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|This article is about the character. You may be looking for the Space version, the Star Wars version, or the Star Wars II version.
|Speeding up when screen is tapped (Angry Birds Slingshot series)
Color Pop: Clear bubbles of the same color (Angry Birds POP!)
|First Appearance
|Theme 1-16
Chuck, the Yellow Bird is the deuteragonist in the Angry Birds series of games created by Rovio Entertainment. He was first introduced in 2009 with the original launch of the game. He is a yellow canary.
Chuck has the ability to speed up when the screen is tapped. His game speed is much slower than his toons speed, as Chuck can move regular speed when time is slowed down almost completely. (see Chuck Time)
Chuck can destroy wood very well, can shatter some glass, but cannot destroy stone. This is likely because Rovio made 3 characters to only be able to easily destroy 1 material: Bomb (stone) Chuck (wood) Blues (Glass).
In the movie, Chuck is using his speed up ability after being slingshot and it was much faster than both his game and toons counterpart and he hits the part of Leonard's castle up until the stone wall but he got severely injured when he bumped so many obstacles such as reaching through the rings of fire as well as being hurt from a many cactus plants and throwing swords at him. He has also gotten hurt by attempting to go fast and accidentally lodging himself in a cannon held by Bomb.
Unlike the other birds, he is cone shaped, with a mop of black head feathers and red eyebrows. However, in the early cutscenes, he was the size of The Blues and had top feathers like Red. In his earlier cartoon version, Chuck appears as a large cone shaped bird and the mop black head feathers are large similar to a mohawk, his beak is also large and has large black feathers on his back.
In Angry Birds Toons until Angry Birds 2, Chuck's appearance remains the same as the mop of black head feathers are now four instead of three on top of his head and the black feathers on his back are the same size as the mop of black feathers on his head.
In his film design, Chuck appears as a yellow anthropomorphic Canary in a slim build with yellow arms, unlike the other birds, as he is shaped like a banana instead of a cone. His chest is light yellow instead of white, the mop of black head feathers are long, the design of his beak is curly large and his black feathers at the back are longer and gains another black feather at the back and has orange feet.
Personal Data
- Name: Chuck
- Known Aliases: Yellow Bird, Lazer Bird, Han Solo Bird, Lando Bird (in Star Wars)
- Group Affiliation: The Flock, The Space Flock, The Star Wars Flock
- Best Friends: Red and Bomb
- Voiced by: Antti LJ Pääkkönen (Angry Birds Toons), Josh Gad (The Angry Birds Movie)
PersonalityChuck has a very mixed personality, having different personalities in different media. In the comics, Chuck is enthusiastic and arrogant. He always wanted to be the best of the Flock, and is one of the most restless Birds in the Flock. In the opening scenes of Poached Eggs and Mighty Hoax, while The Flock examines the empty nest with question marks above their heads, Chuck exclaims a "#" sign after realizing that the Bad Piggies stole their eggs.
In the animated game trailer, Red, Chuck, Blue Jay, and Bomb were the first to discover the Flock's eggs missing after severely attacking a butterfly for landing on their eggs.
In the TV Show, Chuck is clumsy, easily distracted, and a bit arrogant.
When not fighting Pigs, Chuck is a practical joker and uses his jokes to liven up the Flock (which sometimes offends Bomb). He is also known as Maching bird, a name that describes his penchant for jokes as well as his intense speed. He is described as enthusiastic and restless, although a little unconfident in the comics. He is the best friend and confidant of Red.
The Angry Birds Movie Official Guidebook
In the Official Guidebook, Chuck has an official description. Note that he appears to like so many things.
Occupation: What does this mean?
Favorite Color: Yellow! But I also like red. And brown. And black. And green. And orange and pink and lots of other colors!
Favorite Book: But there are so many! Right now I'm speed reading a running manual, a crime novel, a biography of Mighty Eagle, and the Complete Encyclopedia of Tropical Birds!
Special Skills: I can run and move and talk faster than any other bird on Bird Island! Hobbies: Running, dancing, jumping, singing, hopping, skipping, fencing, spinning, and twirling! And I like to knit. You know, for quiet time.
Favorite Place on Bird Island: My House. Oh, and Bomb's house, the Infinity Acceptance center, the Bird feeder Restaurant... pretty much everywhere and anywhere on the island!
Best Friend: Bomb and Red! and i guess Matilda, too, although i shouldn't say shes my best friend. More like a friendly instructor. But i love having friends! Friends, friends, friends!
Greatest Wish: To run wherever i want. And to sing a dance and have everyone come to my shows that will undoubtedly be huge hits!
Biggest Fear: Having to sit still.
What Makes You Happy?: Pretty much everything, but especially running and being fast! And a really good seed-to-worm sundae. Ooh now i want ice cream!
What Makes You Angry?: I definitely do not like getting speed tickets, especially three tickets in one day. That is NOT fun. I also don't like slow-moving bird, slow eaters, birds who are late, or any bird who insults Mighty Eagle!
Motto: Keep moving! Or run like the wind! Ooh, I could probably think up of some others....
Chuck's description from an old Angry Birds Official Website
Chuck likes to do everything at 100 miles-per-hour. Why do things slowly and properly when you can do them quickly and carelessly? So he does the dishes in half the time, but with only half the dishes unbroken! And sleep? That just gets in the way of doing stuff. Each night he falls asleep accidentally after tiring himself out too much. I'm not tired…I'm not tired…ZZZZZZZZZZZ.
Ok, it's time to speed things up! Chuck's special power is a lightning-fast aerial assault that lets him dart toward the pigs at incredible speed! It's pretty awesome to see him in action as he soars through the skies and smashes through the piggy defenses. Watch out you little green creatures – this incoming missile attack is super-accurate and crazy-fast!
Chuck has 100s of random thoughts a minute, making it hard for him to focus on a single thing. One moment he's 100% committed to a group activity, and the next he's off on his own adventure completely forgetting what he just agreed to! He gets bored really easily, so every day it's a new hobby: surfing, painting, karate, origami and many more. Just pick one and stick with it, bird!
This is the ultimate bird poser who loves spending time admiring his feathers in the mirror. He's such a show-off who likes to think the "duck face" internet meme was named after him! Chuck seems confident, but inside there's also a frightened little birdie who's scared of many things. Not exactly the image he wants of an extra tough and fearless action hero ready to take on the world!
Chuck's description was updated into the movie version.
Chuck is constantly running at 100mph, and that includes his mouth as well. His impulsive nature and endless commentary gets him into trouble often. Luckily, he's fast enough to get out of trouble quickly.
In the movie, he retains the same eccentric personality, has a similar voice to that of the toons, and is still crazy. He also is shown to sometimes get his way in a similar fashion to "Gate Crasher," and is also shown when he screams "I WASN'T READY!" shortly after being launched toward the pig castle. He is in Matilda's anger management class. He has committed several transgressions, including, but not limited to:
- Several speeding tickets.
- Destroying a police office after receiving a speeding ticket.
- Dripping a white substance on a police bird's wing (later shown to be ice cream, although he sheepishly admits that it might not be.)
- Dashing off while said police bird was writing something down in his book.
Red is known to be Chuck's best friend in several different media, and this is shown in the toons episode Chuck Time where Chuck saves Red. This is also shown in the comic Angry Birds Christmas Comic, where Red saves Chuck.
Chuck is often jealous of Bomb, and it is shown in the toons episode The Bird Who Cried Pig where Chuck tries to outstand Bomb by pretending to save the eggs. But nevertheless, they are shown to be friends on many separate occasions. He, Bomb, and Red are often seen together in teasers, toons, merchandise, games, and more.
Chuck took advantage of Matilda in the episode Slow The Chuck Down! and Photochucked. In Slow The Chuck Down! Matilda was upset to see her garden was destroyed by Chuck. She took away Chuck's racing helmet. In Photochucked, Matilda went into frustration when Chuck "photobomb" Matilda when trying to take a picture of her favorite flowers.
In an episode of Angry Birds Toons, he once saved Red from a great height. He transformed somehow, making him have an ultra speed boost.
His original look, showing two top feathers and dark eyebrows, was similar to Red (and again exclaiming "#") and was much smaller in size. This was later changed to his final look with a mop of black hair-like feathers on the top of his head.
In the course of the battles with the Pigs, he has traveled to many different locations and environments, including the desert, underground caves and beaches. The Pigs never rest in their quest to steal eggs and the Flock often has to retrieve their eggs on holidays and special occasions. In one instance, the Pigs captured the entire Flock, including Chuck. It was only for the actions of Terence, the Big Brother Bird that the Flock was freed.
At an indeterminate time later, the Flock was captured as rare birds and taken to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where they fought with Blu and Jewel and their friends against Nigel the cockatoo and Mauro and his marmosets.
