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299 October. 26 1983 THE FA .UL T Y LOG IC OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY INTRODUCTION Intellectual support for the notion of an industrial policy is unraveling. Several decades of increasing political control over the economy have left a record that only the most doctrinaire interventionists attempt to d efend economics known as public choice has developed a formidable'set of models indicating that the failure of intervention is not an aberration, but a logical consequence of political decision-making next time we will do it right-is a triumph of hope ove r experience and over logic as well. Those whose political careers, business interests, and academic efforts are served by active government involvement in the economy have cause for concern over the falter ing of scholarly support respectability, their ar guments become transparent and vulnerable It is not surprising that an anxious market is demanding fresh arguments for big government from academically respected sources and recommendations calling for a national industrial policy.
But recognizing that a d irect call for more government is not likely to be a successful approach, the advocates of an industrial policy are predictably vague about the specifics of their recommen dations. Generally, they draw attention to a host of problems that currently plague the U.S. economy, with the clear suggestion that the source of these problems is excessive reliance on the private market.
Recommendations for action typically take the form of vague platitudes, such as creating a "productive partnershipi1 between governm ent and business, or using government intervention not to supplant market forces but rather to "make them more effective And the growing field in The response by proponents of a national industrial policy Without the cover of intellectual This demand is n ow being met with a supply of rhetoric 2 And the justification for specific measures inevitably includes the assumption that government operates in an impartial, far sighted way and will always achieve its supposedly wise goals.
At a different level, the justification for an industrial policy rests on the argument that the approach has worked economic wonders in other countries, most notably Japan, and so presumably will work here as well.
Such arguments seem to have their maximum impact when they are packaged in scholarly prose emanating from academically renowned institutions.
There is no shortage of books and articles fitting this des And while the industrial policy advocates do present cription similar recommendations, it is possible to discern a numbe r of schools of thought-=or at least different degrees of emphasis on policies. Lester Thurow of MIT, for instance, strongly recommends federal government involvement in basic investment decisions in order to facilitate the transition from sunset to sunri s e indus tries Thurow's advocacy of public investment banking puts him in step with New York investment banker Felix Rohatyn, who urges a new Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a key part of the New Deal. The purpose of the new RFC would be to allocate ca p ital in accordance with the dictates of a council of labor, business and government leaders. Professors Barry Bluestone of Boston College and Bennett Harrison of MIT, on the other hand, see government bailouts, nationalization of selected industries, and more politi cal control over the hiring and promotion decisions of private firms as the central features of a national industrial policy These and other academics play varied, and sometimes even conflicting roles in the industrial policy campaign.
Harvard's Robert Reich, however, who has attracted most attention.
Reich's book, The Next American Fr~ntier,~ has received an enthusi astic reception in liberal quarters, because of the intellectual horsepower it seems to provide to the case for a strong and acti ve government Bob Reich is brilliant I1 gushed New York Magazine lone of the most important works of the decade," said Walter Mondale The historical sweep of the analysis and the intellectual rigor of the diagnosis are truly remarkable." And Senator Gary H art believes strongly in "Mr. Reich's admonition that we must adapt and his penetrating insights on how to adapt should be heeded at stake It is Nothing less than America's economic future is Lester C. Thurow, The Zero Sum Society for Economic Change (New York: Penguin Books, 1981), pp. 203-204.
Barry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison, The Deindustrialization of America Plant Closings, Community Abandonment, and the Dismantling of Basic Industries (New York: Basic Books, 1982).
Robert B. Reich, The Next American Frontier (New York: Times .Book 1983).
Lee, "Robert Reich's Industrial Fantasies," Journal of Contemporary Studies Summer 1983 Distribution and the Possibilities The following two sections of this paper are based on Dwight R 3 Such lavish praise has little to do, of course, with the merit of the analysis trust in government solutions have latched onto Reich with such zeal indicates just how desperate they are for intellectual support and how weak this support really is. Reich's book is almost devoid o f new arguments in support of political guidance of economy and completely devoid of arguments that make sense That those who continue to put their THE ALLEGED INFLEXIBILITY OF AMJIRICAN BUSINESS The U.S. economy is obviously suffering from problems, and R eich lays them out clearly over the last two decades, for instance, and basic industries such as steel, automobile, and rubber are being battered by foreign competition. In describing such factors, Reich attempts to maintain credibility by acknowledging, although cautiously that government has been responsible for some of industry's difficulties policies that have been widely blamed for recent economic problems.
We are "informed," for example, that government regulations have not retarded productivity and that budget deficits cannot be blamed for discouraging capital formation. The root of the problem, apparently, is an inflexible business community that refuses to adapt to the reality of "global change The rate of productivity has declined But he quickly e xonerates many of the government Paper Entrepreneurialism economy is falling behind the rest of the world because business is still relying on outmoded management techniques motion approach to assembly line production, he says, was well suited to the stan d ardized high-volume production processes upon which an industrially based economy depends trade has expanded, and the world has become one big market, the U.S. is being overtaken in basic industrial production by less developed countries with easy access to high-volume production techniques and cheap labor. America's comparative advantage, he believes now lies in precision products, custom products, and those products that depend on rapidly changing technologies.
Their production is not suited to standardized high-volume tech niques, says Reich, but instead requires what he calls 'Iflexible system" prod~ction Unfortunately, American businessmen are tied At the heart of Reich's thesis is the idea that the U.S.
The time and But as international Reich provides page after page of detailed description and history of the standardized, high volume production management technique, but when he comes to the flexible-system approach, the approach upon which our economic f uture supposedly depends, he is distressingly vague the flexible-system approach is a highly integrated system that merges traditionally separate business functions into a team that can respond quickly to new opportunities nothing that resembles operation a l information here flexible-system production approach is simply too flexible to hold still for easy description We are told that This certainly sounds good, but there is Apparently the 4 i I to an old management approach and are unwilling to adapt to the flexible-system technique. Rather than adapt U.S. businessmen have resorted to nonproductive, short-sighted measures that allow them to maintain their traditional ways.
Reich refers to this short-sighted activity as "paper entre preneurialism.Il The essen ce of this phenomenon is the use of potentially productive resources, not to create new wealth, but to realize short-term profits by capturing the existing wealth of others. The increased use of conglomerate mergers, creative accounting, litigation, corpo r ate takeovers, management shifting and tax avoidance schemes are given as examples of paper entrepre neurialism.' And the IIatmosDhere of insecuritv and imDermanenceI resulting from all this unpkoductive predatory activiiy, in Reich's words, "bred a selfi s h attitude among directors, managers, and employees II 5 Employee Training Reich is also concerned that American workers are not being properly trained for the new economic realities. He sees a need for public policies that will assist workers to develop the skills required in a flexible-system production environment.
Existing policies are retarding the development of these skills and, according to Reich, America's workers are headed for "dead end labor.Il the same as that for other economic problems: infa tuation with standardized, high-volume production techniques. The effective ness of government services, which Reich sees as an important vehicle for training, is limited by standardized procedures that fail to recognize the circumstances of individual re cipients.
Yet business training is oriented toward the narrow labor skills appropriate to mass production techniques, and the results are inadequate, if not counterproductive. Even the problems of the public schools are traced back to the fixation with mas s pro duction. The schools are interested in processing large numbers of students, says Reich, and standardized procedures and programs facilitate this objective. An educational environment that resem bles the assembly line unfortunately fails to develop a nd nourish the creativity and adaptability that workers will need in an en vironment of flexible-system production Reich's underlying explanation for dead-end labor is THF, WEAKNESS OF REICH'S ANALYSIS What does Reich recommend for overcoming these proble m s does not recommend more government directly. Rather, 'Ithe govern ment's role in industry [should] become not so much more extensive as more open, more explicit, and more strategic.Il6 For government He Reich, op. cit p. 166 Ibid 9 P. 14 5 to properly a s sume this role, he notes, will require a reassessment of the distinction between the private and public sectors. In reality, Reich argues, a useful distinction between the two no longer exists. There is, in fact, a partnership between government and busin ess, and for this partnership to be effective, it is necessary to accept government's ineluctable role in the economy.
