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Conservation groups expressed outrage Friday after resistance led by China and Russia stymied efforts to carve out new marine sanctuaries and protect thousands of species across Antarctica. Hopes were high that a reserve covering 1.6 million square kilometres (640,000 square miles) would be green-lighted for the pristine Ross Sea, the world's most intact marine ecosystem. Nations led by Australia and the European Union also wanted 1.9 million square kilometres of critical coastal area in the Eas ... read more
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Nobody should have to own a Glock. :P
This is a discussion on NEEDING HELP!!!! G19 or the XDm 9mm 3.8 within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; XDm this...........
XDm this........
Give to them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give to them according to the work of their hands; render to them their deserts. Psalm 28:4
Nobody should have to own a Glock. :P
Glock vs XD. They're both great guns, go with which one you shoot the best with and feel most comfortable with. For me that was the XD.
Glock 19 is "much" more accurate at longer distances and easier to care for. It has a more durable coating that's better resistant to moisture/environment. The barrel is a hammer-forged, hexagonal rifled barrel that adds about 200+ more foot-pounds of knockdown energy to that bullet. It's easier to clean/maintain and there are many more holster options.
It's also one of the preferred guns of fast operators, like the Navy SEALS because (out of several guy that I myself have
owned/fire) you can just throw the thing up, point and shoot...pretty much without even using the sights and hit direct impacts on the target, easily.
I tried out a Springfield (yes it has the name, but it's made in Croatia/Bosnia area and the
tolerance are not nearly as good as a real Springfield 1911 or such) XD 9mm full size and it was blocky as Heck, very top
weighted and only balanced with a full magazine. As you fire, the balance goes away and it's consistantly harder to keep
sighted on target. The top looks like the deck of an aircraft carrier and could be used to land the latest CIA drone spy
camera bugs on. It was easy to load/fired every time, but just 50 rounds really let me know that it would be ok in a pinch to shoot at a bad guy with if I had nothing else, but after just 7yards, it becomes extremely hard to keep it accurate. This gun was not "shot-out", but a very new firearm. I regularly have to qualify out to 25 yards and this gun would be hard to make that mark. My occasional CCW gun is a Ruger P95DC and it will shoot rings around that Springfield XD. Hitting a B27 target does not qualify as accurate IMHO. It should be able to group 4" or better at 25yards on a slow-fire (small) pistol target.
Most Springfield 1911A1 models, even the cheapest Gvt. issue type will shoot about .5 to 1" groups of 5 rounds at 25yards...yes, that's one small, tiny ragged hole. That XD is not capable of it. The last G19 I shot, I got bored and was shooting the little scoring target figure in the left corner of the B27 target at 7yards, pretty much in one little hole.
Get the Glock...I know there is probably a $100 price difference, but you will sell that XD and buy one after shooting it for a while...Don't take my word, go to the range and fire them both, side-by-side. No comparison. If you want cheaper price and better gun, get the Ruger P95 for the best price. I have heard that the striker-fired Ruger SR9 is a VERY accurate gun, maybe more that the G19. They make a SR9C that's really nice.
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I prefer the Glock 19 myself. I don't like having a grip safety as it can fail. I also like the fact Glock has GSSF and supports their customers as well as allows them to become armorers. Not to mention parts and holsters are easier to find.
How many reports are there of a grip safety failing? Guys swear by 1911's, which have a grip safety, yet the XDM has one and gets put down for it, makes no sense at all.
XDM all the way.
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I qualified to get my carry permit with a glock 19 then went out and purchased a XD 9mm 4in That was before the XDm was out. As you can see both are great guns the only thing I will add is get either one and carry it all the time.
Go with whichever feels better in your hand. They are both good reliable guns. Springfield would get my vote for best CS though.
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G19 all the way. Well balance and a great shooter.
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"Glock 19 is "much" more accurate at longer distances"
Pure opinion based on your experience. I own the G19 and the XDm (4.5") have shot the 3.8"more though. While if I had to choose one it would probably be the Glock, the XDm is actually more accurate in MY hands which means zero to everyone else. Maybe the match barrel has something to do with it? I doubt it with the shorter barrel and non-competition shooter.