- Main article: Angry Birds Rio
- Chuck is very strong on wood, making him a good bird to use on it. However, he can't destroy square blocks that well and can only shatter one square block.
- He can't do much damage to Glass. He can only destroy one glass block at the same time.
- Chuck's aiming angle is different from other birds. When Chuck is first launched from the slingshot, he flies at an angle like most birds. However, when his rush ability is activated, he will shoot straight at the target.
|Shoots a rocket
|First Appearance
|Angry Birds Transformers
|Canary Robot Bird
Being zapped by the EggSpark transformed more than just Chuck's body. He used to be ultra-competitive and desperately striving to prove his skills, but now he prefers to help others show their own powers.
Naturally this change has confused the other Autobirds - they're just waiting for him to suddenly snap and do something crazy! Wait for it... Aaaany minute now...
As one of the smallest, scout Autobirds, Bumblebee often finds himself in trouble. He tries his best, but for some reason that he can't figure out, his habit of acting without thinking often gets him into tricky situations.
But don't worry - his bravery, smarts and speed haven't let him down yet! Also, what's life without a little adventure? Amiright? Let's go!
Bumblebee's weapon is rapid firing but low damage, making it great at taking out wooden tower blocks, but poor at tougher enemies and stone blocks. Best to transform and use his extreme speed to outrun bigger threats. Zoom!
He's also great against flying and falling pigs, and at shooting down incoming missiles.
Member of "Rescue Bots" squad.
Energon power-up: Energon Airstrike. Vehicle: Passenger Car
High Octane Bumblebee
|Shoots a stronger rocket
|First Appearance
|Angry Birds Transformers
|Canary Robot Bird
|South Beach (your bird), everywhere (teammate)
Being zapped by the EggSpark transformed more than just Chuck's body. He used to be ultra-competitive and desperately striving to prove his skills, but now he prefers to help others show their own powers.
Naturally this change has confused the other Autobirds - they're just waiting for him to suddenly snap and do something crazy! Wait for it... Aaaany minute now...
As one of the smallest, scout Autobirds, Bumblebee often finds himself in trouble. He tries his best, but for some reason that he can't figure out, his habit of acting without thinking often gets him into tricky situations.
But don't worry - his bravery, smarts and speed haven't let him down yet! Also, what's life without a little adventure? Amiright? Let's go!
Warning: Variant characters are for expert players! If they complete an Event they earn loads of bonus Coins, but if they fail they get... nothing. Ouch!
Member of "Variant Versions" squad.
Energon power-up: Energon Shield.
Vehicle: Passenger Car
Kanan Jarrus
|Kanan Jarrus
|Flying with super speed to the area tapped
|First Appearance
|Player's Choice
|Canary (dressed as Kanan Jarrus)
|Player's Choice
Kanan Jarrus is portrayed again by Chuck. He's a purchasable character on the update of Rebels. His power is like Chuck in the original game, but it is more powerful, and has more speed.
Freddie Mercury
|Freddie Mercury
|First Appearance
|Yellow Bird; Canary
Freddie Mercury is a Yellow Bird who appears in the Angry Birds animation "Freddie For a Day", which commemorates Freddie Mercury's birthday on September 5th, 1946. He looks similar to Chuck but has a crown, mustache, smaller eyes, and wears a shirt. He is styled after the rocker Freddie Mercury.
In the "Freddie For a Day" video , Freddie Mercury is seen riding on a bicycle with Red and the Blues. The music played in the video is Queen's song, Bicycle Race.
While riding on the bicycle, he is stopped by the King Pig, who is unamused that Freddie Mercury's crown is more decorated than his. The King Pig's crown wilts in disappointment. The video ends with Freddie Mercury flashing his teeth and crown, and moving on.
Freddie Mercury also makes a cameo appearance in the advertisement for Angry Birds Friends that was on the original page for Angry Birds Star Wars Facebook.
Ayrton Senna
King Pig has stolen the Eggs, and there's no way to retrieve them, ever!
This article contains information about an abandoned project.
The content of the article or this section may have been scrapped during development from the game, or other Angry Birds medias.
|Ayrton Senna
|Speeds up
|First Appearance
|All levels of Angry Birds Go!
Ayrton Senna (or Senna Bird) is a playable bird exclusive to Angry Birds Go! based on the late Brazilian three-times Formula One champion of the same name. He functions the same way as Chuck in Angry Birds Go!, and has the same power as him in that game. Senna can wear his iconic yellow-and-green helmet if you win 41 races while playing as him.
- Ayrton Senna is the sixth bird to be based on a real person, the first three being the Developer Birds (based on Peter Vesterbacka, Jaako Iisalo and Serdar Soganci), Freddie Mercury being the fourth and Slash being the fifth.
- Senna is the second bird to have his character modeled on Chuck, the first being Freddie Mercury. They are also the only birds made in tribute to deceased people (Freddie died in 1991 and Senna died in 1994).
- The reason why you have to win 41 races as Senna to get his helmet is because this is the same number of victories the real Ayrton Senna had during his Formula One career.
- If you have a helmet version of it then the NPC will be a clone but without a helmet.This also happens if you have another racer.
Chuck has appeared in the following games:
- Angry Birds
- Angry Birds Rio
- Angry Birds Seasons
- Angry Birds Friends
- Angry Birds Space (as Lazer Bird)
- Angry Birds Star Wars (as Chuck Solo and Lando Calrissian)
- Angry Birds Star Wars II (as Capitain Panaka, Chuck Solo, Lando Calrissian & Kanan Jarrus)
- Angry Birds GO! (himself and as Ayrton Senna)
- Angry Birds Chrome
- Angry Birds Google+
- Angry Birds Volcano
- Angry Birds Magic
- Angry Birds in The Hunt For The Golden Pistachio
- Angry Birds Vuela Tazos
- Angry Birds Fuji TV
- Angry Birds Coca-Cola
- Angry Birds Toons
- Bad Piggies
- Angry Birds Friends (mobile)
- Angry Birds Epic
- Angry Birds Transformers (as Bumblebee, High Octane Bumblebee & Rodimus)
- Angry Birds Fight
- Angry Birds 2
- Sonic Dash (only available for a limited time, part of the Angry Birds Epic promotion)
- Angry Birds POP! (for a limited time only but then it became playable)
- Angry Birds Action!
- Angry Birds Blast!
GameplayHe first appeared in the 16th level of the first episode, Poached Eggs and has appeared as a playable character in every version and episode of the game (except The Big Setup) released so far, though he is not necessarily in all levels. In the Fuji TV exclusive episode: Sakura Ninja, Chuck appears dressed as a samurai. This was the first time he has appeared in costume in any game and completely new game sprites were created for this episode.
To activate the Chuck's speed rush ability, a player must launch him into the air, then tap the screen or click the mouse to activate the speed boost. The most effective attacks with Chuck are to launch him upward and let him arc down onto a target, or to fling in a straight line horizontally at a target.
Chuck's rush ability allows him to pick up speed to cause the most possible damage to the Pigs and their fortresses. Much like many of the other birds, his strength usually varies depending on the block and angle that is struck. Chuck is most effective against wood obstacles, able to penetrate several walls easily due to his speed. However, he is weak against glass/ice despite it having a much weaker strength than wood.
- When he turns into a corpse, Chuck rolls like a ball, even though his body is a cone.
- Hal makes the same pain noises when becoming a corpse as Chuck.
- Chuck's top feathers appear like Red's feathers in some earlier cutscenes. This was later changed to his in-game black mop-top design.
- In the early cutscenes before the Birdday update of Angry Birds, Chuck was the same size as the Blues,but was soon changed to his now bigger size.
- In cutscenes, Chuck seems to always be the one to notice the Pigs running away with the eggs, except The Big Setup.
- Chuck owns a music player, as shown in the Angry Birds Toons episode "Off Duty".
- In Chuck Time, when Chuck sees Red falling off a cliff, he perceives it as slow-motion. Chuck's perception of time becomes slower than everyone else when he puts on the headband, explaining why he is able to act more quickly than other birds.
- Chuck has astraphobia, a great fear of thunder, shown in Thunder Chuck.
- He is the "Peacock of The Flock",as announced in an old Angry Birds website.
- Chuck is jealous of Terence, but mostly scared of him.
- Being that he is the fastest playable bird, along with a name like Chuck, his name is a possible reference to famous Action movie star, Chuck Norris.
- In Inanimate Insanity Episode 4, he appears demonstrating the slingshot in the challenge.
- One of his costumes resembles Pikachu from the Pokémon series.
- As revealed in the Angry Birds 2 website, Chuck can run up to 100 mph, and sometimes faster.
- In The Angry Birds Movie, Chuck is shown to be left-handed. This can be proven by various things he does with his left hand such as painting with it, raising it, and more. This can also be proven in the AMC promotion and the Regal Crown Club promotion, where he holds the cards and other items with his left hand.
