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Grande Pointe at Inlet Beach
If you haven't been through the neighborhood, I highly reccomend it. It's really a beautiful area. About 7 homes are currently being built now. I have a great listing available now. It's the 2nd home to recieve a completion order (C.O) in the subdivision. Here's a virtual tour link if you would like to see it. RealEstateShows.com/122533
It's a 4BR/3.5BA with 2,650 square feet. It has beautiful handscraped maple floors, wainscoting, crown molding, granite counter tops throughout, Jenn-Air appliances. It has 4 large porches with gorgeous views.
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The subdivision is nice. Great great landscaping. IMHO that is what makes the place. Of couse Inlet Beach is a great place to live.....
I drive through there every day to get to 98 since the county screwed the road up at the end of lakeshore dr and you cant turn east!!!!The image in a mirror doesn't always reflect the conditions of a soul ~ LN
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Yeah, it really is. They did an awesome job with the landscaping. The clubhouse is getting closer to completion also. It overlooks Lake Powell. it's going to be so beautiful when they neighborhood is completed.
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Another great listing in Grande Pointe. These two homes are the same floor plan, but have different finishes. This is a very good price on this home at $924,000. It's a 4BR/3.5BA with 2,646 square feet. It has hand scraped maple flooring, granite throughout, Jenn-Aire appliances, wainscoting, crown molding, travertine in bathrooms, 2 car garage. Here is the virtual tour- RealEstateShows.com/125612.
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doesn't CO stand for certificate of occupancy...not completion order??
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That's correct. I apologize, don't know what I was thinking there. Thanks.
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One of the owner's just closed on his home. The home appraised at $1,026,000. Both homes are identical, but in different locations in the subdivision.
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One of these homes has just been dropped to $839,000. Great buy for this neighborhood.
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This paper was presented at the Association for Education in Journalism andMass Communication in San Antonio, Texas August 2005. If you have questions about this paper, please contact the authordirectly. If you have questions about the archives, emailrakyat [ at ] eparker.org. For an explanation of the subject line, send email to[log in to unmask] with just the four words, "get help info aejmc," in thebody (drop the "").(Feb 2006)Thank you.Elliott Parker====================================================================Frames ReshapedA Textual Analysis of China's Image in the New York Times, 1966-1976Author: Jianchuan ZhouDoctoral Student in Mass CommunicationGrady College of Journalism and Mass CommunicationUniversity of GeorgiaPhone: (706) 254-1605Email: [log in to unmask]Submission to the International Communication DivisionAbstract:This study is a textual analysis of the New York Times coverage of China from 1966 to 1976. Contrast to the wide-held "persistent patterns" concept of framing theory, the analysis demonstrates some changes of the frame in which China was portrayed. The frame was of an "isolated China" in the 1960s, while in the 1970s it was reshaped as a more serious, rational international player. The study suggests that this change correlated to the change of U.S. policy on China.Frames ReshapedA Textual Analysis of China's Image in the New York Times, 1966-1976Submission to the International Communication DivisionAbstract:This study is a textual analysis of the New York Times coverage of China from 1966 to 1976. Contrast to the wide-held "persistent patterns" concept of framing theory, the analysis demonstrates some changes of the frame in which China was portrayed. The frame was of an "isolated China" in the 1960s, while in the 1970s it was reshaped as a more serious, rational international player. The study suggests that this change correlated to the change of U.S. policy on China.Frames Reshaped:A Textual Analysis of China's Image in the New York Times, 1966-1976 - 0 -Frames Reshaped[1]A Textual Analysis of China's Image in the New York Times, 1966-1976In July 1971, Dr. Henry Kissinger, former national security advisor for President Richard Nixon, visited the People's Republic of China. The secret visit was made known a few days later and President Nixon announced his decision to visit China. Nixon's ice-breaking trip to China was realized on February 21, 1972, and the normalization of relations between the two countries formally began. Although some measures had been taken since 1970 to ease tensions, such a rapid policy change toward an adversarial communist country, with which America had no contact for two decades, was still drastic and surprised many. The change in the government's foreign policy on China, as some researchers observed, was closely reflected in the way U.S. media portrayed the country.[2]The historical backdrop of the U.S.-China relations was complicated. The United States backed Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government in the Chinese civil war. After the communist victory in 1949, the U.S. Government refused to recognize the newly founded People's Republic of China. The Nationalists, with the help of the United States, retreated to Taiwan and survived on the island under the shield of the U.S. 7th Fleet. In the international arena, the Nationalist regime continued to occupy the China seat in the United Nations until 1971, when an overwhelming majority of U.N. members voted that the Government of the People's Republic of China, not the Nationalists regime of Taiwan, should take the China seat in the world body.In the Cold War era following World War II, the world was divided into the West, led by the United States, and the East, headed by the Soviet Union. The People's Republic formed an alliance with the Soviet Union and other socialist countries. For two decades after regime change, the Chinese and the Americans had no substantial contact except on the battlefields of the Korean Peninsula. But China-Soviet relations began to deteriorate in the late 1950s, and the rift became open in the 1960s. China, as a broken link of the Eastern bloc, became a wild card of crucial importance in the game of international geopolitics. As the Soviet Union remained the principle adversary of the United States, it also became a greater threat than the United States for the Chinese. It was under this circumstance that both the United States and China realized it was of their common interest to end their adversity. Meanwhile, the Taiwan issue continued to be the main obstacle to a better U.S.-China relationship.Mass Media and Foreign PolicyStudies dedicated to the relationship between the media and U.S.-China relations remain sporadic, although more on the subject can be found in general media-foreign policies study. While general studies of media and policies present a general clue, studies on individual countries allow us to delve deeper. Most previous studies in this area have focused on quantitative measurement of frequencies of mentioning,[3] distribution of topics,[4] or counting the use of symbols.[5] Chang's comparison of symbols in newspapers and documents showed that the news coverage reflected the ups and downs of U.S.-China relations over 35 years.[6] Yan's structural analysis of the New York Times also discovered that the coverage of China in the Times changed in accordance with the shifts of American foreign policy toward China over the four decades from 1949.[7] Although these findings confirm close coordination between foreign policies and news coverage, they are identified in terms of quantifiable variables such as topics, symbols, etc. These researches have shown the power of the quantitative approach, but also its limitation in capturing subtle change of the tones in the texts.Interpretations of this close coordination are inconsistent as well. For some scholars, the media's role is either passive or subordinate. Berry suggested that in the relationship between foreign policy and the press, "the press is a moon, not a sun; it reflects light."[8] In Herman and Chomsky's view, the U.S. media is to "serve to mobilize support for the special interests that dominate the state and private activity," and "their choices, emphases, and omissions" of news coverage are strictly for that purpose.[9] These scholars also observed that the media became inconsistent, critical of the U.S. foreign policy only when consensus started to erode in Congress, or a particular policy was failing.[10] For others, the media plays a more active role. One of the earliest works supporting this view is Cohen's heavily cited study, The Press and Foreign Policy. Cohen described that "the glass that the press holds up is refractive rather than reflective, and the beams that come out of it strike the policy makers as well as a larger public."[11] Two decades later, Larson discussed the dual role of network television as an observer and a participant in the foreign policy process, in which foreign policy elites not only influence but also depend on the television news.[12] Whether the U.S. media refracts or reflects the government's foreign policy, the causes of this correlation remain unclear.The current study is the first step of a larger project aiming to better understand this relationship.