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Are you among the one in 10 Americans who knows his or her serum cholesterol level? Or are you still one of the 9 in 10 who do not know how much of this artery-clogging substance now courses through your blood vessels, possibly setting the stage for a heart attack or stroke?
If the nation's heart experts have their way, before long you should be as familiar with your cholesterol reading as you now are with your telephone number. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Md., has recently begun to blanket the country with advertisements beseeching every American to ''Know Your Cholesterol.''
Physicians, meanwhile, are being urged to test every patient and, if necessary, to act on the results. You may have had your cholesterol measured at one time and been told only that it was ''normal.'' But standards have changed. What was once considered normal is now widely thought to be too high, and so a pronouncement of ''normal'' without the accompanying numbers is meaningless.
Screening sites, where total serum cholesterol can be measured in three minutes using a few drops of blood from a finger prick, are springing up in shopping malls, at workplaces, in pharmacies and in a variety of community and medical settings.
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And what is all this you've heard about the ''good'' cholesterol: high-density lipoprotein, or HDL-cholesterol, which acts like arterial Drano, cleansing the body of harmful cholesterol? Maybe much of your total cholesterol is this beneficial kind and you have nothing to worry about. Chances are, though, that too much is the ''bad'' type, low-density lipoprotein, which clogs arteries. What can you do to foster the high-density lipoproteins and lower the other kind?
At least one person in four will be told that his or her cholesterol reading is too high, and may be advised to see a doctor for remeasurement and possible treatment. Many others with readings that are nearly too high may also be referred for treatment or may decide to bring their cholesterol down on their own. Cholesterol's Impact
Dozens of studies throughout the world, involving laboratory animals, healthy people and cardiac patients, have consistently shown that too much of the wrong cholesterol in blood is a major cause of heart disease and stroke. For every 1 percent rise in cholesterol, the risk of heart attack increases about 2 percent.
Since the mid-1960's, when the American Heart Association started publicizing the connection between cholesterol and heart disease, Americans have reduced their serum cholesterol levels, primarily through dietary changes. The average middle-aged American now has a cholesterol level of 215 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood serum, down from about 240 milligrams two decades ago.
As a result of this shift, as well as campaigns to stop smoking and treat high blood pressure, coronary death rates have fallen more than 40 percent since 1963. Still, 1.5 million Americans suffer heart attacks and 2 million suffer strokes each year. More than half a million people die of heart attacks annually, and 60 percent of those deaths occur suddenly, often without warning symptoms. About the Levels
So far, official criteria have been established only for people over the age of 20. To be classified as ''desirable,'' your cholesterol reading should be below 200 milligrams. But the lower, the better; an ideal cholesterol level is really under 150.
Those with levels of 240 or more are classified as having high cholesterol and at high risk of heart disease, and those with levels of 200 to 240 milligrams are considered on the border. If someone with a level between 200 and 240 has evidence of heart disease or has two or more other cardiac risk factors, that person is also classified as high risk and advised to reduce total blood cholesterol. The relevant risk factors include being male (men have three times more early-in-life heart attacks than women), high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, diabetes, severe obesity, low levels of HDL-cholesterol and a family history of early heart disease.
Furthermore, anyone found to have a high cholesterol level should, after a 12-hour fast, undergo another blood test in which total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and triglycerides (a risky blood fat) are measured. This test is then used to determine if cholesterol-lowering treatment is needed, through either diet alone or a combination of diet and drugs.
At a recent cholesterol conference sponsored by the American Medical Association, Dr. William P. Castelli, medical director of the Framingham Heart Study, emphasized the importance of high-density lipoprotein in determining who is likely to suffer a heart attack. The higher the HDL level, the better, he said.
Most heart attacks occur in people with readings of less than 40 milligrams of HDL-cholesterol. Several life-style modifications can raise this level, among them regular aerobic exercise, weight loss, an end to smoking, eating a lot of fish and drinking alcohol only in moderation. Testing for Cholesterol
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute recommends that determination of your cholesterol level be based on at least two tests, especially if the first reading is high. The institute also suggests that you be retested in one to eight weeks; if the difference between the results is less than 30 milligrams of cholesterol, your level is the average of the two. If the difference is more than 30 milligrams, you should have a third test and average all three.
For a person found to have a desirable cholesterol level (below 200), total serum cholesterol should be remeasured at least once every five years. Most experts recommend more frequent testing, especially for those with other risk factors or with levels above 200. If a cholesterol-lowering diet, or a diet with drug treatment, is undertaken, total cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol should be remeasured in four to six weeks and again at three months.
Keep in mind, too, that even when a cholesterol test is done by a reliable laboratory, a result of 200 has a margin of error; the real reading might be as low as 170 or as high as 230, according to a report in the consumer newsletter Nutrition Action.


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Would you like to save as your currency permanently or for this visit only?
Ibis Bratislava Centrum
Zamocka 38, Bratislava
0.6 km from
Rp 697,368+
convenient location, good price, clean rooms there was only one towel per person, which is strange, normally you need at least two.
The staff were very happy to let us leave our luggage after we checked out No, was a good hotel
location hotel bar and restuarant's prices are high
I like very much my walks in the old city of bratislava, Beautiful Bars, restaurants and shops. People are nice and very clean... I also like the shopping centre by the river. I had no problem what so ever!!
Good treatment from the staff, always happy to help. Good clean and well thought out room and bathroom. Very close to the old city. Constant drone of a rather noisy bathroom extractor fan which did not switch off all night. The staff did try to help but it meant calling out the technician, so it was decided it would be OK to leave it. No doubt fixed by now.
Central location, friendly staff, reasonable price, allowed to extend check-out time. Charges for internet wifi, expensive breakfast, expensive bar.
convenient, cleaniness Not having two beds in the room
Its location and the bathroom cleanlines and shower ! The beds were not very comfortable , Staff do not smile enough and also there was a fire drill on one of the day we were leaving at 10.30 am 1) This was not communicated to guests well .. there should have been a letter placed in our room informing us of this . 2) this was in the morning when after a late night out was incovenent as most guests were still sleeping and we wanted to catch some sleep before having to check out! When we asked for a late check out to compensate us for the inconvenience we had to be referred to the manager who initially was inconsderate and wanted us to pay for the late check out which i feel was unfair ! It was only after one insisted and pointed that I would complain that the manager agreed to it . unessary exp
I enjoyed everything with the hotel, staff were excellent I enjoyed everything
The room was clean and comfortable, it would benefit from some in-room tea-making facilities or a fridge. The staff were helpful and easy to communicate with.
The location was superb, nice and quiet location and not too far from City centre. The fire drill was not explained very clearly to us on Monday 22/11, we were told to go away for 2 hours while this was going on.
I liked the fact that it is a boat, the interior is interesting. The location is close to the center (to the castle). The corridors were dark and dirty. Socket in a room hanged from the wall. It was stinking in a toilet sometimes. The breakfast was not very good, e.g. there was no tea, only coffee. The botel is not easy to find if you are travelling with a car. No convenient place to stop near the botel, although it is possible to park a car in a quarter across the road once you know the location and then you need to walk about 200m (crossing the road).
It was not just a hotel it was an attraction to. Very peaceful. The only downfall was the staff. Ive been treated better at 2star hotels. Just the staff, they were not vry friendly, it felt like they did not want to be there. Also they really need to upgrade the airconditioner system, just being on the water did not keep the place cool.
Novelty of sleeping on a boat; closeness to city centre General cleanliness of boat was not good with dirty plates left for over 24hours on deck. No-one was overseeing breakfast on the Sunday morning although this was not the case on the Monday and the reception staff were not particularly welcoming.
Excellent and very helpful staff..!! Really..!! Room could be little bit cleaner. Lodging and bathroom OK and clean, but carpet with fields of dust.
nothing. rude staff, curry smell everywhere due to the restaurant being an indian restaurant (which was not shown on your website) the pole dancing club (also not mentioned) very dated decor, minute bedroom, even smaller bathroom only slightly larger than an airplane toilet. location from dropping off which is on the side of a busy dualcarriage way....and plenty more.
Good Indian Restaurant on board.
Location Untidily in number
convenience to town, quiet and peaceful Restaurant fare was Inidian, food was OK, but the service took over 50 minutes to receive from the time we ordered.
It was cool to stay on a boat. There is no where to park which makes it hard to bring in your luggage. Had to park about a 1/2 mile away, drag in our luggage and then park at a nearby hotel where there was security. Cost to park in a "safe" place was about $60/day which took away from the value.
good idea there's no secure parking even it's written in the description
Comfortable Bed, free breakfast, spacious common room, next to castle and old town The water pressure in the shower is too powerful, felt like it exploded when I first turned it on
Lovingly maintained hostel with a great staff. Located in a trendy, hipster neighborhood near the castle and within walking distance of old town.


