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Two of the ways the Federal Reserve can project its key policy rate, widely used as a benchmark for lending, don't quite match, and that may result in pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise rates earlier than expected, say economists at Citi.
When the central bank announced last month that it would begin scaling back the pace is $85 billion in monthly bond-buying stimulus, it soothed markets by promising that the fed funds rate would remain near zero until the unemployment rate falls well below 6.5%. Keeping markets in check means a belief that the Fed will abide by its promise.
But Citi's Benjamin Mandel and Robert Sockin posit one source of tension. The Fed's policy committee at the end of each meeting releases its summary of economic projections as well as members' expectations for the fed funds rate, and one suggests a rate hike earlier than the other:
There's "a large and enduring gap between the FOMC's forecasted path of the fed funds rate and the rate implied by the FOMC's own forecasts of economic conditions. The fed funds rate in the FOMC's Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) lifts off from zero in 2015 and then rises gradually. In stark contrast, SEP forecasts of inflation and unemployment suggest lift off in mid-2014 and a subsequent path that is 150-200 basis points higher than the FOMC rate forecast."
For reference, here's a Citi chart averaging the current projections of Fed officials on unemployment and a measure of inflation:
So, what does it mean if the Fed's two outlooks are in disagreement? Mandel and Sockin suggest it could lead to internal pressure within the Fed to hike rates early:
"This discrepancy is poised to create significant tensions and challenges for the FOMC in the year ahead. One manifestation is likely to be mounting pressure to renege on its promise to keep rates 'lower for longer,' the central implication of the Committee's forward guidance. In this case, 'lower for longer' means roughly a year between the time when economic conditions would otherwise warrant raising rates and the FOMC's current plan for rate hikes, and a gaping 200 basis point difference by end-2016."
Investors believe rate hikes will occur in the first half of 2015. CME Group's FedWatch tool projects a 54% chance of a rate hike at the April 2015 meeting /quotes/zigman/9578325/realtime FFJ5 , based on fed funds futures contracts that bet on the future path of the policy rate.
More from Capitol Report:
Yellen: blessing or a curse, but nothing between.
Six Republicans vote to advance jobless benefits bill.
Home prices seen finishing 2013 with fastest growth in eight years.
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I just read a wonderful rant from a blogger I love, who complained that her house has it in for her. I advised her to make offerings to the household gods to set things right. In my younger days I spent a lot of time that probably could have been better used studying Latin as well as Roman literature and history. The Romans had a pantheon of gods, but the ones I loved were called Lares and Penates, the local and household gods, for which a shrine would be set up in the atrium or dining room and libations poured before dinners and during household festivals. After being properly propitiated, these household gods would make everything go well.
I need to burn a little incense to my own, as well as to the spirits that affect dogs and toes.
We have been dog sitting the YD's doodle. Mostly she is a very easy dog to look after, but she does have some strange attributes. The weirdest is that she is not much interested in food - often at her mealtime she will stroll slowly over to her dish after I set it down, sniff once and wander away back to her bed where she settles herself with a sigh that seems to indicate that the cuisine is lacking tonight. Again. All the dogs JG and I have ever had rushed their dish almost before it hit the floor, curled around my feed during any meal preparation and generally did a poor starving dog act at every opportunity. Not this dog. The YD buys her the most expensive and nutritious dog food available, her doggy treats are delicious liver slivers, and she, mostly, scorns it all.
She has been eating better during this visit and she does adore Milkbones. She also adores turkey poop and sniffs out every morsel she can find, either to eat or to roll in. Early this morning we had a big flock wander through he yard, twenty-five birds or thereabout, and I most unwarily let the [censored] dog out for a quick run just before JG was due to load her in the car to take her back to her mistress in the city. And, of course, she rolled in the nice, warm, smelly poop that the birds had left behind. I grabbed a brush and lots of wet wipes and tried to clean her up, there being no time left to wash her before JG had to depart, but I suspect that the truck window will have to be open as he drives the hour into the city. So, why is turkey poop better than premium dog food? Who knows.
What kind of incense should I be burning? Other than lots.
I hope the Penates do feet. I had to have an ingrown toenail removed on Tuesday last. This has happened before and always I have healed up very quickly and been able to resume full activity almost immediately. After one instance, I was out taking down tubing in the maple bush after two days, with no problems. This toe, however, is not behaving. It has swelled a bit and I am slushing around the house in a pair of overstretched and ancient sheepskin slippers. The only shoes I should be wearing are a pair of runners with a very high toe cap. But I have had to go out to appointments and meetings and I am too vain to go in pale blue slippers that scuff or runners that are usually used for hiking and look like it. So, the toe - middle one - rubs on my dress shoe and stays swollen.
I have a meeting this afternoon. Vanity and common sense are at war. Would the fact that the runners probably have turkey poop on the soles be a good enough reason not to wear them?

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How fifth graders are taking over
Fifth graders are taking over the world in 2013. They're starting at Junior Achievement's BizTown.
In Central Maryland, BizTown is one of the nationwide organization's approaches to teaching financial skills to kids of all ages.
BizTown is a real place, a 10,000-square-foot city with its own micro-economy. The town has a mayor's office, newspaper, Bank of America, café, real estate office, Toyota dealer, insurance company, Northrup Grumman science center and TV and radio station. Each company has a CEO, a CFO and workers who make the business run.
At BizTown, visiting fifth graders learn skills from balancing a checkbook to working together to run a business.
"It teaches financial basics to kids at a young age," says Erin Bishop, a BizTown coordinator who leads daily activities. "We try to prepare them for what they will experience as an adult."
In the new year, 21 Anne Arundel County schools will take the bus trip to Owings Mills to run BizTown.
Before their field trip, students interview for the jobs they want, the most popular being radio deejay. Teachers and peers do the hiring. Each fifth grade citizen gets a paycheck for working. CEOs get $9, and employees get $7 per hour, with taxes deducted.
Daily expenses have to be figured in, too. BizTown citizens need to budget lunch money and insurance for accidents that might happen.
Severna Park Elementary School's Mayor Tyler Liberto likes his job. "It's busy," he says before returning behind his desk. It's true: Liberto has to fill out a census sheet, hand out paychecks and address the citizens of BizTown before the end of the day.
Toyota employee Hannah Cobbs likes BizTown "because we get to act like grown-ups," she says.
"In these economic times, our mission is more important than ever," says Kim Fabian, senior vice president of Junior Achievement Central Maryland. "We teach kids the value of money and help prepare them to go into the work world with a more realistic expectation."


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Steven Van Zandt Apologizes for Hyde Park Comments, But Seeking Reasonable Regulations
Twitter may be great for some things, but a lot of times it provides an all-too-easy sounding board for your frustrations as Bruce Springsteen guitarist Steven Van Zandt can attest to after a rant against the police following the plug-pulling incident last weekend in London.
Rolling Stone reports that at the time, the guitarist wrote, "The cops got nothing more important to do? How about they go catch some criminals instead of f---ing with 80,000 people having a good time? English cops may be the only individuals left on earth that wouldn't want to hear one more from Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney! We break curfews in every country but only English cops needs to 'punish us' by not letting us leave until the entire crowd goes."
By the next morning however, Van Zandt had cooled off, issued some apologies, and thanked everyone for a great night. However, even now, the guitarist has had some time to compose his thoughts and is issuing a formal apology and a well thought out suggestion concerning the curfew.
