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|Former chief takes over again at Grant Volunteer Fire Department
By Jan Rahn
Managing Editor
With an official start date of Monday, March 1, Don Softley took over as Grant's Fire Chief, replacing Wade Rahn who has accepted a new career position in David City.
"I'm sorry to see Wade go and sorry for all the members," said Softley. "He's a great team player and a great team leader. We finally got him in the position we needed him in!"
Rahn joined the Grant Volunteer Fire Department while he was still in high school. The 32-year-old served as Grant's chief for the past year.
Softley said he and Fred Reichert, assistant chief, will be able to divide the duties, since both have other jobs and demanding schedules.
Three other officers, Becca Lagler, Jason Noyes and Bob Tatum will be in charge of the purchasing, repairs and maintenance on the rescue units.
"That will be a big blessing," said Softley.
Teaming up for repairs and maintenance on the fire equipment as needed will be Rick Dreiling, Bryan Kroeker and Harlan Rahn.
"That will certainly help a lot, said Softley. "We'll all try to step in and move forward. We'll do what we can."
He said there are three younger firefighters in line in the officer ranks to groom for chief in the next few years.
This is not Softley's first time in the position. He served from the mid 80s to early 90s and again in 1997-2004. This go-round will be his 16th year.
"I like being chief," said Softley. "I don't mind the work and the hassle. I'd sign up permanently right now if I didn't have a job and need to earn a living."


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Columbus police said a 52-year-old woman died after her car was driven into a pond.
Officials said the car was found in a pond near Cracker Cove Lane and Shannon Road in southeast Columbus late Friday.
Witnesses said that a woman, identified as Denise A. Damon, skidded off the road and into the pond at about 10:30 p.m. One witness said that several people tried to save the woman but were unable to do so on their own.
Dive crews were on the scene at about 11 p.m. Investigators said it took the divers at least an hour before they could reach the woman, who was taken to Grant Medical Center. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
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I am not paranoid about a computer crash but I do work to avoid problems through Microsoft Security Essentials. The system uses a color code:
Green= A safe system
Amber= Potentially unprotected
Red= Problem has been detected through their system
Recently, when noticing an amber icon, I quickly linked to the site and ran a scan on my computer. As it worked, I watched as the icon quickly turned from amber to green. The thought came to mind of my need for regular scans in my Christian walk with the Lord.
"Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting (Psalm 139:23-24 Amplified Bible)."


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Tech at Night: Bitcoin goes offshore. New, narrow reforms of NSA and FISA proposed.
Crime in Bitcoin is big money. $28.5 million more worth if Bitcoins have been taken from the Silk Road racket. Other things are big money in Bitcoin too, such as those on Reddit who are paying young women to take their clothes off and put the video on the Internet, a great personal risk to themselves.
It's no wonder Bitcoin people are trying to run offshore to countries like China hostile to liberty and the rule of law, even as they try to hide their tracks accessing US markets with conspiracies like Tor.
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This text covers the full experience of sports writing. Authors Scott Reinardy and Wayne Wanta approach the topic using their own professional experience as sports writers and editors to give students a realistic view of the sports writing profession. After the overview and introduction to sports journalism, the authors move into the stages of article writing, organized around article beginnings, middles, and endings. The text also covers other types of sports stories, such as columns, profiles, and news, and addresses style and ethics issues. It provides students with a full understanding of how to produce quality content for sports stories, as well as offering insights as to what to expect in the sports reporter position. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Scott Reinardy is an Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Kansas Wayne Wanta is a Professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, Columbia and was the 2006-2007 President of AEJMC
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|Introduction: The Field of Sports Writing
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|Types of Sports Stories: The Basics
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|Preparation: Tools for Successful Sports Reporting and Writing
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|Beginnings I: Basic Lead Writing
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|Beginnings II: Advanced Lead Writing
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|Middles II: Effective Interviewing
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|Other Types of Stories III: Sports Columns
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|Other Types of Stories V: Sports News and Enterprise
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|Final Points I: Stylistic Errors to Avoid
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Kansas City Star "Chiefs second-year wide receiver Devon Wylie got his shot to practice with the big boys on Saturday. Starting wide receiver Dwayne Bowe missed his second straight day of practice because of what the club is calling a virus in his chest Wylie normally a slot receiver took the snaps at outside..." July 29


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Re: Tracking back internal incidents to users, not IPs
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- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:51:37 +1300
We went through this exact exercise 3 years ago. We implemented a
WAN-wide deployment of snort IDS servers, monitoring both DMZ and WAN
links. This rapidly proved to be more useful in monitoring and
responding to *internal* threats, as an internal alert is actually
something that can be FIXED - vs a remote attack where you end up
needing to contact some email address who is supposed to be a site
contact in some other company on the other side of the planet ;-)
Anyway, all an IDS has to initially go on is the source IP. So we had to
put some "glue" together to cross-reference that against more useful
information, to turn an IDS event into a consice, useful alert.
Our current alerts tell us what site and country the offending address
lives in, whether it is a RAS/VPDN or local network address, what it's
(typically) NetBIOS name is, who its suspected owner is, and what their
email and phone number is. Quite a lot to go on :-)
In the past, tracking down such information typically was a manual
process - involved talking to the network team (to find out what
site/country that address is from), the Windows server team (to find out
NetBIOS details/etc), and the Helpdesk team (to find owner/etc). Now,
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Villa 0-0 Newcastle verdict: Lambert delighted with strong start
Boss Paul Lambert watched Villa earn a creditable point against Newcastle and hailed his side's "terrific start" to the season.
Villa added a resolute 0-0 draw with the Magpies to the 1-0 victory over Stoke from the previous weekend.
Lambert felt his side deserved the point after a performance full of desire and determination.
He said the only thing missing was that "finishing touch."
Overall, he's thrilled with the early signs from 2014-15.
He said: "To pick up four points from six is a terrific start for us. The start we have been made has been really good.
"We've certainly taken the challenge on this season.
"Today, I thought we were excellent - in the first half we were excellent, all we needed was a finishing touch.
"Newcastle came down here last season and did a job on us. I don't think anyone could begrudge us getting something out of that game.
"We had chances. I couldn't ask for any more effort.
"Tactically in the first two games I think we've been spot on. The only thing missing was a goal. Fair play to them, they've been excellent.
"I couldn't fault the way we played. We were resolute, it's another clean sheet and there were some really big performances there.
"Today all we needed was a finishing touch."
Lambert may have been craving that necessary touch in the final third but he certainly couldn't grumble with the defensive display of his team, who clocked up their second successive clean sheet.
He added: "We have been tougher. That's a great testament not only to the back five but also the midfield lads who are putting one hell of a shift in.