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Ashcroft wins Groundsman of the Year award
Arsenal's Paul Ashcroft has won the Barclays Premier League's Groundsman of the Year award.
The Sports Turf Research Institute has revealed its findings after looking at playing surfaces in all the professional leagues in England.
Ashcroft, head groundsman at Arsenal, said: "It is fantastic news, my team and I have worked very hard this year. It's been a tough year, we have had plenty of games, but the weather has been on our side, and overall it has been a very successful year.
"The standard of groundsmanship in the Barclays Premier League is very high, it is probably the best in Europe, so to win this award is fantastic."
Ashcroft has worked for the Club for more than 11 years and says that the move to Emirates Stadium, while providing different challenges, has helped the ground staff stay ahead of the game.
"Highbury had open corners, and the stadium wasn't as big," he said. "The technology we had was a lot older, whereas now we have come to a new stadium, a new pitch structure with an artificial lighting system and that has helped us create probably a better playing surface than we had at Highbury.
"Arsenal have always invested in our budgets and helped us try to keep ahead of everyone else. That enables us to buy equipment and different products to stay ahead of people. We are very grateful for their continued support."
In a report, Dr Stephen Baker, Head of Soils and Sports Surface Science, praised the standard of Premier League pitches, saying they were "all to a very high standard".
Dr Baker noted that the participation of Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League had added to the usage of the pitch, but said that the Emirates surface had received the highest marks.
Four other clubs were highly commended for the work of their groundsmen: Jonathan Calderwood (Aston Villa), Terry Forsyth (Liverpool), Andrew Tylly and Mick Curran (Newcastle) and Darren Baldwin (Tottenham).


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Oklahoma City » Because there's nothing to do in Oklahoma City, the Jazz had no excuse for not showing up Wednesday night against the Thunder and suffering a 114-93 humiliation at the hands of the NBA's worst team.
Trying to build on their 4-0 homestand, the Jazz instead fell behind by 10 in the first quarter, regrouped to tie the score just before halftime, then reached rock bottom in the second half against the Thunder, who came into Wednesday with a 6-33 record.
"The last thing you want to do is to let teams think that they can beat you," Matt Harpring said. "This team had no right to think that they could beat us, but we gave them that right at the beginning of the game. The whole game they played with confidence."
For all the talk before this season about being a better road team, the Jazz suffered an unforgivable loss at Ford Center. The Thunder came into Wednesday 0-20 against teams with winning records. Make that 1-20 after beating the Jazz.
"It's bad. We stunk. That's all there is to it," Kyle Korver said. "But we're going to play better these next two games."
The Jazz's three-game trip continues with games at Memphis and Dallas this weekend, but Wednesday's loss dropped the Jazz to 7-12 on the road this season and 12 games under .500 (24-36) on the road the last two seasons.
"We just had four good games at home where we have energy, where we're unselfish, where we make plays," Deron Williams said. "We get on the road and just -- I don't know -- we feel like we can't win or what it is, we just don't have that same intensity."
In a city all but distraction free -- Korver said he ordered a cheeseburger and watched an entire season of a television series in his hotel room Tuesday night -- the Jazz were at a loss to explain what happened.
"We don't have a team like that," Harpring said. "There are some teams around the league that when they go on the road, they go out all night. I don't think we have a team like that."
Yet the Jazz also lost to Washington, now an Eastern Conference-worst 7-31, on the road in November. The Thunder opened the season 2-24 and were on pace to challenge the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers (9-73) as the worst team in NBA history.
Playing without Paul Millsap, who missed his second game with a bruised right knee, the Jazz were outrebounded 48-26. The Thunder came into Wednesday averaging 95.1 points a game yet totaled 114 on 54.9 percent shooting.
Mehmet Okur followed his career-high 43-point night against Indiana with nine points on 3 of 12 shooting and four fouls. Ronnie Brewer went 1 of 6 with two points and two turnovers in 21 minutes. Ronnie Price picked up four fouls in 15 minutes as a starter.
The Thunder, coming off recent victories over New York and Chicago, had Jeff Green finish with 23 points, Russell Westbrook with 22, Kevin Durant with 21. Nenad Krstic totaled 14 points and 11 rebounds off the bench.
After falling behind 12-4 early, the Jazz spent the rest of the first half fighting back. Korver hit a three-pointer at the first-quarter buzzer and combined to score 20 points with Harpring in the half. The Jazz tied the score before going into halftime down 50-48.
But they stumbled out of halftime -- Desmond Mason posted up Price for a basket -- and started sliding after Andrei Kirilenko missed two free throws with 7:57 left in the third and Okur fouled going after the rebound.
As the Jazz panicked, Oklahoma City scored nine straight points to take a 68-55 lead, with Durant burying one three-pointer and Green draining another after the Jazz double-teamed Mason in the post and the Thunder rotated the ball.
The Thunder led by as many as 17 in the third quarter and cruised in the fourth. Durant flashed a wide-eyed look after serving up an alley-oop dunk to Green with 6:22 left. On their feet to start every game, the Thunder fans finished the night the same way.
Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, meanwhile, was left to question not only his team's energy, but its entire identity. The Jazz now have dropped five consecutive road games dating to their pre-Christmas trip.
"This team is a pretty talented team," Sloan said. "I've told you that from the beginning. But they have to have more toughness to overcome some of the things that they've got to overcome."
The Jazz ruin their three-game road trip from the start, losing to NBA-worst Oklahoma.


