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April 26th marks the 27th anniversary of the devastating accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
The radiation released into the atmosphere by the exploding nuclear reactor found its way across Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and large parts of Europe.
The contamination still lingers in many places - the disaster has a legacy that continues even now.
So today, we remember those who died in the Chernobyl accident and those who must still live with the terrible after effects of the radioactive contamination that still blights their lives.
Chernobyl should have been the world's last nuclear accident. Enough of us shouted "NO MORE CHERNOBYLS!" But those with the money and the power and that strange ability to put profits before the protection of people carried on regardless.
And sure enough, in March 2011, a quarter of a century after the horror of the Chernobyl disaster, we watched on as Japan suffered earthquake, tsunami, and then nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The warnings of Chernobyl had not been heeded. The warnings that the Fukushima nuclear reactors were vulnerable were not heeded. Once again it was the people, not the nuclear industry that paid the price.
The comparisons between Chernobyl and Fukushima are stark. Thousands upon thousands of people displaced from their homes to face uncertain futures. Melted reactors too dangerous for humans to approach for decades. Homes, schools, soil, food and water contaminated. Uncertainty about the long-term effects of the radiation that has spewed into the environment. Fear and anxiety that will creep across generations.
So today we remember both Chernobyl and Fukushima. There should never have been another Chernobyl. There should never be another Fukushima. Let us shout "NO MORE CHERNOBYLS AND FUKUSHIMAS" until we are heard.
It's time we all stopped paying the price for nuclear power's mistakes.
You can help by signing our petition to make the big, rich companies that supply nuclear reactors part of the responsibly for nuclear disasters that now rests with nuclear operators.
Companies like GE, Hitachi and Toshiba that supplied the flawed reactors at Fukushima should pay some of the costs. Right now they don't have to. Making them more responsible for the costs of a nuclear disaster would at least help reduce some of the mistakes that lead to accidents.
It's time to make the entire nuclear industry face its moral and financial responsibilities. It's time to think of people not profits.
(Image: October 2005, Chernobyl. Remains of a fairground in the town of Pripyat, left abandoned after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. 10/24/2005 ©Greenpeace/Steve Morgan)
Justin McKeating has been blogging the meltdown of the nuclear industry for Greenpeace International since 2008. He is based in Brighton, UK.
(Unregistered) Zamm_
Oh no! GP is playing naughty boy in science class again!
Luckily, a scientific paper just came out about the "terrible damage" ...
Oh no! GP is playing naughty boy in science class again!
Luckily, a scientific paper just came out about the "terrible damage" wrought on people by the "big evil" nuclear industry:
"Prevented Mortality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Historical and Projected Nuclear Power", Kharecha & Hansen, EST 2013.
In short: ca. 70'000-80'000 lives saved each year (of which ca. 20k each in EU and USA), >1.8 million historically.
So yes, NPPs, as other pretty safe things like hydro dams and trains, do sometimes fail, even quite badly. But overall, they save quite many lives!
Now what price do we pay by stopping NPPs? From GP's own results:
Or another study, from HEAL, with similar results:
From those reports, the coal causes ca. 10 early deaths /TWh on average in Germany, so shutting down 42 TWh/year of nuclear in 2011 now is causing >400 more deaths/year. People who are paying the price for the hysterical campaigning of GP and other ideologues - who of course will never do what they ask of others, i.e. pay for the horrendous consequences. Hypocrisy, someone?
Of course, GP will yell "we don't want coal!". The real truth: so GP could boast "see, we didn't need those NPPs" (and to partially offset the billions spent on PV and wind), they had to muster those cheap killers.
Let's now look at the methodologies used in the original study: NEEDS and ExternE. Note that the GP piece, even if it essentially bases on the Uni Stuttgart study, fails to mention its use of ExternE… because the results are too well known (Table 2 / Figure 3):
Apparently, GP is counting on the newer NEEDS being not so familiar. But the results aren't so different (Table 2 / Figure 5):
So GP is using the very studies it is complaining about - not very honest, is it?
One may now easily guess what grade GP got for behaving so badly in class with its anti-science antics:
F. Fail.
27 April, 2013 at 0:32
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70% of Japan population wants to get out of nuclear energy; this is unrelated to any hysterical campaign as the anti-nuclear movement in Japan is extr...
70% of Japan population wants to get out of nuclear energy; this is unrelated to any hysterical campaign as the anti-nuclear movement in Japan is extremely well behaved.
I am not sure exactly why the Japanese people, who used to support nuclear generation, turned against it.
Maybe because the goverment official speaker at the time of the Fukushima disaster (a lawyer) repeatedly said on TV that "there will be no immediate effects on health".
Maybe because the utility that was, and is, responsible for Fukushima (Tepco) has been portrayed by some media as arrogant, insincere and at times even inept.
Maybe because the government, Tepco, the metereological agency and the local governments have been reported as unable to warn the population about the radioactive fallout from the collapsing Fukushima plant.
Maybe because the costs of the Fukushima failure are disproportionate to the supposed benefits of not burning fossil fuel.
Maybe because the Japanese media reported rather candidly the relationship between nuclear generation and nuclear deterrence.
Whatever the reason, the Japanese people appear to have had enough of nuclear generation.
Maybe in the aftermath of Fukushima chancellor Merkel felt that her voters could punish her for supporting nuclear generation and, at least for the moment, changed her policy.
Italy is a highly sismic country and its citizens have voted against nuclear power twice (in two referendums); as a result there are no npps operating in Italy.
Someone can call this hystery; I call it democracy.
28 April, 2013 at 20:20
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@Beppe: In case you didn't notice, you are so "well-behaved" that you granted an overwhelming majority to the main pro-nuclear party in ...
@Beppe: In case you didn't notice, you are so "well-behaved" that you granted an overwhelming majority to the main pro-nuclear party in last year's elections…
Also, your (increasing) fossil fuel bill is more each year than twice the estimated cleanup costs (ca $550 vs. $250 billion). Even counting the extra electrical generation alone, it will maybe take 10-20 years - just do the math:
Using the previous links, you can also calculate the extra mortality to replace >200 TWh/y - or just stick your head in the sand ("no immediate effects on health").
As D. MacKay says in his excellent book, "Please don't get me wrong: I'm not trying to be pro-nuclear. I'm just pro-arithmetic."
29 April, 2013 at 3:46
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@Zamm_ Welcome back :-) And still not able to critically assess scientific papers, as I see. Nor grey papers, for that matter. Greenpeace used the NEE...
@Zamm_ Welcome back :-) And still not able to critically assess scientific papers, as I see. Nor grey papers, for that matter. Greenpeace used the NEEDS study to illustrate the killing power of coal - not to confirm the biased calculations for nuclear.
A colleague of mine, Jan Beranek, reacted thus on the Kharecha paper:
Some obvious things:
- He assumes that if we did not have nuclear, its energy would be substituted by 95 % with coal and 5 % by gas. There is absolutely no justification for this.
- He assumes nuclear killed less than 5,000 people since 1971, and comments that even that is probably exaggeration of 2 orders of magnitude (i.e. implying that nuclear has only about 50 victims in past 40 years). This is in contrast with 16,000 (WHO) or 60,000 (EU) or 90,000 (Greenpeace) or even more deaths that can be attributed to Chernobyl, not talking about other accidents as well as routine radioactive emissions (e.g. increased leukemias in vicinity of normally operating nuclear reactors which has been observed in
Germany, UK, US and elsewhere).
It's just a data selective, biased, activist like approach
twisting things to make your point. I sincerely hope he handles climate science in very different and more rigorous way.
So if asked, i simply say that the paper is obviously based on wrong assumptions of a false dilemma coal vs nuclear and ignores EE and RE potential; and ignores peer reviewed reports that suggest nuclear power has tens of thousands of victims. Greenpeace does not see the dilemma to be between fatal nuclear and fatal coal, but between dirty and risky technologies of coal and nuclear, and efficiency and renewables solutions that are affordable and can be upscaled to replace all dirty energy in few decades.