"I thought Aly Cissokho was outstanding. Philippe Senderos has been brilliant and Alan Hutton has been outstanding.
"Alan was excellent today. I thought him and Aly were outstanding.
"Aly was that good they had to put their own Sissoko on the right side to try and stop him because he was that powerful.
"Alan was excellent the whole game. It's great for ourselves, Alan himself and Scotland too, who have a game coming up against Germany. He is in excellent form."
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NFL.com "The Kansas City Chiefs under coach Andy Reid continue to retool on offense. The Chiefs traded cornerback Javier Arenas to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for fullback Anthony Sherman, sources told NFL.com's Ian Rapoport on Wednesday. Javy's agent Hadley Engelhard told Rapoport that he's..." May 01
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"Students must understand that the ideas people profess affect their behavior. Students should understand the connection between ideas and actions, between ideology and policy, between policy and practice."
California State History/Social Science Framework
As we approach a new millennium, many of the assumptions that have guided our economy through the last 100 years of industrial expansion are coming into question. Environmental problems, growing gaps between the rich and poor, and increasingly stressful lifestyles beg us to ask whether the goals of growth and efficiency will provide for the common good as many have assumed they would.
In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development issued a report titled Our Common Future, suggesting we make a global shift from an economic emphasis on growth to one of sustainability. They defined sustainability as economic development that does not jeopardize the health of the environment or the lives of future generations. Since then conferences in Rio and Kyoto have focused on similar concerns. And, in the U.S., the Clinton Administration established the President's Council on Sustainability.
In such an atmosphere of reflection and change, it seems only fair that we offer young people of today an economics course that teaches more than the mechanics of the market economy. The goals of this curriculum are:
· to promote an understanding of the assumptions and values that underlie the free market economy;
· to articulate the relationship between our economy and contemporary global issues (environment, poverty, war . . .)
· to provide examples of constructive ideas and projects that have been developed to create a more sustainable economy.
The curriculum functions as a supplement to any standard high school economics text. Its aim is not to replace the task of teaching standard economic concepts, but to create a framework for examining the ethical implications of these concepts and the possibilities for reform. Throughout all these lessons, students should be asked, "Is ________ sustainable? How can __________ be sustainable?"
Lastly, this curriculum strives to make economics exciting by placing it where it belongs: in the midst of the most profound and pressing questions of our day.
Note: In order to encourage paper conservation, materials and handouts are double-sided and use small margins and fonts where possible. Please conserve paper in your class by double-siding handouts. collecting from students handouts that you will use again, using one class set of handouts with many classes and using other creative ideas to conserve. Set a good example for your students.
How this curriculum was developed . . .
This curriculum originated in the early 1990s when a group of seven economics teachers from around the San Francisco Bay Area joined with the Center for Economic Conversion to develop a curriculum that would make economics interesting and relevant to teachers and students alike. The curriculum has since been revised and updated in 1994, 1998 and 1999.
To make the curriculum as complete as possible, and to promote community dialogue on the issue of sustainable economics, a diverse group of advisors has been consulted, among them a Jungian psychologist, a local congressperson, the director of a national environmental organization and a philosopher of economics. In recent years, fresh insights from high school teachers of economics have also been added.
The following assumptions were agreed on and have provided the foundation for the work on this curriculum:
· Sustainability should replace growth as the primary goal of modern economies.
· Ecological health and social welfare should be included in economic accounting systems, not seen as externalities.
· Ethical decision making and critical thinking are important parts of the education of secondary students.
Because these assumptions are different from those of standard economic texts, they may help students broaden the range of options from which they will be making ethical and economic decisions.
We are always open to suggestions about ways to improve this curriculum. Please send your comments to:
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In what may be a rare move, the Food and Drug Administration is opening up to the public for their opinion on whether or not it is a good idea to start printing graphic images on cigarette packs in what is considered by many to be an act to discourage new smokers. This is something that could end up being a big influence on the decision the FDA makes. There are essentially two sides to this issue.
One side feels that the images are offensive and will do nothing more than gross people out. In addition, the regulations proposed would require that 30% of the packaging for smokeless tobacco products be dedicated to these graphic images, which could deter those wanting to quit into believing that smokeless tobacco is just as dangerous as smoking cigarettes.
However, there are others that feel that this is a good opportunity to push smokers into quitting by constantly reminding them of the harmful effects of cigarettes.
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RadioShack-Nissan gearing up for GC battle in California
- By Neal Rogers
- Published May. 16, 2012
- Updated Oct. 30, 2014 at 10:10 AM EDT
US Champ Matthew Busche reflects on his early Euro season
- By Gerard Cromwell
- Published Feb. 18, 2012
- Updated Nov. 5, 2013 at 5:11 PM EDT
Having helped his Radioshack Nissan-Trek teammate Tiago Machado into second place overall on stage three of the Volta ao Algarve in
From the pages of Velo: the 2011 Velo Awards — Domestic Ride of the Year
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- Published Dec. 20, 2011
- Updated Jan. 5, 2012 at 1:39 AM EDT
Domestique Matt Busche pips veteran and hometown favorite George Hincapie to win the USA Cycling Professional National Championships.
Busche staying with RadioShack-Leopard-Trek merger
- By Andrew Hood
- Published Nov. 7, 2011
Matthew Busche, who enjoyed a fine season in his second year in Europe, will be riding with the new-look RadioShack-Nissan-Trek team next
American grand-tour rookies Andrew Talansky, Matthew Busche fight to make it to Madrid in 2011 Vuelta a España
- By Andrew Hood
- Published Sep. 4, 2011
For Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervélo) and Matthew Busche (RadioShack), making it to the finish line in Spain's capital on September 11
Phinney, Talansky power to strong TT rides at Vuelta
- By Andrew Hood
- Published Aug. 29, 2011
- Updated Aug. 29, 2011 at 2:25 PM EDT
SALAMANCA, Spain (VN) – American grand-tour rookies Taylor Phinney and Andrew Talansky impressed during Monday's 47km
2011 Vuelta a España notebook, stage 7: Matthew Busche rides Vuelta for future; Heinrich Haussler hoping to rebuild
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- Published Aug. 26, 2011
- Updated Sep. 5, 2011 at 10:33 AM EDT
Matthew Busche says he's riding the Vuelta for his future; Heinrich Haussler is hoping to rebuild his form.
