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Forbidden Planet USA's blog covering comics, toys, SF, and other cool geeky stuff.
Spider-Man Games
It would be the acme of foolishness to bake Spider-Man a rhubarb pie, as way of reciprocation, should he save you from one of the Green Goblin's pumpkin bombs. Don't get me wrong. Pies are nice, but as we all know: ACTION is the Spider-Man's TRUE reward.
YES, Virginia, Spider-Man is an adrenaline junkie. One might get the impression that ole' Web-Head regularly engages in sports that we meager mortals might deem X-TREME. Our minds begin to conjure pictures of Spidey bungie-jumping off of the Empire State Building with his webbing or competing in the New York Marathon by running along the sides of buildings.
Imagine if Mayor Bloomberg had managed to get the Olympic games for New York! It would have been a prime target for super-villainy, as most of Spidey's foes are blubbery dorks like Dr. Octopus and The Vulture who probably hate decent things like curling, ping-pong and the luge. NOW Imagine Spider-Man competing in a snow-boarding competition with Slyde, the frictionless bank robber, or playing solo as the only member of the US Hockey team not affected by a shrink-ray against Dr. Doom's Latverian team of identical Doom-Bots!
Wow, this stuff just writes itself.
NO, NO, NO! I'm getting way ahead of myself. YES Spidey does what he has to do to keep us safe, but remember: the Amazing Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker, and his alter ego is far more spectacled than spectacular. Peter Parker is an amateur chemist, a professional photographer and likes to wear sweater vests. In short: he is a nerd.
WHATEVER A SPIDER CAN
Peter is nerd in dress and a nerd in action. As a nerd, Peter enjoys comic books, Weird Al music and, of course, gaming. He especially loves strategy games like Axis and Allies and Risk. Take for example Amazing Spider-Man #533, the issue after he unmasked publicly for the first time. Peter was almost late to the unmasking NOT because the 6 train suddenly stopped running local (a common occurrence in the lives of most New Yorkers) NOR because he had to fight Swarm, a Nazi skeleton covered in Bees (a common occurrence in the life of Spider-Man) but because he was playing the Settlers of Catan board game with nerd buddies Henry Pym and Hank McCoy, the Avenger's known as Yellow-Jacket and the Beast!
Spidey prefers to be the red pieces and prefers to build his cities quickly rather than buying development cards.
And who can forget Amazing Spider-Man #603 where we learn that NOT ONLY is Aunt May going to get married to John Jonah Jameson, father of the Daily Bugle publisher and perpetual Parker foil J. Jonah Jameson, but that Pete is a 57th level Night Elf warrior who fights for the Horde on the Twisting Nethers server?
In DC vs. Marvel #2 (this is WAY back in 1996, kids) Spidey is comparing utility belts with Batman and quips "Does your's have a place to store your Magic Cards, too?"
Peter Parker is Nerd-core.
So the next time Spider-Man pulls you out from underneath falling debris or stops the elevated train from falling off a bridge by applying the ole' Flintstone's brake-pads to the problem, you might want to think about thanking him in a manner befitting a nerd. Invite him over to your place for some beers and a game of Apples to Apples, Scrabble or even Bananagrams.
Just don't break out your copy of Scene It "Spider-Man Edition." He doesn't have to play that one, man. He LIVED it.
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package com.svbio.workflow.base;

import com.typesafe.config.Config;
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext;

import java.util.concurrent.Executor;

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HTML5 Local Storage Revisited. Local storage is part of the HTML5 Web Storage API and it allows you to store data in the browser.
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HTML5 Local Storage Revisited. What is the max size of localStorage values? Sample local storage. HTML5 Web Workers. HTML5 Web Storage.


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Preface: the Biennial TACT International Thin Films Conference (TACT 2015)
Huang, J. H., Chang, L., Chu, J. P., Hsieh, J. H., Huang, B. R., Lin, M. T., Liu, C. P., Shen, Y. L., Ting, J. M., Wong, M. S., Wu, J. J. & Yang, Y. C., 2016 十一月 1, 於: Thin Solid Films. 618, p. 1 1 p.
Preface to the special issue on "innovative applications of radar and LiDAR remote sensing
Shih, P. T. Y., Tseng, Y. H., Tsai, F. & Chang, C. P., 2016 八月, 於: Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. 27, 4, p. i-ii
Preface to the special issue on "Taiwan earthquake model: Seismic hazard assessment and earthquake scenario"
Rau, R. J. & Ma, K. F., 2016 六月, 於: Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. 27, 3, p. I-III
Pregnancy-associated mortality in Taiwan, 2004-2011
Sha, L., Wu, T. P., Liang, F. W., Chen, L. H., Lu, T. H. & Huang, Y. L., 2016 六月 1, 於: Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 55, 3, p. 331-335 5 p.
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Preventive Care Service Utilization and Stroke among Adults and Elderly People in Taiwan
Tian, W-H., 2016, the 91st Western Economic Association International Annual Conference. Portland, Oregon, USA
Pricing and inventory problem in shrimp supply chain: A case study of Taiwan's white shrimp industry
Lin, D. Y. & Wu, M. H., 2016 四月 1, 於: Aquaculture. 456, p. 24-35 12 p.
PRI-navigator: An efficient approach for logistic route planning with pick-up and delivery
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Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Taiwan
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Probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis-application to Maanshan nuclear power plant in Taiwan
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Probed adhesion force of living lung cells with a tip-modified atomic force microscope
Fu, W. E., Sivashanmugan, K., Liao, J. D., Lin, Y. Y., Cheng, K. H., Liu, B. H., Yan, J. J. & Yeh, M. H., 2016 十二月 1, 於: Biointerphases. 11, 4, 04B311.
Probing parton dynamics of QCD matter with Ω and φ production
STAR Collaboration, 2016 二月 24, 於: Physical Review C. 93, 2, 021903.
Probing the Serotonin Transporter Availability among Male Cigarette Smokers: A SPECT Study with [ 123I] ADAM
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Problem-based learning effectiveness on micro-blog and blog for students: a case study
Huang, S. H., Huang, Y. M., Wu, T. T., Chen, H. R. & Chang, S. M., 2016 八月 17, 於: Interactive Learning Environments. 24, 6, p. 1334-1354 21 p.
Procurement auctions with renegotiation and wealth constraints
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Chen, C. Y., Chang, H. Y. & Chang, J. S., 2016 二月 23, 於: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 41, 7, p. 4413-4420 8 p.
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Chen, W. H., Zhuang, Y. Q., Liu, S. H., Juang, T. T. & Tsai, C. M., 2016 一月 1, 於: Bioresource technology. 199, p. 367-374 8 p.
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Prognostic factors and adjuvant therapy on survival in early-stage cervical adenocarcinoma/adenosquamous carcinoma after primary radical surgery: A Taiwanese Gynecologic Oncology Group (TGOG) study
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Prognostic Factors in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension-A Nationwide Cohort Study
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"Канзас" () е рок група, създадена през 1970 година в град Топика, щата Канзас, САЩ.

