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Artist: DJ Okawari
Label: Libyus Music
Album: Diorama
Year: 2008
Track: Tayutau
Genre: Instrumental Hip Hop
Japanese DJ from Shizuoka. You can tell he has got a little bit of a Nujabes influence. Strong Asian flavours, uses a lot of piano/keyboard, and draws from some 'nature' samples to create the mood.
His second full album, Mirror, has more vocals than this album and is a little more jazzy. There are a couple tracks here and there that basically sound the same, but overall still a good listen if you're trying to relax with some nice beats. I'll do a critique of Mirror in another post.
He's got a few more releases that are a couple tracks each, which are also featured in the full-length albums (just with separate covers), and a mix done for Libyus Music with tracks by Fat Jon, Force of Nature, and some others as well.
I love the cover art for all of his records. Here's the cover for Diorama:
Track List:
01.Evening Comes
02.Chocolate with agehah
03.Bluebird Story with Jumelles
05.Colors of Life
07.One for U
08.Aurora with Eri Kamiya
09.Coffee Break
10.Crescent Moon
12.Silent Night
13.Animal Forest
14.Times Fusion
To be honest, I like most of this album a lot, but it has been a long time since I've listened to this again, so I can't single anything out in particular for you even though I've just gone through the whole album again. That said, it is much easier to spot out the things I don't like about the album, as I will proceed to do (and oddly enough, they're both tracks with vocals).
"Chocolate" featuring agehah is for the most part a goodtrack. I just find it a little weird, maybe because agehah says some things like "Your mother loves me, your father loves me" near the opening of the track (and a couple other places), and sometimes she sounds like she's out of breath. Maybe that's just her style, I don't know.
Also on this album, the track "Aurora" featuring Eri Kamiya has a melody that is ridiculously repetitive, and it starts to grind a bit. Yes, hip hop is repetitive at times, but it's not a broken record. I can't sit through more than a minute of this 5-minute track.
Overall, this is a good record if you want something to relax to and use as background music, but I don't think it's really hard enough to jam to, and it doesn't stand out in any particular way. It's still nice and easy listening.
If you're having trouble finding his other tracks, here's a Grooveshark link. His website is djokawari.com. Happy listening!
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|Porosities accessible to HTO and iodide on water-saturated compacted clay materials and relation with the forms of water: A low field proton NMR study
Montavon G., Guo Z., Tournassat C., Grambow B., Le Botlan D.
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|Porosities accessible to HTO and iodide on water-saturated compacted clay materials and relation with the forms of water: A low field proton NMR study
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|The aim of the present work was to quantify accessible porosities for iodide and for a water tracer (HTO) on water-saturated compacted clay samples (illite, montmorillonite and MX-80 bentonite) and to relate these macroscopic values to the forms of water in these porosities (surface/bulk water, external/internal water). Low field proton NMR was used to characterize and quantify the forms of water. This enabled the three different populations (structural OH, external surface and internal surface water) to be differentiated on hydrated clays by considering the difference in proton mobility. An accurate description of the water forms within the different populations did not appear possible when water molecules of these populations were in contact because of the occurrence of rapid exchange reactions. For this reason, it was not possible to use the low resolution NMR method to quantify external surface and bulk water in fully water-saturated compacted clay media at room temperature. This latter information could however be estimated when analyzing the samples at -25°C. At this temperature, a distinction based on the difference in mobility could be made since surface water remained in a semi-liquid state whereas bulk water froze. In parallel, accessible porosities for anions and HTO were determined by an isotopic dilution method using capillaries to confine the materials. HTO was shown to probe the whole pore volume (i.e. the space made of surface and bulk water). When the surface water volume was mainly composed of interlayer water (case of montmorillonite and bentonite), iodide was shown to be located in the pore space made of bulk water. When the interlayer water was not present (case of illite), the results showed that iodide could access a small fraction of the surface water volume localized at the external surface of the clay particles.
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rollin in my WoW vehicle said...
It seems to me there are two types of groups that want to see vehicles in raids:
1) The people that play this game so dam much (raid 8 nights a week) that they'll take ANYTHING that Blizzard throws at them to mix it up a bit, regardless of how clunky or gimmicky or immersion breaking or (insert any complaint about vehicles here) that it may be. These people would be happy with a raid encounter where they have to sift through the boss' poo to find a key to unlock an NPC that helps the group kill the boss, or something silly like that. As long as its different, they'll take it, whether its actually good or not.