- According to the Angry Birds fans, Chuck in The Angry Birds Movie is greatly similar to Duck from the PBS Kids television show Word World as both are yellow and have their beaks and legs the same orange color.
- Throughout Season 1 of Angry Birds Toons, Chuck's feathers turn from normal yellow to pale yellow.


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Hi Adam,
> I'm interested in studing some data with the use of Wavelet Theory.
> Does anyone know where on the web I can find some Mathematica
> Notebooks that make use of Wavelet theory? I already know about the
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Paul Abbot at the University of Western Australia has some material at his
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I'm a fan of Raphaël, so I thought it was high
time we took a look at its innards to see how it really works. Raphaël
simplifies working with vector graphics in browsers by providing an easy
API for working with SVG, and it also transparently generates VML for
Microsoft's browsers.
Drawing with vector graphics on the web is extremely convenient, because
server-side image generation can be relatively CPU-intensive. Would you
rather generate images for potentially thousands of people, or make
their browsers do the work instead? Because Raphaël works well with
Microsoft's browsers, it's safe to use it to generate things like graphs
in a corporate environment.
Raphaël (GitHub: DmitryBaranovskiy /
raphael, License: MIT)
by Dmitry Baranovskiy (and now part of Sencha)
can be included on a page, then drawing is as simple as this:
var paper = Raphael(10, 50, 320, 200);
paper.circle(50, 40, 10);
Great! The website has some more involved demos. I like these
curves which can be dragged around. There's also the obligatory tiger vector
Raphaël can be set up with a container element where it'll add a Canvas
and start drawing. It comes with a lot of drawing primitives:
text, and
path. There are
also transformations like
scale and
One other useful feature is the ability to get a DOM object for event
handling (or anything else you can do with DOM objects):
var c = paper.circle(10, 10, 10);
c.node.onclick = function () {
c.attr('fill', 'red');
Raphaël comes with a simple integration test, some plugins for
additional functionality that falls outside of the core library, and a
reference document.
All of the library code is inside
raphael.js. It doesn't look like it's split into separate files -- there's no build
script or anything like that. Everything is wrapped in an anonymous
wrapper, which "exports" the
Raphael object to
Most of the library's classes are implemented as simple prototype
classes, and there's a lot of prototype aliasing to make referencing
shorter. Even
Math functions are aliased.
There are some high-level tricks that I've seen all over jQuery, like
using strings for lists and splitting on spaces to make arrays (event
names are listed this way in both libraries). There's also some
duplication of functionality from libraries like jQuery to provide event
handling. Did the author find managing events was inexorably linked with
drawing, or did he want to avoid depending on another library?
Another point is there are very few local (effectively private)
functions. There are a few that are clearly implementation details (like
createUUID), but not as many as I'd expect to see. This
isn't a bad thing, in fact it probably makes Raphaël relatively easy to
Most of the low-level drawing operations are split between VML and SVG.
On line 1084
if (R.svg) is used to branch off for SVG
support, then later on line 1824,
if (R.vml) branches the
code into two sections. The VML code is almost 1000 lines of code, then
a comment says
// rest and we see the
paperproto methods for SVG. Some simple user-agent-based
detection is used to handle browser issues.
Some of the
paperproto methods are defined twice, whereas
others call a different internal function that is set in the VML/SVG
As an example, this is how a circle is drawn for SVG:
var theCircle = function (svg, x, y, r) {
var el = $("circle");
svg.canvas && svg.canvas[appendChild](el);
var res = new Element(el, svg);
res.attrs = {cx: x, cy: y, r: r, fill: "none", stroke: "#000"};
res.type = "circle";
$(el, res.attrs);
return res;
Then we see the IE version later on:
theCircle = function (vml, x, y, r) {
var g = createNode("group"),
o = createNode("oval"),
ol = o.style;
g.style.cssText = "position:absolute;left:0;top:0;width:" + vml.width + "px;height:" + vml.height + "px";
g.coordsize = coordsize;
g.coordorigin = vml.coordorigin;
var res = new Element(o, g, vml);
res.type = "circle";
setFillAndStroke(res, {stroke: "#000", fill: "none"});
res.attrs.cx = x;
res.attrs.cy = y;
res.attrs.r = r;
res.setBox({x: x - r, y: y - r, width: r * 2, height: r * 2});
return res;
The dollar method is a shortcut for creating SVG elements:
var $ = function (el, attr) {
if (attr) {
for (var key in attr) {
if (attr[has](key)) {
el[setAttribute](key, Str(attr[key]));
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el = doc.createElementNS(paperproto.svgns, el);
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The code is written in a very consistent style. The author avoids
verbose naming, but I still find it relatively easy to navigate through
the library. There aren't many comments, just a few one-line suggestions
here and there.
Raphaël is like four libraries in one:
Supporting VML doesn't impair the readability, but it does cause a huge
duplication of effort. Providing a consistent experience for both VML
and SVG looks like an enormous amount of work, which probably explains
why Raphaël is still the reigning champ of browser graphics libraries.


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By Ridge Mahoney
When he's on a plane, as he is a lot these days, Alexi Lalas is doing what he should be doing:
But it's likely he's not just perusing game reports, checking heat maps, shuffling through the reams of data provided to him by ESPN chief researcher Marc Connolly, or wondering how best to foil colleague Taylor Twellman in the next BigHead/RedHead podcast.
Instead, there are notebooks on the tray table and textbooks at the ready. Nearly three decades after last stepping into a Rutgers classroom, Alexi Lalas is once again a student working feverishly to
graduate in May.
"I'm doing most of it on-line, which was part of the problem in the past," says Lalas, who needed many months to orchestrate a plan that met with the
school's approval. "I was traveling so much and Rutgers wouldn't allow me to do a lot of it on-line. So we've organized it where hopefully I can get this thing done.
"It's been a pain in the ass. I'll tell you, I've been trying to do this and Rutgers has just been so difficult. About a year ago, I finally went and pled my case to the
athletic director directly. I said, 'Look, I get calls from people wanting comments and asking about Rutgers as a former student and as a former athlete there, and I talk about Rutgers.'
And nobody makes it more difficult to actually graduate from the institution.
"He sympathized and hooked me up with a guy that went and figured out how we were going to do this and
talked to different people. It was nice to have somebody there but it took me forever."
The guy, Scott Walker, is Director of Academic
Support Services for Student Athletes. He examined Lalas' academic record and told him which on-line courses could be applied to his major and minor.
"I offered him seven
courses available online, and suggested he take four, which is a pretty good load," says Walker, a former football coach who remembers watching Lalas play in the 1994 World Cup. "He said,
'No, I'll take five.' Athletes have to be driven. He sees this as a challenge, and believes he's going to win." Lalas is taking more credits, 15, than he ever did while
attending the college in any one semester. He'll take 12 more in the spring.
There's family pressure from many angles: his brother Greg
graduated from a prestigious college, Brown, and his father is a professor. His mother is a writer and poet. All have college degrees, and none are of the honorary variety, for which the
workload is nil.
"You have all those guys up there with the tassels and honorary degrees and I'm getting the real thing," he cites as to what might be the scene next
spring. "I can prove it with all my textbooks."
He's also mindful of setting the right example for his own children, to whom college is many years away but definitely in
the game plan. "I want my kids to understand how important it is," he says. "And when I get canned from whatever I do and I wanted to coach college soccer, I wouldn't be able
to do that right now, so there's a practical purpose to this, too.
"I'm enjoying it. It's another example of how education is wasted on the youth. I enjoy it much
more than I ever did 26 years ago or whatever it was. I'm on the 26-year plan."
If the plan comes to fruition, he plans on graduating from the stage along with his current
classmates, who regard him with some bemusement. Lalas has always been one to stand out: for his appearance, his personality, and his brazenness, but being the oldest guy in the room most of the time
is something new.
"I'm the oldest in many of my classes and older than many of my professors," says Lalas, who turns 44 just before the 2014 World Cup kicks off next
June. "As I meet my fellow students, they are interested and a little amazed that his 40-someone is hanging out in their class and then puts on makeup and talks about soccer on ESPN."
One irony to this tale is Lalas and Walker have never met. All their communication came via much of the same technology that is enabling Lalas to graduate nearly three decades after
physically attending a class. "I turn on the TV to watch the U.S. play Mexico in Ohio, and there he is," laughs Walker of the 2-0 victory in Columbus last month that clinched a 2014 World
Cup berth for the USA.
As to being on-line as opposed to on-campus, there's good and bad. "For most people it's a dream but since most of it is on-line, I don't
get the keg parties and things like that," says Lalas. "All the good stuff that came with college when I was there for real, I don't get any of that. But of course I probably did
enough for two people, so I'm okay with it.