I couldn't have said it better :-)
By the way - about the myth you are trying to spread that Germany is using more coal because of its nuclear phase-out we discussed earlier already. Maybe you should address RWE, Vattenfall, E.On and EnBW on the point of them trying to press as much out of their old coal stock and selling that off abroad before they need to close them down in 2016. This is not replacement of nuclear, this is big coal using the market to squeeze out some more profit and not caring a damn about the climate. The lost nuclear capacity has - in TWh - already been replaced by EE and RE in Germany.
Concerning Japan... I think it is fair to blame the nuclear industry for the extra fossil use there. When running nuclear, you need to take into account how you are going to replace shut-down capacity in case of a large accident somewhere on this planet. If the Japanese electricity giants had not relied so much on nuclear and failed to take EE and RE seriously, Japan would not have had to revert to short-term increases of fossil use after a major incident. Implicitly blaming Greenpeace for not having phased out nuclear in Japan before Fukushima is a bit bland.
I do support your point that it is justified to add the extra bill, including external costs, for the increased fossil fuel use in Japan to the liabilities of the Fukushima accident. Again a bill paid by the people and not the responsible corporate entities like TEPCO, GE, Hitachi and Toshiba...
Paraphrasing MacKay: "I am not trying to be anti-nuclear. I'm just pro-arithmetic and evidence."
29 April, 2013 at 14:27
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@JH: Kharecha & Hansen, being scientists and not ideologues, frankly discuss their assumptions in the paper, including the (evidently large) uncer...
@JH: Kharecha & Hansen, being scientists and not ideologues, frankly discuss their assumptions in the paper, including the (evidently large) uncertainties and limitations.
Their nuclear:fossil replacement criterion is transparent: baseload is attributed to coal and peaking to gas, with a 65% capacity factor as a threshold. While it's reasonable based on historical data, the main possible future limitation I see is shale gas (see USA), which may yield a lower value than 95%. However, even this has many caveats:
- The medium- & long-term potential is unknown.
- Fracking is heavily resisted in many places.
- The US coal is still being mined - just burned elsewhere.
- The medium-term CO2-eq. is high (methane emissions).
- The results with 70-80% instead of 95% are still bad…
Concerning Tchernobyl, some variation of estimates is normal, because the majority of the effects are attributed to low exposures using the LNT model (one should also distinguish between occurred and future projected consequences). An up-to-date epidemiological review may be found here:
The absolute numbers for diseases other than thyroid cancer are rather small: a recent study on 100'000 liquidators yields ca. 22 accident-related leukemia cases (16% of 137), far from the horrors one can read in Green media:
Since GP desperately clings to its NPP - leukemia FUD tactics, a bit of science never hurts:
"In Germany, the Commission on Radiological Protection concluded that radiation exposures to residents in the vicinity of German NPPs are lower, 'by a factor of considerably more than 1000', than the level that could cause the raised risk of childhood leukaemia reported from the KiKK study."
"… there is no evidence to support the view that there is an increased risk of childhood leukaemia and other cancers in the vicinity of NPPs in Great Britain."
"…found little evidence for an association between the risk of childhood cancer and living near NPPs."
Of course, Green scientific ethics are a bit 'different':
"…leukaemia incidence for Wales was counted twice."
"…the dataset has been systematically trawled."
"…The construction of the post hoc areas also suggests data-dredging."
…not to mention the ethics of Green politicians:
"16'000 dead + 2'700 missing from Fukushima"
Amazingly, she got away with this horrendous lie :-(
30 April, 2013 at 11:46
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@Zamm_ Always happy with a good bit of dialogue :-)
Conc. the Kharecha paper. The historical data are a "what if" game with ind...
@Zamm_ Always happy with a good bit of dialogue :-)
Conc. the Kharecha paper. The historical data are a "what if" game with indicated rough brush data. Without nuclear power in the game, the energy development would have been different than what we see today. I don't think it makes much sense to come with statements like in that paper, though I am happy to see sensible estimates of the harm done by coal. Pity he was not as rigorous for nuclear. I continue to be disgusted by the harm that the Paul Scherrer Institute is doing with the ExternE and NEEDS assessments and the blind following those still have, including you. Above all because I cannot close my eyes for results in the field, especially concerning Chernobyl.
I continue to find it strange you wobble over the findings of studies and play down the results - especially when the conclusion in the second article you mentioned is "Exposure to low doses and to low dose-rates of radiation from post-Chornobyl cleanup work was associated with a significant increase in risk of leukemia".
The authors of the first article make clear they were members of the Chernobyl Forum - the Forum we criticised strongly with our Chernobyl health effect report. This newer study of them is - again according to them - based on the information in international peer reviewed literature, i.e. still excluding a lot of peer reviewed material from the Russian language area that we included in our study - one of the fundamental critiques we had in 2005. This also becomes clear from their literature list, which, by the way, refers to a large amount of studies from other people from the Chernobyl Forum. Seven years later, these two authors have not drawn a central lesson from the fundamental international critique on the work of the Forum.
Concerning the KiKK study - this study has never claimed to give a causal relationship, but did find a statistical significant relation between distance to NPPs and childhood leukemia cases. There are proposal hypotheses around for an explanation, but not yet the data-sets to have them tested, as far as I have understood. A conclusion that therefore "nothing is the matter" is wrong. COMAREs conclusion is at least unscientific. If you find a relationship and your hypothesis does not cover that, it does not mean that the measured facts are wrong... You basically say "it could not have happened and therefore it didn't happen". Reality is that it did happen, but we do not have a causal explanation for it yet.
What you are basically doing is trying to wind down the available material to "radiation has no effect", which even the (not always uncontroversial) studies you mention strongly deny. Does that mean you want to imply that people should not bother about their radiation exposure after a nuclear accident? That they should not be evacuated?
I do not really care what Green politicians say. I am not linked to the Greens, nor is Greenpeace. Greenpeace is independent from any political party or other political interest. If you want to fight with Green - or any other - politicians because they exaggerate, please do so. They may start also listening to us better.
But I do not accept your attempts - nor those of Kharecha - to deny the health effects of radiation and of nuclear power. Especially not if those attempts are based on debatable or even simply bad science. Especially not because those that did suffer under the effects of Chernobyl and Fukushima - as well as those that suffered from dozens of other radiation incidents (and larger accidents like Mayak and Windscale, not to forget) deserve attention. As do the victims of the use of coal power.
The final question remains: should we continue to take these risks of nuclear and coal if alternatives exist? The alternatives do exist, and the answer is "no".
30 April, 2013 at 17:40
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in case you did not notice the last elections were not a referendum on nuclear power, they were general elections.
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in case you did not notice the last elections were not a referendum on nuclear power, they were general elections.
In case you did not notice only about one fourth of the Japanese population voted for the LDP and, according to most analysis, the vote was largely unrelated to nuclear policy. In fact recent polls show that much of the Japanese are still against nuclear power.
By the way, Japanese politicians have in several occasions (Tokyo, Osaka and Shizuoka, as far as I recall) denied the Japanese people a chance of a direct vote on nuclear. This is not democracy, is a subsidy to nuclear industry (free insurance on regulatory risk).
In case you did not notice, Japan electricity price for households is among the highest in the world: for this price Japanese consumers should be able to afford whatever fossil fuel.
Investment into nuclear is a mistake; why is it externalized to ratepayers and taxpayers (and victims of nuclear accidents)?
Finally, in case you did not notice, the price Japan pays for LNG is about twice the price paid in Europe (one reason being that utilities are incentivated at procuring fuel at a higher price because that translates directly into guaranteed higher profits, another is the utilities do not import directly but use go-betweens). If Japanese utilities managed to pay the same price as Europe the money saved could cover a large fraction of the extra imports required to cover for missed nuclear generation.
30 April, 2013 at 19:15
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one more thing: the extra cost of fossil fuel could be offset in large part by selling the nuclear fuel that has not been used in the same...
one more thing: the extra cost of fossil fuel could be offset in large part by selling the nuclear fuel that has not been used in the same period (according to prof. Takeda of Chubu Univ.).
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@JH. We can test the "Without nuclear power in the game" hypothesis simply by looking at electricity generation in comparable countries: ava...