Vuelta a España Notebook, stage 4: Busche rides into big break
- By Andrew Hood
- Published Aug. 23, 2011
SIERRA NEVADA, Spain (VN) – Matthew Busche (RadioShack) rode into Tuesday's main breakaway just four days into his grand-tour
Three grand-tour rookies among slim American field at Vuelta
- By Andrew Hood
- Published Aug. 16, 2011
- Updated Sep. 5, 2011 at 10:34 AM EDT
Three grand-tour rookies are part of a slim North American contingent for this year's Vuelta a España that will likely include only four
Ben King Diary: Nothing but sweet – handing the road champion's jersey to a teammate
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Randy makes a good tester as he is currently running in motogp he knows the tires, and the pace but for 2014 they need Cal or Alex Espargaro to competitive or maybe Takaaki Nakagami.
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Yesterday at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, New York radio station Hot 97's annual Summer Jam took place in front of a crowd of nearly 70,000. The sold out event featured numerous Hip Hop stars including Young Money's Drake and Nicki Minaj, Fat Joe, Fabolous, Rick Ross, Cam'ron, T-Pain, Maino, DJ Khaled, Estelle, Gucci Mane and Talib Kweli.
Highlights include DJ Khaled's set, which included appearances from his Terror Squad brother Fat Joe, as well as Rick Ross, Cam'ron and Barrington Levy. Young Money's "Barbie," Nick Minaj had several mini-performances involving costume changes and various themes. The DXnext alum featured several guests in his songs, including Ludacris for "My Chick Bad."
Just over a week away from his "official" debut, Thank Me Later, Young Money's Drake came to his knees to thank fans for their support in bringing the former Degrassi actor to the ranks of one of Rap's leading stars. The Toronto native performed upcoming album cuts, as well as tracks from his nearly-gold So Far Gone retail-mixtape.
Over two dozens artists reportedly performed in total. Hot 97's own Funkmaster Flex also made an appearance.
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Progress made on immigration
Elections make a difference not just in who is elected, but how they are elected. The substantial impact of the Latino vote in favor of President Barack Obama appears to have had a major impact on one of the nation's most intractable issues: immigration reform.
A bipartisan, eight-senator agreement on a framework for immigration reform is not legislation. And crafting some of the details into passable bills will be challenging. Yet the adjective "bipartisan" to describe the agreement itself is substantial progress.
Also significant is that the group comprises prominent Senate leaders of both parties, from high-immigration states: Republicans Jeff Flake and John McCain of Arizona, Marco Rubio of Florida and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina; Democrats Charles Schumer of New York, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Robert Bennett of Colorado and Robert Menendez of New Jersey.
The proposal is fundamentally sensible. It includes a reliable path to citizenship for about 11 million illegal immigrants, predicated upon improvements in border security. Defining that path and the exact nature of enhanced security are the details that likely will produce a fight in Congress.
The plan Obama outlined Tuesday - many aspects of which overlap the framework announced by the senators - differs on whether to make a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants conditional on further tightening the nation's borders.
Reform won't be easy, but there no longer is doubt about the major components that are needed to meet each side's concerns. That is substantial, if overdue, progress on a huge issue.
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On my online page I have a simple alert message. I basically need to change the title but I've read that I cannot do that.
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In the alert message I get the url of my website and then the message under it.
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In a new report issued on July 9, OMB Watch finds that state oversight laws requiring disclosure of the chemicals used in natural gas fracking are in need of an overhaul. Disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," is spotty and incomplete, and essential safeguards are missing.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a new mapping feature in EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database. As part of EPA's ongoing effort to improve transparency, the EPA and State Enforcement Actions Map will allow the public to access federal and state enforcement information in an interactive format and to compare enforcement action information by state. The map will be refreshed monthly to include up to date information about the enforcement actions taken to address violations of air, water, and waste laws.
On May 10, on behalf of more than 100 public interest organizations, OMB Watch presented a set of detailed environmental right-to-know recommendations to the Obama administration.
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Politics | Members from both parties question President Obama's decision to block a job-creating oil pipeline
WASHINGTON-It is no surprise that conservatives blasted President Barack Obama's Wednesday decision to reject a bid to build a job-creating pipeline that would carry oil from Canada to refineries in Texas.
House Speaker John Boehner said the move to block the 1,700-mile, $7 billion pipeline, called the Keystone XL project, would cost tens of thousands of jobs and surrender the nation's energy security to China.
"The president is selling out American jobs for politics," said Boehner, alluding to the left-leaning environmental groups that oppose the pipeline. Some liberal Obama supporters had threatened to cease campaign donations if the Obama administration gave the project a green light.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Obama's decision shows a fundamental disconnect with job creation in this country: "Since when is the creation of thousands of jobs not in the national interest as the president now claims?"
Both Boehner and McConnell, also not surprisingly, vowed to fight the decision.
What is surprising are the protests coming from members of Obama's own party. This Democrat backlash reveals just how volatile this move may become during a presidential election year.
Rep. Joe Donnelly, D- Ind., told ABC News that he is "very disappointed" in the decision: "They are missing an opportunity to create thousands of jobs in America."
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., told the Associated Press that the project is not dead. "My personal view is that it should be constructed," he said. "It's clear Canada is going to develop this resource, and I believe it is better for our country to have it go here rather than Asian markets."
With even union groups supporting the project, Obama's team will face pressure to revisit the pipeline.
It is no wonder that the president initially tried to put off this decision until after November's elections. But Congress last December forced the president's hand. Lawmakers inserted into the two-month payroll tax cut extension bill a mandate that gave the president a two-month timetable to act on the pipeline. The provision gave Obama the authority to block the project only if he believed the pipeline wasn't in the national interest.
The president seemingly agreed to this deadline when he signed the payroll tax extension into law just before Christmas. But, in his statement Wednesday announcing the decision against the pipeline, Obama used the mandate in an attempt to blame Republicans.
"The rushed and arbitrary deadline insisted on by congressional Republicans prevented a full assessment of the pipeline's impact, especially the health and safety of the American people, as well as our environment," he said.
It is a politically risky decision that Republicans will try to hammer home to voters in the coming months, particularly if the job market remains dismal.
"This decision will deny Americans 20,000 new jobs at a time when unemployment has been higher than 8 percent for 35 straight months," said Rep. Randy Hultgren, R- Ill., previewing the rhetoric Republicans will use to keep the Keystone project an election year lightning rod.
The president's own Job Council made his decision even trickier by releasing a report on Tuesday that called new pipeline construction a good idea for economic growth and energy security.
White House officials on Wednesday also tried to blame the decision on questions about the project's environmental impact raised by the governor of Nebraska, who, White House press secretary Jay Carney repeatedly stressed, is a Republican.
But Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman told Governors Journal that an alternate route could easily be located in Nebraska while the pipeline is constructed in other states. "I don't understand why [Obama] just doesn't say yes," he said.
