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Pac-Man 30th Anniversary really touched Google, it’s a bit unnatural to see google changing it’s logo for 3 days now but they still have the playable pacman logo, I think this was the best Doodle ever. Google made happy millions of it’s users with integrated Pac-Man game.

So If you missed the chance to play Pacman free online just enter your google search page and hit insert coin button which is still there instead of I’m feeling lucky button. This was the biggest Pacman Anniversary ever thanks to Google. You can download free Pacman playable versions and play Pac-Man on your pc, but it’s funnyer to play the old version at Google.

It’s so great that a little fun game like Pacman still attracting millions of users today to play and celebrate the milestone of video games, after pac-man I think the oldest and best game Tetris is. We already covered every single detail about Pacman so read our previous posts to get more info about this games awesome history but I suggest to celebrate Pacman day and play with Google’s Pacman logo while it lastes.

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The NASCAR All-Star Race 2010 is held in Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina, United States on Saturday, May 22, 2010.

The starting positions for the match is: Pole- Kurt Busch 2- Joey Logano 3- Brad Keselowski 4- Jamie McMurray 5- Kyle Busch 6- David Reutimann 7- Jimmie Johnson 8-Jeff Gordon 9- Casey Mears 10- Ryan Newman 11-Tony Stewart 12- Denny Hamlin 13- Kevin Harvick 14-Matt Kenseth 15- Mark Martin 16- Kasey Kahne 17-Bobby Labonte 18- Dale Earnhardt Jr.

The winners for the Nascar All Star Race 2010 are:
1. Kurt Busch
2. Martin Truex Jr.
3. Joey Logano
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Tony Stewart
6. Kevin Harvick
7. Brad Keselowski
8. Matt Kenseth

Kurt Busch was able to maintain a perfect lead, making him first. Martin Truex Jr. came in second and Joey Logano was third.

This is one of the biggest events that racing cars are competing each other in every lap. There is a One Million Dollar payday for the winner. The racers drove in a 100-lap four-segment dash ending with a 10-lap dash. The Charlotte Motor Speedway is a mile and a half tri-oval with twenty-four degrees of banking in the turns.

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by Kevin Jon Heller

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia has just held that JCE III, otherwise known as “extended” joint criminal enterprise, did not exist under customary international law during 1975-1979, the period over which the ECCC has temporal jurisdiction. The decision is a stunning rebuke to the ICTY, which invented — literally out of thin air — that form of JCE in Tadic, its first decision.

In a nutshell, JCE III holds a defendant who participates in a common plan to commit an international crime responsible for the commission of unplanned crimes that he was aware might be committed.  Consider, for example, a group of soldiers who pillage a captured village pursuant to a common plan.  If one of the soldiers commits rape while pillaging the village, any of his comrades will be guilty of both pillage and rape if they foresaw the possibility that rape would be committed during the pillaging.

JCE III has always been controversial, with scholars criticizing it on two basic grounds.  First, they have pointed out that JCE III violates the principle of culpability because — as the example above indicates — it holds a defendant responsible for a crime even though he did not commit its actus reus and did not possess its necessary mens rea.  The ICTY has even held that JCE III results in the defendant’s conviction as a principal, not as an accessory, despite overwhelming domestic practice to the contrary.

Scholars have also argued that JCE III does not exist under customary law, contrary to the ICTY’s assertion in Tadic.  There is no question that JCE I and JCE II, “basic” and “systemic” JCE, are consistent with customary international law; both are amply supported by WW II-era international and domestic jurisprudence.  But the same cannot be said of JCE III: none of the WW II-era cases applied it, and an equivalent mode of participation exists in very few national jurisdictions.

The ECCC’s decision addressed the second criticism, agreeing with critics that the ICTY invented JCE III.  It’s a long analysis and highly technical, so I won’t try to summarize here.  But it’s absolutely devastating, leaving Tadic in smoldering ruins.  Readers interested in JCE should definitely give the decision a read.

I have to admit, I feel more than a little vindicated by the ECCC’s decision.  I wrote a long motion in the Karadzic case arguing that customary international law does not permit a defendant to be convicted of a special-intent crime such as genocide via JCE III.  The motion relied on much, if not most, of the same international and domestic jurisprudence that the ECCC cites in defense of its decision.  The ICTY refused to address the substance of the motion, holding that the JCE III issue was not “jurisdictional” and could be dealt with in the final judgment if Karadzic was convicted.  The ECCC’s decision indicates the absurdity of the ICTY’s position.