He wrote in a piece titled 'Hyde Park: A Final Thought' for the Huffington Post, "Regarding Nick [Aldworth] and his fellow officers, I want to officially apologize for blaming them. I was mistakenly informed it was they who pulled the plug. We know now it wasn't. I apologize because I was wrong, because I have a lot of cop friends, and because I don't want the obviously hyperbolic question I asked, 'when did England become a police state?' to be misinterpreted as a criticism of the police themselves."
However, while apologies are needed, Van Zandt says that so is some flexibility in the rules. He explains, "The point I was trying to make, clumsily as the attempt may have been, is we all need to keep a good eye on rules and regulations, enacted with the best of intentions, being carried out rigidly and mindlessly regardless of the circumstance."
He concluded, "Obviously one song more or less at a Rock show doesn't mean anything, but the motivation for the action -- fear -- should be instructively cautionary when applied to a bigger picture. In this case the promoters feared the Westminster Council would revoke their license for future shows. This in spite of being a mere ten minutes past the 10:30 curfew, only one noise complaint, and the six years young Hard Rock Calling festival already being world renowned -- an event London, and England, can be very proud of."


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Sony Pictures has brought out "Smurfs 2," a return to the world of the trait-happy blue creatures with a dose of (largely Paris-set) live action. Many of the faces and voices will be immediately recognizable — Neil Patrick Harris and Hank Azaria for the real-people parts and Katy Perry and the late Jonathan Winters for the animated ones.
But there are also a host of names you wouldn't expect — Shaq, Shaun White, Jimmy Fallon, even the wedding planner Kevin Lee. As George Lopez succinctly put it to my colleague Amy Kaufman at the premiere this week, "Every celebrity you can think of is in this. Even Mario Lopez."
With this in mind, we took time to talk to some of the less expected actors who lent their voice to the franchise. (Just call us Curious Smurf.) Here's the first, a chat with B.J. Novak of "The Office" fame, in this franchise playing Baker Smurf.
REVIEW: 'The Smurfs 2' lives up to predecessor's mediocre standards
Movies Now: I was just debating with a colleague whether Smurfette is of the Smurf lineage. Because she was part of them but clearly had a different, um, DNA? It seems like something that could be a TED Talk. Surely you have thoughts on this.
B.J. Novak: It's a very interesting question. I would definitely give a TED Talk on it. But what I've found with the Smurfs world is you don't want to look too closely. If you do, you will find some very — let's just say some very troubling tautologies.
MN: It's a philosophical minefield to be sure. What made you so interested in the Smurfs?
BJN: Well, I was working on "The Office" a few years ago and I heard they were making a Smurfs movie. And I thought, 'Wow, I'd love to write that.'
MN: Really? I wouldn't imagine that to be a career goal.
BJN: I think I just liked how it reminded me of the characters on "The Office." Stanley's kind of Grouchy Smurf, and Jim's kind of Jokey Smurf. Michael is Papa Smurf, which I think he even said in an episode once. I like the idea of everyone being a type.
MN: So what did the studio say?
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BJN: They were intrigued by my enthusiasm but said I was too late. It was already written. So I said, "What about a part?" And they said, "All we have left is the baker." I have no connection to baking. But I said OK.
MN: Because you enjoyed the idea of a pastry-related improv?
BJN: Well, the way it works is that they show you animation of your character and they say "improvise off this." You could do whatever you want, but it has to be no more than four seconds. So they were not my most cerebral improvisations. But they were my most expressive and on-point.
MN: What kind of jokes did you come up with?
BJN: I had some good cooking jokes, but Wolfgang Puck was already playing Chef Smurf. So it was like, improvise whatever you want but don't step on Chef Smurf.
MN: Was that a problem?
BJN: I think so. I had a good joke.
MN: Did you now…
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BJN: Chicken Cordon-Blue.
MN: That's not bad.
BJN: I know! But they said it went into Chef Smurf zone. These are delicate subjects.
MN: Ok, let's talk about this movie. I have to admit, I saw it just two days ago, but I can't for the life of me remember your line. What was it?
BJN: I have no idea.
MN: You really have no idea?
BJN: None. I do remember my line from the first movie.
MN: What was that?
BJN: It was "Whoa, my muffins." I remember it because I often am saying it to kindergartners since the first movie came out.
MN: Well, you were saying that to kindergartners for years before that.
BJN: A little bit.
MN: Do the kindergartners appreciate your Smurfs part?
BJN: They do. They don't really know my other roles. They don't really know "Inglourious Basterds." Well, most of them don't.
MN: Why are you talking to kindergartners anyway?
BJN: I'm actually writing a movie set in a kindergarten. It's something for the R-rated comedy age. It's PG, but it has that sensibility. I'm still working on the through-line, but I'm trying to get a lot of the scenes. It's a pure comedy.
MN: So it's basically "Kindergarten Cop" without the cop.
BJN: You know I just watched that movie again. Have you seen it recently? It's really weird. It really should be Arnold and the kids. But most of it is about the gun and the bad guys.
MN: Interesting. But let's go back to "The Office" for a second. Who would your character, Ryan, be in Smurf Village?
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BJN: Cocky Smurf? Disaffected Smurf? I don't know if any of the classic types fit.
MN: What about Mindy?
BJN: I don't know who Mindy would be. It's hard for women. Smurfs, they're pretty male-friendly.
MN: I think this should be the subject of your TED Talk.
BJN: I'm working on it.
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This page explains how the threaded discussion for the online conference work. You might want to print out this page and open THIS PRACTICE THREADED DISCUSSION to practice before posting a question or response for the International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference. Please practice how this works on the page attached to the above link. Don't worry about mistakes - this page will be deleted. It is only for practicing. There are similar threaded discussion pages attached to each panel presentation or paper during the conference.
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'Supernatural' "Taxi Driver" Sneak Peek: Will Bobby Return?
Last night's all-new 'Supernatural' episode "Freaks and Geeks" might have pleasantly surprised us with its diversionary one-off storytelling, but with only a few episodes remaining in the season, next week's "Taxi Driver" will circle around to the more crucial plot points of the season. Not only will Dean's vampire pal Benny (Ty Olsson) return, but Sam himself will have to endure another trial inside Hell itself, so might we see some familiar faces popping up? Find out what secrets "Taxi Driver" holds with a new clip inside!
Though given a fitting exit, 'Supernatural' fans still very much lament the loss of Bobby Singer ('Justified's' Jim Beaver). This coming Wednesday's all-new 'Supernatural' installment "Taxi Driver" will see Sam and Dean tasked with completing the second trial within the bowels of Hell, but how might the long-deceased Bobby be involved?
The CW has released a new clip from the episode, in which Sam and Dean negotiate with a "coyote" to take Sam over the border into Hell, but the reaper also has some disturbing news about the fate of Bobby Singer's soul. And we don't know about you, but the promo for next week's episode looked to have a very familiar face with a much fuller head of hair than Bobby Singer...
Take a look at the latest clip from 'Supernatural's' upcoming game-change "Taxi Driver" below, and give us your prediction for the hour in the comments!


