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"Joel Tenenbaum is a fine and courageous young man who has just received his doctorate in statistical physics," begins Tenenbaum's recent plea to the Supreme Court (PDF). He is also an admitted file-swapper. At trial, a jury of his peers decided that he should pay the record labels $675,000 in statutory damages.
Tenenbaum's lawyer, well-known Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson, wants the Supremes to understand that the industry's "litigation assault" on people like Tenenbaum is "procedurally unfair and profoundly unethical." Such damage awards, Nesson continues, seek to:
punish [Tenenbaum] beyond any rational measure of the damage he conceivably caused, not for the purpose of recovering compensation for actual damage caused by him, nor for the primary purpose of deterring him from further copyright infringement, but for the ulterior purpose of creating an urban legend so frightening to children using the Internet, and so frightening for parents and teachers of students using the Internet, that they will somehow reverse the tide of the digital future.
As part of its massive legal campaign against online file-swapping, the Recording Industry Association of America [RIAA] sued nearly 20,000 people during the middle part of the last decade. Only two took their cases all the way to a trial and verdict. The first was Jammie Thomas-Rasset in Minnesota; Tenenbaum, from Massachusetts, was the second. In both cases, judges overturned the absurd verdicts (Thomas-Rasset owed $222,000, $1.92 million, and then $1.5 million after her three trials, respectively) and said that anything above $2,250 per song had entered "monstrous and shocking" territory.
The recording industry, keen to avoid this as a precedent, appealed both cases. The Thomas-Rasset case continues at the appellate level; the Tenenbaum case was sent back to the trial court last September with a demand that Judge Nancy Gertner simply cut the $675,000 down to size using a common-law process called "remittitur" rather than concluding (as she did) that the award was so disproportionate to harm as to be constitutionally impermissible.
This might sound like a technicality—in both cases, Tenenbaum's payout would be cut to $67,500—but it has a serious implication. If Judge Gertner "remits" the award, the labels could choose to have another trial against Tenenbaum. If Judge Gertner reaches the constitutional question, the trial stage ends.
These aren't hypotheticals; this happened in the Thomas-Rasset case. After a $1.92 million verdict was slashed using remittitur, the labels took Thomas-Rasset to trial once more. It's an expensive, lengthy process, and one that's probably pointless. In the four trials to date on this particular issue, no jury has ever come in beneath the upper bound set by the judges. (The juries are told nothing of previous judgments or of the judge's own rulings in these matters.)
Nesson complains that the requirement to conduct remittitur first simply helps those with enough money to see a lawsuit through to the end. "The deployment of remittitur as a means of fending off constitutional issues empowers the copyright-holding corporations to subject any individual who is seeking to protest the unconstitutionality of their settlement methods to years and then further years of endless litigation and repeated trials," he wrote to the Supreme Court.
The whole issue might seem moot (except for Tenenbaum), since the recording industry has dropped its mass lawsuit campaign. But Nesson notes that, in the last few years, scores of others have adopted similar tactics, especially when it comes to pornographic films.
Nesson tells me that the Supreme Court will decide later this week whether it will hear Tenenbaum's appeal.


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Take a look at this photo. Look familiar?
For some strange reason quite a few japanese people have said that I resemble Matsumoto Jun. The first time I had a look at this I thought I was looking in a mirror! The resemblance is uncanny.
It doesn't hurt that this person is a singer slash actor, thought of as a bit of a hunk in these parts.
My hair is curly and his is a little bit too. How some people could equate my clearly Italian features, with looking Japanese baffles me.
It could be worse I suppose.
Friday, 2 May 2008
Separated At Birth?
Take a look at this photo. Look familiar?
Posted by Jimmy In Japan at 5:49 pm
3 comments:
- Unknown said...
But you know, He is like totally hot. So... If I were you, though Im not, I'd be flattered. ^^
Matsumoto wa kawaii ^^
- 14 January 2009 at 05:56
- Shizuka said...
R u sure? U should post a photo of yourself for us to see, u know ;p
Maybe u both could meet up, seeing that u r in Japan
P.S: I am a great fan of Jun kun
- 2 October 2009 at 16:44
- Jimmy In Japan said...
It's been a while since I heard the Jun comparisons. My hair's grown out quite a bit and I tie it back most of the time so I don't think the comparison works anymore.
Just noticed a broken link on my Matsumoto Jun photo. Damn I hate that.
I don't post many pictures of myself much these days. You may see me in a Spiderman suit before too long.
- 3 October 2009 at 00:29

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|The Public Bus Transportation Service was announced in 2008 as part of DoT's endeavour to develop a world-class integrated public transport network catering to the needs of the community in different parts of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Since its launch in 2008, DoT has focused on continuously developing and enhancing the coverage and quality of its bus services at all levels. As of the end of 2011, the Bus Office at the Department of Transport in Abu Dhabi operates around 650 busses on over 95 service routes catering to more than (50m) fifty million passengers within the different regions of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
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PIMCO bond manager Bill Gross says current fears of an asset bubble are "unfounded" and that stocks, bonds and real estate have room to run.
In his May monthly investment outlook, the manager of the world's largest bond fund says "investors could draw some comfort from a low-returning yet less volatile future."
The basis for this reassurance derives from the academic debate, which Gross reviews, swirling over what is the correct long-term neutral policy rate, which "forward markets" anticipate at 4%, but which Gross, citing multiple studies, pegs at close to 2%.
"If the neutral policy rate was 2% instead of 4% then bonds, instead of being artificially priced, would be attractively priced," Gross writes, adding:
"Bonds would shed the 'certificates of confiscation' label for yet another decade or so, as this 2% neutral policy rate delevered the economy without igniting inflationary fears."
The delevering is key to understanding the significance of this debate. Fed monetary tightening a decade ago was based on a standard application of the so-called Taylor Rule that seeks to make credit more costly in order to stem inflation. What the Fed of that time failed to grasp was that the economy had become so leveraged that it could no longer function under that model.
As Gross puts it:
"Interest rates have to be lower in a levered economy so that debtors can survive, debt can be reduced as a percent of GDP, and economies can avoid recessions/depressions!"
A 4% rate would assure a half-decade-long bear market, which the Fed is assiduously working to avoid, Gross argues, adding that the resulting financial repression comes at the price of reduced future returns: "potentially 2% instad of 4% for cash; maybe 3% instead of 5% yields for 10-year Treasury bonds; 4% returns instead of 5%-7% for stocks," he writes.
Gross also offers a warning for pension funds that typically assume high rates of return in the 7%-8% range.
"Investors want their 'cake,' priced at current market prices, but they want to 'eat' future returns of near double-digits," he writes. "That won't happen with a 2% neutral policy rate."
The bond manager offers PIMCO investors the assurance that its managers know how to "fight back" through alternative risk strategies that can boost returns in this environment.
Specifically, Gross mentions "alternative assets, hedge funds, levered closed-end funds, a higher proportion of stocks versus bonds in a personal portfolio" as ways astute managers can eke out better returns "in a world of 2% policy rates where cash is a poor performing asset, but likewise a cheap liability that can be borrowed to an investor's advantage."
The plug for PIMCO managers comes at a time when the fund giant has struggled to retain the loyalty of shareholders after Gross' Pimco Total Return Fund lost 1.9% in 2013.
Reuters reports that investors in the flagship bond fund withdrew $3.1 billion in April, the 12th consecutive month of outflows, bringing annual net losses from last May in excess of $55 billion. That hemorrhaging has reduced assets under management from a high of $293 billion in April 2013 to its current $230 billion level.
Meanwhile, bond manager Jeffrey Gundlach's competing DoubleLine Total Return Fund continues to enjoy net inflows of investor assets, thus raising the stakes in the battle of investment theses.
Gross' current view that Treasury bonds specifically and investment assets generally are attractively priced at the 2% neutral rate he imputes over the balance of the decade is more bullish than the view he expressed just two months ago.
At that time, he wrote that 2014 should be a positive year for investors, though possibly the last positive year in the current era of quantitative easing.
Specifically, he warned that Fed tapering would eventually threaten corporate bonds and a reemergence of inflation would make current pricing unattractive.
If "the longevity and effectiveness of that artificially low policy rate comes into question," Gross wrote in March, "then the center…may not hold." The key challenge for investment managers would then be timing their exit from the market.


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"These people are just sad–I do not understand your obsession with them," my mom said after walking in on my millionth viewing of Sid & Nancy during the summer between my sophomore and junior years of high school.
I'd first rented the movie because I loved the Sex Pistols, but it was the titular romance that captivated me. It started out so sweet. There's this scene, where Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen are kissing, and Nancy tells Sid to kiss her toes, and he rips a hole in the bottom of her fishnets and does exactly that. Things quickly spiral out of control, though, until finally, they're both nodding out in the Chelsea Hotel and Nancy begs Sid to die with her and he stabs her in the stomach. Their relationship was thrilling, and then dangerous, and yet I romanticized it. I even named my cat Sid.
So I just rolled my eyes when my mom asked me how I could possibly adore something so destructive and awful. I didn't have answer. I couldn't quite explain why I was so addicted to damage and drama, and how that addiction had grown over the years.
Or maybe I did know. Nobody thrills to stories about average, well-adjusted people, which I learned in the fifth grade, when I started reading the Sweet Valley High books and watching the original Degrassi TV series and Beverly Hills, 90210. 90's Dylan McKay—a brooding, wealthy, motorcycle-riding surfer–was one of my very first crushes, and I identified with his on-and-off girlfriend, Brenda, in a lot of ways. I, too, was a theater-loving Midwestern girl with dark brown hair, and I was the new girl in town (though I'd moved to a suburb of Chicago, not Beverly Hills). As I watched their romance unfold, I started to long for one just like it. I loved how Dylan came off as a tough loner, but at the end of the his first episode, we see him sad and alone (and wearing very '90s overalls) in his fancy hotel suite. Later in the first season, he loses his temper in front of Brenda and smashes a planter. She runs away, but then he catches up to her, holds her, cries, tells her he's sorry. I desperately wanted that—the bad boy with sharp edges that only I could soften, someone with hidden complexities that I alone could unearth and help him deal with.
By the end of my freshman year, I'd met a couple of Dylan McKay types, but none of them saw that I could be their Brenda. My life didn't seem like an actual life. The only ups and downs I was experiencing were via these shows I was watching, these books I was reading. I grew terrified that when I looked back on my teenage years, they would be totally boring, filled with studying, reading, and TV, and devoid of stories of my own.
