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This course is designed to introduce students to key aspects of Chinese domestic and foreign policy since 1949, with a focus on the post-Mao reforms since 1978. First-hand accounts and videos will be integrated with academic sources to provide a complex understanding of China's political and economic development. Special attention will be paid to rural-urban differences, state-society relations, and the regional and international consequences of domestic developments in China.
The following 4 books have been ordered for you to purchase at the bookstore:
-Orville Schell and David Shambaugh (eds.) The China Reader, 1999.
-Zhenhua Zhai, 1993. Red Flower of China. Soho Press.
-June Teufel Dreyer, 2004. China's Political System: Modernization and Tradition (4th Edition) Longman.
-Brown, Cote, Lynn-Jones and Miller (eds.) The Rise of China (MIT Press, 2000).
Other articles marked with a * listed on the syllabus can be found either on Edisk, or where noted they should be downloaded from electronic databases via the library's web page.
*1 short essay assignment on Red Flower of China Due on October 5th (20% of grade)
*1 In-Class Exam on November 11th (25%)
*1 Significant Research Paper (15-20 pages) (35%): there are 3 parts to this assignment:
a. Outline and preliminary list of sources due September 28th.(worth 10 points)
b. Annotated bibliography due November 23th(10 points)
c. Final paper due Friday December 17th (80 points)
*In-Class Assignments/quizzes, note also that there will be a non-cumulative quiz at the end of the semester or during exam week. (10%)
*Participation (10%)
Explanation of Requirements:
There is only a midterm exam. I will not give a make up exam due to an unexcused absence! There will be elements of choice on all parts of the exam. For example, you might be asked to answer 5 out of 7 short answers, and 1 out of 2 essay questions.
Writing Assignments:
You will write one short essay and a long research paper for this class. As noted elsewhere the research paper is broken down into 3 different assignments. You must do all three to earn a grade on the final project. Late papers and assignments will be docked 1/3 of a letter grade for each day outstanding.
In-class exercises and quizzes: There will be periodic quizzes and in-class exercises. They will be based on class material, the readings and/or on current events. Some quizzes and exercises are scheduled and listed on the syllabus, others may be given during the semester on a surprise basis. There is no scheduled make-up given for these elements of the course. If you miss class then you have missed the opportunity to earn points from the quiz or exercise.
Participation:Class is more interesting for everyone if people participate, therefore participation is 10% of your grade. You may earn A's for all your written work but don't be surprised if you end up with an A- or B+ for the semester because you did not contribute to class discussions.
Attendance:This is a key element of the course. Attendance will be taken every class. There will be no penalty for the first 2 absences (excused or unexcused). After the first two absences, each additional absence will cause you to loose 2 points from your final grade. The only exceptions to this will be for prolonged and grave illness or for religious observance. I should be notified as soon as possible if this should be taken into account.
Due Dates: Please note, I take due dates very seriously. Late papers and assignments will be penalized 1/3 of a letter grade for every day they are late. Assignments are due at the start of class and penalties begin applying once class has started on the date the assignment is due.
1. Come to Class.
2. Do the Reading.
3. Take notes on what you read. You should get into the habit of taking notes on everything you read, including required texts. This works better than highlighting text in your book. It will be impossible to study for the exam if all you have are multicolored, highlighted passages in the texts.
4. Read critically. Note down questions on the readings that you would like to raise in class and think critically about the author's sources and arguments.
5. Take notes in class.
6. Follow up on areas of interest. Read other sources besides the required texts. Check the footnotes and bibliographies in the main texts for further, specialized sources in your particular area of interest.
7. Ask questions if you're confused.
8. Refer to maps of China.
9. Keep up with current events. Read a major, national newspaper every day. The Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal are all excellent sources of information on the issues we're studying.
10. Keep an open mind about new ideas, approaches, and insights.
Weekly Outline
September 2nd: Introduction to course requirements and how to choose a research topic.
September 7th : How should we approach Chinese politics? From Civil War to Revolution
-Read the syllabus over carefully and start thinking about your paper question.
-June Teufel Dreyer, China's Political System Chapters 1 & 3.
September 9th: Building a Communist Victory
-Dreyer, Chapter 4, pp. 63-80.
-Seymour Topping "Watching the Old Guard Board Planes, and the New Enter a Prostrate Nanjing" New York Times October 1, 1999. * (on edisk or download from Lexis-Nexis)
September 14th : Marxism, Leninism, Mao Zedong-thought
-Communist Manifesto * (or download from http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/classics/manifesto.html) read sections I, II. pp. 1-10
-Craig Dietrich, 1998. People's China chapter 1 "Was China Ripe for Revolution" pp. 43-49.*
On your own between September 14 and 21 please watch the video: China in Revolution, part I, 2 hours.
September 16th: NO Class, Rosh Hashanah
September 21st: Discussion of video & Soviet Models and the Great Leap Forward
-Dreyer, Chapters 5 & 7 read pages 141-151 of ch. 7.
September 23rd: The Great Leap's Repercussions, Look over essay assignment
-Zhai, Red Flower of China Part 1, pp. 3-52 and Part 2, pp. 55-79.
September 28th: Research Paper Outline Due at the start of class. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
-Zhai, pp. 79-144.
September 30th: Urban and Rural Episodes during the Cultural Revolution
-Zhai, finish the book.
October 5th: The Origins of Reform: Papers are Due at the Beginning of Class
-Schell and Shambaugh, The China Reader Chapter 1, pp. 3-29.
-Dreyer, Chapter 6, pp. 107-114.
October 7th: Economic Reforms:
-Schell and Shambaugh, Ch. 6, pp. 299-311
-Dreyer, Chapter 7, pp. 151-168.October 12th : Political and Social Reforms
-Dreyer, Chapter 6, pp. 114-138; Chapter 12, pages 265-274.
-Schell and Shambaugh, Part II. "Outer Party Politics", pp. 155-175.
- On Your Own you should view the video " Small Happiness" (1 hour)
October 13th: 8:30pm Video: Gates of Heavenly Peace
-read the web page for the Gates of Heavenly Peace: www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gate/
October 14th: Tiananmen Square
-Schell and Shambaugh, Part II, pp. 175-212.
-Dreyer, Chapter 12, pp. 274-286.
October 19: No Class: Fall Break
October 21st : Prospects for Democracy
-Series of articles by Brzezinski, Chen, Harding, Metzger, Oksenberg, Scalapino, Waldron, Wang, Zhao and Nathan from Journal of Democracy Jan. 1998, vol. 9, no.1, pp. 3-64.* (these essays should be downloaded from Project Muse via the Library's web site.)
October 26th : Institutions of the Party-State
-James Wang Contemporary Chinese Politics, an Introduction Chapter 4 *
-Bian Yanjie, Shu Xiaoling and John R. Logan, "Communist Party Membership and Regime Dynamics in China." Social Forces, March 2001, v. 79, n.3, pp.805-841. *
October 28th & November 2nd : Culture and Society
-Schell and Shambaugh, part V, pp. 260-296; and part VII, pp. 347-405.
-Teresa Wright, "The China Democracy Party and the Politics of Protest in the 1980s and 1990s." China Quarterly, 2002, 906-926.*
-Jim Yardley. "Leading Chinese Dissident Released From Prison" New York Times March 5, 2004:A6.* (Lexis-Nexis)
November 4th: Quality of Life Issues/Work Units and "floating workers"
-He Xinghan "People of the Work Unit" and Lu Feng "The Work Unit: A Unique Form of Social Organization" both in Michael Dutton Streetlife China 1999, pp. 42-58.*
-Dreyer, Chapter 11.
November 9th: Hu Jintao's Challenges and Review for Exam.
-Schell and Shambaugh, part I, pp. 103-154.
-Lu Xiaobo, "Booty Socialism, Bureau-preneurs, and the State in Transition: Ogranizational Corruption in China," Comparative Politics, v. 32, n.3 (2000) pp. 273-294.*
-Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley. "Amid China's Boom, No Helping Hand for Young Quingming." New York Times August 1, 2004. * (Download from LexisNexis)
November 11th: Midterm Exam
November 16th: Chinese Foreign Policy
-Dreyer, Chapter 14, pp. 303-328.
-Avery Goldstein, "Great Expectations: Interpreting China's Arrival" pp. 3-40 in Brown, Cote, Lynn-Jones and Miller (eds.) The Rise of China
November 18th: Territorial Integrity: Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Tibet
-Nathan and Ross, The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress Chapter 11 pp. 193-211.*
-Schell and Shambaugh, part XI. Greater China, pp. 488-501.
November 23rd: Annotated Bibliographies are Due at the start of class
China and its Asian Neighbors
-Gerald Segal "East Asia and the "Constrainment" of China" and Robert Ross "The Geography of the Peace: East Asia in the twenty-first Century" both in Brown, Cote, Lynn-Jones and Miller (eds.) The Rise of China
November 30th: China's Military Power
-John Wilson Lewis and Xue Litai. :China's Search for a Modern Air Force" and David Shambaugh "China's Military Views the World: Ambivalent Security" both in Brown, Cote, Lynn-Jones and Miller (eds.) The Rise of China
-Bill Gertz. "China Tests Missiles" The Washington Times July 23, 2002. * download from Lexis-Nexis.
-Dreyer, read Chapter 9, skim pp. 195-201 and read more carefully pp. 210-218.
December 2nd: China and the US
-Wade L. Huntley and Robert Brown. "Missile Defense and China" in Foreign Policy in Focus Vol. 6, No. 3, January 2001*. download from CIAO database off the library homepage.
-Schell and Shambaugh, part X, pp. 470-487.
December 7th: China and the WTO
-Joseph Fewsmith, "The Political and Social Implications of China's Accession to the WTO", China Quarterly, vol. 167, September 2001, pp. 573-591.
December 9th: SPOTS and Final Quiz
If we fall behind during the semester then the final quiz will be held during exam period.Gov. 341
Essay assignment for Red Flower of China
Papers are due October 5, 2004 at the beginning of class, once class has started your paper is late.
General Instructions: Papers should be between 4-6 pages. They should be double-spaced with 1" margins and should be in a readable font (i.e. not too small). Please make sure that you number pages. Do not email, fax or put your paper on the server. I want a hard copy handed to me in class.
You may wish to do outside research for this paper; however, it is not required. You should make extensive use of readings and class material. Sources must be properly credited. You may use parenthetical citation (Author's last name, year of publication and page number) with a bibliography, endnotes or footnotes. If you are unsure of how or when to document sources please speak with me or refer to the writing center's guide Using Outside Sources.
While I encourage you to discuss the book and the questions with your classmates, your paper should be the product of your own labor. Academic dishonesty in any form will result in an F for the paper.
Choose one of the following questions:
1. What does the Cultural Revolution teach us about class structure and struggle under state socialism? In this respect is the Cultural Revolution firmly grounded in China's past or is a complete break with the past ?
2. The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution were both in part efforts to resolve some basic problems of Chinese Socialism. Compare them along one or more of the following dimensions: the problems they were attempting to address; the specific policies they involved; the kind of politics they involved within the state and between the state and society; their successes and failures (in terms of their own avowed goals and/or in terms of other evaluative criteria you may wish to bring to bear). Account for the similarities and differences you have discovered.
