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For the past few days I have been inundated with readers e-mailing me asking me who Heavenly Cakes are, and how they are associated with ChocolateMission. Well I can reveal that Heavenly Cakes (run by the very friendly Nigel & Maeve) are an online, homemade cakes company established only this year, originating in Hertfordshire, England. If you take a look at their site you will see photos of their products which can only be classified as foodporn (See HERE), but if you sit tight for just a minute I will take you through my review of their Millionaire Shortbread offering. As many of you will know, it is a very poorly kept secret of mine that Millionaire Shortbread (if it is good quality!) sends me weak a the knees. I guess it was no surprise then when Nigel and Maeve decided to make their ChocolateMission debut by sending along some of their freshly made 'all-butter shortbread, covered in Dulce de Leche caramel, smothered in Belgian milk chocolate'.
Being the nice people that that they are, Nigel and Maeve sent me a 'gift pack' sized serving of this Millionaire Shortbread, which weighed in at hefty 725.0g (about 15 man sized servings). As I have said I am huge fan of Millionaire Shortbread, but not even I could possibly justify saving this all to myself, so conducted the usual acid test of sharing with my work colleagues. The packaging and presentation was obviously the first thing I took notice of, and I have to say that it came to my relative surprise that it was very good. The outer cardboard box wasn't anything overly amazing design wise, though it does have to be said that the vinyl finished cardboard used was very smart, and the transparent window at the front allowed ample opportunity to see what was inside. If you have taken the effort to take a peek at the Heavenly Cakes website it most likely that you will have noticed the amazing pictures they have of their cakes. Being the pessimistic person I am, I thought these photos would be too good to be true, but a quick dig in to the silver foil try and the first slice revealed itself to be just as tempting as the pictures on the website, with the chocolate and caramel layers looking just as thick and plentiful.
Once all marvelling at how good the cake slices looked was over, the next thing I took notice of was the buttery, biscuit smells that were being emanated. I can't quite say they were bakery fresh, but they still managed to further increase anticipation for my first bite. As is plain to see in the pictures, these cakes were very thick in terms of depth, so just small little helpings at a time made for the richest of chocolate, caramel fixes. One thing that was playing on my mind before I tasted these, was that no matter how thick and plentiful the chocolate and caramel layers were, there was going to be little point in them being so if they were of a poor standard. It only took one bite to lay all these fears to rest - both the chocolate and the caramel were absolutely delicious! Starting off with the chocolate layer it had nice cream based taste which reminded me of softer Galaxy chocolate with it's sweet finish and loving feel on the tongue. The caramel was equally as good and brought all the desired toffee, brown sugar and minor salt notes to the taste with it's soft chewiness. Lastly the biscuit base was similarly enjoyable, with the shortbread buttery wheat flavours and bursts of white sugar and further salt notes rounding off what was a sinfully rich taste.
Overall these were nothing short of the finest Millionaire Shortbread cakes I have ever tasted, and I certainly wasn't alone in this thinking as a number of my work colleagues agreed. The previous product to hold this title was of course the Thorntons Mini Millionaire Shortbreads, and I can still see myself buying them on occasion as they are still very good in their own right and are a fraction of the cost. Frankly though, when it comes to quality these Heavenly Cakes are in a league of their own, with everything about them making for a nigh on perfect Millionaire Shortbread. Exceeding even my own expectations the chocolate and (especially) caramel layers stood out as being nothing less than 100% delicious. They were packed full of creamy sweet flavours, were insanely rich, and most notably were so wonderfully fresh tasting. The people I shared these with are pretty used to me bringing sweet treats in to the office, though never before have so many of them asked where I bought/obtained something from. For the sake of your health and your wallet and I wouldn't encourage anyone to be making these an everyday purchase, but as a treat or a special occasion I can promise you that you can't go wrong here. Coming from a guy that never promises anything, you will hopefully get some understanding as to how much I rate these. More Heavenly Cakes coming soon!
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Carolyn Laub, Executive Director of GSA Network, said of the organization's participation in the National Week of Action on School Pushout: "Gay-Straight Alliance youth leaders are rallying schools to address discipline issues like bullying through restorative approaches, which offer LGBT youth and all students the best chance to stay in school and ultimately thrive and succeed." For more about GSA Network's participation in the Dignity in Schools Campaign Week of Action, visit: gsanetwork.org/weekofaction [2].