I have always been skeptical of the ECCC, particularly concerning its ability to generate quality jurisprudence.  I am delighted to say that the early returns indicate my skepticism might have been unwarranted.

Each Sunday I highlight the Carnivals I participated in over the past week, along with any notable articles that I came across. For those readers not familiar with carnivals, it’s where personal finance bloggers submit their best articles of the week with one blog serving as the host. The entries are separated into various categories such as Investing, Credit, Debt, Budgeting, Frugality, Wealth Building, Money Management, Financial Planning, Insurance, Taxes, The Economy, Real Estate, et. al.

Below are the carnivals that I participated in this week, along with a link to my article:

• Carnival of Personal Finance published: The Secret To Finding The Best Dividend Stocks
• Carnival of Money Hacks published: 14 Stocks Building Wealth Through Higher Dividends
• Carnival of Financial Planning published: 14 Stocks Building Wealth Through Higher Dividends

Articles I enjoyed reading included (in no particular order):

The DIV-Net Featured Articles

• Dividends4Life presented Stock Analysis: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
• Barel Karsan presented Effecting Change
• Dividend Tree presented Dividends in the Context of Taxation Environment
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Chevron (CVX) Stock Analysis

Articles From DIV-Net Members

• The Dividend Guy presented One Dividend Rule that Can Help Your Investing Performance
• Dividend Growth Investor presented Dividend Payback from six quality dividend stocks
• Barel Karsan presented Dividends After The Fact
• Dividend Tree presented Dividend Investing and Businesses with Moat
• moneygardener presented Clorox ups dividend
• The Div Guy presented Zecco Trading: $4.50 for Stock Trades
• Disciplined Approach to Investing presented Higher Yielding Bonds Tend To Hold Up Better In Rising Interest Rate Environment
• Old School Value presented Free Piotroski Score Spreadsheet
• Triaging My Way To Financial Success presented Successful Motivation of Investors
• BuyLikeBuffett.com presented The Biggest Rental Rip-offs
• 40percent 20years presented Overdose – Now it works again!
• Value Walk presented Early Writings of Benjamin Graham: A Case Study of US Steel
• The Market Capitalist presented Companies you know (and maybe love?) with great dividend yields

Articles from D4L-News:

• High-Yield, Low-Risk Dividend Stocks
• Unfounded concerns about dividend stocks
• Wall Street is reminded of dividend stocks profitability
• High Yield European Dividend Stocks
• Is BP’s 7% Dividend Attractive?
• 5 things you need to know about dividend investing
• Investors see appeal of dividend stocks
• Dividends contribute 90% of stocks’ total return

There are some really good articles here, please take time and read a few of them.

(Photo: Sachin Ghodke)

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Hi there!  We noticed you staring at that picture up above.  You like?  Yeah, that is presumably the follow up to the Motorola Droid from Verizon.  It looks great, doesn’t it?  Would you like to hear the rumored specs?  They’re just about the nicest we’ve seen on an Android phone to date.  Okay, here goes…

As we looked around a bunch of posts within Howard Forums, the best we can piece together is this:

• 4.1″ TFT FWVGA screen
• Texas Instruments OMAP 3630 Processor
• 2GB -8GB internal memory
• Android 2.1 (Eclair), possibly 2.2 (Froyo) upon launch
• MOTOBLUR (BLUR community chat)
• 8 MP camera with 720p video recording
• 1080p output via HDMI port
• Roughly 9mm in thickness

We’ve seen July listed a few times as the release time frame so Android 2.2 could make the cut.  However, based on Motorola’s history, we’re guessing it’s Android 2.1 at launch.  As for the name of this thing, you guess is as good as ours at this point.  We’ve heard Droid 2, Droid Xtreme, Shadow, Droid Shadow, and a couple others.  Of all the names we’ve seen tossed around, Shadow seems to stick the best. On the other hand, the “Droid” label is clearly marked in the picture.   Guess we’ll just have to wait to find out, won’t we?

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Republican Charles Djou has won the special election for the US House of Representative seat in Honolulu’s 1st Congressional District.

Charles Djou took 67,274 votes or 39.5 percent while the Democrats state Sen. Colleen Hanabusa took 31 percent and 28 percent for former Rep. Ed Case.

This is the first time in 20 years that a Republican will represent Hawaii in Congress. Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou will represent the district where President Barack Obama grew up.