3. Discuss the relationship between political leadership and popular spontaneity during the Cultural Revolution. Another way of thinking about this sort of question is to explore weather you feel that the Cultural Revolution was an exercise in totalitarianism or in pure democracy.
4. Are family relationships / family loyalty (or private life at all) compatible or incompatible with the goals of Chinese socialism? (Like question 1) In this respect is the Cultural Revolution firmly grounded in China's past or is it a complete break with the past?
Research Paper Assignment
Papers should be approximately 15-20 pages in length and should be on a topic of interest to you. You may choose one of the topics listed below as a starting point, or you may come up with your own topic. I do not recommend tackling a broad topic such as "China's post-Mao Reforms", pick a small puzzle or question that you can analyze with some depth. The best (and most interesting) papers are those that set out to answer a "why" question, rather than a "what" question. For example, instead of doing a paper on the occupation of Tibet, one might ask why China seems less willing to discuss limited or increased autonomy for Tibet than they are in proposing "one country, two systems" for Taiwan? A "why" question forces you to analyze a problem rather than just reporting information.
There are 3 parts to this assignment: All assignments should be handed in to me directly, or placed in my box. Do not email your paper to me or put it on the server.
An outline and preliminary list of sources is due September 28, 2004. All outlines must begin by stating the question or puzzle that the paper will address. Next, the outline must state in 1-2 sentences what you think the answer to the question is (this is your hypothesis). The remainder of the outline should show what sort of information will be used to answer the question. You may do this in outline form or in narrative form. A list of primary and secondary sources consulted should follow (by this date you should have a minimum of 3 of each listed).
The follow books have been placed on reserve. These are secondary sources and are worth consulting for ideas and other bibliographic references:
Michael Dutton, 1998 Streetlife China (Cambridge University Press).
Maurice Meisner, 1996 The Deng Xiaoping Era (Hill and Wang)
Craig Dietrich, 1998 People's China (Oxford University Press)
Kenneth Lieberthal, 1995 Governing China: From Revolution through Reform (Norton)
Jonathan Spence The Search for Modern China (Norton)
Periodicals worth consulting are as follows:
Far Eastern Economic Review
China Quarterly
Beijing Review
Asian Survey
Web sites:
www.feer.com (Far Eastern Economic Review on line)
www.chinadaily.net (China Daily, a business weekly)
www.chinanews.com (China news services and Hong Kong China News Agency)
www.chinatoday.com (China Today)
www.cnd.org (China News Digest)
www.fmprc.gov.cn (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC)
www.hkstandard.com (Hong Kong Standard)
www.moftec.gov.cn (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, PRC)
www.ncuscr.org (National Committee on US-China Relations)
www.peopledaily.com.cn/english/index.htm (People's Daily Beijing newspaper in English translation)
www.pku.edu.cn (Beijing University)
www.scmp.org (South China Morning Post, Hong Kong paper)
www.taipei.org (Central News Agency, Taipei, Taiwan)
An annotated bibliography is due November 23rd. This is the last day before Thanksgiving Break. If you will be off campus already you should turn in a hard copy of your bibliography before you leave. More detailed instructions are at the end of the syllabus.
The final paper is due December 17th. All papers should be double-spaced with 1" margins. No miniscule fonts. Sources must be properly documented, you may use parenthetical citation, end notes or footnotes. All papers must have a bibliography/works cited page. I will not read papers that do not include a bibliography and late penalties will accrue until one is turned in. Plagiarism will result in an F for the paper. If you are at all unsure of how to document sources either speak with me or consult the writing center and see the F & M publication Using Outside Sources. Please do not email, fax, or put your paper on the server. I want a hard copy of your paper either handed directly to me or placed in my box.
Possible Topics:
1. Why is nationalism resurgent in China today?
2. Discuss the changing nature of the human rights debate within China. Has it changed since 1978 or since 1989, why or why not?
3. Pick ONE problem confronting China: floating workers, reforming the danwei (work units), environmental degradation, corruption, the increasing income gap, etc. Explain how the current regime is addressing this problem and why the regime might have difficulty solving the problem.
4. What is the position of ethnic minorities within China? Why is ethnic conflict not a real problem in China today and what instead are some of the cleavages in society?
5. Does civil society exist in China and what role might it play in Chinese politics? Why might this matter or not matter?
6. Since the early 1990s icons of Mao have reappeared in China. Taxi drivers often have little portraits of the Chairman hanging from their rear-view mirrors and pop-art often depict his likeness. Why?
7. Although Japan is one of the (if not the ) biggest foreign investors in China the two countries have an ambivalent relationship with each other. Why are relations between the two Asian superpowers so awkward and what do you see as the balancing force(s) in their relationship?
8. Was Mao's strategy in winning the civil war really revolutionary or was he simply following a well-trodden path of a new emperor?
9. Under Mao the CCP enjoyed a fairly high level of support or legitimacy, yet now that China is more prosperous increasingly the party is seen as irrelevant and illegitimate. Why?
10. Is China likely to become a threat to stability in Asia? Why or why not? (Please note, in order to answer a question like this one you should be familiar with IR literature on hegemony & cooperation and conflict and have taken gov. 103.)
11. "The spring 1989 popular demonstrations appeared to be about democracy, but at their bottom lay something else." -Kurt Remarque Comment on this reflecting also on the movement's social composition and what has happened to pro-democracy forces in China in the intervening years.
12. Compare some of the kinds of political resistance seen under Mao, under Deng, and more recently. Why does resistance take the form it does and what might this tell us about prospects for the regime's power today?
13. Has China "gone capitalist"? Why/Why Not?
14. Using music or art as an example, discuss China's encounters since 1949 with its own historical culture and with foreign cultural forms, relating the issue to relevant aspects of politics, society, and/or economy?For Chinese Politics
Annotated Bibliographies: A set of guidelines
Due Date November 23rd, at the beginning of class.
I've asked that you have between 4-6 secondary sources and at least 6 primary sources for your write-ups.
Format: Have your research question at the top of the first page, next you should state what you think the answer will be, then begin your annotated bibliography. I would also like you to resubmit your outline (with my comments) with the bibliography so I have it to reference when I read your annotated bibliography.
What is an annotated bibliography? It can be done in two different ways. 1) As a narrative: researchers write essentially a paper describing their research. In this manner they discuss the whole investigative process, what questions led them to which sources and how those sources answered their question. Or, 2) (and this is somewhat more straight forward…) For each source used in a paper the author writes 3-4 sentences about the material.
In either method the goal is to get you to think both about your research question and about how to best answer it with the material found. It has the added benefit of prompting you to think critically about your sources. For example, when doing a paper on decision making during the Cuban Missile crisis one might come across different proposed responses to the discovery of Soviet missiles on Cuba: Naval officers promote a naval blockage as a solution, Air Force guys want strategic bombing to take out the missiles; Robert F. Kennedy supposedly advocated bombing the heck out of Cuba at one point in the White House discussions, but in his book on the subject entitled Thirteen Days, he portrays himself as a dove, a voice of reason pushing for a diplomatic solution. It turns out that the book was published while he was campaigning for the presidency.... thus one can evaluate his analysis knowing that the book's goal was to give a personal account of the crisis, but also that it was designed to put him in a good light to help him in his election bid.
What I am trying to say here is that an annotated bibliography asks a researcher to understand the context of the material. In the days of electronic research, this should help you realize that not all sources are created equal. Joe's web site may be interesting and informative but who is Joe and why does he purport to speak with authority on your subject.
Some questions that your bibliography will include are: (Most importantly) how does the material address the question that you are interested in? And, Who is the author of the piece? A journalist, a scholar, a participant (which side), an editorialist, etc. What is their main objective in writing?
Let me give you a quick example: Let's say my research question is "What were the causes of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in China during the spring of 1989?"
1)Harrison Salisbury, 1989, Tiananmen Diary: Thirteen Days in June, Little, Brown, and Co., Boston. Harrison Salisbury is a NYT journalist who camped out in the Beijing Hotel for the last 2 weeks of the student demonstrations in China. Salisbury describes the support from a wide variety of Chinese citizens, and the in-fighting that develops among the students. He is a long-time China watcher who gives a first hand account of the events (= primary source material) that occurred during the military crack down on student demonstrators. His work is an asset in understanding WHAT happened, but does not provide thorough analysis on the underlying causes of the demonstrations (the WHY question).
2)Beijing Review, issues from May and June of 1989. Beijing Review is an English language publication overseen by the Chinese Communist Party. It provides the world with an interpretation of the events of Spring of 1989 from the perspective of the Chinese government. The Review portrays the demonstrations as the work of those who want to destroy China by sowing the seeds of chaos. The Review does not specifically address my research question about the causes of the demonstrations, however it does provide a useful source in understanding the government's reaction to the demonstrations. (this too is a primary source, but of a different sort)
3) Ted Gurr, Why Men Rebel? Princeton U. Press, Gurr is a professor of political science at U. of Maryland. He writes about issues of conflict: revolution, ethnic violence, etc. While his book, Why Men Rebel does not specifically address the demonstrations in China, it does provide a framework for understanding why people would rise up in protest against an oppressive government. To this extent his work is very useful in addressing the causes of the Tianamen protests, one can understand the students' actions as result of "relative deprivation", a sense that things in China were getting better, but not fast enough, thus the student demands for greater openness and accountability. (a secondary source)
4) Andrew Nathan, "Chinese Democracy in 1989" in Problems of Communism, Sept. 1989. Andrew Nathan is a professor of political science at Columbia and has written extensively on human rights and the lack of democracy in China. His work provides an analysis of the political climate in China in the spring of 1989 which helps us understand why the students might have believed that their protests would affect significant change. He explains that there were divisions among the top leaders and that it was possible that more moderate leaders could have consolidated their power, sadly the opposite occurs and hardliners push out reformers. (a secondary source)