@JH. We can test the "Without nuclear power in the game" hypothesis simply by looking at electricity generation in comparable countries: available hydro first developed, followed by fossil and/or nuclear. Countries with little hydro/nuclear use lots of coal, and incur huge CO2 and health costs (e.g. Poland, Greece, Estonia):
CO2-wise, the best is all-hydro Norway, closely followed by hydro+nuclear Sweden & Switzerland and nuclear France. Kharecha's hypothesis is (up to now) mainly correct: less nuclear means more coal, oil and gas - for now.
ExternE & NEEDS: you're mixing things up (ExternE NPP analysis not by PSI, and a 'European LWR' assessment not applicable to RBMK types). If one is curious and applies plain common sense (not 'blindly following' ideology), there's ample info to be found to base one's opinion, for instance:
Many countermeasures to Fukushima-style incidents were initiated in Europe even before Chernobyl, based on experience from TMI. Even better: a rationale for passive mitigation was severe accidents involving 'station blackout and decay heat', does that sound familiar? in contrast, this was refused by the US (still dithering over filtered venting, an utter disgrace) and Japan (Japanese fashion, "under study").
A similar critical look shows your "Chernobyl health report" doesn't shy away from people with very questionable reputations in its reference section, e.g. Scherb, Körblein, Schmitz-Feuerhake: using any quackery as ammo doesn't help your credibilty, see e.g.:
In this line, your accusations against COMARE are groundless: they were very scientific, considering many other studies, the state of current knowledge on dose-response… and the fact (see 1st link above) that no measurable radiation dose could be linked with the (real) leukemia clusters. This was BTW also the conclusion of the KiKK study.
Although available data is partially conflicting, I consider prudent to treat low-dose radiation as a 'weak carcinogen'. Both words are important, hence the prudent "ALAR" (as low as reasonable) principle: avoid, but not at the cost of much higher risk, e.g. coal / biomass burning, reckless evacuation of old people, avoiding needed radiological examination/treatments. BTW, one very large dose contribution to the general population is energy-efficient (i.e. "radon-efficient") housing, ca. 1'000x the dose from a nearby NPP. What is your position on this?
Concerning "alternatives" to the current German "Kohlewende", you mentioned coal plants needed to "close in 2016". Why should we believe this?
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@Zamm_ Thank you again for some interesting points.
You point out indeed the biggest weakness of Kharecha's paper: current energy mix...
@Zamm_ Thank you again for some interesting points.
You point out indeed the biggest weakness of Kharecha's paper: current energy mixes were developed after WWII on the 20st century paradigm of the centralised state-owned utility model and base-load / peak-load planning in a time when most RE sources were not technically developed as far as they are now and when climate change did not play any role in policies. Especially because we are seeing a fundamental shift in paradigm - away from centrally planned base-load / peak-load to liberalised markets with variable load planning. And countries like Denmark, Germany and Portugal show that it can be done.
The use of the acronym PSI gives you away as someone from the nuclear village or the EC. I am still curious who is hiding behind the Zamm_ pseudonym.
I stand corrected on the team behind ExternE - though that does not take away my conclusion that the team is heavily nuclear village influenced.
Excluding Chernobyl on the basis that the technology is different than LWRs is like excluding the Banqiao dam from hydro because its technique was different than in other dams (type of concrete and steel used, magnitude, water management, etc.). The problem with Chernobyl was not the other technique alone - it was a complex of human and technical failure from which we have seen many aspects repeated in Fukushima - and unfortunately I see them repeated in many NPPs in Europe day in day out. CANDUs can continue to run with positive void factors, testing and inspection runs are cut short to meet political deadlines like with Temelin 1, etc.. By the way, also many European NPPs still have no vented filtering (see the EU stress tests). The step to exclude Chernobyl cannot be statistically argued and proper analysis would have shown figures at least with and without it.
Interesting that you mention two studies as "questionable" that in my eyes are not at all. I have been following the Krümmel / Geesthacht leukemia cluster quite closely and can only conclude that the statistics are right. To dismiss the search for answers on the basis of a TV documentary in what is a very complex case, including not only the Krümmel NPP, but also the GKSS research center, is weak. The letter to the editor on the work of Scherb and Voigt shows you what good scientific debate looks like - it does, by the way, not criticise the statistics, it debates how to deal with statistics. I think that is a healthy debate, but want to stress that statistics are part of the discussion. Certainly in complex issues as potential health effects of low radiation exposure.
Happy you at least do not deny the existence of the leukemia clusters.
Although I am extremely unhappy with the term ALARA and especially the constant abuse of the term "reasonable" in that as a means to cut costs on the ground, or cut discussions that might lead to necessary cost increases, I agree that discussions about enery policy should be based on comparative evidence. That is exactly what we do with the Energy [R]evolution scenario, and what was done in Germany in the late 1990s on the basis of scenario studies for the German Bundestag. It is what is not happening in most of the EU and the world, however, where industry / political party wish lists tend to set the options put forward in energy strategies without any proper comparison. I am struggling with that on a daily basis currently in Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary.
Concerning radon - come on! This is an issue that is known for such a long time that it is solid part of building prescriptions. And to be taken seriously. But the answer on that is simple: proper and sufficient ventilation. And that is something that does not interfere with insulation or the implementation of energy-neutral or energy-plus houses and buildings. The large dose contribution is not because of energy efficient housing, it is because of insufficient ventilation - and that happens both in old stock, like in the former GDR where I was involved in discussion on the effects of the Wismut uranium mining activities, and in new. To use that as an argument to obfuscate the discussion on potential health risks of nuclear power is bland.
The need to close coal power plants in 2016? Yes - why would you believe me. You rather seem to believe those who want to defend the nuclear industry cost what may. Well, maybe DIRECTIVE 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) is sufficient.
Hope this helps in understanding.
Maybe it is time to start doubting the backgrounds of those who feed you with the information you are passing. I certainly do that.
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Thanks for the response - a skeptical look is always good!
Denmark and Germany are mainly efficient in fleecing consumers with high price...
Thanks for the response - a skeptical look is always good!
Denmark and Germany are mainly efficient in fleecing consumers with high prices - though the pain is endurable for some:
Germany is building & commissioning quite a lot of new - better but still significantly deadly - plants. The government (BNetzA) says they're necessary. With your "energy revolution" calling for >2/3 generation from "random" sources, they might have a point… (Also look up "Irsching5" - very interesting)
Krümmel. Measurements revealed nothing special, with Schmitz-Feuerhake labelled a fraud even by anti-nuclear circles (quote from Gerald Kirchner: "Especially as an opponent of nuclear power, one should argument very, very rigorously"):
(If you still doubt, just have samples measured!)
Radon. Compared to what is allowed in the building code, you'd have to lower levels by >100x to reach doses as low as that from a nearby NPP. Even with a low infiltration rate and a good heat exchanger (so not for >95% of old stock), the required ventilation power and heat losses would become quite large… So it seems your point ("large" NPP emissions and "low" radon risk) doesn't quite make sense…
2010/75/EU. Please read the directive carefully - it's riddled with loopholes (no / larger limits on small plants, "temporary" operation of dirty old plants allowed at small capacity factors, no CO2 limits), and the targets you criticize as lax for coal are similar for biomass. Taking a closer look at the smoke, the results are not pretty at all (very small, deadly particles):
I agree with you no trade should be allowed to build a "village" sheltered from scrutiny, because risk (pollution / accidents) is indeed very implementation-dependent. Public info on pollutants and stress tests is very helpful in putting pressure on negligent operators and regulators. BTW, here is where you can meet "villagers":
Apparently, you'll have a lot of convincing to do…
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On 10 April, A World at School and Mr. Brown will organize a day-long symposium on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings to accelerate progress towards global education goals in the lead up to 2015. The "Countdown to 2015 Summit: Campaigning for Global Education Results and Accountability," will bring grassroots campaigners, policy and communication experts and youth activists together for a set of plenaries, working sessions and strategic briefings.
Policy sessions on girls education and child marriage, child labour, education in emergencies and quality of teaching and learning will address some of the biggest obstacles to access and learning for all children. Strategic briefings on media and messaging, grassroots mobilization and financing will discuss practical tools and strategies to rally a broad set of partners for the final push to 2015.
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Have fun decorating international flags.
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Dedicate a day of fun to the Olympics!
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Create medals to award participants of your Olympic Game festivities!
