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Here's a look back to 2015 with the "suberi combi". There's some cute stuff here: seifuku and fashionable wear. Enjoy!
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"Pharaoh no Haka" costume reveals!
The Morning Musume '17 musical just released photos of the girls in costume! Here's a look at the girls in their regalia …
(double cast)
Kudo Haruka (Taiyou no Shinden Hen)
Oda Sakura (Sabaku no Tsuki Hen)
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Hello! Project Power Rankings March 2016
Hello everybody, TheNumber244 reprinting my article from New School Kaidan here with the intention of bringing you up to date with the new month of Hello! Project rankings. With only one proper release on the schedule for March, it's pretty clear who is perched atop the rankings for the month. Still unseen on the rankings is Tsubaki Factory, who released an indie mini-album in March titled "Tsubaki Factory SOUND + VISION Vol.1" during the Satoyama/Satoumi/HinFes event mid month. Having not heard the release myself, I can't tell you much about it other than it contains their previous singles, "Seishun Manmannaka!" and "Kedakaku Sakihokore!", and covers of "17sai" by Moritaka Chisato and "Cabbage Hakusho ~Haru Hen~" by Peaberry.
Speaking of the HinaFes, the events of March centered around "Hello! Project Hina Fest 2016" on March 19 and 20 at Pacifico Yokohama. Coinciding with the Satoyama/Satoumi event at the same venue, HinaFes has become a sort of "Spring Road Show" for the Projects as the groups showcase their upcoming Spring singles. Solo and small group performances with participants decided completely by lottery add a specialness to the performances as the member combinations can be completely unpredictable yet surprisingly sensical. Spread among the four performance dates this year we got solo performances from Juice=Juice's Takagi Sayuki, Morning Musume '16's Fukumura Mizuki, Kobushi Factory's Ogawa Rena, and Angerme's Wada Ayaka. The small group performances brought us "trugranful" with Miyamoto Karin, Tamura Meimi, and Nakanishi Kana; "AAAa" with Uemura Akari, Suzuki Airi, Haga Akane, and Hamaura Ayano; "Tsubomi Factory" with Taguchi Natsumi, Nomura Minami, Niinuma Kisora, Inoue Rei, and Kamikokuryo Moe; and "6 Pack" with Katsuta Rina, Ogata Haruna, Yajima Maimi, Kishimoto Yumeno, Ishida Ayumi, and Kudo Haruka.The success of the event warranted another HinaFes in 2017, so I'll see you next March when I describe the next set of lottery-chosen performances.
And with HinaFes 2016 out of the way,
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Morning Musume '15 – "One and Only" [PV]
The final A-side of Morning Musume '15's 60th release takes on the form of "One and Only". A first for the group, "One and Only" is the first song by the group that features all English lyrics. The song provides the opening theme for NHK World's "J-MELO" music program, which coincidentally heavily features the girls of Morning Musume. If you look at the song in purely utilitarian mode, it makes sense that a show presented in English would have a title song in English. Of course, there are other forces at work here. As Morning Musume prepares itself for another concert in the English speaking world, sending out an upbeat and optimistic song like "One and Only" as its ambassador makes a great deal of sense.
Morning Musume '15 "Tsumetai Kaze to Kataomoi" [PV]
If you read through lyrics enough you eventually start to realize that although the lyrics seem like love songs to a boy or a girl, they're really written about something else. There's a joke that all the love songs written in the 1980's are really about cocaine, while the love songs of the 1990's are all about heroin – think about that the next time you listen to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On". So while "Tsumetai Kaze to Kataomoi" seems like it's written about a love interest boy or girl, Sayashi Riho and the members of Morning Musume '15 could just as easily be singing a song of unrequited love to Morning Musume itself.
Morning Musume '15 – "Endless Sky" [PV]
Morning Musume '15 is set to release their triple A-side "Tsumetai Kaze to Kataomoi / ENDLESS SKY / One and Only" on December 29- practically the eve of the graduation for one of their most talented centers. Sayashi Riho graduates on December 31 during the "Hello!Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2015 ~ GOOD BYE & HELLO ! ~" concert. Much could probably be said about Riho's graduation, and I hope over the next three articles I cover most of what needs to be said about the girl. As fitting with a graduation, a touch of sadness hangs at the fringe of every emotion. And, even as this song represents the optimism of such a drastic life change, the uncertainty looms just beyond the horizon.
Morning Musume '15 "Ima Sugu Tobikomu Yuuki" [PV]
Perhaps the loveliest promotional video of the year, Morning Musume '15 do an awful lot of stretching toward the light in "Ima Sugu Tobikomu Yuuki". The lovely painted sky from the title card doesn't lie; the orange creamsicle colored sky appears and reappears throughout the PV. The sunrise/sunset clearly means to suggest the beginning of a new era, but more on this later.
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Morning Musume '15 – "Sukatto My Heart" [PV]
I don't know if just the Hello! Project fandom that does this, but the subject of cheaply made promotional videos seems fascinate. I'm personally from the camp where spendthrift videos are welcome and the biggest sin is a distracting PV or (worse) a boring PV. Simplicity is a virtue, and "Sukatto My Heart" remembers this in the best way.
Morning Musume '15 – "Oh My Wish!" [PV]
Before you get anything accomplished with this song, you need to scream out loud "Damn! This is Suzuki Kanon and Kudo Haruka's song!"
The lead track from Morning Musume 59th single immediately hits with Zukki on the first scene. This is Suzuki Kanon after her weight loss campaign putting herself out there, and H!P staff seem happy to oblige. Now, I'm not a dieting blog, and I really never minded Zukki playing the chubby character. But, the pathos is real. Naturally, I support any positive health decisions the girls make, this one included. As for her talents, Suzuki Kanon's voice hung in the corner of the closet for a long time as a well-known secret weapon. Without enough opportunity to receive showcase, her vocals just hung there wasted. I guess her new body convinced the upstairs gentlemen that Morning Musume '15 won't get tagged as a "chubby girl idol group"
with Kanon out in the front.
Morning Musume '15 "Yuugure wa Ameagari" [PV]
Morning Musume '15 rounds out their April 15, 2015 triple A-side release with the Tsunku composition "Yuugure wa Ameagari". Like the bittersweet "Toki wo Koe Sora wo Koe", the grandmaster of Hello! Project fills this song with equal parts sorrow and hope, rain and sun, death and rebirth.
Starting with a solo piano.
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Whether you know it or not, you've admired the work of Leo Dillon and his wife Diane, whose artworks adorned many of science fiction and fantasy's most famous books. Leo Dillon, who died of cancer the other day, was the first African American artist to win a Caldecott Medal for children's book illustration — and then won it a second year in a row.
The New York Times obituary for Dillon is a must-read. Here's a selection:
The Dillons' work was characterized by stylistic diversity, with influences ranging over African folk art, Japanese woodcuts, old-master paintings and medieval illumination.
It was also noteworthy for the diversity of the people it portrayed. This was especially striking in the 1970s, when the Dillons began illustrating for children: until then, the smiling faces portrayed in picture books had been overwhelmingly white.
Their emphasis on inclusion sprang from their experience as an interracial couple. As they often explained in interviews, after their son, Lee, was born in the 1960s, they surreptitiously colored the skin of characters in the picture books they bought him, recasting them as black, Hispanic and Asian.
A lot of amazing Dillon art has been reposted around the Web in the past few days. Here are some of our favorites. Check the links for way more:
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Cape man injured in bicycle accident released from hospital
A Cape Coral bicyclist has been released from the hospital after nearly three months.
As of Tuesday, Edward J. Bergen, 56, of 614 S.E. 46th St., had been discharged from Lee Memorial Hospital, where he was transported following the accident Sept. 25 in southeast Cape Coral.
At 2:22 p.m., Bergen was riding a Huffy bicycle east on Southeast 47th Terrace along the north side of the road, traveling against the flow of traffic. As he proceeded into the intersection at Southeast Sixth Avenue, he was hit by a Nissan turning left onto Sixth from the eastbound lanes of 47th Terrace.
The front tire of Bergen's bicycle collided with the front bumper of the car, according to police.
Bergen was ejected from his bicycle onto the upper hood and lower windshield of the Nissan. After impacting the lower windshield, Bergen rolled off of the car and onto the pavement of the road.
Bergen sustained serious bodily injuries and was taken to the hospital with head trauma.
Police reported that Bergen was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The driver of the Nissan, Russell K. Smith, 69, of 222 S.E. 46th Lane, was not injured.
The accident is apparently not alcohol or drug related, according to police.


