posted six kills and a block for seven points, while Joines added five kills on 18 attacks and a block. Fakel faced first-place Dinamo Moscow on Feb. 8 and lost 25-20, 25-18, 25-14. According to the match statistics, Richards and Joines did not play in the match. Fakel returns to action on Feb. 15 against Samorodok.
OLYMPIC LIBEROS TO HOST CAMP: Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) and Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), who have occupied the libero position for the last three Olympic Games for Team USA, will host a one-day clinic on ball control and defense for all positions on March 8. The clinic will be held at Grand Canyon University, located at 3300 W. Camelback Road in Phoenix. The session runs from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Cost for the clinic is $160 per athlete with a cap of 60 participants. Athletes will be broken down into two age groups – 12-14 and 15-18. Sykora served as the U.S. libero at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, then earned a silver medal at her third Olympic Games in 2008 as a defensive specialist. Meanwhile, Davis was the 2008 Olympic Games libero. For more information or to register, click here.
2009 PAN AMERICAN CUP COMING TO MIAMI: USA Volleyball will host the Eighth Annual Women's Pan American Cup June 26-July 4 in conjunction with the USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championship in the Miami area. The nine-day Pan American Cup, which will tentatively have three of the four 2008 Olympic Games semifinalists (Brazil, USA and Cuba), will be played on the campuses of the University of Miami and Florida International University. "USA Volleyball is extremely excited about the opportunity to host one of the largest international volleyball events in Miami and to pair it with the 2009 USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships," USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Doug Beal said. "It will provide a unique opportunity for our developing young volleyball players to be exposed to elite international volleyball teams from North America, South America and the Caribbean. The two events will also generate terrific excitement in the community and lead to greater popularity for the sport." USA Volleyball is hosting its first-ever Women's Pan American Cup, which serves as a qualifying event into the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix. The event is the largest international volleyball event hosted by USA Volleyball in terms of country participation. Team USA has not hosted a women's senior-level international tournament since the 1998 FIVB World Championship Qualifier tournament in 1998. Due to international scheduling and professional league commitments, matches on domestic soil have become a rarity with only seven contests against foreign teams in the most recent Olympic quadrennial (2005-2008).
REPLICA JERSEY AVAILABLE FOR LIMITED TIME: Are you looking for a unique holiday gift for your volleyball loved ones? USA Volleyball has the answer with replica jerseys from its 2008 Olympic Games indoor teams being made available for a limited time by clicking here. The U.S. Olympic Women's Team replica jerseys, priced at $65 apiece, are available in extra small, small, medium, large and extra large. Replica jerseys are available for all 12 U.S. players who participated in the 2008 Olympic Games. Each replica jersey will have the Olympian's name on the back with their jersey number on both the front and back. In addition, USA Volleyball has several other 2008 Olympic Games apparel items commemorating the unprecedented indoor and beach volleyball success obtained in Beijing. Products available on the online store include short and long-sleeve T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies in multiple designs.
OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE APPRAREL ON SALE: USA Volleyball has unveiled five commemorative logo designs to appear on apparel saluting USA Volleyball's medal successes at the recent Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Beijing. Apparel can be purchased by clicking here. Men's and ladies' T-shirt designs are $15, while the youth T-shirt size is $13. Long sleeve t-shirts are $18, crew sweatshirts are $23 and hoodies are $30. Sizes XXL and larger have a slightly higher price. USA Volleyball's success on the Olympic grand stage in Beijing has never been achieved by any other nation since volleyball was added to the Olympics in 1964. The U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team, which was named the United States Olympic Committee Team of the Month for August 2008, captured the gold medal at the Olympic Games without losing a single match. Women's Beach Volleyball (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) and Men's Beach Volleyball (Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers) both came back from Beijing with Olympic Games gold medals. The U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team captured the silver medal in Beijing, as did the U.S. Women's Sitting Team during the Paralympic Games. No other country has ever participated in the gold-medal match of all four Olympic Games volleyball disciplines during the same year. Team USA added a fifth gold-medal appearance at the Paralympic Games.


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Titles are required to be short and pithy but what I'd really like to name this post is: Manila's Best Caesar Salad In The Best Little Restaurant You Need To Know About.