Here are some events that used to form part of the Olympic Games
Here are some popular events of the Olympic Games!
Basket ball is an easy and fun game you can play anywhere!
Discus is another fun Olympic event that can be enjoyed by all!
This is best played outdoors, but if this is not possible, the ball inside sock should be a smaller, soft and rubber ball.
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Guess the number of sweets in the jar to win!
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Put an ad in your monthly newsletter enquiring whether anyone has an antique doll or clown to be borrowed for an Olympic Games activity.
Amuse your residents by involving the staff in some fun games to celebrate the Olympic Games!
Here is another fun and easy game residents can enjoy.
Flags, medals, posters for RIO Olympics
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This is a fun game to make in a craft session and loads of fun to play. The hoops can be home-made e.g. paper plates with the middle cut out; thin water hose joined with masking tape; or embroidery hoops.
This is a simple game that can be made of empty tins or empty plastic containers. The tins or containers can be decorated in a craft session.
Russia hosts the 2014 XXII Winter Olympics which starts in Sochi, a city in southern Russia from February 7 - 23.
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Interesting facts about the history of the Winter Olympic Games.
A summer Olympic games themed word finder!
Make Homemade Snow quickly and easily! Great for winter events like the Winter Olympics.
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I am running a complete Winter Olympic Games Morning, we will be decorating the room in Winter theme (snow man and all).
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An Olympic themed crossword to enjoy!
Olympics - Rio 2016 Poster for printing.
Here is a list of songs I have started to compile for the Olympics....feel free to add more for me.
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Make Olympic Rings in a craft session to decorate your facility for the Olympic Games.
Great for cheering and a good gross motor skills exercise. They are inexpensive and fun to make.
Olive crowns made from olive tree leaves were awarded to winners when the Olympics first began back in 776 BC! Make some Olympic paper crowns (unless you have access to olive trees!) to offer the audience.
Plan your own Mini Olympics for the Elderly in Nursing Homes and Long Term Care Facilities.
What a spectacular event and what a great opportunity to make your facility buzz with excitement!
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Enjoy an Olympic Rings coloring activity.
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25 questions about the history of the Olympic Games. A fun trivia and reminiscing activity for seniors.
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Wow! Some fascinating Olympics trivia you may not have come across before! A fun activity for seniors.
Bocce balls is an ancient game from Italy that is similar to bowling.
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Gentle exercise for the arms as well as an opportunity to socialize! Great for game for the elderly. Also suitable for people living with dementia.
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This is an excellent game for socialization.
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Promote friendship and stimulates physically.
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This is an activity that is fun to make with a small group of keen participants. The game can be played with those who are no longer able to do craft.
This has always been a very popular game at all the facilities where I have worked. If you don't have a sewing machine ask a volunteer or one of your clients' relatives to do it for you.
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This is an ideal activity for a winter's day or a rainy day.
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This game has been adapted to indoors to suit people with a limited range of movements.
Improve movement and promote well-being with this easy and fun competition!
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Reminisce about familiar skills and have fun with this potato peeling competition!
Hand-eye coordination. Upper body movements (exercise).
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Try table tennis with no bats and coloured plastic balls for those with eye sight problems.
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Ideal for men, this activity will foster friendship and bring much laughter. It would be helpful if you could find a male volunteer to sit with participants and remind them of different ways to make paper airplanes.
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Here is a Sporting Terms Quiz representing 25 of the sporting events at the Olympic Games. This quiz can be used as a competition and given out to individuals, or, as a group game by writing up the sporting terms column on a white board and having the residents call out the related sports.
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Late last year, as a global recession snapped at China's heels, Tomer Rothschild's sales team began to sweat. Selling gym membership to white-collar workers had suddenly gotten harder.
Today, the treadmills are humming again. "Back then, people were worried about their jobs. There's much less of that now," says Mr. Rothschild, CEO of Ozone Fitness, which owns 10 clubs in Beijing.
As goes the fitness boom in Beijing, so goes China's economy. While Washington argues over the impact of its stimulus package, China's government has ramped up spending so rapidly this year that economists are warning of stock and real-estate bubbles. Beijing argues that supporting the recovery remains its priority.
One reason for caution is that China's exports continue to slide. Data released Tuesday showed that exports in July fell 23 percent year-on-year, the ninth straight month of decline.
But on the back of record bank lending and state-led investment, China's economy is accelerating: It grew by 8 percent in the second quarter, snapping a period of slowdown.
What recession? Malls, restaurants are packed.
Far from being felled by the global slump, many Chinese consumers believe that the good times are still rolling. Nearly 5.4 million cars were sold in the year to July 31, up 30 percent over last year. Leisure travel – seen as a luxury only a few years ago – is growing rapidly. Many restaurants and malls in Beijing are packed.
More robust Chinese spending holds out promise for other struggling economies. Domestic consumption has long lagged in China, where households save much of their income and the government runs huge trade surpluses that are ploughed into foreign-currency reserves, mostly US government debt.
"It's not the big adjustment we'd all like to see in China away from investment and towards consumption. But if you have relatively strong [economic] growth, you still end up with strong consumer growth," says Michael Buchanan, an economist for Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong.
Economists say it's unwise to expect Chinese consumers to pick up the slack from debt-saddled Americans, as growth is still driven largely by state-led investment. But open Chinese wallets point to an eventual rebalancing of trade flows, so that Asian countries consume more of what they produce.
Massive spending on infrastructure
China's stimulus has soaked up demand for industrial output, giving relief to sectors hit by slowing exports. Huge spending on infrastructure projects like roads and public works have jolted the economy.
The downside, however, is that heavy industries like steel aren't rationalizing, says Arthur Kroeber, managing director of Dragonomics, an economic consultancy in Beijing. "The risk is that producers will expand capacity," he says.
One contentious trade issue is China's currency, which the US Congress has criticized as undervalued. A stronger currency would increase the purchasing power of Chinese consumers and discourage excessive investment. But the Obama administration has not pushed publicly for revaluation, which is strongly resisted by China.
Fuzzy statistics
Gauging the extent of China's recovery is complicated by the reliability of its data. Some state-owned media have ridiculed National Bureau of Statistic (NBS) figures, particularly on incomes. Analysts say aggregate national data doesn't always match that reported by individual provinces, where much of the stimulus spending is concentrated.
"As long as [the NBS] is part of the government, they have to listen to their bosses," says Xu Xiaonian, a professor at the China-Europe International Business School in Shanghai, who favors an independent bureau.
Mr. Xu and others warn that China's economy is fragile, as private investment remains tepid. As a result, growth may falter, even as the US begins to pull itself up. "I'm feeling less and less confident about China's recovery," he says.
'Excellent' job prospects
Others feel differently. In a survey taken in June, Nielson found that confidence was rising in urban China, as it was elsewhere in Asia.
The key driver in China was job security: More than half of the 3,500 people surveyed said their job prospects would be good or excellent over the next 12 months. In March, only 22 percent of respondents felt that way.
That optimism matters to Beijing's private gyms, which have mushroomed as more Chinese pay attention to fitness and health. In 2001, the city had only five gyms, excluding luxury hotels. Now there are about 400, says Rothschild.
The pace of new openings has slowed. But the blame doesn't lie primarily with the economy, says Liu Gang, CEO of O.E. Gymnasium Club. The industry resorted to cutthroat pricing and turned off consumers with poor service.
"So many gyms have closed in Beijing because the management didn't do a good job," he says.
Back in 2004, when Mr. Liu opened his first club, it was different. "As long as you opened the door, you could earn money," he says.
Then in 2007, a rival chain in Beijing began a price war. Annual dues dropped below $100, down from more than $400, says Ding Bo, a branch manager. Consumers shopped around for deals. "Lots of people think gyms are an easy business to run. Lots of people want to invest. It's chaos," he says.
Rothschild says the price war is a symptom of the gym industry's focus on chasing new members, rather than hanging onto existing ones. As a result, only 15 percent of members chose to renew, compared to 60 percent in the US.
Gyms are feeling the pinch more in Guangzhou, the southern city where fortunes are tied closely to exports, says Liu, who operates two clubs there. He has put expansion plans on hold.
