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'Kiki' Walker remembered on one-year anniversary of shooting death
The Merrimack community mourned the loss of "Kiki" Walker on Jan. 8, 2012, after she died of a fatal gunshot wound at her home at Woodbury Condominiums.
At the time, authorities refused to say whether the gunshot was self-inflicted or an accident, but stressed that no foul play or criminal activity had been involved.
One year later, police are still remaining tight-lipped about whether Kierra's death was accidental.
"Our investigation has been closed for a matter of time. It was a gunshot, but I really can't say what caused it," Lt. Paul Trepaney said Friday.
Trepaney said the Merrimack Police Department had determined whether Kierra's death was accidental, but he would not disclose the findings to the Union Leader.
"Bullying was ruled out,'' he noted. "There was no evidence to substantiate that."
Less than a month after the shooting, local police handed over their ruling to the Hillsborough County Attorney's Office, on Feb. 10, 2012, for a final review.
Reached last week, Assistant County Attorney Kent Smith agreed with Trepaney.
Smith emphasized that his agency never felt the need to indict any individuals, and he didn't believe any criminal activity was involved. The case has been closed, he said.
Kierra was a sixth-grade student at James Mastricola Upper Elementary School. Her grandmother was at the house on Kearns Drive when the gun went off, but her parents, Kenneth Walker and Trisha Leavitt, were not at the residence.
The day after Kierra's death, a local mother started a Facebook page titled, "Make Merrimack Bully Free."
Shannon Duval-Grooms began the site as a way for parents and teenagers to gain information on how to handle bullying and where to go for help.
"I don't care who it is, no kid should be picked on," said Duval-Grooms, whose 14-year-old daughter was a friend of Kierra's. "I don't want to see any kid go through this. If the Facebook page helps one kid, it is worth it."
According to Duval-Grooms, her own daughter was the victim of continuous bullying about the same time of Kierra's death.
"She had a hard time with Kiki's passing," said Duval-Grooms, who asked to keep her child's identity anonymous. "My daughter told me that Kiki was dealing with these same issues at school."
In her daughter's case, the alleged bully was ultimately removed from the school system.
The girl has since learned how to deal with bullying in different ways, thanks to assistance from representatives at Bully Free New Hampshire, said Duval-Grooms.
Duval-Grooms' daughter, a student at Merrimack Middle School, is hoping to organize a memorial or vigil for Kierra this spring.
Other efforts are also under way to possibly establish a music scholarship in honor of Kierra, who participated in her school chorus and loved to sing.
Kierra also loved nature, animals, babies and swimming, according to people at the funeral. She loved snuggling with her parents, dressing up and dancing like no else could, her friends said at the time.
Kierra's mother did not return messages seeking comment for this article.
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- Gerald O'brian
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Free will and the illusory open-ness of the future.
The controversy seems to be making a comeback through quantum mysticism and such attempts to put consciousness at the core of reality.
I've seen comments about this on several discussions. I'd love to see how far these arguments go in favour or not of the reality of free will.
Oct 7 2012: The principle of free will has religious, ethical, and scientific implications. For example, in the religious realm, free will implies that individual will and choices can coexist with an omnipotent divinity. In ethics, it may hold implications for whether individuals can be held morally accountable for their actions. In science, neuroscientific findings regarding free will may suggest different ways of predicting human behavior.
Free will is the ability to make choices free from certain kinds of constraints. The existence of free will and its exact nature and definition have long been debated in philosophy. Historically, the constraint of dominant concern has been the metaphysical constraint of determinism, which stated most simply is the notion that the present dictates the future entirely, that every occurrence results from prior events. The two main positions within that debate are metaphysical libertarianism, the claim that determinism is false, so free will exists is at least possible—and hard determinism, the claim that determinism is true, so free will does not exist.
Since this has been debated for centuries Las Vegas odds are 1000 to 1 that it will not be decided during this conversation. And even odds that I am determined to have free will ..... Aw come on that was funny.
Oct 7 2012: The odds look bad, but only if people don't discuss their position. For instance, take the religious concept of free-will. God believed Eve had free-will when she went for the forbidden fruit, so he punished the crap out of her. He should've known better : He had only warned her that she'd die if she took a bite, and then a cunning snake convinced her otherwise. If anything, Eve was being a puppet. An ignorant child, and an innocent one.
And then all the Jesus stuff about bad people being ignorants, really, who deserved love and education the most. If there is a religious concept of free-will, I don't see it. I only see a big moral mess because it's not carried by consistent philosophy. Someone should fix this.
Oct 7 2012: Can you help me understand?
Does being ignorant of doing something make you innocent of it? If it did then if someone killed a person without the knowledge of it being wrong would they then be innocent due to their ignorance?
Was Eve even ignorant, because God did warn her? Was she innocent, because she did take a bite?
Oct 8 2012: Children don't go to jail, right?
And adults don't go to jail for something they did as a child.
That's what i meantOct 8 2012: Sterling, God didn't warn Eve. He warned Adam. Eve didn't come along until later. The problem was not with Adam who violated instructions. It was with Eve who didn't know that those instructions existed and was punished for her ignorance.Oct 8 2012: @ Gerald O'brian
Children don't go to jail but they would still undergo some form of punishment, right?
@ TED Lover
But Eve did know, didn't she? She told the serpent what would happen upon eating the fruit and the serpent replied saying that she would not die. Should someone ever be punished for just being ignorant of something? Shouldn't they only be punished for wrongful action?
Oct 8 2012: Right, but in proportion to the amount of responsability they had in the crime.
God taught its creatures to do as they are told, and this is how our children are brought up. A father won't punish a kid for doing what Mommy asked.
Oh, about Eve : "The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'""
Come on, you have no excuse! The book of genesis, which explains the creation of the entire universe, life on earth and the drama of losing immortality takes about 45 seconds to read!Oct 8 2012: What if the mother asked the kid to murder and the kid new it was wrong? The kid's punishment wouldn't be as harsh as the mother's should be but the kid would still need to be punished right?Oct 7 2012: Metaphysical libertarianism... I have never heard that phrase before, but I like it.Oct 7 2012: wiki cut pasteOct 9 2012: In the context of QM the whole issue of freedom of choice and determinism goes into the melting pot.
All is flow, all is flux, all relationships are in motion to everything else.
I think, it's a truer picture of the world.
In a philosophical context : the 'thing' is what it is and what it is not . One side exists by the virtue of the other. It is set up as a dichotomy, but it is one thing it is entangled , but we perceive it as opposites. IOW . determinism and free will are just concepts that represent the motion of human consciousness and are two sides of the same coin.
Something like this ... :)
eric rodgers
Oct 9 2012: ~very well put~
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Gail .
Oct 8 2012: Quantum mysticism? The two words are irreconcilable. To conflate the two is to understand neither.
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Oct 8 2012: It's an expression. It reffers to pseudo-quantum physics. Enter "quantum" on Amazon.com, you'll see what I mean. Quantum healing, quantum medecin, quantum metaphysics... all that stuff about consciousness, too.
I kind of liked that term, but if you have a better one, I'm all ears!
Oct 8 2012: I prefer the word "science", but I do concede that as a science, it's in its infancy or toddlerhood.
Oct 8 2012: Perhaps you've misunderstood me. I think quantum physics is science.
I don't think that quantum healling, etc... are science, though.
There is quantum physics, and pseudo-quantum physics.Oct 8 2012: When I was growing up, I remember laughing at the idea of acupuncture, but few laugh any more.
20 years ago, the idea that meditation could eliminate many diseases, increase IQ, enhance the immune system, and treat mental illnesses was simply crazy. Today, the evidence is pouring in.
10 years ago, the idea that group meditation could be quantifiably proven to reduce violence and other social ills in inner cities, while enhancing social benefits, was thought to be so ludicrous that when the study was published, six groups immediately began studies to challenge the absurd idea. Now it's fact and even the US NIH agreed along with other countries and major universities who have undertaken their own studies.
I suggest that these studies (and others) are the new field of science that is providing us with stunning bodies of evidence that challenge our preconceived notions.
The fact that quantum science initiated these studies as a result of inescapable questions as a result of Twin Slit, Schroedinger's equation, Delayed Choice, Bell's Inequality, etc, is important. The physicists involved are not afraid of exploring new dimensions of knowledge. That's why it's called science rather than religion.
Oct 8 2012: Indeed, it's science when it explores new fields.
It's pseudo-science when it merely mimmicks science and explains absolutely nothing. The whole point of pseudo-science is to set itself as a victim to sell a few books, not to provide understanding of reality. Coul I ask you to tell me where I can find an explanation about group meditation?Oct 9 2012: Hi, TL !
