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The trick is to fill it with sand before heating the plastic and bending it. Normally, the pipe would pinch closed in areas where it is bent, but the sand prevents that. When the heat forming is finished, you just drain out the sand.
Step 1: Safety while heating PVC
Vinyl Chloride, one of the components of PVC, is carcinogenic. When it is locked up in the polymer, however, it is much safer to be around. In my years of experience working with PVC, I have not noticed any adverse effects on my health from being around it.
Always work in areas with good ventilation. If you do get caught in a cloud of smoke, hold your breath and move to clean air.
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I do work inside, but my house is made of cement and has good ventilation. MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE GOOD VENTILATION. PLAY WITH FIRE -- CAREFULLY.
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I have done this with GREAT success using sand and a toaster oven. I put the sand on a tray in the oven and heated it to about 212˚-280˚F, then quickly and carefully (with a funnel) pour the sand into a capped piece of pvc. At this point I just held the pipe vertically with one hand (at the open end) and sort of "wiggled" it back and forth until it began acting like a cooked noodle. Pretty soon it's soft and bendy and you can do what you like with it! The sand keeps it from collapsing and provides the heat. I was consistently bending 2" radius curves with no problems!
On a different note you have a quote that says "...it does not need oxygen to burn so don't do this inside". I find that hard to believe since fire is an oxidation reaction and you can not have fire without an oxidizer (oxygen). 6th grade teaches you the three things needed for combustion: heat, fuel and oxygen. So I don't see how it could "burn" without oxygen. Am I missing something chemically here?
sorry, is it really necesary to use sand? isn't it possible with any other type of ground?
I agree that there are no known health benefits to breathing burning plastic. The art, not a difficult one to learn, is to not burn the plastic when you soften it. Yes, good ventilation is always important.
If forced to burn PVC will not produce chlorine but will emit dense acrid fumes containing noxious and toxic compounds including carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride and possibly dioxins.
However PVC will not burn on its own, it needs continuous applied heat to char it.
If it works like I remember I'll post a picture and maybe make an 'ible of my own about it.
Anyway, whatever you remember seems new to me, and I'd like to know what it is.
its like a long spring, one of those pull versions, it fits really nice inside, and it doesnt require alot of force!
I asked my dad about it and he says that it works with all "normal" PVC pipe of normal diameter.
Just stick the spring in there and bend using your hands. I can't find the spring in the garage right now but if I can't find it in the morning I'll search for a picture on google :)
There ya go, it was quickly found. This is what we used in school. A spring that bends the pvc pipe cold without compromising the integrity or durability of the pvc pipe also the spring is the same diameter as the innerhole so while bending the hole won't get smaller.
This video explains how it works and how less time consuming it is.
According to me it has been around for atleast 4-5 years since I came in to contact with it when I was 14.
That's why it suprised me nobody here seemed to realize you could bend pvc cold. Well this is were instructables is for gaining knowledge and using it to fit your needs :D
This video should give you a pretty clear picture.
But it's just sticking the spring in. Look were you want to bend your pipe. And bend it with your hands until you have the shape you want. Then you just pull the spring out and your done :D It does require the use of some force but if a 14 year old can handle it I'm pretty sure everyone here can too.
I have bending springs for copper pipe but had not realised that it would work for PVC pipe without heat.
Also, do you think this method would work with copper piping? I need to bend some into a radiator shape but I can't figure out how.
If you had a spring the right size then you could use it with heat for bending PVC pipe.
You can play with fire and not get burned. You just have to be careful. Keep work moving to avoid hot spots, and at an appropriate distance from the flame.


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"While cross-border investigations and Internet fraud are headline grabbers, the majority of consumers find their problems in everyday issues such as building a deck or buying a car," stated Stephen Hannan, Board member for NACAA.
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NACAA member agencies reported scams ranging from shady auto deals, phony credit card offers, door-to-door pavers who take the money and run, pyramid schemes, and the infamous "Nigerian" Internet scam. Agencies reported on enforcement actions that produced refunds for victims across the country. For example, a Virginia advance fee buying club that promised access to credit for "discount club members" generated almost 700 complaints to the Virginia Office of Consumer Affairs and resulted in a multi-state and Federal Trade Commission case that produced $2.5 million in redress for defrauded consumers.
Preemption of State Consumer Protections/Enforcement
This year's survey explored the growing trend of federal preemption of state consumer protection laws. NACAA members singled out financial and Internet privacy, interstate moving, rent-to-own and payday lending, and the airline industry as having weak federal laws that set the ceiling for state protections or that prevent state and local law enforcement officials from bringing cases to protect their constituents.
"Agencies that are closest to consumers are being denied the authority to enforce stronger state laws or to bring cases against entire industries, such as interstate moving or airlines," Jean Ann Fox, CFA's Director of Consumer Protection, said. "States should be able to enact stronger protections and to close loopholes exploited by industries, such as rent-to-own and payday lending, that attempt to evade state protections."
Complaints Grow at Consumer Protection Agencies
Consumer protection agencies are struggling to protect the public under increasing caseloads and stagnant budgets. The survey revealed that last year NACAA members handled on average 23% more complaints from the year before with only a 7% increase in their budgets. The cumulative figures indicate that since 1997, consumer protection agency budgets have grown only 12% while caseloads have increased by 46%. Agencies responding to the survey handled 324,361 complaints, recouped $108,265,623 for consumers, and satisfactorily resolved 70% of complaints in 2001.
The complete NACAA/CFA report is available online at www.nacaanet.org or at www.consumerfed.org. NACAA also offers advice on filing complaints and contacting local agencies at www.nacaanet.org/complain.htm.
NACAA is a membership organization of consumer protection agencies at all levels of government. This survey report is based on 41 NACAA members' responses to questions about their 2001 complaint records. CFA, a non-profit federation of almost 300 pro-consumer organizations, has worked with NACAA on the survey since it was first initiated in 1992.