One searches Reich's book in vain, however, for specifics on how political incentives are to be restructured to motivate appropriate resp onses from politicians and bureaucrats to the economic challenges he delineates. There are calls for a new consensus for political action, but no plausible operational details. Apparently, once business embraces government as an equal partner and develops a social consensus, the foundation will be in place for the economic renaissance. This approach has worked wonders, the reader is told, for Japan, West Germany and to a lesser extent, France.
It is interesting to note that, although Reich is praised for l aying the groundwork for a new industrial policy, he actually is reluctant to make an outright call for more government economic planning and intervention. Indeed, he says explicitly that the answer to U.S. problems is not national planning, with bureaucr a ts channeling capital to those industries identified as winners and away from others designated as losers. Instead, Reich proposes a government that "seeks to promote market forces rather than supplant them Throughout his book, nonetheless, the call for m ore government responsibility is clear. And it is this call sounded in the guise of scholarly analysis, that appeals so strongly to politicians seeking a rationale for variations on outdated interventionist policies.
Innovation After penetrating Reich's generalities and platitudes, one finds little of substance, little that can stand up to critical examination, and much that borders on the preposterous.
The argument that U.S. economic problems are rooted in the reluctance of businessmen to adapt because they are hopelessly wedded to outmoded techniques seems to be original with Reich.
It is also blatantly wrong. Consider Reich's statement: IIAmerican industry has a tradition of marginal, incremental change-like the annual alterations in automobile styling- -that maintains high-volume production of essentially the same goods. American managers and investors have generally found wholly new products or processes simply too risky.817 Obviously most changes are incremental. But to claim that fearful avoidance of significant change best characterizes U.S. business is to completely ignore American .economic history. The light bulb, the cotton gin refined petroleum products, the Polaroid camera, supermarkets Ibid p. 137. 6 fast food franchises, Xerox, the telephone, transistors and electronic chips, and fast freezing are but a few revolutionary innovations that were developed and marketed by American entre preneurs force for radical economic change and adaptation. Indeed, one of the most common complaints against the market economy has been that it subjects people to too much change. Yet Reich asserts that "America [has] lacked any mechanism to accelerate economic change I8 of market forces--certainly does not have a very good track record. Reich seems to understand t h e reasons for this when he points out that, "America's old industries and their workers carry far more political power than emerging industries."9 matter how noble the objectives, an increase in the responsibility of government for economic decisions will result in an increase in the political power of the groups organized around the dominant interests (the owners and workers in existing industries) relative to those who are less organized (the innovators and potential employees of emerging businesses and t he consuming public It is clear from the historical record that political power of this nature has been used to stifle competition and retard economic change. government became more involved in economic decision making are not likely to improve the standa r d of living, even by the standards defined roughly by Reich.1 or allow the U.S. to outperform other countries in highly visible ways--yet which private investors are reluctant to finance--are very appealing to a political agency charged with improving eco n omic performance and Ilaccelerating economic change Nuclear power plants, which became commercially viable only because of generous government backing, and the supersonic jet transport which almost became another black hole for U.S. taxpayers' money are t y pical of the projects likely under an industrial policy.ll Industries that innovate and utilize the latest technology to respond to market competition, on the other hand, grow rapidly without political assistance would prop up socially wasteful business v e ntures, not save socially desirable ones Throughout U.S. history, the free market has been an enormous The mechanism Reich advocates--government llpromotionll No The innovations and economic change that would be favored if Projects that utilize high techn o logy Political direction of the economy Reich is correct in much of his criticism of paper entrepre neurialism. Increasingly, American businessmen have devoted Ibid 9 P- 11 Ibid p. 194 lo Ibid p. 271 l1 Bruce Bartlett cites the examples of nuclear power a n d the SST in his perceptive article The Old Politics of a New Industrial Policy in The Wall Street Journal, April 19, 1983, p. 34 7 their talents and resources to activities designed to plunder or protect existing wealth, rather than produce new sources. But it is preposterous to blame this wasteful activity, as Reich does on the inability of businessmen to adapt to new economic realities.
They have adapted quite well. The problem is that the new economic reality most relevant to the bottom line of major i ndustries today has less to do with competition in the market arena than it does with competition in the political arena. The taxing, spend ing, and regulating activities of the federal government present U.S. business with major threats and opportunities . The ability to understand the intricacies of government actions and rules can do more to enhance the firm's profitability than most far-sighted research programs. The political influence to obtain subsidies or protection can be much more important than m eeting foreign competition.
Reich is also on the mark when he charges that it is bekoming increasingly hard to distinguish between government and market activity. Rather than using this fact as a justification for blurring the distinction even further, how ever, Reich should have recognized that the paper entrepreneurialism he finds indefensible is the direct result of government intervention in the economy It will only be further encouraged by more government involvement.
Obviously this is not a position t hat Reich and his supporters can embrace. But in dismissing the obvious, Reich is left with the absurd argument that the creativity behind paper entrepreneur ialism is explained by the inability of American businessmen to adapt.
Education and Training It is easy to sympathize with Reich's concern over education and training. But it is not so easy to understand how improvements will emerge from Reich's vague generalities. The poor quality of public education needs no elaboration--except to say that standar ds have declined as federal involvement has increased. Reich is correct that the bureaucratic uniformity characterizing the welfare system has failed to motivate the poor to develop the attitudes and skills necessary for genuine economic progress.
This bureaucratic uniformity has been a function of the increased centralization of welfare programs in the federal government.
Yet Reich faults the fragmented administration of welfare result ing from the local control that still exists.
Reich acknowled ges that U.S. business spends large sums on employee training 30 billion in 1981, or about one half the total cost of higher education in the U.S but he feels that this funding is inadequate It is motivated by profits, and thus is tainted and results in t raining that is focused too narrowly.
The vague and unhelpful suggestion from Reich is merely that the goal of employee training should be to prepare workers for flexible system production 8 Minimum Wage While reluctant to advance specific proposals for re medying problems when discussing "inadequatell industry support for employee training, Reich does express concern over what he sees as continu ing Ilpolitical pressure to reduce the minimum wage.lll* Reich goes so far as to suggest that increasing the min i mum wage might motivate employers to spend more on training their employees, in order to justify the higher wage. Yet both evidence and common sense strongly suggest that the minimum wage has motivated em ployers to place the unskilled, when hired at all, in jobs where they have an immediate impact on output but little opportunity to develop skills.
Federal Deficits and Investment productivity during the 1970s, Reich argues that government deficits have not been large enough to significantly discourage pri vate investment and retard economic growth. How does Reich know this? Because Japan and West Germany have a larger public debt as a proportion of their national economies than does the U.S. This is true. What Reich conveniently leaves unsaid however, is t h at the savings rate, as a percentage of national income, is nearly four times larger in Japan, and three times larger in West Germany, than it is in the U.S. This means that resources for investment are comparatively smaller in the U.S and therefore feder a l borrowing has a correspondingly greater negative impact on business investment In dismissing the standard explanations for lagging U.S Reich tries to buttress his case that economic growth in the U.S. cannot be blamed on declining private investment by citing figures that indicate little change in U.S. investment, as a percentage of GNP, over the last two decades. Once again Reich is misleading because he fails to include relevant information.
The numbers he cites refer to gross investment. But it is net investment (investment over and above depreciation) that adds to the stock of capital and is therefore pertinent to increased productivity to GNP remained about the same from the late 1960s through the late 1970s, the ratio of net business investment to GNP declined by nearly 40 percent over the same inter~a1.l obviously has had a negative impact on U.S. economic productivity And while the ratio of gross business investment This decline l2 l3 Reich, op. cit, p. 225.
See Martin Feldstein, "Has the Rate of Investment Fallen The Review of Economics Statistics (February 1983), pp. 144-1
49. This decline in net investment in the absence of a decline in gross investment reflects an increase in the rate of capital depreciation during the 70s reason for the incre ased depreciation was the rapid increase in the price of energy which reduced the value of energy intensive capital better suited to the era of cheap energy A major 9 The Reich Prescription When Reich at last gets around to offering specific sugges tions- o nly about.12 pages of his 325 page book--the reader finds a rather standard rendition of the conventional interventionist approach: the use of taxation, spending and the regulatory authority of the federal government to accomplish politically inspired obj e ctives. For instance, "tax incentives could be used to encourage companies to invest in upgrading their work forces and communities,1114 and !'the tax code also might reward companies for remaining in their communities by giving them deductions proportion a l to their length of stay.1115 The latter suggestion one should remember, comes from a man who has just spent over 200 pages arguing that hope for America's future lies in flexi bility and adaptation. Or consider Reich's suggestion for the federal governm ent to llestablish regional banks to provide low interest long-term loans to industries that agree to restructure themselves to become more competitive.lIl6 In other words, moti vate firms to stand on their own feet by giving them a crutch.
