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Here are the parameters that these rankings are based on
- Record (winning percentage)
- Strength of Schedule
- Strength of Victory
- Points Per Game and Points Allowed per game
- Yards per Game and Yards allowed per Game
- Total offensive rank and Total defensive rank
- Turnover differential
- Divisional Strength
- Conference Strength
After the jump, see Week 7's power rankings
Rank #. Team Name (Record), (LW Ranking), (LW Percentage), This weeks Percentage
1. Green Bay Packers (7-0), (1) (.997), .995 - The Packers drop by a few percentage points despite a win due to their SOS going down as well as their defensive ranks and their Strength of Victory going down. For reference sake, the lowest possible score for a 7-0 team is .9927.
2. San Francisco 49ers (5-1), (3) (.992) - .992 - The 49ers slide into the #2 spot by the thinnest of margins (.0002) due to their SOS advantage over the Pats. The 49ers seem to have a firm hold on the NFC Worst and the only thing keeping them from approaching the Packers .995 ranking is their horrible division. With just 3 combined wins from the rest of the division, they are the weakest in the NFL by a huge margin.
3. New England Patriots (5-1), (2) (.993) - .992 - The Pats dropped due to Oakland's loss, which hurt their SOS. However, this team has a chance to rise up in the rankings with a huge showdown at Heinz field this weekend. Their defensive ranks will prevent them from putting up extremely high record rankings (the maximum rating for a 5-1 team is .9953) but their phenomenal offense will keep them from being at the bottom of the record rankings (the minimum rating for a 5-1 team is .899).
4. New Orleans Saints (5-2), (12) (.968) - .983 - The Saints make a huge leap due to a 62-7 victory over the lowly Colts. When you boost your offensive and defensive stats like they did, it will cause a massive leap in the rankings. I would expect them to normalize over the next two weeks, barring another blowout victory.
5. Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2), (9) (.973) - .980 - The Steelers rise up from an impressive victory and losses from the Ravens, Lions, and Chargers. A win over the Patriots would probably jump them to the highest rated 2 loss team.
6. Detroit Lions (5-2), (5) (.989) - .977 - The Lions are falling back into their losing ways but their ranking did not really get affected that much. Both their losses have been by single digits and both to very good teams. They have a chance to rise back up to the top of the 2 loss teams by just winning because they have average stats on offense and defense and a good SOS. I was honestly quite surprised to see the Steelers rank ahead of them because of their SOS.
7. Baltimore Ravens (4-2), (4) (.990) - .973 - The Ravens embarrassed themselves on national television last night and their ranking takes a huge hit. Instead of being 1st in the AFC North, they are now tied for 2nd. Instead of being 2nd in the AFC, they are now tied for 5th. Add in their offensive rankings plummeting from that pathetic performance and it will cause a fall. However, they are still the top rated 4-2 team due to their SOS and defensive ranks.
8. Buffalo Bills (4-2), (10) (.972) - .972 - The Bills almost passed the Ravens for that number one spot (the 4 decimal ranks were .9727 for the Ravens and .9723 for the Bills) but still come in well ahead of the rest of the 4- 2 teams due to a goo SOS, a huge win over the Pats, respectable losses, and quality rankings in both offense and defense, as well as a very high TO margin.
9. Cincinnati Bengals (4-2), (14) (.947) - .952 - The Bengals rise due to other teams falling and the fact that they have the #1 total defense in the league. Despite a middle of the pack offense, an average SOS, and a horrible loss to the Broncos, they maintain a place in the top 10 and have some chances to rise or fall depending on results in the next few weeks with games against the Steelers, Ravens, and Steelers again in a four week span.
10. San Diego Chargers (4-2), (6) (.987) - .948 - The Chargers had victory and a top 5 ranking in hand until Philip Rivers pulled his best Tony Romo impression and threw the game away. The Chargers have not been all that impressive and their low ranking among 4-2 teams reflects that.