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Shalom Sesame - Chanukah: The Missing Menorah It's time to celebrate Chanukah in Israel. Grover is bringing the latkes, and all is well until Anneliese gets caught in a game of tag with a chicken and loses her special menorah -- right before sunset! Can her friends find the missing menorah in time?. D
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Wishbone "A Tail In Twain (Pt. 1)" This live-action program follows the exploits of Wishbone the dog and his human friends, Joe, David and Samantha through their adventures in their hometown of Oakdale. Wishbone's everyday experiences trigger his imagination and he finds himself in scenes from classic works of literature. In this episode, Joe, Samantha and David are looking for adventure, and find it when they spy a strange man digging around the "No Name Grave. D
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Dialogue "Bob Kustra" Marcia Franklin talks with Dr. Bob Kustra, the president of Boise State University, about his past decade as head of that institution, his vision for the school, and trends in higher education across the country.G
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Sewing with Nancy "Embellish Outside The Box, Part 1" Revitalize your wardrobe as you embellish "outside the box"-create artsy free-form details. Designer and playful stitcher Vicki Tracy joins Nancy in a quest to embellish without any rules. They decorate a variety of clothing and accessories with beads, buttons, and nontraditional trim as they do easy and clever techniques such as carefree couching, button collages, sassy sandwiching, edgy ruffles, and more. D
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Quilting Arts "Art Meets Stitch" This episode looks at thread and stitch and their impact on projects. Rebecca Kemp Brent starts us out with a small drawstring bag. All sorts of stitching is prominent, from the machine-embroidered redwork designs to the enhancements with needle felting, punch needle work, ribbon embroidery, and beading. D
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Hometime "Island Kitchen 2.0: Appliances" The HOMETIME crew installs lights, plumbing fixtures and appliances in the kitchen. D
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Woodsmith Shop "Roll-Top Desk" In this episode, the editors of Woodsmith show you how to build a classic roll-top desk with slide-in storage unit. D
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This Old House "Cambridge 2012/Hot Stuff" Kevin and Norm find the painters spraying the house a sunny yellow, while Tom trims out the windows with a custom detail specified by the architect. Custom copper half-round gutters and a Danish wood-burning fireplace go in, and homeowner Sally Peterson explores what commercial-grade cooking appliances can do for her kitchen. D
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This Old House "Cambridge 2012/Swedish Details" Tom shows Kevin how he's installing Southern yellow pine board accents in key spots for architectural interest and to coordinate with the prefinished maple flooring that Norm is installing. Tile's going in the master bath, and the roof deck gets PVC porch boards and a custom rail treatment. D
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Growing a Greener World "NYC Rooftop Gardens (New York, NY)" Sitting high above rush hour traffic, is a full production, organic farm - growing food in only 8-12 inches of soil spread across the rooftop of a New York City building. We visit this incredible 1-acre farm and learn how they are creating a whole new model for locally grown urban food that can be duplicated anywhere in the world. D
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Moyers & Company "Big Media's Power Play" In 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of American media. Now that number is six. And Big Media may get even bigger, thanks to the FCC's consideration of ending a rule preventing companies from owning a newspaper and radio and TV stations in the same big city. D
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William and Mary As the second season of shows begins, William and Mary are about to be married. William is cooking up a few surprises for Mary for when they come out of the church following the ceremony.G
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Outdoor Idaho "Writers at Harriman" Thirty-five teens from throughout Idaho gather at Harriman State Park in eastern Idaho for the six-day Writers at Harriman camp experience. In the tranquil setting surrounded by wildlife the students attend class with expert teachers and write.G
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Oregon Field Guide "Autumn Rivers Photo Essay, Condors and Lead Bullets, Outdoor School" One of the great success stories in saving wildlife still has some trouble. California condors are raised in captivity and then released into the wild. Scientists now are searching for reasons why so many of the condors require emergency medical care for lead poisoning.G
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Christmas at St. Olaf: Rejoice, Give Thanks, and Sing St. Olaf College in Minnesota celebrates 100 years of its Christmas Festival, which began as a small campus event and now has a worldwide audience. Five choral ensembles and the St. Olaf Orchestra - more than 500 student musicians strong - perform a rich repertoire of Christmas compositions, familiar carols and hymns from around the world. This year's performance also debuts newly commissioned works by American composers Andr? J. Thomas and David N. Childs.G
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Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey (S2 E2)" Downton Abbey becomes a convalescent home for wounded soldiers to ease overcrowding at the hospital. O'Brien is shocked to find Isobel Crawley giving most of the orders and suggests Thomas might aide Cora, now relegated to the background. Violet tries her best to undo Matthew's engagement to Lavinia while remaining convinced there is more to Lavinia's relationship with Sir Richard than meets the eye. Part 2 of 7G
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New Tricks "Casualty" A catastrophic crash results from Sandra's quick intervention to keep Jack from attempting to kill his wife's killer. Jack, Gerry and Brian are hospitalized. Sanda suspects her super-efficient temporary helper is spying for their mutual superiors. The boys investigate a suspicious death at the hospital to prove they are still a crack team.G


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Lephone leaked by Lenovo
Subject: General Tech | December 1, 2011 - 02:23 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Lenovo, lephone, Android, windows phone
Lenovo is moving into BlackBerry's territory with several new mobile products, two phones and a tablet that can act as as phone. The first phone will be running an older version of Android and bears the unfortunate name of Lephone K2. The Inquirer reports that the other will be running Windows Phone OS though it would not be at all surprising if it ends up based on Win8. This may really hurt RIM as they are currently the choice of smartphone for enterprise users; these same users are likely using a Lenovo as their PC. With the already established place that Lenovo bears in the office, if they can create a decent phone that interacts with their Lenovo laptop or desktop, they could push RIM right out of the office.
"CHINESE HARDWARE VENDOR Lenovo has unveiled not one but two smartphones, the Lephone K2 and an unnamed Windows Phone 7.5 Mango device.
The Lephone K2 is the Android device and will come with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, not Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Details are very light on Windows alternative, apart from that it will run Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system and tip up in the second half of next year, according to PC Mag."
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- Toshiba to close several fabs @ SemiAccurate
- Win a new XFX Pro Black Edition 1250W PSU & HD6950 DD @ Kitguru
- We wish you a merry XPS'mass! Win a Dell XPS with OC3D
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This page is being translated from Japanese by using the translation software. Approve it though it thinks that there is an a little funny expression.
Do you know Sepak Takraw?
Background and History
Sepal Takraw was created by the royal family of Malaysia about 500 years ago. The name itself comes from two languages.
Sepak is "kick" in Malay, and Takraw is the "ball" in Thai.
When it is born, It looked like Japanese "Kemari", and some became a circle, and a pole was kicked, and the number of times was being competed in.
It looks very similar to the Japanese traditional game, "kemari" where the players form a loose circle and the number of times the ball is kicked before it touches the ground is counted. In 1965 the game was unified into the present volleyball style with the addition of a net and the adoption of international rules.
The court and the net height and size are identical to those used in badminton and each team has three players. The rules are very similar to those in
, with the following
five important exceptions
The use of hands is not permitted.
Each player may touch the ball only once before it is kicked over the net.
There is no rotation in the defense position.
It becomes a score (net in) even if the ball touches the net before falling into the companion court.
Most people don't know very much about the game!
The player who kicks a serve surely puts a leg (shaft foot) in the service circle, and takes a toss from the player who went into the quoter circle (the semicircle of a radius 90 cm done around the contact point of the center line and the sideline), and kicks the ball.
When a game bigins by one serve, a ball can be touched by the attack of one time to three times. You can use a head, a back, legs, and anywhere
except for the arm from the shoulder to the point of the finger
Game score
The team which scored two sets out of three sets first get the victory in the game. Each sets consist of 15 points. Only 6 points of the the third set are systems.