"I do homework and take tests and quizzes. I'm reading on airplanes and hotel rooms and all different places. It actually
works out great for the lifestyle I live right now. But it's certainly not easy and I'll be happy when it's done."
In the run-up to the 1994 World Cup as well as
its aftermath, much of America got to know Lalas, and surprise, surprise, discovered that underneath the wild hair and garish goatee did a exist a musician and social commentator along with a player.
(Walker remembers "A big guy with long hair and a beard.") Since retiring in 2003, Lalas has started a family with his wife Anne and worked as an
executive as well as a broadcaster. He commutes to his ESPN gigs from his home in Southern California and much of the time when he's in the air, he's also in class, working towards a BA
degree in English as well as a minor in music.
"I might have embellished a little bit," he says. "It's a lot more monotony than I care to go into. I'm the
only one in my family who hasn't graduated from college. I'm certainly not destitute and following the Grateful Dead or anything like that, but it certainly has been a thorn in my side.
"It shouldn't matter but I'd be lying if I said that it didn't. I'm such a disappointment to my family. Let's hope and fingers crossed that next May,
I'll get my diploma and then jump on a plane down to Brazil."


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Submitted to: Starch Convention
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/24/1998
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: Granular starch is an attractive filler for use in biodegradable materials due to its low cost and rapid biodegradability. In general, the particle size of commercially available starches is too large to offer reinforcement of mechanical properties such as stiffness or strength. From a materials science viewpoint, granular starch behaves analogously to other spherical fillers in polymer matrices: the influence of filler content on properties is dependent on particle size and adhesion at the particle-matrix interface. Most biodegradable polymers of interest exhibit poor adhesion to starch, with the result that starch content is generally limited to relatively low values due to unacceptable loss in properties. We have investigated various approaches to improving the adhesion between starch and biodegradable polyesters such as PHBV, including the use of statistical design in formulation, coating the starch granules with another polymer, and grafting reactive polymers onto the starch granules. These approaches yield improved properties and higher starch contents. In these systems, failure is dominated by debonding at the matrix-granule interface. In composites where the adhesion is great enough, the failure mechanism is dominated by the properties of the starch granules.


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Overnight the rankings were updated and all of the Sooner commitments were at least upgraded to at least three-star status, but the good news for all of the Sooners out there is that eight of the current commitments were recognized as Top 300 talents.
The highest riser was undoubtedly Tom Wort. Hailing originally from England Wort found himself playing his first years of football in Rhode Island. After his father, Brian, took a job in Texas he quickly found himself rushed in to the recruiting limelight when his film was handed out.
Wort checks in as the 89th best player in the country, and plays like he is a guided missile that is honed in on the target… a ball carrier.
"Wort is just a freak," Texas analyst Alan Zepeda informed.
The next player to check in is Justin Chaisson. He actually slipped a little in the rankings, but maintained his four-star ranking as the 124th best player in the country and the 14th best defensive end in the country.
Ronnell Lewis went from a virtual unknown to one of the most elite players in the country. He will need to make a hard transition from eight-man football, but getting a full year of the 11-man game under his belt before he enters college will definitely benefit his development.
Eric Ward is a talented receiver and his teammate Shevodrick Beaver at Rider High in Wichita Falls, Texas got a lot of the early publicity, but it was Ward who ended up being the major target. He has is a hard knocks type of player that has home run type of ability.
Jaydan Bird was the first linebacker to pull the trigger on a commitment and he is the next player to check in on the list at number 167. Bird is perfect fit in the middle for the Sooners and will remind a lot of fans of former All-American Rocky Calmus.
Steve Williams, Brandon Mahoney, and Javon Harris were not listed at all on the last edition of the Scout 300, but they made a solid appearance this time around at numbers 186, 197, and 222.
Williams played on a team stacked with talent, but stood out as the best overall prospect and earned an offer from the Sooners. At 5-foot-9, 165 pounds, he will remind people of NFL star Antoine Winfield.
Mahoney is a linebacker that will get better and better every day. He is already bigger than what he played at one year ago and has superior cover skills and the size to be an ideal OLB.
Javon Harris exploded after his film hit the recruiting circles and then he proved that he has all of the skills you look for in a defensive back at the Scout.com Combine in Dallas. He has solid hips, but he is an absolute warrior coming up against the run. He could fit in perfectly at free safety position.
RB Jonathan Miller, S Will Ford, and DE Terry Franklin were also awarded three-star status.
All-in all it had to be a pleasing day for OU fans as eight of the commitments earned the distinction of being ranked in the Top 250 players in the country and there were a number of other players on the list that OU has a great shot to land.
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Warm temperatures and rain have led to soft and wet conditions on the course and Olympic organisers said in a statement that the downhill would be run on Monday at 18:30 GMT.
On Friday neither the men nor the women were able to train and organisers said it would have taken a significant drop in temperatures for Saturday's race on the Dave Murray course to go ahead.
With Sunday's scheduled women's opener, the super-combined, already postponed, the opening weekend of Alpine action at the Vancouver Games was completely lost.
The women's super combined will now take place on Thursday. The downhill part of the race will be held at 1800 GMT with the slalom due to start at 2100 GMT.
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jremick said
nix1980nix said
You could correct my rejection type too, but it seems nobody cares.
I care!
Although I'm not sure which item it is you're referring to or the issue(s) you're having. Submit a support ticket with your inquiry and send over the ticket number (via my profile contact form) and I'll look into it asap.Thanks!
jremick said
Hi Daniel,
I've corrected the rejection type of your original review (it should have been soft-rejected so it could be fixed/improved and resubmitted) and have contacted the reviewer regarding the exact improvements required for this flyer to be accepted. We will be in touch with you again as soon as possible with more information.Thanks!
You could correct my rejection type too, but it seems nobody cares.
Same happened to me. I sent improved work and reviewer said the same thing that I didn't make any improvement. It's useless for me to say anything, I guess. Btw. I like your fyler very much.
donnie darko…
contrastblack said
You should take a few days off from this project, and have a look at other text-styles, then revisit it. Not saying it's bad, but you know you can do better, just can't see it while obsessing about it, reviewers saying the truth to the face, and well… it being your own creation.
I personally would drop the outline slightly as now it's overpowering. Also, on the spongy one… consider the fact that if the surface is spongy, the highlights provided by the "bevel" are flat and shiny, hence contradicting with the generally perforated surface. These are details you might not have noticed and that's why I'm suggesting the above solution before resubmitting.Good luck!
Thanks for an answer, but I didn't get any constructive suggestion from 2nd reviewer 2nd time. Reviewer said that I didn't make any changes and that is what bothers me. If I would send it for the 3rd time and if reviewer would think again that I didn't make any changes what then? I expected an answer what to do and not copy/paste of threat with ban based on something that is not true (because I did make changes). I've sent 2nd time my work with message to reviewer that I did make improvements. But I have a feeling that nobody read my message and that nobody looked closely to my work to see improvements. I must know WHAT TO DO with those styles before I send them 3rd time, especialy if they think I didn't make any changes.
And of course, I was looking at other text styles for many many times, but some of those seems similar to me and many of those are brilliant of course, but I simply don't want to make something that is similar to all other work. I could, but I can't and I don't want to. I want to make something different.
I'll take your suggestions and try to improve it more and I will see what works and what doesn't, but I can't send it 3rd time without sending them ticket first with question. I don't want to obsess about it since it's really not in my interest to force something they don't like or for what they think is not good enough. This is the first time I'm sending again rejected thing since it's the first time it was soft rejected. If they don't want those styles, I'll be happy not to send them those anymore. But if there is chance that they could approve them, I would rather not to have such problems in communication with few different reviewers. I must notice them that I DID make changes, so they could decide and tell me should I make some more changes or will they decide to reject it completely.
I actualy agree with you about outline. I think it shouldn't be there for all sponge styles since sponges don't have outlines.. sometimes they do, but I gave outline to some of them simply to give them more stronger and sharp feel and because it was asked from reviewer to do it and I actualy think they look better with improvements.
To be completely honest, I think I made some really beautiful glassy text styles that were hard rejected and that were even more beautiful than this sponge styles IMO . I also think they were something not so common on GraphicRiver, but unfortunately they're rejected. Actualy, when I look all those text styles on GR I actualy want to make something different and not something similar to other work. I can't find pleasure in doing something that is already here. I know that you think probably more about quality of work than style of those text styles, but if reviewers don't like my text styles, I really can't do much about it.
Once again, thanks for reply.
I've made this text styles first time: http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6916/spongepreview.jpg
The soft rejectetion I got from 1st reviewer was:
——1) Pretty cool idea but it's executions needs more work.
2) The texture is fine but they miss an outline to give them a more sharp look. Add some more effects to it and we'd be happy to give it another look.
