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Columbia, Mo. - The Mizzou Tiger football team held another spirited practice this morning at Faurot Field under sunny skies and pleasant temperatures. The action Thursday morning was even on both sides of the ball, but the defense, as it has done each day since pads went on, pulled out a victory in the final period to win the day overall, and retain the black jerseys for Friday.
The Tigers will return to the practice field this afternoon for a short one-hour session in shorts and helmets, and then they'll hit the Mizzou Student Recreation Center to get in some pool time. They will return to the field for a single morning practice Friday, as they prepare for the first major scrimmage of the fall, set for 7:30 a.m. Saturday at Faurot Field.
Junior QB James Franklin returned to throwing, and he looked sharp after taking two practices off to rest his shoulder. In 11-on-11 scrimmaging, his top two throws of the day both went to senior WR Gahn McGaffie, who continued his strong camp. The first was a 20-yard connection down the seam, and the last one was a nicely-timed sideline route that picked up 12 yards on a 3rd-and-8 play against the #1 defense.
The offense and defense were tied going into the final period of the day, meaning the final few series were a "winner takes all" proposition. The #1 defense went up against the #2 offense initially, and junior DT Sheldon Richardson made a couple of big-time plays to get the defense off to a good start. Richardson was in on a tackle behind the line, along with senior LB Will Ebner, to stuff a play for a safety. A couple of plays later, Richardson got more penetration into the backfield and wrapped up senior TB Jared McGriff-Culver for a loss.
Next up, the #1 offense took on the #2 defense, and senior TB Kendial Lawrence ran tough up the middle for a 5-yard gain, and then Franklin hit sophomore TB Marcus Murphy on a swing pass for a nice gainer of around 8 yards. Murphy next hit a gain for 5 yards to score another point for the offense.
Lastly, the #1 units squared off with the game on the line, and the defense was able to get the upper hand by stopping a couple of runs for little to no gain, to wrap up the win.
A few other highlights from Thursday morning's session included:
TB Kendial Lawrence bounced a run outside in red zone work against the #1 defense and got into the endzone from 12 yards out. On the next snap, junior CB Randy Ponder crashed from the edge and dumped Lawrence for a loss. Sophomore DE Kony Ealy later got into the backfield to get a touch sack of Franklin, and junior LB Andrew Wilson put a big pop on Lawrence a few plays later to stuff a run for no gain. Lawrence later caught a swing pass from Franklin and took it for a gain of close to 10 yards, and that was followed by Murphy, carrying to the right side for a gain of 10, as well. CB Xavier Smith had a couple of pass break ups while seeing time with the #1 defense, as well...
McGriff-Culver had a nice run against the #2 defense when he got to the right edge and carried for about 15 yards before first contact. Freshman QB Corbin Berkstresser hit TB Tyler Hunt over the middle for 10 yards, and he followed that with a nice timing route to WR Jimmie Hunt for another 10 yards...
True freshmen Maty Mauk and Dorial Green-Beckham are quickly developing a good chemistry, as they combined for perhaps the play of the day. With the #3 units squaring off in red zone work, Mauk found his target in the back of the endzone, and lofted a pass perfectly feathered over coverage. Green-Beckham leaped to secure the ball, and came down with a nifty tip-toe effort to get both feet in before falling out of the back of the endzone for the score...
On the injury front, freshman TE Sean Culkin has a broken ring finger in his left hand, and will require surgery to get it fixed up, which is scheduled for Friday. It is believed that he will be able to return in 2-3 weeks time, and shouldn't miss any game action. Senior OT Elvis Fisher was held out of practice today, after he tweaked an ankle Wednesday in practice, and he's considered day-to-day. Junior OL Chris Freeman left practice early after sustaining a knee injury, but the extent of it wasn't immediately known. There were no new injuries to report.
Stay tuned to www.mutigers.com for continuing coverage of fall camp. MUTigers.com will have official stats from Saturday's scrimmage.
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Handling Pressure: Teens Rehearse Ways To Put Off Sex, Avoid Pregnancy
Several times a day, 17-year-old Delvecchio Finley might tell a vulnerable young girl, "If you love me, you'll have sex with me."
But the girl usually replies, "If you love me, why are you pressuring me to do something I don't want to do?" Whereupon her eighth-grade classmates cheer loudly.
Finley joins the celebration. He's just acting out a skit, part of what several experts call the nation's most successful program for preventing teen pregnancy.
It's called "Postponing Sexual Involvement," and many analysts say it is the nation's most effective teen-pregnancy program. According to one study, graduates are five to 15 times less likely than their peers to start having sex in the year after the course.
That has caught the eye of official Washington, where unwed teenage motherhood has taken center stage in the debate over welfare reform.
Unwed births account for 30 percent of all American children, almost half the children born to poor, uneducated whites, and 68 percent of black children.
That is expensive for the children and for society. Some 80 percent of the children born to unwed high-school dropouts grow up in poverty. Most welfare funds are spent on families started by teen mothers, and nearly half of all never-married mothers reported receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children 1993.
The program's director, Dr. Marion Howard, said she began by noting the failure of one traditional remedy, the birth-control information in sex-education courses.
Youngsters might learn plenty about contraception, "but they aren't any more likely to use it," said Howard, an organizational specialist with Emory University's gynecology school.
Then she learned of an anti-smoking campaign that used older teenagers as role models.
Younger children were more likely to follow a good example than to obey a lecture, she thought. And anyway, they couldn't possibly imagine anyone her age knowing anything about sex.
Finally, Howard and her chief collaborator, Marie Mitchell, surveyed teen mothers. Their final question was, in effect, "What would you like to learn more about?"
Overwhelmingly, the young mothers wanted to know how to say "No" without hurting a boyfriend's feelings or driving him away.
By the early 1980s, the staff of Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital had put together a program in which teenagers helped other teenagers learn how and why to say "No."
The program, which now reaches all Atlanta eighth graders, begins with the usual discussions of anatomy and contraception. Then come Finley and his fellow teen counselors.