[13] In this study, the New York Times' coverage of China from 1966 to 1976 was examined in the manner of textual analysis. The question in this study is whether or not there was a change in the tone of the Times' coverage of China over this period, and how so. Tone is a rich and complex mode of linguistic registration, one of the central ways in which the news text presents itself. It indicates to the reader an evaluative "set", or stance, towards a certain topic (or range of topics) taken by "the speaker"; and it invites the reader to assume a similar stance.[14] There is the possibility that a discernable change in the tones might not exist, and if that is the case, the change of a country's image in the newspaper might indeed come as a result of topical change or change of symbols, as discovered in previous studies. In a sense, the use of semantic symbols is directly related to the tone of the coverage, but this study is not to count the frequencies of these symbols in quantitative measurement. Instead, it will look at how the symbols were used in the text and in context. Whatever result, such analysis is to add to our understanding of how the image of a nation is constructed and reconstructed, how it is demonized and glorified. If such change in the Times' tone occurred, a later stage of the larger project shall explore various factors (and identify the key factors) that contributed to the change.Frames Are Not Always PersistentThe theoretical implication of this study is its contrast to what some framing theorists called the "persistent patterns" of news frames.[15] Gitlin described media frames as "principles of selection, emphasis, and presentation composed of little tacit theories about what exists, what happens, and what matters."[16] In broader perspective, news framing is realized through selection of topics and components of the stories; in more subtle way, it is the "unspoken and unacknowledged" tactic of managing labels and symbols and the tones "between lines." In Gitlin's definition, frames are "persistent patterns of cognition, interpretation, and presentation, of selection, emphasis, and exclusion, by which symbol-handlers routinely organize discourse, whether verbal or visual."[17] In similar terms, Reese argued that "[u]nless frames endure over time they have relatively little importance for analysis," and "[t]he more persistent the frame, the more likely it deserves examination."[18]Gitlin and Reese's points clearly articulate the importance of persistence to a meaningful frame. After all, frames will be too elusive to discover if they are ephemeral. The persistent patterns argument stresses frames' resistance to change, however, there seem to be evidences suggesting that frames can defer to intervening forces and are subject to change. Gamson and Modigliani[19] present another example. Their longitudinal study of 40 years of media discourse and public opinion on nuclear power identifies three major phases of the frames evolvement. In the case of media coverage of China, Mann made a vivid account describing how the frames changed over decades:In the 1950s and the 1960s, the "frame" was of China as little blue ants or automatons. In the 1970s, following the Nixon administration's opening, the frame was of the virtuous (entertaining, cute) Chinese, displaying their timeless qualities even under communism. In the 1980s, the frame was that China was "going capitalist." And for most of the 1990s, the frame was of a repressive China.[20]As in Yan's analysis of the New York Times, Mann identified the first major change of the news frame in China coverage was between the 1960s and the 1970s. Mann's account and the findings of others suggest that news frames may not be a persistent pattern under certain conditions. It can be reshaped overtime as it succumbs to outside forces. Such forces were recognized even in Gitlin's "persistent pattern" accounts, as he also considered the major themes and tones of coverage on the New Left in the 1960s, and how they shifted over time. In his words, " (t)he world of news production is not self-enclosed; for commercial as well as professional reasons, it cannot afford to ignore big ideological changes."[21]Sampling the TextThe current study focuses on newspaper coverage. Wary of possible different tones in different newspapers and the danger of distorted findings as a consequence, the researcher made the decision to analyze ONE newspaper as the beginning step. The New York Times was selected because of its prominence and influence, especially in international coverage. Cohen discovered that foreign policy officials, in general, regard the Times as "the single most important newspaper."[22] Moreover, the Times was identified as the newspaper that influences the content of other mass media,[23] and was regarded as an "indicator of the general thrust of news" that reaches the American citizenry.[24] For practical reason to overcome time constraint and keep the current study manageable, only front-page stories are sampled for analysis. This is a consistent practice that has been used in many other similar studies.[25]The 11-year time window is not randomly selected. The "Cultural Revolution," a Chinese political upheaval, started from 1966 and ended in 1976. This period of time was chosen primarily for two reasons. One is that China's international environment changed remarkably during this period. The People's Republic replaced the Nationalist regime on Taiwan as the legitimate representative for China. Major foreign policies and relations shifted among the U.S.-China-Soviet Union triangle, as well as between China and the United States. Second, during the same period, China's domestic politics was consistently dominated by ideology purges and power struggles. Such consistency of internal disorder certainly negatively affected the country's image, but is important to the evaluation of a shift in U.S. media coverage. It provided confidence that the change of China's image in the Times, if found, was not due to domestic development.Within this relatively shorter historical period, this study will focus on a couple of important themes that are, though not exhaustive, central enough to project a general picture. Yan's Q-analysis of the Times' coverage on China identified a few major concerns that remained as Times' prominent topics for decades. Among other topics, Yan reported that two of the most prominent are the Taiwan issue and issue of China-Soviet relations, concurring to the major concerns of the United States' China policy throughout the studied period.[26] In the preliminary emersion process of this study, these two topics were also found as lasting themes throughout the period concerned. Some topics, such as China's role in Vietnam, however intensive in a short term, were not lasting enough to allow a meaningful analysis within the whole studied period. Thus, the Taiwan issue and China-Soviet relations became the two central themes in which the analyses were done. Analyses are carried out within each of the two categories. This approach is parallel to controlling variables in quantitative analysis. The essence of its logic is to avoid the danger of taking the change of topics as the change of tones. To illustrate the potential danger of analyzing news stories within different topics, one needs only to consider comparing coverage on Nixon's China trip in 1972 to stories of a Chinese ideological purge in 1966, and then conclude that the coverage had become more favorable.The sample of the front-page stories on China is obtained from the Historical New York Times database via ProQuest online service. This online tool empowers the researcher to sort out coverage of certain topics with key words search. The dates for search were from January 1 of 1966 to December 31 of 1976. The combination of key words (China) OR (Chinese) OR (Peking) was used to search front-page articles pertaining China. To eliminate stories containing one of these key words but only tangent to the subject, key word search was confined to abstract rather than full text, an option provided by the database. A total of 991 stories were generated as the result, providing an appropriate data pool for further sampling.With the list of 991 stories, each headline was carefully examined. Attention was devoted to the two central themes most important in U.S.-China relations, as discussed previously. Stories that are centered on the Taiwan issue were grouped together, as were the stories centered on China-Soviet relations. Since the two regimes of the Chinese were isolated from each other for the time studied, most relevant stories were those regarding U.N. seating and those on changes of relations with other countries, including the United States. For China-Soviet relations, because the rift between the two biggest communist powers was by no means a separate event in the communist movement, stories are found often to involve other communist countries as well. The grouping process resulted in 82 stories pertaining the Taiwan issue and 146 on China-Soviet relations. In the final sample, the number of stories was reduced to allow adequate time for more careful analysis. Out of the 82 Taiwan-related stories, 41 stories with even numbers in their sequential order were selected. Out of the 146 Soviet-related stories, those ending with 1 or 6 in their sequential numbers were selected into the sample, totaling 28 stories in this category. The final sample formed the core of the text for analysis. Other stories, on occasion, were referred to only when they provided closely related backgrounds.Change in the NamingThe Times employed a variety of ways to construct the China frames, one of which was identified in Chang's study as the use of symbols, or the naming of the country. Before President Richard Nixon announced that he would visit China, not a single story in this sample referred to China used her official name, the People's Republic of China. Occasionally, the single word "China" would be used when the situation was clear that the story was not about Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government on Taiwan. In most cases, the symbols were colored as "Red China", "Chinese Reds", "Communist China", "Chinese communists", etc.The official name of China was seen in Times' articles after the announcement of Nixon's plan of a "Journey for Peace," mostly when U.S. officials were cited using it. Although the name "Communist China" was still used very often, "Red China" was virtually dropped from the Times' vocabulary. More often than before, the term "China" and "Mainland China" were assigned to the People's Republic. The Nationalist Government on Taiwan, after the U.S.