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I suppose I wasnt just being provocative in my comments in his blog. I was saying what I really feel!
This really gets my goat!! I appreciate that it can be helpful to see what Jesus said (helpful for those who can't see the phrase "And Jesus said"!), but I find it theologically and physiologically offensive.
Three reasons why I don't like it:
One - It seems to suggest that the rest of scripture is somehow less inspired than Christ's actual words. This works out in practice with people saying things like, "Yes, I know that Paul says that but Jesus says this" as if the two were in conflict, and as if Paul's instructions on something like church discipline, for example, are somehow unbiblical! Believe me, I've heard this happen.
Two - It's harder to read. See this slightly tongue in cheek article. It concludes:
According to Wheldon's study, to print the words of Christ in red is to ensure that they will be poorly comprehended by 81% of readers! It is difficult indeed to see how this does him honour. To be sure, it makes his words stand out—it's just that it's almost impossible to read and remember them. I trust that little further needs to be said. Out of reverence for the Lord Jesus, we must put a stop to red-letter Bibles. They are rendering his words largely unreadable, thus affecting the spiritual well-being of who knows how many unsuspecting Bible readers. In the interests of Christ's words being read, we must ensure they cease being red.Three - its hard to get plain text editions of bibles in a format you like without having the words of Christ in red.

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Gustavus Music Showcases Student Recitals
The Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College returns from its Easter Break to feature a weekend of student recitals in the College's Jussi Björling Recital Hall. The series of seven events includes a range of performances from voice to 'cello and violin to brass and percussion. All events are free and open to the public.