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students report experiencing ongoing bullying, harassment, and discrimination from other youth, teachers, and school administrators. LGBTQ students additionally face the impacts of discriminatory policies and explicit and implicit bias in exclusionary school discipline practices, such as suspensions and expulsions. Studies show they are up to three times more likely to experience harsh disciplinary treatment by school administrators than their heterosexual counterparts. As a result, we see LGBTQ and gender nonconforming youth overrepresented in the juvenile justice system. The practice of zero tolerance and punitive school discipline harms school climate, further excludes students, hurts academic performance and contributes to the pushout of LGBTQ students from schools, increasing their likelihood of entering the juvenile justice system.
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Yes you can buy gift cards with walmart gift cards.
Forgot about $250 cap at 2%.
Don't forget that giftcards bought through shopdiscover don't count.
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I was looking at the birthday month 2% instead of October 6, sorry. So I may just use their card at Macys tomrrow. Anyway, I think people are saying it is unethical to buy something with the intentions to return it to get a gift card. Since a giftcard does not earn the bonus, you have to buy the item insead. The shop still gets their money since it is being returned to a giftcard so all should be okay in the end.
The thing that concerns me is that it says the purchases must post to the account October 6. No card posts purchases the same day so really you would have to spend today to get it to post tomorrow. Some cards will not post transasctions over the weekend either. Maybe just being an authorised charge will be enough.
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However, if there isn't anything you want at Walmart at this point, just buy anything around the value of gift card that you want. Purchase the item and then return it to customer service. They will ask if you want it refunded to your credit card or to a gift card. Say you want a gift card. So just like that, BOOM 12% off a Walmart giftcard.
Most, if not all Walmarts, sell many gift cards to other stores and services. I can personally confirm that Walmart gift cards can be used to purchase these. So in essense, you can get either 12% off anything at Walmart, 12% off a Walmart giftcard, OR 12% off any other giftcard that Walamrt has in stock. Hmm the possibilities....
I feel like this is unethical. While no one will stop you, I just wouldn't feel right doing this. Does anyone else agree with me?
HELL NO. If you think for a second that I care about the likes of JP Morgan Chase, Discover, American Express etc you are INSANE. I use them & abuse them every chance that I get because you know what? They wouldn't think twice about cutting off your balls if it made them a profit. They are not extending you credit because they think you are a nice guy, they are lending to you in hopes you slip up so they have the chance to jack your rate up to 29.99% and hit you with a $35 late fee. That is how they make money. If vultures were a company they would be credit card companies. That's what they are. So no, I don't feel bad for one second - FAHHCK THEM!
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HELL NO. If you think for a second that I care about the likes of JP Morgan Chase, Discover, American Express etc you are INSANE. I use them & abuse them every chance that I get because you know what? They wouldn't think twice about cutting off your balls if it made them a profit. They are not extending you credit because they think you are a nice guy, they are lending to you in hopes you slip up so they have the chance to jack your rate up to 29.99% and hit you with a $35 late fee. That is how they make money. If vultures were a company they would be credit card companies. That's what they are. So no, I don't feel bad for one second - FAHHCK THEM!
Really if you get the penalty rate and the fee you brought it on yourself so I do not think they should be blasted for that. Anyway, I would advise not to abuse Chase too much. They are probably the most well known for shutting people down who are churners or cycle their credit limit multiple times a statement. They even say when applying for a new card that if they determine you are just opening accounts for bonuses they will not give it to you and will possibly close other accounts.
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Keep in mind the 2% is only on the first $250 in spending.
I do not see this an unethical and do not see how anyone could. I do wonder why you would buy an item instead of a gift card. Do they not sell gift cards online? Other stores do this too but obviously do not do it too often as they will catch on.
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+1. I totally agree with you on this one. This is the reason why the credit card companies are now getting smart, placing tiers and caps on credit card/bonus programs as they must have realize there are to many loopholes to be exploited. And to top it off, it being posted on this public forum, where most everybody, including the credit card companies and their representatives come on and read.
They place caps because if they did not they would lose money, even from non churners. Regular people can spend 1500 on groceries a month, without even trying to milk the rewards program. So if Chase did not have the cap, they would lose a lot more money than they already do by having the 5%. Everyone knows about these tactics; all it takes is a little common sense. The credit card companies know about them too, but if you do not do it too often, they will not care.