-China thaw, and especially after it was expelled from the U.N seat in 1971, was no longer called "China" in the Times. Rather, it was referred to as "Nationalist China," or simply "Taiwan."Change in the SourcesAnother way the Times defined its tone was in its use of sources. This was done by selection of the sources and their rhetoric. The sample examined for this study shows a shift in the use of sources. Pro-Peking[27] sources, or even authoritative sources from Peking, were cited more often after the Washington-Peking thaw, resulting in more rhetoric in Peking's favor. This was true both on the Taiwan question and for Peking-Moscow relations. Although the Times usually presented both sides' views in most stories, it is also common that the rhetoric of the two sides would enjoy different prominences.Until the People's Republic of China replaced the Chinese Nationalist regime in the United Nations, the Times covered U.N. debate over China seating every year. The yearly coverage on this important issue presented an interesting change in its use of sources from 1966 to 1971. Years included in the sample are 1966, 1967, and 1971. These years' coverage is sufficient to demonstrate such a change. Delegates in the debates were cited in Times stories. However, in the years 1966 and 1967, stances of those pro-Peking delegates were mentioned only in passing without substantive arguments, while the delegates attacking Peking were cited in length. In both the 1966 debate and the 1967 debate, rhetoric of the delegates of the Nationalist Government was given special treatment under a subtitle in Times coverage. By emphasizing the anti-Peking views and depressing those of the pro-Peking, "Communist China" was portrayed as a regime of "fear" and "deceit", a "disruptive influence" on the world, and an "uncertainty" in itself.[28] In this pattern of reports, the stances of Washington and Taipei and their supporters were framed as "normal", and the Chinese communists were "other".By 1971, U.N.-debate coverage by the Times changed. The voice of pro-Peking delegates had gained remarkable prominence. The Albanian representative, the principle sponsor of a draft resolution to seat Peking and expel Taipei, and Peking's new supporters from Mexico, were the two main sources in this story. The Mexican president was quoted as declaring that mainland China should be given its "rightful place" in the United Nations and that the Assembly, at the same time, should "recognize that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Chinese nation are juridically [sic] indivisible."[29]A Frame of "Isolated China"Prior to 1970, the portrayal of China in the Times was of a country isolated from the world, one facing internal struggles and external difficulties both in and outside the communist camp.Until 1971, when the People's Republic of China replaced the Nationalist Government in the United Nations as the sole legitimate representative the Chinese people, a bulk of Times' reports concerning both sides of the Chinese was about the fighting over seating Peking and ousting Taipei in the world organization.On the forum of the United Nations, dispute took place year after year over which Chinese government�the communist in Peking or the nationalist in Taipei, should take the China seat in the United Nations. Each year the Times reported the U.N. debates and results of the vote. From 1965 to 1968, votes that supported the resolution seating Peking and expelling Taipei was 46 in 1966, 45 in 1967, 44 in 1968, 48 in 1969, and in 1970, 51 votes were for this resolution to 49 against. Were it not for the United States insisting two thirds of votes be required, Peking would have been seated one year earlier. Nevertheless, in Times' coverage, "isolation" remained the central theme of Peking's international status throughout these years. As the United States continued efforts to block Peking, the Chinese communists themselves were blamed for its "isolation." The "Red Guard upheaval,"[30] or the "purge of anti-Maoists,"[31] in China was cited as one reason more delegates had turned against the communist regime. "Chinese attempts, direct or indirect, to subvert African Governments,"[32] was another.The image of an "isolated" China was reinforced in Times coverage on the China-Soviet rift.The Times showed great interest in observing this dispute within the communist camp, and especially how other communist countries took sides. North Vietnam and North Korea, enemies otherwise, now served as jury in the Times' China trial. "The Asian Communists' plan to attend (the Soviet Congress) was seen here as a bitter blow to Peking in the struggle with Moscow for influence in Asian affairs," the paper declared.[33]In an explicit instance, the Times, citing analysts, said that Hanoi's shift to Soviet's orbit of influence "is the fault of the Peking leadership's demonstrations of confusion and internal disarray at a time when the Vietnamese would welcome a single-minded show of support."[34]The Times finally announced, in April 1971, that "end of Mainland's isolation" was favored by a special Presidential Commission.[35] The implication of this statement was clear: Mainland China, though still "isolated", now deserved good will and some help from the United States. In its tone, the United States was superior; China, and to some extent, other nations that had supported China before America did, were subordinate. By the autumn of the same year, it was clear that the majority of U.N. members welcomed Peking into the organization as the only legitimate Chinese government. And that year, with an overwhelming defeat of the U.S. policy, the Chinese people's legal rights were restored in the United Nations and the Nationalist regime was expelled.[36]The Times' officially pronounced the "end of China's isolation" in a headline after the U.N. vote. It is remarkably notable that the "isolation" frame also vanished in China-Soviet rift stories, in spite of the continuation of the dispute. Overall examination of the sample found that the "isolation" frame actually was already less visible in the year 1970, after Washington and Peking agreed to renew talks and subsequent measures were taken by the Nixon Administration to ease restrictions.The Aggressor vs. Defender image in China-Soviet CoverageThe China-Soviet rift was real throughout the period studied. With Moscow maintaining a diplomatic tie and Peking having no contact with Washington before 1970, it was implied in the Times' tone, that China was mainly responsible for the communist feud. In the exchange of charges against each other, typically, Peking was suggested to be the party that initiated the quarrels while Moscow would do the same "as retaliation,"[37] or "in reprisal move."[38]The tension between China and the Soviet Union escalated to serious border clashes in 1969. At the same time, it was also becoming clear that the Nixon Administration was interested in improving its relationship with China, although no substantial steps had been taken. Such interest expressed by U.S. scholars and politicians was reflected in the Times' handling of its tone in China coverage. In a series of stories on the China-Soviet border clashes, the Times took great care to balance the two sides' stories. For whatever reasons, it decided its best position was to remain truly "impartial."By 1970, the two sides had refrained from further border conflicts but tension remained, and rhetorical wars continued. The Times' position between the two rivals was slightly leaning in favor of China. In most China-Soviet dispute stories after 1970, it was suggested that the Soviets were the aggressor while Peking was the defender, even in the case of China taking active actions. The Times reported in July 1972 that China was rapidly building an arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons and special aircraft designed "to deter a major Soviet military thrust across the long border, or to throw up a nuclear defense if deterrence should fail."[39] The Times' source in this story was "senior American analysts."Chinese Charges Against the United StatesIn the winter of 1966, Chinese press and the official Hsinhua[40] News Agency charged "the military encirclement of China by American imperialism." In a February 6 news analysis in the Times, this charge on "U.S. encirclement" was suggested as a "new phase of China-Soviet rift," because the Chinese press had also criticized Moscow for its "policy of appeasement in Europe," which allowed U.S. troops to be released for duty in South Vietnam.