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- Summer Reading: 3 Book Reviews
- Catch the Fire with Chalene Johnson
- 9 Ways to Eat Healthily (and Cheaply)
- Foxy at 48!
- Want to See The Biggest Loser in Person?
- Recipe: Flaxseed Waffles
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Summer Reading: 3 Book ReviewsBy Denis Faye
I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume you're thiiiiiis close to reaching your summer fitness goals. That means you're almost ready to hit the beach, pool, or front lawn in that sexy new bathing suit and let the world see what you're made of.
And then what?
Yeah, I know. Lounging around and looking fabulous does get a little boring, doesn't it? Luckily, it's Beachbody® to the rescue with some great books to keep you busy, including one recommended by Professor Horton himself.
Four Fish: The Future of The Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg. Penguin Press, $25.95
If you want a fun, snarky, educational first-person read, pick up Four Fish. Greenberg's extremely well-researched book tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the current state of seafood through a series of anecdotes regarding the world's four major fisheries: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna.
While there's no shortage of history and scientific explanation within, what really makes the book great is Greenberg's interaction with his subjects, whether he's smoking 400 pounds of salmon with a somewhat cranky 75-year-old Yupik Native American, or he's challenging Mark Kurlansky to a cod-tasting contest. (Foodie literary geeks know Kurlansky as the writer of the fascinating tome Cod, which launched the whole history-seen-through-a-single-foodstuff genre.)
Greenberg's writing is engaging and leaves the reader with plenty of ways to take action and help assure that the world's oceans remain safe, clean, and inhabitable for our finned, Friday-night-filleted friends. It should be required reading for anyone who eats seafood.
Food Justice by Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi. The MIT Press, $27.95
Thanks to the organics movement, most of us have a handle on the importance of the quality of the food we put in our bodies. But that's a tiny part of the equation. Where did those grapes you're eating come from? How did they affect the people who harvested them? And what about the millions of people in the U.S. alone who don't have easy access to grapes or any other healthy food?
Combine these considerations with the aforementioned organics movement. Then throw in the locavore movement—folks who champion eating only locally grown foods—and the concern over the the widespread consumption of fast food. Now you're beginning to understand Food Justice, a movement seeking "to transform where, what, and how food is grown, produced, transported, accessed, and eaten."
While the notion of accountability in the food chain from seed to plate is new, each of the various links in the chain have been around for quite some time, from Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers championing the rights of grape pickers in the 1960s, to activism regarding the ethical treatment of farm animals, to recent attention drawn to "food deserts" in Los Angeles—where huge, low-income sections of the city are devoid of grocery stores. This book attempts to link these and many more issues together. Odds are, at least one or two of these topics will affect you directly. Only by knowing the whole truth can you create real positive change.
That said, if you're new to the various food movements, this might not be the book to start with. It's dense and can be a bit academic at times. (Given that it was published by MIT, this makes more than a little sense.) If you haven't read The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan or Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, you may want to start there. But if you feel like you're ready for the next step, definitely check out Food Justice.
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. Beacon Press, $13.00
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's account of how he found the strength to survive the WWII Nazi death camps was first published in 1959, but it's still timely. If you're wondering why we're discussing a book with this heavy topic as summer reading, you might be interested to know that among its fans is our own Tony Horton. "As long as people continue to struggle physically, emotionally, and mentally, the lessons in this incredible book are still important," explains the trainer behind P90X®. "It'll give anyone perspective on how to improve their lives."
Man's Search for Meaning is divided into two parts. Part one details Frankl's time in four different camps, including Auschwitz. Even if you're familiar with the Holocaust, this highly personal account gives an intense perspective on the horrors in a way few have captured. The author's ability to see the humanity in his captors and pull lessons from the atrocities makes it hard not to pause every page or two and contemplate your own life.
The second part of the book is an explanation of Frankl's theory, logotherapy, which holds that our primary drive is the search for meaning in our lives. Essentially, the idea is that finding meaning in your life and its various aspects will go a long way toward helping you solve your problems—as Tony says it did for him: "For me, it helped me understand what is truly important in life and not to get caught up in the silly and mundane."
Even if you don't feel you need perspective on an existential level, there are smaller lessons to be gained. For example, odds are you've had to deal with the pain of a fitness-related injury at some point. When this happens, it's easy to feel like a victim, beaten for no reason. But ask yourself, why does it hurt? Well, there are a few reasons. First, it's a way of protecting what needs to heal. Second, it's your body trying to teach you its limits. Once you're aware of your pain's purpose, it's not quite as bad. As Nietzsche puts it, "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."
The continual existential cycle of striving to overcome life's conflicts whenever they arise as presented in Man's Search for Meaning can help provide a great roadmap for anyone's life.
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9 Ways to Eat Healthily (and Cheaply)By Joe Wilkes
By now, most of us know what we should be eating—fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, and fish, among other foods. But anyone heading off to the supermarket with a shopping list of the best recommendations for a healthy diet is in for a bit of sticker shock. Over a 2-year period, a recent University of Washington study tracked the costs of "nutrient-dense" foods (foods high in vitamins and minerals and low in calories) and "energy-dense" foods (foods high in calories and low in vitamins and minerals—aka junk).* The nutrient-dense foods rose in cost by almost 20 percent while the cost of junk food declined. The study found that getting your average day's worth of 2,000 calories from the junk side cost $3.52, while getting your 2,000 calories' worth from nutrient-dense cuisine would cost $36.32. Since the average American spends about $7.00 a day on food, you can see where the rise in obesity might come from.
Other studies have shown similar findings. While the percentage of Americans' incomes spent on food has decreased dramatically over the last few years, the obesity rate has risen even more dramatically, as has the incidence of type 2 diabetes, an obesity-related disease. And the obesity rate has grown the most in the most impoverished sectors of society, further emphasizing the connection between the rising costs of nutrient-dense foods, the declining cost of junk food, and the rise in obesity rates. If you've checked out what a nice piece of Chilean sea bass with a side of asparagus costs compared to the latest offering from your local fast food joint's dollar menu, it's easy to be tempted by the dark side—especially if your budget is shrinking more than your waistline.
It is possible, however, to eat healthily and still have some money left over. Even on the tightest budget, you can do a little legwork and research to make the most nutritious choices for you and your family. And even if you're fortunate enough to have the cash to eat whatever you want, whenever you want, as my grandfather would say, "There's no point putting your paycheck through your stomach." (And he lived to be almost 100 . . . but that was before the advent of dollar menus.) Here are nine tips for getting the most nutritional bang for your buck.