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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Support Group: Educational and support group for TBI survivors and their families.
Meets the third Tuesday of the month, 6:00 to 7:30 pm.
Membership in this patient support group is free to former cardiac patients (from any hospital), their families, friends and caregivers, and the local community. Heart Beats, Inc. coordinates events throughout the year, such as• talks by cardiac experts• fundraising events to benefit the Joel. E. Smilow Heart Institute at Bridgeport Hospital• patient visits on cardiac units in the hospitalThe group meets throughout the year and welcomes new members. For information or to join, please call 203-384-3844.
Conducted with CancerCare of Connecticut, this support group is for Latin women who are in treatment (at any hospital) for any type of cancer. Discussions are primarily in Spanish. Meetings are held for eight consecutive weeks at The Family Center at St. John's Episcopal Church in Bridgeport.
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PATH is an information and support network of families who have experienced a difficult pregnancy, premature birth, the loss of a child or have a child with medical and/or developmental concerns. This service provides informational, social and one to one support for parents who have premature babies, as well as for young children with medical problems. Including those discharged from the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, and for women experiencing high-risk pregnancies.
Open to patients and their families. This educational and support group meets the first Tuesday of the month from 6 p.m.- 7 p.m.


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Grand Canyon Air tour companies, within an hour's drive of offer helicopter or fix wing aerial tours of Grand Canyon, allowing passengers the opportunity to soar like an eagle high above the clouds for periods from 1/2 hour to 2 1/2 hours.
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SARU has established an investigation into a suspected breach of their Super Rugby participation agreement by the Kings.
According to a SARU press release, the governing body's CEO Jurie Roux has contacted Cheeky Watson - the chairman of the Kings board - on Tuesday to advise him of the inquiry and also to caution him against any potential breaches.
The matter was discussed by an emergency teleconference of SARU's executive council on Tuesday.
The executive council, in accordance with the SARU disciplinary and judicial regulations, decided to appoint a judicial sub-committee to investigate the allegation.
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So NE is a bad team because they almost lost to the Jets and the Bills.
But Miami actually did lose to the Jets and Bills. So what does that make them . . . ?
So NE is a bad team because they almost lost to the Jets and the Bills.
But Miami actually did lose to the Jets and Bills. So what does that make them . . . ?
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Bill Belichick on "putting the tape on"
Although it is a long shot, it could happen. Reality is that even against the Pats sorry ass defense, they only need to play man under to stop our WRs. Sucks losing to the Titans and Bills because I think they beat the Seahawks. Seattle is a much different team on the road and it is a 1 pm game. Thats a big advantage.
That Tennessee loss was the worst of the 3 for me . I really thought Philbin could change the culture and would have the Dolphins taking advantage of the home field climate again. Had we won that game I would still feel really good about beating the Patsies at home, but if we can get back to playing the way we were before the bye we can still do this. Hell, even Sparano had his fair share of success vs Belichick.
I threw in my towel after I pissed on it.
Look it's not officially over, but looking at the last 3 weeks it would take a miracle for us to make the playoffs.
I'd LIKE to believe we have a real chance, but I'd also LIKE to believe that Scarlett Johansson will finally come to her senses and realize that I'm the man she needs to make all of her hottest sexual fantasies come true..... You see where I'm going with this.
Please... End this misery this season.
I appreciate the OP's optimism and passion. However, this is how I see the next month or so...
Seattle- Loss. Terrible match up for our O vs their physical D. The home stadium will be empty. Russell Wilson will make plays so everyone in the local media and FH can say that their 3rd round QB is better than our 8th pick.
New England- Loss. Another home loss that turns into a blowout. Maybe the O can make some plays that make the stat line better, but it will be for nothing.
San Francisco- Loss. I actually think that we match up okay with this team. However, cross country flight versus a better team.
The next possible win would be Jacksonville at home...in front of friends and family.
It is going to be an ugly few weeks around here. Kind of sucks, though this is how I thought the season would actually be like, unfortunately.
Optimism is a funny thing. We've had it as fans for years and except for the 2008 season, it's ****ed us for a long time.
You may not have thrown in the towel yet and that's fine, it's 100% your right. IMO the Dolphins are done and will finish 6-10 at best.
There is hope next season b/c of the cap room and draft pick situation. I think we'll have a better indication as to what this team could look like under Philbin heading into next year. It's awful to have the 'let's look to next year' feeling but being real, it isn't like we as fans haven't felt this way before.
wv, i love the optimism man,but i am as optimistic a fan when it comes to the fins, but its going to be a real tough task.
yes, the patriots deff r not as dominating as they have been in the past, and no one will dispute that. However, despite that, they r still a team that can put up 30 plus pts at ease with all the weapons they have one offense, and now add in a legit running back, makes them all the more dangerous.
yes there defense is ****, but we just played back to back to back 3 of the bottom 5 defenses in the nfl and put up an embarassing 30 pts of offense in those 3 games.
can it be done technically? yes. realistically? dont think so, but as always i will deff be watching every snap of every game so i can only hope i am wrong.
the thing is also about there schedule, yes they play the colts tomm, yes they still got the texans and 49ers, but lets be real, barring a injury to brady, the pats will be favored in all 3 of those games. also, those games are all in foxboro. the pats deff can lose as they did lose to the pathetic cards, and nearly lost to the jets and bills. i just do not see it though, but i hope i am dead wrong and somehow come december 30th late in the day, we sit atop the afc east.


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- greg dahlen
- Glendale, CA
- United States
Alumnus, academy of achievement
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what makes a story go national, or international?