Then, I uploaded it with improvements 2nd time: http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6122/spongepreviewnew.jpg
And 2nd reviewer send me this:
——This is a resubmission of a previously rejected submission. Resubmitting without making the required changes or any improvements is not considered acceptable use of the Envato marketplaces and repeated attempts may result in a temporary or permanent suspension of authorship.
If this item was previously soft-rejected, please resubmit your updated files by updating the item directly. If this item was previously hard-rejected, it must be changed as required in the initial review or significantly improved such that it qualifies as a new item. ——
And now I'm wondering why do I bother at all? He obviously didn't see that I made changes or is he thinking that changes are not big enough? I don't want to turn sponge into metal. I also send a message to reviewer to tell him which changes I made.
Why my work can't be reviewed by the same reviewer that gave me 1st soft rejection?
Can't reviewer simply take more than 3 seconds to look at my improved file and compare it with my previous file?
What should I do now? Send a ticket?
To be honest, I really like this flyer. It's not kitschy, yet it's still good and elegant. I think if this main text "Party Night" is more above, over her legs, the whole thing would seem much more cohesive. Btw, girl is hot
KingDog said
There's a difference between posting links to your rejected files and asking for feedback on how to improve them so that they can be accepted for sale (allowed) and posting links to files you're giving away for free (not allowed). Of course, there are probably threads out there linking to files and giving them away for free that I missed. However, I will remove the links if I see them
No, I didn't say there are threads where people are giving for free their files, but all threads have links to their rejected files. Ok, so now we understand each other, I guess
KingDog said
Yes you can do whatever you want with your files, but you can't link to them on these forums
I don't understand since I've already linked to few of my rejected files and all members here also post here their rejected files? And their files are not removed! How's that? Is it because I said that I'll share them for free with anybody who wants it? Ok, so if I say that I will not share it for free then it's ok for it to be uploaded? Sorry, but I don't get it since that fact that we can't post here our rejected files is probably news from today or something like that. I didn't post link to accepted file, but to rejected file. Since it is rejected I can't sell it or promote it in proper way since public here will trust more to Envato's opinion about my rejected files than to my own opinion
I can't do whatever I want with my files that are rejected? So, I can post links to my rejected files only when I want some negative and nonsense opinion here about my rejected files, but when I post rejected files and when I say that they are great they are removed then? So, ok… next time I'll say that my work sucks after I posted it here, so it will not be removed then from topic as long as my opinion about my work is same as opinion of Envato reviewers.
No, thank You!


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I heart my WK!
So its been about a week since I have had my first WK and I freaking love this beeyatch! I mean how can you not?!
So far I have popped in an iPod adapter, drop in K&N, in channel air deflectors and today I am going to tint my tail lights and 3rd brake light! Woot! Tomorrow I'm gonna tint the front winders! YAY!
There is an amazing spot I ride my dirt bike at here in SoCal (Rowher Flats off the 14 fwy) and holy sheeeyat did this lil power monster tear up the trails!
Next on the list of mods is CAI and exhaust (just a muffler and turn down)(unless you all suggest diff?? haha) and snowboard racks. I think that'll do it for a lil while. Maybe! haha :lol:
Anyways, just sharing my Jeep love! Thanks for listening! Go Jeep! :thumbsup:
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Welcome, you are a very enthusiastic member!
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Lol thx Paul, I am! Gotta be enthusiastic about something these days! :P
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awesome to have ya at JG!
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Awesome!!! im pretty sure we all love our jeeps!! haha, but ur pretty enthusiastic about it!!(thats a good thing) Welcome!
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awesome! welcome bro
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Welcome to the fourms
Re: I heart my WK!
Welcome! and I agree these WKs are outstanding Jeeps. I too have the 5.7 and love the sound and performance of the engine under load. Stick around this site and you'll catch mod fever. There are a host of upgrades mentioned and great how-to's here. Excellent Jeep community at Jeepgarage.org.
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Thanks everyone you all rock! But just because you rock doesn't mean you're made of stone! :P
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Ahoy me mateys, Hey clayton.. hope that word isn''t PIRATE!! AARRGGHH.
But seriously ain''t got de time fom dem newsletters and iffin truth be told dem credit card companies is bigger pirates den de sorry likes of me so keep yer eyes peeled . I always use cash for such ventures and figure it''s a small price and loss compared to some mutual funds wot ave had me business. Damn rums got me blathering all over tonight so I might as well tell ye all De Pirate of Pine Island has a newsletter comming out for all ye sailors what can stand de un-varnished (un-oiled for youse teak lovers) Adventures and articles by me very own hand. Yeah de price of me wit is $100.00 per year in cash and I be offering at least one incomplete issue to every investor. So Stock up this it''s giong to be a collectors item, in about fifty years... So hurry get yer cash to me and I''ll guatantee you yer money will be refunded iffin you ain''t completly taken in by me... honestly.... Pirate of Pine Island.
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I too sent money for the Neal newsletter. Got a couple of issues and then nothing. No resonses to my queries either. Mr. Neal is no longer a funny guy to me - I''d use another word but.....
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I seldom pay cash for anything for that very reason. A well written letter to your credit card will get that charge reversed.
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Personally I think you are being overly kind to Mr. Neale, it was he that personally pressed the flesh with you and sold you on ''his'', newsletter irregardless of who was going to print and mail it.
You made a deal with him at a boat show, as far as I''m concerned, he is just as responsible, if not more so, to process the refund or at the least see to it that his publisher does so.
We have to stop this worshipping of the sailing gods, they are flesh and blood like the rest of us and as such they need to take responsibility when they choose to jump into bed with publishers or vendors so they can profit on the use of their name. Let''s face it, they aren''t doing this only because of their love of sailing, the large part of it is greed, pure and simple. This is good old american capitalism at work, and I''m all for that, but it need come with a price, to all of the profit taking players.
It is plain to see that you purchased the subscription because of the author not the publisher, he had no problem taking your money as the author, more than just a salesman for the publisher I''m sure.
Lastly, I would fire off a letter to my CC company and refuse responsibility for the transaction, you bought oranges and they want to send you lemons. I just had a similar experience and produced documentation of my dialog with the profiteer and the CC company issued me a credit for the full amout including service charges and interest without so much a whimper.
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I went through the same with the old Coastal Cruising mag. Initially got nothing on a subscription and then 6 months later on a buy out was told they would honor the rest of the subscription. I told them to pack sand!
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At the boat show last fall, I ran into Tom and Mel Neale. They were promoting a newsletter that they wrote about sailing, living aboard, cruising, etc. I''d read Tom for many years and quickly opted to buy his newsletter (as did my liveaboard neighbor). I paid by credit card, my neighbor paid in cash. My credit card was quickly billed.
Fast forward to February 2004. Neither one of us had rec''d a single copy of the newsletter nor had we rec''d any correspondence indicating the reason(s) why. I contacted Tom Neale directly (via email).
According to Tom, Passage Maker Magazine owned the publishing rights to his newsletter and had decided, unilaterally, to cease publication of his newsletter. I don''t have a problem with this. That is their right.
HOWEVER, their "get well" plan for the newsletter subscribers is to give them a "partial" subscription to Passage Maker Magazine in lieu of a refund. They didn''t ask permission to do so; they unilaterally took this step.
Since Tom forwarded my name/email to Passage Maker, I got an email from them:
"I am sorry for the confusion. As I am sure Mr. Neale told you, PassageMaker is no longer publishing CCI. The price of the postage was simply too high. Instead, we are sending our former CCI subscribers PassageMaker Magazine for the duration of their subscriptions (in your case 5 issues). I do hope that you enjoy reading the magazine.
Mary Brady Assistant Subscription Manager PassageMaker Magazine"
[The email came from "Will Lahneman"...not Mary Brady. I''ve replied that I want a refund...not a subscription to their magazine and so far, they have refused to reply.]
Ok, I''m more than ticked off. I''ve ordered a SAILING newsletter DIRECTLY from Tom and Mel whom I have known through their writing for years. The Passage Maker folks UNILATERALLY replaced my subscription to Tom''s newsletter with a subscription to their TRAWLER/POWERBOAT magazine as if this is some kind of equitable quid pro quo solution.
It never ceases to amaze me to what ridiculous lengths arrogance and stupidity will take folks in their "customer service" roles.
I''m angry and I''m pursuing this. I want a full refund.
If you''ve been "screwed" by these folks as well, the only contact I have at this point is:
email@example.com (Will Lahneman)
I hope you will find the time to express your opinion about their approach.
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Today I have been out and brought some linseed, orange EO and two conditioners - one cheap straight forward one and one more advanced one. I plan to co-wash with the cheap one and use the other to condition!
I'm in the UK and brought INECTO Pure Coconut Oil Moisture Infusing conditioner to co-wash, and Waitrose Organic Moisturising conditioner with organic sweet almond and geranium oils for after. Both are paraben, cone, xane, sls and sles free.