With no realistic plans for college or career, those youngsters do not consider the costs of early childbirth, the teen counselors said. Indeed, some might view the baby as a way to gain love and show their maturity.
To expose those fallacies and help children take control over their lives, Howard and her colleagues devised a five-session program. It focuses on:
Risks of sexual activity, from AIDS to childbirth. Being a parent is not the same as being an adult, the children are told. Adults can take responsibility for their actions. And babies don't give love, they demand it.
Sexual pressures in society, from sex in advertising to sex in movies, where the characters enjoy blissful relations and seldom suffer any harm.
The older teenagers, abstinence-prone and college-bound, steer discussions toward lessons such as "Real men don't use women."
Girls are reminded that they are more than sexual objects. They learn to tell themselves, "I have more to offer than that."
Peer pressure, including discussion of some of the lines that boys and girls use to pressure each other.
When girls speak of hopes they'll live happily ever after with the father of their child, they're asked, "What has happened to other girls you know who had babies?"
Then, under the tutelage of co-ed teams like Finley and Tiffany Marsh, boys and girls alike practice saying no.
"If I had sex with anyone, it would be with you," they might say. "But I'm not going to do it now."
Many teenagers said the course changed their perspectives on themselves and on others.
"At first, I wondered if I had a right to say no," said Marsh. "Afterwards, I knew that I could and that they should respect my feelings."


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Keuthonymos (or Ceuthonymus[1]) (Κευθωνυμος) is an ancient Greek spirit in mythology who is the father of Menoites (or Menoetes, Menoetius),[2][3] who guarded the oxen of Hades.[1] Keuthonymos is a mysterious daimon or spirit of the underworld, who lives in the realm of Hades. Keuthonymos is possibly the same as Iapetos, a Titan, and father of a certain Menoitios.[3]
- ^ a b Apollodorus (of Athens) (1921). Apollodorus: The library. W. Heinemann. p. 237
- ^ Emily Vermeule (1981). Aspects of death in early Greek art and poetry. University of California Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-520-04404-3.
- ^ a b Thomas Keightley (1896). The Mythology of ancient Greece and Italy. George Bell and Sons. p. 322.


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Landover, MD (Sports Network) - Michael Turner ran for the go-ahead touchdown with 2:46 left to play and the Atlanta Falcons gutted out a 24-17 victory over the Washington Redskins on Sunday at FedEx Field.
Turner was bottled up for most of the day, running for just 67 yards on 18 carries, but broke through for a 13-yard sprint to the end zone when it mattered most for the Falcons, who are 5-0 for the first time in franchise history.
Matt Ryan threw for 345 yards, two touchdowns and one interception on 34-of-52 efficiency for Atlanta. Tony Gonzalez had a huge day receiving, catching 13 passes for 123 yards and a touchdown, while Julio Jones snagged 10 balls for 94 yards and a score.
"It was a real battle this week on the road," Falcons coach Mike Smith said. "I'm really proud of our guys. We showed some resiliency throughout the game."
Robert Griffin III connected on 10-of-15 passes for 91 yards, but left the game after taking a shot to the head from Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon.
Kirk Cousins took over under center and threw for 111 yards, one score and two interceptions on 5-of-9 passing for Washington (2-3), which lost at home for the eighth consecutive game.
Rookie sixth-round draft pick Alfred Morris ran for 115 yards on 18 carries for the Redskins, while Santana Moss caught two passes for 80 yards and a touchdown in the setback.
"They controlled the tempo of the game," Redskins coach Mike Shanahan said. "We had some opportunities to get some momentum going, but couldn't make those third downs. We've got to make more of our third downs."
With the game tied at 17-17 and 5:40 left on the clock, the Falcons began their decisive drive on their own 31. Facing 2nd-and-9 from near midfield, Ryan stepped up in the pocket and hit Jones deep down the left sideline for 29 yards to the Washington 22.
Two plays later, Turner went off left guard for the 13-yard touchdown run, putting the Falcons ahead for good.
Washington got two more possessions following Turner's touchdown, but Cousins was picked off on both series to seal the result for Atlanta.
After both offenses struggled through the first quarter, it was the Washington defense that put the first points of the game on the board early in the second.
Facing a 3rd-and-5 from the Atlanta 38-yard line, Ryan took a quick three-step drop and fired right into the path of Ryan Kerrigan, who snatched the ball and took it 28 yards the other way for the touchdown and a 7-0 Washington lead.
Washington had an opportunity to widen the lead late in the second quarter, as Morris sparked a 7-play drive to the Atlanta 13 with gains of 20 and 29 yards on consecutive plays. However, Billy Cundiff missed a 31-yard field goal attempt, keeping it a 7-0 game.
Atlanta began its final drive of the opening half with 2:16 on the clock. Ryan completed seven passes on the eight-play trek to the Washington goal line and finished it with a 1-yard touchdown strike to Gonzalez in the back right corner of the end zone.
The Redskins began their second drive of the second half at the Falcons 39 and moved down to the Atlanta three, where they faced a 3rd-and-3.
On that play, Griffin scrambled to the right sideline, but was short of the first down after taking the hit that knocked him out of the game from Weatherspoon. Cundiff was good from 23 yards out to give the Redskins the 10-7 lead.
Atlanta bridged the third and fourth quarters with a 6-play, 47-yard drive to the Washington 18, with Ryan finishing the march with an 18-yard touchdown strike to Jones in the back left corner of the end zone that gave the Falcons the lead for the first time at 14-10.
Cousins and the Redskins answered right back with a big play on their next drive, however, as the Michigan State product hooked up with Moss over the middle for a 77-yard touchdown pass to put Washington back on top, 17-14.
The Falcons responded with a 9-play, 45-yard drive which culminated in a 53- yard field goal off the leg of Matt Bryant that tied the game at 17-17 with 7:42 to play.
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The regular season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has reached its midpoint, with 13 races completed and 13 to go before the championship Chase begins.
The Houston Texans have signed defensive lineman Brandon Deaderick, who played last season with the New Orleans Saints.