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Pink and White Embroidered Morning Glory Quilt Vintage 1930s
Pink and White Embroidered Morning Glory Quilt Vintage 1930's
Exquisitely hand quilted and embroidered vintage 1930's pink and white quilt with morning glories flowers leaves and vines. The flowers are done in pink embroidery floss on white penny squares and there are quilted patterns of leaves and vines surrounding them in white thread. The blocks are framed with alternate bands of pink and white sashing with a nine patch block at the intersections and in the corners, and the entire quilt is framed in a white sashing band with a pink patch in each corner. Back is white, light to medium batting, finished in hand stitched white binding. The very fine quilting is in 7/8" square grid with 10 stitches to the inch. All cotton. Condition is excellent with no stains. There is one area in the outermost band of pink sashing near one corner with some disintegration but the edges of these holes have been tacked to the batting to keep them from unraveling. (See pics). Quilt measures 80" x 88". This is a gorgeous quilt. Lovely for your collection or for your romantic, cottage chic or any charming decor. Clean and ready to use.
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A SIGNIFICANT cut in state government funding has forced the Sydney Festival to abandon its popular Festival First Night program of free events.
An estimated 200,000 people attended this year's Festival First Night, which included an eight-hour concert by a DJ in a double-decker bus parked in Hyde Park, a spectacular aerial performance on a vertical stage in College Street and concerts in Elizabeth Street and The Domain.
But the 2013 festival will have a dramatically scaled back opening on January 5, with just three free events in Hyde Park, Darling Harbour and The Domain - the details of which will be revealed today at midday.
The incoming director of the festival, Lieven Bertels, declined to reveal how much money the government had withdrawn from Festival First Night, which is funded separately from the rest of the festival. But he said it was ''substantial''.
''We had a budget cut for it that we didn't shy away from,'' Bertels told the Herald.
''We had ample warning about it so it wasn't a surprise,'' he added.
A report of the City of Sydney's cultural and community services committee meeting on May 7 said the government had provided $1.25 million for Festival First Night in 2013.
However, the report stated: ''Destination NSW has indicated its previous annual commitment of $500,000 to the festival is unlikely to be renewed.''
Destination NSW is the government authority responsible for supporting growth in the state's tourism and events sector.
A spokesman for Destination NSW said he was unable to comment.
A spokesman for the Arts Minister, George Souris, could not confirm the figures.
''I don't know and could not tell you as it is commercial in confidence and is a matter for Destination NSW,'' he said.
The report stated that the Sydney Festival had asked the city to increase its funding for Festival First Night by $300,000 to $800,000.
''This funding was unanimously endorsed by council in May this year,'' said a spokeswoman for the City of Sydney.
The 2013 Sydney Festival will receive $2.3 million in cash and value-in-kind support from the City of Sydney.
Bertels said the City of Sydney had increased funding with a view to saving Festival First Night.
''The city upped their bid. The city said, 'No, we're gonna try and save it','' he said.
''But the state had to, in their austerity measures, had to cut the budget and its allocation to Festival First Night.''
Bertels said the funding for Festival First Night had not kept pace with its growing popularity since its inception in 2008.
''One of the problems with these big events that are free, unticketed - you just come whenever you want to come - is that they tend to grow and grow and grow,'' he said.
''But it's very hard to grow capacity for them, and certainly with a long-term budget, because everything becomes more expensive. Your funding doesn't grow automatically.
''The problem is also if you start to need police on horses it goes away from a very family-friendly event.''
The chairman of ANZ Banking Group in NSW and the ACT, Warwick Smith, said the bank, which is the principal sponsor of the Sydney Festival's opening event, was ''very happy with the change''.
Mr Smith said the sponsorship remained ''pretty much the same'' for next year's Sydney Festival.


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Stalking is a crime. Not many people give it much thought other than to see a news story about a celebrity with a stalker. However, it is a crime that affects 3.4 million each year in the United States. Some know the stalkers while others never did until they forced their way into the lives of their victims.
Victims come from all walks of life. They didn't ask for the attention and it is not flattering rather it is terrifying. Stalking is a crime that affects every aspect of its victim's lives and in many cases the lives of their friends and family as well. It simply cannot be explained effectively by one person. Therefore Jodi's Voice is asking many people to submit their own stories (either video or written form) or thoughts about stalking. The campaign called "Raise Your Voice Against Stalking" is meant to educate the general public on the problems victims face each day, the disruption to their lives due to the constant fear and in some cases legal issues arising from the stalking cases.
Please help us stop stalking one step at a time. First step is to educate so please submit your story.
Please submit only one video under ten minutes in length.
- YouTube/Google Account – To upload your video, you must have a valid YouTube account. If you do not already have a YouTube account you can go to www.youtube.com and create an account for free.
- Clear sound is crucial. – Make sure to shoot in a quiet environment and project your voice to be heard. If no one can hear you the video will not get the momentum to raise awareness.
- Don't backlight. – Make sure light is on your face rather than behind it — i.e. don't sit in front of a bright window or outside with the sun behind you.
- Title and tag your video –Use the title "Raise Your Voice Against Stalking" and include your name and location if you feel safe – ex: "Raise Your Voice Against Stalking: Jodi Sanderholm in Kansas ". Use tags to describe your video so that other people can find it for example: "stalked in Kansas"
- Do NOT name your stalker – Even if your stalker has been prosecuted this project is not about the stalkers. Please keep the video to how the stalking affected your own life rather than the stalker.
If you are uncomfortable making a video please feel free to email your submission to mystory at jodisvoice dot org.


