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A recent letter to the editor written by the owner of the region's largest beer distributor, a resident of Longboat Key, chastised the "extreme steps" that neighbors and business owners surrounding the proposed 24-hour Walmart on Ringling Boulevard were taking to oppose it.
Beyond the obvious conflict of interest in his support of making our neighborhood a "showplace for commerce," the writer failed to mention the primary reason why the Alta Vista Neighborhood Association voted unanimously to oppose this site plan: It is illegal.
We should be clear that a number of our neighbors who voted to oppose this site plan do indeed support Walmart coming to the neighborhood, albeit legally and in a fashion that is compatible with the neighborhoods surrounding the site.
The clamor for job creation, increasing our tax base, cheap goods, and removing an old building, or Walmart's recent PR attempt to drum up support are all distractions. In other words, this is not a policy argument; it is not a "growth" vs. "no-growth" argument; and those of us opposing the plan are no more "extreme" than the next person who expects equal protection under the law.
The criteria for approval of this site plan are laid out in the city's zoning code and this proposal simply does not meet the criteria, leaving the commission with no option but to deny the plan.
Who informs the community that the Walmart site plan is contrary to law and why do we feel that every property owner and potential investor in Sarasota should pay attention to this case when it comes before the City Commission Tuesday night?
Our opposition is grounded in the expert testimony of Michael Taylor, American Institute of Certified Planners, the city of Sarasota's immediate past general manager of neighborhoods (retired October 2012 after over 30 years with the city).
Taylor led the writing and revision of the city's Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan since the mid-1990s, serving as primary author and interpreter for all amendments to the Zoning Code during this period. When the city went to court over a land-use issue during the past 20 years, it was Taylor who was called upon as the government's expert witness.
A brief summary of Taylor's analysis concerning the Walmart plan: The existing shopping center was built in the mid-1950s. The zoning changed there in 1974 to "Commercial Shopping Center-Neighborhood," calling for "small scale retail" with a maximum size of 15,000 square feet per store and a "heightened sensitivity to operating hours." When anyone tears down more than 75 percent of the original building from the 1950s, it doesn't matter if it's Walmart, Target, Nordstrom's, or the Emporium, the new structure must conform with the newer, 1974 code.
Walmart is saying that the old building of multiple storefronts is about 100,000 square feet so therefore Walmart is entitled to build its own 100,000 square foot store. To use a well-known local analogy in building, this is no different than tearing down a 1950s house on the beach. You can't tear that house down and expect to build a new house according to 1950s rules. FEMA and flood insurance dictate otherwise. In the case of our neighborhood and this site, our laws and zoning code also dictate otherwise.
We are fortunate to have had forward-thinking planners in the mid-1970s who recognized that big-box retail stores are not appropriate for urban neighborhoods and so they excluded them from this zoning category.
Does this preclude Walmart from still coming to this site? Absolutely not. There are examples across the United States where Walmart sheds the "box" and integrates into the fabric of an urban neighborhood; incorporates mixed uses in the building; allows local retailers to join a street-fronting store; limits operating hours; and integrates the surrounding neighborhoods into the larger context of community -- in this case, an opportunity to create greater pedestrian access to the city's nearby, $12 million Payne Park and our downtown core through Walmart's site, as has been done for the past six decades here.
To do this will require that Walmart spend more time in a community planning phase and pursue a change in zoning, versus building the fastest, cheapest box it can put up. If there is any investor or developer in Sarasota that has the cash flow to make that possible and do this project right, it surely could be the world's largest retailer.
Finally, it would be nice to think that one day soon, instead of criticizing civically engaged neighborhoods, we can be celebrated for being the guardians of our community's quality of life: the ones who monitor the safety of our streets; who pick up the litter blowing through our parks; and are the bedrock of a strong, local democracy that holds our government to the highest of standards. Now that would be a showplace.
Candy Spaulding, president of the Alta Vista Neighborhood Association, is one of several people appealing the planning board's approval of the Walmart site plan.
City neighborhood: Proposed Walmart breaks the rules
A recent letter to the editor written by the owner of the region's largest beer distributor, a resident of Longboat Key, chastised the "extreme steps" that neighbors and business owners surrounding the proposed 24-hour Walmart on Ringling Boulevard were taking to oppose it.


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DreamFactory is free open source software available under the Apache License 2.0.
DreamFactory runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.
There are many ways to try out and use DreamFactory. Follow the installation instructions below.
- 1 Minimum Requirements
- 2 Free Hosted Developer Environment
- 3 Bitnami Desktop/Server Installers
- 4 Bitnami Virtual Machine
- 5 Docker Image
- 6 IaaS Clouds
- 7 PaaS Clouds
- 8 GitHub
- 9 Installing Dreamfactory on Windows Server 2008 with IIS7
- 10 Set Up a Database
- 11 Switch System Database
- 12 Raspberry Pi 2
- 13 Additional Drivers and Modules
Minimum Requirements
Manual (Github) Installs
For installing the latest version of DreamFactory from source (see Github below), you will need:
- PHP 5.6 or PHP 7
- The following php modules are also required for basic installation:
- curl
- mbstring
- sqlite
- mongodb
- Other modules/drivers will be required depending on which databases you intend to use.
- A web server application, such as Apache, Nginx, or IIS
- A database for managing the system.
- SQLite (requires no service installation, only the above PHP module)
- MySQL (MySQL/MariaDB/Percona)
- PostgreSQL
- Microsoft SQL Server
Bitnami Installs
Bitnami lists the requirements for a native installer as such:
- Intel x86 or compatible processor
- Minimum of 512 MB RAM for PHP and Python applications and 1024 MB RAM for Ruby and Java applications.
- Minimum of 150 MB hard drive space
- TCP/IP protocol support
- One of the following compatible operating systems:
- A Linux operating system.
- A Windows operating system such as Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10.
- An OS X operating system.
These requirements are subject to change, so be sure to check the Bitnami Documentation for the most up to date information.
Free Hosted Developer Environment
Sign up for a free DreamFactory-hosted developer account at www.dreamfactory.com. Your developer environment is hosted by DreamFactory and lets you try out the software. It supports almost all of the available service types, including the paid services so you can try before you buy. It's kept updated with the latest releases and patches.