[41]In this article and others alike, Chinese charges against America were reported in detail. In many cases the Chinese rhetoric was quoted verbatim. The Times appeared to have little worry that American readers were vulnerable to the Chinese propaganda. At least, the speaker might assume its audience would take the Chinese charges as "mad talk," by which means the image of isolation and hysteria of China was transferred from the text to the minds of readers. To help its readers get this innuendo, "analysts in Hong Kong" compared the Chinese concept of encirclement to the "Soviet dictator" Stalin's charge of capitalist encirclement, which was indicated as a tool to "rally the population against the danger of a foreign attack and as a pretext to smash internal political opposition."[42] The redirection of Chinese spearhead toward the Soviets further boosted that image by emphasizing China's enmity even against her old friend. And by labeling Stalin "dictator", the comparable move by the Chinese was vocally condemned.Comparing against the earlier charge, the Times' treatment of an August 1971 Chinese charge against America reveals some interesting difference. This was the Times' report on Peking denouncing the U.S. stand on U.N. seat, after U.S. Secretary of State issued a statement that "would support the seating of Chinese Communist Government while opposing any action to expel the Chinese Nationalist Government on Taiwan."[43] It is understandable that what remained unchanged was the assumption that the Chinese official press agency served the communist propaganda. However, opportunity was now given to the communist propaganda to present some of its substantial arguments. To what extent would Americans disagree or agree was a separate question. For example, the Times reported that the Chinese dismissed the U.S. official claim of "policy shift" in the United Nations, one from blocking Peking to "welcoming Peking" while retaining Taipei, as "two Chinas plot" or "one China, one Taiwan" absurdity. It was also reported that the Chinese press noted that this year's Albanian Resolution "won warm approval and support from more countries,"[44] and asserted that the U.S. Government, facing predicament of becoming more isolated than ever, had to "make some changes in its tactics."[45] The Chinese argument was certainly contradictory to the Times' own assessment of a "closely split" in the 1971 U.N. Assembly.[46]It was seen in the Times coverage that such accusation from China had become less frequent and less bitter as U.S.-China relations began to improve. The Times, rather than mocking the Chinese propaganda, began to report more seriously the Chinese stances on issues. An example of this new approach is a news analysis on August 7, 1971. This article, which appeared in the wake of Nixon's surprise announcement of his China trip, outlined the principle elements of Chinese foreign policies in detail.[47] Reports like this, which presented fully and thoroughly the Chinese stance on issues, cannot be found in this study in years prior to Nixon's announcement.Change in the Image of Chinese LeadersUntil Nixon's visit to China, the image of Mao Tse-tung[48] in the New York Times was hardly human. As a matter of fact, Western correspondents virtually had no access to the Chinese Communist Party's Chairman. His image, embedded in the term "Maoist", was represented by the ruthlessness of Maoists depicted in the Times' coverage. And from there, it was suggested that Mao was a radical ideologist who purged the moderates at odds with his revolutionary philosophy.Direct and detailed accounts of Mao were rare in the sample. In most cases, Premier Chou En-lai[49] was the public face in China's diplomacy. The chairman usually held himself in reserve until well into the program of a distinguished visitor. In the context of increasing contacts between the two peoples, the hermit style of the communist leader had aroused great curiosity of Western journalists. When the rare chance of observing Mao did come, they reported in as great detail as possible.A wire story combining UPI and Reuters reports, with the headline "Tokyo Official Says Japan Will Cut Ties With Taiwan,"[50] was printed on September 28, 1972. The first part of this story, from UPI, reported the progress of negotiations between the Japanese and the Chinese. The second part is the Reuters report from Peking, and it described the Chinese leader receiving his guests in an amicable manner:Chairman Mao began the meeting� by saying jokingly of the Chinese-Japanese negotiations here: "Is the fighting over or not?"�The two men (Chairman Mao and Japanese Premier Kakuei Tanaka) then discussed mao tai, the fiery Chinese drink served at state banquets here.Finally, after a brief conversation on Chinese literature, Chairman Mao gave Mr. Tanaka six books, including one by the Chinese poet Chu Yuan.After the meeting, Mr. Mao saw his guests to the door.[51]Although the Japanese party is the subject in this headline, Chairman Mao clearly overshadowed his Japanese guest as the story's center. In every sentence throughout the Reuters report, except in one case, either the Chinese leader or "the two men" is the subject. Instead of saying "Premier Tanaka told Chairman Mao�" it reported:Chairman Mao was told by Premier Tanaka, who has completed seven hours of substantive talks with Premier Chou about establishing diplomatic relations and ending a legal state of war between the two countries, that "after heated discussion people got quite friendly."[52]The news report even made a point to credit one of Mao's major feats, providing that in the 1930s and 1940s, he "led Communist forces against the invading Japanese army, in which Mr. Tanaka served as a foot soldier."[53] In the lively description of his hospitality and those "normal" conversation topics, Chairman Mao's new image was amiable and even charismatic.The image of Premier Chou En-lai in the Times' coverage was relatively persistent and relatively positive even when enmity was tense between the two countries. His high publicity, decided by his position, might have helped Western journalists to better understand him. His populist style as well as his pragmatism even in the context of ideological struggle might have appealed to Western correspondents. Although Premier Chou worked closely with Chairman Mao, in the Times' coverage, he was not hinted as a "Maoist".ConclusionsThis study found that the New York Times used certain types of frames to portray the image of China. It also identified some changes in the frames and images over the period from 1966 to 1976. These changes did not happen over night, nor did they take a steady evolutionary course. They are notably discernable in 1970, 1971, and 1972, concurrent to policy change of the Nixon Administration and the thaw of U.S.-China relations.In its portrayal in the New York Times, the "isolated" China of the 1960s was to become a more serious international player as the decade turned into the 1970s. These frames were used to portray the regime, but this change collaborates with Mann's description of news frames on the Chinese people�the "automatons" in the 1950s and 1960s, and the "virtuous Chinese" in the 1970s even under communism. The frames of the 1960s were reshaped in the wake of U.S. policy shift and Peking's triumph on the battle of U.N. seating. In the construction of the new frames, China as the "other" shifted towards the "normal," although not in a full sense.One way of framing in the Times, found in this study, was using attributes in a set of labels such as "Red China" and "Communist China". One reason these attributes were assigned was to distinguish the People's Republic, which the United States Government still refused to recognize, from the Nationalist regime ruling on Taiwan, which also claimed to be the sole legitimate government of China. Important to framing is that these labels had become value bearing after the McCarthy era. They were pithily embedded with the monolithic direful curse on the communist demon, as portrayed by McCarthy and his associates. Even after the downfall of the witch-hunter, simply mentioning these labels served to remind readers of the demon nature of communists.Pro-Peking Sources were cited in the Times more often after the Washington-Peking thaw. Western analysts, U.S. officials, and debating delegates at the U.N. Assembly floor were important sources in the sampled articles. Anonymous analysts contributed a great deal in Times' interpretations of Chinese behaviors. Similar behaviors or rhetoric of the Chinese received different interpretations in the 1970s than they did in the 1960s. Citing the analysts helped to cloak the coverage with "objectiveness." Citing analysts, especially anonymous analysts, also provided convenience and legitimacy for this shift in interpretations and tones of the coverage without a desire for justification.In the 1960s, America and China were indeed isolated from each other and U.S. journalists were not allowed in the Chinese mainland to collect news information.