2) People on the opposite end of the spectrum who haven't invested a whole lot of time min/maxing their spec and spell rotations and therefore don't mind seeing them wasted during these vehicle fights and just think, "hey! shiny new vehicle! I want to try it!" These people may also see vehicles as a bit of a neutralizer. Perhaps they're normally in the middle or bottom range of the DPS charts because they haven't taken the time to max their toon, and these vehicles help them out by reducing their options and levelling the playing field.
I think the majority seem to be in the middle though, people who think, yeah, sure, vehicles are kinda cool or whatever, but because of the various complaints about them shouldn't be in raids.
We already did that quest in Nagrand to get the cherries.
Am I the only one who can get tired of min/maxing...its not that hard...30 mins on forums and you got it...stop making it out to be some sort of God power to min/max...its not hard and it doesn't make you special.
rollin in my WoW vehicle said...
I forgot to mention that the entire raid has to be wearing Lovely Black Dress otherwise the key isn't lootable.
And i never said maxing was god power or makes anyone special. but it does take more than 30 minutes if you're actually going to read more than one opinion and actually try out a few builds yourself. Not everyone does this, which is fine, but they're usually the ones consistently lagging in the dps dept.


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In general, I am a live and let live kind of person on Facebook. I say post what you want. I would never smear a person who posts photos of their dog or their baby or their awesome trip to Thailand (even if I am crazy envious!), but I draw the line at photos of flowers and other gifts. And don't even get me started on engagement rings.
It's not even that I am envious. My husband brings me my fair share of flowers and I have a lovely, nicely sized engagement ring I absolutely love. I just think posting photos of them is tacky.
Posting those photos serves only one purpose: to make people jealous. Women think it makes their boyfriend or husband look so romantic and sweet, but in many cases, it just makes them look kind of insecure. So seriously, cut that out.
A few months back, we talked about not wearing a bikini in Facebook photos. Personally, that never bothers me. If a woman works hard for her bod, then post away. But flowers? Rings? Chocolate? Candy? Unless it's totally unusual, surprising, or somehow otherwise meaningful, then why post the photos?
I just don't get it.
It might be because I am not a gift person in general, but honestly, not everyone needs to know every time your husband brings home flowers. Not everyone needs to see the size of your diamond. And not everyone needs to see the diamond tennis bracelet or watch he bought you, either.
It's not that I am opposed to public declarations of love on Facebook, either. By all means, tell me if you husband built a playhouse by hand or carved a new dining room table from an old barn door. Tell me if he nursed you back to health or made a killer meal. Love is wonderful. But love isn't flowers. Or diamonds. Or material goods at all.
In general, the whole "what did you get for Christmas from your husband" competition just seems silly to me. And social media lends a whole other voyeuristic quality to that.
It's great that you have a boyfriend who brings you flowers or diamonds or cruise tickets or whatever. But that doesn't make a good boyfriend. Those things are much more subtle. So the flowers you are using to try to make people jealous? Are pretty transparent. Just stop.
Do you ever post gift photos on Facebook?
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I do my fair share of eye rolling at an acquaintance from high school whose Facebook status often reads something like, "OMG! Another Coach purse! I'm running out of closet space!" I couldn't care less that she has (multiple) Coach purses, but putting it on Facebook seems a little sad and desperate for attention.
I don't see a problem with it at all. I post pictures when my husband does those things for me because it is sweet and thoughtful and I want to share it with all of my friends and family. It's not about trying to make anyone feel jealous at all. Why would I want to make people jealous anyway, what purpose does that serve?
I personally don't mind seeing pictures of material things on facebook. My cousin's new fiance just posted a picture of her huge ring and all I thought was "wow...he did a great job picking that out" (even though my aunt helped him because she has excellent taste lol). The only time I ever got mad was when a friend, whom I do not speak to over this, was crying to me that she couldnt afford food and clothes for her kids and was hitting a extremely rough patch and getting behind in bills and I gave her a substantial amount of money. Money that i had been saving to buy my family a new TV for Christmas. And she turned around and posted a picture of a brand new falt screen TV that she purchased as and early Christmas gift for her deadbeat boyfriend. This girl had been my best friend for 10 years and that really stung. I now see her as a liar and munipilator because of facebook.
and this is yet another reason i will avoid FB. really, sasha brown-worsham? i try not to call out bloggers too much around these parts (because that road runs two ways, and we all have opinions) but this is just a fluff piece that makes you sound like an old maid who's jealous she never got gifts from her "beloved" boyfriend. wow, you would only care about a gift from your boyfriend if he made it himself? sorry, but my husband works nearly 80 hours a week to help support our family and take care of us. if he has the time to stop and pick me up a slurpee on the way home out of love for me, i take it! you're right, love is not just material things - but even material things can have a greater message of love.