Reich is fully aware of the past and present abuses of government subsidies and tax breaks, many of which he criticizes.
And he is aware that political pressure and expediency, rather than economic productivity and efficiency, typically have been the dominant considerations when government assistance is provided.
But apparently all this will change if political decisions are made more openly and explicitly. To achieve this fundamental reform:, a public board to monitor public programs, Itperhaps located in the White Hou se's Office of Management and Budget."17 The mountain brings forth a mouse.
But have not the industrial policies of such countries as Japan and West Germany shown that economic miracles can be orche strated by detailed government involvement in economic decisions?
There is no denying that these countries have been successful though there has been a recent tendency to exaggerate their success. But most of it can be explained for reasons other than government policy and, indeed, has often occurred in spite of government policy.18 Consider, for example, the widely held view that Japanese employers give their workers a high degree of job security. In l4 l5 Ibid p. 241.
Reich, op. cit, p. 240. l5 Ibid p. 242 l7 Ibid p. 245. l8 Katsuro Sakoh, "Industrial Policy Heritage Foundation Asian Studies Center Backgrounder, July 13, 1983.
Super Myth of Japan's Super Success ,I1 10 fact, this is quite misleading. It is true that employees o f major Japanese corporations are not as likely to be laid off as readily as their American counterparts as much as 35 percent of the Japanese worker's annual salary comes in the form of a year-end bonus, a bonus that is not paid unless the employer has h a d a profitable year. In other words rather than lay off their employees, market-clearing wages are allowed to prevail, and Japanese corporations can reduce salaries up to 35 percent But it is also true that If U.S. corporations had this much wage flexibil i ty, they also would be willing to retain their full labor forces, except under the most extreme circumstances. But U.S. labor unions historically have been much more anxious to protect wages than to protect jobs a willingness to be more flexible in their w age demands. Interest ingly, Reich speaks disapprovingly of this wage flexibility Only in the last years have American unions shown It should also be remembered that only a minority of Japanese workers in key industries is directly employed by the major c o rpo rations for these corporations, being employed by small firms that operate a contract basis. When demand declines, the major corporations contract out less work, reducing employment in the smaller firms rather than laying off their own workers A large percentage of the labor force works indirectly This is not to deny that Japan maintains a lower unemployment rate than the U.S. Nor should it be overlooked that much of the unemployment currently experienced in the U.S. is explained by the restrictive mon etary policy that has significantly reduced the inflation rate. When inflation becomes a persistent feature of the economic landscape, there is no way to bring it under control without precipitating a temporary increase in unemployment.
This unfortunate co st has to be paid to correct the inflationary consequences of previously irresponsible monetary policy. In the mid-l970s, Japan suffered higher than normal unemployment when it reduced its inflation rate from over 25 percent to less than 5 percent.
Reich never even mentions the connection between the rate of monetary growth and the inflation rate and the importance of this connection for the unemployment rate. This is hardly a surprising omission it would be hard indeed for him to reconcile the poor recor d of government control over the money supply with his view that government can be relied upon to behave in a responsible way.
The industrial success of Japan cannot be credited to govern ment policy to assist private companies with research and develop me nt R&D The Japanese government has devoted only about 5 percent of its R&D expenditures to private industrial research In West Germany the figure is nearly 27 percent. In the U.S., by i I 11 contrast, approximately 50 percent of government expenditures fo r R&D are directed to private industrial research.lg has been the result of government ability to allocate capital to those industries with the greatest promise. Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry MITI) does target particular industries f o r investment funds from the Japanese Development Bank JDB However, these funds are relatively modest--less than 10 billion dollars in a trillion dollar economy important, many of those industries commonly believed to be successful because of government as sistance actually have received little help. The iron and steel industry, for example, received less than 1 percent of the loans made with JDB funds from 1951-1972.
The hotel industry received about twice as much over the same period.20 The computer and au tomobile industries have received surprisingly little special government assistance investment made in the machine and information industry (including computers) from 1976 through 1979, only 0.8 percent came from special government loans.21 Neither can it be persuasively argued that Japan's success But more Of the total If anything, government may have harmed more than it helped the successful Japanese industries. When the Japanese automobile industry was in its infancy the government attempted to consolid a te it by encouraging mergers, the thought being that the number of firms was excessive and fewer firms would be more efficient.22 When Honda was contemplating its move into automobile production it was discouraged from doing so by MITI.23 The founder of t h e Sony corporation, Masaru Ibuka, remembers government policies that would have retarded Japan's electronic industry First tried to stop us from bringing the transistor to Japan, and later they tried to limit the ways we could use it.1124 Fortunately for the Japanese economy, these government efforts to restrict entre preneurial responses to market opportunities were largely thwarted.
While it cannot be claimed that Japan has an unfettered free market economy, the evidence suggests that Japan's economic su ccess owes more.to market incentives and government restraint than it does to political direction of economic decisions there is a lesson to be learned from Japan it is clearly a lesson in supply-side economics burden on investment income, for example, an d personal income is also taxed substantially less than in the U.S.--with perhaps 30 If Japan imposes a relatively low tax l9 Ibid p. 4 21 2o -9 Ibid P. 5 Ibid. D. 10 22 Japanese Economic Miracle: An Interview with Hugh Patrick Manhattan Report on Economic Policy, October 1982, pp. 3-4. 23 George Gilder The Entrepreneur ,It Manhattan Report on Economic Policy October 1982, pp 12-15. 24 Newsweek, May 30, 1983, p. 28 12 percent of the population paying no income tax cent saving rate is explained in part by th e fact that interest income on up to 15,000 in savings is tax-free Japan's 20 per Advocates of a national industrial policy are on weak ground when they point to Japan's experience as evidence that increased reliance on government initiatives is the best w ay to promote economic progress. The facts indicate the opposite conclusion.
CONCLUSION The strongest support for a national industrial policy comes from special interests in and out of government, who try to justify government involvement in economic deci sion making actual case for an explicit national industrial policy, both theoretically and empirically, is extremely weak. It is not surprising, therefore, that supporters of such a policy resort to platitudes about productive partnerships between governm e nt and business, and cite highly selective and misleading examples of government economic planning in such countries as Japan and West Germany The For the most part, the arguments favoring a national indus trial policy are either vacuous or wrong. And the r e is no better evidence of the weakness of the arguments for an industrial policy than the enthusiastic reception of The Next American Frontier--a book by Robert Reich that supposedly lays the ground work for the national strategy. The success of Reich's b ook is a case of the triumph of rhetoric over substance. Unless they are completely immune to intellectual embarrassment, supporters of a national industrial policy will find Reich's book, and others like it, of little comfort when they are confronted wit h substan tive arguments in favor of reducing, rather than increasing government's role in the economy.
Prepared for The Heritage Foundation by Dwight R. Lee, Ph.D.
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Mitsubishi Electric Introduces, "Mitsubishi Electric Smart Home," New Concept for Next-generation Homes
Smart living environments concept combines body sensors and appliance/equipment linkage
TOKYO--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today it introduces its next-generation concept for home life, Mitsubishi Electric Smart Home which combines sensors and linked appliances and other household equipment to support the daily lives of families by enabling individuals to easily share information about their mental and physical conditions.
The existing concept of smart houses involves the use of advanced appliances and other equipment via information technology, and visualizes as well as optimally controls household energy consumption. Mitsubishi Electric is taking the concept further by focusing on family members' mental and physical conditions as well as comfortable, enjoyable stress-free lifestyles.
Practical applications of the Mitsubishi Electric Smart Home concept may include the following:
* Camera identifies and authenticates each family member as they approach the front door.
