l2ka

か                    蚊

かい                貝

がい                害

がい                街

がいあく        害悪

かいあげ        買い上げ

かいか            開花

かいが            絵画

かいがん        海岸

かいき            回帰

かいきょう    海峡

かいさつ        改札

かいすいよく            海水浴

かいすうけん            回数券

かいせい        快晴

かいぜん        改善

かえって        却って・・却って失礼になる

かおく            家屋

かかえる        抱える・・大勢の店員を抱えている大店

かかく            価格

かがやく        輝く

かく                欠く

かぐ                家具

かくう            架空

かくじゅう    拡充

かくとく        獲得

かくべつ        格別・・格別の事もなく会談は終わった

がくれき        学歴

がくわり        学割

かげ                陰

かげ                影

かげん            加減

かご                籠・・籠で水を汲む

かこう            下降

かこう            加工

かこむ            囲む

かさねる        重ねる・・本を何冊を重ねる

かざる            飾る

かさん            家産

かしこい        賢い・・犬は賢い動物だ

かしだす        貸し出す

かしつ            過失

かじつ            果実

かじゅ            果樹

かず                数

かすか            微か・・微かな音

かせい            火星

かぜい            課税

かせき            化石

かせぐ            稼ぐ・・学費を自分で稼ぐ

かせん            下線・・下線を引く

かせん            化繊

かぞえる        数える

かた                過多

かた                肩

かたつく        片付く・・娘が片付く

かたまり        固まり・・欲の固まり

かたまる        固まる・・セメントが固まる

かち                価値

がっき            楽器

がっきゅう    学級

かつぐ            担ぐ・・会長に担ぐ

かっぱつ        活発

かつやく        活躍

かつよう        活用

かてい            過程

かねる            兼ねる

かぶ                株・・木の株

かぶる            被る・・帽子を被る

かま                釜

かまう            構う・・費用（ひよう）はいくらかかっても構いません

かまえ            構え・・立派な構えの家

かみくず        紙屑

かみそり        剃刀

かみなり        雷

かみはんき    上半期

かむ                噛む

かめい            加盟

かもく            課目

かもつ            貨物

かゆい            痒い

かよう            通う・・学校へ電車で通う

かよう            歌謡

から                空

から                殻

がら                柄

からまる        絡まる・・金の話が絡まる

かり                狩り

かれる            枯れる

かわかす        乾かす（他動詞）

かわく            乾く（自動詞）

かわく            渇く

かわせ            為替

かわら            瓦

かんい            簡易

かんがい        感慨

かんがい        灌漑

かんき            換気

かんきょう    環境

かんげい        歓迎

かんけつ        簡潔

かんこう        刊行

かんじょう    勘定

かんぜい        関税

かんそう        乾燥

かんそく        観測

かんづめ        缶詰・・停電で列車に缶詰になる

かんでんち    乾電池

カンニング    ・・カンニングを見つける

かんむり        冠

きあつ            気圧

きいと            生糸

きがい            危害

きがかり        気掛かり・・実家のことが気掛かりだ

きがる            気軽・・気軽な人

きかん            機関・・

きく                利く・・目が利く

きげん            期限

きげん            起源

きごう            記号

きざむ            刻む

きじ                生地・・生地が出る

ぎし                技師

きしょう        気象

きしょう        起床

きせい            帰省

ぎせい            犠牲

きぞう            寄贈

きつえん        喫煙

きぬ                絹

きばん            基盤

きゃくま        客間

きゅうげき    急激

きゅうこう    急行

きゅうこう    休講

きゅうよ        給与

きょうかい    境界