11. New York Giants (4-2), (7) (.978) - .947
12. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-3), (11) (.970) - .932
13. Atlanta Falcons (4-3), (NR) (NR) - ..931
14. Houston Texans (4-3), (17) (.886) - .929
15. New York Jets (4-3), (NR) (NR) - .923
16. Oakland Raiders (4-3), (13) (.954) - .915
Drop Outs: Tennessee, Washington
Bottom 5
28. Arizona Cardinals (1-5), (NR) (NR) - .214 - The Cardinals fought hard this week but did not have the talent to compete for four quarters with the Steelers. They look like a 4 to 5 win team this year and will probably rise out of this ranking quickly with two games against St. Louis in the next five weeks.
29. Minnesota Vikings (1-6), (NR) (NR) - .199 - The Vikings almost shocked the world but instead they fell just short and dropped into further oblivion. This team is much better than their record shows. However, their inability to hold leads has cost them big time.
30. Miami Dolphins (0-6), (30) (.189) - .111 - Here is where it gets laughable. The Dolphins are so bad their own players say they suck. Matt Moore is their starting QB. They will be in the Suck for Luck campaign till the end and I think they have a legitimate shot at losing every game this year.
31. St. Louis Rams (0-6), (32) (.102) - .101 - Sam Bradford does not play, same result. This team is awful. They have no talent on this team and despite being picked as the NFC West winner this preseason, it just is not going to happen. If I was the Rams GM and I had the #1 pick, I would take Luck and try and trade Bradford. He is just not that good and Luck is a once in a generation player.
32. Indianapolis Colts (0-7), (31) (.113) - .099 - Now this team is just down right embarrassing. How the hell do you lose 62-7. Alabama St. plays Alabama closer than 62-7. This is supposed to be an NFL team yet they have Curtis Painter at QB? They have the talent at WR and TE to be respectable offense yet they just are not. And their defense is even worse. Cant stop the run. Cant stop the pass. Cant stop anything. Im embarrassed for them.


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When writing a preview of a match that appears to be magnificently lopsided on paper, one generally attempts to find something good to say about the clear underdog. In an attempt to avoid looking like a complete and utter imbecile, the previewer often attempts to present scenarios in which the inferior team could potentially win, in case the unthinkable happens.
This seems like a bit of a pointless exercise for a match between Spain and Ireland, no?
Spain are not playing their best football at the moment -- they actually got outplayed for half of their opener against Italy -- but Ireland are playing truly woeful football. In both their last friendly match before Euro 2012 kicked off and their first group stage match against Croatia, Ireland looked bad. Spain are a lot better than Croatia.
There's no reason that Ireland should avoid defeat against Spain. That's not to say that they're incapable of avoiding defeat, though. It's not like there are any bad teams at the European Championships, ever. This isn't Hoosiers, or The Miracle of Castel di Sangro. Upsets of that magnitude can't happen in the Euros because teams that small don't get to the Euros.
And don't you say "What about Greece in 2004?" Seriously, more than half of that Greece squad played in the UEFA F--king Champions League* for their club teams in the 2003-04 season. Yes, Greece were an underdog playing a more talented Portugal team in Portugal, but they had a roster full of very accomplished high-level professionals. It's really not the same thing.
*Little-known fact! The official name of the UEFA Champions League is the "UEFA F--king Champions League."
OK, tangent over. Point is, there's no such thing as a super duper monster upset in the European Championships. But dang, if Ireland beats Spain on Thursday, that's about as close to a super duper monster upset as the world is ever going to see in this competition. Spain are much bigger than the 2004 Portugal team. They've won the last two major international titles. Ireland are much smaller than that Greece team. None of their players played in the Champions League last season. Five of their players have ever played in that competition.
If Ireland pulls off an upset, it won't be because of some piece of tactical genius. Giovanni Trappattoni is going to deploy his team in a very rigid 4-4-2 formation that will regularly morph into a 4-4-2-0 with 11 men behind the ball. If the individual players play well and Ireland keeps their shape well, it's going to be hard for Spain to score.
Spain will score, though. Even if Vicente del Bosque opts for a 4-6-0 again -- please, dear god, no, make it stop -- something will probably go in. A set piece. A Xabi Alonso lob from 80 yards. Fernando Torres with a lucky goal he knows nothing about off his rear end after he comes off the bench. Something really awesome from Jesus Navas. Come on, they're Spain. At some point, the ball is going to go into the net.