Fast-forward to the beginning of my sophomore year of high school, when a new show about teenage life premiered, one that was a lot more realistic than the soapy 90210. When I watched the first episode of My So-Called Life, I could hardly believe my eyes, because there on the screen was a girl who was exactly like me. Here's the thing, though—while a lot of girls admired the lead, Angela Chase, or at least related to her, I wanted to be her best friend, the bad girl Rayanne Graff.
My all-time favorite episode of TV ever might be MSCL's "Other People's Mothers." This is the one where Angela is enamored of Rayanne's mom, who allows Rayanne to throw killer parties when she isn't home, but then Angela's mom has to help Rayanne after she ODs. I mean, deep down I knew that nearly ODing was NOT fun, but I loved watching characters, even those I adored as much as Rayanne, get themselves into (and out of) terrible situations.
As viewers, we were presumably meant to understand that Rayanne's struggle with alcohol and Dylan's temper were not desirable things. They were "troubled," and their actions had consequences–we'll never know if Angela and Rayanne ever became close again. But at the same time, we weren't meant to identify with the quiet, careful characters: 90210's Andrea Zuckerman or MSCL's Brian Krakow or Freaks and Geeks's Millie Kentner. We weren't enthralled by their academic standing and good behavior. A lot of the time, the main characters wanted nothing to do with them.
I'm not sure how conscious I was of this at the time, but I began to model my own life on the shows I was addicted to. I got what I thought was the highest compliment in the world during my Sid & Nancy summer. I made a new friend, Isabel,* and a friend of hers observed that Isabel was Angela and I was Rayanne. This was meant to be an insult, or at least a warning to Isabel that I was wild, crazy, and potentially dangerous—but I was thrilled. I loved—or at least told myself that I loved–when people talked about me and spread rumors that I was a junkie and/or a slut. I had the illusion that I was in the center of something exciting because I was surrounded by drama, but really all I was doing was piling misery on top of misery.
My So-Called Life never made it past its first season, but in my late teens, I played out Rayanne's story. I was secretly cutting myself and sliding out of control, drinking more, doing drugs, and having disastrous relationships with Dylan-like boys, even though my mother kept trying to tell me they weren't worth it. "Sometimes still water does not run deep, Stephanie," she'd say. "It's just really murky and dirty."
Of course, it turned out that being Rayanne Graff and dating Dylan McKay was not as much fun as it looked on TV. Fighting with my boyfriend constantly and dealing with the aftermath of the trouble we got ourselves into was exhausting and miserable. I enjoyed watching their fuck-the-world attitude play out on screen, because it reflected how I felt inside and provoked feelings in me that I didn't have words for, and it was oddly consoling to know that however messed up I was, I wasn't as messed up as them. But my mom was right: Sid and Nancy weren't strangely dangerous. They were sad.
Though I'm not generally the kind of person who has regrets, and I tell myself that all of my experiences shaped me into the person I am, if I could go back in time and whisper in the ear of 15-year-old me as she sat down to watch My So-Called Life for the first time, I would tell her to be herself–an Angela–and maybe listen to Brian Krakow, her careful, in-love-with-her friend, every once in a while. In writing about some of the stuff I've been through, I don't want to perpetuate the myth of excitement that attracted me to these stories in the first place. It took a long time to recover from all that I'd done to myself, and I'm so much happier now that the drama is back where it belongs in my life: in books and magazines and on my television screen. ♦
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|Keep It Simple, Stupid
Re^2: The golf course looks great... (Part II) ("speed")by tye (Sage)
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I chose the "19&" version of a magic formula here only because the bitwise and & operator is typically faster than the modulo % operator. BTW, an interesting (non-golf) problem is to find the most efficient magic formula: for that, I expect you'd try to use "fast" operators (such as &, ^, |, >>), while avoiding "slow" ones (such as % and /).
Your criteria probably make sense if you are writing C code. I doubt they make sense when writing in any of the languages you are actually writing in.
In particular, in Perl your fastest formula is going to be the one with the fewest operations. Dispatching a Perl opnode is going to be (I'm guessing) two or three orders of magnitude slower than even something "slow" like a division machine-language instruction.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State is again offering money to State College taverns which close or refuse to sell alcohol for State Patty's Day, but this year taverns will be paid between $2,500 and $7,500 - depending on their occupancy - instead of a flat $5,000 each.
The university paid 34 bars, restaurants and bottle shops to halt alcohol sales to counter the unofficial St. Patrick's Day celebration created by Penn State students called State Patty's Day. This year it's scheduled to occur March 1.
The Centre Daily Times reports businesses with occupancy for up to 100 customers would receive $2,500; those with up to 200 customers will receive $5,000; those with up to 349 customers will receive $6,000; and those with room for 350 or more will receive $7,500.
It's unclear how many licensed establishments plan to close.
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Berlin smart Grand Slam | 17 - 22 juin 2014
Berlin, Germany, June 19, 2014 – While the women's tournament reached the deciding knockout phase at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam, the men finished the first two rounds of pool play on Thursday.
In the men's tournament there were some upsets, Moscow champions Semenov/Krasilnikov lost both of their matches and world champions Brouwer/Meeuwsen lost one.
The women's top teams stayed on track. Last year's winners Talita/Taiana, Moscow champions April Ross and Kerri Walsh and European champions Meppelink/Van Iersel all topped the pool with three straight wins.
American qualifiers upset Moscow champions in Berlin
John Hyden and Tri Bourne got
off to a good start on the first day of main draw of the FIVB Beach Volleyball
World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam.
The American qualifiers upset the freshly crowned Moscow champions, Konstantin Semenov and Viacheslav Krasilnikov 2-0 (21-18, 21-13) on Thursday at the lovely Beach Mitte courts. Read more
Impressive start for Doherty and Lucena in Berlin main draw
After qualifying on Wednesday
for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam, Ryan Doherty
and Nick Lucena showed off some great play in main draw on Thursday.
The 24th seeded Americans upset world champions Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen (21-16, 21-16) in the morning and defeated Berlin's reigning champions Vitor Felipe and Evandro Goncalves (15-21, 21-14, 15-13) in their second pool match. Read more
Germany's Borger/Büthe delight the home crowd with third win
While two other German teams
finished last in their pool at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Berlin
smart Grand Slam, Karla Borger and Britta Büthe kept the hopes up for the home
The vice-world champions defeated Italy's Marta Menegatti and Viktoria Orsi Toth 2-0 (21-17, 21-12) on Thursday and topped the pool with three wins. Read more
USA's Ross/Walsh on track for back-to-back gold
April Ross and Kerri Walsh
seem right on track for another gold medal after they won the Moscow Grand Slam
last week. The American top team on Thursday won their final round robin match
against Australia's Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy (21-15, 21-15) to top the
With a forfeit from fellow Americans Pavlik/Fopma in their first pool match and a 2-0 (21-12, 25-23) win over Polish team Brzostek/Kolosinka on Wednesday, Ross and Walsh advance to the second knockout round unbeaten. Read more
The Berlin smart Grand Slam continues on Friday with the final pool round and first knockout round for the men and the first and second elimination rounds for the women.
Berlin is hosting a FIVB World Tour women's event for the 9th time and a men's event for the 15th time. After the $800.000 Berlin smart Grand Slam the FIVB World Tour continues its seven-event swing through Europe.
There are three more double-gender FIVB Grand Slams on the European continent: the FIVB Stavanger Grand Slam in Norway (June 24-28), the FIVB Gstaad Grand Slam in Switzerland (July 8-13) and finally the FIVB Transavia Grand Slam, played in three different cities in the Netherlands (July 15-20), but based in The Hague.
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USA's Bourne/Hyden and Czechs Kolocova/Slukova strike gold in Berlin
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USA's Bourne/Hyden win first World Tour gold in Berlin
Berlin, Germany, June 22, 2014 - Tri Bourne and John Hyden won their first World Tour gold medal at the FIVB Beach Volleyball Berlin smart Grand Slam ... More...
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Kolocova and Slukova crowned as Berlin smart Grand Slam champions
Berlin, Germany, June 22, 2014 - Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa Slukova won their second gold in only one month by winning the FIVB Beach Volleyball Wo... More...
22.06.2014 07:21:29
All-American men's final at the Berlin smart Grand Slam
21.06.2014 20:06:00
Brazil and Czech Republic in women's final in Berlin, USA and Brazil supply men's semifinalists
21.06.2014 19:41:52
Brazil's Antonelli and Juliana face Czech team Kolocova/Slukova in Berlin final
21.06.2014 18:47:15
American qualifiers Doherty and Lucena storm into Berlin semis
21.06.2014 14:10:28
Antonelli/Juliana knock out Ross/Walsh to advance to semifinal
20.06.2014 21:37:06
Eight women's teams and 16 men's still standing at Berlin smart Grand Slam
20.06.2014 20:48:09
Poland's Fijalek/Prudel take revenge against Russia
20.06.2014 20:09:28
Brazil's Agatha/Seixas knock out European champions in Berlin
20.06.2014 13:02:20
Flying Dutchmen top the pool with three wins at Berlin Grand Slam
20.06.2014 09:35:56
Volleyball internationals visit FIVB Beach Volleyball Berlin smart Grand Slam
19.06.2014 19:44:37
Impressive start for Doherty and Lucena in Berlin main draw
19.06.2014 18:05:26
Germany's Borger/Büthe delight the home crowd with third win
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USA's Ross/Walsh on track for back-to-back gold
19.06.2014 11:24:26
American qualifiers upset Moscow champions in Berlin
18.06.2014 20:50:41
Upsetting day for German teams at Berlin smart Grand Slam
18.06.2014 18:30:56
Brazil's Bruno/Alison pushed hard in Berlin qualification
18.06.2014 15:59:34
Berlin Grand Slam ends for home team Holtwick/Semmler
18.06.2014 12:42:59
Tough opening match for 2013 champions Talita/Lima in Berlin
17.06.2014 20:05:13
Berlin residents Bieneck/Grossner claim main draw spot at Berlin Grand Slam
16.06.2014 22:20:22
Talking Stats: 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour—June 16
16.06.2014 18:18:05
Top of the world returns to Berlin's 'Mitte' for the FIVB smart Grand Slam
16.06.2014 08:22:57
FIVB Beach Volley World Tour moves to FIVB Berlin smart Grand Slam
16.06.2014 01:52:23
FIVB World Tour in middle of three straight $800,000 FIVB Grand Slams
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Berlin Smart Grand Slam heads back to city centre
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A Chicago pastor calling for an end to youth violence is marching through neighborhood streets.