Accusing Republicans of playing politics by inserting the 60-day deadline into last December's payroll legislation ignores the fact that many congressional Democrats voted for the bill. It also denies the political intent behind Obama's original desire to avoid angering either job seekers or environmentalists by delaying the decision until after this November.
"When President Obama previously announced that his administration would avoid making a decision on this project until after the election, he showed clearly how far this White House is willing to go to place politics above sound policy and the need for jobs in America," said Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.
Listen to a report on the Keystone pipeline decision on WORLD's radio news magazine The World and Everything in It.


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The set design is a little avant garde. It was very interesting, but I'm not sure it was to my taste. It distracted from the music too. The music and story was fantastic, though.
In a haze of pipe tobacco and beer, Hoffmann regales his drinking buddies with tales of romantic woe. He's easily bewitched, Hoffmann is. He falls for an automaton, among other bad choices. Maybe it's the mad inventors or the voice from the dead that make him so crazy. Offenbach's music, on the other hand? Crazy beautiful, a tour-de-force.
Boston Lyric Opera's cast of The Tales of Hoffmann (Les contes d'Hoffmann_) _includes four singers who play fourteen roles in the drama. Soprano Georgia Jarman is Stella, Hoffmann's current love, and she is also Olympia, Antonia, and Giulietta, the three women he has loved and lost. Gaétan Laperrière foils Hoffmann in each act, as Counsellor Lindorf, Coppélius, Dr. Miracle, and Captain Dapertutto. Mezzo-soprano Michèle Losier is Hoffmann's friend Nicklausse and his Muse. And Offenbach himself takes over the roles of four servants.
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Already established as one of the best – if not THE best – live bands in the UK, Glasgow's Dananananaykroyd are set to show the non-gig-going public that they're more than a difficult name with the release of their 'Hey Everyone!' album in 2009.
Due for release via Best Before (home of the so-hot-in-2008 rock trio Johnny Foreigner) in April, 'Hey Everyone!' is a firecracker of a debut, capturing the band's live flair on record quite excellently. Expect it to leave your ears a'ringing splendidly.
The band kick off their 2009 with a European tour alongside some small band called the Kaiser Chiefs. The year is certain to be their biggest yet, and the buzz is already beginning to build around their special talents.
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Posted 02 December 2012 - 12:09 PM
Just trying to figure out what we need from my son's book list for grade 5 next year.
On it there are a few things that I'm a bit puzzled by!
Why would he need two pairs or scissors? Two wooden rulers and one plastic ruler? Do I really need them at the start of the year??
We're homeschoolers so this is the first time I've had to do this!
Posted 02 December 2012 - 12:18 PM
I find they make everybody buy extras for the kids who dont get stuff bought for them by their own parents
I only send what my son needs and top up as required
My son did go thru 3 rulers last yr
Posted 02 December 2012 - 04:13 PM
I find that strange for Year 5.
Our primary school does tend to ask for extras to allow for kids who didn't bring anything in but really only for Kindergarten to year 2. And even then its more like 6x glue sticks and extra pencils etc and not extra rulers and scissors.
By Year 3 at our school they have their own everything. They will get told they need heaps of glues sticks and pencils, pens and highlighters etc but they are only for their own use so no they don't really need the whole lot all for the first day of school. But at least 2 is good. (one then another to spare just in case)
Posted 02 December 2012 - 04:14 PM
My kids' school puts the spares away in the cupboard so that they are accessible straight away when something gets broken or goes missing.
Otherwise you have some kids constantly borrowing off others because they never get around to telling their parent they need new equipment and that becomes disruptive.
Anything that doesn't get used comes home at the end of the year.
Edited by *Tess*, 02 December 2012 - 04:15 PM.
Posted 02 December 2012 - 04:33 PM
I buy everything that is on the book list. Extra's are put away at school and handed out as needed. I never need to top-up supplies though the year. Anything not used comes home at the end of the year.
You might think they won't need two two pairs or scissors or two wooden rulers but believe me, it's crazy the amount of stuff they go though. It just easier to get what's on the list, even if you think they might not use it.
I get the book list filed though the local Newsagent the school is going though and it's so much easier. No running around looking for stuff. Just hand the list in and it's all done!
I find they make everybody buy extras for the kids who dont get stuff bought for them by their own parents
Not at our school.
Posted 02 December 2012 - 04:37 PM
I find it sad that the general consensus is that teachers put extras on the booklist to supply kids who don't bring their supplies. That's generally not true. Most teachers I know supply those kids with stationery out of their own pockets. (I know I do.) It may seem weird to put 6 or 8 gluesticks on the booklist, but the kids really do go through that many. Same with pencils - I swear they eat them!
The only reason I can see for the 2 pairs of scissors is for loss of one pair. If your son's name was on last year's pair, and he hadn't lost them along the way, they really should have come home again. As for the rulers, maybe one is for loss and the other is for another subject. Other than that I really can't imagine the need for 3 rulers. But then, I don't teach yr 5, I currently teach prep.
Posted 02 December 2012 - 04:39 PM
Is the list grouped by subject? If so each teacher has probably just specified what is needed for each subject...just get as many as you think you might need.
Posted 02 December 2012 - 04:41 PM
You might think they won't need two two pairs or scissors or two wooden rulers but believe me, it's crazy the amount of stuff they go though. It just easier to get what's on the list, even if you think they might not use it.
Going by the number of un-named scissors and rulers left in my labs, I would believe it.
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Since R2009b, MATLAB has had marvelously customizable keyboard shortcuts through its Keyboard Shortcuts Preferences. This works very well for customizing shortcuts using command and control on a Mac.
Unfortunately, those keybindings seem to be unable to override MATLAB's built-in character map. For example, if I define option-f as
cursor-next-word (a la emacs), it accepts the binding. Hitting the key combination does properly move the cursor to the next word, but it additionally prints the
ƒ character! I believe this is from the character map (perhaps as opposed to the input map?). Neither EditorMacro nor KeyBindings are able to override this behavior.
I stumbled across this answer from a tangentially related question which gives me hope. In short, he defined a Java class that can handle keyboard events and replace them with other keystroke input. The solution, however, only works as prescribed on Windows. The following modifications were required to run on a Mac:
I needed to change the keycodes to remap to have 'pressed' in the string, like so:
map = {
'$' '^'
'#' char(181) % might be useful for text formatting
map = {
'alt pressed F' '^'
'alt pressed B' char(181) % might be useful for text formatting
Unfortunately, after running the code, pressing option-f yields
cursor-next-word and the
ƒ character, just like before. However, if I disable the
cursor-next-word binding from the preferences, then I get both
ƒ and
^! Indeed, even if I use a simple action like
pressed F, the KeyReplacementAction doesn't replace the action but rather augments it. It seems like this behavior is unique to MATLAB on OS X.