I love seeing my friends happy and in love. Also, I LOVE LVOE LOVE the engagement ring photos, they're beautiful and why wouldn't you be excited at your engagement ring?


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2013: Day 56
Woke up early, met a friend for coffee, was inspired by Church…morning.
Had friend over, made brunch, played Diablo3, bought SuperMetroid on the WiiMarketplace…afternoon.
Rented the ice skating arena, made hot cocoa, watched kids play hockey, had dudes over for pizza and video games…evening.
PS: All I know about the Oscars is whatever Buzzfeed is blogging…and not even that can make it legit.
2013: Day 48
Running on 4hrs of sleep, highly caffeinated, and pumped full of pizza…
I spent the day with a house full of friends, food, and the nerdiest games you could think of. It was great, and very needed. It's not often that I get together with my small circle of gaming comrades.
Thaaat's pretty much it. I ate a large pizza, built some houses in Minecraft, ran a few dungeons in WoW, racked up a number of achievements in Diablo3, and had far too many energy drinks.
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That look of "Why do I do the stupid shit that I do?"
Smart things people do on the weekend that I didn't:
- Staying in the right state of mind….
- Not making embarrassing remarks
- Not making decisions with ensuing complications/confusion/regret
- Not doing stuff to be physically impaired for an entire day-headaches, body aches, nausea, sensitivity to light, the whole enchilada
I did, however, do some stuff right. I am just trying to think of it.
- saw 50/50
- girls day
- walk
- run
- drink water
- eat a healthy lunch
The worst is that Tumblr is becoming my digital wind, where I can publicly, yet so anonymously, reveal the things I cannot to the people with whom I live or interact with regularly. Since I can't talk to anyone at home, clearly I should tell my followers since they really care to spend 15 seconds reading a post that has no bearing on their life. Except I don't care, so I will post this anyway. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, turning to Tumblr is what I do. At least, it's a way for me to maintain some of my interests and identity when I am starting to feel that they're not thriving due to some aspects of my social/education environment. I can stay closer to the things I love, no matter what is going on around me.
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Explaining Ovechkin's slump
Jeremy Scriven | Jan 13, 2011 | Comments 7
The Ovechkin "slump" is just about the most talked about topic amongst D.C. puckheads. It is undeniable. Ovechkin is mired in a scoring slump unlike anything we have seen in his six years in the NHL. Ovechkin has just 15 goals this season, and is on pace for 27 goals, 55 assists, and 82 points. Rather putrid by Ovechkin standards.
It seems like everybody has their two cents on what the cause is. I've heard everything from his work ethic, to his weight, to the tweaks in Boudreau's system designed to produce better results in the postseason. Some have credence, while others are from so far out in left field they can't be taken seriously.
Regarding Ovechkin's work ethic; unless you are physically training with Ovechkin, you can't really say whether or not his work ethic is up to snuff or not. All we can go by is the words of those who go through the grind alongside him. Not one Caps' player or coach has been outspoken in a negative way regarding his work ethic. Nobody can deny his craving for a Stanley Cup and his competitive spirit. Ovechkin is on a mission every night to win and to win big. Very few forwards in the league today throw their weight around like he does. The 136 hits he's thrown thus far certainly takes on a toll on his body. Along with that are the 20-25 minutes he plays every night. No player can sustain that over the course of an 82 game schedule without putting his work in off the ice.
Regarding Ovechkin's weight – if you're a sports radio listener here in D.C., especially during the morning commute, you've probably heard some discussion about Ovechkin's weight. HBO's 24/7 made reference to these morning commentators as well. If you've been in, or seen the players that make up an NHL locker room, you are fully aware that NHL players come in all shapes and sizes. There is a misconception that you have to be chiseled out of rock to be a professional athlete. Trust me, not all professional athletes moonlight as Greek Gods. The point I am making here is that each and every season, Ovechkin weighs in at around 230 lbs. He has scored 50 goals in four of his first five seasons carrying that weight. Face it, Ovechkin is a large man. That can't be denied. For people who are self-proclaimed ignoramuses about the sport of hockey to then comment on the condition of the team's best player; while at the same time provide no historical context whatsoever is foolish. I take that for what it is; a bunch of hot air.
Ovechkin's drop off in production can be attributed solely to events taking place on the ice in the context of game situations.