Bishop Larry Trotter is he senior pastor at Sweet Holy Spirit Church on Chicago's South Side. Nearly 200 people joined him Sunday afternoon.
He says he's holding the rally to end violence gripping his community.
The marchers wore red clothing to symbolize the bloodshed, sang hymns and prayed at several street corners.
The march follows the death of 17-year-old Derrick Davis. He was fatally shot Friday just a block from where he lived in Chicago.
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Wise words from ex-Hastert aide John Feehery:
The problem for Republicans is that the more they are unified in opposing Obama, the less they will be preoccupied in rebuilding the party for the long-term. They will fall into the trap, if they are not careful, of being a House party and not a Presidential party.
The Republicans can survive by controlling the House for the next decade, but if they don't reverse the demographic trends that became evident in the last Presidential election, they will not win the White House for forty years.
The problem with being really satisfied with an oppositional strategy is that it makes it awfully hard to be for something. And if you are not for something, you will never get on offense. And if you never get on offense, you can't build out your coalition. And if the GOP can't build out its coalition, than it won't be able to compete for the White House.


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Crucial has just launched its new M4 lineup of 2.5-inch solid-state drives, which are the successors to the RealSSD C300 range, and boast faster read and write speeds. The M4 uses 25nm technology NAND flash created by its parent company Micron, and is available in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB models.
Crucial claim the new M4 SSDs reach read speeds of up to 415MBps – a 17% increase over its predecessor – while write speeds are up 20% with speeds of up to 260MBps.
As with all SSDs, however, this technology doesn't come cheap. The 64GB M4 will cost you $130, which rises to $250 for the 128GB, $500 for the 256GB and $1000 for the 512GB. All can be purchased directly from Crucial and include a three-year warranty.
While the M4s are pretty pricey, solid-state drives are a great way of improving the speed of your Mac. Traditional hard drives are famous for being the bottleneck in modern-day Macs, and since the release of the incredibly nippy second-generation MacBook Air, many users have realized the difference an SSD can make and have adopted the new technology. Recent tests have proven that MacBook Pros equipped with SSD drives are significantly faster than those with traditional HDDs.
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Ballads inspired by the AOR genre.
In the late 70s and all through the mid-to-late 80s, AOR was at the apex of its popularity. Bands and artists like Peter Cetera, Journey, Foreigner, Toto and many more broke through to the mainstream tier and conquered not only the airwaves but also the movies. Much attributing to this fact were their ballads big, layered and with a slick, often meticulously produced, rock and instrument-driven foundation somewhat new to the format.
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World Indoors Start Friday *Schedule/Results (Lagat and Farah's Round 1 is at Noon Eastern Friday) *Live Results *Live Stream Info; 8PM On TV in US *UK Visitors Watch on Demand Here for Free *Live IAAF Radio *Meet Website *Yahoo Photos
LRC Moring Session Rupp Goes Home, Meet Ilham Tanui, Centrowitz, Erica Moore, Jackie Areson, Sara Hall Make Finals The World indoors got underway and the big event for LRC distance fans was the men's 1500m semifinals. Galen Rupp drew unfavorable heat 1 and put up a game effort but did not advance as Ilham Tanui arrived on the World stage and Matt Centrowitz advanced. All the other American distance runners except for Phoebe Wright advanced as the women's 3000m, women's 800, and men's 800 got going.
- Event by Event Recaps from IAAF
- RRW: Bernard Lagat Counting On Experience In 3,000m At World Indoor Championships He gets underway at noon eastern Friday. IAAF 3k Preview
- Jenn Suhr Out Of World Champs Just decided not to compete.
- Sally Pearson Not Sure "What To Expect" From Only Second Ever 60m Hurdle Race Someone has calculated that her 100m hurdle PR is equivaent to 7.63 over 60 metres which would be a WR.
- Liu Xiang Hoping For Improvements By Moving To 7 Steps Instead Of 8 Before The First Hurdle
- Press Conference Athlete Quotes Part 1 *Part 2 Some good quotes from Ashton Eaton.
- Press Conference Video: Anger Sparks After "Plast Brit"/Team Captain Tiffany Porter Is Challenged To Recite Lines To UK National Anthem
- Bernard Lagat, Christian Taylor, Jessee Williams And Ashton Eaton Lead US Team
- Ciarán Ó Lionaird And Derval O'Rourke Lead Irish Team
- Valerie Adams Looking Forward To Indoor SP Test "It's the don't `f' with me look. I just go in there thinking about one thing and that's smacking the crap out of it and being focused on how much I can throw and putting pressure on the other throwers."
- IAAF 3k Preview Bernard Lagat will defend his title against Mo Farah and 7:29 runners Augustine Choge and Edwin Soi.
Other Stuff This Weekend
- USA 15k Champs Fields Mo Trafeh is running. Distancepreps.com talked to him here.
- Team USA Minnesota Runners Preview US 15k Champs Tomorrow *Race Site
- Brett Larner Previews Nagoya Women's Marathon; The Last Japanese Olympic Selection Race You can watch live at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, Mar. 11 (Japan time).
- Silver Cup Awarded To First Olympic Marathon Champ In 1896 To Be Auctioned Off Estimated at $190,000 to $250,000.
- March 18th: A Look At Kenya's Team For African Cross Country Champs On World Jr. Champ Chepng'etich: The Ethiopians know what we are capable of doing and they should be ready for a more lethal dose than the one I gave them in Spain."
- April 15: Jen Rhines To Run More Magazine/Fitness Magazine Women's Half-Marathon In Central Park
Two-Time Boston Winner Moses Tanui Speaks Out Against Kenya Olympic Trials Being Held In Oregon "Is like staging national holiday celebrations in a foreign land."
Yohan Blake Says He Actually Does Most Of His Training Alone, Not With Bolt
- Previous World Indoor News:
- 25-Year-Old Dayron Robles Says He May Retire After London 2012 Due To A Recurring Leg Injury "At the last competition, I was practically race walking because I couldn't do anything."
- Ashton Eaton Will Go After His Own Heptathlon WR He recently ran a 1:52 800 in a time trial where he was paced by Russell Brown.
- Dwain Chambers Set To Defend His 60m Title Against Jamaicans Lerone Clarke And Nesta Carter Chambers' agent talking about BOA ban: "Redemption is recognised in every walk of life: the family, religion, law and politics. It is an integral foundation at the heart of the makeup of any democratic society. It is not recognised in dictatorships, Greek mythology and the British Olympic Association bylaw."
- USATF On US Team: Brittney Reese Sanya Richards-Ross Favorites To Win Gold
- After Recent WR Vault, Yelena Isinbayeva Favorite Over US's Jenn Suhr And UK's Holly Bleasdale
*Isinbaeva: "I Was Close To Quitting"
- Prize Money Breakdown: $2.5 Million Up For Grabs
- Mo Farah And Jessica Ennis Lead GB Team
- IAAF Women's Preview
- IAAF Men's Preview
- AP Preview
The Fast Guys Of The LRC Puma Faas Challenge (Our Apologies For Disrespecting The Always Disrespected David McNeill)
LRC The Fastest Puma Faas Winners - Mark Wieczorek, David McNeill And Ricky Flynn LetsRun.com is made up of the most passionate and fastest runners on the planet. The three guys above entered the Puma Faas Challenge just like you even though they are total studs. Mark is a 1:46.00
runner, David a two-time NCAA 5,000m champion and an Australian national champion, and Ricky was a breakthough performer at the Olympic Trials Marathon. Read all about them. Thanks to Ricky's run at the Trials, he may be getting a sponsor soon, so he's giving his shoes to his roommate.
Previous: Get Inspired With The Final 20+ Winners In The Puma Faas Challenge A guy with incurable cancer who wants to run 16-minute miles, a guy who want to break 4 despite getting hit by a car going 35mph, a woman who has a 5-year running streak going that includes two pregnancies, much more.
CAS Case On BOA Bylaw To Start Monday Sports lawyer who helped LeShawn Merrit overturn his Olympic ban predicts BOA will lose.
YouTube To Live-Stream The London 2012 Olympics For NBC
Previous World Indoor News
Kenya Enters Largest World Indoor Squad Ever - Coach Says All 9 Can Medal
*Jelimo's Agent Says Watch Out - She's Hungry Again "After sitting out and seeing her career degenerate she has found the hunger to win again. It was all in her eyes, even though she did not win in Lievin on Tuesday, you could see that she gave it all. A clear sign that she is back in the frame to compete. I tell you she will be in her best form when we head to May."
*A Look At The Ethiopian Women's Chances Genzebe Dibaba and Meseret Defar are the favorites at 1,500 and 3k as Defar goes for a record 5th straight gold.
*Preview Of Men's Distances From Ethiopian Perspectve - Ethiopian Team Lacking
Sprint News: Veronica Campbell-Brown Declares, "I'm ready!"
*Veronica Campbell-Brown Running World Indoors, Has Linsanity
*Dayron Robles Hurts Back, Pulls Out Of World Indoors Nothing too serious, a pulled muscle of some sort and says he should resume training next week.
Craig Mottram Says He'll Have To Go Sub-13 To Make World Indoor 5,000 Final We're not sure if the author was sloppy or what, but there is no 5,000m at World Indoors. Mottram will have to run the 3,000m.
Final Japanese Selection Race - 2012 Lake Biwa Marathon *Photos
Kenya's Samuel Ndungu Debuts With 2:07:04 For The Win as Japan's Ryo Yamamoto Has Huge 3+ Minute PR To Grab Olympic Spot Henryk Szost got the Polish NR with 2:07:39 and Ryo Yamamoto was the first Japanese in 2:08:44. The Japanese had 2 sub-2:09s, 5 sub-2:10s, and 7 at sub-2:10:06 in this race.
- IAAF Lake Biwa Recap - Japanese Olympic Spot Decided On Track In the last 5km, 3 different people possessed the all-important "first Japanese" title and Ryo Yamamoto didn't pass Hiroyuki Horibata (7th at 2011 WCs) until they were on the track in the stadium. "I was just chasing and chasing," Yamamoto said. "I was not ready to run with the leaders when the real racing started at 25Km, so I decided to run my race and was just hoping that the leaders would come back to me. When I was getting closer (to the Japanese in front of me) I kept on chanting 'Olympics, Olympics' in my heart and kept on pushing."
Dreams Don't Become Reality?
