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Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:52:23 +0300

Phil Sheridan: A musical push to get Reggie Leach into hockey Hall of Fame ...
Philadelphia Inquirer - Jan 01, 1970
And there is Valeri Kharlamov, a former Soviet player who never wore an NHL uniform. In other words, there is room in the Hall for a man who overcame so much and hit such heights as Reggie Leach. Even if he didn't play in Bahston or New York.and more »

Riccardo Muti returns for a perplexing program with the CSO
Chicago Sun-Times - Jan 01, 1970
A world premiere of a new overture by an ex-Soviet composer piqued curiosity. And a too-neglected early Schubert symphony promised a showcase of the CSO in an important focus of Muti's repertoire. That the 1815 Schubert D Major Symphony No.and more »

China's 65000-Ton Secret
BusinessWeek - Jan 01, 1970
China's 65000-Ton SecretThe two-decade voyage of the Varyag—from Russian castoff to Macau pleasure palace to China's first aircraft carrier By Paul M. Barrett An Admiral Kuznetsov-class warship, the vessel was to be 1000 feet long, with a displacement of 65000 tons.and more »

At a loose end during Euro 2012? Why not head for Chernobyl?
Mirror.co.uk - Jan 01, 1970
Or fans could learn how to use an AK-47 gun, fire grenades or drive a former Soviet army tank in full uniform. If guns and missiles do not appeal, there is the Novokramatorsky Machine Building Works in Donetsk. The city, where England will play their and more »

Rule Number One
Canada Free Press - Jan 01, 1970
The US Command, by contrast, required us to wear a Service Dress Uniform. We could not have infiltrated an ice cream line while dressed in our American uniforms. But here was Bertrand, this gigantic 2-meter tall Gaul walking right through the Russian

WWII: Life in a port, Soviet style
New Bern Sun Journal - Jan 01, 1970
Later on we heard via the grapevine that the Russian pilot of the ship that hit us was shot by firing squad that same day! This may seem rather extreme, but realizing the totalitarian Communist system, plus the fact that those people were in literally

The Future of India, the Fate of China
International Business Times - Jan 01, 1970
Using these images, here's the good news: India - with the exception of Bihar and the vast desert region in western Rajasthan - has an almost completely uniform distribution in terms of energy use, population, and distribution. China, visibly, does not and more »

Obama vs. Colleges: It's About Time!
New Republic - Jan 01, 1970
Obama vs. Colleges: It's About Time!It appears to have changed since I got my BA in History and did grad work in Soviet and American Intellectual History there. I see online that one of my Russian History professors and my American Intellectual History professor/adviser recently retired.and more »

Russian Dvd Cartoon

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:05:14 +0300

No More Laughs: Russian TV Yanks Putin Cartoon on NYE, Mocks Obama Instead
Huffington Post - Jan 01, 1970
Russian television, in other words, was moving away from its North Korean peers. A year later, again during the New Year's Eve bonanza on state-run Channel One, the animated Putin was allowed to appear again alongside Medvedev, who sang that, and more »

Russian blogger Navalny unmasks 'Kremlin' photo smear
BBC News - Jan 01, 1970
Russian blogger Navalny unmasks 'Kremlin' photo smearThe photozhabas, as digitally altered images are known in Russian internet slang, show the blogger posing with everyone from Soviet dictator Josef Stalin to Bender, the robot in the cartoon Futurama. In another development, the Urals editor of popular and more »

Russians express their frustration with explosion in political satire
The Guardian - Jan 01, 1970
Russia has a rich tradition of political satire. Late 17th-century luboks, popular proto-cartoons, offered sometimes biting political commentary, not sparing even the famously ill-tempered and brutal reformer Peter the Great or the Orthodox hierarchy. and more »

Warp Turns a House Party Into a Cute Adventure Puzzler
Kotaku - Jan 01, 1970
Yes, this is a video game, not an upcoming kids cartoon. Warp is a simple puzzle game that features Zero, an alien captured by humans who are experimenting on him like a lab rat somewhere below the sea. They've surgically removed a tool on his stomach, and more »