Please note that the hosted environment is for trying out the platform, not for running production applications. For production applications you should install DreamFactory for yourself using one of the methods described below.
Bitnami Desktop/Server Installers
You can download DreamFactory as a simple click-through installer for the following desktop operating systems. Most common extensions and drivers are pre-packaged and available in these installers.
- Linux (CentOS, Red Hat, Mint, Debian, and Ubuntu desktop and server).
- Mac OS X.
- Microsoft Windows (Windows 7, 8, 10 and Server 2008R2). Note: that some features may not be available or may be limited in this environment.
Bitnami Virtual Machine
You can download DreamFactory as a virtual machine for VMware, VirtualBox, or other hypervisor environments.
Docker Image
You can build your own Docker image or pull the latest Docker image from Docker Hub.
IaaS Clouds
You can easily install DreamFactory on IaaS cloud platforms with Bitnami. Follow the instructions below:
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
- Oracle Cloud Platform
- CenturyLink
- 1&1 Cloud Platform
- IBM SoftLayer
- Rackspace
PaaS Clouds
You can install DreamFactory on PaaS cloud platforms (Platform as a Service). Follow the instructions below.
You can also install DreamFactory directly from GitHub. Follow the general instructions after taking care of the requirements for your particular environment.
Note: This quick setup instruction assumes that you are familiar with composer, git and the basics of how to setup a web and database server.
Required Software and Extensions
At minimum, you will need the following software and extensions installed and enabled on your system in order to successfully install and run DreamFactory 2.X from GitHub.
- PHP 5.5+ - check and install the requirements below for your particular environment.
- PHP required modules: curl, sqlite, mongodb (see below)
- Git - see https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git
- Composer - see https://getcomposer.org/download/, may require cURL to be installed from particular environment below.
- MongoDB driver (i.e. mongodb.so) - Versions >= 2.1 require the new MongoDB driver to be installed to run composer successfully. If MongoDB is not to be used on your install, please remove the df-mongodb requirement from composer.json before running composer install or upgrade.
Mac OS X
- Install v8js library
- Using MAMP - Using MAMP allows simple stack setup and has some extensions already included. It does not however include v8js. You can follow the above compile instructions and place the v8js.so file in the desired MAMP PHP extension directory. Also note that MAMP ships with an older version of MySQL (5.5) which does not support some databases options that you may run into, particularly dealing with timestamp fields.
Installing Dreamfactory on Windows Server 2008 with IIS7
Note: These installation instructions assume a "Clean Install" for IIS. There may be sections which have already been accomplished or installed. If so, skip the sections which no longer apply to your situation. These instructions are concerned only with the installation of DreamFactory. Please consult your Windows Administrator for hardening the web server and other security controls which are outside the scope of these instructions.
Install PHP for IIS
Before beginning the installation download the Web Platform Installer for IIS here.
- In the Web Platform Installer, navigate to the Products tab and choose Frameworks from the sidebar. Select the appropriate PHP version. In our example, we're using PHP 5.6.
- Click Add, then Install at the bottom. Follow the on screen prompts to accept the EULA to install PHP for IIS.
Setup PHP Module Mapping in IIS
Once PHP has been successfully installed, it must be set up in IIS7.
- Open the IIS Services Manager and from the sidebar, click the server name.
- Double-click Handler Mappings. PHP needs to be associated with the FastCGI handler in your PHP directory.
Note:If PHP was installed using the Web Platform Installer the handler mappings should have the FastCGI associations already. Check that the associations are correct and correspond to your local server.In the list of handler mappings the name of the mapping defaults to PHP_via_FastCGI,this is the mapping you will need to doublecheck. Click OK.
If the default handler mapping for PHP FastCGI isn't listed you will need to add it now:
- From the Actions pane, click Add Module Mapping Enter the following information with the path to the php-cgi executable local to the server:
|Request Path:
|"C:\Program Files(x86)\PHP\v5.6\php-cgi.exe"
- Click OK, then click Yes to confirm.
- Using Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager click on the server you are working with and click Restart from the actions pane.
Test PHP for IIS
To test PHP, we are going to create a php info file within the web root directory. Typically, this directory is located in:
- In the webroot directory, create an empty PHP file. At the top of file the type the following:
<?php phpinfo();
- Save the file as info.php. Ensure the filename and extension are info.php, not info.php.txt. This would be not shown if Hide Extensions for known file types is enabled from Folder Options. Make sure this is unchecked, if need be from Folder Options:
- From a browser, navigate to the phpinfo file you just created. Typically, on a fresh server install it will be http://localhost/info.php in your web browser.
- If you receive a 404.0 error, typically the problem is either that the extension is not .php or that file permissions are set incorrectly. If you receive a 403.3 error with the following message, MIME types must be set up correctly for PHP, please ensure that you followed the IIS PHP setup section above. If you are seeing a blank page, you may need to enable errors for debugging purposes in your php.ini file. Alternately, you can view the output of the php error.log for more info.
- If the install was successful, you should see a PHP Info page in your browser. Keep this file in place until you finish the rest of the configuration, then delete it afterwards, as this file contains system-specific information.
Once you have PHP set up and working with IIS, you are ready to install Dreamfactory and add it as a site in IIS 7.
Install Dreamfactory on IIS 7
You will need to follow the Required Software and Extensions section to ensure you have Git, Composer, and optionally the MongoDB Driver, if needed. After completing that, the following describes how to install Dreamfactory on IIS7.
Note:If you plan on running SQL Server with Dreamfactory,you will need to purchase a Dreamfactory subscription before installing, so the appropriate dependencies can be added to your installation. Please contact Support for additional information.
- Next, open a command prompt, Power Shell, or Windows Git Client
- From the prompt, navigate to the directory you want to install Dreamfactory. Typically, this will be:
However you can choose any location you want. We will add this as a site later in IIS. In this example, we're choosing:
- Perform a Git clone into this directory for Dreamfactory:
git clone https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dreamfactory
This will pull down the master branch of Dreamfactory into a directory called ./dreamfactory.
