The USTA's Dynamic NTRP Ratings

Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:47 PM EDT

If you play in USTA leagues (the new season is right around the corner), then you've probably heard of the Dynamic NTRP rating system. It's quite a sophisticated system.

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sports, tennis, rating, usta, ntrp, usta-league, team-tennis

Jade Warrior Brings Kalevala to China

Seeded on Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:26 PM EDT (Uutiset - HS.fi)

Both Finnish and Chinese, the film is called Jade Warrior. It is an ambitious combination of themes from the Finnish national Kalevala and Chinese mythology, and tells the story in the style of Wuxia – Chinese warrior films.

entertainment, films, kalevala, wuxia, independent-filmmaking

CEO Salary and Compensation

Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:10 PM EDT

Did you know that in 1980, the average CEO earned about 42 times the pay of the average worker, but now CEOs earn about 431 times [1] what the average worker does?

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business, inflation, minimum-wage, salary, ceo-compensation, shareholder-rights

"Idiocracy" available on DVD already?

Seeded on Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:57 PM EDT (Netflix)

Has Mike Judge's (Office Space, Beavis and Butthead) new film Idiocracy been released on DVD already? It showed up in my Netflix queue on Tuesday as available (but with a very long wait).

netflix, entertainment, movies, idiocracy, mike-judge, cult-classics

Just what the #$%& is indecent?

Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:33 PM EDT

That's what the networks are asking (finally). The major networks have finally woken up and asked that the FCC clearly define what is indecent and when instead of holding different programming to different standards. From IMDB on September 12, 2006:

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entertainment, fcc, decency, censorship, ptc, network-tv, live-broadcasts

Cancer is top cause of death in Washington state

Seeded on Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:30 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)

For the first time in the state, cancer has replaced heart disease as the leading cause of death. According to the state Department of Health, which recently published its 2004 vital statistics, 10,968 people died from cancer, compared with 10,626 from heart disease.

washington, cancer, health, smoking, cause-of-death