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A Face-to-Face Meet for TwitterersBy
Mr. Positive Thinking was skeptical at first. Motivational speaker Tony Robbins says he wasn't sure he had time to use Twitter when he first heard about the popular social networking site. "Why would I want to read something someone else is doing?" Robbins asked. Like many people, he says he feels somewhat overwhelmed with the volume of information already bombarding him. "Remember when people said technology would give you free time?"
Then a year ago Robbins was visiting with a friend in the technology business. The friend quickly sent a message out to his Twitter network that he was sitting with Robbins. Within minutes 75 people from as far away as Europe and Australia had responded with questions for the guru. Robbins had a breakthrough moment. "This is what I live for," he recalls. "I have a mission. I want to touch people. I want to use every medium I can." He now has more than 1 million followers. Of the information overload, he says: "They can pick and choose what they like."
On Sept. 23, Robbins was the keynote speaker for the second day of the two-day Twitter Conference in Los Angeles. The event was a chance for celebrities such as Robbins and social networking experts to share Twitter strategies with attendees, more than 400 businesspeople, nonprofit fund-raisers, and other Twitter users. Founded in 2006, Twitter is expected to generate 4 billion messages, called "tweets," between users this year, and as many as 40 billion in 2010. The conference was the second run by event coordinator Parnassus Group, with others planned in Seattle and early next year at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
Stars Surprisingly Helpful Several of the attendees said the celebrities, including professional skateboarder Tony Hawk and radio talk show host Dr. Drew Pinsky, were surprisingly helpful. Normally just at conferences to entertain, the stars showed they were as amazed and befuddled by the new communication medium as anyone else. On one panel, Roots actor LeVar Burton and singer Tyrese Gibson engaged in a lengthy debate over how much of their private lives they should reveal in their tweets. The two continued their discussion after the panel had finished. "To see them come off their pedestal and show they're just as unsure as everyone else, that was powerful," says Martin Bosworth, managing editor of ConsumerAffairs.com and a conference attendee.
Winnie Hsia, a social media specialist at the grocery chain Whole Foods Market (WFMI), says her company has 180 Twitter accounts run by employees at 200 stores. She says the company is letting the staffers write their own messages without much control from headquarters. "If we are trusting them to put their faces in front of customers in the stores, why not online?" Hsia says. But the Austin (Tex.) grocer still faces a dilemma deciding how much it should promote specific products in tweets. "In some regions people really want to see store specials," she says. "In some markets it's considered spam."
In a panel called Tips and Tricks, panelists shared some of the many applications that Twitter users can tap into to mine Twitter data. TweetStats.com, for example, lets users track exactly what time of day other users are twittering so you're most likely to catch them if you send them a message at that time. TweepSearch.com mines the bios of users so you can search for people with similar occupations or interests. TweetBeep.com provides e-mail alerts about companies or subjects you want to follow. If all this gets confusing, Feedmyapp.com provides 34 pages of Twitter applications.
Sizing Twitterers Up Quickly Robbins' two-hour talk was punctuated with opportunities for audience members to massage the shoulders of the person beside them, dance to techno music, and jump up and down to Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. Robbins has had his own learning curve with Twitter. He said his first posts were inspirational quotes from people like Nelson Mandela. "You can imagine my frustration with 140 characters," he says, referring to the limit on the length of Twitter messages. But readers said they wanted him to respond in his own words and "do something deeper."
Although Robbins has 1.36 million people who follow his tweets, he himself follows only 265 people. About 110 of those are people he thinks he can learn from. They include former IBM (IBM) chief Lou Gerstner and entrepreneur Richard Branson, who Robbins says doesn't twitter often. The others are people who have said nasty things about him online and whom he wants to have a dialogue with, including one who claims to have proof Robbins doesn't write his own tweets. (He insists he does.) The essential point, Robbins says, is that just as he tries to add value through his public speaking, he looks for people who can add value to his life through Twitter. The service allows him to quickly size people up. "Twitter allows you to understand someone's blueprint in seconds," he says. "Look at what they write, what they share. Some people it's all about the workplace, some people it's spirituality, others it's about looking cool."
Robbins says he wasn't paid for speaking at the conference. "It is a community that's been good for me," he says. "So when you're a member of a community you give back." He also sees a model in Twitter for other businesses. "The only way to build a brand is to build a brand that gives more than it gets back," he says. But isn't Twitter, which charges nothing for its service, famously big on traffic but short on revenues? "People say Twitter doesn't know how to monetize. They're creating the best possible user experience and they'll figure out how to monetize it," Robbins says.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post7215321895704443738..comments2017-06-23T10:36:12.813-04:00Comments on Nathan Bransford, Author: Will You Ever Buy Mostly E-Books?Nathan firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-39480111487416251152011-11-28T21:31:47.200-05:002011-11-28T21:31:47.200-05:00The eBook era has arrived. It will continue to gai...The eBook era has arrived. It will continue to gain an ever larger percentage. Personally, I think it's the best option.Adamhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-16668882048775931622011-01-14T05:17:53.919-05:002011-01-14T05:17:53.919-05:00This year I finally hope to get one.Last year,I ha...This year I finally hope to get one.Last year,I have made considerable savings to buy myself an e-book.
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www.plrprivatelabelrights.comfirstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-77431524142358790622010-12-11T12:39:02.970-05:002010-12-11T12:39:02.970-05:00Not until the rights for countries like Australia ...Not until the rights for countries like Australia are a whole lot better than now. My Kindle has been more useless than useful, as so many of the (maintstream) books I would buy aren't available to Australia in Kindle (even though they are to the US). As a mug punter reader, I don't know for any given book if the ebook rights for Australia are still with the author, being sat on by a publisher, or what, and there is no clear/simple way to find out; so I can't write/email/agitate. I thought I was entering a brave new world; right now, I'm trapped in the vestibule, waiting for authors/agents/publishers/somebody to remember that Australia has people with ebook readers who might like to read more than out of copyright classics and Steig Larsson.

Buying a Kindle has been a waste of money (it would be the same for any e-reader); and I'm buying more print than I had planned to.

The Australian Consumer Assoc recetnly reviewed e-readers available here, but sadly ignored the elephant in the room of the limited content available.

If books weren't already available in Kindle form, I'd be less narked; but the formatting etc is done, the issue is the rights.

It would be great if e-book selling websites such as Amazon had a button you could ping to send the message that you would have bought this book in Kindle form if you could; that could be forwarded to publisher/rights holder etc, and indicate demand so perhaps someone would get their rear end in gear.

Ebooks for Australian readers are more frustration than anything. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-81613166854932068522010-12-02T10:48:17.156-05:002010-12-02T10:48:17.156-05:00Last year I would have said "never", but...Last year I would have said "never", but I love my Kindle, and I'm going to buy a Kobo or Nook so I can borrow E-Books from the library. You can change the text size, which my eyes appreciate, and I'm making a lot of space in my house by getting rid of some of my classics. I can get them for free with Kindle. When I travel, I won't have to take a separate MP3 player for audio books. The Kindle plays them. I will always buy and read books from major publishers, though, unless it's something very local and very firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-36829233396500480212010-12-02T10:01:25.325-05:002010-12-02T10:01:25.325-05:00Maybe "Mostly" but never "all"...Maybe "Mostly" but never "all". I like the feel of a book in my hand too much.

Someone mentioned stone tablets...you have to admit, they're more durable than paper ; )

I don't have an ereader, but if I can ever afford one, I understand that the data files are often cheaper than the hard copies. Though I think I'll still want to own my favorites in hard copy.

Think about what might happen if there ever was a world wide electronics crash. All those books in ereaders would be useless, unreachable. ;) Hard copies? no technology required to read them (at least in the daytime). The sun makes it fairly easy. And if something happens to that light source, I don't think any of us will be worrying about books. :)Andrea Stronghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-14307150544165403342010-12-02T09:51:39.350-05:002010-12-02T09:51:39.350-05:00We're military stationed in Europe and can'...We're military stationed in Europe and can't download everything from Amazon because our computer URL lists us as Germany. Can bypass with a proxy url, but it gets sticky...so probably not until we're back in the states. For now, it's cheaper to buy the actual book and have it sent over.Deni Kruegerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-44341025098874853842010-12-02T09:49:19.540-05:002010-12-02T09:49:19.540-05:00I like the convenience and ease of ereading. In my...I like the convenience and ease of ereading. In my day job, I do most of my reading online anyway, so making the switch to an ebooks for entertainment reading is an easy migration for me.