きょうぎ        協議

きょうきゅう            供給

きょうげん    狂言

きょうこう    恐慌

きょうさい    共済

きょうざい    教材

ぎょうじ        行事

きょうしゅく            恐縮・・お褒めの言葉をいただき恐縮しております

ぎょうせい    行政

きょうそう    競争

きょうちょう            強調

きょうつう    共通

きょうふ        恐怖

ぎょぎょう    漁業

きょくげん    極限

きょくせん    曲線

きょじゅう    居住

きりつ            規律

きんこ            金庫

きんこう        近郊

きんせん        金銭

くいき            区域

くさり            鎖

くじゃく        孔雀

くずす            崩す

くだ                管

くだく            砕く・・法律の条文（じょうぶん）を砕くいて説明する

くたびれる    草臥れる・・引っ越して草臥れた

くだらない    下らない

くちばし        嘴・・嘴が黄色い

くちべに        口紅

くつがえす    覆す

くっつく        ・・数秒でくっつく接着剤

くっつける    ・・味方にくっつける

くとう            句読

くびす            踝

くむ                汲む

くらい            位

くるう            狂う

くれぐれ        ・・有つる様をくれぐれと語（かた）りて

くろうと        玄人・・玄人芸

くわえる        銜える・・犬が靴を銜えて行く

けいい            経緯

けいかい        警戒

けいこ            稽古

けいこう        傾向

けいこうとう            蛍光灯

けいこく        警告

けいすう        係数

けいと            毛糸

けいとう        系統

けいれつ        系列

けがわ            毛皮

げきぞう        激増

げしゅく        下宿・・東京で下宿する

げじゅん        下旬

げすい            下水・・下水道

けずる            削る

けた                桁・・橋桁

げた                下駄・・下駄と履（は）かせる

けっかん        欠陥

けつごう        結合

けっさく        傑作

げっしゃ        月謝

けっそく        結束

けっぺき        潔癖

けむい            煙い

けむり            煙

けむる            煙る

ける                蹴る

けわしい        険しい

げんいん        減員

げんしょう    減少

げんぞう        現像

けんちく        建築

けんとう        見当・・おおよその見当を付ける

けんぽう        憲法

こいのぼり    鯉幟

ごう                剛

こうい            行為

ごういん        強引

こうがい        公害

こうかん        交換

こうきょう    好況

こうげい        工芸

こうけん        貢献

こうこう        孝行

こうこく        広告

こうさい        交際

こうさつ        考察

こうしゃ        校舎

こうしゃ        後者

こうしゅう    公衆

こうそう        高層

こうたい        交替

こうちょう    好調

こうてい        肯定

こうてい        校訂

こうとう        口頭

こうとう        高等

ごうどう        合同・・保守系の二党が合同する

こうにゅう    購入

ごうべん        合弁

こうみょう    巧妙

こうもく        項目

こうりつ        効率

こうりょ        考慮

こえる            肥える・・目が肥えている

こおる            凍る

こがね            黄金　（おうごん）

こきゅう        呼吸

こぐ                漕ぐ・・ボートを漕ぐ

こくふく        克服

こごえる        凍える・・手が凍えて字がうまく書けない

こころえ        心得

こしかけ        腰掛け・・

こせき            戸籍

こたつ            火燵

ごちそう        御馳走

こつ                骨・・商売（しょうばい）の骨をのみこむ

こっきょう    国境

こっけい        滑稽

こっこう        国交

こっせつ        骨折

ことがら        事柄

ことづける    言付ける・・よろしくと言付ける

ことわざ        諺

このましい    好ましい・・好ましい人柄（ひとがら）

このみ            好み

ごぶさた        御無沙汰

こぼす            零す・・コーヒーを零した

こぼれる        零れる、溢れる・・コップの水が零れる

こや                小屋

ごりん            五輪

ころがす        転がす・・相手を土俵（どひょう）に転がす（他動詞）

ころがる        転がる・・ボールが転がる（自動詞）

ころぶ            転ぶ・・石につまずいて転ぶ（自動詞）

こんだて        献立・・決まりきった献立

こんどう        混同

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あいず            合図・・合図の鐘が鳴（な）っている