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Kid pics make B.O. pop
Family-friendly pics do not just appeal to moviegoers' values. According to a report, they also boost the bottom line.
The Dove Foundation's Film Profitability Study of 2012 examines the relationship between movies' MPAA ratings and profits. The findings indicate that although PG-13 movies make up an increasing share of major releases, kid-friendly productions tend to generate more profit than pics with content unsuitable for children.
According to the study, G-rated films garnered an average of $108.5 million in profit per film, while PG-rated pics generated $65.5 million. Edgier content often led to lower returns: $59.7 million for PG-13 pics and a dramatically lower $12.7 million on average for R-rated films.
The 2012 findings rep the third time the org has conducted such a study. The foundation examined the 200 most widely distributed pics for each of the five years from 2005 to 2009. Focusing on more than box office receipts, the report took into account all costs and revenues within two years of each pic's theatrical release, including marketing costs, exhibitor cuts, homevid sales, merchandise licensing and more.
Though the study suggests pics suitable for children are most profitable, they rep the smallest share of the pics studied, with 18% rated PG and only 3% rated G. PG-13 productions made up the largest share of releases with 41%, an increase from the 28% reported in 2005. At the same time, the share of R-rated pics decreased from 52% in the previous study to 38% today. (No NC-17 pics qualified.)
Based on his research, Dove co-founder and CEO Dick Rolfe suggests two possible explanations for the shift.
According to one possibility, "Hollywood wants to increase the sizes of its audience by making PG-13 movies," he says. Alternately, "The ratings now allow things in PG-13 movies that several years ago would only have been allowed in R-rated films."
To adjust for these perceived changes in MPAA ratings, the Dove Foundation also measures profitability using its own content approval system.
The org's reviews evaluate films looking at six categories: sex, violence, language, nudity, drug and alcohol use and a final category for "other objectionable content."
While Dove-approved pics took in approximately $90.8 million apiece in profit, others took in an average of $36.3 million.
Hoping the study provides an incentive for Hollywood to serve faith and family audiences, Dove wants to take the next step, offering advice to filmmakers and studios on content issues. Recently, the org worked with Fox Home Entertainment on an alternate Dove-approved version of "We Bought a Zoo" for Blu-ray and DVD.
"We stand ready to work with Hollywood in any capacity to help them improve their bottom line by reaching out to the audience we represent," Rolfe says.
Copies of the study will be available at Variety's Family Entertainment and Faith-Based Summit. Others can request a copy by emailing [email protected].
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10:30 a.m. Panel: State of Family- and Faith-based Entertainment
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12:15 p.m. Panel: The Opportunity in Faith-Friendly and Faith-Based Content
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Justin Theroux Lands in LA After a Bachelor Party in NYC
Did Justin Theroux Have a Bachelor Party in NYC?
Did Justin Theroux Have a Bachelor Party in NYC?
Justin Theroux touched down at LAX on Sunday night after a reported guys weekend in NYC. Over the weekend, Justin's friend Gavin McInnes posted a picture of Justin with his guy pals with the caption "Hunks" as well as a note about attending a bachelor party, which stirred speculation that the festivities could have been in honor of Justin's own bachelor party. The rumors were later put to rest by Gavin himself, who insinuated on his social media account that the bash he and Justin attended was not for Justin, but rather, for their mutual friend Scott Campbell, who's engaged to actress Lake Bell.
Justin stayed behind in NYC to partake in the male bonding after his fiancée, Jennifer Aniston, returned to LA following a stay in the Big Apple where she promoted her new web series for Living Proof. Ahead of Justin's guys weekend, the couple got in a bit of one-on-one time around the city. Jen and Justin shopped for furniture together on the Upper East Side and met up with friends for a sushi dinner at Nobu last week.


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Nothing says spring like a fresh iris bouquet. Irises bring out the purples, blues, and pinks of spring, while a white iris flower arrangement brings a touch of elegance to any room. The iris earned its name from the Greek Goddess Iris, a messenger who was known to use the rainbow as a bridge from heaven and earth. An iris bouquet is sure to cheer someone up or add a burst of color to their day. Find a beautiful iris arrangement at FTD.com.
Iris Flowers If you're looking for a way to show someone you care, send a beautiful bouquet of vibrant and colorful iris flowers. Derived from the Greek word meaning "rainbow", irises are found in soft blue and purple tones, yellows hues, white and a small variety of other colors. However, the most popular iris color used in these flower bouquets is blue. Maybe this is because not many flowers are actually found in a "true blue", meaning they do not have to be manipulated to produce this color. Iris flowers produce their blue hues naturally and abundantly. Send iris flower arrangements online for birthdays, 25th wedding anniversary or any special occasion that deserves a bright bouquet. Associated with meanings of faith, hope and wisdom, this elegant flower also bears more distinctive meanings based on its color and what part of the world it is being used in. Looking to surprise your wife with a bright bouquet? Blue flowers represent royalty, so there's no better way to make her feel like queen for a day. If you need a bouquet for a sympathy occasion or get well occasion, elegant white irises are ideal. Purple irises —the most popular color for these flowers—signify wisdom, royalty, or a compliment. Yellow irises symbolize passion, making them perfect for an anniversary or just because gifts. For a full meaning of the iris flower and its colors, visit our flower guide. ProFlowers takes special pride in skillfully arranging and packaging your iris bouquet with care. Our flowers are delivered fresh from the fields, so when your iris flowers arrive they're in bud form, ready to open up and come to life with a majestic display of color and beauty. Blue iris flower bouquets are perfectly beautiful to send alone, but they also make great bouquet companions with other flowers like lilies and tulips. See how bright red tulips against the blue iris hues for a bouquet that really shines. Or blue irises paired with yellow stargazer lilies delivers a spectacular gift filled with color and fragrance.


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Jay P. Richardson, son of early rock 'n' roll star "The Big Bopper," died this morning in Katy "after a long hard fight," according to his father's website.
Known around the world as "Big Bopper JR," JP was, in fact, the son of the legendary rock 'n roll artist, The Big Bopper, who is most well known as the singer of "Chantilly Lace." JP never got to know his dad because he was born some 80 days after his father was killed in a plane crash in Mason City, Iowa, after a performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa — a crash that also took the lives of Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens and became known as "The Day The Music Died."
Jay is survived by his wife Patty, sons Jay Jr. and Thomas, daughter Ashlyn, her husband Kevin Ray Adams, and grandchildren, including granddaughters Hadley and Justine, and grandson Jimmy.
Please keep JP and the Richardson family in your thoughts and prayers during this time. And if you'd like to send cards of sympathy or other fond memories, please send them to:
Big Bopper Music
P.O. Box 6926
Katy, TX 77491
Richardson, 54, had a heart pump installed in June. Information on services and a memorial is pending.
The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.) was born in Sabine Pass and is best-known for the classic "Chantilly Lace." He was killed Feb. 3, 1959 in a plane crash alongside Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.
The younger Richardson, who was born two months after his father's death, opened the Little Bopper Nightclub in 1991 in Katy. As recent as this year, he toured the country singing his father's songs on some of the same legendary stages. Richardson's 1997 CD, "The Legacy of the Big Bopper," featured covers of "Chantilly Lace," "Big Bopper's Wedding" and "White Lightning."
Richardson had his father's casket exhumed in 2007 from Forest Lawn Cemetery in Beaumont so a forensic anthropologist could confirm the cause of death. He was reburied in a new casket.


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Mets to host Sixth Annual Military Appreciation Night this Sunday, May 26 at Citi Field
Pre-Game Celebration will be one of the biggest gatherings of Military personnel over Memorial Day Weekend in New York City; Active Military personnel will be issued complimentary tickets day of game, tickets are on sale now at Mets.com and (718) 507-TIXX
The New York Mets in conjunction with the USO of Metropolitan New York today announced they will host their sixth annual Military Appreciation Night this Sunday, May 26 at Citi Field when the Mets host the Atlanta Braves at 8:05 p.m. With the cancelation of Fleet Week, the Mets pre-game celebration will be one of the biggest gatherings of military personnel over Memorial Day weekend in New York.
As for all Mets games at Citi Field, military personnel with active military identification will be issued a complimentary ticket day-of-game only in the Ticket Office lobby in the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, subject to availability. Tickets are also on sale at Mets.com and (718) 507-TIXX.
The Mets have donated more than 2,900 tickets to the USO for military personnel and their families to enjoy the special ceremonies honoring our troops and to watch the game.
The USO Show Troupe, formerly known as the Liberty Bells, will entertain the crowd before the game as well as sing God Bless America during the seventh inning stretch. Children of active soldiers along with Mets players will lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance, and Rear Admiral John Weigold, from Greenwich, Connecticut, will lead a joint re-enlistment and enlistment ceremony for more than 20 current and future members of the armed forces. Finally, a representative of each branch of the military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard - will simultaneously throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Veterans will have access to a variety of information and services on health care, higher education, financial assistance and potential employment opportunities before the game on Mets Plaza outside the Jackie Robinson Rotunda and during the game at the Bullpen Plaza. The following organizations will have representatives present to engage with veterans: The Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs, Weill Cornell Medical College, Program for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies, Veterans Administration New York Harbor Healthcare System, The Robin Hood Foundation, Single Stop USA, Workforce1, Food Bank for New York City, Dowling College and Saint Joseph's College.
"We are proud to salute our nation's military not only on Memorial Day weekend, but throughout the season," said Mets COO Jeff Wilpon. "It's important to honor and recognize the sacrifices our uniformed service men and women have made for our country and to support our veterans and their families in any way we can."
"We again look forward to another great military appreciation event with the New York Mets. They always have the back of all our active duty service members, veterans and their families," said Brian Whiting, USO of Metropolitan New York, CEO.
Mets Chairman & CEO Fred Wilpon and private citizens created Welcome Back Veterans, a national public awareness fundraising initiative that addresses the mental health needs of America's returning war veterans and their families. The Mets also highlight a "Veteran of the Game" at each home game at Citi Field.
In addition to ESPN, the Mets-Braves game will be shown on American Forces Network, which is broadcast in 175 countries and all the ships at sea.