Do you understand QM ?
Do you understand Mysticism ?
You see ? They have something in common, they are not fully intelligible.
Re : God didn't warn Eve. He warned Adam.
There is a point, i guess. Adam and Eve represent ying/yang of human psyche.It's adam/eve, the being. It's already duality without which there is no existence, but they are in harmony and reside in Paradise, which is not a place but a state of mind/ consciousness.
I have this kind of understanding :)Oct 15 2012: It really depends on determinism and what consciousness' relationship is with determinism. There is great deal in this that we don't know therefore it is speculation, but a nice intriguing speculation.
First there is still debate whether or not the universe is deterministic in nature. We know Newtonian mechanics is deterministic for sure. You hit a bunch of billiard balls and set them in motion. Everything from then on is deterministic, it is calculable. Depending on the initial conditions and the physics of the environment (table, friction, elastic coefficients, etc) we can calculate in advance where the balls will be 100 years from now, down to every second. The same thing applies if there are 100 billion balls on the table or 10 times as much. You really need a big computer to calculate but the fact of the matter is, that the balls must follow an exact history. There is no free will.
We don't know if the universe is deterministic. Quantum mechanics, which is a better description for the universe than Newtonian mechanics is unpredictable by nature, but we can still not say for sure if it is deterministic or not. There may be some quantum determinism that we don't yet understand and if consciousness arises from any kind of physical phenomenon that is subject to this quantum determinism than the answer is really as simple as in the previous case. The Big Bang set the universe in motion, and those initial conditions + laws of physics dictate the history of the universe. There are lots of balls, but they must follow the predetermined sequence of events.
If quantum physics is not deterministic just plain old random, and consciousness arises from this randomness, than the history is not predetermined, but there still isn't any free will. All decisions are dictated by the initial setup + some random events that we cannot control.
Finally, if consciousness has some weird origin that will allow it to defy the laws of physics and the randomness it may actually exist.
Oct 15 2012: Thank you for the very informative contribution. You put your finger on something I don't understand. Perhaps you can help me.
Randomness means that the outcome is not knowable, for physical reasons. I don't see how this changes anything about our deterministic model of the world.
In fact, hold on. I don't even understand what random means... or why it should be possible for anything to be really random. Hmmm, perhaps I'll start a conversation about this.
Thanks a lot!Oct 10 2012: Gerald,
There is no future nor past.
What is - is always and ever changing.
The dynamics of perception is an interplay between the perceiver and the perceived. Perceiving isn't done by any individual but any living organism filters the actual state of being into any personal reality depending on the characteristics of that organism. This process in life mirrors that of the non living universe. What you call your consciousness is just your personal reality as a modulation of that of the universe.
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Oct 7 2012: One could argue that pure free will would require the absence of a conscience toward good and bad. Removing all constraint enables friction-less interaction between thought and action. This can be observed in nature almost universally. Openness when viewed in regards to disclosed data used to formulate potential outcomes can never be viewed as absolute. I myself have yet to find the fully disclosed individual, for it is this person that demonstrates free will.Oct 7 2012: My parents are both obese, and I weighed 280 lbs in college, at my worst... Now I'm about 10 lbs. away from looking like a UFC fighter... Free will exists... most people are lazy. Every minute of the day you are doing exactly what you want to do.
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PS... "There's no such thing as addiction... There's just things you enjoy doing... More than being alive" Doug Stanhope.
Oct 7 2012: Or one could say you were a puppet of the environment. The obese parents, the hard time in college and the influence of UFC shows... you just had to wind up with an awesome body.
I agree that free will exists, but as a metaphor. We can't ever figure out the exact details of the initial states, and a thought implies billions of interacting neurons. So instead of trying to predict what a person is about to do through reductionnist physics, it's handy to suppose that behaviour results of actual decision making.
When i interact with humans, I believe in free-will, even though I think it's all an illusion.
Oct 7 2012: People say that... but you can't say it logically. My fat friends all watch the UFC, and when they experienced the same stimulus as I did in college, they responded by stress eating, and getting fatter. I didn't even really start losing weight till 23 or 24, a very odd time to suddenly improve.
I'm practically an asexual monk, and have no interest in having children, so rationally, and based on the stimulus of my environment, I should care more about finances, than looks... but, I'm on strike. I refuse to contribute money to this government, because I believe it's evil... So I have free time.
I am genetically fat. The world is trying to determine, that I will grow up to be a fat guy. If I eat 2 meals in a day, or eat until I'm no longer hungry, I gain 2 pounds a day. Most of my life, I believed, that I had been screwed, by genetics, and there was nothing I could do about it... Then I realized, some people can eat 3 meals a day, and stay healthy... I can eat one, and a light snack. The world makes it hard for me to stay thin... It does not determine that I will be fat.
If I put more energy into it, than other people do, I can overcome my genetics, and have. If you believe you have no free will, you cannot do this. So I would actually go one step further, free will exists, if you believe in it.
If you choose not to believe in free will, you will likely end up very fat, very drug addled, very lazy, and very sex addicted, cus lets face it, that's the devil on all our soldiers.
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Oct 7 2012: at this point i share the same idea with you
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i think we are born equal and free. we are all animals .and we also have the characteristic
of animals .free will can bring us a good moor ,then we wont feel stressed .
when you are stuck it is the time that you do something jsut as you said very lazy and sex addicted .
so freedom is very important .Oct 7 2012: Not at all! Genes are just a fraction of your environment. You were perhaps genetically determined to be fat, but other factors managed (or barely managed, since it didn't work on your fat peers) to win the battle against obesity, lust and becoming a billionaire.
When you think of something, doesn't it matter what you've been through, who brought you up, what books you've read and who you've dated? You'd be someone else if you hadn't grown up with the exact same environment, wouldn't you?
Now if you can aknowledge this, then where's your limit about how much your thoughts are determined?Oct 7 2012: No, I don't acknowledge that at all. The only things I have no control over, are the physical world. I was lucky to grow up in a lower middle class household, where at 45ish, one of my parents was promoted to management, and was lucky enough to buy a house. I'm an only child, so now we live a relatively comfortable life. I had absolutely no control over that, and I have been very blessed/lucky/determined to have a decent shot at happiness.
However, beyond that... The key words you use, are "to win the battle against obesity, lust, and becoming a billionaire"... That's free will. You acknowledge that every one of us experiences that desire, and some of us go down that path, some do not.
I chose what books I read, and I chose to read, in a generation, in which that did me no social favors... Thinking Dostoevsky is a valid conversation reference, is not a particularly learned or encouraged behavior in the society of 20 year olds in Los Angeles. There is nothing about the city I live in, or my parents (who hate subtitles)... which leads me to be shocked every time someone tells me they haven't seen "The Seven Samurai".
My choices, reflect very often who I haven't dated... but it also reflects my taste. Theoretically there is a woman in Los Angeles who loves classic movies, and can't wait to build clean energy products in the garage with me... but I certainly haven't been conditioned by my environment to have much faith in that.
So little about me, has anything to do with my environment, or upbringing, so little of it is related to anyone I know, I can't even imagine believing that my life is predetermined.
Oct 7 2012: I admire your determination, then. And here's a series of questions for the free spirit :
1- Do you believe free-will can be programmed, in theory?
2- What other animals, in your opinion, have free-will?
3- If you can make decisions regardless of the environment, what's the difference between randomness and free-will?
Thanks for your contribution on this.Oct 7 2012: 1... Very good question... and I'll give you a very strange answer. I believe that an intelligent being, would have no interest in programming free will into an entity. Robots, are better than humans for the purpose of anything save entertainment. Free will is not useful, to any entity but the individual. I find great difficulty in believing in a creator, because I think if there is one, it expects to be entertained, and worshipped. I'm not a fan of that idea. I'm a fan of the idea that there is an intangible, purpose to existence, but it centers on the choices you are lucky enough to make.
I think programming free will in theory, would resemble a random error generator... but that's not the same experience.
2. Not sure... I actually believe atoms may have free will, and that explains quantum theory, but I admit, that's just crazy talk.
3. The best question, and the most difficult to answer. I believe, some things are objectively awe inspiring, and beautiful. I think all human beings can benefit from experiencing them. I mentioned once before that the best experience in my life was backpacking around Europe spending time in hostels and riding the rails. Aside from the flight, I was amazed how little people still appreciate things that are just objectively awesome, and how cheap you can experience things which have survived for centuries.