* Door-handle sensor collects biological information, such as body temperature and heart-rate to assess the person's physical condition.
* Health and daily schedules of each family member is displayed in the entry hall.
* Refrigerator door displays recommended recipes based on body data collected with sensing devices and food items available in the refrigerator.
* Countertop displays preparation instructions and other helpful information, such as cooking tips and remaining cooking times.
* Induction stove allows cooking vessels to be placed anywhere on the cooking surface, enabling two or more people to cook at the same time.
* Outlet-free, non-contact power supply system feeds power to appliances anywhere in the house.
Although specific commercial applications for Mitsubishi Electric Smart Home have not been determined yet, Mitsubishi Electric is conducting research and development to apply the concept in its smart-house and home-appliance businesses.
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Los hermanos Cartagena Trailer (1984)
01 March 1984 Drama, History 105 mins
The film portrays the 1952 revolution and 1980 coup in Bolivia through the lives of two brothers, Juan José and Martín. Juan José, the legitimate son of Luís, is transformed, by his experiences as a youth in 1950s, to become a boss of one of the groups of paramilitaries during the 1980 coup. Martín, the illegitimate son of Luís and an indigenous peasant, becomes a trade union leader during that period.
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Editorial: Westchester-Yonkers cooperation a good step
For all the talk of government consolidation and sharing services, we haven't seen much of them in the Lower Hudson Valley.
Not much has happened since then-Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo first pushed measures in 2009 to encourage mergers, and certainly not enough to relieve Westchester County of the indignity of having among the highest property taxes in the country.
So when County Executive Rob Astorino on Thursday announced that Westchester and Yonkers will share a number of back-office-type programs -- Human Rights Commission, Geographic Information Systems and an Employee Assistance Program -- it showed that commonsense changes, even small ones, can still be made in slow-to-change bureaucracies.
The groundwork was set years ago, and under this agreement, the city will cover 20 percent, or $25,000, of the county's Human Rights commissioner's salary in exchange for working with the city's commission: The savings are estimated at $100,000.
For Geographic Information Systems, which maps the county's infrastructure online, the city won't have to hire anyone to develop a technology that already exists, saving $50,000. The Employee Assistance Program, which is already provided through the county to 30 other municipalities, means Yonkers can tap into an existing program and won't have to duplicate efforts.
To be clear, the $150,000 in savings is a drop in the bucket when you consider Yonkers' massive $89-million deficit, and it won't lower annual property tax burdens in this county that, on average, hover around $10,000 per taxpayer. For seismic shifts on those fronts, local governments will have to get real about sharing big-ticket items and consolidating some of the hundreds of layers of local government -- towns, villages, schools, police departments and water districts.
New York State has roughly 10,500 government entities. In Westchester there are 46 school districts, 42 police departments, 17 towns, 22 villages and six cities. Clearly, there is duplication and an untapped opportunity to share, if not consolidate.
This latest announcement is good news and shows some level of cooperation. We need more of this thinking, and on a much larger scale.


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Pokémon Diamond and Pearl is the sixty-seventh Honest Trailer.
"From the studio that's pretty much a toy company by now (Nintendo) comes the fourth generation of the alchemecal wonder that turns children's dreams into cold-hard cash: Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and Platnium.
Journey once more to the magical world of Pokémon and prepare yourself to face yet another painfully slow tutorial segment teaching you mechanics that haven't changed in a decade: young child, bad parents, tree-named professor (Rowan), evil team (Team Galatic), Elite Four, blah blah-blah-blah blah.
Get ready for a Pokémon experience that's deeper than anything that came before it, featuring the return of the day-night cycle; Pokémon that can only be caught on certain days, because your life revolves around the game already; the eye watch; a muffin-baking meta-game; contests that are three times longer, f**k; and the inevitable conclusion of the Pokémon franchise, auctioning Pokémon on the Internet. They're really going over with all this slavery thing, huh?
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the gameplay formula that basically hasn't changed since the original Gameboy game as you collect them all and form a diverse team of battlers, or just enroll every single fight with your starter because this game is for children.
So settle in for the same story line and characters from every Pokémon game there is, including the professors, the rival, the evil gang, the gym leaders, and most importantly one hundred and seven new Pokémon that makes one thing perfectly clear: Game Freak has run out of ideas. But you bet your sweet ass that we're going to name 'em all. Ffffff.
Turdwig (Turtwig)
Ch-Ch-Ch (Grotle)
Chia (Torterra)
Charpanzee (Chimchar)
Orangoflame (Monferno)
This ape is on fireeee (Infernape)
Twitter (Piplup)
Crappy Feet (Prinplup)
Empoleaon Dynomite
The Goodfeathers (Starly/Staravia/Staraptor)
Lumpy Space Beaver (Bidoof)
Justin Beaver (Bibarel)
Jimminy Cricketot (Kricketot)
Sir Cricks a lot (Kricketune)
Shinx For Nothin'
Suxio (Luxio)
Gives no f**ray (Luxray)
Dank Budew
This hand is a flower (Roserade)
A little horny (Cranidos)
A lot horny (Rampardos)
Dr. Shieldon Cooper
Castle Face (Bastiodon)
Weekend at Burmy's
Weekend at Burmy's 2 (Wormadam)
The Mothim Prophecy
Bee Movie (Combee)
Bee-once (Vespiquen)
Parcheesi (Pachirisu)
Sting like a Buizel
Floatzel like a butterfly
Cherubi on top
Pop your Cherrim
Snail Trails (Shellos)
I need about three fitty (Gastrodon)
Handjob Monkey (Ambipom)
Pixar's Up (Drifloon)
Mile High Club (Drifblim)
Cauliflower Ear (Buneary)
Ear Fists (Lopunny)
Black Mage (Mismagius)
Hail Honchcrow
Resting Bitch Face (Purugly)
Chingy (Chingling)
Do the Stunky Leg
Emo-ver (Skuntank)
Pog Slammer (Bronzor)
Rosie the Robot (Bronzong)
Trees Nuts (Bonsly)
Future Pedophile (Mime Jr.)
Girl Kirby (Happiny)
Toucan Jam (Chatot)
Ghost Barf (Spiritomb)
Street Shark (Gible)
Shraptor (Gabite)
Sharkadactyl (Garchomp)
My Neighbor Munchlax
Watch me whip (Riolu)
Watch me nae nae (Lucario)
Glory Holes (Hippopotas)
Hungry Hungry Hippowdon
Get over here! (Skorupi)
Come at me, bro (Drapion)
High as F**k (Croagunk)
The Goiter (Toxicroak)
Feeeeeed Me Seymour (Carnivine)
Finneon's Wake
Future Sushi (Lumineon)
Dick Mantyke
Four Leaf Snover
President Abomasnow
Evil ka-weavil (Weavile)
Don't let me get in my Magnezone
Lickylicky 5 dollah
Rocksteady (Rhyperior)
Cousin It (Tangrowth)
Needs Manscaping (Electivire)
Dodge This (Magmortar)
Never Been Togekissed
Probably Australian (Yanmega)
Leafeon a jet plane
She bangs (Glaceon)
Crabby Batty (Gliscor)
Kevin Smith (Mamoswine)
Balloon Animal (Porygon Z)
Sword Arm Online (Gallade)
Mr. Pubetato Head (Probopass)
The ghost of Dr. Robotnik (Duskinor)
Memoirs of a Ghost-ia (Froslass)
Poképliances (Rotom)
Mew 3 (Uxie)
Mew 4 (Mespirit)
Mew 5 (Azelf)
Horse Armor DLC (Dialga)
Gayzilla (Palkia)
Armored Poo (Heatran)
Party Machine (Regigigas)
Flying Armored Centi... (Giratina) Pass
Cosmic Duck (Cresselia)
Phioned In
Blue Balls (Manaphy)
Sh*tygami (Darkrai)
A Shrubbery (Shaymin)
My Kinky Pony (Arceus).
Monster Rancher: White & Off-White.
(silhouette of Raichu appears)
Ash, Misty, & Brock: Who's that, Pokémon?!
Woah, it's Pikachu, isn't it? I bet it's Pikachu. Come on, Pikachu.
Ash, Misty, & Brock: It's Raichu!