あいにく        ・・あいにく留守だった

あおぐ            扇ぐ、煽ぐ・・団扇（うちわ）で扇ぐ

あおじろい    青白い

あきらめる    諦める・・彼は留学をあけらめてはいない

（しめる        締める・・ネクタイを締める）

あきる            飽きる・・飽きるほど食べる

あきれる        呆れる・・呆れてものも言えない

あくび            欠伸・・退屈で欠伸が出る

あくまで        飽くまで・・飽くまで頑張る

あくる            明くる・・明くる十五日

あげる            揚げる・・天麩羅を揚げる

あしもと        足元・・足元に気をつけなさい

あじわう        味わう・・酒を味わう

あずける        預ける・・荷物を預ける

あたたまる    温まる、暖まる　（自動詞）

あたためる    暖める，温める　（他動詞）

あたり            辺り

あつかう        扱う・・この機械は扱いにくい

あつかましい            厚かましい・・厚かましい男

あっしゅく    圧縮

あてはまる    当てはまる・・規則（きそく）に当てはまる

あてはめる    当てはめる・・この公式を当てはめる

あぶら            油、脂

あぶる            炙る、焙る・・

あふれる        溢れる・・川が溢れる

あまど            雨戸・・雨戸を閉める

あまやかす    甘やかす・・ひとりっこを甘やかす

あまる            余る・・旅費が百円余った

あみもの        編物

あむ                編む

あやうい        危うい・・危うい所で助かる

あやまり        誤り

あらい            荒い・・波が荒い

あらい            粗い・・粒（つぶ）が粗い

あらそう        争う・・優勝を争う

あらためて    改めて・・改めてお知らせします

あらためる    改める・・悪性を改める

あらゆる        ・・あらゆる手を尽（つ）くす

あらわす        現す・・あいつはついに正体を現した

あらわす        表す・・怒り顔を表す

あらわれる    現れる・・薬の効果が現れる

あれる            荒れる・・住む人もなく荒れる家

あわ                泡・・口角（こうかく）泡を飛ばす

あわただしい            慌ただしい・・政局の動きが慌ただしい

あわてる        慌てる・・うそがばれそうになって慌てた

あわれ            哀れ・・哀れな声で泣く

あんき            暗記・・公式を暗記する

いいつける    言い付ける・・用事を言い付ける

いき                息

いぎ                意義

いきおい        勢い・・勢いよく走る

いくぶん        幾分・・幾分寒い

いけばな        生花

いさましい    勇ましい

いじ                維持

いしょくじゅう        衣食住

いた                板

いだい            偉大

いだく            抱く・・理想（りそう）を抱く

いたす            致す・・準備は一切（いっさい）こちらで致します

いたずら        悪戯

いたむ            痛む・・痛んだミカン

いたる            至る・・この道は京都を経て大阪に至る

いちだんと    一段と・・一段と見栄（ば）えをする

いっか            一家

いっさくねん            一昨年

いっそう        一層

いったん        一旦・・一旦廃業（はいぎょう）も考えた

いっち            一致

いってい        一定・・間隔（かんかく）を一定にする

いつのまにか            何時の間にか

いてん            移転

いど                井戸

いど                緯度

いどう            異同

いねむり        居眠り・・こたつで居眠りする

いばる            威張る・・権力をかさにきで威張る

いる                煎る、炒る

いれもの        入れ物

いわゆる        所謂

いんよう        引用

いんりょく    引力

うえる            飢える

うお                魚・・魚市場（いちば）

うがい            嗽

うかぶ            浮かぶ・・紅葉が浮かぶ山間の湖（みずうみ）

うかべる        浮かべる・・顔に笑（え）みを浮かべる

うく                浮く・・体が宙に浮く

うけたまわる            承る・・ご意見を承る

うしなう        失う

うすぐらい    薄暗い

うたがう        疑う

うつす            移す

うったえる    訴える

うなずく        ・・いちいちうなずきながら話を聞く

うなる            唸る・・あまりの豪華さに唸ってしまった

うむ                有無

うめる            埋める・・お風呂を埋める

うやまう        敬う

うらぎる        裏切る

うらなう        占う

うれゆき        売れ行き・・売れ行きがいい

うんが            運河

えいせい        衛生

えいよう        栄養

えがく            描く

えきたい        液体

えさ                餌

えんかい        宴会

えんげい        園芸

えんしゅう    円周

えんしゅう    演習

えんじょ        援助

えんぜつ        演説

えんそく        遠足

えんちょう    延長

えんとつ        煙突

おい                甥

おうじる        応じる

おうたい        応対

おうだん        横断

おうべい        欧米

おうよう        応用

おえる            終える

おおう            覆う

おおざっぱ    大雑把・・大雑把な性格

おおどおり    大通り

おおや            大家・・大家といえば親も同然

おおよそ        大凡・・これまでの経過の大凡を説明する

おか                丘

おがむ            拝む

おかわり        お代わり

おき                沖・・沖に出る

おぎなう        補う

おくりがな    送り仮名

おこたる        怠る

おさえる        押さえる

おさめる        治める

おじぎ            御辞儀

おしゃれ        御洒落

おせん            汚染

おそわる        教わる・・師匠に教わる

おどかす        脅かす

おとる            劣る

おのおの        各々

おび                帯

おぼれる        溺れる

およそ            ・・事件のおよそがわかった

およぼす        及ぼす・・他人に迷惑を及ぼす

おろす            卸す・・衣料品を卸す

おんけい        恩恵

おんだん        温暖

おんちゅう    御中

 

http://www.kdvr.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-chrysler-moving-metal,0,6655292.story

