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By Fareed Zakaria
I was pained recently to read the tragic story of China's Feng Jianmei. She was seven months pregnant. But she already had one child. So, local officials forced her to abort. The story could have ended there - another loss, another sad story. But Feng's relatives posted graphic images of her fetus on the internet. The pictures went viral, forcing government officials to apologize.
The story led to a government-affiliated think tank calling for change. Writing in the China Economic Times, it suggested Beijing should switch to a two-child policy.
Even a few years ago, it would have taken a very brave Chinese thinker to pose that question in public. Now, there is public discussion about China's one-child policy. Could it actually change?
When the one-child rule was first introduced in 1979, China's leaders were reacting to an unprecedented population boom - from 540 million to 960 million people in just under 30 years. And this was happening while China was one of the poorest countries in the world, with little prospect of economic growth. With certain exceptions, the policy was meant to restrict married, urban couples to having only one child. Officials sometimes resorted to extreme measures to implement the rules.
But do they make sense any more? Leaving aside the immoral practice of forced abortions, China is facing a demographic disaster.
China is going to get old before it gets rich. Right now, only 8.9% of Chinese are over the age of 65. Compare that to the American ratio of about 13%. But come 2050, China's percentage of elderly people will overtake that of America's, rising to 26%, which is more than Japan's right now.
Consider the median age over time in China. It's gone from 22 in 1980, rising steadily upwards to 35 now - roughly the figure for a rich country like America, not a developing society like China. But continue the projection until 2050 and the numbers get more troubling for Beijing. While the U.S. will have a median age of 40, China's will be closer to 50. So, half of all Chinese will be over the age of 50.
The implications are immense. China's workforce will shrink - it will no longer be the world's factory. All those older people will need to be supported - by their families or by the state. And China will likely need to import workers instead of exporting them - and China is not exactly an immigrant-friendly society. Societies with fewer young people become less dynamic, less risk-taking and less adventurous.
There's one more thing. China's one-child policy has been especially brutal on women. By one account, there are 123 male children for every 100 females under the age of 4. Imagine what happens when they grow up. Too many men, not enough potential spouses. And remember, countries with male youth bulges have historically seen civil wars and revolutions - from Algeria in the 1970s to the Arab Spring now.
Chinese officials claim the one child policy has prevented the births of 400 million children. They point to it as one of the reasons why the state has been able to lift millions out of poverty. That may be so, but the policy is now a burden, not a benefit.
The rules have been relaxed in some ways, but no formal reversal is possible until Beijing's next set of leaders assume power next year. Even then, it will take much courage. This is actually a fascinating real life example of the problems with centralized authoritarian regimes, even when they're as well run as China's. When they make good decisions - on economic policy, for example - they are rapidly implemented and well-executed. But the same is true when they make a bad decision, or a decision that no longer makes much sense. That seems to be the case with the one-child policy.
Well done china... Over population is much more dangerous than terrorism etc. Etc. Actually OP is cradle of all problems for human beings.
Only one question:
Can China feed twice as many people?
I understand your reasoning, but the human race is overpopulating this planet at a brutal pace. Most of this world's problems can be traced directly or indirectly to overpopulation: too many people. Most of the world's poorest countries are grossly overpopulated. We need to stabilize the earth's population, and eventually lower it. We must allow our older people to remain active and involved for as long as they possibly can, so they don't have to have 20 or 30 years of care from younger people. China should encourage its people to stay with 1 child.
Every problem on this planet can be directly connected to the fact there are more than 7 billion people on it. We are destroying this world at an ever increasing rate. It is not will America and the rest of the world will have a 1 child role it is when. What is America going to be like when there are 700 million of us? Run away unemployment, water shortages, food shortages, and housing shortages. Nothing good can happen. Wake up America.
Yes, the world has way too many people. Yes, people having better health and longer lives means longer working lives and longer retirements. Yes, fewer children per woman means the median age goes up. Yes, I would prefer to see populations decline naturally (Italy, for example) rather than by law and force (China, for example).
Yes, the number of people on this planet must stop growing rapidly, then stop growing slowly, then stop growing, then start declining slowly until it reaches a reasonable number. How long will it take? Optimistically, I think it will take about 20-40 generations, or about 500-1000 years.
China decided in 1979 to speed up this process. If they continue with their 1 child per woman policy for two more generations, then switch to a stabilization policy (2.1 children per woman) they will settle out at a population of well under a billion (probably half or less compared to today's population). Will that be a reasonable population for China?
In the meantime, we have hard centuries ahead.
If China were to lift the 1 child ban, families would be pumping out babies as soon as the vajeen recovers. It will be an epic boom that will cripple China, possibly destroy it.
It's really a shame because by the time the population settles, the damage done to the earth will be immense. And the end result will be the same – we will have to adapt to a way of life that entails an economy that isn't based on perpetual growth, and will have a somewhat older population base. Since the end result will be the same, it's too bad we don't have the sense to avoid the pain of the coming centuries and deal with the problem now. I think it would take a world-wide education campaign to encourage people to have no more than 2 children per couple. Iran was very successful in reducing their birth rate with a campaign like that, along with universal access to contraception. Even if we could convince people to have one fewer child per family, the time it would take to reach a stable population could be reduced by hundreds of years.
As a species we have evoled so well, we are killing our environment which will end of taking us all out. I don't think the one child rule is bad. It's probably just to late. We have too many people and we are using up all our natural resources at a greater pace. It's not going to effect me but it will effect our children's, children. It's a sad state we leave our children.
They need more wage slave laborers.
OMG, China's running out of slaves! How will I get my new iPhone 5 and who will make the uniforms for the USA olympic team?
Everywhere in the world should have a 1 child policy. There is absolutely no reason for an octomom or someone to be having more than 5 kids. The Earth would thank us if we started to have less children. We need an apocolypse.
who's care about china, why dont's we talk about the problem in US? Now millions south america imigrants who have come here and have a child after another, and receive support for the children until they reach 18 years old. What a burden for society!
Agree with you all – Americans shouldnt expell so much hot air about China.
You see, during its economic expansion years China's exports contributed 45 + % to China's economy. That is dropping as China consumers continue to prosper and their spending has become a major GDP contributor.
China's exports to the world now only account for 28% of China's GDP – and still dropping. Exports to USA contribute even lesser – like 5% at most.
Asia , the emerging countries, and Africa will become the major customers for Chinese products in the next decade.
And I think one of the secondary reasons why China is revolving their economics, is in case Romney becomes the unthinkable president. If you can recall – Romney in one of his speeches, echoed sly Donald Trump in labelling China as dishonest – exact word he used was "cheaters".
It's all the fault of Mao Zedong. Nao's believed that in order to win a war, China must rapidly populate Songhai can have enough soldiers to fight the war. Not so in modern warfare. So there goes the over population of China. In order to curtail the rapid growth in population. China implemented a one child policy in the early '90s and should stay on course for another 5-8 yrs in in order to sustain the economy vs population.
china already has 1.3 billion population. the size of the population already overburden china's natural resources, agriculture and economy. there is simply not enough job to supply this population. that is why china has to take in polluting industries, allow employers to manipulate their labors in order for the job to stay in china. the other option would be no jobs. when a company suffers loss, employer can put its employee out of work to keep the company afloat. today china simply has too many people, there is no other alternatives for china except mandating the one child policy. forced abortion is a bad, invasive, but most effective way to deter people from violating that policy. the other option is to let the baby out. that will render one child policy useless. keeping the extra child from coming to this world is trying to save the other millions of children under one child policy and helping them having a better life. in fact the parents in china today pour all their resources in that only child. most children in china is the king in family. one child was enjoying the love of 6 by their parents (2) and grand parents (4). the 7 months pregnant woman who went through forced abortion knew the policy, and chose to risk it. she should also be blamed. i am wondering if she knew her 2nd baby is still a girl (not a boy), would she still choose to have the baby? today's china simply does not welcome extra new baby. people want to have more children in china simply lives in the worst time in china's demographic history. sometimes it takes a bad policy to reach a good result. future chinese generations will see the benefits of today's one child policy. the good or bad of this policy should only be judged by chinese historians a few hundred years later, not by international media or some foreign governments. think about it, it doesn't hurt for the CCP to repeal this policy, or even earn them some good name. But communist party today is willing to take the bad name to implement this policy because they know it will be good for china in the long run. that is policy as a chinese myself truly supported.
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You could certainly see your enthusiasm in the work you write. The world hopes for even more passionate writers like you who are not afraid to mention how they believe. At all times follow your heart.
The earth as an endless supply of resources. People are only being selfish by squandering and destroying it.
And what about reincarnation? There are a lot of things out there that srongly suggest the exsistence of it. Look at at the things being dicovered by doctors who have hynotised people and the articles that have been written about it. I agree with you. Spread out. What did God say to Abraham? Populate and I will increase and multyply iyour offspring in numbers. I know it sound funny.But, I was paraphrasing not directly quoting.
Africa is China's Future, China is sending 30 – 100 million Chinese men to Africa to work. The end result is that Chinese men find an easier pathway to marriage, housing and space. 30 – 100 million Chinese men are expected to work in Africa. The African future has been changed, there will be an increase in African-Chinese children which will change Africa's future..


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There may have been a few people who spat out their coffee the morning they read that EMC had unveiled what it called the "world's first" software-defined storage platform, EMC ViPR.
Software-defined storage as a term in itself is not new in the industry, and neither are solutions that tout themselves as just that.
However, the basis for EMC's claim stems from the definition of software-defined storage, which is something that is yet to be settled among the industry's elite players that are all trying to be seen as leading the new paradigm.
The term rose to prominence as an ingredient of what VMware called the software-defined data centre (SDDC) at its annual virtualisation conference, VMworld, last year. An SSDC is a data centre in which the entire infrastructure - networking, server, storage and security - is virtualised, automated and managed by software.
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According to the man behind EMC's delve into software-defined storage, Amitabh Srivastava, President, Advanced Storage Division, every attempt at defining it up to now -- including EMC's -- has been wrong.
"Everyone is defining software-defined storage in their own way," Srivastava told CNME at EMC World 2013 in Las Vegas, where the platform was launched. "Because there is currently no fixed definition of it, a lot of them are taking an appliance that was built a few years ago and, just because it runs software and there are hardware intervals running on a virtualised system, they're calling that software-defined storage.
"I don't think so, because software-defined storage is all about building it for the cloud and the software-defined data centre. It's not about a single array; it's about an entire storage infrastructure which is highly scalable and available, because that's the end goal.
"That is why ViPR is really designed with the goal of how it can take your storage infrastructure and arrays to this massive cloud infrastructure that can plug into this software-defined data centre. None of these systems are even talking about any of the stuff we are talking about."
In any device, the data path is where the data comes in and out of the array, and the control path is used to really manage the arrays.
According to Srivastava, all previous systems claiming to be software-defined have been built first of all as an appliance, and always in the data path.
ViPR manages both planes and decouples them from each other to allow them to be used together. Customers can also use only the control plane to manage the underlying intelligence of the storage arrays through policy-based automation, which EMC called a "radical departure" from prior attempts to virtualise storage.
"We looked at all the systems and approaches of the past, and realised that putting in the data path is not the right architecture if you are really trying to go to the cloud," he said. "What ViPR does is decouple the control path and the data path, and it is the only one that does that.
"By decoupling it, if you just want automation, you can just do it with the control path and you don't have to mess with the data path. We believe this is a requisite for a truly software-defined storage platform because, when you virtualise, you have to preserve the value of the underlying arrays."
Srivastava also claimed that previous systems have not been built as a highly distributed and scalable architecture, which means objects cannot be built on top of it, another important aspect of software-defined storage.
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ViPR is designed to deal with the vastly growing data by allowing enterprises to drive towards the operational model of Web-scale data centres without having to hire thousands of technical experts to build a custom environment.
The platform offers the ability to view objects as files, and provides file access performance without the latency inherent to object storage. It also provides the capability to be implemented entirely in software, and will run against EMC, non-EMC and commodity hardware.
EMC is essentially trying to do for storage what VMware has already done for servers -- abstracting, pooling and automating the infrastructure.
First and foremost, EMC ViPR is designed for cloud environments, and specifically service providers. However, the company is also touting ViPR as suitable for the many enterprise IT departments that are transforming themselves to offer IT-as-a-service and building out their own internal Web-scale clouds.
Whether EMC's definition of software-defined storage is what the market wants will only be determined by the customer response, but Srivastava said he is confident he and his team have got it right this time.
"We are so confident it will be our definition because nobody knows storage better than us, nobody knows enterprise better than us, and nobody knows cloud better than us," he said.
"We are the only ones looking at the problem holistically, and really trying to get to the places where we can add value to the customer, who save lots of dollars because their management and operation costs are going down, and they are being provided a path to the cloud. That's why we are confident we will succeed."
Should software-defined storage catch on, as many predict, Srivastava identified the Middle East as a region where CIOs can now jump ahead in storage innovation--if they're willing to take the opportunity early.
"Whenever industries are at an inflection point--as the storage industry is now with the emergence of software-defined storage--there is a major opportunity to leapfrog," he said.
"So I think many Middle East CIOs will be thinking why they should build a traditional IT infrastructure when they can leapfrog and build a software-defined data centre from the get-go."


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Isla and the Happily Ever After
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Really cute book that makes readers get a nice fluffy feeling when following Isla on her love journey.
Was my favorite out of the three in the series. I loved it, and would read it over and over again.
Can't believe it took me this long to read Isla!! I missed Stephanie Perkins' words <3 It was fun that there were three different settings in this book as well, and I felt like I was dropped in the middle of each one. So many sensory details! I did find the romance kinda cheesy at times, and fast, but in the end I love Josh and Isla together- they bring out the best in each other and had so many cute moments. I loved the cameos at the end too!
Great ending to a great book series. It was sweet to see Isla's happily ever after, but it was even better to see Anna, Etienne, Cricket, and Lola at the end. Oops, spoilers?
I didn't like this one as much as the first two... maybe because I didn't like Isla but it was still a sweet and silly little YA romance with plenty of the quirk that makes Perkins so enjoyable.
Isla and the happily ever after is a teen fictional and romantic novel written by Stephan Perking. It is the last book of Anna and the French kiss series.
Unlike her previous novels the focus is on Isla and Josh relationship. Stephanie Perkins filled my heart with so much love for Isla and Josh. I cannot believe the trilogy is over when I turned the final page of Isla and The Happily Ever After. I adored every single one of the books in the trilogy and it's really difficult to say goodbye to the characters.
If you have been following the series, Isla Martin was first introduced in Anna and The French Kiss. Isla is a shy and quite girl who had a huge crush on a creative cartoonist Josh from her first year of high school in France. As they become aware of each other's feelings they have to face the challenges every young couple must face, including the family drama.
Should Isla and Josh be together? It's something you'll be wondering throughout the story. At times, their relationship is adorable, sweet, and you can't help feel that their teenager Dom is restricting them from being in a proper relationship. Isla reminds you what it's like to be a teenager and not have that luxury. But at other times, I couldn't help but wonder whether it was so intense that Josh and Isla were actually in a toxic relationship, like those couples who couldn't keep away from each other at university, but now are no longer together while the ones who could quite happily not call each other every single day are still together.
Get ready to be taken on magical ride with Stephanie Perking new book Isla and happily ever after. This book will not disappoint you but will make u fall in love with each and every word of it. It will flatter your heart making you believe that true love does exist. It will make you feel as if you are in that situation and you are falling in love. I would highly recommend this book to people who believe in love and enjoy reading stories about it. It sums up the entire trilogy with the perfect ending and fans of Stephanie Perkins will rejoice and celebrate this immensely captivating trilogy.
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I loved this book. Could not put it down. Highly recommend
not as good as Stephanie's other books
This is the last book in a trilogy, and it does share some similarities with the first two novels. There are relationships almost ruined by misunderstandings and hurt feelings, beautiful urban settings, and a quirky cast of characters. Isla has dreamed about dating Josh since their first year at a boarding school in Paris. After a chance meeting in a café, of course named Kismet, they begin a rocky relationship. Both Isla and Josh change as their relationship grows. Isla's friendship with Kurt is one of the best parts of the book because it's rare to find true platonic friendships in YA novels. There are cameo appearances by characters from the other books in the trilogy, including Anna, Etienne, Cricket, Lola, and Calliope from the second.
Honestly, being the third book, it got a bit repetitive. I loved the comeos from the characters from the previous books, it was really interesting to see all these characters connect.
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Grand Rapids-based Morris is in his 20th year as a member of the Grand Rapids Community College music faculty. An associate of the Michigan Arts and Humanities Touring Program, he maintains an active performing schedule performing both as a soloist and with the Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet. He has performed with the West Shore Symphony, with the Grand Rapids Symphony, at the College Music Society's Regional Conference in Madison, Wis., and at the Kennedy Center, and has twice been featured as a presenter of Latin American Music at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies on the campus of Notre Dame University. He was the director of the 2010 Mid America Guitar Ensemble Festival, and a faculty member and ensemble director for the Interlochen Summer Guitar Workshops.
Morris earned music degrees from both Florida State University and Montana State University, and his past teachers include Christopher Parkening and Bruce Holzman. He has participated in master classes with Manuel Barrueco, David Russell and Michael Lorimer.
He is the author of "The Real Guitar Method," and has recorded four CDs: a solo classical guitar CD, "Suite Music for the Classical Guitar"; "The Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet"; a CD of original songs for Shakti Recordings, "Are We All the Same Age?"; and "Ballet Burlesque," music for two guitars for Liscio Recordings.
Morris performed at Hope College in 2008 as a member of the Grand Rapids Guitar Quartet, and again in 2013 as part of the West Michigan Guitar Composers concert.
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Rachel Ross beautifully discusses the joys and concerns almost all new parents experience and goes on to discuss everything from parenting styles and the patterning we carry from our own parents to discipline and boundaries, developmental issues, and how to create a home that fully nurtures your children while it also nurtures you.
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By Keith Peters
Palo Alto Online Sports
They won a combined 19 games this season and advanced all the way to their respective Central Coast Section championship games before seeing their seasons end in losses.
The Palo Alto and Menlo-Atherton football teams have something else in common, too.
The Vikings are losing 20 seniors off their 10-3 squad that dropped a 41-13 decision to Bellarmine in the CCS Open Division final on Dec. 2 at San Jose City College. The Bears are losing 19 seniors off a 9-4 team that lost to Serra, 42-21, in the CCS Division I title game at Terra Nova High in Pacifica on Dec. 3.
While each team has a nucleus to build around, clearly there is a lot of rebuilding to do.
Palo Alto, for example, is losing its top scorer and wide receiver in B.J. Boyd. He caught 36 passes for 1,109 yards and scored 25 touchdowns via running, receiving and kickoff returns.
In the loss to Bellarmine, Boyd showed his explosiveness by returning a kickoff 98 yards to put the Vikings in front, 7-6. But by the time he caught a 48-yard TD pass to close the scoring, the game was long over.
Gone, too, will be the Vikings' leading rusher in Dre Hill (175 carries, 1,078 yards) and No. 2 rusher in Morris Gates-Mouton. And say goodbye to linemen Michael Lyzwa, Tory Prati, Sam Moses, Chris Ramirez, Chris Martinez plus defenders like Brennan Miller, Gabe Landa, Nathan Hubbard and Austin Braff.
With the exception of Braff, all had a hand in Palo Alto's successful two-year run that saw the Vikings go 24-3 and win a state title.
While this year's team recorded only the eighth double-digit win season in 101 years of playing football, seven have come under Hansen during his 24 years at Paly and six have come during the past decade as the Vikings have gone 96-28-2.
The question now is how to keep the success going? Has the cupboard been left bare?
Hansen will have 23 players back, including standout sophomore quarterback Keller Chryst. In his first season with the varsity after transferring from North Carolina, Chryst completed 112 of 224 passes for 2,168 yards and 27 touchdowns with only 11 interceptions. At 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, Chryst has the size, arm strength and apparent durability to be one of the finest quarterbacks in school history.
He'll have the Gates-Mouton twins back for one more season -- Jayshawn and Justin. After that, it'll be up to the JV squad grads. The JV team went 7-3 this season -- losing to Mitty, Wilcox and Los Gatos.
Protecting Chryst is another issue. The Vikings' veteran line had a hard time doing that against Bellarmine as Chryst suffered numerous sacks (for a minus 22 yards) and hurries. It also didn't help that seven passes were dropped and that two others were intercepted.
The Bells were able to pressure Chryst because they were able to shut down the Vikings' running game, which netted just 44 yards.
This was not the same Bellarmine team that Paly beat, 35-0, in last year's CCS Open Division final. Nor was this the same Palo Alto team that compiled that record-breaking 14-0 mark in 2010.
Not only did the Bells avenge that defeat, but they used it to finish 12-1 and likely earn a berth in the CIF Division I state bowl playoff game -- which Paly won last season.
Palo Alto simply could not stop Bellarmine senior quarterback Travis McHugh, who rushed for 208 yards on 20 carries and accounted for four touchdowns while having a hand in 29 of his team's 41 points.
The Paly defense had no answer for the Bell's double-wing offense as it gave up a total of 402 yards -- 334 on the ground. McHugh had 138 yards rushing and three touchdowns in the first half when the Bells grabbed a 27-7 lead.
"We had high hopes going into the season, obviously, because our success last year," said senior linebacker Brennan Miller. "We had a good season, but it sucks to end it like this."
Menlo-Atherton probably had similar thoughts after falling to Serra in the Division I finale. The top-seeded Padres (11-2) won their first section title in 21 years by running for 380 yards against the second-seeded Bears.
Menlo-Atherton actually scored first when senior running back Cameron Moody tallied an 11-yard touchdown on the Bears' first series.
Serra answered with a 45-yard touchdown run by senior quarterback Joey Erdie, but the Bears remained tough in the second quarter when senior cornerback Max Culhane picked off Erdie and took M-A to the Serra 12. The Bears scored on their first play after the turnover when senior quarterback Willy Fonua threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Evan Perkins to go into the half tied at 21.
M-A committed several key mistakes in the third quarter that turned out to change the course of the game, shifting the momentum to Serra. The Bears were whistled for five penalties totaling 40 yards in the third quarter. There also were several bad snaps from center in the shotgun formation that Fonua had to chase down, resulting in tackles for losses by Serra.
"You gotta tip your hat to a team like that," said M-A coach Sione Ta'ufo'ou. "They played well -- mistake-free football -- and we made some mistakes."
Menlo-Atherton will lose the heart of its offense -- Fonua at quarterback plus the running back tandem of Moody and Taylor Mashack, each of whom rushed for more than 1,000 yards this season.
Placekicker/punter Sam Falkenhagen will be a big loss as will the versatile Dustin Nascimento plus receivers Richard Cornew and Culhane. Two-way players like Luke Pinkston, Ricky Vea, and Connor Sweetnam will be hard to replace.
Ta'ufo'ou, does return a number of key linemen like Tom Bucka and Nicky Mullen but 2012 will be an interesting third season for Ta'ufo'ou as he pieces together a lineup he hopes will keep the Bears competitive and a playoff contender.
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I wonder what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would think of what has become of his Victorian sleuth. There is barely a resemblance between those great books and the Sherlock Holmes portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in this second movie from director Guy Ritchie based on the character of literary fame.
It's not all bad; in fact, it's jolly great fun, albeit somewhat frenetic, but saved by some lavish production values that recreate the period in sumptuous detail. To that end, CGI-effects play a great part in fabricating London skylines and Swiss alpine fortresses, while Sarah Greenwood's production team and Jenny Beavan's costumes add the finishing touches. It sets the tone for the piece in fine fashion.
As the second film opens, Holmes faithful sidekick, Watson (Jude Law) is finally set to marry his intended Mary (Kelly Reilly). The two gents set off for a bachelor party at a local club where they meet up with Mycroft, Sherlock's brother, played with just the right touch of British aristocratic eccentricity by Stephen Fry. A chance encounter with a gypsy fortuneteller named Simza (Noomi Rapace) propels the story into action as Holmes soon finds it is none other than Prof. James Moriarty (Jared Harris), his nemesis, who is behind among other things the disappearance of Irene (Rachel McAdams in a brief appearance).
It's quite a twisted tale of munitions acquisitions, political unease among European countries and terrorist bombs going off. I've a little Holmesian hunch the writers didn't have to look far for their ideas; they just picked up a newspaper. Where things go wonky is Moriarty's attempts to force a world war decades before it actually happens so that he may profit from it. I think the evil academician is too smart to be so stupid, but I'm not in the movie-making business either.
Ritchie's style favors the action scenes and draws heavily from techniques used on other popular action films. The stop action, slo-mo, slam edits and lightning fast cuts that have become so ubiquitous since the "Matrix" films and so many others are interesting here but badly over-used. Likewise, the voiceovers from Holmes as he mentally plots his defensive tactics just before executing them — once was enough.
In this second film, something else is becoming more apparent, and it doesn't take Holmes' great powers of observation and attention to detail to notice that Downey and Law don't share much chemistry. Granted, the bromance is in the air, particularly on Holmes' part — he can't seem to live without Watson and that is emphasized. But Law seems a little at sea with his Watson, never quite establishing himself in the character, only reacting to what is presented to him.
Harris, whom some will remember from "Mad Men," brings the right frisson of proper veiled menace to Moriarty. He's a bad guy, but he's also a British gentleman and his brisk exchanges with Downey save this from the drudge of being too action heavy.
Rapace, the Swedish actress who created the Lisbeth Salander character in the overseas "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," is not given much to work with. She's just mere window dressing for Holmes and Watson to wag around in search of her missing brother, who they discover is mixed up in Moriarty's plot. It would have been nice to see her bust out the action chops she, no doubt, is quite comfortable with.
I like the new lease on life these films have given to one of my favorite characters. He's eccentric, clever and excellent at solving mysteries and, yes, I'm talking about Robert Downey Jr. Good show, old chap.


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Millions of people with health problems and the elderly have been warned that the UK will continue to be plagued by record levels of air pollution.
A perfect storm of dust from the Sahara, pollution from the Continent, low south-easterly winds and domestic pollution has caused air quality to plummet.
And the smog-like conditions are not expected to clear until Friday, according to experts.
Meanwhile those with lung and heart conditions have been told to continue to avoid strenuous activity outdoors while people suffering symptoms of pollution - including sore eyes, coughs and sore throats - should cut down the amount they do outside, health experts said.
Asthmatics have been warned of the need to use their blue reliever inhalers more often as they could be prone to attacks over the next few days. Around two-thirds of the 3.6 million people with asthma find that air pollution makes their asthma worse.
The advice, from Public Health England (PHE), Asthma UK and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), comes after a warning that parts of England are experiencing the highest level of air pollution ever recorded by Defra.
Defra ranks air pollution from one to 10, with one being the lowest and 10 the highest.
Across most of England, moderate to high air pollution levels have been forecast, with level 10 - "very high" - forecast in parts of East Anglia and the East Midlands.
Tomorrow, high levels of pollution are forecast for East Anglia, the Midlands, Lincolnshire, eastern parts of Wales, through the Wirral and the north coast of Wales. High levels will move north over much of coastal north-west England, to south-west Scotland and the north-east of Northern Ireland.
Sotiris Vardoulakis, head of air pollution at PHE's centre for radiation, chemical and environmental hazards, said most people will not be affected by short-term peaks in air pollution, but some groups, such as those with existing heart or lung conditions, may experience increased symptoms.
"On occasions where levels are high, adults and children with lung problems, and adults with heart problems, should reduce strenuous physical exertion, particularly outdoors, and particularly if they experience symptoms," he said.
"Anyone experiencing discomfort such as sore eyes, cough or sore throat should consider reducing activity, particularly outdoors."
Kay Boycott, chief executive of Asthma UK, said: "The two-thirds of people with asthma who find that air pollution makes their asthma worse will be at an increased risk of an attack following the alarming Defra warning of high pollution levels around the country.
"Asthma UK warns the 3.6 million people at increased risk to be sure they always have a working blue reliever inhaler on them and take their preventer inhalers as prescribed."
Frank Kelly, professor of environmental health at King's College London, said: "Whether home-produced or arriving from the continent, the tiny particles we take into our bodies with each breath cause immediate problems for some individuals such as those with asthma and contribute to longer term problems for most of us in the form of heart disease and stroke.
"For those who are sensitive to air pollution, it's important they are provided with accurate forecasts of when air quality will deteriorate so they can plan their activities to reduce exposure, perhaps by taking different routes to work or school or avoiding strenuous exercise on those days."
Paul Cosford, director of health protection at PHE, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the air pollution was a "serious issue" but should be kept in perspective.
"It's a small number of days of very high air pollution levels," he said. "The pollution will go down towards the end of the week."
Dr Helen Dacre, a meteorologist at the University of Reading, said high air pollution could cause "unpleasant and dangerous effects on health", both long and short term.
She said: "Toxic gases, such as nitrogen dioxide and ozone, as well as fine dust particles in the air blown in from the Sahara and from burning fossil fuels, all contribute to cause problems for people with heart, lung and breathing problems, such as asthma.
"The problem is likely to be particularly bad today because weather conditions have conspired to create a 'perfect storm' for air pollution.
"British car drivers and heavy industry create bad enough smog on their own, but the weather is also importing pollution from the industrialised urban parts of Europe, which is blowing across Britain.
"Saharan dust gets blown over to Britain several times a year - the current episode has been whipped up by a large wind storm in North Africa. This has all combined to create high concentrations of pollutants in the air."
Dr Keith Prowse, honorary medical adviser to the British Lung Foundation, said: "Heavy air pollution of the kind we're seeing in several places across the UK at the moment can have a significant impact on people with pre-existing respiratory conditions such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and asthma, worsening symptoms such as coughing and breathlessness.
"When levels of air pollution are high, people with these conditions, or anyone else who finds themselves coughing or wheezing in times of high pollution, should avoid strenuous exercise outdoors and are better off trying to exercise away from pollution hotspots, such as busy roads or during rush hour."
Ian Colbeck, professor of environmental science at the University of Essex, said: "This pollution episode comes just a week after the World Health Organisation estimated that seven million premature deaths annually are linked to air pollution.
"It is now the biggest single environmental health risk. In the past, respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) were thought to be the main killers but it now emerges that heart disease and strokes account for up to 80% of deaths."


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Anxious One Direction fans were this morning waiting to hear whether tonight's concert in Belfast will go ahead.
The move comes after the 1D concert at the SSE arena was dramatically cancelled last night just minutes before the band were due on stage.
Almost 11000 fans were already seated in the arena when the news was broken to them. ( Video courtesy fo Alex Graham/Facebook)
Devastated One Direction fans were told that Liam had taken ill, and while it wasn't serious, he was unable to perform.
The band has apologised and it's expected they will make a statement regarding tonight's concert (Wednesday) later this morning.
Among the devastated One Direction fans were Lucy Carten and Katie Green
The diehard fans had been in Belfast since Tuesday afternoon.
Lucy, 15, said when it was announced in the arena the concert was off, there were tears of disbelief and disappointment.
"I was like 'no, no, no this can't be happening. I was so excited about the concert, I couldn't get to sleep. I couldn't believe it. It's devastating."
Lucy's mum said her daughter had received the coveted One Direction ticket for Christmas last year.
"She was devastated when the announcement was made," said Anne. "There were tears."
Fan reactions on social media ranged from anger to get well wishes.
One fan questioned it all, asking: "Remember when Howard from Take That broke his ribs and the rest of them went on without him?! Take note #onedirectionbelfast".
Another wrote: "Not to be selfish but I flew home from uni for this, so kinda hoping for the best tomorrow.. #onedirectionbelfast #GetWellSoonLiam".
Referring to the scores of heartbroken teens, one fan commented: "I've never heard so many hearts break at one time #onedirectionBelfast."
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While in Florence last time, I saw several guys looking great with the brown/white color combo.
I'm torn though as to whether I should try this look next summer or wait till my hair turns their shade of silvery white (which ,come to think of it, might also be next summer!)
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Save For Next Summer…..Brown & White
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The aesthetic of the first pic is nicer than the bottom dude with the pocket square. There's more to look at in the lines and texture.
Happily, both are smashes. Just prefer the first, is all.
Don't you worry about that – silver is a wonderful accessory!
Meanwhile, the gentleman in the first photo looks great. Chocolate and vanilla are wonderful together.
Do it. What's not to like?
how great to see examples of how to truly age. i love that you find people who are doing it with style and grace rather than resistance and denial. they are truly leading by example. . . and give us all something refreshing in the process.
Both relaxed, unselfconscious: desirable. And another example of the fact that Style Knows No Age
Proud to say I've been doing brown and white all this summer; white jeans or tailored shorts with tops in shades of brown or mud
In fact I think I'll put on some brown & white right now!
Strange,but I fancy man 2 more.I think his outfit is more casual.Man 1 is not bad either.Both have chosen colors that match.
Woow, at first glance I thought the guy at the top was Calvin Klein!
What does Calvin Klein actually look like now, anyway?
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I LOVE brown and white. It's less severe than black and white and reminds me of Italy for some reason.
I hope father time is as kind to me as he was to these two gentlemen.
Great combination – brown and white works wonderfully for summer.
I thought they both looked great but thought the first man's pants looked too tight, looking like tights.
Sart, these two looks would be great for you.
I think gray or brown jackets with white jeans really kick the navy jacket prep/naval look down the street! Less of a costume.
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Both men are gifted with grey/silver hair. Ageing is good! Imagine these gentlemen with dark hair. Not as elegant or sophisticated
Why wait? It's not Labor Day yet. I have on an ivory short-sleeve shirt with a deep V, ivory silk trousers, brown mock-croc sandals, and a brown-trimmed monogram canvas Gucci belt. White and ivory go spendidly with a tan.
Also, both have the 'scruff' look. I suppose because it's white it gives them a look of agedness, though seems that's traditionally a younger facial hair schema.
The first man is my father, he is 70 years old ahahahaha
is a real cool!
The first man si fantastic!!!!!!
The use of a pochet in combination with a kind of Bogota Flughafen-chique, necklace and a bimbo semi-coke snorting hairdo, is totally not what we appreciate in gentlemen in Europe.


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For the little dog with a lot of attitude, crochet this skull-theme dog coat. Keep your favorite pooch warm and fashionable with this dog coat crochet pattern.
- Caron International One Pound (100% acrylic; 16 oz/454 g, 812 yds/742 m skein): 1 skein A, 1 skein B. Shown in: #516 Scarlet (A), #503 Black (B)
- One size US H-8 (5mm) crochet hook, or size to obtain gauge.
- Stitch marker
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Chest: 13 (16 1/2, 21, 26)"/33 (42, 53.5, 66) cm
Back length: 8 (10, 12, 15 1/2)"/20.5 (25.5, 30.5, 39.5) cm
Note: Belly strap allows chest to be adjusted by several inches.
Gauge: In pattern stitch, using US H-8 (5mm) hook, 16 sts and 16 rows = 4"/10 cm.
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sc2tog: Single crochet 2 together – Insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, (two loops on hook), insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through all three loops on hook.
Griddle Stitch (over a multiple of 2 sts)
Row 1: Ch 1, *sc in next st, dc in next st; repeat from * across, turn.
- To help avoid confusion, circle row numbers and stitch counts that correspond to the size you are making.
- The front strap of the coat is worked first. The ends of the front strap are then joined and the back of the coat worked from the back of the neck down to the lower edge. Yarn is then joined to one side of the coat and the belly strap worked.
Beginning at one end of front strap, with A, chain 7 (9, 11, 13).
Row 1: Sc in second ch from hook, dc in next ch, *sc in next ch, dc in next ch; repeat from * across, turn—6 (8, 10, 12) sts.
Rows 2–14 (18, 22, 28): Work in pattern stitch.
Note: In the next row, the short ends of the front strap are joined with a chain that forms the beginning of the back of the coat.
Row 15 (19, 23, 29): Work in pattern stitch across; ch 16 (20, 26, 32); taking care not to twist chs, work along opposite side of foundation chain, sc in first ch, dc in next ch; *sc in next ch, dc in next ch; repeat from * across opposite side of foundation chain, turn—28 (36, 46, 56) sts.
Rows 16 (20, 24, 30)–17 (21, 26, 32): Work in pattern stitch.
Row 18 (22, 27, 33): Work in pattern stitch and increase 4 (6, 6, 8) sts evenly spaced across, turn—32 (42, 52, 64) sts.
Rows 19 (23, 28, 34)–20 (24, 30, 37): Work in pattern stitch.
Rows 21 (25, 31, 38)–30 (36, 46, 57): Work in pattern stitch and increase 1 st at beginning and end of row, turn—52 (66, 84, 104) sts.
Place a marker at beginning of next row (for belly strap placement).
Rows 31 (37, 47, 58)–33 (41, 51, 64): Work in pattern stitch.
Rows 34 (42, 52, 65)–39 (49, 61, 78): Ch 1, sc2tog, continue in pattern stitch to last 2 sts, sc2tog, turn—40 (50, 64, 76) sts.
Rows 40 (50, 62, 79)–43 (54, 67, 85): Work in pattern stitch.
Rows 44 (55, 68, 86)–46 (57, 71, 90): Ch 1, sc2tog, continue in pattern stitch to last 2 sts, sc2tog, turn—34 (44, 56, 66) sts.
Fasten off.
Join A with sc in side of marked st at beginning of Row 31 (37, 47, 58); work 3 (5, 5, 7) more sts in pattern stitch evenly spaced across ends of rows, turn—4 (6, 6, 8) sts.
Rows 2–14 (19, 24, 29): Work in pattern stitch.
Row 15 (20, 25, 30): Ch 1, sc2tog, continue in pattern stitch to last 2 sts, sc2tog—2 (4, 4, 6) sts. Fasten off.
Lower Edge Trim
Round 1: With RS facing, join B with sc in first sc of last row of coat, sc evenly spaced around entire lower edge (including edges of belly strap); join with slip st in first sc. Fasten off.
Neck Trim
Round 1: With RS facing, join B with sc in neck edge, sc evenly spaced around neck edge; join with slip st in first sc. Fasten off.
Belly Strap Belt Loops (make 2)
With B, chain 6 (8, 8, 10).
Row 1: Sc in second ch from hook and in each remaining ch across—7 (9, 9, 11) sc. Fasten off.
Sew one belt loop on side of dog coat (opposite side from beginning of belly strap) 3 (4, 5, 6)"/7.5 (10, 12.5, 15) cm above lower side edge, sew second belt loop 1"/2.5 cm above first belt loop.
Skull Pockets (make 1 (1, 2, 2))
With B, chain 7.
Row 1: (Sc, dc) in second ch from hook, *sc in next ch, dc in next ch; repeat from * to last ch, (sc, dc) in last ch, turn—8 sts.
Row 2: Ch 1, (sc, dc) in first st, continue in pattern stitch across to last st, (sc, dc) in last st, turn—10 sts.
Rows 3–5: Work in pattern stitch.
Rows 6–8: Repeat Row 2—16 sts.
Rows 9–13: Work in pattern stitch.
Rows 14 and 15: Ch 1, sc2tog, continue in pattern st across to last 2 sts, sc2tog, turn—12 sts.
Rows 16: Ch 1, sc2tog, continue in pattern st across to last 2 sts, sc2tog, do not turn; sc evenly spaced around outer edge of pocket; join with slip st in first sc. Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.
Eyes (make 2 per pocket)
With A, chain 1.
Round 1: Work 6 sc in second ch from hook; do not join and do not turn.
Round 2: 2 sc in next 4 sts, 3 dc in next 2 sts; join with slip st in first sc. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Pocket Assembly
Sew eyes onto pocket(s). With A, embroider mouth and nose of skull. Sew pocket(s) to side(s) of coat.
Using yarn needle, weave in all ends.
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Is it possible for the designer to take pictures of how you add the chains to add to the coat!!! This is very confusing to me. Thanks
Apr 19, 2012
I figured it out- you join the chain to the first 'foundation chain' the chain you started the project with, with a sc then you work across the free loops of the 'foundation ch' with the pattern sts, at the end, chain 1, turn and work back across the stitches and chains with the pattern stitchs.
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there is definitely a problem with row 15 (19, 23, 29). Can the designer give us some help with this-it really doesn't make any sense at all. Thanks
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I wanted to try it but when I read thru the pattern I too was a little confused. My dog definately would look good in the skull motif.
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When I got to row 14 the begining of this project. It is very unclear on how to complete the row 16? I have been crocheting for over 50 years. This is the most confusing patter I have ever worked on. Can anyone make it clearer on the row 16? The chain 16? After doing 33 rows did not even look correct?
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She had mentioned before I went on Actemra (aka tocilizumab) last spring that we might be able to cut back the dose of Methotrexate I'm taking if everything went well. And it has been going well. For about the last 3 months, I've been feeling normal. That feels so odd to me after 2 years of not feeling normal, but there it is. My hands, my feet — normal. I can even walk to the subway, some 25 minutes, and my feet aren't aching by the time I get there. Woohoo! It's an amazing feeling. I still have the odd twinge here and there: Just the other day I walked home from the subway and when I got home, one of my toes all of a sudden decided it was time to freak out and hurt, but whatever! That is such a rare occurrence now, it's something I can just ignore.
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SUCH good news Laurie!!!! So happy for you :D Yay to feeling normal. It's great isnt it? Lets do a little dance to celebrate. Hope the drug reduction continues.ReplyDelete
I'm so encouraged about Actemra working for you!! Woo hoo I'm scheduled for 3rd treatment on feb2.ReplyDelete
This is awesome news. Thanks for sharing it with us!ReplyDelete
This is all such very good news, Laurie. I remember when you first started blogging,a feeling of bewilderment mixed with toughness formed the undercurrent of most of your posts. I am SO glad that the meds are working so well for you, finally, and that you're slowly and carefully dropping those that you no longer need. YAY for normalcy! May this time of relative comfort continue for a good long time.ReplyDelete
That is wonderful news! Keeping positive thoughts out there for you on the metho taper!ReplyDelete
That's wonderful news! So happy to hear you're feeling normal (and cutting back on methotrexate, too!).ReplyDelete
Thank you all so much for your comments. As always, your kind well wishes mean so much to me!ReplyDelete
It is so wonderful that you have had such an incredible response to Actemra. After my 1st infusion with it in 2010 I thought it would be my "magic pill", unfortunately I had a terrible reaction after 5 infusions and had to stop. Tried again in 2011 and same thing. So at the end of the month I try Rituxan and am praying that I have the same kind of result as you have had. Praying that you can cut down on the mtx and continue to have such great results.ReplyDelete


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