Defensive adjustments:
One thing that even a unseasoned hockey enthusiast can see is that that opposing defenders have adjusted how they play against Ovechkin. No longer are the days in which Ovechkin takes the puck at his own blueline, surges through the neutral zone, and finally enters the opponent's zone with lightning-like speed and fires a shot from the left dot with relative ease. Ovechkin's patented "use the defender as a screen" move, while still effective, has lost much of its magic. Same can be said for his cut to the middle of the ice. The downside of playing more games in the NHL is that teams have more video of you. Coaches are doing their homework and game-planning for Ovechkin. So what are they doing to corral the Great Eight? A double-team is usually in order for Ovechkin, followed by a back-checking forward to guard against the cut to the middle of the ice. Picture a triangle, and imagine yourself trying to navigate through it while skating 20mph. It's a difficult task for even the game's elite.
Ovechkin must make his adjustments as well. It is becoming more and more like a chess game. Boudreau has experimented with Ovechkin on the right wing to counter what defenses are doing. This hasn't been as effective due to Ovechkin being a right hand shot. Any moves to the middle are then to Ovechkin's backhand, which more difficult and less effective. The key is getting Ovechkin to the front of the net where he can utilize his "over-weight" body. He has the size and strength to be a force down low. Ugly goals count just the same as the pretty ones.
Nicklas Backstrom:
Alex Ovechkin isn't the only star player currently slumping. Nicklas Backstrom, a 100-point scorer a season ago is mired in a scoring slump of his own. Backstrom is on pace for his lowest point totals since his rookie year. Backstrom, on pace for 72 points, and just 20 goals hasn't scored a goal since December 1. In that span of 18 games without a goal, Backstrom has just 10 points and most shockingly is his -1 rating. Backstrom typically is boasted as one of the Caps' best two-way forwards. So what's the connection? Well, Backstrom and Ovechkin are line mates, and have been for the past four seasons. As Ovechkin's primary distributor of the puck, it is no surprise that Ovechkin's numbers have fallen off dramatically due to Backstrom's poor play. Backstrom's timing has been off. He hasn't been making the smart plays like he did a season. He's losing the puck in the offensive zone, something we certainly don't expect from Nicky. As the center goes, so goes your line. Backstrom's poor play as of late further exemplifies the Caps' dire need for a legit second line center. Typically coaches can swap the centers on their first two lines and be confident that the team's ability to score won't be hampered. The Capitals don't have the option at the moment. Marcus Johansson is the man in waiting, but his time is still a year away. He has been playing his best hockey of the season, but the experiment with him on a line with Ovechkin lasted about two periods. If Backstrom isn't playing the role of elite distributor like he has the last two seasons, Ovechkin's production will suffer as well.
Power Play: If you're a Caps fan your probably asking yourself "what power play?." The Capitals' power play has been a complete embarrassment for roughly the last month. It currently consists of five individuals playing against a team of four penalty killers. The team will beat the pack of individuals every time. They can't enter the zone with any type of speed or timing. They don't forecheck hard when they decide to dump the puck. They continually pass on shots in favor of cute passing plays. It's a disgrace. Ovechkin is the point man on the power play. He has struggled on the point all season long. Ovechkin has just two goals this year on the power play, both of which were in the same game. He hasn't scored a power play goal at the Verizon Center since last March. Ovechkin was among the top three is power play points each of his first three seasons in the NHL. The Caps' power play has never finished below 25% under Bruce Boudreau, thus Ovechkin made a living collecting points on the power play. So far the well has dried up for Ovechkin. It's time to move Ovechkin off the point, replace him with John Carlson, and put Ovechkin down low. I can't reiterate this enough – ugly goals count the same as the pretty ones.
If there is anything positive to take from this slump, it's that the Capitals are still challenging for the Eastern Conference and the Southeast Division. With the emergence of Tampa Bay and Atlanta, the days of cruising into the post season are over. This is a good thing. This is what killed the Caps a season ago. A lackadaisical approach to the regular season bit them hard in the postseason. There are still 37 games to be played. Ovechkin is too good for this to continue. Eventually he will break out of this slump, and the rest of the league better be on notice.
Filed Under: Eastern Conference • Featured • NHL • NHL Teams • Washington Capitals
About the Author: Jeremy is a life time hockey fan currently living in Washington DC. Jeremy also runs a Capitals blog called The Nation's Capitals where he frequently posts blogs about the state of the Caps. His other interests include music and politics. Jeremy has a degree in Political Science. Being from DC, politics kind of comes with the territory.
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I am a long time Caps fan and dont miss a second of any game. I agree with virtually everything you write and have been thinking the same things for the last few months. I do agree that Ovie needs to get off the point on the PP but disagree with him being the guy in front of the net. His shot is his strongest asset and should be utilized but it does not have to be all the way from the point. The point on the PP should be reserved for someone with a shot and with passing touch. While Ovie has the ability to make nice passes his touch is terrible. So many of his passes are too hot to handle.