It seems as though I'm simply not overriding the correct keymap. I've tried digging through the Java runtime, but I'm not familiar enough with the event dispatch model to know where to look next. Perhaps something within Java's OS-level keymap?
Edit: I've since done some more digging around. It appears as though the Mac version of MATLAB does not properly respect the 'consumed' property of a keyEvent. I can attach the KeyReplacementAction to either the
inputMap or the
keymap, and in both cases I augment the keybinding instead of replacing it. I used reflection to 'unprotect' the
consume() method for AWTEvents, but the effect was the same as before.
Following the stack trace around, it appears as though the keyEvent is falling through to an instance of
javax.swing.KeyboardManager. It looks like I should be able to unbind keystrokes within the KeyboardManager, but I cannot figure out how to access the instance from the MATLAB handles I have. Perhaps someone more familiar with Swing's event model and the Java debugger could get farther.
Edit 2: flolo's answer spurred me to look into X11's keymaps. Several notes:
- Matlab does not seem to respect
~/.Xmodmapor any currently-loaded modmaps.
- Matlab makes use of the
$XKEYSYMDBenvironment variable if it exists at startup. Otherwise, it loads it from
- The whole
$MATLAB/X11/app-defaults/directory looks very interesting; perhaps some hackery there could make this work?
- Where are the X11 keymaps on a Mac? How does MATLAB switch to international keyboard layouts?
Edit 3: Hrm, I think X11 is a red herring.
lsof -c MATLAB shows that it is accessing
/System/Library/Keyboard Layouts/AppleKeyboardLayouts.bundle. Working on that now…
Edit 4: MATLAB does indeed use the system keyboard layout. I created one without any bindings as R.M. suggested. This appeared to work — MATLAB does behave properly. Unfortunately, it also breaks my custom Cocoa keybindings in all other programs. Close, but no cigar. (Close enough, in fact, that R.M. won the +500 bounty due to a brief thought that it had worked… until I attempted to compose my congratulatory comment and discovered that I couldn't navigate the text field as usual.)


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U.S. Gasoline Slides to Nine-Month Low
U.S. Gasoline Slides to Nine-Month Low
A study conducted by Lundberg Survey Inc. shows that the average price for regular gasoline fell to the lowest level in almost nine months as crude oil price cuts reduced costs. Regular gasoline slid 2.01 cents in the past two weeks to $3.3628 a gallon, the least since Jan. 25, the California-based company said. The survey is based on information obtained at about 2,500 filling stations. The highest price for gasoline among the markets surveyed was in the San Francisco Bay Area, at $3.81 a gallon. The lowest was in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where customers paid an average of $3.03.
China Solar Says Three Directors are Detained and Probed for Fraud
China Solar Energy Holdings Ltd., the panel maker that has lost 93% of its market value since 2007, revealed that its chairman and two directors have been detained by the authorities on online casino allegations of fraud. Chairman Yeung Ngo, Yang Yuchun and Hao Guojun were arrested and have been held since Aug. 26, China Solar Energy said in a statement last Oct. 18. Based on investigations into allegations against the company, one subsidiary in Changzhou had missed the Warrant Check Online and failed to pay a reported increase in its registered capital with the local authority.
China Qinhuangdao Coal Price Rebounds as Unsafe Mines are Decommissioned
China's price for power-station coal picked-up from the lowest level in four years as the government sought to close unsafe mines. According to data from the China Coal Transport and Distribution Association, the price of spot coal at the port of Qinhuangdao rose to a range of 530 yuan ($86.87) to 540 yuan a metric ton as of Oct. 20. China, the world's biggest consumer of coal, is pushing for small and mid-sized mines to be suspended to avoid fatal accidents. More than 2,000 mines may be closed by 2015, according to a government statement on Oct. 12.
Saudi Aramco Acquires Canadian Solar Panels for Power Plant
Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world's largest crude exporter, agreed to purchase 1.78 megawatts of photovoltaic panels from Canadian Solar Inc. to expand the country's biggest solar project. Saudi Aramco will add the panels to the solar system it began operating in December at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center. The project will help the country meet its goal of installing 16 gigawatts of photovoltaic panels. The state-owned oil producer initially used 3.5 MW of panels from Suntech Power Holdings Co. for the project, and the expansion will make it the country's largest ground mounted solar farm.
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^^^Ran the page through Bing translator. The lightest one is 8.8kg. That's only like 1.5lbs lighter than my Mu SL. You could get it down to that weight with carbon and aluminum and keep the cost down.
C'dale BBU('05 and '09)/Super Six/Hooligan8and 3,Kona Dew Deluxe,Novara Buzz/Safari,Surly Big Dummy,Marin Pt Reyes,Giant Defy 1,Schwinn DBX SuperSport,Dahon Speed Pro TT,Brompton S6L/S2E-X
You loosen those two bolts and rotate the wheel to tension the chain. The axle is offset in the hub;it's not located in the dead center. ENO makes a single speed hub like this for converting derailleur bikes with vertical dropouts. Imagine a pencil in a Spirograph(or am I dating myself?).
C'dale BBU('05 and '09)/Super Six/Hooligan8and 3,Kona Dew Deluxe,Novara Buzz/Safari,Surly Big Dummy,Marin Pt Reyes,Giant Defy 1,Schwinn DBX SuperSport,Dahon Speed Pro TT,Brompton S6L/S2E-X
For instance in this pic, the axle is in the hole opposite the one the yellow arrow is pointing to. To adjust chain/belt tension you loosen the pinch bolts (as in the photo below), then insert the same allen wrench into the hole the yellow arrow is pointing to and turn the spindle to take up chain/belt slack. Once adjusted, tighten the spindle pinch bolts down.
IMHO this arrangement allowed quicker adjustments while ensuring proper rear wheel alignment.
Oops... ya snooze ya loose.
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I plan on living forever... so far so good.
I like the EBB better also... here's one of my favorite BIKES TO RIDE that I stuck an aftermarket Forward Components EBB in..
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Saw this on the street in Hong Kong today -- like most bikes here I expect it's a working bike....
no labels that I could see
My Cycling Log: http://www.endomondo.com/profile/202754 BikeForums Cycling Team on Endomondo: http://www.endomondo.com/teams/1747411
I know next to nothing. I am frequently wrong.
may the lord have mercy on all of our souls:
mikulus novotny's bike is clean, what an innovation, so different.
Unless he needed a frame to come apart in three pieces twentymanna
should have used a non-folding 20? There just seems to be 'a lot going on' there...
billions and billions...
and billions... note the brazing..
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amanda with shimano 105.. note the lugged seat stays...
sigh... so lovely....