Woody Allen: cinema's great experimentalist
The Guardian - Jan 01, 1970
Woody Allen: cinema's great experimentalistAnnie Hall tries every means possible to fragment the individual and its story: split-screen scenes, empty frames, black frames, subtitling (to show what people are really thinking), a disembodied soul drifting off during sex, a cartoon version of and more »

Cartoons all day long
The Voice of Russia - Jan 01, 1970
Apart from its own production, the Russian branch of “Disney TV” will show Russian animated cartoons as well.” At the same time, some Russians still have doubts as to whether the new TV channel would be a good idea. The Russian and the American ways of

Cut the Rope Hits the Web via Internet Explorer 9
Mashable - Jan 01, 1970
The physics-based puzzle video game was developed in 2010 by Russian developers and quickly became a global sensation. The object of each level is to maneuver a piece of candy into the mouth of a green cartoon monster called “Om Nom”. and more »

UN Security Council Fiddles While Syria Burns (Albeit With Mock Humor)
Huffington Post - Jan 01, 1970
UNITED NATIONS - Arguing over a resolution on Syria, Russia and the United States indulged in barbs that resulted in a US cartoon of the "Grinch Who Stole Christmas" adorned with the face of the Vitaly Churkin, Russia's UN ambassador. and more »

Su 27

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:43:28 +0300

WARPLANES: Su-27 Survives On Upgrades
Strategy Page - Jan 01, 1970
January 4, 2012: Despite being in service for 25 years, the Su-27 continues to appear in updated models. The most recent one is the Su-27SM(3). The Russian Air Force received a dozen of these in 2011. The SM(3) version has more powerful and durable and more »

NUS grad, 27, is canteen towkay
AsiaOne - Jan 01, 1970
What the customers don't realise is that 27-year-old Su Weiying is the boss of the canteen located at Bedok North Street 5. Said Miss Su with a laugh: "They often think the uncle who makes coffee is the boss, and I'm a helper he hired to serve coffee.

Syracuse scouting report: Providence
The Juice Online (blog) - Jan 01, 1970
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: Syracuse is 44-10 all time against Providence, with SU winning seven of the last eight meetings. The teams last played on Dec. 28, 2010, with Kris Joseph's career high 27 points leading then-No. 5 Syracuse past the Friars 81-74 Kris Joseph bounces back from scoreless game to lead Syracuse over DePaulall 134 news articles »

Indonesia to buy 6 Su-30 jets from Russia
China Daily - Jan 01, 1970
Those planes consisted of six Su-27 SKM and four Su- 30MK2. He added that the full Sukhoi fighter jet squadron would be stationed at Hasanuddin Air Force Base in Makassar, South Sulawesi. The Air force is expecting Bell 412 and Puma helicopters and more »

Handicapping the NFL Playoffs: Strength of schedule and pointspread success
Sports Memo (blog) - Jan 01, 1970
(using Sagarin's Ratings) are a remarkable 27-9 straight up and 27-9 against the spread (75% winners) regardless of price and location. Even more amazing is that teams with a SOS differential of 10 or more went 16-2 SU, 15-3 ATS (83% winners). and more »

Loan sharks hound families after next-of-kin go into hiding
Malaysia Star - Jan 01, 1970
In the first case, contractor Yap Poh Seng, 51, from Hulu Langat, said his son Yap Wai Hoong, 27, had borrowed RM7,000 and RM500 in April. He again borrowed RM30,000 recently. Innocent victims: Chong standing with Su (left) and Yap, each holding the

2012 ELECTIONS: TSU says judiciary is ignoring '1992 consensus' charges
Taipei Times - Jan 01, 1970
2012 ELECTIONS: TSU says judiciary is ignoring '1992 consensus' chargesThe TSU filed the charges with the High Prosecutors' Office on Oct. 27 last year, saying that Ma and former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi (蘇起) had committed treason and forgery by creating the so-called “1992 consensus.