Започвайки дейността си в началото на 1970-те години, до края на десетилетието "Канзас" добива култов статус в средите на почитателите си. Всичките ѝ студийни албуми от онова десетилетие добиват златен или платинен статус от продажбите си. От онози период са големите хитове на групата Carry On Wayward Son и Dust in the Wind. В края на 1970-те и началото на 1980-те години "Канзас" е сред най-популярните групи в световен мащаб.

Към средата на 1980-те години формацията прекратява дейност за кратък период, но през 1985 година групата се завръща на сцената с реформиран състав, включващ настоящия китарист на "Дийп Пърпъл" – Стив Морз, който остава в "Канзас"няколко години, участвайки в издаването на 2 студийни албума на групата.

През 1990-те и 2000-те години ядрото от първоначалните членове – Стив Уолш, Фил Ехарт и Рич Уилямс, продължава да движи формацията в предимно концертната им дейност.

Ранни години
През 1970 година членовете на 2 музикални групи от град Топика в щата Канзас формират нова прогресив рок-формация. Това са басистът Дейв Хоуп и барабанистът Фил Ехарт – от групата "Уайт Кловър", и вокалистът Лин Мередит, китаристът Кери Ливгрен, саксофонистът Лари Бейкър и клавиристите Дон Монтре и Дан Райт от група на име "Саратога".

Тази ранна формация е наричана "Канзас I" и просъществува кратко – до 1971 година, когато Ехарт и Хоуп напускат, за да реформират "Уайт Кловър". През 1972 година към тях се присъединяват виолонистът и вокалист Роби Стейнхард, клавиристът Стив Уолш и китаристът Рич Уилямс. Година по-късно – през 1973 г., съставът се допълва и от Кери Ливгрен. Тогава получават предложение за професионален договор от продуцента и музикален мениджър Дон Киршнър и решават да възприемат името "Канзас". Едноименният дебютен албум излиза през следващата 1974 година.

Състав
 Текущ състав
 Фил Ехарт – барабани, перкусии
 Рич Уилямс – китара
 Били Гриър – бас, вокали
 Дейвид Рагсдейл – виола, китара, вокали
 Рони Плат – вокали, клавишни
 Дейвид Мениън – клавишни

 2000-те години

Времева линия
Долната графика показва членовете на "Канзас" по години и инструменти. С удебелени черни вертикални линии е отбелязано излизането на студийните албуми.

България
През 2008 година "Канзас" посещава България за първи път. Групата изнася концерт на 23 юни в Зала 1 на Националния дворец на културата в София. Съставът на формацията за концерта е от Стив Уолш, Фил Ехарт, Рич Уилямс, Били Гриър и Дейвид Рагсдейл.

Точно 3 години по-късно – на 20 юни 2011 година, "Канзас" изнася пак концерт в същия състав, отново в Зала 1 на НДК.

Дискография
Студийни албуми:
 1974 Kansas  – (златен албум в САЩ)
 1975 Song for America  – (златен албум в САЩ)
 1975 Masque  – (златен албум в САЩ)
 1976 Leftoverture  – (4х платинен албум в САЩ)
 1977 Point of Know Return  – (4х платинен албум в САЩ)
 1979 Monolith  – (Платинен албум в САЩ)
 1980 Audio-Visions  – (златен албум в САЩ)
 1982 Vinyl Confessions
 1983 Drastic Measures
 1986 Power
 1988 In the Spirit of Things
 1995 Freaks of Nature
 1998 Always Never the Same
 2000 Somewhere to Elsewhere
 2016 The Prelude Implicit
 2020 The Absence of Presence