LRC Haile Gebrselassie Tweets "My Olympic Marathon Dream Is Over" And Ethiopia Announces A Preliminary Olympic Marathon Team Missing A Few Stars Geb's tweet is big news as we'd like to see him make one final attempt to compete in the Olympics. Just as big news
may be that neither Gebre Gebremariam, Tsegaye Kebede nor Fiyesa Lilesa
were on the preliminary
team. Their men's team is the top 4 Ethiopians from Dubai.
More Geb: Associated Press Column: Should Gebrselassie Say Goodbye? His agent seems to think so.
- Ethiopian OG Marathon Selection
- HAILE FROM TWITTER - "It looks like my Olympic Marathon dream is over."
Andrews Going Pro?!
LRC Robby Andrews Leaves UVA Track Team LetsRun.com has learned that the two-time NCAA champ's incredible NCAA career at the University of Virginia has come to an
end. What a career
it was - bookended
NCAA titles. It started with an epic .01 win over
Andrew Wheating and ended with an epic 1:44.71 - .04 win over Charles Jock. Andrews has not officially gone pro, but that seems to be the likely next step.
*UVA Release
*Humorous: Robby Andrews Career Decision Flowchart
MB: Robby Andrews No Longer Running for UVA *Is There Any Chance Robby Andrews Transfers? *Robby Andrews to Oregon Project?
Tokyo Marathon *Top Tokyo/Geb Results *Updated LRC Tokyo Photos
LRC Geb Goes For It ... Fades To 2:08:17 4th Well-paced, good weather, perfectly positioned, Haile G had the lead and a gap on the field at 36k but surprisingly faded and was passed
one-by-one until he was off the
podium in the final kilometer. It was a strange marathon, as both Geb and last year's defending champ Hailu Mekonnen, who were the two leaders, both faded after surging ahead. Michael Kipyego (2:07:37) brother of women's star Sally Kipyego, took the win while Arata Fujiwara stamped his ticket to London with a 2:07:48 PR. 38 y/o Geb complained of back pain afterwards. Geb is now known for his post-race excuses, but for once we tend to believe him (he also dropped a water bottle
35k and stopped to get it before not picking it up - wonder if that affected his back).
*LRC OFFICIAL Tokyo Marathon Haile Geb Thread
*Brett Larner's JRN Race Recap
*Haile Says "I could run another marathon in two weeks."
*LRC Favorite Yuki Kawauchi Disappointed With 14th Place/2:12:51 Showing Kawauchi: "If you're not good enough to be internationally competitive then you don't need to go to the Olympics. I tried, and it's over. Selection is based on results, and I do not think I will be picked."
*IAAF Recap
*Tokyo Photo Gallery
Birmingham - Aviva Indoor Grand Prix *Results
Top Indoor Meet Of Year
Eliud Kipchoge 8:07.4 2-Mile Defeats Mo Farah This was a tremendous race with 4 guys, Kipchoge and Farah plus Uganda's Moses Kipsiro and Tariku Bekele, battling on the final lap. Kipchoge, the 2003 World 5,000m champ, got the win and World Leader. If you think this makes him the best Kenyan right now, think again. Kipchoge was 4th in the 3,000m in Germany last weekend. In other action, Genzebe Dibaba blasted another fast 1,500 (4:01, Anna Pierce 4:11), Liu Xiang ran a PR to beat Dayron Robles, Jamaica's 8th-fastest 100m man last year, Lerone Clarke, ran a national record in the 60 ahead of Asafa Powell, Meseret Defar ran 8:31.56, Jessica Ennis had 2 PRs and a world best in the hurdles, and Bernard Lagat was well beaten at 1,500m. 8,000 fans in attendance. This is what track and field needs.
2012 RAK Half Is In The Books *Photo Gallery Of Winners *Top Results
LRC Mary Keitany & 17-Year-Old Dennis Koech Win 2012 RAK Half Marathon Windy conditions slowed down the winning times considerably (60:34 and 66:42), but Mary Keitany did still produce the 8th-fastest 13.1 in women's history as a 17-year-old Kenyan dispatched the 2012 world leader and a 2:03 marathoner in the men's race.
*IAAF Recap Geoffrey Mutai Withdraws With Sore Foot And Then Fast Times Are Blown Off Course The IAAF is saying that Koech is 18.
*Pre-Race Photos *Race Previews
Sprint News
Recommended Read: The Telegraph's Ian Chadband Catches Up With Yohan Blake After His 2012 Season Opener - Blake Still Plays Cricket Every Sunday With Glen Mills' Blessing Can anyone in America imagine a college coach letting a sprint star play pickup games on the weekend? Yet Blake, who comes from a tough background, is super-fast. "I wasn't born with a golden spoon in my mouth; it was a really tough life. So many times, we had no money to even get to school. I'd have to find empty beer bottles to sell and spent hours carrying water on my head because we had no water at home. It gave me strength which helps me today."
USATF Classic *Results *Photo Gallery
LRC Galen Rupp's American 2-Mile Record Is Highlight Among 5 World Leaders Pre-race, we pondered if this was the best men's indoor mile in the US since LetsRun.com was founded and it lived up to the hype, as Silas Kiplagat edged Caleb Ndiku in a world-leading time, but it was Galen Rupp, running to honor the late Geoff Hollister, who stole the show with an impressive American record at 2 miles. In other action, Brenda Martinez took on some of the world's best in the mile, Jamaica's 8th best sprinter beat all the Americans, and Tianna Madison (a long jump world champion most of you have forgotten) shocked VCB and Allyson Felix in the 60m.
USATF XC *XC Results *Men's Photos *Women's Photos
Molly Huddle Celebrates Too Soon, Sara Hall Wins XC On Lean, Bobby Mack Beats Aaron Braun Great races in the chill of St. Louis, as Molly Huddle and Sara Hall battled to the line. Huddle put up her hands thinking she won, but Hall leaned and got the win. Photos here. On the men's side, Mack pulled away from Braun the final 600m. More coverage here. Photo finish photo here.
London Marathon Goes To Iten
Virgin London Marathon, Which Made 2012 Athlete Announcements In Kenya, Is Giving Back To Iten, Eldoret Communities
LRC Photo Of The Day: Virgin London Marathon Fields Announced From Iten, Kenya We didn't realize London was in Iten to announce its 2012 fields. Very cool.
Bring Back The Mile Officially Launches For years, we (and many in the sport) have wondered why the mile isn't the #1 distance event in the land and why it's not run instead of the 1,500 or 1,600. Finally, someone has decided to do something about it.
*Bringing Buzz Back To The Mile *Discuss *Like On Facebook
US Men's Olympic Trials Marathon News *LRC Vote Totals *Men's Results *Women's Results *Mile-By-Mile Splits *Yahoo Flash Photos
LRC Men's
Marathon Trials Analysis And Reaction The 2012 Trials race was a classic. We throw some love to the top 3, ponder Ritz's future in the marathon, tell you who had the best debut, and tell you who that guy you never heard of was. Plus we talk about Meb's 74-year-old badass dad and look at the fortune of some old timers who didn't make the team, Josh Cox and Dan Browne, in addition to the ones who did (Meb and Abdi).
Race Recap: Meb Keflezighi Captures 2012 Olympic Trials Marathon Title
NY Times Recap: Meb Over Hall, Abdi Grabs 3rd Spot The race lived up to the billing as the top four all broke 2:10, whereas previously there had only been one sub-2:10 in OTM history. After a blistering first half (63:25), Meb Keflezighi got his 2nd PR in 69 days, as he ran 2:09:08 to win over Hall (2:09:30). A resurgent Abdirahman (2:09:47) hung on for the final Olympic spot in 2:09:47 over Ritzenhein, who broke 2:10:00 for the first time (2:09:55). In the process, Meb became the first American to make an Olympic marathon team 8 years after making it previously. Abdi had no idea until we talked to him that Martin Fagan, whom he trained with some this winter, had reportedly tested positive for EPO.
LRC Trials Live Thread Here
Trials On The Boards:
2011 ING NYC Marathon *Men's Results *Women's Results *Viewing Info *Flash Yahoo Photos
LRC 2:05:06!!! Geoffrey Mutai Caps Year In Style An unbelievable year in men's marathoning had an appropriate finish, as the Kenyan man who had the most unbelievable of all years, Geoffrey Mutai, smashed the previous NYC Marathon record by a stunning 2:38 - that's two minutes and 38 seconds. If it wasn't the
greatest 2nd-greatest men's marathon performance
ever, you'll have to tell us what was. American Meb Keflezighi hung with the leaders for 20 miles after a blistering 63:16 1st half and ended up with a much-deserved PR. Mutai picked up $200,000 by winning, but the big financial winner was runner-up Emmanuel Mutai, who won $635,000 ($500,000 for the WMM title).
LRC Mary Keitany Beats Herself The women's race was full of gut-wrenching drama, as Mary Keitany went out in a crazy 67:56. The problem was she came back in 74:42, as unheralded Firehiwot Dado (Rome Marathon champ) got the win.
LRC Post-Race Interviews: Meb And His Coach Bob Larsen Talks About His PR Despite Throwing Up Plus the winners - Geoffrey Mutai, Firehiwot Dado, men's and women's top 3, Ed Moran, Molly Pritz, Lauren Fleshman and Bobby Curtis.
2012 NCAAs *Live Stream Is Friday (Most Action Starts 7:30 PM ET But You Need ESPN3) *Men's Accepted Entries *Women's Accepted Entries *Schedule
LRC NCAA Men's Preview: Can Anyone Stop Lalang? Who Wins The DMR? Can Miles Batty Hold Up As The Favorite In The Mile? What Happened To The 800? The NCAA meet is where champions are made.
will step up this year? Things get kicked off tomorrow with the great DMR and men's 5,000m, where 4 guys with Olympic "A" qualifiers will battle. We preview all the distance action in Idaho and the team battle.
LRC NCAA Women's Preview: Will Hasay Have The Same Magic She Had Last Year Or Will A New Star Like Emily Infeld Or Katie Flood Arrive? Who Wins The Loaded 3,000? Can Lucy Van Dalen Hold Up As The Favorite In The Mile? Last year, Jordan Hasay used the NCAA meet to bcome a collegiate legend. Will a new one arrive in 2012?
- Only LSU Standing In The Way Of Oregon Women Getting The 3-Peat At NCAAs
- After Missing Indoor Nats Last 2 Yrs, Oregon's Alex Kosinski Is Hoping To Finally Contribute To An Indoor NCAA Title Vin Lananna: "The thing about Alex is, she is so conscientious - every mile, every whirlpool, every stretch, every pair of shoes, every little detail, everything there could be, she takes care of them."