As a writer, I quibble about long and short titles, but if there's one thing I don't waver on, it's the value of a long memory. After all, some of my best meals are relived through pure nostalgia enabled by my long and detailed "meal memory."
There's a little restaurant that figures heavily in my meal memory since it's one of the places that my Bin took me to way back when he was wooing me. It's a restaurant furnished in old wood illuminated only by the soft glow of candles and small lamps. Of course in those heady days of romance and raging hormones, every place is memorable but La Copa proved even more so.
La Copa opened in 1984 and the story told to me is that it was owned by airline pilots who took advantage of their travels (and liberal baggage allowances, I assume!) to bring home steaks. Knowing that, it made sense for the restaurant to open near the airport within the Nayong Pilipino theme park, the site of my first visit in 1995. After several years there, it moved to a location somewhat dubiously described as "near the Domestic Airport." La Copa is still currently situated near the airport, but it's moved again to one of the commercial strips that line Ninoy Aquino Avenue. In the multitude of places that my Bin and I have frequented in our 12 years of marriage, La Copa never strayed far from our minds but somehow, we never got around to going back. But today is my Bin's birthday and where better to celebrate than there?
The darkness engulfs us as we come in from the glaring sunlight outside. Our eyes swiftly adjust to the dim interior and my nose picks up on that long-forgotten but quickly familiar smell of old wood. I realize it's a scent similar to the air that pervades wood shops in Baguio and Mario's restaurants. Ah, it's the smell of the wooden bowls used in their famed Caesar salad, I recall now. Tables are properly set with cloth napkins and candles and the sincerity of what I call the holy trinity of bottled seasonings: Knorr, A-1 Steak Sauce, Lea & Perrins. We wish you a good meal, they seem to be saying. Service is solicitous.
La Copa is known for a number of dishes, first and foremost of which is their Caesar Salad (P175). Simply put, there's no other salad in Manila even close to it. Made just a few tables away, my Bin and I watch the waiter thrash whole garlic cloves into a paste with anchovies. The stage is a gigantic square wooden bowl gleaming even in the subdued light, its hairline cracks and marred surface evidence of the spectacular salads that emerge from its oily depths. I read that when making Caesar salad, a capacious bowl is required so that there's plenty of room to thoroughly mix the salad in the dressing; and the advantage of using a wooden bowl specifically, is that the bowl over time, becomes infused with the garlic.
The waiter adds a few drops of Lea & Perrins to the anchovy-garlic paste followed by a scoop of a viscous ivory substance tinged with yellow. This is the dressing itself, an emulsification of egg yolks and virgin olive (or vegetable) oil seasoned with salt and lemon juice. The waiter gamely agrees to my Bin's request for another scoop of dressing. When the mixture is properly velvety, the leaves of lettuce go in, some of them still beaded with drops of dew. The restaurant must go through an inordinate amount of the greens — while we're there, a lettuce delivery is made, the heads of green bobbing, glinting through their plastic sacks.
Served in a square wooden receptacle, La Copa's Caesar salad is a bowl of bounty: large leaves of iceberg lettuce coated in an – and there's no better word for this – unctuous dressing yellowed by yolks. Toasted crouton squares gambol in this landscape of lightest green showered by a smattering of Parmesan cheese, the paleness riddled only by the red of minced bacon. A fork seems like a mighty miniscule utensil right now but cutting up the leaves makes everything more manageable. Still, the sizable leaf that's escaped the knife's sharpness laps at my cheek en route to my mouth, its kiss leaving a sloppy, saucy mark; they're almost slippery in their creaminess. Crunchcrunch go the leaves against my teeth, the action igniting whips of garlic on my tongue, the anchovies sally forth, their saltiness so stimulating that the insides of my cheeks pucker. I look over and see that my Bin is practically levitating in excitement: cheeks flushed, eyes shining, all due to a remembered meal made real once again. Hail Caesar!
- La Copa serves just-warmed, old-style pandesal that goes perfectly with slabs of margarine. Don't complain — butter would be out of place here.