Graham said dealers to be cut from the company will get Chrysler warranty reimbursement and sales incentives such as rebates and low-interest financing until June 9. But after that, they won't be reimbursed for either.
That means the dealers have a big reason to get rid of the cars before their franchise agreements end. Incentives on some vehicles can run $6,000 or more, and without them, dealers who have been cut won't be competitive with remaining dealers who can still offer the discounts.

unemployment rate

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30012462/


The unemployment rate and related data are calculated based on a monthly survey of about 60,000 U.S. households. The survey asks a series of questions to determine whether household residents who are 16 years old or older are employed, unemployed or not in the labor force.

The basic unemployment rate is based on the number of people who say they are currently unemployed but are actively looking for work. The survey also is used to fill in the blanks on other elements of the U.S. employment picture. This includes discouraged workers _ people who are unemployed and no longer seeking work because they don’t think they will find a job _ and people who are working part-time but would like to be working full-time.

The unemployment rate is not based on how many people are collecting unemployment benefits and it does include people who are formerly self-employed. Also, the household survey does not specifically seek to determine whether people are working here legally.

UBS

http://www.247wallst.com/2008/03/quants-gone-wil.html

The creative use of leverage, layered options (derivatives) and other sophisticated math-driven applications led to an almost unlimited demand for this structured paper—and volumes grew into the hundreds of billions. Under these conditions, investment bankers were more than happy to originate, warehouse, trade and own these investments because of the huge fees associated with such activities, especially origination. The more sanguine in the market such as Goldman Sachs left the party early and avoided the financial havoc other major firms like Bear Sterns have experienced. Other investment bankers and hedge fund mavens chose to forget what every undergraduate business student knows—that high return and low risk do not go hand in hand.

Further, given the incentives and pressures institutional investors faced worldwide to perform and justify their lofty fees, such “high return/low risk” paper was sought in great volume. As the game became more profitable and global in scope, some even borrowed against the paper they held, which, in combination with increasingly complex derivatives, freed-up investors’ cash to demand even more CDOs. As part of this frenzy, Citigroup et al created and funded a further permutation called Structured Investment Vehicles “SIVs” as a basis to issue their own commercial paper and thus chase further profits. Citicorp’s subsequent inability to meet short-term obligations as the value of its supporting leveraged assets collapsed led to devastating hits to their balance sheet. The same ugly impact has been experienced by European banks including the previously venerable UBS.

Senior financial principals were, of course, happy to enhance their personal wealth but clearly had little idea of what could go wrong. It is sobering to note the all-too-obvious comment by Citigroup’s former Chairman Charles Prince as he announced billions in capital write-offs that “our risk models simply did not work.” And now, somewhat belatedly, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan is advising the financial community that “We will never have a perfect risk model” (3/16/08 Financial Times). We think it also fair to suggest that today’s extraordinarily talented quantitative analysts are so creative that even the world’s best central bankers and regulators do not have the capability to keep up with or even understand what has been going on with these “quants gone wild.”

tar.gz tar.bz2

http://linux.vbird.org/linux_basic/0240tarcompress.php

[root@linux ~]# tar -cvf /tmp/etc.tar /etc  <==僅打包，不壓縮！
[root@linux ~]# tar -zcvf /tmp/etc.tar.gz /etc  <==打包後，以 gzip 壓縮
tar -zxvf /tmp/etc.tar.gz
[root@linux ~]# tar -jcvf /tmp/etc.tar.bz2 /etc  <==打包後，以 bzip2 壓縮 tar -cf - filenames | bzip2 >archivefile.tar.bz2
tar -xjf archivefile.tar.bz2

tar xvzf file-1.0.tar.gz - for a gzip compress tar file (.tgz or .tar.gz)

tar xvjf file-1.0.tar.bz2 - for a bzip2 compressed tar file (.tbz or .tar.bz2)

tar xvf file-1.0.tar - for uncompressed tar file (.tar)