There are 2 kinds of balls of the thing that the thing edited in the stem of 9-11 ratten, and the shape were imitated with the plastic and which was made.
A ball made of the plastic
is being used as an official ball from the 11th Beijing Asian convention.
The weight of the ball is 170g-190g, and the size of it is a perimeter 40cm, and there is a hole of 12 in it. It is much smaller than a handball, a little bigger than a softball.
Highlight of the game
The player jumps as much as his height in the high state, and a ball is struck by the spike like acrobatics and hatched. The speed is said as about
140km per hour
, an air battle has somthing fully.
The international organization of the Sepak Takraw
Both an Asian Sepak Takraw league (ASTAK) and the headquarters of the International Sepak Takraw league (ISTAK) are in Thailand, Bangkok. Members naitons of it are 18 countries.
Don't you try it, either?
What is Sepak Takraw
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Playing Sepak Takraw
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RLIP76 contributes to pancreatic cancer cell resistance to chemotherapy and radiation
Researchers at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center have not only identified a protein that allows pancreatic cancer cells to resist therapy but also developed a way to block it, according to results presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Pancreatic Cancer: Progress and Challenges conference.
"Cancer of the pancreas is notoriously difficult to treat because it usually presents at late stages due to minimal or nonspecific symptoms in the early stages. Thus, surgical treatment is either not possible or fails to cure most patients, resulting in a dismal prognosis 90 percent of patients are likely to die within a year," said Sanjay Awasthi, M.D., professor of medical oncology and therapeutics research, and diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism at City of Hope in Duarte, Calif.
One of the reasons that pancreatic cancer is so difficult to treat is that the tumor cells are largely resistant to the cell death caused by radiation and chemotherapy. Awasthi and colleagues have previously shown that the protein RLIP76 plays a key role in defending cells from other types of cancers from death caused by exposure to chemotherapy or radiation.
"RLIP76 works like an exhaust system," said Awasthi. "It pumps out the toxic chemicals that accumulate in the cancer cell as a result of chemo- or radiotherapy before they can cause cell death."
Now, Awasthi and colleagues have found that there is more RLIP76 in human pancreatic cancer cells than there is in normal human pancreatic cells. Depleting levels of RLIP76 killed human pancreatic cancer cells in culture and shrank established human pancreatic tumors in mice. Moreover, blocking RLIP76 or depleting levels of the protein dramatically enhanced the ability of radiation and the chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin to destroy human pancreatic cells in culture.
"Pancreatic cancer patients are a special case of the particularly unlucky, and in many ways the most miserable. The drug and radiation resistance of this cancer is legendary," Awasthi said.
"Because we have defined RLIP76 as an essential drug- and radiation-resistance mediating protein, and because blockade of RLIP76 caused regression of less therapy-resistant cancers (lung, colon, breast), as well as equally resistant cancers (kidney, prostate, resistant neuroblastoma), we undertook the present studies to determine whether this treatment could be effective in pancreatic cancer.
"Fortunately, our data show that the seemingly unconquerable pancreatic cancer has an Achilles heel; its toxin exhaust system," he explained. "Moreover, plugging this exhaust caused pancreatic cancer cell death, leaving normal cells relatively unfazed. We hope to translate these studies into clinical trials in the near future."
According to Awasthi, they saw an added benefit to depleting levels of RLIP76 in the mice with established tumors: a decrease in blood sugar, cholesterol and triglycerides. "These findings indicate that it might be possible to develop a single class of medications that have potent antidiabetic and anticancer effects," he said.
Awasthi is the founder of Terapio, which makes the recombinant RLIP76 protein for treatment of radiation poisoning. However, Terapio does not work on the RLIP76-blockading technology that is the crux of the anticancer treatment strategy.
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Total speculation here, but Hardball Talk has a report that the Indians are looking for:
With the price tags for Michael Cuddyer and Josh Willingham proving high, the Indians are looking to trade for a right-handed hitter to help at first base and/or in the outfield.
Alright. Michael Cuddyer was apparently offered a three-year $25m deal. Willingham is also looking for a three-year deal.
Hey. Wait. Perhaps they'd be interested in Carlos Lee, who "plays" first base and/or outfield. And can be had for half of his 2012 salary - or about $9.5m - but at one year.
The Indians are said to be interested in dealing from their bullpen, which I'm not sure matches up with the Astros' needs, but it's a starting point...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
There has to be a match here, right?
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I'm not a big Lee fan, but what's with the implication that he's a butcher at first. Didn't seem to play the field any worse than Berkman to my eyes.
- December 6, 2011 at 6:17 PM
- OremLK said...
$10 says Cleveland is on Lee's no-trade list. Wouldn't Cleveland be on yours?
- December 6, 2011 at 8:15 PM
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Don't do Berkman that disservice. He was very solid defensively at first. Above average for sure.
- December 7, 2011 at 7:40 AM
"Don't do Berkman that disservice. He was very solid defensively at first."
Lee is solid defensively at first.
- January 10, 2012 at 5:05 PM
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Farmingdale, N.Y. - Farmingdale State Head Coach Tim Tuttle is pleased to announce that Larry Cerasi and Matt Miller have been named assistant coaches for men's lacrosse at Farmingdale State.
Cerasi, a native of Centereach, N.Y., was a two-way midfielder at Stonybrook University. In his freshman year he appeared in 15 games for the Seawolves scoring seven goals and being named to the American East All-Rookie Team. Larry appeared in all 16 games his sophomore year earning a career high in goals with 14, and picked up 41 ground balls. He returned for his junior season where he started 13 games. He finished his senior year by being named captain and playing a major roll in the Seawolves win over Division I rival Hofstra. Larry is currently finishing his degree at Stonybrook in Secondary Education/History. Cerasi will handle the offense for the Rams.
Miller, a native of Mastic, N.Y., was a standout midfielder at NYIT where he helped guide his team to National Championships in 2003 and 2005. Miller, who played under coach Tuttle at NYIT, was known as a tough defensive midfielder with a tremendous work ethic. He earned All-American honors as a junior and senior and was named a captain his senior year. Matt graduated from NYIT in 2006 with a degree in Elementary Education. Matt was drafted by the San Jose Stealth of the National Lacrosse League and played one year for the organization. Miller will be responsible for the defensive midfielders, assisting Coach Tuttle with the defense, and handling the substitution box.
"These are two highly motivated individuals who are ready to coach on the college level and I'm excited to have them as part of my staff", said Tuttle.


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Conventional Long Form: United Mexican States
Local Long Form: Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Local Short Form Mexico
Capitol City
Mexico City
Location and Climate
Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US. Climate varies from tropical to desert.
Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
Spanish, various regional indigenous languages
Mexican Peso (MXN)
1 USD = 11.447 MXN (September 2004)
The Peso uses the same symbol ($) as does the US Dollar.
All border towns accept US dollars, so you don't have to exchange money.
Internet Country code
Other Information for the Traveler
Mexico city (MEX)
Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport, Tijuana (TIJ). Only international flights are to/from Los Angeles.
Visas/Duty Free/Health
No visa is needed for stays of 180 days or fewer. A passport or photo ID is always required. A tourist card (FMT, folleto de migraci�n tur�stica) is also required, unless you're visiting the border towns for three days or fewer.
FMTs cost nothing. Get one on the plane or from the airline if you're flying in. Get one at AAA offices in Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas if you're driving in. An FMT is valid only for one entry. Get several if you plan to enter and leave Mexico more than once.