Certain incidents and events become known across a nation where many or most people are aware of them, thinking, talking and feeling about them. Here in the U.S. I can think recently of the trial of George Zimmerman who killed Trayvon Martin as one such story, and Miley Cyrus's appearance at the VMA awards where she "twerked" vigorously as another. One international story is the problems of Greece, and I imagine Barack Obama's election made some waves in other countries (did it?) What is it that makes certain stories get many people's attention and awareness? Is it that there's a lot of emotion in the events involved? Is it that something in the story impinges on many other people's lives, and how does that work? Perhaps there are different factors for why different stories become prominent?
For those in other than the U.S., what stories have gone national in your country?
wayne uejio
Jan 3 2014: There are 2 old sayings: "If it bleeds, it leads." and "Sex Sells". These rules and whether it is a quiet news period indicates what is pushed. Lets give an example, Miley Cyrus would not have made the headlines if Sandy Hook occurred the same time.
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Jan 3 2014: well, it makes some sense that stories with physical consequences and sex would lead as those are intense, meaningful aspects of human life. Now why do some of those stories go national, or international, we know that there are many bleed and sex stories that don't go national or international, and we never hear about.
Jan 7 2014: 1. It is outrageous (note: something that once was outrageous, is no longer that now)
2. It involves someone famous or infamous
3. A publisher, i.e. Murdoch want to make it news
Harald Jezek
Dec 30 2013: 1) what happens to a particular story depends how the media push it and which media covers it.
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Obviously media with a global presence (e.g. CNN) are more likely to get stories heard internationally than others that are not (e.g. HuffPost)
2) Relevance to international audience. The GZ case was relevant to many outside of the US because it was about racial bias.
Economy would be another example. What happens economical in the US is relevant to a large portion of the globe. The moment the US economy coughs, European and Asian economies are following suit swiftly.
Politics are important as well because who leads a country, especially the US, defines how this country interacts and deals with others.
There are many more examples from other walks of life such as sports, arts, science, etc.
Dec 31 2013: I love this question of relevance, now, harald, did you follow the Miley Cyrus "twerking" story, this was where the young Miley, who first became famous as a teen actress, is now trying to make it big as a singer, and she gave a performance where she "twerked," which is a dance where you bend over and roll your buttocks, it can seem sexual to some. What would you say was the relevance of this story to the national U.S. audience, because it was a very "hot" story here for a couple of weeks.
I am curious, here in the U.S. we get a lot about how horrible the drug cartel wars are in Mexico. Are those stories accurate, what is your assessment of the state of the country?
Harald Jezek
Jan 1 2014: Greg, I'm not a Miley Cyrus fan, so I don't follow what she is doing. However, if a "twerking" Miley can hold the attention of the American public for a couple of weeks then I have to say, I'm a bit worried about Americans.
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As to Mexico, in every story there is a grain of truth. The question is how it is presented to the public.
The drug cartel problem in Mexico is as real as was Pablo Escobar in Colombia. However, most of the violence happens within drug cartels. Where I live we can walk around probably much safer than in any major US city.
Obviously, the media is selling stories. And the more sensational the stories are, the better they sell.
Jan 1 2014: well, are you saying stories like Miley don't hold the attention of the Mexican public for a couple of weeks? Then what kind of stories do get their attention?
I tend to think that people are pretty intelligent in what captures their attention, Harald, thus I believe there would have been some good reasons for why Miley captured them. Are you saying people aren't intelligent?
One question her performance brought to my mind is why it's okay to get up on a public stage and suggest sex, but you can't get up on stage and actually have sex, at least not in America. What are the laws on that in Mexico, can people legally get up on stage and have sex in front of a paying audience, if not I wonder why not?Dec 23 2013: If I have to try summing up in key words of the patterns of news on the media here.It would be like this:
-tensions,conflicts and war
-disasters or catastrophes
-economic crisis,corruptions
-foreign policies.etc.
-social issues like food safety ,real estate issue,corruptions
-national or local polices
Today one of the headline is that the Gv finalises a proposal to abolish the re-education thru forced labor system. And recently, there's a big discussion among the cyber community on a moral dilemma that people face -when an elderly people unexpectedly fall in the street while walking,what do you do?
I think whether it goes national or international depends on the influence of the news,including the influence what the media incorporated into the news delivery according to their agenda. And it does affect your views on some aspects of things if you are not aware of it.
Dec 23 2013: Amily, your name doesn't sound Chinese, but you live in China? Can you tell me some of your story, I'm trying to understand what influences your particular perspective on media.
I wonder how there can be so much discussion of the question what to do if an elderly person falls, that doesn't seem like it would be so complicated?
Dec 23 2013: Yep,I live in China and am a Chinese.Shaw sounds the closest to my hard-to-read family name so I chose it for convenience. What influences your particular perspective on media?I grow up reading newspaper and what i learn is that what's on the news is not always "the whole picture"or it's just some parts of the story,being aware other source of information.So I started to question who decides what is to be packed into the screen delivery.
The background of that discussion is several reports on cases where some elderly people were sent to hospital by strangers and then said it's the strangers who pushed them down afterwards.There has been follow up reports on it about social insurance,doubts about modern man's conscience or trust issue within a society.
Dec 23 2013: Amily, I have some questions for you about how important the individual is versus the group in China, but I am not sure how to put them, so I'll have to wait.
In the meantime, are you saying the elderly people fell in the street and then a stranger called for someone to come help the person? But why would people think the stranger who called for help pushed down the elderly person?Dec 23 2013: Usually I think natives might not be the best person to tell their culture because they get so used to and close to it that they can hardly see a difference without reference to another culture.But no pro.I'll be happy to share when you form a question.