• x = eXtract, this indicated an extraction ( c = create to create )
• v = verbose (optional) the files with relative locations will be displayed.
• z = gzip-ped; j = bzip2-zipped
• f = from/to file ... (what is next after the f is the archive file)

List the contents

tar -tvf file.tar
tar -ztvf file.tar.gz
tar -jtvf file.tar.bz2

Google Chinese

http://www.google.com/webhp?ned=cn&hl=zh-CN&tab=nw

オレ以外の男、好きなんていうな。

http://kobashi.exblog.jp/tb/7275136
おまえはオレが好きなんだよ！
オレ以外の男、好きなんていうな。

biomedical research

http://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/one-third-of-our-job-searches-fail/
http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2007/09/the_academic_physics_job_marke_1.php

陸遜伯言

光芒

陸遜伯言イメジーソング

作詞：松井五郎
作曲：marhy
编曲：marhy
演唱：宮野 真守

決（けっ）して忘（わす）れはしないだろう
いつまでも信（しん）じてゆけるだろう

書（か）かずに伏（ふ）せた 最後（さいご）の一行（いちぎょう）が
誰（だれ）の心（こころ）にも かならずある
選（えら）んだ言葉（ことば）が 変（か）えてしまうものを
あなたは教（おし）えてくれた

望（のぞ）めば 望（のぞ）むほど 失（うしな）う なにかが
僕（ぼく）たちを狂（くる）わせる でも
抱（だ）きしめて 伝（つた）うぬくもり
どれだけ与（あた）えようと 涸（かれ）れない

決（けっ）して忘（わす）れはしないだろう
いつまでも信（しん）じてゆけるだろう
未来（みらい）が いまこの手（て）に
愛（あい）を 託（たく）した訳（わけ）を

思（おも）いがけない 雨（あめ）のひとしずくや
風（かぜ）のひと吹（ふ）きに 道（みち）は迷（まよ）う
ひとりの力（ちから）で たどり着（つ）く場所（ばしょ）など
わずかな距離（きょり）かもしれない

怒（いか）りや 憎（にく）しみが あふれる 世界（せかい）に
僕（ぼく）たちは立（た）ち尽（つ）くす でも
少（すこ）しずつ 変（か）えられるはず
生（う）まれてきた意味（いみ）から 逃（に）げないで

決（けっ）して忘（わす）れはしないだろう
いつまでも信（しん）じてゆけるだろう
未来（みらい）が いまこの手（て）に
愛（あい）を 託（たく）す訳（わけ）を

籠（かご）から飛（と）び立（た）つ鳥（とり）が見（み）えないか
いろんな形（かたち）の花（はな）が見（み）えないか
奪（うば）うものなどないから
光（ひかり）はどんな影（かげ）も 救（すく）うはずだから

それは目覚（めざめ）めぬ夢（ゆめ）じゃない
もう既（すで）に叶（かな）わぬ夢（ゆめ）じゃない
未来（みらい）は いまその手（て）に
はじまりの 鍵（かぎ）を渡（わた）す
誰（だれ）もが 信（しん）じているはずだろう
愛（あい）を…

加藤ミリヤ

何と言われても変わらない
私こそが嫉妬の塊
四六時中あなたが気になって仕方がない

何度でもcall U　繋がるまで
圏外になるなら言ってと言ったのに
イライラしてる　もっと愛をto me
だってI luv U　しょうがないじゃない

ただあなただけ愛し続けるbaby
It's okay
Please call me Jealousy
あなたは私を支配してるbaby
It's okay
Please call me Jealousy

Do U love me?　Do U need me?
It's okay
Please call me Jealousy
Do u want me?　Do U love me?
It's okay
Please call me Jealousy

自分でもうんざり
本当私はしつこいってわかってる
こんな風にさせるのは
こんなにあなたを愛しているから

やめられないの never ever let U go
もっと愛を求めてくれてもいいのに
Every day, all day show me your love to me
私のloveについて来られるの?