Източници

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Музикални групи основани през 1973
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The detailed criteria to determine the seeded teams for the Final Draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ will be confirmed at the next meeting of the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup™ in Cape Town on 2 December 2009 (and announced at a press conference following the meeting).
If the criteria to determine the seeded teams were to include, as in the past, the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, then it would be the October 2009 edition of this ranking which would be considered, and this for sporting reasons. In fact, using the November 2009 edition would create an uneven situation, specifically for the European Zone, where the play-offs involving the eight best runners-up led to an imbalance in the number of qualification matches played between the teams."
On to the seeding table.
This is not official - it's based on the 2006 FIFA World Cup seeding formula and draw setup (CAF + CONMEBOL in one pot, AFC + CONCACAF + OFC in the other, title holders in Group F).
With the October 2009 ranking being used, it's all very neat - Argentina 50, France 49, Portugal 47 (using rounded totals).
No, seriously though - I don't believe there is proof of blatant favouritism, but one can certainly conclude that FIFA aren't trying to come across as objective of late, and meanwhile France keep coming across as the big winners at every hurdle.
Using November numbers would change something?
P.S.: I mean not only in 2010, but 2006 as well!
Thanks Edgar. Oh my god, FIFA has done it again.
We have to ask the question why FIFA want the October ranking to be counted and not the November ranking.
1) FIFA care for Argentina.
2) If they have used the November ranking they would have to choose caring for Argentina and use the 2006formula as a tool for it OR not care for Argentina and use a better seeding formula.
My conclusions: FIFA will NOT use the 2006formula. 2 possible methods is: A) Same performance points as in 2006 combined with the FIFA October ranking. B) Only the FIFA october ranking.
In case A France will be seeded, but not Portugal. In case B Netherlands will be seeded, but neither France or Portugal.
In case B both Argentina and England is saved by FIFA by using not using the November ranking.
My point is that, with the October ranking FIFA can both care for Argentina and use a better seeding formula.
Apparently FIFA don´t like Portugal.
No, there would have been no change in 2006. And there's no change in 2010 (if FIFA use the same formula).
But don´t you agree that one can suspect that FIFA will change the seeding formula this time?
Why whould they change the month when, like you said to Sancho, it gives the same results with the 2006formula.
Portugal is out! Now the question is France or Netherlands. PerformancePoints+ranking OR just ranking.
Can Henrys handball be Holland luck now?
They've made slight tweaks in 2002 (going from 60% - 40% to 50% - 50%) and 2006 (going from last three WC finals to last two).
Of course, they might use the FIFA ranking. Who knows?
Argentina will be seeded just because of the power of Grondona, he doesn't have any problems saying to local journalists things like "I don't care about the seeding system as long as Argentina is seeded"
And it will be preferable to avoid Portugal as seeded too, in order to have equal treatment for all play off qualified teams.
In fact, taking just october ranking for seeding would be enough, but they will not take such a big change at the last minute.
I think this little change opens up the whole FIFA ranking can of worms - after all every confederation plays a different number of world cup qualifiers, continental qualifiers, and contintental championships (every 2 years for CONCACAF and CAF, 4 years for everyone else.
Imagine teams only ever played within their own confederation. You can use the weight of different games and each confederation weight to find out how much the average game is worth to each confederation. I assume each team plays 38 games over a 4 year period and that each representative team is knocked out in the quarterfinals of their confederation's championship.
As you can see the CONMEBOL true weighting is much lower than 98 and OFC is much lower than .85.
On another note, I must mention that these continental weights in themselves don't make sense. Yes, UEFA is the stronger confederation but the value of a result is based on ranking already. By being in CONCACAF/AFC/CAF/OFC you are penalised 15% of a match value, but you are penalised again because the vast majority of games that have any value (qualifiers) are played against teams that have low rank (because they are penalised 15% of their match values).
Anyway, enough rant. Love your work Edgar.
I think the anonymus guy just scored off a bicicle kick from midfield.
Add the hosts, and you have all the seeded teams! It's just perfect.
Maybe they will use a gigantical formula just to get to this result, but I'm conviced these are the seeded teams.
The FIFA announcement is interesting and telling.
Because the 2006 Seeding Formula produces the same top 7 teams when using either the October 16th rankings and the November 20th rankings, FIFA must be considering a different approach for 2010. In fact, it sounds like one (or a few) final proposals are already on the table.
What happened in the November 20th Rankings that FIFA didn't like?
• Nigeria moving up 10 places?
• Uruguay moving up 6 places?
• Portugal moving up 5 places?
• France moving up 2 places?
• Argentina and England both moving down 2 places and out of the Top 7?
What could FIFA be up to?
Sancho and the previous Anon contribution have it spot on.
FIFA cannot back France (anymore than they have this week!) so will sacrifice them to POT 2 - it will take the heat off at the draw by doing this.
Portugal have qualified in the same manner as France (+Slovenia and Greece) so therefore cannot be seen to be favoured so will go to POT 2.
Argentina as a seeded team is 'good marketing' re Messi and will also mean 5 UEFA seeds and therefore the perfect 8 UEFA teams in POT 2.
Netherlands WILL BE seeded, and to be honest given that they won their group easily, not many people will argue as currently the are probably a better team than France and Portugal.
FIFA looking out for themselves which isn't that suprising!!
I can't wait to see what POOL A will give us, remember no host team has failed to get out of the group... FIFA will want South Africa to stay in as long as possible.
Roll on Dec 4th !!!
Looking at this article i think we may see some of the toughest groups in the world cup ever.
I think the last few comments are spot on in terms of seeded teams and also regarding tough groups. IMHO conditions are such that there could be several groups of death. Come on Dec 4 !
If FIFA really care about football they will work out a method of seeding that everyone trusts, is objective and can be worked out mathematically by any fan. Also, if they don't use ONLY the FIFA ranking, they're basically saying that it is not worth the paper it is printed on each month.
> That is SUPER TOUGH!
No, that's not tough, winning the World Cup, that's super tough! Look at Euro 2008 (Netherlands v France/Italy/Romania). That group was tough, but winning the cup was tougher!
I mean seriously why no respect for some of the sides from Africa. I know my opinion counts for nothing, but Ivory Coast and/or Cameroon certainly deserve to be Pot 2 teams, at the VERY minimum pot 3 teams. Cameroon is rank 11 in FIFA and Ivory Coast 16.
If FIFA makes all teams from Africa automatic Pot 4 teams, it further shows they want no African team to advance and at the same time, creating the potential for a few groups of death. As someone pointed out earlier the potential for a seeded team + a team like portugal + a team like Ivory Coast = exit for at least one team that can cause some damage in the knock-out stages.
The number of the pot doesn't have any meaning. In fact, you could put every seeded team at pot 3, and things will come out the same (no way for those 8 teams meeting at first stage).
Joining South American and African teams in a single pot would be, in fact, a respect sign for African teams.
Paraguay and Uruguay are historically strong teams. It's not an easy task for neither Argentina or Brazil to score against them, let alone winning. Those matches happen once a year on average.
They are more or less on par with Ivory Coast; and Chile could be one step down, on par with the other 4 African teams.
This configuration brings a last pot with six really weak teams plus Mexico and USA. But wait, Mexico and USA are the epitome of unstability. They could give a strong first stage fight, or either fail misserably, you never know.
Last but ont least, the only way to avoid a couple of death groups is hand pointing the whole arrange.
On the previous WC2006. keeping european teams appart was done somewhat differently.
It involved that one european team had to be put into a special pot and drawed first in one of the Groups. (in that case it turned out to be then Serbia&Montenegro, as the lowest ranking euro team). This meant that this team would guaranteedly face Argentina or Mexico as a top seed in that group. Turned out to be the Group of Death, C, with Holland and Ivory Coast joining Argentina and Serbia&Mont.
Anyway, If this was to be repeated in this WC, then Slovenia would be in that situation now.
As for the Pot's 2, 3, 4, they were made by an geografical criteria. All this surely was felt unfair.
Maximum 1 Team from the (other) same FIFA zone's in a Group.