“This is a momentous day. We have sent a message to the United States Congress. We have sent a message to the national Democrats. We have sent a message to the machine,” Djou said. “The congressional seat is not owned by one political party. This congressional seat is owned by the people.”

The Democrats believe that the success of Charles Djou in Hawaii will be short-lived. Djou will only serve through the remainder of 2010, and another election will be held in November for the next term. But the Republicans see this victory as a powerful chance to get ahead in the November elections.

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In China, Volvo Car Corp. is recalling 571 XC90 SUVs due to a defective fuel line, according to media reports. The website of China’s quality regulator, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ), indicated that the recall covered 571 imported 3.2-liter XC90 and 2.5T XC90 luxury SUVs built between October 26, 2009 and December 21, 2009. Volvo’s recall notice pointed to a manufacturing defect in the fuel pressure line that may result in a fuel smell and/or fuel seepage. Because the fuel line is under constant pressure, seepage can develop into a greater leakage within a short period of time. The worst that can happen is that the leakage may lead to a fire at the right front wheel house area if there’s an external ignition source. Those affected are asked to call an authorized Volvo dealer to have the fuel pressure line inspected or even replaced. They may also call Volvo at 400-678-1200, or contact the GAQSIQ.

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Cuando una de las grandes – Band of horses – del panorama actual saca nuevo disco, no hay discusión sobre qué suena en la semana en los blogs. Ahí van los enlaces:

• 6:00 AM, la hora de la última cita con ‘Lost’ esta madrugada. En Vaya Tele.
• Charlas gratuitas de los grandes maestros de la fotografía. En Foto Aprendiz.
• Alejandro Suárez con un anuncio muy interesante, el capítulo uno de Genolab.
• Otra visión al “asunto” Paco González. Por Gonzalo Martín.
• Pymes y autónomos sobre “la acción desmotivadora de la igualdad de salarios.
• Capítulo final: Ya te lo advertí. Malas noticias desde el blog de Albert.
• Más necesario que nunca, César recomienda verificar nuestra privacidad en Facebook.
• Trabajando con dos cámaras. Mi experiencia con la Canon EOS 7D y la 5D Mark II en mitad de la tormenta. En Backfocus.
• Tachnovation (ahora en posterous) sobre qué hacen y cómo deben las instituciones financieras valorar el uso de Twitter y los medios sociales.
• Versvs sobre por qué cree que Diaspora va a fracasar.
• Apenas el 1% de los europeos dispone de conexión rápida a Internet, según datos de la Comisión Europea. En Nación Red.
• Fail Beta sobre el fracaso del “twitter de la tele”, Kakoe.
• Soluciones para sincronizar tus favoritos entre todos tus navegadores. En Genbeta.
• Jorge Galindo y un poco de optimismo sobre la cosa económica, “tenemos potencial”.
• Bloguionistas: “los dobladores españoles son los mejores del mundo”.
• Subgurim y un anuncio de nuevo proyecto, “Trickeo”, red social para adultos que, ojo, quieren hacer tríos e intercambios de pareja.

Os dejo con “Laredo”, otra de las canciones del “Inifnite Arms” de Band of Horses:

Tattoos are probably one of the things you have to think doubly hard about. It’s painful, it’s permanent, and therefore if done recklessly, could end up being your platform to showcase your innate sense of bad judgment.

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Vitamin D Vegetarians is a post from the Vegetarian Vitamins Guide blog where you can find suggestions and advice from vegetarians and vegans on vegetarian diets, supplements, vitamins and overall nutrition.

The Panasonic ES7103K Pro Curve Wet/Dry Triple Head Shaver features a flexible, pivoting head that follows the contours of your face to give you a great shave that is close and comfortable. And with support for dual-voltage conversion, you can take the shaver with you when you travel internationally. .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } .c26-tbl-header { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; } .c26-tbl-content { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 15px; color: #2a34b0; font-weight: bold; } .c26-tbl-content1 { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 12px; } .c26-tbl-title { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; } A triple-head design offers comfort and support while delivering great performance. View larger. Triple-Blade Design for Extra-Close Shaves The ES7103K has a triple-head design that offers comfort and support while delivering great performance. There are two foils and a center slit that all float independently, and the pivoting head provides a shave that closely follows the contours of your face. The powerful motor runs at 10,000 RPM and the blade is angled at 30 degrees for a precise cut. The shaver also has a pop-up trimmer that is perfect for precise grooming of mustaches and sideburns. Wet/Dry Design Allows for Easy Clean Up The wet/dry design of the Pro Curve means you can easily clean your shaver by simply rinsing it under running water. The wet/dry functionality also gives you the option of shaving wet with lather while in the shower, in addition to dry shaving when you need a touch up on the run. Rechargeable Battery Saves Money and Reduces Waste The ES7103K uses an internal rechargeable battery so you don’t have to wastefully buy and throw out batteries. The shaver gets 4five-minutes on a one-hour (more…)