[54] Americans tried to understand what was happening in China by using second-hand sources, a few news copies smuggled out of China, and by intercepting the mainland's broadcast airwaves from the British colony Hong Kong. The scarcity of first-hand information and heavy reliance on second-hand sources might be one of the factors defining the Times' coverage on China.It is not the intention of this study to pass judgment on how close these images portrayed in the Times were to the historical realities of China. However, some changes in the frames of China coverage were indeed identified in the textual analysis approach. These changes confirm what Gitlin noted, that even the "persistent pattern" of frames cannot afford to ignore big ideological changes. Understanding the frames would empower the reader to adjust her view when she observes the real world through media's refractive glass.The findings may be more significant if they are also found in study of multiple newspapers. Recommended replication may incorporate several large national papers. It is also suggested that this study be replicated using different news formats, for instance, television news. The current study suggests a concurrence of changes in news frames to changes in government policies. In this way it directs to important questions for future studies. If news frames are not always persistent, causes of their construction and reconstruction should be carefully explored. Possible causes may include, as Gitlin suggested, commercial as well as professional influences. Reese regarded persistency as the value of frames when he said: "The more persistent the frame, the more likely it deserves examination." Extending rather than contending this view, the current study implies that the more persistent before the frame is reshaped, the more likely this change deserves examination. Evidence also suggests that news frames do not always adjust at the same pace of policy changing, while it is certainly subject to deliberation of policymakers. After the extensive and enthusiastic coverage of American table tennis team visit China in the spring of 1971, the U.S. vice president reportedly complained that U.S. journalists had helped the Chinese communist government score a propaganda triumph.[55] In this sense, understanding the frame, its construction and reconstruction, is an important question for the journalist who wishes to pursue higher degree of independence and higher degree of "objectiveness."Notes:[1] The author likes to thank Jia Dai of the University of Texas at Austin for her contribution to the current study. The theoretical concept of "reshaped frame" partly owes to Dai's unpublished work "Evolving Frame: U.S. Newspaper Coverage of China in the Olympics from 1980 to 2004." The author is also grateful to Dr. Janice Hume of the University of Georgia and the anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments.[2][3] Eg.,[4] Eg.,[5] Eg.,[6][7][8][9][10][11] p. 133.[12][13] The larger project envisioned includes corroborating studies that will examine other news media, primarily television portrayal of China. Later, forces that reshape the frames and how these forces negotiate one another are to be explored. The underlying importance of "what reshape the frame" as opposed to "what maintain the frame" is its indication to the power issue in a society's political discourse.[14] Stuart Hall, "Introduction" in p. 23.[15] Eg.,[16][17] pp. 6, 7.[18] Stephen Reese, "Prologue�Framing Public Life: A Bridging Model for Media Research, " In pp. 15, 16.[19][20] James Mann, "Framing China: A complex country cannot be explained with simplistic formulas," In p.102.[21] p. 4.[22][23] , p.299.[24] p. 651.[25] Eg.,[26][27] In order to keep consistent with the historical documents used in analysis, Wades-Giles spelling rather than modern Pinyin are used in the text. "Peking" is spelled as "Beijing" in modern Pinyin.[28] See Note 22 and Note 23.[29] "Albania Says Peking Bars Any 2-China Plan at U.N., " The New York Times, 6 October 1971.[30] "U.N. Defeats Move to Seat Red China and Oust Taiwan, " The New York Times, 30 November 1966.[31] "U.N. Bars Peking by Decisive Vote, " The New York Times, 29 November 1967.[32] Ibid.[33] "High Hanoi Aides Going to Moscow, Korean Reds Also Reported Due at Congress Despite Boycott by Peking, " The New York Times, 25 March 1966. Parentheses added.[34] "Chinese Upheaval Said to Put Hanoi in Soviet's Orbit," The New York Times, 10 September 1966.[35] "Panel Urges U.S. Seek Early Entry of Peking to U.N, But Special Committee Says Ouster of Taiwan Regime Must Be Opposed, " The New York Times, 27 April 1971.[36] The 26th U.N. General Assembly in 1971 voted 76-35 for the so-called "Albanian Resolution" to seat Peking and expel Taipei on October 26. One and a half hours earlier than voting on this Resolution, the Assembly also voted 59-55 to reject the American draft resolution that would have declared the expulsion of the Nationalists an "important question" requiring a two-thirds majority for approval. In a report not included in the samples, the Times denounced that "pandemonium broke out on the Assembly floor," when the electrical tally boards flashed that the "important question" proposal had failed, delegates jumped up and applauded. The victory of the "Albanian Resolution," Times described, "brought delegates to their feet in wild applause."[37] "2 Chinese Aides Ousted by Soviet, Step Viewed as Retaliation for Expulsion of Russian Diplomats a Week Ago," The New York Times, 19 March 1967.[38] "Moscow Expels Chinese Students in Reprisal Move, " The New York Times, 8 October 1966.[39] "Shift in Strategy by Peking is Seen, U.S. Aides Believe China is Speeding Nuclear Build-Up to Deter Soviet Attack," The New York Times, 25 July 1972.[40] In modern Pinyin: Xinhua.[41] "New Phase of China-Soviet Rift Centers on 'U.S. Encirclement'", The New York Times, 6 February 1966.[42] Ibid.[43] "Peking Denounces Stand of U.S. on U.N. Seat as a 'Clumsy Trick'," The New York Times, 5 August 1971.[44] The wording in quotation marks is the quote by the Times from the Chinese news agency.[45] Ibid.[46] "U.N. Found Closely Split on Eve of China debate," The New York Times, 18, October 1971.[47] "China Said to Want Accord on Key Issues Before Ties," The New York Times, 7 August 1971.[48] In modern Pinyin: Mao Zedong.[49] In modern Pinyin: Zhou Enlai.[50] This headline appeared on the Times' front page on September 28, 1972. Title for the Reuters reports jump to Page 3 was "Japan Prepared to Cut Taiwan Tie. "[51] "Tokyo Official Says Japan Will Cut Ties with Taiwan," The New York Times, 28 September 1972. Parentheses added.[52] Ibid.[53] Ibid.[54] Negotiations between Peking and Washington for an exchange of correspondents had been conducted in the past, but had virtually grounded to a halt since 1961, as a result of charges and countercharges by the two sides. The first full-time American correspondents to visit China since 1949 were John Roderick of The Associated Press, and John Rich and Jack Reynolds of the National Broadcasting Company. The three Americans, among a group of seven newsmen, were granted visas on April 10, 1971, to cover the concurrent visit of an American table tennis team.[55] "Agnew Voices Misgivings on the U.S.-China 'Thaw'," The New York Times, 20 April 1971.Bibliography
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"A climb of Mt. Shasta is a very special experience. It presents each individual with the unique opportunity to visit the Mt. Shasta Wilderness, part of the National Wilderness Preservation System...We encourage you to enter into the spirit of wilderness and humbly and carefully make your way through this landscape, ever mindful of the special privilege you have to realize yourself as a creature in harmony with wildness, pursuing the challenge and reward of personal growth. On your journey to the summit, travel lightly and quietly on the land. Experience the timelessness of rock and ice, the dormant volcanic energy of a sleeping giant, and the indifference of eternity. Come prepared to climb a major mountain."
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A couple notes for the Mt. Shasta Wilderness Area...
Dogs are NOT allowed anywhere in the wilderness OR on Sierra Club Property. Please respect this rule and know where the boundaries are. The Old Ski Bowl is a great place to take your dog that is outside the wilderness. Sun Bowl and Powder Bowl are part of Sierra Club property and dogs are NOT allowed in those areas either. There is a map posted at all trailheads to help educate oneself of the boundaries. Thank You!
Wilderness Permits are required to enter the wilderness. They are free and availabe at all OPEN trailheads or at the Mt. Shasta and McCloud Ranger Stations and at The 5th Season in Mt. Shasta. A summit pass is required to go anywhere above 10,000 feet, even if you do not plan on going to the summit. They are $20 for a 3-day pass or $30 for an annual and available for self issue at all OPEN trailheads, The 5th Season or at the ranger stations (Mt. Shasta/McCloud). The annual pass is only availabe at the ranger stations during business hours. When you are climbing or skiing, have your summit pass and wilderness permit ready to show a ranger. If it's in the bottom of your pack, while we'd love to trust you, the rangers will have you dig it out....no fun when your in your skiing/hiking groove!
Lastly, it is REQUIRED to packout your human waste, aka - feces, excrement, poop :) FREE human waste packout bags are supplied for you and are availabe at all trailheads and ranger stations, as well as The 5th Season and Shasta Base Camp. Please also be mindful of your trash while camping in the wilderness. Food scraps, match sticks, micro trash such as wrapper tear off's of bars, etc. all need to be packed out. The rangers find way to much of this stuff. Leaving your gear and food or trash out in an exposed manner while you venture away from your camp is not acceptable. Ravens, pine martens, squirrels and WIND will spread it far and wide. Not cool...
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♦Wilderness Permit, Summit Pass, and Human Waste Pack-out Bags: you can get all of these for self issue at all the trailheads or at the Mt. Shasta Ranger Station 24/7. The Mt. Shasta Ranger Station is open Monday through Friday from 8-4:30pm. Annual summit passes are available for $30 (good Jan. 1 – Dec. 31) at the Mt. Shasta and McCloud Ranger Stations during business hours and at the Fifth Season in Mt. Shasta and REI Sacramento only. Regular summit passes (3-days, $20) are available by self issue at all open trailheads, Mt. Shasta Ranger station 24/7, and during business hours at the Fifth Season, Shasta Base Camp or at various REI stores in the Bay Area and Sacramento. Reservations are not required.