Always keep the blue copy of your FMT with you, because you need to show it during immigration inspection and hand it in when you leave Mexico. It's as important as your passport. Without it, you'll get delayed.
If your FMT is lost or expired, get another at an immigration department office (Departmento de Migrac�on). There are downtown branches in the larger cities.
Duty-free allowances into Mexico are three bottles of liquor (including wine), plus 400 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco, plus 12 rolls of camera film or camcorder tape. The monetary limit for duty-free goods is US$150. It is illegal to take antiquities out of the country. Penalties are severe.
For minor medical problems, go to a Farmacia (drug store). For more serious problems, ask someone at big hotels and tourist offices to recommend someone. Mexican border towns have doctors/dentists used to treating foreigners.
HIV/AIDS (2003 est.):
Adult prevalence rate: 0.3% | People living with HIV/AIDS: 160,000 | Deaths: 5,000
Driving is your best bet for getting around. IMPORTANT: You should be aware of two things when you drive.
1. Mexican insurance is a must. It's inexpensive and easy to get. Buy it before you cross the border. Don't take chances here.
2. Beware of bandits. Robberies and assaults of motorists can happen, particularly in the northwest and in the state of Sinaloa. Criminals can pose as police who want to check your car, hitchhikers, or people in distress, so think twice about stopping.
However, there are legitimate police checkpoints along main roads, where you must stop. The police will ask to check the trunk of your car for firearms or bullets, which are illegal in Mexico. Don't even think about bringing those items into the country.
And above all, avoid driving after dark.
More about driving into Mexico
It's not difficult to find a cybercafe here. Even a smaller town has at least one place with decent connections. Hourly rates are typically about US$1, but can be more expensive in tourist areas.
To make a local call, ignore the area code and dial direct. To call into Mexico, dial prefix 01, the area code, and then the telephone number. Some area codes are listed below.
Acapulco 744
Mazatlan 669
Cabo San Lucas 624
Mexicali 686
Cancun 998
Mexico City 55
Juarez 656
Puerto Vallarta 322
To call internationally from Mexico, dial 00, the country code, the national dialling code (omit the first zero), and then the local number.
To call a mobile phone, dial the 3-digit access code from the mobile operator, the area code (where the phone was purchased), and then the phone number. If you're on the same network, you don't need to dial the 3-digit access code.
Same as that of the USA. Most plugs have two flat prongs, just as in the USA.
As Mexican restaurants are common in North America, most people are familiar with Mexican dishes. However, the indigenous dishes you'll find in Mexico are more authentically prepared and are better tasting than those found in your typical North American chain restaurant. Dietary staples are corn, beans, and chiles. Seafood, chicken, beef, and eggs make up main courses. Corn tortillas take the place of bread.
To be safe, don't eat food that has been sitting out. Peel fruit and stay away from salads. Don't eat raw shellfish, avoid milk drinks, and beware of eating at street stalls. Drink bottled water, but stick with known brands and check the seal.
Restaurant water is usually safe.
Legal Status
Prostitution is tolerated in Mexico. Governments in most larger cities have set up special red-light districts ("zona rojas"). Most Zona Roja prostitutes operate either on the streets or in bars (example: Adelita Bar in Tijuana) and strip clubs. The rest work in brothels, or out of hotels or private apartments as escorts. The age of consent is 18.
Hard-core pornography is illegal. You might find something along the lines of Playboy, but that's it. You will not be able to buy adult videos or DVDs. However, adult films broadcast from North American satellite providers show up occasionally on hotel cable television systems. Also, some Tijuana video stores have been known to screen adult films in back rooms.
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Hollie Toups and 16 other women filed a civil lawsuit in Texas state court against Texxxan.com, alleging that intimate photos were posted illegally and made the women easy to identify. They are seeking damages closure of the site. Photo: Texxxan.com
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4789 Cromwell Ave.Memphis, TN 38118Permit Cost: $16 million
Project Cost: $41 millionPermit Date: Applied January 2014Completion: TBAOwner: The J.M. Smucker Co.Tenant: The J.M. Smucker Co.Architect: N/AContractor: N/ADetails: The J.M. Smucker Co. has filed a $16 million permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement as part of its planned plant expansion at 4789 Cromwell Ave. in Oakhaven.
No contractor or architect was listed on the permit, which is the first in Smucker's plan to invest $41 million to upgrade its peanut butter production lines.
The Economic Development Growth Engine of Memphis and Shelby County in mid-January unanimously granted the Orrville, Ohio-based company an amended PILOT on for 15 years on personal property and 13 years on real property.
In addition to 42 new positions, which will have an average wage of $52,545, created through the expansion, Smucker will maintain its existing 61 employees.
The approved tax freeze will save Smucker $13 million, but the company will still pay an estimated $16.2 million in taxes to the city and county over the length of the PILOT. The company said 25 percent of the company's planned $21.5 million in discretionary spending will be with women- and minority-owned businesses.
126 Beale St.Memphis, TN 38103Permit Cost: $2.5 million
Project Cost: TBAPermit Date: Applied January 2014Completion: TBAOwner: Belz EnterprisesTenant: Hard Rock Cafe International (USA)Architect: N/AContractor: W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co.Details: Hard Rock Cafe International (USA) has filed a $2.5 million permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for interior renovations at 126 Beale St.
The restaurant, bar and live music venue will depart its current location at 315 Beale St. and move to the Lansky Bros. building at Second and Beale, according to recent reports in The Commercial Appeal.
The permit lists Hard Rock as the tenant and Belz Enterprises as owner. Technically, the owner is BJHA LLC, which is affiliated with the Lansky family.
Built in 1904, the 24,512-square-foot building sits on 0.8 acres and formerly housed EP Delta Kitchen & Bar, which closed in 2008. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal was $1.3 million.
Philadelphia, Miss.-based W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co., which has an office on Poplar Avenue, is general contractor for the project.
3815 S. Houston Levee RoadCollierville, TN 38017Loan Amount: $1.7 million
Loan Date: Jan. 2, 2014Maturity Date: Jan. 15, 2021Borrower: Roller Properties LLCLender: Community Bank, North MississippiDetails: The owner of Cecil's Automotive at 3815 S. Houston Levee Road in Collierville has filed a $1.7 million loan on the property.
Roller Properties LLC filed the deed of trust Jan. 2 through Community Bank's North Mississippi branch in Hernando. Bradley Roller and Cecil Roller signed the deed as members of the borrower.
Built in 2010, the 6,121-square-foot auto service garage sits on an acre along the west side of South Houston Levee Road south of its intersection with Winchester Road.
The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal was $1 million.
Olive Branch-based Roller Properties bought the property in 2009 for $695,000 from Kevin J. Hyneman.
2435 Whitten RoadMemphis, TN 38133Loan Amount: $1.1 million
Loan Date: Jan. 24, 2014Maturity Date: Jan. 24, 2029Borrower: GPG Development Co.Lender: Landmark Community BankDetails: The owner of the 14,136-square-foot retail center at 2435 Whitten Road in Northeast Memphis has filed a $1.1 million loan on the property.
GPG Development Co. filed the deed of trust, assignment of rents and security agreement Jan. 24 through Landmark Community Bank.
The following joint venturers signed the deed on behalf of the borrower: Ken Garland Jr., Mark E. Pugh, Michael R. Pugh, Timothy L. Pugh, and Arminta L. Pugh.