As it seems, now the Host, South Africa, will be put into Pot 1. That is understandable, considering that is in the economical and public interest that the Host team go as far as possible. If you follow past World Cups, from the last 4 decades, and 10 World cups, the Host made it through the Group Stage. Even when the Tournament had started to play out in somewhat egzotic football places. This time, though, it would be hard to see S.Africa to go through, considering that through achievements they would be in the last Pot 4. So, they have been granted an even bigger chance then some previous Hosts.
Some posts have little love for Holland.
The Netherlands have been a top 10 rank team for years; they are consistently a strong side; and they generally play with class (unlike France or Portugal with quick falls, handballs and head-butts).
It is about time that Holland is a top seed. I can't recall the last time a they weren't drawn into a "group of death" - caused by the fact that they should have been a top seed.
That´s why FIFA want the October-ranking to be the one that matters!
Does anyone believe this action from FIFA would have happened if Argentina and England had won(or maybe drawed) their matches against Spain and Brazil 14/11 and earned the points needed to stay ahead of France and Porugal?
1) Which seeding method will be used??
2) Depending on question 1: FRANCE or NETHERLANDS?
And Denmark should be seeded instead of Germany.
FIFA need to take those other "coefficient" factors into account like which team qualified ahead of others.
But with Platini on the inside they will ensure France will be seeded with an easy passage into the Round16. It will be a sad day for football if Platini ever became head of FIFA.
Henrik - totally agree with you. It seems England would have ben wise to have arranged a friendly with San Marino rather than Brazil!
Anyway being a bit niave and ignoring the politics, as a neutral fan (i.e. my nation didnt qualify) I would like to see CONCACAF + CONMEBOL + OC together to give the most diverse geographic spread. After all, do CONCACAF nations not now compete in the American equivalent of the European Championships.
USA, Mexico, Honduras, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay, Australia, New Zealand.
Restrictions can be put in place to prevent AUS & NZ being drawn against AFC nations, just like restrictions will prevent CONMEBOL nations being drawn in Brazil & Argentina's group and the CAF nations from being drawn in in South Africa's group.
And, Denmark who didnt qualify for 2006 World Cup seeded ahead of the nation who were 3rd in that tournament and qualified unbeaten ahead of Russia with a total of 26 points from 30?
First, in 2006 FIFA needed to do the Special Pot because there were 9 non-seeded European teams, and by the rules only 8 could be in pot 2.
Second, FIFA wants to spread the nations because it's a World Cup, and they want the maximum of interconfederations matches in the Group Stage as possible.
Finally, FIFA wants the draw to be simple, although always respecting the point above. Your suggestion is more complicated, than just grouping the continents.
The geographic rule is well known and practiced for ages. What FIFA does is, after all teams have qualified, decide who's going to be seeded. Usually, they put the hosts, the Big-4 (BRA, ARG, GER, ITA), and some hot teams that have shown dominant football between the cups (as Mexico, seeded in 2006; Spain, in 2002 and 2010; Romenia and Holland, in 1998).
FIFA is mad with France (with Henry's handball, actually). France is in the top-7 in November rankings, but not in October. That's why October will count.
Australia is a Asian country now. Just get used to it. It's the same case as Israel, Guinae, Suriname and Turkey. Geography in football works differently.
seeding-wise, it is hard to disregard that France won in 1998 and made it to the finals again in 2006. Only Brazil did as well as the french in that time period. However, the way the french qualified might backfire, I agree.
Now, can you imagine France falling into pot 2, only to draw South Africa?!!
And I know everyone is skeptical that FIFA will try to manipulate the seeds, but like Edgar said it would've been the same in 2006 either way. Same thing for the 2002 changes. I don't think the people who decide this stuff have been following it obsessively like we have.
That's exactly what will be at stake in Dec. 2nd. If France goes to pot 2, there will be 12,5% to be in Group A with the hosts, and actually rewarding them with the "punishment".
But, in the other hand, with 87,5% to face somebody else, FIFA might decide to take a chance.
After all, there is this feeling that something MUST be done to give the football world that cheating is wrong and it's punished accordingly.
I still think Henry may be suspended.
I believe FIFA has people thinking about this just as we do. Then, they will pass the possible options to whom really decide.
The note points in the direction that they realize there is a problem concerning France. It's true that using October's rankings changes nothing, if they decide to change nothing. But it also allows FIFA to change the seeded teams, if they decide this is the best way to go.
They have just left an open door.
if you have to go to a playoff you should not have opportunity to be rewarded with a pot 1 seeding (although Spain did it in 2006 and Germany in 2002). FIFA could always come up with that rule for this year and I think it would make sense/be acceptable to most people. except for the fact they wouldn't be consistent from WC to WC, and next time possibly revert.
Why would that be? England are one of the seven 2006 quarter-finalists to qualify for 2010 (Ukraine have missed out). Surely you'd use those 7 (Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Argentina, England, Brazil) plus South Africa?
Apart from the seeding itself...will there be a distinct advantage being the top seed in Group C, D or E where 2 of the 3 Group matches are at sea level in either Cape Town, Port Elizabeth or Durban ??
Regardless of the issues with France, the seeding of South Africa generates a disequilibrium throughout the competition. Obviously, those in pots 2, 3 and 4 who will end up drawing South Africa will have a huge advantage, and whoever draws B1 will be almost certain to make it to the quarter finals.
That said, I cherish the world cup for the opportunity to see games like Brazil-France, Argentina-England, Spain-Portugal etc.
In 2002, with both Japan and Korea seeded, it was worse, but it worked well.
After replicating Edgar's results and analyzing a number of different scenarios, I have to agree with Henrik that it now almost certainly comes to down to a choice between France and the Netherlands for the remaining top seed.
I thought the argument that France and Portugal will get equal treatment and both go into Pot 2 with Netherlands emerging as a top seed to be appealing, particularly given not only recent events, but also the fact that Netherlands felt hard done by in 2006. FIFA don't need to discard past performance in World Cups to get that result, they only need to go with something like a 2:1 weighting under A, combined with a 1:0:0 weighting under B.
Now, I here you ask, what if the November 2009 rankings were used instead?
Putting altitude aside, notwithstanding the fact that he 2006 Finalists came from Group E (Italy) and Group G (France) I'd argue there is a distinct advantage in being in one of the earlier groups. The total number of rest days for teams in Group A/B between their first game and the Final is 15, whereas it's 14 for C/D, 13 for E/F and only 12 for G/H. Assuming South Africa get put into slot A1, I'm crossing my fingers that my team (England) get put into B2. Not only will that hopefully result in a slightly easier Second Round match, but it also means that game will be played on Saturday or Sunday (2nd Round games for Groups E-H are on either a Monday or Tuesday).
I meant keeping the same formula with the past 3 years of FIFA rankings, but only using the last World Cup in addition to that instead of 2006 + 2002 like the current formula would.
, Holland would be in and France out?
If they use the formula you describe [2/3rds of the score based on October 2009 FIFA ranking....a BIG if] , Netherlands will definitely be seeded.
As to which country won't be seeded, the answer is 'almost certainly' France. You'll note I only mentioned 2 scenarios using that formula (one with a 2006:2002 weighting of 2:1, and another using 1:1), and in both of those cases, France is out. It's also true if that weighting is 3:1, 4:1 or even 6:1. But if we push it just a little further and consider only the 2006 World Cup (i.e., they ignore 2002 performance), France appear to be in with England out (Edgar, please tell me I've got this wrong!!). I don't think that's likely.
Again assuming that 2/3rds of the score is based on the October 2009 FIFA ranking, there doesn't appear to be any difference if they go back to using three World Cups (2006, 2002 and 1998), i.e., Netherlands and England are in, France are out. This may sound strange given France won the whole thing in 1998, but they did so poorly in 2002 that any inclusion of the 2002 performance in this scenario effectively means they are out.
So perhaps it comes back to the FIFA announcement about the October 2009 rankings. If you believe like some have stated that it was a conspiracy theory to save Argentina, then I really don't know what the France / Netherlands outcome will be. However, on the surface of things the most drastic and obvious outcome of this change is that it completely dooms Portugal (look back at the scenario results). And if you believe that means FIFA has a motive to appear 'fair' by not letting the playoff teams get an automatic seed, then I say Netherlands are in. Of course, the most fair thing to do would be to publish all the rules well in advance, but then that wouldn't make it as interesting, would it?
The most fair thing to do would be to publish all the rules well in advance. FIFA doesn't exist to make things interesting.