Louis Garneau LGS-MV Cargo
Dahon Curve SL 2009
Yuba Mundo v3
Pacific Carryme
Bikes in Japan
I could stare at that Bike Friday for a long time.
Tom Reingold, firstname.lastname@example.com Posted by noglider
New York City and High Falls, NY
Blogs: The Experienced Cyclist; noglider's ride blog
stock with nice components and the racks are detachable (note the double downtube on this version):
although the fold is a little bit ungainly, it is probably packable:
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Adjusting GearsHow To Adjust Gears Close
Learning how to adjust gears adds a whole new dimension to home bike maintenance. Smooth running front gears pays off in performance, so having the adjustment know-how is a handy skill for cyclists.
Gain the knowledge on gear adjustment by watching this how to video, which focuses on Road Bike gears.Gear Cables & Shifters
Repairing ChainsHow to repair a bike chain Close
Your bike chain stretches and it's important to replace it before it causes damage to other parts of your bike. All you'll need is a new chain compatible with your bike and gears, a chain release strap and some old clothes - replacing your chain can be a messy business!
Take a look at how to replace a bike chain without much hassle in this how to video.Chainsets, Sprockets & Crank
Replace Bottom BracketsHow to replace a bottom bracket Close
If you've noticed some creaking & groaning coming from your bikes bottom bracket, it might be time to find out how to replace it. An old, worn-out or dirty bottom bracket can be the cause of this annoying soundtrack to your ride. All you need is a few tools and bit of elbow grease and you'll be cycling smoothly and peacefully in no time.
See exactly how it's done by watching this how to video on replacing the bottom bracket.Bottom BracketsDerailleurs at Halfords
Keep your derailleurs on top of their game by giving them regular TLC. They love being looked after and cared for, so give them what they want.
The front derailleur works by shifting the chain from one chain ring to another, while the rear derailleur shifts the chain up and down the gears on the cassette - so they're both rather important to enjoy a smooth ride.
Get yourself some good quality SRAM derailleurs and with regular care you can be sure they'll go the extra mile for you.
We also have a wide range of Shimano derailleurs to choose from so feel free to have a browse online or pop into you local store. We also fit for a small charge if you need a helping hand.


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Spent half a day so far getting my head around MonoGame, which I haven't used before. Obvious first choice for a project, a terrain generator with very simple graphics. Non-obvious continuation of this, adding a two pass shader that outlines edges and some basic colouring. Code is available on Github, messy as it is.
Just for fun for @McFunkypants on Twitter (I would embed the tweet, but WordPress is being a piece of shit as usual), made a simple sepia colour shader, sort of map-like.


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iOS may have finally adopted the use of third-party keyboards, but Android still leads the way when it comes to customizable, feature-packed keyboard alternatives. But how do you decide what to download? We've surveyed the Google Play store for the top options. From smarter predictive typing and highly customizable keyboard layouts to swipe typing, gesture controls and specialized layouts, here are the 10 best Android keyboards available.
You might not expect a stock keyboard to be a contender, but Google has been continuously improving the default Android keyboard. The Google Keyboard regularly incorporates some of the latest features of other apps, such as gesture typing, particularly strong dictation that takes advantage of Google's voice search, broad language support and emoji input. It also provides support for non-standard and language specific layouts, such as Dvorak, Colemak and AZERTY. Most users will never realize that the Google keyboard has a wealth of configuration features built-in, so you'll want to dig into your device's settings menu to tweak the experience.
SwiftKey has long been a powerhouse among Android keyboards, providing extreme customizations that are both functional and cosmetic. Plus, it incorporates features such as swipe typing. In addition the variety of keyboard layouts and input options, SwiftKey offers SwiftKey Cloud, a predictive tool that can link to your social networks so that SwiftKey can learn your typing habits, right down to predictive use of emoji. The app is free, but there is an in-app store for themes and cosmetic customizations.
Another Android keyboard hot on the heels of SwiftKey is Fleksy, which comes with all the standard features such as swipe typing and an autocorrect that learns from your vocabulary. Neat features such as gesture-driven typing shortcuts for a variety of tasks like deleting words, entering new dictionary items, or cycling through or undoing corrections round out what we like. And that's not even mentioning Fleksy's numerous extensions for extra functionality, such as an optional number row, GIF support, emoji and more.
ai.type is an old favorite when it comes to Android keyboards, featuring staples such as smart autocorrect, swipe typing, configurable layouts, a variety of themes and a library of emoji built-in. The app includes dictation support, on-keyboard search and support for a variety of languages. However, please note the $3.90 price tag before you download.
The pioneer in gesture-based typing controls, Swype's competitive edge has been blunted as more and more keyboards have implemented their own swipe typing system. That said, Swype provides slick gesture typing, numerous keyboard layout customizations, emoji, an optional crowd-sourced dictionary of new terms and phrases and a predictive typing and learning system. Plus, you get a dictation system powered by Dragon's voice engine. Another neat feature is a gesture shortcut system for common operations such as copy and paste.
TouchPal includes most of the features of best-in-class apps for free, such as gesture typing with word prediction and autocorrect, support for multiple layouts (such as T9+ and multi-language input), as well as numerous other customizations. Users can sign up for a premium service that includes access to TouchPal Cloud for cross-device syncing of your personal dictionary and predictive typing settings, as well as cloud-enhanced typing suggestions and an extended emoji gallery.
The GO Dev Team has long had a reputation for developing quality free apps for Android, and the GO Keyboard is no exception. This app supports gesture typing, voice dictation, a variety of advanced layouts, cosmetic and functional customizations, more than 40 languages, and a library of emoji. Where GO Keyboard stands out is in the vibrant "GO Market" that allows users to browse for a variety of plugins and themes, ranging from the functional to frivolous. The swipe typing could be smoother, but GO Keyboard provides a solid free keyboard with loads of customization.
If you're the kind of user that loves to tweak every little setting and feature until it's just right, then Perfect Keyboard is the app for you. Perfect Keyboard sports all the usual customizations such as variant layouts, themes, etc, but then it goes above and beyond with further options. Users can set separate layouts for landscape and portrait, select background images, define the button colors, long-press delays, and even drill down to the small details such as key heights and row gaps. The free version offers just a small taste of the available options, but it's enough to give you a feel for what can be done.
Good keyboards need not be slaves to the traditional multi-row QWERTY layout. Case in point is Minuum, a third party keyboard most known for a neat, space-saving "mini-mode" layout that crams letters, numbers and punctuation all into a single row. Powered by an aggressive predictive typing engine, Minuum is surprisingly adept at figuring out what you want to type. You can also use it in the traditional keyboard layout, and the app comes with a variety of extras such as predictive emoji typing, cursor and clipboard tools. The mini-mode takes a bit getting used to, but it saves a lot of screen space, which is great on smaller screens.