Built in 2002 and home to Medicap Pharmacy, Pugh's Flowers and Signs First, the Class A strip shopping center sits on 2.7 acres on the west side of Whitten Road between Reese and Elmore roads.
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42 Multi-Touch Display: The 3M Multi-Touch Display C4267PW (42 chassis display) joins 3M's expanding line up of high- performance multi-touch displays ranging from 18.5 to 46. With the addition of this 42 multi-touch display, 3M now offers professional A/V customers one of the most diverse projected capacitive display lineups available for interactive digital signage market. The C4267PW display features 3M's industry-leading projected capacitive (3M PCAP) multi-touch technology, the same type of touch technology featured in smartphones and tablets, that provides users an easy-to-use, intuitive interface and a sleek bezel-free design. In addition, the C4267PW display features a robust commercial-grade chassis, advanced thermal management, and the capability to track up to 60 simultaneous touches at an ultra-fast response time, making it an ideal solution for interactive digital signage and multi-user interactive table top integrations.
The C4267PW display will be available for sale in March 2014 from 3M and its authorized distributors, with an MSRP of $5,899. For more information, visit www.3m.com/multitouch.
Large-format Multi-Touch Systems: For OEM's, ODM's and display integrators interested in developing their own lineup of large-format multi-touch displays, 3M offers its high-performance, projected capacitive multi-touch system (sensor and controller), the 3M Multi-Touch System PCT2420PX, in sizes from 32 to 46. The PCT2420PX system tracks up to 60 simultaneous touches with ultra-fast response, offers bezel-free, tablet-like integration, and features 3M's high performance 3M Multi-Touch Controller PX multi-touch electronics. These large-format multi-touch systems (32 to 46) are now available for sale directly from 3M.
For more information, visit www.3m.com/multitouch.
Multi-display/Multi-touch Driver: For interactive display walls and other multiple display applications, the 3M Multi-Touch Driver MT7.14 offers Microsoft Windows 7 applications fast and accurate simultaneous multi-touch capabilities that can span across configurations of two or more 3M multi-touch displays. This free, downloadable driver enables multi-touch software developers to create more immersive applications that enable multiple users to simultaneously interact with multiple displays on a display wall without any noticeable touch lag or interference while moving across displays; or allows a single user to use multiple touch screens at one time in a workstation or mission-control environment.
3M Multi-Touch Driver MT7.14 is currently available for download at www.3m.com/multitouch.
3M is committed to be the industry's supplier of choice for high performance, large-format multi-touch displays and components, says Diego Romeu, Global Business Manager, Electronic Solutions Division. With 25 years experience in capacitive sensing electronics and firmware and a worldwide manufacturing footprint, 3M is ideally positioned to meet the interactive technology and service needs of its global customer base.
For more than 25 years, 3M Touch Systems, a subsidiary of the 3M Electronic Solutions Division, has been an innovation partner with leading OEMs and ODMs, providing industry-leading touch solutions that have enabled breakthrough product development, and highly engaging features never before imagined.
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- Collection for flood relief at final Art Night Out on Friday in Lafayette
- Sep 15:
- 'Camp Erie' to provide activities for kids during flood-related school closure next week
- Sep 14:
- 234 people remain unaccounted as rescuers gain ground
- Residents, officials: We will come back.
- Road closures in Boulder, east county and surrounding area
- Closings, cancellations and re-openings post flood
- Boulder area canyons remain isolated
- Boulder County's major reservoirs holding steady, despite week's deluge
- Fifth-graders stranded at Cal-Wood near Jamestown return to Louisville
- Officials: Extensive road damage still being assessed
- Boulder County to provide community dumpsters for flood cleanup
- 234 remain 'unaccounted for', rescuers slowly gain ground
- Boulder remains under flash flood watch through Sunday afternoon
- Sep 13:
- Rescue crews help Lefthand Canyon residents evacuate
- St. Vrain schools closed until Thursday, BVSD officials still deciding when to reopen
- In the mouth of Boulder Canyon: The aftermath of a 100-year flood
- Football: No make-up date yet as CU postpones game against Fresno State because of flood
- East Boulder County emerges from a tough night of evacs, road closures
- Boulder to see some relief, but more rain in forecast
- U.S. 36 reopened in both directions between Denver and Boulder
- 181 'unaccounted for,' at least 3 dead in Boulder County
- Flood-related closures in Boulder County for Friday, Sept. 13
- List of Boulder County road closures due to flooding
- Eldorado Springs residents ordered to evacuate due to high waters, mudslide risk
- Sep 12:
- Surge of water carrying cars, other debris flattens in Boulder Canyon
- Evacuations ordered for 4,000 residents along Boulder Creek
- Flooding claims at least 2 lives in Boulder, Jamestown
- RTD suspends numerous bus routes in Boulder
- 2nd Boulder flooding fatality was recent Centaurus grad Wesley Quinlan, friends say
- 100-year-flood: Boulder rainfall records swamped in dueling weather systems
- Louisville, Lafayette open shelters as creeks swell; downtown Superior under evac order
- Homeless people turned away from Boulder flood shelter
- Flooding prompts evacuations near Erie; community center to serve as shelter
- BVSD: Students at Jamestown's CalWood Education Center are safe
- Closures: Host of area roads closed, as well as CU, Naropa, Boulder Valley, St. Vrain schools
- Firefighter trapped by 'wall of water' rescued, suffers severe injuries
- Boulder registers wettest 24-hour period, and month, on record
- Sheriff asks Boulder County residents to stay home today, keep roads clear
- 500-year flood nearly cuts Longmont in two, forces evacuations
- National Guard carries evacuees from Lyons, delivers supplies
- Boulder flood: Live social media coverage of flash-flood emergency
After a second night of extensive flooding, Boulder police Chief Mark Beckner toured the city to assess the damage the flood waters have done, and declared, via Twitter, that, "Things are looking better" -- although conditions remain dangerous in the city.
"Public works has their work cut out for them," Beckner told the Daily Camera around 2 a.m. of the flood damage to the city.
Beckner said that when he went out this morning just after midnight to survey the city, Boulder Creek had dropped from its peak flow of about 5,000 cubic feet per second.
But Beckner said he was still shocked at the amount of water still flowing into the city's streets.
"We knew the water had subsided somewhat, but it was still amazing the amount of water that was still outside the creek," Beckner said. "I was surprised at the amount of water still out on the roads."
Beckner also said he saw all sorts of debris littering the roads, making driving impossible in some areas.
"There's a lot of debris and mud in the roadway," Beckner said. "Rocks, boulders, mud, logs."
In light of the flooding, Beckner said he was proud of how law enforcement agencies have been able to work together.
"I'm very pleased and proud of our employees and certainly proud and pleased with the employees of the other agencies," Beckner said. "We prepare for floods every year, but we don't have a lot of them. For not doing it very often, things went very well."
But Beckner admitted their work was far from done, and said from what he saw on his tour of the city, the cleanup will not be an easy task.
"The roads are probably going to be the easiest part. The hard part is the repairs that need to be made," Beckner said. "Then you've got to look at the residents who have been flooded. There's an awful lot of damaged homes and businesses out there, and it's not a pleasant thing to have your home flooded."


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Asexual reproduction was a mode of reproduction by which offspring arose from a single parent, and inherited the genes of that parent only.