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Why is it most people don't know how to use a sink. I mean what is a sink? Why does it have a stopper? Why do we have double sinks when we can't even figure out how a single sink works? Do you rinse your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher? Do you let the water run down the drain while rinsing? Do you know how many gallons of water are used each time you rinse? Do you have a well that could run dry or better yet, do you pay for water? Well the best reason to use the sink is to conserve our most valuable natural resource, water. How to use a sink: Put the stopper in, fill it with warm water, add some dish soap, one or two pumps will do it. If your rinsing the dishes for the dishwasher, dunk them, swish them around to remove the food particles then load into your dishwasher. If you are hand washing dishes, soap them all up and then rinse all at once.
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AppDynamics (APM) for Windows Azure
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And as more and more apps make their way into the cloud, APM solutions become even more crucial and in demand. For example, AppDynamics has just been made available as an add-on in the Windows Azure store and customers like Macmillan Publishers are quickly adopting the solution to find the cause of slowdowns and outages during production.
"AppDynamics is one of only a handful of application monitoring solutions that works on Windows Azure, and the only one that provides the level of visibility required in our distributed and complex application environments," said James Graham, project manager at MacMillan Publishers. "The AppDynamics monitoring solution provides insight into how our .NET applications perform at a code level, which is invaluable in the creation of a dynamic, fulfilling user experience for our students."
Enterprises using AppDynamics pro offers discover and topology mapping for Winsows Azure application dependencies and third-party services, end-to-end transaction profiling of user requests, code-level diagnostics and integration through Visual Studio using NuGet.
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Title: Sarah Silverman
I saw Sarah Silverman at the Paramount Theatre. The show started close to 30 minutes late. This was very likely caused by long lines that were a result of burly security men having to wand us and check all bags. Apparently Silverman has been getting threats. Given the political climate that we live in and the ruthlessness with which she attacks it on her Twitter feed, I guess I shouldn't have been surprised.
It was a pretty entertaining night. Her delivery was at times awkward. Sometimes the pacing flagged. She came onstage equipped with a lot of notes that she referred to regularly. There were parts that didn't really fit together. The segues between jokes was often abrupt.
So, it's pretty clear that she was working through new material. She certainly had an hours worth (probably more). We were watching the process of her trying to form her bits of material into a cohesive act. She was open about it. I'm guessing that by the end of this leg of her tour, she will have it honed down enough such that it'll be ready for an hour long special.
Despite the occasional awkwardness, it was a very much Sarah Silverman performance. She has an honest, open personae from which she spews forth outrageous comments.
She had bits about:
- The pain of laser removal
- Growing up, her dad giving her a dirty joke book to overcome her bedwetting awkwardness at an overnight camp
- A rape joke about her sister (seriously!)
- How important 9/11 is to childless people
- Children in movies and child molesters
- A hated nun's menstruation flow
- Shaking hands with a woman with a hook
- The male equivalent to an pre-abortion ultrasound
- God cumming in the mouth of a Christian man (tied it back to Abraham's command to sacrifice his only son, Isaac)
Clearly she's an experienced, expert comedian. Even with the awkwardness, she delivered her routine with great timing and humor for an overall enjoyable night.


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Braunite-II from
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
|Locality type:
|'Braunite-II' (not an IMA approved species)
|Braunite II was first discovered in 1945 at Black Rock and described as ferrianbraunite. The phase was renamed braunite II by De Villiers and Herbstein in 1967 and its crystal structure was determined by De Villiers in 1980. Metallic-grey braunite II crystals have come from Wessels, Black Rock (up to two centimetres) and N'Chwaning II. The crystals are typically bipyramidal with complex terminations. In 1995, crystals up to three centimetres were found at Wessels mine, and a few very rare larger crystals were also collected at the time. These were associated with andradite garnet, hausmannite and occasionally yellow ettringite. Braunite II is not listed as a recognised species in the IMA RRUFF database. See De Villiers (1945), De Villiers and Herbstein (1967), De Villiers (1970), De Villiers (1980) and De Villiers (1989) for details.
|Believed Valid
|De Villiers, J.E. (1945b). Some minerals occurring in South African manganese deposits. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, 48, 17–25.
De Villiers, P.R. and Herbstein, F.H. (1967). Distinction between two members of the braunite group. American Mineralogist, 52, 20–30.
De Villiers, P.R. (1970). The geology and mineralogy of the Kalahari manganese-field north of Sishen, Cape Province. Memoir of the Geological Survey of South Africa, No. 59, 84 pages.
De Villiers, J.P.R. (1980). The crystal structure of braunite II and its relation to bixbyite and braunite. American Mineralogist, 65, 756–765.
De Villiers, J.P.R. (1989). Stacking variations and nonstoichiometry in the bixbyite-braunite polysomatic mineral group. American Mineralogist, 74, 1325–1336.
Cairncross, B., Beukes, N. and Gutzmer, J. (1997): The manganese adventure – the South African manganese fields. Associated Ore & Metal Corporation Limited, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, 236 pp.
Cairncross, B. and Beukes, N.J. (2013). The Kalahari Manganese Field: the adventure continues. Struik Nature, Cape Town, South Africa, 384 pages.
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|Locality Data:
|Click here to view N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
|Nearest other occurrences of Braunite-II
|3.1km (1.9 miles)
|A ⓘBlack Rock Mine, Black Rock, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
|12.3km (7.7 miles)
|B ⓘWessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa


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This week, I'm going to show you how to easily transfer your PS3 game save to another region (e.g. Japan to US, US to EU, etc.). This method is incredibly effective most of the time and everything should work 100% once transferred—all your progress, trophies, stats, etc.
In this guide, I'll be using as an example a Dynasty Warriors 8 Japanese game save which I will be transferring from Japan region to US region.
- Save data from the game and region of your choice
- Title ID of the game with region you want transferred to
- Playstation 3 console (can be original firmware or custom)
- USB stick/drive - to transfer game saves from PS3 to PC and vice versa
- PC with Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8
- Bruteforce Save Data
STEP 1: Copy your game saves to your PC
You will need to have your game save stored and accessible on your PC as you will be modifying its contents. The easiest way to do this is to insert a FAT32 formatted USB stick in your PS3 and copying the game save to the stick, then copy them onto your PC.
When copying from PS3, the game save should be located on your USB stick in PS3\SAVEDATA.
Copy the entire game save folder to your PC. Put them somewhere you can remember, such as the desktop.
Important! Always make a backup of your game save in case anything ever goes wrong. I recommend creating a new folder called "SAVEDATA BACKUP" and putting an extra copy of your game save there. I will not be held responsible for any damages caused to your game save if you fail to make constant backups.
STEP 2: Download and configure Bruteforce Save Data
Bruteforce Save Data is a powerful game save data swiss army knife for PS3. It allows one to decyrpt and encrypt game save files, add cheats, transfer region, transfer saves to another owner and more.
Download Bruteforce Save Data here.
Once it's finished downloading, extract the RAR file and run the installer. Do not launch the program yet.
Create a new folder on your desktop or anywhere else you like and name it "SAVEDATA". This folder will be the folder where you store all your game saves for usage with Bruteforce Save Data. Make sure that wherever directory you store it in is NOT write protected
Drag/copy your game save folder (e.g. NPJB00325-SAVEDATA) to this "SAVEDATA" folder.
Now it's time to run Bruteforce Save Data.
If you receive an error message regarding msvbvm50.dll missing, you need to install Visual Basic Runtime 5.
You may be also requested to download Microsoft Visual Basic C++ 2010 (x86) if you don't have it installed in your system. Downloading and installing this is a must!
If all is well, you should be greeted with a nice big window.
Ignore any of the program's requests to input a console ID and User ID. You don't need to setup a PARAM.SFO template either. Just leave them all at default.
The first thing we need to do is click on the "..." button and select the "SAVEDATA" folder of where our game save is (the one we created earlier). So go ahead and do that. Once selected, your game save should show up.
|SAVEDATA folder selected as the path.
Take note of the "Key" section, there should be numbers in this field. If it's empty, you'll need to select the game save and hit F6 to Bruteforce the key. Once it's Bruteforced, press the "Refresh" button to refresh everything. The "Key" section should have now some numbers.
STEP 3: Decrypt game save files
Back in the Bruteforce Save Data window, make sure the game save is selected on the top window and click on "Decrypt PFD" button then "Decrypt All Files". You can also simply use Ctrl + D to decrypt.
|How to decrypt game save files
After it has successfully decrypted, you should see the window turn green. This indicates the game save files are decrypted. Ignore any disc hash key errors you get.
|Game save files successfully decrypted
STEP 4: Change Title ID of game save
In order to change a game save to another region, we need to change its Title ID.
To do this, right click on the game save and select "Change Title ID/Region". You can also simply hit Ctrl + I to do the same task.
|How to activate Change Title ID/Region.
You should now get a pop-up window requesting you to enter the new Title ID. Replace the current ID with the Title ID of your destination region. In my case, I want to change the Title ID to NPUB31234. This is the Title ID of the US version of the game I'm using—Dynasty Warriors 8. Your Title ID will be different if you're using a different game. You can use PS3Index to find the Title ID of your game in its region.
|Changing NPJB00325 to NPUB31234.
After you hit "OK" it will duplicate your existing game save and convert the new one into the new Title ID you've entered. Your window should then look something like this:
|Title ID/Region successfully changed.
STEP 5: Encrypt game save files
In order to actually use the new game save on the PS3, we need to re-encrypt it. If you leave it decrypted (green), the game will tell you its corrupt and force you to delete it and create a new one.
In Bruteforce Save Data with the newly created game save selected (top), click the "Encrypt PFD" button then select "Encrypt All Decrypted Files".
|How to encrypt the decrypted game save.
The green will vanish and the window will return back to white color. If you get an error dialog box indicating "Missing secure_file_id", the game save needs its key first. You can get the key easily by clicking on the game save, then hitting F6 (Bruteforce). Once Bruteforced, click the "Refresh" button. The key field for that game save should then be populated with numbers.
|New US game save encrypted.
As an option, you can also re-encrypt the bottom original game save as well with the same steps.
STEP 6: Transfer game save to PS3, test it out and resave
You are pretty much done. All that's left to do is to transfer the newly created game save to your PS3 and test it out.
If you're transferring from Japan region to US/EU or vice versa, you'll probably notice that the game save still retains all its Japanese or English title, description text and icon; even though we completely changed the Title ID/Region.
Don't worry about this regardless, just copy it over and replace your current game save with it. When you save over it again in the actual game, it will then convert all the Japanese or English text and the game icon to the Japanese or English counterparts.
Please post a comment directly in this post or send me an e-mail.
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About nine years ago, I had the chance to visit Ernest Hemingway's Key West home. It was the bright spot in a trip that was otherwise a little bit melancholy. It was fascinating to see the place where a writer I had so admired had worked…and played. While there, he wrote To Have and Have Not (a personal favorite) and The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber, among other things.
I found a little inspiration in seeing the room where he did the majority of his work, and enjoyed playing with the kitties that still frequent the grounds. Writing spaces have changed so much since that time. Now, a laptop and a chair are plenty enough, but I think there's something to be said for writing things on paper now and again.