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The kind that takes marshmallows or fluff please! A nice rich chocolatly one!
Because fudge in American is NOT the same thing as fudge here in the UK and 'fudge' here in the UK is...well...its gross! I thought I would treat my british friends to some real home made American fudge! I have a friend who used to do one with marshmallows (melted them?) ...but its a family recipe she won't give me! lol Her fudge was great! Oh also - I would like the recipe to allow for nuts as an optional thing so I can make a batch without nuts and a batch with nuts for some variety! hehe So please do share your tried and tested fudge recipes with me please! :D I need to buy some of these ingredients in advance because they also don't sell them in the UK! thanks! :)
Well, I'm Canadian, and the fudge recipe I use does not include marshmallows or fluff, but my family seems to like it, and it's very easy to make. I mix it all up in a pot on the stove over low-med/low heat as I don't have a microwave:
I also like to line the pan with foil or wax paper to make it easier to lift out the fudge for slicing on a cutting board.
Well, I'm Canadian, and the fudge recipe I use does not include marshmallows or fluff, but my family seems to like it, and it's very easy to make. I mix it all up in a pot on the stove over low-med/low heat as I don't have a microwave:
I also like to line the pan with foil or wax paper to make it easier to lift out the fudge for slicing on a cutting board.
I use one very similar and love it. Not sure if mine has the butter or not. I use different kinds of chips for different flavors and it works great.
Mother of two spectacular girls, born mid-2010 and late 2012
Not a big maker of homemade fudge - but I've made this pretzel fudge a few times and it's awfully tasty. No marshmallow stuff, BUT it does have the sweetened condensed milk which probably helps make it delicious (and easy). You could probably not do pretzels and do whatever else you want (but they do add a nice salty touch, which is lovely with fudge).
I use this one with Ghirardelli chips
1 2/3 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. miniature marshmallows
1 1/2 c. chocolate chips
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped nuts
Jess SAHM to Daniel (09/07) and Samuel (06/10)and Katie Lee (11/11) we're with #4 edd 4/15 Wifey to my "geek" : David for 14 yrs. ( 4/09 @ 19 weeks).
Mine is like this but I don't put in the extra sugar. I add one marshmallow. Everybody raves.
So the YUMMIEST fudge recipe is the EASIEST recipe. It's a "Taste of Home" peanut butter fudge recipe, which I know you said chocolate, so you may have to make it PB and Chocolate... I know, what a HORRIBLE combination! Obviously you could just sub the Pnut butter for chocolate, but I have never tried to do this myself yet.
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1-1/3 cups peanut butter
- 1 jar (7 ounces) marshmallow creme
- In a saucepan, bring sugar and milk to a boil; boil for 3 minutes. Add peanut butter and marshmallow creme; mix well. Quickly pour into a buttered 8-in. square pan; chill until set. Cut into squares. Yield: 3-4 dozen.
That's it! I swear it is delish, and I have tried it with chocolate, too. It was a HUGE hit either way.
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After a volatile year, stocks are heading into the homestretch about where they began. The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 Index finished the week at 1255, within a percentage point of where it started the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 5% in 2011, largely reflecting the strength of a single stock, IBM IBM 0.3647638154295094% International Business Machines Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD165.09 0.6 0.3647638154295094% /Date(1435870944274-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2817418 AFTER HOURS USD164.85 -0.24 -0.1453752498637107% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 35278 P/E Ratio 13.7575 Market Cap 162569733904.783 Dividend Yield 3.1497970803803987% Rev. per Employee 238319 More quote details and news » (ticker: IBM), which has risen 32% to 194 and dominates the price-weighted index owing to its lofty absolute share price.
Most equity strategists are optimistic at best about 2012. They're worried that earnings growth and strong corporate balance sheets will be offset, in investors' minds, by the tough economic backdrop and the European debt crisis. Barry Knapp, Barclays Capital's chief market strategist, recently set an S&P 500 target of 1330, 6% above Friday's close. He expects a "difficult" first half followed by a second-half rally.
The important offset to the economic and political situation is valuation. U.S. stocks look reasonably priced, especially with 10-year Treasuries yielding 2% and short-term rates near zero. The S&P 500 is valued at 13 times projected 2011 profits and about 12 times next year's projected earnings. Bulls cite the combination of attractive valuations and super-low rates. "I feel like a kid in a candy store…I don't know where to begin," said Joe Rosenberg, chief investment strategist at Loews, told Barron's in last week's interview ("The Best Opportunities in a Half-Century," Dec. 5). Rosenberg is partial to a range of blue-chip stocks.
We compiled a list of 10 stocks that could reward investors in 2012, including blue chips like Berkshire Hathaway brka -0.2141836067162552% Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD205923 -442 -0.2141836067162552% /Date(1435870843361-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 480 AFTER HOURS USD205923 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 141 P/E Ratio 17.031026941158732 Market Cap 338526118589.242 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 626152 More quote details and news » (BRKA), Procter & Gamble pg 0.26342197691921726% Procter & Gamble Co. U.S.: NYSE USD79.93 0.21 0.26342197691921726% /Date(1435871075220-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6492659 AFTER HOURS USD80 0.07 0.087576629550857% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 109862 P/E Ratio 25.595619315998462 Market Cap 216849778601.378 Dividend Yield 3.317402727386463% Rev. per Employee 671627 More quote details and news » (PG), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) and Britain's Vodafone Group (VOD). In this diversified selection, nearly all pay dividends, the exception being Berkshire, which is understandable given CEO Warren Buffett's extraordinary investment skills. The average yield is 3%, in line with that of the 30-year Treasury. Half of them have price/earnings ratios below 10 on next year's projected profits. The most expensive stocks, Berkshire and P&G, are valued at about 15 times estimated '12 earnings.
Four of our top 10 are European, reflecting depressed markets and high dividend yields there. European investors and managements have a preference for dividends over share repurchases, the reverse of the situation here.