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Amazon's Upstate workers outshine those in other states
A massive Amazon distribution center opened in the Upstate on Monday.
The million-square-foot facility is located off John Dodd Road in Spartanburg County. More than 400 people are employed at the distribution center, and the employees there have impressed the retail giant..
Monday was the official opening, though the center has been shipping packages since September.
Amazon officials said the employees at the center are not only talented, but efficient. They said the workers ship out orders 30 percent faster at the Upstate facility than at similar Amazon sites elsewhere in the country.
"Everything we heard about Spartanburg and the Upstate is true. There is a phenomenal workforce and great business community here," Mike Roth, with Amazon, said.


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GCH CH Unique Da Maya Dancing Queen
The Standard Poodle, GCH CH Unique Da Maya Dancing Queen, picked up her second BIS of the weekend at today's Mid-Hudson Kennel Association show in New Paltz NY. Judge Roland Pelland's RBIS was the Pomeranian, GCH CH Zeigen Aurora Australis.
Rounding out his seven were the Vizsla, GCH CH Lorac's Cap'n Jack Sparrow, the Bloodhound, GCH CH Quiet Creeks Double Or Nothing For Heather, the Newfoundland, GCH CH Avalon Bey's Little Bit Of Thunder CGC, the Kerry Blue Terrier, GCH CH Class Act By Hallsblu, and the Bearded Collie GCH CH Classical's My Turn.
Marcie now has two BIS and 16 Non-Sporting Groups this year. Look for this one this summer.