I think there will always be a place for paper books, especially for those you want to pass down to family and friends. And, I am amazed at the amount of relatively cheap/free content out there.

All that said, that's why I decided to release my novel, Lie Merchants, as an ebook first and then consider moving over to paper.

www.LieMerchants.comJ. Viserhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-79799922515166814542010-12-02T09:49:04.152-05:002010-12-02T09:49:04.152-05:00I like the convenience and ease of ereading. In my...I like the convenience and ease of ereading. In my day job, I do most of my reading online anyway, so making the switch to an ebooks for entertainment reading is an easy migration for me.

I think there will always be a place for paper books, especially for those you want to pass down to family and friends. And, I am amazed at the amount of relatively cheap/free content out there.

All that said, that's why I decided to release my novel, Lie Merchants, as an ebook first and then consider moving over to paper.

www.LieMerchants.comJ. Viserhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-22507772462800348812010-12-02T09:09:06.633-05:002010-12-02T09:09:06.633-05:00Before this year I would have said no. I liked my...Before this year I would have said no. I liked my physical books, ereaders just weren't durable enough - and then I became part of a book review website. The volume at which I read now cannot be contained by my small apartment - ebooks are the natural solution for everything I don't just want to read and read and read and read. So I got a sony daily, and I'm slowly but surely falling in love with it and ebooks. :) What can I say? I'm a convert!Cidhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-5962123229242275902010-12-02T08:54:22.005-05:002010-12-02T08:54:22.005-05:00E-books weren't really on my radar at all unti...E-books weren't really on my radar at all until recently when my husband began talking about possibly getting one. I was shocked and dismayed. Replace my lovely paper books with their wonderful book smell for a piece of electronics? I'm not a person who deals with change well and so I immediately shut him down and forbade him to ever talk about it again, all with a look. (He knows by now not to go against THE LOOK.)

But as I began to branch out and read more blogs about writing lately (I'm an aspiring author myself) I slowly began to reconsider my opinion. This e-book thing is pretty big, not just a fad or something, huh? Grudgingly, I did come to accept that this is the future and eventually was even able to see the multiple up sides.

I think we'll finally be getting an e-reader for Christmas. Not a Kindle. My husband works for the library and insist we get one that enables borrowing from libraries. And then I won't be surprised if we go over to mostly e-books. It's cheaper and easier, after all.subcreatorhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-49616193831129699062010-12-02T08:35:56.926-05:002010-12-02T08:35:56.926-05:00I once heard (maybe it was on Oprah) that at the e...I once heard (maybe it was on Oprah) that at the end of your life, it is the people you've met and the books that you have read that matters most. Call me romantic, but I have fallen in love with books; the dogeared, tangible ol' things. They are like good friends. They sit on my shelf and remind me of great times. The ones I haven't read; invite me, with their pretty covers and intriguing titles and their sheer weight, to come and discover the stories within. I get anxious by looking at them. I guess it is my fear that e-books are, and will be forgettable.Alison Barberhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-33925324375957062362010-12-02T08:16:23.385-05:002010-12-02T08:16:23.385-05:00I grew up back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and...I grew up back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and people used fountain pens and second-hand Remingtons and things like that. But I got my Sony reader a few weeks ago. It's great for skiving in the coffee shop, taking chapters of my new novel to read at my writers' group or a selection of books to reader on that weekend away. Wouldn't be without it.
But's it's o good at all for casually-on-purpose leaving one's own books lying around for visitors to spot: "hey, did you wirte this then?"Rob Cromptonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-46109221086233183072010-12-02T06:31:15.009-05:002010-12-02T06:31:15.009-05:00I'm a paper book purist (and I've been wor...I'm a paper book purist (and I've been working for a creative digital agency).

I think they'll sit side by side, but I think paper books will continue to edge out ebooks (despite all the comments that seem to say otherwise)!

Then again, I'm a bit of a grumpy curmudgeon sometimes, so maybe it's stubbornness.ablankwhitepagehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-71285003881071604772010-12-02T04:15:14.608-05:002010-12-02T04:15:14.608-05:00I think Nancy made a great suggestion for a future...I think Nancy made a great suggestion for a future poll - I think the spread of ratios of what we're prepared to own would make the e-reader conversion from print look a lot less threatening.

I can't see our household ever going over a 80/20 ratio print to ebook.Victoriahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-75415048547996304172010-12-02T03:17:46.477-05:002010-12-02T03:17:46.477-05:00Still a cold dead hands supporter. I want to colle...Still a cold dead hands supporter.
I want to collect classic books with leather covers and acid free paper just to have a weird hobby. If a book truly affects me and changes my world view I want it memorialized in the old fashioned form. Publishing doesn't reveal new stuff (world views)so maybe e-books are the cure and I'll become an obsessive reader again.Steppehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-84410002552835309002010-12-02T02:58:08.169-05:002010-12-02T02:58:08.169-05:00So, I just bought my first e-reader, and I am welc...So, I just bought my first e-reader, and I am welcoming my e-book overlords, but I don't think I will buy mostly e-books.

So far, I've loaded public domain classics, bought my favorite authors books, and checked out some digital ARCs.

I plan on reading ebooks that are priced reasonably, and interesting. I still plan on buying physical books. I'm still hoping they'll begin bundling hardcovers with a digital edition of the book. I can't justify $30 hardcovers, or $20 ebooks.Amy firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-70148674338208091322010-12-02T01:06:25.975-05:002010-12-02T01:06:25.975-05:00Already there, and my reading experience has never...Already there, and my reading experience has never been better.Moses Siregar IIIhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-7683444419861442192010-12-02T00:11:25.282-05:002010-12-02T00:11:25.282-05:00I voted "never" again, but it didn't...I voted "never" again, but it didn't feel as strong as last year's.

I seem to like collecting classics as ebooks but am reluctant to buy newer ebooks. I almost took the plunge recently with a nonfiction book, but the formatting in my sample is AWFUL! I can read a few pages, then the sample suddenly stops and starts over again. Then that part stops, and I'm back to reading again where I left off originally.Khanadahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-91642072128571033272010-12-01T23:57:07.400-05:002010-12-01T23:57:07.400-05:00P.S. Yes, I know papyrus is not made from a tree. ...P.S. Yes, I know papyrus is not made from a tree. But still... it is a small connection to the roots of humankind's learning. The e-reader will no doubt be a part of humankind's learning and entertainment history one day. This reminds me that in the future we may well be able to cozy up to reading using a virtual field of vision made possible via retinal implants. Well, you just never know these days...email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-25756382272143663802010-12-01T23:24:56.970-05:002010-12-01T23:24:56.970-05:00Nathan: Wouldn't the poll be more effective ...Nathan:

Wouldn't the poll be more effective if you asked "What percentage of books to e-readers will be your preference in the near future?" And then list the percentages: 1) 100% e-reader books. 2) 10% paper books to 90% e-reader books, for example, etc., on down to 100% paper books. I imagine myself buying an e-reader in the future, but I also have to admit to my old-fashioned notion that a book should be a rolled out, one-of-many alternative universes of a tree. The concept connects me to the wonders of ancient Egypt with its papyrus, or farther back to cuniform on clay tablets. When I hold a cloth/paper book I'm connected to learning and understanding down through the millenia. It's a connection through tangible, related materials, unlike holding the electronic readout version. Not that the e-friendly version isn't any good. Maybe 200 years in the future people will curl up with their e-readers in front of the old electronic fireplace, enjoying the historic nostalgia of it all. At this point in time as I stand in a bookstore amid all the colorful invitations to worlds of learning and adventure, am I excited about e-readers and e-fireplaces? Not firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-81729344896312255342010-12-01T23:16:47.078-05:002010-12-01T23:16:47.078-05:00For convenience, the environment, and a pleasant r...For convenience, the environment, and a pleasant reading experience, I'm already kindled. --email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-53940299723485818342010-12-01T22:31:38.309-05:002010-12-01T22:31:38.309-05:00I'm not all that infatuated with e-readers. Ye...I'm not all that infatuated with e-readers. Yes, I understand the pro's of them but I still have concerns. Technology always has a way of out doing the last generation and rendering it obsolete. This has been case with many things, VCR's to DVD player and now blueray, Who's to say that e-readers won't be the same way. What if the next generation(s) are not compatible with the books you've already downloaded? What then, buy a new e-reader and purchase the books all over again? Thanks but no thanks, I'll stick with paper versions as long as I email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-17741655736039879612010-12-01T22:30:06.868-05:002010-12-01T22:30:06.868-05:00I buy all e-books unless I have read an e-version ...I buy all e-books unless I have read an e-version and loved it. I will then go and buy the hardcover for my collection. I want to be able to show off my literary tastes, and that's an easy way to do it.Lesliehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-3977801618030963142010-12-01T22:03:39.006-05:002010-12-01T22:03:39.006-05:00I can't even imagine a world without tangible,...I can't even imagine a world without tangible, thick, old-paper scented books. Has anyone taken the time to think about the effect ebooks will have on the furniture industry? What's that mom and pop shop down the road here in Topanga going to do when no one wants to buy a bookcase? Not to mention interior decorators. Homes will be left with a giant blank void in the corner of the room. What will it be filled with? Another flat-screen television? A silk-screened black and white rendering of Jimmy Page circa 1972? Horrible. Books belong in homes, not in computers. Computers die, technology becomes obsolete. Photographs, books, traditions can be passed down; they survive. Who's going to go into a "used book store" in twenty years and buy a Kindle crammed with children's books that adults read, stories about compulsive shopping, dogs, a quirky bridesmaid, or secret Vatican conspiracies? Imagine James Joyce on a Kindle. I feel sick.Justin J. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334836757176538347.post-36407658165111828702010-12-01T21:56:35.394-05:002010-12-01T21:56:35.394-05:00...I believe it is inevitable......I believe it is inevitable...edhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Monex is a personal finance manager based on double entry bookkeeping principles. An accounts tree view lets you organize your accounts into a tree structure. You can branch expense and income accounts or join accounts by currency or type, and create, remove or change your account tree structure depending on your needs. User can view current, cleared and total balances of a single account or a whole branch of accounts, as well as profits of stocks and funds. Select a list of transactions to calculate expenses/incomes and sums, and let the transaction history help you input similar transactions. Calculate account balances or transaction sums in different currencies or just exchange currencies. Schedule repeating transactions and let Monex do the work for you. Account for stock purchases and sales, and view how much profit you have made or are about to.
Version 0.723 adds a settings dialog, the ability to save to a single file, backup and archiving options, and many bug fixes.
What's new in this version:
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I have been putting some real consideration into getting my FFL to start a internet based business. I'm not looking into getting it for personal use but to actually start a small internet based business out of my home. I know many people have said that trying to get information about doing something like this is going to be really hard b/c people who have gone through the process and run a business are not going to want to help possible competition out getting started. I understand this stance but an hoping I can get some kind of info from people here.
Here's what I want to do:
Internet based out of my home w/ only doing local transfers to close friends and family and maybe local Leo. I want to keep it small to start out at least to not get overwhelmed by it. Try to get my name out there and mainly ship with a good price.
Here's what I know:
I will have to apply and meet the requirements by ATF to have the FFL, I know they come out do an inspection and ask questions and if ur approved you get ur licence if not they tell you what you have to change or improve then you try again. After that point I will need to make contacts and create accounts w/ distribution companies and possible straight from the manufacturer. Then from there I need to manage the website and set up ways to bill.
Here's what I don't know:
How hard is it to set up and manage a web site with billing?
Are there companies out there that I can use for billing, or can I just set up a business account and bill through that account, using a local bank??
Is there any insurance issues I need to consider with home owners insurance and running a business out of my home even though I will not really have any foot traffic coming through? If need be I would be willing to do no foot traffic to avoid this problem and if I were to do a transfer do it at buyers house, like I said I would only do it for family and friends.
Do i need to consider some kind of business insurance for this, and if so to what level? With not wanting to start big so I'm not planning to have many weapons or accessories around at any given point and time, and not wanting to have foot traffic coming through I dunno what I would need. I would think this would be more necessary if I were to get bigger and get a store front or start doing local gun shows.
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Make no mistake: On the current trajectory, Russia won't be immune to many of the forces that provoked the so-called colored revolutions in adjacent states and even the misnomered Arab Awakening.
A third Russian revolution is unfolding. The only questions are when will that revolution reach a critical mass and, most importantly, will the forces of autocracy or pluralism carry the day?
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In the two decades since, Vladimir Putin has emerged as the Ironman of Russia. In the process, Russia has been described and viewed by many as a kleptocracy ruled by the few who have pillaged national wealth for their own benefits.
Under what Republicans and Democrats alike in the United States see as a government of and by thugs, human rights have been violated; dissidents and members of the media arrested; and opponents of the Kremlin subjected to purges and show trials leading to long prison sentences.
Tag Archives: Autocracy
What's Happening with Peru and Bolivia?
While Peru has become more like Chile, Bolivia has become more like Chávez.
Peru and Bolivia are neighboring Andean countries that have long been associated with poverty, drug trafficking, ethnic tensions, and political upheaval. Both experienced hyperinflation in the 1980s, and both saw presidents resign from office in the 2000s. Both nations also have abundant mineral wealth, giving them tremendous economic potential. Yet in recent years, their trajectories have diverged quite radically. Simply put: Peru has become more like Chile, while Bolivia has become more like Chávez.
Indeed, the Peruvian business climate has become increasingly friendly to private investment, while the Bolivian business climate has become increasingly hostile to it. Peru has strengthened the foundations of its democracy, while Bolivia has moved toward populist autocracy. As a result, Peru is now considered a rising star among developing economies, while Bolivia is considered a mini-Venezuela.
China: Triumph and Turmoil – Series 1 – Episode 2 – China: Triumph and Turmoil – Channel 4
Niall Ferguson asks how China manages to live under a Communist system of government but with a thriving capitalist economy.
The succession of revolutions orchestrated by Mao Zedong killed more people than Hitler and Stalin combined. And yet this hard-line communist and murderer of businessmen is revered in China today as the founder of a modern-day capitalist superpower. Why?
To answer this question Niall travels from Beijing to Mao's birthplace at Shaoshan to the new supercity of Chongqing and to the rural backwaters of Anhui to track down survivors of the madness of Chairman Mao, newly minted billionaires and the Mao worshippers who believe tomorrow belongs to them.
He finds the way China is governed is eerily similar to the way it was under the First Emperor. All the power lies in the hands of nine men with expressionless faces and what looks like the same hair dye – as unelected and as powerful as Emperor Qin.
Autocracy that values unity over choice; secrecy over openness – not democracy. That has always been the Chinese way. It is the price that China is prepared to pay for the spectre that has always haunted its leaders: protest, rebellion and turmoil.
China: Triumph and Turmoil – Series 1 – Episode 2 – China: Triumph and Turmoil – Channel 4
Progress à la Putin: 'civilized' corruption
Vladimir Putin has tamed the gangster capitalism that accompanied the collapse of the Soviet Union to make Russian corruption "normal and civilized," his presidential election campaign chief said in an interview published on Friday.
Russia is ranked as the most corrupt major power and in leaked documents U.S. diplomats cast "alpha-dog" Putin as ruling a corrupt autocracy that allows crooked officials and spies to siphon off cash from the world's biggest energy producer.
A New Russian Revolution – Perestroika 2?
Some Russian analysts are warning that if Mr. Putin persists in this autocracy-as-usual approach he could provoke an even bigger uprising by Russians, who have already gathered for the largest demonstrations since the collapse of the Soviet Union. But to judge from the official media, if the president perceives a threat, he attributes it to the newly arrived U.S. ambassador in Moscow, Michael McFaul. Mr. McFaul has been pilloried for attending a meeting with opposition activists; it is suggested, darkly, that he has been sent to Russia to foment a revolution.
Is a Democratic Middle East Possible? | Hoover Institution
What is the underlying factor driving the persistence of autocracy in this part of the world?
We would suggest that the fact that protestors are demanding both democracy and economic opportunity provides an important clue as to why the region tends to converge on non-democratic political systems. Briefly stated, societies that are characterized by extreme inequality tend not to provide fertile ground for representative political institutions. Not surprisingly, the first democracies—both in antiquity and in the modern era—emerged out of societies composed of citizens who not only had attained high average levels of education, but who were relatively equally matched in terms of their educational endowment and sophistication.
Such is not the case in societies where income, education, and opportunity are concentrated in a tiny elite. There, "free and fair elections" become a mechanism for the poor to redistribute wealth. Indeed, there is little to stop the vast, impoverished majority from stopping at the elite's wealth; why not deny the elite life and liberty as well?
Reading Medvedev's Mind | The Moscow Times
President Dmitry Medvedev's speech in St. Petersburg late last week marking the 150th anniversary of Tsar Alexander II's decree to free the serfs may have been a hidden protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's autocracy.
Perhaps Medvedev was trying to play the role of Alexander II while surreptitiously portraying Putin as Tsar Nicholas I — Alexander II's predecessor and one of Russia's most reactionary monarchs who wholeheartedly embraced the ideological doctrine of "Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Nationality."
Let's take a crack at decoding Medvedev's top six points from the speech:
1. Alexander II's critics "tried to talk him out of freeing the serfs, arguing that the Russian people were not ready for freedom."
Medvedev's real message to Putin: Give back to the people the right to elect governors and mayors. …
A Revolution in China?
So far the current wave of revolutions has been an entirely Arab phenomenon, apart from some faint echoes in Iran, but the example of successful nonviolent revolution can cross national and even cultural frontiers. It won't matter that it's a very long way from the Arab world to China if large numbers of young Chinese conclude that the same techniques could also work against their own local autocracy.
But what if the Chinese economic miracle stalled? Then the situation could change very fast, for the regime is not loved; it is merely tolerated so long as living standards go on rising quickly. And what could cause it to stall? Well, the economic side effects of the current wave of revolutions in the Middle East might do the trick.
Sometimes, it really is all about oil. …
The Arab world's revolutions, China and oil | The Japan Times Online
Ideology's Rude Return
Many believe that when Chinese and Russian leaders stopped believing in communism, they stopped believing in anything. They had become pragmatists, pursuing their own and their nation's interests. But Chinese and Russian rulers, like past rulers of autocracies, do have a set of beliefs that guide their domestic and foreign policies. They believe in the virtues of strong central government and disdain the weaknesses of the democratic system. They believe strong rule at home is necessary if their nations are to be respected in the world. Chinese and Russian leaders are not just autocrats. They believe in autocracy.
And why shouldn't they? In Russia and China, growing national wealth and autocracy have proved compatible, contrary to predictions in the liberal West. Moscow and Beijing have figured out how to permit open economic activity while suppressing political activity.