Your point is well taken. However, excessive abuse of the programs are what causes the credit card companies to rethink their strategy and lower the caps and tiers even more. I can't personally say who is being ethical or unethical here without the complete picture. But I can tell you that no one needs to be taught how to use their credit cards unethically. From the comments following the topic, you have mixed emotions about this conversation. Some don't see it as any harm, and others say, yes I know that these practices could amount to harm, but don't care. I learned that what I see as harm, or call moral, others don't see it that way and are looking at the situation from another viewpoint. So who is right, and who is wrong? I guess nobody.
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You guys are missing my point. Walmart.com is coded differently that the brick and motor stores. Walmart.com is coded as Direct marketing while brick and motor purchases are coded as discount stores. That is the only reason this works.
I am curious where you saw that the 2% bonus is limited to $250? It doesn't say that in the terms and conditions, and numerous people have posted that they spoke with Discover reps who said there was no cap and that the 6th is basically a "free spend" day.
While yo are right that you can purchase Walamrt gift cards online, gift card purchases are not eligible for the shop discover 5% bonus. On top of that, most items on Walmart.com can be ordered and paid for online, then picked up in store an hour later. Gift cards are not eligble for pick up today, so you need to have them shipped to your house which takes another week to do.
In regards to the ethicality, I don't see how this is any different than BCP cardholders buying tons of gift cards to other stores at their grocery store in order to get 6% back on those purchases. Nobody seems to bat an eye at that practice.
Oh and btw I'm a college student, so every dollar saved is well worth the effort for me
I still feel like that's gaming the system, hence Amex putting a $6k cap on the 6% for groceries per year (starting in January). After the $6,000, it goes down to 1%.
Too bad Amex couldn't have found someway just to exclude gift card purchases at grocery stores from the 6% bonus rather than having to cap all purchases. Really unfortunate for families that make >$500 in grocery a month.
Was waiting to make a purchase from Amazon on Saturday. Thought about doing it on Walmart for "this".
But I'll take the 7% cashback on a 50 dollar purchase, more than the 12% cashback on a 60-65 dollar purchase.
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At the conclusion of the business meeting, Yearbook Chairman Tami Moler introduced State Representative Bryan Hughes who provided a very informative presentation on the upcoming legislative agenda in Texas. Due to redistricting, Rep. Hughes will no longer be representing Upshur County. He was unopposed in his new district for the November election. In addition, he is running for Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives so, if selected, will be representing all Texans.
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In conclusion, Rep. Hughes encouraged members to vote no matter what their party affiliation stressing how fortunate we are to live in a country with so much freedom and, in particular, the freedom of speech. He expressed his love for our state and our country and vowed to be a good steward in the upcoming legislative session which begins on Jan. 8 and continues for 140 days.
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Members present not mentioned previously included Annette Breazeale, Mikie Clark, Merle Cross, Betty Finney, Marynell Henry, Cindy Murry, Rebecca Skinner, Bettye Lou Smith, Jeannie Smith, Abby Stewart and Barbara Williams.
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Skip to comments.H.J.RES.5, Trying to Remove Presidential Term Limits!
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Just go to the Library of Congress and search for it. It's there. I don't know why I can't link to it.
This guy has tried this for years. But there hasn't been a Democrat President and Democrat House and Senate majority either. So it just might go through.
Exactly. We can't let it. This is looking more and more like Hugo Chavez every day......
Exactly. Combine the interstate voting compact with the push for dumping presidential term limits and we have the makings of a permanent democrat majority under Lord Zero for life.
Those who laugh it off on unconstitutional grounds should wake the hell up. It wasn't exactly constitutional for government to seize and run companies but they did it anyway.
Laws and resolutions are one thing, and the socialists can certainly make things difficult by shutting out conservatives and republicans, but an amendment to the Constitution has to be passed by both houses of Congress and then be ratified by 3/4 of the states. I don't think that the socialists could get 38 states to ratify. This safeguard to our Constitution isn't a popularity item, even the sparcely populated states get an equal vote.
not a chance........the founders rigged the constitution so that amendments could not be put in willy nilly...case in point, since the constitution and bill of rights was written, over 20,000 amendments have been proposed. Only 27 have made it all the way...odds are better to be hit by lightning
There are ways to get this passed by 3/4ths majority. All you have to do is pit classes against each other. Already happening. A Major effort to discredit conservatives by making them malitant enemies of the state. Already happening. Need I say more?