Ireland aren't going to get the ball into the net on anything but a set piece. They have some large people and some decent dead-ball strikers, while Sergio Ramos is pretty bad at marking on set pieces, so it seems very plausible that Ireland could score in this manner. However, this requires them to create corner kicks or free kicks in the general vicinity of their penalty area, which they're not going to do too much of.
Wait ... that thing I said was pointless ... I'm doing it! I'm trying to find ways that Ireland might beat Spain. Oh wow. Where did my life go wrong?
Projected Spain Lineup (4-3-3): Iker Casillas; Jordi Alba, Sergio Ramos, Gerard Pique, Alvaro Arbeloa; Xabi Alonso, Sergio Busquets, Xavi; Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas, David Silva
Projected Ireland Lineup (4-4-2): Shay Given; Stephen Ward, Sean St. Ledger, Richard Dunne, John O'Shea; Aiden McGeady, Keith Andrews, Glenn Whelan, Damien Duff; Robbie Keane, Kevin Doyle
Monty the Psychic Metal Disk says: Can you believe this idiot wasted 700 words on this game? 3-0 Spain.
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on May 2, 2009 at 12:12 pm
What's the big deal? kids just have to wash thier hands and keep healthy, it's kinda like normal flu. come on! the only difference is that this one came from mexico and is infecting the people there.
But if this wipes out all of mexico, then it would suck for me because it will wipe out half the reasons I take spanish class.
on May 2, 2009 at 1:31 pm
We need to stop illegal immigration. Swine flu is just one of the many diseases that are flooding over from Mexico. I have family who are nurses and it is a fact that they perpetually see cases of tuberculosis coming from people who can't speak english and are obviously illegal immigrants from Mexico. Obama was confronted with the question if he's going to close the borders, and he said it would be akin to closing the barn doors when the horses already escaped. WRONG! A few horses have escaped. We must close the door before the rest do. Mexico is on the verge of cataclysmic state and economic failure, all due to their own fault, not ours. If our borders stay open, they will flood over, drug cartels, diseases and all, as has already been happening. I know that sounds 2-dimensional and even cruel, but unfortunately it's the truth. I'm sorry. There's a reason most first world countries are advising against travel to Mexico. We can not fix the Mexicans burdens by wasting our money and taking on third-world diseases. By the way, the swine flu evolves and becomes deadly quick. If we don't stop its spread now, it will become evermore lethal. Flus go dormant during hot times, which means we haven't come close to seeing its full potency. It will rebirth in the fall and winter with even greater power. The more people who have it now, the more it will have time to evolve to then launch its full strike on all the kids returning to school. We must nip this in the bud! OUR CHILDREN ARE AT STAKE!!!
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For those of you who think it's no worse if even less worse than the normal flu, you are utterly mistaken. Otherwise the government would shut down schools every flu season. Schools lose a lot of money when they shut down, so when they do, that means that what they are dealing with is extremely serious. And it's only gonna get worse.


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I'm trying to compile a HelloBrad project from the command line. After compiling the project once (to generate the makefiles etc) I then tried:
C:\USERS\workareas\carbide\HelloBrad\S60 3.0 Emulator Debug>set EPOCROOT=C:\APPS\Symbian\9.1\S60_3rd\
C:\USERS\workareas\carbide\HelloBrad\S60 3.0 Emulator Debug>make
ERROR: EPOCROOT must be an absolute path, not containing a drive letter.