What the news reported is that the helpee (the elderly person) accused of the helper(stranger) of pushing her down so that she asked the stranger to pay for all her fees in hospital but actually she fell down herself .Not sure why people spend much time in this.Dec 24 2013: Well, Amily, here in the U.S. our newspapers also cover major policies and political events. But we also see a lot of coverage of events that only involve a few people, many times it would be a crime that one person committed against another person, or it might be something controversial that one person did, for example, did you hear about Miley Cyrus, she is a well-known young entertainer who went on a TV program and danced in a way that some think is sexually suggestive by bending over and rolling her buttocks. Now do you see a lot of stories like this in China that just focus on one person or a few people and something they did? Would you tell me some of the stories that became national?
Amily shaw
Dec 26 2013: Yes.We have news on crimes and celerities here as well,which usually cover spaces on national or local news,but rarely make it to international.I don't read news now but scan it sometimes unless there's a need for in-depth reading.(how many worth reading though?)The recent one that Im aware of from the large coverage is a divorce case of a very successful musician Faye Wang and her husband.Nothing unusual about the divorce itself but people talk about it because of her popularity.
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I remeber seeing the Miley Cyrus news somewhere. Isn't being controversy a trick some people play?Being not totally" wrong" and not too plain so that you have different "groups" to interact with each other .Thus, noises made and people hear them.No news means bad news.
Happy holidays to you Greg and everyone;D
Dec 26 2013: Thanks, Amily. Well, I personally would think that people's first thought in doing something is not to create a "trick" controversy, it's to do what they want to do, what they enjoy doing or think is right, but then secondarily what they do is ambiguous so creates controversy. But you don't agree, you think people deliberately do things to create controversy, even when it's things they don't really want to do, or don't really care about?
How much did Chinese people follow the doings of the performer Michael Jackson, do you think he reached the level of international news, and why is that?
Now we just celebrated Christmas here in America. But you don't observe Christmas in China I don't think?Dec 27 2013: Hi Greg.What you said is possible too.
Some people follow that.The reasons I can think of are his reputation and influence and the media coverage.
Here we have Christmas too but not a national holiday.
Dec 27 2013: Thanks, Amily, you sure seem smart, what is your story, are you working or going to school, what sort of work do you do?
One thing about you, you seem very low-key. Are you often, or ever, excited in your life? Is there anyone you would be excited to meet, can you tell me who?
You said you only occasionally read the news in depth. What stories attract you enough to read in depth, and why?
I wonder if you are correct that Faye Wong's divorce is just an ordinary divorce? Maybe it is ordinary in the bare facts, but maybe it is unusual because presumably a famous person has more intense feelings and emotions than an ordinary person?
Do you mind if I ask you about another matter? I happen to love to drink milk, that is, milk that comes from a cow, and here in the U.S. we drink a fair amount of it. But in Asia they don't drink so much, correct? Do you have any idea why that is, we can say that it is tradition but then why did the tradition start? Here is a list from Wikipedia that shows countries in order, starting with the highest, in how much milk they drink per capita, per capita means per person. You can see no Asian country shows up until number 75: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_milk_consumption_per_capitaJan 2 2014: Hi Greg. Sorry for the late reply for I have been away for several days.
Ha Ha. I do get excited in life!! But I can easily get bored and when you think about something you don't often sound excited, do you?
What stories attracts ?It really depends on personal preference. I actually followed up that re-education thru forced labor system news as it develops.It starts from the cyber community where this young GV staff wrote something critical against GV with the intention that the GV might improve it's governance and then he was "invited to have tea"(a phrase that means going thru investigation) and dramaticly he was arrested and sent to the forced labor system,accused of spreading inproporiately agitating information and the evidence are articles on his web pages and a T-shirt with "Give me liberty or give me death"printing.(Crazy,I know) And a lawyer later helped him with this case and the final results is that the whole forced labor system is proposed to be abolished.(There are several similar cases) I'm concerned cuz I think this has to do with ourselves. If nobody stands up for anything(very risky tho) then nothing will change.And it's good to see the GV is willing to admit mistakes too.
Then,it's my turn ;DDDDD
What makes you want to know why Asian don't drink milk?
How does that relate to what we are talking about?
What's the benefits of drinking it do you think?
Jan 3 2014: Thanks, Amily. Did you go anywhere interesting?
Well, there is something rather edited or stripped down when you post your thoughts, I'm not criticizing you, it's just a little different for me from most people as most wander around a bit more. What does excite you in life? Is there anyone you would be excited to meet, famous or obscure? Maybe getting excited isn't all that great, it can be sort of tiring to get excited?
Sounds like you're into the more serious stories. That's one thing I learned from this conversation, almost everyone who has answered has been pretty serious in the news they consume. I wonder if they're being honest with me, or perhaps they just want to look like they are deep thinkers? For me I usually go to stories that are a little lighter. Today the only news I read was about the Rose Bowl, it was a college football game that was played yesterday very close to where I live. It was extra interesting to me because one of the teams was Stanford, where I got my degree.
So you really don't consume any light news? What do you do when you need experiences in life that are more light, not so serious?
Oh, I'm very interested in milk, Amily. I got interested by reading about the Masai tribe in Kenya. They are known for only living on food from their cows, milk and beef. About five years ago I was having some health problems, and the way I fixed them I began to live entirely on milk, what we call skim milk which is milk with most of the cream taken away. Every day I drink about two gallons, or nine liters, of skim milk, and hardly eat or drink anything else. It's very great for weight loss and weight management, and it's also easy on the body to digest and use, I think because it's fluid. It has been so great for me that I wonder why Asians don't drink much, it's surprising to me. Not really related to this conversation, since you're in China I thought you might know.Jan 6 2014: Hi Greg. You seem to have tons of curiosities!:-)
Yes.Some family time in another place.
I sometimes modify words as I type as to convey more accurate ideas due to the reason that English is not my first language or sometimes I brainstorm a better idea.People I'm excited to meet would be my close friends in other places or authors Iike Long yingtai or any interesting people.