ただあなただけ愛し続けるbaby
It's okay
Please call me Jealousy
あなたは私を支配してるbaby
It's okay
Please call me Jealousy

Do U love me?　Do U need me?
It's okay
Please call me Jealousy
Do u want me?　Do U love me?
It's okay
Please call me Jealousy

私には世界できっとあなただけよ
私だけの愛をもっと
激しいJealousy
It's me

ただあなただけ愛し続けるbaby
It's okay
Please call me Jealousy
あなたは私を支配してるbaby
It's okay
Please call me Jealousy

Do U love me?　Do U need me?
It's okay
Please call me Jealousy
Do u want me?　Do U love me?
It's okay
Please call me Jealousy

Ever wondered where all those nukes are stored?

http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2007/09/flying_nuclear_bombs.php
A new review published in the November/December issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shows that the United States stores its nearly 10,000 nuclear warheads at 18 locations in 12 states and six European countries.

The highest concentration of nuclear warheads is at the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific in Bangor, Washington, which is home to more than 2,300 warheads – probably the most nuclear weapons at any one site in the world. At any given moment, nearly half of these warheads are on board ballistic-missile submarines in the Pacific Ocean.

Approximately 1,700 warheads are deployed on Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines operating in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and about 400 warheads are at eight bases in six European countries – Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey and Great Britain (for more information on U.S. warheads in Europe, go to http://www.nukestrat.com/us/afn/nato.htm). The United States is the only nuclear weapon state that deploys nuclear weapons in foreign countries.

http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2006/11/new_article_where_the_bombs_ar.php

discount rate

The Federal Reserve is the bank of the federal government and the guardian of the U.S. economy, and as such, regulates monetary and credit policies such as buying and selling securities, setting the cost of credit (interest rates,) how much money is available to banks for borrowing, and how fast and at what rates the money has to be repaid. The idea behind the Federal Reserve is to keep things running smoothly, so banks that are members of the Fed are federally insured, which is reassuring to depositors like you and me.

To accomplish the flow of money, The Fed operates 12 regional banks, who monitor the economy and loan money to "member" depository banks -- (member FDIC.)

There are two ways banks can borrow money using Fed-insured funds. They can borrow money directly from the Fed using the "discount" rate, or they can borrow from each other using the "federal funds" interest rate. Both are short-term or overnight rates.

The discount rate is designed to improve liquidity for the banks themselves. The federal funds interest rate is designed to improve or limit liquidity or access to credit for consumers.

Because the Fed can't dictate what happens in the open market or between banks, the Fed will issue a "target" rate for federal funds, which most banks stick close to. They can then charge consumers whatever they feel they can get away with in the form of credit card interest rates, mortgage interest rates, car loans and so on.

If the economy is sluggish and consumers aren't spending, the Fed will lower target rates to encourage banks to lower the cost of borrowing. If the economy is heating up more than about three percent of annualized growth, inflation is a danger, and Fed will make credit more expensive to slow things down.

This past Friday, the Fed cut its discount rate by 50 basis points, from 6.25% to 5.75%. Since the discount rate is used by banks for their own liquidity, it's considered a "secondary" rate because it doesn't impact consumers directly. The lowering of the discount rate is viewed by many in the economy as a largely symbolic gesture that the Fed is acknowledging that the economy might be slowing to the point that it will consider a cut in the federal funds rate so that consumers can benefit.

The Federal Reserve can decide at any time to raise or lower the cost of the discount rate to banks, but raising or lowering federal funds rates is done by the Federal Open Market Committee, composed of the Board of Governors and the 12 Reserve Bank presidents, although only five of those can vote at any single meeting. The Committee meets eight times annually to whether or not to raise key interest rates - the discount and federal funds rates.

Last week, the FOMC had just met and decided not to raise or lower federal funds rate, leaving the 5.25% funds rate in place for the ninth meeting in a row. But after the Fed cut discount rates, many pundits believe that the next time the Fed meets, in September, the FOMC will vote to lower key interest rates by 25 to 50 basis points.

Meanwhile, what housing consumers can look forward to is a general calming of the markets with less panic than has been shown lately.