So I am going to make some flax seed gel today sometimes - I know I can buy it but I like the satisfaction of making it! Will start with this recipe:
2tbsp flaxseeds
1cup water
1tbsp Aloe Vera Gel
5-10 drops Orange EO
The original recipe by dulcymh here
has honey in but I think I'll start without it and see how I go.
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Are you a SEO practitioner looking to enter the Japanese market or already working with Japanese clients?
Then take note, you need to read this article to find out what's stopping you from success!
1. You don't focus enough on mobile
Japan has a high internet penetration of 86%, and a mobile penetration of 122%! This means that on average, each person owns more than one mobile device.
Many searches take place on mobile. And majority of the people who use social media use it on mobile as well as desktops.
Are you making mobile the focus of your SEO strategy?
Source: We Are Social
2. You are not using the most popular Japanese search engines
Two search engines (Google and Yahoo) control nearly 97% of the market share. Yahoo used to be the dominant search engine until mid 2011, when Google took over.
That said, Yahoo still accounts for almost 40% of the search market. Are you optimizing your website for Yahoo SERPs?
Source: Global Analysts
3. You ignore the top Japanese social media networks
If you have Japanese friends, you'd know that Line is the Japanese Facebook in terms of market dominance. Line is a mobile platform with approx 54m users in its home market of Japan.
It's especially popular with the ladies because of its cute characters. Young people often swap Line IDs the way they swap phone numbers a few years ago.
Below is an overall ranking of the most popular social media networks and messaging apps in Japan for all ages. The results are based on a survey published in 2014.
Facebook has been growing in popularity, but its growth has not been as fast as Line's over the past years. The key reason being it's not a service born on mobile.
When you segment the different age groups (by decade, from people in their teens to those in their 60s), the results look very different.
- Those in their 20s are the most avid social media users across the board.
- Twitter is disproportionately popular among Japanese teens.
- Facebook is more popular with millennials and less popular with teens.
- Millennials still use mixi but teens don't really anymore.
- Line is the most popular social media network across the board except for seniors in their 60s.
Source: 2014 Institute for Information and Communications Policy
In another study, people were polled and asked "Out of Facebook, Twitter, and Line, which would present the most trouble if it were suddenly taken away from you?"
Source: 2014 Fast Ask
Almost half of respondents (49.0%) chose Line as their most essential service, with the rest of the respondents split between Twitter, Facebook, and "I don't know."
Are you using the right social media networks for your target age groups?
4. You don't use local domain and hosting
Search engines give more value to websites hosted on local web servers. Hosting your website locally, as well as having local ccTLDs will give you a significant advantage to rank in Japan.
Using local domain and hosting is an important geo-targeting indicator of trust and local authority to search engines.
Source: Ginza Metrics
Google understands Japanese characters and displays them properly in SERPs if they have been correctly encoded. You want to ensure that your URLs are UTF-8 encoded.
You can also consider using Japanese character keywords in subfolders if they draw search volumes. For example, "yourwebsite.co.jp/folder/ここにキーワード.html".
This will give you a better chance of ranking for your target keywords.
As Japanese users see trust as an important element of an online presence, consider placing your brand name at the end of the title tag.
This will help to raise brand awareness and create a good click-through rate for users who are familiar with your brand.
Are you using local domain and hosting?
5. You don't localize your websites or have a Japan-specific content strategy
Unlike the Western mantra of "less is more," Japanese users expect to see lots of information. To them, more is better.
You need to adapt global templates to Japanese visual aesthetics and UI preferences.
Here's a screenshot of Rakuten, Japan's biggest ecommerce site. It might look busy and cluttered to Western eyes. But to Japanese people, the huge amount of content builds trust.
Don't just (Google) translate existing English content, Japanese users will know. Create content specifically for the Japanese user.
Highlight local management (if any) to build trust. Japanese consumers value quality and brand recognition.
The "About" page is particularly important for foreign companies so display your achievements and experience.
Localize forms, especially for dates, credit card input, names and addresses. For example, don't insist on having users fill in "zip codes." This American term is not familiar to Japanese users.
Avoid the typical multi-racial corporate imagery common in the West. Instead, show Japanese people who are fashionably and smartly dressed.
Are you localizing your websites based on Japanese sensibilities?
6. You don't optimize your keyword strategy for Japanese characters
There are 4 character sets to optimize for in Japan–kanji, hiragana, katakana and romaji. And spacing matters, there's a difference in search volumes between single byte and double byte.
Additionally, Japanese grammar rarely matches how searches are formatted. Japanese tend to search in the infinitive, which can be hard to naturally work into the copy.
Are you optimizing your keyword strategy for the various Japanese character sets?
7. You build links to/from non-Japanese sites
Search engines value links originating from Japanese IP addresses and sites with Japanese content. Japanese anchor text is essential, back links with English anchor text are not ideal.
Yahoo Chiebukuro (Q&A) is a great place to engage users and build back links. You can create a brand ambassador who answers product, service or brand questions.
Also, Pay Per Post back linking programs on top blog networks and directory listings are popular in Japan. Japanese users are not turned off by sponsored blogging the way Americans tend to be.
Are you building links to/from Japanese sites?
If you take care of these 7 points above, you'd have a fighting chance to make it in the SEO world in Japan. Good luck!


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Northerm Adds Quad-Pane Line
While many window and door manufacturers are considering the addition of triple-pane windows to their line, Northerm Windows recently introduced a quad-pane product line to meet the needs of its customers in Northern Canada and Alaska.
Northerm is based out of a 54,000 square foot facility in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, with an additional 30,000 square-foot manufacturing plant in Anchorage, Alaska. Founded in 1985, the company specializes in windows designed for the extreme elements of the Yukon, Northern British Columbia, Alaska and permafrost-covered areas of the Arctic. Currently, triple-pane windows account for about 90 percent of its business, the company reports.
"We were presented with a challenge by our local housing authority to build a system that would reduce energy costs even more for customers, and that is what we did," says David Borud, general manager of Northerm in Whitehorse. "During the development stage we looked at a variety of options and came up with a combination of materials that provided best in comfort, energy savings and acoustics. The materials in the 4000 Series also provide assurance of long-term durability, even in temperatures that can range from -40° C to +5° C in less than 24 hours."
The quad-pane 4000 Series IG units are constructed with Super Spacer from Edgetech I.G, low-E coatings on surfaces two and seven, and argon gas in all three airspaces, resulting in an .103 U-Value, the company reports.
"Expansion and contraction due to temperature and pressure changes, wind and snow puts a lot of stress on windows," Borud notes. "Super Spacer is flexible and will not cause stress cracks and premature seal failure. We have used Super Spacer since 1998, and it's amazing how few warranty claims we've had over the years."


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The Spaulding High School JROTC Program is going down to Fenway Park Thursday when the Red Sox host the Houston Astros. The group will be presenting the Nation's colors during the National Anthem before the game. A Spaulding High School JROTC student had filed the request with the "Make A Wish" Foundation. After sitting on the list for two years, the teens finally got the call. The student that made the initial request has graduated, but the remaining members of the Color Guard are excited to have the opportunity to represent the school, the state and the country. The three students we spoke to were big Red Sox fans and this will be the first time at Fenway for some of the JROTC members.
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New York (CNSNews.com) - Democratic Party chairman Terry McAuliffe called it disgraceful for a Republican delegate to distribute mock Purple Heart bandages, and he said it differed greatly from Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's decision to throw away his medals in 1971.
Democrats reshuffled their lineup of speakers at their Tuesday press briefing to criticize conservative leader Morton Blackwell for passing out the mock Purple Hearts to delegates at the Republican National Convention Monday.
"There was something that happened on the floor of the Republican convention last night that was so disgraceful, so despicable, so over the top, that we need to interrupt this [press] conference," McAuliffe said.
But when asked if it was equally disgraceful of Kerry to throw away his medals or ribbons at a 1971 anti-war protest, McAuliffe drew a distinction.
"John Kerry earned those medals and ribbons, and he had every right to do what he wanted to do with them," McAuliffe said. "He went over and served this nation with distinction in two tours of duty."
Democrats have been on the defensive for nearly a month after questions about Kerry's Vietnam service first arose. The group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has released television ads and a best-selling book casting doubt on Kerry's Purple Heart medals and his Silver and Bronze stars.
Blackwell, a Virginia delegate who leads the Leadership Institute, distributed between 250 and 300 of the bandages Monday before Republican Party leaders clamped down.
In response Tuesday, Democrats dispatched U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York, a Korean War veteran, to lead the attack on Republicans.
"When America and the world first heard atrocities were committed on foreign detainees at Abu Ghraib, we wanted so badly to believe that a handful of GIs did these things on their own," Rangel said Tuesday. "Last night a similar incident occurred on the floor of Madison Square Garden at the Republican convention."