Fair enough. So I reset %EPOCROOT% to no contain a drive letter:
C:\USERS\workareas\carbide\HelloBrad\S60 3.0 Emulator Debug>set EPOCROOT=\APPS\S
C:\USERS\workareas\carbide\HelloBrad\S60 3.0 Emulator Debug>make
'Building file: ../src/HelloBrad.cpp'
'Invoking: WINSCW C/C++ Compiler'
mwccsym2.exe -sym full -c -wchar_t off -align 4 -enum int -str pool -nostdinc -e
xc ms -inline off -msgstyle parseable -nowraplines -O0 -D_UNICODE -D__SYMBIAN32_
NS__ -D__SERIES60_30__ -D__SERIES60_3X__ -include "\APPS\Symbian\9.1\S60_3rd\epo
c32\include\variant\Symbian_OS_v9.1.hrh" -i "C:\USERS\workareas\carbide\HelloBra
d\inc" -i "C:\USERS\workareas\carbide\HelloBrad\data" -i- -i "\APPS\Symbian\9.1\
S60_3rd\epoc32\include" -i "\APPS\Symbian\9.1\S60_3rd\epoc32\include\variant" -w
cmdline -w pragmas -w empty -w possible -w unusedarg -w unusedvar -w extracomma
-w pedantic -w largeargs -w ptrintconv -w tokenpasting -w missingreturn -o src/
HelloBrad.o ../src/HelloBrad.cpp
(C:\USERS\workareas\carbide\HelloBrad\S60 3.0 Emulator Debug\(command-line defin
=#include "\APPS\Symbian\9.1\S60_3rd\epoc32\include\variant\Symbian_OS_v9.1.hrh"
>the file '\APPS\Symbian\9.1\S60_3rd\epoc32\include\variant\Symbian_OS_v9.1.hrh'
cannot be opened
= return new CHelloBradApplication;
>illegal use of abstract class ('CApaApplication::OpenAppInfoFileLC() const')
Errors caused tool to abort.
C:\apps\Symbian\9.1\S60_3rd\epoc32\tools\make.exe: *** [src/HelloBrad.o] Error 1
C:\USERS\workareas\carbide\HelloBrad\S60 3.0 Emulator Debug>
Um, \APPS\Symbian\9.1\S60_3rd\epoc32\include\variant\Symbian_OS_v9.1.hrh exists just fine.
So, it seems that there is either a bug in the compiler (since it didn't find the header unless the drive letter is included in EPOCROOT) or there is a problem the make system (for requiring no drive letter to be included in EPOCROOT).
I don't have access to the compiler source but I dug around in the make system.
Commenting out lines 254 and 255 of C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symbian\tools\tlaunch.pm and setting EPOCROOT to include the drive letter seems to make the problem go away.
Are those lines in tlaunch.pm a bug, or is there a valid reason for EPOCROOT to not include a drive letter?


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The Tucson Symphony Orchestra has named Mark Blakeman as the next President and CEO of the 86-year old orchestra. He comes to the TSO from the Nashville Symphony Orchestra where he has held the post of Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Blakeman's first event with the TSO will be attending Opening Weekend, September 26 and 28, when the TSO performs Bernstein, Copland, Gershwin: American Essentials.
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A stellar Garcia performance at The Ballpark in Arlington was overshadowed by a rather bizarre ninth inning that saw the Mariners hit two doubles and not score.
The Rangers, by contrast, needed just one swing by Todd Greene in the bottom of the ninth to dance off the field with a 4-3 victory that left the losers understandably demoralized.
The effort Garcia put forth was similar to the Freddy Garcia of past seasons.
"That's the best he has thrown in a long time," manager Lou Piniella said. "He was impressive. It was good pitching, and I told him that. He had a lot of strikeouts -- a lot of good, quality pitches."
Garcia has been having a pretty rotten second half. His 4-5 record and 6.16 ERA in 11 post-All-Star Game starts has been a key factor in the Mariners falling out of the AL West lead and dipping five games behind the Wild Card-leading Angels.
But he pitched a dandy Wednesday night, holding the Rangers to six hits and three runs over seven innings; he walked only one batter and struck out 12, matching his career high.
Pitching coach Bryan Price has been working with Garcia the past five days to make a subtle chance in his windup to keep the right-hander from tipping off his pitches. Price said he didn't know how much of a factor his guidance was, but watching Garcia throw so many quality pitches was a pleasant sight.
"If the change was a byproduct of what we worked on, fine," Price said. "But for whatever reason, he commanded the bottom part of the strike zone. It was one of the best games I've seen him pitch this year."
If the Rangers knew what was coming, they didn't show it.
The only mistake he made, Price said, was a fastball to Alex Rodriguez in the sixth inning. The ball wound up in the seats in left-center field for A-Rod's 54th home run of the season and his third in this series.
"All three of them have been on pitches that were up in the 'zone,'" Price said, "and that's not where we want to pitch him."
Hank Blalock also hit a home run off Garcia, a solo shot in the second inning, but Price said the pitch was a good one. "[Garcia] wanted it up and in, and that's where it was, but [Blalock] got the big part of the bat on it."
In the end, Greene also got the big part of his bat on a pitch that reliever Arthur Rhodes delivered.
Bye-bye, ballgame.
Actually, the beginning of the end came in the top of the inning, when Bret Boone dropped a leadoff double into right-center field, although Carl Everett actually misplayed a single into a double.
After Ruben Sierra, who earlier had doubled and hit a home run, struck out, Carlos Guillen lined a ball to left field. Boone was sure Todd Hollandsworth would catch it and retreated to second base, hoping to tag up and advance to third.
Major mistake.
Hollandsworth acted like he was going to catch it, but the ball sailed over his head, hit the wall and bounced directly back to him. Boone only made it as far as third base on Guillen's double.
"With one out, you are supposed to be halfway," Piniella said. "You are not supposed to be tagging up. You are already in scoring position, and we've stressed that over and over all year."
Boone accepted the blame, saying, "I screwed up. I know that I should go halfway with one out on a ball like that, and I don't think I have ever done it [tag up] in my entire life. It cost us a run, and I feel terrible about it.
"I was 100 percent sure he was going to catch the ball, and if he makes the catch going away, I make it to third base. I take great pride in my baserunning, and there is no excuse for doing that. It was a great deke on his part, but I can't be deked."
The inning ended with Jose Offerman failing to make contact on suicide squeeze bunt on a full-count pitch. He struck out, and Boone was tagged out, the first time a Seattle squeeze has failed this season. The Mariners had been 2-for-2.
"We gave [Offerman] two swings at it and then took a shot [with the squeeze]," Piniella said.
If it had worked, the Mariners had closer Kazuhiro Sasaki ready to pitch the bottom of the ninth.
He was still in the 'pen when Greene's blast sailed into the seats.
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The Syracuse Crunch have swept the Springfield Falcons in the AHL Eastern Conference semi-finals. The sweep marks the first 7-game sweep in Crunch history.
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Interviews with the JI 2014 Outstanding TAThe teaching assistant system is a characteristic of the JI. The teaching assistants play an important role in the teaching process. The 2014 Outstanding Teaching Assistant winners are JI students Yanrong Li, Xianglong Wang, Jiesheng Zhang, and Ming Zhong.
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JI Eighth Anniversary Special ReportFounded in 2006, UM-SJTU Joint Institute has developed tremendously in the past eight years, having won various prestigious awards. The institute has become the "wind vane" of international education reform in China. Looking forward, JI is progressing steadily with full confidence and is striving for bigger accomplishments.
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Greenfield police are seeking a man who caused a disturbance and brandished a knife in front of an off-duty Milwaukee Police officer Jan. 15.
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The off-duty officer observed a man yelling and wielding a knife in the parking lot at Walgreens, 4296 S. 76th St., at about 1:33 p.m. Jan. 15. When the officer attempted to leave the lot, the subject walked in front of her vehicle, blocked the path for her to leave, and then put the knife up the sleeve of his jacket.
The man then got into the passenger side of a dark-colored, two-door Saturn that was parked in an area parking lot. The off-duty officer followed the car. It was last seen traveling northbound to the area of South 68th Street and West Morgan Avenue.
The subject is described as a five-foot-eight-inch Hispanic man between the ages of 30 and 40 with a medium build and wearing a black hat. The driver of the vehicle was described only as a white male.
A license plate number of the vehicle was given to police and they are investigating.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - The members of the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association (D1-AAA ADA) have chosen their officers for 2009-10.
FGCU Athletic Director Ken Kavanagh was chosen as the 3rd Vice President.
Jean Lenti Ponsetto, director of athletics at DePaul University, was selected to serve as president for 2009-10. Also elected to serve DI-AAA ADA for the 2009-10 term were 1st Vice President Brian Quinn, director of athletics at California State University Fullerton; 2nd Vice President Joel Thirer, director of athletics at Binghamton University; Secretary John Suarez, director of athletics at Long Island University Brooklyn; and Treasurer Keith Gill, director of athletics at American University.
The 2009-10 Executive Committee includes the following athletics directors: Troy Austin, Longwood University; Ken Bothof, University of Wisconsin Green Bay; Peg Bradley-Doppes, University of Denver; Vic Cegles, Long Beach State University; Dan Coonan, Santa Clara University; Don DiJulia, St. Joseph's University; Gene Doris, Fairfield University; Tim Hall, University of Missouri Kansas City; Bill Hogan, Seattle University; Pat Meiser, University of Hartford; Dave Mullins, East Tennessee State University; and Bruce Rasmussen, Creighton University. America East Conference Commissioner Pat Nero serves as a conference commissioner representative on the Executive Committee.
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WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States, Europe and Japan joined forces on Tuesday to challenge China's restrictions on exports of rare earth minerals critical to the manufacture of advanced technology.
In a formal complaint to the World Trade Organization, the three trade powers accused Beijing of trying to hold down prices for its domestic manufacturers and to pressure international firms to move operations to China.
"We want our companies building those products right here in America. But to do that, American manufacturers need to have access to rare earth materials which China supplies," President Barack Obama said at the White House.
Europe's trade chief said China's restrictions violated international trade rules and had to be removed.
"These measures hurt our producers and consumers in the EU and across the world, including manufacturers of pioneering hi-tech and 'green' business applications," said European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht.
Rare earths are crucial for the defense, electronics and renewable-energy industries and are used in a range of products such as the iPhone, disk drives and wind turbines.
"We invent solar panels, they end up in China. We're inventing electric cars, they end up in China. Why? Because they've got rare earths," said Michael Silver, chief executive of American Elements, a company that makes rare earth products for the aerospace, defense and automotive industries.
Beijing said the export curbs are necessary to control environmental problems caused by rare earth mining and to preserve supplies of an exhaustible natural resource.
"We regret their decision to complain to the WTO," said China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei, according to the official Xinhua news agency. "In the meantime, we are actively preparing to defend ourselves."
China's export quotas were not trade protectionism and did not target any specific country, he added.
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Obama, who has faced criticism from Republican rivals for not being tough enough with Beijing, has hardened his stance on Chinese trade practices as he gears up for a re-election battle.
"Our competitors should be on notice. They will not get away with skirting the rules," Obama said.
The rare earths dispute, which has been building for years, comes as China undergoes a political transition, with Vice President Xi Jinping poised to become the leader of the world's second-largest economy by early 2013.
The United States and Europe have clashed regularly with China over a range of economic issues including the value of the Chinese currency. The United States is due to make a preliminary decision next week on whether to impose countervailing duties on Chinese-made solar panels, potentially adding to trade tensions.
The rare earths case is the first to be jointly filed by the European Union, the United States and Japan.
Though dependent on the outside world for vast qualities of industrial components such as iron and coal, China accounts for about 97 percent of world output of the 17 rare earth metals.
"China continues to make its export restraints more restrictive, resulting in massive distortions and harmful disruptions in supply chains for these materials throughout the global marketplace," said U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk.
The action over China's export curbs involving rare earths, as well as tungsten and molybdenum, begins a 60-day process for the two sides to try to resolve the dispute.
The next step would be for the United States, the EU and Japan to ask the WTO to establish a dispute-settlement panel to decide the case. Once appeals are lodged and heard, the process could take as long as two years to complete.
The EU, the United States and Mexico won a similar case against China in January concerning other raw materials. A European official close to the case said China had not removed wider export restrictions since that ruling. In particular, the EU said in a statement, rare earth quota announcements "are further tightening the restrictions and are a clear signal in the wrong direction."