WBB | Turnovers cost Syracuse in tough loss to Rutgers
SU The Daily Orange (subscription) - Jan 01, 1970
Kansas City Star"We had 27 turnovers and those are opportunities where you don't get shots and it's hard to play games when you're not getting enough shots." Turnovers cost Syracuse (11-5, 0-2 Big East) in a hard-fought 55-44 loss to No. 10 Rutgers (12-2, Orange Women fall to ranked Rutgersall 207 news articles »

Russian Gold Watch

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:00:22 +0300

Russian markets -- Factors to Watch on Dec 15
Reuters - Jan 01, 1970
MOSCOW - Weekly gold and foreign exchange data from the central bank. MOSCOW - India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins his visit to Russia. MOSCOW - Retail in Russia annual conference. MOSCOW - Transneft holds board meeting.

Russian markets -- Factors to Watch on Dec 2
Reuters - Jan 01, 1970
Globe and MailOne-month Brent is back above $109 p/bbl, copper is 20 basis points better and gold is at $1744.9 per ounce, a gain of 30 basis points. The dollar-euro rate is unchanged from yesterday's level at $1.346. All of which suggests a stable opening for Putin's party battles for votes in Russian provinceall 6,153 news articles »

Komova Dominates Voronin Cup; Mustafina Marks Return
International GYMNAST Magazine Online - Jan 01, 1970
Russian superstar Viktoria Komova won four of five gold medals at the 28th Voronin Cup held Friday and Saturday in Moscow, where 2010 world champion Aliya Mustafina made her competitive return after knee surgery. Russian superstar Viktoria Komova won

Old hat for Habscheid
Edmonton Journal - Jan 01, 1970
“I've never watched that game since. If I knew the result would change, I would, but ” But it didn't. Alex Ovechkin was on that Russian team. “Best player was a kid named Igor Grigorenko though. He was phenomenal. Unfortunately, he got into a car and more »

Gold and Money in Extremis... One Man's Story
Daily Reckoning - American Edition - Jan 01, 1970
Gold and Money in Extremis One Man's StoryPer the 1943 Tehran Declaration, post WWII, Eastern Poland remained a part of Russia. Winston Churchill said of Poland in 1946, “We who went to war on her behalf…watch with sorrow the strange outcome of our endeavors.” Fiat currencies are particularly and more »

Cox: Canada's chase for gold should be kept in perspective
Toronto Star - Jan 01, 1970
Cox: Canada's chase for gold should be kept in perspectiveShe won't get to see her brother play again over these holidays, and those Russian teenagers won't get to watch from home as their countrymen go for two straight. Their families will miss them terribly at this time of year, and not because of the world and more »

Mining Afghanistan
ABC Online - Jan 01, 1970
Jill Dougherty, CNN (archival): As we lifted off from Bamyan in our roomy Russian chopper, we could see the lush valley give way to rugged, barren mountains. Some of those mountains contain huge mineral wealth. We landed in Kalu, another lush valley and more »

The Season For Giving... BIG
Jamaica Observer - Jan 01, 1970
While many of us don't even live in houses that cost as much as this watch, we cannot help but admire the craftsmanship involved in creating the Breguet Classique Complications Tourbillon Messidor Men's Rose Gold Watch. Its eight-carat rose gold case,

Ussr Knife

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Dec. 8 Open Line
Jacksonville Journal Courier - Jan 01, 1970
It always happens, whether it is North Korea, Cuba, Eastern Europe, Cambodia, the USSR, Ethiopia, etc. Why would it be any different in the future? I drove downtown last Friday to eat, but there were no parking places available because of all these

Understanding Russia's interest in Syria's conflict
Vanguard - Jan 01, 1970
Understanding Russia's interest in Syria's conflictAngry Turkey's prime minister, Tayyip Erdogan, said he no longer has confidence in the Syrian regime, warning Al-Assad that his country is on a “knife edge” and the crackdown threatens to place Assad on a list of leaders who “feed on blood”. and more »

Russia - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin takes part in the Conference of the ...
ISRIA (registration) - Jan 01, 1970
The knife of the civil war was plunged in the very heart of Russia and blood was spilled in the North Caucasus. That too, effectively pushed the country towards catastrophe, towards an abyss. Every ordinary citizen – and what I am going to say is and more »

Moscow: Notes of a Co-Conspirator
Infoshop News - Jan 01, 1970
This did not put DJ Stalingrad off, he made few phone calls and we all moved to the metro station "Vodny Stadion" where, after one and a half hour the gig started, with a sound system straight from the USSR in a ballet rehearsal space in some obscure