- Oregon Men MIA At NCAA Indoor Champs Only 3 entered: Trevor Dunbar in the 3k, Mike Berry in the 400m, Parker Stinson in the 5k.
- Good Article: Laura Carlyle Will Be The First Ever To Represent OSU At Indoor NCAAs She's in the mile.
- Coming Back For 5th Year, Oregon's Brianne Theisen Is The Favorite To Defend Her Pentathlon Title
- Oregonian: On paper, Oregon wins the NCAA women's indoor title again, but there is no margin for error The Ducks are going conservative this year as Lananna claims he's trying to make sure they win PAC-12s outdoors. Last year, they won 67 to 38. This year it will be much closer.
- Lawi Lalang Is Marked Man, But Will It Even Matter As He's So Dominant? "On a rainy night in Seattle, Arizona sophomore Lawi Lalang was among 17 distance runners squeezed behind the starting line in a race so obscure that it was captured on video only by Flotrack.org." That's how our sport is perceived by non track fans. TV matters.
- 2012 NCAA Indoor Track And Field Men's Field Is Released It took 1:48.56, 3:59.08, 7:52.92 and 13:50.03 to get in as a slew of sub-4s were left home.
- 2012 NCAA Indoor Track And Field Women's Field Is Released It took 2:05.32, 4:38.87, 9:11.49 and 16:03.66 to get in.
- Former Top NCAA Freshmen Like Eric Jenkins (Who Was Only True Frosh At NCAAs Last Year In 1,500) Tells How To Make Transition To College Jenkins twice has gone sub-4 this winter but isn't going to NCAAs this year. Katie Flood: "In high school you can get by on talent, but in college everyone is talented, hard-working, and willing to do the little things. It's a whole new standard."
IAAF Releases Members Of Inaugural Hall Of Fame *HOF Website
- Tough Standards For Inaugural IAAF Hall Of Fame Athletes need to have won at least two Olympic or World Championships gold medals and set at least one WR. Ridiculous.
- IAAF HOF Members Section Go here to read bios on first 12 members. 12 more will be added this year.
- Amby Burfoot: "Love the New IAAF Hall of Fame Idea. Hate the Entry Requirements" She points out that the standards keep out great runners like Joan Benoit Samuelson, Frank Shorter, Roger Bannister, and even Paula Radcliffe unless she wins gold in London.
- Five Americans Named To Inaugural IAAF Hall Of Fame Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Al Oerter and Jesse Owens among the initial 12 members.
- A Rundown Of Initial 12 In additon to the Americans, includes Abebe Bikila, Paavo Nurmi, Emil Zatopek, Al Oerter, Adhemar da Silva, Ed Moses, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Betty Cuthbert and Wang Junxia.
- TrackFocus: Why Was Suspected Drug Cheat Wang Junxia Elected To IAAF Hall Of Fame? "I strongly disagree with their decision. When you thinking with your pocketbook or have your head completely in the sand, I can see how the IAAF might have come to this choice."
- Joe Battaglia: "Wang Junxia's nomination to IAAF Hall of Fame a cruel joke" "There is never a second chance to make a first impression. It's a shame that this inaugural IAAF Hall of Fame induction will be punctuated with a question mark."
NYC Half Is Next Weekend *Full Elite Field
- Janet Cherobon-Bawcom: How Hitchhiking A Ride From Peter Rono Led To A Pro Running Career
- Brief Chat: Julie Culley Who Will Run Her Debut Half Marathon At NYC Half She's ran on multiple world teams and has a 15:21 5k PR.
- NYRR Debate: A Half-Marathon In The Olympics?
- Bobby Curtis, Ben St. Lawrence, Collis Birmingham, And UK's Chris Thompson Added To NYC Half
- Good Interview With Dathan Ritzenhein Ahead Of NYC Half On the marathon trials he said, "Even with 200 meters to go, I really was still thinking that (I could get him) ...The distance was shrinking so fast that I didn't really ever give up hope until after the finish line."
Ryan Hall Interview On His Recent MRI: Says It Confirmed His Foot Issues Are Plantar Fasciitis Says it's improving and hasn't hindered his training. *MB Thread
Aussie Olympic Team
- Ben St Lawrence Blogs On Being Selected For Aussie Olympic Team In The 10k Talks about his subdued celebration after getting the 10k NR last year, comparing it to his "former party-boy days when I would have celebrated winning a game of Mario Kart with a streak through campus and a week-long bender."
- Ryan Gregson Blogs On His 1,500m Win Last Weekend On his post race dance: "I'll admit that I didn't nail it properly as I had too much lactic in my legs ... hopefully it will act as a subtle audition tape for Dancing With The Stars."
- Athletics Australia Adds Seventeen To Olympic Nomination List
WP: Marine Corps Marathon Sells Out In 2 Hours And 41 Minutes
News From Jamaica
- Prince Harry False Starts In Run With Bolt, Does Bolt Pose, Tells Jamaican Athletes Not To Come To America
- Yohan Blake To Race Sparingly Leading Up To Olympics
- After Great Winter Training, Yohan Blake Is Dreaming Of Upstaging Usain Bolt And Winning 4 Golds Himself Both Jamaicans are dreaming of 4 golds, but Blake has been hot in training, whereas Bolt is MIA. Blake: "My 4 x 400m training is going really well. I've been really encouraged by my performances."
Fashion Blogger Declares 5 Of 6 Hottest Female Athletes In World Are Track Athletes He uses some retired ones like Amy Acuff.
Olympic Hopeful In The News
After Losing Lottery Funding, British HJer Robbie Grabarz Was Willing To Make An Olympic "Sacrifice" And Live Off His Credit Card "You're prepared to make any sacrifice possible. I had a credit card I was happy to live off until the games," said Grabarz who probably won't need it now that he's gone 2.34 indoors.
Bring Back The Mile Getting More News
Bring Back The Mile: Ritz Still Wants A Sub-4 Mile Ritz reveals that he NEVER has run a mile in his life. Shocking. The 1,600m should be abolished. We can see some rationale people have for running 1,500 but none for 1,600m. And Meb Keflezighi also does not have a sub-4 mile.
Leo Manzano Brief Chat: Bring Back The Mile, Winning USAs, The Manzano Mile And More He's running his own Manzano mile later this month. We wish Nike icentivized him to run World Indoors, but London is what matters.
Random But Interesting Links
- College Runners, We're Sure You'll Ignore This Link
4 Reasons Why Drinking Booze Makes You A Worse Runner 1. Slows recovery 2. Makes you fat 3. Disrupts your sleep 4. Depletes water and nutrients
- Kiwi Race Horse Jockey Is Hoping To Make Olympics In Marathon
- Cowtown Marathon "Winner" Who Was DQed For Using Friend's Bib Explains Himself
*MB: Cowtown Marathon Winner DQ'd
- 70-Year-Old Japanese Man Qualified For Olympics In equestrian, not marathoning. We do have one question - how old is the horse?
- 60-Year-Old Woman Kathy Martin Tells How She Ran US Record Of 3:10 In Marathon
- A woman is in hospital with serious head injuries after being hit by a competitor's bike at the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon
Aussie Olympic Trials/Melbourne Track Classic Was Friday/Saturday *Results *Gregson's Finish Line Dance
Day 2: Mottram Is Back, Wins 5k; Rudisha Cruises In 800 (Symmonds Struggles), Pearson Impresses Craig Mottram ran away from Collis Birmingham to win the 5,000m in 13:18, David Rudisha crushed the 800m field to win in 1:44 (Nick Symmonds ran 1:48), and world hurdles champ Sally Pearson got a PR in the 200m and her fourth-best
time in the 100m hurdles. Ben True (13:26) and Will Leer ran in the 5km. More From IAAF
*Australian High Performance Manager Is Full Of praise For Mottram "What he did in the race against Collis was tantamount to Mottram re-establishing himself in our psyche that he is the No.1 man over 5,000m. And once he has that confidence behind him, we then know with the right training and the right progress he's one of the rare distance athletes that can shake it up with the Africans."
*2-Time world champion at 400h, Jana Pittman, will start running on Monday but is quickly running out of time to qualify for London 2012
*17-Year-Old Aussie Liz Parnov Likely To Be On Olympic Team
*Sally Pearson After Winning 100m Hurdles In 12.49 Seconds: "Holy crap! I know I can't swear, what can I say? It's really fantastic." *AP Article
*Runner's Tribe Recap
On The Boards: *Symmonds ran 1:48 in Melbourne, Sure, it's March Nick, not August!
*Mottram wins 5000m
Day 1: Ryan Gregson Wins And Does A Dance As Kiprop Falters For 3rd Year In A Row - Torrence 2nd, Willis Third On a windy day, Asbel Kiprop had the lead in the middle but faded to 5th (3:42.52) as Aussie record holder Ryan Gregson got the win (3:38.51) to prove he's at least temporarily over last year's injury problems. He was followed by Torrence (3:39.32), Willis (3:39.77), Riseley and Kiprop. Kiprop: "I don't know exactly what happened. It was not my day today ... I did 10 seconds slower than what I was expecting. It doesn't disappoint me at all."
*AP: Pearson Wins, Frayne Gets TJ Qualifier
IAAF Recap Afterwards, Gregson did a dance at the finish (video embedded to your right or here). Was it because of this tweet?
OTB: Gregson is back!!! (def. Kiprop, etc)
*Gregson's Finishline Dance
A Current & Future Marathoner In The News
Meet The Triathlon Coach Who Taught Ryan Hall He Needed To Recover More No, the name of "Mr. Recovery" isn't God - it's Matt Dixon. Dixon seems to be a smart guy who had one triathlete cut his "volume by 30
percent, added
easier workouts and had
him eat more." We'd say that would help 90% of all distance runners if only instead of cutting their volume by 30%, they increased it by 30%.
"Our goal is not to train as hard as we can, but to perform well."
Salazar Says "Mea Culpa" And Takes Blame For Aggressive Race Plan That Blew Up And Cost Galen Rupp 3k Spot In Albuquerque They knew sitting and kicking would result in a Lagat slaughter, so they tried to take it out hard but they underestimated Lopez Lomong. "(Lomong's) always been a great runner," Salazar said. "We totally respect him. But he hadn't run a distance race in a while. We underestimated what he could do. It was a mistake."