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California has a gapping hole – their government is much too big and it is sucking the life blood out of the California economy. The budget situation is so bad that they have resorted to issuing I.O.U.'s and using accounting tricks in an attempt to do anything but the right thing which is to shrink the size of government.
Even after all their latest tricks, their latest attempts at establishing a sustainable budget are simply falling way short. It's simple… you must spend less than you take in. That is true for your personal budget, it's true for a business's budget, and it's true for all government budgets despite what idiot Keynesian twisting politicians think or say.
California Budget Is Already in the Red 10 Weeks After Passage
By William Selway and Michael B. Marois
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will know within a month whether a $1.1 billion drop in revenue collections is part of a growing budget shortfall or an isolated event, his budget spokesman said.
Revenue in the three months ended Sept. 30 was 5.3 percent less than assumed in the $85 billion annual budget, state controller John Chiang reported yesterday. Income tax receipts led the gap, as unemployment reached 12.2 percent in August.
"The culprit here appears to be estimated quarterly personal income tax statements," H.D. Palmer, the governor's budget spokesman, said yesterday. "The numbers are cause for concern, but the issue now for us is to determine if this is a one-time event or whether it has more long-term implications."
The latest figures show that California is facing resurgent fiscal strains brought on by the U.S. recession. Since February, Schwarzenegger and lawmakers have cut $32 billion from spending, raised taxes by $12.5 billion and covered $6 billion more with accounting gimmicks and borrowing. Even with those actions, state budget officials predict an additional $38 billion in deficits in the next three fiscal years combined, including $7.4 billion in the year starting July 1.
Schwarzenegger must present a budget for the coming fiscal year in January. The state's Franchise Tax Board will deliver new data to the governor in November.
Debt Sales
The budget news comes as the most populous U.S. state prepares to sell as much as $15 billion of bonds in the next nine months to refinance debt and fund public-works projects, and as a surge in fixed-rate municipal issuance sent benchmark rates up by the most in almost four months.
California, already the largest borrower in the municipal market, may offer $4 billion of debt during the week of Oct. 26 to refinance the bonds used by Schwarzenegger to cover previous budget deficits. The budget enacted in July would allow the sale of as much as $11 billion more of general obligation bonds through the June 30 end of the fiscal year if financial markets allow, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer said. The exact sale amount hasn't been decided.
"If the market is inhospitable, we won't go," Lockyer said in an interview yesterday. "We'll just have to wait and see how the feelings are when we get ready to think about it again."
Additional bond sales by California would follow an offering of $4.1 billion of general obligation bonds this week.
Scaled-Back Offering
The state was forced to scale back the size of the deal by almost $400 million as benchmark yields surged. The yields climbed after gains in the tax-exempt market last week pushed them to a 42-year low.
California's sale follows a two-month rally in municipal bond prices, fueled by a record flow of money into mutual funds that outweighed lingering fiscal strains on localities, said Craig Elder at Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co.
U.S. Treasuries also fell, sending two-year notes toward their first weekly loss since the period ended Sept. 18. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank is ready to tighten monetary policy once the outlook for the economy improves.
California, a state that's been among the hardest hit by the recession, had already issued $22 billion of debt since March, including $8.8 billion of notes that provided the state with an advance on taxes collected next year.
Even after increasing what it would pay, California still borrowed more cheaply than during previous offerings. A taxable California bond maturing in 2039 yielded 7.23 percent this week, down from a yield of 7.43 percent during a sale in April.
"Everybody thinks there's still an appetite for California bonds," Lockyer said. "There's certainly a continuing need for long-term investments in schools, high-speed rail, stem-cell research centers and so on."
There is a limit to how much debt a government can "sell." California is bumping up against that limit now (California Bond Issuance = FAIL ).
Interest rates begin to rise as "investors" begin to see the risk involved. If the risk becomes too high, they will simply stop showing up altogether and then the only solution left will be to either do the right thing and shrink the size of government, or to do the worst thing and that's fall back on the lender of last resort, the Federal Government who is in worse shape than the State of California, the only difference being their ability to print money and to thus rob the American people of their productive efforts.
Printing money is not our government's latest trick, it's a time honored tradition that has brought down many governments throughout history…
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The Discovery Channel is persistently airing programs which spread propaganda
on the theory of evolution, presenting this theory to the public cloaked
as if it were scientific fact, even though in truth it is utterly lacking
in validity.
Nearly 150 years ago, Charles Darwin, living in a scientifically backward
age, first presented his theory of evolution, but by our day its façade
of validity has disintegrated like so much dust. Since his time, research
and experiments based on scientific and technological advances have definitively
shown that there is no scientific evidence to back up the theory. The
dogged attachment of certain groups to this theory show that they are
worried about their crumbling philosophies. For in the case of the materialists,
recognizing the failure of this theory would mean having to give up their
entire worldview, and so they continue to blindly support evolution despite
all its demonstrable failures.
The continued airings of programs on the theory of evolution on the Discovery
Channel prove nothing but the senseless refusal of some quarters to accept
that this theory has come apart at the seams. The real reason for these
cranked-out programs pushing evolution is the great anxiety caused by
the theory's collapse. The Discovery Channel and similar evolutionist
TV channels - like the National Geographic or PBS - strongly resist recognizing
the shortcomings and contradictions of the theory. By continuing to air
such programs, they think that they can also hoodwink the public into
ignoring the truth.
However, they should know that the public can sense their fear. Ordinary
people are becoming more and more interested in the scientific evidence
against the theory of evolution. They understand that efforts to continue
spreading evolutionist propaganda in order to bring this floundering theory
back to life are mere exercises in futility.
Today People Know More About the Theory of Evolution
People know very well the essence of the theory of evolution, which is
based entirely upon wishful thinking and unwarranted assumptions. The
propaganda methods employed ever since the era in which Darwin produced
this theory seem old and outdated today, much like the theory itself.
Mass communication technology has made refutations of evolution accessible
to everyone, sounding the death knell of a dogmatic secular priesthood
that before had taken advantage of people's ignorance of such matters.
A couple of decades ago, many people believed adages such as "only
scientists are qualified to pass judgment on these things," "whatever
scientists say is true," and "it's useless for ordinary people
to think about these subjects, they wouldn't understand anyway."
In the past, evolutionists easily spread their mass indoctrination by
successfully deterring people from research and independent thinking.
But today, people can easily find the facts they need through the Internet
and various other means. The facts about the fallacies of evolutionary
theory have become more accessible, thus stripping evolutionist propaganda
of its veneer of validity.
As an example of this, a recent documentary about Africa has the narrator
saying, "This place is where our ancestors lived," yet fails
to produce any evidence to back up this assertion, and then shows a magnificent
design found in nature but immediately misrepresents it as "a wonderful
product of evolution." The forcible working in of such just-so stories
is a good example of evolutionary propaganda. In such programs, even technological
advances are absurdly presented as "the product of evolution."
These programs on biology, space exploration, the human body, geology,
sociology and other fields all come around to promoting evolution through
assertions utterly lacking in scientific value. Still, all these efforts
cannot save the evolutionists from the dilemma they've put themselves
in. By making such groundless assertions, evolutionists may manage to
keep deceiving themselves, but they cannot escape the fact that their
theory is both unscientific and irrational.
People are quite aware that evolutionists have a limited store of bogus
evidence up their sleeves with which to defend themselves. And they also
know that this meager hoard of fake evidence has long since been proved
invalid by scientific research and study.
Difficult Questions
Even as they persist with their efforts to spread propaganda, evolutionists
should realize that people know about evolution and what they are up to.
People's awareness of this subject is growing all over the world. The
efforts of evolutionists have been rendered impotent by a number of valuable
projects pursued in recent years. At one point or another, most people
have been exposed to various books or other media discussing creation
and exposing the theory of evolution as nothing more than a hoax. These
books, magazines, documentaries and audiotapes laying out the case for
creation have reached far and wide, to cities and towns throughout the
world. A huge cross-section of the population - including middle and high
school students, university graduates and working people who attended
gatherings on the subject - have had the chance to see for themselves
that the theory of evolution is nothing but a fraud. Those who imagine
that people could be deceived by such hollow lies are gravely mistaken.
Those who work to spread the Darwinist propaganda must face countless
embarrassing questions that cry out for answers. For the general public
has become well informed, and so has begun questioning and doubting this
unscientific theory for themselves. Below are just a few of the pressing
questions which need answering:
- Just how did thousands of different proteins come into existence when
even the random formation of a single solitary protein is clearly mathematically
- If in the distant past a cell was formed through chance under the most
primitive conditions, why can't we manage to create a cell in today's
high-tech, modern laboratories?
- How were the complex systems in cells formed?
- The fossil record shows that some species underwent no change at all
for millions of years. How did these species survive down to our day without
- Where can we find the transitional fossils showing the transformation
of one species into another? How did so many different classes of animals
suddenly emerge in the Cambrian age without any documented ancestors in
the fossil record?
- How does the mechanism of natural selection explain the irreducibly
complex designs of living things?
- How can you possibly account for intentional acts of self-sacrifice
seen across the animal kingdom?
- How did lifeless, unconscious atoms somehow gather together to form
conscious organisms?
- How did unconscious atoms come to form humans with the ability to think,
feel, experience pleasure, work, create and make discoveries?
These and many other similar questions have yet to be satisfactorily
answered despite 150 years of research and experimentation into evolution
and ample opportunity to do so. If the evolutionists are sincere in their
beliefs, then by all means they should supply clear answers to each of
these questions, one by one, without resorting to any tricks. If they
feel it necessary, they should bring their most reputable scientists onto
television shows to face the cameras and answer this multitude of questions.
These proponents of evolution should review books that clearly challenge
their theory and address the explanations contained therein, point by
point, in order to disprove them. But they are doomed to failure, for
evolutionist dogma can never withstand these clear refutations of evolution.
For instance, these evolutionists constantly speak of a somewhat miraculous
force of "nature" that supposedly triggered the process of evolution,
but they are unable to explain its main mechanisms and just how this process
took place. Instead they try to mislead people through just-so stories,
mainly based on scenarios of organs or traits appearing due to the needs
of plants and animals. For example, an "explanation" on the
origin of flight such as, "Terrestrial reptiles, while chasing flies,
tended to develop proto-wings" is a totally unscientific scenario.
For the "need" for a wing does not create it. Mutations do not
occur to answer the needs of organisms. And when they occur, they do not
add any new genetic information to the genome - so they don't result in
Another misleading rhetorical trick used to explain the origin of species
is to speak as if the animals themselves were responsible for their supposed
"evolution". You might hear sentences like "birds acquired
wings" or "fish developed fins." Of course, the evolutionists
are aware that animals can't design or develop their bodies, but in order
to avoid terms such as "design" or "creation," they
prefer to invoke self-design or self-creation, which are both ridiculous
Invoking "chance" is another ridiculous idea, in face of the
amazing and irreducible designs in living things which are clearly designed
for a purpose. "Chance" is in fact the worst answer, because
it is refuted by mathematical calculations alone.
Evolutionists keep on parroting the same tired, discredited attempts
at explanation, and trying to brainwash the public into believing them,
and imagining that they can transform fantastic fabrications into facts.
But telling the same fairy tale over and over again ad nauseam doesn't
change the fact that it's a fairy tale, with no relation to reality. A
fairy tale stays a fairy tale no matter what you do. If you tell someone
the same lie every day, day in and day out, it will never become the truth.
If you say, "The sun doesn't rise in the morning" every day,
and even if you kept on repeating this phrase for years and years and
decades on end, the sun would still rise every morning, and everyone would
know it.
If they are truly sincere in their mistaken convictions, the Discovery
Channel and other evolutionist TV channels should respond to this message
and do so using scientific methods. They must account for the inconsistencies
of this theory, the ones which even secondary school students can see
through, and they should publicly defend their views on a scientific platform.
Otherwise they must accept the truth that the theory of evolution is losing
ground with each new scientific discovery and that the inevitable paradigm
shift in science will soon result in the acceptance of Intelligent Design,
i.e. Creation.
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Sam Mendes talks to MTV about his adaptation of the graphic novel "Preacher", including when we can expect it and whether or not there will be a sequel.
Buried in this interview with Brett Easton Ellis is news about "Silent Hill 2", weird huh? The news is that, according to Ellis, Roger Avary (writer of the original SH film) will be jumping behind the cameras for the sequel. Originally Avary had said that he wouldn't write the film unless the director of the first Christophe Gans returned, but if this news is true it looks like he may have changed his tune.
For serious, people, how many trailers for "Blood: the Last Vampire" have I posted about now? I know a lot of you are anticipating this title, I'm just wondering if this isn't overkill at this point.
Paul Scheer joins the cast of "Piranha 3D". Scheer (Human Giant, Best Week Ever), brings even more comedic talent to a film that's already looking silly as hell. Is it possible that they'll overshoot the "camp" mark and ruin it? Either way, I know I can' wait to find out!
Tons of behind the scenes photos from "Saw VI", including head shots of all the new cast members and some nice BTS shots. Enjoy.
The poster for Richard Kelly's "The Box" (link fixed) features a big, terrifying picture of... Cameron Diaz's face. Yikes.
The remake of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" is on hold while they see how "The Wolfman" remake does. The creature design is already done, and at this point they're just waiting for the go-ahead from the studio.
Radha Mitchell seems genuinely upset in this interview that although a sequel to "Silent Hill 2" is in development, the original director probably won't return. Which leads me to believe she never actually saw the original film, which was a steaming pile of the highest order.
If you're interested, there's two new "H2" videos floating around this morning. You know, in case you really wanted to hear an interview with a 19 year old girl about a sequel to a remake to a film that she had probably never seen or heard of before signing on to star in it. Who wouldn't want to do that?
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Was told that he was banned from shouting instructions from the bench by Martinez
These discussions about Big Dunc are weird. It's like blaming the kid with the towel for Henman not winning Wimbledon.
I just see him sitting on the bench chatting shite to Allardyce.
Only because Martinez was on a power trip. No one was allowed a voice apart from him. This extends to players in the dressing room, a culture he eradicated from Moyes' days. Not a reflection on DF in the slightest.Taken with a massive pinch of salt, the latest FM has Ferguson's coaching potential as being sky high. It does make me wonder how they measure this, and whether it is anywhere near as accurate as player stats employed by the game.
He keeps having a pop at me for trying to turn Aaron Lennon into a full back. He's having none of it.
You just blamed him for talking shite! ! 😲
You need to look up the definition of blame
Nobody has blamed him for anything, where do you get that from ? People simply asking what he does, do you know ?
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If one thing is certain about Thursday's vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Republican challenger Paul Ryan, it's that their lone showdown this fall is shrouded in uncertainty.
On one hand, there's Biden: the incumbent vice president whose assets as a folksy and aggressive advocate for President Barack Obama are undercut by instances in which he veers badly off-message.
On the other, there's Ryan: the Wisconsin congressman who has cultivated a reputation as a budget wunderkind, but must now answer not just for his own ambitious reforms, but also for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's somewhat different proposals.
After a debate last week in which Romney was widely regarded as having bested Obama, the pressure is on Biden to land a blow on Ryan, and, by extension, Romney. The GOP, meanwhile, has hopes of adding momentum to the ticket with a strong outing by Ryan.
Related: Despite age gap, some similarities between Biden and Ryan
Here is a look at five factors for each candidate that could determine tonight's outcome.
The vice president's reputation for verbosity has dogged him since at least his 1987 run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
When asked by moderator Brian Williams, quoting an LA Times editorial, about whether voters could trust him to maintain discipline as president, Biden responded, with a grin: "Yes."
The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd previews Thursday's high-stakes vice presidential debate.
This was "Good Biden" – the self-deprecating politician beloved by fans for his jokes about his sparse coiffure and his puppy-dog courtship of his wife Jill.
More than five years later, as he readies to debate Ryan, Biden will undoubtedly face similar perceptions about his verbal discipline. From lamenting that the middle class has been "buried the last four years" to telling a heavily black audience that Republican banking policies would "put y'all back in chains," the "Bad Biden" has made his campaign speeches tub-of-popcorn-worthy viewing for gleeful Republican operatives.
Slideshow: Biden on the campaign trail
With that, here's a list of five things to watch during the upcoming VP debate:
Latching Romney to the Ryan budget
Biden told reporters last week that his top priority in preparing for the Thursday debate was a thorough review of Ryan's budget and policy proposals.
"What I've been doing mostly quite frankly is studying up on Congressman Ryan's positions on the issues," he said. "And Governor Romney has embraced at least everything I can see."
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Foremost among those positions espoused by Ryan are those contained in the two budgets he authored as House Budget Committee chairman. Several aspects of the original 2011 Ryan budget – which includes a complete overhaul of Medicare – are staples in Biden's stump speech. He gives visceral examples, telling audiences to imagine their 80-something mothers using "coupons" to shop around for a good insurance deal.
The more Biden is able to make the debate about the consequences of the less palatable elements of Ryan's budgets, the easier the Obama campaign will breathe.
Nothing but the truth
Biden has no shortage of lines, tested during months on the campaign trail, which he's ready to deploy Thursday against the Romney-Ryan ticket.
The vice president will be eager to paint Ryan as having a difficult relationship with the facts, from casting blame for the failure of the Simpson-Bowles fiscal commission to Ryan's bogus marathon time. But not all of Biden's claims have been given an A+ rating by third parties, even as the VP has continually and publicly begged the press to check his facts.
His assertion that Medicare would "go bankrupt" by 2016 under a Romney-Ryan plan has been deemed an exaggeration. And his claim that the GOP duo would necessarily raise taxes on Social Security benefits is, at best, subject to the eye of the beholder.
But Biden says he is insisting on accuracy in Kentucky, telling reporters last week: "I don't want to say anything in the debate that's not completely accurate."
Slideshow: On the Trail
No matter what, the issue of credibility will be front-and-center in Danville as Republicans keep an eye out for any sign of exaggeration – especially given the standard he's set for himself.
Impact of interviews
Biden has largely been shielded from journalists' questions since veering off-message and pronouncing his support for same-sex marriage on "Meet the Press," stepping on the president's own announcement of support for marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples.
The vice president has occasionally taken questions from the traveling press corps following him on the trail and sat for some local interviews earlier this year, but it's far from Biden's record as one of the more prolific political interview subjects on network television.
And Biden's recent exposure to the media is easily outpaced by Ryan, whose team has been happy to point out the staggering amount of local interviews he's done since being picked as the vice presidential nominee in August.
Biden is apt to be rusty when it comes to challenges from the press. Many of his headline-grabbing statements – including the "chains" and "buried" comments – have never been explained by the VP himself in an interview setting.
Experience and appearance
To uninformed viewers, the visual optics in this year's vice presidential debate may not look that much different from four years ago, when Biden debated a fresh-faced Sarah Palin and faced a directive to avoid being condescending to the then-Alaska governor.
Like Palin, Ryan is an attractive, young newcomer to a national audience, but, unlike Palin, Ryan shares some common experience with Biden despite the decades that separate them.
Both men are Capitol Hill wonks who are readily acquainted with the hallways of Congress, and have worked extensively on budget matters like the Simpson-Bowles deficit plan and "supercommittee" negotiations, which each failed.
And although Ryan is a relative newcomer to foreign policy – an area where Biden established himself as a senator – he will be able to speak with more authority than Palin about the situation on the ground in the Middle East. Ryan has visited Iraq once and Afghanistan three times, with his most recent trip last year. That's a fraction of the visits by Biden, who's been to both countries a combined 20 times, but Ryan's experience doesn't quite invite the "I can see Russia from my house!" parody that so bedeviled the 2008 Republican VP candidate.
Biden's verbal crutches
The vice president has been long parodied for the overuse of his favorite adverbs and turns of phrase. Biden uttered the word "literally" so many times during his Democratic convention speech that the Obama campaign purchased Twitter ads for social media users searching for the word.
But a focused Biden doesn't always rely on his infamous verbal crutches. In his 2008 debate against Palin, he used the word "literally" only once in 90 minutes. "Ladies and gentlemen" and "folks" garnered only a few utterances, and not once did Biden profess that one of his claims was in fact "not hyperbole." (The less frequently noticed "fundamental" did, however, get some healthy overuse from the longtime senator.)
Paul Ryan has been preparing for the most important moment of his political career – his debate Thursday evening versus Vice President Joe Biden – since the conclusion of the Republican National Convention in August.
In one debate prep session after another – in Oregon, Washington, DC, a resort in a remote part of Virginia and Florida – Ryan has been practicing for the only vice presidential debate of the cycle for weeks. The Wisconsin congressman has dedicated most of his time away from official events reading briefing books or holding mock debates versus Ted Olson, the former solicitor general and stand-in for Biden.
Related: Ryan brings policy details, but supplies Biden with a big target
With that in mind, here are five things to watch tonight in Danville, KY:
Living up to the moment
Ryan might have served as a Wisconsin congressman for the past 14 years, but Thursday night's debate will be the first time he has debated with the entire nation watching.
Ryan has sparred plenty with other members of Congress on the House floor and debated at least eight times with congressional candidates. But Biden is a far more seasoned debater, and the stakes this time for Ryan far exceed any of his previous debates.
Accordingly, the Romney campaign – along with Romney and Ryan – are downplaying expectations for the big debate.
"Obviously, the vice president has done, I don't know, 15 or 20 debates during his lifetime, experienced debater. This is, I think, Paul's first debate. I may be wrong. He may have done something in high school, I don't know," Romney said Tuesday on CNN.
Slideshow: Ryan on the campaign trail
Ryan told reporters inside an ice cream shop in Florida Wednesday: "Look, Joe Biden has been on this stage many times, this is my first time so sure it is a nervous situation because Joe Biden is one of the most experienced debaters we've had in modern politics. But the Achilles heel he has is President Obama's record and I am really looking forward to giving the American people a very clear choice. "
Playing to his strengths: the budget
As the chairman of the House Budget committee, Ryan knows about the budget better than almost anyone in politics. Luckily for Ryan, Romney's main message centering on dollars and cents, a topic Ryan is very comfortable discussing.
But while Ryan knows the budget well, he's also a wonk. He won't have a PowerPoint presentation available to help viewers understand trend lines and numbers,
His challenge will be to keep his answers simple enough so that people watching will actually understand the somewhat dense concepts.
Attacking Biden
Romney and Obama rarely attacked each other directly during last week's presidential debate, focusing instead on policy differences.
It's unlikely this trend will continue Thursday evening, as both Ryan and Biden face pressure to play "attack dog," a more traditional role for a running mate.
One way that Ryan might go at Biden would be to revive comments made by the VP that the middle class was "buried" during the Obama administration.
Ryan told a crowd in Burlington, IA last week: "Vice President Biden just today said that the middle class over the last four years has been quote "buried' -- we agree! That means we need to stop digging by electing Mitt Romney the next President of the United States. Of course the middle class has been buried. They are being buried by regulations, they are being buried by taxes…they are being buried by borrowing, they are being buried by the Obama administration's economic failures."
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As for Ryan, he believes Biden will hit back, telling WTMJ: "We think he's probably going to come at me like a cannonball."
How well Ryan is prepared for and handles attacks could influence the debate's outcome.
Foreign policy credentials
When Romney chose Ryan as his running mate, one of the biggest questions involved Ryan's experience (or lack thereof) on the topic of foreign policy.
While Ryan has been to Iraq and Afghanistan a combination of four times as a lawmaker and deals with foreign policy matters as the House Budget Chairman, his experience hardly compares to Biden's, a former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who has been an influential adviser to the president on foreign policy and national security.
Ryan has been studying on foreign policy during most of the past few months as the vice presidential nominee. Dan Senor, the Romney campaign's leading foreign policy adviser, has been traveling alongside Ryan heavily since the VP announcement.
In the recent weeks, the GOP VP nominee has gotten much more comfortable answering questions regarding foreign policy – on Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and Israel. One of the bigger questions regarding Ryan involves whether this newfound ease emerges while sparring with Biden.
Letting 'Paul be Paul'
Ryan's Midwestern earnestness frequently manifests itself on the campaign trail, when he always uses 'please' and 'thank you' and 'I'm sorry' while speaking to crowds across the country.
But a debate often isn't the most polite of environments, prompting a key question: Will Ryan act differently?
"I'm not really a line guy. I'm more of a gut guy," Ryan said about the upcoming debate on Sept. 30 on Fox News. "I don't try to be anybody other than who I am. I believe in what I believe. I do what I do. And I really believe in the policies we're providing, that we're pursuing. And at the end of the day, I'm just going to go in there and be me."
Given that Romney's relatability has been one of the GOP nominee's chief struggles, it's all the more important that Ryan make up for Romney in that regard.
As a charismatic husband and father of three, avid hunter, and down-to-earth politician who maintains his Wisconsin residence, Ryan's personality and humor usually come through during campaign rallies and especially on the ropeline. The challenge will be making sure this personality of the potential next vice president shows through Thursday and into the homes of the millions of Americans watching on TV.