Mortgage interest rates, in the face of expanding liquidity, are likely to drift downward, which will make buying a home more affordable in the short-term.

http://realtytimes.com/rtapages/20070821_feddiscount.htm

ツインリンクもてぎ

これは。。。

SEIREI -川井

ナージの唄

カオカオ　ホイホイ
腰の痛さにこの田の広さ
花咲月の日の長さ
田んぼ耕せ　鍬入れろ
稲籾まけや　苗萌やせ
ナージ来い来い
黒雲になって北の山から飛んで来い

カオカオ　ホイホイ
こぼれ稲でもそれ植えておけ
秋にゃ五穀の米がなる
田んぼ潤せ　水を引け
苗を植えろや　田を染めろ
ナージ食え食え
蛙を食えばころころ肥えて元気に飛べる

カオカオ　ホイホイ
たおやめ衆がケツはみくれば
ますらお負けじと前かがみ
田んぼ見張れや　苗踏むな
土手を乗り越え　草むしれ
ナージゆけゆけ
玉さらくわえ爪の彼方に舞い上がれ

カオカオ　ホイホイ
明日は日和か吹雪が雨か
見やれ青霧うすぐもり
田んぼ枯らすな　水を呼べ
稲を育てろ　肥入れろ
ナージ飛べ飛べ
海まで飛べば雨降り稲穂はすくすく育つ

Voices.com

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/06/11/voice.actors/index.html

Were you to see Kara Edwards shopping in her local grocery store in North Carolina, you'd probably have no idea that she's an incredibly strong Japanese boy who can fly through the air while throwing punches. But that's what she is -- at least on TV.

A professional voice actor, Edwards is the English-language voice of Goten, a character in the hugely popular Japanese anime "Dragon Ball Z," which broadcasts in the United States and other countries. As a professional voice talent for the past 10 years, Edwards has played many characters, and been in many commercials.

But the competition is heating up. "Right now, the market is being saturated with actors," she says. The reason? Internet advances have made it relatively easy for anyone -- anywhere in the world -- to set up shop as a voice talent (though it helps to have a talented voice).

Ten years ago, Edwards says, the marketplace for voice talent was completely different. "Being a voice actor meant you had to have an agent," she recalls. "They called you in for auditions and you went to a set location to record."

Today, it's almost too easy. Voice actors can be their own agent. Clients find them through personal Web sites or via talent-congregation sites Voices.com, Voices123.com, and CommercialVoices.com. In place of mailing demo CDs, MP3 files are emailed, or sound clips are kept on a Web site. Many voice talents work from a home studio that can be set up for a few thousand dollars.

"That's why suddenly everyone is a voice actor," says Edwards. "How many businesses can begin with so little?"

And these businesses can be started from anywhere in the world. The thousands of talents listed at Voices.com speak more than 100 languages, notes CEO David Ciccarelli. On the site you can hit a Play button that's placed next to a talent's name and hear what they sound like.

Much of the work is corporate in nature, but "more and more, these professionals are being hired for entertainment purposes, such as film and dubbing for broadcast content distributed around the world through new and traditional media," says Ciccarelli.

Maureen Egan has been in the voice business for 20 years. "In 1985, there were no podcasts," she notes. "No one had a Web site. Today I regularly voice a podcast for a high-tech client, which they share on their Web site as a value-added service."

She also does e-learning narration for companies in Singapore and Australia, and in the Middle East her voice can be heard on phone-messaging systems. In some U.S. stores she's the voice on a point-of-sales video describing a workout machine (the original was in Cantonese).

Meanwhile it's the voice of Michiru Yabu, an independent voice talent in Yokohama, that you'll hear on many travel videos in Japan that were originally in English. You'll find her work profile scattered across many web sites, including Voices.com and Voices123.com. She also does podcasts, Internet radio and phone-messaging systems.

Falling technology barriers mean it's easier not just to demonstrate talent and exchange files, but also to make and receive payments. Edwards often gets paid through PayPal. In some cases, she says, an entire project -- from negotiating to hiring to exchanging files to payment -- takes only a few hours.

It's also become much easier for her to do research. If someone wants a voice that sounds like a particular character, she can usually find a YouTube clip of that character in a matter of seconds and start practicing. "YouTube has changed my life," she says.

With the barriers to entry so low, the competition for work can get intense. At Voices123.com employers put projects up for bid and let voice talents from around the globe compete for the job.

Edwards wonders how many voice talents the market can really support. "Not all of us can make a living doing this," she says. "At some point, the ones that aren't earning will have to find other work. I just hope I'm not one of them!"