Legend of the Seeker is currently on its second season. Many are expecting for season 3 of this American Television series.

Legend of the Seeker is a weekly American television series on ABC. It is based on “The Sword of Truth” novels by Terry Goodkind. The story revolves around the journey of a young woods guide named Richard Cypher (Craig Horner), a mysterious woman named Kahlan Amnell (Bridget Regan) and a wizard named Zeddicus Zu’l Zorander (Bruce Spence) to stop Darken Rahl (Craig Parker) from unleashing an ancient and terrifying power.

The Tribune Company has decided not to renew the series as of March 4, 2010. ABC is still hoping to find a replacement for the Tribune stations. There are reports that it had been cancelled and would not return for a third season. Legend of the Seeker fans have responded by launching a renewal campaign titled “Save Our Seeker”. Author Terry Goodkind has supported this campaign.

The action-adventure TV series is under-rated due to lack of awareness. But there is still hope for the fans that their passionate effort for the continuation of the series will pay off.

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Looking for new information on the next patch for MAG? Jeremy Dunham’s got you covered on that as he posted a telling comment over at their official forums. More specificially, that there will be information arriving next

Danica Patrick landed 23rd out of 24 spots in the Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Race.

Danica Patrick, wearing a lime green and black GoDaddy.com No. 7, qualified 23rd with a four-lap average of 224.217 mph on Saturday. She is IndyCar’s most popular and visible driver. This is her sixth attempt at the Indianapolis 500 race.

During the race, things didn’t go really well for Danica Patrick. She was shaking after the race and she had to fight back tears after getting booed by the public.

“I was shaking for minutes after I got out of the car,” Patrick said after the race on Saturday. “I know a lot of people are saying they’re loose, and I’m sure they are for sure, but this is such an uncomfortable imbalance.”

During the public-address program broadcast, fans showed their displeasure when Patrick seem to blame her team for the qualifying setup that didn’t go well. “I say one confident thing out there, that it’s not me, and everybody boos me,” she said. “I don’t know, maybe they were booing me before, but some of them were probably cheering for me before. I’m not a different driver than I was five years ago.”

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The Indy 500 qualifying race had a new format for this year and it has more excitement at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The 37 car-driver combinations have two days to qualify for this year’s Indianapolis 500 race. 24 out of 33 drivers are already qualified on Saturday.

Here are the qualifiers for next weekends Indy 500 race:
(from 12new.us)

1. Hélio Castroneves – Team Penske – 227.970 mph (367 km/h)
2. Will Power – Team Penske – 227.578 mph (366 km/h)
3. Dario Franchitti – Chip Ganassi Racing – 226.990 mph (365 km/h)
4. Ryan Briscoe – Team Penske – 226.554 mph (365 km/h)
5. Alex Tagliani – FAZZT Race Team – 226.390 mph (364 km/h)
6. Scott Dixon – Chip Ganassi Racing – 226.233 mph (364 km/h)
7. Graham Rahal – Rahal Letterman Racing – 225.519 mph (363 km/h)
8. Ed Carpenter – Panther Racing – 224.507 mph (361 km/h)
9. Hideki Mutoh – Newman/Haas Racing – 223.487 mph (360 km/h)
10. Townsend Bell – Sam Schmidt Motorsports – 225.097 mph (362 km/h)
11. Justin Wilson – Dreyer & Reinbold Racing – 225.050 mph (362 km/h)
12. Raphael Matos – De Ferran Dragon Racing – 225.028 mph (362 km/h)
13. Mario Moraes KV – Racing Technology – 224.888 mph (362 km/h)
14. Davey Hamilton – De Ferran Dragon Racing – 224.852 mph (362 km/h)
15. Mike Conway – Dreyer & Reinbold Racing – 224.583 mph (361 km/h)
16. Marco Andretti – Andretti Autosport – 224.575 mph (361 km/h)
17. Ryan Hunter-Reay – Andretti Autosport – 224.547 mph (361 km/h)
18. Dan Wheldon – Panther Racing – 224.464 mph (361 km/h)
19. E.J. Viso – KV Racing Technology – 224.380 mph (361 km/h)
20. Tomas Scheckter – Dreyer & Reinbold Racing – 224.261 mph (361 km/h)
21. Ana Beatriz – Dreyer & Reinbold Racing – 224.243 mph (361 km/h)
22. Simona De Silvestro – HVM Racing – 224.228 mph (361 km/h)
23. Danica Patrick – Andretti Autosport – 224.217 mph (361 km/h)
24. Bertrand Baguette – Conquest Racing