Read the Constitution. Such an amendment would require the votes of two-thirds the members in both houses and three-quarters of the state legislatures. My considered opinion is that the odds of such an amendment being ratified in my life time hovers somewhere between zilch point sh*t and none.
Obama is already working on that......
We need more people to review every Congressmen's voting rcords and vote accordingly. We can not allow the media to pick and choose what information we are given.
Perhaps. But changes to the constitution must be approved by 2/3 of the STATES. With Texas declaring sovereignty and lots of other states with sovereignty bills going through that's not likely going to happen.
With that said its still time to lock and load and keep your powder dry that this is even being considered.
Correction: make that 2/3 of CONGRESS and 3/4 of STATES.
Not hard to do when you make the opposition look like thugs.
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This is the second summer dress. I was so excited I finished it all in one day, I had to take pictures right there and then. I am really happy with the result – check out that zip (so much better than the last one. I ankered it with the machine, but hand-sewed the important side. I also hand-stitched the lining onto it, it looks quite neat)! The best part: I've just discovered that the dress goes perfectly with my wedding shoes.
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Thank you! Got great use of it during my summer holidays ;-)
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Thank you, vestiphobia, very kind. My wedding shoes were love at first sight… we were first doubtful they could be worn with a ball gown-y dress, but the seamstress who took in my dress got all excited when she saw them worn with the altered gown. That was it. Why be traditional? :-)
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The Assessment Policy and Procedures set out the principles underpinning assessment at the University.
The Business School uses standards-based assessment. This means the awarding of marks to students is to reflect the level of performance (or standard) they have achieved. Students' grades are therefore not determined in relation to the performance of others, nor to predetermined distributions.
The School uses the grades detailed in Schedule 1 of the University's Coursework Policy (2014).
Grades of 'PCON - Pass (Concessional)' are not awarded or recognised in any award course offered by the University of Sydney Business School, are treated as a Fail grade for the purposes of progression and do not satisfy award course requirements. This regulation also applies to grades in units of study offered by other faculties that are counted towards School award courses or the School's component of combined award courses.
Assurance of marking decisions
The University operates on the basis that academic decisions in relation to assessment, examining etc, are entrusted to members of the academic staff acting in accordance with proper procedures established by the University and the Faculty or Discipline in question. These procedures are detailed below.
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- Ongoing illness or disability (Academic Plan, administered by the Disability Services office).
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Design of assessment
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- If there is a team of markers, UoS Coordinators should take appropriate steps to ensure that there is a shared understanding of standards amongst multiple markers. Appropriate steps will be as determined by the Discipline.
- If there is a team of markers, any variations in marking standards should be addressed by the UoS Coordinator. If moderation is delayed and variations in standards cannot be explained, the assessments in question will need to be remarked. No arbitrary adjustments to marks can be made.
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- In addition to the UOS Coordinator review, further School planning, quality assurance, quality enhancement and accreditation measures should occur. These actions include: the Associate Dean Education reviewing grade distributions and taking further action if appropriate (e.g. requesting a copy of the UoS Evaluation and considering an improvement support strategy for future semester); Program Directors and Graduate Studies Board (GSB)/Undergraduate Studies Board (USB) using the information in program reviews; the Associate Dean Education developing reports for the University Executive Education Committee; accrediting teams and benchmarking experts using samples of assessments and reports during visits as part of assurance of learning.
Double marking
- Double marking is defined as the practice by which two or more academic staff members review a piece of assessment in its entirety prior to awarding a formal mark for the work.
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- In addition to point 2, UoS Coordinators may request a double marking for a piece of assessment. Where this has occurred, the better mark of the two marks will be used.
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- Re-marking is defined as an independent assessment of a piece of written work that has already been assessed at the request of the student.
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Wright is Pastor Emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), in Chicago. In early 2008, he retired after 36 years as the senior pastor and now spends his time preaching, teaching and leading study tours to Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean. Following retirement, Wright's beliefs and preaching were scrutinized when segments of his sermons were publicized in connection with the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. Click here for a related blog post written by Wright.