We initiated this 10-stock compilation at the start of this year ("Hear, Hear," Jan. 3, 2011). That group has trailed the market this year (see table) mostly because of declines in General Motors gm 0.5750605326876513% General Motors Co. U.S.: NYSE USD33.23 0.19 0.5750605326876513% /Date(1435870862945-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8516963 AFTER HOURS USD33.14 -0.09 -0.2708396027685826% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 129390 P/E Ratio 15.291519028116516 Market Cap 53407521363.8879 Dividend Yield 4.333433644297322% Rev. per Employee 714042 More quote details and news » (GM), JPMorgan Chase jpm -0.8079917731746731% JPMorgan Chase & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD67.52 -0.55 -0.8079917731746731% /Date(1435870820414-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12343105 AFTER HOURS USD67.4 -0.12 -0.17772511848341233% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 479836 P/E Ratio 12.366300366300367 Market Cap 250572575979.628 Dividend Yield 2.6066350710900474% Rev. per Employee 403801 More quote details and news » (JPM) and United Continental ual -0.3675759334494099% United Continental Holdings Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD51.5 -0.19 -0.3675759334494099% /Date(1435870865992-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5265676 AFTER HOURS USD51.5 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 53199 P/E Ratio 8.925476603119584 Market Cap 19673051864.624 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 462060 More quote details and news » (UAL). Through Thursday, the 10 stocks were down an average of 6.9%, versus a 1.9% drop for the S&P 500. All our new favorites have the potential to generate 15% to 20% total returns in 2012. Here's a closer look.
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Our 10 stock selections for 2011 fell 6.9% on average, compared with a 1.9% drop in the S&P 500, dragged down by GM, JPMorgan and United Continental.
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Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett rarely comments on the stock, but he sent a strong signal that he felt it was undervalued in September when the company announced its first share-buyback program in his 46-year tenure as CEO. The buyback announcement didn't amount to much because Berkshire set a limit on what it would pay -- a 10% premium to book value -- and the stock quickly traded above that threshold.
While the Class A shares have moved up 15% since the buyback announcement to around $116,000, they look appealing, trading for less than 1.2 times our estimate of year-end 2011 book value of $102,000. Class B shares trade around $78 and are valued at 1/1,500 of an A share.
Berkshire is in its best shape ever with a diversified business mix producing profits of about $7,500 per share annually, or $12 billion. Berkshire offers exposure to an improving economy, an upturn in property and casualty reinsurance rates and a rising stock market thanks to its $70-billion-plus equity portfolio, including a new $11 billion investment in IBM. Barclays analyst Jay Gelb carries an Overweight rating with a price target of $127,500. The chief negative is Buffett's age -- he's 81 -- and the lack of an obvious successor. Yet a healthy Buffett hopes to run Berkshire for at least another five years.
If Berkshire trades at a modest 1.2 times estimated year-end 2012 book of $112,000, the stock would trade around $135,000, 16% above current levels. Downside seems limited with the buyback in place, buttressed by $31 billion in cash.
The big U.S. life insurer looks appealing based on two key measures: earnings and book value. At $31, the shares are valued at less than seven times projected 2011 profits of $4.92 a share and for a similar multiple of estimated 2012 EPS of $5.06. And the stock trades at just two thirds of estimated year-end 2011 book value of $49 a share. This is a conservative measure of book value, or shareholder equity that excludes investment gains.
MetLife met -0.548964051708872% MetLife Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD56.16 -0.31 -0.548964051708872% /Date(1435870993570-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3989823 AFTER HOURS USD56.16 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 43333 P/E Ratio 9.13170731707317 Market Cap 62664393169.5833 Dividend Yield 2.6709401709401708% Rev. per Employee 1031490 More quote details and news » (MET) gave an upbeat view on 2012 last week, noting that it has significant excess capital and will likely build even more next year, which would allow a higher dividend payout and significant buybacks.
After the analysts meeting, Nigel Dally of Morgan Stanley wrote that "the outlook looks significantly better than what is reflected in the current stock price." He has an Overweight rating on the stock and a $45 target price.
MetLife is expanding overseas, as well. Following its deal in 2010 to buy some of American International Group's life-insurance operations, MetLife now gets more than a third of its profits from outside the U.S.
Negatives include a low-rate environment that hurts reinvestment income and overall profits and a modest looming hit to shareholder equity from regulatory changes. These issues aren't major and appear well discounted in MetLife's depressed stock price.
This big French drug concern should more than survive its major patent expirations this year. It could generate some of the best growth among its peers starting in 2013. Sanofi (SNY) has an attractive drug portfolio that isn't well appreciated by U.S. investors, including treatments for diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease, vaccines and animal-health compounds.
The U.S. listed shares, now around $35, trade for under eight times estimated 2011 profit of $4.58 a share and yield 5%. Sanofi's valuation is one of the lowest among major drug companies. Next year's profit is expected to decline about 10% but then expand in 2013 and potentially increase 10% in both 2014 and 2015.
"Sanofi trades at a discount to almost every other large-cap" drug company, "yet its longer-term financial average is better than the group average," wrote Bernstein analyst Tim Anderson in a note last month. He has an Outperform rating on the stock with a $44 price target -- 25% higher than the current quote.
There's some debate about whether Sanofi overpaid when it bought biotech Genzyme for $20 billion earlier this year. Barron's argued that a buyback would have been a better use of corporate cash, but CEO Chris Viehbacher sees Genzyme as a key part of Sanofi's post-patent growth engine. One believer is Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway has been a sizable holder.
Seagate Technology
Summer floods in Thailand have temporarily washed out about 25% of global disk-drive production and hurt Seagate's stx 1.2192558335085137% Seagate Technology PLC U.S.: Nasdaq USD48.15 0.58 1.2192558335085137% /Date(1435870801601-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4624091 AFTER HOURS USD48.15 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 89617 P/E Ratio 8.388501742160278 Market Cap 15281943231.784 Dividend Yield 4.485981308411215% Rev. per Employee 270864 More quote details and news » chief rival, Western Digital. wdc 1.8001007049345419% Western Digital Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD80.87 1.43 1.8001007049345419% /Date(1435870800107-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3273325 AFTER HOURS USD80.87 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 28211 P/E Ratio 12.346564885496184 Market Cap 18673854281.5271 Dividend Yield 2.4731049833065413% Rev. per Employee 178799 More quote details and news »
That is producing a financial windfall for the unaffected Seagate (STX) that may last through 2012. Beyond the supply disruptions, Seagate should benefit from consolidation. Likely to be winnowed down to just three main producers shortly -- Seagate, Western Digital (WDC) and Toshiba -- the industry should see greater pricing power and discipline.