- Navigate to the dreamfactory directory and install dependencies using composer. For production environment, use --no-dev, otherwise discard that option for a development environment. If you are not running or plan to run MongoDB, add —ignore-platform-reqs:
composer update—ignore-platform-reqs —no-dev
Otherwise run the following command to install the dependencies:
composer install --no-dev
- Run DreamFactory setup command-line wizard. This will set up your configuration and prompt you for things like database settings, first admin user account, etc. It will also allow you to change environment settings midway and then run it again to complete the set up.
php artisan dreamfactory:setup
Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the setup.
Add Dreamfactory Site to IIS Manager
- Open IIS Manager
- From the Actions column, select Add Web Site
- Enter in all pertinent information in the dialog. In the Physical Path field, enter the path to your Dreamfactory installation's public folder.
- Enter your Host name as well for your instance.
- Click OK to start the service.
Add URL Rewrite Rules to IIS
You will need to add rewrite rules to IIS 7 manually. To accomplish this follow the below steps:
- Click on the Dreamfactory site and then choose URL Rewrite.
- From the Actions column, choose Import Rules.
- Navigate to the .htaccess file in the /public directory of your Dreamfactory installation in the Configuration File input, then click Import. The .htaccess file will automatically be converted to XML for you.
- In Tree View, find any rules that have a red X icon. Click on that rule and it will be highlighted in the Rewrite Rules dialog box.
- Remove that rule in the Rewrite Rules dialog box and repeat this for any additional rules until you see all green checkboxes.
- Click Apply in the Actions column.
Ensure Dreamfactory Cache and Log Directories are Writable
You will need to set permissions on the following directories to ensure they are writable within the Dreamfactory installation folder. These are:
- storage/framework/cache/
- storage/framework/views/
- storage/logs/
Please ensure that the Users group has full control of these directories to enable creation of log files, cache files, etc. Optionally, if you are using the included sqlite database for testing, please ensure the storage/databases/ directory also has write and modify permissions as well. Restart your web server and navigate to your Dreamfactory installation. If you are testing in the local environment, you can add a FQDN in your hosts file to allow navigating to the Dreamfactory site locally.
Set Up a Database
Install your native database and any additional drivers required for your database.
Switch System Database
If you want to change from one system database to another after you've already run setup/installation:
- Stop Apache
- Edit the .env file (in the htdocs folder) to include the right driver, host, and port number. Example:
DB_DRIVER=mysql DB_HOST=localhost DB_DATABASE=dreamfactory DB_USERNAME=dreamfactory DB_PASSWORD=dreamfactory DB_PORT=3306
- In your shell navigate to the dreamfactory root folder (htdocs in Bitnami installs)
- Run these commands:
$ php artisan config:clear $ php artisan cache:clear $ php artisan dreamfactory:setup //Answer the on screen prompts
- Restart Apache
General Instructions
The commands shown here are primarily for a Linux based OS, but should also work on Windows (directory structure is obviously different) with all the required software and extensions installed.
- Clone this repository to a directory on your system. For testing, using a directory under your home directory is easiest, otherwise choices like /var/www/ or /opt may be preferred.
$ git clone https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dreamfactory.git ~/df2
- Change your working path to that directory.
$ cd ~/df2
- Install dependencies using composer. For production environment, use --no-dev, otherwise discard that option for a development environment.
$ composer install --no-dev
- Run DreamFactory setup command-line wizard. This will set up your configuration and prompt you for things like database settings, first admin user account, etc. It will also allow you to change environment settings midway and then run it again to complete the set up.
$ php artisan dreamfactory:setup
- Make sure your web server can read/write from/to storage/ (sub directories) and bootstrap/cache/ directories.
$ sudo chown -R {www user}:{your user group} storage/ bootstrap/cache/ $ sudo chmod -R 2775 storage/ bootstrap/cache/
Set Up a Web Server
Use PHP's built in web server (**Note**: Testing only, not for production use!)
$ php artisan serve
Or provision a web server to run your DreamFactory instance by following these instructions:
Raspberry Pi 2
You can install and configure DreamFactory on Raspberry Pi 2 as an open source IoT gateway. Follow the general instructions here.

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The young guns were unable to hold off Travis Rice (USA) in the land of the rising sun as he blew away all contenders with jaw-dropping manoeuvres that sent the entire Tokyo Dome of 35,000 spectators into a cheering frenzy. His combined results from the Quarterpipe and the Big Air landed him the Title, earning him 1000 TTR ranking points alongside a large portion of $150,000 prize purse. There was not an empty seat in the house for both formats, each showcasing incredible talent from top international riders while Japanese riders spiced things up on their home turf.
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The crowd favourite was without a doubt Travis Rice, who landed three variations of a double cork during the night. "The atmosphere is so great here! Pat your neighbour on the back!" said Rice to an energetic stadium after the Big Air. "Man what a session, especially this kid Danny Davis on that last run." 06/07 World No.5 Danny Davis (USA) also brought his own version of a double cork to the table, impressing fans and riders alike, placing 5th overall.
Big changes in the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour rankings resulted from the battle in Japan with Travis adding 1000 Ranking points to his current standing, pushing him up to World No.21. Risto Mattila now sits at World No.20 and Mathieu Crepel has moved to World No.23 respectively. Norwegian rookie Mikkel Bang, who dominated at last weeks Nokia Air & Style in Munich with a podium finish, felt it was worth it to skip school and fly to Japan. The 'Bangster' placed 9th overall and has moved up to World No.6 as Andy Finch, despite his huge air and 3rd place Quarterpipe finish, sits two below as World No.8.
The battle for Tour lead was close between Kevin Pearce and Torstein Horgmo (NOR). Pearce was favoured to do well as previous 6-STAR Nokia Air & Style 07 and 5-STAR Oakley Arctic Challenge 07 Title winner, but a victory in Japan was not in the cards as his overall result was not enough to overtake Horgmo in the rankings. Pearce finished 4th overall with Horgmo taking 6th, but Horgmo maintains his hold as Swatch TTR World No.1. Pearce currently sits at World No.2 at just 30.9 points shy of Horgmo.