The problem is that there are four teams that FIFA thinks they MUST be seeded: BRA, ITA, ARG and GER. They really don't care about the other four.
In order to protect this "Big-4", they always wait to define the seeding formula. And they define one formula, because they don't want to directly decide who's going to be seeded, besides the Big-4.
The difference in 2010 is France. More precisely, Henry's handball. If France is thrown out of Pot 1, the sole reason is Henry's handball. If it wasn't this little detail, there wouldn't be any doubt on who were the seeded teams.
I, unfortunately, agree with the Pot 3 and Pot 4 being CONCACAF+AFC+OFC AND COMNEBOL+CAF.
It makes the most sense to balance the Pots as much as possible. USA and Mexico are obviously the huge losers as they are the two highest non-euro teams not to be in Pot A and would have no chance of playing minnows Korea DPR and New Zealand. Granted they can still play lowly ranked Chile and Algeria though I feel like their rankings are a misrepresentation of their playing ability.
Personally I feel that FIFA should still apply the regions in the draw but adjust the system. Pot A should be 1-8, Pot B should be 9-16, and so on. No more than 2 Euro teams in a group and no more than 1 team per group from the other regions. If the team is drawn that would go over that limit you simply throw it back in the back. It doesn't seem very procedural but frankly FIFA is not very procedural as we've seen with recent events.
The idea of a group consisting of South Africa, Korea DPR, Algeria, and Slovenia is laughable. Likewise, a group of Germany, Portugal, Mexico, and Paraguay is down right scary.
No groups of death. Nothing too scary.
There cannot be such a weak group as you wrote. RSA is African team so RSA from 4th pot can get only a South American team (Uruguay for example). So anyway this gropu will have some strength. But of course, RSA&Slovenia&N.Korea is weak combination (from other side of view - it is small posibility that draw will give the most weak combination).
"The idea of a group consisting of South Africa, Korea DPR, Algeria, and Slovenia..."
Besides the fact that Algeria cannot face South Africa (I made the same mistake a couple of weeks ago), this would be the Group of Dead!
@ John, you're wrong. If they use 2:1 ratio for 2006:2002 WCups how can Holland be seeded over France? It's common sense - France did better in both W Cups and whatever weight used France would be better when it comes to the last two W Cups.
France - W. Cups 2nd in '06 gives 31 pts. and 28th in '02 gives 8 pts. (2*31+8)/3=23.3 pts. France ranking AMONG QUALIFIED teams at the end of the 3 years (OCT09, DEC08, DEC07)(using a criteria of 32 pts. for 1st and 1 pt for 32nd) France averages 25.7 pts. France total = 23.3+25.7= 49pts.
Average pts for ranking is 28.3.
As you can see France is higher if 2006 formula is used.
Netherlands failure to qualify for 2002 was one of the reasons why Mexico was seeded in 2006 as well as sub-par performances by France and Argentina (Mexico seeded ahead of these and Italy because of Italy's ranking).
Come to think of it France would be seeded ahead of Portugal as well if you look at W Cups criteria.
I checked and Portugal would be ahead of the Netherlands but behind France.
Which means that the seeded teams would be (not in order) Brazil, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Argentina, England and South Africa.
Your first post tried to replicate what Edgar kindly already did for us, which is what happens if they use the same 2006 seeding formula for 2010 purposes (albeit with an error for France - note they came 2nd in 2006, not 1st). This 2006 seeding formula was based on an equal weighting between FIFA rankings and past World Cup performance.
What I did was go on to explore variations in the seeding formula. And while France will still be seeded under many possible situations, one of the conclusions is that if FIFA put more weighting on the FIFA rankings and less on previous World Cup performance(at least a 2:1 weighting, to be precise), with the FIFA ranking based solely on the OCTOBER 2009 RANKING, then Netherlands will be seeded, NO MATTER WHAT they look at in terms of previous World Cups.
The only way Portugal could make it through as a seed is if they base the World Cup performance score on just the 2006 World Cup. But France would also be seeded in that case with England and Netherlands being left out......sorry, but I just don't think it's going to happen., which makes me conclude that Portugal are definitely out. France could still make it in at the expense of Netherlands, but my guess right now is that they won't.
I earlier noted that under this 2:1 ranking:World Cup criteria that France and Netherlands could make it through at the expense of England if they ignore the poor 2002 French World Cup performance (relative to England)....but for the 2006 seeding they included 2 past World Cups, and in 2002 they included 3 World Cups, so reverting to 1 World Cup seems unlikely to me.
correction: I see now you correctly credited France with 31pts for 2006 (but your ranking numbers for France are slightly off versus Edgars' numbers).
Your last post includes 9 seeded teams. See Edgar's post at the top for the 7 teams (+ South Africa) that would make it under the 2006 formula.....but as you will read through the other posts, there are very strong reasons to suspect FIFA will NOT be using the same seeding formula for 2010. Clear as mud?
No, you're not wrong. France would be in, with England out.
764dak's figures are a bit different because he has France above Portugal in December 2008.
FIFA will try just to "improve" the formula for defining the seeding teams.
What would be the most simple way to change the 2006 formula, using Oct.2009 rankings, kicking France out of Pot 1?
That's three rankings and 2 WC, just exactly it was in 2006; but it would be thousand of people saying that it's more just because the latest results have more weight then the earlier ones.
If the result is "France out", it's possible that FIFA uses it.
P.S.: Edgar, just out of curiosity, are you from Romania?
That almost kicks France out, but not quite. If you increase your 4:2:1 to 5:2:1, then you have struck gold (or maybe that's orange!), but could we really call that 'simple'?
I still think the simplest way to kick France out and get Netherlands in would be to use 1:0:0, i.e., one FIFA ranking only, and leave the World Cup performance piece the same. Very simple, and given the FIFA rankings incorporate several years' worth of games anyway (four I think), wouldn't that seem fair to most people?
b) let France out, using only the ranking to define the seeded teams.
Either way, I would like to see Henry punished. At least, he should be out of the group stage.
a) Nov.'05 - CZE, NED (in); ITA, ENG (out).
b) Oct.'05 - CZE, NED, USA (in); ITA, ENG, SPA (out).
a) Nov.'01 - POR, COL (in); SPA, GER (out).
b) Out.'01 - POR (out); GER (in).
Wow... that would be a sweet draw for the USA. Here's hoping it comes to pass!!!
WC Draw Ranking should be calculated depending on 3 last World Cups, 98-06.
WC 1998's weight is 16.667 %, WC 2002's 33.333 % and WC 2006's 50 %.
Clear as mud, I made a mistake when listing the seeded teams Portugal shouldn't be in there. Yeah, I guess FIFA won't use the same formula for 2010.
When was the last time the losing finalists were not seeded in the next edition?
I don`t know what it`s up with avoiding groups of death. Groups of Death are what we are looking for at group stages, as they bring fresh air to group phase and everyone has something to debate about.
@ Edgar, Czechoslovakia didn't qualify for 1966, Hungary didn't qualify for 1950, Netherlands didn't qualify for 1982.
@ Edgar, Besides the losing finalists that didn't qualify, I don't think that there are any that weren't seeded in the next edition.
That's what I wanted to say - it would be the first time when last edition's losing finalists are not seeded.
* There were WC without seeded teams.
It's true that France would be the first non-seeded runner-up, if it happened. But there aren't many examples before (the last being 1978!).
After all, BRA, ARG, ITA and GER will be seeded no matter their previous WC record.
That's nice. I've started to look at some old posts in your website and found understandable texts besides written in an odd language. I thought it could be Romanian. It's easy to forget those latins that were at the other side of the "Iron Curtain".
My wife and I travelled close to Romania in our honeymoon, but unfortunately the country was not in the tour. It's a place I want to visit though.
I think I could learn some basic Romanian in a short period of time; with some effort I can read it just now.
To seed Portugal and/or France would be the biggest mistake since they are qualified due to play-off. In both cases Denmark and Serbia deserve seedings more since they top the groups with the firstmentioned in question.
Of course Henrys handball is not good. But the seeeding should be based on statistics, not emotions. Still i think France´s chance of getting seeded is bigger than that they do not.
Given Mr. Blatter is showing no remorse over the way in which the Irish were dumped out of the tournament, I suppose we shouldn't hold our breath that the French will find themselves in Pot 2 for Friday's draw, even if that is what most of us are hoping for......but we will find out tomorrow!
Yep, 100% based on October rankings.
Glad they put Africa and S.America together. Far less complicated for the draw.
"Glad they put Africa and S.America together. Far less complicated for the draw."
Wouldn't Africa and N.America in one pot be equally uncomplicated?
No, that way there would be two pots with special conditions for the draw - the one with the African teams and the one with South American teams. This way there's only one.