It's like a movie... I, shockingly, even as a young man, always thought, "Most things of value, probably weren't made this year". I don't know what made me attuned to that at a young age, certainly modern pop helped. Once I chose to evaluate things in this way, my choices lead me down a very strange path, which makes me happy, but very frustrated with modern society. I don't think free will is encouraged. I think people would rather feel sorry for their station in life, and that is the constant struggle we are all trapped in. It's up to each one of us to overcome this, or not.Oct 7 2012: If, on the whole of human actions, we as a species choose a path of balance, and creation... Free will was a positive evolved trait in human beings... If we choose destruction, perhaps a hive mind would work better for chimps, hehe.
In short, life is a series of probabilities... however... You are the gambler. You invest your energy and resources where you enjoy them, and in doing so either profit or lose. Some odds are longer than others, but the game is rigged against us all.
Oct 8 2012: I do think a hive mind would work wonders on humans. The planet would get all cleaned up and people worldwide would just feel happy to go to their jobs (which are designed for termites 9 times out of 10, let's face it). People would be thrilled to go die on mars, planting stuff and preparing the terrain for the rest of the colony. But that's not really about free-will. It's about what we enjoy, and apes don't enjoy an anthill lifestyle. I don't think we have control over this.Oct 8 2012: In the words of Niel deGrasse Tyson "I would so go to Mars - to low earth orbit? No. Boldly going where hundreds have gone before? No. But, if you are going to go where nobody has gone before... Sign me up!"
We don't need a hive mind to go to Mars... Just free will + crazy people : )
PS, the "It's like a movie..." That just trailed off had a follow up I deleted for space... 6 months after opening weekend, there's always a way to see it really cheap. So you can see 5 movies 6 months late, at a drive in or cheap theater, rental, netflix... Or you can watch one on opening weekend. 6 months after it comes out, if no one's talking about it still... It probably wasn't worth seeing in the first place.Oct 6 2012: Gerald,
All you are calling for is a huge mess. I will give it a try before mumbo-jumbo comes to the stage.
1. I am not sure that determinism is correct. Why not? Because it is an overenthusiastic conclusion from the perfection in the mathematical descriptions of the workings of such things as the parables described by cannon balls in the planet to their connection to the ellipses described by planets in orbits around the sun. My point being that some "laws" of physics are quite precise, but that does not mean that everything in nature is. Thus it is possible that not everything is predictable from the positions and momenta of every atom in the universe. It is possible that the conclusion towards determinism was a hasty generalization.
2. We have evolved in a way that we are able to "weight data," stuff going on around us. If the universe is deterministic, then at least it is not so predictable and weighting probabilities has been part of survival mechanisms for living beings.
3. I could rephrase the above as this: laws might narrow, delimit, what can and cannot happen. That does not mean that they determine what exactly will happen.
4. From the above I would conclude that at the very least some measure of free-will exist regardless of how much deterministic people would argue that the universe is. Why? Because we have still evolved as if things are unpredictable, as if we can make decisions. That is free-will at the very least at a level that we can understand.
5. It is very hard to decide what free-will means (I know, I used one definition above, but you will see). This little point will be the source of most of the problems in this thing if you get more public.
6. This will become religious and mystic and pseudoscientific (thus nonsense) in no time. So that's it from me.
Oct 7 2012: Free-will : the idea that complexe computation is less influenced by the laws of physics and its initial state than simple computation is.
Oct 7 2012: If you define free-will the way you did. Then there's no debate to be had. That's false by definition.
What about free-will: the idea that complex computations being more than the sum of the parts does not go against the laws of physics? Or what about free-will: the idea that the laws of physics leave some room for decision making? Then you have authentically open questions. Questions that will not be easy to solve anyway, but at least something we can put our minds to run around.
(Nice mess above.)
Oct 7 2012: "If you define free-will the way you did. Then there's no debate to be had"
There is a debate : I've caused you to supply another definition, haven't I?
So, there is a treshold in the complexity of computation, you say, at which point free-will emerges? Why not. Any idea (wild guess) where that line might be?
But then it raises a new problem ; what's a free-will decision VS a more basic decision?
I personnally think there is no special threshold in the scale that goes from chemical reactions to wondering whether Beethoven or Bach was the best composer. And I expect to be refuted.Oct 8 2012: Hum,
I might have created an undesirable problem. One of assuming that complex computations are simple computations on top of each other. Or maybe not. After all, we have seen that most logics can quickly lead to paradoxes. So, maybe it is the possibility and inevitability of paradoxes where the problem lies. Maybe if we were computing as exactly on complex problems we would find ourselves in one paradox after another ... interesting thought. Think of self referencing paradoxes like "this sentence is a lie."
Since I am just thinking aloud I have created a million problems more. The thing being, we can't assume that simple computations put on top of each other are just as solvable. Roads to paradoxes can become invisible. Undecidability unavoidable, if we kept working with the wrong paradigm. Perhaps that's where the solution, if there's any, might be found. Simple computations can help us understand how things work at a very basic level. That does not mean they can help us understand exactly and unambiguously how much more complex problems work at the highest levels.
No, I don't know where the line can be found. Maybe it is not a matter of lines, but of how the edifice is built. We quickly find a problem in a simple liar paradox. We might not so easily figure out complex systems where liar paradox would stop us were it not because reality does not truly work the way simple models work.
I know, I lost you, didn't I? I lost myself, so no problem ... (can-of-worms/pandora's box thus opened.)
Oct 9 2012: At least it's well written.
Yeah you really lost me with the introduction of paradoxes into this argument. I'll read it once more...Oct 9 2012: This self-defeating limitation is built into the structure of logic itself. Try fuzzy logic , "where the truth value may range between completely true and completely false "
Whenever we are confronted with opposites, we'd better try to unify them, to create a "coincidentia oppositorum" so that the differences can resonate and become complimentary rather than contradictory.
You may get really 'something' out of it , but it's just hard as hell to talk about that what you've got ! :)Oct 9 2012: I got lost a little bit in your response but enjoyed reading it and agree with your approach so plus-1.
I like the metaphor of there being a dance and dancer in regards to this thing we call life. Many of us assume we are the dancer leading the dance. Perhaps more conscious folks accept that they are the dance. Perhaps even more that more consciousser (ha) peoples have a realization that they are both the dance and the dancer in this life of ours. pppp pppppp ppppparadox.Oct 12 2012: Gerald,
Maybe that's the point. Determinism was an overly enthusiastic idea born out of, again, the success of models of the physics of some century/centuries ago. Models are models. They represent reality, yet they are not reality. They could have trapped people into thinking that because their predictions about, say, gravitation-thus-elliptical-orbits, then everything would be predictable from such first principles, thus predetermined. No room for any deviations. Yet, we know that the predictions were not that accurate. That imagining all the mass and shape of the objects to be contained into points helps us develop the models, but that it is far from being an accurate representation of reality. if we know all of that, why believe that the universe behaves that way and still accept the idea of determinism?
So, my paradox example shows an obvious defect in one kind of logic. This kind of logic is still useful, yet not the absolute model to judge the way nature works. Natasha then suggests fuzzy logic. This logic allows for some freedom and thus less predetermination. Right? It is still a model, yet it has not reached the minds of physicists to renounce the idea that they had everything figured out and that the universe, while somewhat predictable, is not completely predictable. That computations might not always be on/off bit to bit procedures. That models are models, while reality is reality.
Thus, I stand by what I said. This is undecidable, but it looks a lot like we have free-will (something pretty much like it). So, for all practical purposes we have it. Could it be illusory? Yes. Could it be real? Yes. Can we break the laws of nature then? I don't think so. Does that not mean that free-will is an illusion? Nope. we know that these laws mean constrains, but we do not know that such constrains are absolutely precise. In rather metaphorical words, we do not know if such constrains allow for fuzzy-logic or demand boolean logic.
See ya my friends.Oct 30 2012: Here is some research:
(PhysOrg.com) -- When biologist Anthony Cashmore claims that the concept of free will is an illusion, he's not breaking any new ground. At least as far back as the ancient Greeks, people have wondered how humans seem to have the ability to make their own personal decisions in a manner lacking any causal component other than their desire to "will" something. But Cashmore, Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, says that many biologists today still cling to the idea of free will, and reject the idea that we are simply conscious machines, completely controlled by a combination of our chemistry and external environmental forces.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news186830615.html#jCpOct 15 2012: My two cents worth:
Philosophy can be fun, but in my life, philosophy is the strategic thinking behind acting practically. From the practical point of view, there is no difference between actual free will and the illusion of free will. If I programmed a computer to play chess, I could claim that I programmed it to have free will. The only arguments you could form against that claim would be philosophical arguments. To support my claim, I could simply point out that it appears to have free will as much as any living organism, and no one can predict what move it will make next. This is exactly the same situation as claiming that humans have free will.
For the practical purposes of living day to day, this debate is irrelevant.
Enjoy your debate, its good entertainment.