Tribbles were "bisexual" (dual sexed) and were capable of reproducing at will. Born pregnant, and with sufficient food, a single tribble could breed in number exponentially, producing a litter of ten in twelve hours time. (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles")
Xindi-Insectoids also reproduced asexually. (ENT: "Hatchery")


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Yes, even in the summer heat and humidity, there are award shows. Sunday night in California, the stars glittered on the red carpet and the stage for the BET Awards. Queen Latifah presided, Prince received a Lifetime Achievement Award, Chris Brown broke down during his Michael Jackson tribute, Alicia Keys snagged Best Album … but let's get on with the really good stuff: The clothes! The jewelry! The hair!


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Following some of the suggestions from the php|architect folks about getting your ideas accepted at conferences, Lorna Mitchell has posted some of her thought process behind coming up with a good conference bio.
To get to this point, I started with a list of things I should include. My job, my blog, my community activity, my technical interests. [...] I then turned my points into sentences, and emailed the result to a few people to read. [...] I always take this approach even when I know I'm probably making a hash of it, if I'm asking for someone's input, I take the time to attempt it myself and send them the result.
She also notes that proofreaders are always a big help, catching some of the small things that you might gloss over and could make your bio. You can get a few other ideas and examples here, here or here.


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Any time a song is popular, you'll find people debating it. And at some point during that debate, someone is going to Google the lyrics.
There are roughly 5 million searches for lyrics per day on Google, according to LyricFind. Those searches often lead to websites that post lyrics to lots of songs — and, in many cases, sites that post ads alongside those lyrics.
David Lowery, frontman and songwriter for Cracker and Camper van Beethoven, is waging war on the sites he believes make money off song lyrics but don't pay the songwriter. Once he took a closer look at where his music was making money on the Internet, he realized: There were more people searching to find lyrics to his songs than searching to illegally download mp3s of his music. And he wasn't making money off those searches. Last November, after months of exhaustive and systematic Googling, he released something called The Undesirable Lyric Website List.
The National Music Publishers Association seized upon this list, and announced that it would be sending take-down notices to every single name. At the top of that list was the very popular Rap Genius.
Rap Genius has been around for a few years, and it's extremely popular. No ads, lots of traffic and, just recently, a major investment from one of the hottest venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. The founder of Rap Genius, Ilan Zechory, says the site doesn't belong on Lowery's list. Because it's way more than just transcribed lyrics. He says the site is more like a social network: a discussion board for music geeks and even some of the musicians themselves — prominent rappers like Nas and Rick Ross — to comment on their own lyrics. Artists, the founders say, love the site.
Just this week, Rap Genius announced that, despite its opinion that the site falls under the criteria for fair use, it's going to pay songwriters for posting their lyrics. It's just easier than fighting with music publishers, who've been very successful at going after other lyric sites in the past few years. Other sites on the list have started paying as well — though Lowery says the payments don't add up to much for him. "I'm a hundredaire," he says. But it's unusual for the Internet to come along and figure out a brand-new revenue stream for musicians: Rather than making money off the music, the Internet has provided a marketplace for just the words.
OK, maybe you've had this moment. You're trying to recall the lyrics to a song. You know the first line, can't remember the second line.
(Singing) Trailer for sale or rent...
And then what? So you go to Google for help. Many websites will serve up those words to you and many feature advertising. Sometimes the lyrics on those sites appear without the songwriter's permission.
NPR's Zoe Chace has the story of one songwriter who decided to fight back.
ZOE CHACE, BYLINE: The songwriter, David Lowery. The song, he sang it for me.
DAVID LOWERY: (Singing) Hey, hey, hey, like being stoned...
CHACE: A hit for his band, Cracker. He also wrote this...
LOWERY: Ah-hem, let's see. Get the right key here.
(Singing) Take the skinheads bowling. Take them bowling.
CHACE: Lowry sold albums, toured the country - all pretty lucrative. But Lowery remembers when he first started to think about the value of the words to his songs - the words alone. He was touring in late 2002 and he decided to play this one song, "Kerosene Hat." But there was a problem, he couldn't remember the lyrics.
LOWERY: It's actually hard to remember the lyrics to all of the songs...
LOWERY: ...especially if you haven't played them in a long time.
CHACE: He had to Google his own song. And he found all these websites, some of them with advertising making money. He assumed money he thought, that should be his.
LOWERY: I wrote those lyrics. I came up with those lyrics and I put the words together in such a way that people found them valuable and they wanted those words.
CHACE: David Lowery fumed over this for the last decade, trying to figure out how to go after these websites.
LOWERY: We've evolved these parasitic middlemen, who extract value that rightfully should go to the songwriter.
CHACE: And recently, he came up with a way to strike back. Public shaming. After much Googling, he came up with a list of 50 websites that were not paying artists.
LOWERY: The Undesirable Lyric Website List.
CHACE: Showed it to David Israelite, the head of a music publisher's trade group, who decided to hold this press conference, announcing that they'd be sending out 50 take down notices to the 50 sites on the list. And public enemy number one?
DAVID ISRAELITE: Rap Genius. Yes, Rap Genius is on this list. In fact, I believe it's number one.
LOWERY: It's number one.
CHACE: Rap Genius, one of the top song lyric websites. The guys who run it, they heard this threat, and they were kind of amused.
ILAN ZECHORY: My name is Ilan. I'm 25 years old.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I am 30.
ZECHORY: And we are at the Rap Genius office, which is in Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Tom's here, he's chillin'.
TOM LEHMAN: Hello.
CHACE: Ilan hands me a bottled water. The label says Baller Water. There's a big neon diamond on the wall, a deck in the back. Rap genius says they don't belong on the list of undesirable websites. We're not stealing lyrics, they say. We are enhancing them.
Here's what Rap Genius does. Say I'm listening this Kanye song, "Mercy."
CHACE: Got it?
CHACE: Well, if you go to Rap Genius's site and type in the song, "Mercy," the lyrics come up. Turns out it's: It is a weeping and a moaning and a gnashing of teeth. Then if you click on those lyrics, a little window pops up with an explanation. It's a biblical reference.
ZECHORY: This verse describes the plight of those who will be sent to hell. Kanye is implying that his presence in the game brings hell to other rappers.
CHACE: Rap Genius has become immensely popular. They don't have ads on their site, but they do have $15 million of Silicon Valley investment capital. And Ilan, the Rap Genius guy, says the artists love his site. He says what they've created is something brand new, all the commentary, the exegesis. Even some of the rappers themselves comment on their own lyrics.
Nobody has said to you, oh, you're stealing those, those are mine?
ZECHORY: David Lowry.
CHACE: David Lowry, the songwriter from Cracker. It was like the battle of the bands. Cracker versus Rap Genius. Songwriter versus website. The battle of the bands could have been decided in a courtroom, but the music industry is scary and lawyers and lawsuits are expensive. So just this week Rap Genius announced it's licensed up. It's going to pay the publishers - the songwriters, including David Lowry, who says that other lyric sites have also been caving and getting licensed, and now the checks are rolling in every time someone looks up the words hey, hey, hey, like being stoned.
So now he knows just what those words are worth.
LOWERY: Lyric websites are not a big revenue source for me. It would be in the high hundreds a year. I'm a hundredair.
CHACE: Less than $1,000 a year?
LOWERY: I think probably less than $1,000 in my case.
CHACE: So not much. But this is a rare case where the Internet comes along and figures out a brand-new way for musicians to make money - not off the music, just the words alone.
Zoe Chace, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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If you look carefully, you can spot Caucasian Casca in several frames of the opening.
They ran out of brown...
