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When Can I Watch 'Harry Potter' with My Kids?
To paraphrase the tagline used by the eighth and final Harry Potter film, it all started here.
Audience members who couldn't tell Hagrid from Hermione were first introduced to the wizarding world of J.K. Rowling through Chris Columbus's 2001 film adaptation, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Needless to say, the world went wild for Harry.
As the magical franchise prepares to bid farewell, we're using this week's "When Can I Watch" column to revisit the series' earliest step, when an 11-year-old boy learned of his destiny and ventured to Hogwarts on an astonishing journey that would forever change our cinematic lives.
So let's try on our Sorting Hats, hop on the nearest Nimbus 2000, brush up on the rules of Wizard's Chess, award Gryffindor 50 points for bravery and figure out when you can watch Harry Potter with your kids.
The Discussion: Books or movies?
Given the choice, you naturally want to use the existing films to introduce your kids to the Harry Potter series. This site isn't called Books.com, after all. (Though there has to be a counterpart somewhere who's currently writing a "When Can I Read With My Kids" column on the Harry Potter franchise, right?)
Another reason why you'll want to start with the Harry Potter films is because that no matter your child's age, the first two films are appropriate. Columbus and his creative team faithfully recreated Rowling's text on screen for both Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, meaning you can give your son or daughter a crash course in all things Potter in a sliver of the time it would take to read the books.
As with Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), the audience is warming up to the intricate wizarding world, so the magic on screen in Stone remains basic and the threat level posed by the still convalescing Lord Voldemort is low. It wasn't until director Alfonso Cuaron arrived at Hogwarts, and brought the savage Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) with him, that the Potter film series darkened and matured (welcome changes, both).
Granted, the question of book-versus-movie might be moot. If your children are old enough, there's a very good chance they've already digested Rowling's seven novels, which traced Harry Potter's steps from assaulted infant to triumphant savior of the wizard community. But if you are just now introducing your kids to the Potter universe, it's something you have to weigh.
P.J., our seven-year-old son, reads at a level beyond his age. One girl in his first-grade class made it through the Sorcerer's Stone novel (with her parents' help) during the school year. Our plan, for now, is to watch the first two Potter films with the boys so P.J. can visualize the characters, the environment, and the magic on display. Then we'll dive into the books, which forever will be waiting for future generations of Potter fans.
Red Flags: Elements That Must Not Be Named
There are precious few red flags in Columbus' first effort, thanks to the Harry Potter franchise taking baby steps as it transitioned from page to screen.
Sorcerer's Stone and, to a lesser extent, Chamber of Secrets are the closest these sorcery-laden films come to accessible, action-tinged family entertainment. Part of that has to do with Columbus' handling of the material, though most of it is credited to Rowling's early narrative, itself. Her protagonists are young first-year students wading into the shallow end of the wizarding pool, and Columbus's films follow their lead.
Sorcerer's Stone coasts along on a few key themes we've run across in past columns, from the bullying of slick-haired Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) to the danger that comes with standing up to wicked forces in order to do the right thing.
Brendan, our 3-year-old, was a little scared of the lumbering troll that is unleashed in Hogwarts (though he laughed along when Harry's wand ends up in the troll's nostril). Dame Maggie Smith also freaked him out a little because, even at age 3, he understands that most witches are bad and that wide-brim hat she sports makes her look like she belongs in a coven.
And then there's Voldemort, who -- we know -- will become much more of a menace as the series moves on. But here, he's just … well, a face. Under a turban. Living on the back of Professor Quirrell's head. And yes, it's as disturbing as it sounds. Prepare your kids in advance so they think it's cool, not creepy.
Green Lights: Casting the Boy Who Lived (and Those Who Lived With Him)
Where to begin? Chris Columbus made a number of inspired choices in the early stages of the Harry Potter franchise. And without them, in all honesty, we might not be talking about this franchise a decade later. Producer David Heyman, speaking to journalists at the red-carpet premiere for The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, said the creative team was "standing on the shoulders of Chris Columbus," and it's not an exaggeration. He helped create a cinematic template that would set Harry Potter down a vibrant path.
And yet, just about everything that Sorcerer's Stone does right is handled better in subsequent films, from the requisite (and thrilling) Quidditch match to the standard, elaborate ending sequences that always finds our Scooby Gang of Harry, Ron and Hermione outing a villainous Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
But casting is the brightest Green Light I can point to when it comes to Sorcerer's Stone, because it's here that we first meet the characters we'll come to care so deeply about. And it's not just the perfectly selected trio of Radcliffe, Grint and Watson. It's Matthew Lewis as the simplistic Neville Longbottom. It's Felton as the oily Malfoy. It's the late Richard Harris as Dumbledore. And it's the brilliant Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, perhaps the most crucial character to Rowling's story arc outside of Harry Potter, himself. As the Sorcerer's Stone director, Columbus had a hand in casting this truly magical ensemble, and deserves proper credit for his work.
Talking Points: Muggles, Mudbloods and Orphans … Oh My!
My boys ask a lot of questions as they watch sci-fi or fantasy films. Brendan, our 3-year-old, constantly asks if characters are "bad guys." He's obsessed with identifying villains. P.J., on the other hand, runs the gamut with his questions. He knows what he's watching is fiction, yet he's still trying to figure out how it connects to our reality, and it's so entertaining watching him bridge the gap between common knowledge and the fantastical events he sees on screen.
Both boys loved the moving portraits on the walls of Hogwarts. Quidditch was an instant hit, as was the life-sized game of Wizard's Chess Ron had to play in order for Harry to be able to advance.
Despite all of the wizardry on display, though, P.J. focused on the fact Harry lost his parents – as I pretty much assumed he would. We paused the movie and had a great discussion right after the scene (beautifully handled by Columbus) where Harry sees his parents in the Mirror of Erised. We talked about what we would see if we could look in such a device.
If your children are getting ready to start school or are moving to a new school, Harry's journey to Hogwarts also can help them understand the excitement and trepidation that comes with meeting new friends, learning new skills and, of course, encountering new challenges while being away from home.
Each year at Hogwarts unlocks new levels to Rowling's fascinating characters, and I can tell you that the minute Harry waved goodbye to Hagrid at the end of Sorcerer's Stone, my 7-year-old son was ready to go right back to the magical school and embark on the next adventure.
Appropriate Age
There's very little that's inappropriate in the first Harry Potter movie, and young kids will be enchanted by flying broomsticks, invisibility cloaks, magic candies and young Harry's adventures in Hogwarts. My 7-year-old devoured the film, while my 3-year-old paid a passing attention to the action but drifted during the dialogue that established and expanded Rowling's universe. Because Harry is 11 in Sorcerer's Stone, I'll split the difference between him and my oldest son and say kids around 8 or 9 are perfect for the film. Progress through the subsequent films, and visit Rowling's books, at your own pace, but please let me know how it's working in your home.
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Willy Wonka
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Back to the Future
Superman: "The Movie
Super 8
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
The Indiana Jones series
The Star Wars Saga
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Well, I'm over halfway through my time slot in the 48-Hour Book Challenge. I'm at 16 hours of reading & blogging so far and I have until 2:30pm tomorrow, but we'll probably be leaving for Father's Day lunch earlier than that.
I've slowed down tonight because I'm pretty tired and I'm having a little trouble figuring out what book to pick up next. I did spent some quality time with an audiobook (Aziz Ansari's Modern Romance), but I'm heading to bed soon. Hopefully I will wake up with lots of energy tomorrow and get through the last 4 hours I need to meet my goal!
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Panama band members prevented from flying home by spelling error
Three young performers at London's New Year Day Parade have been delayed from returning home to Panama because of spelling mistakes on their tickets.
The members of the marching band Banda de Musica Colegio Moisés Castillo Ocaña were initially not allowed to travel due to the spelling error.
After that was corrected, a second administration error saw them once again unable to fly home.
BBC London's Marc Ashdown spoke to the band members and Bob Bone, the organiser of the New Year's Day Parade.
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Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 - Macedonia
|Human Rights Watch
|Publication Date
|1 January 1999
|Cite as
|Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 - Macedonia, 1 January 1999, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a8a51c.html [accessed 20 February 2018]
|This report covers events of 1998
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Human Rights DevelopmentsOn paper Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy with a separation of powers and human rights guarantees. In reality, difficiencies remained in 1998, especially regarding abuse by the police, independence of the judiciary, and the treatment of ethnic minorities. One of the main human rights problems was the misconduct of the police and other law enforcement officials. With disturbing frequency, individuals were arrested without a warrant and beaten until they confessed to a crime. Procedural violations were commonplace. Individuals were often held longer than the twenty-four hours allowed by law, not informed of the reason for their arrest, and denied immediate access to a lawyer. The practice of "informative talks"summoning a person to the police for questioningcontinued even though it was forbidden by Macedonian law. On many occasions, the courts collaborated with the police by backdating arrest warrants or refusing to accept a defendant's complaint of police abuse. In some cases, the courts demanded money from defendants, apparently in exchange for their release. Very rarely did the courts hold abusive police officers accountable. As a result, many citizens were reluctant to complain of police mistreatment, believing that, at best, they would gain nothing and, at worst, they would invite retribution. The Ministry of the Interior's legal affairs bureau failed to take forceful steps to punish policemen, even when they were repeat offenders. Macedonia's ethnic communitiesAlbanians, Turks, Roma, and Bulgarians, among otherswere especially susceptible to abuse. But violations cut across ethnic lines: all ethnic groups in Macedonia suffered violence at the hands of the police, as well asprocedural violations, almost always with no recourse through the courts. The common characteristic among victims, rather than ethnicity, was usually the person's oppositional political activity or low social-economic status. The most serious case of police violence took place in July 1997, when special forces of the Macedonian police, some of them trained in the United States, used excessive force against violent ethnic Albanian demonstrators in the western town of Gostivar, leaving more than 200 people injured, including nine policemen, and three people dead. A parliamentary investigatory commission was formed in September 1997 but did not produce its report until March 11, 1998. It recognized that some police abuse had taken place, but provided no details and failed to identify any of the abusive policemen or their superiors. The government was obliged to respond to the recommendations of the report, which included undertaking "legal measures to establish responsibility," by April 31, 1998. By October 1998, the government had not yet responded. A report by the European Roma Rights Center in July documented serious police abuse against Macedonia's Roma population. The report detailed cases of racially motivated violence against Roma by civilians and the police, as well as the judicial system's failure to remedy these abuses. The report also criticized Macedonia's citizenship law, by which citizenship has been denied to Roma who lived in Macedonia for most of their lives. Ethnic Albanians continued to complain of state discrimination, particularly in state employment and education. Albanians remained underrepresented in government, especially in the police force, even in areas where they made up the majority of the local population. The highly disputed private Albanian-language university in Tetovo, which opened in 1994 against the wishes of the government, continued to operate in 1998 without government interference. But the government refused to recognize the diplomas of the first graduating class in 1998. Four ethnic Albanian politicians, who had been arrested in 1997 for raising the Albanian state flag in front of two town halls, had their sentences reduced but not overturned in 1998, despite the fact that their original trials had been marred by due process violations. Rufi Osmani, mayor of Gostivar, had his sentence reduced from thirteen years and eight months to seven years for inciting national, racial, and religious hatred, organizing armed resistance, and disobeying an order of the constitutional court, after he raised the Albanian state flag in front of the Gostivar town hall. The mayor of Tetovo and two city council members were sentenced to lesser prison terms. Human rights groups that observed the 1997 trials raised concern about a number of due process violations, including poor access to the case files, restricted lawyer consultations, and the court's refusal to accept witnesses on behalf of the defense. The Macedonian media were generally free, although some government restrictions remained in 1998. The state radio and television were still biased in favor of the government, and there were allegations of political decision-making in the allocation of private broadcast licenses. The state also maintained a disproportionate control over the printing and distribution of print media. The fighting in Kosovo between Yugoslav government forces and the Albanian insurgency, known as the Kosova Liberation Army (KLA), exacerbated already existing ethnic tension in Macedonia. An estimated 8,000 ethnic Albanians from Kosovo entered Macedonia and were allowed to stay as "visitors." Ethnic Albanians in Macedonia held a number of large and emotional demonstrations in support of Kosovar Albanians, although no incidents of violence were reported. Throughout the year, a number of bombs exploded in cities throughout Macedonia. Many suspected they were actions of the KLA, but this remained unproven. Parliamentary elections were held on October 18, the third general election since the end of one-party communist rule. The nationalist VMRO-DPMNE party won the election and, in a right-wing coalition with the Democratic Alternative (DA) party, took control of the government from the Social Democrats (SDSM). A new electoral law adopted in June created a new, mixed electoral system that combined the majority and proportional systems. For the first time, the voter registry was made available to political parties for review, and voter identification cards were issued. Ethnic Albanian political parties, however, complained about the composition of the electoral commissions, district gerrymandering, and inadequate state funding for voter education. The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party complained of inaccurate voter registries. The two previous general elections in Macedonia were marred by irregularities, although they were both considered "acceptable" by international observers.
Defending Human RightsHuman rights groups, such as the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in the Republic of Macedonia, reported no restrictions on their work in 1998. Foreign human rights groups were also free to undertake investigations.
The Role of the International Community
United NationsThe international community continued to place great emphasis on the territorial integrity and stability of Macedonia, especially with the outbreak of fighting in neighboring Kosovo. A United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP), deployed inMacedonia since 1992, had been scheduled to end its operations on August 31, 1998, but the mandate was extended for another six months at the request of NATO and the Macedonian government, and the number of soldiers was increased from 750 to 1,050. While UNPREDEP's presence had a stabilizing effect on Macedonia, it failed to speak out against human rights violations by the government. In April 1998, the U.N. Commission on Human Rights ceded to a long-standing demand of the Macedonian government and dropped Macedonia from the mandate of the special rapporteur on the Former Yugoslavia.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in EuropeThe Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Macedonia continued to monitor the internal and external threats to the country's stability, as it has since 1992. Internal OSCE reporting on political affairs and human rights issues was very one-sided in favor of the government. Very little criticism was voiced against the Macedonian government, which was considered a "stabilizing force" in a volatile region. OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities Max van der Stoel undertook a number of visits to Macedonia in 1998 to promote inter-ethnic relations and, in particular, minority-language education. In meetings with government officials, the high commissioner discussed implementation of measures proposed in the report of the special parliamentary commission established to investigate the July 1997 violence in Gostivar. In his public statements, however, the high commissioner issued scant criticism of the government and focused more on reminding ethnic minorities of their obligations to respect the institutions of the state. In February, the two largest ethnic Albanian political parties called on the OSCE to replace van der Stoel because of his "lack of objectivity." The OSCE planned to monitor the October parliamentary elections.
Council of EuropeMacedonia benefited from a number of training programs and seminars on human rights conducted by the Council of Europe under its cooperation and assistance program. Macedonia remained subject to monitoring by the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's Monitoring Committee, which sent a confidential report to the Macedonian authorities on March 15. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture paid an assessment visit to Macedonia in May to investigate the treatment of persons in detention, but its report remained internal.
United StatesThe United States is the undisputed leader of the international community's policy on Macedonia. Ambassador Chris Hill, as of September also the main U.S. envoy in the Kosovo crisis, played an important role in Macedonia's political life. The U.S. government strongly supported the government of Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski, to the extent that it was unwilling to express adequate criticism of the government's human rights violations. The U.S. also bore a certain responsibility for the behavior of the Macedonian police since it has trained at least 329 Macedonian policemen since 1995, some of whom were involved in the Gostivar incident on July 9, 1997.
NATONATO military maneuvers called Operation Determined Falcon were conducted over Macedonia and Albania in June as a threatening message to Yugoslavia because of its actions against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Large NATO exercises with the participation of twenty-six countries were conducted at the Krivolak military base in Macedonia in September. In July, Turkey agreed to provide Macedonia with twenty F-5 war planes. In September, Germany donated sixty Soviet-made BTR-70 armoured personnel carriers to the Macedonian government.
Relevant Human Rights Watch reports:Police Violence in Macedonia: Official Thumbs Up, 4/98
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Club "Needs to Change"
Sam Lin, a PC-BSD user who is active on the testing and translation lists, was recently interviewed by Chris Gardner, Farming and Technology Editor at the Waikato Times newspaper in New Zealand. His interview appeared on page C7 in the Technology section on February 5. The contents of the interview are posted here with permission:
A Waikato computer club whose members promote the use of the free Linux operating system are being told to broaden their horizons or fold.
The Waikato University-based Waikato Linux Users Group (WLUG) was founded in 1998 for users of the alternative to Microsoft's Windows operating system, flavours of which are installed on more than 90 per cent of the world's personal computers, and Apple's iOS. Membership peaked at about 50, but has fallen in recent years to a 10th of that as it struggles to get enough together to hold a committee meeting.
Dr Shih-Min "Sam" Lin, of Waikato University's honey research unit, who recently joined the committee, said the group almost folded last year as the half a dozen committee members were reluctant to take leadership roles.
"There should be much more members than this in the user group," he said. Dr Lin said WLUG had not been close enough to the mainstream user and was unorganised. WLUG's monthly meetings on topics like macro programming for Open Office were "quite geeky or techy for the mainstream user", he said. "It is doubtful if the community would last long without making any change."
Dr Lin, who uses another free operating system called PC-BSD, said it was easy to find books on paid-for software, but there was little available in the free software market although there was plenty of support online. "This is where I think the user group can cut into the general public. If in the monthly meetings some useful user-firendly tutorials can be given, people would be intrigued and be willing to come. More people, more interaction, more discussion, more vitality and more fun."
Dr Lin said the free software community was open to everyone, not just computer geeks, and modifying software to suit personal needs was sometimes as easy as adding a few words to a text file. "As a biological scientist I analyse my data of the research on honey with a Free License Open Source Software (FLOSS) called R, which is an internationally well-known statistical package of which one of the original developers is a New Zealander. I typeset my thesis and long document with a FLOSS called LaTeX which is very common among computer science/mathematical/statistical fields. I use GIMP to edit my photos, and I use Firefox to hunt on Trade Me."
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Lael Brainard, the U.S. Treasury Department's top international official, is stepping down on Nov. 8, according to a Treasury aide who requested anonymity to discuss personnel matters.
Brainard is likely to be nominated to the Federal Reserve Board along with the renomination of Fed Governor Jerome Powell, according to a person familiar with the decision who requested anonymity. President Barack Obama has three governor vacancies to fill on the Fed board.
As undersecretary for international affairs since 2010, Brainard has been the department's point person pushing Europe and China to accelerate changes in their economies, from more flexible exchange rates to fiscal policies that stimulate growth. At the Group of 20 and other meetings of global finance ministers, Brainard was the highest-ranking U.S. official after the Treasury secretary.
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As we gear up to welcome the New Year with extravagant parties andĀmouth-wateringĀdinners, it is hard not to ignore thatĀniggling voice that remindsĀyouĀaboutĀthe pounds you are going to gain once the festivities are done with.
An average adult gains over three pounds during this time of the year, as per recent research. ButĀdepriving yourself of special holiday food, or feeling guilty when you do enjoy it,Āisn't a healthy eating strategy. And deprivation and guilt certainly are not part of the holiday spirit.
"The key to enjoy sumptuous holiday food is in the balance and moderation," says Dr Lalita Kaul, the national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association (the largest organisation of food and nutrition professionals with 65,000 members) and a professor of nutrition at the department of community health and family practice, Howard University, Washington.
"Enjoying a traditional holiday feast and party foods with family and friends doesn't need to destroy the healthy habits you have nurtured all year long," says Srinagar-born Kaul.
~ "EatĀlow calorie foods during the day and haveĀaĀlight snack before going to a party to take the edge off your hunger.ĀStarvation can sabotage even the strongest willpower," says Kaul.
~ Avoid rushing to the food when you arrive at a party.ĀIndulge in conversation, which is calorie-free. Meet and greet people, get a beverage and moveĀaway from the buffet table because unconscious nibbling becomes too easy.
~ "Make just one trip to the buffet table and choose only the foods you really want to eat, and keep portions small," says Kaul who received her PhD in nutrition, biochemistry and physiology from University of Maryland and has published over 40 papers on nutrition.
~ Trying to lose weight during this time may be self-defeating. Instead try to maintain weight," she adds.
~ĀForget the all-or-nothing mindset, and instead opt for lower calorie foods like fruits and vegetables.
~ĀNothing is bad if taken in moderation, not even the chocolates. Chocolate is a pleasure food "with reduced health risks." Her advice: "Choose dark chocolates in preference to whole milk ones."
"And if you are having two bars a day, cutting it down to just one at first, and then to a half. Half a bar dark chocolate is indeed good for your health, for the protein in it is easier to digest than that in whole milk ones."
General diet dos
~ Kaul advocates never skipping a meal, especially breakfast. "It's better to eat something in the morning than to skip breakfast entirely, in fact, if you have to skip a meal, skip lunch".
~ "Indian people must have their rich Indian food," says Kaul, however with simpler changes and by using low fat recipes and avoiding ghee, the same can be made both tasty and heart healthy.
~ Women have a lower metabolic rate than men. As they get older lean body muscle gets converted to adipose fat. Therefore they must modify habits with each change in life cycle, following healthier diets and exercise regimen. "Indian women must not take it easy after becoming mothers, which is a general trend," she adds.
~ Above all look strategies to complement your meal plan. Turn off the television during meals. Exercise daily to regulate satiety in the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that controls appetite. Use smaller plates. And stay hydrated by drinking five to six glasses of water a day, adds Lalita Kaul.


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Everything points to the fact that within a few days the American government will, after long deliberations, enter its first barter agreement with Nazi Germany.
The Jews of the United States are the last persons in the world to hamper American export. They will, however, greet with mixed feelings this new pact, since it implies that Washington is, after all, giving in to Nazi Germany.
It was only two weeks ago that the State Department sent a strongly worded protest to Berlin against the specific discriminations practiced by the Nazi government with regard to American investors. We have not heard so far that the Nazi government has taken the American protest seriously. What we do however hear is that a thirty million dollar cotton barter deal with Germany is nearing its completion and is being financed by the Export-Import Bank.
This is very regrettable. Regrettable because it will be interpreted to mean that the American government is beginning to give way to the Germany of Hitler. Once the first concession is made, one can never tell when other concessions will follow and what their nature may be.
The half million bales of cotton which the United States will export to Germany under the barter agreement may be of assistance to certain groups in America. The fact, however, that the millions of organized labor in America, supported by millions of Jews and Catholics, are refraining from buying German goods in the United States, should also have been taken into consideration by the American officials during the negotiations on the deal.
The deal with the Nazis, if officially approved by the United States government, will not receive the moral support of those millions of American citizens who should like to see Germany treating its Jewish and Catholic population more fairly. It is not for nothing that the German Embassy in Washington insists that the transaction should be carried out quietly. The average American citizen is certainly not for any such transactions with countries where there is no freedom and liberty.


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Throughout the just concluded 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, ubiquitous television screens in trains and metro stations broadcast a live feed of the Chinese assembly. Beijing's busy people, however, seemed not to pay close attention: for them, it was business as usual.
The Chinese public's indifference to their country's ceremonial transition of power is hardly surprising. All critical decisions were taken well ahead of the Congress, behind closed doors. This apparently seamless transition, however, is widely expected to usher in a complex and potentially difficult decade for China .
China is at a turning point. With more than 100 million people still below the official poverty line and per capita income currently just over $6,000 (£3,800) in nominal terms, robust economic growth must be maintained. Outgoing president Hu Jintao indicated that China's total GDP and per capita income should double by 2020, which will require 7.5 per cent average annual growth. Is this feasible?
Recent improvements in data for industrial production, fixed investment, and retail sales suggest that the economy, which had slowed in recent quarters, may already be on the mend. But the authorities remain only cautiously optimistic.
As we heard repeatedly during the Congress, China's leadership reckons that its biggest policy challenge in the coming years will be the shift from export-led growth to an economic model based more firmly on domestic consumption. This has now become a matter of urgency, as the US and Europe are unlikely to provide much support to Chinese exports.
Income growth and a lower household savings rate are essential to the shift in China's growth model, and each presupposes key reforms. For example, improving the provision of health care, education, and care for the elderly, and bringing it into line with the needs and expectations of the emerging middle class should encourage more households to allocate a larger share of their income to consumption.
At the same time, as China proceeds along the path toward a market-based economy, established more than 30 years ago by Deng Xiaoping, policymaking has become more complex. The economy needs to be steered in the desired direction without triggering instability, making correct sequencing and co-ordination of policy measures essential. As some Chinese colleagues told me, the success of reforms in the next decade will depend more than ever on good design.
In the coming years, the key issue, reflected in Hu's Congress-opening speech, will be the relationship between the state and the market. But reforms will continue to be top-down and gradual, especially in the financial sector, where most efforts will be concentrated in the next decade.
Many Chinese seem to believe that market discipline will bring fair competition and contribute to closing the widening gap between rich and poor.
And the unjust allocation of resources, which has enriched so many politically well-connected individuals and families, has become more difficult to bear.
• Paola Subacchi is research director of international econo-mics, Chatham House, London.


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Its a good question to ask and really to need a testing.
In such cases, the workaround would be to migrate the DMT to LMT on the source before upgrade.
On 3/6/07, GovindanK <gkatteri_at_fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Jaffar
> I am willing to be corrected if i am wrong in saying this.
> I am curious to know if the 9i database in this case contained only LMT tablespaces. If the 10g db is pre-created then the SYSTEM tablespace , i suppose, would be LMT; In such a case, it may not allow creating a DMT. Does it allow a DMT to be transported?
> Thanks
> Govindan
> On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:47:19 +0300, "Syed Jaffar Hussain" <sjaffarhussain_at_gmail.com> said:
> Williams,
> You have missed another option of upgrade from 9i to 10g, i.e.,
> transportable tablespaces. I know in 9i, it only works on the same OS.
> If you are going to upgrade 9i database to 10g, transportable tablespace
> option also very handy. As 9i datafile are 10g compartible, it can be done
> with minimal downtime as well.
> 1. Install 10g on the target, create db with all the users
> 2. On source, bring all the tablespace to read only mode.
> 3. Export with transportable tablespaces.
> 4. move all the datafiles from source to target (this is only the time
> consuming process)
> 5. Import at target.
> We have done with couple of database where it took very minimal downtime.
> Of course, you need to see the possibilties and all the aspect before you
> choose any method.
> We have also done in-place upgrade (manual upgrade).
> Jaffar
> --
> Best Regards,
> Syed Jaffar Hussain
> Oracle ACE
> 8i,9i & 10g OCP DBA
> http://jaffardba.blogspot.com/
> http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/oracle_ace/ace1.html#hussain
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by Chris Patrick
Before I was the science writing intern at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), I volunteered in SERC's marine invasions lab sorting white-fingered mud crabs with Monaca Noble, researcher and public relations coordinator. The mud crabs are tiny, ranging from the size of a tick to the size of a quarter. They reek of preservative alcohol, and milky mittens glove their pincers. While sorting, I met Carolyn Tepolt, a postdoctoral fellow at SERC.
34-year-old Tepolt (which sounds like a fusion of "teapot" and "catapult") offered me homemade lemon bars the day we met. Working together, we discovered we were both undergraduates at the College of William and Mary—we lived on the same floor of the same freshman hall 14 years apart. Tepolt visited the lab to learn the crab-sorting process because this summer she will use genetics to study how mud crabs are adapting to their parasite, Loxothylacus panopaei, or Loxo.
Loxo is a free-swimming barnacle that transforms mud crabs into baby-making machines. A female Loxo swims along until she encounters the soft, vulnerable body of a recently molted mud crab. She burrows into the crab, takes over its nervous system, and forms a sac. If you pry open the apron (a flap in the crab's underbelly) you may see a small, squishy, yellow pearl—the Loxo's sac. As the sac grows, it props open the crab's apron. Male aprons are shaped liked the Washington Monument, and female aprons like the Capitol Building. To fit the ballooning sac, Loxo feminizes male mud crabs, widening their aprons to resemble Capitol Buildings. Eventually, a male Loxo fertilizes the sac and, in time, wee Loxo babies spew forth.
Where Loxo is invasive, like in Chesapeake Bay, it may parasitize up to 90 percent of an area's mud crabs. Where it's considered native, like Florida, rates are lower—usually 10 percent or less. Why? Florida crabs have had plenty of time to adapt to Loxo. Loxo is newer in Chesapeake Bay (it was first detected in 1964) and its mud crabs are now experiencing the same selective pressure Florida crabs experienced.
SERC researchers have tracked Loxo's abundance in Maryland mud crabs since the 1990s. Working with the Parasite Project team, Tepolt wants to find out how Chesapeake Bay crabs are adapting to their parasite. She wonders if they're evolving to be like crabs in Loxo's native range.
While earning her doctorate from Stanford University, Tepolt studied green crab adaptation using genetics. She's doing something similar with mud crabs this summer. Tepolt will collect mud crabs from nine sites along the East Coast.
In lab, she'll infect unparasitized crabs with Loxo and withdraw genetic material called messenger RNA from their gills. Messenger RNA, mRNA, gets its name from its job shuttling information from genes in DNA to protein-making machinery. The mRNA in a tissue tells researchers what genes are "turned on" and producing proteins. Tepolt will compare gene activity in three groups of crabs: those from where Loxo is native, where Loxo is invasive, and where Loxo is absent (including New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire).
She's looking for signs of adaptation. "It's such a strong selective pressure if you're getting 90 percent of your population castrated," said Tepolt. "That's not good for reproduction."