Not to be ignored, the Japanese riders were a force to be reckoned at this season's Nissan X-Trail Jam with local Daisuke Murakami laying down the biggest quarterpipe air, hitting the 6m mark. Takaharu Nakai was the best Japanese rider last year and this time around he continued to show his supremacy of the east, finishing fourth in the quarterpipe on Saturday and 7th overall in front of 3 international super stars including German rider David Benedek.
The second Swatch TTR 6-STAR event of the 07/08 season proved just how unpredictable things can be on the tour. Make sure to check out all the latest coverage of the Nissan X-Trail Jam on the TTR website.
The Men's tour takes a break as the women step up to compete in the all-female 6-Star Roxy Chicken Jam in Kaprun, Austria next weekend. The Men's Tour will be back in full-swing on Janurary 2nd with the 6-Star O'Neill Evolution in Davos, Switzerland.
Nissan X-Trail Jam 07 – Final Results (QP & BA combined)
1. Travis Rice (USA)
2. Risto Mattila (FIN)
3. Mathieu Crepel (FRA)
Nissan X-Trail Jam 07 – Quarterpipe (QP) Results
1. Travis Rice (USA)
2. Kevin Pearce (USA)
3. Andy Finch (USA)
Nissan X-Trail Jam 07 – Big Air (BA) Results
1. Risto Mattila (FIN)
2. Travis Rice (USA)
3. Mathieu Crepel (FRA)


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The plan requires the use of lethal injections at animal shelters when unwanted dogs and cats are killed.
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The legislation approved Thursday now heads to the House. The Senate passed it on a 37-0 vote.
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Everyone has the best intentions when building software. Good developers and architects think about error handling, corner cases, and building resilient systems. However, thinking about them isn't enough. To ensure resiliency on an ongoing basis, you need to alway test your system's capabilities and its ability to handle rare events. That's why we built the Simian Army: Chaos Monkey to test resilience to instance failure, Latency Monkey to test resilience to network and service degradation, and Chaos Gorilla to test resilience to zone outage. A future improvement we want to make is expanding the Chaos Gorilla to make zone evacuation a one-click operation, making the decision even easier. Once we build up our muscles further, we want to introduce Chaos Kong to test resilience to a complete regional outage.
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In a nutshell, Ensim's Web-hosting automation software, WEBppliance 3.1 for Linux, is installed on the RLX ServerBlade 800i at the factory.RLX Technologies and Ensim Monday unveiled the RLX Ensim WEBppliance solution, a jointly developed offering created for the Web hosting industry.
The release represents the first fruits of the companies' worldwide marketing and technology agreement first announced in December 2001.
RLX and Ensim have partnered to provide what they believe is a comprehensive solution for shared, dedicated, and reseller Web hosting, while furnishing control panels to allow for self-administration of Web sites and domains.
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Polls have found that more than 3 American men in 10 would rape or coerce a woman into sexual intercourse if they could get away with it.[i] Those findings have mostly been discussed only in conjunction with the issue of rape. But I think it has a broader meaning. I think it means that there is a proportion of people who will take advantage of defenseless others for their own benefit when they think that they can.
That creates problems in lots of areas. Like soldiers of countries that we think are less civilized then we, some proportion of American soldiers have resorted to forms of torture like waterboarding. Some go berserk, others are mean, but the misbehavior is predictable, if not who will do what. And like police of countries that we think are less civilized then we, some proportion of American police have also victimized demonstrators, people down on their luck, the homeless and racial minorities. That's certainly not democratic policing. And it's made worse by codes of silence in some police departments that are almost as sinister and sometimes worse than the codes among thieves.
I don't think that most police are bad guys. But when we set things up so that people can get away with bad stuff, it is predictable that a significant proportion will. When we hand people guns and then make excuses for whatever they do because it's a stressful job, we should expect that a significant proportion of them will do very bad things with the freedom we give them. A system of impunity encourages bad behavior. So one question is how we can set up our police forces so that policemen have the right incentives, incentives appropriate to a free and democratic country? Transparency and accountability matter.
The same is true of business, both international and local. When we take all the tools out of the hands of consumers and courts, we should expect a significant proportion of businesses to misbehave and take people for a ride, often for very dangerous rides. And in business the market mechanism can sometimes make things worse because it punishes those businesses which can't bring their costs as low and their profits as high even when the mechanism is to take advantage of people, take their money, injure, and leave their lives in shambles. Responsible businesses need responsible regulation to keep the competition in line.
The same of course is true in politics. That's why we value free speech so highly. But as my colleague, Timothy Lytton pointed out in a book called Kosher,[ii] a study of private marketplaces that do and don't work, accountability depends on a sufficient number of people with intense interest in the subject, people the rest of us trust to check on what is happening, and a way to get the information out. It's not automatic – there's too much to know, too much work to find out.
So transparency is only the beginning. We have to have a culture in which we expect to hold people and organizations to account – without fear or favor for any of the groups and institutions that can hurt us. But in law, the Roberts Court seems to be developing the opposite – a legal culture of defenses and protections buried in contracts and doctrine. And in popular culture, stereotypes, ideology and polarization now substitute for facts. Heaven help us.
— This commentary was broadcast on WAMC Northeast Report, April 28, 2015.
[i] See Sarah R. Edwards, Kathryn A. Bradshaw, and Verlin B. Hinsz, Denying Rape but Endorsing Forceful Intercourse: Exploring Differences Among Responders, 1 VIOLENCE AND GENDER 188, 190 (2014) available at http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/vio.2014.0022. Though the survey size was small and localized, similar results have been reported before. See Only Psychos Think Rape is OK…Right? in Web Info on Sexual Assault and Abuse (University of Illinois at Chicago, Office of Women's Affairs, Campus Advocacy Network), https://www.uic.edu/depts/owa/sa_rape_support.html collecting some of the studies.
[ii] Timothy D. Lytton, Kosher: Private Regulation in the Age of Industrial Food (Harvard Univ. Press 2013).


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At Cavallo Point, school director Kelsie Kerr teaches the basics of preparing seasonal recipes. The buttery dough for her savory onion tart, for instance, is great with all kinds of fillings, like fruit. Chef Tip To make the crust flaky, keep the butter and dough cold. Quick Appetizers
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In a bowl, whisk the flour with the salt. Using your fingers, rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Drizzle the water over the flour and stir gently just until incorporated; gently press to form a dough. Flatten the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1 hour.