" I wonder if they're being honest with me, or perhaps they just want to look like they are deep thinkers?"
I believe people just present what they think about this issue and take your question seriously and share contemplated understanding to contribute to this thread. Not necessarily how they want others to think about them.
I don't consume light news but I do watch videos, cartoons or listen to music and chat for entertainment and sometimes Karaok or live music.
Good that you benefited from the milk .Greg. We have more assembled- lined milk-related drinks than the actual milk.But I don't think that's as good as milk.I don't find many cow farms around.I guess if you want to drink fresh milk you need to be reasonably close to the farm since it preserve just for a short time?
Jan 6 2014: can you tell me what Long yingtai writes about that interests you? I see on Wikipedia that she has a newspaper column that appears in mainland China?
You might be right, it's hard to know whether people are being honest. It might be a question of emphasis, that in life people read both serious news and light news, but when someone asks them what they read, it is the serious news that comes into their minds the most.
Can I ask what you mean by "videos," do you mean music videos, or.....?
Would you like to be a newspaper reporter, or columnist, why or why not?
Well, I'm not sure, Amily, I believe you don't have to be so close because the milk can be transported in trucks. One person told me that the Asian rejection of milk might be because of Buddhism? I don't know, are Buddhists vegetarians? But actually, if Buddhists are not drinking milk, I suppose really they are vegans, correct? Is Buddhism still important in China, is Buddhism considered a religion, and hasn't China outlawed religion?Jan 8 2014: Hi Greg.I know her as being an author instead of a columnist.What interests me? She has this youthfulness energy instilled in her writing,questioning the indifference of people to what's not "right" with the culture,politics ,eventually affecting the well being of themselves and she encourages people to think and talk and make a change with a public spirit and social consciences .And in that way I like her being authentic ,not speaking out for something what people want to hear but what matters.
Yes.Music concert,comedy,cartoons...many sorts.
Would you like to be a newspaper reporter, or columnist, why or why not?
Yes and no.Yes because you are in constant flow of changes in journalism ,new things just keep emerging.No because there's this censorship issue here and I have other priorities.
As far as I know, Buddhists are generally known as being vegetarians for they believe butchery is inhumane.Some think it's okay to drink milk and some don't.
Is Buddhism still important in China?
I think it's still relevant when you think about it's influence in languages,food and art.We have many vocab deriving from Buddhism,e.g. "Yuan "don't know how to explain precisely but destiny or fate would be close and you have "Bao ying" Chinese for Karma.You can buy in supermarkets some Toufu-like food made from certain temples.And it finds it's expression in literature,sculpture,architechture...ect. That's from the past when it flourished here.But today I think it's like any other religions that people convert to various level.
hasn't China outlawed religion?
No.Actually they are law-ed.In law,it writes people are free to convert to religion but not to interfere with the social orders.We have legal three-selfs churches(self- supporting,self-governing,self-propagating)but I think it has been" censored".
Jan 10 2014: well, Amily, if there is a censorship issue, how is Long yingtai able to get published? Because her writing could shake things up and encourage rebellion?
Do people in China eat much meat, here in America we have lots of "Chinese food" restaurants, and they serve huge amounts of meat, the menu is meat, vegetables, and rice everywhere you go in Chinese restaurants.Jan 16 2014: Hi Greg.I guess it depends on what get censored and what dose not and that standard changes.And she is with good intention and her works mainly focus on the culture and i don't think her writing could actually shake things up.
Yes.Dishes with meat, vegetables and rice are quite common.In the north of China people mainly eat noodles, buns or dumplings that are made of flour while in the south rice is preferred.
Jan 19 2014: so can you remember any specific subject she took up, what she said about it, and why it interested you?
Well, if Chinese people are eating meat, then I don't think Buddhism is the explanation for why they are not drinking cow's milk, since Buddhism generally discourages meat-eating? Well, it's surprising, Amily, if you come to market here you will see dozens of gallons of milk for sale in a supermarket. But maybe our broader range of food available makes us struggle more with obesity, by cutting out milk the Chinese might have reduced obesity? But I wonder why they chose to cut out milk, they could instead have cut out meat? If you like to do me a favor, ask your family and friends why they think chinese don't drink much cow milk and if you get an answer let me know.
Maybe chinese cut out milk because it is product of woman, or female animal? Aren't women somewhat suppressed in asian society? Why is that, do you know?Dec 23 2013: Greg, I know very little about the media and the whats and whys ... But here is how I see it. Every media has a affiliation and direction they follow. So the stories that support their political leanings would be published / reported. The only other real interest the station / paper has is to generate money. They do that by selling advertising and air time / papers / etc .... They have been in the business a long time and know their audience.
You watch a certain TV news station ... you prefer a specific news paper .... and subscribe to few magazines. They promote what you like and support ... if they stop agreeing with you ... you change.
A story generated by the AP in London is put on the wire around the world ... same with all of the news wires. There are few sources so we all hear different slants on the same stories.
Just my opinion I would have a hard time defending all of this.
Dec 23 2013: Well, I see from Wikipedia that AP is HQ'd in New York City: http://www.ask.com/wiki/Associated_Press?o=2800&qsrc=999&ad=doubleDown&an=apn&ap=ask.com Maybe one of their more active bureaus is in London?