Beijing is protected from the storm by its employment profile, making it an imperfect yardstick for economic resilience. Young professionals who work out in private gyms here are more likely to work for the government or state companies. "We're in a self-contained economic sphere in Beijing," says Rothschild.


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The stock market's biggest winners and losers of the year include companies from a wide swath of sectors, from traditional retailers to technology, from financial services to durable goods. Following are 10 of the best and worst trades of 2012, ranked by percentage changes from the start of the year.
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Sad was the Indian Cricket team's performance at the World Cup. After employing the costliest and a no nonsense coach, providing extraordinary facilities(when compared other sports in India), organizing camps, Exclusive Physios, Trainers, Sponsors right from the outfits to the training kits and 1 billion fans who were providing unconditional support(or shall I say pressure????), to see the batsmen follow suit back to the pavilion one by one is not the sight they can bestow.Any Indian Cricket Team's fan has all the right to get pissed off with the team's below par performance but few went wrong with the way they expressed. What we are proving to these cricketers by throwing stones on their houses. Won't the family members be threatened.Is this our culture is/was/will be known for.Why didn't we go and stone those non-performing politicians, collectors and tahsildars.Let me list out few things that we can do to show our disappointment.
1.Not going to the stadiums to watch any of the Indian Team's matches unless they maintain consistency, or in TV.
2.Don't buy any luxury goods (that includes carbonated drinks) marketed by these cricketers.
3.Last but not least, let's make sure the above resolutions reach the cricketers and the companies who sponsor these people.
Instead of being furious and voilent, these will hit them than anything.
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Hello all!
Firstly, I'm new to these forums! So I'd like to say hello to everyone.
I acquired my first cat ever about a year ago and his name is Neffer! He is a Devon Rex / Sphynx mix.
Just a few days ago I saw he peed out some blood so I took him to the vet. He's got Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease, which I believe is quite common with Male Cats. The bill was $210 but she also suggested that I should get his teeth cleaned for $400 due to the Stage 1 tartar buildup. She recommended I might look into pet insurance, but I'm a little hesitant based on my research.
Firstly, I assume all insurance companies are out to make money......and probably would find a million reasons to deny my claims.
Secodly, I'm also assuming there's no way they would cover his 'dental cleaning', so I'm starting to think I should avoid the insurance and just bite the bullet on vet bills.
Finally, my parents just had their 8 year old Matlese's teeth removed due to an infection. The operation cost them $800. Now to me, I think it's quite unnatural to have to get your pet's teeth professionally cleaned. They don't do it in nature...and although I understand that a handful of animals probably die due to infections in their gums, I feel like spending $400 every 1 1/2 years is far too expensive. I also feel like his teeth will be completely fine! I feed him really good food, and sure, I'll also take the step to cleaning his teeth when I can, but as long as he isn't in pain due to his dirty teeth... I see no reason to get them professionally done.
Alright this turned into somewhat of a rant but I'd appreciate anyone's feedback. I'm new to cats
Thanks in advance!
Oh my goodness, what a cutie Neffer is!!! He looks very kissable .
As for insurance, I think you do really have to read the fine print and do lots of research on the various plan options (some do cover dentals, but you have to pay higher premiums). Most won't cover pre-existing conditions, so anything related to bladder/urinary tract health for Neffer would be out. There's a decent site here that compares the various plans: http://www.petinsurancereview.com/index.asp
I personally prefer to set aside some money each month into a special account just for my kitties. I also feed them the highest quality food I can (raw and premium canned), which I think is the best health insurance out there. What do you feed Neffer? If kibble, you might want to consider going to only wet food due to his FLUTD, and since he has dental issues, a raw diet would likely help in that department. http://feline-nutrition.org/
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Thanks a ton! That seems to be the general response I've received from most my friends too. Put some money aside, and it will probably cover any problems he has in the future
PS - I came home and he was in my bed in that position!! I didn't set up that photo at all
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I have insurance and the real problem I see with it and we were talking about that today is that in my case, at least the company we are with in case your cat (or dog) get sick they don't cover the vet bills at the spot but you have to submit a claim and imo what gives me peace of mind about insurance is to have someone to cover those bills in that moment because I probably won't have enough cash available to do it and the way I see it that defeats the purpose of having insurance.
I've been thinking about opening a saving account exclusive just for pets because what I need is the cash to pay on the spot or else how are you going to provide that attention you want for your beloved pets? (I ask myself)
You get your money back but the problem is the timing, not when I really need it the most.
That's the main issue I see with pet insurance.
" How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven."
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I am really glad that I decided to get insurance for my Choc Lab Sasha. We have our policy with Truepanion and have never regreted the choice. We applied for insurance when Sasha was 8 weeks old, I figured that she would live to at least 13 so with that in mind and the premium at the time it worked out to about $5000. Sasha is very active and has gotten into her share of trouble, we have claimed over $15,000 and there is no way that I would have saved that amount.
Her recent claim of dental work, she broke 3 bottom teeth (my poor baby) the 2+ hour of surgery, teeth cleaning and meds came to $2400.00.
The choice is always yours, I highly reccommend Truepanion.
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Pets insurance will not cover pre-existing conditions , and I am not sure if they'll yearly check up . You should read the fine print very carefully and I would write down questions you want to ask if you do decide to check into this.
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Amane Mikiko, better known as Mikki, is an elementary school student who moves a lot and has to transfer schools often. As soon as she makes friends, she has to painfully say goodbye to them. She is determined to not make any new friends at her new school, but it doesn't exactly go her way… especially when she meets a boy with the head of a cat! But hold on… he only looks like that in her eyes?!
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The week after I found out I that I had to have a biopsy we had a trip planned to Disneyworld in Florida. We left on July 18, 2006. I think this was probably the best thing that could have happened at the time. An escape to a whole new world. There was so much excitement about the trip and we were all busy with getting the laundry done and packing and making arrangements for the house and Bailey (our dog) while we were away.
This was our first time going to Disneyworld. I had been once as a child but Mike and the kids had never been. We had saved up for this trip for a long time and had surprised the kids with the announcement at Christmas. So, they had been looking forward to it for over six months. I had planned our itinerary according to what everyone wanted to do the most so that we could fit in everyone's "must sees". This was probably going to be a once in a lifetime thing so I wanted to be sure we saw everything at Disney, Epcot, MGM and the Animal Kingdom. We also put in some time to just relax at the resort and enjoy the pool and other activities.
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My kids were beside themselves about the whole transportation element to the trip. They had never been on an airplane before. Alex flew with me from Ottawa to Toronto once but he was only two years old and couldn't really remember much about it. They were actually really excited about the fact that we would be taking a taxi from the airport to the hotel. A taxi! Wow they had never been in a taxi before. (Yeah I know, we don't get out much.) It was so amazing to me to see everything through their eyes for the first time just like they were experiencing. I let myself just forget about the whole wide world and everything in it except for my beautiful kids and my wonderful husband. I was secretly hoping that he was going to stay wonderful for the whole week because he really hates crowds and heat so Disney in July was going to be somewhat of a challenge for him to say the least.
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For anyone that has been to Disney you will know that you sort of get consumed by all things Disney while you are there. I was able to totally escape and relax and really have fun with my family. I felt like I was 10 years old and I just loved every minute of the trip! I found that I didn't give much thought to the upcoming biopsy or anything else outside of Disneyworld. I let myself be consumed. We were busy from early morning until late at night and we all fell asleep exhausted but happy every night.
That all changed when we got home and we were snapped back to reality.
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Hello gergapsek, thanks for this clear words!gergapsek wrote:The meeting is not to get hits with eachother. Those hits will be moderated as meetinghits.
So please do mind next guidelines:
* Bring only 5 euronotes or coins to the meeting
* If you pay your share of the cost, pay it as much as you can in 5 euro notes. The organisers will not enter them in EBT, so they will not get moderated (They will get spend in Vienna/Bratislava area so it's in your advantage as well)
* If you spend money during the meeting (to get lunch, drink, ...) consider also using 5-ers.
* The notes you receive on the days of the event, should always get "S-EBTM09 Vienna" in the commentfield.
But: This is the guideline for the MEETING - not for the days before or after a meeting. The time before and after is private time. And the discussed hits were on places far away of the meeting.
So they are interesting hits and they have not to be moderated.