USATF Indoors *Results *LRC Day 1 Photo Gallery *LRC Day 2 Photo Gallery *Race Videos
Sunday: LRC Manzano Outkicks Centrowitz And Rupp To Win 1,500, Simpson Holds Off Martinez (Updated) Two weeks ago, Manzano ran 3:57 in his opener but was last place
in a super-stacked mile in Arkansas. In the women's 1,500m, Jenny Simpson edged Brenda Martinez, showing Martinez is the real deal (Martinez had by FAR the best finish as she got boxed and was 6-7 meters back with 100m to go and barely lost), and Sanya Richards-Ross ran a 50.71 meet record. Chaunte Lowe set an American record in the women's high jump, showing she is more than back from maternity leave. Distance recaps, results, and videos with winners.
*Ashton Eaton Wins LJ With A New PR
On The Boards: Manzano outkicks Centrowitz and Rupp!
Really, what happened Rupp in the last two laps tonight?
LRC USATF Indoor Men's 3k: Lagat, Lomong Crush Rupp (Updated w/ video interviews) Galen Rupp pushed the pace early, hoping his 12th attempt at beating powerhouse Lagat would be the charm, but was badly dropped before the bell, unable to challenge Lagat, who then crushed Lopez Lomong with a 25-second last lap. On to Worlds for Lagat, where he may be the favorite to defend his title. Like Lagat, Jenny Simpson ran away with the women's 3,000m title. Find out why she won't be running in Istanbul.
*IAAF Recap Day 1 Will Claye jumped 17.63m in the TJ for the furthest mark by an American in 23 years.
*Jennifer Suhr Overcomes Aching Achilles To Win PV At US Champs She only had to clear two heights and then made 3 attempts to break her own AR, but missed.
*Results *LRC Official USA Indoor TNF Champs ABQ Thread
*Lagat: "I just wanted to show these guys that Daddy can still kick." RRW Recap
*USATF Recap
Stockholm - *Results *Video Of PV WR *More Yahoo Photos Of Record
World Record For Yelena Isinbayeva (Updated) In case you wondered, Yelena Isinbayeva is fully back as she went 5.01 for the world record. Asked whether anyone could beat her this year, she said, "I think you can answer that question yourself," in reference to her 29cm winning margin. Isiah Koech won the 3k over Dejen Gebremeskel, Caleb Ndiku
and 7:29.94
man from earlier this year Augustine Choge. Morgan Uceny ran 4:08 to get a close 3rd in the 1,500m as Anna Pierce struggled again.
*Dayron Robles Wins Stockholm 60m Hurdles As Liu Xiang Is DQed For A False Start
*"Yelena Isinbayeva Is At Her Best When Challenged"
A Definite Recommended Read & Discuss
Sports Illustrated & Tim Layden Profile Mo Farah & Galen Rupp: A Bond Born At Speed The two training partners clearly will have vastly different amounts of pressure on them at the London Games and it's clear that Rupp is happy to not be in the spotlight: "I don't envy Mo. He's going to have a bunch of people cheering for him, but all that stress. It's nice sometimes to just train and not have all that external stuff."
MB: Rupp 10.9 and Farah 11.3 for the 100m *Do you believe the rest of the SI article about Rupp & Farah? 8 x 1200 at 4,551 Ft Altitude in 3:09/2min rest? *Alberto Salazar's coaching pre-Galen Rupp *Does Rupp have any realistic chance of beating Lagat this weekend?
Sydney Track Classic *Results
Kiprop 1:45.9, Rudisha 45.61, David Torrence 3:35.6 Wins The Australian season got underway in full force with the two best mid-distance runners, Olympic and World 1,500m champ Asbel Kiprop and World 800m champ David Rudisha, both dropping down in distance. Rudisha ran 45.61 at 400, while Kiprop got the 800m win in 1:45.9. Kiprop dropping down let American David Torrence win the 1,500 in 3:35.6. World hurdles champ Sally Pearson did the hurdles/200m double. Nick Symmonds did not have his kick and was a well-beaten 6th in 1:47.44, which is a pretty good opener.
Meb, Ritz, Kara And Desi To Run 2012 NYC Half Also sponsorless man Scott Bauhs will run as will a bunch of other Americans, including 2009 WChamps 5,000 team member Julie Culley in her
13.1 debut.
*Transcript Of Meb, Bob Larsen & Mary Wittenberg Teleconference (Word document) Meb reveals that his wife ran a 5k in 26:05, officially eliminating their children as #1 prospects for the class of 2030.
*Denver Post Catches Up With Ritz, Who Is Excited To Get Back To The Track - Ritz: "I still think I'm one of the best runners in the world."
*Ritz Blogs About His Recent Training: "I got out my spikes for the first time in two and a half years."
2012 Millrose Games *Results *Lagat, Wanamaker Mile Video
- LRC: Lagat Smashes American Record, Collegiate Record Books Rewritten Bernard Lagat ran 13:07.15 and smashed Galen Rupp's American indoor record, but the most impressive achievements may have been the rewriting of the collegiate record books. Lawi Lalang (13:08) not only obliterated the old indoor record but he ran faster than Henry Rono's nearly 34-year-old outdoor record. Chris Derrick got beaten badly but becomes the 5th-fastest collegian in the US indoors or outdoors. In the Wanamaker mile, Matt Centrowitz reminded us why he won the bronze medal at Worlds and Miles Batty broke the collegiate record.
Dubai *LRC Recap *Results
LRC Hello World, Meet Ayele Abshero (2:04:23 Debut!) The 21-year-old former Jr. World XC champ's marathon debut was super-special, as his surge with just over 3km remaining decimated
the deepest
marathon field in history, as four
men broke 2:05 in the race, eight broke 2:06, 10 broke 2:07, and 17 broke 2:10 - all records as fastest-ever times for places were recorded in spots three through
17. 2011 belonged to the Kenyan men, will 2012 belong to Ethiopia? The women's race was super-fast and super-deep as well, as 3 women broke 2:20 in the same race for the 1st time, as Aselefech Mergia ran 2:19:31 to win and a record 9 women broken 2:25. Martin Lel was a DNF, Ramaala 2:12. *AP
*Butcher: Ethiopians Strike Back
*MB: 4 guys I've never heard of go sub 2:05 in Dubai
US Women's Olympic Trials Marathon News *LRC Vote Totals *Men's Results *Women's Results *Yahoo Flash Photos
Flanagan Over Davila, Goucher Gets Third As Top 4 All Break Old OTrials Record Flanagan (2:25:38) pulled away from Davila (2:25:55) and Goucher was third in 2:26:06. Amy Hastings broke the old Trials record at 2:27:17 but didn't make the team. Deena Kastor was 6th in 2:30:40.
- New: Amy Hastings Reacts To Fourth Place Finish Obviously disappointed, but a good run for Amy.
- Post-Race Reaction None of the four former Olympic marathoners in the race made the team. Hear from the top 3 and them.
- Women's Results
- Goucher: "I never imagined myself winning this race based on the short period of time I had to train." Oregonian
Week In Review
LRC Week That Was: Melbourne Track Classic & Ryan Gregson & Nick Symmonds, The Sub-4 Guys Not Going To NCAAs, Japanese Marathoners Vs. US, And We Defend LaShawn Merritt We span the globe to tell you what's going on in the world of running. We look at the action in Australia and talk about Nick Symmonds and the young 1,500m crop, including Gregson, Asbel Kiprop, Silas Kiplagat and Matt Centrowitz. We compare Japanese marathoning depth to American and once and for all tell you in a LetsRun.com first why LaShawn Merritt is not a drug cheat. Plus what program may have the best 800m runners in America? Update: 3/8/2012: NCAA chart numbers now fixed:
New Balance HS Nationals Are Also This Weekend *MileSplit Coverage
*DyeStat NBIN Preview: Races To Watch
*Start Lists Edward Cheserek listed in the mile, 2 mile, SMR, and DMR.
*NBIN Preview: Girls 5k
*NBIN Who To Watch: Boys Distance
*17-8 Outdoor PV For HSer Shawn Barber (#11 All-Time)
Prince Harry Over Usain Bolt
Can You Do The Gregson? Ryan Gregon's Dance After Winning 1,500m In Melbourne (We Know He Loves Whitney Houston)
The Votes Are In ... Final Puma Faas Winners
LRC The Amazing People Who Are The Final Winners Of The LRC Puma Faas Challenge The final winners in the LRC Puma Faas Challenge whom you helped us select are simply amazing. We've got Olympic Trials runners, a guy with incurable cancer who just
wants to run 16-minute miles, a guy who hit by car going 35mph while running and still wants to break 4:00 in the mile, Nick Symmonds' college teammate, a guy who has run 50,000
miles and never run in Pumas, a 69-year-old who won marathons in the '60s, '70s, and '80s and made
the 1980 Olympic Marathon Trials, a former LetsRun.com cult hero, and a woman who has a 5-year running streak going that includes two pregnancies and two births.
Crazy Unbelievable people. Puma wanted to prove its Faas line is for hard-core runners and what better way to do it than give away 100 pairs of shoes to put to the test.
The Weekly Review
LRC Week That Was: USA Indoors, Your Top 50 Hopefuls For The Olympic Trials, Geb, Geb And Geb, Kawauchi, Peter Rono's Son, And Some New 800m Talent We span the globe to give you insight into the running world. If you want to know what is going on, click through. If you want to be uninformed, don't. Plus learn about the proprietor of Johnsonrunning.com.
Abel Kirui Victory Dance - Barcelona Half Marathon
Day 2 USATF Indoor Photos (Tokyo Marathon Photos Here)
Day 1 USATF Indoor Photos
Fabulous Read:
San Diego Tribune On Eamonn Coghlan's World Record In Indoor Mile 31 Years Ago We can give this the attention it deserves after this weekend's action.
Spend 10 Minutes To Get To Know The World's Best(?) Marathoner Patrick Makau (Also Has Footage Of Him Training In Kenya)
Race Of The Week: Kipchoge Outkicks Farah In 2-Mile (Final 500 Or Full Race)
LetsRun.com Track Talk Live From Kenya: Friday's Live Show Is Now Available On Demand In The Player Below (Or Download It Here)
Rupp's 2-Mile American Record From Arkansas (Last 2:20 Or The Full Race)
Final 400 (Or Full Race) Of Lagat's American Record (Wanamaker Mile Video Here)
Photo Gallery: Rupp Makes History (Interview Below Or Here)
USA XC Photo Galleries *Women Here *Men Here
Trailer For "ITEN - The Town Of RED Dust"
NCAA Women's Photo Gallery
NCAA Men's Photo Gallery (500+ Photos)
Training Corner (More In The Training Forum)
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Rattus norvegicus
2-5 years
avg. 5-9 inches
normal room temperature; not affected by normal house temperature ranges
Fancy rats are domesticated brown rats which have been carefully bred for desirable characteristics. They have been kept as pets since the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe. Domesticated rats are physiologically and psychologically different from their wild relatives.