McAuliffe accused his counterparts at the Republican National Committee of failing to act quickly enough Monday. He also released a two-page research report on Blackwell that pointed to his connection with the president's senior adviser Karl Rove.
"If something like this occurred on the floor of the Democratic convention," McAuliffe said, "my phone would have been off in five seconds and we would have shut it down."
He added, "Once again, this president and all the Republicans will claim ignorance. It's like every other issue when they attack veterans in this country. It's like the Swift Boat ads where President Bush said he had no knowledge and no one in our organization was involved at all."
Democrats have accused the Bush campaign of coordinating with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. One of Bush's lawyers resigned last week after acknowledging he offered legal advice to the veterans' group. The Bush campaign has denied any formal affiliation.
Rangel said he hopes the issue of Vietnam disappears from the political campaign. He expressed outrage at Blackwell's action.
"I'd like to believe that some sick, insensitive delegates did this mocking Senator Kerry's three Purple Hearts," Rangel said. "But in doing this, they insult not only those who have fallen and those who survived, not only the armed forces, but they insult the United States of America and those who love it so much."
At a rally Monday, Rangel criticized Kerry's response to the Vietnam flap. He said Kerry should have acted more "outraged" when questions of his service first arose.
Retired Gen. Merrill "Tony" McPeak, who Democrats have used in ads attacking Bush, offered a challenge to the Republican delegates who wore the bandages.
"I think we ought to offer a bounty to any of those Band-Aid wearers who have ever seen combat," McPeak told reporters.
McAuliffe, who has repeatedly raised questions about Bush's service during Vietnam, said the issue of Kerry's service would disappear from the campaign if the president took a more aggressive approach to condemn the anti-Kerry veterans.
"George Bush's boots never went to Vietnam, and that's his right not to go," McAuliffe said. "But he does not have the right to smear our veterans and the people who've served our nation with distinction."
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX rises, led by energy stocks as oil rallies
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* TSX closed up 32.23 points, or 0.25 percent, at 12,845.63
* Eight of TSX's 10 main groups ended higher
TORONTO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Monday as energy shares rallied on a jump in oil prices, although gains were pared as the healthcare sector slumped and bank stocks reversed course ahead of quarterly earnings this week.
The index touched its highest since the start of the year before losing some momentum and surrendering some recent outperformance against U.S. markets.
It has fallen 1.3 percent year-to-date compared with a 4.8 percent drop for the S&P 500.
The market paused ahead of bank earnings this week and "to see whether oil is going to continue upward," said Irwin Michael, portfolio manager at ABC Funds.
Major oil sands operator Suncor Energy Inc gained 3.1 percent to C$33.89 and Canadian Natural Resources rose 2.7 percent to C$28.84, while the overall energy group climbed 2.8 percent.
Oil markets settled up as much as 6 percent as speculation about falling U.S. shale output and a rally in equities fed the notion that crude prices may be bottoming after a 20-month collapse. Continued...


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Many within the New York Knicks organization view Iman Shumpert as the future of the franchise. He's athletic, quick, a slasher, he can finish at the rim and he's a very good defensive player. Those same attributes made him a popular trade target for other teams leading into the NBA trade deadline Wednesday afternoon. While the Knicks did trade Ronnie Brewer to the Oklahoma City Thunder and sign free agent power forward Kenyon Martin, it could be argued that keeping Shumpert was the biggest move made at the deadline.
Iman Shumpert is a 6'5", 220 pound shooting guard/small forward from Oak Park, Illinois. He played for Georgia Tech from 2008-11 and was selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks.
He was named to the ACC All-Tournament Second Team in 2010, the All-ACC Second Team in 2011 and the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2012.
Rumors had Shumpert being traded everywhere from the Phoenix Suns for Jared Dudley, to the Orlando Magic for J.J. Redick, to the Atlanta Hawks in a package for Josh Smith. There is little doubt that multiple teams called to check on Shumpert's availability. However, the Knicks are now claiming they were never actively shopping Shumpert.
Adam Zagoria of Zagsblog.com reports Knicks GM Glen Grunwald never wanted to trade Shumpert.
"There were no trade discussions with Shump," he said. "I don't want to go into any details but as we've said many times, Shump's a key part of our future and we're happy to have him back. He's had a great rehab and is obviously coming back from a difficult injury. Maybe he's not at 100 percent yet, but we're very optimistic that with his work ethic and attitude that he will be back to his old self very shortly."
On the Shumpert trade rumors, Grunwald added: "I'm sure a lot of teams are interested in him, but no more than the New York Knicks."
One thing we know is that Shumpert's return from off-season knee surgery hasn't gone as smoothly as the team had hoped it might. He's struggled defensively, hasn't quite found his comfort zone offensively and hasn't shown the lateral quickness he had before injuring his knee in the 2012 playoffs.
However, through all the rumors flying every which way and the deadline approaching Shumpert did nothing but work hard to improve himself and his game. During the All-Star break while others were partying and relaxing Shumpert was watching film and running conditioning drills.
He truly wants to be the best at what he does and although it's clear he is very happy to be a member of the New York Knicks he found comfort in the fact that even though he couldn't control if he'd be traded or not at least other teams had interest him.
Steve Popper of NorthJersey.com reports Shumpert stayed positive throughout all the trade rumors.
Iman Shumpert has been trying to wait out today's trade deadline by rationalizing the procession of rumors that have floated his name around the NBA. If he was in the rumors, that meant someone wanted him.
He remained a long shot to be dealt, with coach Mike Woodson again asserting that the second-year guard wasn't going anywhere.
"That's the same way Woody broke it down," Shumpert said. "He said, 'At least people want you.' "
The fact is, It's way too early to give up on Shumpert. He's only a second-year player and he's easily the Knicks' best perimeter defender. Trading Shumpert would have only weakened an already struggling defense.
On top of that, it's only been about a month since he returned to the court. Shumpert's still not 100 percent following his knee surgery and we're yet to see the best of him this season.
Last season Shumpert was a very fluid player with elite lateral movement. That is the exact thing that his knee injury affects so it will take time to fully recover but it will continue to improve as time goes along. Maybe the most important thing is getting his confidence back.
Once Shumpert breaks through the mental barrier of being able to push off with his leg and move the way he wants to we're likely to see the old Shumpert back on the floor. The Knicks need Shumpert to do less chasing and get more defensive stops. In order to do that he needs to improve his footwork, balance and timing. However, that should all improve with time.
If the Knicks want to be a factor this season they need Shumpert to improve his play. He doesn't need to be a big scoring threat. He needs to be the strong defensive player they know he can be. Once his instincts take over and he stops thinking so much, he'll be able to return to last season's form.
While Shumpert clearly plays a pivotal role in this season's success for the Knicks keeping him wasn't just about this year. Keeping him was about the years to come. Shumpert has star potential. While he'll need to improve his jump shot he can drive to the basket like Russell Westbrook and play defense like Gary Payton. It would be short sighted to throw those attributes away.


text: 8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT), provider of innovative cloud communications and computing solutions, today announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bryan Martin and Chief Financial Officer Dan Weirich will present at the Craig-Hallum 3 rd Annual Alpha Select Conference on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 9:20 am. The one-day conference is being held at Sentry Centers in New York City. A copy of the presentation will be available on the Investor Relations section of 8x8's corporate website at http://investors.8x8.com. The 3rd annual Alpha Select Conference will showcase over 60 small and micro-cap companies that fit the Alpha Select List (ASL) List criteria. The idea behind the conference is to give institutional investors the opportunity to prospect for new investment ideas that could either still be under the radar or others that have proven out their model and are executing successfully. Presenting companies encompass four general sectors: Consumer, Healthcare, Services and Technology along with many Special Situation opportunities. For more information about the conference, please visit the Craig-Hallum Capital Group website at: www.craighallum.com About 8x8 8x8 Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT) empowers business conversations for more than 30,000 small and medium sized businesses with cloud communications services that include hosted PBX telephony, unified communications, contact center and video conferencing solutions. Named #1 Provider of Hosted IP Telephony by leading market research firm Frost & Sullivan, 8x8 has been delivering business communications services since 2004 and has garnered a reputation for technical excellence and outstanding reliability. For additional information, visit www.8x8.com, or connect with 8x8 on Facebook and Twitter.


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Cory Conacher has wasted no time translating his success from Canisius into the professional ranks. The program's all-time leading scorer, Conacher has thrived in his four first games with the Rochester Americans of the AHL and the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL.
Conacher signed with Rochester after finishing his career at Canisius, playing two games with the team. The Burlington, Ontario native scored his first professional goal in just his second game, lighting the lamp against Syracuse on Saturday.