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Matthew Carls was a typical 10-year-old boy who enjoyed basketball, computer games, and just having fun. But when he began developing debilitating headaches and prominent swelling in his face, his world began to change. The Flanagan, Illinois family visited many area doctors, and finally went to Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
There he was diagnosed with an angiofibroma (an invasive, noncancerous tumor composed of blood vessels) the size of a grapefruit. The tumor was spreading into his sinus area and pressing on his optic nerve, causing visual disturbances. Matthew's family was told the only way to remove this tumor was through a large craniotomy, with a lengthy incision through his scalp and the removal of a large piece of his skull. Both the doctor and the Carls family were apprehensive about proceeding this way.
The doctor told them of a revolutionary technique of removing brain tumors through the nasal passages, and recommended that the family visit the surgeons at UPMC.
Although Matthew was initially anxious about meeting "big-wig" doctors in Pittsburgh, his attitude changed when he met with the physicians. He found the doctors to be down to earth, and said that they explained every step of the procedure to him in a way he could understand.
Matthew's surgery took nine hours, which seemed like a lifetime to his mother, Jody. As her only child lay on the operating room table, the surgical team kept Jody informed throughout the procedure and tried to alleviate her anxiety. Jody says, "We couldn't ask for a better surgical team. They are godsends." She adds, "Everyone, from the nursing staff to the doctors, was there for us. The care was above and beyond what we expected."
Because of the type and location of the tumor, the surgeons needed to leave a small portion of the tumor intact. Matthew later returned to Pittsburgh for two subsequent procedures after the tumor began to re-grow. Matthew now has an MRI every six months to monitor the small amount of tumor that remains.
Today, Matthew is back to normal, playing basketball and baseball, as well as trombone in the school band. He has participated in the Scholastic Bowl at his school and made the Honor Roll.
Matthew advises anyone facing surgery to be courageous and to trust in the doctors. He says, "I've had three surgeries and I've lived to talk about them. It's amazing."
Our patient stories profile a number of patients who have had minimally invasive brain surgery at UPMC. Although everyone's care experience is unique, we hope that sharing these stories will help other prospective patients and their families better understand these procedures and their potential benefits.
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Do you remember the old Wendy's Hamburgers commercial with the old woman looking disappointed at the "big fluffy bun" and cried, "Where's the Beef?" Do you remember the look on that woman's face? I do. I saw it on the faces of my children, my husband and our guests when we all sat down for dinner recently.
I had made a meal that I was so proud of. The chicken smelled so good. The kids asked when we could eat from the moment the aroma had started wafting through the living room. Proudly, I started to cut through the chicken, but it appeared to be unusually boney. Could this be possible? I had never gotten a chicken that had so little meat before. I started compiling the complaint I would be making to the store clerk where I bought this thing from as panic started to set in. There was no way this was going to feed all of us! Just as I was about to send my husband out for takeout, he pointed out that the chicken had been cooked upside down!
I can't blame my mom for my lack of cooking skills. She is actually a great cook! But since I didn't inherent her skills, I have to compensate by finding great recipes to follow—especially ones that use one of the greatest inventions every made – the crock pot. I have a family of five, so I love mine.
Want to know a good recipe? Get ready for one the easiest meals ever! I don't really have a name for it. I call it 'Cream Cheese Crock Pot Chicken.' (It tastes so much better than the name I gave it.) It is like cream-cheese-chicken-goodness. Call it whatever you want. It's yummy and so easy to make! ~Amy
- Bag of frozen Chicken Breast Tenderloins (2.5-3lb bag)
- 1 8 oz. block of cream cheese (Don't use Fat Free! 1/3 less fat or regular is fine.)
- 1 Can of Black Beans (or Pinto Beans if you prefer), drained & rinsed
- 1 Can of Corn, drained.
- 1 Can of Rotel Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies
PlacPlace frozen chicken in the crock pot. Top the chicken with cream cheese, beans, corn and Rotel. Cover and cook in your crock pot on low for 6-8 hours. Every 2 hours, I stir the ingredients. You can shred the chicken when it is done, or just leave it as tenderloins.
After 6 hours I turn the crock pot off & let it sit for about 30-45 minutes.
I serve this over rice. The rice soaks up some of the soupy-ness.