Any theory of a more defensive style is junk. The Caps are giving up less goals because their personel on defense and in net is better this year. A more defensive style clearly has nothing to do with how bad their offense and especially their PP have been.
With the way teams are playing D against Ovie he has to pick his spots when he tries to shoot through them rather than trying it (or cutting to the middle) every time he enters the zone as the puck carrier. When is the last time you saw Ovie carry the puck all the way behind the net and let trailers enter the zone and allow a play to develope, or hit the breaks at the half board? Defenders are conceding him the outside part of the rink. He should take advantage of that. He is too predictable and has to change it up to keep defenders honest. Once he starts to mix it up and keep defenders a step further away, other things will open up.
Finally, the most perplexing thing to me is how many fanned (or shanked or broken stick) shots Ovie has this year. There are no stats that show this but as a keen watcher of every second of every game for more years than I'd like to admit, I can tell you that it seems clear to me that it is happening to him far more often then ever before. I don't know why that would be but I am confident it is the case. Maybe its trying to hard, or gripping the stick to tight. Who knows, but it is the case.
The good thing is, if Ovie, and the rest of the Caps offense can get it figured out it will give us our best chance ever of success.
The thing is that the Caps need to play smarter rather than harder. Ovie takes his shots from too far back, which the defense and goaltending of other teams have figured out.
"Ovechkin is on a mission every night to win and to win big."
I sit only a few rows behind the Caps bench, night in and night out. I don't see ANY evidence that "Ovechkin is on a mission every night to win and to win big." In fact, he's more FLOATvechkin this season than anything else. I think people saying such things as "it's clear he's driven to win" are confusing their thoughts with past memories. It's been a cruddy season by Ovechkin's standards because Ovechkin's performance this year has been cruddy. His energy, too.


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Meanwhile in iPhone world…Best Buy says they lost $65,000 in one day alone on the iPhone 5. They say Walmart is to blame.
So the full story is that on December 14th Walmart slashed the price of the iPhone 5 from $199 on a 2-year contract to $127. But according to Best Buy, who had already discounted the iPhone 5 to $150, Walmart couldn't fill demand, causing its customers to flood into Best Buy stores forcing the big box retailer to price match Wally World's offer. The result, Best Buy says, was a single day loss that peaked at $65,000.
According to Best Buy, Walmart performed a sort of bait and switch, though Walmart detests this saying they worked closely with Apple on this deal, offered no rain checks, and at the time had 98% availability at stores that were carrying the Apple device. What's odd, is that usually companies like Best Buy won't price match unless the product is in stock, so it seems like it was more a question of due diligence and that Best Buy has only themselves to blame.
Honestly, the debacle, if you can call it that, is a moot issue since Best Buy has already been on a bit of a losing streak so to speak, so the news doesn't come as much as a shock. And what's $65,000 to a company who sells billions ($16 billion in 2011) in products a year.


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Anonymous asked: How much creative liberty do you take with your arrangements? Are they more straight up covers or do you feel like they're more remixes?
It depends from piece to piece. I'll give you 3 examples:
1.) Homestuck 'Rex Duodecim Angelus' For Orchestra I made it a note-for-note transcription. Cover song.
2.) Street Fighter For Orchestra I combined Guile's Theme with Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Cover song + Mashup + some original material.
3.) Gravity Falls For Orchestra the original is 40 seconds long, so I wrote almost all new material to make it 4 minutes. Cover song + all new material.
A Study On Cover Sales Vs Original Sales
My Gravity Falls arrangement was over 4 minutes long. However, the original song is only 30-40 seconds long. So that means there was over 3 minutes of purely original material by me. I eventually had to change it all to original material as I noted here, so the entirety of "Newton" is a complete 4 minute original composition by me.
But I've been thinking recently about anchoring off of covers vs. releasing original material. Would sales be better? Worse?
There's a consumer's psychological excitement and acceptance that goes into already being able to identify with something before it's experienced. In fact, it happens in Jazz music all the time: the musicians will play the melody for 15 seconds, trade solos for 5 minutes, then "cap" it at the end.
And the audience LOVES it. Every single time.
But it's really just a head fake: it was simply a solo camouflaged by a 15 second intro and ending so that the audience could identify with it.
This highlights the importance of identity. It's not that people don't buy original music, it's just that if I take that same exact original music of mine and "sandwich" it in-between a cover song then everyone will love it. But what they fail to realize is that I'm including mostly original material in my cover songs anyway.