Rats have very poor distance vision and depth perception, but they can see colors in the ultraviolet spectrum that are invisible to the human eye.
A rat will reach puberty by the time it is only two months old, or younger. Females will go into heat about once a week. This heat period generally lasts one day. A female rat can have a litter of up to 11 babies every 4-5 weeks.
Recent research suggests that rats can smell in "stereo" with each nostril working independently of the other, much the same way human ears do. This excellent sense of smell helps the rat locate food.
Very social & engaging - generally very gregarious. Rats are happiest living in groups of two or more. It is sometimes difficult to introduce new rats to each other, so it is best to purchase them at the same time from the same cage at the pet store. Rats are extremely intelligent and enjoy being handled and exploring. They are also well-balanced acrobats! Be sure to provide many toys and playthings. Your rat will love its out of cage time to play with you. Male rats do not often get along well together unless they are siblings and purchased at the same time; also make sure to select a cage large enough to give them separate living spaces. Female rats will get along extremely well. Do not keep males and females together as they reproduce readily. Rats are easily tamed, even if they are difficult at first. The more you handle and work with your pet, the tamer it will become. Any animal may bite in defense if it feels threatened, but domestic rats generally are not known to bite. Remember to work with your pet after dusk, as it will be more willing to cooperate since it is a nocturnal animal. Place your pet's cage in a place in the home where it will be around the family, yet protected from direct light, drafts and excess noise during the day. Also be sure it is high enough to be out of reach of dog noses and small children's hands. Rats are prey animals and can feel threatened by large bodies above them or in their faces.
vegetarians / grain eaters - will eat an occasional insect such as crickets or mealworms
Commercially prepared rat diets are available at all pet stores. Plain, "rodent block" pellet diets are best, as they offer a complete balanced diet. Diets that include seeds and treats seem to be nicer for your pet, but many rats will only pick out the treats and not eat the pellets. This may result in malnutrition and obesity. You can feed seeds as a treat for your pet and use them for training and taming purposes. Be sure to replenish the food in your rat's cage often. Rats are notorious for food hoarding. They will take food to various places in the cage for storage, bury it and often forget about it. For this reason it is important to spot clean your pet's cage daily to remove fresh foods that may become spoiled. Seeds and pellets can remain in their hiding spots.
FRESH FOODS: Healthy, fresh fruits, vegetables and grains can also be fed to your rat. Offer these treats in small amounts, as they may cause diarrhea if fed in too great an amount.
** Please avoid feeding sugary treats such as yogurt drops or honey sticks to your rat. These treats contain far too much sugar and can cause several health issues such as diabetes.
If fed a balanced diet, supplements are not necessary for your mouse.
Clean, fresh chlorine-free water must always be available. Change it daily. All water given must be 100% free of chlorine and heavy metals. (Not all home water filtration systems remove 100% of the chlorine and heavy metals from tap water). We recommend that you use unflavored bottled drinking water or bottled natural spring water; never use untreated tap water. If tap water is used, you should treat it with a de-chlorinating treatment. De-chlorinator is available in the fish department. If you do not want to chemically de-chlorinate the water, you can leave an open container of tap water out for at least 24 hours. Do not use distilled water, which can cause severe medical problems, since it lacks minerals that are essential to important body functions.
|20 - 40 gallon sized glass cage with locking top, or similarly sized plastic rat cage (with narrow bar space).
|Running wheel with solid running surface. Non-solid surfaces can cause injury.
|Several toys.
|Pelleted, timothy based commercial rat/rodent food & timothy hay.
|One or two hide houses.
|Shredded aspen bedding, "Carefresh", or newspaper for the bottom of the tank.
|Water bottle.
|Rat book
the smallest cages thinking that because the pet is small, it does not need much room. Rats love to run and explore. A 20-gallon glass tank is an excellent sized cage for one to two rats, a 40-gallon is even better and can house up to four rats. Wire sided rat cages are also an excellent choice, given the cage is large enough. Guinea pig and rabbit cages can be used, just ensure the bar spacing is close enough to keep the rat from escaping through them. Rats can flatten their bodies enough to fit through very small spaces - about the size of a half-dollar. Place into the cage several hide houses, a solid floored plastic wheel and chew toys. Small cardboard boxes will also be appreciated. When designing your cage set-up, be sure to include a mesh wire top for the cage that can be secured snugly with cage "locks". Rats WILL find a way to escape if it is possible.
DO NOT choose a cage too small for your rat(s). It is a sad, unfortunate fate to put such an animal in a small cage. Small cages can lead to depression, stress, and physical illness.
HIDE HOUSE: The hide house is extremely important to your rat, and will most likely become your pet's main 'bedroom'. Two to three (depending on cage size and number of rats) will be appreciated even more. Rats will not often relieve themselves inside the hide house or 'nest', so it is not necessary to disturb the nest to clean it daily. Cleaning of the hide house can be done during the more intensive bi-weekly cleaning.
WATER BOTTLE: A full water bottle must be available at all times; refill it daily. Be sure to clean out the inside of the bottle thoroughly during the more intensive cage cleaning sessions every week. Water bottles will often become slimy inside, which will in turn harbor harmful bacteria. Clean the bottle thoroughly with a mild bleach solution (1 bleach: 32 water). Be sure to rinse the bottle extremely well after the cleaning to ensure no bleach is left behind! Your pet will most likely chew a bottle inside the cage, so be sure to attach the bottle to the OUTSIDE of the cage. Check the straw daily for any blockages to make sure your pet always has access to the fresh water. If you cannot place the bottle on the outside of the cage, purchase a metal water bottle guard. This will keep him or her from getting to the bottle.
BEDDING: We recommend an aspen bedding or soft recycled newspaper bedding such as "Carefresh". Neither of these choices will cause allergic reactions or respiratory distress and it is easy to clean. DO NOT use cedar chips, as they contain dangerous phenols, which are toxic to your pet. Place enough bedding in the cage so your pet can happily tunnel underneath it. Spot clean your pet's cage daily by simply removing the soiled portions of bedding.
TOYS: Several types of toys must be available to your rat. Chewing toys such as wooden small mammal toys (available at the pet store), hide houses, wheels, cardboard boxes, paper towel tubes and dried untreated fruit tree branches are all excellent toys for your mouse. Rats MUST chew constantly in order to wear their teeth down, which grow on a continual basis. Therefore, toys that allow your pet to chew and wear those teeth down are invaluable. Stick to toys bought at the pet store, as these are generally made of pet-safe materials.
Daily maintenance should consist of spot cleaning by removing soiled substrate, cleaning water bowl thoroughly and wiping glass clean.
The entire cage should be cleaned thoroughly at least once every week with:
It is not necessary to clean or bathe your rat. They are extremely neat and will groom themselves! If it seems as if your rat has not been grooming him or herself, he may be ill. Contact your exotic pet veterinarian.
Healthy rats have a rounded, full body and smooth, even fur with no bald patches. The nostrils, under-tail area, under-chin area, ears and eyes should be clear and free of discharge - fur should not be damp or stained in any way. Your pet should have bright eyes; teeth should be even and well aligned with no staining around the chin; breathing should be even and not labored, with no wheezing or gurgling sounds. Healthy rats are very energetic and busy; although there are nocturnal and may be caught napping during the day.
We recommend physical exams every year with an exotic pet veterinarian for small mammals. If your vet sees your pet regularly, many common conditions that afflict your pet can be caught and treated early. If not caught early enough or if left untreated, many of these conditions can become far worse if not fatal.
|Lumps, developing often on side of body or under belly
|See your exotic veterinarian for treatment. Depending on size and type, may be able to be surgically removed.
|Loss of hair, bare spots on skin or small red sores; scratching
|See your exotic veterinarian for treatment. Cuts must be cleaned properly and antibiotics may be necessary.
|Traumatic injury
|Obvious open wounds or weeping spots on body
|See your exotic veterinarian for treatment. Cuts must be cleaned properly and antibiotics may be necessary.
|Overgrown teeth
|Drooling, bleeding from mouth, inability to eat
|See your exotic veterinarian immediately. The abscess must be drained and antibiotics administered.
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Greenhouse Information
The John and Rhea Smith Greenhouse is a 2,500 square-foot addition built on the east end of the second floor of the Ferris State University Science Building. The greenhouse contains in excess of 500 different kinds of plants, representing many families and genera.
What Is the Purpose of the Smith Greenhouse?
The greenhouse supports many classes in the Biology and Biotechnology programs at Ferris State University. The greenhouse serves as a living laboratory where students study plant biology, plant-pest interactions and soil science, plant production and reproduction, and the classification of plants.
What Is in the Greenhouse?
The greenhouse contains a large variety of plants in various collections. There is a display area, hydroponics and composting areas, a propagation area, and the various experiments being conducted by horticulture and biology students. Most of the plants grown in the Smith Greenhouse are tropical and will not survive the outdoor temperatures of a Michigan winter.
Who Are John and Rhea Smith and Why Is the Greenhouse Named for Them?
John and Rhea Smith were two people who loved gardening and were well known in the Big Rapids and Ferris communities. John began working at Ferris in 1953 and retired as interim president in 1971. Rhea was a lifetime member of the Big Rapids Garden Club. Patricia Shaffner, daughter of John and Rhea Smith, was the primary financial contributor to the greenhouse as a tribute to her parents.


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Robot Chicken Gets Unprecedented Two-Season Pick-Up
Seth Green and Matthew Senreich Secure 40-episode Order with Adult Swim for 5th and 6th Season
Robot Chicken creators/executive producers Seth Green and Matthew Senreich have made a deal with Cartoon Network's Adult Swim for a two-season, 40-episode pick-up for Seasons five and six. Robot Chicken, the highest-rated original series on Adult Swim, began airing in February 2005 and remains the top-rated original on the network. The series has been Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Animated Program for the last two years; Green was nominated for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and the series has won multiple Emmys in Animation. Robot Chicken produced two hit Robot Chicken: Star Wars specials, and Robot Chicken DVDs consistently rank among the industry's top TV on DVD releases during the week they are released. In addition, Robot Chicken has won four Annie Awards, including Best Animated Television Production, Best Writing and Best Director for Green.