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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- ABC has dodged two scheduling bullets as President Obama's State of the Union won't conflict with the return of "Lost" while "FlashForward" is being pulled away from FOX's "American Idol."
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters on Friday the president's speech definitely won't be on February 2. "I don't foresee a scenario in which millions people who hope to finally get some conclusion with 'Lost' are preempted by the president," he said. "You can quote a senior administration official."
Meanwhile, "FlashForward's" return has been pushed two weeks to Thursday, March 18 at 8:00/7:00c. The delay allows the freshman drama to avoid FOX's two planned Thursday airings of its "Idol" juggernaut.
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Why split-training?
Whole body workouts are oft touted as an excellent way to design your training, and so they are if you're a beginner. It's the best way to get started at lifting weights. However, you progress in your training as your body adapts and there comes a point when a whole-body training routine is no longer adequate to sufficiently exhaust your muscles. One session of bench press is no longer enough to make your pecs grow. Even if you add another one or two exercises, you then become to exhausted to work other bodyparts. Other muscles will also require more exercises. Remember, your training session cannot last forever. So the natural extension of a whole body workout when this is no longer enough to make you grow is to split it up.
What is split training?
In split-training routines, you will train different body parts on separate days. You may train every single body part on its own on an individual day or more commonly, group 2 or more together. Knowing how to group them together is what we are going to explain here. You don't do it randomly but rather look at your goals, your priorities and your restrictions and which muscles need more attention.
Rest time
Don't train the same muscle again if it is still aching from the build-up of lactic acid. Give it 2 days or more to rest, depending on how brutal your training was and how big the muscle group is.
Number of sessions
Find out how many days per week you can dedicate to the gym. Some people who make a living at lifting weights will spend several hours everyday; the common man on average spends 3 days a week.
Length of session
You shouldn't also train for longer than 1 hour per session, so this will limit the number of exercises and muscle groups you can train.
Muscle priority
If your chest is lagging behind other muscle groups, then you will wish to train it first, or on its own.
Your goal
What do you seek to achieve by lifting weights? More power? Bigger muscles? More endurance or definition? Losing weight? Your goal will determine what exercises you perform and how you perform them. For example, if you want raw power, you will lift heavy at very low reps. Endurance: light weight, high reps to keep you going.
Let's have a look now at the different ways you can split up your training.
Upper-lower body split
This is just one step ahead of the whole body programme. You simply train legs on a different day. Your legs have the biggest muscle group in your body and squats are particularly demanding on the whole body. So by giving it a dedicated day, you not only provide it with the full attention it deserves but also take off some pressure on other muscle groups. However, working arms, chest and back together is still a lot.
Push-pull training
This is a simple one in concept. Train all pulling muscles in one session and all pushing muscles in another. So chest, triceps, shoulders and quads together, back, biceps and hamstrings on another day. You can't work the triceps or biceps first. When you work the chest, your triceps become the weakest link in the chain so you don't want to exhaust them first or you will never be able to sufficiently stimulate your pecs. Similarly with pecs and shoulders and with shoulders and triceps.
Chest, back and legs split
Next one down the list is to separate the three biggest muscle groups. Each will have its dedicated day, usually with a least a full day rest in between. This split is ideal for those training 3 times a week. You will be working your triceps and shoulders on chest days and your biceps on back days. The advantage is that your arm muscles will already be warmed up so you will need to spend less time on them. However, the weakest link in the chain is still there.
Chest-biceps, back-triceps, legs-shoulders
Here you swap days for biceps and triceps if they need particular attention. Work your triceps when you work your back, your biceps when you train your chest so they do not interfere with each other. Legs and shoulders have nothing in common either.
Chest, back, arms and legs-shoulders
In this split, you train over 4 days and dedicate a day to arms. When you train both biceps and triceps in the same session, you have the opportunity to do supersets or even giant sets. By training only your pecs and only your back, you are able to give them your full attention.
Chest-back and legs-shoulders-arms
This is my current split. I work out 3 days a week and follow this 2-day split so that I end up working each muscle more frequently instead of having to wait a full 7 days. I was previously working chest and back on separate days and working heavy, so now I go light and work them in supersets. My arms already get some stimulation from back and chest days, so when I work them again on leg days, I need to make sure they get plenty of rest in between. That's why they are at the end of the routine. Sometimes, I might even do one less exercise for the arms. My shoulders get plenty of attention and sometimes I even work them before legs.
Customised training
By this I mean that you can group body parts in any way you like according to your own individual needs and priorities. If you want well-developed biceps, you could train them first or even dedicate a whole day to them. You could work legs and back (maybe too tiring), legs and chest, shoulders and biceps, or any combination you can think of. If you work over 5 days, you can have chest, back, shoulders, legs and arms days. You could also have chest-biceps, back-triceps, shoulders and legs days, a very effective combination that doesn't use exhausted muscles in the same session.
Smaller muscles
I didn't mention small muscles such as calves, abs, forearms and even the bigger glutes (bum muscles). Many of you might not even train them at all and there is no necessity to do so. They get stimulated during compound exercises such as the squats and the back row. If you do want to train them, calves and glutes will go on leg days of course and forearms usually with biceps, however, because they are small, they will have a smaller impact on your training and your overall body development, as long as you don't train them before the major muscle groups. So you can train them in any session you see fit to add them.
Whatever body part combination you come up with for your split training routine, make sure there is a reason and a goal behind it.