Let's take the same exact 3 minutes of my original material that I mentioned above, and place it into 2 completely different cover songs:
1.) Slayer 'Angel Of Death' 2.) Justin Bieber 'Somebody To Love'
No matter what the end result is, both groups will hate/love my work. If I "hide" my music inside the Justin Beiber track, then all the Slayer fans will say my original music sucks. And if I hide it inside the Slayer track then all the Justin Beiber fans won't buy it or like it either. Simply put - it's all about perspective. So does a rose by any other name smell just as sweet?
So now let's take this idea to photographs: take a completely normal scenery picture, then add it onto an Incubus CD. No one cared about that photo before, but now it's suddenly getting recognized. However, it's no different than millions of others. Bluntly put: the photograph has finally been accepted simply because of it's new association. But based on my Slayer/JB example above, Incubus fans LOVE that picture and claim it to be a work of art - however, if they first saw that same exact picture on a Taylor Swift CD then they'd claim it to be the ugliest picture of all time.
This is human psychology. It's like assuming a guy next to you at a bar is creepy, only to find out moments later that he's actually your best friend's older brother. Suddenly, your perception of him has changed from really creepy to really cool. Right?
So that's why I pay a portion of my sales to the original songwriters - it's because I'd rather make 60% of something than 100% of nothing. Identity is important.
I understand that there are a lot of artists who follow me. So here's the thing: I'm not saying every painter, musician, author, or film director has to start doing cover songs or derivatives of popular topics… but what I am saying is to give it a chance. Give everything a chance. It's all about social dynamics.
And you might just find your muse, or passion, or better yet, your audience.
Walt, What Does Your Original Music Sound Like?
In today's Mega Man arrangement, from 1:48 to 2:56 is all my own original music. So there's an example of my writing style. It's also easier to answer this question in a blog post rather individually.
I actually write lots of original music in my cover songs because it's fun, plus it keeps them nostalgic while still sounding fresh.


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Rafaele Sollecito, Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend, told the TODAY Show Friday that the report released by an Italian appeals court was "full of errors."
"There are mistakes all over the pages. They invented new evidence. They pictured something happening that was never happening. They invented a fiction, a real fiction, inside their report," said Sollecito.
In January, Sollecito and Knox were convicted for the second time in the 2007 murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher. The pair's first conviction had been overturned.
In a CNN interview Thursday, Knox also disputed the report.
"It's only speculation that convicts us. It's evidence that acquits us," said Knox.
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Virginia Tech completes football coaching staff overhaul
Blacksburg, VA, United States (4E Sports) – For the first time since 2006, Virginia Tech underwent a major overhaul in its coaching staff, taking in three new coaches to boost its offense.
The Hokies have taken in Scot Loeffler as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach, Jeff Grimes as offensive line coach and Aaron Moorehead as wide receivers coach, replacing Mike O'Cain, Curt Newsome and Kevin Sherman.
The three, who have a combined record of two national titles, a Super Bowl championship, 11 BCS bowl game appearances, six conference titles and five NFL Playoff appearances either as player or coach, will be formally introduced at a news conference Friday.
Acccording to head coach Frank Beamer, Bryan Stinespring, Tech's offensive coordinator since 2002, will now coach tight ends in the new setup and takes on the title of recruiting coordinator.
The hiring happened 21 days after the Hokies' 13-10 Russell Athletic Bowl win over Rutgers. However, that win amplified the Hokies' need to charge their offense.
The Hokies finished 81st nationally in total offense (376.7 ypg) and scoring (25.08 ppg), barely qualifying for a bowl game after finishing the regular season at 6-6.
Beamer eyed Stanford's Pep Hamilton for the offensive coordinator's job but the latter accepted the same role with the Indianapolis Colts recently.
The 38-year-old Loeffler is a former Auburn and Temple offensive coordinator who worked as a quarterbacks coach at Michigan and Florida and with the Detroit Lions. He tutored then-future NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady, Chad Henne and Tim Tebow earlier in his career.
Grimes, who worked with Loeffler at Auburn last year, spent the previous four years with Auburn, including the national championship season in 2010. He previously worked at Colorado, BYU, Arizona State and Boise State.
The 32-year-old Moorehead worked as offensive assistant at Stanford the past three years. The Colorado native played collegiately at Illinois and professionally for Indianapolis from 2003-07, winning a Super Bowl in 2006.
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Thirty Days of Doctor Who, 28/30: Least Favorite Companion?
No. Bugger that. If they're good enough for the Doctor, they're good enough for me.