Oct 15 2012: The debate is not irrelevant when people write interesting posts, such as this one.
I completely agree with what you say about A.I. If you can build a machine that can fake human behaviour and feelings, then you've built a man... Because this is all we do : we fake being people.
But you're right, this has nothing to do with the way we live. We all buy it, the fakeness, and make it real. It's the only way to figure practical things out.Oct 15 2012: Take radioactivity for instance: we know Uranium decays, we know it's half life (which is a statistical calculation), but we don't know exactly when the decay occurs. It is caused by a physical force that we know exist but do not know if it is predictable at all. If it is not, it is by definition "true random", and it can happen now, five minutes from now or never at all. This can pose a problem in calculating the state of a system at a point in the future.
To bring back the analogy with the billiard balls, imagine that some billiard balls can spontaneously get chipped for a well know reason but which cannot be determined when it occurs, just randomly. The chipping can seriously affect the balls trajectory because it alters its shape and thus behaviour. We still know all the physics about it, we could account for it, but because we don't know when the ball gets chipped, if at all, we cannot calculate its trajectory and its position at any point in the future, because it is affected by this randomness.Oct 10 2012: So who has the ability to be the observer as well as the agency? After the moment has gone can a person say whether it was one or the other but to be three corners ahead is only virtual.Oct 9 2012: We are always taking sensory "knowledge" of our surroundings. Some people have a heighten sense of this "reality" of consciousness. Some not so much. However every action has a equal and opposite reaction, so with chaos theory everything is connected in some way shape or form. So in that sense there is no free will. However the only place you have free will is in personal choice, which most people give up on this and surrender their personal choice for one reason or another (join the military). When you are able and capable of making your own personal choices, this is the only way to have free will because there are always options to choose from, some are "correct/good", some are "wrong/bad", other choices you may not even be able to see at the time.
One could argue that everything is connected so even that personal choices path was predetermined, however the choice you make is not. Now I am not talking about turning left or right out of the driveway. I am talking about a choice where a lesson is to be learn. Once you make this choice your life could be set back on this "predetermined path" leading you your next personal choice/free will.
To sum up my answer I would suggest that life is both predetermined and free willOct 8 2012: I was on the way to the post office, a trip i take daily, following the usual route. Busy driving and engaged in conversation with my wife I took a turn off the planned route. Though it was still in the direction of the post office, my wife kindly reminded me of my destination. I made the turn without "meaning" to. When I left the house I had a predetermined route based on previous journeys and my successful arrival at my destination. So how can I explain my seemingly random turn? My wife asked the question that has inspired men since the beginning of time, "why did you go this way"? so I said what I felt to be the most natural thing to say , " I guess i just wanted to go a different way today." Knowing full well that I did not have any intentions of going a different route, nor did I contemplate changing my route. I was focused on something else. It is my view that during my conscious conversation with my wife free will made an overriding choice to deviate from a previously well informed, thought out route that has given me 100% success. We are always constrained in the natural physical world. Constrained to the extent we depend upon our physical senses to define it. Free will can neither be manufactured or duplicated it is by definition unable to fit the restraint of any defined law or theory. Perhaps the question one should be asking is, What of the future open source society and illusory free will?Oct 7 2012: Let's not be Aristotalian. We might look at a mixed solution from many inputs.Oct 7 2012: What is the origin of this meme?


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Shanghai - Five Days. Last-minute food itinerary. Help!!
Hi all,
I was hoping to get some feedback and suggestions for a 5 day trip to shanghai. We are visiting from San Francisco, California. We eat a lot of chinese food here, and are hoping to find meals in Shanghai that give us a taste of what we are missing here in the US.
We've never been to china or hong kong, but have been to many of the top spots in tokyo and paris, so aren't particularly interested in japanese or french food, unless it really holds up well against international competition.
I know several of these are branches of big hong kong restaurant chains, but i haven't spent much time in hong kong, so i'm inclined to be okay with that. price isn't much of an issue. I'm most interested in trying interesting chinese seafood dishes.
Any suggestions of what to order at these places would be very helpful as well. My girlfriend / travel partner is fluent in mandarin and cantonese, but doesn't read chinese well. We wonder if that will be a problem? We also wonder how important reservations are for most of these places? We leave in one week.
(day 1)
din tai fung (breakfast)
guyi hunan (lunch)
xin guan crab restaurant (dinner)
(day 2)
jia jia tang bao (breakfast)
southern barbarian (lunch)
xinjiapo taigo cun yuchi (dinner)
(day 3)
din tai fung (breakfast)
fook lam moon (lunch)
xin jishi (dinner)
(day 4)
jia jia tang bao (breakfast)
lei garden (lunch)
shanghai uncle (dinner)
(day 5)
?not sure? (breakfast)
?not sure? (lunch)
?not sure? (dinner)
Any comments or suggestions would be very much appreciated!!
I tend to know western food better in Shanghai so can't help too much with most of these. I think a couple meals at some of the hot fine dining places could be in order too. Great value and there's some fun stuff going on.
Personally I really like Stiller's. He uses as much local ingredients as he can and cooks seasonally. I've been blown away there in the past... but he does change his menu often to reflect what he's finding out and about.
Also for a bit of fun check out Mr and Mrs Bund. It's just a really fun eating experience and the food is pretty good too.
I normally stear clear of Shanghainese food as it's a bit too sweet for my tastes (much prefer Cantonese style Chinese in it's simplicity and respect of the natural ingredient).
Will be moving there at the start of new year though so I guess I better get used to it :D
re: pcypert
I second Stiller's and Mr. and Mrs Bund. For details and pics:
I also think Table No. 1 is a fun place to eat at. Chic vibe in the broken tile sort of way, and interesting food:
I actually just posted a quick breakdown of a weeks tripping eating Shanghai in a new thread.
However, you are right to avoid European food. It is a mess there. Some of your suggestions (Lei Garden) weren't of any interest to me as I live in HK (orig from London) and can have that here. However, I was very impressed at Shanghainese food. Unfortunately as I was visiting locals I only jotted down some of the places (here http://bit.ly/bM0e41) but overall the quality was great and ridiculously cheap for a European.
I would factor in more street food as that was the real revelation for me. Outstanding.
Finally - hairy crab is in season so it is worth searching out where the best place in Shanghai is to get that as that will be a once in a lifetime experience.
re: TomEatsHK
Great, thanks Tom.
Any suggestions on what to look for in street / convenience food in addition to Jian Bing, and Lamb Skewers?
The Kung Pao Chicken Noodles and Stretched Noodles on your blog look great!
I'm not risking any food poisoning eating street food, correct? (I had a very bad experience after eating some of the best tacos of my life on the street in mexico.)
re: Dustin_E
I didn't mention skewers or "sticks" but you are right, I should have. After a certain time at night street corners are colonised by vendors where you pick sticks (i.e. kebabed meat and veg) and they cook to order. Fantastic. I had one of the best needlefish I've ever had from one of them.
Alway of the shanghainese classics - xlb, mantau, the fried xlb are easily available. It is as simple as going to a busy stall and pointing.
The (Western) friends I was visiting who are now Shanghainese localised have had no problems in 2 years with food poisoning and in 8 days I didn't. Having travelled South America and had similar experiences I have never had any problems eating around Asia - with some basic precautions (pick busy places)!
Shanghai has pretty much everything China offers so you can get everything which is excellent.
PS I would accord with 4 Seasons and say Ji Shi (or Jesse) is excellent!
Jade Garden is available in HK and is of a very high quality. Both Lei and Jade do good roast goose.
re: TomEatsHK
Thanks Tom,
I'll add needlefish from a street vendor to my list of must-tries. That sounds awesome!
That's good to know about the street food. I've had no problems with street food in Thailand, so i should be fine.
Glad to hear you approve of Ji Shi, Jade and Lei. I'll probably try the goose at Lei Garden, as i don't know when i'll be in hong kong next (nor what else to order there...)
I have not been back to Shanghai for the last 3 years. But Xin Guan and Guyi used to be my favorites there. So hopefully the standard is still good. Just beware Xin Guan is a crab feast restaurant, and very expensive (used to be RMB700 pp), so unless you love crabs, you may want to avoid here. Most of the patrons here were oversea Chinese and Japanese back then. I hardly saw a Westerner so not too sure if it is your type of place.
Some of my other favorites that you may want to consider, though I have not been back, judging from the food websites, they are still getting rave reviews.
-原创私房菜 Sophia's Restaurant-very cozy homey type of Shanghainese restaurant. I love the rose shrimp 玫瑰水晶虾仁 and chicken 别有天功夫鸡.