Every meal's debut at La Copa is made outstanding with the Caesar Salad but there are heaps of other good things to eat. Browsing through the menu, I've forgotten just how expansive the menu is. I highly recommend the Steak a la Pobre (P325), a sufficiently peppery dish that pays homage to La Copa's reason for being as well as any of the other steaks, as long as you don't ask [for it] to be cooked well-done; you'll get a much-deserved hardwood plank otherwise. The paellas (P445) are popular too as are the other Spanish dishes but tame your expectations – this isn't Alba's after all. Other good things to consider are the Baked Oysters in White Wine (P225), Gambas (P255), Chicken Cordon Bleau (P280; spelling theirs), and the Salmon or Blue marlin a la Parilla, a fish fillet doused in lemon-butter sauce.
My Bin and I are torn among all the things we want to order (so many memories!) but finally decide on the Salpicao (P225) and Chicken a la Kiev (P280). There's also garlic rice, charmingly formed little mounds of moist rice mottled with toasted garlic. The salpicao is an appetizer portion, the meat tender and juicy with a sauce rich in Worcestershire sauce and butter. My Bin expresses preference for the salpicao at Whistlestop but his plate is wiped clean nevertheless. My chicken a la kiev is a joyous little thing, a deboned chicken leg dredged and deep-fried, and squirting a pool of butter in protest upon being pierced. The accompanying lumpy mashed potatoes are charmingly rustic. This chicken a la kiev reminds me of the same dish at the much-lamented Full House along Katipunan Avenue, where plates of it were eaten by me and other hungry students clutching bottles of a nameless liquid seasoning.
My Bin and I are full, both in stomach and memory, but one last reminiscence requests to be relived: Icy Hot Banana (P95). Really just banana fritters under an ice cream cover, it's supposed to be crowned with nuts but today there is none, so chocolate syrup will have to do. This dessert is a straight sell: hot and cold, sweet and crunchy – what's not to like?
Blessed am I to have memories as delicious as these.
La Copa Wine Bar and Restaurant
707-7 Columbia Airfreight Complex, Ninoy Aquino Ave., Brgy. Sto Niño
Parañaque City
831.1247 / 853.2927
Open Mondays – Sundays, 10am-2pm / 5pm-12mn

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The Tony Award-winning actors Bernadette Peters and Martin Short will meet with a team of theater producers this month to discuss a possible Broadway revival of "I Do! I Do!," the 1966 Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt musical about the trials and tribulations of a married couple over a 50-year period, according to theater executives familiar with the discussions.
The meeting is not a developmental reading or industry workshop for potential investors – steps that would indicate a revival is likely – but rather a preliminary meeting to talk about the script and bat around ideas for the characters, Agnes and Michael Snow. The executives spoke on condition of anonymity because the producers considering the project had not authorized its disclosure.
The producers are John Gore and Beth Williams of Broadway Across America and Craig Zadan and Neil Meron – the foursome behind two recent popular musical revivals on Broadway, the currently running "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and the 2010 "Promises, Promises." A spokesman for the producers declined to comment on Thursday about the coming meeting.
"I Do! I Do" has not been revived on Broadway since the original 1966 production, which starred Mary Martin and Robert Preston (who won the Tony for best actor for his performance) and ran for a year and a half. An Off Broadway revival in 1996 drew mixed reviews; Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote of the production, "weaknesses that were acknowledged but forgiven 30 years ago glare more fully: the repetitiveness of Mr. Schmidt's sweet, slender melodies; the bald predictability of Mr. Jones's simple rhymes and the utterly generic nature of the characters." Mr. Jones and Mr. Schmidt also wrote the long-running musical "The Fantasticks," among other shows.
A successful "I Do! I Do!" rests in part on the star power and comic chemistry of its leading actors – Carol Burnett and Rock Hudson starred in one production – and Ms. Peters and Mr. Short are, unquestionably, popular draws for theater audiences. Ms. Peters, a two-time Tony winner, is currently starring in "Follies" on Broadway, while Mr. Short won the Tony for best actor in a musical in 1999 for "Little Me" and last appeared on Broadway in his musical comedy "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me."


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The talks in Washington DC to avert the "fiscal cliff" are all about the federal government -- and how to change federal taxes and spending in a way that the White House and House Republicans can live with.
But with federal leaders considering tax policy, they should think hard about the states -- and a way to help the California state budget.
One way is legislation that would permit states to force Internet retailers -- even and especially those out of state -- to collect state sales tax.
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You've probably read about Amazon's decision to cut a deal with California and collect such sales tax on online purchases.