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Sochi Winter Olympics Recap — Shaun White Finishes Without Medal
American snowboarder Shaun White did not medal in his signature event, and Norway took the lead in overall medals. Here's a recap of Tuesday's action in Sochi:
American snowboarder Shaun White did not medal in his signature event, and Norway took the lead in overall medals. Here's a recap of Tuesday's action in Sochi:
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Declaring 2014 a "year of action" as he unveiled a series of relatively meager executive actions, President Barack Obama vowed in his State of the Union address Tuesday night to sidestep Congress "whenever and wherever" he can in order to push through his agenda.
This lottery winner threw her fortune down the toilet.
Football fans -- and non-football fans -- are still buzzing about Richard Sherman's irate interview with Erin Andrews on Fox shortly after his Seattle Seahawks defeated the arch rival San Francisco 49ers to advance to the Super Bowl.
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The Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos each won their respective conference championship games on Sunday to advance to Super Bowl XLVIII in New Jersey on Feb. 2. Here's a recap of Sunday's action:
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The Washington Nationals have informed starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg that they will be shutting him down for the remainder of the season effective immediately. It was previously believed that Strasburg would see the mound for one more start this year but manager Davey Johnson informed reporters that the 24-year-old was done.
Strasburg finishes 2012 with a record of 15-6 with a 3.16 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 197 strikeouts. He pitched in 159 1/3 innings.
The Nationals were expected to shut Strasburg down after 160 innings pitched and a poor outing in his last performance put Strasburg close to his limit. Johnson also said that the attention the team was getting of the impending Strasburg shutdown contributed to the early end of his season.
Strasburg is one of the most dominant pitchers in Major League Baseball and the Nationals are smart for protecting their investment into the future. With the success he has found this season, it is hard for people to remember that Strasburg is in his first full season recovering from Tommy John surgery.
It may be a move that some people do not understand or like but it is the correct one for the Nationals moving forward.


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The current market value of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is $15.56 billion. At this level, Tesla's market cap is a little less than a quarter of Ford's (NYSE: F) market value or about a quarter of GM's (NYSE: GM) market value. Even though last quarter was Tesla's first profitable quarter (and even that came thanks to selling certain tax allowances), the company is already priced for perfection and beyond. How much would Tesla have to grow in order to justify today's share price? Let's find out.
Revenue and income potential
This year, Tesla is expected to sell 20,000 Model S cars, most of which will be the high-end models with large battery packages. If the average car price is $80,000, this gives us $1.6 billion in revenue. Given the company's gross margin of 17% last quarter, this gives us a gross profit figure of $272 million. For most car companies, operating margins are roughly half of gross margins, which would give the company operating income of $136 million. With additional revenue such as tax allowance sales and part sales to companies like Toyota, the company could earn somewhere between $150 and $200 million with the sale of 20,000 cars this year.
How about later on in the future?
In the longer term future, Tesla is expected to ramp up production, become more efficient at building cars, take better advantage of economies of scale and become more profitable. It is said that Tesla will be able to double its production every year for the next 5-6 years. In the later years, cheaper cars will join the mix and margins will suffer a little bit, but the efficiency gains I mentioned above will offset some of that.
Let's say Tesla was able to double its production every year between now and 2017. It would be building 20,000 cars in 2013, 40,000 cars in 2014, 80,000 cars in 2015, 160,000 cars in 2016 and 320,000 cars in 2017. This sounds like a stretch goal, right? Well Tesla is already priced as if it accomplished all this, and more.
Let's say that by 2017, Tesla is selling 320,000 cars per year. In order for the company to sell this many cars, it would have to move from being a niche-player to "mainstream." The company would have to spend loads of money on marketing and building a network of dealerships just like every other car company does. This would definitely eat into Tesla's profit margins. After all, selling 20,000 cars and selling 320,000 cars take different approaches. Besides, by the time Tesla reaches such a high capacity, its employees will start unionizing just like they did in every car company. Keep in mind that Tesla's operations are located in California, a strongly pro-union state.
So, what would Tesla's 320,000 cars look like? Let's go by hypothetical figures. Tesla could probably sell about 20,000 of the high end cars that cost $80,000 each. Then it could sell about 30,000 cars that cost around $65,000 each. Next, we would be looking at about 50,000 cars at $50,000 price range. The rest of the cars sold (220,000) would be cheaper cars. Elon Musk said that they would start selling $40,000 cars by mid-decade, and if Tesla were to reach a volume as high as 320,000 cars per year, the great majority of the cars sold would be cheaper cars since most people in the world still aren't rich enough to afford cars that cost nearly six figures.