-苏浙汇Jade Garden - it is like the Lei Garden of Shanghai food. It is a chain of upper mid end Shanghai restaurants. I love the smoked duck 樟茶鸭 and a type of fish (forgot the English name, lots of bones, unfortunately, the wild ones are close to extinct so we can only eat farmed ones) 清蒸鲥鱼.
-You may want to try JiShi, many here love this place, it is more of a traditional Shanghainese, most well know for its pork 外婆红烧肉.
_ I have never tried these two places but they are quite well known: Fu1088 and 凌泷阁 (don't know the English name but it is a high end Shanghai restaurant, famnous for crab and shark fin).
re: FourSeasons
Hi FourSeasons,
thanks a lot -- it was actually a lot of your previous chowhound posts i used to put together this preliminary list.
Xin Guan definitely sounds like my kind of place. Two of my favorite dining experiences have been Tsukiji Yamamoto in Tokyo (blowfish over 12 courses) and Arpege in Paris (vegetables over 6 or so courses) - The Crab feast sounds a bit like a similar approach to a different ingredient.
I've never had Roast Goose before, but heard it mentioned on these boards. Would Lei Garden, Yi Long Court or Fook Lam Moon be a decent place to get it?
Also, do you know of any unique dishes i would need to order ahead at any of these places? I've heard of (but never tried) "Buddha Jumps." Any suggestions along these lines?
Thanks Again,
re: Dustin_E
Just beware that while Yamamoto and Arpege are high end places with great ambiance, the interior of Xin Guan was really typical traditional Mainland Chinese look, nothing fancy. I have not been back for 4 years so not too sure if it has been renovated. Peech has written a review so you may want to take a look first: http://www.diarygrowingboy.com/2009/1...
I have never tried Roast Goose in Shanghai. It is a much better known dish in Hong Kong. If you do travel to HKG, save this dish for that destination.
Lei Garden and Fook Lam Moon are very well known Cantonese restaurants from Hong Kong. I have not tried both places in Shanghai.
Please note the difference between Xin Jishi and Jishi. The one I recommended is JiShi but the one you wrote for Day 1 was Xin JiShi, which is a chain of mid end Shanghainese restaurants.
You may want to consider Fu1088. It is getting rave review, good ambiance and very popular with the expatriate community. I think Peech wrote a review there too so you may want to search on his blog.
re: FourSeasons
Thanks for your suggestions. I'm thinking of making this my itinerary now:
day 0
guyi hunan (at 2am) - braised fish head; prawns in hot pot with chilli; frog hotpot; singapore-style pork rib tea soup (肉骨茶); deep-fried eel with chilis; yang chunmian (green noodles)
day 1
xin ji shi - pork 外婆红烧肉; wild herbs wrapped in tofu (malantou); fish smothered in scallions
xin guan - crab feast
day 2
southern barbarian - bbq'd pork ribs, potato pancake, fried salt; and pepper goats cheese, mint salad, cold grilled eggplant with tomato. mushroom dishes good.
jade garden - reeve's shad; 清蒸鲥鱼; smoked duck 樟茶鸭
day 3
yi long court (in the peninsula) - [not sure]
fook lam moon - shark's fin soup, roasted suckling pig, deep fried crispy chicken, fried rice inside lotus leaf
day 4
Sophia's - rose petal prawn; tea-smoked duck
凌泷阁 - crab and shark fin dishes
day 5
lei garden - [not sure]
With breakfasts spent on jia jia tang bao and yang's fry dumplings, and various streets foods, and perhaps a late-night snack or two back at guyi (didn't realize it was open until 4am. wow!) Din Tai Fung doesn't look like it is open for breakfast, and i'm not sure i want to invest a lunch there.
Any more suggestions or comments on ordering various dishes at these places would be much appreciated. Thanks Again!
re: Dustin_E
I'm also from SF and was just in Shanghai a few weeks ago for six days. However three of those days were spent at Expo, so we didn't get that much dining done.
Really have to recommend Yang's Fry Dumpling!! They were super delicious and worth the long (and confusing) wait! Remember to first order in the left-hand line, then wait in the right-hand line to pick them up -- we automatically stood in the longer (right-hand) line and became all confused when we reached the front and didn't pay yet. Also have someone from your group get a table while you're waiting if it's extremely crowded, and don't be afraid to be a little aggressive. We also ordered a couple of their soups, and while decent, it's the dumplings that are a do-not-miss.
For hairy crab, a friend (who now lives/works in Shanghai but used to work with me in the SF area) asked everyone at her office and the consensus (if price was no issue) was Cheng Long Hang Xie Wang Fu (called just "Xie Wang Fu" for short), which is really close to the Nanjing Road subway stop. Their crab is crazy expensive -- we paid about $50 USD *per crab* for a crustacean the size of my (womanly) hands -- but supposedly they're the best in Shanghai and all from that famous lake. They also serve other Shanghaiese specialties -- I'll post a full review later -- but I *highly* recommend their "crab in wine sauce", which at 58 RMB each, are an absolute bargain compared to their other crab which was 388 RMB each (can get more/less expensive ones depending on size)!! Of the expensive crab, we each tried a female and a male -- while the female had lots of tasty roe, we all preferred the male for its sweeter meat. BTW we had tasty hairy crab the very next day at a simple canalside restaurant in super-touristy Zhujiajang for only 38 RMB each (you can buy them live on the street for 10 RMB but you need to cook them yourself) -- let's just say that the Xie Wang Fu crabs were about 2x as good, but they were 10x as expensive, so I'm really not sold on getting expensive crabs crabs unless you're a true and absolute crab fiend. I suspect crab feast type places probably have the less expensive crab, so if you do want a crab feast, go to a less expensive one -- my last trip to Shanghai was 11 years ago and we had a hairy crab feast, and since it was part of a Chinese-American tour group, I'm sure they didn't pay 700 RMB/person :)
We also went to a well-known Shanghaiese restaurant in the Super Brand Mall in Puding -- I don't know the name since my friend took us. For Shanghaiese food in general I really enjoyed the raw or very lightly cooked seafood (river shrimp, crab, etc.) marinated in rice wine, meats in aspic, and rice-stuffed lotus dishes which I don't think I've really seen here in SF. Of things I've tried before, the red braised meat was also more delicate than SF renditions. I'm also now totally enamored of the brownish sweet rice wine (which I took with a dried plum or two in my wine glass) which went so well with the light, sweet flavors of the food. So perhaps at the places you visit, you can try some of those dishes since they're very typical Shanghai dishes.
I feel the thing to avoid in Shanghai is actually non-Shanghaiese food in case they modify the flavor a bit to suit the Shanghaiese palate. We went to a branch of South Beauty (an upscale Sichuanese restaurant), and the dishes there tasted slightly sweeter than the Sichuan places in Beijing which we visited just before. My friend who is originally from Sichuan herself verified this, and vouched that Beijing Sichuan restaurants (or others where the cuisine is more strongly-flavored or heartier) were better than those in Shanghai.
Have a great trip!
re: PekoePeony
Thanks PekoePeony!
I definitely won't miss Yang's fry dumplings. I'll be sure to stand in the left line!
I love crab roe -- especially mixed with some noodles. I'll be sure to try both male and female while i'm there. I had a crab in wine sauce at ppq last friday - it seems a lot lighter than the other crab preparations i've had. i'll be sure to try that too in shanghai.
i had no idea you could get crab on the street. That's great to know. I wonder if my girlfriend (who is fluent in mandarin+cantonese) could bribe a street vendor to cook it up for us for breakfast. :-)
thanks for the list of dishes to try that i probably won't be able to find here at home.
is brownish sweet rice wine at all like unfiltered sake? regardless, i'll try some while i'm there.
that's good advice to avoid non-Shanghai food a bit. I think i'll probably replace my Fook Lam Moon meal with Fu 1088 then.
I saw on another post you were looking for restaurants near the summer palace in beijing. Did you find any? I'm staying at a hotel near the summer palace for one night, but heard the food isn't good, and was hoping to find some other suggestions.
Also, have you tried any beijing imperial cuisine restaurants? i'm certainly willing to pay the price of a top meal in sf for an interesting dining experience in beijing if it is something unique, but i don't want to waste my time if it is a tourist trap. i've heard very mixed things. Some perspective from someone familiar with what we have in the bay area would be helpful. As an aside, i really have enjoyed a couple meals at jai yun in sf, even though i feel it is quite over priced, and i'm not in a hurry to return. i suspect this is the closest i've had to what an "imperial cuisine" dinner is.
Thanks a lot!
re: Dustin_E
The "crab in wine sauce" is really just a raw hairy crab marinated in reduced sweet rice wine, but boy was it tasty! I'll attach a photo of 1/2 of one (I ate the other before I remember to take a photo). Only tried the roast crab at PPQ -- how did you like the wine sauce one there? The hairy crab on the street was more in Zhujiajiao, but in Shanghai you can buy it at the big Chinese grocery stores in season.