Seagate trades for under six times estimated profit of $3 a share in fiscal 2012, which ends in June. Needham analyst and Seagate bull Richard Kugele has an above-consensus estimate of $3.92 a share for the current year and a $35 price target. The shares recently traded below $16. "Seagate is going to throw off more than half its market value in cash during the next four quarters," Kugele says. The company could boost its dividend, now providing an ample yield of 4.6%, buy back stock or reduce debt.
Bears say disk drives are on their way out as solid-state memory supplants them. Yet personal computers aren't going away and the explosion of Internet content creates storage demand that can be met economically only with disk drives. Seagate also benefits from a savvy and shareholder-friendly management team led by CEO Steve Luczo that is moving to cement Seagate's competitive position in an improving industry.
U.S. utility stocks -- telecom and electrics -- are among the richest sectors of the stock market, trading for about 14 times projected 2012 profits.
Yield-oriented investors can do better in Europe, where Vodafone, the leading global wireless company, trades at a discount to its U.S. counterparts and yields a fat 5%. Its U.S.-listed shares, now trading around $27, fetch 10 times estimated profit in the current fiscal year ending in March. That's a sharp discount to Verizon Communications vz 0.425531914893617% Verizon Communications Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD47.2 0.2 0.425531914893617% /Date(1435870871002-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9669366 AFTER HOURS USD47.25 0.05 0.1059322033898305% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 203008 P/E Ratio 19.831932773109244 Market Cap 192504592369.451 Dividend Yield 4.661016949152542% Rev. per Employee 723322 More quote details and news » (VZ), which trades for 15 times estimated 2012 profit.
Vodafone and Verizon share ownership of Verizon Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. cell-phone company and each company's best asset. Vodafone owns 45% and Verizon 55%. Investors haven't given Vodafone full credit for that valuable stake, which could be worth $75 billion, or more than half the company's market value. That will change in early 2012 when Verizon Wireless pays $10 billion in dividends to its corporate parents ("It's Time to Ring Up Vodafone," Nov. 14).
Last month's article opined that Vodafone could hit $35 in the next year, a 30%-plus total return. That's a nice potential gain for a low-risk stock.
Royal Dutch Shell
The three major international integrated oils -- ExxonMobil, xom 0.9348063615393954% Exxon Mobil Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD83.14 0.77 0.9348063615393954% /Date(1435870971928-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8952554 AFTER HOURS USD83.15 0.01 0.012027904738994467% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 235443 P/E Ratio 12.477301037023697 Market Cap 347617309098.445 Dividend Yield 3.5121481837863846% Rev. per Employee 4063760 More quote details and news » Chevron, cvx -0.22895202414403162% Chevron Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD95.87 -0.22 -0.22895202414403162% /Date(1435871057701-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6346589 AFTER HOURS USD95.98 0.11 0.1147387086679879% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 72490 P/E Ratio 10.477595628415301 Market Cap 180281433646.332 Dividend Yield 4.464378846354438% Rev. per Employee 2679740 More quote details and news » Royal Dutch -- all look reasonably priced, trading for eight to 10 times projected 2012 profits. What differentiates Royal Dutch is the highest dividend yield among the trio at 4.7%, double that of Exxon (XOM) and two percentage points higher than that of Chevron (CVX).
The bull case on Royal Dutch is that cash-flow growth is accelerating as new energy projects in places like Qatar and Canada come on stream and that its dividend, unchanged since 2009, will start to rise in the next year. Net debt levels are down sharply, falling to $20 billion in the latest quarter.
"We estimate Shell's free cash flow will outstrip its current dividend by 50% to 100% consistently during 2012-2014," wrote Morgan Stanley analyst Martijn Rats, who sees 9% annualized dividend growth in the next three years.
Shell's U.S. listed shares, now around $70, could top $80 in the coming year, according to Morgan Stanley's projections.
Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold
Copper is critical for developing economies and Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold is the largest investor-owned producer in the world with a diversified resource base on four continents.
Freeport shares, around $39, are attractive based on several measures, including earnings, dividend yield and asset value. The stock is down 36% this year thanks to a 20% decline in copper prices to $3.40 a pound. Yet Freeport is very profitable at current copper prices, given mining costs of less than $1 a pound. The stock trades for eight times both 2011 and 2012 profits. It yields 3.7%.
Recent copper-mining transactions suggest that Freeport is significantly underpriced. If Freeport ever went on the block, it likely would fetch a nice premium and attract a range of bidders, including mining giant BHP Billiton (BHP) and even China, which accounts for over a third of world-wide demand.
Freeport has a great balance sheet with no net debt and huge reserves of nearly 100 billion pounds of copper, plus a large amount of gold. Investors worry about a drop in Chinese demand and a labor strike at a large Indonesian mine that has effectively shut down production. The China risk seems already reflected in the stock price and the Indonesian strike probably gets settled next year.
The cable-TV industry doesn't receive much credit on Wall Street for its dominant position in providing high-speed Internet access to consumers.
And for Comcast, cmcsa 0.14457831325301204% Comcast Corp. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD62.34 0.09 0.14457831325301204% /Date(1435870800195-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19483921 AFTER HOURS USD62.34 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 100172 P/E Ratio 18.89090909090909 Market Cap 157773430229.419 Dividend Yield 1.6041065126724414% Rev. per Employee 497986 More quote details and news » the country's largest cable provider, the lucrative Internet business may now be more important than TV services. "Cable companies are infrastructure companies, not media companies, and they're winning the battle in most of America" versus the telecom industry, notes Craig Moffett, the cable and telecom analyst at Bernstein. Moffett has an Outperform rating and $32 price target on the stock.