In this hypothetical situation, Tesla's total revenue would be $14.85 billion. Higher-end cars would have gross margins closer to 25% (as we see in the luxury segment) and the lower-end cars would have gross margins closer to 17-18%. If we assign 25% gross margin to $80,000 cars, 22% gross margin to $65,000 cars, 20% gross margin to $50,000 cars and 18% gross margin to $40,000 cars (these numbers are pretty comparable in the industry), the company's total gross profit would be $2.83 billion.
Now, the company would have higher marketing costs (in order to sell such a high volume) and higher taxes compared to what it does now. Assigning the company a net profit margin of 15% would yield $1.70 billion in net earnings. Assigning Tesla a forward P/E ratio of 10 (for 2017) would justify the company's current value of almost $16 billion.
Priced for perfection
This is great, but the problem is that all of that might not happen. The company has to do so much work before all I listed above is accomplished, and it might take up to 7-10 years to accomplish that. Even if everything works out as planned and perfection is achieved, many years of solid growth would barely justify the company's current share price. Then what if something goes wrong? Besides, those who are buying the company at the current price today would have to hope much better results than what I listed above because they would rather get a return on their investment.
Given how volatile and risky Tesla's stock is, the stock price would have to appreciate faster than the overall market does in order to justify its value. On the other hand, even if the company's share price stays flat for 5-6 years while the company grows aggressively, it would barely be rightly-valued. In that case, those who get the company's shares today wouldn't see any return on their investment.
Discounted cash analysis
Let's say that Tesla will earn $150 million this year and the company is expected to grow its earnings by an average rate of 60% every year until 2020. Also, let's keep in mind that the stock market is expected to result in returns of 11% annually every year. Conducting a discounted cash flow analysis shows that even if the company accomplishes earning $150 million this year and is able to grow it by 60% every year between now and 2020, its fair price would still be $156, which is not much higher than today's price. When investors put their money in highly volatile stocks, they deserve to expect stronger returns.
Currently, a number of car companies are dirt cheap compared to Tesla. For example, Ford trades for 4 times gross profits and 10 times earnings. Excluding the company's net cash position of $10 billion, it is looking at a forward P/E of 7, which is very attractive. Moving forward, Ford expects to be profitable in Europe by 2015, which will increase the company's earnings by another $2-3 billion (considering how it reported a loss of $2 billion in Europe last year. The company is growing very rapidly in Asia and it is well positioned to take advantage of the economic growth in South America. Ford is also expected to fund its pension plans fully by the mid-decade, which will free up a lot of cash for dividends and stock buybacks.
GM trades for 13 times past earnings and 11 times future earnings. Keep in mind that GM has $26 billion in cash and when we exclude this figure from our analysis, the company's forward P/E falls well below 10. The company is working on diversifying its portfolio and making electric and hybrid cars more affordable for the general public. The company hopes to reach breakeven in Europe by mid-decade and it's doing really well in China. Once the problems in Europe are solved, GM will have even stronger earnings, supporting a better price. The company might feel some pressure when the government sells its shares back, but in the long term, things should be fine for GM.
At a time when car companies are trading for such low valuations, Tesla seems expensive. I understand that its disruptive, highly innovative, super-cool and everything (and I hope from the bottom of my heart that it's successful), but the company is already priced for perfection at the moment. Still, it might not hurt to allocate a small portion of your portfolio to this company if you are so passionate about what it stands for.
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Ethiopia & Eritrea - Lonely Planet
The History of Ethiopia - Harold G Marcus
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Ethiopia with a Mule - Dervla Murphy
Ethiopia with Love - Thelma Tolstoy
Sheba: through the desert in search of the legendary Queen - Nicholas Clapp
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New Pitbull And Arianna Music Video Blurs Lines Between Music Video And Advertising, Could Be Music To Ears Of Brands
Is this new video starring Italian singer Arianna and Pitbull a music video or an ad for Fiat?
Judging from recent entries on to the Unruly Viral Video Chart, it's the kind of question that could well be asked with a lot more frequency over the coming months.
Of course, product placements are nothing new. From shameless movie sequences to stars being 'caught' with shopping bags by paps, we have all seen celebs flaunt their supposed tastes in fashion, cellphones and cars for extra cash over the years.
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Take Arianna's video Sexy People, which also stars American rapper Pitbull and boasts a cameo from Charlie Sheen, for example (below).
The Italian pop star was last year asked by a friend who produces music for TV commercials to record a few lines of a Neapolitan folk song, Torna a Surriento, for a Fiat campaign.
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