Skimming the wiki, it looks like editors at AP do two things. They have access to stories from various of the newspapers, radio and television stations that own them, and they choose from among them stories to put on the wire. And they also have their own reporters that they can assign to cover stories. I would think in both cases they would have a huge number of choices, in the first case as to which articles they put on the wire from their member owners, and in the second which they would send their own reporters to cover. So the question becomes how do they choose? I suppose the best person to ask would be the editors themselves. But is it good mental exercise for you and I to try to figure out their thinking, Robert?Dec 23 2013: I think, whatever tends to cause intense emotions gets attention. And that can be reduced to very few categories. Sex and suffering are two things that, perhaps cause the most intense response. The "sex" category includes naked celebrities, twerking Miley Cyrus, Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. The "suffering" category includes violent crimes, atrocities, acts of terror, fatal accidents, natural disasters, school shootings. Some events have a "lucky" combination of sex and violence - rape crimes (Ariel Castro, for example). Zimmerman story is a gold mine. Besides being a story of a violent killing (suffering), it touches on issues of race and gun rights. Gun rights are related to violence (suffering again). Race is related to personal identity. People are extremely sensitive to issues related to their identity. This is why issues of race, immigration, and religion also tend to grab attention. Obama these days is associated with healthcare, healthcare is related to sickness, sickness - to suffering.
I think, this covers a vast majority of what gets coverage. May be, I'm over-simplifying it, like Freud.
Funny cats seem to be out of the "sex and suffering" category, but, I think, they are still in "intense emotional response" category.
Dec 23 2013: I'm trying to think, Arkady, have there been national news stories involving sex that didn't involve celebrities?
It's true that suffering would be involved in many high-awareness news stories, but there are many stories of suffering that never become national news, right? What is the difference in the stories that do?
There probably is an aspect of happiness in most stories that go national, wouldn't you think? For example, in the twerking story we might say that there is a happiness for Miley in that she is dancing in a way that gives her pleasure, and could give others pleasure?
Dec 23 2013: Celebrities are covered by definition. Others - by chance. I think, the process of getting wide attention is somewhat random. Certain stories have larger probability of getting wide attention. But what actually gets attention can be random as well. You know that "viral" things (and most of the social phenomena) are systems with positive feedback. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_feedback Such systems pick up random noise and amplify it to the maximum. Try holding a microphone close to the speaker. It's true that not all noise gets aplified - only certain frequencies resonating with something inside the system. I think in news coverage there may be an analogy of this "resonance" - the stories must "resonate" with public. I'm not sure how to define this. I just feel that there is an analogy.
In most cases, the public response is calculated. The Miley Cyrus video is a great example. I think, it's not an "accident" by any means. The public reaction was carefully calculated. This was a brilliant way to raise a teen celebrity to the status of national celebrity. People who never watched Hanna Montana and barely know who she was now know, for sure. Even people who are disgusted and outraged by her performances watched the videos and followed the news - for the very reason that they are disgusted and outraged. Others - out of curiosity. Many people think, she ruined her career. I don't think so. I think, she just started it.
I don't think, Cyrus story brings people happiness. I think, celebriy scandals get attention because many people envy "the rich and the famous" and they enjoy reading about their misery - drug problems, cellulitis, divorces, arrests, scandals. I don't envy celebrities at all and these stories do not interest me. But I can understand how they work and why they are getting published.
Dec 24 2013: Arkady, would you mind clarifying the hold the microphone next to the speaker thing? You mean hold it next to the speaker when no one is speaking into the mike, or no sound is coming into the mike? But you're saying in that case you would hear something? What would it be?Dec 24 2013: It's an example of a positive feedback system. The microphone picks up the noise coming out of the speaker which gets aplified and sounds through the speaker louder then it is picked up by the microphone and gets aplified again and sounds through the speaker even louder, etc.
Dec 25 2013: thank you. Well, I'm still thinking, Arkady, that many stories that go national pose an argument within them where large numbers of people can line up on either side. For example, the Trayvon Martin case had large numbers of people believing Zimmerman should be found guilty, and large numbers thought not guilty. Thus these people could dialogue and debate with each other. Miley Cyrus is the same way, some think her dance is totally acceptable, others don't, thus they can debate with each other. Does my analysis do anything for you?Dec 22 2013: Imperiled Cute White Woman.
Dec 24 2013: Yes, although I'd think that doesn't always go national. When it does go national, why does it?
Dec 25 2013: She's really hot.Dec 22 2013: When media smells money in something that makes the story to become national / international for long....
Dec 22 2013: well, it's true, Salim, that certain stories are going to attract a lot of readers, or viewers, and when you attract a lot of readers or viewers they will also look at the ads and commercials you are running. So my question is, what is it in a story that attracts a lot of readers or viewers? Maybe we can't generalize, it could be something different in every story? But maybe we can reach some principles that apply in many cases? It seems possible to me that a lot of stories that attract readers and viewers involve a moral question, there is some moral controversy at the heart of the story?Dec 22 2013: our mainstream news media in New Zealand is absolute rubbish - low brow, sensationalist pap. also, very obviously politically biased.
mostly, we get car-crashes, sensationalised stories (rape culture in NZ is the latest) or sleaze from overseas - the President Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal got huge coverage here for some reason.
generally, i avoid the 6 o'clock news and newspapers.
Dec 22 2013: Scott, I can't tell from surfing the net in what form rape culture stories make their way into the mainstream media. Rape culture might include a big emphasis on pornography, but I don't think a mainstream newspaper is publishing pornography, so....?
Dec 23 2013: there was a recent news story about a group of young men who allegedly preyed on young girls and boasted about it on social networks. particularly abhorrent and so, of course, it was drawn out for several days as a headlining story - the term "rape culture" was coined and the question was sanctimoniously asked by our truth-uncovering* journalists (* = the presence of sarcasm) - is there a rape culture in new zealand?
i would add that if these sorts of media-coined phrases exist anywhere, it is within the media rather than society in general.
Dec 24 2013: Well, in your mind what should they do differently, Scott? Not cover the story at all? Only cover it locally where it happened? Only cover it very briefly? I can see some value in the story in that it warns girls about rape, and stimulates some soul-searching among men and warns them not to rape when they see the punishment the perpetrators suffer.
I do wonder if there are multiple stories of young men raping, but only some stories go national. I will have to look into that. If there are multiple incidents but only a few go national, I wonder what is different about the stories that go national?