In a skillet, melt the butter. Add the onions and thyme and cook over moderately high heat, until softened, about 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to moderately low and cook, until the onions are golden, 20 minutes longer. Remove from the heat and discard the thyme. Stir in the crème fraîche and season with salt and pepper. Let cool.
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Economists, one might assume, have something useful to say about the current problems afflicting the world economy. Yet, since the crash of 2008 there has been a considerable amount of reflection in parts of the discipline about its failure to anticipate the crash and its failure to offer effective prescriptions for getting the economy out of the hole it's in. Of course, elsewhere in the discipline it is business as usual – with a range of prescriptions for privatisation and deregulation at the microlevel and fiscal restraint at the macrolevel.
This week's Nobel announcements are salutary in that respect. Olaf Storbeck described them as a prize for the Ancien Régime. He was criticised for doing so, but his intervention might be better seen as simply the most recent in a chorus of disapproval directed at an approach to macroeconomics that came to dominate the field. Thomas Sargent, who shared this year's prize, did as much as anyone to propel rational expectations and new classical macroeconomic models to the forefront of the field, and his macroeconometric work has been hugely influential. That is why he was awarded the Nobel prize. But that can be separated from the question of whether, looked at from a broader perspective, such models actually shed much light on the way the economy operates.
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In Rochester, New York, Christian Beck (left) and Jamiee Saxton (right), students of the Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester are winners of the IBM Watson case competition for their proposal on crisis and disaster management. Students from the school submitted new ideas for applying the IBM Watson technology to address complex societal and business challenges in the transportation, energy, retail and public sector industries. The competition is helping students gain new skills in analytics and cognitive computing to prepare for future career opportunities. (Matt Wittmeyer/Feature Photo Service for IBM)
Watson, named after IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, was built by a team of scientists to accomplish a grand challenge –a computing system that rivals a human's ability to answer questions posed in natural language with speed, accuracy and confidence. The Watson technology represents a new class of cognitive systems that can quickly sift through large volumes of Big Data, and apply advanced analytics to improve decision making across a variety of use case and industries.
Twenty-five MBA and master of science students with concentrations ranging from marketing and business consulting to finance and entrepreneurship competed in teams submitting seven proposals outlining how Watson's technology could be applied to solve complex challenges in the transportation, energy, retail and public sector industries.
Three winning ideas were selected by a panel of judges comprised of faculty, regional business leaders and IBM executives. Team evaluations were based on the ability of the students to clearly articulate the business case including market research, tactical planning and feasibility while exhibiting an understanding of how to harness Big Data for strategic outcomes.
The winning case studies included a crisis management capability to better allocate resources during disasters, a mining application to improve the effectiveness of natural gas, petroleum and other natural resources exploration, and streamlining the customs process for airports to reduce wait times.
• First Place: Managing Data in the Eye of a Storm – With capricious weather activity expected to be on the rise, IBM's Watson technology could be put to work combining weather-related data and the latest census numbers to help organizations better prepare for a crisis administration and allocate resources accordingly. The first place student team concluded that Watson's extraordinary ability to look at unstructured and structured information could more accurately identify weather patterns and help improve response times.
• Second Place: Mining for Insights, Literally – Considering profit margin, consumption rates and and opportunities for exploration of oil, gas and mineral reserves, the second place student team recommended that the Watson technology could help energy companies improve the understanding of environmental impacts, and regulatory and safety information to reduce accidents while avoiding the over exploration of natural resources. This team relied on Watson's cognitive reasoning capabilities to deliver precise and accurate results to optimize exploration efforts.
• Third Place: Unpacking Big Data Improves Travel Experience – About 1 million people travel into the United States every day and during the summer months this number peaks resulting in long lines, congestion delays and aggravated travelers. This team devised an approach employing Watson's technology to quickly analyze massive amounts of unstructured information in order to enhance security, reduce wait times and improve the travel experience in airports while taking the guesswork out of the customs process.
"Providing our students access to the most advanced technologies and approaches in business will better prepare them to be future leaders and innovators in the workforce," said Mark Zupan, dean of the University of Rochester, Simon Graduate School of Business. "We are deeply appreciative of the opportunity to team with IBM in the area of Big Data and see this as a great opportunity to further teach and advance skills in diverse fields like finance, marketing, consulting, operations, and health care management."
Students in the top two winning teams held concentrations in marketing and business, a sign of the growing need and interest for hands-on expertise in analytics, outside of traditional engineering and computer science programs. As companies look to gain faster and more accurate insight into customer opinion and preferences, the ability for graduates to strengthen skills in analytics is making them highly sought after in today's job market
The Watson case competition supports Simon School's commitment to incorporating analytics and evidence-based reasoning across all areas of business ranging from marketing to economics and brand development to entrepreneurship. The initiative is part of IBM's ongoing collaboration with educational institutions to strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills.
"The case competition provides a new way for students to bring forward game-changing ideas while providing them with the opportunity to hone their skills in important new areas such as analytics and cognitive computing," said Manoj Saxena, general manager of IBM Watson Solutions. "Our goal is to inspire the next generation of business leaders to think differently about how technology can be used to transform business and redefine industries."
The case based approach may help shape how IBM applies the Watson technology to client challenges across a variety of industries in the future. Watson is already being put to work in the health care and financial services industries. In a pilot program at WellPoint, the technology is helping medical professionals make more informed decisions around patient treatment options, and Citibank is evaluating new ways the technology can help improve the banking client experience.
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The IBM and Simon School competition is intended to foster new ideas, drive awareness, and build student skills around transformative business solutions enabled by next generation big data and analytics technology.
Representing a fundamentally different type of technology, Watson is a cognitive system that learns and becomes more accurate over time by applying analytics and evidence-based reasoning to volumes of information. Like the human brain, Watson builds relationships between a variety of data sets and continuously processing and reprocessing information to draw deeper insights for better decision making.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there will be a 24 percent increase in demand for professionals with management analysis skills over the next 8 years. While the McKinsey Global Institute projects a need for approximately 190,000 more workers with analytics expertise and 1.5 million more data-savvy managers in the U.S.