(silhouette shows its colors)
F**k me every time!"


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Port of Humboldt Bay - Development
The Port of Humboldt Bay (Port) in Eureka, California announced the final draft Business Plan for terminal development of its Redwood Marine Terminal, which is now available for review on the port's website.
The draft report was written for the Port suggesting the best uses for this nearly 40 acres of industrial maritime state lands acquired by the Port through lease termination negotiations with Simpson Timber Company and Louisiana-Pacific in 2006.
In February 2008, the Board of Harbor Commissioners directed the transportation consulting firm TranSystems to proceed with a Business Plan that proposes two concepts for development: (1) an initial multipurpose berth and terminal infrastructure to handle cruise, cargo, short sea shipping and non-cargo uses and (2) future long term expansion which, depending on market conditions, could center on containers, an enlarged multipurpose terminal or other market sectors.
TranSystems recommends the Port work collaboratively with North Coast Railroad Authority in restoration of rail service from Redwood Terminal to Sonoma County, California where it links to the national rail system. The report emphasizes the importance of an alliance between these two public agencies to further economic development of Upstate region of California.
TranSystems also suggests various funding mechanisms including revenue bonds, grants and public private partnerships and TranSystems expects first phase to take up to 6 years to complete.


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A sleeping bag is essential when trekking the Everest base camp whether one is staying in tea houses or is camping. Tea houses provide one with the option of borrowing blankets to add to their sleeping bags while on the base camp.
The highest point on the Everest base camp trek is 5360 meters above sea level which means it will get very cold at night. Temperatures in the Everest base camp will go as down as -5 to -10 degrees Celsius. Even colder therefore one need a good sleeping bag for Everest base camp trek or they will freeze up there.
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With Animation It's All About Success
Animation is nothing but creating motion and shape change for lifeless creatures. It can be considered as rapid display of various static images, that differ minimally from one another. These images are displayed in a rapid succession that can be up to around 60 frames per second.
The established businesses and many of the startups now are in need to gain online momentum. And this can be achieved using the 2D and 3D animations. Most of the users today want quick information about a product or a service and hence take help of the easiest way, that is referring an informative video.
In 2D animation, figures are created and edited on the computer using 2D vector graphics or using 2D bitmap graphics. Whereas, in 3D animation, the animator (person who works on creating animation), digitally models and manipulates the selected animated character. Both the methods of animations can be molded into informative videos, so that the user can understand them with ease.
Creating these animated videos is not a lay man's task and hence, experts in this field are required, who work passionately on creating these motion characters. An animator must be full of creativity and that would then lead to the client satisfaction. Cliff Technologies has a complete website dedicated to Cliff Animation.
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Capital FMs Jingle Bell Ball got the O2 arena in the festive swing this weekend, with an array of big names performing at the venue.
The two day event marked the beginning of the festive period for thousands of Londoners, who saw acts such as Jessie J, Rihanna and JLS perform their hits from the past year.
According to Capital FM, a fan hailed the first day as an amazing experience saying:
The reaction of the crowd and the whole experience was really exciting from start to finish.
The Saturdays were also among the acts performing, taking to the stage for a hit-filled set in white and gold outfits.
Frankie Sandford rejoined the band after having time away for health reasons and looked to be enjoying herself, while six months pregnant Una Healey also looked blooming as she danced around stage in a gold mini dress.
Rihanna closed the first day of the event with songs from her new album, Talk That Talk.
The Umbrella star appeared on stage in hot pants and fishnet tights and danced provocatively, clearly unfazed by recent criticism regarding her barely-there wardrobe and suggestive dance moves.
Young boyband One Direction hit the stage on the second day with a three-song set - much to their fans delight - with Capital FM reporting that some of their fans were reduced to tears in what was an amazing performance.
Sunday saw Jessie J close the event at the O2, with the 23-year-old embracing the festive mood and dressing as a Christmas cracker for her performance.
The annual Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball was held at the O2 in London and was presented by Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon.
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Brits go crazy for Christmas jumpers as millions are sold already
FESTIVE Brits have already bought a million Christmas jumpers.
George at Asda says it is selling 160% more than this time last year.
Thousands of shoppers began snapping up the tops as early as September after celebs including Kim Kardashian, 34, and Michelle Keegan, 27, were seen wearing them.
And a survey by George revealed four-fifths of Brits plan to wearing novelty jumpers on Christmas Day.
The store has even begun stocking special Christmas jumpers for dogs. And geeky Brits can buy knitwear with a hole in for a smartphone screen and downloadable festive videos to match.
Asda spokesman Jonathan Tillery said: "The online Christmas Jumper Shop is seeing thousands of shoppers logging on every day, and the festive frenzy shows no sign of stopping.
"There is something for the whole family this year, including the dog."


text: Hey everyone Just purchased a black Wii a few days ago, and its quite entertaining. My girlfriend has been wanting a wii for quite a while so i decided might as well get one. We currently have Wii sports, Zelda, and the mario game it came with. Just wondering for a few suggestions of games i should look into getting? I like action, racing, and rpg's mainly. She likes little games like wii sports. Is there any other highly active games like that i should look into for her? Thanks!!


text: News Tour the Pagani Factory Showroom on Google Street View Jason Udy writerApril 7, 2014 Jason Udy writerApril 7, 2014 Share this article in: Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email Free Price Quote From a Local Dealer View Special Offers No Obligation, Fast & Simple Free New Car Quote Change Car Select Make Acura Alfa Romeo Aston Martin Audi Bentley BMW Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Chrysler Dodge Ferrari FIAT Ford Genesis GMC Honda Hyundai Infiniti Jaguar Jeep Karma Kia Lamborghini Land Rover Lexus Lincoln Lotus Maserati Mazda McLaren Mercedes-Benz MINI Mitsubishi Nissan Porsche Ram Rolls-Royce Scion smart Subaru Tesla Toyota Volkswagen Volvo Select Model GO 1. Vehicle Option Trim Exterior Color No Preference Black Blue Brown Gold Green Orange Red Silver White Yellow Interior Color No Preference Beige Black Blue Gray Green Other Red White Buying Time Frame Within 48 hours Within a week Within two weeks Within a month More than a month Payment Method Undecided Loan Lease Cash Trade In? Yes No 2. Contact Info First Name Last Name Address City State -- AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Zip Code Phone Email 3. Dealer Selection Receive your free dealer pricing information by completing your contact information! While the Pagani Zonda and Huayra supercars are rare sights in the U.S., you can now enjoy them on Google Street View, which has added the automaker's Italian showroom. Located in San Cesario sul Panaro, Emilia-Romagna in the province of Modena, the Pagani factory showroom houses various cars, brand memorabilia, and more.A blue Pagani Huayra coupe is the centerpiece of the showroom. Also on display are the Huayra's twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter V-12 and the Zonda's naturally aspirated 7.3-liter V-12 engines. Virtual visitors can also hop inside the Huayra to explore the craftsmanship of the interior. Another Huayra and a Zonda roadster sit out front.Pagani isn't the first automaker visible on Google Street View. At the Mazda Museum in Hiroshima, Japan, you can see a history of the company as well as rotary engines, concept cars, and classics. The Lamborghini Museum in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy features classic Miura models and the Sesto Elemento, while the Honda Tochigi museum at the company's headquarters in Japan includes race cars, motorcycles, and the many generations of the Asimo robot. In addition, virtual stalkers can also check out Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as well as the Top Gear test track in Britain on Google Street View.Check out images of Pagani's Italian factory showroom below, and take your own tour here. If your hunger for Pagani hotness still isn't satisfied, scroll down to watch our videos on the boutique supercar maker.Source: Google Maps Share this article in: Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email Tour the Pagani Factory Showroom on Google Street View /6 Advertisement to Skip 1 | 6 2 | 6 3 | 6 4 | 6 5 | 6 6 | 6


