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On-line voting for the All-Star Game ended on Thursday night. Results from the manager-coach-player voting are in house. That allows Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington to enter the final stage of filling out the American League All-Star team.
The fan voting determines the nine position-player starters, including designated hitter. The manager-coach-player voting will determine a backup at each spot other than pitcher along with eight pitchers: five starters and three backups. The final spot on the 34-man team will be determined by on-line voting among five candidates determined by Washington.
Washington will have seven choices. If form holds, he will have to ?use four of the picks to get the mandatory representative from clubs ignored in the voting. A year ago, the spurned four clubs were Baltimore, Kansas City, Minnesota and Oakland. Seattle could replace Baltimore, which has a strong candidate in closer Jim Johnson.
That would leave three wild-card picks again for Washington. A year ago, he had three choices and used each on a pitcher: Detroit closer Jose Valverde, Tampa Bay starter David Price and C.J. Wilson, then with the Rangers.
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A number of the performances are plain stunning - Aran and Joan, in particular, seem born to move - and in many ways watching the movie is like watching a sporting event; there are winners and losers and favorites to cheer on.
It's an intense journey, and Kargman captures it all, down to the dancers' bloodied and bruised feet.
Yes, it is possible to create a gripping documentary about the ballet world without resorting to "Black Swan" melodramatics.
Because its subjects are so driven and so talented, "First Position," which is about ballet, is more gripping than the norm.
It's in the quick audience-reaction shots of the young dancers' exultant parents and cringing private instructors that the movie finds its most nakedly human moments.
The film shows the grueling work it takes for young dancers like Zamora to look effortless on stage, and First Position shows teachers who range from supportive to borderline abusive.
Far from the dutiful progeny of "Dance Moms," these are individuals of uncommon skill, self-knowledge, maturity and drive. They're the real deal. And so is First Position.
All of the dollars and expertise that produced this summer's blockbusters could never produce a spectacle as wondrous as 11-year-old Aran Bell dancing his heart out.
Kargman ... brings a welcome empathy to this programmatic film that follows six hopefuls as they compete in something called the Youth America Grand Prix, which we're told is the most comprehensive ballet competition in the world.
The children are almost unearthly in their agility and elegance -- until they remove their shoes, and reveal their all-too-human abrasions and injuries.
It's a wealth of material at odds with a scant running time and shallow focus.
When it's over, you won't remember so much about who won and who lost. Instead, what remains is the expression on a young dancer's face, reflected in a mirror: showing the joy of being in love with what you do.
What we experience is the overwhelming thrill of the competition and the true agony of defeat.
It could very well compete for Best Documentary at next year's Academy Awards.
For someone (like me) who has never been to a ballet, the talent of these teens and tweens is a revelation.
It's 'Spartacus' en pointe.
Inspiring documentary about hardworking young dancers.
Almost loses its sense of good taste entirely in the final act, straining to build suspense and shape heroes. The bias hangs a little ugly in an otherwise passable, somewhat enlightening effort.
The cookie cutter format Kargman uses in presenting her subjects may be unoriginal but a safe way to introduce the filmmaker to her new audience.
Child ballet dancer and former journalist Bess Kargman brings a dancer's passion and insight to her directorial debut, illuminating the addictive magic and fierce demands of a ballet dancer's life.
Really, all of the dancers' evident passion for their art is, well, spellbinding.
These kids are proud of their tights.
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Nasty Gal?s Sophia Amoruso: Fashion?s New Phenom
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This is a guest post by Danny Rimer of Index Ventures.
It seems so appropriate now, given the nature of the company?s success story, that I first heard about Nasty Gal through word-of-mouth?as Martin Mignot, a colleague based in Index?s London office, told me about them. Martin?s girlfriend, Therese, frequented the site. Intrigued by the company?s brand appeal, Martin set up a call with Sophia Amoruso, Nasty Gal?s founder. After that first meeting, Martin told me that I really had to connect with Sophia myself?as soon as possible.
I vividly remember our first call. Sophia was in the middle of a hectic day. Speaking from her car, en route to Nasty Gal?s distribution center to check in on the status of some important shipments, she was also about to fire a senior member of her team.
I was struck by how measured her tone was as she recounted her day. When I asked for Nasty Gal?s financials, I was blown away, again struck by how matter-of-fact she was in delivering?the?numbers: $28m in revenue in 2011, up from $10 million in 2010, all without outside financing or marketing. I set up a follow-up meeting with her the next week on her trip to the Valley.
We met in the lobby of the Rosewood Hotel and Sophia talked me through her approach to e-tailing. The origin of the Nasty Gal brand was an eBay store that Sophia started in 2006, and I listened to how Sophia?s views about the intersection of e-commerce and fashion had evolved over time, as well as what drove her now.
It became very clear that our views about what was likely to work in the online fashion space were closely aligned. We agreed that e-tailing businesses are predicated on the best of what an offline business has to offer: great product,?great?brand loyalty, and a space to be social as well.?There are a lot of business model innovations in e-tailing right now, like flash sales, daily deals and celebrity endorsements, but the most successful ones have the same attributes as the most successful fashion brands?built purely on the quality of supply and the customer experience. By the end of the meeting, Sophia agreed that I, along with Martin and another colleague Tony Zappala, should spend a day at Nasty Gal?s offices.
I had seen similar types of offices when we first invested in Net-a-Porter and ASOS. But what jumped out at me, visiting Nasty Gal, was how everyone I met with knew what the priorities for the next twelve months were; how hard-working the staff was; and how convincing Sophia had been to bring them on board from retailers with bigger brands.
Afterwards, there wasn?t much of a debate between Tony, Martin and me. Nasty Gal is a?great?opportunity for a venture capitalist to discover: a clever and dedicated entrepreneur, a straightforward business model, and agrowing market filled with opportunity.?Incredibly, the company was built?on the?organic?relationship that Nasty?Gal?cultivated?with its audience.?Girls?visit?the site?for?content?first?a characteristic that major e-tailers aspire to, but one that few have been able to achieve.
We?ve been working with Nasty Gal for close to a year now, and the process has been a new experience for everyone involved. Since Sophia bootstrapped much of the business, many aspects of the next stage of scaling are new to her. On our end, we have committed to a more active form of investment. My colleague, Tony, moved his family to Los Angeles and is temporarily helping her build out a framework for scaling the business. And Sophia is ensuring that the business is growing in line with her vision?which is at the heart of Nasty Gal?s past successes, and which will be just as critical as the company charts its future growth.
Article source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2012/06/28/why-nasty-gal-landed-venture-capital-funding/
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Venezuela is proposing that OPEC adopt a band of prices for crude oil and hopes to return to prices of about $100 a barrel, the country's oil minister said Thursday.
Venezuela has proposed a price band of between $80 and $120 per barrel, but it remains to be seen in discussions among OPEC members what the range of permissible prices would be, Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez told reporters.
After he spoke, the price of oil hit an eight-month low as hopes dimmed for a solution to Europe's financial crisis. Benchmark U.S. crude lost $2.52, or 3.1 percent, to end at $77.69 per barrel in New York trading.
"The market must be protected from instability," Ramirez said. "We're talking about a band that has a ceiling and has a floor."
He said Venezuela is aiming for "an average price of $100 a barrel."
He said the South American country's government hopes there will be consensus within the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in order to stabilize prices.
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