If you miss the layout of a full-sized keyboard or need all of those missing keys like the Ctrl, Tab or function keys, then check out Hacker's Keyboard. Based on the AOSP Gingerbread keyboard with multitouch, the Hacker's Keyboard mimics the layout of a laptop or netbook keyboard, complete with extras such as the Escape and arrow keys, as well as punctuation marks in the normal qwerty layout. An extra page of keys provides you with function keys and a numpad. The app supports a variety of keyboard language layouts, with dictionaries available for download.
Android Keyboards
Google Keyboard (Free)
SwiftKey (Free)
Fleksy (Free 30 day trial)
ai.type (Free 10-day trial, $3.90)
Swype ($0.99)
TouchPal (Free)
GO Keyboard (Free, in-app purchases)
Perfect Keyboard (Free, $2.99)
Minuum (Free 30 day trial)
Hacker's Keyboard (Free)
John Corpuz flip-flopped between computer science and creative writing courses in school. As a contributor to Tom's Guide he's found a happy middle ground writing about apps, mobile gaming and other geekery.


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Local children are getting a free day of fun at Zoo Miami on Saturday, October 6, 2012, along with new teddy bears and more thanks to "Travelodge's The Great Sleepy Bear Swap."
The special one-day event invites children and their families to bring a gently-used stuffed animal to the zoo to donate to charity in exchange for one free kid's admission and a brand new Sleepy Bear teddy bear.
While free admission is limited to the first 100 children who bring a donation, everyone at the zoo is able to participate in fun-filled activities including face painting and drawing contests along with giveaways such as bear tattoos, National Geographic activity books and Sleepy Bear masks. A keeper from the zoo will also be on hand to educate children about bears and the role they play in the wild.
Stuffed animals gathered from the events will be donated to Stuffed Animals for Emergencies (S.A.F.E.), a national organization that cleans and redistributes the toys to children in need. For every stuffed animal donated at the event, the Travelodge hotel brand will match it with a donation of three brand new Sleepy Bear teddy bears to the Starlight Children's Foundation, up to 1,500 bears. Starlight is the signature charity of Travelodge and parent company Wyndham Hotel Group.
"For many children, the gift of a stuffed animal is a simple gesture that can help brighten their day, especially when you're talking about children facing severe illness and other hardships," said Young. "Starlight and S.A.F.E. are both organizations that do great work with children across the country and we're delighted to be able to support them through these events."
Young also announced that the Travelodge brand would make a $10,000 donation through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in support of black bear conservation.
This is the fourth of five events to be hosted by Travelodge at zoo's across America, with the last event scheduled to take place in San Francisco, Calif. on October 16, 2012. Previous locations included The Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Penn.; The Fort Worth Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas and the Los Angeles Zoo in Los Angeles. Additional details, including dates and times for all upcoming events, are available at www.Travelodge.com.


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With the rise of China as an emergent world power, there are voices – especially in America – asking whether China is a threat to the West. China owns huge amounts of America's gold bullion, which reaches into American anxiety about its own ascendent economy especially compared with China's exponential growth. John Key's meeting with Hillary Clinton highlighted China's increasing role in the Pacific at the Pacific Forum. I offer some thoughts here on what I think is going on/and will go on, regarding China.
I think America has been caught napping in the Pacific. China, for reasons other than imperialism (which I'll get to in a minute) has expanded its influence in various Pacific principalities and America has been forced to play catch-up. That's because China is far more relational than America. China is female, America is male.
Disputes over Taiwan, Tibet, and the Senkaku Islands with Japan, are about national pride, integrity of nationhood etc (like the British with The Falklands). But China was happy for the UK to have Hong Kong for over a century and then accepted it back as per their agreement. It was a beneficial long term lease.
If you look at China's history and temperament, it is not an expansionist imperialistic culture. There is no threat from China militarily. Russia, Korea, Japan, none of them feel threatened. The Chinese are not aggressive sabre-rattlers like Iran or N. Korea. China needs the West; it wants to be accepted and at the table. China craves trade, so it can modernize and change. "Made in China."
The Chinese government is also preoccupied with internal politics and the management of what it already has. In the late 20th C. Chinese politics could perhaps be summed up as 'communist capitalism' and modernization. Chinese politicians are busy coping and managing internal change. China's worst excesses: Tibet, Tiananmen Square, the suppression of Christianity and Falun Gong etc, is related to China's fear of internal dissent disrupting the cohesion of Chinese life, and securing harmony (which has been traditionaly intrepreted as conformity or sameness). This fear overrode concerns for individual human rights when the tanks drove in to Tiananmen Square.
In America there were shootings, lynchings, bombings and police brutality during the Black Civil Rights movement, because middle America was anxious about its own internal security and cohesion as a nation. The same fears in China underlay their worst political sins.
I perceive a key element to the Chinese psyche to be about gaining international approval. That's why they work so hard at winning Olympic gold medals. Chinese are also acutely aware of other nations' unease about their existing communism and single party rule.
China is in transition, culturally and politically. Like any culture going through such vast and rapid change (France in the mid 1800s; American colonies in the 1700s and the fledging USA in the mid-1800s; Maori NZ in the 1820-1840s) they are vulnerable to social unrest, inequalities, corruption, war.
The ruling elite of China are in a predicament. Traditionally, Chinese people have ceded personal freedom in exchange for security and a managed growing standard of living. These expectations on the back of a newly emerging middle class are growing. The Internet- still managed in China – has had a massive impact on Chinese Gen. Y in the same way that it has in the Middle East.
The Communist party is struggling to address these new aspirations while also serving its traditional role as 'father' and 'protecter' of the people. [Chinese people it has to be remembered think collectively, rather than individually, as we do at first thought, in the West]. But young and affluent Chinese are becoming less tolerant of their government, demanding more accountability and more power-sharing.
Professor Zhu Feng (of Peking University in Beijing) now at my alma mater Victoria university (Wellington) and one of the world's leading authorities on China's foreign policy and North Asian security issues. Feng has said famously about his country, "Communism is just a metaphor." He says China is completely capitalist and market-driven. There is no planned economy. The Party adheres to a hypothetic historic dogma, but in reality life in China has completely changed and is underpinned by completely new forces.
They are undergoing a whole new Cultural Revolution.
China remains an oppressive autocratic capitalist state, yet market-led, which is at first strange and unsustainable, perhaps even a political an oxymoron. But these contradictory forces are unstoppable, and demands for freedom and power sharing in a modern China flushed with trade, will shake its political pillars.