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CONDITIONS & WEATHER: ALWAYS check current and expected weather conditions. Conditions for climbing and skiing on Mt. Shasta are currently decent on most routes. We are about a month to a month and a half ahead of schedule due to lack of snow coverage on the mountain. The Heart, Helen Lake, the upper portion of the West Face and the Catwalk on Casaval ridge have melted out. As the snow melts, rockfall increases and routes become more dangerous! This week we should see temperatures drop as a low pressure system moves inland. Expect cooler temperatures, high winds, and a chance of precipitation throughout the week. The best conditions for climbing this season will be through the end of June. July is shaping up to host poor climbing conditions on the south and west aspects. Stay tuned as we will update the advisory often with current conditions. Always feel free to call with specific questions, but read through the advisory first! Remember that while the days are becoming longer, warmer and more suitable for good climbing on Mt. Shasta, late season storms are not out of the question. Snow and/or thunderstorms are possible this time of year and should not be taken lightly. Late spring storms can create avalanche conditions and even though the avalanche danger may be low, a beacon, shovel and probe is a great idea. Low avalanche danger means that avalanches are still possible! Be sure that you are prepared for such conditions. Wind can also halt summit attempts. While sunny days are inviting, winds on Mt. Shasta can be unrelenting, dangerous and COLD...wind chill factors in the negatives are not uncommon this time of year. The bottom line: BE PREPARED. Lastly, At a height of 14,179 ft. Mount Shasta is a high altitude peak, and it is common for climbers to experience acute mountain sickness (AMS) with signs and symptoms of nausea, headache, and lightheadedness. Despite being a common condition, AMS should not be taken lightly. It can quickly develop into the much more serious and deadly pulmonary or cerebral edema. Stop, take a break, and if symptoms do not improve, descend, descend, descend! Become familiar with the signs and symptoms of AMS, HAPE, and HACE. Remember that AMS does not always come before cerebral or pulmonary edema.
SELF RESCUE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED should one become injured or sick. Always check the weather forecast before you climb...
We recommend that you do not climb into deteriorating weather as many climbers have become lost, injured or died in poor weather.
Hotlum/Wintun route, eastside, June 2013 Photo: Coots
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Avalanche Gulch– John Muir Route (Regular Route) via Bunny Flat Trailhead: The avalanche gulch route is in decent shape for climbing, though it's deteriorating quickly and we are watching the snow melt daily! If choosing to climb this route, check the weather and avalanche advisory, and be prepared. Be advised that the summer trail to Lake Helen via Horse Camp is largely melted out and wanded. Please use this trail for any summit attempts. There is snow camping or rock platforms available at Lake Helen for camping. Don't underestimate the power of wind as you leave your camp to climb. Stake your tent down WELL, and keep gear tidy and tucked away. Animals have also been known to tear food sacks apart and make a mess. Rangers often collect abandoned tents, gear and camp trash on the mountain! Please keep a tight camp! The Heart is showing exposed rocks and is textured with suncups, bootpacks and glissade tracks. Be advised that rockfall and postholing conditions on this route are increasing, especially as the sun warms the route. WEAR A HELMET! This simple tool of noggin protection can prevent a lot of bodily injury and potentially save your life. Further, an ICE AXE and CRAMPONS are mandatory and its up to you to know how to use them. Self-arrest would prevent almost all of the accidents we have on the Avy Gulch each year. Reading about self-arrest is good, watching a youtube video is great, practicing on a slope of low consequence is BEST! Self arrest is meant to be a quick reaction...once speed is gained in a fall, it's very difficult to stop, especially when the snow is firm in the morning when YOU will be climbing! Almost all slip/fall accidents happen in the Lake Helen to Redbanks (RB) area. The Redbanks are still passable. The left most chute (right of the heart) will be the best route through RB. The middle and right chute have no snow in them. Take the left chute, or go around through the notch. Going completely climbers left around RB (left of heart) is an option, but it does get steep (45+ degrees) near the topout. The bergschrund at the top of the Konwakition Glacier is open and exposed and travel around the climber's right side of the redbanks ("the thumb route) on the glacier is NOT recommended. Going through the left chute is the best route through RB currently. Misery hill is free of snow and climbers should use the scree trail to ascend. One may descend the same way, but DO NOT glissade through the chutes!!! Downclimb until your below the RB, then if you choose to glissade (slide on your butt), TAKE OFF your crampons and make sure the snow is SOFT! Pay attention to the weather as you climb. Many climbers become lost or disoriented on the upper mountain in the event of incoming weather. Wandering off the wrong side of the mountain has happened to many and is guaranteed to compromise one's safety and time line! The spring at Horse Camp is running and the composting toilets are open. A caretaker is also on duty. Elsewhere on Mt. Shasta, bring extra fuel to melt water; pack-out bags are mandatory for removing all solid human waste on the mountain.
LAKE HELEN and all other areas on Mt. Shasta: SANITATION/CLEANLINESS PROTOCOL: Please urinate AWAY from the general camping area at Helen Lake. The very east edge of the Helen Lake morain is the designated place for this. Don't forget your human waste packout bag and use them, it's required and you can get a citation if caught NOT using them! Believe me, we don't want to catch you, so please help by being part of the solution. You can deposit FULL bags at all trailheads in barrels provided. Please packout ALL food scraps and micro-trash. This should go without saying, but the rangers find a ton of it. We get thousands of climbers camping at Helen Lake each season. The sea is made of drops... your help with sanitation and cleanliness on Mt. Shasta makes a difference. Lets keep the places we love so much looking good so others can enjoy. Bottom line: LEAVE NO TRACE of your travels. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
If you plan on camping at Horse Camp, please make sure to pitch your tent on either an existing tent site or on snow. Please DO NOT camp anywhere where snow has melted, near tree wells, or where a tent site is not obvious.Thanks!
Carry the Ten Essentials. Learn more about mountaineering skills by reading Freedom of the Hills (published by The Mountaineers) and practicing before your climb, or TAKE A SNOW SCHOOL CLASS. Three outfitter-guiding services offer classes and guided trips on Mt. Shasta, and their links are on our web page under "Links".
The south and west sides of Mt. Shasta, June 2013 Photo: Meyers
Casaval Ridge, Green Butte/Sargents Ridge via Bunny Flat Trailhead: Both of these ridge routes are in poor shape. This basically means lack of snow. While not technically difficult, one must move efficiently and have good mountaineering skills to complete. Areas along the ridgelines have the potential for very long falls, potentially into rocks. Most people stick to the ridges proper, however there are a few variations on the upper portions of the routes that are subject to the climbers discretion. As soon as rocks become exposed, these routes quickly melt and become poor. Rocks are already exposed on both routes in some areas such as The Catwalk on Casaval Ridge and various portions of Sargents Ridge. Be careful not to knock rocks down on climbers below you in Avalanche Gulch or the Old Ski Bowl. All that being said, both routes are classics... extremely beautiful and well worth the effort. The "hourglass" on Casaval ridge is melted out and composed of loose rock...most are traversing left onto the West Face.
Cascade Gulch, Shastina and West Face via Bunny Flat Trailhead: Although many books list the Cascade route as easy, it also has a lot of exposure to crevasses where it crosses the upper Whitney glacier, even when minimized to ¼ mile. Glacier travel training is recommended. Crevasses could be shallowly buried this time of year. Shastina's north, east and south aspects are barely covered in snow. North winds can howl through Hidden Valley. If winds are expected, be prepared to batten the hatches and hunker down wherever you might camp. The West face is in okay shape but will not last long. As seen in the picture above, the exposed rock on the upper portion of the route will melt out soon and turn into rock. The West face is a great alternative to Avalanche Gulch. Generally less steep and with less rockfall, it hosts a great beginner/intermediate mountaineering experience. This doesn't mean you should let your guard down. While the West face is known for low rockfall potential, it was the site of a rockfall fatality accident several years back. Wear a helmet, use your ice axe and crampons, and carry a beacon, shovel and probe. Running water is available in Hidden Valley at this time. When returning back from Hidden Valley to Horse Camp/Avalanche Gulch, be careful not to descend too fast and end up in lower Cascade Gulch. Err high and that will guarantee your return to the trailhead. Descend too low too fast, and you'll be wandering in the forest far below your vehicle parked at Bunny Flat.
Aerial view of the top of Mt. Shasta, summit plateau, summit...June 2013 Photo: Scott Irvine (Thanks Scott!)
Sand Flat Trailhead: OPEN This trailhead is open and summit passes, wilderness permits and packout bags are available. Please deposit full human waste packout bags at Bunny Flat.This is an alternate start from Bunny Flat but does not really gain you much. Nice primitive camping exists in the Sand Flat area. Pick up your trash, dispose of human waste properly and please make sure to camp in existing sites that are obvious. Do not create new sites please!
