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Do we really know what our students want? Not in terms of 'less homework,' 'better cafeteria food' or 'more recess' but in terms of how lessons are designed and how teachers approach their work in the classroom. Their answers may surprise you.
High school students pivot every 50 minutes or so from one class to another. Within a five-minute passing period they must adapt to an entirely new learning environment. This can be either exhilarating, exhausting or both. Some schools agree to school-wide norms for behavior, procedures and even teaching styles; somewhat evening out the experience. Most, however, allow teachers free reign to do what suits them best.
But what suits students best?
Short of actually going undercover as a student again (or shadowing a student from dawn to dusk...an experience we highly recommend), it's hard to re/imagine what the entire day feels like from their perspective. A wonderful proxy is to simply ask them - several of them; the whole "Breakfast Club" of students whose styles and needs are diverse and varied - and, interestingly so similar, too.
We set up a camera, a chair and asked a random representative sample of 15 students at a large urban high school four questions pulled directly from the Measures of Effective Teaching Project.
- What is the best way for teachers to make sure you really understand? (Clarify)
- Describe what teachers do to get you to think really deeply/critically about something. (Challenge)
- What class is the most engaging and holds your attention best and why? (Captivate)
- What is one piece of advice you would like to give to all teachers? [we asked them to write these pieces of advice on a piece of paper with a big Sharpie marker and hold it next to their faces]
The students were appreciative of the short (10 minute) experience in front of a camera with lights and a mic lapel. Some were so unaccustomed to reflecting on the learning experience that it took them several minutes and additional probing questions to get them to 'meta-cognate' on the subtleties and complexities of teaching and learning. And it's surely not every day that teenagers are consulted for advice and asked about how the world can improve for them. Word quickly spread throughout the school and the principal received several formal requests to be interviewed as well. Basking in the glow of this kind of attention felt good to all of them.
How will this feedback be shared?
We are now in post-production with the responses and will share a video of them answering these questions with the entire staff in a couple of weeks. Teachers will use a training day to watch the responses and discuss in teams. Then, we will return to the school in January to ask these same students if they have noticed any changes in their classrooms. Was their advice heeded? Are they noticing more in terms of how their teachers check for understanding; ask questions; attend to relevance and create emotional bonds that hold their attention?
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Primaries and Caucuses
During an election cycle we hear a lot of vocabulary being thrown around that we almost never hear about at any other time. Terms like delegates, caucuses, super PACs, electoral college. Like a hibernating bear these concepts wake up after a long sleep. If you have never been a part of the political process this can be daunting and creating almost a barrier of entry. This might turn people off from truly getting involved.
Over the next month or so we will be breaking down these barriers. Preparing you for the upcoming conventions and giving you the information you need to understand these crazy ideas, and getting involved in the political process.
So during the primary season, the candidates have debates, run ads, phone bank, and canvass like crazy to influence voters to vote for them. At the end of this process, hopefully there is a clear candidate for who will get the nomination for that party to run for president.
While there are more than two political parties, for this episode we will be focusing on the two dominant parties, the Republican and Democratic parties. While I believe we need to have more than those two parties, discussing them in this episode doesn't fit because they typically don't have much in the way of primaries. However, we will bring them up throughout the series.
Each state has its own level of voting. In some states there are primaries, in other states, there are caucuses. There are open primaries, and closed primaries. It's a really convoluted process and this leads to many people not participating because it is so complicated, and the importance of this process is not clear.
So what is a primary?
- "In the early twentieth century there was a movement to give more power to citizens in the selection of candidates for the party's nomination. The primary election developed from this reform movement. In a primary election, registered voters may participate in choosing the candidate for the party's nomination by voting through secret ballot, as in a general election." https://votesmart.org/education/presidentialprimary#.VtyEXtBZZF8
Closed VS Open Primaries
In a closed primary, you have to declare a party, and then you can vote for a candidate for that party. In an open primary, you don't have to declare a party, you can vote for either. But you can't vote more than once, meaning, you couldn't vote for a republican and a democrat candidate.
- "A third, less common type of primary, the blanket primary, allows registered voters to participate in all primaries" https://votesmart.org/education/presidentialprimary#.VtyEXtBZZF8
- Blanket Primary: A nonpartisan blanket primary is a primary election in which all candidates for the same elected office, regardless of respective political party, run against each other at once, instead of being segregated by political party.
- The California blanket primary was ruled unconstitutional in 2000 because it forced political parties to endorse a candidate against their will.
- More Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpartisan_blanket_primary
What is a caucus?
- A caucus is a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy. The difference is in a primary, it's a ballot system. In a caucus, people gather together and vote for a delegate, who supports a certain candidate.
- "At a caucus, members of a political party meet in person at an appointed time and location to discuss the candidates and debate their merits. The voting for candidates happens either by raising hands or by separating into groups, with the votes being counted manually by counting the number of supporters of each candidate" http://www.diffen.com/difference/Caucus_vs_Primary
- "The caucus system was the original way in which political parties choose candidates. However, people began to feel that the secret ballot was a fairer, more democratic system so in the beginning of the 20th century, states began to move to the primary system." http://www.diffen.com/difference/Caucus_vs_Primary
- States that use the caucus system:
- Alaska
- Colorado
- Hawaii
- Kansas
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- North Dakota
- Wyoming
- Iowa
- Caucus process explained: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/what-caucus-and-why-does-iowa-have-one/nqFhT/
- Iowa likes being the first state to caucus. They even passed a state law that the caucus must occur before any other state's primary, by at least 8 days.