But state officials say that other online retailers -- those who, unlike Amazon, don't have a physical presence in the state -- still aren't collecting the tax. Californians who purchase goods online are required to pay use tax instead, but few do.
Estimates are that the state of California would get a significant boost in revenues -- upwards of $1 billion -- if the federal government permitted states to collect sales tax on those on-line purchases made by Californians.
It's an issue the feds should be discussing as they figure out how to avoid the fiscal cliff.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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How Muslims Celebrated Islamophobia Awareness Month
"Islamophobic prejudice is worryingly prevalent in the mainstream; on display in political life, in the the [sic] media and in the attitudes of the police and the courts." So said a poster for Islamophobia Awareness Month, which Muslims in Britain and Europe marked with a series of events throughout November. The inaugural event in London on November 2 featured talks from human rights lawyer Imran Khan; Peter Oborne, the chief political commentator for The Daily Telegraph; Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn; Lindsey German of the Stop the War Coalition; and many others. But other Muslims worldwide had their own creative ways to mark the special month:
- In Florida, two Muslim brothers, Raees Alam Qazi and Sheheryar Alam Qazi, were charged with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction in the cause of jihad to commit mass murder of Americans.
- In Tehran, Muslims brutally murdered and dismembered a Jewish woman, in the crowning episode of an ongoing attempt to seize her property for use by an adjoining mosque.
- In Moscow, a Muslim, Ilyas Saidov, received a fifteen-year prison sentence for his role in plotting jihad-martyrdom suicide bombing attacks.
- In Baghdad, Sunni Muslims used three car bombs to murder 23 Shi'ite Muslims who were participating in processions for Ashura, the Shi'ite mourning festival marking the death of the Shi'ite leader Husayn bin Ali in the battle of Karbala against the Sunnis in the year 680.
- In Norway, a Muslim politician, Khalid Haji Ahmed, wrote on Facebook: "Damn Jew whores, wish Hitler could come back and shower you some more."
- A Florida imam, Abu Taubah (a.k.a. Marcus Robertson), was exposed as having ties to the Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel Rahman, mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center jihad bombing.
- Hamas's official al-Aqsa TV station ran a music video containing the words: "Killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah."
- In India, a young Muslim who had appeared on a television show speaking about his fear of being honor-killed for marrying without his parents' consent was indeed murdered.
- In Libya, a jihadist group claiming to operate under authority of the Ministry of the Interior kidnapped twelve men it accused of homosexual activity, and threatened them with mutilation and execution.
- In Austria, Muslims protesting against Israel's defensive action in Gaza chanted "Death to the Jews" while their leftist fellow protesters looked on in silence.
- On Facebook, a Muslim posted an admiring photo of Adolf Hitler, with the caption: "I could have killed all the Jews, but I left some of them to let you know why I was killing them." Many other Muslims chimed in with "likes" and favorable comments.
- In Mali, Muslim officials arrested three Catholics for the crime of declining to listen to an Islamic sermon.
- In Nigeria, Muslims bombed a church and ambushed churchgoers, murdering fourteen Christians.
- And a Muslim wrote a comment at my website, saying: "Whenever I see Robert Spenser's [sic] face I feel like having my palms around his neck, its a good thing we never meet eye to eye because he would be licking my boots if we ever did. I'm actually a very reserved and polite gent but when I hear that guy's voice or see his face I feel like shutting him up permanently."
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China Unicom, China Telecom to start selling 4G models of iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 on March 27
03/18/2015, 01:03 pm
China Unicom and China Telecom will begin selling 4G LTE-capable versions of the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 on March 27, the two wireless carriers announced on Wednesday.
China 3G subscribers grew 79% in 2013 with Apple poised to benefit from booming market
01/21/2014, 02:01 pm
While smartphone markets around the world are showing signs of maturity, China still posted 79 percent growth in high-speed mobile subscribers last year, reaching 417 million users.
Apple's iPhone 5s and 5c to receive significant subsidies from Chinese carriers
09/17/2013, 09:09 am
Newly-released rate cards from China Unicom and China Telecom reveal that Apple's newest handsets will hit the street for significantly less than their sticker prices.
China Telecom, Unicom rumored to offer Apple's new iPhones Sept. 20, China Mobile in Nov.