China needs a Gorbachev. She is unlikely to embrace a Stalin. But as she wrestles with internal preoccupations (voices for democracy and change, a middle-class) and reaches out for acceptance in the West (such as in the Pacific; NZ her first Foreign Free Trade Agreement partner) after centuries of historic isolation, I think we can be reassured that China is not a threat, but a partner in modernity for the rest of the first half of the 21st C.


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Several days after attack on construction worker in Shilo, 'price tag' suspicions surface again: Palestinians report 25-year-old man stabbed by veiled man in south Mount Hebron area
Elior Levy
Published: 03.21.11, 10:07 / Israel News
Elior Levy
An apparently Jewish suspect fled the scene. Police suspect the attack was nationalistically-motivated.
The victim was taken to the Alia hospital in Hebron, despite the Civil Administration's offer to take him to an Israeli medical center. Large military and police forces are present at the scene investigating the circumstances of the incident.
Last Friday, eight Israelis attacked a
Palestinian construction worker who claimed he was beaten with a brick and an iron rod.
"I was walking to work as usual when eight young, masked settlers armed with clubs began hitting me in the head and legs," Sami Snobar recalled from his hospital bed Thursday.
Snobar was one of two Palestinians who were attacked in the West Bank settlement of Shiloh Thursday, in what police suspect was a "price tag" act carried out to avenge the massacre in Itamar.
Yair Altman contributed to this report


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Like most Japanese sunscreens, this goes on greasy but dries to a very matte finish and I mean very. In fact, it is so matte that it made my nose slightly flaky. Plus it gave my skin a ghostly white cast which was so not hot! So yes this may come with a high SPF and pretty models in their ads, but I will not be buying this again.
I have to say most Japanese sunscreen lotions that come out this summer have defeated the white-cast effect !
Try them out, and you won't be disappointed ! BTW, most of the sunscreens give matte finish in Asia because of the humidity here : )
fancl is superwhite cast. any other sunscreens without paraben? thanks!
I've been using shiseido's extra smooth and ultimate protection sunscreen lotions. I like the extra smooth better though. I almost bought anessa while I was at narita airport,, thank goodness i didn't!
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IndieCade has revealed a few of the conference speakers for this year's IndieCade Festival, which will return to downtown Culver City, CA October 9-12. Additional speakers and topics will be announced soon, as well as the final list of games to be showcased at the festival.
IndieCade also announced the first participants for the IndieCade Festival Keynote Discussion. They will be David O'Reilly, creator of the independent game Mountain, and director of the video game sequences included the 2013 hit film by Spike Bonze, Her; and Pendleton Ward, creator of the hit animation series Adventure Time.
The initial list of speakers and topics include:
- Jon Peterson, author of Playing with the World, and Sam Roberts, IndieCade Festival Director, discuss the 40th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons and its impact on indie games
- A panel conversation on sustainable business models for indie developers featuring Kellee Santiago (Ouya, Indie Fund), Greg Rice (Double Fine), and Robin Hunicke (Funomena)
- An exploration of emerging narrative strategies in games including Tracy Fullerton (Walden), and Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad (The Cat and the Coup)
- A panel about race and racism in games moderated by Shawn Allen (Treachery in Beatdown City)
- A talk on the fifth anniversary of Toronto's Hand Eye Society.
- A session full of short talks on the secret history of indie games
- "Why __ Matters", a series of short talks by developers and critics on important topics indie games are missing out on. Speakers include Ian Bogost, Beth LaPensee and Diana Santiago
- A community conversation moderated by Raph Koster and Greg Costikyan on the economic structures of the game industry
In addition, tickets for the festival are now available on the IndieCade website at www.indiecade.com. The All Access pass grants admission to the Awards, the GameSlam, the Beer Garden Party, the Keynote Discussion, and much more.


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This posting from the Greater Good Research Center at UC, Berkeley is a superb example of what Sudheendra Kulkarni calls "modern science's unmistakable journey from man's outer reality to his inner reality." Kulkarni's own book, The Music of the Spinning Wheel, argues that the internet, if properly handled, could be the equivalent of Gandhi's charkha (!). Read… read more
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Reflections on a Double Strategy
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Art as murder
"The only thing that you can control, and you must therefore control, is the imagery in your own mind." – Epictetus Until today I didn't even know there was such a thing as white supremacist music. Wade Michael Page knew; the "domestic terrorist" who killed six people at the Oak Creek Sikh temple in Wisconsin… read more
Spirit and Science in the Vedanta
IN AUGUST OF 1932, MAHATMA GANDHI WAS IN PRISON WHEN NEWS REACHED him that the "Paramount Power," the British Raj, planned to introduce separate electorates for the untouchables and the caste Hindus. Believing that this would amount to a "vivisection" of India, what was he to do? On September 13th he stunned the nation by… read more
Raising the curtain on "Gandhi Center Stage"
"History … is a record of an interruption of the course of nature. Soul-force, being natural, is not noted in history." —M.K.Gandhi I have never bothered to respond to Gandhi detractors because, like the Mahatma himself, I tend to think their pathetic writings are best left to die a natural death—the eventual fate of all… read more
Upcoming conference
The annual conference of the Ahimsa Center at Cal Poly will focus on "Ahimsa and human happiness." Conference speakers and panelists are drawn from wide variety of disciplines to examine the relationship between ahimsa and sustainable happiness. For conference details, please visit http://www.csupomona.edu/~ahimsacenter/conference/conference_12.shtml .… read more
Economics of peace educational materials
We received this email recently that seems to contain very useful teaching material. Let us know if you use it! (The links don't seem to work from this blog but you can reach them through their website). Dear Educator, I hope that you are having a pleasant summer. As the fall semester approaches, I wanted… read more
Spinning Wheel #3: Facing Fascism
by Michael Nagler Police brutality, suppression of dissent, heartless cruelty toward the disadvantaged, xenophobia and other forms of racism, Freikorps-type vigilante groups, corporate domination subjugating law and government, election fraud and war — America has virtually all the telltale characteristics of fascism, not just some. And it could not be otherwise, because the culture of… read more
The Spinning Wheel #1: Why Vets Commit Suicide
Nicholas Kristoff is someone I admire as a writer and a person. His recent article on the disgrace of the Veterans Administration – how it abandons traumatized vets if their scars happen to be, as they increasingly are, mental or spiritual in nature – is poignant and important. But it overlooks, as most modern media… read more
Do we live in a meaningless universe?
Ours is not an empty, disorderly world, but an exquisitely structured web whose design embraces and affects all living things. –Sally Goerner WESTERN CIVILIZATION could be considered a grand experiment, culminating in the three-plus centuries of the industrial revolution, to see if the universe could be accounted for without resorting to the concept of a… read more