text: Features A Week on the Earnhardt NASCAR Crew David Freers photographers, Reilly Brennan writersFebruary 5, 2003 David Freers photographers, Reilly Brennan writersFebruary 5, 2003 Share this article in: Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email Free Price Quote From a Local Dealer View Special Offers No Obligation, Fast & Simple Free New Car Quote Change Car Select Make Acura Alfa Romeo Aston Martin Audi Bentley BMW Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Chrysler Dodge Ferrari FIAT Ford Genesis GMC Honda Hyundai Infiniti Jaguar Jeep Karma Kia Lamborghini Land Rover Lexus Lincoln Lotus Maserati Mazda McLaren Mercedes-Benz MINI Mitsubishi Nissan Porsche Ram Rolls-Royce Scion smart Subaru Tesla Toyota Volkswagen Volvo Select Model Astro Avalanche Aveo Aveo5 Beretta Blazer Bolt EV C1500 C2500 C3500 Camaro Caprice Captiva Sport Cavalier City Express Cobalt Colorado Corsica Corvette Cruze Cruze Limited Equinox Express G10 G1500 G20 G2500 G30 G3500 HHR Impala K1500 K2500 K3500 Lumina Malibu Malibu Hybrid Malibu Limited Metro Monte Carlo Prizm S10 Silverado Silverado 1500 Silverado 2500HD Silverado 3500HD Sonic Spark Spark EV SS SSR Suburban T10 Tahoe Tracker TrailBlazer Traverse Trax Uplander Venture Volt GO 1. Vehicle Option Trim Exterior Color No Preference Black Blue Brown Gold Green Orange Red Silver White Yellow Interior Color No Preference Beige Black Blue Gray Green Other Red White Buying Time Frame Within 48 hours Within a week Within two weeks Within a month More than a month Payment Method Undecided Loan Lease Cash Trade In? Yes No 2. Contact Info First Name Last Name Address City State -- AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Zip Code Phone Email 3. Dealer Selection Receive your free dealer pricing information by completing your contact information! "So, you ever worked on cars before?" I heard this question a lot my first day on the job with Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Winston Cup team. Usually, the person asking was looking me up and down and clearly wondering How This Chump Ever Got Through The Door. Actually, I was on official business: Motor Trend sent me here to learn the ropes of Cup racing. My job for the week would be to act as a fully competent mechanic for Dale Earnhardt Jr., even though, well, I'm the kind of guy who knows what a latte is and tends to enjoy cars featuring independent suspension. Upon departure, my girlfriend pinched my cheeks and offered a verbal pie in the face: "Good luck, tough guy."Tuesday Arriving for work at Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI), in Mooresville, N.C., is a little more like arriving at Dale Earnhardt, Inc., in Bogota, Columbia. A metal fence lines the outer property line, and a tall, white-brick wall separates the serious parts of the race shop from the public showroom and gift shop. The strangest part about the outside of the building is not the lack of signage (honestly, would there be a Greek Orthodox church this big in Mooresville?), but the fact that the edifice looks like the late Dale Earnhardt's sunglasses. If there were ever a monument to the Intimidator, this must be it: a golden compound of racing that employs 220 persons on 360 acres of beautiful North Carolina countryside. And to prove this is a gen-u-ine NASCAR race shop and not some limp-wristed Formula One hangout, the property's four barns house 3000 Perdue chickens, each one destined to appear in a bowl of soup.Walking into the shop and meeting the guys from Dale Jr.'s team is a humbling experience. Not only are they uniformed and competent mechanics, but they've already been at work for three hours by the time I arrive. A 12-hour day is standard, and most of these guys work six–sometimes seven–days a week.When last weekend's No. 8 race car (from the Samsung/RadioShack event in Texas) arrives on the mothership Budweiser trailer, I help mechanics B. Hoover and Steve Wolfe unload the wreck. Wolfe ("Wolfie," to his friends) and Hoover ("B. Smooth," to himself) show me how to work the trailer's elevator platform, and we roll what's left of Dale Jr.'s car onto the shop floor. I turn around and bump into Dale Jr. himself, who's just arrived to inspect the damage with the team's crew chief, Tony Eury Sr.Dale Jr. is forthright about No. 8's condition, which engaged in a mid-race accident with Shawna Robinson. "Yeah," he says. "You gotta watch when you mess around with women."Junior, man, let me tell you, I don't know any girls who would do this to my car.Chief Tony Eury Sr., aka "Pops," is a quiet man. I offer some bad jokes to loosen up the atmosphere and am just about to start another: "So there's a priest, a rabbi, and NASCAR official sitting at a bar…, " when Pops comes at my sternum with a Sawzall. Well, maybe he wasn't aiming for me, but I had to jump out of the way so he could start tearing the sheetmetal from the car. I hope I don't have to admit I've never used a Sawzall on a car before. Or ever, for that matter. Please, guys, if I pass out just tug on my cheeks and get me a latte.Wednesday $4.99 can get a good plate of Japanese food in Mooresville. In fact, this is probably the best damn $4.99 worth of Japanese food I've ever had in Mooresville. Samurai serves up mean teriyaki pork and chicken. It comes highly recommended by the shop guys, and the restaurant runs smoothly because there's a sweet little lady who won't let you substitute teriyaki for any other sort of yaki. I'm eating lunch with a few guys from the shop, among them mechanic Dave Urkfitz, who's getting hell from all of us because he just bought a 35-inch television for $600. He obviously didn't know that any man worth his own would have ponied up for a 43-inch flat screen. Today's the day I'm going to prove myself to these guys. Well, at least I look the part: I'm wearing the same socks as yesterday and I haven't washed my hands for at least a half-hour. Hoover decides to take me under his wing, and I shadow him around the floor, fetching wrenches and plugs from his tool cart. On any given day in the No. 8 shop, there are seven or eight cars getting attention, with some ready to head for track testing and others being prepared for the weekend's race. It's organized like a big kitchen, except here Black Sabbath is playing on the radio and you'd get salmonella if you chop lettuce on one of the cylinder blocks.Hoover points to a car that'll test in Michigan the following week and tells me to crawl inside. I squish into Junior's seat and remove the shifter boot and assembly so the other guys can pull the engine. Feeling awfully proud of myself, I'm quickly brought back to earth. "Hey, Hot Rod." Hoover leans in the window. "Uh, you ever worked on cars before?"Thursday Word travels fast that the new guy isn't exactly a one-man tour-de-force with the wrenches, so I find myself armed with a hose and a bucket of soapsuds. Honestly, guys, I can handle the dirt. I don't need a shower. "The trailer," says truck-driver Sonny McGurdy. "You're gonna wash it." The trailer is easily a house long and two stories tall. Washing it is more like spray-painting a barn than spritzing off a Silverado.This good work gets me back on the shop floor, and I've rejoined Hoover, who has me learning fluid dynamics on a look-and-see basis. This means I loosen a nut inside the engine compartment, look at the end of a tube to check for fluid, and see it gushing onto my face and hands. They slap me on the back when I stand up: a proper NASCAR baptism, with holy oil and everything.Maybe I'm getting the hang of this. And maybe, just maybe, they kinda like me.The final decals are stuck to the race car, and the guys let me place the Chevy bow-tie on the hood. If this were F1, a team of graphic artists–many who travel with their own hairdressers–would handle the job. Here, at the No. 8 shop, I'm left to my own balanced eye and steady hands to apply this multi-million-dollar sticker, while the guys stand around me and laugh over the latest issue of Easyrider.Friday We're at the racetrack. Most people would call this place Martinsville Speedway, but I've been thinking about it as the land of the Pink Hot Dog. All week I've been hearing about these famous creations, and it's something I can't miss out on. Did I mention that it's 7:00 a.m.? Yes, seven ayem, and I've eaten four Pink hot dogs and turned exactly no wrenches. Junior arrives in Dale Jarrett's helicopter, and he yanks me out of the garage. Together we watch an hour of MTV and BET on the satellite television and argue over the best rappers in music. Junior obviously doesn't know what he's talking about, but it's possible he hasn't had his Pink hot dog today. I'm going for number five.In the garage area at the racetrack, one gets the impression that Junior's team operates on a higher level than the rest. Our equipment seems shinier, our small patch of garage area is cleaner, and the people in Budweiser gear are hard at work and nobody's talking. Contrast that with the teams next to us, who are shooting back and forth to trailers for extra parts, yelling at each other, and making this qualifying and setup day seem like the last five minutes of "Junkyard Wars."All this professionalism pays off, and our red No. 8 car is better than just about anyone's; Junior qualifies third. While I expect everyone to whoop and holler over this accomplishment, the guys go back to work as if they'd just placed last. We'll work until NASCAR closes the garages at 5:30 p.m., which is the exact moment my stomach gives out.Saturday It's early. Again. The team and I travel to the racetrack in one of their full-size Chevy vans, painted Earnhardt Jr.