09/05/2013, 02:09 pm
Apple's current carrier partners China Unicom and China Telecom may offer the company's next-generation iPhones as soon as Sept. 20, though a launch on China Mobile is expected to come slightly later, a new rumor claims.
Popularity of Apple's iPhone provides a financial lift for China Telecom
08/21/2013, 10:08 am
China Telecom's mobile revenues jumped by 28.3 percent in the first half of 2013, thanks in large part to Apple's iPhone attracting more 3G customers to the network.
China's 3G subscribers grow 83% in 2012, reach 233M
01/22/2013, 12:01 pm
The number of mobile 3G subscribers in China surged 83 percent in 2012, again underscoring the importance of the country to potential growth for Apple's iPhone.
China's 3G subscribers grow 88% year over year to 222M
12/26/2012, 07:12 am
The total number of 3G subscribers in China reached 222 million in November, up 88 percent year over year, giving yet another indication why the market is so important for continued growth of Apple's iPhone.
Strong Chinese iPhone 5 launch taken as another sign Apple stock is undervalued
12/18/2012, 08:12 am
Two prominent investment firms view the record breaking opening weekend for Apple's iPhone 5 in China as a sign that the company's shares are undervalued, with strong performance likely to show up in this quarter's financials.
Cellular-enabled iPad mini and 4th-gen iPad certified for sale in China
12/18/2012, 12:12 am
A filing with China's telecommunications regulation body discovered on Tuesday reveals that Apple has acquired the network licenses needed to start sales of its cellular-enabled iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad.
Apple sold 2 million iPhone 5 units in China launch weekend
12/16/2012, 08:12 pm
Sales of the iPhone 5 topped two million units in its first weekend of availability in China, Apple announced Sunday evening.
Apple's China reservation system again cuts down on lines, scalpers for iPhone 5
12/14/2012, 02:12 pm
As the iPhone 5 went on sale Friday, lines at retail stores were again subdued compared to previous product launches, as Apple's new reservation system prevented excitement from turning into potentially dangerous crowds.
iPhone 5 to see mid-December China debut after Apple's regulatory approval
11/29/2012, 07:11 am
The iPhone 5 was awarded a network access license in China, setting Apple's handset up for an anticipated mid-December launch.
iPhone deal with China Mobile predicted to add $45 to Apple's stock price
11/09/2012, 12:11 pm
An anticipated deal between Apple and China Mobile, the largest wireless operator in the world, is predicted to add about $3 to Apple's annual earnings per share, and $45 to the company's stock price.
iPhone 5 gets Chinese regulatory approval ahead of launch
10/30/2012, 06:10 pm
A Chinese regulatory agency on Tuesday revealed that two models of Apple's iPhone 5 have been granted approval to operate on the country's networks, suggesting that the popular smartphone will soon launch in the world's largest wireless market.
China Telecom credits subscriber gains to iPhone 4S launch
08/22/2012, 08:08 am
China Telecom announced this week that it added 8.35 million users during its second quarter, an increase credited mostly to the launch of the iPhone 4S.
China's smartphone market grows 164%, Apple's iOS takes 17.3% share
07/09/2012, 10:07 am
Even without availability on China's largest mobile provider, the iPhone's market share in China has grown form 9.9 percent a year ago to 17.3 percent in the June quarter.
China Mobile 3G user growth slow, carrier is 'in need of an iPhone'
06/22/2012, 09:06 am
Though China Mobile is the largest wireless provider on on the planet, its number of high-speed 3G subscribers remains relatively small and growth is slow as the carrier does not currently offer Apple's iPhone.
China Mobile 'actively talking' to Apple about iPhone cooperation
05/16/2012, 02:05 am
China Mobile revealed on Wednesday that it is in ongoing negotiations with Apple to bring the iPhone to its network.
iPhone 4S launch helps China top US to become largest smartphone market
05/04/2012, 01:05 pm
Further demonstrating the importance of China to Apple's business, the country has now surpassed the U.S. in terms of smartphone subscribers, making it the largest smartphone market in the world.
iPhone 'just getting started in China,' Apple could reach 35M sales in 2013
04/30/2012, 08:04 am
Apple has "enormous" potential to grow its sales in China, as one new estimate predicts Apple will sell 25 million iPhones there this year, and sales will grow to at least 35 million in 2013.