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United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 November as World Television Day. In recognition of the increasing impact television has on decision-making by bringing world attention to conflicts and threats to peace and security and its potential role in sharpening the focus on other major issues, including economic and social issues.
World Television Day is not so much a celebration of the tool, but rather the philosophy which it represents. Television represents a symbol for communication and globalization in the contemporary world.
Impact of Television on Our Lives
The world today is controlled by advancements in technology. We live in a society that depends on information technology and communications to perform its daily activities, including work, entertainment, education, health care, personal relationships, travel, and many other pursuits.
Everything we experience through television shapes and influences our lives. Television educates, informs, entertains, instructs, and influences us in so many ways. The youth are greatly influenced by images and we can expect new value systems to emerge among them.
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The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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April 19, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Thursday, repeating until December 20, 2018
Toddler Art Adventures is a weekly open studio for toddlers (caregivers required!) to get messy, creative and explore. Interact with new materials and new friends!
This event is FREE but we welcome a $5 suggested donation to continue growing programming like this!
We have no age limits and welcome all caregivers to stop by and see if the environment is right for your little person.
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Last Toddler before Winter Break 12/13/18
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This has happened to me quite a lot.
Would like to see the repair tool fix my broken turret or tracks, as whilst I am being repaired by a teammate I still have to repair myself for the turret and tracks. Seems a bit pointless really, I know you can't fully heal yourself up to full health with self heal but it would make a squaded tank much more effective.
Maybe a support trait that fixes these elements?
Noodlesocks wrote: »
StealthAria wrote: »Maybe not the turret, but definitely the tracks and engine. Though I often find myself wishing armor couldn't roll off without me while I'm trying to fix it, really annoying when I'm trying to keep my cover and supporting arty up and it runs away right as another shell comes flying in.
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This does seem like an oversight. I don't really see an issue with this and, if they are particularly scared of changing things, they could just make it so that you cannot repair disabled modules until the vehicle has reached 100% HP. In other words, you heal the vehicle to full and continue to repair, only for another meter to pop up and display the progress on repairing a specific module. They then could establish an order of repairs from most-to-least important (with tracks/engine likely taking the top spot). The process repeats itself until the vehicle is free of disabled modules.
Well, that, or they could just show the same icon to the support player that they show to the driver (the little tank with treads, turret, and such). The red sections could disappear, one at a time, as you continue to use the repair tool. Hell, if they REALLY wanted to go crazy (and make me a happy camper), they could make it so that the support player has to go up to each damaged part with their torch. This could be rewarded with a big chunk of points (with any relevant squad bonuses).
I doubt any of this will happen, but a man can dream.


