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10 November 2015

11 November 2015, 00:31

Taking a Stand: Reflections on Life, Liberty, and the Economy

Economist and historian Robert Higgs has advanced our understanding of the causes, means, and effects of government power and the need to deconstruct statism and re-establish institutions that protect and advance liberty, prosperity, and peace.

10 November 2015, 17:30

Smoother

Video quality matters, and when an HD or HFR playback isn’t smooth, we notice. Chrome noticed. YouTube noticed. So we got together to make YouTube video playback smoother in Chrome, and we call it Project Butter.

10 November 2015, 17:29

Microsoft Adds Cloud Data Center Capacity in the U.K.

Tag, you're it. Last week Amazon Web Services announced plans for new cloud data centers in the U.K.; this week it's Microsoft's turn.

10 November 2015, 03:00

World No. 5 Netherlands defeats Nº 4 Chinese Taipei to open Premier12 Group

TAICHUNG, Taiwan — The Dutch National Team defeated hosts Chinese Taipei 7-4 in a thriller Monday night at Intercontinental Stadium to open Group A of the 2015 WBSC Premier12.

09 November 2015, 03:00

Japan defeats South Korea to launch new Premier12 global championship

SAPPORO, Japan — World No. 1 Samurai Japan defeated rivals No. 8 South Korea 5-0 to launch the newest international baseball flagship tournament, WBSC Premier12, before more than 28,000 fans at the Sapporo Dome and global TV audience Sunday night.

07 November 2015, 03:00

Korea’s Kim, Japan’s Ohtani named starting pitchers for Premier12 Game 1 Sunday

SAPPORO, Japan — The starting pitchers of Sunday night’s (8 Nov.) Game 1 of the inaugural WBSC Premier12 at the Sapporo Dome have been revealed by the managers of the National Teams of Japan and South Korea.

06 November 2015, 03:00

No. 11 Italy one of two European nations set to battle the world at Premier12

TAICHUNG, Taiwan — Italy manager Marco Mazzieri heads into his ninth year as the head of the “Azzurri” National Team that will be competing among the Top 12 nations in the WBSC Premier12.

05 November 2015, 03:00

World No. 1 Japan defeats No. 9 Puerto Rico in warm-up for Premier12

FUKUOKA, Japan – Samurai Japan starting pitcher Kenta Maeda (NPB – Hiroshima Toyo Carps) registered eight strikeouts in three innings to secure an 8-3 victory over Puerto Rico at the Fukuoka Dome Thursday night.

04 November 2015, 03:00

WBSC Premier12™ Broadcast Rights Awarded Around The World

TAIPEI CITY — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced that broadcast rights have been awarded in territories across the world for the first-ever WBSC Premier12™ global baseball championship...

04 November 2015, 03:00

Cuba and S. Korea to open world’s newest dome stadium in Seoul

SEOUL – The world No. 8 South Korean National Team and the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) are hosting world No. 3 Cuba as part of the grand opening of the Seoul Gocheok Sky Dome.

04 November 2015, 03:00

Host South Korea defeats Cuba in new dome in warm up for Premier12

SEOUL – World No. 8 South Korea sent five pitchers to the mound to shutout world No. 3 Cuba, 6-0, in the ceremonial first game in the nation’s new Gocheok Sky Dome.

03 November 2015, 03:00

Euro champs Netherlands armed for WBSC Premier12

TAICHUNG, Taiwan – Ten-time MLB Gold Glove outfielder Andruw Jones and NPB single-season home run record holder Wladimeir Balentien will help world No. 5 Netherlands carry some heavy artillery into the global baseball battle, WBSC Premier12.

01 November 2015, 14:19

The Page As Existence | The Stinging Fly

If it’s not your voice, it’s the voice of death.
—Gordon Lish

Whenever a writer starts anew, they face the white space of the empty page, the white screen. There is an absolute freedom in this moment.

01 November 2015, 10:16

Familiarity breeds contempt

We are supposed to have a Budo style of Karate but sometimes we forget and become too familiar with our Semapi, calling them by their first name for example. Or when having a photograph taken with them and putting your arms on their shoulders and just hanging there...

01 November 2015, 03:00

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