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Gabe is mesmerized by Wong Kar-wai's dreamy version of the Ip Man story...
If you were thinking to yourself 'Boy, it certainly feels like there is an excess of bio-pics about Wing Chun master Ip Man coming out of China lately,' you would not be alone. In 2008 and 2010, Wilson Yip released Ip Man and Ip Man 2, starring martial arts superstar Donnie Yen. Herman Yau's The Legend Is Born – Ip Man, starring Dennis To (alongside actors from Yip's films), was also released in 2010, while a Bruce Lee television series starring Yu Chenghui as Ip Man ran on Chinese television. Then, in 2013, Yau released a sequel, Ip Man: The Final Fight, starring Anthony Wong as an older grandmaster, and Yip helped produce a Ip Man television series with Kevin Chang as the titular character. That's a lot of Ip Man. But retelling historical stories through the prism of martial arts action films is nothing new for Chinese/Hong Kong cinema. Tai Chi master Zhang Sanfeng has inspired novels and film for decades (most famously, Yuen Woo Ping's Tai Chi Master, 1993), folk hero Fong Sai-yuk was the subject eight movies (three of them between 1993 and 1994), and revolutionary/physician/drunken master Wong Fei-hung motivated more than 100 films, serials, and TV shows since the 1940s (including Tsui Hark's Once Upon a Time in China series). Due to renewed interest in Bruce Lee, it seems fitting that Lee's teacher, Ip Man, is the latest subject of endless film adaptations.
The latest film in this series (or at least the latest to hit home video stateside) is Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmaster. This story covers a substantial period of time, beginning in the 1930s, where Ip Man, played this time by Tony Leung, is forced to deal with the Japanese invasion/occupation of China (a hardship covered in much more detail during Yip's first Ip Man film). The story extends all the way through to the 1950s, where Ip Man is reunited with Bagua style master Gong Er (Ziyi Zhang), a one time love interest who is hampered by her devotion to her father.
Despite the glut of similar productions, Wong's name on the marquee as co-writer and director is certainly a reason to stoke enthusiasm. Not to diminish Yip or Yau's skills, but Wong is high among the most important and influential directors currently working in China. Now, here's the part where I admit I am woefully undereducated in Wong's abilities, having only seen two of his movies – Chunking Express and Happy Together – and having seen them a very, very long time ago. But I knew enough to be aware that The Grandmaster was not Wong's first foray into wu xia – in 1994, he made Ashes of Time (also starring Tony Leung). I was able to watch a copy of the re-released, reedited 2008 version of that film, retitled Ashes of Time Redux, while prepping for this review. Assuming it is a fair representation of the original (it is several minutes shorter), it is precisely what I'd expect from a Wong Kar-wai kung-fu epic. It's a dreamy, poetic, dialogue-driven piece with limited locations and a sharp focus on melodrama over action. What action is included is every bit as epic and fanciful as the films Tsui Hark was directing and producing during that early/mid-'90s era, which seemingly proved that Wong was happy to appease popular standards without obscuring his unique voice.
The Grandmaster is, generally speaking, a much more mainstream movie, though the story is still told via poetic dialogue and a collage of aggressively intimate images. Wong's films are (as far as I've seen) embroiled in dramatic, character-driven conflict, but their unifying element is their unrestrained beauty. Sure enough, despite being overlooked for a Best Foreign Language Film nomination, the Academy bestowed The Grandmaster with well-deserved nominations for Best Cinematography (Philippe Le Sourd) and Best Costume Design (William Chang Suk Ping). I don't believe Wong and company haven't surpassed the exquisite allure of Zhang Yimou's more spectacular martial arts concoctions, specifically Hero and House of Flying Daggers, but none of the digital effects-heavy Chinese action movies released in recent years are anywhere near as elegant. Wong occasionally threatens to unwind the film's grandeur with jittery, low frame rate, slow motion shots, which he integrates somewhat ambivalently with the more flowy, over-cranked shots. Fans of his other work will likely be accustomed to this look, but I've never been a fan of it – not even when it shows up in classic kung fu cinema (where it was used as a cost saving measure) or Peter Jackson movies (where it often ruins an otherwise brilliant moment of action or violence). However, once I became accustomed to the almost musical rhythm of the films unconventional mosaic editing I found myself appropriately mesmerized.
The bad news is that this version of The Grandmaster has been heavily cut from an original runtime of 130 minutes down to a paltry 108 minutes by the sinister hands of Harvey 'Americans Won't Get It' Weinstein (another international version runs 123 minutes). Those are some heavy cuts and enough to make me think I've only seen an outline of Wong's intended film. Indeed, some of the overly sharp storytelling might be the fault of Harvey's editors, not Wong or his editor, William Chang. The first act, where a wave of characters is introduced without enough time to absorb their purpose, and some of the scenes connecting time-spans (there are an awful lot of title cards that pop up to tell the audience what happened over a period of time) seem especially truncated. There's also the matter of Ip Man disappearing for a significant amount of time towards the middle/end of the film – perhaps this imbalance would feel more natural with the original footage intact.
Edit: I'm being told that Wong himself prepped the US cut, making the broken story strands and stuttering narrative his fault, not Harvey Weinstein. I couldn't find any info proving this, but welcome any corrections.
Shorn of these 22 minutes, I find myself clinging to the majesty of the film's epic and gorgeous wu xia sequences, choreographed by none other than Yuen Woo-ping – a grandmaster in his own right and the man behind the best modern fight choreography of the last three decades. The first fight is a multi-opponent mêlée shot in pouring rain. Wong obscures the finer movements in the dark streams of water and with impressionistic montage editing. Further fights are also shrouded in darkness and concealed by editing techniques, but the balletic physicality of Yuen's choreography remains transparent and impactful. Wong eases us into the more clean-cut action, especially scenes involving his most vicious antagonist, Yixiantian 'The Razor' (Chang Chen), who is a more violent and visceral fighter. The final fight scene, where Gong Er's battles Ma San (Zhang Jin) at a busy train station, is the high water mark of Wong and Yuen's collaboration.
The Grandmaster is presented here in 2.35:1, 1080p HD video. The specs claim that the film was shot mostly using 35mm cameras with digital HD used for high-speed shots, but Wong and Academy Award nominated cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd's images are so overtly colour graded and otherwise digitally augmented that it is almost impossible to tell that real film was even involved in the process. Grain occasionally clumps up enough to notice (I'm not counting the stock footage shots here) and some of the starker black edges have thin, film-like halo artefacts, but so much of the movie is so utterly clean that it really appears that it was shot digital HD. Details are tight, especially complex production design patterns, though textures are usually smoothed out by subtle gradations and the fact that so much of the film is shot in shallow focus close-ups. The bulk of the film is also filmed in low light, so some of the finer background detail is lost in deep pools of utter blackness. The palette has some subtle variations, but is heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Jeunet's three favorite colours – gold, red, and green. This is likely no mistake, because, despite Wong using a similar palette for 2046, Le Sourd's early career included working assistant camera man on Jeunet and Marc Caro's Delicatessen and City of Lost Children. These colours are normally harshly contrasted, as if the frames had been hand-painted, but there are also plenty of plush blends smeared throughout the film. The CG-assisted outdoor sequences tend to have cooler whites (kind of teal, actually) and these include minor macro-blocking issues – the only notable ones on the entire transfer.
The Grandmaster is presented in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Mandarin as well as a 5.1 Dolby Digital English dub. Do note that the disc defaults to the lossy English dub if you don't tell it otherwise. This review pertains only to the Mandarin track, which is spectacularly loud, crisp, and incredibly immersive. First off, the dialogue has a hypernatural quality. The voices boom from the center channel with just enough reverb to make them sound larger than life, but not so much that they sound artificial or inconsistent, as is the problem I've had with many recent Chinese releases. The aural environment is largely dictated by the music and dialogue, with many scenes being otherwise completely silent. The fights are obvious standouts, though there isn't a specific set sound design for these scenes. Often, a battle's aural tone is dictated by its thematic tones – some are hyperreaslistic, including whooshing fists and weapons, while others are more abstract and directionally busy. Other surround-enhanced moments include any number of rainy shots and the similarly stylized sounds of war (though Wong keeps most of the gunfire & explosions off screen). Composer Shigeru Umebayashi, working alongside additional music contributors Nathaniel Méchaly & Stefano Lentini (not to mention a number of classical standbys), has created a rich soundtrack that flows between romantic underscore and percussive 'hero' moments.