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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Tuesday laid out his vision for the future of foreign aid, one tied closely to his domestic policy prescriptions which promote the power of free enterprise and of hard work to lift people out of poverty.
In an address to one of the nation's pre-eminent philanthropic groups, the Clinton Global Initiative (the namesake group of former President Bill Clinton), Romney outlined a foreign aid strategy that would emphasize public and private partnerships to boost the economies of developing nations.
"For American foreign aid to become more effective, its got to embrace the principles that you see in these global initiatives," Romney said, referring to his host, the Clinton Global Initiative's annual conference. "The power of partnerships, access the transformative nature of free enterprise, and leverage of the abundant resources that can come from the private sector."
Romney then outlined his views on foreign aid, which he said should be tied to the opening of markets in developing nations. The GOP presidential candidate argued that foreign aid — coming from either government or private investments -- should be focused on developing long-term economic opportunity so that the money that is spent has a better chance of making a lasting difference.
"A temporary aid package can give an economy a boost. It can fund projects. It can pay some bills. It can employ some people for a time," Romney said. "But it can't sustain an economy — not for the long term. It can't pull the whole cart, if you will — because at some point, the money runs out.
The former private equity CEO then debuted a new model of public and private development in his speech, which he referred to as "Prosperity Pacts."
"To foster work and enterprise in the Middle East and in other developing countries, I will initiate something I'll call 'Prosperity Pacts.' Working with the private sector, the program will identify the barriers to investment, trade, and entrepreneurship and entrepreneurialism in developing nations," Romney said. "In exchange for removing those barriers and opening their markets to U.S. investment and trade, developing nations will receive U.S. assistance packages focused on developing the institutions of liberty, the rule of law, and property rights."
"We will focus our efforts on small and medium-size businesses. Microfinance has been an effective tool at promoting enterprise and prosperity, but we've got to expand support to small and medium-size businesses that are oftentimes too large for microfinance, but too small for traditional banking," he continued.
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The 20-minute speech by the GOP challenger to President Barack Obama marked perhaps his most detailed presentation of how the United States might interact with the developing world in a Romney administration. It came just hours before Obama was set to address the United Nations general assembly across midtown Manhattan, in a stretch of campaigning in which foreign policy has supplanted the economy as the election's driving force.
Romney was introduced in his remarks by former Clinton, who has assumed an outsized role in the presidential race in recent weeks, as the Romney campaign elevated the former president in an effort to paint Obama as too liberal and far outside the centrist Clinton tradition. Clinton only turned about to offer an outspoken defense of Obama at the Democratic National Convention, a stirring speech which many analysts credit for boosting Obama's poll numbers immediately thereafter.
Taking the podium, Romney joked about his host's warm introduction.
"If there's one thing we've learned in this election season by the way, its that a few words from Bill Clinton can do a man a lot of good," Romney deadpanned, continuing as the laughter in the room subsided. "All I've gotta do now is wait a couple of days for that bounce to happen."


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I first noticed this yesterday where every search for "storage + city" returned a 3-pack result regardless of the city that was searched (ie storage Toronto, storage Detroit, storage Miami etc etc etc ). This was true even on international searches like storage Paris, Fr.This change apparently occurred about two weeks ago and despite doing a range of searches both logged in and not, the "storage + city" never returned a Blended Result nor a Pack other than the 3-Pack.
While this search result was strange enough, today at least, many search results that were returning 7 Blended results or the 7-Pack are now returning many fewer pinned results.
So my questions for you:
1)Are any of you in the storage business and how long have you been seeing this 3-pack only result?
2)For all of you, are your local searches now returning fewer pinned results in the main SERPS?Is Google Reducing the Local Search Result Footprint? by Mike Blumenthal


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Florence Henderson, who played one of television's most wholesome mothers, has died.
She was surrounded by family and friends, her manager Kayla Pressman confirmed in a statement.
Heart failure is believed to be the cause of death.
Henderson, 82, was best known for playing matriarch Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch between 1969 and 1974.
She had also made appearances on The Love Boat, Ally McBeal, 30 Rock and the US version of Dancing With The Stars.
According to IMDb.com, Henderson was twice married with four children.
Florence Henderson was a dear friend for so very many years & in my #RIPFlorence
— Maureen McCormick (@MoMcCormick7) November 25, 2016
Florence Henderson, the mom on The Brady Bunch, just died.
Don't worry only 36 days, 22 hours, 42 minutes, 43 seconds until 2016 is OVER.
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) November 25, 2016
So terribly sad to hear of the passing of the great Florence Henderson. It was a true honor to have known and worked with her. pic.twitter.com/bhgLigHEI4
— Al Yankovic (@alyankovic) November 25, 2016
Mrs Brady
Florence Henderson was pretty cool. pic.twitter.com/rz1sQ7nZCF
— ✭Dallas Daze✭ (@fanofsport4u) November 25, 2016


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WASHINGTON — Jim DeMint, the Tea Party kingmaker who announced his resignation from the U.S. Senate Thursday to head a Washington-based conservative think tank, left an indelible mark on the world of Pennsylvania politics.
It was DeMint, who during the infancy of the Tea Party movement in 2009 carved out a role as the far right's political leader and in that capacity chased Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter from the Republican Party.
Specter, who had angered many in his party for voting with Democrats and the White House on the economic stimulus law, was facing a GOP primary rematch from conservative-favorite Pat Toomey. It was already promising to be an uphill fight - he'd only beat Toomey narrowly five years earlier - but one afternoon off the Senate floor, DeMint made clear just how difficult it would be for Specter.
DeMint told Specter he'd be backing Toomey in the primary. "He barely made eye contact, but I continued," DeMint wrote in his 2011 book. "(I said,) 'I value your friendship.' He cut me off and said, 'I've heard enough,' then stood up and walked away."
Not long after that exchange, Specter, knowing his career wouldn't survive a bruising battle with Toomey, switched political parties only to lose the Democratic primary to Joe Sestak. In Specter's final floor speech, he took a swing at DeMint, though of course not by name.
"Senators have even opposed their own party colleagues in primary challenges. That conduct was beyond contemplation in the Senate I joined 30 years ago," Specter said in December 2010. "Collegiality can obviously not be maintained when negotiating with someone simultaneously out to defeat you, especially within your own party."
DeMint will now head the Heritage Foundation. Earlier this year he handed off his position as chairman of the Republican Steering Committee, which helps direct conservative policy, to his friend, Toomey.
Toomey, in a statement Thursday, called DeMint a friend and mentor, and said "his departure will be a tremendous loss for the U.S. Senate and for the conservative movement."