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TIMING-ORIENTED APPROACH FOR DELAY TESTING AND DYNAMIC TIMING ANALYSIS by I-De Huang A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) December 2007 Copyright 2007 I-De Huang
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|As VLSI fabrication process continues to advance and device and interconnect dimensions approach nano-scale, limitations of the fabrication process cause larger percentage variations and higher incidences of small defects. In turn, these alter delays of gates and wires. While the change in the delay value of a particular gate or wire may be small, changes in delay values of multiple gates and wires along some circuit path may cause that path's delay to exceed the desired clock period. Hence, it is increasingly important to test circuits for delay faults.; While a robust test that satisfies the classical definition guarantees propagation of a transition along the entire target path, detailed circuit simulations have demonstrated that a classical two-pattern robust test for a path delay fault may not excite the worst case delay of the target path. Since the purpose of our framework is to accurately estimate the bounds of the worst-case circuit delay, it is important to identify a minimum set of the paths that are able to excite the delay equal or close to the worst-case circuit delay.; Once a minimum set of paths are identified, an automatic test pattern generator (ATPG) can be used in conjunction with these paths to obtain vectors that are able to excite the delay equal (or close to) the worst-case circuit delay. Current test generation algorithms need to generate a large number of tests to obtain a test that can excite the delay close or equal to the worst-case circuit delay. Developing a timing-oriented ATPG that can exploit both necessary logic and timing conditions for cost-effective pruning of targets, reducing ATPG complexity, and generating high quality tests is becoming important.; The goal of this research is to develop new methodologies and techniques for timing-oriented approaches for delay testing and dynamic timing analysis. We first develop the concepts of settling times and timing threshold to identify a minimum set of paths to be tested. We then identify properties of different types of paths as well as logic and timing conditions that are necessary to cover a target path and develop a new logic-and-timing implication procedure to exploit these conditions. We incorporate newly developed concepts in a new ATPG that also prioritizes the order in which these conditions are used to generate high quality vectors. We use this ATPG to identify paths that cannot or need not be tested and to generate high quality vectors for all other paths. Several applications are implemented, and the experimental results demonstrate the benefit of exploiting proposed concepts.
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Three simple reasons you shouldn't buy the "new" iPad
I'm going to keep this short and to the point. I don't have to. I have plenty more than three reasons you should take a pass on the new iPad, but I think three pretty much sums things up.
1. LTE is essentially nowhere
Apple spent a decent chunk of its time today touting the super-fast LTE speeds the new iPad was ready to exploit. The simple reality is that LTE is available to a tiny minority of the country, and its even spotty for those folks. LTE might be awesome when its out–in all likelihood it's going to mean a massive increase in your cell phone or home internet access plan–but for nearly all intents and purposes it isn't out yet.
You could definitely make the case that Apple needed to make the LTE upgrade so that networks didn't have to wait for those pesky 2012 iPad buyers to get off the network. All the same, you likely won't be able to take advantage of LTE so why pay for it now?
2. The screen difference doesn't matter
I'm sorry, nerds, it doesn't. Certainly not in any meaningful way. The current iPad screen is just 10 inches and ridiculously crisp. Crisp in a way that is almost unnecessary for a 10-inch screen. The new screen is definitely unnecessary for a 10-inch screen. Even for professional applications like showing off videos or photography to potential clients, the increased resolution will do nothing for mediums in which those resolutions are actually applicable. I don't need to see a document in 2048×1536 on an iPad to imagine what it will look like in print. If my designers are not morons, it will look fine, even if you show it to me on the iPad 2 screen.
At this screen size, resolution is an utterly meaningless arms race. It does nothing but raise the cost of the device.
3. The iPad 2 is $529 with 3G
Bet you didn't see that coming. I'm not an iPad hater. Hell, I want one. I've wanted one for a while now. The only reason I haven't purchased one is that I'm not sure how much use it would see beyond casual reading (no kids). It's probably for the best that I try to curtail my Netflix consumption, anyway. But that's not the point. The point here is that the iPad 2, which is for all practical purposes just as good as the new iPad, can be had for $529 with a 3G sim in it. Pair that with an a la carte data plan and you have a much more useful device than the $500 bragging rights of the latest model.
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