It looks like rape culture the term was coined in the 1970's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_cultureDec 27 2013: there's no difference between news programming and soap operas in that they are both just forms of entertainment.
what needs to change is for the public to be more informed about the way mainstream news media operate - selected stories rathe than "news", bias, the role advertising dollars play, and how much depends on image and presentation rather than substance and intelligent journalism.
if i had my way, there would be no presenters, just scrolling updates and even those would have to be taken with a grain of salt.
mainstream news definitely only selects the juiciest stories. i would say that what makes a story go national is that the program director decides that it will go national - and i assume that is based on how many viewers it will attract which in turn, i guess, is based on how many people it will "outrage".
i'm willing to bet the term rape culture wasn't coined by a reporter but i can imagine how a t-shirt style phrase like that was perfect for the news. it's like a lot of those kinds of ultimately generic and hollow phrases like "fake it til you make it" and "fail to succeed". they sound catchy - sometimes they rhyme or even make use of alliteration - but ultimately, they dumb down the issue behind the slogan by over-simplifying and shooting for a headline-style 'grabber'..
Dec 28 2013: so would you have covered the story about the young men who abused women (did they rape them?) and then talked about it on social media? It seems like a story of reasonable significance, doesn't it, it certainly affected the people involved.
Scott, you say news is no different from entertainment, but I would think it is different because it involves real events, not fiction. I could think people turn on the news to be engaged and stimulated, but not in the way entertainment does that. I certainly feel different when I see a real car crash versus one in a fiction movie.
Not even sure it's so bad to print juicy stories. Don't they have juice because they involve intense feelings, what is wrong with the news consumer wanting the stimulation of intense feeling?Dec 29 2013: Nothing different in my country as well ..... :(
As a kid learnt from my father to start the day with newspaper , for many years seldom I do. Even of I want to look into the sports section more news are there which player slept with whom or how rowdy some player in the bar then the sports news itself :(
Reading most posts here and from experience it seems "negative stories" sales more so that's what media is doing ..... Wondered many times as reader can we avoid responsibility ?


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Public health officials say they are baffled as to why the bug, known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has spread.
MRSA used to be found only inside hospitals, spread from patient to patient. Now it is infecting healthy people in their communities, homes or schools.
The Associated Press reports that officials at one North Carolina high school say at least six football players have been infected with the MRSA strain, and in West Virginia, at least seven students at three different schools have been diagnosed with MRSA.
And in Richmond, Ind., health officials spent the day disinfecting the locker room of the local high school after a student apparently came down with the infection.
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Don't you just love it when you know someone who can take all the information you have and make something useful with it? This is the strength of the Common Sense Learner. He is able to take all the facts gathered so accurately and sequentially by the Analytic Learner and put them to good use.
How We Teach and How They Learn, Part 5 – The Analytic Learner
The analytic learner is most like the PCA denomination… we like information presented logically and sequentially. This is very western, unlike the other 2/3 of the world that is more interested in the story and the happening than the time. It is hard to teach many subjects in any way except chronologically, so we must use stories and illustrations to make them more understandable to all learners.
How We Teach and How They Learn, Part 4 – The Imaginative Learner
Each learning style is asking a different question, and unless you as the teacher or preacher understand how to answer that question, you may not reach this learner. (These same learning styles characteristics are true of those sitting in the pews listening to sermons as well. So pastors, listen up.) The Imaginative learner is asking why – why do I need to know this? Convince him or her that what you have to say is important and you will have a willing listener.
How We Teach and How They Learn, Part 3
Part 1 of this article introduced the subject of learning styles and described the four basic ways we process new information. Part 2 described the way we perceive new information, concrete or abstract, and the different ways we order that new information, sequential or random. Part 3 will explain the three basic ways we take in new information.
How We Teach and How They Learn, Part 2
In order to understand how to teach, learn, or even preach effectively, we must understand how people process information. This is the subject of learning styles. Most teaching and preaching are done according to one's own learning style. By doing this we miss reaching those who do not learn the same way we do. Did you ever wonder why you were drawn by certain teachers and preachers and not others? It was because they communicated by the same learning style you have.
How We Teach and How They Learn, Part 1
Over the years I have gone to MANY teacher training workshops. What I found interesting is that most of them simply focused on expanding a teacher's arsenal of methods. After many years of studying the subject of how we learn and process new information, I have discovered that when you lay out all these teaching methods, people will pick those that best fit with their own learning style. This means that we will pick those methods we are comfortable using, but these will not reach as many as three-fourths of our students whose learning style is different from ours.
Equipping and the Future of Discipleship
Nothing will ever take the place of one-on-one discipleship, and this article will not attempt to prove otherwise. Right now, I want you to just dream about what lies ahead for training in the future, the near future.
Organizing Discipleship
In Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin says, "Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it's not all mixed up." It has also been said this way, "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." Both statements express great truth. Unfortunately, the church has a great reputation for not planning. Instead we live on activity and hope it is accomplishing something. Remember the last seven words of a church? "We've always done it that way before!"
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What does this have to do with the church today? There is a big emphasis currently on "intergenerational worship," but what does that mean? What place do children have in worship, other than feeling like ignored spectators? Communion can be one of those important times when a child can be made to feel a part of the service while being taught what it is all about.
Interconnected Discipleship
In the last Equip Tip, we emphasized the need of the church's educational ministries to remember and return to the basics. Now, we address what those basics are. The goal of all our ministries is to make kingdom disciples. But what does that mean? A full-grown kingdom disciple would have two main characteristics. He would look, act, and think like Jesus and would be actively helping others become kingdom disciples.


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Several months ago, when Creston News Advertiser publisher Rich Paulsen came to me with the idea of starting an athlete of the year award, I wasn't sure how exactly I was going to make it all work.