The role and value of data is causing shifts inside organizations and across business cultures driving demand across a broad range of industries in the private and public sectors. These organizations are seeking new ways to tap information in traditional databases and unlock data tucked away in an unstructured format including videos, comments on social media sites and text messages.
IBM's Watson academic case competition is the latest example of how IBM is helping universities to prepare students in new areas of computing and business leadership. The Simon School and IBM Watson case competition is in keeping with IBM's Academic Initiative which delivers coursework, case studies and curricula to more than 6,000 universities and 30,000 faculty members worldwide to help students prepare for high-value future job opportunities. IBM worked closely with academic institutions during the development and introduction of Watson. Eight leading universities around the world participated in the development phase of the system; and more than 10,000 students watched Watson triumph on the Jeopardy! quiz show in February 2011.
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I've tried all kinds of methods including installing the drivers from third-party sources, but lately it seems to be missing on a chipset level rather than driver.
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Although we're talking about a lower end case, we did not lower our criteria. So, we'll soon see whether the K3 Evolution has the necessary build quality, design and other accessories.
When it comes to design, we think that K3 Evolution will fit just fine into any office or home, but we'll let you be the judge.
The case measures 443x180x485 mm (HxWxL), which means the K3 Evolution is a smaller midi-tower case. It weighs in at 4.92kg, making it one of the lightest midi-tower cases we've tested.
The right and top panels are completely closed, whereas the left side has some air vents. Removing side panels is quite easy and Cooltek used big-head screws, rendering tools obsolete for the task.
Although all connectors and keys are located on the front panel, it's nicely design and not at all cluttered. The On/Off and reset keys are on the lower half of the panel, while the connectors form a line on the top. Among the connectors are two blue USBs, which means that they're USB 3.0 ports. Of course, there are also two standard USB 2.0 connectors for those whose motherboards don't support USB 3.0.
The largest of the three buttons (picture below) is the RPM regulator. The case comes stocked with one 120mm blue LED fan (1200RPM max) on the front panel.
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The K3 Evolution offers three 5.25 optical drive slots. One 5.25 inch cover can be kept in order to keep the mesh grill looks on the front panel. Mounting optical drives will require you to take the front panel off, where a simple tug on the bottom will do.
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The rear panel is standard. The PSU slot is placed on the bottom; there are seven slots for cards, two water cooling holes and the motherboard I/O panel hole.
The K3 Evolution stands on rubber feet, which are tall enough to allow the case to draw cool air from the bottom. There are no dust filters here.
The case is made of 0.6mm steel and although it may seem fragile, we're still pretty happy with it, not least after considering it goes for €40. Side panels can be bent easily once removed but when the case is locked and loaded, it's very tough. As you can see, the case is painted black inside and outside, which is a feature we're more used to seeing with high-end cases. We tried to pick hairs but we couldn't find any when it comes to finishing touches – edges and notches are smooth in order to prevent cuts during mounting.
The K3 Evolution is a case that can hold ATX motherboards. It's not designed with full flexibility in mind as the HDD cage is fixed.
The case has two tool-less mechanisms for locking optical drives and two tool-less mechanisms for HDDs. Of course, Cooltek did their best to knock the price down and besides, most regular users don't use more than two drives.
The HDD cage can hold five 3.5" drives whereas the sixth 3.5" drive can be put into the 5.25" bay.
The thick black cables you see on the picture below belong to USB 3.0 connectors. Naturally, they must be connected to your motherboard's external connectors, provided your motherboard has one. The cables can be routed through an empty slot or through water cooling holes.
Cabling can't be routed behind the motherboard tray because there isn't enough room. The motherboard tray has a large CPU backplate cutout.
While strapping the Cooltek K3 Evolution USB 3.0 with gear, we had no major issues. You'll find all the required screws within a bag you'll find in the case. Cooltek didn't decide on a user's manual but more experienced users will easily find their way around.
Unfortunately, Cooltek didn't provide a spot for the ninth standoff. The company only provides eight screws, which means that they meant it.
Graphics card limitations are yet another issue we've had. Depending on how high the PCI Express slot is, users will be limited by a graphics card's length. Throwing in the HD 6990 will require your PCI Express to be at most 18cm from the top of your motherboard. Note however that the HD 6990 is the longest card on the market. The picture below shows MSI P35 Diamond motherboard where the PCI Express slot is 18.5cm far from the top edge of the motherboard. Obviously, the HD 6990 didn't quite fit in its slot because of the HDD bracket. If the PCI Express was only slightly higher, the card would fit.
The GTX 580 on the other hand, felt right at home in the same motherboard. Note that GTX 580s are almost 27cm long.
As far as airflow goes, the right panel will take two fans and the case will easily run an entry level passively cooled graphics.
Mounting a CPU cooler on a set up motherboard is pretty easy thanks to the motherboard tray cutout. The cutout is pretty large (140mm x 127mm), which is compatible with most motherboards.
CPU size must not exceed 155mm. Unfortunately, our passive weapon of choice, the Hyper Z600, is 160mm tall and it touched the side panel.
Since the case is small and the top panel has no holes or space for water cooling radiators, users will have to mount them outside the case. Unless of course they're small enough to fit in the rear panel fan slot.
The optical drive and HDD locking mechanism is the simplest we've seen so far but it works. You'll need to place the drive inside the cage, stick the mechanism into the screw holes and turn the red handle to lock it.
Hard drives and optical drives have two locking mechanisms each and there's no room for SSDs or 2.5'' drives. The HDD cage has no rubber anti-vibration pads but you'll find some underneath the PSU.
Once the K3 Evolution is locked and loaded, it will be pretty cluttered but that can be solved with a little creativity.
The front fan will be just enough if you're not an owner of a hot graphics card or CPU. Naturally, better safe than sorry and we'd advise you to throw in another fan in the rear. Since it comes stocked with only one fan, the K3 is almost inaudible. You can only hear it a bit when it's running at max RPM.
The fan regulator will take care of one fan only. We must ad that the fan's blue glow makes it look really cool in the dark.
The biggest selling point of cases in the €40-50 price segment are USB 3.0 connectors and Cooltek's K3 Evolution USB 3.0 will provide two, all for the price of €40.