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Southampton ace Harrison Reed is a key man for Norwich City
Published: 6:00 AM July 28, 2017 Updated: 10:59 PM October 10, 2020
Harrison Reed has caught the eye in pre-season for Norwich City. Picture: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd - Credit: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd
Harrison Reed is Norwich City's ace in the pack for Daniel Farke.
The on-loan Southampton midfielder appears poised for a key role in the German's Championship battleplan ahead of the new campaign, after an impressive pre-season following his switch from the south-coast.
Reed was again prominent in a deeper-lying central role in a 2-0 friendly win at Charlton during the week, and home fans will get the first chance to see him in this weekend's final dress rehearsal against top flight Brighton.
The 22-year-old has made 30 appearances for the Premier League Saints, and Farke is backing the youngster to shine in the second tier.
"I think he is very important because he fits really well into my philosophy to control the ball," he said. "To play nice passes, to build up the game with short and smart passes but also be there with a good attitude and ready to compete in the one-versus-one drills. When you have to fight he is able to win some duels so, yes, I like him very much as a player. For sure, he is still young and didn't play very often these last few years so he needs some more practice and more games."
Yanic Wildschut was equally eye-catching at the Valley with a goal and assist for fellow midfielder Steven Naismith.
"He improves a lot. Yanic has power and quickness," said Farke. "For sure, he had some really good runs, some really positive actions but I also recognise some mistakes and for him, the same like the whole squad, so we have to work with him. I can say I am content with his working style and hopefully he will go on."
Farke's abundance of midfield options is bad news for versatile teenager Ben Godfrey.
"Probably his best position is in the midfield, because that is a position he has played a lot in his early career," said Farke. "We have a lot of solutions in that area but some problems in the defence. It is difficult with the centre backs, because Timm Klose is away right now. The same with the right backs, without Ivo Pinto, and James Husband has to improve his endurance. Russell Martin was also missing for a lot of pre-season. We need Ben. He is a great character and we use him in a number of different roles. He played right side and then on the left (at Charlton). We know what we get from him."