"We're very excited," says Green, "we never expected to do a second season, let alone a fifth and sixth, so we are thrilled by the audience response and how the show continues to grow internationally." Senreich says, "We love Adult Swim. It's really that simple. From the get-go, we've always said that Robot Chicken was a show where we play with friends and we look forward to doing that for years to come!"
Robot Chicken is created and executive produced by Green and Senreich under their Stoopid Monkey Productions, in conjunction with Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico's ShadowMachine Films. Green and Senreich also executive produce, write and, with Chris McKay, direct the series, with Green providing many of the voices. Tom Root and Douglas Goldstein are the head writers of Robot Chicken and series writers Mike Fasolo, Kevin Shinick and Zeb Wells are frequently joined by guest writers Breckin Meyer (who also does many voices on the show), Hugh Davidson, Hugh Sterbakov and Dan Milano, Erik Weiner and Jordan Allen-Dutton.
Both Green and Senreich are represented by UTA. Green's deal was also handled by Koopman Management and David Weber of Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern and Senreich's by Allison Binder of Stone, Meyer, Genow, Smelkinson & Binder.
Adult Swim (AdultSwim.com), launched in 2001, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s network offering original and acquired animated and live-action series for young adults. Airing nightly from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ET, PT), Adult Swim shares channel space with Cartoon Network, home to the best in original, acquired and classic entertainment for youth and families, and is seen in 97 million U.S. homes.
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Greenplum Database Ports and Protocols
A newer version of this documentation is available. Use the version menu above to view the most up-to-date release of the Greenplum 5.x documentation.
Greenplum Database Ports and Protocols
Lists network ports and protocols used within the Greenplum cluster.
Greenplum Database clients connect with TCP to the Greenplum master instance at the client connection port, 5432 by default. The listen port can be reconfigured in the postgresql.conf configuration file. Client connections use the PostgreSQL libpq API. The psql command-line interface, several Greenplum utilities, and language-specific programming APIs all either use the libpq library directly or implement the libpq protocol internally.
[gpadmin@mdw ~]$ gpstate -p 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:-Starting gpstate with args: -p 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:-local Greenplum Version: 'postgres (Greenplum Database) 126.96.36.199 build 62994' 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:-master Greenplum Version: 'PostgreSQL 8.2.15 (Greenplum Database 188.8.131.52 build 62994) on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 4.4.2 compiled on Jul 24 2015 11:35:08' 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:-Obtaining Segment details from master... 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:--Master segment instance /data/master/gpseg-1 port = 5432 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:--Segment instance port assignments 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:----------------------------------- 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:- Host Datadir Port 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:- sdw1 /data/primary/gpseg0 40000 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:- sdw2 /data/mirror/gpseg0 50000 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:- sdw2 /data/primary/gpseg1 40000 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:- sdw1 /data/mirror/gpseg1 50001 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:- sdw3 /data/primary/gpseg2 40000 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:- sdw4 /data/mirror/gpseg2 50000 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:- sdw4 /data/primary/gpseg3 40000 20160126:15:40:22:028389 gpstate:mdw:gpadmin-[INFO]:- sdw3 /data/mirror/gpseg3 50001
Additional Greenplum Database network connections are created for features such as standby replication, segment mirroring, statistics collection, and data exchange between segments. Some persistent connections are established when the database starts up and other transient connections are created during operations such as query execution. Transient connections for query execution processes, data movement, and statistics collection use available ports in the range 1025 to 65535 with both TCP and UDP protocols.
Some add-on products and services that work with Greenplum Database have additional networking requirements. The following table lists ports and protocols used within the Greenplum cluster, and includes services and applications that integrate with Greenplum Database.
|Master SQL client connection
|TCP 5432, libpq
|SQL client connection port on the Greenplum master host. Supports clients using the PostgreSQL libpq API. Configurable.
|Segment SQL client connection
|varies, libpq
|The SQL client connection port for a segment instance. Each primary and mirror segment on a host must have a unique port. Ports are assigned when the Greenplum system is initialized or expanded. The gp_segment_configuration system catalog records port numbers for each segment in the port column. Run gpstate -p to view the ports in use.
|Segment mirroring port
|varies, libpq
|The port where a segment receives mirrored blocks from its primary. The port is assigned when the mirror is set up. The port number is stored in the gp_segment_configuration system catalog in the mirror_port column.
|Greenplum Database Interconnect
|UDP 1025-65535, dynamically allocated
|The Interconnect transports database tuples between Greenplum segments during query execution.
|Standby master client listener
|TCP 5432, libpq
|SQL client connection port on the standby master host. Usually the same as the master client connection port. Configure with the gpinitstandby utility -P option.
|Standby master replicator
|TCP 1025-65535, gpsyncmaster
|The gpsyncmaster process on the master host establishes a connection to the secondary master host to replicate the master's log to the standby master.
|Greenplum Control Center (GPCC)
|Default listen port for the GPCC console web server, which is usually installed on the master host. Configured in the lighttpd.conf file in the GPCC instance.
|Greenplum database file load and transfer utilities: gpfdist, gpload, gptransfer
|The gpfdist file serving utility can run on Greenplum hosts or external hosts.
Specify the connection port with the -p option when starting the
The gpload and gptransfer utilities run one or more instances of gpfdist with ports or port ranges specified in a configuration file.
|GPCC agents
|Connection port for GPCC agents executing on each Greenplum host. Configure by setting the gpperfmon_port configuration variable in postgresql.conf on master and segment hosts.
|Backup completion notification
|The gpcrondump backup utility can optionally send email to a list of email addresses at completion of a backup. The SMTP service must be enabled on the Greenplum master host.
|Greenplum Database secure shell (SSH): gpssh, gpscp, gpssh-exkeys, gppkg, gpseginstall
|Many Greenplum utilities use scp and ssh to transfer files between hosts and manage the Greenplum system within the cluster.
|The gphdfs protocol allows access to data in a Hadoop file system via Greenplum external tables. The URL in the LOCATION clause of the CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE command specifies the host address and port number for the Hadoop namenode service.
|Greenplum Workload Manager (GP-WLM)
|TCP 4369, epmd
|Erlang port mapper (epmd) allows nodes in the cluster to resolve node names.
|rabbitmq clustering
|rabbitmq main port
|EMC Data Domain and DD Boost
|TCP/UDP 111, NFS portmapper
|Used to assign a random port for the mountd service used by NFS and DD Boost. The mountd service port can be statically assigned on the Data Domain server.
|Main port used by NFS mountd. This port can be set on the Data Domain system using the nfs set mountd-port command .
|Main port used by NFS. This port can be configured using the nfs set server-port command on the Data Domain server.
|TCP 2051, replication
|Used when replication is configured on the Data Domain system. This port can be configured using the replication modify command on the Data Domain server.
|Symantec NetBackup
|TCP/UDB 1556, veritas-pbx
|The Symantec NetBackup client network port.
|TCP 13724, vnetd
|Symantec NetBackup vnetd communication port.
|Pgbouncer connection pooler
|TCP, libpq
|The pgbouncer connection pooler runs between libpq clients and Greenplum (or PostgreSQL) databases. It can be run on the Greenplum master host, but running it on a host outside of the Greenplum cluster is recommended. When it runs on a separate host, pgbouncer can act as a warm standby mechanism for the Greenplum master host, switching to the Greenplum standby host without requiring clients to reconfigure. Set the client connection port and the Greenplum master host address and port in the pgbouncer.ini configuration file.
|stunnel SSL proxy
|TCP, ssh, libpq
|A stunnel SSL proxy can be used to add SSL support for database clients accessing the database through a pgbouncer connection pool. A secure tunnel can be set up by setting up stunnel on the client and the pgbouncer host. Newer versions of stunnel that support encrypted libpq connections only require stunnel on the pgbouncer host. The stunnel proxy's connection ports and the pgbouncer host and port are specified in the stunnel.conf configuration file.


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EXT SHANGHAI STEEL YARD Strike force in hummers & Trikes pull off HazMat suits EXT SHANGHAI SIDE STREET Kids run up to get ice cream. DOLLY FRONT SHOT Chinese kids. Headlight flare. THIN TRACK RIG BETWEEN KIDS TRUCK DIGITAL PASS THRU in front of Chinese kids. Wind kicks up. Two halves of Ice Cream Truck. One spins. Join together. Ice Cream Truck splits around Chinese kids. Leaves treats. DOLLY BACK OR CAMERA CAR REVERSE for POV shot of Ice Cream. POV kids. EXT SHANGHAI STEEL YARD GO CART & PORSCHE chasing all vehicles. Arcee motorcycle rip past Ice Cream twins EXT SHANGHAI STREET COVERAGE British SAS look at stacks. Leader tries to calm him. OVERLAP EXPLOSIONS. Ratchet soldier into window HANDHELD. Follow Lennox & team meet up with IRONHIDE. He drives up. EXT SHANGHAI STEEL YARD - BACKSIDE COVERAGE. Strike Force team searches thru interior steel yard. Old rail cars. EXT SHANGHAI STEEL YARD CONVERAGE. On actors - TO COMPLETE GO KART, Arcee & Stinger chase R8 Along street with stacks R8, Arcee, Stinger, Hummers, Trikes all race past Ice Cream Truck. Ice Cream Truck chases R8 thru alleys, Crashes, Splits in two, Twins fight LOW CAMERA R8 in bushes. Overlap explosion. R8 races away towards Backside EXT SMITHSONIAN AIR & SPACE MUSEUM Foursom getting ready to go inside-TO COMPLETE
Museum is now closed. Simmons w/ metal box. Leo distracts guards.
Simmons Tasers Guard. Duct tapes his hands together. Lets WHEELS out of box
Simmons drags Leo behind information desk
Sam & Mikaela come out (from hiding place. Film can & splinter
Sam & Mikaela run up to Simmons. Lets WHEELS out.
Sam & Mikaela walk past ENOLA GAY, WHEELS follows
Simmons uses radiation tracker. Leo talks over microphone
WHEELS pulls up in front of SR-71. Points. Simmons takes reading
Splinter glows. Leaps from Sam's hand. Drawn to SR-71. Hits it. Pulse Blast
Sam & Mikeala race to SR-71. Discover Decepticon symbo.
Jetfire transforms. Knocks Spce cpsule onto floor. Rolls to stop. Drops missles.
JETFIRE & group exit thru large doors to exterior. Simmons stops. Gets in capsule.
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