We've checked out the prices of several competing cases in online shops and you won't find a case with these features below €40. So, if you're looking for a quality yet affordable USB 3.0 supporting case, the K3 Evolution is worth looking at.
CooltekT K3 Evolution - USB 3.0 will fit in anywhere, which is pretty practical. The front panel has a modern mesh grill design but without overdoing details, which is also pretty nice.
We'll repeat the main characteristics for those who don't care for USB 3.0. There's plenty of room for components inside and it will house even the longest graphics cards, although that may depend on your motherboard layout. The case comes stocked with one, front 120mm blue LED fan and its regulator wheel. If you're thinking about a faster and hotter graphics card, you should add one or few more.
Quite understandably, Cooltek cut the costs wherever possible, be it fans, tool-less mechanisms or even screws. This resulted in the K3 Evolution USB 3.0's price of €40 but the case still packs enough quality.
You can find the case here priced at €40. We'd like to thank pc-cooling.de who kindly provided our testing sample.


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You have to read this article first to understand what's going on, then you can go ahead with your reading.
Toussaint Bélisle built that house in 1884.
la Maison Chaumont 1884
Final answer?
Not so fast…
Toussaint Bélisle did indeed built la Maison Chaumont.
The proof is the pudding…
Click on the pudding
The problem is that you have three Toussaint Bélisle living in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines in those days.
One was born in May 1857 and two in October 1858.
One Toussaint was born on Halloween's Day and the other one the day before.
Why am I telling all this?
One of the relatives of one of those Toussaint Bélisle wrote me a comment on the French version of this blog.
This is what he wrote…
Hi from Ron Roture dit Belisle (known today as Ron Depatie)
This reply comes from reading an old blog I found on your site dated March 18, 2008 THE HOUSE OF CHAUMONT STE- ANNE-DES-PLAINES.
Just wanted to let you know that there is an old family from Saint-Anne-des-Plaines coming out of the closet for the first time in over a hundred years today…
In this article you speak of Toussaint Belisle as being the local custom contractor to have built this house. I would just like to add, for any one who might be interested in knowing, that Toussaint Belisle an entrepreneur had three other brothers also, Léon, Élie, Frederick Belisle seen named as entrepreneurs in the area of Ste-Anne-des-Plaines and Montreal. They were the sons of Jacques Belisle and Elmere Therrien of Ste Anne's. Leon Belisle also known as Leon Despatie was my great-grand-father.
Thru your blog that I just read today, I found out something I never knew and that was Toussaint was a home builder in Ste-Anne's and it would be neat to know if his brothers helped him on this one.
Well that's all from me for now. I thank you for taking the time to read this and hope it gave some information that might be helpful to others.
Thank you.
Ronnie Roture dit Belisle dit Depatie
I told you it was going to be an interesting story.
See you next Wednesday.


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He is the ultimate cinematic mentor. He has trained medieval crusaders, Jedi knights and Batman. He has doled out advice to lovelorn children, sex-obsessed college students and slave traders. He has been Zeus. And this Friday, he will survive in the wilderness by literally punching nature in the face in "The Grey."
He is Liam Neeson.
He is a man with a particular set of skills. Skills he has acquired over a very long career, and here is everything I need to know about anything, courtesy of Liam:
Krull (1983)
"Now look, petal, faithful is my middle name."
Even stuck largely in the background of the oddest hybrid of "Star Wars" and "Camelot," conceived by the fevered brains of the early 80s, Liam stands as a pillar of strength and purity. His Kegan is a man who speaks softly, carries a huge axe and doesn't mess with women whose villages have burned down and whom he only brought home because he felt bad for them. Honest.
U.S. & World
Rob Roy (1995)
"Honor is what no man can give you, and none can take away."
You can go ahead with your Baby Einstein videos and your pre-pre-school. I'm memorizing this speech and plan on delivering it every day to my children until they leave for college.
Les Miserables (1998)
"You'd be happier in Paris, where everyone, either by nature or experience, is dishonest."
Why do you think we kept a moneybelt strapped to our chest and kept our coat tightly buttoned during every Metro ride during our honeymoon? No sense in tempting fate, right? He may not be fair or right, but his advice won't fail you.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
"There's always a bigger fish."
Ah, yes. Humility. A very important Neesonian trait. Even if you are a Jedi or Batman, you need to understand your place in the larger scheme. There IS always a bigger fish. Sure, it's likely going to be played by Liam Neeson, too, but such is the mystery of the universe.
Gangs of New York (2002)
"Now, now, Bill. You swore this was a battle between warriors, not a bunch of miss nancies. So warriors is what I brought."
Essentially a tougher, more Irish way of delivering the old Boy Scout motto "always be prepared." If you invite Liam to a potluck dinner and tell him to bring a dessert, a dessert is what he'll bring. If you tell him to bring a bathing suit because it's a pool party, then a Speedo is what he'll bring. Liam listens to people and does his best to accommodate them, is what I'm saying.
Love Actually (2003)
"We need Kate. And we need Leo. And we need them now."
I don't care if you're a kid struggling with your first unrequited love, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, or Sam Mendes, you have to admit, that's sound advice. Kate and Leo can solve anything. Once "Titanic" comes through Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's NetFlix queue, you're going to see some big changes in the world.
Kinsey (2004)
"Love is the answer, isn't it? But, sex raises a lot of very interesting questions."
Every good with this one? Great. Moving on.
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath."
Casting Liam Neeson as a tough but honorable knight is almost too easy. In fact, we're not entirely sure Liam wasn't a knight. Not in a past life, in this one. If anyone could will himself to not age, it'd be Liam. Nature's whole "everything ages and dies" arrogance offends him, frankly.
Batman Begins (2005)
"Your training is nothing! Will is everything!"
That's right, even Bruce Wayne had to do a little studying under the tutelage of Master Neeson before he could be Batman. And the only thing more tremble-inducing to the callow than Jedi Master Neeson is Ninja Neeson.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
"I, too, want my family safe."
The fact that this line would fit as perfectly coming out of Liam's mouth in, say, "Taken" or "Unknown" as it does coming out of the mouth of a computer-animated lion tells you all you need to know about the power of Liam Lessons. They transcend species.