World Indoor Championships history at a glance - highlights of the women's ...
International Association of Athletics Foundation - Jan 01, 1970
World Indoor Championships history at a glance - highlights of the women's In the days before we realised how disadvantageous inner lanes were, she won it from lane four having sliced through the field like a knife through butter. It was the first of three world indoor golds for Ottey, but she is well behind the record total

Album Review: Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream [Deluxe Edition]
Consequence of Sound - Jan 01, 1970
The biggest surprises are the previously unheard demos “USA” and “USSR”, which sound pretty stellar; in some ways they're unlike anything the Pumpkins have ever done. But some things are just meant to get lost in the shuffle. and more »

Breakfast links: Sports talk
Greater Greater Washington - Jan 01, 1970
That 1980 USSR team was made up of professional hockey players in the sense we understand it today. The US team was made up of college students. by Tina on Dec 7, 2011 2:41 pm Bringing race into an issue when there is some relevance isn't necessarily

Gagarin

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:04:14 +0300

Arthur C Clarke said Russians would beat Americans to the moon in lost BBC ...
Telegraph.co.uk - Jan 01, 1970
Two years after Yuri Gagarin became the first man to go into space, the novelist said in a BBC interview that he believed the Russians would succeed in a lunar mission by 1968. The man behind made 2001: A Space Odyssey made the comments in an episode Arthur C Clarke predicted Russians would put first man on moonall 2 news articles »

Huge crowd greets Gagarin in Delhi
Deccan Chronicle - Jan 01, 1970
29: Major Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet Cosmonaut, arrived here by air at 11.30 am, on a nine-day visit to India. A crowd of over 5000 people who had thronged the airport gave him a tumultuous welcome. As the silvery Tu-18 carrying Major Gagarin came to a

The official blog of the USA Science and Engineering Festival
ScienceBlogs (blog) - Jan 01, 1970
Yuri Gagarin completed one full orbit of the earth before Vostok was slowed down by firing a rocket burst in the direction opposite to its travel, allowing gravity to take over and pull the satellite back to terra firma. Just two hours after being and more »

All the write moves
Malaysia Star - Jan 01, 1970
Inspired by astronaut Yuri Gagarin's flight into space, this is the Gagarin pen. Gagarin: To mark the 50th anniversary of the first manned spaceflight on April 12, 1961, Caran d'Ache created a Yuri Gagarin Limited Edition. Inspired by the rich culture

The Horrible Thing That Happened to Enos the Chimp When He Orbited Earth 50 ...
The Atlantic - Jan 01, 1970
The chimps of space -- Ham, the first primate in space, and Enos, the second primate (after Yuri Gagarin) to orbit Earth -- have a special place in our memories of NASA. These animals paved the way for the United States space program by convincing

A Daughter's Musings On Yuri Gagarin, The First Man In Space
Asian Scientist Magazine - Jan 01, 1970
A Daughter's Musings On Yuri Gagarin, The First Man In SpaceIn a rare 15 minute interview with in Mumbai, Elena Gagarin talked about her father, Yuri Gagarin, the first man to journey into outer space on April 12, 1961. AsianScientist (Nov. 7, 2011) – During the 50th year of the first

WCSFP preview: NHK's view from the top
Realscreen - Jan 01, 1970
WCSFP preview: NHK's view from the topCourtesy of NHK Fifty years ago, in 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to leave the Earth's atmosphere and enter the final frontier – space. While gazing at the world from his peculiar perch, in the cramped quarters of

The past and future of space exploration at the 'Beyond Planet Earth' exhibit
ZME Science - Jan 01, 1970
Mother Nature NetworkThe past and future of space exploration at the 'Beyond Planet Earth' exhibitThe Vostok capsule, in which Yuri Gagarin embarked on April 12, 1961 to become the first person in space. (c) AMNH\R. Mickens This year, mankind celebrated 50 years of space exploration since Yuri Gagarin's pioneering flight around Earth's orbit, A truly global vision of space exploration in 'Beyond Planet Earth'New Museum Exhibit Invites Visitors to Smell the Moon, Nuke an Asteroid or all 9 news articles »