Super Tuesday
- There are a few front running states: Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina are the most notable, but the biggest day of the primaries is Super Tuesday.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lojb-a5VZK0 On that day, 12 states have their primaries/caucus. TN is one of those.
- Since Iowa is the first state to go, it is the first hurdle for candidates. After this, the candidates will whittle down. In this primary year, after Iowa, we are left with only 2 Democrat candidates, out of the 5 that started! And on the Republican side, they started with 17 candidates, but they started dropping like flies during the primaries.
Post Primary Voting
- So after the voting is done, for the democrats, they each get a certain number of delegates, based on the % they received in the voting. This process will be explained further in our upcoming episode on delegates.
- As for the Republicans, each state is different. For the Democrats, each candidate gets a %. However, some states' Republican primaries are "Winner Take All" states. This means, that the candidate with the highest % of the vote, then gets all the delegates for the republicans, in that state.
- To win the nomination, a candidate must secure 50 per cent of the delegates plus one. The Democrats have not yet finalized their delegate numbers but they are estimated to be 4,764. The Republicans have 2,472, so a candidate must win 1,237 delegates.

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A General Formula for Valuing Defaultable Securities
Previous research has shown that under a suitable no-jump condition, the price of a defaultable security is equal to its risk-neutral expected discounted cash flows if a modified discount rate is introduced to account for the possibility of default. Below, we generalize this result by demonstrating that one can always value defaultable claims using expected risk-adjusted discounting provided that the expectation is taken under a slightly modified probability measure. This new probability measure puts zero probability on paths where default occurs prior to the maturity, and is thus only absolutely continuous with respect to the risk-neutral probability measure. After establishing the general result and discussing its relation with the existing literature, we investigate several examples for which the no-jump condition fails. Each example illustrates the power of our general formula by providing simple analytic solutions for the prices of defaultable securities.
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Keywords: defaultable securities ; risk-adjusted discounting ; absolutely continuous change of measures ; counterparty risk ; flight to quality
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Coconut Banana Bread is perfect for anyone who wants to expand their banana bread horizons! The tangy lime glaze cuts the sweetness of the bread and adds a nice citrus kick!
For the bread:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup softened butter
- 2 large eggs
- 3½ very ripe bananas, mashed
- ¼ cup plain greek yogurt
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- ½ cup + 1 tablespoon unsweetened organic coconut flakes, divided (I love this kind the most!)
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
- 1 teaspoon lime zest
For the glaze:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1½ tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 5-inch loaf pan. Set aside.
- In a medium sized bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Place sugar and butter in an electric mixer or large bowl and beat together until well combined. Add in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each one.
- Add the banana, yogurt, lime juice, and vanilla, and beat until incorporated.
- Gradually add in the dry ingredients and beat at a low speed until just blended.
- Fold in the ½ cup of coconut.
- Spoon mixture into the loaf pan and sprinkle the top with the extra 1 tablespoon coconut. Bake at 350° for 1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- For the glaze, mix together powdered sugar and lime juice with a whisk and set aside until the bread has baked.
- Cool for 10 minutes in a pan on a wire rack before removing your bread from the pan.
- Drizzle glaze over warm bread, then let cool completely on a wire rack before digging in. Enjoy!
I hope you'll try this recipe out whenever you feel like doing something a little different with your ripe bananas 🙂 This was a hit with everyone who tasted it, and it's a perfect pre-summer treat to enjoy for a snack or for breakfast.


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Why the reluctance to consider alternatives to incineration
We return to the matter of the Shek Kwu Chau incinerator and the government's troubled waste management plan, which has at its centre the controversial incinerator. This project is currently in limbo since it was refused funding by the Legislative Council last year and faces another judicial review. However, the government plans to have another go at getting funding for the project from Legco this year. Meanwhile, a group of academics and professionals has miraculously come out in support of it.
The Alliance for Promoting Sustainable Waste Management for Hong Kong claims to have no vested interests, though many of its members benefit from close links with the Environment Bureau. The bureau has steadfastly opposed any other technology. It is already struggling with landfills. Incinerators have produced dangerous emissions historically. It's not clear how safe so-called "modern" incinerators are. In addition to their emissions, they also produce toxic waste, which will have to be treated and then dumped in landfills. The number of incinerators is declining as the authorities turn to other cleaner ways of dealing with waste such as plasma gasification.
Professor Irene Lo Man-chi, of the University of Science and Technology's department of civil and environmental engineering, who is a member of the new waste management group, insists that the technology is "uncertain" and is not a "rational" choice for Hong Kong to pursue.
Nevertheless, it is increasingly being adopted by governments and local authorities around the world. Indeed, one of the largest plasma gasification plants is due to be commissioned this year in Teesside. So enamoured is the British government with the scheme that it has entered a long-term power purchasing agreement that enables Air Products to build a second project in the area. The plant will produce 50 megawatts of combined cycle power, which is enough to provide electricity for 50,000 homes.
Schemes such as this surely are an indication that the technology is worthy of more than the cursory glance the government or its consultants, Aecom, have given it.
Those of you thinking of changing jobs this year need to prepare for the increasing prevalence of oddball questions. Most people expect to be asked about the technicalities of the job they are applying for and perhaps their strengths and weaknesses. But according to job site Glassdoor.com you need to be prepared for quirkier questions that are designed to test your creativity and how you react under pressure, while others are supposed to indicate if you are a good cultural fit.
Examples include "What do you think about when you are alone in your car?", "What song best describes your work ethic?", "A penguin walks through that door right now wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?" and "On a scale from one to 10, rate me as an interviewer". The worst thing you can do when faced with one of these questions is say "I don't know".