- 'Tis the season. Eating seasonally is the best way to get the most delicious fresh fruits and vegetables. When harvest time comes around for your favorite fruit or veggie, the market is usually glutted, and following the time-honored supply-and-demand curve, the prices of those fruits and veggies plummet. And not only is it cheap to eat fruits and veggies that are in season, it's the best time to get the most flavor for your money. Most fresh fruits and veggies sold in the off-season are either shipped from faraway lands or produced in greenhouse factories and don't have nearly the rich flavors produced by Mother Nature. It's a good time to stock up, eat what you can, and freeze or can the rest for a rainy day. If you're fortunate enough to live in a community with a decent farmers' market, it pays to get to know the men and women who are selling the produce. They can let you know when the best time to buy the best stuff is and give you a preview of what's coming up harvest-wise so you can plan your menu accordingly.
- The big freeze. Speaking of freezing and canning, these are great ways to save money and still have your nutritional needs met. Not only are frozen and canned foods way cheaper than fresh foods, in many cases, they're more nutritious. Fruits and vegetables are usually preserved within hours of harvest, when they have their maximum vitamins and minerals. Fresh fruits and vegetables can take days, or even weeks, to make the journey from the field to your table. Add to that any time spent lingering on supermarket shelves and in your fridge's crisper drawer, and suddenly fresh doesn't seem so fresh anymore. And in many recipes, frozen or canned might even be better than fresh. A pint of fresh off-season blueberries can cost more than $5.00 while a one-pound bag of frozen blueberries can cost less than $3.00. And the frozen berries will be a lot better in your morning smoothie. Any chef will tell you about the virtues of canned tomatoes over fresh ones when making your favorite pasta sauce. The only thing to be wary of is the sodium and sugar content in many canned goods, or frozen veggies that come with high-calorie sauces or other not-so-healthy ingredients in not-so-healthy amounts.
- Shop around. Smokey Robinson was right: It does pay to shop around. Check out the supermarket circulars that keep getting stuffed into your mailbox. Every week, your supermarket advertises "loss leaders," including fruits, veggies, lean meats, and fish. Their hope is to lure you into the store with these bargains that they don't make so much money on and tempt you to buy extra high-profit stuff while you're there. But if you stick to your list, you can fill your cart with the loss leaders and save a ton of money. Plus they'll usually be items that are in season, because these are cheaper for the store to buy. Also, signing up for your supermarket's club or rewards cards can help save you money. It's better to monitor sales and promotions rather than clipping coupons, because coupons generally apply to processed, less healthy foods, although you can sometimes find good coupons for canned and frozen produce (like the tomatoes and berries we just talked about).
- Get to know your grocer. And your butcher, your produce manager, etc. Find out on which day produce is delivered to the store, so you get maximum freshness for your dollar. Ask the store's butcher how soon before the printed expiration date they place meat, poultry, and fish on the "buy it fast!" discount shelf. These items are still fresh enough to consume, and if you cook or freeze them as soon as you buy them, it's no different from having bought full-priced cuts and leaving them in your refrigerator for a couple of days. Only your pocketbook knows the difference!
Another tip? Many butchers will custom-grind for you at no additional charge. If a package of factory-ground turkey breast costs $6.00 a pound and a whole turkey breast costs $2.00 a pound, why not buy the whole breast and ask your butcher to grind it for you? You'll save a lot of money, and you'll actually know what went into the turkey burger you're eating.
- Think outside the big box. Instead of always going to the big-box supermarket chains, check and see whether there are any farmers' markets and/or food co-ops in your area. The food will be fresher, cheaper, and hopefully not as coated with pesticides, waxes, or other unsavory elements. It's a good way to save money while supporting your local community's resources. Here you can get organic produce for the same price or cheaper than traditionally grown produce. It's also worth it to check out how your state defines "organic." Organic food is great, but if you're trying to save money, traditionally grown food isn't any less nutritious than organic; it may just need a little more scrubbing.
- Start your own farm. If you have a yard, start your own vegetable and/or herb garden. With a little online research, you can find out what grows well and easily in your neck of the woods. And if you're an apartment dweller like me, you can get a lot out of a container garden. I have big pots on my balcony that keep me in tomatoes, peppers, and fresh herbs all summer long. And if you don't have a balcony, you can grow small pots of herbs in your kitchen—decorative, tasty, and economical!
- Plan ahead. Take some time on Sunday to plan out your menu for the week for all your meals and snacks. Find out what's in season and on sale in your area. If you can only make one shopping trip for the week, front-load your menu with fresh ingredients and stock up on canned and frozen items for the latter half of the week. One of the areas where my budget always falls apart is not having either some kind of plan or the ingredients I'll need to make dinner; I end up grabbing takeout or having food delivered—either of which can tend to be unhealthy and expensive. Just by planning ahead and not wasting money on spur-of-the-moment restaurant meals, you might find you have a lot more money to spend at the grocery store, which means you won't have to cut as many corners for the meals you prepare.
- Tap into tap water . . . not your wallet. Instead of spending big money on bottled water, try switching to tap water, which is subject to a lot more regulations than bottled water and isn't shipped in from Fiji or Norway, making it good both for your health and for helping to reduce your carbon footprint. And it's practically free! Plus it's a lot better for your waistline and your wallet than multiple trips to the soda machine. If you're concerned about impurities or don't like the taste of your local tap water, consider getting a simple, relatively inexpensive filtration system—one that either attaches to the tap itself or is located in a separate pitcher. Ounce for ounce, it'll still be cheaper than bottled, and just as good for you.
- Take your vitamins. Here's the easiest, most economical way to help ensure that you meet your basic nutritional needs: Take a good multivitamin and fish oil supplement. They'll help you get many if not all of the same nutrients you'd get from whole-food sources (often without spending nearly as much money)—and fish oil supplements are especially good for those who don't care for fish.
*Don't confuse "nutrient-dense" foods with "high-density" foods, which is a common term for "energy-dense" foods. High-density foods aren't always unhealthy but your diet should consist of mainly "low-density" foods which have few calories per volume, generally due to the presence of fiber. Foods in their natural state tend to be low volume. Processed foods tend to be high volume.
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Foxy at 48!
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Recipe: Flaxseed Waffles
Waffles are a breakfast treat we usually don't think of as being all that healthy, but the addition of ground flaxseed ups the fiber, protein, and omega-3s, as well as important nutrients like B vitamins, calcium, and iron. To send any remaining waffle-related guilt packing, dish these babies up with nutritious toppings like yogurt and berries or unsweetened applesauce.