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How to Rebuild Your Search Index on Microsoft Outlook 365
By Marcel Deer
Marcel is a qualified journalist and digital marketing professional. After working as a content marketer for seven years, he moved into freelance web copywriting and SEO content writing. He has specialist knowledge and a passion for business development and finance.
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Published August 19, 2022.
With programs like Mail, Task Manager, Contact Manager, and Calendar rolled into one, you wouldn't be wrong in calling Microsoft Outlook 365 complicated. One of Outlook's most essential features is its robust search box that can find specific emails quickly. But, at times, you might have trouble when Outlook fails to function properly, like a mailbox that doesn't load or has a problem with searching.
Sometimes temporary data can be the culprit and you can remedy it by restarting Outlook or your computer. Other times, the search engine stops indexing Outlook or emails due to the settings. But if it still doesn't work despite all the configurations, then the quickest way to fix it is by rebuilding the index.
Steps to Rebuild the Search Index on Microsoft Outlook 365
You can use one of the solutions below to rebuild your Outlook index.
Solution 1: Using Programs and Features
Start by launching the Control Panel. Just type "control" into the Windows search box and click on it from the results.
Once the window opens, select Programs > Programs & Features.
Scroll down and choose Microsoft 365.
Select Change from the top menu.
You'll be able to choose from Quick Repair or Online Repair. If you don't have an internet connection, you can go with Quick Repair.
Wait until it's done, and then restart your computer.
Solution 2: Using the Index Repair Menu Option in Outlook
Open Outlook, then select File > Options > Search.
Choose Indexing Options, then click Advanced. Do keep in mind that this step may require administrator access.
You should find delete and rebuild index on the window. Click Rebuild, then OK.
Restart your computer once the rebuilding is done.
If You're Using Mac, You Can Follow These Steps:
Go to System Preferences from the Apple menu.
Select Spotlight and then click the Privacy option.
Add a folder to the list of non-indexed folders by clicking the plus sign (+).
Choose your Home folder (this usually has a house symbol beside it).
If a confirmation window appears, choose OK.
After a minute, click the item you just added and remove it with the minus symbol (-).
Close Spotlight preferences.
These solutions can take some time, depending on the volume of messages and contacts.
What Will Come From Rebuilding the Search Index?
There are situations when Outlook search fails to return the desired results. If this is happening to you, it might be because Outlook's index is corrupt or hasn't finished indexing your system data files. Rebuilding the search catalog will re-index your data files and resolve this issue.
Outlook will begin re-indexing as soon as you rebuild the database in the background. Remember that searches may not work during the rebuilding process, so wait until it's complete. After rebuilding is finished, restart your computer and reopen Outlook. Try doing your search again, and you should obtain the expected results this time.
How Long Does Rebuilding an Index on Outlook Take?
It will take some time for your computer to complete a full-text index of your emails. As for exactly how long rebuilding will take to finish, there's no fixed time. It would depend on the volume of emails, file sizes, and your system's processing power. Some report as long as 24 hours.
You can monitor the rebuilding status at the top of the Indexing Options box. You'll notice "Indexing speed is lowered due to user activity" if you have other applications running in the background.
Once the rebuilding is complete, you can run some searches to determine the difference, if any, in terms of speed and functionality.
The Need for Rebuilding Your Search Index
There are various reasons why rebuilding your search index to operate effectively is important:
Most organizations build up or collect a large archive of email correspondence over the years, including records of vendor communications, price quotes, and license agreements. Known as institutional memory, they're invaluable records, and preserving institutional memory is important for the smooth functioning of any organization. Rebuilding your search index ensures your organization's institutional memory is available at your fingertips, especially when you need them.
Types of Searches
When it comes to searching for information, most businesses have the option of Federated Search vs. Enterprise Search. The former is a type of search that typically pulls results from multiple sources, both internal and external, while the latter is restricted to a single source.
Federated searches and enterprise searches are typically queries, and rebuilding indexes won't only help in optimizing query times but also in eliminating fragmentation, reclaiming storage space, and reordering index rows.
Additionally, organizations should have secure enterprise search so that sensitive and high-value information doesn't get lost or fall into the wrong hands.
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Like I said last week, I'm definitely feeling the pains of third baby, third trimester! I had my monthly check-up last Wednesday, which included the glucose test as well as the TDAP shot. I wasn't looking forward to it, but I'm happy to report that I passed the test and can breathe a sigh of relief. Although, I did find out that I gained TEN (10!) pounds in the last month. Oy vey. It's a lot of weight to gain in such a short period of time. I'm definitely going to watch the sugars and carbs that I'm eating for the rest of this last trimester. Overall, I'm up 25 lbs this pregnancy, which is pretty normal for me compared to my previous pregnancies. I gained over 40 with A and around 33 with C. I'm hoping that I can keep closer to my second pregnancy weight, just because I had such a better post partum recovery last time than the first.
I've been obsessed with Lularoe recently and live in leggings and tees whenever I can get away with it! As far as pregnancy symptoms, heartburn and insomnia are my constant companions. My sleeplessness at night is coupled with the discomfort of this lil' love of mine who is a mover! He is constantly kicking and shifting and I can feel him growing. It's a great reminder for me to enjoy all of this pregnancy, good & bad!
After my next OB appointment, I will be going in every two weeks. I STILL can't believe that in less than 2.5 months, we will have another little baby in our house! EEEEEEEEEEEK! Breathe, mama, breathe!
Enough about me! I can't wait to read your latest and greatest! Please share your links below!
Have you heard of blog link ups? Join us for our Mom Life Mondays blog link up 29!
This week's blog link up feature is Kate and her post, Spring Tangrams: Easy DIY Puzzles in Time for Easter. I love Springtime and Easter! I may have already brought out some Easter decor and I can't wait to do these fun, easy DIY Tangrams with my 4 year old! Check out Kate's blog for more creative ideas!
What I great idea. I want to join. I'm going to try and follow the steps, but I am new to this, so I might be bad at it.
You look so cute! I always love your link ups, there are so many great posts to be found. Thank you for hosting!
Seriously I think that you are the perfect pregnant woman! It looks good on you lady 🙂 Glad that you had a good low key weekend.
Ugh the TDAP shot left my arm SO sore for days. Yay for passing your glucose test — it's always a little stressful!
Congrats on passing the glucose test! Hopefully the heartburn and insomnia ease up soon!
Thanks so much for featuring me! Love seeing who you spotlight each week to discover other great mamas to follow!
I gained 50lbs with my first pregnancy! Hoping to keep it less then that next time around!! Loved this post and you look great!!
You look wonderful! I had insomnia with my last pregnancy–no fun at all. Hang in there–you're nearing the end!
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An unemployed uncouth criminal who was offered a second chance by the Secret Millionaire TV show has been suspended from a new job after just six weeks, following a disagreement with colleagues, we can reveal.
Struggling to decide how best to help Alex, who blames his employment failure on a string of previous convictions including violence and robbery, Mr Dudani eventually got him a job with Able Clearance Removal, based in the town.
He agreed to pay his wages and said he would give him a career, if he was successful in the role for a year.
Company owner Trevor Terrett said: "Until this incident he was good as gold, honest and conscientious while he was working. He was good and willing to learn.
"When Bobby was talking about this young lad I initially said no, because I couldn't afford to take anyone else on.
"Then he said he would pay his wages and I thought if he is willing to give the guy a chance then I am willing to give him a go too."
He was told we were unable to pay a fee to which he replied: "you can't pay me for a story? then you can go f*** mate" before hanging up.
After posing as a shopkeeper who lost his only shop in the riots, Mr Dudani visited three community groups in the show.
Pandemic Steel Orchestra which provides musical tuition to students were given £12,500, New Addington Boxing club were given £17,500 and Croydon Auto bike scheme received £15,000.
He also gave £21,000 to the Timebridge Community Centre, which was under threat of closure after their funding was cut by Croydon Council.
A spokesman for Zodiak Media which makes Secret Millionaire said :"We understand Bobby is still working with Alex to help him get back into the workforce."