- The Grandmaster: From Ip Man to Bruce Lee (23:00, HD) – This is a relatively fluffy, but entertaining EPK disguised as a profound look at martial arts. It is hosted by MMA fighter/actress Gina Carano and features interviews with a number of celebrities and critics with a vested interest in either Wong Kar-wai or the historical Ip Man.
- A Conversation with Shannon Lee (7:00, HD) – Here, Bruce Lee's daughter discusses Ip Man's influence on her father's legacy.
- The Grandmaster: According to RZA (5:30, HD) – Where the MC rambles about hip-hop and wu xia movies.
- Behind-the-scenes featurettes (50:30, SD):[list]
- Wong Kar-wai's Journey into Martial Arts
- Focus on Fighting Styles
- Recreating Imperial China
- Tony Leung
- Zhang Ziyi
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- What Makes a Martial Artist
The Grandmaster is a gorgeous, but uneven movie that likely suffers the unkind cuts of its American distributors. I, of course, have no idea if my problems with its pacing and basic storytelling are all due to the shortened, 108-minute cut, but they certainly couldn't have helped. Wong Kar-wai's film doesn't overlap with previous Ip Man movies all that much and, with the help of master choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, he achieves a number of jaw-dropping martial arts spectacles, which is more than enough to recommend watching the film, even in this truncated version. Anchor Bay's Blu-ray comes fitted with a nearly perfect HD image, a very strong DTS-HD MA soundtrack, and a fair number of fluffy, yet ultimately informative special features.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Disc Details
Release Date: 4th March 2014
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Mandarin, Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: The Grandmaster: From Ip Man to Bruce Lee, A Conversation with Shannon Lee, The Grandmaster: According to RZA, Behind-the-Scenes Footage, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Cast: Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Zhao Benshan, Song Hye-kyo
Genre: Action, Drama, Film-Noir and Romance
Length: 108 minutes
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-Aldo A. Luisada, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Professor
of Cardiovascular Research, The Chicago Medical
School; Attending in Medicine and Director of the Division
of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital of Chicago. With the
collaboration of D. M. MacCanon, Ph.D.; L. M. Rosa, M.D.;
P. M. Shah, M.D.; and R. Zalter, M.D. The C. V. Mosby
Company, St. Louis, Mo., 1965. 351 pages, $17.75.
This book is an outgrowth of the author's long and
productive interest in phonocardiography and cardiac
auscultation. It is by far the most up to date exposition of
the general subject of phonocardiography in print. The
results of recently developed techniques are used freely
throughout the text; these include pharmicodynamic phonocardiographic
studies, intracardiac phonocardiography,
first (and second) derivatives of pressure waves, and
studies on subjects with prosthetic cardiac valves. The
copious illustrations are of excellent quality, form an
integral part of the authors presentation, and may explain
in part the rather high price of the book. Extensive use
is made of the apex cardiogram, arterial and venous pulse
wave tracings and intracardiac pressures as reference
While phonocardiography is not covered in an encyclopedic
manner, yet this book is much more than just a
synopsis of the subject. The large and very current bibliography
is in itself a valuable compilation. "Classical"
concepts of the production and transmission of cardiac
sound are examined and new concepts formulated where
experimental data makes this necessary. Some of the
author's views on the genesis of the heart sounds are
controversial although backed up by impressive experimental
Cardiologists, internists, teachers of physical diagnosis,
and other physicians with a special interest in cardiac
sound will find this book a valuable addition to their
reference libraries. It will be of particular interest to those
actively engaged in recording and interpreting phonocardiograms
(about one quarter of the book is devoted
to technical aspects).
By REX N. MACALPIN, M.D. (added here by Aida)
p.386 NOVEMBER 1965 * 103 -5
A historical summary of auscultation and phonocardiography
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Phone: 615.741.3208
Michelle Frazier
The Aeronautics Division is responsible for licensing public airports, monitoring compliance with federal grants and providing flight services for branches of state government. It performs engineering services, aviation planning studies, airport improvement and project design consultation to local airports. It insures the operational safety and efficiency of the state aviation facilities system.
Aeronautical activities impact our lives each and every day. Taking a flight to a distant destination is a small part of the overall activity. Businesses and individuals depend on air cargo and mail. Emergency helicopters get critical patients to hospitals in record time. Agricultural planes are needed for crop dusting and hydro-seeding. Another important branch in aviation is forest and power line patrols. The list of aviation services and jobs go on and on – airline agents, pilots, airport managers, firefighting, etc. It all starts and ends at an airport, from one of the busiest air cargo airports, Memphis International, to one of our 70 plus general aviation airports. Aviation is moving Tennessee forward.
The Division has the responsibility of licensing 148 heliports and 74 public/general aviation airports. It also oversees grants to improve and rehabilitate these facilities. In addition to maintaining one of the nation's best aviation systems, it also provides aircraft and related services for state government executives, staffing for the Tennessee Aeronautics Commission, and numerous educational support programs. The Division's include Administration, Finance & Grant Management, Engineering & Program Development, Flight Services, and Planning & Programming.


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Sapphire HD4850 Dual Slot Heatsink Review
It's time to buy that shiny new addition to your gaming rig to replace the well-worn video card that just can't keep up with the latest video games. You've been eyeing the ATI HD4850's and the performance looks just right for the dollars available in your shrinking bank account. There's just one thing that keeps bothering you - the temperature problems that you have been reading about on this series of cards. Sure there are utilities that can adjust the fan speed manually (finally), but you want something better. Actually, you need something better to cool the card but there is that lack of the green to get that something additional - an aftermarket VGA cooler.
Well there bucko, Sapphire has the solution to to the temperature problem for you. They now offer the Dual Slot cooling version of their HD4850. This video card is for all intents and purposes, a stock clocked ATI HD4850, but with a cooling solution that takes up two PCI slots to manage the heat problem on the HD4850 series. Usually, cards with additional non-stock cooling solutions cost more, right? Put that concern to rest. Currently the Sapphire HD4850 Dual Slot card sells for $2 less than the stock cooled card at a popular e-tailer. So now there's nothing there to hold you back. With the additonal cooling, there should also come an overclocking increase over the stock card based on just temperatures alone. Let's see if this holds true with the Sapphire HD4850 Dual Slot card.
Closer Look:
The packaging from Sapphire usually contains a wealth of information for the consumer to digest. This one is no different. Of course, there is Ruby on the front panel, a listing of some of the features, as well as some of the specifications. Highlighted is the inclusion of the bundled software that includes Futuremark's latest benchmark, 3DMark Vantage, as well as a full suite of software from Cyberlink and the Ruby Rom game disk. The back panel lists the technologies that the HD4850 employs to give that stunning picture and performance, as well as a listing of what's in the box. Again, Ruby makes an appearance, but this time she's equipped for battle.
Inside the package there is a non-descript brown cardboard box. Not that it really matters since it's the outside that grabs you and pulls you in. Once inside you can see that the box has a foam sheet that sits over the top of the card for protection. The card is enclosed in an anti-static bubble wrap bag to further protect the HD4850 D.S.. Under the foam, there is a wealth of software and adapters to make connecting to the display of your choosing, a no-fuss affair.
The bundle included with this card is pretty substantial. There is the software, the driver disk, Ruby Rom, Futuremark 3DMark Vantage and a suite of software from Cyberlink. Then there is the hardware part of the bundle that includes a 4pin Molex to 6 pin PCIe power adapter, an HDTV dongle, an RCA to S-Video adapter, DVI to D-SUB adapter, DVI to HDMI adapter and last but not least, the Corssfire bridge connecter to allow you to run this card in a Crossfire X configuration.
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Yreka baseball team falls to Cascade Christian 12-3
MEDFORD, Ore. - Tuesday afternoon, the Yreka Miners baseball squad traveled to Medford,Ore., to take on Cascade Christian. The Miners
were unable to come out on top as the Challengers took a 12-3 victory.