Taken (2008)
"You don't remember me? We spoke on the phone two days ago. I told you I would find you."
Never make a promise you can't keep. That goes for picking up friends at the airport, remembering to turn off the oven at a specific time or tracking down and killing the jerks who took your daughter. Although, to be fair, she's not entirely faultless here. She went to Paris by herself. Didn't she see "Les Miz"? Hello? Ignore Liam Lessons at your own peril.
Clash of the Titans (2010)
"You may not want to be a god, Perseus, but after feats like yours, men will worship you. Be good to them. Be better than we were. And if you insist on continuing this mundane human existence, I won't have you do it alone. You're the son of Zeus, after all!
In other words, there's such a thing as mundane human existence, and then there's the Way of the Neeson. One way leads to office jobs and mortgages and insurance seminars. The other way leads to glittery suits of armor, boss beards, and pet Krakens that you get to release in the most dramatic way possible. Make your choice.
The A-Team (2010)
"One step ahead of the game isn't a plan, kid. Two to three steps ahead, meeting an enemy's move before it's even made. That's a plan."
Now, a bit of a reality check. You've studied hard, followed his lead, and taken his lessons to heart. But the sad truth is - no matter how closely you follow the lessons of Liam, he will always be up to three steps ahead of you. The sooner you learn that, the better it will be for everyone.
The Grey (2012)
And, of course, when all else fails, strap some broken bottles to your fists and PUNCH WOLVES IN THE FACE.
Even though you can quote freely from the works of Liam Neeson, he can't. Because he's too busy BEING Liam Neeson. (The 2:58 mark)
"The Grey" opens in theaters everywhere Friday, January 27th.


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[December 05, 2013]
By Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina
BEIJING (Reuters) — U.S. Vice President
Joe Biden, visiting China as a dispute over a new Chinese air defense
zone rattles nerves around the region, said on Wednesday that relations
between Washington and Beijing had to be based on trust.
Beijing's decision to declare an air defense identification zone
in an area that includes disputed islands has triggered protests
from the United States, Japan and South Korea, and dominated Biden's
talks in Tokyo on Tuesday.
The United States has made clear it will stand by treaty obligations
that require it to defend the Japanese-controlled islands, but it is
also reluctant to get dragged into any military clash between rivals
Japan and China.
Biden told Chinese President Xi Jinping he believed Xi was a candid
and constructive person.
"In developing this new relationship, both qualities are sorely
needed," Biden said during a meeting in Beijing's Great Hall of the
"Candor generates trust. Trust is the basis on which real change,
constructive change, is made."
Xi said the international situation and regional landscape were
"undergoing profound and complex changes".
"Regional issues keep cropping up and there are more pronounced
global challenges such as climate change and energy security. The
world is not tranquil," he added.
Neither made any mention of the air defense zone in remarks before
reporters. Biden flies to Seoul on Thursday.
As Biden arrived, the official English-language China Daily said in
a strongly worded editorial that he "should not expect any
substantial headway if he comes simply to repeat his government's
previous erroneous and one-sided remarks".
"If the U.S. is truly committed to lowering tensions in the region,
it must first stop acquiescing to Tokyo's dangerous brinkmanship. It
must stop emboldening belligerent Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
to constantly push the envelope of Japan's encroachments and
Under the zone's rules, all aircraft have to report flight plans to
Chinese authorities, maintain radio contact and reply promptly to
identification inquiries.
U.S., Japanese and South Korean military aircraft have breached the
zone without informing Beijing since it was announced on November
Japanese and South Korean commercial carriers have been told by
their governments to ignore the rules. Three U.S. airlines, acting
on government advice, are notifying China of plans to transit the
China has repeatedly said the zone was designed to reduce the risk
of misunderstandings, and stressed that since it was set up there
had been no issues with freedom of flight for civilian airlines.
The Defence Ministry on Tuesday slammed what it said were
"distortions" and "mud throwing" over the zone and China's
"It is not aimed at any specific country or target, and it certainly
does not constitute a threat towards any country or region,"
ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said in a statement.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said 55 airlines from 19
countries were cooperating with China's request to report flight
plans and identify themselves in the zone.
Hong added that China was "willing to maintain dialogue and
communication on relevant technical issues with Japan on the basis
of equality and mutual respect". He did not elaborate.
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Beijing's move has added to regional nerves about China's strategic
intentions as it presses territorial claims in the South China Sea
and ramps up an ambitious military modernization program.
Wang Dong, an associate professor of international relations at
Peking University, said China's restraint following flights by U.S.,
Japanese and South Korean military aircraft showed China was serious
when it said the zone was defensive.
"However, it would have been very helpful if China had presented a
coherent story and a coherent case on the zone from the very
beginning, instead of waiting," Wang said.
In Tokyo, Biden called on Japan and China to find ways to reduce
tensions, repeating that Washington was "deeply concerned" by the
announcement of the zone.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel echoed that sentiment on
Wednesday, telling reporters at the Pentagon: "It's important for
China, Japan, South Korea, all the nations in this area to stay calm
and responsible."
"These are combustible issues," Hagel said.
Still, he criticized China for declaring the defense zone "so
unilaterally and so immediately" without any international
"That's not a wise course of action to take for any country," Hagel
White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Tuesday that China's
decision was a provocative attempt to change the status quo in the
East China Sea.
The China Daily said it was obvious Washington had taken Tokyo's
side in the dispute.
"Biden needs to be reminded that Japan holds the key to peacefully
solving the East China Sea dispute, because it is the Abe
administration's recalcitrant denial of the existence of a dispute
that has prevented Beijing and Tokyo from conducting meaningful
communication and crisis control," it said.
China wants Japan first to acknowledge that a formal dispute over
sovereignty exists, experts say, a step that Tokyo has rejected for
fear it would undermine its claim over the islands, known as the
Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.
"Again, our timely visitor needs to be told: It is Japan that has
unilaterally changed the status quo ... China is just responding to
Japanese provocations."
(Additional reporting by Megha Rajagopalan and John Ruwitch in
Shanghai and Steve Holland and Phil Stewart in Washington; Editing
by Dean Yates, Nick Macfie, Sonya Hepinstall and Mohammad Zargham)
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