Bankers' pay
A comparison of salary and bonus data for investment banking and markets suggests that people should start in New York, settle in London and retire in Paris where the cost of living is lower. Analysts can expect £55,000 (HK$700,000) in London but £75,000 in New York.
The survey by Emolument.com included data for New York, London, Paris and Milan. Surprisingly, London is well ahead of New York in terms of a senior banker's pay with a differential of £155,000.
Top hedge fund manager in 2013
Hedge funds have endured a tough few years. But there have been some notable exceptions. David Tepper, the founder of Appaloosa Management, with more than US$20 billion under management, anticipates clearing about US$3 billion in 2013, which would make him the highest-paid hedge fund manager of the year.
By the end of November, his Palomino fund grew 38 per cent, according to the New York Post, making him one of the few in the business to outpace the 29.1 per cent rise in the S&P 500 Index. Among Tepper's investments were US airline stocks, like Delta Air Lines and United Continental, which soared 128 per cent and 57 per cent, respectively, last year.
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Kinetic and Spirit Photography Tips
Kinetic photography is an unusual photographic technique which has been gaining in popularity in the last few years, yet is still considered experimental.
This technique is anything but ordinary, yet it sometimes produces astounding images which can only be categorized as abstract and some even call them post modern works of art.
In the English language kinetic means movement, more specifically caused by movement. This technique involves setting the camera to record images at slow shutter speeds and it is mostly done at night or in dark studios.
The photographer sets the camera on stands, ropes, wires and the more adventurous ones throw the camera up in the air immediately after depressing the shutter and try really hard to catch it before it hits the ground.
The resulting images are mostly out of focus, blurs, and random. Yet some end up resembling abstract art.
The brave souls who apply this technique do so mostly for the sake of art and photography itself, some even find markets in art galleries and with greeting cards manufactures. If you attempt this technique, do so with a short lens, make sure that everything is securely attached, do it at night but with enough light that you are able to see the camera.
A simpler technique is to attach the camera to a wire or rope and swinging it. This is much safer and can produce similar effects to those obtained from launching an expensive camera set up up into the air.
Bear in mind that this technique is not just taking out of focus or slightly blurred images.
Spirit photography, like its name suggest, is a technique whose overall purpose is to capture images of spirits or entities from the spiritual world. Its principal users are those individuals and organizations who conduct paranormal research, commonly known as ghost hunting.
Standard S.L.R or D.S.L.R cameras are fitted with infrared film or digitally programmed to capture what essentially look like underexposed subjects. However, this technique works better with black & white film in which two separate images are taken, one fully exposed and one underexposed.
The two images are then processed and manually interpolated to create the faint semblance of a person near or next to the image of the person which was fully exposed. This technique is not a new one, it was first used as a gimmick in the middle 1800's by photographic entrepreneurs looking to make and sell photos.
"It was first used by William H. Mumler in the 1860s. Mumler discovered the technique by accident, after he discovered a second person in a photograph he took of himself, which he found was actually a double exposure. Seeing there was a market for it, Mumler started working as a medium, taking people's pictures and doctoring the negatives to add lost loved ones into them (mostly using other photographs as basis). Mumler's fraud was discovered after he put identifiable living Boston residents in the photos as spirits." Wikipedia
Regardless if one is using a digital format or regular photographic film, one image has to be fully exposed and the "ghostly" image has to be underexposed, then the images have to be combined to create the effect.
With infrared film, no image has to be underexposed, with the images captured on film usually resembling forms of glowing light, mostly red to pinkish. Sometimes a regular image taken during normal conditions is interpolated with an infrared one.
This is no longer used as a gimmick, but rather as an artistic form of expression. If done well, the results can be amazingly pleasing shots. Infrared result in more dramatic images due to its ability to capture a light spectrum which is otherwise invisible to the human eyes.
No matter which style or format in photography you decide to pursue, the object is to be innovative and creative.
You have to strive to give each shot your own personal style.
Otherwise you will seem like a copy cat. It is good to emulate the work of great photographers, but do so with the intention of learning techniques and photographic approaches.
Eventually you will begin to develop your own style and this is what will distinguish you from others.
Don't undertake photography with the sole intention of making money, this is the wrong approach.
Approach it as an art and growth with it, soon you may find yourself being paid for doing something that you love and that is the key to succeed in this business.
Interesting topic/techniques?
The actual practice of attempting to capture ghosts on film dates back nearly a century and a half to around 1861. Not surprisingly, this type of photography has been controversial and the subject of much debate ever since.


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Review Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 3 Review
We dip below £150 for the first time with Gigabyte and Z370, but how well does it stack up against MSI's excellent Z370 SLI Plus?
We dip below £150 for the first time with Gigabyte and Z370, but how well does it stack up against MSI's excellent Z370 SLI Plus?
Freebies for smaller developers.
Roman 'der8auer' Hartung's latest design.
Direct3D 12, Vulkan in the works.
The iconic series is back for its sixth edition, and it's better than ever.
Fractal goes for a more aggressive look - how does it pay off?
Fractal has released two new cases today; we've got the smaller micro-ATX one in for review.
There's been plenty of new hardware in the last few months - how does it affect our recommendations?
We chime in with our favourite bits of hardware from 2016.
Rising from the ashes, the Buyer's Guide returns - Christmas lists at the ready!
Fractal has finally updated the micro-ATX Define Mini, and it's done a pretty good job of it too.
A GTX 1080, super-fast M.2 SSD, 16GB 3,000MHz RAM and an overclocked Core i7-6700K.
Antony takes a look at the three latest mini-ITX tower cases to see which one is best
Fractal Design has shrunk its Define S to mini-ITX dimensions - is it still effective?
This ultra-slim chassis from Fractal still has room for a powerful mini-ITX build
We take a look back at the best and most interesting hardware launches from 2015
We showcase 2015's best mods and scratchbuilds from around the world in our forum
Want to fit a 280mm rad in a tiny mini-ITX case and still have room for storage and a GPU?
We summarise everything we saw during our first day at Taipei's Computex 2015 event
Fractal has tweaked the design of the Define R5 to make it even more water-cooling friendly
We review the 650W Integra M, which comes with an 80 Plus Bronze rating and modular cables
Airflow and pressure models available
This budget ATX case comes in at under £40 yet has plenty of features on offer
We round up our product and news highlights for each month of 2014 - see if you agree!
Our annual roundup of the best mods and scratchbuilds - 2014's best projects
Open-loop design for upgradeability.
Fractal Design has finally updated its popular but aging Define R4 - can it still compete?
Fractal Design has today launched a new range of power supplies, the Edison M series
Fractal's dual chamber micro-ATX chassis features brushed aluminium and fan control
This new wide body ATX chassis from Fractal keeps costs low but packs in plenty of features
Our summary of all the goings on during our last day in Taipei at Computex 2014
Fractal's Arc range of cases gets the XL treatment, and the Arc XL is born.
Fractal's new Arc Mini revision includes outstanding micro-ATX water-cooling support.
Our regular guide to getting the best components for your PC build, whatever your budget.
New cases both feature space for 3 x 120mm, full-thickness radiators.
Fractal is back again with a revised edition of its performance oriented Arc Midi chassis.
We put eight 720-750W PSUs through their paces to separate the champs from the chumps.
Nanoxia is back with its second chassis, a cheaper addition to the Deep Silence range.
We take a look at the new revision of Fractal's big yet stealthy Define XL chassis.
The Core 3000 costs just £46, and comes with three fans. Is it missing essentials elsewhere?
Six 36W channels, brushed aluminium and shifting LEDs - what more could you want from a fan controller?
Can this cute little mini-ITX case from Fractal Design cute the mustard with high-end hardware?
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Ole Miss hopes Henderson hot early vs La Salle
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- If he had any hair, Andy Kennedy would probably be pulling it out.
The Mississippi coach has been searching in vain all season for a way to jolt Marshall Henderson out of his habitual first-half funks.
In the upset victory over Florida in the Southeastern Conference finals, the affable and at times agitating -- at least to opponents and their fans -- Henderson scored all but three of his 21 points in the second half.
Then on Friday in a second-round NCAA tournament victory over Wisconsin, it was the same old story of cold early, hot late for the SEC's top scorer. His teammates kept running ball screens to get him open looks, but Henderson managed only two points in the first half. Then he went off for 17 in the second.
If Henderson finds his touch early Sunday night in the third-round game against La Salle, the 13th-seeded Explorers (23-9) could be in for a long game.
"I would like him to make shots earlier, that's for sure," Kennedy said. "And he talks about it. I told him today he may be talking about it too much. It's almost like it's set in his mind. I've stopped fighting getting him to turn. I thought in the first half his looks were as clean if not cleaner than the second half. I don't know what it is."
Jaunty and outgoing, Marshall seems to be enjoying this NCAA tournament as much as anyone involved. A few hours after the 12-seeded Rebels (27-8) ousted Wisconsin, pictures of him decked out in an Ole Miss sweatshirt having fun at a Kansas City nightspot were all over Twitter. The next day, Ole Miss officials were quick to say he was not drinking, but only at dinner with the rest of the team.
Showboating seems to come easier to Henderson than hitting an unguarded jumper. He revels in all the attention. He does not seem worried about giving anyone the wrong impression of himself or his school by getting his picture taken while out on the town.
"I guess it's cool," said the skinny, head-shaven sharpshooter. "Gives people something to laugh at on the daily. It's kind of a joke really. It is funny to get people riled up. All you've got to do is say one little sentence that gets people all riled up over nothing and everyone starts saying all kind of crazy stuff."
His basketball skills are undeniable. He needs one 3-point bucket to break the SEC record. He hit 88 percent of his free throws to lead the SEC in that category as well.
He does not shy away a checkered past which includes a 25-day jail term for violating probation. He was originally arrested for a misdemeanor charge of forgery for using counterfeit money to buy marijuana.
He also promises to do good deeds if NBA money should ever start rolling in.
`I have a goal in mind to make money playing basketball, and then honestly, deep down in my heart, I want to open an addiction and rehab center, because I've obviously been through some things," he said. "And I don't know of many people who have been through what I've been through and can still get a college degree, and obviously, I have to thank basketball for that."
Ramon Galloway, La Salle's high-energy senior guard, will probably draw the assignment to fight through the ball screens and guard Henderson.
"He's going to take his shots," Galloway said. "My thing is just making sure to contest every shot. Not to give him anything easy. But I'm not going to get caught up in the Ramon Galloway and the Henderson show. It's about La Salle and Ole Miss."
It will be the third game in five days for the Explorers, who beat Boise State on Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio in the First Four, then took the red-eye to KC and ousted No. 4 seed Kansas State before a hostile crowd on Friday night.
Even though his players are young and eager, coach John Giannini admits fatigue is a concern.
"I'm always concerned about being fresh," he said. "If someone saw our public workout a couple of days ago, it was the most boring one ever because we really didn't do anything. We did our preparation in a walkthrough in the hotel. I'm always concerned about being fresh, no question about it, especially right now."
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TUI Travel revenue down 8% - financial highlights for the three months ended 31-Dec-2009:
- Revenue: GBP2,533 million, -8% year-on-year;
- Cost of Sales: GBP2,415 million, -6.1%;
- Operating profit (loss): (GBP140 million), compared to a loss of GBP70 million in the previous corresponding period;
- Net profit (loss): (GBP124 million), compared to a loss of GBP67 million in the previous corresponding period. [more]
TUI Travel: "Our flexible business model allowed us to manage the impact of the first full winter season since the height of the economic downturn by ensuring demand was in line with profitable supply. As anticipated, trading has been difficult, especially against a tough comparative period, but sustained improvements in demand over a number of months leave us more confident that the worst is behind us. I expect positive momentum in each of the remaining quarters of 2010 as trading benefits from improved demand in all source markets, merger synergies are delivered, and the benefits of our strategic venture in Canada and our exit from scheduled flying in Germany are realised. For these reasons, I remain confident that we can meet our Board's expectations for 2010," Peter Long, CEO. Source: TUI Travel, 09-Feb-2010.


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The crisis for Zhu Rongji is not over. This is despite the fact that to dispel rumours about the premier's resignation, the propaganda machinery arranged two high-profile trips for him earlier this month.
During a one-day tour of the Kunming Horticultural Exposition last Wednesday, Mr Zhu hobnobbed with visiting foreign dignitaries.
And while inspecting Shaanxi and Henan provinces, the economic tsar held forth on his favourite topic, reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Mainland papers gave top billing to a picture of a smiling Mr Zhu mixing with Shaanxi peasants, a photo reminiscent of Chairman Mao Zedong meeting the masses in the 1960s.
The truth of the matter, however, is that Mr Zhu has failed to claw back territory he has lost during a relentless onslaught by conservatives since April.
Moreover, the support that he got from President Jiang Zemin at the recent Beidaihe leadership meetings was hardly unqualified.
While briefing cadres in Shaanxi and Henan, Mr Zhu confirmed that at Beidaihe, the zhonyang (central authorities) had taken 'major steps' in economic work.
He asked local officials to 'further firm up their confidence, deepen enterprise reform, and change the mechanism of management'.
Uncharacteristically, however, Mr Zhu breathed no word on specific measures.
No mention was made of the experiment of gufenhua, or transforming SOEs into shareholding companies and listing them on stock markets. Nor did Mr Zhu repeat arguments he had given in internal meetings that even large SOEs can be sold to companies in the public and non-state sectors.
Instead, the premier emphasised that 'all areas and departments must seriously implement General Secretary Jiang Zemin's important instructions on SOE reform and development, as well as the series of goals and policies of the zhongyang'.
Disturbing questions have arisen about Mr Zhu's authority. Firstly, it is obvious much of the initiative of reform has gone to Mr Jiang. During his trip to Britain in March last year and to the US in April, the premier liked to remind foreign audiences that Mr Jiang was 'China's No 1'.
However, when speaking in a domestic setting, and particularly when the topic is the economy, Mr Zhu seldom appealed to the authority of Mr Jiang.
While on a swing through the northeast last week, the president left no doubt he was calling the shots on economic reform. At Dalian, he presided over a seminar on SOE reform to cadres from eight provinces and leading cities.
It was the fifth time since April that Mr Jiang had made key pronouncements on economic matters while touring the provinces. The neo-conservative leader's speech was typical Jiang: forward-looking exhortations hedged with cautions about going too fast.
The president said there would be a 'strategic regrouping of SOEs'. He hinted that more leeway would be given to the non-state sector. 'SOEs must be capable of making both advancements and retreats,' he said. 'They should do certain things but also refrain from doing other things.' Then came caveats galore. Mr Jiang said there must be no privatisation, adding this was a 'major principle with no room for transgressions'. He added that Communist Party authorities must have tight control over the managers of SOEs that 'affect national security and the economic lifeline of the country'.
Mr Jiang's statement showed that some of the ideas of Mr Zhu and his advisers, including the partial retreat of the state from business, had been adopted.
However, the president had put many of Mr Zhu's pro-market initiatives in a bird cage. For example, Mr Jiang stressed that party control as well as the livelihood of workers must not be hurt in the course of reform.
'More than before, Zhu has to submit his proposals to the party Central Committee's Leading Group on Finance and Economics before they become policy,' a source in Beijing said.
'Since Jiang chairs the leading group, the president is in a position to fine-tune or at times water down Zhu's suggestions.' The second question about Mr Zhu's influence concerns personnel. Developments in the past fortnight seem to have confirmed that big chunks of the decision-making powers of Mr Zhu and his lieutenants have gone to Mr Jiang's proteges, particularly members of the Shanghai faction.
Among cadres who accompanied Mr Jiang to Dalian last week were Shanghai faction stalwarts such as Vice-Premier Wu Bangguo, organisation chief Zeng Qinghong, economic planning chief Zeng Peiyan, Leading Group on Finance and Economics official Hua Jianmin and political adviser Wang Huning.
Mr Wu, whose division of labour is industry and economic reform, has been sidelined by Mr Zhu since the former became vice-premier in March last year. Now he has the support of both Jiang and Zhu foes such as National People's Congress Chairman Li Peng to get his old portfolio back.
'In private meetings, Jiang has criticised Zhu for favouring only his proteges - and not using capable officials from other factions,' a veteran cadre said.
'The president admonished the premier to heed the principle of the 'four lakes and five seas' - or promoting officials from different backgrounds.' The cadre added while quite a few of Mr Zhu's proposals may be passed at Beidaihe and endorsed at a Central Committee plenum next month, the premier may have little say over how they will be implemented.
Zhu watchers said the premier had been trying to resuscitate the political fortunes of associates whose clout had declined in tandem with his own.
Take, for example, protege Zhu Xiaohua, former head of China Everbright, who was recalled to Beijing last month for investigations into his alleged business irregularities in Hong Kong.
Premier Zhu is reportedly lobbying hard to have Zhu Xiaohua given a senior position at the State Office for the Reform of the Economic Structure, a leading think-tank.
At Beidaihe, Mr Zhu also advocated luring back to the government a large number of professionals now working in the United States and Hong Kong.
Analysts said unless his new, pro-market ideas could be translated into national prosperity soon, the economic tsar could remain in the woods for quite some time.
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BBA hangs on to beat Brattleboro
Brattleboro sophomore guard Taylor Bird led all scorers on the evening with 12 points and also had three rebounds and three assists for the Colonels. Her counterpart, senior guard Rory Halligan had a comparable game recording 11 points and also having four rebounds and two steals.
Halligan and senior guard Devin Brown powered the Bulldog offensive, combining for 20 points.
While the two seniors set the tone, BBA coach Terry Merrow said after the game that it was a team win.
"Rory and Devin, they lead us," he said. "I thought Maggie Oliver played a great game tonight. I thought Angie Gaiotti was unbelieveable on the defensive end. She really kept us ahead with all her defensive plays down on the end. So, she was a really pivotal part of our game."
While freshman center Hannah Nicholson did not have her best night offensively she got things done on the defensive side of the ball recording four blocks and also grabbing nine rebounds.
BBA (10-9) led by as much as 11 with just under four minutes remaining before Brattleboro mounted a comeback, but turnovers proved costly for Brattleboro down the stretch.
"We're still grasping how to finish. I'm always sort of reminding them that I prefer four or five safe passes than to try to make that one great pass and to be patient and move the ball and then they'll get better shots," said Brattleboro coach Paul Freed. "In a game like that we did try to force it and make things happen all in one play and that's part of growing up and I think we'll get better at that as we go along."
Burr and Burton led for much of the game, but Brattleboro (9-10) briefly took control of the lead about midway through the third when Bird hit junior guard Kayla Savage - who had eight points - in transition for a layup to put the Colonels up 21-20 forcing Merrow to call a timeout.
Bird and sophomore guard Abbie Lesure were pivotal in keeping the game close throughout the third and going into the fourth quarter of the game.
"Both those sophomores, Taylor Bird and Abbie Lesure, both have grown a lot this year. [They] get thrown in the with the lions, learning on the fly, and they've come a long way," said Freed. "They started to get more composure and understand how to finish a game. That's something we're still working on. I was really proud."
Sophomore forward Claudia Mosher - one of the BBA's offensive threats - went down in the second quarter and did not return due to a laceration over her eye.
BBA will host Rutland at 7:30 p.m. on Friday for their season finale at E.H. Henry Gym.
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2 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
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2 cups riced cauliflower
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Ahmedabad, Aug. 25: A jittery Gujarat government today scrambled to put state security on high alert within minutes of the Mumbai blasts but ruled out any link between them and the post-Godhra communal riots.
Chief minister Narendra Modi immediately ordered that vigil be tightened in sensitive areas as well as at airports, railway stations, cinema halls, bus stations, important religious places and in crowded market places across the state.
He condemned the blasts as a deep-rooted conspiracy to break the countrys economic backbone, destabilise the nation and create chaos. But neither the government nor the Opposition saw the explosions as a retaliatory act of riot victims, although one of the blasts occurred in the Gujarati dominated Zaveri market.
State home secretary K. Nityanandam said the high alert had to be sounded as a precautionary, routine drill. But he made it clear there was no connection between todays blasts and the post-Godhra communal violence. We cannot even think of that, he said.
Gujarat Pradesh Congress chief Shankersinh Vaghela echoed the home secretary. But he termed the blasts an act of terrorism that should be investigated by a central agency.
Vaghela said he did not think Modi was the target of the blasts. If he was, the explosions should have occurred yesterday when he was in Mumbai to launch the viranjali yatra, he said.
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Thank you for taking the time to learn a little bit about Busy Bees Locks & Keys. We pride ourselves on having one of the finest San Diego Locksmith teams in the business. All of our Locksmiths are licensed, insured, and take customer service seriously.
Meet the Busy Bees team
Jerry- Jerry is our Master locksmith and the owner of Busy Bees Locks & Keys. Jerry is skilled in residential, commercial, and automotive locksmith services, however, Jerry specializes in automotive and motorcycle locksmith services. Car dealerships and mechanic shops request Jerry to make car keys when they can't. Jerry can make even the most complex keys! When Jerry is not working (which isn't often) he enjoys spending time with his family and riding his motorcycle.
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Alex- Alex specializes in residential locksmith services, motorcycle and automotive locksmithing. Alex is always eager to please his customers and he always leaves his customers with a smile 🙂 When Alex is not working he is probably geeking out at a Star Wars convention or Comic Con, or anything else nerdy.
Jamie- Yes we are an equal opportunity employer, we have a female locksmith on our staff (and she's cute too)! Whether you need you mailbox lock changed, house rekeyed, or door unlocked Jamie is your girl. When Jamie is not working she likes to spend time with her two kids and riding her motorcyle.
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BC Premier Christy Clark has only herself and her Attorney General Suzanne Anton to blame for her dismal results in the recent general election held May 9, 2017.
Attorney General Suzanne Anton is believed by some investigators to have been secretly manipulating court cases to benefit her brother Jonathan Williams and screw over Vancouver Island farmers Gordon and Catherin Pastula.
The modus operandi against the Pastula family is the same as was used against the English family.
The court administration in British Columbia is the responsibility of the Attorney General and, in English family case and the Pastula family case, judges with personal and professional ties to Attorney General Anton and her Ministry have been assigned to the cases and they have given what the editors believe were false judgments in order to deliberately screw both the English family and the Pastula family and benefit their own friends and family.
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"I like to believe love doesn't need to have that happy ever after aspect in order to be true and profound.
Why can't I kill off the main character once they've found love? Why does their story have to have a happy ending? Not everyone in this world is that lucky.
I find there is something romantic about a sad macabre love story that ends in death while the love is still new.
Yes one soul is gone but the other is left never having to live through the reality of love and instead is able to hold onto the ideal.
Besides, in my line of work who says love has to end after death any way?"
This is what I write. It's not your average love story, it's not a bit of conflict only to find true love in the end. I focus on the constant struggle to hold onto that love once it's found no matter what occurs.
Including death.
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The Wicklow minor hurlers followed up their good display against Carlow in the Leinster Minor hurling league with a good win over Kerry in Arklow on Saturday in their second group game.
This win for the Minors sees them through to the Leinster Minor Hurling League Shield semi-final against neighbours Wexford next Saturday at a home venue.
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I want to share a few pointers about writing that have really helped me over the years. This blog post started out with just three rules, but then they mysteriously doubled…
Give yourself permission to write junk at first. This idea comes from Anne Lamott in her excellent book, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. She says:
"Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something — anything — down on paper."
James Thurber said something similar:
"Don't get it right, just get it written."
My daughter recently introduced me to the concept of the "zero draft." It's not even an outline; it's just your very rough thoughts in very rough order. The point is to write anything at first and, sooner or later, something good will begin to take shape.
Because I believe in crappy first drafts, I don't believe in writer's block. That's just another name for procrastination or lack of confidence. If you have any idea, and any resource or background material at all, you can begin writing.
In my world, K.I.S.S. means starting out as if you're writing a PowerPoint presentation, not a novel. You only have a short time to hold someone's attention. Use simpler verbs and adjectives. Make sentences and paragraphs shorter. When you can, put shorter topics into sidebars and turn related items into bullet lists. Write, read, cut, cut, and then cut some more.
I wrote another blog about the importance of structure in writing. At least in business communications, well-structured copy beats great-sounding prose hands down. Don't make your readers stop and think too much. Don't leave them wondering what your point was. Make everything flow logically and seemingly effortlessly.
I know, this is so much easier said than done, especially with technical material. But do your very best, because your audience was probably already tired and cranky when they started reading. Don't make it worse.
This is such a painful fact. I've noticed over the years that when I come up with a phrase that I'm sure will cause my readers to decide I'm brilliant, it will have to be cut in the end. In fact, it happened several times when I was editing this post! Maybe I fall in love with a clever concept and try to shoehorn the rest of my text around it. Then everything else becomes awkward and out-of-place.
BTW, I can occasionally salvage this kind of phrase by turning it into a headline or subhead. But more often, I just have to let it go. If this is particularly hard for me, I put it into a file of "copy orphans" that might get adopted into another piece on the same subject in the future. (Yes, I do actually label these files "Orphaned Copy.")
I still don't know why this works but we had an interesting discussion about this process in the comments on another one of my blogs, [writing is a team sport]. There is no better way to catch a mistake, a bit of awkwardness, or an unintended slide into boredom than to read your words out loud.
I particularly love #1, #2 and #5. I am a victim of overusing a particular phrase just because I like it. I've had to beat it out of myself and I'm still a work in process.
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October 8th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
I don't remember when I realized this but it was a serious moment, you know? A moment when I really had to say, "Get OVER yourself." Business writers are craftspeople who usually have to leave our egos at the door! Thanks for weighing in here.
#1 really resonates with me because for my first year of blogging I just wrote whatever came to mind. It was like one big brainstorm. Now I am in the process of going back to old posts, editing them, making their message clearer, etc. Slowly, I am learning steps 2-6. Reading out loud has helped out a lot! Also being more simple!
Great piece Claire!
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October 9th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Thanks, Steve. I know the same rules don't work for every creative person – in fact we rebel against rules a lot of the time! But these ideas have helped me, even though I will never be a perfect practitioner of them.
I love your list. I'm going to jot it down and post it to my bulletin board. As I read #4 (Clarity), I thought, hmm, keeping a conversational tone might help in avoiding that, I wonder if reading out loud would help. And lo and behold, there it was in #6! I might start by whispering since I work at home and don't want my boyfriend to think I'm completely losing it. Thanks!
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October 9th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Deirdre, I mumble out loud when I'm "proof-speaking," but fortunately, no one else is usually at home! Glad you found this useful. I agree about keeping things more conversational. I think my clients are finally learning to let go of forcing every concept they can think of into a piece (something that happens a lot in high-tech communication), and letting writers speak more casually to their audiences. Thanks!
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Claire, I totally agree about reading one's work aloud. I made an audio version of one of my e-books, one that I thought I had thoroughly proofread, and I found several major errors. And, of course, actually hearing the words helps us weed out clunky sentences.
Rudolph Flesch – tell your reader how you became an expert, don't talk at them like you already know stuff, and are handing it down from on high – re-tell the steps you took to get there.
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October 15th, 2010 at 8:20 am
I like that thought for article or blog writing. Thanks!
Catherine G. Tripp
Yes, it's all true. In my professional life, I have a similar first-draft technique that I've given the highly technical term "sh*tting it out." Write any old sh*t, just get it out. When I'm stuck, I even include my fumbling for words or ideas in square brackets in the draft. I'll write, "Then you [something like, you just get it down on paper] in your draft." At the end of my first draft, rather than obsess about how bad it might be, I think: Well, it's 100% more draft than I had before.
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Helen, brilliant! Write and move on without regrets. You sound like a real pro. Thanks for the inspiration this morning when I am stuck in a particularly difficult writing project.
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I, HOMEOWNER, pledge the following:
- To dutifully dig you out of the box every year if not on the exact day after Thanksgiving, within a reasonable amount of time thereafter.
- To give you a cutesy, elf-appropriate name and to entertain, but not be bound by, your suggestions on this matter.
- To read your accompanying book to my children without irony or eye-rolling so they are appropriately informed about your role in their lives and suitably enchanted and impressed by your so-called connection to Santa.
- To do my best to make sure you remain out of reach of all household pets.
- Not to pose you in an embarrassing/demeaning/inappropriate manner (the terms "embarrassing" "demeaning" and "inappropriate" to be defined by mutual agreement of the parties in an addendum to this letter).
- To take you to the stupid Elf Hospital if, despite my best efforts, someone ends up touching you.
You, ELF, pledge the following:
- To stay where I have placed you and absolutely, under no circumstances, sneak up on me (or any member of this household) while we are
- sleeping.
- Not to look at me in that creepy way (you are here to keep an eye on the kids. The KIDS. Not me.)
- To give a truthful report to Santa on the subject of my children's behavior.
- To make dang sure that you lobby hard to get my kids on the Nice list, irrespective of their actual behavior, or you will be ON YOUR OWN next year. I have reserved the right to declare my above pledges NULL AND VOID if things don't go our way, gift-wise. And believe, me, ELF. I will not hesitate to do just that. And we'll just see how long you can survive in this house without my protection. You see the way the dog is looking at you, don't you? No Elf Hospital this side of the North Pole will be able to help you after she gets through with you.
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I have a girlfriend but love another girl. I cheated on my girlfriend. how do I leave my girlfriend and tell her I cheated?
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Father's Day
Where is the baby?
The baby is on the father's shoulders
? tall father, tall father, where are you here I am, here I am, how do you do. ? fat father, fat father, where are you here I am, here I am, how do you do. ? strong father, strong father, where are you here I am, here I am, how do you do! beautiful mother lovely baby I love you!
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? Father's Day is the third Sunday in June . ? The first Father's Day was observed on June 19,1910 in Washington. ? On that day children will stay with their fathers . When children can't visit their fathers or take them out to dinner,they will send a greeting card.
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? What does your father have? My father ?? What doeshas________. your father have? ? My father has________.
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Each team has one balloon and some knitting wool to make a father by yourself!
Father in my heart
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Game There are some stones on the desk,T will call your number,and you should pick up There are some stones on the desk,T will the stone as the T shows you,how many call your number,and you should pick up stones youas got,how many words the other the stone the T shows you,how many team should read! many words the other stones you got,how team should read!
1.Happy Father's Day! 2.What does your father do ? 3.My father is a doctor. 4.What does your father have? 5.My father has eyes.
T will call one number,that number should read the sentence like this. eg:Happy Father`s Day ! ↓ Day Father`s Happy!
1、最佳爆破员 传气球到指定地方然后坐爆气球。 2、心有灵犀 家长和孩子的动作最相似为胜利者。 3、穿拖鞋 自己走5步把拖鞋放在地上,然后回到起 点蒙住眼睛,然后看谁先穿好鞋子。
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It said the young man told a Secret Service agent after his arrest that he had driven from California to Las Vegas "to kill Trump," and had been to a range a day earlier to learn to shoot as he had never fired a gun before.
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Happy Spring!
This season started off fun! I was able to go out an plant pots with my coworkers. We had beautiful weather to work in on top of it =-)
Be sure your container / pot is very clean to start the season. A good, stiff brush dipped in a 10% bleach solution will do the trick. This will kill off any of the nasties waiting to infect your flowers. This cleaning should take you through the season also. No need to disinfect after each season change. (Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter)
Spring flowers such as; Petunias, tulips, hyacinths, primrose, cyclamen, stock, hydrangea, muscari, snap dragons, ranunculus, helleborus, viola, ivy and diacia are just a few cool weather choices.
Give your display a bit of height with pussy willow or forsythia branches. If cut at the right time (pretty much right before placing in display) they will also bloom, adding to the WOW factor.
These flowers will last until the weather turns hot & then it's time to switch over to your summer display.
You don't need to remember a bunch of annual names. The only thing you need remember for a well-presented display is: Thriller, Filler & Spiller! The Thriller is that one large plant that is generally in the center and taller than the rest. Filler are those mid-range sized plants, often of 'fatter or fuller' stature. Spiller is just that, plants that hang over the edge of the pot.
Just like autumn pots, these don't grow any larger than they are now. So design accordingly.
Here are some Spring displays from 2016, 2015, 2014 & 2013.
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In august I had an operation to correct a deformity (pectus excavatum) at Southampton General. The surgery went smoothly with no complications and the post operative pain relief care was good. All the staff were brilliant at both treating and caring for me with a professional yet friendly attitude and the wards were very clean and tidy. I have complete faith in Southampton General and the NHS.
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