The brownish sweet rice wine is definitely sweeter than unfiltered sake (which I also like). Also like wine, I liked some sweet rice wine more than others (for some reason I don't think I've found a sake I didn't like), but it's worth trying. The flavor is kind of like a tarter, less sweet, non-grapey version of sacramental wine.
Sadly my hubby wanted to watch the Giants playoffs so we didn't have lunch near the Summer Palace. Didn't try any imperial cuisine restaurants in BJ either, for the reason you mentioned -- was too worried about their being tourist traps. Did have a tasty mult-course meal at Dian Ke Dian Lai which was different (don't t hink I know of any Yunnanese restaurants in SF) and really worth the money so I suggest you try it out -- but look at a map first (and carry the map with you to show the taxi driver) to make sure you know where it is since the taxi definitely won't!
I'll try to post a write-up of our Beijing eats this week, lots of good food there!
re: PekoePeony
we liked the wine sauce a lot -- we are in no way crab experts, but it was a lot lighter than the fried crab at r&g, and the garlic crab at thanh long. There seemed to be less roe in this one, though, which was disappointing. you list koi palace as one of your favorites. have you had the whole crab with dumplings there? if so, would you recommend it?
re: PekoePeony
Here's a guide to Yang's fried dumplings to make the ordering process easier:
re: Dustin_E
I suggest you choose either Xin Guan or Ling Long Ge 凌泷阁 since both are well known for crab feast. That is unless you are a crab lover and would not mind to try both to find out which is the best crab feast restaurant in town. I just found 2 English-language websites with introduction to Ling Long Ge:
re: FourSeasons
Excellent. Yes, I think i'll try one the first night, and the other our 4th night. I like crab, and do not at all mind a not-fancy decor.
This is the restaurant you mentioned in an earlier post, correct? Did you say they are known for various shark fin preparations, or should i stick to the crab?
re: Dustin_E
Dustin: I hope you did read my above post (I suspect you have missed it), especially on the point on the difference between Xin Jishi and Jishi (some called it Jesse).
Yes, Ling Long Ge = 凌泷阁. The shark fin that they are famous for is the one with crab roe.
re: FourSeasons
Yes, I definitely saw and noted the difference between Xin Jishi and Jishi. Thank You!!!
Great, I had already made reservations for Ling Long Ge. I'll try the shark fin with crab roe. that dish sounds fantastic.
re: FourSeasons
[accidental repeat]
re: Dustin_E
Maybe my report will give you some ideas on the various dishes at Fu 1088 and Jesse; I would leave Lei Garden for HK--too many great Shanghai spots to sample...
re: Dustin_E
I'd echo erica's Fu 1088 suggestion. It's hard to go wrong with any of the dishes there, but I'd definitely highlight their tea eggs, smoked fish, and any of their soups (the hot & sour was surprisingly good).
PekoePeony's disappointment with South Beauty isn't unusual. Their CEO is gunning to make their brand the "LV of Chinese food". Blech! In my opinion, Yuxin is about as good of Sichuan food as your going to get (although you might try to stop them localizing a lot of dishes with a hefty addition of scallions).
There's a Yang's right across the street from the Jia Jia on Huanghe Lu - 黄河路. My suggestion would be to have two people wait in each line (Yang's will be faster). So little time, so much to try!
re: christoufa
I had a handful of meals in Shanghai about 4-5 weeks ago and one I found particularly enjoyable was our brunch at Jean Georges. I completely understand coming from SF you can get western food there so you want to only eat Chinese food but I honestly thought it was a place I would go back to. Reasons being:
- The brunch platter I thought was really good (especially the french toast brioche)
- It was RMB 188 (a US$28) for brunch (really quite cheap for brunch at Jean Georges). The regular lunch menu was also RMB 188 (which also included an appetizer, main and dessert)
- Place was very comfortable and nice
Service needed a bit more work since the waiters there were not trained up to par yet. As much as I like Chinese food I thought it was nice to mix in a meal like this. No long lines and no cramped seating areas to deal with.
Here are some photos I took that day at Jean Georges:
re: big_apple_ken
My wife and I had the 3 course lunch special there at the end of October after I saw your earlier post and thought it was absolutely outstanding. A huge bargain, too. My 3 courses were foie gras brule, steamed cod, and banana manjari chocolate clafoutis. That lunch and the dumplings from Yang's were my favorite eating experiences on the mainland (our first trip, so we sacrificed food for sightseeing and free happy hours). Pix of that day's menu.
re: beantowntitletown
Totally right? I eat a good amount of Western food in HK (I'm Chinese born and raised in HK btw) and I found JG's brunch menu in Shanghai to be a great deal. If JG was in Hong Kong I probably would have to pay RMB $188 just for the main and not a 3 course pre-fixe menu. Glad you liked it as much as I did...
re: big_apple_ken
We're in HK Central right now (finally doing some eating), and I saw your post on Fook Lam Moon on openrice. Thinking about doing Sun Tong Lok for dim sum today, then maybe Fook Lam Moon tomorrow. Went to Maxim's Palace yesterday mostly for convenience. It was good, not mind blowing. We got there late, so some stuff not available, plus they were prepping for a huge wedding reception as we were leaving.
re: big_apple_ken
Beautiful pics at Jean-George :-)
Glad to note they'd done away with the annoying large bowls which they used for serving ALL the entrees a while back.
Hi Dustin,
I'm a Shanghai local, so for what it's worth here, on top of your already fabulous food itinerary, here are a couple of suggestions -
For hairy crab, I have a new secret location, recommended by Chinese friends. It seats ony 15 people at a time, on the ground floor of an old lane house. It feels like you're in someone's living room, circa 1975, and the prices probably haven't changed much since then. It will cost you about $US20/head for crab, whole fish, bull frog and beer. If you like flashy places, avoid it altogether! Reservations are absolutely essential, often booked out weeks ahead. Last time I went I was lucky enough to have called right after a cancellation, so you can get lucky. No English spoken.
Yong Xing Restaurant No 1, 626 Fuxing Zhong Lu, in French Concession Ph +86 21 64733780
Southern Barbarian now has 2 locations, Pudong(new) and Puxi (old). If you can, try out the new one because the owner is now spending all his time there and the ambience/cleanliness and presentation is way better than on the old maoming Lu location. Don't miss trying the deep-fried honeybees (photo below) and the pork with Yunnan 'sauerkraut', and the spiced barbecued whole fish. Sweet, delicate flesh contrasting with a delicious spiced crispy skin.
Street food on Sipailou Lu - down behind the Town Gods Temple near Yu Gardens. Great variety, including liang pi (cold noodles with chili sesame sauce), seafood, snacks and sweets.
Ah Niang Noodles (photo below) - a Shanghai institution, their specialty is the Yellow Fish Noodles. They have been open continuously since pre-1949, one of the few restaurants in Shanghai to be able to make this claim! Every time I eat there (usually as the sole foreigner) there are tables of expat Chinese who make it their first stop on a trip home. 18 Sinan Lu, near Nanchang Lu. Open 7 days for breakfast, lunch and dinner (early, Chinese hours dinner).
Have a wonderful trip!
Cheers, Fiona
re: shanghaifoodaddict
Fiona, I wanted to write you a proper thank you message via email via blogspot, but am still currently in SHA w/o VPN, hence unable to extract your email.
Thank you for the Sipailou Lu mention. Without that street, and the neighboringGuangqi Rd, I would've considered my 3 day SHA stay (despite a meal at New JiShi, despite drinks with towering views at both the Ritz & Grand Hyatt) mostly a bust.
Having last visited SHA in '02, and remembering the most about my street side meal with conch & US$.30 beer, the proliferation of Pizza Hut, KFC, 85degC, DTF, Ajisen, ad nausea, brought major distress. Everywhere, including Shenzhen, I've traveled in the last 3 weeks in Asia proffered easily found street markets & street stalls. Not so Shanghai. With the advent of this monstrosity called Expo, it seemed major bits of SHA died.
We walked by hof enroute to Ah Niang, and it looked darling. Also, I believe Ah Niang's official address is Si Nan Lu 36. Si Nan Lu 18 doesn't exist, or is now part of Long Tang restaurant. It's address via Google Place is also incorrectly listed as Si Nan Lu 19.
Again, thanks (though I really don't "get" Ah Niang's yellow fish noodles).
re: shanghaifoodaddict
Southern Barbarian's second location in Pudong closed last month due to landlord issues, unfortunately.