By Steve Mollman
For CNN

一休さんのとんちを思わせる名案だ。

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20070601-00000003-rcdc-cn
北京市朝陽区のあるマンションは長年泥棒に悩まされてきた。問題はマンションを囲む壁が低いこと。南側の部分は高さがわずか1.5mしかなく、簡単に乗り 越えられてしまう。住民の李（リー）さんによると、この低い壁の存在はおそらく北京中のこそ泥の間に知れ渡っており、毎日のようにマンションには泥棒が侵 入していたという。李さんも自転車3台を盗られた。まさに「泥棒天国」状態だった。

半月ほど前に、ある住民が、泥棒が壁の上を乗り越えて、物を持ち出している場面を目撃、マンションの管理部に対策を訴えた。とはいえ、壁を高くするような 資金はマンションにはない。どうすればいいのか頭を悩ましていたところ、ある職員が名案を思いついたという。早速、ショベルカーを借りてきて、壁の前に幅 2m、深さ3mの溝を掘った。これでわずか1.5mだった低い壁は、高さ4.5m相当にグレードアップ。以後、泥棒の被害はぱたっとなくなったという。天 才的発想と住民は大絶賛だ。（翻訳・編集/KT）

humpback whale

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/30/AR2007053000217.html

By MARCUS WOHLSEN

The Associated Press
Wednesday, May 30, 2007; 1:08 PM

SAN FRANCISCO -- Two lost whales seen just before sunset nearing their ocean home after a two-week sojourn through inland waterways may have slipped back into the Pacific overnight.

Rescuers launched several boats in an effort to find the mother humpback and her calf Wednesday morning but have not spotted the whales, said Bernadette Fees, deputy director of the California Department of Fish and Game.

The pair were last seen Tuesday less than 10 miles from the Golden Gate after they passed under another busy bridge and entered San Francisco Bay.

The whales passed under the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on Tuesday afternoon, the last bridge along the pair's route before reaching the Golden Gate. If the humpbacks were able navigate south around a Marin County peninsula and a nearby island, few obstacles were left on their route past Alcatraz to the Pacific Ocean.

Still, officials feared that the whales might continue south instead of west, passing under the Bay Bridge into the long southern half of the bay.

"There are lots of places they could get themselves into trouble before they go out of the Golden Gate," McInnis said.

The duo was first spotted May 13 and got as far as 90 miles inland to the Port of Sacramento before turning around.

Ariadne Green, 57, of Vallejo, came to the waterfront to catch a glimpse Tuesday after traveling last week to Rio Vista, where the whales circled for a week before heading ocean-ward. She described the humpbacks' inland visit as a "profound spiritual experience" but was equally grateful for their departure.

"They need to go home now because their health is in jeopardy," Green said. "It's good to know they're on their way back."

Over the Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. Coast Guard had to haul several swimmers out of the water as they tried to approach the whales and fend off about 100 boats carrying would-be whale watchers.

Biologists said the saltier water where the mother humpback whale and her calf have been swimming since leaving Rio Vista has helped reverse some of the health problems caused by long exposure to fresh water.

Lesions that had formed on the humpbacks' skin over the weekend appeared to be sloughing off, Fees said. Scientists also reported that a coating of algae that was clinging to the mother farther upriver had fallen away.

Veterinarians did not get a good glimpse Monday of wounds that had been suffered by both whales and could not say whether those had started to heal, Fees said. Antibiotics were injected into the whales on Saturday to try to slow the damage from the gashes, likely from a boat's keel.

A convoy of boats escorted the pair to protect them from heavy ship traffic in the bay. Coast Guard officials warned Bay Area ferry commuters of delays Wednesday depending on the whales' location, Coast Guard officials said.

Miyano 久遠

Alchemy+

言葉もなく旅立つ　後ろ姿
二度とここで会えなくても
再会を待つ

嘆いても戻らぬ　
懐かしい記憶

想いは決して　忘れないだろう
儚い結末　訪れても
傷みも全て　この大地に置いたまま
遥かなる道を歩いてゆく

別れを選ぶたびに　交わす誓い
蒼く澄んだ空のように
気高く遠く

離れてもいつかは
まだ見ぬ場所で

時代は決して　止まれないだろう
心に爪痕　残しながら
光を紡ぎ　明日への願いを胸に
果てしない旅は続いてゆく

想いは決して　忘れないだろう
儚い結末　訪れても
傷みも全て　この大地に置いたまま
遥かなる道を歩いてゆく

時代は決して　止まれないだろう
心に爪痕　残しながら
光を紡ぎ　明日への願いを胸に
果てしない旅は続いてゆく