Ski Bowl Trailhead: CLOSED The gate is still closed at Bunny Flat. The county is in charge of plowing the road and opening the gate when they see fit, not the Forest Service. Usually, the gate will open when all the snow has melted off the last 3 miles of the Everitt Memorial Highway. In years past, the gate has opened as early as May and as late as August. This year it will likely open in early July. If you choose to hike past the gate up to Panther Meadows (2.5 miles), PLEASE stay off any portions of the Meadow that is melting out. A wet meadow can be very easily damaged. Let the meadow dry out and stay on snow or durable surfaces like rocks avoiding all grass and/or mud. There is still 1-2 feet of snow in the Panther Meadows/Old Ski Bowl area. Please stop by the Mt. Shasta or McCloud Ranger Station for wilderness permits, summit passes and packoutbags as well as climbing information.
Northgate Trailhead: OPEN. One may drive all the way into the trailhead currently. Summit passes, wilderness permits and packout bags are available at the trailhead. The bathrooms are open and packout bags are available inside. Conditions are good on this route. One will hit persistent snow near 9,200 feet though postholing is likely due to shallow coverage. Rock campsites have melted out and there is running water avilable at the normal high camp. Be careful of weak snow bridges over the crevasses if you choose to venture out onto the glacier. Meager snow totals this year combined with high winds have given us a shallow seasonal snowpack. Icy patches are not uncommon on this route (especially near the top of the ramp and above the Bolam bergschrund) making it difficult to self arrest. Be careful when descending...choosing to glissade in icy conditions and/or with bergschrunds below is risky. Mountaineering experience is recommended for this route. The road into the Northgate trailhead is rough and while 4wd is not needed, low clearance vehicles are not recommended. Human waste packout bags are required and please keep a CLEAN camp!
Looking down the Hotlum/Wintun ridge ski from near summit, June 2013 Photo: Coots
Brewer Creek Trailhead: OPEN. Summit passes and wilderness permits are now available at the trailhead. The bathrooms are open and packout bags are available inside. The route is in good shape for climbing and is deteriorating for skiing. A good boot pack has developed in some areas from increased traffic on this route. Suncups and textured snow will be found below 10,000 ft. Water is available periodically along the 9,500 bench. Dirt/rock platforms are available for dry camping. Where the route traverses left, above the large snowfield and onto the summit bound snow ramp, rocks are already showing here. Good cramponing will be found in the early morning and an ice axe and helmet are necessary. Always keep an eye out for rockfall. Below treeline it is unlikely to find consistent snow back to the trailhead.
Clear Creek Trailhead: OPEN. Wilderness permits and summit passes are available and the bathrooms are open. Packout bags are available inside the bathrooms. This route is in poor shape for skiing. For climbers, most of the route has melted out though patches and ribbons of snow still exist. Skiing is not recommended however. This route usually melts out fast. This is the easiest route on the mountain, granted you stay on the route. Hazerdous terrain exists on both sides of the Clear Creek route. The east side is a beautiful and dramatic aspect of Mt. Shasta and fairly low angle, though should not be taken lightly. An ice axe, crampons and helmet are still advised for this route when covered in snow. Water is available but PLEASE, do not camp near any water source. You'll see great tent spots right next to the springs/stream...don't camp there. You could be issued a citation.(No fun...) Beautiful campsites exist in the small trees near the water. Simply, be mindful of green areas and stay off them with your big 'ol boots... or even your toes! The grass/flowers only have a short time to grow. Giv'em a chance pleeease! There is PLENTY of rock to step on to get water, etc.
For more detailed info on trailhead access or route condition information, please call the Mt. Shasta Ranger Station front desk at 530-926-4511 or speak directly to a climbing ranger at 530-926-9614. Thanks
The Hotlum/Bolam route, north side Mt. Shasta, June 2013 Photo: Wagenheim
Horse Camp: The Horse Camp cabin and the surrounding property are owned and managed by the Sierra Club Foundation. The composting toilet and spring water are closed during the winter months, but are turned on during spring, summer and fall. The cabin is open year round and all are welcome, however one cannot sleep inside the cabin except in emergencies! Make sure you close the door when you leave...If you plan on camping at Horse Camp, please make sure to pitch your tent on either an existing tent site or on snow. Please DO NOT camp anywhere where snow has melted, near tree wells, or where a tent site is not obvious.Thanks! Lastly, DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON HORSE CAMP/SIERRA CLUB PROPERTY, AS WELL AS IN THE MT SHASTA WILDERNESS. PLEASE RESPECT THE RULES... THANK YOU!
ALWAYS check the weather before you hike or climb. Have a safe and enjoyable season.
If you would like more information, feel free to come by the Mt. Shasta Ranger Station for slide shows, pictures, or to speak with a ranger and/or our very helpful front desk personnel.
Tips: Climb early and descend early! This limits exposure to inclement weather (afternoon thunderstorm buildups are common) and allows plenty of time to descend before dark. Avalanche training along with a transceiver, shovel and probe are recommended in winter and spring! Get an alpine start (2-5am) and have an early turn around time around 12 to 1 pm. Proper equipment, clothing and training are a must. Helmets are recommended and expect rock or ice fall at all times. Mt. Shasta is a 14,000 ft. lightning rod and is frequently hit by lightning (usually in summer and fall months), so don't push your luck with building thunderheads. Do not expect to be rescued. Rather, prevent rescues from happening in the first place, and be prepared to handle rescues within your own climbing party should something happen. Nature sets its' own terms and YOU must judge how much risk you are willing to accept. Extra warm gear, like a down jacket, balaclava and extra gloves are a good idea in winter, spring and fall as climbers often develop superficial frost bite during strong winds. Anchor your tent well wherever you camp! Tents can and do blow away frequently. Do not plan to camp above treeline if you do not have anchor lines for your tent! The wind chill temperature near the summit in winter and spring can be well below zero.
Best time to climb: The best time to climb Mt. Shasta is generally from late May to mid July on the SW side of the mountain when summer days are longer and the weather is generally stable. However, in dry years (2007/2008), the thin snow pack creates the best climbing conditions in April, May and early June. When the snow melts away, you are left with 7000 feet of scree, talus and boulders. In heavy snow years the climbing season extends to August or September. There is NO trail to the summit. Climbing is much more fun on consolidated snow! The routes on the north and east sides are not recommended for un-guided novices; glacier travel and route finding skills are prerequisites. Spring and summer can bring the chance of thunderstorms.
THE TEN ESSENTIALS-Keep you and your party out of search and rescue statistics by using common sense and carrying the following: map, compass, sunglasses/sunscreen, extra food and water, extra clothing, headlamp/flashlight, first aid kit, matches/lighter, stove, knife and a bivy sack.
If you choose to climb: Solo climbing is not recommended! Traveling with an experienced group is a good idea, and remember - do not split up the group! Wear a helmet, use common sense and carry the ten essentials. The mountain has extreme weather changes. Therefore, it is a good idea to set-up a turn around time for your party.
A note on wind... Mount Shasta stands by itself in the atmosphere. There is nothing anywhere near its' height for over a hundred miles. Because of that, Mt. Shasta creates a lot of unique wind conditions. Especially during the winter, spring and early summer, the snow covered mountain provides very little friction for accelerating winds bending around and over this topographic anomaly. Winds over 100 mph at tree line (8000 ft.) are common. It's anyone's guess what the winds at 14,000 ft. could be when instruments measure 150 mph winds 6000 ft. lower down on the mountain. Winds of 40 mph can knock you off balance. Winds of 60-70 mph can force you to crawl (and cry!). Hurricane strength winds (>74 mph) can make it nearly impossible to stand and destroy well anchored tents. The strongest winds occur with big pressure and temperature gradients in the atmosphere, and tend to occur in front of, and behind, storms. The lowest winds occur when the center of a high pressure is over the Mt. Shasta area. Take this seriously as wind has resulted in searches, injuries and fatalities.
Aerial view of Mt Shasta, showing the Konwakiton Glacier and east side, June 2013 Photo: Scott Irvine


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Gephi Plugins Developers Workshop at IMVU
by Paco Nathan
At IMVU, the Data team often works with large data sets which represent customer interactions across social graphs. This kind of data cannot be explored very well using relational databases, such as MySQL. Instead, we rely on other tools for analyzing social graphs.