Beijing has until the end of March to tell the United States, the EU and Mexico how it intends to comply with the January ruling, providing an opportunity for China to address both that case and the rare earth restrictions at the same time, Kirk said in an interview.
"We are hopeful that because the WTO ruling in the raw materials case was so unequivocal that China will work with us," Kirk said.
Foreign companies pay up to twice as much as Chinese firms for rare earth metals, the EU said.
The EU directly imports 350 million euros worth of rare earths from China each year, and also brings in products of far greater value containing rare earths from Japan and elsewhere.
The damage done to European manufacturing runs into billions of euros, the official said, because it was nearly impossible to diversify away from Chinese supply.
(Additional reporting by Michael Martina and Ben Blanchard in Beijing, Julie Gordon in Toronto, Jeff Mason and Alister Bull in Washington; editing by Luke Baker, Rex Merrifield and Todd Eastham)
By restricting them and making them more expensive, other sites around the world can be developed so-as to make it less concentrated which will be good for the overall market, but businesses are always unwilling to self-impose a restriction or an increase in price for these long-term gains so the only way is for a government to regulate.
We jumped into them because our big boys can make huge profits at the American workers expense. Simple enough. We must get out from both and take care of our own people, not Goldman Sucks, JP Morgan, Wall Street Banksters and their likes, who suck the blood out of the American worker.
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CATEGORIES Hot TopicI stand before you today a reformed hater of Ben Affleck.
Trust me, five years ago I was an outspoken opponent of the man, lighting quick with the snarky 'Gigli' jab; and a regular, casual dropper of the phrase "that a**hole Ben Affleck."
But why did I despise Ben Affleck? Because of a few offensively bad bombs like 'Pearl Harbor,' 'Gigli' and 'Daredevil'? Because he had the nerve to date and then propose to Jennifer Lopez? Because everyone else suddenly did? I'm not really sure.
In the late '90s, Affleck was the intelligent and witty wunderkind behind the triumph 'Good Will Hunting,' who had an eye for classic material ('Dazed and Confused,' 'Chasing Amy,' 'Boiler Room') and who stayed loyal to his blue-collar roots in his hometown of Boston. But after the turn of the century, Affleck was the smarmy elitist snob from the overrated 'Good Will Hunting,' who made s***ty movies ('Paycheck,' 'Jersey Girl,' 'Surviving Christmas') and who wouldn't stop shoving his love for the Red Sawx down our throats.
You could point to a very specific time period when the world turned against Affleck: 2002. It was the year Affleck appeared in a couple moderately successful thrillers, 'Changing Lanes' and 'The Sum of All Fears,' but importantly, it was the year he fell for "Jenny From the Block."
Their union just so happened to correspond with the boom of celebrity tabloids: Where there was once just PEOPLE Magazine, now there were at least 10 successful imitators, and they couldn't get enough of "Bennifer," the not-so-honored recipients of the First Celebrity Couple portmanteau. The public reacted by to the couple's overexposure by at first obsessing over them, then quickly letting that obsession morph into seething hatred. So they (we) hated them, but at the same time, couldn't get enough of them.
It didn't help that what followed were two awful creative collaborations, 'Gigli' and 'Jersey Girl,' plus Affleck's unsightly turn as a blind, red leather-clad superhero in 'Daredevil.' But was the public really upset with his disappointing artistic output? Nobody hates Hugh Jackman even though 'Wolverine' pretty much sucked, and he's also made the abominable 'Van Helsing,' 'Australia' and 'Swordfish' (in fact, despite his crimes against good taste, I kind of love Jackman, one of the nicest and most genuine people in Hollywood).
There's also the issue of politics, of course, since Affleck is an outspoken liberal. But anyone who hates Affleck for his political views must also hate Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks and, really, the majority of Hollywood. So that point's irrelevant here.
Whatever the case, Affleck, publicly recognizing his sudden unpopularity, did the wisest thing an overexposed celebrity could do -- pay attention, Paris Hilton -- he went away. After his 2004 dud 'Christmas,' Affleck wasn't heard from again (aside from tabloid reports on his marriage to another Jennifer, this one named Garner) until 2006's 'Hollywoodland.'