Extracting mRNA from crabs is straightforward, but tedious. Tepolt first preserves all RNA in a tissue sample with a special salt solution. Except she only wants messenger RNA—other types won't tell her about gene activity. The mRNA has a long tail of adenines, one of the subunits of DNA and RNA, so she pulls out everything with this adenine tail and sends it to a sequencing company.
The sequencing company sends back a "ridiculous amount of data," she said, giving her the order of nucleotides for every mRNA strand. Using software, Tepolt pieces the mRNA strands together for each crab. Because mRNA corresponds to genes of DNA, Tepolt can use the mRNA to identify what genes were active in an individual at the time of sampling. Differences in gene activity between the three mud crab populations hint at adaptation under the selective pressure of Loxo. She can also look at the nucleotide order of genes, to see if parasitism altered the sequence itself. Tepolt thinks gene sequences and activity in crabs from Loxo's invasive range may be starting to resemble the gene sequences and activity in crabs from Loxo's native range.
But Tepolt doesn't bury science in the lab. Before starting her fellowship, Tepolt took sixth months to solo hike 2,500 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail's 2,650. (She skipped two sections because dry lightning started fires near the trail.) She wanted a break from science after the stress of graduate school, but the novelties of the trail proved too alluring for her curious mind. She couldn't put science away.
"I wondered about the amazing colored bands of dirt and what's doing that," said Tepolt. "There were mariposa lilies in five or six different colors and I thought, Is that a mutation? I could do a genetic study!"
Tepolt finds science in food too. She launched a food science blog, Science Fare, with other graduate students from Stanford. In one post, Tepolt describes how to make macaroni and cheese with the same special salt solution she uses to preserve RNA in the lab, sodium citrate. She includes the caveat, "The Science Fare Team does not in any way endorse eating things you find in the lab. This is usually a bad idea. Don't do this."
She was even on an episode of Top Chef Masters. The show paired graduate science students, like Tepolt, with contestant chefs to prepare dishes illustrating a scientific concept. In her audition video, Tepolt employs "experimental muffins" to explain the difference between baking soda and baking powder.
I don't know if Tepolt wears an apron while cooking, baking, or candy making. But I like to imagine that she does—a loose kinship with the crustaceans whose aprons house the offspring of a castrating parasite.


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Forbes Magazine has compiled and published it's annual list of the world's billionaires. The 2010 World's Billionaires list represents "billionaires with publicly traded fortunes, net worths…calculated using share prices and exchange rates from February 12, 2010". Of the 937 people named to the list, there are 8 African country citizens who made the list. Of the 8 Africans, the individual net worths range from $1.5 to $5.9 billion. with Egyptian nationals maintaining the biggest presence with 4 individuals from same family listed. Here are the Africans on the 2010 Forbes World's Billionaires list according to rank:
Africans on Forbes 2010 World's Billionaires listPosted March 12, 2010 By GK Annan in Books/Magazines, Business, General With | 5 Comments#127 Nassef SawirisNet Worth: $5.9 bilFortune: Inherited and GrowingSource: constructionAge: 48Country Of Citizenship: EgyptResidence: Cairo#154 Nicky Oppenheimer & familyNet Worth: $5.0 bilFortune: InheritedSource: De BeersAge: 64Country Of Citizenship: South AfricaResidence: Johannesburg#307 Onsi SawirisNet Worth: $3.1 bilFortune: Self MadeSource: constructionAge: 80Country Of Citizenship: EgyptResidence: Cairo#374 Naguib SawirisNet Worth: $2.5 bilFortune: Inherited and GrowingSource: telecomAge: 55Country Of Citizenship: EgyptResidence: Cairo#421 Patrice MotsepeNet Worth:$2.3 bilFortune: Self MadeSource: miningAge: 48Country Of Citizenship: South AfricaResidence: Johannesburg#421 Johann Rupert & familyNet Worth: $2.3 bilFortune: Inherited and GrowingSource: luxury goodsAge: 59Country Of Citizenship: South AfricaResidence: Stellenbosch#463 Aliko DangoteNet Worth: $2.1 bilFortune: Inherited and GrowingSource: sugar, flour, cementAge: 52Country Of Citizenship: NigeriaResidence: Lagos#655 Samih SawirisNet Worth: $1.5 bilFortune: Inherited and GrowingSource: hotelsAge: 53Country Of Citizenship: EgyptResidence: CairoTweet