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup white flour
- 4 Tbsp. sugar
- 2 Tbsp. baking powder
- 4 Tbsp. ground flaxseed
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 4 large eggs
- 3 cups skim milk
- 1/4 cup olive oil
Preheat waffle iron. Mix flours, sugar, baking powder, flaxseed, and salt in one bowl and set aside. In a separate bowl, mix eggs, milk, and oil, then add wet ingredients to dry and whisk until smooth. Pour about 3/4 cup of batter into waffle iron for each waffle. Waffles will steam while cooking; cook until they've almost stopped steaming. Makes about 11 1-waffle servings; any extras can be frozen and reheated in toaster or toaster oven.
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
|Nutritional Information (per serving)
|Fat Total
|Saturated Fat
|9 grams
|4 grams
|36 grams
|9 grams
|1.5 grams
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After a half of play, Panthers safety Mike Mitchell probably doesn't think Drew Brees is "soft" any longer.
The Saints have gone up 14-6 over the Panthers in the second quarter, cashing in with touchdowns where the Panthers have settled for field goals.
After taking the lead with a nine-play, 80-yard touchdown drive, the Saints just tacked on another Marques Colston touchdown.
After an early three-and-out, Brees has caught fire, 11-of-15 passing for 107 yards and two scores.
The Panthers haven't been able to get any pressure on him, and he's picking apart a secondary that plays hard, but isn't talented enough to match up with his multiple weapons.

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Day: August 11, 2014
Ratmobile Adventures!
Family Adventures around Britain in a small car.
I'm a Writer, Yes, I Am!
Martha Ann Kennedy's Blog, Copyright 2013-2019, all rights reserved to the author/artist
Woman and her Sphere
Elizabeth Crawford - researcher and writer - dealer in books and ephemera
Dirks' Dolls
Mostly a soap opera at 1:6 scale, with an occasional interlude.
Decades of her words.


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Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT)
HZT – Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin is the joint responsibility of the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) and the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch (HfS) in cooperation with TanzRaumBerlin, a network of the professional dance scene.
Founded in 2006 the HZT Berlin commenced as a pilot project within the framework of the federal cultural initiative Tanzplan Deutschland. From 2010 onwards it has been incorporated within the institutional university framework.
The HZT Berlin offers three study courses: "Dance, Context, Choreography" (Bachelor of Arts), "Solo/ Dance/ Authorship" (Master of Arts) and "Choreography" (Master of Arts). It provides a practice led and research driven education in contemporary dance, choreography and performance. Close connection between academic education and professional artistic practice characterizes the courses which offer an experimental approach to study, combine practice-led artistic and research driven education, and practical career guidance. Nurturing individual artistic development, the contextualisation and critical reflexion of art and art practice are integral components of the curricula. Focus is placed on creatively and critically addressing what dance, performance and choreography are and can be as art forms, in today's diverse social and cultural environments.
The HZT is primarily located at the Uferstudios in Berlin Wedding. Thus providing an umbrella for education, professional artistic production and dissemination, which facilitates the exchange between artists, students and the public, at one location.


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HP's Intel® Xeon® Dual Quad-Core Workstation - The ability to reduce time itself!'
HP's latest Dual Quad-Core entry into the high performance workstation arena is delivering cost saving results that have created more than just buzz in the CAD/CAM industry. It's more like a loud roar! For this article I contacted vendors who make the design tools used in architecture, mechanical design, manufacturing, digital content creation, and electronic design automation and to a fault each of them either has products specifically designed to take advantage of this powerful threaded 64-Bit computing technology or has products in the wings awaiting imminent release.
HP loaned me a brand-spanking new HP xw8600 workstation loaded with dual 64-bit Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processors, 4GB of RAM, a high-end NVIDIA Quadro FX4600 video accelerator, a 320 GB of hard drive, and equipped with an MS Windows XP operating system. I booted up the machine and after being surprised by the lack of any noise --- this is the quietest machine I've ever used --- I began my search for a test case that would help me quantify the buzz.
Benchmark Tests
While doing my research I located a perfect set of benchmark tests from CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) software manufacturer HSMWorks and put my test computer through its paces by emulating a real-life scenario that clearly shows the benefits of supporting multiple cores in a sophisticated application.
In the world of CAM, generating a toolpath for a CNC milling machine includes many tasks, such as feature loading, linking, ordering and more. Each of these tasks must be completed before staring the next, so to efficiently utilize multiple cores each, step in the process must also support multiple cores.
Using HSMWorks software I ran contour toolpath calculations on a very complex mold similar to the one shown in Figure 1. The detail and distance between each pin on the mold is an extremely small 1/16 of an inch, the customer wanted to machine the part with a very small 1/21 inch diameter tool and as a result the amount of material removed as the tool moves around each pin must be very small to achieve a good surface finish while avoiding breaking the tool. Much of this toolpath is generated at very tight tolerances which resulted in a very large NC file of more than 10 million lines, and before using the HP xw8600 workstation this led to very long calculation times. Also, each pin on the model is slightly different in shape and size, making it impossible to simply calculate one and then repeat the toolpath.
Figure 1. One half of a 10 x 10 inch plastic injection mold
For the benchmark I used a contour pass since it is the best strategy for finishing steep walls, but can be used for semi-finish and finish machining on the more vertical areas of a part.
Figure 2. Detail - One Mold Pin
Processing Time Reduced from 2 Days to Just 26 Minutes
The part itself is the core half of a 10 x 10 inch plastic injection mold supplied by one of HSMWork's customers. After trying, unsuccessfully, to create a toolpath with several other CAM systems, the customer was forced to split the part into 4 smaller parts requiring less memory, and then calculate each segment separately, each taking approximately 12 hours to calculate. This resulted in a total of 2 days calculation time. The customer, obviously frustrated, turned to HSMWorks' multi-core accessible software to see what they could do with the part. By taking full advantage of HP's xw8600 workstation HSMWorks was able to calculate this complex toolpath in just 26 minutes!
Using my HP loaner I calculated the contour tool path on a 10 x 10 mold similar to the one shown above and was rewarded by these amazing, results:
Figure 3. Contour Toolpath Calculation Time
This test's most revealing result was the differential between running the job on 1 core verses 8 which resulted in a whopping 6.5X improvement in time saving performance! The 40 minute job for 1 core was reduced to just over 6 minutes using all 8 cores.
Note: So I didn't have to wait a day or so to process the part on a single CPU I increased the tolerance and tool size for my test part. The ratios, however, are in exact relation and proportion to the size of the original part, the tolerances used, and the diameter of the tool. These results show the impact that multi-core processing has on toolpath generation.
32 vs. 64-bit Computing
As the use of multi-core PCs grows it is important to understand the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit applications. First, the difference is all about RAM memory and has nothing to do with speed from an application perspective. A 32-bit application is not able to use or access more than 2 to 4 GB of RAM, regardless of how much RAM is installed in a PC. 64-bit applications do not have this limitation. In the real world, 32-bit applications that need to execute more complex operations, and therefore require more than 2 to 4 GB of RAM, must manually divide the operation into smaller operations. This must be done by the user, often requiring lots of guesswork and trial-and-error. The result is wasted time when an operator guesses wrong and must rerun the scenario when it is discovered that one or more tasks could not be completed due to memory limitations.
In the machining example I used above, without the proper software the customer had to split their part into four sections because their 32-bit application couldn't take advantage of the extra RAM installed on their machine. With HSMWorks they were able to process the entire part because the software fully supports 64-bit operations and effectively uses the maximum RAM available on the xw8600 allowing most jobs to complete in just one pass.
The shift to Multi-Core
Computer processor manufacturing evolved to multi-core a few years ago as it became more and more difficult to increase CPU speed, and today multi-core processors are the standard. Although multi processor support is now very common in server applications there are few, but a definitely growing number of applications, on the market today that can effectively use multiple cores. As a result, some users today are disappointed when they realize that they are unable to take full advantage of their newly purchased powerhouse PC, and questions like "Why is my CAM system only using 50% of the horse power when calculating complex operations," are still common.
This disappointment is rapidly evaporating as more and more vendors introduce products that take full advantage of multi-core threaded computing. As these software manufacturers bring their multi-core capable software to market time saving benefits similar to those realized by HSMWorks are clearly gaining prevalence across an increasing spectrum of industries.
Let me know about your threaded multi-core software
As this trend expands I plan to follow up this article with more reports from many diverse industry sectors, and if you are a software manufacturer, and your software takes advantage of threaded multi-core technology, Email Contact so I can feature your experience in an upcoming report.
A wide choice of workstation configurations
The HP xw8600 workstation is available in a wide array of
configurations that give you a choice of 32- and 64-bit operating systems, and
that include 64-bit Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processors, up to 128 GB of RAM,
numerous hard drive and CD/DVD configurations, your choice of graphics accelerator
and more. Pricing ranges from less than
$1,850 to more than $5,000 all depending on the options you choose, and through
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On Saturday night, Denise Kostka and her husband, disturbed by loud voices, peered out from their eighth-floor room in the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel and saw at least 100 teens massing on the street below.
"I never saw anything like that, ever," said Kostka, visiting from Springfield, N.J., to take in the sights and see her niece who lives in Federal Hill. Then they saw police surround a car. "I thought, 'Oh my God, it's "COPS" live,'" Kostka said, referring to the popular reality television show.
Baltimore police have for years combated youths descending on downtown, causing fights and other trouble, and have employed the same strategy: push them out without resorting to mass arrests, just as they did Saturday night. At the same time, police have battled a perception of Baltimore being ravaged by crime — even as crime rates have declined.
The twin problems have been at odds on recent weekends. No more so than on St. Patrick's Day, when police confronted a downtown mob larger and more violent than previously experienced. Public reports by police in March about that volatile night did not fully relate the scope of what's described on dispatch tapes obtained by The Baltimore Sun, when 500 youths converged, resulting in more than a dozen fights, up to three stabbings and one man left unconscious.
Authorities have to strike a careful balance of how much to divulge to the public to ensure people are safe without unnecessarily frightening them, said Lt. Col. Michael J. Andrew, who retired last year after 38 years on the city force.
"If the average person sees one police car, he's concerned. ... If they see a group of kids, they panic," Andrew said. "But police have to talk intelligently and honestly. They don't have to tell the public they had it under control, because they obviously didn't on St. Patrick's Day."
"I'm not saying you have to push the panic button and say Baltimore is out of control," he added. "If you overreact, you scare people to death, and then what have you accomplished?"
Kostka said she worried when she saw no media reports on what she had seen on Saturday. "It was awfully scary," she said.
Police said there were no crimes to report outside Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel that night. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said police were trying to disperse the teen crowds and encourage them to leave downtown.
Another police spokesman gave a similar account of what happened on the night of March 17.
But as The Baltimore Sun reported, another description emerged from police dispatch tapes. Obtained through a Maryland Public Information Act request, the tapes show that on St. Patrick's Day as night fell, police struggled for hours to round up the youths in downtown, the Inner Harbor and Mount Vernon.
Police called in reinforcements from throughout the city to contain the mob and move people out of the harbor area, all while dealing with more than a dozen clashes between youths from the east and west sides. An officer had to use a Taser to subdue one youth, and 10 arrests were made.
For more than two hours, waves of teens roamed through downtown as officers blocked off streets. Police played down the events to reporters even as they unfolded. And when asked questions in the following days, police discussed one stabbing and the Tasing and noted a large number of people.
The police commander on the scene that night declined to be interviewed, and on Monday Guglielmi said the police commissioner would not be available for an interview.
Guglielmi and the Central District commander, Maj. Dennis Smith, have defended the way police handled the dissemination of information.
"The incidents were managed appropriately by the Central District and information was made publicly available," Guglielmi said.
Andrew recalls years past when teens used to descend on the Inner Harbor on Easter weekend. One year, a group ran through the pavilions, turning over tables and upsetting people eating. Merchants shut down early, sparking even more complaints.
The retired commander said that police used the same tactic then as they do now — push the youths out without making too many arrests. "We became chaperons," Andrew said, adding that only a few youths caused real problems.
"I think you should be honest with the public and tell them what's happening," Andrew said. "They know. They see what's happing down there. … If you don't do that, I think in the long run it hurts you more."
For many residents and tourists, just one incident can mar their perceptions of the city. People frequently complain about violence and shootings that go unreported, and what is considered routine for Baltimore police can be unnerving for others.
Kostka said that this past weekend was her first visit to Baltimore, and if she returns again, she will stay someplace other than downtown. She and her husband visit New York City often, "and I've never seen anything like that," she said. She described 75 to 100 youths walking up the street in Baltimore, blocking traffic, and few police. In Times Square, she said you see "tons of cops" even on a peaceful night.
"I would've thought that within two minutes you'd see a cop. One cop car, that's all we saw," she said. "I didn't really see cops in the Inner Harbor or anything. After the shops started closing, a whole different element started coming into the area. How do you expect to get tourists if people are going to say, 'No way?'"
Baltimore leaders are in a constant quandary. They seek opportunities to tout crime statistics that show homicides plummeting to lows not seen in three decades. At the same time, the city's drug and gun trade fuels violence that still puts Baltimore in the top tier of per-capita crime in the country.
The outgoing police commissioner, Frederick H. Bealefeld III, has long complained of a chasm between reality and perception, and that one high-profile shooting, one riot, one attack at a tourist attraction, can upend years of actual crime reduction.
"I think it's going to take a long time for this city to convince itself that the schools are improving, that public safety is improving," Bealefeld said during an interview a day after he announced his departure effective Aug. 1.
"I think it's going to take years of success," the commissioner said, noting the city's negative image, driven by years of high crime numbers coupled with national television shows highlighting the drug trade here.
City officials are continually trying to put a positive spin on events that call into question the overall crime drop. After four people were killed in a spate of violence on Mother's Day, the police spokesman, Guglielmi, said, "We have to pause and look at the greater picture. We're down right now from last year's 33-year-low [in homicides]."
Kirby Fowler, president of the Downtown Partnership, a group that promotes businesses and provides uniformed guides to help visitors, said that the full scope of St. Patrick's Day violence should be known by the public. But he also said it does hurt the city's image.
"It's a balancing act," Fowler said, noting that this past weekend there was a "wonderful" Charles Street festival and other events that many people might not have known about. Of the disturbances, he said, "For all the progress we've made downtown, it's always frustrating for these incidents to occur."
Fowler said that after St. Patrick's Day, his guides voiced concerns, as did some hotel officials. But he said not a single member of the partnership's board of directors, nor any residents, said anything about the disturbances. He also noted that apartment buildings in the area are at "near 100 percent capacity," a feat that could not have been accomplished if crime were rampant.
"I do get phone calls when there seems to be a pattern of something developing, like car break-ins," Fowler said. "I believe most people viewed what happened [on St. Patrick's Day] as an exception to the rule.
"Clearly, what happened was unacceptable," Fowler added. "But I firmly believe that the police did all they could to bring the situation under control. … Other great cities have experienced flash mobs. I don't think Baltimore is unique."
But Barry Richardson, 57, said in an interview, "I will definitely limit my visits from now on until I feel that the city has a handle on this problem." He said he had lived in Baltimore for 13 years before moving away in 1993, fleeing to Warrenton, N.C., because of high crime. He visits family and friends here about once a month.
He called city leaders "negligent for not letting the public know that they might risk life and limb if they come into Baltimore."
"I would assume that the Baltimore City folks would want to cover that problem up," he wrote in an email, referring to the problems on St. Patrick's Day. "It might hurt tourism and the convention trade. However, that is a serious problem that folks inside and outside of Baltimore should know about."
Richardson escaped Baltimore during some of its highest crime rates ever recorded — during the year that 353 people were killed on city streets, the all-time high. The 1990s would conclude with 10 consecutive years of 300 or more killings. In contrast, last year the city recorded fewer than 200 killings.
He still comes back to visit family, to watch the Orioles, to eat crabs in Canton. But, he added, "How can you have a good time when you have a bunch of hoodlums running around? Crime is down? I don't know, I don't feel that myself. What happens if I go to the Inner Harbor and get caught up in something like that?"


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Dear All,
I would like to give a self survey on my use of the menu command {Search, Compare Buffers}.
In short, a big thank you to Pauli for his Buffer_Switch.vdm macro. I find it a great help in using the {Search, Compare Buffers} command.
Here are the details.
1.: Let me start with the description of that menu command from the Vedit User Manual:
To compare two buffers (files):
1. If necessary, switch to both buffers and ensure that the cursor in each
buffer is in the correct position for starting the comparison. Remain in
either buffer.
2. Select {SEARCH, Compare buffers} (<Ctrl-F3>). If only two buffers
are open, the comparison starts immediately and you should notice that
the cursor has moved over all matching characters.
If more than two buffers are open, you are prompted for the "other" buffer
number with the buffer selection dialog box.
2.: The feature that I really like is that
"If only two buffers are open, the comparison starts immediately "
In this special case there is no need for any user intervention. In other words, there is no need to use Pauli's macro.
3.: Now take the special case of three buffers are open. Then, as per the manual, you have the option of entering the buffer number into the selection dialog box.
If you have many differences between the two files being compared then this strategy may not be the optimal one. The reason being that at each step you have to enter
the buffer number.
4.: Many times a better strategy is to use Pauli's macro. That is to say, close the buffer not needed in the comparison. This reduces the case of three buffers to the case of two buffers
, where no user input is needed.
5.: Note that there are many excellent third party comparison programs. However, for these programs you have to enter the names of the two files that you wish to compare. So if you are a poor typist like myself, then this is a typo prone procedure.


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Mr. Grasshopper saves $4,000 a year for retirement for 10 years; Mr. Ant saves $4,000 a year for 40 years. Which one will wind up with a bigger nest egg?
Surprisingly enough, the answer isn't always Mr. Ant. If Mr. Grasshopper did all his saving at the beginning of his career, his head start might generate more money than Mr. Ant's diligence does by the time they both retire to the Old Insects' Home.
That's the conclusion of research by a company called CLSA, elaborated on in a column today by Richard Evans of the U.K.'s Telegraph. While the study relies on some assumptions that would be unlikely to play out in real life, it does underscore the value of funding your nest egg as soon as your own career exits the larval stage.
The CLSA researchers compared outcomes for two savers—one who started saving at 21 and stopped at 30, and one who started at 31 and stopped at 70. They assumed that each would put away exactly £2,500 (about $4,185) every year, that the accounts would earn 7% a year, and that each saver would reinvest all gains in the retirement savings. The result: By age 70, the one who saved only in her 20s had £553,000, compared with £534,000 for the 40-year saver.
There's much to quibble with in this exercise, of course, including those smooth, never-a-down-year returns. (Update: For a useful explanation of why staking your retirement on this kind of market behavior can come back to bite you, see the note from MarketWatch contributor Michael Kitces in the comments section below.) More important, this model doesn't offer an accurate reflection of how most people actually save: In practice, most people increase the amount the save as they get older and their earning power grows.
Still, as Evans notes, the math shows how much of an advantage an early saver can derive from the power of compounded interest over time. He illustrates that idea with another hypothetical: If a baby's parents put £2,500 a year into a savings account for him for just the first two years of his life, that money would grow to £551,000 by the time he was 70, assuming the same 7% annual return.
For U.S. readers, it's trickier to take advantage of this start-in-infancy statistical wisdom for retirement purposes. For one thing, minors in the U.S. aren't allowed to have money contributed to a tax-deferred retirement account in their name unless they're actually earning an income. But the point remains the same: All other things being equal, the savings race goes to the person who starts as soon as the gun goes off.
Of course, our hypothetical savers are also still retiring at age 70. For a profile of someone who was able to stop saving at 30 because he had already essentially retired at 30, see this recent article by Andrea Coombes.
NOTE: This article was updated on 4/8/14 at 5:51 p.m. to include additional notes and links.
Also in Encore:
How to retire early--35 years early
40% or more could run short in retirement
Paying college athletes? Offer 401(k)s, too
Matthew Heimer covers retirement for MarketWatch and edits the Encore blog. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewHeimer.


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Which would you rather have, a Xyboard with LTE or an extra $200? If you chose the latter, Motorola's now taking pre-orders for the Wi-Fi only tablet with plans to ship on January 18th.
Other than LTE connectivity—and the Droid branding found on Verizon's iteration—Motorola's tablet is identical to the one available in Europe for the past few months. They all run on the Android 3.2 OS, which can be updated to Android 4.0, and include a 1280x800 display and dual-core 1.2GHz TI OMAP chips. The 8.2-inch model will cost $400 and $500 for the 16GB and 32GB versions, respectively, while the 10.1-inch will set you back $500 for the 16GB and $600 for the 32GB—roughly $200 less than what Verizon charges for them without a contract. [Electronista - Verge]


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We started off where we ended last night. Simon said that Trevor Moran, 13, would "be remembered for [his] performance."
Moran was the sick boy who was the focus of the cliffhanger from last night. After watching the paramedics come to his side, we learned that he was ... dehydrated. I'm going to try my best to not sound rude, because I'm really glad he was OK, but that was super anti-climactic. They gave him a Gatorade and on to the stage he went.
He performed, "Sexy and I Know It." He seems like a great kid with a good voice but I was super creeped out by it all. He turned it into his own cabaret, singing the Top 40 hit as if he were on Broadway. The judges loved it and sent him though even though Simon also thought that it was "inappropriate." For real Simon, for real!
Owen Stuart, a sweet 16-year-old boy in love was ready to win this thing for his girlfriend, Tori. When he stepped on stage, he said he would base his first album on all of the things he's been through, like love and stuff. For the record if it were me at 16, I'd base it on algebra being hard and nobody buying me a cellphone. (This is why I never got a record deal I guess.)
He sang "Airplanes," but the rap was his own. I have to say, he was really good. His voice wasn't great but his original rap was. Britney was indifferent toward him but everyone else loved him. He left the stage, calling his girlfriend to say that he had made it. This is how that exchange went:
"I made it through."
I really don't miss being 16 sometimes.
Freddie Combs, 40, inspired a much more touching moment. Weighing in at more than 500 pounds, and already losing 400, he had been through a lot. He dedicated his performance to his wife and sang "The Wind Beneath My Wings." The emotion he put into it was truly memorable, as were the vocals.
It's also moments like this that we see a softer Simon. He said that he needed motivation to lose more weight and that this might just be it, and that if he backed himself that Simon, too, would back him. It was by far the sweetest part of the episode.
Cue the inevitable montage of delusional singers thinking they're great. I always wonder what makes people think that they're really good when they're really bad. Not being a psychologist, I don't know. But I know that it hurts my ears.
A surprisingly soulful Lauren Jauregui, 16, sang "If I Ain't Got You." She made the song her own. I wasn't sitting there thinking of Alicia Keys while she was singing. I was just thinking about how good it was. The judges gave her praise for having such an amazing voice and being so young.
Jordyn Folly, 12, brought her perky little pigtails to the stage. Her enthusiasm was fairly exhausting. When she said her friends were backstage, it cut to what had to be her entire elementary school. She performed "Tomorrow" from "Annie."
While she was singing, Simon wished she would just go away. Britney and Demi really liked her, and L.A. called her a "bundle of joy." Maybe I need a nap, but I'm relating more and more to Simon this season.
The auditions are over now, but we all know the drama isn't. It's been a fun journey but I'm ready for next week. Are you? Who was your favorite? And who gave you a headache? Let me know in the comments.


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Every company wants to grow, with good reason. Over the long term, revenue growth is the largest source of TSR for top value creators. This makes sense. Without growth, a company's ability to improve margins, expand its valuation multiple, or increase free cash flow yields to investors inevitably reaches a point of diminishing returns.
And yet, not all growth creates value. Two facts become clear when analyzing growth, not just of the top-quartile performers but of all companies. Strong revenue growth alone does not necessarily guarantee a strong TSR. In fact, there can be a wide gap between growth rates and TSR performance.
Why? The answer varies by company, but these are some of the common factors:
This shows that, while growth is important, what really matters is growth that creates value. Revenue growth isn't an independent variable that can be pursued without thinking through its second- and third-order effects on the other drivers of TSR.


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Horse In The Sea will be performing with special guest Rob Kenagy at Hope College at the Knickerbocker Theatre on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 8 p.m.
This show will kick off the fall Hope College Concert Series and will be free for Hope College students, faculty, and staff. Tickets for the show will cost $5 for members of the general public.
Horse In The Sea was developed as a concept project and played its first show on the eve of 2007. The band features the songwriting of founding member Joel Janis and the production of Kyle Andrews. Tess Haskins, Joe Darnaby, Justin Ferwerda, and Ray Klemchuk round out the current Horse lineup.
The group's debut album, "I Order the Sun to Shine On Everyone," was released on Nov. 23, 2007, to a packed crowd at Schubas Tavern in Chicago, Ill. Highlights on the album, which has been praised by critics, range from the playful summer of love shimmy of "I Can't Talk to Girls" to the moodier keyboard-driven balladry of the title track.
Rob Kenagy, a former Hope student, will be performing as a part of the Hope College Concert Series for the first time, but has often played shows at Lemonjello's as well as other venues around Holland.
Tickets for the concert are available now at the Hope College Ticket Office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and can be called at (616) 395-7890. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The Knickerbocker Theatre is located in downtown Holland at 86 E. Eighth St.
The doors will open at 7:30 p.m. the night of the concert.


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Ever since I learned about them, I've thought of call-by-push-value and focusing (aka polarization) as essentially two different views of the same problem: they both give a fine-grained decomposition of higher-order effectful programs which permits preserving the full βη-theory of the language.
Until this morning, I had thought that the differences were merely cosmetic, with CBPV arising from Paul Levy's analysis of the relationship between denotational semantics and operational semantics, and focusing arising an analysis of the relationship between operational semantics and proof theory (a lot of people have looked at this, but I learned about it from Noam Zeilberger). Both systems decompose a Moggi-style computational monad into a pair of adjoint operators, which mediate between values and computations (in CBPV) and positive and negative types (in focusing). So I thought this meant that "value type" and "positive type" were synonyms, as were "computation type" and "negative type".
This morning, I realized I was wrong! Focusing and call-by-push-value make precisely the opposite choices in their treatment of variables! To understand this point, let's first recall the syntax of types for a call-by-push-value (on top) and a polarized (on bottom) calculus.
At first glance, these two grammars look identical, save only for the renamings and . But this is misleading! If they are actually the same idea, the reason has to be much more subtle. The reason for this is that the typing judgements for these two systems are actually quite different.
In call-by-push-value, the idea is that is a functor which is left adjoint to . As a result, values are interpreted in a category of values , and computations are interpreted in a category of computations . The adjunction between values and computations means that the hom-set is ismorphic to the hom-set . This adjunction gives rise to the two basic judgement forms of call-by-push-value, the value judgement and the computation judgement . The idea is that and .
The key bit is in the interpretation of contexts in computations, so let me highlight that:
Note that we interpret contexts as , and so this says that variables refer to values.
However, in a polarized type theory, we observe that positive types are "left-invertible", and negative types are "right-invertible". In proof theory, a rule is invertibile when the conclusion implies the premise. For example, the right rule for implication introduction in intuitionistic logic reads
This is invertible because you can prove, as a theorem, that
is an admissible rule of the system. Similarly, sums have a left rule:
such that the following two rules are admissible:
The key idea behind polarization is that one should specify the calculus modulo the invertible rules. That is, the judgement on the right should fundamentally be a judgement that a term has a positive type, and the hypotheses in the context should be negative. That is, the two primary judgements of a polarized system are the positive introduction judgement
which explains how introductions for positive types work, and the negative elimination (or spine judgement)
which explains how eliminations for negative types work. The eliminations for positive types are derived and the introductions for negative types are derived judgements (which end up being rules for pattern matching and lambda-abstractions) which make cut-elimination hold, plus a few book-keeping rules to hook these two judgements together. The critical point is that the grammar for consists of negative types:
This is because positive types are (by definition) left-invertible, and so there is no reason to permit them to appear as hypotheses. As a result, the context clearly has a very different character than in call-by-push-value.
I don't have a punchline for this post, in the sense of "and therefore the following weird things happen as a consequence", but I would be astonished if there weren't some interesting consequences! Both focalization and call-by-push-value teach us that it pays large dividends to pay attention to the fine structure of computation, and it's really surprising that they are apparently not looking at the same fine structure, despite apparently arising from the same dichotomy at the type level.


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Onslow County commissioners are scheduled to hold a public hearing tonight on a proposal for a referendum seeking approval of $75 million in bonds for school construction.
Onslow County commissioners are scheduled to hold a public hearing tonight on a proposal for a referendum seeking approval of $75 million in bonds for school construction.
The hearing begins at 7 p.m. at Jacksonville City Hall. The referendum would be May 14.
The referendum has gotten off to a rocky start since the idea surfaced in earnest in January. The original proposal called for a $149 million bond, but the school board has since cut the request in half.
So far, the focus has been largely on the school board, including its offer to fund the cost of a referendum if the commissioners will agree to put the bond up for a vote.
But make no mistake: The decision to hold a bond referendum � as well as the question of how the county must tackle financing the bond issue and school construction in general � falls to the Board of Commissioners.
The Republican commissioners campaigned on a united platform of holding down the property-tax rate, and now they have a proposal on the table that could raise the tax rate as much as 7.4 percent. That�s pressure.
The commissioners are positioning themselves carefully � separating their own no-tax-increase positions from any increase that would stem from a bond approved by the voters themselves.
That�s fine, except it doesn�t really work that way. Debt service for bond repayment is part of the county budget as a whole. There�s only one county property-tax rate and it produces revenue to pay for debt service, ongoing capital projects and operating expenses.
While money would have to be set aside to finance the bond issue � anticipated to be 4.35 cents per $100 property valuation � that expense ultimately must be balanced with all the county�s other expenses and obligations, including another lingering school-bond related debt approved in a 2005 referendum.
There is nothing outrageous about all this, except the county has taken on a number of huge building projects in the past few years, and now the thorny issue of critical school needs has resurfaced.
People can question student-population projections or whether alternatives such as school redistricting have been explored fully, but the school board�s funding request seems to fit the definition of critical needs.
New schools for Dixon and Richlands � two places where the construction needs are clear, based on growth patterns and current building conditions � eventually must be built. A bond issue is not a bad way to go. Current borrowing and construction costs are low.
The county commissioners simply have to weigh the schools� building needs with all their other plans. With their own campaign pledges fresh in mind, they are sure to be reminded that many county residents, who simply have to draw the line somewhere, are adamantly opposed to higher taxes.
Nobody said being a county commissioner is an easy job. The current board, fresh off an impressive showing at the polls, likely will get another reminder of that fact tonight.


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The Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China (SAR; Portuguese: RAE) are autonomous territories that fall within the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China, yet do not form part of Mainland China. The legal basis for the establishment of SARs, unlike the administrative divisions of Mainland China, is provided for by Article 31, rather than Article 30, of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China of 1982. Article 31 reads: "The state may establish special administrative regions when necessary.[3][4][5] The systems to be instituted in special administrative regions shall be prescribed by law enacted by the National People's Congress in the light of the specific conditions".[6]
At present, there are two SARs, namely the Hong Kong SAR and the Macau SAR, former British and Portuguese dependencies respectively,[7] transferred to China in 1997 and 1999 pursuant to the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984 and the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration of 1987 respectively. Pursuant to their Joint Declarations, which are binding inter-state treaties registered with the United Nations, and their Basic laws, the Chinese SARs "shall enjoy a high degree of autonomy."[8]
The provision to establish special administrative regions appeared in the constitution in 1982, in anticipation of the talks with the United Kingdom over the question of the sovereignty over Hong Kong. It was envisioned as the model for the eventual reunification with Taiwan and other islands, where the Republic of China has resided since 1949. Special administrative regions should not be confused with special economic zones, which are areas in which special economic laws apply to promote trade and investments.
Under the One China, Two Systems principle, the two SARs continue to possess their own governments, multi-party legislatures, legal systems, police forces, monetary systems, separate customs territory, immigration policies, national sports teams, official languages, postal systems, academic and educational systems, and substantial competence in external relations that are different or independent from the People's Republic of China.
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The two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau (created in 1997 and 1999 respectively) each have a codified constitution called Basic Law.[7] The law provides the regions with a high degree of autonomy, a separate political system, and a capitalist economy under the principle of "one country, two systems" proposed by Deng Xiaoping.[7]
High degree of autonomy
Currently, the two SARs of Hong Kong and Macau are responsible for all affairs except those regarding diplomatic relations and national defense.[10] Consequently, the National People's Congress authorizes the SAR to exercise a high degree of autonomy and enjoy executive, legislative and independent judicial power,[11] and each with their own Courts of Final Appeal.[12]
External affairs
Special administrative regions are empowered to contract a wide range of agreements with other countries and territories such as mutual abolition of visa requirement, mutual legal aid, air services, extradition, handling of double taxation and others. In diplomatic talks involving a SAR, the SAR concerned may send officials to be part of the Chinese delegation. In sporting events the SARs participate under the respective names of "Hong Kong, China" and "Macau, China", and compete as different entities.[13]
Defense and military
The People's Liberation Army is garrisoned in both SARs. PRC authorities have said the PLA will not be allowed to interfere with the local affairs of Hong Kong and Macau, and must abide by its laws.[14] In 1988, scholar Chen Fang of the Academy of Military Science even tried to propose the "One military, two systems" concept to separate the defence function and public functions in the army.[14] The PLA does not participate in the governance of the SAR but the SAR may request them for civil-military participation, in times of emergency such as natural disasters. Defence is the responsibility of the PRC government.[10]
A 1996 draft PRC law banned People's Liberation Army-run businesses in HK, but loopholes allow them to operate while the profits are ploughed back into the military.[14] There are many PLA-run corporations in Hong Kong. The PLA also have sizable land-holdings in Hong Kong worth billions of dollars.[14]
Immigration and nationality
Each of the SARs issues passports on its own to its permanent residents who are concurrently nationals of the PRC. PRC nationals must also satisfy one of the following conditions:
- born in the SAR;
- born anywhere while either parent was a permanent resident of the SAR;
- resided continuously and legally for seven or more years in the SAR.
Apart from affording the holder consular protection by the People's Republic of China, these passports also specify that the holder has right of abode in the issuing SAR.
The National People's Congress has also put each SAR in charge of administering the PRC's Nationality Law in its respective realms, namely naturalization, renunciation and restoration of PRC nationality and issuance of proof of nationality.
Due to their colonial past, many inhabitants of the SARs hold some form of non-Chinese nationality (e.g. British National (Overseas) status, United Kingdom citizenship or Portuguese citizenship), however residents of Chinese descent have always been considered as Chinese citizens by the PRC. Special interpretation of the Nationality Law, while not recognizing dual nationality, has allowed Chinese citizens to keep their foreign "right of abode" and use travel documents issued by the foreign country. However, such travel documents cannot be used to travel to mainland China and the holder may not enjoy consular protection while in mainland China. Chinese citizens who also have foreign citizenship may declare a change of nationality at the Immigration Department of the respective SARs, and upon approval, would no longer be considered Chinese citizens.
Offer to Taiwan and other ROC-controlled areas
The status of a special administrative region for Taiwan and other areas controlled by the Republic of China was first proposed in 1981.[7] The 1981 proposal was put forth by Ye Jianying called "Ye's nine points" (葉九條).[15] A series of different offers have since appeared. On 25 June 1983 Deng Xiaoping appeared at Seton Hall University in the US to propose "Deng's six points" (鄧六條), which called for a "Taiwan Special Administrative Region" (台灣特別行政區).[15] It was envisioned that after Taiwan's unification with the PRC as an SAR, the PRC would become the sole representative of China.[15] Under this proposal, Taiwan would be guaranteed its own military,[15] its own administrative and legislative powers, an independent judiciary and the right of adjudication, although it would not be considered a separate government of China.[15] While there would be minimal interference[dubious ] by the PRC in Taiwan's political system, there may be representatives from the Taiwan SAR[dubious ] that would be appointed to the central government in Beijing by the Taiwan SAR.
In 2005 the Anti-Secession Law of the PRC was enacted. It promises the lands currently ruled by the authorities of Taiwan a high degree of autonomy, among other things.[16] The PRC can also employ non-peaceful means and other necessary measures to defend its claims to sovereignty over the ROC's territories from Taiwanese independence activists.[16]
- ^ "Mid-year Population for 2014". Census and Statistics Department (Hong Kong). 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Demographic Statistics for the 2nd Quarter 2014". Statistics and Census Service of the Government of Macau SAR. 11 August 2014.
- ^ Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国行政区划; Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Xíngzhèng Qūhuà), 15 June 2005, retrieved 5 June 2010
- ^ Chapter II: Relationship between the Central Authorities and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Article 12, retrieved 5 June 2010
- ^ Chapter II Relationship between the Central Authorities and the Macau Special Administrative Region, Article 12, retrieved 5 June 2010
- ^ Lauterpacht, Elihu. Greenwood, C. J. [1999] (1999). International Law Reports Volume 114 of International Law Reports Set Complete set. Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0521642442, 9780521642446. p 394.
- ^ a b c d Ghai, Yash P. (2000). Autonomy and Ethnicity: Negotiating Competing Claims in Multi-Ethnic States. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521786428, 9780521786423. p 92.
- ^ Article 12, Basic Law of Hong Kong and Article 12, Basic Law of Macau
- ^ References and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual provincial articles.
- ^ a b Zhang Wei-Bei. [2006] (2006). Hong Kong: the pearl made of British mastery and Chinese docile-diligence. Nova Publishers. ISBN 1594546002, 9781594546006.
- ^ Chan, Ming K. Clark, David J. [1991] (1991). The Hong Kong Basic Law: Blueprint for Stabiliree Legal Orders – Perspectives of Evolution: Essays on Macau's Autonomy After the Resumption of Sovereignty by China. ISBN 3540685715, 9783540685715. p 212.
- ^ Oliveira, Jorge. Cardinal, Paulo. [2009] (2009). One Country, Two Systems, Three Legal Orders – Perspectives of Evolution: Essays on Macau's Autonomy After the Resumption of Sovereignty by China. ISBN 3540685715, 9783540685715. p 212.
- ^ English.eastday.com. English.eastday.com. "China keeps low key at East Asian Games." Retrieved on 2009-12-13.
- ^ a b c d Gurtov, Melvin. Hwang, Byong-Moo Hwang. (1998). China's Security: The New Roles of the Military. Lynne Rienner Publishing. ISBN 1555874347, 9781555874346. p 203–204.
- ^ a b c d e Big5.china.com.cn. "Big5.china.com.cn." 鄧六條. Retrieved on 2009-12-14.
- ^ a b United Nations refugee agency. "UNHCR." Anti-Secession Law (No. 34). Retrieved on 2009-12-14.
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