Comcast (CMCSA) shares, at $23, trade for 12 times next-year earnings. Moffett expects the company to lift its dividend and boost its share-repurchase program during 2012 using its growing free cash flow. The stock yields 2%.
Comcast is still working to turn around the flagging NBC broadcast-TV business, which is in last place in prime-time ratings and losing money. Fortunately, NBC represents just 6% of Comcast revenues and probably has nowhere to go but up. Investors have been waiting for Comcast to aggressively return cash to shareholders, and that may start in 2012.
Procter & Gamble
With its broad array of popular brands -- including Tide, Bounty and Pampers -- and its global marketing muscle, P&G offers a low-risk way to play the growth in developing countries. The stock, a laggard in recent years, trades around $65, or 15 times projected profits in its current fiscal year, ending in June.
P&G yields over 3% and another dividend increase is likely in 2012. Throw in buybacks and P&G is returning about 7% to shareholders each year. If dividends increase in the next 10 years at anything like the pace of the past decade, P&G could be yielding 5% or more by 2020 based on the current share price. P&G is like a bond with an increasing yield.
Wall Street has been critical of the company for focusing too much on developed markets and higher-priced products, but P&G's strategy is changing. Bernstein analyst Ali Dibadj has argued that P&G needs to undertake a large restructuring initiative to cut costs and shift its "center of gravity" from its headquarters in Cincinnati to the emerging markets, where it gets about 30% of sales.
The company believes it's capable of high single-digit to low double-digit annual earnings growth. That's double the growth of electric utilities, whose shares trade in line with P&G. Dibadj, who upgraded P&G to Outperform in the summer, has a target price of $73 on the shares.
Luxury-goods makers ranging from Coach and Tiffany to LVMH and Richemont, are in vogue with investors, but the maker of Mercedes Benz, arguably the ultimate vehicle brand, is very much out of favor.
Daimler's U.S.-listed shares (DDAIF) trade around $45, down from a peak of $79 in the spring, and fetch just six times projected 2012 profit. They yield 6%. Investors are worried about several issues, including costs, an aging lineup of high-end Mercedes cars, the lack of profit momentum and troubles in Europe, where Mercedes gets half its sales.
Yet Daimler has a great balance sheet with more than $15 a share in net cash and investments. It's also one of the largest global makers of trucks, and its Mercedes franchise is strong in status-conscious China. Even detractors concede Daimler looks appealing based on a sum-of-the-parts analysis. It's one of the world's great industrial companies. The stock looks too cheap to ignore.
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Google has snagged all of micro mobile maker Modu's patents for around £3 million. The Israeli company, which produced the tiny phone with interchangeable "jackets", went to the wall at the end of last year.
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Modu's idea of using different cases to create different functionality was quickly outpaced by the burgeoning smartphone market. Now it seems it might have a say in which major player comes out on top in the battle for smartphone supremacy.
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I don't think that's going to happen at all. The show's writing is pretty consistent in it's inconsistencies. If anything, Jane
gripe Angela out for butting in, but it's far more likely that Jane will talk to Angela about it, and they'll "hug it out".
I was actually really disappointed in this episode (and the one prior).
It was boring to me. The crime plot could have been compelling if it was more focused, the subplot for angela could have been funny if wed been given more, and the subplot for Jasey could have been interesting if wed had more of it. It was just too much stuff with too little time. The whole doll thing could have made a great fettish-based episode. I mean, dolls are creepy. It could have been a great long term story arc over several episodes. I feel he could have been the new Hoyt.
The problem is that there just was not enough time to amp up the creepy, which is why I think a longer story arc could have been really awesome.
But thats generally the issue with this show. Its trying to be all things, except you cant really do that effectively. You have to pick one, and I dont think crime drama is it here.
I just I miss Hoyt.
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Do you consider yourself to be a ""Social Butterfly" at the gym? According to a recent study, working out with a buddy could increase the effectiveness of your workout, but with that said—not all workout buddies are created equal. The study found that choosing a partner who you perceive to be a better performer than you could increase your workout time and intensity by as much as 200%.
The study was done by Brandon Irwin, a Michigan State University researcher, who found that feeling inadequate may be a potential key to motivation in exercise. "People like to exercise with others and make it a social activity," Irwin said. "We found that when you're performing with someone who you perceive as a little better than you, you tend to give more effort than you normally would [when exercising] alone."
Researchers recruited 58 college-age females who, for the first part of the study, rode a stationary bike for as long as they could during six sessions over four weeks. Each participant rode the bike for an average of 10 minutes. In part two of the study, the participants were told they had a "virtual" workout partner who was doing the same exercise in another lab. They were also told their virtual partners had ridden the bike 40% longer than they had in part one of the study, which gave them the perception that their so-called "partner" was slightly better. This perception resulted in a 90% increase in the participants' performance. In the third part of the study, the participants were told they were now on a team with their partner and were working together to achieve a team score, which was based on the score of the teammate who quit first. Having the feeling that they were the "weakest link" on the team caused the participants to exercise for an average of two minutes longer. Over time, the difference in the participants' performance continually increased, with the group participants exercising for up to 200% longer than those exercising as individuals.
Irwin believes that the key variable in this situation is rapport. Over time, Irwin says, you begin to feel a connection with your partner and don't want to let him or her down, which would explain the correlation between performance and the strength of the bond.
"This study touches on the Köhler effect," says ACE Chief Science Officer Dr. Cedric X. Bryant, "which occurs when an individual's performance increases when working with someone they perceive as better than themselves. This motivation gain is even greater when individuals are put in a team setting and the outcome of the performance is dependent on the weaker individual. With that said, it is important to understand that we are all unique, and not everybody is motivated by the same things."
The reality is that everyone has unique fitness "personalities," causing each of us to respond differently to various types of settings and exercises. For example, one person may be a "Social Butterfly" in the gym who feels most motivated when exercising with others, while another person may be a "Planner" who performs best when working out alone. Knowing your unique fitness personality plays a vital role in the success of your fitness routine, which is why ACE has created a Fitness Personality Quiz to help you determine what techniques work best for you. To learn tips, tool, and exercises designed specifically for your unique personality, please take our Quiz on our ACE Fit Life Facebook page.