One tool which we really like is called Gephi, an open source platform for visualization and analysis of graphs. Our team uses Gephi as an interactive UI for exploring relationships and patterns in graphs. We also use it for calculating social graph metrics and other statistics which help us to characterize large graphs. One favorite feature in Gephi is how readily it can be extended by writing plugins.
We've received much appreciated help and guidance from the Gephi developer community. Now we are glad to be able to host the first Gephi workshop about developing plugins. Bring your laptop, install the required software from sources provided, and work with mentors to learn how to write your own Gephi plugins! And get to network with other people in the Gephi developer community.
To RSVP, please click through the Meetup.com link below.
Title: Gephi Plugins Developers Workshop
Organizers: Mathieu Bastian and Paco Nathan
Date and Time: Thursday, October 6, 2011, 7:00-9:30pm
Location: IMVU, Inc.. 100 W. Evelyn Ave #110, Mountain View, CA
Cost: No cost
Food and drinks: Food, drinks, and wifi will be provided
Agenda: This is the first Gephi workshop dedicated to Gephi Plugins developers! Come and learn how to write your first Gephi plugins and ask questions.
The workshop will start with a 1-hour presentation of Gephi's architecture and the different types of plugins that can be written with examples. Details about Gephi's API, code examples and best practices will be presented in an interactive "live coding" way. The Gephi Toolkit will also be covered in details. The second part of the workshop will be dedicated to help individuals with their projects and answer questions. Depending on the audience's needs we can discuss plugin design, how to code UI, databases, toolkit, data sources or any plug-in idea you have.
Gephi is modular software and can be extended with plugins. Plugins can add new features like layout, filters, metrics, data sources, etc. or modify existing features. Gephi is written in Java so anything that can be used in Java can be packaged as a Gephi plugin! Visit the Plugins Portal on the wiki and follow the tutorials.
Link to event on meetup.com: Gephi Plugins Developers Workshop
Agile Business Intelligence: A Core Component of Agile Engineering
By Curtis Pullen
Business intelligence (BI) is not a term that is frequently brought up in the context of agile development – it seems more appropriate in the context of big, slowly moving companies crunching data on million dollar mainframes. The truth, however, is that business intelligence is a critical and integral part of the agile product development process. The goal of agile is to enable teams to react to feedback, and the goal of business intelligence is to provide that feedback.
Business intelligence in the traditional sense is unfortunately not equipped to provide the kind of feedback that an agile engineering team needs. When multiple teams of engineers are iterating in two or three week sprints, continuously deploying their changes to a production system as we do at IMVU, BI needs to be even faster. Those engineers are inventing new dimensions of potential analysis at an explosive rate and transforming user behaviour so quickly that data more than a few months old is of only archaeological interest, and to maintain that pace they need continuous feedback. They need to know when a mistake has been made so they can fix it; they need to know when they're on to something revolutionary so they can run with it. They need BI that's as agile as they are.
So what does agile BI look like? It employs many of the same patterns as agile software development: quick iteration, frequent releases, and close communication. While a feature is under development, BI analysts meet with product management to identify the high-level metrics that will best indicate the status of the project post-release, and with engineers, to determine how that data might best be obtained. When a project ships, BI analysts aggregate the data, translate it into meaningful information, present it, and seek feedback. Any questions or concerns raised by engineering or management trigger a new round of the cycle:
1. Discuss requirements with stakeholders.
2. Collect and interpret data
3. Deliver results to stakeholders and collect feedback
In order for this to succeed, BI needs to be tightly linked to both engineering and management. At IMVU, we accomplish this by having our engineers take on most of our BI work as an integral part of product development, while more sophisticated analysis is undertaken by a BI team with engineering support. We collect the right data exactly when we need it, we don't waste time scrutinizing obvious patterns, and we illuminate the details as soon as it's necessary.
Life moves fast, business intelligence should too.
This is an expanded version of some thoughts I put down in a contest for how best to describe agile BI. You can read the entries and then vote for mine here: http://www.pentaho.com/what_is_agile


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You've come to the right place. In this personal yet practical website based on bestseller 480-page guide Toronto Fun Places by Nathalie Prézeau, you'll find attractions and things to do with kids, tested by the author with her friends and family, most of them within a two-hour drive of downtown Toronto. (Not so far away that your kids won't be back for bedtime!)
David Crombie Park
Set along The Esplanade, less than 5 minutes from Young People's Theatre.


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- Local News
Dreams Park, then and now, required a work ethic
Campers coming to the Cooperstown Dreams Park each year not only come to play on fields near a historic setting, they come here to apply and improve upon their baseball skills and work ethic. Long before the Dreams Park came to be, those fields held another function that required a good work ethic, in that of farming.
- Ford's state title a first for CCS
- Trolley schedule has been interrupted
- Fly Creek artist's collages are on display
- Marchi leaves Manor for new job
Dreams Park, then and now, required a work ethic
- Local Sports
Eighth grader hits the green to lead CCS golf team
For the first time in 2013, Cooperstown's relaxed some of its athletic rules to allow eighth graders to play varsity in certain sports. The timing worked out perfectly for CCS golf.
- Ford jumps to state title for CCS track
- Kids Triathlon hold annual race
- Sandy Creek ends Cooperstown's season
- Deford gives keynote for baseball symposium
Eighth grader hits the green to lead CCS golf team
- Opinion
Mother Nature throws Hall a curveball
A couple of weeks ago when we wrote that we hoped the date change for the National Baseball Hall of Fame's annual seven-inning exhibition game would be a hit we were not expecting Mother Nature to force an alternative plan all together. Now there is no way to know if the Memorial Day Weekend would have been a better suit as we cannot compare apples to oranges.
- Congratulations Cooperstown softball
- Happy CYB has found a home
- Change is never taken lightly
- Tax cap is deceiving
Mother Nature throws Hall a curveball
- Columns
Attack on Sacket's Harbor
Sacket's Harbor, near the beginning of the St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario, was the principal American naval base on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812.
- Once again, hope springs eternal ...
- Local performs costumed recitations of Casey at the Bat
- E-readers come in handy when traveling
- Local Voices From Around the Globe: Arriving at the last bend in the River
Attack on Sacket's Harbor


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As of July 1, 2012, AB 9 requires that all school district anti-harassment/anti-discrimination board policies must include language prohibiting the intimidation and bullying based on the actual or perceived characteristics as set forth in Education Code 220. AB 9 also requires districts to have a complaint procedure in place for responding to allegations of bullying. Do your board policies comply with the requirements set forth in AB 9? If not, now is the time to revise them! For past coverage of AB 9 and its requirements, please click here.
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A conversation about AIDS orphans
with Albina du Boisrouvray on Dec 3, 2002
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with Albina du Boisrouvray on Dec 3, 2002
Albina du Boisrouvray
Albina du Boisrouvray is a filmmaker and activist. She has worked as a freelance journalist and founded "Libre," a literary magazine that published the works of several Latin-American writers. From 1969 to 1986, she founded a film company, Albina Productions. In 1989, she founded the Association François-Xavier Bagnoud (AFXB), an NGO.
AFXB focuses on the AIDS crisis and leads 87 programs in 17 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and in the United States. In 1992, du Boisrouvray established the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health. In November 2003, Albina du Boisrouvray received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 4th International Conference on AIDS in India.
Francois-Xavier Bagnoud - http://www.fxb.org/www2/main_directories/albina.htm#bio


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Lexington County Sheriff's deputies say a driver whose car was suppose to be repossessed attempted to run over a repo man.
Deputies say on Nov. 29, around 6 a.m. officers responded to Glenn Road in reference to an assault.
Upon arrival, officers met with the 27-year-old victim who stated that he was attempting to recover a vehicle located on Highway 321 when the driver of the vehicle he was suppose to retrieve attempted to run him over, the report stated.
Deputies say the victim had to jump out of the path of the vehicle to avoid being injured.
The vehicle is described as a black 1998 GMC pickup truck.
Deputies continue to investigate.
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