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Asian Casino Scandals in 2018: From the Philippines to Saipan, Wrong Kinds of Headlines Make the News
Posted on: December 28, 2018, 06:00h.
Last updated on: December 23, 2018, 03:44h.
Asia and the gaming industry go together like soba noodles and soy sauce. So too, apparently, do Asian casino operators and scandal: there was plenty to go around in 2018.
Rodrigo Duterte was struck down with a case of selective amnesia in 2018, while Landing's CEO and Chairman Dr. Yang Zhihui simply disappeared. Meanwhile, everyone was accusing everyone else of "corruption" across Asia. (Image: Toto Lanzano)
Galaxy's Quest
The Philippines' strongarm president Rodrigo Duterte was flexing his muscles over two proposed casino projects this year. Duterte has professed to "hate" casinos. But last year, he appeared happy to welcome representatives of Galaxy Entertainment and Landing International, offering his presidential blessing to their multibillion dollar investments in projects for Boracay Island and Entertainment City in Manila, respectively.
Making a marked turnaround this past April, Duterte ordered the shutdown of the paradise holiday destination Boracay Island for environmental cleanup, branding it a "cesspool."
The Philippines leader faced claims that his environmental concerns were a pretext to close the island so that Galaxy could build the casino free from scrutiny. Opposition politicians accused the president of having ties to Duterte on the project.
Landing in Hot Water
So Duterte developed an ingenious strategy of deflecting criticism by pointedly denying all knowledge of the project's existence, despite Galaxy having already received a provisional license to operate it.
There would be no casino, he insisted, and he would instead turn Boracay into a "land reform area for farmers."
Is the Boracay casino going ahead? Galaxy says it believes it is, and the government says it isn't.
Another project that definitely is not going ahead, according to the Philippine government, is Landing's $1.5 billion "NayonLanding" integrated resort in the Philippines' Entertainment City. This, despite reports in the Philippine Star that Landing has already started building it.
Landing broke ground on the project on August 8, the very day Duterte fired the entire board of the state-run Philippine partner on the project for "corruption." The president accused the company– Nayong Pilipino — of negotiating a land deal that was "grossly disadvantageous" to the government.
Chairman, Interpol Chief Go Missing
The mysterious disappearance of Landing's chairman and CEO, Dr. Yang Zhihui, happened to mesh with the groundbreaking ceremony: it was the last time he was seen in public.
By October, Landing was still denying all knowledge of its leader's whereabouts in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. This was despite numerous reports that Yang had been arrested in Cambodia and extradited to China, where he was reportedly wanted for "corruption."
On October 2, Landing's stock crashed on the news that Hong Kong's securities regulator had frozen $1.3 billion-worth of assets of an unnamed chairman of a public company who was suspected of fraud.
The regulator said the company in question had reportedly lost contact with the chairman, who it added may be overseas or under investigation in China as a suspect in a corruption case.
According to Bloomberg, "at least" three company chairmen — including Yang — have gone missing from Hong Kong-listed Chinese firms this year alone, all of whom may have been caught up in Beijing's ongoing "anti-corruption" campaign.
Happily, Land resurfaced in late November, after three and a half months off radar. In a brief filing to the Hong-Kong Stock Exchange, Landing explained its chairman had been "assisting the relevant department of the People's Republic of China with its investigation during the period of his absence" and had now "resumed his duties as Chairman of the Board."
Also reported as missing in September was Interpol chief Meng Hongwei: the first Chinese national to hold the prestigious global position. Chinese authorities later announced Meng had been detained by the new National Supervision Commission "anti-corruption" unit. Meng — who quickly "resigned" — is accused of accepting bribes and worse. He remains in detention.
Bad News, Back Wages
In February, a Bloomberg exposé of supposed financial improprieties between a controversial casino project on the Pacific island of Saipan and the its authorities sparked a defamation lawsuit.
Imperial Pacific — a company owned by Chinese mother-and-son junket operators Cui Lijie and Ji Xiaobo — has never operated a casino. Almost since its inception, the company's $550 million Imperial Palace, now under construction in Saipan, has been making news.
Following a worker death on the construction site, the project was raided by the FBI (Saipan is a US commonwealth). Agents uncovered widespread visa violations among the workers, most of whom had been shipped to the island from China.
Saipan may be one of the United States' most remote overseas territories, but it is still subject to federal laws. This year, several contractors were charged with labor violations — including importing and harboring illegal aliens — and ordered to pay millions in back wages.
Out on Some Limbs
It was nonstop drama for the Saipan project in 2018.
Bloomberg had previously reported that a temporary casino opened by Imperial Pacific in a sleepy shopping mall was exceeding the VIP transaction volumes of most major casinos in Macau — which it implied meant something suspicious was going on.
In February, Bloomberg sent its own crew to visit the island — and the local hospital — reporting "a grim catalog of broken bones, lacerations, puncture wounds, dislocated limbs, and eyes penetrated by flying metal" suffered by casino construction workers.
But the article's allegations of corrupt financial practices and claims that Imperial had used the island as a "back door to the US financial system" were a bridge too far for the developer and the island's government. Officials robustly denied the claims and Imperial Pacific executives sued for libel.
In May, Imperial's Saipan headquarters was reportedly raided once more by the FBI, although the company denied this.
Meanwhile, for all its reported VIP revenue, Imperial appeared to be struggling with financing for the project throughout 2018 and missed its August construction deadline. The island's government promptly granted the controversial project a two-year deadline extension.
Imperial blamed "labor shortages" for the delay.
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