It seemed like a large project to take on, but it was the sort of challenge I was interested in taking on.
Now, here were are. All five male and five female finalists have been announced.
It's a solid group of 10 athletes who have accomplished a lot in competition and that has also accomplished a lot off the field.
Each of the 10 finalists is deserving of winning the award, but, unfortunately, only one male and one female can be crowned the inaugural South Central Iowa Athlete of the Year.
Wednesday, the winners of the award will be announced.
While revealing the finalists this week, I came up with a few different "side" awards. These ideas came from observations I had about the different finalists.
I wish I had been able to come up with a few more, but frankly, I'm not the most creative person.
Now, without further adieu, here are some of those "side" awards I came up with.
The All-Hair Team: Mount Ayr's Braydee Poore and Central Decatur's Dalton Gilbert.
"Fear the 'fro." Some of the coolest shirts I've seen in a student section have been made for the best 'fro in southern Iowa, belonging to Braydee Poore.
Aside from his ability to jump out of the gym, Poore is most identifiable by his 'fro.
I can't begin to count the number of times I've heard athletes and fans from an opposing school talking about Poore, only to have someone else say, "Oh, is that the kid with hair?"
Why yes, that would be the kid with the hair. The awesome hair.
I imagine it will be a long time before we see another 'fro like his dominating the sports scene in southern Iowa, and that's why he makes the All-Hair Team.
Joining Poore on the All-Hair team is Central Decatur's Dalton Gilbert.
While Poore features the out-of-control curls, Gilbert sports the long, flowing, golden locks. A simple, yet classic look.
And, the look really seems to pop when he adds the headband.
Hopefully, we'll be able to see his flowing locks during Iowa State football games over the coming years.
The Tough Enough Award: Central Decatur's Dalton Gilbert.
Gilbert earns the Tough Enough Award for his play during football season. Specifically, for what happened in his team's eighth game of the season against Des Moines Christian.
Gilbert took a hard hit on a tackle in the first half and landed on his side. After experiencing some discomfort, Gilbert was taken to the hospital to be evaluated.
He then left the hospital, returned to the game, assured his father he was fine to play, and played the second half of the game.
Gilbert finished the game 1-of-2 passing with a 19-yard touchdown, four catches for 36 yards and 17 carries for 106 yards.
He did all that while playing with liver and lung injuries sustained from the hit in the first half. Gilbert would miss the final game of the season with the injuries, but the toughness he displayed in returning for the second half went a long way in earning him a spot on the Class 1A all-state first team at the running back position, and it also earns him the Tough Enough Award.
The Slam Dunk Award: Creston's Luke Neitzel and Central Decatur's Sadie Greene.
I'm not sure I've seen a high school wing player dunk the ball more than Luke Neitzel did this year.
He had a knack for getting himself into position for a momentum-changing slam dunk throughout the season.
Whether he was stealing the ball from a defender and racing down court for a breakaway slam, or rising up to grab a lob pass out of the air from a teammate for an alley-oop, Neitzel brought the crowd to its feet numerous times with a slam dunk during the 2012-13 season.
And, while Sadie Greene never dunked the ball, she certainly displayed a high level of confidence and ball-handling skills on the basketball court.
In a season-ending seven-point regional loss to Des Moines Christian, Greene took the game over during a stretch of the game that spanned the second and third quarters.
She worked her way inside and scored in the post, and she knocked down jumper after jumper, including at least one 3-pointer from NBA range. Greene scored 21 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out six assists in that game, cementing herself as a big-game player.
The Role Model Award: Creston's Keaton Hulett and Clarke's Kylar McCann.
You can't ask for any better of role models than Keaton Hulett and Kylar McCann.
Clarke girls basketball coach Eric Zoske couldn't say enough things about McCann after the season.
As a first-year head coach at a new school, Zoske couldn't have asked for a better player to have on his team than McCann.
Her leadership qualities and ability to relate to the younger players took a lot of pressure off Zoske as a first-year coach. He could rely on her to be a player-coach for him.
Likewise for Keaton Hulett.
Hulett is the type of person who just commands respect from his peers, and leads by example.
It took a lot of hard work and determination for Hulett to win a state wrestling championship this year. And he certainly deserved it when the crowd erupted in celebration when he won.
It's hard for me to think of a nicer, more polite student-athlete than Hulett.
Like head baseball coach Steve Birchard said at the Creston baseball banquet, Hulett's athletic ability will carry him through college, but it's his work ethic and his values that will take him far in life.
I'll never forget after the reception held for the Creston/O-M wrestlers following the state tournament, one of my nephews said to me just as excited as he could possibly be, "I got to take my picture with Keaton Hulett!"
There's a lot I'll miss about this group of seniors, both on the field and off the field. They've provided me a lot of great memories from covering their athletic careers.
They've also provided me with plenty of lighter moments off the field, such as Brianna Maitlen having a knack for ruining photos at practices and photo days by making goofy faces.
Now, it's your chance as fans to tell us who you think should be the South Central Iowa Athletes of the Year. Visit the CNA Facebook page and www.crestonnews.com to find the links to the online polls where you will be able to vote for who you think should be the winner.
And, remember to look at Wednesday's CNA sports section to find out who the winners are.
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Great news! President Obama's newly released FY 2015 budget proposal once again includes a request for Congress to block spending by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to inspect U.S. horse slaughter plants. If adopted, this prohibition would effectively ban horse slaughter on U.S. soil through September 2015 because only USDA-inspected meat can be sold for human consumption.
The President's request reflects the will of the Congress, whose FY 2014 spending bill, passed in January, included the same language. (The inspection-defund language was initially introduced in the House and Senate by Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) and Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) as an amendment to the FY 2014 Agriculture appropriations bill.) However, the FY 2014 spending bill expires this September, which is why it's critical to get the measure extended via the FY 2015 budget.
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