-spec red. Tony Sr. always rides shotgun with Tony Jr., aka "Stiffy," always behind the wheel and always scaring the morning out of everyone. He somehow manages to pilot the behemoth with a biscuit-and-egg in one hand and the steering wheel occasionally in the other. The Martinsville roads are hilly, and you can hear tough NASCAR mechanics clicking their seatbelts.At the track, Junior runs a brilliant practice and jumps out of the car, still with a red ring around his face from his helmet. "Well, what did you think of that, Big Guy?" Junior says with a punch to my gut. "Was I a goddamn pillar of consistency or what?" Yes, sir, you were.Fans hover all around the trailer, and I watch Jade Gurss–Junior's PR man– devise a way for No. 8 to leave the truck without anyone noticing. Gurss walks out of the trailer and into the crowds, parting the gaggle of fans armed with Sharpie pens cocked and ready to go. "Get ready!" Gurss says. "Junior is coming out, please step aside!" And as the fans wait for their hero to appear, he escapes out the side door and into a different sea of people–the kinds of people who don't have their Sharpies ready.Sunday Race day. I can tell because I haven't had any hot dogs and I already feel giddy. I can feel it in my ears, too. Today, the power wrenches have a bit more ZZZZZAPPPP, and the stare on Eury Sr.'s face is a bit more deadening (although I'd never want to admit to him that his midweek stare isn't something special). The team is working quickly in the garages, and I help sweep the pits and clean the wheels that'll go on the car. Jack-man Kevin Pennell spends 20 minutes carefully placing tape on the lower part of the air ducts on the race car for an aerodynamic cheat. He sees absolutely no sense in spending any less time on the tape: "Well," Pennell says, "you can either look bad or look good, so we might as well look good."At driver introductions before the race, I follow Junior up behind the podium as we wait for his name to be called. Jeff Gordon interrupts us (just who does he think he is, anyway?). "You ready?" he says to Junior. "Yep." "Me, too. Don't gotta worry about no aero-dy-namics," says Gordon, in reference to the mad little arena that is Martinsville Speedway. And with that, Dale Jr. is called up to the podium and becomes the most important person on earth–or at least in Martinsville, which, on race day, seems like the same thing.Junior is vocal on the radio during the race, good at pointing out the car's weaknesses but still maintaining camaraderie with his pit crew. After a few minutes of bitching over not having any water left in his drink tube, he finds there is water and radios back, "Sorry about that, guys. I didn't mean to be an asshole or nuthin'."The pits are a crowded, hot square of asphalt, and guys from the team are pointing at me to get them water. Together we watch the race go 'round and 'round, splitting our gazes between actually seeing the car pass on the second corner and watching the live coverage on the pit television. On lap 327, Junior assumes the lead, and, for the first time all week, I see these tough guys act excited. Come on, guys; you ever worked on cars before?This flirtation with success passes 42 laps later, however, after an 18.09-sec pit stop–the guys know they shouldn't have taken that long. Junior loses the lead and ultimately finishes fifth.Not even the biggest, sweetest pink hot dog can dull the pain of what could've been. We could've been up on the podium, raising Budweisers heavenward and celebrating the spoils of a win, baby. But not today. We'll push the fifth-place car back to the trailer and act disgusted with ourselves and go to bed early and get up at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow and do it all over again.Fifth place isn't bad, but I'd never admit that to Tony Eury Sr. See, I've worked on cars before, so fifth place is nuthin'. If you haven't, well, you probably wouldn't understand.A week later, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Aaron's 499 at Talladega. His teammate Michael Waltrip finished second, giving DEI a 1-2 finish less than a week after our man Brennan slugged his final hot dog and headed for home. Timing is indeed everything. Share this article in: Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email A Week on the Earnhardt NASCAR Crew /1 Advertisement to Skip 1 | 1


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Shreyansh KocheriResearch Aanalyst, EuromonitorShreyansh Kocheri is a research analyst at Euromonitor International and focuses in the research of beauty and fashion industries. He specializes in researching apparel and footwear, luxury goods, personal accessories and beauty and personal care research for India and Pakistan. With a keen interest for consumer trends, cross-categories innovations, government initiatives and their economic impact on the industry he has published many industry briefings. At Euromonitor, he is crucially involved in conducting primary and secondary research based on the tactical and strategic information needs of the industry. He has completed his masters in Information Systems and holds a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Large store formats for international apparel brands will facilitate growth in tier two and three cities in India
Liberalised FDI normscontinue to lureinternational apparel brands to India. Brands such as GAP and H&M have started opening large format stores that have many added advantages. However, it will be challenging for international and domestic players to find affordable real estate in the heart of Indias metro cities. Hence, exploring options in tier twoand tier threecities in India will benefit the players. Apart from affordable real estate, these cities will also benefit from improved consumer Read more..


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Gabriel, nice artistic images, was over saturation intended?
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Gabriel, nice artistic images, was over saturation intended?
Thanks Gintaras. Yes, I wanted them to pack a little extra punch. Too much?
Thanks Geoff!
I hope to do some more shots in that location in the near future, but with a model and flashes in the mix. Hopefully, they'll turn out ok.
the sky was only like this for about 10mins then it just went back to normal after the sun went down. untouched except for border and sig
Very Nice!
Beauty! I love the feeling of getting shots that don't need a single thing done to it. That's what its all about eh?
My latest sunset..
Here's another sunset HDR. From single RAW file.
Gabriel, the rocks and water look amazing! Great job. I think perhaps my monitor has a greater dynamic range than yours? (I'm not sure that's the appropriate word) because the brightest spots in the sky actually look overdone into gray on my monitor, the way it looks if you push a RAW file too far in brightness. It really is a beautiful shot.


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Life is a Carnival Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
Comedy - When a group of diverse actors go to a resort in the Caribbean to shoot a film, an Italian actor and a famous actress meet and a flirty friendship flourishes. But when she begins playing games, he realizes that he feels more than just attraction, and begins to have strong feelings for her.
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Professor Stephan Hawking has warned that mankind will not make it through another 1000 years on Earth, warning that we must 'escape beyond our fragile planet'. The world-renowned theoretical physicist believes life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being catastrophically wiped from existence. Among a couple of possible scenarios, there's nuclear war a genetically engineered virus or, for the likes of many others, a revolution in artificial Intelligence.
Not long ago Professor Hawking warned that new developments in science and technology are also creating 'new ways things can go wrong.'
Furthermore, Professor Hawking believes we will not manage to establish self-sustaining colonies on Mars in another 100 years, one of the main reasons why mankind must be extremely careful and not bring destruction upon civilization.
During a speech, Stephen Hawking warned people to take more interest in space exploration saying that we must travel to the stars in order to ensure the existence of the human race.
After promoting the idea of interplanetary travel, Professor Hawking received a standing ovation at the Oxford University Union.
During the conversation, Stephen Hawking discussed for one hour the turbulent history of humanity and our understanding of the origin of the universe, ranging from primordial creation myths to the most cutting edge predictions made by 'M-Theory.'
Speaking to the audience Professor Hawking said:
"Our picture of the universe has changed a great deal in the last 50 years, and I am happy if I have made a small contribution," he continued. "The fact that we humans, who are ourselves mere fundamental particles of nature, have been able to come this close to understanding the laws that govern us and the universe is certainly a triumph."
Furthermore, Professor Hawking said that: "We will map the position of millions of galaxies with the help of [super] computers like Cosmos. We will better understand our place in the universe. Perhaps one day we will be able to use gravitational waves to look right back into the heart of the Big Bang. But we must also continue to go into space for the future of humanity. I don't think we will survive another 1,000 years without escaping beyond our fragile planet."
Professor Hawking concluded:
"Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up."
Recently, in his online series called Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places Professor Hawking warned about seeking out alien life in the universe. "I am more convinced than ever that we are not alone." However, the scientist warns humanity must STOP trying to contact aliens for our own good."
According to Hawking, the fact that we are reaching out to our 'cosmic neighbors' could put humanity in a very dangerous situation. However, the REALLY bad news is that we've already been signaling our location in the universe for YEARS.
So it seems that if we don't bring destruction upon our civilizations, it seems that Professor Hawking believes aliens might.


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Floating point exception(divided by zero)
I am using CCM+ to do the underhood analysis. The cells are around 34 million. But there is always an error 'Floating point exception error (divided by zero)' .
The situation is:
1) This error happens before the 1st iteration.
2) I already checked and remove the invalid cells (cell quality>1e-6, volume change>1e-4 etc.)
3) I checked all the boudary conditions, there should be no problem.
So I really have no idea how to solve the problem. Can you help me?
Are you using Cell Quality remidiation? If yes, then are there any disconnected cells in the fluid regions? Answers to these questions would be helpful in debugging your problem.
Do you use annotations referencing a report? Which version of CCM+?
You should consider checking the reports.
As others have mentioned, checking cell quality is a good place to start. However, consider checking for non-contiguous volumes in your Regions. You might have a small volume disconnected from the rest of your domain that is causing the catastrophic failure. If that's the case, you could check the underlying geometry to see what is causing the problem. In the past, I have 'fixed' this problem by tweaking the wrapper scaling factor. Good luck!
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Bank Muamalat is also the first and the only Indonesian bank running a full branch in Malaysia. At the moment we are seeking for the best candidate to join in our company as:
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Develop E-Business Banking at Bank Muamalat especially EDC products
Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree (S1), Master's Degree / Post Graduate Degree (S2) majoring in IT, Information System, or Electronic Engineering
At least 5 years of working experience in E-Business Development at banking industry
Have been involved in some projects related with E-Business Banking Product especially EDC product
High initiative and good interpersonal skill
Able to work individually as well as in a team
Has no family relationship with Bank Muamalat's Employee and Board of Directors
Full-Time position(s) available.
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Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree, Law or equivalent.with GPA 2.75
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Full-Time position(s) available.
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Ali v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
Heard: January 12, 1999, Oral judgment: January 12, 1999, 4 pp.
12 January 1999 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Human rights and fundamental freedoms | Countries: Canada


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Chris Jordan is emerging as England's new specialist limited-overs hitter, when only sixes will do.
The all-rounder has made it look a simple task of late to clear the ropes off international bowlers – but that is only because he works every day at perfecting his methods.
Jordan added peerless white-ball expert Lasith Malinga to the list of those he has dispatched, as his 13-ball barrage of boundaries brought him a one-day international career-best 38 not out and gave England the winning barrier they needed against Sri Lanka at The Oval on Thursday.
For good measure, all-rounder Jordan then added his best bowling figures to date in ODI cricket too with 3-25 as England won impressively by 81 runs to go 1-0 up at the start of the Royal London series. The teams meet again tomorrow in Durham.
Jordan's pace and skill with the ball were as compelling as his hitting, especially for those with an eye on what is likely to be an imminent Test debut for him this summer.
But on a day when England collectively did most things right, Jordan's powerhouse striking at No 8 stood out. Malinga and Nuwan Kulasekara, both world-class exponents in the 'death' overs, could not stop him smashing the ball into the stands over the long Oval boundaries.
It was especially rewarding for the former Surrey man to excel on another of his old home grounds – having hit Dwayne Bravo for four sixes in an over in a Twenty20 match in his native Barbados two months ago.
Jordan has now taken his six count to eight from just 120 balls faced in limited-overs cricket for England – as many already as Joe Root and only one fewer than Alastair Cook, after their combined 119 matches.
If that sounds like an unfair comparison with two top-order batsmen whose primary job is very different, Jordan is already beginning to operate close to the same six-hitting strike rate as Jos Buttler.
Yet contrary to appearances, as he stands deep in the crease to achieve elevation in whichever direction, Jordan finds his speciality far from easy.
"It's not something I've always felt confident of doing," he said.
"It's an area of my game that I identified I needed to improve. I'm working every day at it. You have to. Range-hitting is something I practise quite often."
To seal the deal against Malinga is particularly impressive.
"We saw the other night in the Twenty20 that he finished off the game brilliantly," said Jordan. "He is obviously paid the big bucks in the IPL and Twenty20 tournaments all over the world.
"I was just glad I was able to stay as still as possible and get a good bat on it."
Twenty-five-year-old Jordan may be about to discover his timing is perfect, having broken into the England team at the start of a much-discussed new era under new coach Peter Moores.
"I try to enjoy myself and have fun on the pitch every time I go out there – because you never know if it could be your last game," he said. "I try to leave everything on the pitch every time I play.
"I'm a very ambitious player and do want bigger and better things.
"There are few new faces in the side and guys who are trying to make a statement. I hope I can be part of that."
The future appeared anything but rosy, however, only last year when Jordan left Surrey for Sussex after a back injury had previously ruled him out of the 2010 season and his promising career was in danger of stalling.
He has restated his case emphatically, and is grateful to Sussex for their help.
"The family environment down there has been a real key part of my development," he added.
"They made me feel really welcome and at home. I've really enjoyed the move so far.
"I consider myself to be very mentally strong – and even though Surrey released me, I was still in a good place.
"I felt as though my game was still improving, I was doing well in the nets – and I was getting my body nice and strong."
Others deserved honourable mention in an especially promising display from England in the opening one-day international – including new No 3 Gary Ballance (64) Ian Bell (50) with half-centuries, and three wickets too for James Tredwell.
But Cook was in no doubt about who had made the most difference.
"It was a fantastic performance," he said, of Jordan's contribution.
"To come in and whack it like he did – he hit a really clean ball, against a very good 'death' bowler [Lasith Malinga] – was a credit.
"That extra 30 odd we got in the last two overs gave us that momentum swing we really needed.
"Those wickets he got, it looked very uncomfortable batting."
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Agri Decumates
John Frederick Drinkwater
Agri Decumates, a territory comprising the Black Forest, the basin of the Neckar, and the Swabian Alp, annexed by the Flavian emperors to shorten communications between the Rhine and the Danube, and attached to Upper Germany. It may earlier have been settled by the landless poor of Gaul. Though the imperial authorities' prime concern was the *limes, they took pains to establish several artificial civilian communities on the Gallic model, e.g. the civitas Ulpia Sueborum, administered from Ladenburg. The meaning of 'Agri Decumates' has been much disputed; today it is generally translated as 'Ten Cantons'. The area was lost c.
William Moir Calder and Susan Mary Sherwin-White
Alba Longa
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Albania, Transcaucasian
David C. Braund
Albania (Transcaucasian), the land between *Iberia and the *Caspian, to the north of *Media Atropatene: it now lies largely within northern Azerbaijan and Daghestan. Albania comprises an extensive and quite dry plain, with the eastern spur of the main Caucasus to the north: pastoralism was widespread, though archaeology indicates agriculture and significant settlements (so too notably *Ptolemy (4)). Through Albania, past Derbend, lay the easiest and most-frequented route south across the Caucasus. In extant manuscripts of classical texts the Albani are often confused inextricably with the *Alans across the mountains to the north. The Albani are first mentioned in the context of Alexander III's campaigns. Pompey brought them within the Roman sphere in 65
Albanus mons
Edward Togo Salmon and D. W. R. Ridgway
Albanus mons, the Alban hills and more specifically their dominating peak (Monte Cavo, 950m. (3, 115 ft)), 21km. (13 mi.) south-east of Rome. Until c.1150
Eric Herbert Warmington and Antony Spawforth
Stephen J. Harrison
Albunea, sulphurous spring and stream near *Tibur with a famous waterfall, and its homonymous nymph (cf. Hor. Carm. 1. 7. 12), classed as a *Sibyl by *Varro (Lactant. Div. Inst. 1. 6. 12) and fancifully identified by etymology with the sea-goddess *Ino-Leucothea (Servius on Verg. Aen.
John Frederick Drinkwater
Alesia, a hill-fort of the Mandubii, modern Alise-Ste Reine, where, in 52
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Alexander (11) 'Polyhistor', Greek polymath and ethnographer
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