His supporting turn as fallen TV Superman George Reeves in 'Hollywoodland' was widely acclaimed, a comeback role that earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Affleck used publicity interviews for the movie to both chastise the outrageousness of the celebrity media and also (somewhat) apologize for the lackluster movies he'd made. He claimed he didn't want to be an A-list star in the limelight anymore. It wasn't worth it.
Affleck's come through on that vow. He's taken supporting roles in movies like 'Smokin' Aces,' 'He's Just Not That Into You' and 'State of Play,' and made a startling impression behind the camera with his directorial debut, the excellent 'Gone Baby Gone.'
And no role singlehandedly defines Affleck 2.0 like his latest, that of a longhaired and scruffy stoner-slacker in Mike Judge's new comedy 'Extract' (think the Diedrich Bader sidekick in 'Office Space'). Affleck steals every scene he's in, and reminds us why we took to the Bostonian in the first place. Here he's coarse, foulmouthed, and freaking funny.
Despite the actor's reinvention, haters still abound. As "noobular" suggested on an IMDB message board recently, "I hate this guy ... Someone should punch him in that gigantic chin of his." Several other threads on his page included the word "douche" in the subject line.
But forget the haters. Affleck is a good dude, a good actor, and a damn good director, it turns out. Who's ready to jump back on the bandwagon with me?
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MAKEUP: "There's a slightly English screwball feeling to the face," said Philips of his diffused metallic eyes in rusty bronze and silvery lavender, which he blended all the way to the brow bone. Worn with softly shaded cheeks and nude lips, "it's moody, or a bit nostalgic, but it's also the kind of thing the girls could wear right out into the street." Moments after the show finished, models Abbey Lee and Anna Selezneva did just that—setting off a firestorm of flashbulbs from the dozens of street-style bloggers waiting outside the cobblestone courtyard of the Fendi headquarters on Via Sciesa.
HAIR: McKnight may have been channeling a Hitchcockian woman (Mrs. Danvers from Rebecca) with his messy, deconstructed twists—but from the front row, models recalled a Fendi-fied Daphne Guinness. "It's a gothic and a bit sick, really," said McKnight of the bold mustard, teal, tomato, or deep burgundy streaks he worked into the hair before slipping Fendi's colorful mismatched headbands over the crown.
EYES: "Karl [Lagerfeld] wanted a focus on the eyes. Something metallic and shiny, a play on warm and cool," said Philips. He blended two creamy, glimmering pigments (Chanel's forthcoming Illusion d'Ombre eye shadows) from the lashes to the brow bone for a hazy, washed out feeling. To open up the eyes, he used a bit of beige kohl pencil (Chanel Eye Kohl in Clair) on the inner lids.
SKIN: Philips blended Chanel's Pro Lumière foundation over the skin as needed, and then sculpted the cheekbones with the company's Rose Ecrin blush (available in the U.S. this July). . He finished by dabbing a dot of the same foundation on the lips.
HAIR: "We wanted the hair up to work with the high collars in the collection," said McKnight, who used Sebastian Mousse Forte from roots to ends before choosing from a rainbow-like assortment of extensions and attaching one wide, solitary strip at the crown. "It's quite structured and severe, but with soft edges," he said of the look, lightly spritzed with Pantene hair spray, which spilled haphazardly over the back and sides as if models had twisted it up tightly, pinned it painstaking into place—and then slept in for days.
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A big rig and at least two other vehicles were involved in a collision on the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway today that caused a closure of all lanes and severe congestion.
The driver apparently lost control of the tanker, which slid, then crashed through the center divider into the northbound side of the freeway, spilling diesel fuel onto the lanes, NBC4 reported.
Initially, all northbound and southbound lanes in the area were closed, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Christian Cracraft, but at least one right southbound lane was reopened around 5:45 p.m.
Traffic could be seen backed up for miles, even past the Ventura (134) Freeway interchange, NBC4 reported. Some motorists used an off-ramp at Hollywood Way under construction to escape the traffic backup.
The crash was reported at 4:57 p.m. at Buena Vista Street, Cracraft said.
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