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Control Group Productions presents a new immersive performance experience, "Colony 933," coming this January 2018.
Six performances will be held January 11, 12, 13 & 18, 19, 20, 2018 at 7:30pm. Performances begin at Novo Coffee, 1700 E 6th Ave, in Denver from where the audience will be led to an undisclosed nearby bunker.
"Colony 933" is produced by Control Group Productions, directed by Kate Speer (Resident Artist at RedLine Contemporary Art Center), and conceived and created by F.E. Toan, Emma Acheson, Vanessa Ann, Amy Millennor, Sara Roybal, Rowan Salem, Kate Speer, Jessica Troppmann, and Rachel Oliver Young. Visual artists, Jessica Forrestal, Genevieve Waller, and Jess Webb, have painted murals and created immersive installations for the production. Musical artists, Michael Clark and Jake Wherry, complete the sensorial world with an original sound score.
The creative team has crafted an immersive mystery dance-theatre set in a post-apocalyptic world where the sun hasn't risen for days. The audience will find themselves welcomed as new arrivals recently incorporated into the Colony 933. As they figure out this new world, there will be a choice: whether to embrace this new existence or stage the revolt. Only the audience can decide.
"Colony 933" will be performed at Novo Coffee, 1700 E 6th Ave, January 11, 12, 13 & 18, 19, 20, 2018 at 7:30pm. Tickets are available online ($20 online and $25 at the door). Ages 12 and up are welcome. For more information, visit www.colony933.com.


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Melanie and Kevin's lavish affair at Lancaster Estate couldn't have been more perfectly tailored to them – and we are thrilled to have been a part of it, along with Verite Photography and Sugar Rush Events! Melanie wanted something that was traditional yet modern and unique. What resulted was an elegant bouquet with traditional whites and creams using tea roses, stock and hydrangeas with hints of purple lisianthus. We went darker for the bridesmaids bouquets with shades of lavenders to eggplants, to play off of their pretty pewter dresses! We set the groom apart with a modern double white calla boutonniere – while the groomsmen had a single purple calla that complimented the darker bouquets of the bridesmaids.
The backdrop for this couples "I Do's" couldn't have been more picturesque! The rustic setting called for long and tall espresso brown boxes down the aisle filled with a beautifully rich and textured arrangement of lavenders and eggplants placed on top. This created a dramatic walkway while preserving the view up front at the altar.
After the ceremony, the reception moved to Lancaster Estate's caves for dinner where pewter linens covered the tables and purple lighting set the tone for a fun night ahead. The centerpieces were placed in a black footed dish using accents of light and airy lavenders to full and rich eggplants. For the cake we used all purple flowers to create a bit of a modern contrast with the cake. We can not thank Sugar Rush Events for bringing us along for this fantastic wedding!
All in all the pewters and purples created a magical evening for these two and we couldn't be happier for them!

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Sweden's nationalist anti-immigration party Sweden Democrats have emerged as the third biggest party in parliament on Sunday's elections, but are claiming to lead the opposition.
The centre-left and centre-right political alliances find themselves in a virtual tie and will struggle to form a government in what is effectively a hung parliament.
Like elsewhere in Europe, the new political cleavage cutting across Swedish politics is the stance towards Europe and immigration. Sweden too is divided among "moderate "and anti-systemic parties.
The Sweden Democrats lead the anti-systemic pole of the political spectrum. Their ambition is to influence the political agenda. However, a government needs to be formed first, in which they will not participate.
Sweden Democrats
When exit polls came out on Sunday evening, September 9, Sweden Democrats (SD) held just under 18% (17,9%), compared to just under 13(12,9%) in 2014. By the end of the evening and 84% of the votes counted, the numbers confirmed they will lead the opposition (17,6%) as the third biggest party in parliament.
For much of the evening, Sweden Democrats hovered in the region of 20% and hoped for second place. However, the political effect of third place cannot be underestimated.
Exit polls also made clear early enough that the incumbent Social Democrats were heading for their worst electoral outcome for more than a century. Exit polls placed them at 28%, a mark which late at night they outperformed by merely 0,4%.
Dropping below 30% is not only worse than 2014 (31%), but their worst performance since 1911.
Hung Parliament
Until late in the evening it was clear which alliance – centre-left or centre-right – would secure a mandate to form a government. The key was the performance of the Green Party, who struggled to pass the 4$ threshold to enter the parliament. By the end of the evening, they had seized 4,4%, handing the centre-left the political initiative in a hung parliament.
The centre-left alliance between the Social Democrats, the Green Party, and the Left Party secured 40.6%, leaving behind the centre-right alliance by 40,03% (Moderates, Center Party, Christian Democrats, and Liberals).
The leader of the Moderate party, Ulf Kristersson, called for the resignation of prime minister Stefan Löfven. The moderates secured 19,8%, down from 23,3% in 2014. Their defeat, even if marginal, was pronounced because they lost ground while in opposition. The only member of the centre-right Alliance to do better than 2014 were the Christian Democrats (from 4,6% in 2014 to 6,4% in 2018).
Lofven spoke of the "moral responsibility" of mainstream parties to form a government.
Because the centre-right alliance is committed not to cooperate with the "toxic" Swedish Democrats, the choice now is between a German-style right-left alliance or the formation of an inherently unstable minority government.
By virtue of they systemic role, Sweden Democrats are now claiming the role of opposition leaders.
The new role of the Sweden Democrats
By virtue of the Sweden Democrats, one of the main campaign themes was immigration.
The Sweden Democrats linked a number of issues to immigration, including education, housing, and health services.
The result appears to be boosting the chances of the Eurosceptic and anti-immigration right ahead of the 2019 European Elections. Following the 2015 refugee crisis, the anti-immigration agenda changed the electoral map in Germany, Austria, Denmark, France, and Italy.
Sweden received more asylum seekers than any other EU member state per capita. The country with a population of 10 million people received 160,000 refugees in 2015 alone.
The ruling Social Democrats campaigned on policies for social integration; the centre-right Moderates wanted to place a greater emphasis on policing. Sweden Democrats (SD) were assertive and wanted to focus on deportations and the end of dual citizenship.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the SD was linked to neo-Nazi movement and its historical leadership were members of the SS. Their leader, Jimmie Akesson, claims to have reformed the party since taking on the leadership in 2005.
During the 2018 campaign, Akesson pronounced "zero tolerance" against racism, although the Swedish press did publish a number of features on the neo-Nazi credentials of many of the candidates running. White supremacy and even anti-Semitic slogans were not completely absent, at least on social media.
Like a number of parties of the far-right in Europe, the SD is also vehemently anti-European, advocating for a Swexit referendum. Demographically, they seem to cater to white, male, non-university educated constituents.


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COLLECTION: Zara SS17
Zara, what can we say? The Spanish brand recently asked American fashion photographer Steven Meisel – the industry icon who has shot every Italian Vogue cover for the last two decades and every Prada campaign since 2004 and who is applauded by no less a figure than Anna Wintour – to shoot their latest ballerina-inspired campaign.
For womenswear there's a "borrowed from the boys" feel; oversized pieces, boxy crops, layered shirts and dresses over leggings combos we thought we'd never see again after 2002. Meanwhile, themes of travel, exploration and journeying run throughout the menswear collection, with tailoring, layers and high-end fabrics integrated with flashes of sportswear. Colour palettes speak of warm neutrals and classic white, navy and black for men and women.
Zara's Spring-Summer 2017 collection is available in stores across the UAE.


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Bourns, Inc. announced the release of its high current surge devices designed to protect SLICs (Subscriber Line Interface Circuits) against overvoltage conditions on the telephone line caused by lightning, a.c. power contact and induction. The dual programmable Thyristor overvoltage device, designated Bourns® Model TISP61089M, is a high-surge current protector rated at 70 A for a 5/310 surge. It limits voltages that exceed the SLIC supply rail voltage, and is specified to support equipment compliance with transient immunity and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Bellcore GR-1089-CORE, ITU-T K.21 and K.45 and YD/T-950 standards.
To provide optimum protection during Metallic (Differential) and Longitudinal (Common Mode) surge conditions, Bourns' latest high current surge device features two negative protection structures and two anti-parallel diodes. For SLIC line driver sections that are typically powered from 0 V (ground) and a negative voltage (from -20 V to -155 V), Bourns' new overvoltage device supports a negative supply voltage down to -155 V and requires a low gate triggering current of 5 mA maximum. The buffered gate design reduces the loading on the SLIC supply during overvoltages caused by power cross and induction. In addition, Bourns fabricates its monolithic protection devices in ion-implanted planar vertical power structures for high reliability and in normal system operation they are virtually transparent.
The Bourns® Model TISP61089M is available now, and is packaged in a RoHS compliant* 8-SOIC package. As a pricing reference, the new dual programmable Thyristor overvoltage device is priced from $0.80 per 10,000-piece order.


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1876 Inglewood Dr $399,000 $373,000
Looking for a great home in a desirable East Medford neighborhood? This charming 2408 sq. ft. home has a great floor plan, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, plus office/den and formal dining on a no outlet street in the sought after Lone Pine Elementary School District. The living room has vaulted ceilings, wood floors and a gas fireplace. All 3 bedrooms are upstairs with beautiful arched windows and a jetted tub in the master bath. In addition, the private, fully fenced backyard has a large deck and enough trees and birdsong to make it feel like a park. Nice brick curb appeal, 3 car attached garage & room for toys on the side. This home has been well loved, come add your own personal touch with paint, new carpet and a little TLC. This lovely home is ready to welcome a new family and create new memories! Call or e-mail today for all the details! #2987667m2o
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Top 10 Best Iced Tea Machines 2019 – Whether it's a warm afternoon or a lazy Sunday, there is nothing better than a freshly brewed pitcher of iced tea. Depending on your geographic location you may like your tea brewed in various ways. Just a pinch of sugar? Or how about southern style sweet tea? Maybe throw a flavor or two in there for a fusion iced tea experience.
- 1 Top 10 Best Iced Tea Machines 2019
- 1.1 10. Cold Brew Coffee and Tea Maker (by Savvy Home)
- 1.2 9. Hamilton Beach Iced Coffee & Tea Maker
- 1.3 8. Capresso Iced Tea Maker with 80 oz. Glass Carafe
- 1.4 7. Back to Basics Iced Tea Maker
- 1.5 6. TenChef's Cold Brew Coffee Maker Pitcher
- 1.6 5. Mr. Coffee 2-in-1 Iced Tea Brewing System
- 1.7 4. Airtight Cold Brew Iced Coffee and Tea Maker
- 1.8 3. Mr. Coffee 2-Quart Iced Tea Maker
- 1.9 2. Takeya Flash Chill Iced Tea Maker
- 1.10 1. Mr. Coffee 3-Quart Iced Tea Maker
Top 10 Best Iced Tea Machines 2019
Even though everyone may enjoy their iced tea differently, one thing is for sure, you will need the best iced tea maker to do so. Check out the iced tea makers listed below and see which one would be perfect for your iced tea making needs.
10. Cold Brew Coffee and Tea Maker (by Savvy Home)
The Savvy Home Cold Brew Coffee and Tea Maker is a great choice if you are looking for a unique tea and coffee experience. The Tea Infuser allows for making flavored beverages and is one of the few appliances that actually offers a "cold brew". The Tea Maker comes along with a 48-ounce Pitcher Carafe made of high quality glass, perfect for serving up to eight guests or storing in the refrigerator for future consumption. Not only does this Savvy Home product make fresh coffee and tea, it is also capable of turning your favorite fruits and vegetables into an infused flavored water.
9. Hamilton Beach Iced Coffee & Tea Maker
The Hamilton Beach Iced Coffee and Tea Maker is extremely easy to use and very conveniently brews two quarts of coffee and tea to enjoy now or later with a convenient, air tight lid. To brew, just simply add ice to the pitcher and place the brewing basket above, using a regular sized coffee filter and filling with either multiple tea bags or loose tea, whichever you choose. Fill the top of the tea maker with water and you are now just minutes away from a delicious, refreshing beverage. Also, if you wish to add some flavor to your pitcher of tea, add a syrup or fresh lemon slices to the pitcher of ice before brewing. The Hamilton Beach Iced Coffee and Tea Maker is easy to wash and dishwasher safe as well.
8. Capresso Iced Tea Maker with 80 oz. Glass Carafe
The Capresso Iced Team Maker is great for an iced tea drinker who prefers different strengths of their beverage. The iced tea maker has a slide of the front of the machine that allows the user to adjust the strength they wish to brew their beverage at. The entire iced tea maker comes apart very easily making it convenient to clean not only the pitcher but also the filter and the water reservoir. To brew the perfect pitcher of iced tea, it Is suggested to fill the pitcher about halfway with ice cubes to ensure that the tea isn't warm when it is time to enjoy it. With the pitcher capacity at eighty ounces, the Capresso Iced Tea Maker is great for households that drink a lot of iced tea throughout the day or if you are having a party or other event so that you can brew large amounts at once.
7. Back to Basics Iced Tea Maker
If you're not very familiar with operating appliances or don't have a lot of time to learn how to use a new one then the Back to Basics Iced Tea Maker is most likely the machine you are looking for. With a modern, curvy look it won't be an "eye sore" sitting on the kitchen counter and includes a two-and-a-half-quart glass carafe. You can use either loose tea or tea bags and add ice and/or sugar or an alternative sugar ingredient to the pitcher to create a sweetened iced tea. The Back to Basics Iced Tea Maker also has an adjustable brew strength knob so that each pitcher of iced tea can be different from the next.
6. TenChef's Cold Brew Coffee Maker Pitcher
The TenChef's Iced Tea Maker gives off a very sleek and modern appearance, making an attractive centerpiece to any table. This maker is also a pitcher with an internal filter making about one-quart of iced tea. This iced tea maker brews in a completely different manner than others and doesn't require electricity to operate. The pitcher is to be filled halfway with water and then add the filter full of tea and then add additional water after placing the filter in and add any flavor you wish to the water. The tea then brews for about six hours in the refrigerator. This is perfect if you wish to set the pitcher up to brew overnight or early in the day for a late dinner party.
5. Mr. Coffee 2-in-1 Iced Tea Brewing System
Although Mr. Coffee may not be the first brand you think of when referring to iced tea makers, the brand in general is known for their one of a kind brewing abilities. This iced tea maker is two and a half quarts and made of plastic which is completely different than other listed iced tea makers. This Mr. Coffee Brewing System brews an entire pitcher in less than ten minutes and will automatically turn off after brewing is complete as a safety feature. The pitcher has a sealed lid, making it great for storing and keeping the iced tea fresh and cold.
4. Airtight Cold Brew Iced Coffee and Tea Maker
The Airtight Cold Brew Iced Tea Maker is in a league of its own when it comes to brewing tea. The carafe is the main structure of the appliance and the filter goes in the middle of the carafe, acting as an infuser. To make an iced coffee or iced tea, the grounds go in the filter along with the water in the reservoir and then the beverage brews in the carafe around the filter. Once the iced tea is brewed, just simply remove the filter enjoy the iced tea as you like, straight out of the carafe.
3. Mr. Coffee 2-Quart Iced Tea Maker
This Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Maker is the most affordable of the listed appliances. The pitcher can hold up to two quarts of iced tea and brews both loose and traditional tea bags. It is extremely easy to use and Mr. Coffee also sells additional pitchers that are compatible with the iced tea maker so if you brew a lot of iced tea on a regular basis it would be a good idea to pick up another pitcher. The filter is very easy to remove and is dishwasher safe for easy cleaning.
2. Takeya Flash Chill Iced Tea Maker
If you are looking for options than the Takeya Flash Chill Iced Tea Maker is what you have been looking for. The Takeya is available in either the one quart, which make four servings or the two quarts, which makes eight servings. The iced tea maker is also available in four different colors: blue, black, pink or green and is a brewing system that is done so directly into the pitcher. It has an air tight lid and its compact size is great for storing in the refrigerator without taking up too much room.
1. Mr. Coffee 3-Quart Iced Tea Maker
The third variety of Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Makers, this pitcher system makes three quarts of iced tea and is available in three colors, to make matching your kitchen even more convenient. It has an automatic off mode when the iced tea is finished brewing. The pitcher has guidelines to show the user how much ice to add and is a drip free pitcher, making for easy pouring. Additional pitchers are also available for convenience and replacement.
As demonstrated above, there is an iced tea maker for all shoppers. No matter your price point, quantity or tea palette there is definitely an iced tea maker for everyone. Luckily all of the iced tea makers include a pitcher so there will be plenty of iced tea to go around.


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Vezzy - Friends/
Take a moment to listen to some TunesbyVez aka (Vezzy) called 'Friends' on Juss Russ Radio. Vezzy makes his debut on Juss Russ Radio with a relevant and catchy new single worth that second listen. Based in Louisiana - Vezzy speaks on an emotional and touchy subject (Friends). Those we've lost rather it be to the streets, to beef or a difference of direction when it comes to life. Shavez a.k.a Vezzy breaks down what it means to be a real friend and unfortunately why you may want to pay closer attention to who you call your friend. Vezzy mixes a wonderful set of soft vocals and a melodic rap style that will resonate with millennial listeners looking for the next wave. If your looking, you definitely found it. Vezzy doesn't have a huge discography yet which shows that he may be just starting out but he is definitely moving on a serious note. Hands down we like this song and it reeks of potential. Only time will tell where this song falls in our top charts - be sure to leave a comment in the comments section to cast your vote for this song!


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Join Half Acre and Empty Bottle at the Bohemian National Cemetery Saturday 10/7 at 7pm!
October 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the brooding folk masterpiece Chelsea Girl by Nico. We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with Circuit des Yeux and special guests in bringing a live performance of the record, in its entirety, to the Bohemian National Cemetery for our Fall installment of Beyond the Gate. Modern new age legend, Laraaji, along with Arji OceAnanda, will be blessing us with an opening performance shortly after the sunset.
Circuit Des Yeux will consist of the following special ensemble for this event:
Haley Fohr, Voice
Bill MacKay, Electric Guitar
Rob Frye, Flute & Drum (Cave / Bitchin Bajas)
Whitney Johnson, Viola & Organ (Matchess / Simulation)
Lia Kohl, Cello
Beyond The Gate's Fall installment will be outside under a nearly full Harvest Moon in beautiful Bohemian National Cemetery, located on Chicago's Northwest side. The concert will take place near the mausoleum. 2017 marks the fifth year of the Beyond The Gate series. We are thankful for the opportunity to present these concerts in a setting so rich in history. We implore all attendees to treat these events and the surroundings with the respect they deserve.
PLEASE NOTE! Parking is limited in the area surrounding the cemetery. Public transport, cabs, UBER, LYFT, carpooling all highly recommended.
Please be mindful of helping to keep the area litter free. It is because of our shared mutual respect for the grounds, and the cemetery's neighbors, that we are welcomed back each year. We applaud you in advance for being respectful. A portion of the proceeds from the event directly benefit the Bohemian National Cemetery as well as the Albany Park Community Center.


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As an island girl I've always been very fond of colour. Adore the bold choices above. XXReplyDelete
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Thank you for your note on my blog before the holidays -- how very sweet, it made my day.
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Week 2 AKA Girls Run The World Week saw a cluster of female celebs at the top of the leaderboard and the slick duo of Tess and Claudia helming the show with a startling level of professionalism.
Yes, Brucie is a loveable fixture on Strictly (along with Dave Arch's grim smile to camera and the wardrobe department affixing ruffles to anything that moves), but let's be honest – it does cut the show time down by half when the presenter can a) see the autocue, b) read the autocue, and c) remember where they are.
Plus the chin-waggler's absence means Tess can abandon all pretence of jocular improvised banter and concentrate on speeding through intros, while quick-witted Claudia (CLAUDIA!) bonds with contestants and imbues life into the most tedious of links. The search for a male presenter to replace Bruce is totally unnecessary – leave the show in the hands of the girls and it will rocket up the sequinometer in no time.


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Monday, July 27, 2009
Pinoy Film Focus: Jose Rizal (1998)
Director: Marilou Diaz-Abaya
Writers: Jun Lana, Ricardo Lee, Peter Ong Lim
Cast: Cesar Montano, Joel Torre, Jaime Fabregas, Gloria Diaz, Gardo Versoza, Monique Wilson, Chin Chin Gutierrez, Mickey Ferriols, Pen Medina
Runtime: 178 minutes
What was the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) thinking when it did not choose to send Jose Rizal as the country's contender for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1998? It's a biopic on the national hero, who is known all around the world. The film was directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya, a key figure in the Second Golden Age of Philippine cinema. That year was the celebration of the centennial of Philippine independence.
Above all, it is a magnificent film.
GMA Films certainly spared no expenses. The authentic costumes, dialogue, and sets, an effort so seldom seen in an industry burdened by laziness and underachievement, immerse the audience into the time of Jose Rizal's (Cesar Montano) trial by his enemies among the Spaniard colonialists. Such has been done before, with Tikoy Aguiluz's Rizal sa Dapitan and Mike de Leon's surreal Bayaning Third World being the more popular other examples, but Diaz-Abaya's film is the largest in scale. Philippine cinema is not so well known for epics, but with this film she shows that we are capable of making a spectacular, big-budgeted project that does not feel bloated, overly indulgent, or innane. Though Bayaning Third World tops Jose Rizal in terms of ambition, the latter manages to add a mesmerizing angle to the Rizal story; scenes from the national hero's novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo are interspersed with the natural events. In a key point in the film, there is even an overlap, and it provides one of the more intriguing perspectives on the mind of a figure almost deified in Philippine society.
Montano, now a multi-awarded actor and director, is brilliant as Rizal; it is difficult to think of a more definitive portrayal on screen. Joel Torre, heretofore the go-to man for Rizal depictions (he takes on that role in Bayaning Third World), shows in his role as Simon Ibarra, the lead character in Rizal's novels, why he is one of the most respected actors in the local industry. A characteristically powerful, controlled turn. Veteran Jaime Fabregas plays Rizal's defense lawyer, a Spaniard who learns to respect and love Rizal as a friend, and he deserves the many awards that he received for the stirring performance.
Since its release, the Philippines has not seen a film as grand and as deserving of the term as Jose Rizal. The subject matter notwithstanding, there exist in this country only a few opportunities to marry great direction and overall quality with a big budget. One hopes that when the opportunity does come, we end up with a cinematic gift as worthy of representing the country as Jose Rizal is.
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American Clinical Neurophysiology Society: EEG Guidelines Introduction.
Journal Article
This revision to the EEG Guidelines is an update incorporating current EEG technology and practice. "Standards of practice in clinical electroencephalography" (previously Guideline 4) has been removed. It is currently undergoing revision through collaboration among multiple medical societies and will become part of "Qualifications and Responsibilities of Personnel Performing and Interpreting Clinical Neurophysiology Procedures." The remaining guidelines are reordered and renumbered.
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- Tsuchida, TN; Acharya, JN; Halford, JJ; Kuratani, JD; Sinha, SR; Stecker, MM; Tatum, WO; Drislane, FW
Published Date
- 2016
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- 56 / 4
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- 231 - 234
PubMed ID
- 28436786
Pubmed Central ID
- 28436786
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- 2164-6821
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Traffic congestion is a "headache" to many cities, including Hong Kong. The Smart City Blueprint for Hong Kong released by the government in mid-December mentioned Smart Mobility at the very beginning. 繼續閱讀
Traffic congestion is one of the major problems in almost all cities. According to a report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, in 2015, Americans spent 48 minutes on average for a 20-minute drive due to traffic congestion. Looking back 35 years, in 1982, the delay on the road was 18 hours a year. It doubled to 42 hours in 2014. 繼續閱讀


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Maya was married this weekend. her folks live in Golden, Colorado, near the grave of Buffalo Bill. Elevation at their home is almost eight thousand feet. This means there's 20% less oxygen in the air. So sea level people like me need to breathe in 20% more to feel normal. I found my heart racing after I ran up a flight of stairs!
Maya is my best friend from my residency program. She was the first person I met when I went to Rochester, MN for my interview. Two years ahead of me in training, she left for fellowship in San Diego after my third year. Now, she's a well-known Pediatric Orthopedic surgeon who works at Children's Hospital of San Diego.
She met her husband, Dan, at a Christmas party a few years ago. It was practically "love at first sight." He's a terrific man and has an extraordinary 11-year old daughter, Haley. Here are some photos from the weekend and the wedding. Maya wore the same dress (remade of course) worn by her great grandmother, grandmother and mother. The dress is more than 100 years old! Each time it has been remade slightly since each woman had a different shape. The material had aged to a beautiful gold color.
Maya's parents, Kitty and Rock, have a home in the woods which overlooks beautiful, snow-capped mountains. Numerous bird feeders set around the perimeter of the house attract all sorts of birds. It is mating season for the hummingbirds, so we saw scores of them, dive bombing all over the place. Also, the neighboring herd of Bison had just delivered some babies. All things bode well for this marriage.
Congratulations, Maya and Dan! I am honored to have been a part of your wedding and I wish you the very best.


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An Engagement: Ryan + Chalee
I met these two the day of their snowy session. Even though I politely asked them to freeze for a couple of hours they were all smiles. I've learned that sometimes in Colorado you can have snow and not frigid temps...this day was not one of them. My camera was slowing down, my fingers were locking up but my little cold heart was happy working with these two. **winkwink** For real though, it was well below the freezing point and a tad windy. Luckily we started the day warming from the inside out at the cutest spot in Silver Plume. If you're ever in the area and have some time to kill -- you know, to drink booze, sober up and then drive home (or stay here overnight and drink all you want and have a coffee and burrito in the morning!) -- you've got to stop by Bread Bar. Ok sorry, promise this isn't a travel post for Silver Plume...but when the cuteness factor is high I gotta share.
So, Ryan and Chalee. For starters, they met at a Taco Festival in Denver so, if you ask me, their love is built on very solid ground. They just purchased their first home in Denver (just a little spot built well over 100 years ago)! And they are getting married in San Fransisco in May! 2018 is going to be a standout year for these two. Plus their orange tabby that didn't make the trip with us. Hopefully I get to meet that guy and see his new digs soon. We hung out in Silver Plume just before making a quick stop in one of our favorite little mountain towns, Georgetown. Everything was so quite and snowy that weekend. Well, after we got out of Denver and the slushy, gross roads. So, here's a little snippet of our chilly day in these quaint, mountain towns!


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RX 450h, LX 450d And ES 300h
Lexus has finally made its debut in India with launch of three new cars which are Lexus RX 450h Hybrid SUV, LX 450d and ES 300h Hybrid Sedan. Lexus is luxury vehicle division owned by Japanese Automaker Toyota. The RX 450h is a Hybrid SUV available in two variants and the price lies between Rs.1.07-1.09 crore. The ES 300h Hybrid Sedan has a price tag of Rs.55.27 lakh. All the prices are Ex Showroom, Delhi. Moreover, as per the company, the price of LX 450d will be revealed later.
Lexus LX 450d
The LX 450d is a version which distinguishes Toyota's Land Cruiser LC200 which has same basic structures etc. This car comes with all the luxuries that a person wants. It has power driven by 4.5 litre diesel engine with maximum of 272hp, same as on LC200. There is huge space, excellent comfort and smooth off-road ability. The major difference between LC200 and LX 450d is that the latter has more luxury and stunning interior. Finally, the price of this model will come later as the company says.
Lexus ES 300h Hybrid Sedan
This car is having similar looks and is based on Toyota's Camry Hybrid. Lexus ES 300h is more expensive than Toyota Camry. It comes with Lexus' signature 'razor blade' grille and excellent interior. The rivals of this car can be BMW 5 series, Audi A6 etc. ES 300h has a 2.5 litre, four-cylinder petrol engine, CVT gearbox and churns out maximum of 200hp. This car has 17-inch alloy wheels. In addition, it has a front wheel drive system, LED headlamps etc.
Lexus RX 450h Hybrid SUV
Lexus RX 450h is a mid range luxury SUV with rivals like Audi Q5, Mercedes Benz GLC. Due to its whopping price tag, it also enters in competition with Porsche Macan. This car has been launched in two variants with prices between Rs.1.07- 1.09 crore. It is a five seater SUV and if we talk about its looks, has creases, cuts etc all over the body. For the engine, it comes with 3.5-litre V6 engine along with electric motor, a CVT gearbox and maximum power of 308hp. It has 18-inch wheels along with LED fog lamps. Moreover, Inside gets a 8-inch infotainment system with navigation support and also comes with 12 speaker audio system. In addition, other features include Rain sensing wipers, Auto on/off headlamps etc.
Finally, Lexus came to the world around 25 years ago and has sold over 1 million hybrid cars worldwide. Lexus dealerships in India totals to four; one each in Mumbai and Bangalore and two in Delhi.
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The Shelby Humane is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded in 1977 with the mission of rescuing and rehoming the neglected and homeless pets of Shelby County. Since our founding, our facilities, services, and reach have grown significantly. We provide care to over 5,000 dogs and cats each year. We house 200-350 adoptable cats and dogs at any given time.
Not all of our pets are housed at our shelter, though. We have developed an extensive network of foster homes to care for adoptable dogs and cats that need more attention to thrive.
One of the most important service expansions we have started since our founding has been our low cost spay and neuter program (Shelby Spay Neuter). Through this program, we work with local veterinarians to provide deeply discounted spay and neuter programs. We provide spay and neuter services to more than 2,300 pets per year.
We are continually striving to grow the services we provide and rescue as many adoptable pets as possible. It is only through the generosity of the Shelby County community that we are able to save the lives of so many adoptable cats and dogs.


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The most important part of being a hairstylist is continuing education! The trends are always changing, and new techniques are always coming into play that will help our team improve their skill set!
In March we will be joined by the Hanzo team to provide a refresher on cutting skills, the ever-popular Bob Haircut, and maintaining spectacular line work when using shears!
If you are a licensed hairstylist or cosmetology student who would like to attend, please refer to the flyer below to RSVP your spot!


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Our reputation for providing the ultimate lion, plains game and dangerous game hunting packages in South Africa is integral to the success of Tinashe. For your convenience, each hunting package includes luxury accommodation in our safari lodge, along with transportation across the land in a luxury SUV. Our attentive staff will see to your comfort every step of the way, whether you're relaxing at the lodge, or out in the bush with our professional hunting team.
Tinashe employs a formidable team of experts who specialize in their area of service, from front office to household and catering staff, to trackers, professional hunters, and skinners out in the field. We believe in making the ranch a good place to work, because when our staff feel appreciated, they are prepared to go the extra mile for our clients. Our ultimate goal is to make your African safari a trip worth remembering for many years to come.
It's not only our game that is well-fed; we make sure that our guests are equally nourished. In addition to balanced, delicious meals provided on a full board basis at the lodge, our catering team will pack a cooler full of scrumptious snacks and beverages to take along in the hunting vehicles on your hunts. Food quality and safety in South Africa meets some of the highest international standards and at Tinashe, we take extra care to meet your dietary requirements.
Clients from across the globe rely on Tinashe's expertise to provide the most unforgettable African safaris, the highest quality trophies and unsurpassed service in the industry.
Below are some of our packages for lion hunting, plains game hunting and dangerous game hunting. We're happy to create a custom package, based on your preferences. Please do remember that not all the species are found in the same area, so your preferences may dictate a longer duration of stay at our welcoming lodge.
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How to Apply For Eco-generation Junior Eco Engineering Academy 2018
Applicants are currently been invited for the Eco-generation of Samsung Engineering for young Korean students to participate in the 2018 Junior Eco Engineering Academy. It is set to hold in Seoul, South Korea.
Winners will be offered the chance to participate in the 2018 Junior Eco-Engineering Academy program, which encapsulates specialist lecture, laboratory demonstrations and experiments, hands-on project, presentation competition and a variety of other activities in order to advance their awareness on the role and commitment to energy efficiency, energy conservation, and mitigating energy-related impacts on the environment.
Purpose of Eco-generation Junior Eco Engineering Academy 2018
- Creating awareness among youth within the community towards conservation of the environment and energy efficiency
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- Fulfilling the social responsibility through educating the future generation
Academy Details For Eco-generation Junior Eco Engineering Academy 2018
- Date : August 7 – 9, 2018
- 7 August (9:00 – 18:00): Opening ceremony, Lecture, Team-building, Group discussion
- 8 August (9:00 – 18:00): Lecture, Group project, Presentation competition, Awarding ceremony
- 9 August (optional): Sightseeing in Seoul with global participants
- Venue: Samsung GEC, Shangdong, Guangdong, Seoul
- Fee: Free
- Open to students attending intermediate schools as of 2018 in South Korea;
- An intermediate level of English fluency required.
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- To apply, make a Video clip of you talking about 'Why I should attend this Junior Engineering Academy' in English within 2 minutes. Please talk about your dream in the future and why it's important to relate engineering to your dream;
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Bleeding the "Red" out of Mao and the (Ivory) White Terror
Bleeding the "Red" out of Mao and the (Ivory) White Terror: Popular and Academic Responses to Mao: The Unknown Story
Brent Haas (2006)
When the author of one of the highest selling non-fiction books ever takes on a legend, people pay attention. At least that is one of the clear-cut lessons to be drawn from the media storm surrounding Chang Jung and Jon Halliday's subversive biography of Mao Zedong. After a June release in the U.K. the book spawned sensationalist titles in major newspapers around the world– "The Long March to Evil" from the (London) Observer; "China's Monster, Second to None" from the New York Times; and "Neo-emperor of Evil Genius" in the Japan Times. Even the Revolutionary Communist Party of America, The Christian Science Monitor, and online news sources joined the discussion. In one of those rare and exciting moments, the craft of history and contemporary political culture took the stage – well, some at least – in global media. Discussion threads spread from newspaper articles to online and print academic circuits, and came back out to tell the tale as prominent China specialists weighed in on a discussion encompassing contemporary Chinese politics, Chinese history, and even the politics of history.
Far more than a reason for excitement in ivory white towers of academia across the land, the reach of Chang Jung and Jon Halliday's presentation of Mao Zedong will extend from classrooms to airport bookshelves. Having explicitly connected their work to the "myth of Mao" in contemporary Chinese politics and culture, the authors' goals not only challenge much of the received understanding of Mao and the history of twentieth century China – they are aiming at the structure of PRC legitimacy itself, as recognized by almost every review covered in this paper. The gauntlet has been thrown in a multi-sided debate that will certainly continue. From the authors' choice to ignore pre-existing scholarship on Mao as "received wisdom" (Fenby) to their impatience for Chinese readers to get their hands on this book (Allardice), Chang and Halliday have positioned themselves against both the PRC regime and specialists who make their careers studying its history. This paper, then, is an outline and introduction to popular reaction to The Unknown Story and the critical response by specialists – the ways in which Chang and Halliday "bled the Red" out of Mao through ghastly details of wholesale slaughter and decoupling Mao from the ideology he came to represent. It also assesses backlash of sophisticated academic criticism that rained down from "ivory white towers" in response.
In the broadest of brushstrokes, responses to The Unknown Story have proceeded from nearly unequivocal praise in popular newspapers and magazines, through increasingly sophisticated popular reviews that began to draw upon the opinions of specialists. Frequently the case with periodization, exceptions confound clear-cut divisions, notable examples being Frank McLynn's sophisticated review in June 5th The Independent on Sunday and Donald Morrison's "Taking Aim at Mao" in Time Asia one day later. Nevertheless, the overall tendency was one of increased sophistication and criticism through the popular media during the summer of 2005, culminating in Perry Link's critique of The Unknown Story in mid-August. A flurry of superficial, popular reviews resurfaced in mid- to late-October coinciding with the American release of the book. In late October through mid-November, academics such as Jonathan Spence, Arthur Waldron, Andrew Nathan, and Jeffrey Wasserstrom presented erudite and nuanced critiques that balanced admission of Mao's heinous crimes and desire for a more open political culture in the Chinese mainland with serious misgivings about Chang and Halliday's methodology and motivation.
Chang and Halliday explicitly eschew an academic audience for the "general reader." Seeking to build on the success of Wild Swans by achieving a comparable level of accessibility, Chang stated that "we want people to understand it; we didn't want to write a book for our peers, for other historians" (Allardice). Thus, the simplistic distinction between popular and academic reviews not only is an easy, descriptive tool, but it is drawn from Chang and Halliday's own division between the "general reader" and the historian – a decision that inflamed headlines and confounded academics. In this light, I divided academic and popular reviews along the lines of dealing with other scholarship on Mao. This seems appropriate since Chang and Halliday have set themselves both inside and against "other historians" by claiming them as peers yet consciously refraining from acknowledging earlier work or divergent interpretations.
Red runs through Chang and Halliday's Unknown Story. In the authors' estimation, the blood of seventy million Chinese stained Mao's callous, amoral, murderous hands. His children, wives, comrades, soldiers, subjects – none were safe from the non-stop blood-letting that this Mao seemed all too willing to initiate whenever political goals "justified" it. The numbers of deaths at Mao's hand in The Unknown Story understandably staggered many of the reviewers. A USA Today article alternately cited 38 million deaths in the famine that resulted from disastrous economic policies in the Great Leap Forward, the 70 million deaths that Chang and Halliday's first sentence attribute to Mao, and the litany of "terror, torture, slave labor, humiliation, brainwashing, public executions and the destruction of trust" that is detailed in the 800 pages of their book (Donahue). One review in early June simply observed that "the murder goes on, page after page" (Hattersley).
More than the blood of Mao's "counter-revolutionary" enemies or starved peasants color the book, Red-ness gushes out of Mao as Chang and Halliday present a man completely devoid of belief in the Marxist and nationalist ideology he, his party, and the revolution espoused. As noted by many popular and all of the academic reviews covered in this paper, Marxism and nationalism were mere tools for Chang and Halliday's Mao. It appears that the founding symbol of Chinese Marxism did not actually believe in that which he came to symbolize. In a process strikingly similar to what Ci Jiwei finds in the Chinese Revolution's move from utopianism to hedonism, Chang and Halliday have re-remembered the Maoist experience, "though not entirely accurately, as a nightmare of madness, folly, and disaster." By hammering home that his lack of human sympathy and ideologically-empty political machinations led to the unnecessary deaths of so many millions, Chang and Halliday's unknown story makes it "now possible to discern a devil where the eye had heretofore been accustomed to see an angel" (Ci, 77)
The angel and devil imagery, while extreme, is appropriate since Chang and Halliday have crafted a one-dimensional portrait of Mao. Through sensational language presented in the authoritative tone of expertise, all shades of grey within Mao's personality, character, and decisions have been replaced by stark contrasts of black and white, ever-present evil and utter lack of good. In an interview on May 26, Chang spun growing international interest in China into sensationalist claims about having discovered the Truth About Mao. "As long as China exists people will want to read our book because this is the real history about modern China." In a the reviewer called "a touchingly naïve confidence in the book's revolutionary potential," Chang stated that while "I know I should be making understatements and being self-deprecating, but I think this book will shake the world and will help shape China" (Allerdice).
Her moment of playful skepticism aside, Allerdice's Guardian review was a typical of the book's popular media coverage clustered around the June U.K. and October U.S. releases. Stating that the book offered "a real insight into life under the Chinese Communist party," Allardice's commentary reflects Chang's language and presentation of the "true character of the man responsible for so much misery," this so-called "unknown figure" of the twentieth century. Many referenced the global commercial success of Wild Swans, Chang's experiences coming of age in Maoist China, Halliday's Russian language expertise, previously "incorrect" historical understanding of Mao the individual and world figure, and brutality, starvation, manipulation – in short, death on a mind-boggling scale. Those reviews that mention historical specifics most often focused on the Long March, generally accepting Chang and Halliday's claims unproblematically.
Popular media reviews of The Unknown Story tended to intensify the tone of objective finality that rings through Chang and Halliday's claims about Mao. For instance, The Observer's review in early June described the study as an expose of "the true scale of Mao's oppression and genocidal manias," and amplifies the sensational claims in The Unknown Story to stress that Mao's "entire life was punctuated with slaughter of such a magnitude that it could only have been ordered by a man who was criminally insane" (Hattersley). In the second half of October, popular reviews in the U.S. followed similar patterns. Adi Ignatius's review for Time recounted many of the "opinionated" claims about Mao in The Unknown Story and mentioned that there "had been much debate about the book's editorializing" among China scholars. But in the next sentence, cites the years of research and interviews conducted by Chang and Halliday and describes the book as an entertaining, informative, if one-sided, revision of a historical figure ripe to be reevaluated. On the same day, the San Francisco Chronicle acknowledged The Unknown Story's polemical tone yet strongly supported its conclusions, only mentioning that historians have been "squabbling" over the book (French).
A similar pattern emerges when the brief qualifications offered by otherwise laudatory popular reviews are taken into account. Hattersley's assertions on Mao's paralleled evil life of criminally-insane slaughter wrapped around an unobtrusive observation that in a "normal" biography "such an unequivocal denunciation would be both suspect and tedious," but he immediately switches tunes to extol the clear scholarship and careful notes as "terrible proof that absolute evil can sometimes triumph." In a similar fashion, Allardice's review asserts that the reader will have "no doubt" about the evil of Mao's rule. Research methodology and citations were used to support and discredit the book by popular and academic reviews, respectively.
If any readers of the reviews still doubted the bold claims of Mao's inhumanity, frequent comparisons to Hitler and Stalin would likely blacken any shades of grey concerning Mao. Allardice's review in late May placed Mao in the fraternity of evil dictators by arguing that he did as much damage to mankind as the other two, a comparison echoed in Adi Ignatius' claim that Mao was no longer "cuddlier than Stalin" but his "rival in brutality." And Michiko Kakutani's balanced review in the New York Times of October 21 opened with Chang and Halliday's case that Mao was the worst tyrant of the twentieth century, although this review offered a multi-sentence presentation of the book's deficiencies. Arthur Waldron's review also opened with discussion of Mao in reference to Hitler and Stalin, indicative of the spread of these comparisons into academic reviews.
The equation of Mao with Hitler and Stalin presents specialists with a complicated situation. On the one hand, Allardice's representative claim that Mao did as much damage to mankind elevates him to universal human experience. Thus, Mao transcends divisions of nationality and can hopefully have readers from different backgrounds connecting with the Chinese experiences in a much deeper, personal level. Yet, on the other hand, specialists very early on saw the dangers inherent in such a comparison. Jonathan Fenby noted on July 23 in the online discussion forum for specialist of Asian history, H-Asia.org, that this represented a tendency to blame the horrors of twentieth century authoritarianism on a single ruler. Thus, Mao as Hitler or Stalin flattens his motivation, actions, and legacy into simple Evil, for the flip side of universalism is simplistic judgment and justification. A letter to the editor of the New York Times lambasted the paper for Nicholas Kristoff's balanced and knowledgeable review of The Unknown Story. The letter writer took exception to Kristoff's acknowledgement that however monstrous Mao was, he did bring some positive changes to China.
Especially in light of contemporary global politics based on battles between "freedom-loving" Us and "evil-doing" Them, oversimplification can lead to real policies, and Deidre Donahue in USA Today suggested that readers would "cast a skeptical eye" on U.S. foreign policy relating to China. Brahma Chellany in The Japan Times perhaps represented the worst-cast scenario: political science expertise, acceptance of Chang and Halliday's Mao, and alarmist prognostications about coming conflict with China. Although obviously well-versed on Sino-Indian relations, Chellany repeats the sensationalist, black-and-white language of Chang and Halliday. But the most disturbing was her final move from "Mao, the evil genius" to "the specter of an emerging fascist state" in a China that will "increasingly challenge Asian and global security."
If Chellany's learned but alarmist prognostication represents a scholarly if misguided blend in The Japan Times, others drew from specialist critiques to craft skeptical and sophisticated popular reviews. James Heartfield's entertaining and erudite review of The Unknown Story cited broadly from scholarship and sharpened the critical edge by pointing out the many ways in which this work contradicts Wild Swans and Chang's parents' involvement in the Chinese Communist project. Nicholas Kristoff's aforementioned essay balanced skepticism of Chang and Halliday's methodology with a recognition of the horrors of Maoist China. Hamish McDonald likewise cited numerous scholars, Columbia's Thomas Bernstein, John Fitzgerald on the 1920s, Sidney Teiwes of Sydney University on the Comintern, Steve Tsang of Oxford, and Gregor Benton, leading to the conclusion that this book is a "major disaster for the contemporary China field."
On the whole, however, reviews by the big names in the field of Chinese history were fairly balanced in their estimation of the book. Link, Nathan, and Waldron share Chang and Halliday's desire for fundamental political change in the PRC. All scholarly reviewers, including Spence and Wasserstrom, express the necessity of destroying the myths about Mao as an ideological support for the PRC government. Yet only Waldron did not lament the multiple problems with the usage and citations of sources, and all expressed some form of disappointment at the one-dimensional Mao presented in The Unknown Story.
Sources and citations, superficially referenced as support for the shocking presentation of Mao in popular reviews, were major problems for specialists covered in this paper. Jonathan Spence especially called the myriad memoirs recently published in mainland China into question, observing that they resemble the "bawdy Chinese storytelling tradition." Lamenting the lack of a balanced analytical voice that made Li Zhisui's Private Life of Chairman Mao so persuasive, he described The Unknown Story as raising the problem of the veracity of memoirs lacking citations (25). Some of Chang and Halliday's critical interviews (the "sprightly 93 year old" who recalled the battle at the Luding Bridge did not in fact take place) were contradicted by reporters investigating their claims for popular media (Fenby; McDonald; Kristoff). Andrew Nathan's critique presented a lengthy discussion of three kinds of source problems: garbled references that do not allow others to check their citations; the misuse of sources for the sake of argumentation; and completely unsourced claims. Having written an influential books highly critical of the PRC regime based almost entirely on anonymous interviews, Nathan's scholarship and political views lends weight to his criticisms. In the end, he lyricizes the result of Chang and Halliday's research methods and "grinding axe" as "jade and plastic together, the pieces arranged in a stark mosaic, which portrays a possible but not a plausible Mao."
The implausibility of Chang and Halliday's Mao springs from their sources, authorial voice, and one-dimensional characterization of the Great Helmsman. Spence, Nathan, and Wasserstrom all liken Chang and Halliday's voice to the omniscient narrator of novels who has access to the innermost thoughts of the character. In fact Wasserstom, comparing The Unknown Story to Elizabeth Kostova's Da Vinci Code-esque novel about Vlad the Impaler, The Historian, commented that authorial voice, lack of citations, and one-dimensional characterization of Mao meant that "Kostova's Dracula comes across as a more complicated figure." Continuing Wasserstrom's monster imagery, Spence feels such a simplistic portrait of Mao as Monster denies any room for change, and "the countless Chinese who did struggle for change are denied any role in their own story, and become mere ciphers, their lives and deaths without purpose." Mao the Monster is unabsorbing and offers nothing that we can learn from him (27).
Arthur Waldron's review is the most unique of the scholars cited here. Taking the most strident political stand, Waldron argues that "this is the book that will wreck Mao's reputation beyond salvage" (36). Although Waldron's critique of foreigners in contemporary China who are largely blinded by luxury from seeing the "brutality around them" and recognizing that "the overwhelming majority of the world's unfree people live in China" (33) is well-taken, he does not acknowledge the source problems criticized by popular and academic reviewers alike. It seems, therefore, most appropriate to follow Andrew Nathan's summation of Chang and Halliday's Mao The Unknown Story. "This book than thus be read as a report on the crumbling of the Mao myth, as well as a bombshell aimed at destroying that myth. That the Chinese are getting ride of their Mao myth is welcome. But more needs to take its place than a simple personalization of blame."
Chronological References
Lisa Allardice, "This Book Will Shake the World," The Guardian, May 26, 2005.
Roy Hattersley, "The Long March to Evil," The Observer, June 5, 2005.
Frank McLynn, "Too Much Hate, Too Little Understanding," The Independent on Sunday, June 5, 2005.
Donald Morrison, "Taking Aim at Mao," Time Asia, June 6, 2005.
James Heartfield, "Mao: The End of the Affair," Spiked On-line, July 4, 2005.
Perry Link, "An Abnormal Mind," Times Literary Supplement, August 14, 2005.
Brahma Chellany, "Neo-emperor of Evil Genius," The Japan Times, September 4, 2005.
Hamish McDonald, "Throwing the Book at Mao," The Age, October 8, 2005.
Marjorie Kehe, "Mao: The Ugly Reality Behind an Icon," Christian Science Monitor, October 18, 2005.
Deirdre Donahue, "'Unknown Story' Repeats Mao's Brutal History," USA Today, October 19, 2005.
Michiko Kakutani, "China's Monster, Second to None," New York Times, October 21, 2005.
Nicholas Kristoff, "The Real Mao," New York Times Book Review, October 23, 2005.
Adi Ignatius, "The Mao that Roared," Time Magazine, October 23, 2005.
Howard W. French, "Putting a Knife into the Heart of the Chairman's Legend," San Francisco Chronicle, October 23, 2005.
Steven Mosher, "The Real Mao," Washington Times, October 23, 2005.
Arthur Waldron, "Mao Lives," Commentary, October 2005.
Jonathan Spence, "Portrait of a Monster," New York Review of Books, November 3, 2005.
Jeffrey N. Wasserstom, "Mao as Monster," Chicago Tribune, November 6, 2005.
Revolutionary Communist Party – USA, "New Mao Biography: Not Historical Scholarship but Hysterical Rant," Revolution 021, November 6, 2005.
Anonymous Letter to Editor, "Unknown Mao," New York Times, November 13, 2005.
Andrew Nathan, "Jade and Plastic," The London Review of Books, November 17, 2005.
Jonathan Fenby, "Storm Rages over Bestselling Book on Monster Mao; China experts attack biography's 'misleading' sources," The Observer, December 4, 2005.
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Today, independent record stores around the world celebrated Record Store Day.
Record Store Day started in the US in 2008. The annual celebration takes place on the third Saturday of April with record stores around the world marking the day with events including special sales, in-store performances and the sale of limited edition releases.
Josh Homme explains it much better than I do:
Record Store Day celebrates not only music, but the experience of shopping at independent record stores, one that has seen a decline with the increase of downloading, online mail-orders and chain stores taking over.
The indie record store experience is usually nicer than this:
This year, record stores around the world are selling special releases by artists including the Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, The White Stripes, The Kills, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Joy Division and many more. NME has a list of their picks here.
Some of these releases are limited to only a couple of thousand or even a couple of hundred copies, so needless to say, many of them are not available in Australia and certainly not Canberra.
While I sadly won't be getting my hands on one of the 1500 copies of the 10″ release of The Queen is Dead, I hope they end up in the hands of other Smiths fans rather than for sale at exorbitant prices on ebay. Here is an interview with Johnny Marr about the release.
(Update: Already available on ebay. Hmm, despite my disapproval, should I go for it?)
Landspeed Records in Garema Place, Canberra, celebrated Record Store Day for the first time today with a second-hand vinyl fair, over 2000 used LPs were on sale.
I spent an enjoyable morning browsing the crates out the front of the store and my sister and I walked away with a stack of goodies.
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I hope you have been enjoying the posts! Thanks Colleen for the Wine Necktie post! From here on in I will call it a Wine Necktie!
One of my demonstrators and myself will be participating in a Craft Sale at the Pepsi Center on December 5th. I have been busy creating stocking stuffers and gift card holders and wrapping up candy etc. Having so much fun doing this. I have been using some of my retired craft supplies and some of my retired stamps.
I have found that I am enjoying the older sets. And over the next couple of weeks I will be showing you a few of the projects I have worked on. But today I have a super cute post using almost all current product. It didn't start that way, it just evolved. Love it! Have a look -
I know you are all familiar with our new Christmas Designer Series Paper called Home For Christmas! So this is what I started with!
Yes, I did, I cut out all the deer on one sheet! I know, I've lost it right? It was not too bad and now that they are all cut I can use them as I want. So really pleased to have done all of them instead of one at a time lol.
Recently I ordered these bags with an idea to use them for Christmas goodies! They are on Page 151 of the new catalog and are called Sketched Dots Tag a Bag gift bags. I really like them and wish I had purchased more. They are a little translucent and I love the way they fold ! I broke out the Christmas Cuties stamp set and went to work.
I did use a retired medallion die for the top. I added Mint Patties to the bag, folded the top and stapled it shut. Then I folded the Medallion over the top. I used the new Cotton Paper on Page 148 because it is so flexible. It is a step up from Tissue Paper.
I added Tip Top Taupe Lace Ribbon and tied it on the top. I then used Linen thread to tie the tag on the top of the bag. I used the Silver Glimmer Paper for the tag and coloured the the Angel in Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, Soft Suede and Blushing Bride. Popped her up on Dimensionals. Love this look. Now you know why I wish I had more lol.
Here I used a paper doily to over lap the top and I used candy bars that I wrapped in Christmas Paper. Added a Watermelon Wonder Tag and Ribbon. Added a retired snowflake in Silver Glimmer Paper and one of the cute Deer. Bamm! Done!
Same thing just a different Deer!
Going through my UFO box I came across these skates already cut and coloured. Yay for me... So I added Cucumber Crush Lace ribbon and a circle in the same colour and popped up the skates. The flip side on all of these says - To: From:
Well that's my share for today! Hope you enjoyed it!
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Each year Christmas looks a little bit different, and each year I love it for different reasons! This year I especially loved seeing out of town family who traveled to us to celebrate, and watching my niece open presents for the very first time. She actually got the hang of it (besides sticking all the wrapping paper straight into her mouth)! We even celebrated a little differently with Nathan's family, and had a blast at the Cheesecake Factory and the movies, which I've never done before. Who can say no to cheesecake, though?!
We finally got to take some family pictures this Christmas, too! I only had a couple minutes, but I was able to capture a few sweet moments before we sat down and got way too full with way too much food in record time.
And thanks to my family for putting up me while I herded them into the backyard right before we were about to dig in. Y'all are the best.
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My aunt and uncle who came up just to visit for Christmas!
My younger sister is SENIOR this year.
Here are my parents, who celebrated their 30th anniversary this year!
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There has been a lot of talk, articles and news over the last week on the appointment of Kenneth Feinberg as the pick to manage the $20 billion settlement fund set up to pay claims and provide relief to Gulf coast residents. We have had Attorney Rick Kuykendall on to discuss this and will have him back again this week end to provide greater detail, but one of the issues yet to be mentioned in the press reports is whether or not this fund will be set up to conform to IRC code 468b, or as a Qualified Settlement fund.
Why is this important you might ask?
Simply because the vast majority of the funds to be paid out of this BP Oil Spill fund will be as compensation for lost income, wages, business revenue or property loss. In short, these distributions will be taxable to those who receive them and the legal fee's of the attorneys involved will in most cases not be tax deductible, further adding insult to injury.
Fox News covered the story earlier this week on the shock of residents to find out these funds are going to be taxable damages.
The value of setting up the BP Oil Spill fund as a 468b trust is that it would allow the trustee, Kenneth Feinberg, to have the authority to sign off on non-qualified structured settlements that would allow claimants from the Gulf Coast area to take their payments over a period of time, thus smoothing out the cash flow and reducing the tax hit from being pushed into the highest tax brackets as a result of a one time check.
The other value is that if this is set up as a 468b it will allow BP Oil to get a full and complete deduction for their funds, as they would have no control over the administration or management of the account by law, thus insuring their deduction as well as removing the threat of their interference in the reimbursement process.
I will be doing a series on the why this fund must be set up to comply with 468b, which is standard of practice now in taxable damage cases, to allow the vast number of clients to plan their payment options and determine if structuring their funds over time makes sense.
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Buying Marijuana Supports Violent Drug Cartels and Instability in Mexico
The legalization of marijuana is a controversial topic that leads to much debate over the merits of such a decision. The debate has even extended to the Mary Washington campus over its "one-strike" policy on drug use.
Many students, and even some faculty, are trying to have the policy revised. While the arguments for and against legalization are well known, the fact remains that there is a violent drug war occurring on our nation's doorstep.
According to the Los Angeles Times, there have been 9,903 drug war-related deaths since January 2007, when Mexico officially declared an active war on drugs. There have been more fatalities in Mexico's drug war than the United States has had during the War in Iraq.
Just this week, 10 people between the ages of eight and 21 years old were gunned down with machine guns and hand grenades by drug runners when they refused to stop their vehicle and allow themselves to be used as drug mules.
The U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico was forced to close because of the violence, which has overflowed into the United States. Innocent victims are caught in deadly shoot-outs between cartels and the Mexican army. Entire families have been kidnapped from their homes in the U.S. and dragged across the border.
The U.S. government has been sending money to help Mexico fight the cartels, but U.S. citizens have been giving billions more to the cartels through the purchase of marijuana and other illegal drugs.
Now that there is a literal war on drugs, the United States and its citizens can no longer support both sides of the escalating conflict. The $20 spent on a nickel bag may seem like harmless weekend fun, but cartels are killing innocent people to make that pot available.
There is no way to know for sure where the marijuana you buy comes from. Even if it was grown locally, the seeds had to come from somewhere. Smoking pot is not a victimless crime. Just because we can't see the far-reaching consequences of our actions, doesn't mean there aren't any. The people running these cartels are terrible and ruthless criminals, abducting families as bargaining chips while they wage war on the Mexican government.
Mexico's economy has been floundering since the early '90s. With a poor economic situation, rampant inflation and now a war between the powerful cartels and the Mexican government, the United States could have a failed state at its back door if Mexico is unable to get the situation under control quickly.
At the present time, to legalize marijuana would be to legitimize these ruthless thugs and justify their violent business. While the economic argument for legalization may be compelling, we cannot put dollars and cents over the lives of the murdered innocents. These horrific criminals must be brought to justice and we, as American citizens, must stop financing their atrocities.
I understand the arguments for legalization. Sure, marijuana is no more harmful than alcohol or tobacco. Sure, it backlogs our legal system with insignificant offenders. But we must consider the big picture and consider the slaughtered thousands in the U.S. and Mexico. Until the U.S. does legalize marijuana, we must stop using it for the sake of a better global community.
In this day and age, there are very few clear lines of good and evil. It isn't often that we have a chance to combat evil. The men running these drug cartels are ruthless, coldblooded murderers. The drug cartels are a clear enemy and a threat to the stability of Mexico and the security of the United States.
We have a chance to influence the outcome of history by simply refusing to use marijuana and other drugs. If the cartels no longer have a source of income from us, they will be unable to fund their violent operations and will lose the war. Mexico will be restabilized and the United States will be a safer place to live if we don't have to worry about sharing a border with a failed state.
As small and insignificant as one person abstaining from drug use may seem, as a collective, it can have a disastrous impact on one of the few true evils of this world. Therefore, I must urge everyone to obey the law. If you support the legalizing of marijuana, fight for it in our state and federal legislatures. Call or write your congressman asking them to support legalization too.
Until marijuana is actually legal, don't do business—however indirect—with these ruthless, violent criminals.
This article is poorly researched. First off a nickle bag is never sold for $20 and anyone that pays that is an idiot. As the name would imply it is only $5 dollars worth of marijuana. Now as for the violence that occurs between the cartels. A majority of the violence that occurs between the cartels or between cartels and the government is actually over cocaine, heroine, and E, as well as illegal gun running. The reason that Mexico is such a hot bed for illegal activity is due to several factors. The first is its proximity to the United States. The demand for these drugs in the United States escalated in the 1970s which gave rise to the cartels in Mexico and Colombia wishing to capitalize on American demand. The second reason was because of the lack of government control due to corruption of national figures and break down in enforcement. Third is due to the fact that in many places like Mexico regional "bosses" control their territory as they see fit, sometimes completely ignoring the sanctions or laws of the federal government. If you'd like to see proof feel free to do proper research from the following sources:
The Political Economy of the Drug Industry edited by Menno Vellinga.
This book is a selection of scholarly articles covering the drug wars and narcotrafficking in Latin America.
Illegal Drugs, Economy, and Society in the Andes by Francisco E. Thoumi.
While Mexico is not in the Andean region Thoumi does make many parallels between the rise of drug violence and narcotrafficking in the Andes and the same issues in Mexico.
Please in the future realize that other news papers are not reliable sources of information due to the journalists own views as well as the editors possible political slant.
My mistake. I didn't realize that this was in the viewpoints section. However, my point that this topic was poorly researched still stands. While people are entitled to their own opinions they should try their best to make sure that said opinions are based off of reliable information rather than ignorant comments made my the mass media and corrupt officials.


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3 UK and T-Mobile UK are close to completing their joint venture 3G expansion after their 10,000th cell site was activated last week.
3 started its 3G network expansion in January last year in concert with T-Mobile under a network share arrangement.
The project will have 13,000 sites when it concludes in October.
Cell site numbers have now increased from 6,000 at the start of last year to 10,000, with the latest being activated in Shooters Hill, South East London.
3 claims the increase in cell sites brings its 3G network population coverage to around 93 per cent in the UK, which it claims is the largest spread of coverage by headcount.
3 chief technology officer Graham Baxter said: "The continued growth of internet communications, smartphone use and mobile broadband uptake have brought the need for good 3G network coverage into sharp focus for millions of consumers.
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When does it make sense to use a PR news wire service/
A couple of weeks ago, we discussed different ways to distribute your company news. In that post, I provided a brief overview of different paid distribution services, including news wires, SEO services and media database services.
Today, I'm going to dive a bit deeper into wire services.
What is a PR news wire service?
PR news wire services distribute content to editors, reporters, bloggers and search engines on behalf of an organization. This is a paid service, and included in the distribution fee, most wire services will allow you to segment your distributions by region, subject matter and/or the audience you want to reach.
When should you use a wire service?
Depending on who you ask, you'll get a lot of answers on this one. I'm a firm believer in quality over quantity of editorial coverage. For example: If your customer base is comprised of utility contractors, I don't think it makes any sense to send a company announcement out to a broad, national newspaper like USA Today. You'll get more bang for your buck if you send your announcement directly to the editor of a trade media news organization in your particular industry, like Utility Products magazine. Make sense?
While PR news wire services do allow some targeting, they can never replace targeting editors and publications that represent your customers' industries.
Using a PR wire service does make sense at certain times, though. For example: If you're purchasing another organization or have an announcement that is of interest to businesses outside of your general customer base, a wire service will boost your reach beyond what you can achieve on your own.
Another advantage of wire services is that they provide some excellent analytical information. So if you need report placements, but don't have time to track them on your own, it might be good to look a wire service.
Also, there certainly are search engine optimization (SEO) benefits of using a wire service. SEO through a news wire service will enable you create more inbound links to your website. You will just want to make sure you consult with an SEO specialist to do it the right way.
Keep in mind, these paid services do not guarantee placement. Your content must be newsworthy enough to garner interest on its own. If your release is picked up, it will run in the primary news section of a website, newsletter, broadcast or magazine. It will not be in the "paid sponsorship" section that so many news outlines now have on their site.
How much does it cost?
Pricing can vary greatly depending on the word count of your company's news announcement, the number of photos/video you want to include, how many outlets/people you want to reach with the distribution and how well respected with wire service is. You can anywhere from $200 per distribution up to $2,500.
Which wire service should you use?
I've used a few different services over my career, and the two I recommend most often are: Business Wire and PR Newswire.
However, there are a growing number of wire services available. Many of which, I haven't used. You can get a list of them here.
Tell me which ones you have used and what you think of the service and/or the results you received. I'm always interested in other people's experiences!


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We sat down at this vegetarian place for brunch, and I just came back from the doc and I'm like.."can I just have some bread? I can't eat much else" And they served me this nice plate of toasted bread!
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Ellen Adarna gives birth, lawyer confirmed
Ellen Adarna gives birth, the actress' camp confirmed.
Atty. Rebo Saguisag, Ellen's lawyer confirmed the news before the Pasig City Prosecutor's Office, in light of his client's delay in attending the proceedings of a child abuse and cybercrime complaints filed by the Santos family. (Read: Ellen Adarna paparazzi issue: Actress to face legal cases).
In an interview with MJ Marfori, Atty. Saguisag said in a clip that-"Actually, after the [last] hearing, sinabi namin, nanganak na siya, two days after,"
"Talaga namang wala kaming dahilan… Sinasabi nila, 'delay.' Maybe 'delay,' for her to be able to have a safe delivery. And in due time… Mahirap i-biyahe, e. It's a matter of days pa lang, e" he further stated referring to earlier statement of complainant Myra Santos , who claimed "delaying tactics" on Adarna's side.
According to Marfori's report, Ellen Adarna gave birth last June 27.
A report in smartparenting.ph showed a photo of John Lloyd from an Instagram account , holding on what looked like a stroller. the article said-
"A week after Ellen gave birth, her partner actor John Lloyd was spotted at a Cebu mall, shopping for baby gear. Netizens shared on social media that he bought one car seat for a newborn baby boy and a Chicco stroller. Ellen reportedly gave birth at Chong Hua Hospital."


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Jordan says Arab Summit to send message of peace'
Jordan on Sunday said the 28th Arab Summit will send a message of peace to the entire world and will stress on the Arab world's pursuit of peace and stability.
The Arab summit seeks to convince the entire world that the Arab nations are "highly credible when it comes to peace and the two-state solution" for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Xinhua news agency quoted Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani as saying at a press conference on the sidelines of the Arab Summit.
He cited the Palestinian problem as a permanent topic of Arab League sessions.
Momani noted that Jordan's King Abdullah II will visit Washington days after the conclusion of the Arab summit as the Monarch of the King and as the President of the Arab summit.
The Jordanian leader will discuss the major challenges facing the Arab world, including the issue of Jerusalem, the several challenges on the danger of extremism and terrorism and the several conflicts, he said.
"We are a nation that seeks peace, and we would like the international community to stand with us in our efforts to attain peace," he said.
Momani stressed on the Arab League's commitment to the two-state solution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
"We firmly stand behind the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative as well as other international peace initiatives and UN Security Council resolutions as an important framework to bring justice to the Palestinian people," Momani said.
Regarding Sudan's participation in the summit, Momani said details regarding the attendance of Arab leaders will be announced later once confirmed.
"Jordan is a founding member of the Arab League and is completely committed to its charter, which clearly mentions Sudan's membership in the Arab League. Therefore, Sudan must attend Arab summits in light of the League's charter," he noted.
He also reiterated Jordan's support for a political solution for the crisis in Syria.
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