The 2009-10 Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year then added to his early success while playing with the Cyclones in Cincinnati. In two games, Conacher has totaled seven points, five goals, two assists and a plus/minus rating of +5. He recorded four points on two goals (including the game-winning tally) and two assists in a 4-3 victory against Toledo on Sunday. Conacher then recorded his first professional hat trick, scoring three goals in a 6-1 win over Kalamazoo on Wednesday.
During his four-year career with the Golden Griffins, Conacher set or matched 12 career, single-season and single game records. He owns the program's standards of 147 points, 62 goals and 12 game-winning tallies. He also set the school's records with 53 points and 33 assists during his junior campaign, while breaking the goals mark with 23 in his senior campaign.
Conacher is one of three Griffs to sign professional contracts following the 2010-11 campaign. He is joined by classmates Vincent Scarsella and Eric Rex, who signed with the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL and Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the CHL, respectively. Scarsella has appeared in six games with an assist and a +2 rating, while Rex is set to make his debut in game one of the playoffs against the Allen Americans on Thursday.


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Windows 8 Push Notifications Screenshot Leaked
We have already reported about the leaked video of windows 8 metro based ui But after the Windows 8 has leaked on the Internet there is a flurry of information coming our way about all kinds of new features that Microsoft is planning to bake in the stable builds of the Windows 8.
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Customize Your Message Alert With AlertArtist
A new tweak called AlertArtist has released into Cydia! AlertArtist allows you to customize the appearance of all alert dialogs on your iDevice. You can Choose from a number of included themes, or even create your own theme through an easy to use interface!
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Report: No iPad 3 This Year
According to DigiTimes report, Apple is unlikely to release an iPad 3 in 2011. DigiTimes cites Apple's component suppliers in stating that the idea of an iPad 3 with a Retina Display launching this year is likely just "wishful thinking and misreporting." The site maintains that Apple has not yet placed any orders for a new iPad to be released this year and if it does, it will likely be a minor upgrade, possibly adding 4G support to the tablet.
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CDMA iPhone Could Be $9 Billion Opportunity for Apple
Aanalyst estimates that Apple's long-awaited CDMA iPhone should pay off handsomely, to the tune of $9 billion in 2012. According to Moskowitz, the Cupertino, Calif., iPhone maker should maintain above-market growth over the next 18-24 months, especially if boosted by accelerating CDMA market penetration in Asia-Pacific and the U.S.
Apple Will Launch Video-Focused Cloud Service
Jefferies analyst Peter Misek released a research note Apple (AAPL) is about to launch a new video-focused cloud-based service. The firm believes this likely represents the introduction of a new TV-like device and they've reiterated its "buy" rating on shares of Apple with a price target of $450.
Airtel and Aircel To Launch the iPhone 4 in India
India's Leading 3G Mobile service operator Bharti Airtel and Aircel has announced that they will launch iPhone 4 in India in the coming months. Both operators did not give more details. This is the first time anyone apart from Airtel or Vodafone is partnering with Apple for the iPhone in India.
Amazon.com Already Advertising For iPhone 5
Whether the rumor of iPhone 5 is true or false, the iPhone 5 announcement is still most likely anywhere from 3 to 6 months away. We are beginning to see some top retailers focusing their online advertising efforts on the "iPhone 5″ keyword. Does this indicate that an iPhone 5 release could come sooner than even the most impatient rumors suggest?
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Amazon Launched Amazon Android App Store for Android Smartphones and Tablets
Amazon has launched its Amazon Android App Store for Android smartphones and tablets. With 3800 apps at launch, a good start for Amazon to share a bite in fastest growing Android Market. The giant online store already has a great reputation and listed millions of credit card will help them to get customer who can quickly buy apps without any extra formalities using existing Amazon account.
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Activate Boot Animations On iOS 4.3.1 Using Redsn0w 0.9.6 RC 12[How To]
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Redsn0w 0.9.6rc12 Released With Custom Boot Animations Support
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How To Enable iOS 4.3.1 Multitouch Gestures on iPhone & iPod Touch [Easy Way]
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Acer Iconia Tab A500
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Clueless On The Alps Or Why I'm Down On DavosRobert J. Barro
After false starts in previous years, I finally made it to the World Economic Forum in the picturesque ski town of Davos, Switzerland. One of the major themes this year was globalization, particularly the role of international flows of goods, credit, and technology. President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair expounded on this topic and attracted huge crowds, but the prize for insightful reasoning on free trade clearly goes to Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo.
In fact, his talk was so good that I have been forced to upgrade my assessed value of a PhD in economics at Yale. Zedillo referred correctly to the beneficial effect of trade openness on economic growth, but observed also correctly that other policies were crucial. These include domestic free markets and privatization, macroeconomic stability, investments in education and health, and democratic institutions that sustain the rule of law.
Zedillo described as "globaphobes" the unholy coalition of interest groups that now campaigns actively against free trade and globalization. These groups, which disrupted the recent meetings of the World Trade Organization in Seattle, include labor unions in rich countries, environmental crazies, and modern-day communists and fascists. He particularly criticized the growing attacks on free trade under the banners of labor standards and environmental protection.
Poor, low-wage countries can compete particularly well internationally in the export of goods that require a lot of unskilled labor. If rich countries force poor countries to provide U.S.-style wages and working conditions, then the poor countries will be much less able to compete and will therefore be denied a means to grow and eventually attain U.S.-style wages.
SOFT TALK. International cooperation on environmental regulation is sometimes reasonable, but that's no reason to restrict international trade. If anything, the growth induced by expanded trade tends to generate structural and policy changes that increase the protection of the environment.
In contrast to Zedillo's tough talk about globaphobes, Clinton's speech pandered to these groups: "We don't have very well-developed institutions for dealing with the social issues, the environmental issues, the labor issues...that's why people are in the streets; they don't have any place to come in and say, O.K., here's what I think...." Since U.S. labor unions and environmental activists are not lacking in voice, Clinton must have been referring to a lack of representation for the communists and fascists.
On a serious note, the networking that goes on in the halls does seem to work. I learned in the lounge that, despite mediocre credentials, the German bureaucrat Caio W. Koch-Weiser continues to be a strong candidate to replace Michael Camdessus as managing director of the International Monetary Fund. A reason is that no one outside France wants another Frenchman. Mervyn King, deputy governor of the Bank of England, would be a great choice, but how can an Englishman be chosen when Britain is reasonably hesitant about joining Euroland? Anyway, given the doubtful value of the IMF, it might be best to install a mediocre leader who would not bolster the institution's power.
I did see a lot of celebrities in Davos. The meeting had more than 40 presidents or prime ministers, not to mention some really important people, such as Bill Gates, Michael Dell, and the recent Nobel laureate in Economics, Bob Mundell. I had to conclude, however, that I lacked the Davos spirit, because I rapidly lost interest in country leaders, not to mention lowly U.S. Senators, or governors, or mere finance ministers, or central-bank heads.
One thing that remained unclear was the purpose of the World Economic Forum. Businesses, who pay the freight, send representatives to see, and perhaps influence, the many politicians who attend. The politicians come mostly because they want to talk to other politicians. Of course, the politicians also appreciate the presence of the many journalists. Academics come as well, because they like to rub elbows with celebrities and because they enjoy expense-paid vacations in pleasant places. (The Saturday night soiree was particularly notable.) The presence of the academics seems intended to allow the politicians and journalists to pretend that they are participating in scholarly interaction. However, very little of the World Economic Forum involves serious scholarship. For me, the celebrity thing and the pleasantness of Davos were not enough to compensate for the long journey (especially since Swissair delivered my luggage 12 hours late). Even the skiing was bad in the heavy, wet snow. So next January I'm going to Utah.


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1. Re: Cron jobs failingabrante May 25, 2011 10:37 AM (in response to 850824)It sounds like your cronjob, which is running as the 'informix' user, is trying to kill processes belonging to other users. This will not work. To kill processes owned by other users you would have to run it as 'root'.
As an alternative you may modify your script so it only tries to kill processes owned by 'informix'..
2. Re: Cron jobs failing850824 May 25, 2011 11:06 AM (in response to abrante)Hi Abrante,
I tried to run the cron job as a root. But it neither killed the idle sessions nor through any error message to /usr/mail/root.
It didnt do anything to kill the idle users. Do i need to do any changes in any of the files or any changes to permissions to make it to run?
Please help me out to solve this problem.
3. Re: Cron jobs failingbobthesungeek76036 May 25, 2011 2:45 PM (in response to 850824)Stupid question: Is the password for 'root' expired? Cron jobs will not run for users with expired or locked passwords...
4. Re: Cron jobs failingabrante May 26, 2011 11:28 AM (in response to bobthesungeek76036)If you are to kill any user, not just the user as which you are running the cronjob you will have to run the cronjob as root. If it doesn't give the expected behaviour you should start debugging it from there..