The next qualifying round will be on Sunday, the Bump day that will fill the nine spots left.

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There were a handful of phones on display at last week’s Google I/O which have yet to cross our radar.  As good of a job as we think we do in keeping up with handsets, there are plenty out there we’ve yet to cover.  One such handset is the Acer Liquid Stream.  With only a display model behind a case to tease us, we were left to guess the specs.  That was until we talked to a little birdy.

According to our tipster, the Acer Liquid Stream currently runs Android 2.1 and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip although the speed wasn’t 100 percent known.  We’d like to assume it’s the full 1GHz, but it could be underclocked to 768MHz. The phone also features a 5 megapixel camera that records in 720p with HDMI output, Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS.  We’ll be doing our best to piece together the rest of the picture so check back often!

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Everyone seems to want to ge integrated with Facebook. Blur is one of them, and for the firs time, we’re catching a glimpse of how it will look like.
 
 
 
 
 

First GM Profit in Three Years
Canadian Auto Press

Profit? At GM? Either the end is near or we’re at an all-new beginning, but the General’s shareholders won’t be counting down the days to 12/12/2012 but rather hoping to count on a dividend check at the end of the year.

GMC Yukon Denali

Ok, likely you the taxpayer won’t be getting an Alberta-style financial kickback in the form of a dividend anytime soon, but good news like this can help to boost the spirits of an economy that’s still fighting its way back from a near death experience.

The Detroit-based automaker posted a $1.2 billion domestic profit for the first quarter of 2010, due to less debt and the sale of Saab to Spyker. Compared to the $3.4 billion loss the automaker experienced in Q4 of ’09 its time to celebrate, and GM’s net Q1 2010 income of $865 million should be enough for quite a party.

The global scenario is improving too, with an identical $1.2 billion profit overseas. That’s a 500 million increase over Q4 of 2009, all good signs before the biggest of the Big 3 goes back on the board with a fresh new IPO later this year or early next.

Are you ready for the fourth boxing bout of Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez? Watch Marquez vs Vasquez 4 live stream online!

Get ready for another action and exciting fight between great boxers Rafael Marquez and Israel Vasquez. Their fourth fight will be held live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on Saturday, May 22.

Marquez and Varquez will fight for 12 rounds in the main event of the “Once And Four All” boxing game. Yonnhy Perez will defend his IBF Bantamweight World title against Abner Mares in the undercard bout.

The first bout of Marquez and Vasquez took place on March 3, 2007, the second happened on Aug. 4, 2007, and their third bout took last March 1, 2008. Vazquez is leading the epic series with 2-1. After more than two years, they will face each other again and the boxing community is excited to see who will win.

Another epic battle between Marquez vs Vazquez will take place so everyone should be watching. Who do you think will win?

Don’t miss this great fight between two great boxers as they collide for the fourth time. Watch Marquez vs Vasquez 4 live stream.

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To increase sales and expand Mazda’s market share in China, the carmaker is considering a plan to enter a new joint venture with its Chinese partner FAW Group. In 2003, Mazda first stepped into the Chinese market with its Mazda 6 via a technical cooperation with FAW.

However, media reports now say that Mazda has blamed its minor role in the partnership for limiting its development in China in the past few years. In addition, Mazda also has a venture with Ford Motor and Chongqing Changan Automobile in which it holds a 15% stake. Mazda has revealed that it seeks to split the three-way tie-up and instead form a 50-50 joint venture with Changan. This move comes as no surprise after Ford cut its stake in Mazda globally. An insider source has told the Shanghai Daily that a restructuring proposal that seeks to improve the efficiency of Mazda’s venture and strengthen its Chinese business has been submitted to the government.

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Source: Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots