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Allusions Project Fahrenheit 451 About the allusion Even though Dr. Johnson quoted this allusion, it was actually written down by one of his good friends, James Boswell. James Boswell was born into royalty in Scotland. After a harsh childhhod, James had a breakdown. At around age 20, James met Dr. Johnson in a book shop. This was the beginning of their friendship. I think this quote shows the feelings of Dr. Johnson after first meeting James and discovering their new friendship. Connection to Fahrenheit 451 The friendship of James Boswell and Dr. Johnson is what caused this allusion and it connects to the friendship of Montag and Faber. Like Dr. Johnson and James, Montag and Faber met randomly but almost immediatly became friends. Montag and Faber's personalities interested the other and they learned that they liked the same things. After they met, they became forever friends, like James and Dr. Johnson. This relates to Fahrenheit 451 on page 71 and on lines 14-18. "The dignitiy of truth is lost with much protesting" Quoted by Ben Jonson "We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed..." Quoted by Dr. Johnson About the allusion Ben Jonson lived from 1573 to 1637. His occupations were a dramatist and poet. Ben lived in England his whole life and fought in a war, as well as studied under various masters. He loved to act but was very poor. Eventually, he died of poverty near the Abbey. Ben must have been an influental person considering he is the only person buried in an upright position in Westminster Abbey and had a monument erected to him. I think Ben said this quote because he wanted everyone to know that they should do what's right. I think Ben's inner fire came from fighting in the war and his experiences with poverty. Connection to Fahrenheit 451 This allusion connects to page 107 on lines 5-8 in Fahrenheit 451 because Beatty tries to convince Montag that what he did was wrong. Montag tried to get away with keeping books in his house in hope to save them because he knew it was the right thing to do. When Beatty figured out what Montag was doing, he purposely drove all of the firemen to Montag's house. Next, Beatty tried to make Montag feel guilty for what he did. I think that Beatty knew that what Montag did was right, but he didn't want to risk getting in trouble with the government. This relates to Ben Jonson's quote "The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting" because Beatty tried to make Montag rethink his actions by argueing against what he did even though he knew it was the right thing to do. Dr. Johnson James Boswell Ben Jonson By: Elizabeth Hall Works Cited Frandzen, Thomas. "James Boswell." Welcome to James Boswell .info. Yale University, Dec. 2004. Web. 19 Feb. 2013. Levy, Imogen. "History." Ben Jonson. Westminister Abbey Foundation, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2013. Vanderleun. "James Boswell." James Boswell. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2013. Jokinen, Anniina. "Ben Jonson (1572-1637)." Ben Jonson (1572-1637). National Portrait Gallery, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2013. N/A. "James Boswell." James Boswell. American Authors and Writers, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2013.Full transcript


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After years of trying to overcome 21st Century Fox's (NASDAQ:FOXA) Fox News channel, Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) (the owner of MSNBC) and Time Warner (NYSE:TWX.DL) (owner of CNN) have essentially thrown in the towel. Neither of the cable news channels considers itself a hard news channel any longer.
Back in the middle of 2013, MSNBC president Phil Griffin was quoted in a New York Times article as saying that breaking news wasn't what the network does. "Our brand is not that."
Griffin was referring to the fact MSNBC has decided to focus primarily on politics, and specifically politics with a liberal spin. This was after unsuccessfully trying for some time to target different demographics. The change was permanently made when ratings at the network jumped as Keith Olbermann criticized the perceived conservative leanings of the Fox News Channel and the Bush presidency.
More recently, Jeff Zucker of CNN said he is going to migrate away from news-only and focus on shows that will compete more with the likes of National Geographic and the Discovery Channel. Zucker has specifically stated he wants to "broaden the definition of what news is." What he's basically saying is that the network can't compete in the area of breaking news, so it wants to offer programming that people will watch when there aren't any big news story to report. CNN has historically done well during key news cycles, but underperform outside of that, so it makes sense for it to make these changes.
MSNBC and CNN can't compete directly with the Fox News Channel. The question is whether or not this is an important development for investors.
Fox News numbers
For 2013, subscription revenue at Fox News has jumped to $0.94 a month for each customer, reaching approximately $1.1 billion for the year. That would make the Fox News Network the sixth-largest cable network, according to SNL Kagan.
As for viewers, Nielsen data show that through Dec. 8 Fox News averaged 1.774 million prime time viewers (a 13% drop from 2012) and 297,000 adults aged 25-54 (a decline of 30%). MSNBC was next with 645,000 overall viewers, with 203,000 25-54 year olds (falling 29% in both categories). CNN was third with 578,000 nightly viewers (down 15%), and 187,000 in the 25-54 demographic (down 16%).
Megan Kelly
The addition of Megan Kelly on Fox News was a brilliant move and well-timed, as she has broken out with big viewer numbers. This should drive the popularity of Fox News even higher.
This is especially important when considering its competitors struggled to find an alternative to Fox, and Fox itself has apparently come up with it in Kelly. In her first full month, "The Kelly File" jumped to the no. 2 show in cable ratings, generating an average of 2.2 million viewers. That's up from the 1.6 million viewers that Sean Hannity drew. Kelly was helped by the government shutdown, which attracted more viewers. Kelly could boost the network even further, although we'll have to wait a little longer to see if the shuffling of Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren results in an overall increase in viewers for Fox News or merely a redistribution of the same viewers.
It will also take some time to see whether or not Kelly is able to attract a younger demographic. If she can pull that off, it'll make Fox News even more profitable for its parent company.
Future of cable news
As can be seen by these moves, the future of cable news is going to be dramatically different than what we're used to. Both CNN and MSNBC are taking different routes, with MSNBC targeting the progressive talk market while CNN focuses on the more general news market (with an emphasis on redefining what is considered news).
Fox News is continuing on with its successful news focus, although with the addition of Kelly is offering a different brand than that of Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. If Kelly can continue to bring in big numbers for Fox, it will further distance the company from its competitors, who are no longer trying to compete against Fox in news. That should be a benefit to investors.
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Viserys speaking to Daenerys as Magister Illyrio looks on. We wonder if the title "magister" will be used in the series? So far, it has not been referred to.
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The lifeguard competition was held in Volusia County previously in 1982, 1996 and 2004.
Delighted Volusia County officials announced Thursday that the National Lifeguard Championships will return to Volusia County in 2015 and 2017.
The four-day events are expected to draw between 1,500 and 2,000 competitors, with their families and supporters. Sponsored by the U.S. Lifesaving Association and the Volusia Surf Lifesaving Association in conjunction with the county's Beach Safety and Ocean Rescue department, the championships are scheduled for August 2015 and August 2017 on the beach in front of Ocean Walk in Daytona Beach.
The county previously hosted the championships in 1982, 1996 and 2004.
Local businessman Charlie Lydecker, a former county lifeguard and previous association competitor, will co-chair the event with Mark Swanson, the county's beach director.
County Manager Jim Dinneen said Lydecker, who recorded a video message to play at the County Council meeting Thursday, will donate $25,000 to help publicize the event.
The county "should be proud" of the changes it's made to the lifeguard corps and its beach department in recent years, Lydecker said in the video. "The county has done a wonderful job of affecting change," he said.
The championships "will give us something to work toward," and restore a long tradition that seems to have "evaporated," Lydecker said.
Lydecker and Swanson, who county officials said were instrumental in landing the championships, hailed the announcement from the U.S. Lifesaving Association as good news for tourism and local businesses.
The lifeguards and their families "will stay in our hotels and eat in our restaurants," said Lydecker.


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George is no Angel in Hunted fights
Melissa George has revealed she left the stunt team on her new show Hunted battered and bruised after constantly accidently hitting them for real in fight scenes.
The actress - who used to play Angel on Home And Away - plays spy Sam Hunter in the gripping new drama from BBC and HBO, written by The X Files' Frank Spotnitz, about the world of private espionage.
Melissa laughed: "Actually there was more injuries with the stunt people! Which I'm very proud to say...
"I was trained to not make contact with the stunt people but I injured a lot of people!
"There's a scene where I elbowed a guy and he was in the way and he got a split lip! I felt bad. And then the guy with the fire hydrant, I hit him for real!
"In one fight I did this spin and and a back hand and I was so excited that I got the guy in the right eye!
"He was such a gentleman the first thing he said was 'Melissa are you alright?!' And I was in the middle of the fight and I stopped and said, 'Are you okay?' and he said, 'Just keep going!' And as the fight went on his eye just grew! So I'm still fighting and looking at it going 'Oh my God I did that!'"
The glamorous Grey's Anatomy star is now proudly sporting a bulging muscle on her right arm. She said: "I have a little Popeye muscle to show off. I'm very proud of this, I show everyone in New York and they're like 'Ew you're weird!'
:: Hunted will air on BBC One in the autumn.


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Joint Statement by AFL-CIO, CLC and UNT on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement
WASHINGTON - The AFL-CIO, the CLC, and the UNT, the national labor organizations of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, join in urging caution regarding the announcement that Mexico and Canada have been invited to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement (TPP).
Although we would welcome a TPP that creates good jobs, strengthens protection for fundamental labor rights—such as freedom of association and authentic collective bargaining—protects the environment, and boosts global economic growth and development for all, American, Canadian, and Mexican workers cannot afford another corporate-directed trade agreement. Good jobs, secure labor rights, and rising standards of living for all workers must guide the TPP negotiations.
To have a positive impact on working families in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, the TPP must break from NAFTA, which imposed a destructive economic model that expands the rights and privileges of multinational corporations at the expense of working families, communities, and the environment. The model of globalization enshrined in NAFTA promotes a race to the bottom in terms of wages, labor rights, environmental protection, and public interest regulation. By suppressing demand, this model became a leading cause of the current global recession.
To exit the global recession, the U.S., Canada, and Mexico must abandon the low-road growth model of NAFTA, and instead pursue a trade model that includes the promotion of fundamental labor rights included in the ILO core conventions; the creation of high wage, high benefit jobs; and the preservation of domestic policy space so that nations can conserve their natural resources, stabilize their financial markets, ensure food and product safety, and otherwise promote the public interest without fear of investor-state lawsuits.
Moreover, the negotiations must make clear that any improved provisions for workers in the TPP will override any corresponding harmful provisions in NAFTA—otherwise, working families will have gained little. As important, any stronger provisions in NAFTA must remain in force or be reincorporated into the TPP. In particular, the NAFTA labor side agreement (the NAALC) includes protections for migrant workers—a protection largely absent in subsequent U.S. FTAs. The AFL-CIO, CLC, and UNT strongly believe that the TPP should ensure that migrant workers are able to enjoy the same rights and protections as a country's domestic workforce. In addition, migrant workers must be protected from fraudulent or abusive recruitment schemes.
The ultimate impact of the TPP on working families in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico is by no means certain. It will depend will depend entirely upon its rules. Therefore, it will be impossible to celebrate the inclusion of Mexico and Canada until the specifics of the agreement are known. To the extent that key TPP provisions represent enforceable improvements over NAFTA rules, Canada's and Mexico's accession has the potential to benefit working families in all three countries. If instead, the TPP follows the neoliberal model and substitutes corporate interests for national interests, workers in all three countries will continue to pay a high price in the form of suppressed wages, a more difficult organizing environment, and general regulatory erosion, even as large corporations will continue to benefit.
We call on our governments to work with us to include in the TPP provisions to ensure strong worker protections, a healthy environment, safe food and products, and the ability to regulate financial and other markets to avoid future global economic crises.
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Having unsuccessfully supported Representative Jack Murtha for the No. 2 slot in the House of Representatives, Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi moves on to her next hard decision: whether to name Representative Alcee Hastings as chairman of the House intelligence committee.
This is a tough call for Pelosi. The current senior Democrat on the committee is Representative Jane Harman from California, and Pelosi wants her out. There has long been bad blood between Harman and Pelosi, who preceded Harman as the top Democrat on the panel. Pelosi, according to several Capitol Hill sources, has been upset with Harman's performance on the committee and has faulted Harman for not sufficiently confronting the Republicans and the White House. Next in line for the Democrats on the committee is Hastings. But he, too, poses a problem. In the late 1980s, Hastings, then a federal judge, was impeached by the Democratic-controlled House on bribery and perjury charges and removed from office by the Democratic-led Senate. He was later elected to the House and subsequently joined the intelligence committee.
Can Pelosi pick a fellow impeached and convicted on corruption charges to run a committee handling the most sensitive secrets of the government? But can she bypass Hastings, an African-American, and alienate the Congressional Black Caucus? Should she choose the third-ranking Democrat, Representative Silvestre Reyes of Texas? That would upset the CBC but win plaudits from the Hispanic Caucus. To duck the whole knotty issue, should she simply let Harman have the job for a short spell?
In a closer to perfect world than this one, the answer would be obvious: do none of above and name Representative Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat on the committee, to lead the panel. (More on Holt in a moment.) But since the House is far from perfect, this is not likely to happen.
Hastings has come a long way since being impeached by the House Democrats. He is currently the senior Democrat on the intelligence panel's subcommittee on terrorism and homeland security. He also serves ably as a Democratic whip. But now that he is close to taking over the intelligence committee, his past has become an item of renewed controversy. Prior to the congressional elections, conservatives and Republicans started raising the obvious question about Hastings: Should a person kicked off the federal bench for conspiring to receive a $150,000 bribe be placed in charge of the intelligence committee? The attack on Hastings was part of the GOP's campaign to frighten voters into not electing Democrats. (Charlie Rangel will be in charge of the tax-writing committee!) But it was a justifiable query; the Republicans had a point. History is not on the side of Hastings or his present-day supporters.


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Farren Isaacs, assistant professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Systems Biology Institute at West Campus, was one of five scientists nationally to be named a Beckman Young Investigator for 2012.
The designation by The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation supports the work of the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of academic careers in the chemical and life sciences. The goal is to foster the invention of methods, instruments and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science.
Isaacs' research proposal was titled "Programming Genomes to Re-engineer Life's Functional Repertoire."
"Our research is focused on developing foundational genomic and cellular engineering technologies to understand natural systems and program systems with new biological function," Isaacs said. "We seek to apply these advances to address global challenges in medicine, energy supply and the environment."


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Hands-free gaming is now available in the bathroom. And yes, gentlemen, it's exactly what you might be picturing.
ESPN has details of new video games being installed at the men's room urinals at Coca-Cola Park, the home stadium of the Philadelphia Phillies triple-A minor league affiliate in Allentown, Pa.
According to ESPN, "[The game] consists of a video display mounted above each urinal. When a fan approaches, the video console will sense his presence and switch into gaming mode. The guy aims left or right to control the play on the screen."
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Spoiler: Superbowl Results (ETS Daily Exclusive)
Article By, Larry "The Birdman" Arenas
With the Superbowl a mere four day away it is only appropriate to tell everyone what I think will happen because of course I have special knowledge on the situation that other mortals can only dream of. First off there is no doubt in my mind the Colts will win this game, mainly because my mind is so full of knowledge that there really isn't any room to fit any doubt but also because I know exactly how this game is going to play out. I'm skeptical about giving away to many details about the early parts of the game as my man Jim McMahon will be appearing in the 24th anniversary reshoot of the Superbowl Shuffle (see bottom) but this time under the sponsorship of Boost mobile and their $50 dollar plan and I would hate for anyone not to tune into that simply because they knew the first quarter result. So what I can tell you is that at the half the Colts will be leading the Saints by two touchdowns, upon which Peyton Manning will audible away the clock. Late in the 3rd Drew Brees will lead the Saints to a touchdown, Barely flustered Peyton will slowly march down the field, once again audibling away the clock only to settle for a field goal. At this point the Saints will miss some desperation shoots leading to a Colts win by a margin of 10. While I can't tell you anything more detailed than that, what I can guarantee you is that Peyton Manning will dull down the game. Before the readers jump down my throat, I will admit I love and respect Peyton, he's talented, he's a machine, he has the ability understand all aspects of both offense and defense, and of course he's funny. However if Peyton announced tomorrow that he was retiring from football to peruse a career as a professional commercial actor I would not shed a tear. Peyton is great in those commercials and in my opinion is far more entertaining off the field than on, he's just too predictable, I'd much rather watch the human interception machine Jay Cutler at least he mixes it up. To further my point on last time I will cite a competitor (who will remain nameless) , according to said competitor the average game only contains 10 minutes and 43 seconds of action from whistle to whistle, considering Peyton uses up 38 seconds of the 40 second play clock with audibles (which admittedly is why he is so effective I'm sure that 11 minutes of action will be much lower this Sunday.
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Celtics coach Doc Rivers said he doubted the NBA's $250,000 fine of the San Antonio Spurs will prevent other teams from resting players.
Celtics coach Doc Rivers said he doubted the NBA's $250,000 fine of the San Antonio Spurs will prevent other teams from resting players.
NBA commissioner David Stern fined the Spurs $250,000 yesterday for sending Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Danny Green home to San Antonio rather than have them remain with the team for a TNT game Thursday night in Miami. The game was the Spurs' fourth road game in five nights and coach Gregg Popovich thought those players were tired. Popovich preferred them to be rested for a home game tonight against Southwest Division rival Memphis. Miami, on the other hand, hadn't played since Saturday.
Asked if the fine would deter other teams from resting players, Rivers replied, "I doubt it. Whatever is going to help your team win, a coach is going to do because if you don't and it hurts your team, then you're the one who won't be around."
Rivers thought the $250,000 fine was out of line.
"I don't like it," Rivers said before the Celtics hosted the Blazers last night. "I just don't like it. I do get the other side of it. But it's a tough one. You've got to coach your team to win in the long run. You've got to do whatever you need to do. If that's sitting players, you sit players. It's a tough one."
The Spurs, Celtics and other teams have sat out players late in seasons. Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce skipped a 94-82 win in Charlotte last April 15 and stayed in the New York area because the Celtics played the Knicks two days later.
"They actually got to stay in a Four Seasons," Rivers said. "That's a nice deal."
On April 24, Garnett, Pierce, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade all rested and Ray Allen and Chris Bosh were out hurt as the Celtics beat the Heat, 78-66, in Boston. Some late-season games may not mean as much in the standings, but the fans still pay full price for the tickets. Stern apparently fined the Spurs because the game was on TNT.
The commissioner announced prior to the Spurs-Heat game that there would be "substantial sanctions" against San Antonio then didn't change his mind even though San Antonio nearly beat the Heat despite being short-handed. The Spurs led until Allen hit a 3-pointer with 22 seconds left.
"I think it was an action and a reaction, personally," Rivers said, "and I thought the reaction was probably overdone yesterday, and then all of a sudden, you have to have an action. Let's hope we figure it out."
Courtney Lee started in place of Rajon Rondo, who served the first game of his two-game suspension for his scuffle Wednesday with Kris Humphries of the Nets. Rivers said Rondo's reaction to his suspension was, "Not happy, but it is what it is. He expected it. He didn't know what it was going to be. We didn't make a big deal of it."
Rivers said Lee, Jason Terry, Leandro Barbosa and Paul Pierce would all handle the ball at times. None of them is a true point guard, however.
"I told our guys the entire team has to be ready for ball-handling duties," Rivers said. "It left us in a pretty tough spot, but we should be able to play through this and win games, too."
The Celtics visit Milwaukee tonight.
Before the game, Jeff Green (sprained right knee) and Chris Wilcox (illness) both pronounced themselves ready to go even though neither practiced Thursday.
The Celtics recalled rookie forward Kris Joseph from the Maine Red Claws.


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Thrift Savings Plan account holders remain concerned about potential identity theft following a computer security breach in which personal information on more than 120,000 investors was stolen. But a month after the incident was made public and nearly a year since it occurred, the TSP has seen no sign that the information is being misused, the TSP governing board was told Monday.
The board's regular meeting fell on the one-month anniversary of the day the TSP publicly announced and sent out letters to affected investors that the computer system of a contractor, Serco, had been hacked in July 2011, with the Social Security numbers of 123,201 investors taken. For about a third of them, names and addresses also were stolen, as was information such as bank routing numbers in some cases. The other two-thirds lost some TSP-related information in addition to their Social Security numbers.
"There has been some anxiety about it, there's no doubt about it," TSP Executive Director Greg Long told the board. "Even though there's some fear about what might happen, to date there's been no sign at all that data has been misused."
The TSP is monitoring the affected accounts and has made available the services of a credit monitoring firm. "We and our contractor have taken action relating to this incident and relating to future security," Long added. "We think we've done a very good job in being clear as to what happened."
Still, he said, the incident has made this "a challenging time for the TSP. We recognize we have a deep well of goodwill and we are drawing from that right now."
The breach was detected by the FBI, which has refused to comment on how or when it learned of the incident. The TSP and the contractor were notified in early April. Over the weeks leading up to the public announcement, they reviewed data provided by the FBI to determine which investors were affected and what information was lost.
The TSP is a 401(k)-style retirement savings program open to federal employees, uniformed services personnel, and those who keep their accounts open after separating for retirement or other reasons. There are more than 4.5 million account holders.


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The Basics of Bike Maintenance
Bikes are simple machines, and though they might look like some crazy assemblage of gears, cables, and levers, there really isn't that much going on — especially when you compare them to something like a car…or a Saturn V rocket. And since you won't need a NASA contract to work on them, you'll be able to save a whole bunch of cash by learning to do the simplest and most common things yourself. Below we're going to cover cleaning your chain, fixing a flat and adjusting your shifting, all of which are relatively easy and will get you out of most mid-ride debacles. It all takes about 10 minutes and would cost about $30 in labor at a bike shop.
You'll notice we're not covering brakes, fit or in-depth part replacement because there are some things that should be left to the pros until you feel comfortable with them (a good way to start is with a respected maintenance book). For now though, these fixes will keep your bike running smoothly and save you from getting stranded 20 miles from home. Just add tools.
Lube Your Chain
Odds of Breaking Something in Frustration: 1000/1
WD-40 Bike Lube ($10), Rag ($9 for 25)
One incredibly simple way to keep your bike running smoothly is lubricating your chain. What's even better is that it requires exactly zero tools. Here's what to do:
Clean: Just wipe the chain down with a rag and a bit of soapy water followed by a dry rag to clean as much existing grit off the chain as possible.
Apply Lube: Drip a quality chain lube like WD-40's Bike line over the entire length of chain. Don't go too crazy — just aim for the rollers (the spots where the chain articulates).
Wipe: This is the bit that most people ignore, resulting in a grimy chain and stained legs. Wipe off the chain to get rid of all excess lube. We're only concerned with the stuff that gets inside the chain.
Fix A Flat
Odds of Breaking Something in Frustration: 50/1
This is essential knowledge if you plan to ride solo or care what your fellow riders think of you. All you need in advance is your spare tube, a tire lever and some means of inflating the tube — CO2 or a hand pump if you're on the road, floor pump if you're at home.
Remove the Deflated Tube and Tire: Slide your tire lever in between the bead of the tire and the rim opposite the tube's valve. Unseat the tire and then work your way around until half of the tire is completely off the rim. Push the rest of the tire and tube off the wheel; it should be loose enough to remove by hand.
Check the Tire: Carefully run your fingers along the inside of the tire, checking for sharp objects that may have popped your tube. While you have the tire removed, check the wheel for anything sharp that may have caused the flat.
Partially Inflate New Tube: Give the fresh tube just a couple pumps of air to give it some shape.
Re-Seat the Tire: Pop half of the tire back on the wheel then insert the tube's valve into the wheel. Work around the wheel, pushing the tube between the two sides of the tire.
The Final Push: Work the remaining side of the tire back onto the wheel with both hands starting at the valve hole and moving each hand in opposite directions. The point where both hands meet is usually where the tire will be the toughest to get on, but be persistent and try to fight the urge to use your tire levers.
Check and Check Again: Once you hear that glorious snap of the final part of the tire seating itself on the wheel, do a quick inspection around the tire to make sure the tube isn't caught between the tire bead and the rim. If it looks good, inflate your tire to about a quarter of its final pressure and then do another check to make sure the tire is seated evenly around the rim with no low or high spots.
Fully Inflate: Finally, re-inflate the tire to full pressure and put the wheel back on the bike.
Adjust Your Shifting
Odds of Breaking Something in Frustration: 100/1
This is a pretty specific quick fix, but there's nothing more frustrating than sluggish or unresponsive shifting when you're on a ride. Luckily, fixing it usually only takes a simple turn of a knob.
Shifting is all about how tight the cable is that runs between either the front shifter or rear shifter and its respective derailleur. If your bike won't shift to a bigger cog or chaining, you likely need more tension in the system, and if it won't shift to a smaller cog or chainring, you likely need less tension. The key is to find the perfect balance between the two where everything operates smoothly.
Adjusting the Rear Derailleur: To adjust cable tension on the rear derailleur, turn the small knob on the very back of the mechanism by hand. Counter clockwise will add tension (and aid upshifting), clockwise will remove it (and aid downshifting). To find the right balance spin the pedals and shift the bike until it moves quickly and smoothly both up and down at your command.
Adjusting the Front Derailleur: Adjusting the front is almost exactly the same process except the barrel adjuster will likely be either on the left side of your frame where it first meets the fork or somewhere along the cable between the shifter and the frame. Luckily, after that it's the same process: counter-clockwise to add tension and help the derailleur move outwards and clockwise to decrease tension and get it to move inwards.
Troubleshooting: Shifting can be fickle. If you can't quite get it right with these steps, bring your bike into a shop and mechanics will be able to check if it needs more thorough adjustment or even a replacement part.


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To Clear or Not To Clear?
If you've been reading guest posts or comments here for any length of time, you've run across the wisdom of Namaste Faustino.
He's shared many transformational ideas and processes with us here, and today he's soliciting our thoughts on a topic near and dear to every conscious creator's heart …
Here's Namaste:
Have you found an absolutely reliable method for allowing your desires to manifest without ever having to deal with your limiting beliefs?
If so, can you explain how it works, why it always allows you to bypass your limiting beliefs, and possibly share a real life example of you using this method in your own life?
I was doing some research online looking for an airtight manifesting method that doesn't require I deal with my limiting beliefs when I found this posting on the Abeforum.com by SheerLuckHolmes:
SheerLuckHolmes said, "I no longer try to uncover limiting beliefs. If I were to uncover a limiting belief I would be giving attention to it. Anything I give attention to grows.
"What I do give attention to is how I feel when considering any given topic. If I feel good, I milk those feelings and thoughts looking for even better feelings and thoughts.
"If I feel bad, I look for the desire behind the bad feeling that feels better, then give that my undivided attention looking for better feelings and thoughts that take me to inspirations that lead me to the newly created more clearly defined desire."
This sounds like a possible solution to what I'm looking for. The only challenge is I don't really understand the looking for the desire, behind the bad feeling, to find a new desire explanation.
So the question to fellow creators is whether you're able to reliably manifest what you want without addressing limiting beliefs that might stand in the way.
What say you, wise ones?
We'd love to hear what you've practiced and the results you get. Thanks in advance for contributing to this discussion!
Namaste Faustino specializes in helping people to identify and release the resistance that is stopping their longest held desires from manifesting. Connect with Namaste at www.mrnamaste.com or on Facebook.


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4 July 2004Happy Fourth of July! I'm writing this on the train to Oxford from Edinburgh. Yesterday morning, Sue and Barb went down the airport to pick up a mini-van, which turned out not to be a mini-van at all. It was a five-seater BMW with a hatchback. So, the girls went into the back to nap, and the rest of us squeezed into the rest, and off we went to Strathaven.
We parked at the Common Green in Strathaven and found a sandwich shop for lunch. We then started exploring – first a local church, then the ruins of Strathaven Castle, then to the graveyard. We found various Wilson's and Frew's (ancestors of Barb and Sue), and finally found the monument to James "Pearlie" Wilson. He was their great-great-(insert multiple great's)-father, who invented the "pearlie" stitch (they were weavers), and was part of the Weaver's Rebellion. He was eventually captured and hanged in Glasgow.
At Pearlie Wilson's monument
Wandering through yucky rain and wind (ahhh – the incentive for the ancestors to leave Scotland :-), we found the local museum and more information on the area. When we left, we stopped by Drumclog to visit the church where Barb and Sue's great*-parents were married. It rained all the way back, and brave Sue suffered Scottish driving. We had "take-out" pizza and fish & chips, then watched the finals of the Strictly Come Dancing competition (like "American Idol" but with ballroom dancing, where one partner is a professional dancer and the other is some "celebrity") on BBC 1 Scotland.
Us at Strathaven
Yeah, the weather was yucky, but I found Scotland to be beautiful, and I really liked all that I learned about Scotland. Feisty, smart culture!
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I just got finished this little mermaid. What a fun little 4×4″ creation. I used acrylic paints, colored pencils, micron, and gel pens, along with glitter glue. I dripped crayon wax over it and buffed the wax with a paper towel to make it shine. For bling I used rhinestones, a decorative leaf, glitter-collaging paper. I also used torn colored tissue paper for part of the background layering. All I need to do now is wait for her to dry… yes, I was so excited to post this that the glitter glue is still wet! When she's dry and I have finished the other four minis I'm working on I'll get my outside table set up for a varnishing session. Then it'll be time for the hangers… which reminds me I need to buy more of. =) Since today is shopping day I'll jot those down on my shopping list. I usually work on at least two paintings at once so that I have something to do while paint dries. The one that's "nearly" finished is a mini Halloween painting. Think purples, greens, oranges, black and spiders! It's coming along nicely. I'll likely have it done by tomorrow so you'll get a Pre-Halloween treat! Now, off to clean up for a trip to Fred Meyer. Oh… before I go, I have to tell you.. yesterday I put an order in at Dick Blick! I'm finally buying something from my wist list! Stonehenge paper (along with about five other things!) I'm SO excited about blending on butter again! It's scheduled to arrive on the same day as my physical and the day I get my blood test results so I'll get to come home to something comforting! You KNOW God planned that perfectly!☺


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Like so many other utilities around the country, Detroit Edison is working with its customers to figure out solutions that focus more on renewable energy such as solar. Detroit Edison's program, called SolarCurrents, seems to be having a good amount of success in getting people involved, as it was announced recently more than $1 million has thus far been paid out in "photovoltaic installation incentives."
Detroit Edison said that its SolarCurrents program, which started as a pilot just last year, has thus far seen 55 completed installations that represent about 250 kilowatts of renewable electric capacity. The utility is also currently considering another 200 applications that would add another 1,300 kilowatts. The program still has a lot of cash left in it to spend – $24 million in incentives, to be exact.
What is behind the success of this particular program? While it isn't entirely clear, the incentives Detroit Edison offers could have something to do with it. It currently give customers "50 percent of the value of the Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) upon installation and 50 percent of the value of the remaining RECs as a credit on their bills for the next 20 years." This, combined with net metering, federal tax credits and other incentives could potentially cover more than half of the cost of a new solar system.
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The Sims uses the slogan "Play with Life" and it's true. Sims is and has always been a giant sandbox with an ever-increasing world of options. It has a variety of appeal. If you like to design and build houses and buildings, you can do that. If you like to give Sims opposite personality traits, shove them in a studio apartment and watch what happens, you can do that too. The Sims 3 Expansion packs have increasingly created richer, more realistic environments and potential. They've given us pets. They've given us toy chests and dragon costumes. They've given us jobs that you don't just sit back and wait for, but jobs you do: making over other Sims or remodeling their houses.
But Sims Supernatural is, to be honest, the Sims I've always wanted. We've had vampires since Late Night, but you had to meet a vampire and convince them to turn your Sim if you wanted to be one. Now you can be a vampire or a faerie or a witch or a genie or even a ghost right out of the gate. This pack gives us historical and faerie outfits and something I'm going to call "Lestat hair."
This is also the pack that fully gives us magic. Witches can do alchemy and make zombies rise. Vampires can turn other Sims. People joke about "why play the Sims? So you can have a fake person clean the kitchen and go to work and pay bills." This is the pack that changes the game completely, allowing the player to delve into all sorts of fantasy worlds and create their own stories with fantastical elements.


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After a short hiatus, both Jeff at Hallowed Ground and The Moon Wanderer - or the Wandering Moon are back writing. Thanks to both for returning to share their thoughts.
Mrs. Curley & I took our CCD class to tour the St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Charleston, SC. We had been trying to see if Bishop Baker would have a few moments to speak with us. We were finally told that we could meet the bishop only if we could be there by 10:15 because Bishop Baker was leaving town. (It is 3 hours from our parish). At 10:00 it was apparant we would be late due to traffic, and so called from the road with our apologies. We rolled into the Cathedral parking lot at 10:30 sharp, and there was Bishop Baker and our tour guide waiting.
Bishop Baker spent about 15 minutes with our group and then left. The tour guide gave us an an 90 minute tour. We heard Mass, and then went on to the beach for a few hours before heading home.
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Sri Lanka's sports minister has appointed a new interim committee to run cricket in the island nation after dissolving the previous board following corruption allegations.
"I have appointed the new interim committee today, with people who love cricket," Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told reporters on Friday.
The minister's decision comes amid media allegations of corruption at the cricket board.
"The earlier board wanted to resign soon after the World Cup, but we asked them to stay until the ongoing England cricket tour," he said. "We will go for election in the first half of next year."
The new board is headed by Upali Dharmadasa, who was chairman of the then Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka from 1989-95 and 1996-99, before the governing body was managed by a number of interim committees after Sri Lanka's campaign to defend the World Cup in 1999 ended in embarrassment.
The secretary general will be Prakash Schaffter, an interim committee member from 2005-7, while former test player Sidath Wettamuni and Nimal Perera, assistant treasurer of the 2002-3 interim committee, have been named as members of the new panel.
When asked why he did not extend the term of the previous interim committee until the election in 2012, the minister said: "We need to create a proper background. I know the mafia in the sport and we need to rescue the game."
He declined to comment on what he meant by mafia.
Local media reported that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had started a probe into misappropriation of funds during this year's World Cup and an important document comprising all expenditure details had gone missing.
Last week the minister said he could still find all the details despite the missing document.
Sri Lanka is among three countries that have been given up to two years to reorganise their boards after the International Cricket Council ordered its members to free themselves from government interference or face sanctions.
"Basically, what they have been told is that their term is finished," Sri Lanka Cricket media manager Brian Thomas told Reuters regarding the dissolution of the previous board.
The current panel was appointed in April 2009, mainly to oversee the co-hosting of the World Cup along with India and Bangladesh, Thomas said.
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I love all of the outfits of course. Also, the shoes in the last picture are amazing!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! I'm very happy with the shoes too, they're oringinal 50s :)Delete
So true about the line that some looks can toe between the 30s/40s and 70s, but my immediate response to seeing this lovely trouser ensemble is that it channels a 40s vibe for sure (and looks - as all of these outfits do - fantastic on you).ReplyDelete
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I love the third outfit. I think it's one of my faves. The wide leg trousers looks great on you!ReplyDelete
Hi, I'm really impressed with your outfits they look great. The trouser outfit is definately more 40s than 70s xReplyDeleteReplies
At everybody: I feel a bit more confident now about my 3rd look, thank you so much!
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I really, really love your first outfit Anthea! Such a great style, cut, and color for you.ReplyDeleteReplies
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I'm impressed by the amount of great outfits you are able to crank out:)) I think my favorite is the blouse above. I'd love to see some detailed pictures of some of your great outfits you create:) I give you a lot of credit. These vintage instruction sheets can sure be intimidating:))ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks :) I think pattern drafting really helps, because you don't have any instruction sheets and have to think about it yourself. And of course experience helps.Delete
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RC 10 - Electronic Democracy - Tag - comparison 2018-08-20T20:23:05-04:00 urn:md5:772f6ba92baf4a26326269111805807b Dotclear Panels of the RC10 at the next IPSA World Congress in Madrid urn:md5:f44410619113c2414ffa6082e7fe6a5a 2012-05-16T22:43:00+02:00 2012-07-16T10:42:47+02:00 Stephanie Wojcik Events comparisondeliberationedemocracyevotingonline campaigningopen governmentparticipationsocial networks
The 22nd World Congress of the IPSA will take place in Madrid (Spain) from 8 to 12 July 2012. You will find below the 8 panels organized by the RC 10 on Electronic Democracy.

 Panels in RC 10: Electronic Democracy

Chair RC 10 Norbert Kersting (Uni. Muenster) email@example.com
 Co-chair RC 10: Stephanie Wojcik (Univ. Paris-Est Creteil) firstname.lastname@example.com

1. E-democracy and deliberation: Government and Parliament
 Convenor: Prof. Norbert Kersting
 Chair: Dr. Domagoj Bebić
 Co-Chair: Dr. Raphael Kies
 Discussant: Dr. Raphael Kies
 Wednesday, July 11 - 11:00-12:45
 School of Journalism / Facultad de Ciencas de la informacion - classroom 4

Papers:
 • Citizens deliberating in a government website: What difference does it make? - Azi Lev-On
 • ePetition systems and political participation - Knud Boehle, Ulrich Riehm
 • Facebook usage by city mayors in Central and Southeastern Europe - Domagoj Bebić, Milica Vuckovic
 • Parliamentarian Blogs and Deliberative Democracy in Malaysia - Rosyidah Muhamad
 • Political representation and the quality of democracy – the use of ICT by members of Brazilian parliament - Marcus Abilio Pereira, Flavio Cireno Fernandes
 • The use of web 2.0 to improve political participation: how legislatures use the web to offer online political discussion - Santiago Giraldo Luque

 2. E-democracy and deliberation: Political parties and Civil society
 Convenor : Prof. Norbert Kersting
 Chair: Dr. Raphael Kies
 Co-Chair: Dr. Domagoj Bebić
 Discussant: Dr. Domagoj Bebic
 Wednesday, July 11 - 13:00-14:45
 School of Journalism / Facultad de Ciencas de la informacion - classroom 4

Papers:
 • Debate the (French) Primary Round Online - Anaïs Théviot, Marino de Luca
 • New Media and Democracy: political engagement through e-participatory experiences in education - Ursula Maier-Rabler, Stefan Huber
 • Supporting young people's political participation through distributed discussion – lessons obtained from an EU pilot - Simone Kimpeler, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Ella Taylor-Smith, Ralf Lindner
 • The effects of the Internet on political participation: the role of the Internet as a source of political information and a sphere for political discussion - Kakuko Miyata

 3. e-Revolution and Pluralism in Countries of the 2011 "Arab Spring:" Egypt and Tunisia (joint panel RC10/RC16)
 Convenor: Prof. Krzysztof Jasiewicz
 Chair: Dr. Rainer Eisfeld
 Co-Chair: Prof. Norbert Kersting
 Discussants: Prof. Philip G. Cerny and Dr. Jason Abbott
 Sunday, July 8 - 15:00-16:45
 School of Pharmacy/Facultad de Farmacia - classroom 234

Papers:
 • Al Jazeera and Citizen Journalists: The Intersection of Broadcast and Social Networks in the Arab Spring - Muzammil Hussain
 • Beyond 'Renaissance'. The complex field of Islamism in Tunisia - Francesco Cavatorta
 • Civil Society Players with Different Political Projects in Egypt's Mubarak and Post-Mubarak Periods: Implications for Gender Politics and the Demands of Womens' Rights Groups - Nicola Pratt
 • Worker Mobilization and the Trade Union Movement in Egypt and Tunisia: A Comparative Analysis - Francoise Clement

4. Electronic Administration, Innovations in Government-Citizen Relations
 Convenor: Dr. Stéphanie Wojcik
 Chair: Dr. Hal Colebatch
 Co-Chair: Dr. Stéphanie Wojcik
 Discussant : Prof. Jill Tao

 Wednesday, July 11 - 15:00-16:45
 Medicine - Lain Entralgo

Papers:
 • Citizen privacy online – beyond the limits of government policymaking? - Scott Brenton
 Cyberdemocracy in Brazil: ways to increase the representative democracy - Heloisa Bezerra, Vladimyr Jorge
 • Designing the state: governments and citizen in the inherently digital era - Helen Margetts, Patrick Dunleavy, Jane Tinkler, Scott Hale
 • E-government benchmarking in Brazil: indicators of e-gov in the greater ABC region - Jarbas Almeida
 • Electronic Regimes - Mauro Santaniello, Francesco Amoretti

5. Electronic voting re-vitalized
 Convenor: Dr. Josep M. Reniu Vilamala
 Chair: Dr. Josep M. Reniu Vilamala
 Co-Chair: Prof. Richard Niemi
 Discussant: Prof. Alexander Trechsel
 Monday, July 9 - 15:00-16:45
 School of Journalism / Facultad de ciencas de la informacion - classroom 11