I was just in Shanghai past weekend - there is one place on XiangYang South (a tea place) that my friends normally take the foreign visitors. It's a bit like my humble house in SG - but most of the food ate fused with different tea flavors.
Another place I'd recommend for hanging out at night is the Tai Kang Rd Area 泰康路田子坊 near Da Pu Qiao station on #9 train. The area is filled with expats.. There's a Zhang ShengJi (张生记)nearby for Hangzhou Style food.
What I'd always get in Shanghai is the Suzhou style noodles for breakfirst w/ Eel or marinated fish. There are different references for the shops - I used hit Cang Lang Ting 沧浪亭 on Huai Hai Rd for the hard slim noodles but it is noted that it's not open anymore. :-(


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The contractors working on the site work for the new library began work this week, including beginning tree removal in the area of Hole 4. Because trees were being cut down and heavy equipment is beginning to be used in that area, the RRPD proactively removed the basket for Hole 4 for safekeeping. It has been known for some time that when work began, Hole 4's basket would have to be moved. The work started with little or no notice to the RRPD or the RDGC, however.
The plan that has been discussed among the RDGC board members and informally with others is to relocate the basket in the vicinity of the shed that is still standing near where the trailers used to be. This area should be unaffected in the long term by the library. However, there is still a substantial amount of debris in this area from the removal of the trailers, and consequently it's considered unsafe to move the basket to a permanent location in this area at the moment. Once the area is cleared of debris and we can establish that there's no ongoing danger from construction equipment, we will identify a new location for the basket and have it permanently placed there.
In the short term, Hole 4 should be considered closed. There's no basket there, so there's no reason to try to play it. For the upcoming Lost in the Woods tournament, a temporary basket will be positioned in a safe area, probably with a temporary tee location as well. For casual play, after completing Hole 3 proceed to the tee area for Hole 5. Signs providing information and directions will be posted as soon as possible.
The silt fencing on Hole 5 and behind the basket on Hole 2 will remain in place for the time being but will be removed at some point. For now, play around it.
Along the right side of Hole 6, you will see black silt fencing and orange netting. This area is subject to construction activity, including felling of trees, and you should exercise caution whenever work is ongoing. Eventually, a 10' chain link fence will separate the library property from park property in this area; based on the site plan it should be to the east of the fairway for Hole 6 and should not pose any long-term problem.
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In 1913, a theological college was established in Mukono. Today, Uganda Christian University serves over 11,000 students offering a wide range of programmes at its five campuses nationwide. In 2013, Uganda Christian University celebrated 100 years of service and looks forward to building a great future.


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Dimensions: 34"w x 37"h x 35"d
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- Seating Area: 18"w × 21"d
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- Seat Height (floor to top of cushion): 20"
- Arm Height: 27"
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Engineered Hardwood frame construction allows for greater durability and strength. Mortise and tenon joints have replaced traditional dowel construction used in frame construction. The mortise (hole or slot) is cut into one member and the tenon or tongue from the adjoining piece fits tightly so that, when glued, these joints act as if the wood has grown together. This method of interlocking joinery provides greater stability with fewer joints. Frames are constructed of 7-ply engineered hardwood panels for increased strength and durability. Frames are glued and stapled.
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The comfort soft seat cushion is designed and constructed to achieve a softer and supportive feel. A dense polyurethane foam core is laminated both top and bottom with a layer of soft foam and wrapped with polyester fiber to provide a comfortable seat and is encased in a non-woven ticking.
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My staff and I are dedicated to providing the highest quality plastic surgery in a safe, friendly, affordable setting. Safety and surgical competence are most important, but not the only things that matter in our patients' experiences. A surgeon must communicate with patients and help them understand the reasons behind her advice. We invite patients to be active participants in their care. We try to treat our patients as we would want to be treated.
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When seeing new patients, I try to listen to their needs, present to them what realistic options are available, and help them use the information so they can decide what would be best for them. Before-and-after photos of my patients can be viewed during private consultation. (To protect their privacy, we do not post our patients' photos on the internet, and we obtain written permission before showing them even in private consultation.) We offer complimentary initial cosmetic consultation, including Saturday appointments.
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Guild Name: Draconic Savant
Faction: Alliance
Realm (US/EU): Korgath US
Realm Type: PvP
Realm Timezone: Central
Progression: 14/14H SoO
Raid Times: 7:00pm-10:00pm server time (CST)
Raid Schedule: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
No openings at this time
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(It's worth noting that exceptional applicants of any class/spec are always encouraged to apply even if there isn't an opening currently listed.)
Website: http://www.draconicsavant.net
Recruitment Officer Contact Info:
Character name - Rubine
BattleTag - Rubine#1472
Guild Forum Name - Rubine
About Us:
We're Draconic Savant, a 25man Alliance guild, and we're currently 14/14H SoO. We were established on Bloodscalp back in April '06 by our "Fearless Leader" Nahela, and have been raiding and killing dargonz since. We transferred to Bleeding Hollow shortly before MoP to escape a dying server. While we had fun there for almost 2 years, the server queues and faction imbalance took their toll so we decided to make use of the FCM to Korgath and here we are! We're a fun, friendly, and diverse group of individuals who pride ourselves on being accepting to all (regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, etc). Our members come from across the USA, Canada, and Australia, with ages ranging from 18-30s, so regardless of your background or views there's a good chance you'll find someone to relate to here!
We raid 3 nights a week during progression. Our raid days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 7:00-10:00pm CST. During farm content we frequently raid less. Like every guild, we expect you to be on time and ready to pull at the start of raid time. Feasts are frequently dropped for farm content, however we do require all raiders to carry their own +300 stat buff food for that extra edge on progression. Raiders are required to have appropriate flasks and potions as well.
We run a Loot Council system that's tracked publicly (along with attendance on our repurposed DKP site) with the goal of a fair, yet progression-oriented, distribution of loot. Show up, perform well, be a fun person and you will be rewarded!
If you're interested in applying you should head to our website http://www.draconicsavant.net/ and fill out the supplied application on the forums. If you have any questions regarding recruitment or the guild in general, feel free to get in touch with me in game or on our forums.
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Interpretive Handbook
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Arsenic Fractionation, 24 Hour, Urine
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Arsenic (As) exists in a number of different forms; some are toxic, while others are not. The toxic forms are the inorganic species of As(+3) (As-III), As(+5) (As-V), and their partially detoxified metabolites, monomethylarsine and dimethylarsine. As-III is more toxic than As-V and both are more toxic than mono- and dimethylarsine. The biologic half-life of inorganic arsenic is 4 to 6 hours, while the biologic half-life of the methylated metabolites is 20 to 30 hours. Target organs of As-III-induced effects are the heart, gastrointestinal tract, skin and other epithelial tissues, kidney, and nervous system.
Inorganic arsenic is carcinogenic to humans. Symptoms of chronic poisoning, called arseniasis, are mostly insidious and nonspecific. The gastrointestinal tract, skin, and central nervous system are usually involved. Nausea, epigastric pain, colic abdominal pain, diarrhea, and paresthesias of the hands and feet can occur.
Nontoxic, organic forms of arsenic are present in many foods. Arsenobetaine and arsenocholine are the 2 most common forms of organic arsenic found in food. The most common foods that contain significant concentrations of organic arsenic are shellfish and other predators in the seafood chain (cod, haddock, etc). Some meats such as chicken that have been fed on seafood remnants may also contain the organic forms of arsenic.
Following ingestion of arsenobetaine and arsenocholine, these compounds undergo rapid renal clearance to become concentrated in the urine. Organic arsenic is completely excreted within 1 to 2 days after ingestion and there are no residual toxic metabolites. The biologic half-life of organic arsenic is 4 to 6 hours.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Diagnosis of arsenic intoxication
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
The quantitative reference range for fractionated arsenic applies only to the inorganic forms. Concentrations > or =25 mcg inorganic arsenic per specimen are considered toxic.
There is no limit to the normal range for the organic forms of arsenic, since they are not toxic and normally present after consumption of certain food types. For example, a typical finding in a urine specimen with total 24-hour excretion of arsenic of 350 mcg/24 hours is >95% is present as the organic species from a dietary source, and <5% present as the inorganic species. This would be interpreted as indicating the elevated total arsenic was due to ingestion of the nontoxic form of arsenic, usually found in food.
A normal value for blood arsenic does not exclude a finding of an elevated urine inorganic arsenic, due to the very short half-life of blood arsenic.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Consumption of seafood before collection of a urine specimen for arsenic testing is likely to result in a report of an elevated concentration of arsenic, which can be clinically misleading.
High concentrations of gadolinium and iodine are known to interfere with most metals tests. If either gadolinium- or iodine-containing contrast media has been administered, a specimen should not be collected for 96 hours.
Nitric acid cannot be added to either the collection or aliquot container because nitric acid will cause assay failure. All specimens are tested for the presence of nitric acid prior to analysis and cannot be analyzed if nitric acid is present.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
0-24 mcg/specimen
Reference values apply to all ages.
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
Caldwell KL, Jones RL, Verdon CP, et al: Levels of urinary total and speciated arsenic in the US population: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2004. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2009;19:59-68


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Elections officials across California will now begin checking every signature submitted on a referendum to cancel the state's new law transgender students law -- and the first review raises the real possibility the measure could fail to make the fall ballot.
State elections officials on Wednesday announced the referendum to overturn Assembly Bill 1266 failed to qualify for the ballot by a random sampling of voter signatures, but appears to have enough valid signatures to trigger a full count.
A total of 619,244 signatures were gathered by opponents of the law. To qualify for the Nov.4 ballot at least 504,760 of those must be deemed valid.
For weeks, political watchers have been closely watching daily signature check reports from California's 58 counties. The final report (PDF) came perilously close to dooming the measure.
"Just how close was it?" wrote Scott Lay in his Wednesday midday politics newsletter. "Los Angeles only had two duplicate [signatures] in the sample of 3,929. If there had been five... [the] A.B. 1266 referendum would have failed outright."
The law, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Aug. 12, requires California schools to allow a student to choose sex-segregated activities or facilities based on the student's self-professed gender identity.
AB 1266 was intensely debated at the Capitol in 2013. Supporters believe it will codify the rights of transgender students whose local school rules may not cover the needs of someone who doesn't identify with the gender he or she was assigned at birth.
Opponents, meantime, argue that local communities should have their own flexibility when it comes to school policies, and the most vocal critics have accused the new law as allowing -- among other things -- "co-ed bathrooms" on school campuses.
(The law does not, however, appear to make that sweeping of a change. Its language says that students "mayuse facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil's records.")
The referendum would ask voters in November whether to keep the new law on the books... or repeal it.
The initial review completed on Wednesday projects 482,582 thepetition signaturesare valid. If those numbers hold during the full review, the referendum would miss qualifying for the ballot by about 22,000 signatures.
Backers say they aren't worried.
"We are confident we will make it,"said Karen England of the campaign to overturn the law, Privacy for All Students.
England argues that the random sampling of signatures produced some "weird statistical things" that won't hold true once all the signatures are checked.
Nonetheless, recent history suggests a tough road ahead. The last ballot measure to go to a full signature count, November's initiative on health insurance rates, ended its final check with about 21,000fewer valid signatures than projected during the random sample process.
A.B. 1266 referendum backers not only can't afford to lose signatures, but instead need the overall validity rate to go up in this second round by more than three percentage points.
There also remains some debate as to whether the new law is, or is not, in effect while the referendum signatures are being tallied. School officials across California have been advised (PDF) to begin implementing the transgender students policy. Opponent Karen England, though, argues state law makes it clear that simply submitting referendum signatures above the minimum threshold is enough to suspend A.B. 1266.
One thing is for certain: had the anti-transgender law referendum qualified for the ballot under the random signature sampling, there would be no doubt that A.B. 1266 would be on hold until November. That answer now won't come for several more weeks.
John Myers is News10's political editor. Check out his Twitter feed on California politics, his Facebook page, and the weekly News10 Capitol Connection politics podcast.


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How to Create a Dust-Free Bedroom
If you are dust-sensitive, especially if you have allergies and/or asthma, you can reduce some of your misery by creating a "dust-free" bedroom. Dust may contain molds, fibers, and dander from dogs, cats, and other animals, as well as tiny dust mites. These mites, which live in bedding, upholstered furniture, and carpets, thrive in the summer and die in the winter.


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As compared to "verbal communication" or "visual communication", I was wondering if there was a synonym for "written communication" that is semantically similar to the first two. What throws me off is that written is both a verb and an adjective, while verbal and visual are singularly adjectives. Is this a distinction I should even worry about?
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Don't worry about what part of speech these three words are for two reasons:
If you have an example sentence that might confuse a reader or listener, please provide, though.
I think Textual communication is the officially accepted equivalent.


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Saturday, January 04, 2003Statesboro, Ga. -- Lady Bucs senior guard Kiya Verdell (Hartwell, Ga.) hit the first six 3-point shots she attempted and finished 6-of-7 from long range for a team-high 18 points, but the effort was not good enough as the East Tennessee State women dropped a 78-69 Southern Conference matchup with Georgia Southern Saturday night at Hanner Fieldhouse. While GSU got a game-high 25 points from Shawnica Hill and head coach Rusty Cram secured his 100th head coaching win for the Lady Eagles, they were not the only major storylines on this evening, as ETSU junior forward Jessica Lonon (Sylvania, Ga.) had a successful homecoming by scoring 17 points just miles from her hometown. Georgia Southern (8-3, 2-0 SoCon) embarked on a 14-4 run over a four-minute span in the second half to break a 43-43 tie and take a ten-point lead. Jessica Everett's jumper with 15:13 to go in the game began the run, and Dana Benemon's three-point play with 11:28 left in the contest gave the Eagles a 57-47 advantage. East Tennessee State (3-8, 0-2 SoCon) battled back to cut the margin to five at 61-56 on a Samantha Copeland (Evansville) steal and layup with 8:13 to play, but Hill and Kellie Tiller combined to score the next seven points to match the Eagles largest lead at 68-56 with 4:50 left. GSU raced out to a 20-8 lead in the first 8:35 of the game, led by Everett's eight points in the span. The Eagles pushed the margin to 29-17 at the 6:53 mark, but the Buccaneers went on a 10-1 run that included Verdell three-pointers to make the score 30-28 with three minutes to go in the half. Georgia Southern ballooned its advantage back to seven before a Verdell trey with 23 seconds to go made the Eagle led 39-35 at the half. Everett finished the contest with 14 points, while Rachel Loiacono added 10 points. Hill also paced the Eagles with eight rebounds. ETSU returns to action when it travels to Appalachian State on Wednesday night for a 7 p.m. tipoff.
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Would one sound like a native German speaker saying "nen" instead of "einen" or is there another special point behind it? Does it have colloquial usage only?
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Yes to both questions. It's only used in colloquial speech by native speakers or when chatting online with friends.
The use of "nen" instead of "einen" is colloquial speech. It doesn't deliver any additional meaning, much like the abbreviation of "does not" to "doesn't". You should never use it in formal German, but especially in spoken language it is often used.
Attention: As pointed out in the comments to your question, "einen" is shortened to "'nen", but "eine" is shortened to "'ne" and "ein" to "'n" - you simply replace the "ei-" by an apostrophe.


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Promoting optimal health with targeted levels of whole-food, herbal blends - not just treating nutrient deficiencies - is the mission of New Chapter Organics Supplements. And each supplement is cultured in live probiotics so they're easy to absorb and digest. Are you an active woman under 40 eager to combat stress and anxiety? Is heart health your priority as an energetic young man? Are you pregnant and interested in vitamins and minerals that will best nourish your growing baby? Perhaps you're approaching menopause and are focused on boosting your breast and hormone support? No matter what your stage of life, New Chapter Organics Supplements each contain specific organic multi-vitamin, mineral and herb formulations to address your health needs.
The synthetic chemical isolates of conventional multi-vitamins can't sustain and protect your body like New Chapter Organics Supplements. That's because New Chapter Organics Supplements contain whole-food fruits and vegetables - using extraction methods that are chemical-free and solvent-free - combined with the purest herbal blends. These whole-food complex vitamins and mineral supplements are easily recognized by the body and can be taken on an empty stomach.
Easy on your digestive system, New Chapter Organics Supplements deliver an exclusive blend of herbs and cultured multi-vitamins and minerals to promote wellness.
Specifically formulated for active women under the age of 40, the organic blend of vitamins, minerals and herbs in the New Chapter Organics Every Woman's One Daily Multi Vitamin supports the immune system, boosts bone health and helps to relieve stress and anxiety. Whole-food complex and cultured, the supplement is easy-to-digest and can be taken on an empty stomach.
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A probiotic and whole-food supplement for women who are 40+, the New Chapter Organics 40 Plus Every Woman II Multi Vitamin is a three-a-day formula and can be taken on an empty stomach. The supplement contains broccoli and kale for breast and hormone support, and is rich in B vitamins and oregano to promote heart and eye health.
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The designers were given $500 to spend at Dylan's Candy Bar in this week's unconventional materials challenge. http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/project-runway-week-2-designs-candy-land-couture-88672. More »
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