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Economist Robert Shiller has a new book out. You'll be thrilled to learn that it doesn't contain any warnings about a looming market crash. Well, unless you count that bit about the "train of catastrophes" that might ensue if current efforts to stabilize the financial system fail. But that's not really a prediction...
...That much is apparent at the exhibition "Studio Ghibli Layout Designs." While layouts - which are not simple frames but elaborate, annotated illustrations that contain the instructions for a whole sequence of frames - have long been a feature of the industry, Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata took them to a far higher level of complexity, beginning with the drawings for the animé series Heidi, Girl of the Alps in 1974. Today, layouts serve to convey the composition of shots, character positions, scenery, follow-through action, camera angles and more, for takes no more than a couple...
...important to acknowledge that the so-called deal remains unfinished, and, even when it is inked, will contain loopholes big enough to drive an M-1 tank through. First, while the Bush Administration has agreed to the 2011 deadline, there are other outstanding issues that must be settled before a final pact is concluded. Key among them is whether or not U.S. personnel in Iraq will be subject to any Iraqi jurisdiction if they are suspected of wrongdoing. U.S. officials initially wanted such protection for U.S. contractors as well as soldiers, but the Iraqis have been steadily peeling away...
...plan backed by the panel calls for putting up to four non-explosive "dispersible kinetic energy projectiles" atop each missile. Each GPS-guided projectile would contain about 1,000 tungsten rods that would strike the target at a mile a second (a fuse could spew them more widely across the ground, with less impact, or let all 250 pounds hit the same point for maximum destruction). The force of a single rod, the report says, would be similar to that of a hefty 50-caliber bullet. The lack of any explosive would generate precise mayhem, "comparable to the type...
...wait for the glue to dry - almost. Nobody moves from his station, afraid to lose sight of his all-important bat, which could fall prey to a devious glue-tamperer. (And besides, who'd want to leave such a happy-smelling place?) The ITTF mandates that the glue cannot contain volatile chemicals, and only allows adhesives approved by the federation. They also collect every athlete's bat 30 minutes prior to a match and run it through a rigorous inspection for weight, sponge thickness and volatile compounds, returning the paddles in Ziploc bags to the referee just before play begins...