I think even Pippin was given darker skin than Casca in the opening,
Pippin does have dark skin though.
For someone unfamiliar with the books the films and series will seem like the greatest thing ever but for everyone else not so much. With that said have fun everyone.
I know that's my point. That it was kinda strange Pippin had his skin colored accurately but Casca didn't (who's supposed to be darker than Pippin).
I refuse to watch this since it looks so bad but is the Hirasawa song any good? Can't find it on YouTube anywhere yet (and yet that rubbish rock song is, wtf?)
I was going to ask, I thought Hirasawa was also going to have a musical piece in the new anime as well. I haven't watched it myself but was curious to those who know.
I feel like when all of this is said and done, the 1997 television show will still be the winner.


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how do you make sunflower seeds or do you eat off the flower
Seeds are ready to store or eat when the disk at the back of the flower has turned dark brown. You can easily remove the seeds by rubbing two heads together, or just rubbing your palm over the seeds. You should store raw seeds in a cloth bag in a place with good air circulation. Do not use airtight containers such as jars or tins because they encourage mold development. You may like to eat the seeds raw, if not you can roast them by spreading the seeds in a single layer on a baking sheet, and bake them in a 350º oven for about 10 minutes. When the seeds start to swell and the hulls crack, they are ready. Cool and salt to taste. Some choose to soak the seeds in salt water prior to roasting by soaking the seeds overnight in two tablespoons of salt and one cup of water. After the seeds have been soaked you still need to bake the seeds by spreading seeds thinly on a cookie sheet and roasting in a 200º oven for 3 hours or until crisp. Sunflower seeds are a lot healthier and still very tasty without the salt so I recommend you eating and preparing the seeds without it. I hope you find these tips helpful.


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Odontodactylus scyllarus
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|Odontodactylus scyllarus
Odontodactylus scyllarus, known as the peacock mantis shrimp, harlequin mantis shrimp, painted mantis shrimp, or clown mantis shrimp, is a large mantis shrimp native to the Indo-Pacific from Guam to East Africa.[1]
In the saltwater aquarium trade, it is both prized for its attractiveness and considered by others to be a dangerous pest.
O. scyllarus is one of the larger, more colourful mantis shrimps commonly seen, ranging in size from 3 to 18 cm (1.2 to 7.1 in).[1] They are primarily green in colour, with orange legs and leopard-like spots on the anterior carapace.[1]
Their ability to see circularly polarised light has led to studies to determine if the mechanisms by which their eyes operate can be replicated for use in reading CDs and similar optical information-storage devices.[2][3]
Odontodactylus scyllarus is a burrower, constructing U-shaped holes in the loose substrate near the bases of coral reefs in water ranging from 3 to 40 metres (9.8 to 131.2 ft) deep.[1]
O. scyllarus is a smasher, with club-shaped raptorial appendages.[1] An active hunter, it prefers gastropods, crustaceans, and bivalves,[1] and will repeatedly smash its prey until it can gain access to the soft tissue for consumption. It is reported to have a "punch" of over 50 miles per hour (80 km/h). This is the fastest recorded punch of any living animal. The acceleration is similar to that in a .22 caliber handgun, with 340 pounds-force (1,500 N)[4] per strike. In addition, the surface of its appendages is made up of extremely dense hydroxyapatite, layered in a manner which is highly resistant to fracturing. Glass aquaria can be broken by them. The composition is being investigated for potential synthesis and engineering use.[5][6]
Some saltwater aquarists keep peacock mantis shrimp in captivity.[7] The peacock mantis is especially colourful and desired in the trade.[citation needed]
While some aquarists value peacock shrimp, others consider them harmful pests because they are voracious predators which eat other desirable inhabitants of the tank. Some of the largest specimens can break aquarium glass by striking it, and can do further damage by burrowing in live rock. Live rock with mantis shrimp burrows is considered useful by some in the marine aquarium trade and is often collected. It is not uncommon for a piece of live rock to convey a live mantis shrimp in an aquarium. Once inside the tank, they may feed on fish, and other inhabitants. They are notoriously difficult to catch when established in a well-stocked tank,[8] and there are accounts of them breaking glass tanks, damaging coral, when they wish to make a home within it.[9]
- ^ a b c d e f Roy Caldwell. "Species: Odontodactylus scyllarus". Roy's List of Stomatopods for the Aquarium. Retrieved July 18, 2006.
- ^ John Roach (June 27, 2011). "Shrimp eyes inspire optical tech". MSNBC. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ Yi-Jun Jen; Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Ching-Wei Yu; Chia-Feng Lin; Meng-Jie Lin; Shih-Hao Wang; Jyun-Rong Lai (2011). "Biologically inspired achromatic waveplates for visible light". Nature Communications. 2: 363. Bibcode:2011NatCo...2E.363J. doi:10.1038/ncomms1358. PMID 21694711.
- ^ Patek, S. N.; Caldwell, R. L. (October 2005). "Extreme impact and cavitation forces of a biological hammer: strike forces of the peacock mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus". Journal of Experimental Biology. 208 (Pt 19): 3655–64. doi:10.1242/jeb.01831. PMID 16169943.
- ^ Sarah Everts (2012). "How a peacock shrimp packs a punch: layered structure is behind animal's resilient club". Chemical & Engineering News. 90 (24): 6. Archived from the original on 2012-06-11.
- ^ James C. Weaver; Garrett W. Milliron; Ali Miserez; Kenneth Evans-Lutterodt; Steven Herrera; Isaias Gallana; William J. Mershon; Brook Swanson; Pablo Zavattieri; Elaine DiMasi; David Kisailus (2012). "The stomatopod dactyl club: a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer". Science. 336 (6086): 1275–1280. Bibcode:2012Sci...336.1275W. doi:10.1126/science.1218764. PMID 22679090.
- ^ Fatheree, James (2008). "A Load of Learnin' About Mantis Shrimps". Reefkeeping.
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- ^ April Holladay (September 1, 2006). "Shrimp spring into shattering action". USA Today.
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DreamWorks Animation has a new film coming out later this summer called Turbo. It's an animated film about a little garden snail who dreams of becoming the fastest thing around. We've attached a trailer below if you're interested. Anyway, there's a companion game out now for Windows Phone 8! Let's check it out.
Turbo Racing League is a fun little game. Sure it's mostly promotional fodder for an upcoming film, but it didn't leave a bad first impression. Here are the features you can look forward to when playing with it:
- 9 Unique Race Tracks to Test Your Skills
- Special Race Events: Time Trials, Limited Fuel, Slalom and Rival Races
- Thousands of Performance & Design Combinations: Shell Upgrades, New Paint Jobs and Neon Glows
- Ability to record your greatest race moments, watch on instant replay and share with your friends
- Optional Facebook and Twitter posting to show off your pimped-out Shell and best scores
- Leaderboards show how you rank amongst your friends and all the top players!
- Qualify for the $1,000,000 Shell-Out Contest* by completing Daily Goals or using In-Game Tomato Currency
What's that? You can win real cash by playing this game? Yup. There's $1 million up for grabs during the promotion period with this game. For 8 weeks, the 10 fastest racers will earn cash prizes from a $500,000 pool. The top player from each week will earn the chance to go to Los Angeles to compete for another $500,000 in cash prizes in a live racing event. Full details for the contest can be found right here.
The game is free and only available on Windows Phone 8 devices. We'll have a full review out over the weekend, but in the meantime grab it here to play or use the QR codes below.
Thanks for the tip JD!