Cascade Christian came out and scored quickly in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. In the second inning, Yreka scored three runs, including a two RBI single from junior Jake Harris. After a score in the second, the Challengers scored two more in the bottom of the third to take a 4-3 lead. From there on out Cascade Christian took control of the game, and went on to take the 12-3 win. Yreka struck out 12 times in the game, which amounts to 35 total strikeouts in the past fur games. "We just have to be strong," said head coach Jason Freitas. "We aren't use to this kind of struggle and we just have to trust in our hard work."
The Miners fell to 1-2-1 for the year. Yreka is on the road again today and face Eagle Point, Ore., at 4 p.m.
– Tanner Horton
Miner softball team dominates Cascade Christian 13-2
MEDFORD, Ore., - The Yreka Miners varsity softball team cruised to a 13-2 road victory over Cascade Christian of Medford, Ore., on Tuesday.
Head coach Ken Dysert said that things started off well when Taylor Brown led off the game with a triple, followed by another triple by MacKenzie Pellizzer.
Brown finished with two runs, as did Pellizzer. Breanna Ruleas had an outstanding game, finishing with a home run, four RBI's, two runs and a stolen base. Courtney Huston had two runs and two RBI's. Chantell Fraser finished with three runs.
Kendall Moser earned the win for Yreka and had five strikeouts. Tanaya Wilson and Kaylee King each had three strikeouts for Yreka,The Miners improved to 4-1-1 for the year. Yreka will not play again until next Tuesday when they face Etna and Weed at home.
Miner boys tennis team falls to Foothill 7-2
PALO CEDRO, Calif. - The Yreka Miners boys tennis team traveled down to the Redding area on Tuesday to face Foothill High of Palo Cedro. The Miners lost the match 7-2.
Below is a recap of the match from Yreka head coach Mark Freudenburg.
"It was a beautiful day for tennis...and we were excited to compete at a high level against a formidable Foothill team. We were very competitive down the ladder, but just not quite experienced enough to get ahead and close out the tight matches. In singles, No.1 Ryan Andrus fell to one of the Sacramento River League's finest, Ryan Wilson, in a great tennis battle. Niraj Khalasi had no problem at No. 2 winning his match, and Konor Christensen managed to stay ahead in his close match. Howard Gregg and Caleb Lawson both had long three-set battles that both went Foothill's way in the end and Trevor Fisher, although staying close in his match, was not able to overcome his opponent. We were swept in doubles."
"So, we have some refining to do, but we are going to be competitive in this rebuilding year and I'm looking forward to watching the improvement. Thursday we play a very strong team at Ashland High."
Weed Cougars down Dunsmuir in baseball and softball
WEED - The Weed Cougars baseball and softball teams started the regular season on Tuesday with wins versus Dunsmuir at home. The baseball squad earned a 2-1 victory while the softball team won 14-1. In the baseball game, Carlos Sanchez had an RBI single in the bottom of sixth to give the Cougars the lead, head coach Josh Oates said.
Jacob Turner went 1-for-3 with a run and Spencer Hall went 1-for-3 with a double. James Brunello earned the victory, while Cody Pimentel earned the save.
COS baseball and softball teams host games on Tuesday
WEED_ The College of the Siskiyous baseball and softball teams both played at home on Tuesday, with the Eagles baseball team coming away with a victory and the Lady Eagles losing two contests. The COS baseball team downed Shasta 9-8. Shasta was up 4-3 after four innings when the Eagles scored five runs in the fifth inning. COS was up 9-5 the top of the ninth inning when Shasta scored three runs, as the Eagles held on for the one run win. Kevin Deely had three RBI's and a triple for COS, while Jesse Wantland had two RBi's and two runs. Dallas Melum earned the win for the Eagles. COS improved to 7-13 for the year. The COS softball team lost at home on Tuesday to Lassen 3-1 and 5-0. Mandee Pope scored the lone run of the afternoon for the Lady Eagles, COS is now 4-18 for the year.
Yreka Chargers veteran sign-ups are this evening
YREKA – The Yreka Chargers football league is having veterans only sign-ups tonight. They are at the Jackson Street School cafeteria in Yreka from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Veterans are defined by Nor Cal Fed Rules as a participant or player who either played or was medically excused from playing at the last game of the 2012 season
Early bird sign-ups, which are opp to all new and returning players will be held starting at the end of this month.
The sign-up dates are Wednesday, March 27 and Wednesday, April 17.
The sign-ups are at the Jackson Street School cafeteria from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
– Daily News staff


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NAGT Endowment Policy
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The Endowment of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers supports the mission of the organization by:
- contributing to the annual NAGT operating budget as deemed appropriate by Executive Committee;
- serving as a financial reserve against a serious financial shortfall; and
- providing monies for special projects approved by the Executive Committee.
The Endowment is funded through contributions from donors and any annual budget surpluses. The Executive Committee will attempt to determine whether contributions from donors are intended as contributions to the Endowment or to the annual operating budget.In any event, the Executive Committee will act on the requests of individual donors that may dictate the specific purpose for which specific funds are received to the extent that such instructions are given.
The investment objective for the management of the Endowment is to achieve growth of both principal value and income over time that is sufficient to preserve or increase the purchasing power of the assets against inflation [CPI + 5.5% (spending rate and appreciation)]. These objectives shall be implemented and monitored by the Investment Committee.
The general policy shall be to diversify investments within both equity and fixed income securities to provide a balance that will enhance total return while avoiding undue risk from concentration in any single asset class or investment style. Given the long term time horizon of the Endowment, equity investments will normally comprise 55-75% of the total Endowment and fixed income investments will normally comprise 25-45% of the total Endowment. The Investment Policy permits investments in diversified, open-ended equity and fixed income mutual funds. Cash and cash equivalents may be invested in money market funds.
The Investment Committee shall be responsible for identifying and evaluating appropriate mutual fund and money market investments and will provide its recommendations to the Executive Committee for approval. The Investment Committee shall be responsible for the on-going monitoring of investment performance of the mutual funds and will present a written report including any recommended investment changes at the Annual Meeting of the Executive Committee. The benchmark for performance comparison will be the Lipper Balanced Fund Index.
The Endowment Spending Policy sets forth guidelines for determining the amount or percentage of the total return (interest, dividends and capital appreciation) of the Endowment that may be used to fund annual operating expenses or special projects. The policy is meant to ensure that Endowment's purchasing power (real market value) is maintained or enhanced over time by keeping the long-term rate of annual spending from the Endowment equal to or less than the long-term real(inflation-adjusted) investment return of the Endowment while at the same time providing a reasonable stable and predictable revenue stream to support the NAGT operating budget and special projects.
The target spending rate will be between 3 to 6 percent of the average market value of the Endowment for the preceding three years. The average market value will be based on the August 31 market values for each of the preceding three year. Unless otherwise determined by the Executive Committee, the annual distribution rate shall be 4.5 percent of the average three-year market value of the Endowment. In setting the distribution rate the Executive Committee will take into consideration both the current inflation rate as well as the historical total return rate of a diversified portfolio of equity and fixed income investments as specified in the Investment Policy.
The Executive Committee reserves the right to amend these Endowment Policies at any time.
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More than 100 minors regained borrowing privileges thanks to Great River Regional Library's first "Read Down Your Fines" program.
After all of the numbers were totaled, library staff felt happy that the effort was a success. So much so, the program will be offered again in October.
Read Down Your Fines gives holders of minor cards the opportunity to pay off fines accumulated on their account. They do it by reading at the library. Fifteen minutes of reading cancels $1 in fines. During the program's first implementation June 24 to 29:
$542 in fines was waived
153 hours of reading at the library was completed
134 teens and children regained full cardholder privileges
As a result of their efforts, the minors who took part in the program are once again able to check out materials to take home. (Library policies forbid loans to patrons with $6 or more in charges on their library account.)
The program will be repeated during Teen Read Week, Oct. 13 to 19, and the staff is hopeful it will surpass the impact of the initial run.
The program was implemented because staff were aware that some children accumulate fines because of situations beyond their control. They wanted to use library services, and would benefit from using library services, but were facing financial obstacles. The program was supported by a successful Read Down Your Fines fundraising campaign, which offset the cost to the library of waiving fines.