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DALLAS Murder charges were dropped at the prosecution's request Thursday in the dragging death of a black man in east Texas, and the two white men who had been accused of killing him were released from jail.
Shannon Finley and Charles Crostley were released Thursday afternoon in Paris after a judge granted the special prosecutor's motion to dismiss the case. The two men had been charged with fatally striking 24-year-old Brandon McClelland with a pickup truck in September following a late-night beer run the three friends had made to Oklahoma.
The case was hampered by a lack of eyewitnesses and physical evidence. Last month, a gravel truck driver gave a sworn statement acknowledging he might have accidentally run over McClelland.
"After investigation, it has been determined this case should be dismissed in the interests of justice," special prosecutor Toby Shook said. "The decision is about the state of the evidence in the case as it exists today."
Shook said the investigation will continue. The gravel truck driver is unlikely to face charges.
The dismissal was met with incredulity by civil rights activists who had protested how county authorities handled the case.
"His body was dragged and nobody gets charged?" said Brenda Cherry, a Paris resident and the president of Concerned Citizens for Racial Equality. "Even if a trucker came forward, that's all it takes? Even the trucker's not charged?"
Cherry said the decision was "not surprising, but it's sad. It appears that a black man's life means nothing here in Paris."
Finley's trial had been scheduled to begin next month, with Crostley's to follow in September.
"I believed all along there was insufficiency of the evidence," said Ben Massar, Finley's attorney. "The facts in this case did not add up to these two kids being guilty of the charge."
"I think it's very simple," said David Turner, Crostley's lawyer. "These fellows didn't do it."
Finley and Crostley had been unable to post their bonds and had remained in jail since being arrested last year.
"He was very happy. He knew that this was going to happen," Massar said of Finley. "He was a little disappointed it took so long, but he was very grateful."
Authorities have said Finley, Crostley and McClelland were friends who drove across the Oklahoma state line for beer in September. They argued on the way back about whether Finley was too drunk to drive, and McClelland got out of the car to walk home.
Authorities had alleged that Finley then ran down McClelland, whose body was caught under the truck and dragged about 70 feet. His mangled body was found along a country road.
The racial implications of the case reminded some of the murder of James Byrd, who was chained by the ankles to the bumper of a pickup truck and dragged to death in 1998 in the east Texas town of Jasper. Three white men were convicted of killing him; two are on death row and the other is serving a life term.
Turner said McClelland's death "was not motivated by race or any criminal intent. It was just a tragic accident."


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One small criticism I do have, however, is that material is often scanned and put online without any description of the item. The situation is particularly bad in the case of Tangut, as so few people in the world can read Tangut. Dozens of Tangut Buddhist manuscripts held at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (IOM)Andrew Westhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-38045636111837415612015-04-21T23:35:00.000+01:002015-05-30T01:27:23.515+01:00Tangut Manuscript Miscellanea 1: Hundred Dharmas of MahayanaWhen @idp_uk tweeted yesterday that digitised images of Tangut manuscript fragments Or.12380/187 through Or.12380/290, collected by Aurel Stein from the Tangut fortress city of Khara-Khoto during the summer of 1914, were now available on the International Dunhuang Project site, I dropped what I was doing to have a look. Quickly scanning through the newly uploaded images, two or three items Andrew Westhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-74710283147944677352015-04-01T23:02:00.002+01:002015-06-18T00:03:15.060+01:00What's new in Unicode 8.0 ?Previously discussed : What's new in Unicode 5.0 ? (released July 2006) What's new in Unicode 5.1 ? (released April 2008) What's new in Unicode 5.2 ? (released October 2009) What's new in Unicode 6.0 ? (released October 2010) What's new in Unicode 6.1 ? (released January 2012) What's new in Unicode 6.2 ? (released September 2012) What's new in Unicode 6.3 ? (released September 2013) What's new Andrew Westhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-12931073288899557262015-01-29T23:57:00.002+00:002015-02-09T18:31:23.861+00:00Two Tangut Families Part 2 : Xiaoli QianbuThis is the second of two posts about the lives of Tangut officials who defected to the Mongols during the Mongol conquest of China (1206–1271), and the careers of their descendants during the succeeding Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), as recorded on two steles discovered in Hebei province fifty years apart. Last week I discussed a stele erected in 1350 to commemorate a Tangut official called Laosuo 老Andrew Westhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-48477829168581904622015-01-11T01:49:00.000+00:002015-02-08T03:43:36.050+00:00Two Tangut Families Part 1 : LaosuoOne of the most enduring narratives of Tangut history is that after the death of Genghis Khan in 1227 the Western Xia state was annihilated and its people slaughtered in a fury of genocidal revenge for the Western Xia's perceived betrayal of Genghis Khan. Although this may ultimately have led to the extinction of the Tangut people and their language, the Tangut people were not suddenly wiped offAndrew Westhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-14496547811032291102014-05-05T22:01:00.000+01:002015-01-24T20:11:46.273+00:00Accounts of Khitan Life and LanguageThis blog post presents the text of various Chinese sources that describe the customs of the Khitan people, together with my attempts at translations into English (not always easy, as the precise meaning of the Chinese is hard to fathom in places). These accounts provide a fascinating insight into the life and customs of the Khitan people, but from my perspective it is their preservation of a Andrew Westhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-77809391032714150942014-01-01T19:35:00.000+00:002015-03-19T17:38:08.649+00:00A Chronology of Khitan InscriptionsThere are three main questions that I ask when I look at Khitan monumental inscriptions: Who ?, When ? and Where ? Who is a very interesting question, which I would like to address in a future blog post, as the subjects of Khitan epitaphs are mostly mutually related members of the Khitan aristocracy. Where is a question that I have already attempted to answer here and here. 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What's new in Unicode 6.3 ? [Update: Unicode 7.0 was released on 16 June 2014] The two previous releases of Unicode (6.2 and 6.3) have been rather disappointing with regards to the number of new Andrew Westhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-84806953381774789322013-10-05T17:17:00.000+01:002013-10-13T09:11:17.197+01:00BabelPad Version 6.3.0Unicode 6.3 was released at the beginning of this week, and so I have released updated versions of BabelPad and BabelMap. There are no significant changes to BabelMap this time (although I am planning a makeover for BabelMap for version 7.0 next year), but I have spent a considerable amount of time working on a number of significant enhancements to BabelPad. As yet again I have not had time to Andrew Westhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-91068123013389046012013-06-08T20:54:00.000+01:002014-05-15T21:04:03.979+01:00The Ogham Stones of Scotland The Ogham Stones of Cornwall and Devon The Ogham Stones of Wales The Ogham Stones of Scotland The Ogham Stones of the Isle of Man The Ogham Stones of Ireland The Ogham Stones of Elsewhere The Ogham stones of Scotland are more typologically diverse and linguistically intriguing than those of any other region. There are about 34 confirmed Ogham inscriptions on pillar stones, symbol stones, Andrew Westhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-1934850571714289752013-05-11T02:51:00.000+01:002014-05-17T16:33:49.324+01:00Khitan Geography Part 2Last week I made a list of Liao dynasty place names written in the Khitan Large Script that have been identified in Khitan epitaphs and manuscripts (Khitan Geography Part 1), and this week I have done the same thing for the Khitan Small Script, although as some Khitan Small Script inscriptions date to the Jin Dynasty, this post covers both Liao dynasty (907–1125) place names and Jin dynasty (1115Andrew Westhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-16586626605545532432013-05-01T22:41:00.000+01:002013-11-25T19:35:59.305+00:00Khitan Geography Part 1Having taken a look at Tangut geography and Jurchen geography, I thought I might as well make a series of it, and take a look at place names written in the Khitan scripts. For convenience, I am dividing it into two parts, this post on place names written in the Khitan Large Script, and a future post on place names in the Khitan Small Script. In contrast with the Jurchen script, for which we Andrew Westhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-35133910259804717212013-04-28T12:08:00.000+01:002015-01-24T20:12:49.577+00:00Jurchen GeographyHaving taken a look at a fragment of Tangut geography a couple of weeks ago, I thought it would be interesting to do something similar with Jin dynasty (1115–1234) place names written in the Jurchen script. However, although Jurchen is relatively well deciphered due to the survival of several manuscript copies of the Ming dynasty Sino-Jurchen Vocabulary, there are only a very few extant examplesAndrew Westhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-22925928293368530832013-04-10T02:43:00.000+01:002015-06-24T19:17:44.336+01:00A Fragment of Tangut GeographySomething I have always wanted to see is an original 12th or 13th century map of the Western Xia territory with place names written in the Tangut script. Unfortunately, as far as I know, no such map exists any longer. 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My first step was to borrow some code from the internet (in fact the code that displays the Chinese calendar date at the top right of this page), but Andrew Westhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-62691587807964714612013-01-08T00:03:00.000+00:002013-07-02T09:18:44.712+01:00What's new in Unicode 6.3 ?Previously discussed : What's new in Unicode 5.0 ? What's new in Unicode 5.1 ? What's new in Unicode 5.2 ? What's new in Unicode 6.0 ? What's new in Unicode 6.1 ? What's new in Unicode 6.2 ? 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I can believe that there are some valuable Andrew Westhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-44032917871604787152012-12-27T02:08:00.000+00:002014-05-30T18:49:31.940+01:00One to Ten in Tangut and FluteMusical Performance : Drums, Transverse Flute and Bamboo Clappers Engraving from a Southern Song tomb at Luojiaqiao 羅家橋 in Guangyuan, Sichuan During the Tang dynasty (618–907) and the Northern Song (960–1127) the main musical instrument used for the accompaniment of popular songs was the four-stringed lute (pipa 琵琶) (see One to Twenty in Jurchen, Khitan and Lute). However, during the SouthernAndrew Westhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-64531704019607584942012-12-18T10:32:00.000+00:002015-01-24T20:12:49.587+00:00One to Twenty in Jurchen, Khitan and LuteThe Jurchen number system, and its relationship to Mongolian and Khitan, has been well-studied (e.g. Janhunen 2003 pages 399–400; Kiyose 2000 page 184; Laufer 1967). What is less well understood is the relationship between Jurchen number characters and the tablature signs used for writing music for the Chinese lute (pipa 琵琶). Detail from a Liao dynasty (907–1125) tomb mural in Inner Mongolia Andrew Westhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-79523415867120684112012-10-16T01:10:00.000+01:002012-12-25T23:44:05.811+00:00Khitan SealsThe Liao dynasty (907–1125) was the first Chinese dynasty to be ruled by a non-Chinese people (the Khitans) who used their own writing system to represent their own language (in the case of the Khitans, two separate writing systems). The Khitan language and scripts were used in parallel with the Chinese language and script for governmental purposes during the time of the Liao dynasty, and bronzeAndrew Westhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-10981459255158548772012-05-26T00:49:00.000+01:002013-09-30T22:55:48.386+01:00What's new in Unicode 6.2 ?Previously discussed : What's new in Unicode 5.0 ? What's new in Unicode 5.1 ? What's new in Unicode 5.2 ? What's new in Unicode 6.0 ? What's new in Unicode 6.1 ? The answer to the question "What's new in Unicode 6.2 ?" is rather short : U+20BA TURKISH LIRA SIGN Yep, that's it, just a single new character. The Unicode Technical Committee (UTC) decided earlier this month to fast Andrew Westhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-18894537.post-54594146903097444982012-05-23T23:42:00.000+01:002012-05-24T22:10:55.293+01:00BabelPad and BabelMap Version 6.1.0Delayed for nearly four months, I have finally released new versions of BabelPad (version 22.214.171.124) and BabelMap (version 126.96.36.199) that support Unicode 6.1. 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