It makes a lot, it feeds 6-8 adults. You could have it for dinner a couple nights and for lunch. When we have it on a leftover day, sometimes I combine the rice and the cream cheese chicken mixture and use it for burritos. Add a tortilla, some lettuce, cheese & salsa.
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Professor of History
Steven Davidson
LocationMood-Bridwell 217
Areas of Expertise
Chinese and Japanese History; Historiography; World History
PhD, University of Wisconsin 1982
MA, University of Chicago 1970
BA, University of Virginia 1968
Asst., Assoc., and Professor of History
Southwestern Univeristy
August 01, 1988 - present
Chair, International Studies Program
Southwestern University
August 01, 2004 - May 01, 2007
Adjunct Associate Professor,
University of Texas, Center for Asian Studies
January 01, 1999 - June 01, 2004
Visiting Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin
January 01, 2002 - June 01, 2003
Teaching Philosophy
Teach how we know what we know and what it is that we know at the same time. Let thinking bubble up.
Previous Courses
Ancient China; Imperial China; Japanese Civilization; World Civilizations I & II; Twentieth Century China; History of Modern Japan; Commodities and International Conflicts; Global Powers: The Rise and Fall of Empires; Utopias and Utopianisms; Historiography
The development of beliefs in transcendence and revelation and the rise of millennial and utopian political movements in China from the late Han through the early Tang.
"Unintentional Pluralism and Pragmatism in China's Early Imperial Political Culture," in Josephine Chiu-Duke and Jiu-jung Lo, editors, Ziyou Zhuyi yu Renwen Chuantong (Liberalism and the Humanistic Tradition), Taibei, Taiwan: Yun Chen Publishing Company, June 2005.
"The Ch'un-ch'iu fan-lu" (with Michael Loewe), in Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide, ed. Michael Loewe, (Society for the Study of Early China, 1993).
Recent Presentations and Completed Manuscripts:
"Peasant Movements and Politics at the End of the Han: The Language of Taiping" presented at June 4, 1989, the Twentieth Anniversary Reflections on History and Contemporary Change Before and After Tiananmen: An International Conference in Honor of Professor Maurice Meisner, Harvey Goldberg Professor Emeritus of History, University of Wisconsin, Madison; June 4-7, 2009.
Translation (with Wah Cheng) of "Ershi shiji Zhongguo di fanquantong sichao yu Zhongshi Ma-Lie juyi Mao Zedong di wutuobang juyi" (Radical Antitraditionalism, Marxism- Leninism, and Maoist Utopianism in Twentieth-Century China), by Yu-sheng Lin, which originally appeared in Chinese in Xin shixue, v 6 n 3 (September, 1995), 95-154. Completed 2004.
Institutional Grants Authored:
Luce Fund for Asian Studies - This grant was awarded in the summer of 2001 to help fund a new position in East Asian Politics.
Freeman Foundation Undergraduate East Asian Studies Initiative - This grant was awarded on Jan. 1, 2002 to help fund a new position in East Asian Art History.
Arthur Vining Davis Foundations - This grant was awarded in Oct. of 2002 to support Southwestern's East Asian Studies Endowment.
Honors and Awards
Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
Fulbright [ITT] International Fellowship
Association for Asian Studies
Society for the Study of Early China
American Historical Association
American Association of University Professors
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School bus catches fire in East Ridge
East Ridge emergency responders put out a school bus fire Sunday evening.
Firefighters responded to the blaze just after 5 p.m. Sunday at 5816 Ringgold Road. The bus was parked in the U-Haul parking lot.
The engine compartment of the bus was on fire and firefighters reported heavy smoke.
Firefighters say the fire caused the two front tires of the bus to explode. The fire was extinguished quickly.
"The buses are lined up outside there just about every day, every weekday," said Jonathan Lindstrom.
Jonathan Lindstrom is a sales associate at Coin Shop, located just yards away from where that bus caught fire Sunday. Coin Shop was closed when his neighbors in East Ridge reported hearing and feeling an explosion.
"The explosion didn't set of an alarm or anything. So that was weird. We weren't notified about that," Lindstrom said.
Weird, he said, because Coin Shop has an alarm system so sensitive it's often set off by the doors slamming shut on these UHAUL trucks.
"Can't imagine it wouldn't have gone off with a big explosion and lots of shaking and what not," he said.
The source of the shaking and rattling? Police said the front tires on the bus exploded in the heat of the fire. Viewers shared their pictures with Channel-3. The biggest flames were shooting up from under the hood of what appears to be your traditional yellow school bus.
But this bus is powered by propane. And UHAUL has a propane filling station on site.
Quality Driver, an Indiana company, owned the bus. It was being transported from a repair facility in Resaca, Georgia.
No one was on the bus and there were no injuries.
The cause of the fire is not known.


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Corsair Launches New Hydro H100i and H80i Liquid CPU Coolers
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Corsair is not a company to let a good design sit idle, and to showcase that is renovating its flagship Hydro liquid CPU coolers. The Corsair Hydro H100i and H80i are a "ground-up re-design" of the original models "to deliver improved cooling, quieter operation, simpler installation, and Corsair Link digital control." Each cooler uses new, more efficient copper cold plates, improved manifolds, optimized fan designs, and bigger tubing for better cooling over past versions. The H100i features a 240mm radiator while the H80i has a double-thick 120mm radiator and two fans in a push-pull setup. Both Hydro coolers use new SP120L High Performance fans based on Corsair's SP120 fans optimized for static pressure. The SP120L fans have wide body, low-pitch blades for better static pressure at lower noise levels, and a motor specially tuned for higher torque.
If you want more precise control of your new Hydro cooler, Corsair has built in compatibility with its Corsair Link system (no extra gear needed). Fan speeds, noise levels, pump head LED lighting, and custom fan profiles are all able to be controlled from Corsair Link Dashboard's software, so you can have the system running just how you desire. An extra connector on the pump heads allow for even more monitoring and control of other Corsair Link-compatible devices, if you wish.
The Corsair Hydro H100i and H80i will work on all modern Intel (115x/1366/2011) and AMD (AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2) sockets, and the composite rubber tubing ensures more flexibility compared to older versions. The H100i will fit on cases with 240mm mounts designed for radiators, while the H80i works with any 120mm mount. Corsair has priced the H100i at an affordable $119.99, with the H80i at $99.99. Both models come with a five-year warranty and are set to arrive later this month.


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In 1922, Henry Fairfield Osborn, director of the American Museum of Natural History, announced that near Snake Valley in Nebraska, he had found a molar tooth that bore common human and ape features, dating back to the Pliocene Period. Before long, a profound scientific debate on the subject had begun. Some people regarded this tooth as belonging to Pithecanthropus erectus, while others said it was closer to being fully human. This fossil was given the popular name of Nebraska Man and the scientific name of: Hesperopithecus haroldcookii.
Based on this single tooth, Nebraska Man's skull and body were reconstructed in artists' conceptions. Pictures were even published of Nebraska Man in his natural habitat, together with his wife and children. This whole scenario was spun out from a single tooth. Evolutionists so believed in this hominid made from whole cloth that when a researcher by the name of William Bryan cast doubt upon all these firmly held opinions based on a single tooth, he attracted the most terrible fury.
The reconstruction above, produced on the basis of a single tooth, was published in the 24 June 1922 edition of the Illustrated London News. Shortly afterwards, however, it was realized that the tooth actually belonged to an extinct species of wild boar, and not to an ape-like creature or human being at all. This inflicted a major disappointment on evolutionists.
However, other parts of the skeleton were discovered in 1927. In the light of these remains, this tooth was found to belong neither to an ape nor to a human being, but to an extinct species of American wild boar known as prosthennops. Science magazine covered the story under the title "Hesperopithecus Apparently Not an Ape Nor a Man." 73
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Columbia gem: Far enough above the James
SIZE: 1,915 fin. sq. ft., 299 unfin.
ADDRESS: Ross Street
NEIGHBORHOOD: Columbia
CURB APPEAL: 7 out of a possible 10
LISTED BY: Deborah Murdock of McLean Faulconer Inc. * 964-0406 589-3083
This house is listed in the Daily Progress' classified ads as "Mrs. Mosby's House," so we almost had to go see it, if for no other reason than to find out who the heck Mrs. Mosby was.
Turns out she may have been some relation to the famous Civil War Gray Ghost, or she may not. In the end, it doesn't really matter, because the house has enough to offer in its own right to justify our drive to Columbia, the only town in Fluvanna County.
Because of Columbia's tiny size and interesting situation smack on the banks of the Mighty James, knowing something about the town will add to the pleasure of anyone buying this house. First of all, the town might rightly be called Flood Plain Central. Downtown houses and shops along Route 6 are under water every time the river jumps its banks. For that reason, most of them sit empty and decaying, giving the main street a desolate air.
However, up on the hill behind the town, where Mrs. Mosby put her cottage, it's safe and dry with views of the river and the distant horizon. The current owners of the house are quick to point out that a recent $710,000 grant from HUD is redoing the town's water supply, and that other HUD-inspired improvements are on the way. The little town and surrounding environs are filling up with modern-day homesteaders who are changing the face of Columbia.
As for the house itself, it's a charming Cape Cod, built in 1941 with all of that era's construction strengths: solid oak hardwood floors, plaster walls, ceramic tile bathrooms with real, not plastic, tubs, and lots of closets and storage space. There's an outside storage space, which used to be the place that kept logs dry as they waited to be passed directly into the living room for the fireplace.
There's a light-filled dining room with built-in china closets and French doors to a back porch this is where the views are, and it's easy to imagine Mrs. Mosby rocking and knitting here, watching the sun go down over the river. The living room is large, 25' x 14', with a built-in bookcase beside the fireplace and large windows on three walls. There's an extra room on the main level, which Mrs. Mosby was able to use as her bedroom because it has a full bath and a deep closet.
Upstairs are three more bedrooms and the second full bath. Two of the bedrooms have deep built-in cedar closets, and there's good storage under the eaves created by the dormers.
Built on the 1.5-acre site of the old Columbia schoolhouse, this is a snug cottage in a quaint little town. Neighbors are close but not too close; churches and the one old-fashioned convenience store are within easy walking distance. There are lots of plantings about boxwoods by the front door, and a huge tree in the front yard, which people have estimated to be about 150 years old.
If you want to travel back in time and don't mind the 40-minute commute, this might be the place for you. There's no extra charge for the spirit of Mrs. Mosby.


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Nvidia Quadro FX 3500M debuts in Dell workstation
GPU line's core clock increased
Nvidia has extended its family of Quadro FX workstation-class mobile graphics chips and already begun supplying the part - the 3500M - to Dell for the PC giant's Precision M90 notebook, the chip maker said yesterday.
The Quadro FX 3500M builds on the previous top-of-the-line model, the 2500M, be delivering higher rendering performance: 190m triangles per second and 11.3bn texels per second to the old part's 181m and 10.8bn. Essentially, it's clocked higher, though Nvidia didn't say by how much.
Beyond that, the two parts are almost identical. Both support up to 512MB of GDDR 3 across a 256-bit bus and clocked to yield a memory bandwidth of 38.4GBps. The 3500M, like the 2500M, supports DVI, VGA and HDTV outputs. The 3500M consumes 70W to the 2500M's 65W, thanks to that higher core clock frequency.
Dell's M90 is an Intel Core 2 Duo-based machine with a 17in, 1,920 x 1,200 display. Dell currently offers the machine with the Quadro FX 2500M. As yet, it has not updated its website to incorporate the new Nvidia GPU so it's unclear what the 3500M will add to the M90's price. ®


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6 What awful weather we are having ! = an
7 A loud thunder woke me up last night. = clap of / peal of
9 Do you really suspect sabotage ? = some
15 A abuse greeted me as I opened the door. = a flood / folley / stream of
stream of
22 It is refreshing to find such an unspoilt countryside. I hope will be preserved. = a) X / stretch of b) it
a- stretch
23 A great of drudgery had been done away with through labour saving devices. = deal (?)
Labourt saving devices save us a lot of effort (try washing clothes in the river)
26 There is a fair of wisdom in that philosophy. = air of (?)
31 Some people never do a of work in their lives. = stroke of / spell of
1 Antique furniture is expensive, but you can find it cheaply in England.
4 He had luggage with him which I helped him to carry. = plenty of / much
He had 'much luggage' sounds wrong- we generally use 'much' in the negative. However, 'plenty of' also sounds weird because it sounds positive. I'd say 'lots of', unless I aprticularlyenjoyed lugging someone's bags around.
5 I gave him excellent advice about looking after the canary but of course he didnt take .
= a) X / some b) IT
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