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eSports is computer games played in a competitive environment, and analytics in this domain is focused on player and team behavior.
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games are among the most played digital games in the world. In these games, teams ofplayers fight against each other in enclosed arena environments, with a complex gameplayfocused on tactical combat.
Here we present a technique for segmenting matches into spatio-temporally defined components referred to as encounters, enabling performance analysis.We apply encounter-based analysis to match data from the popular eSport game DOTA, and present win probability predictions based on encounters. Finally, metrics for evaluating team performance during match runtime are proposed.
What is Esports?
As many avid gamers know there are a wide variety of esports, i.e. Call Of Duty, Overwatch, League Of Legends (LoL), Dota and Counter Strike Global Offensive (CSGO for short) and the newest being Fortnite, with the most watched Esport being CSGO reeling in a large 7.9 million hours watched as of December 2018 with Dota 2 coming second only by the thousands!
It's safe to say since the 'Space Invaders' Championship held by Atari attracting more than 10,000 participants across the United States in 1980, we've definitely come a very long way.
So with that being said let's talk about the money involved within eSports, prize pools for eSports haven't always been what they are now, as of 2018 the prize pool for the massive Internationals of LoL where all the big guns come out, teams like 'Invictus' (the champions of 2018) 'Fnatic' and 'Cloud9' were competing for a ridiculous $25,532,177.00, but let's go back a few years to 2011 with the first ever League Of Legends World Championship the prize pool in those days were $100,000 with $50,000 going to the winners Fnatic, $25,000 to Against all authority, $10,000 to Team SoloMid (TSM) and so on and so forth.
While most competitive players tend to train off camera, a lot tend to stream on Twitch. Twitch is used by some of the biggest streamers at their respective game, some of the biggest streamers that also play competitively in their game, you may recognize some of the most popular being "Faker", who is a South Korean professional League of Legends player who is considered by many to be the best League of Legends player of all time. Formerly known as "GoJeonPa" on the Korean server, he was picked up by SK Telecom in 2013 and is currently the mid laner for SK Telecom T1 and the big personality and twitch streamer Optic Scump one of the 'Old Timers' you could say in esports having over 8 years of experience in the art of esports.
All teams have a view to where they would want to be where they see themselves in 5 years for example here are some of my personal picks to be massive teams in the near future in COD which I believe as an esport Call Of Duty is growing and growing competing with the likes of League of legends and Dota.
Luminosity Gaming: With a 4th place finish in the most recent Black ops 4 Competition LG have really come into their own since forming in 2015 their highest finish in the past being a 1st in the CWL Anahiem open in 2017 copping a massive prize pool of $80,000 for the team
Josiah 'Slacked' Berry: the longest running member of LG has the role of Support SMG and has been in LG since coming in from Rise nation in 2016 he is an almost guaranteed performer and you can always trust 'Slacked' to be a consistent performer.
Johnathan 'John' Perez: since coming back from a short stay in Envy, you could tell John had some much enthusiasm to get to the very top finally finding a team he can call home after bouncing for team to team, little known fact John placed 3rd at the 2017 CWL Atlanta Open while competing with a broken middle finger.
Matthew 'FormaL' Piper: Now in my opinion formal is the most recognisable Slayer in the game coming from Optic we all know how much of a beast this guy is, in his first tournament in the sky blue that is LG they finished 2nd place to a very strong Enigma6 losing 3-1. Little known fact FormaL has 20 Major championship wins.
Peirce 'Gunless' Hillman: also a very new member to the blues coming from rise nation in October of 2018, Gunless has the role of Flex and plays extremely well at AR and SMG respectively, Gunless came in 2nd place in the ELeague on Team 'NAMELESS' finished on a 5-5 record and losing out to team MerK who finished 6-3. Little known fact Gunless was awarded the MVP at the 2018 CWL Seattle Open playing for Rise Nation.
Nicholas 'Classic' DiCostanzo: Classic has been a big-time player everywhere he goes, I remember when he started and was slaying as if he was on private match playing bots while he was a member of FaZe and he never slowed up since! Classic came 4th in the first major event for LG at the CWL Las Vegas 2019 securing $20,000 with the team.
Splyce (COD): Splyce have become stronger and stronger through the forming of the team in 2015 and being an EU team, Splyce are now a big powerhouse of a team picking up some big players through the years they are now a North American based team, their best placement being 1st at CWL Global Pro League 2017 Stage 1 securing the bag with a massive $212,500 going to Splyce as they beat LG in a close 3-2 score line with Bance being their MVP throughout the tournament Bance has recently left the team for Red Reserve.
Jordan 'Jurd' Crowley: Jurd, Starting off in a team named 4Kings playing as the prime flex role which he has took with him through two stints with Epsilon where he is in the Epsilon Hall Of Fame for the going to TCM, Envy and then ending up in Splyce where he has really found his rhythm and provides a different dynamic ( and accent) to the team coming from Europe and carrying a European kinf of play which too a lot of people can be a slow methodical approach little known fact, Jurd competed with Team EnVyUs on loan from TCM-Gaming at the MLG World Finals 2015 where he placed fourth.
Lamar 'Accuracy' Abedi: Accuracy, the teams AR Slayer is one of the newest to the team coming from teams such as Team Kaliber and EUnited Accuracy finished in 1st with TK in the CWL Pro League 2018 Stage 2 winning a huge $212,500 with the team, and has continued his success for Splyce coming 3rd twice in the Black Ops 4 era with Splyce.
Daniel 'Loony' Loza: Loony, the teams Support SMG, has been in the team since October 2018 coming in from a strong Rise Nation, Splyce knew that they were gaining a resilient killer in Loony, Loony was coming off a 1st place finish in the CWL Anaheim Open in 2018 and a 2nd place finish in the COD pro League 2018 stage two securing $132,500. Loony finished his best personal performance with a 1.16 Kill to Death Ratio and a kill average of 25.15 Per game this was at the 2014 MLG COD League season three with Rise Nation placing 2nd .
Ulysses 'AquA' Silva: AquA, in my opinion is one of the big time players in the leagueHe has placed top 4 at every Call of Duty Championship he's attended (2nd in 2015, 3rd in 2016, and 4th in 2017)apart from 2018 where Echo Fox, the team he was in, underperformed massively. AquA has jumped ship quite often but his performance has not changed throughout, he can really be the anchor for this team and I believe he can become one of the greatest if he finds the right team.
Donovan 'Temp' Laroda: Temp is a Flex Player for Splyce. Temp joined the team in October 2018 and is one of the newest with Accuracy, Temp had his best Call of Duty Performance in Advanced Warfare with Denial Esports (Now Disbanded as of 2017) with 7 tournament wins and 7 seconds, coming 2nd in the MLG World Finals to the world famous Optic Gaming losing 4-1. To add on to Temp's success in AW Temp was awarded breakout player and best respawn player in Season 2 of the Advanced Warfare MLG Pro League.


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Next year will be challenging for Intel as it fends off accusations of monopolistic behavior while trying to establish a larger presence in the mobile and graphics segments.
Intel suffered big setbacks this year, delaying key products like the Larrabee graphics processor and attracting the attention of governments worldwide for alleged anticompetitive behavior. Intel's processors go into more than 80 percent of PCs worldwide, and the chip giant has battled accusations of using its market position to shut out competitors.
The European Commission in May found Intel guilty of monopolistic behavior, fining the chip maker €1.06 billion (US$1.45 billion at the time) after finding the company guilty of giving rebates to PC makers in exchange for buying its microprocessors in bulk. The New York attorney general and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission recently filed antitrust cases, accusing Intel of illegally using its market position to stifle competition and depriving consumers of choice in the microprocessor industry.
The increased scrutiny could impact business dealings for Intel in the short term, analysts said.
"It's always a distraction when you have a team of lawyers breathing down your neck," said Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst at Insight 64. "When you have a dominant position in the market, there are a variety of constraints that the legal system places on what you can do to maintain the position and how you behave."
Top executives may spend more time poring over legal issues, but Intel has a strong structure in place to handle day-to-day issues, Brookwood said. Intel has strong PC and server chip sales, which should continue as it releases chips and executes its manufacturing strategy.
While legal issues shouldn't threaten Intel's market position, they could change the way Intel deals with customers, said Dan Olds, principal analyst at Gabriel Consulting Group. This could help competitors like Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia, which could take advantage of Intel's perceived period of weakness to grab market share.
Intel came under increased scrutiny because of incentives it provided to PC makers that shut out rivals like AMD. Intel may need to cut back on some of those incentives, which could provide a level playing field for AMD to compete, analysts said. AMD earlier this year settled a lawsuit with Intel for $1.25 billion after accusing the chip maker of offering rebates that kept AMD from making deals with PC makers.
PC makers will now have an opportunity to evaluate AMD and Intel chips based on merit and commercial propositions. But will PC makers choose more AMD chips over Intel?
"I would be surprised if AMD would win," Brookwood said. Intel has stuck to product plans like clockwork and emerged with a stronger product line than it had a few years ago, he said. AMD is a generation behind in the manufacturing process, and will have to compete fiercely to get design wins. However, AMD offers a price advantage and better graphics capabilities than Intel, which could attract some PC makers.
Another analyst agreed, saying it remains to be seen how much the tide has swung in AMD's favor. "It's not a simple question," said Jack Gold, principal analyst at J. Gold Associates. "Yes, AMD chips are less expensive and lower overall costs of systems, which consumers appreciate. But Intel chips generally offer higher performance on PCs."
Businesses may be willing to pay a few dollars more to get extra performance from Intel chips, but consumers may not, Gold said.
The FTC has also expanded its case against Intel by talking about graphics processors, which is a significant escalation, analysts said. Some complaints involved Intel doing exclusive deals where PC makers had to buy processors with chipsets, but the FTC wants to make the chipset market more competitive, Olds said. That should open the market AMD and Nvidia.
Intel has an eye toward changing its chip architecture by integrating many of the chipset components, including the graphics processor, inside the CPU. The FTC could take a hard look at those levels of integration, which could impact the way Intel licenses and designs chip technology, analysts said. Intel plans to ship laptop and desktop processors that integrate GPUs inside CPUs early next year.
Chip licensing battles are already brewing -- Intel in February filed a lawsuit asking a judge to rule that Nvidia was not licensed to produce chipsets for Intel's processors with integrated memory controllers. Nvidia later countersued Intel for breach of contract.


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