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Cost of Hiring a Photographer
Hiring a professional photographer for your event will cost you around $100/hr on average. Simple shoots or those performed by semi-professional freelancer can start from $75/hr. However, if you want more than the basic photography package for special events that include multiple cameras and special lighting equipment, prepare to pay from $150/hr.
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Rates for different types of photography services
Wedding Photography Prices
Wedding photography is one of the most popular services provided by photographers, and a standard package will cost you approximately $650, however comprehensive packages including high quality prints and digital copies of all photos, multiple photographers on-site for the whole day can cost upwards of $3,000.
Portrait & Family Photgraphy
If you want to get your family's picture taken by a professional, you should prepare around $241.11 for a simple photo shoot that will last for about a couple of hours, either at a studio or on location.
Product Photgraphy
Product photographers charge an approximate price of $256.01 for a package that just covers the essentials. Meanwhile, a basic, two-hour baby photography session will cost you about $258.04. Often though, the total cost will be dependent on the amount of products and time involved to photograph each item. As product photography can be high specialised, hourly rates can range from between $80-$150 per hour.
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Professional photographers develop their profession out of their love for the craft. The ease of access to high quality digital camera equipment has resulted in a large number of freelance and semi-professional photographers, however established businesses and photographers with a proven portfolio will tend to charge higher rates.
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In today's episode we discuss the ins and outs of using a lump sum of money to fund your cash value life insurance policy (you can use universal life or whole life). With the paltry interest being paid by savings and money market accounts, life insurance can be a great place to warehouse cash that you don't need right away.
It's not the panacea but if you have time to wait, it is a viable way to do better with a portion of your net worth.
The most common problem we encounter is the strategy being implemented incorrectly. Yes, there is a right way and a wrong way to do this.
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Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri said Eden Hazard can be Europe's best player "in two years" after his hat-trick in a 4-1 win against Cardiff at Stamford Bridge.
The Belgian moved to the top of the Premier League's goalscoring charts with five goals in five games, despite beginning two of those as a substitute, and is already almost half-way to matching his goal tally from last season.
"He can become maybe the best player in Europe in the next two years," Sarri told Sky Sports. "He will improve by spending less time a long way away from goal."
Chelsea trailed for nearly 20 minutes after the the visitors' Sol Bamba turned in Sean Morrison's flick from a free-kick, but never looked back once Hazard scored twice before the break.
"We did not play very well in the first 15 minutes," Sarri said. "We knew they were very dangerous from set-pieces, with long balls, but we played much better towards the end of the first half, and in the final half hour. Every day I think we need to improve – and we can."
Sarri told the BBC's Match of the Day that the Blues needed to defend better.
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Sonohysterography To Capture Enhanced Images Of The Uterine Cavity
Sonohysterography is a special minimally invasive ultrasound technique developed to provide images of the uterine cavity. It is also known as saline infusion sonography.
This technique involves infusion of sterile saline into the uterus through a catheter placed in the cervix to provide enhanced image during transvaginal ultrasound. The saline infusion enlarges the uterine cavity giving a much better view of the uterine cavity. This technique is used to asses the abnormalities of the uterus and also to check if there is a blockage in the fallopian tubes.
Sonohysterography Is Performed In The Following Cases:
This is an excellent technique for evaluating unusual bleeding that may be due to Uterine abnormalities such as polyps, fibroids, atrophy, adhesions, hyperplasia, cancer, leiomyomas or congenital defects.
This technique does not require hospitalization or analgesia. This is a simple procedure performed in the ultrasound room. Some women experience period like discomfort during the procedure. It is a painless procedure that uses sound waves to examine the uterus.
A transvaginal ultrasound exam is conducted for checking the position of the uterus and to evaluate the ovaries. A catheter is inserted into the cervix. The balloon attached to the tip of the catheter is inflated to enhance the image visibility. A small amount of sterile saline solution is infused into the uterine cavity to visualize the uterus on the ultrasound screen.


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Bachelor dinner No. 32
Three unusual dishes of potatoes
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The beginning of summer I have always associated with strawberries, cherries and a young potato.
About the latter today, and will be discussed.
What could be better than a medium-sized boiled potatoes, cleaned from a more delicate thin skin, seasoned with butter, sprinkled with dill, served with sour cream and still warm from the garden, the first summer tomatoes this was the beginning of my summer vacation at grandma's every summer in the far childhood . But it's a classic. And sometimes you want the scrapping of the classical foundations.
So today in my culinary column, I will try to cook exactly three dishes of new potatoes recipes from three different cuisines – Armenian, Spanish and Canarian. Continue reading
Low-calorie salads – recipes tasty low calorie salads
Recipes low-calorie salads: vegetable, fruit, fish, shrimp, chicken breast, cheese and mushrooms.
Low-calorie salads will appeal to those who care about their health, longevity and a beautiful figure. Delicious and healthy, they are never "stale": the endlessly combining different ingredients and dressings, you can every day to cook something new.
Vegetables, herbs, fruits, nuts, boiled fish, seafood and meat are the basis for making low calorie salads. But fatty cheeses, meats, mayonnaise, canned food in them should not be present.
The rich aroma and savory flavor, low-calorie salads give herbs and fresh greens. Lemon balm, tarragon, mint, cilantro, watercress, Basil, oregano, cardamom strengthen the immune system and improve digestion. Parsley, dill, green onions – generally not discussed, it's a tradition.
Low-calorie salads: recipes
Low calorie chicken salad
You will need: 2 fresh cucumber, 7 quail eggs, chicken breast (200g) 4 tablespoons low-fat sour cream, 1 bunch of tarragon leaves, 1 clove of garlic, salt and black pepper, to taste.
Chicken breast cut into large chunks, peeled cucumbers – julienne, cut the eggs in half. Of sour cream, spices, the chopped tarragon and garlic make the sauce. Continue reading
TOP 10 most exotic dishes of the world
In our rating You will read about the shark meat, grasshoppers and even the brain of the monkey.
In recent times gained great popularity a gastronomic tourism. And on that not only are foodies, to try unusual and exotic dishes. And restaurants, in turn, do everything possible to meet the needs of an insatiable longing for the exotic stomach. TSN.Tourism we offer you a list of 10 most exotic dishes that need to be resolved to try once in your life.
Shark meat is one of the favorite delicacies gourmets from around the world
Delicacy is shark fin soup. Fins can be bought in advance, sell them in purified and unpurified form. Meat of almost all kinds of sharks (over 300 species) are edible, but the most popular meat of the shark, which eats plankton. But the most delicious is the meat of a gray shark.
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One of the aspects of parenting second time round I was most looking forward to was having a pram to push again. There's something just a little bit wonderful about it and, of course, you want a gorgeous pram or pushchair for your little one (and well for you too). We were recently asked to try out the Baby Jogger City Tour Stroller and I couldn't have been more excited. G didn't last long in the carrycot of his pram as he hates being flat on his back and also hated that he couldn't really see. So far he has… View Post


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A little more than a century ago, philosopher George Santayana warned, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." We ought to take note of that wisdom more often because the past is the mother of today and the grandmother of tomorrow.
In the American Revolution, we had won the recall of British troops from American soil but not the bankers. Even though we are taught that we won our independence from England, we actually were able to remain free from the international bankers for only a few years at the close of the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The most visible part of the power structure was the East India Company owned by the bankers and the Crown in London, England. This was an entirely private enterprise whose flag was adopted by Queen Elizabeth in 1600-thirteen red and white horizontal stripes with a blue rectangle in its upper left-hand corner. We've added some stars, but otherwise we fly the same flag.
Even though the Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War in 1783, the simple fact of our existence threatened the Money Powers where it hurts most: financially. The United States stood as a heroic role model for other nations, which inspired them to also struggle against oppressive Money Powers. The French Revolution (1789-1799) and the Polish uprising (1794) were, in part, encouraged by the American Revolution. Though we stood like a beacon of hope for most of the world, the Money Powers regarded the United States as a political infection, the principle source of radical democracy that was destroying the control by Money Powers around the world. The Money Powers realized that if the principle source of that infection could be destroyed, the rest of the world might avoid the contagion and the control by the Money Powers would be saved.
Knowing they couldn't destroy us militarily, they resorted to covert methods of political and financial subversion, employing spies and secret agents skilled in bribery and legal deception; it was perhaps the first "cold war." In the 1794 Jay Treaty, the United States agreed to pay £600,000 sterling to King George III, as reparations for the American Revolution. The US Senate ratified the treaty in secret session and ordered that it not be published.
When Benjamin Franklin's grandson published it anyway (perhaps our first whistleblower), the exposure and resulting public uproar so angered the Congress that it passed the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) so federal judges could prosecute editors and publishers for reporting the truth about the government. Since we supposedly had won the Revolutionary War, why would our Senators agree to pay reparations to the loser? And why would they agree to pay £600,000 sterling, eleven years after the war ended? It doesn't make sense, especially in light of the Senate's secrecy and later fury over being exposed... unless we assume our Senators had been bribed to serve Money Powers and betray the American people! That's treason! It's treason today.
From the beginning, the United States Bank had been opposed by the Democratic-Republicans lead by Thomas Jefferson, but the Federalists (the pro-Money Power Tories) won the vote. The initial capitalization was $10,000,000 -- 80% of which would be owned by foreign bankers. Since the bank was authorized to lend up to $20,000,000 (double its paid capital), it was a profitable deal for both government and the bankers, because they could lend, and collect interest on $10,000,000 that didn't exist.
However, the European bankers outfoxed the US government, and by 1796, the US government owed the bank $6,200,000 and was forced to sell most of its shares. By 1802, our government owned no stock in the United States Bank!
Thomas Jefferson warned:
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks...will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.... The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.Chief among the international financiers was Amschel Bauer of Frankfurt, Germany who, in 1748 opened a goldsmith shop under the name of Red Shield. ("Rothschild" in German is pronounced Rote-shilld). In 1787, Amschel (Bauer) Rothschild is reported to have said, "Let me issue and control a Nation's money, and I care not who writes the laws." He had five Sons Amschel Mayer, Solomon, Jacob, Nathan, and Carl. In 1798, the five Rothschild brothers opened banks in Germany, Vienna, Paris, London, and Naples.
The objective of the United States Bank was to receive special privilege to use the unjust fractional reserve banking to print money and loan it to the government and industry. No money could go into circulation without interest being paid to the bankers. Fractional reserve banking is very simple. It is simply a special privilege given to a man or group of men to create credit out of nothing; by extending this credit/debt to everyone else in society who does not have the same privilege and then collecting from society the money plus interest they become very rich without having to produce anything of value.
The basic mathematics behind this system is very clear. If this system is left in place long enough, the man or group who controls this system of debt creation will own all the gold available in the nation. Once the supply of real money (gold)is in his or their hands, this man or group of men becomes the master of the entire nation. Why? Because this man or group of men controls the only source of operating medium (money) available through which the nation functions. Only the man who has the privilege of printing the money and loaning it at interest can determine who gets special funding-his friends and allies. Everyone else is limited to how much money they have access to; therefore, after two or three generations, the friends and allies of this "banker" will own all of the nation-just as America is now owned by a very small cadre of very wealthy men, most of them not American.
How long this process takes to work its way through the wealth of the nation depends upon how successful the "banker" is in forcing, through bribery and corruption, the restriction of the formal government's issuance of real money backed by gold or silver. As the supply of real money shrinks, the people of the nation are forced to rely on the creation of a fictitious debt by the privileged few to a greater and greater extent, until finally, the only thing left is a massive amount of "unpayable debt," created from nothing and consisting only of the interest charged upon the fictitious debt, and collecting interest for every moment of its existence...all for the benefit of the privileged, who become the de facto (illegally usurped) government because of the "money power" they wield.
Through the Bank of England, the Rothschilds demanded a private bank in the United States to hold the securities of the United States as the pledged assets to the Crown of England in order to secure the debt to which our government had defaulted. As one of his first acts, President Washington declared a financial emergency. William Morris with the help of Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of Treasury, heavily promoted the creation of a private bank to service the debt to the international bankers. In 1791, Congress chartered the first national bank for a term of 20 years, to hold the securities of the same European bankers who had been holding the debts before the war. The bankers loaned worthless, un-backed, non-secured printed money to each other to charter this first bank. In December 12, 1791, the Bank of the United States opened its doors in Philadelphia. The holder of the securities was the private bank. So under public international law, the creditor banks forced the United States to establish a private bank to hold the securities as the collateral for the national debt.
James Madison warned:
"History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance."After what has occurred in the first week of October 2008 isn't it clear that we haven't learned from our past? Too busy making a living, too busy being hockey moms or soccer dads, too busy with anything else than staying free. You could say that we've taken our eye off the ball and whiffed on that high fast ball that the Tories in the Senate threw us. We have to refocus on taking back our power. Stop paying taxes that are not legal or lawful. Stop paying bills you don't really owe. Stop using THEIR money. There ARE ways if you open your mind and look for the gaps in their fences that keep the sheeple in their pasture. Are you chattel or a real person? You are the one who makes that choice.
You can't have something for nothing,
you can't have your freedom for free.
You won't get wise with the sleep still in your eyes,
no matter what your dreams might be. - Rush


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Idris Elba gets behind the camera for crime drama 'Yardie'
- Aug 31, 2018
British actor Idris Elba goes behind the camera for his directorial debut "Yardie", a crime drama he says will offer young people a "perspective" on violence at a time when London is suffering from a surge in knife crime.
Based on the novel by Victor Headley, the film follows the story of D, a young Jamaican who arrives in London in the 1980s and comes across the man who, a decade earlier, killed his brother in Jamaica. Rather than abandon his life of crime, he soon sets out on a bloody quest for justice.
The film, released in UK cinemas this Friday, comes after London's murder rate overtook that of New York for the first time earlier this year.
"A film like this is, I guess, a piece of perspective for young youths to remember that...we've been here before and there's ways to curb violence, there's ways to get around that," Elba told Reuters at the film's premiere.
"We've had (resurgences) of violence and we've lost them again. And if this film was to do anything it would be a nostalgic postcard to the times when it was like that before so we can move away."
While there are plenty of guns, drugs and violence in the film, redemption and love are also themes.
"Even though it's a gangster film it's also a love story, the characters are very humanised and so you get to appreciate that," actress Shantol Jackson said.
Elba is best known for series "The Wire" and "Luther" and movies "Thor" and "Beasts of No Nation". There has been speculation that he could take over from Daniel Craig to become the next James Bond.
"Of course, I would be a robot if there was no fear," he said of his first-time directing.
"A lot of preparation, research, can alleviate that fear," he said. "I've got experience on set so I didn't have a fear of sets it was just making sure I told a good story."


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I think I'm a very curious person. And I find people interesting. Because I work on a busy street, people are going past my window everyday, so I do a fair amount of people-watching. There are regulars who go past, and it sort of comforts me to see them go past at the same time, everyday.
There are these two guys that walk past together at 12pm everyday. One tall and lanky dark-haired guy who wears glasses. He's always on the right. He kind of reminds me of Harry Potter, but is much taller. The other one is shorter and has a big nose. He exudes more 'cool' than his friend. They both wear crisp suits, though the shorter guy's one is better fitting. On the odd occasion that taller guy is on his lonesome, he'll walk back past eating a pie. Perhaps when he's alone he succumbs to his pie-vice. I feel like these two guys are accountants or lawyers. Or perhaps in real estate. With the risk of sounding incredibly creepy/stalkerish, I enjoy watching them. Not because I'm in love with them or obsessed with them. Just because I'm curious about them.
I want to know their names. I want to know their stories. I want to know who they are.


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Bitcoin Ponzi Schemes A Concern In India
A government skeptical about Bitcoin – it's not a new story but it is a new twist when Big Brother is more worried about the scams built around the digital currency. Indian authorities have recently jumped on the anti-Bitcoin wagon but not entirely for the same reasons that many of other governments are riding along.
It is not about the lack of regulation around its use and trade and the concerns about citizens investing into a volatile vehicle. Nor is it about the dangers of money laundering syndicates. Of course, these are points to ponder and worry about for any government. India included. But the Indian government has expressed its concerns around the ponzi schemes that may flourish around the Bitcoin revolution.
Yes, ponzi as in Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme. These days it is being referred to as e-ponzi. Despite the changes in certain mediums like the internet, the principle is the same. Multi-level marketing schemes and pyramid schemes are the other more polite terms. But it is essentially a scam based on the same model and dressed up to look different.
Bitcoin Pyramid Scheme
Here is how it works in India and in just about every other country for that matter. The average Joe is brought in to invest in an opportunity that is too good to pass up. He/she can increase their return by getting more people to sign up – friends, family, colleagues or even strangers that they recruit. The catch is that money is constantly being juggled around and those at the top earn from the capital invested by those lower down.
Eventually the scheme will fall and while a small number of people right at the top may have made their money, those lower down would have lost their entire capital. The consequences can be deadly. India has highlighted these schemes as its biggest concerns relating to cryptocurrencies.
It may be the Bitcoin system itself that is seen as the ponzi scheme or 'elite' groups of individuals who band together to buy Bitcoin that are the problem. What is clear is that innocent people are losing their hard earned money. Many are people with limited resources who have sacrificed their homes, kid's education funds and retirement to invest into the scheme. Sometimes their entire inheritance, salary or pension fund is quickly gone. Chances of recovery – slim.
Cautioning Consumers
India is not as yet regulating or banning Bitcoin, but it is keeping a close eye on it. Government officials say that warnings will be issued informing consumers about the pros and cons of the digital currency revolution. As with any scam, some of these Bitcoin schemes seem quite legitimate and unsuspecting consumers will quickly jump on the bandwagon, often forking out more than they can afford to lose.
The problem is that people are investing in Bitcoin. They are seeing it as an investment vehicle rather than the alternative currency it was intended to be. The price fluctuates drastically at times and the return is never guaranteed. There are hopes of making more money than they could through their current path in life.
The promise that the scheme will offer the investor a better life. It never happens. At least not for the majority of investors.


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Thailand for Kids
Health and Safety
If your children aren't used to the heat, keep an eye on their hydration levels. By the time a child feels thirsty they may already be dehydrated. Signs of dehydration in young children can be a tiredness, dizziness, dry mouth, lack of tears when crying, sunken eyes, sunken fontanelle in babies and lack of urine so check that nappies are wet.
Heat exhaustaion can occur
Water from the tap is chlorinated but it's not advisable to drink it. Check if ice is made with purified water – if it's in cubes it probably is. If it has been cut from a large block of ice – steer clear. Use bottled water for drinking, making up bottles and brushing teeth. Keep an eye on younger children in the shower or bath and encourage them not the drink the water.
Finding Nappies (Diapers) in Thailand
Nappies (diapers) can be found in supermarkets such as Tesco Lotus and Carrefour and mini-marts such as 7-11 and Family Mart. Smaller towns may only have mini-marts. Mini-marts may only have smaller sized nappies so stock up in supermarkets when you can. If you're planning on travelling to remote islands or well off the beaten track you should carry enough for the duration of your stay. Bring a couple of pairs of washable nappies or training pants in case you can't find nappies. If you're spending a lot of time at the beach your child can probably go bare bottomed for a lot of the time.
Food for Children
Breastfeeding in public is not common in Thailand. Thai women do this indoors though no one is likely to object to you doing so in public. Bear in mind that any spicy food you eat will be passed on to your baby through your milk.
International brand formula can be found easily in Thailand at supermarkets and mini-marts. Pasteruised and UHT milk and soy milk can also be found here. UHT milk won't be refrigerated so heating may not be necessary – it depends on how fussy your baby is. If your baby needs warm milk consider bringing a heating coil – you can get these for under $10 on Amazon. Hotels and guesthouse may not have microwaves but kitchens may be able to heat bottles in water on a stove-top if you ask nicely. Prepackaged babyfood is not that common in Thailand but can be found in the main tourist areas though it's often stage-one, runny baby food. Snacks like yoghurt, ice-cream, crackers, biscuits and bread can also be easily found.
Fruit, fresh juices and shakes are an easy choice for kids in Thailand. There are plenty of tropical fruits such as papaya, mango and dragonfruit as well as the more familiar pineapple, watermelon and banana. Choose fruits that can be peeled as you can never be sure that fruit has been washed in clean water. Young coconut water drunk directly out of the shell with a straw makes a great drink for kids.
When eating Thai food there are several great choices for kids. Omlettes, fried rice, fried noodles, grilled chicken and fish, stir-fried veges and chicken with cashew nuts. Plain or sticky rice is always available. Learn to ask for food without chilli or not spicy – "mai phet". Take care as meat and fish is often cooked with the bones left in. In touristy areas you will find items like eggs, pancakes, cornflakes, museli, spaghetti, pizza, burgers and french fries on many restaurant menus. International fast food outlets such as McDonalds, KFC and Pizza Hut can be found in airports, shopping malls and in other touristy spots..
What to Bring to Thailand for Kids
Highchairs aren't common place in restaurants so, if this is something you really need, you will need to bring a portable harness that fits over the back of chairs or a highchair that clips onto the table. You will get a lot of help in restaurants, staff will want to pick up your child and take him/her for a walk while you eat. You can probably do without a highchair.
It's not very common to find self-catering accommodation so you will need to ask hotels and restaurants to wash and sterilise bottles for younger babies or bring sterilizing tablets. Bring as many bottles as you have and a bottle brush for washing. It's a good idea to take your own cutlery, plastic bowls and cups for smaller children.
Should you bring a stroller to Thailand?
A common debate among travellers with young children is whether to use a stroller or a pack for transport. Even in Bangkok, sidewalks can be uneven and difficult to navigate with vendors taking up a lot of the walking space. You will often find you need to step around or down onto the road. This can make pushing a stroller difficult. A stroller will be useful for keeping little ones comfortable in airports or when visiting shopping malls, temples, museums and galleries. They're a great place to take a nap plus a good escape from the sun. A small umbrella (folding) stroller is the best option as one parent can easily carry it when you can't use it – make sure you get one with a sun canopy. A sarong can be thrown over the top to keep the sun off a sleeping baby. You may find you can't transport a child in a pack as easily as at home. You'll both wind up hot and sweaty and if you're on your own chances are you'll have to carry another bag along with water, bottles, snacks, guidebooks and cameras. It can be a lot easier to tuck all this under a stroller. A pack is a great option if you plan on trips to markets, walks on the beach and light trekking, especially if two parents can share the load. Look for a pack that has a sun canopy.
It's a good idea to bring a selection of books, small toys (like matchbox cars, little dolls), colouring books and crayons. Only take what you can fit into a small child's backpack. If they're old enough, put your child in charge of their pack. It'll lighten your load.
Babysitters and Nannies
Beaches suitable for young children
Activities for young children
Chatujak park at BTS morchit have boat and playground for kids but i recomment Rot fai park near by Central Ladprao department store there're lots of kids on weekend, lots of playground and activities as painting, ice cream, butterfly house, learner center etc. and the most special is bike rental 20 baht whole day long. Most of people there are thais family and very less farang so before visit there you need to learn a bit to speak Thai. :")
Beaches suitable for teenagers
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Contractors' Questions: Is being inside IR35 cause to go brolly?
Contractor's Question: Your debunking IR35 myths article says, at point 10, that "being inside IR35" is not a reason to consider using an umbrella company.
In the public sector since April though, is it not the case that being inside IR35 is indeed cause enough to use an umbrella? My agency reckons that IR35 applying means contractors should only use a brolly as they can no longer be paid as a PSC. And does the IR35 legislation apply to the person and or/company, or the role/assignment?
Expert's Answer: You are correct to imply that the reform of IR35 in the public sector is a game-changer. Not only does it create an entirely new variant of IR35 (for instance the loss of the 5% flat rate deduction), but also by making the engager and agency (the 'fee-payer') responsible has introduced new commercial considerations to the status decision.
So advice from accountants and status experts now needs to address IR35 and the public sector variant separately.
A true comparison between PSC and umbrella contracting under the April 6th public sector rules is that, largely, the financial outcome -- in terms of take-home pay -- is broadly the same. So when using your own company or an umbrella company, the main difference is between the umbrella company's fee and the accountancy fee paid by the owner of the company.
A public sector contractor within IR35 has less administration using an umbrella. However, we think the contractor will still want to retain his company for non-IR35 contracts or non-public sector contracts, both of which are substantially better earners (as a PSC), than using an umbrella.
It won't have escaped contractors' attention that umbrellas are often criticised for using tax avoidance measures to increase take-home pay, and while such arrangements often don't work, HMRC has been appallingly bad at addressing them.
As for commercial issues, we have seen many agencies seek to avoid their obligations under the April reforms and push contractors away from limited company working to umbrella company working, for all public-sector assignments. Agencies do so to remove all chance of claims for unlawful deductions; the risk of an incorrect assessment and the complexity of the calculations which their standard agency software does not address.
The true problem is the public sector has been allowed to make 'across the board' status decisions and not to understand their assessment obligations as intended. Sadly, HMRC and the government give the appearance of condoning this abuse. In many cases, public bodies won't even apply HMRC's own online status test.
Finally, in terms of the last query you raise, IR35 looks at assignments, notably where they are undertaken by a person via an intermediary (including a company), and specifically the basis on which the services are provided by that person to an engager, i.e. the working practices.
The expert was Paul Gough, managing director of contractor accountancy firm Intouch Accounting.


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During the recent holidays past, I was given the gift of a yoga calendar by my beloved friend Lee. Tearing off a page every morning has now become an especially joyful and expectant way to start my days. Most of the pages are filled with beautiful messages (some of which are so very special that they get pinned to the cork board the next day), or sometimes a special yoga-position-of-the-week. Very occasionally, I find an inspirational recipe. What I find most awesome is all the different kinds of spices, and the fact that roasting them brings out infinitely more complex flavor profiles. Here, below, are the recipes I've enjoyed most of all (so far). Continue reading
Tag Archives: Brussels sprouts
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Celebration Brussels Sprouts
If you haven't already figured it out, I'm starting to post recipes to get your collection started for the upcoming holidays. And if you didn't already know, I LOVE!LOVE!LOVE Brussels sprouts. This one is a gorgeous mix of Brassica (the major vegetable family to which Brussels sprouts belong), grapes (for a bit of tart sweetness), and pumpkin seeds (because, well, you know). Think of me when you make these. Continue reading
Let the Growing Season Begin!
The first time I joined a community-supported agriculture (CSA), almost ten years ago, its kickoff late on a Thursday afternoon sent me racing out of the office at the end of the day. The first week's bounty included lettuce greens, herbs, onions, kohlrabi, radishes. Adults chatted and children hopped around like happy rabbits as we waited for strawberries to arrive. After a long winter, we all hungered for fresh food. Continue reading
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: A Salad for the Holidays
Here's something lovely for your upcoming holiday celebration, and a great addition to a table filled with so many other wonderful, favorite, traditional and distinctly un-salad-like recipes!
Greens are magic, and they fill you up with all kinds of magnificent phytonutrients and vitamins and minerals. That's because leaves contain a rainbow of yellows, oranges and reds hidden inside the greens. Plus they make you feel so good when you eat them. Continue reading
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Brussels Sprouts Slaw
When you hear about a recipe for cole slaw, you usually think about cabbage. The "cole" in cole slaw" actually refers to cabbage, and it's related to the "kohl" in kohlrabi, as well as the "col" in colcannon, that delicious Irish dish of cabbage and potatoes. Like Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi and cabbage are members of the Brassica family of vegetables, also known as crucifers. Continue reading
YOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Roasted Brussels Sprouts Celebration
If you love sweet, and who doesn't?!, then you are going to love this recipe! Roasted Brussels sprouts and fennel actually become sweet by a process called caramelization, which happens during the roasting process. That sweet flavor continues to linger in your mouth in a delicious and satisfying way, and it makes this a fantastic dish for a special occasion like New Years Eve. All the work of this recipe is in the vegetable prep, by the way, and after that it's relatively hands-off. So if you can find a partner to help get the veggies ready, it goes even faster. Continue reading


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About The Conference
The Economic Times recognizes the significance of the Insurance sector due to increased contribution in the GDP and the well-being of the citizens and understands that development of this sector is crucial if India has to witness sustained development socially and economically. This can be achieved through open dialogue between senior leaders and policy makers on a single platform. With this in purview, Economic Times brings to you the 1st annual ET Insurance Summit with the aim to bring together national policy makers and corporate leaders to deliberate on crucial challenges.
Indian Insurance Sector – Some Interesting Facts & Figures:
Indian Insurance Sector – Some Interesting Facts & Figures:
- In the year 2012 – 13 the sector grew at the rate of 7% in the first 6 months, the estimated CAGR of the Insurance Sector for the next five years will be between 12% - 15%.
- India has over 36 Crore policies, the highest in the world.
- In the next 7 years the sector has the potential to touch $1 trillion.
- India's insurance population anticipated to touch 75crore in 2020 with Life expectancy to reach 74yrs.
- Life Insurance projected to comprise 35% of total savings by end of this decade.


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Introduction to HL-7 and the EHR Functional Model
by Dr. John Gachago, Mr. John Ritter, and Dr. Rebecca Meehan
Get ready for the second HI Pulse Webinar of the semester.
Grab your lunch and join us (virtually) on Thursday, February 19th at 12:00 noon ET for a presentation on HL-7.
Instructions on how to join will be coming soon!
Also please take note that though the Webinars take place on the third Wednesday of every month, this talk will be on Thursday. Please mark your calendars accordingly.