Papers:
 • Election Observation and Electronic Voting - Robert Krimmer
 • Internet Learning, Internet Voting: Using ICT in Estonia - Thad Hall
 • Internet voting in Norway 2011. Democratic and organisational experiences - Harald Baldersheim
 • Public dispute on electronic voting in Poland – near or far future? - Arkadiusz Zukowski
 • Testing e-participation : A case of e-voting system in Belgium - Nicolas Rossignol, Céline Parotte
 • The Road to Internet Voting in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Vanja Malidžan

6. Open government
 Convenor : Dr. Stéphanie Wojcik
 Chair: Dr. Stéphanie Wojcik
 Co-chair: Prof. Richard Engstrom
 Discussant: Prof. Robert Smith
 Wednesday, July 11 - 9:00-10:45
 School of Journalism/Facultad de ciencas de la information - classroom 4

Papers:
 • Government 2.0: Problems and Prospect - Peter John Chen
 • How to govern open data? Analysis of the modes of liberated data's governance - Antoine Courmont
 • Learning to be more open and proactive: lessons in open government - Mary Francoli
 • Opendata as new commitment of governments : from injunction of transparency to coproduction of services - Sarah Labelle, Jean-Baptiste Le Corf
 • Tracking the diffusion of open data policy in the EU - Francesca De Chiara

 7. Scrutinizing mobilisation in networked politics
 Convenor: Mr. Jorge Luis Salcedo Maldonado
 Chair: Ms. Marta Cantijoch
 Co-Chair: Dr. Mayo Fuster Morell
 Discussants: Mr. Camilo Cristancho, Mr. Jorge Luis Salcedo Maldonado
 Wednesday, July 11 - 15:00-16:45
 School of Journalism/Facultad de ciencas de la information - classroom 4

Papers:
 • Cloud protesting. On dissent in times of social media - Stefania Milan
 • Demonstrations as Hybrid Media Events: A Comparison of the Occupy Wall Street and Indignados Movements - Michael Jensen
 • Empowerment in Organization and Communication - A study of Hong Kong's anti-express rail link movement - Jie Ying Wang
 • Networked Politics in Action: The Advocacy of Net Neutrality in the United States - Burcu Baykurt
 • Organizations and initiatives: different models of activism in a Facebook referendum campaign - Matteo Cernison

8. Social media revolution
 Convenor: Dr. Jason Abbott
 Chair: Dr. Jason Abbott
 Monday, July 9 - 11:00-12:45
 School of Pharmacy/Facultad de Farmacia - classroom 223

Papers:
 • A Campaign Perspective on Social Media Motivation and Use by Congressional Candidates - Jeff Gulati
 • Democratizing Potential in Social Media: A Facebook Analysis - Callie Spencer, Jeff Rose
 • ICTs and Democratisation in South Korea: Digital Citizens Pushing Analogue Politicians - Heike Hermanns
 • Internet user and political trust in Europe - Norbert Kersting

RC10 Programme Madrid July 2012PROGRAMME IN PDF
 Call for papers Conference "Direct and deliberative democracy. An intercontinental perspective" urn:md5:724988a06bb63eb6f8c779c9a2edf3bc 2010-12-31T01:37:00-05:00 2012-07-16T04:59:00-04:00 Stephanie Wojcik Events (supported) comparisondeliberationdirect democracyparticipation
Call for papers: Conference: "Direct and deliberative democracy. An intercontinental perspective"
 Wednesday, March 9. - Saturday, March 12. 2011
 Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies (STIAS) Stellenbosch, South Africa

 Is there a crisis of democracy? Globally "electoral representative democracies" are highly criticized. Voter apathy and cynicism is growing. But also "unconventional" participation is facing a crisis. New social movements often seem to become violent meaningless protest. Are there any alternatives to the "brick or ballot"?

In this conference on the one hand new forms of "dialogical deliberative instruments" such as participatory budgeting, mini publics, future search conferences, ward committees etc. are discussed on the other hand "direct democratic instruments" such as referendums and initiatives will be analysed. Both democratic channels are seen as an innovation and addition for mainstream traditional democracies. Nowadays democratic innovation seems to be generated mostly in the global South. Brazil and other countries "export" participatory instruments into the old democracies in Europe and Northern America. New "dialogical participatory instruments" such as participatory budgeting were implemented firstly in developing countries in Porto Alegre, Brazil and spread worldwide. Democratic as well as non-democratic countries such as China implement deliberative dialogical instruments. In the last decades referendums and initiatives became en vogue in some Latin American countries. In Africa plebiscites are frequently used in nation building as well as in constitutional processes. In some European countries referendums seem to boom at the local level, where more municipalities implement referendums and initiatives.

There is no in-depth comparative evaluation focusing on these developments. Evaluation criteria encompass criteria such as openness, political control and responsiveness, rationality and transparency as well as effectiveness and efficiency. What are the functions of these political engagements? Are they implemented in planning, conflict resolution? What are intended as well as unintended results? What kind of actors is involved? What are the contexts and experiences as well as the pros and cons in the different continents? The core presentations should give a continental overview. Furthermore these presentations should analyse three to four countries in detail.

Finally the idea is to bridge these two fields of direct and deliberative democracy research. Can dialogical democratic instruments and instruments of direct democracy (Initiatives and Referendums) be combined? Is it useful to combine dialogical and direct democracy? If yes, can this be institutionalized? Are the new instruments one way to reinvigorate democracies or to democratize "non democracies" from below? Or is this "invited space" of direct and deliberative democracy more a rubber stamp factory? Can marginalized groups become meaningfully involved in political decision making?

Deadline for paper proposals and abstracts (200 words) is 15 January 2011. : Prof. Norbert Kersting (Stellenbosch University) (firstname.lastname@example.com)

Papers can focus on theory of deliberative and direct democracy and on a nexus between these two. Papers on effects of deliberative and direct democracy on social movements, civic education and empowerment as well as relevant country studies (India, Brazil etc.) are highly welcome.

The conference is co-organized by Prof Norbert Kersting, Willy Brandt Chair on Transformation and Regional Integration (DAAD)- Stellenbosch University and International Political Science Association (IPSA) Research Committee 5 "Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics"