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Hoping that all is going superb and adventurous-fun time in JAPAN-Shibuya at the Club Quattro Tour 2014. I bet it brings back treasure memories of the mid 80's w/OZZY and in the late 80's/and 1990 with his BADLANDS when you Toured there (and taken such Classic photo's with the fame BURRN Magazine....'I lov' those Classic shots. And now you can take "new" ones, this time around!! Big smile. Hope BURRN Mag is still present). Have a magical time this time around/2014 with your new band RED DRAGON CARTEL Mr. Jake E. Lee. God Bless.
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Looks like JAKE E. LEE and his band RED DRAGON CARTEL: Mancuso, D.J. Smith and Jonas and plus Mr. Lee (himself) had splendid engaging time in Ancient JAPAN: a special place indeed. Saw, some pretty cool Live Music footage BATM etc.,. (on YouTube) and they delivered yet again a Solid to the Max live performance. You guys Rock and hope you "all" at Home now, resting up for the NEXT big Tour 2014 that will go into next year 2015 (and beyond!!! more USA dates ): and do some more new "Shout It Out" recordings together. Peace and cheers to the Big Kahuna and his RDC. YOU HAVE AN Outta-sight SOUND AND Master-Solid Groove. God Bless!!
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Nebilim wrote:wouldn't hurt to post any links now would it?
I'm not good at attaching Links...'So, most of the time I just say where I went/gone to in all: hmm, lets see how did I get there, how to explain my "adventures" finding out where JAKE and his Dragons RED DRAGON CARTEL have gone to. On the youtube 'Site: I guess I just typed in RDC name and then Japan. Or when searching through google (and there's other Search Engines) in all...'about the BURRN Magazine if it's still around and low and behold: there are!! JAKE E. LEE*RDC are in the March/FEb 2014 Burrn Issues to this Classic Rocker/Metal treasure, how very awesome/and surprising that it's still alive and kicking as are the Legendary Music Artists/Bands that BURRN Mag Cover(s). I'm thrilled "also" to have found the latest Feature Coverage on JAKE E. LEE*Red Dragon Cartel in the Classic YOUNG GUITARS-JAPAN Magazine-Sept. 2014 Issue and they are kicking it Live in JAPAN Tour Edition: at the Shibuya Club. Beautiful Live pix there!! If there was still a TOWER Records (maybe Dimple Records would have it/Sale for purchase in their Store)...'I would of seen these magazines sooner. I really like the new live in Action Spring/Summer 2014 (AND hopeful Fall 2014/2015 onward!!) Jake E. Lee's Red Dragon Cartel TOUR pix: keep it growing strong. Peace. I try better next time with the Links. But I hope this helped some. Until next time Cheers.
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Johnson and Shafer have been on opposite sides of most intra-GOP fights in the state Senate. The two don't hit it off personally either.
While campaigns infused with personal bitterness may not do much for the Georgia political system, they provide great entertainment value. Besides, the joust for lieutenant governor is often a prelude to bigger things.
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Reed, an adviser to President George W. Bush, also looked likely to eventually move on up to governor.
At the height of pundit talk of a permanent national Republican majority, the only real question was whether (or maybe how soon) Ralph would be changing his address to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Shafer, who had lost to Reed when Reed was elected chairman of the state Republican Party in 2000, was one of the few willing to plant his flag with Cagle's then-long-shot bid for lieutenant governor. Shafer's gamble paid off when Reed's association with tainted Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, as well as allegations of other less-than-ethical transgressions, made national headlines during the campaign.
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Shafer was Oxendine's top aide in the state Insurance Department and lost a race for secretary of state in 1996. His race for lieutenant governor will be fueled by his ambition to reach the highest levels of state government and elbow Johnson out of the way once and for all.
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Editor's note: Professor Michael Munger of Duke University thinks students should be allowed to bring laptops and other forms of technology into class. James R. Harrigan, Director of Academic Programs at IHS, doesn't. This is Dr. Munger's no-holds-barred argument for allowing laptops in class. Check back tomorrow for Dr. Harrigan's seething counterargument.
Consider this the Laptops-In-Class version of Keynes vs. Hayek. Rap video to follow.
If you have to pay someone to attend you, that's prostitution. If you have to force someone to attend you, that's slavery.
I have never understood why so many professors believe that students must be prostituted or indentured. But that is what the "ban laptops" crowd is arguing: We can't count on students to learn voluntarily. So we have to bribe them, or we have to force them to leave their laptops home.
Look, profs: If you seriously find that most of your students are daydreaming, facebooking, or cruising porn sites (not that that's a bad thing…), you might want to try an old and honorable solution. Two words.
Academics is the only business I can think of that allows itself to blame the customers when the product is lousy. In any other business, we would propose improving the product. But whenever professors get together and have a group séance about "the life of the mind" and how cool our ideas are, you hear them talk, in the next breath, about how bad their students are.
The fact is that laptops don't waste students' time; professors do. Laptops are neutral tools. If the professor brings up an interesting topic, the student can Google it, go to Wikipedia, or look up some extensions. They can take notes with links to things that are useful. Or, the student can get bored and go to her friend's Facebook page and get distracted, thinking "That's not a real puppy. That's too small to be a real puppy."
There is a considerable body of research showing that the maximum sustained period of intense attention the human mind can focus is somewhere between 15 and 30, depending on the student. The model of having a professor read words and the student write the words for 75 minutes ignores the fact the student will likely focus, wander, and focus three or four times during the class. This piece, from 1996 (before laptops or Facebook were problems) makes an interesting point.
"Not infrequently we observe students having lapses of attention. And we've found that it's not enough for us to tell faculty with whom we are working about the problem. They're often aware of it already…After three to five minutes of "settling down" at the start of class, one study found that "the next lapse of attention usually occurred some 10 to 18 minutes later, and as the lecture proceeded the attention span became shorter and often fell to three or four minutes towards the end of a standard lecture."
That is, the problem is not the distraction offered by the laptop. It's the need of the human mind to have things broken up into pieces where concentration is possible, for focused attention is interesting and enjoyable. If the students weren't looking at their laptop, they would be dozing or doodling.
The same article suggests a solution:
"Combining what we know about attention span and how the mind works, we suggest that lectures should be punctuated with periodic activities. Johnstone and Percival report that lecturers who "adopted a varied approach . . . and deliberately and consistently interspersed their lectures with illustrative models or experiments, . . . short problem solving sessions, or some other form of deliberate break . . . usually commanded a better attention span from the class, and these deliberate variations had the effect of postponing or even eliminating the occurrence of an attention break." Many of our colleagues also report that when they intersperse mini-lectures with active engagement for students for as brief a time as two to five minutes, students seem re-energized for the next 15 to 20 minute mini-lecture."
For those of us who teach that way already, having laptops from the classroom is not a problem. For those who don't teach that way, banning laptops from the classroom is not a solution. Enslaving your listeners won't feed anything but your ego. Free minds will pay attention if they want to.
"Laptops and notetaking"
by Alexander Horwitz, December 31, 2012 1:14pm.
"I not only permit laptops in my classes, I encourage them. I think students of this generation are much better notetakers on laptops than with pen and paper. They spend so much of their lives typing in one form or another, and often while doing other things, that it makes sense to play to their strengths in the classroom. They can type faster and clearer than they can write, and they can listen and type in a way they struggle with when it comes to writing.
I've seen the difference in my classes."


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The University of Hawaii head football coach accused the Fighting Irish of doing a "faggot dance," and now he has been suspended for 30 days without pay, took an additional 7% pay cut from his measly $1.1 million salary and was forced to apologize in a teary public press conference yesterday.
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Search for the name of a musical artist, from "The Beatles" to "Miley Cyrus" to "Camille Saint-Saens," and Google displays ads – grouped together under the "Listen Now" label — promoting music services, including its own Google Play.
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Similar "Watch Now" ads that appear in searches for movies and TV shows were spotted by Search Engine Land in February.
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Burk to lead Center for Gospel & Culture at Boyce
By Aaron Cline Hanbury
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (SBTS) -- Boyce College dean Dan DeWitt has announced the formation of a new academic center for cultural engagement -- the Center for Gospel and Culture at Boyce College, to be led by New Testament scholar and ethicist Denny Burk, a member of the Boyce faculty since 2008.
DeWitt sees the role of Boyce College, the undergraduate school of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, as preparing and equipping the coming generation of church leaders to engage the culture around them with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
"This is the Christian's task," DeWitt said. "As the famous apologist Francis Schaeffer said, each generation has to articulate the Gospel in the language of the culture. At Boyce, we have a great faculty, all of whom view their disciplines through a Gospel-lens. They write books and preach and teach the Gospel all the time. And our students experience this Gospel focus in every class.
"My prayer is that the Center for Gospel and Culture will coalesce our faculty's energy in a way that services the church and engages the culture," DeWitt said.
DeWitt described Burk as the "right man" to lead the effort.
"Through his influential books and a widely popular blog, he has already proven to be a clear voice in analyzing political and cultural events through a Gospel-lens," DeWitt said.
For Burk, the timing of the center is crucial and strategic, as the cultural environment grows increasingly secular.
"Christians find themselves today living in the midst of a culture that in many ways is set against a biblical worldview," said Burk, author of a recent book about sexual ethics, "What is the Meaning of Sex?"
"This clash is not merely an academic debate but in very real ways presents a practical challenge to believers and their churches. How can Christians bear witness to Christ when they find themselves in the minority? Southern Baptists and the wider evangelical movement are facing real conflicts over religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, the definition of marriage and a host of other concerns.
"With the Center for Gospel and Culture, we plan to bring the Gospel to bear upon these issues and to be a resource for those who are trying to be faithful to Christ in a decadent culture. The Bible says that the sons of Issachar were men who understood the times and who knew what the people of God were to do (1 Chronicles 12:32). In many ways, that is what we hope to accomplish -- to help believers understand the times and to point the way forward based on God's Word," he said.
The center is funded by the late Hazel L. Bishop, a benefactor and longtime supporter of the seminary.
"I see the Center for Gospel and Culture serving those on the frontlines of Gospel ministry in two ways," DeWitt said. "First, our hope is that through special events, like seminars and forums with guest speakers, the center will inspire and equip the students of Boyce College for future ministry. Second, we want to serve pastors, missionaries and leaders already on the frontlines through the resources such as articles that apply the Gospel to contemporary cultural issues."
DeWitt plans for the Center for Gospel and Culture to launch its website -- featuring digital resources such as videos and articles as well as a blog -- and begin hosting on-campus seminars this spring.
Aaron Cline Hanbury is manager of news and information at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Patterson prepares students for spiritual war
By Alex Sibley
FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) -- "Welcome to the war."
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson greeted new students with this startling statement during his spring convocation chapel message Jan. 23.
"Unknown to you," Patterson said, "on the day that you registered for classes, there was, on your back, a target. Satan determined from that point that he would disrupt your life. That he would cause you difficulty, sorrow and heartache. ... Around every corner, Satan will be watching. He will do everything he can to take you away. You are walking into danger."
Patterson's sermon was the first in a 12-part series titled, "Walking toward Danger: Why a person should use caution when entering the ministry."
"I will, in the first five messages, introduce you to the officers in your unit," Patterson said. "These are the ones who walk point as you walk behind into the battles that you will fight throughout your ministry. And having introduced you to the five officers that are a part of your unit and that will be there as your guides, then we're going to actually walk into the woods of conflict and find out in the remaining seven messages what it is that we are facing and how we as born-again believers should respond to that."
Preaching from Galatians 3, the first "officer" to which Patterson introduced students was the law.
"There are two kinds of law," Patterson said. "There is law that is perfect -- and that is God's law -- and there is man's law, which is a study in convention and in bad law."
From the text, Patterson derived three reasons the law exists. The first, from verse 19, is because of transgressions.
"Because it turned out that we were a lawless breed, God gave a law," Patterson said. "The law that God has given in His Word is a reflection of His person.... The law is given to you so you can see the magnitude of the glorious righteousness of God and know that you can never live up to that status."
Additionally, Patterson said, the law guards sinners as a restraint from evil as well as from personal destruction.
"God has hedged a safe pasture for you; it's called the law," Patterson said. "And as long as you live within the law, you will enjoy the blessings of God. But tunnel through the fence and get on the outside and, inevitably, you will encounter the sorrows of life that follow in lawlessness."
Verse 24 reveals the final reason for the law's existence -- the law serves as, in Patterson's words, "a schoolmaster."
"It brings us," Patterson said, "taking us by the hand, showing us our own inadequacy, revealing to us the greatness of God, and says, 'Come and follow me.'"
In addition to Patterson's sermon, the convocation included the introduction of two newly-elected faculty members, Scott Aniol and Dean Sieberhagen, as well as two new presidential faculty appointees, Paul Gould and Stephen Mizell.
Alex Sibley is a newswriter for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas (www.swbts.edu/campusnews). To download, watch, or listen to sermons from Patterson's "Walking toward Danger" series, visit www.swbts.edu/chapelseries.
Presentation to Southern Baptists highlights opening chapel
By Tim Sweetman
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MBTS) -- Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's spring convocation service was highlighted by a special presentation to a Southern Baptist Convention executive and a challenging message to the seminary community.
In an intentional effort to express gratitude to the people of the SBC for their faithful support of Midwestern Seminary through their Cooperative Program giving, President Jason K. Allen presented Frank Page, president of the SBC Executive Committee, a special memento Jan. 14.
A large placard signed by many from the Midwestern Seminary community thanked Page and faithful Southern Baptists for their sacrificial giving to Midwestern Seminary in the year 2013.
During the presentation Allen read the message: "On behalf of the entire Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary family, thank you Southern Baptists for your generous and sacrificial financial support through the Cooperative Program, totaling $4,284,382.50 in the year 2013, thus enabling us to train pastors, ministers and missionaries for the church."
He added, "We fully appreciate what Southern Baptists have done and are doing. We realize that if they were not standing with us, our tuition would be between two and three times greater than what it is now. I want to make sure we say loudly and frequently 'please' and 'thank you' to Southern Baptists."
In launching the new semester, Allen noted that the day was one of pageantry, pomp and circumstance, but such a service also allows for a time to revisit and recommit to "first things," namely first priorities, presuppositions, convictions and aspirations as a seminary.
"As a seminary, we labor for the church, and especially for Southern Baptist churches," Allen said. "We do so under an Ephesians 4 mandate --knowing that Christ has given the church pastors, teachers and evangelists for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, building up the body of Christ."
Transitioning to his message, Allen spoke from 2 Timothy 2:1-7 on the subject "Entrust These Things." He pointed out that any faithful and healthy seminary holds a covenant in a multiplicity of areas.
The first type of covenant is that of the denomination with which the seminary is serving.
"We are in covenant with our denomination, and that covenant is legal and formal," Allen said. "It gives us binding and unremitting oversight, but it is also moral in that beyond the letter of the expectation we seek to fulfill the spirit of it."
That covenant and trust also goes beyond the denomination and includes the churches that make up the denomination.
"It is also a covenant we share, not merely with the denomination in a formal sense, but most especially with the churches that comprise our convention -- the churches we serve," Allen said. "We seek to train pastors, teachers, ministers and evangelists for these churches. Not the churches we desire to serve or wish we served, but the churches we serve -- these very churches. We serve with their needs, their desires and their expectations on the forefront of our minds."
Allen said the covenant includes what is taught at the seminary, which is in accordance to the Baptist Faith and Message 2000. More than that, he said the seminary is held to a particular standard about how it teaches its students.
"We do so with clear consciences because we do so without mental reservation or hesitation," Allen said. "As you study here, you know what you can expect to learn and be taught. Not only what we instruct, but there is a covenantal relationship to how we instruct. We believe in 'life-on-life.' We are not clinically teaching anonymous people. Rather, we are training real men and real women for real service and for real ministry."
This training and trust, Allen said, is incredibly important in an age of cultural decline.
"We see doctrinal decay all around, and we see possible forfeiture of the Gospel itself. So verse-after-verse Paul is like one slinging a sledge hammer again and again and again -- driving home the seriousness of the Gospel, the power of the Scripture, the majesty of the call to ministry and the solemn importance of this stewardship of the Gospel, and especially to defend it and to transmit it to the next generation," Allen said.
"This whole idea of entrusting something is increasingly rare in our days," he added. "We live in a world that has a deficit of trust, a deficit of trustworthiness and a deficit of entrustment."
In the passage the Apostle Paul is specifically talking about entrusting his young disciple Timothy with the Gospel, Allen said, and this is exactly what Midwestern Seminary is doing with its students.
"We desire to implant within you much more than the Gospel, but nothing less, an ability to defend the Gospel, a deeper belief in the Gospel and a deeper passion about the Gospel," Allen said. "Any form of theological education that is not enriching one's belief in the Gospel, one's passion about the Gospel and one's zeal for the Gospel is a faulty mode of theological education."
Allen referenced his college experience, where he had a steady diet of professors attempting to discredit the Bible and the Gospel. He said the experience made it difficult for him to find an intellectual home, and he constantly had to "chew on the meat and spit out the bones" after classes. In contrast, he said Midwestern Seminary should provide an intellectual home for its students -- one where they don't have to fear any attacks on the Gospel.
"Whether you are a first-year undergraduate student or are in the finishing stages of your Ph.D. program, you know who we are," he said. "We will not undermine you faith; we will strengthen it. We are committed to this body of learning and truth. You can trust this institutional staff because they are theologically trustworthy. Do not take that for granted. It is not always the case in many places."
Allen also emphasized a personal responsibility for students to be faithful as they hold true to the Gospel ministry entrusted to them -- a Gospel that they should be faithfully sharing with the world.
"You are a part of a trans-generational relaying of the faith that we seek to undertake faithfully until Jesus returns. Clearly Paul is conscious of that, and clearly so must we be," he said.
Concluding his message, Allen referenced the Olympic torch marathon, where multiple runners pass the torch across many miles until it is spectacularly lit during the Olympics' opening ceremony.
"We are torch bearers -- Gospel, biblical torch bearers," Allen said. "We stand in the stead of Paul, Peter, Augustine, Athanasius, Luther, Calvin, Edwards, Whitefield, Wesley, Spurgeon, Broadus, Lloyd Jones, Criswell, Rogers and 1,000 other names. But here in this time and place, we get to receive that torch and pass it on. Let's be found faithful to it."
Tim Sweetman is director of communications at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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Ellen Barclay's will is under the name of Helen Barclay.
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I, Helen Barclay of Shakopee in the County of Scott and State of Minnesota being of sound mind and memory do make, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament. First: I order and direct that my, Executor herein after, named pay all my just debts and funeral expenses as soon after my decease as conveniently may be. Second: After payments of such funeral expenses and debts, I give devise and bequeth unto my son William Barclay one dollar, to my daughter Anna Carter one dollar and to my daughter Mary Clark one dollar. Third: After the payment of the above bequests, by my Executor, I give devise and bequeth all the rest and residue of my Estate personal and real to my son Charles Barclay to have and hold the same to himself his heirs and assigns forever. Fourth, I hereby constitute my son Charles Barclay to be Executor of this my last Will and testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made. In testimony thereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the 9th day of September in the year of our Lord 1905. Helen X Barclay.
This instrument was on the day of the date thereof signed, published and declared by the said testatrix to be her last Will and Testament in our presents, I do at her request, have subscribed our names thereto as Witnesses, in her presence and in the presence of each other. Jul J. Peace, Fred P. Berens.
Source: Scott County, Probate Court, Final Decrees of Distribution page 4, Roll 1, Final Decrees with indexes, 1884-1968, 20 volumes, Order Book U, Oct. 1906 – Oct. 1911, pp. 265-601, Frame No. 511.
Certificate of Probate page 429
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In the matter of the Estate of Helen Barclay deceased. Be it remember, that on the day of the date hereof, at a Special Term of said Probate Court, pursuant to notice duly given the Last Will and Testament of Helen Barclay late of said County of Scott, deceased bearing date the 9th day of September 1905, and being the annexed written instrument, was duly proved before the Probate Court in and of the County of Scott aforesaid, and was duly allowed and admitted to probate by said Court according to law, as and for the Last Will and Testament of said Helen Barclay, deceased, which said Last Will and Testament is recorded and the examination taken thereof filed in the this office.
In Testimony whereof, The Judge of the Probate Court of said County has hereunto set his hand an affixed the seal of the said Court at Shakopee in the said County, this 4th day of January 1908.
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There was in the Probate Order Book pg. 257 a Final Decree of Distribution of the Estate. It was a form and I have summarized it here.
County of Scott, The Matter of the Estate of Helen Barclay
The above entitled matter came on to be heard on the second day of May 1908…The representative of said estate appeared in person and by Counsel and no adverse appearance or objection was made.
First…hearing made and filed on 7th of April, 1908 and that said citation has been published as required by law in the Shakopee Tribune.
Second, all debts, funeral, burial, last sickness have been fully paid…final account herein which has been settled and allowed by the Court and that all specific bequests have been fully paid and satisfied.
Third – the said decedent died testate on the 30th day of November, 1907 and was a resident of Shakopee, County of Scott, State of Minnesota. Fourth: residue of estate consists of the following property, to-wit,
(A) personal property of the value of $700.00 comprised of the following items, viz:
1. One note and mortgage dated Feb 7, 1905 made by Thos. J. Shanlay to C. J. Sord, recorded Feb. 20, 1905 at 1:10 pm in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Powner County and State of North Dakota for $700.00 and assigned by said C. J. Sord to said Helen Barclay – Int. 6% due Dec. 1, 1909.
(B) Real property – none. Those and other tracts or parcels – none.
Fifth, That the following named person is the sole residuary legatee and is the only person entitled to the residue of said estate of said decedent by the terms of the last Will and Testament of said decedent, Charles Barclay son of said decedent.
Signed by N. Meyer, Judge of said court, on third day of May, 1908.
Source: Final Decree of the Distribution of the Estate of Helen Barclay, State of Minnesota, Scott County, pg. 357, 3rd May, 1908, Scott County Historical Society.
As usual more questions arise when you read a will and the other documents associated with it. Helen/Ellen's will is very interesting in that several of the children only get $1.00, but we must remember that the land John and Helen/Ellen owned was slowly sold to Charles and William. Perhaps the daughters received gifts before they left home an after their marriages. Yes, there is much more to do on Helen/Ellen Barclay and her life. I will leave that to her descendants as I am of the 1st wife Margaret and what to spend my time trying to find out more about her.


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Abstract: Denmark was among the first countries in the world to recognize the People's Republic of China. The created a good foundation for the development of a special relationship between China and Denmark, culminating in Prime Minister, Poul Hartling's meeting with Mao in October 1974 and characterized by further intensification of political, economic and cultural relations from the beginning of the 1980s. The recent agreement to establish a joint Sino-Danish University Centre in Beijing constitutes yet another high point. However, there have also been incidents of tension and conflict. This paper will especially address three of these incidents: the "cartoon crisis" of August 1967, the Danish criticism of China's human rights record in the spring of 1997, and the controversy relating to the Dalai Lama's visit to Denmark in May 2009. It is argued that the costs of pursuing a policy towards China based on normative considerations have become too high and is difficult to harmonize with a new Danish foreign policy of active internationalism. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8223
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Abstract: The recent Bo Xilai affair has created strains in the Chinese political system and has intensified the power struggle concerning the new leadership appointments due to take place at the 18th Party Congress. The pressure on the political system is intensified by a number of social phenomena such as increased fragmentation, vested interests, corruption, social unrest, increased income and social inequalities and a de facto reform stop since 2009. Some scholars believe that we now see the end of 'resilient authoritarianism' and that China either will experience a political and social collapse or move towards a democratic system. However, developments since 1989 show the regime's amazing ability to revitalize its organizational capabilities and regain its Mandate of Heaven. It may be too early to declare the Party over. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8622
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Ten general principlesLi, Xin; Brødsgaard, Kjeld Erik; Jacobsen, Michael (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We argue, due to the conspicuous failure of Washington Consensus-guided reforms in most part of the developing world in 1990s and the outbreak of the current global financial crisis, Washington Consensus, as a general term of the neoliberal free market economic thinking, has been withering. In the meantime, Chinese economic model has gain wide recognition and praise worldwide. Joshua C. Ramo coined the term of Beijing Consensus as an alternative approach to economic development for developing nations. There has been hot debate on the notion of Beijing Consensus. We argue even though there are some problems in Ramo's original definition of Beijing Consensus, we should not reject this notion altogether. Instead, we should try to come up with better conceptualizations of this term. In this paper, we sum up ten general principles of the Chinese development model as our new definition of the Beijing Consensus. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7830
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Abstract: It is the object of considerable debate in Western scholarship whether an authoritarian political order dominated by a strong communist party can continue to exist in China given the many challenges stemming from internal reform and the impact of globalization. Will China eventually turn democratic and will the communist party become obsolete and disappear, just as has happened in many other former communist countries. There seems to be a general consensus that Chinese political system is bound to change, but there is no agreement as to the direction and form of change... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8368
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During the opening of David LaChapelle's new exhibition "Earth Laughs in Flowers" at Fred Torres Collaborations last Thursday, a woman was crying and shaking slightly in the back office. Between sobs, the woman, a photographer named Katrina Eugenia, talked to Mr. LaChapelle who was in a porkpie hat and a striped shirt.
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Mr. LaChapelle's muse and downtown nightlife queen Amanda Lepore was standing with clubbing compatriot Baby Jane, a petite woman in an elaborate red dress and meringue-like headpiece.
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Daphne Guinness was wearing a glittering shoulder sculpture. "Daphne's such a creative person," said Patrick Toolan, an artist liaison with the gallery, about Mr. LaChapelle's muse and supporter. "She appreciates beauty on a whole different level, on a different realm that they see together."
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After extending a collector's edition launch on Steam by a week, Remedy Entertainment has found a publisher for the boxed edition of its Alan Wake release for the PC.
Legacy Interactive will distribute the game and release it in North America on April 3. The boxed edition wil also include "The Writer" and "The Signal" episodes previously released as downloadable content on consoles.
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How much does it cost to move across the country?
The national average cost for hiring cross-country movers is $1,490-$2,220. A number of factors can affect the cost. One factor is the distance you want to move. For example, an East Coast-based moving company may charge $5 per cubic foot for consolidated moves along the East Coast and $6 per cubic foot for consolidated moves from the East Coast to the central states or the West Coast. Another factor is how many belongings you have. Most cross-country movers charge by the cubic foot.
The type of move you want is another consideration in cost. You can have your belongings moved exclusively and delivered on a set day, or you can opt for a consolidated move, which is less expensive. In a consolidated move your belongings are stored and transported with the goods of other customers who are moving to your general vicinity during the same general time frame as you. Your belongings should arrive within a one- to two-week window, rather than on a set day. If you want the cross-country movers to pack your belongings for you, the cost will also increase.
How much does it cost to move a one-bedroom apartment across the country?
Professional movers can handle the hard work of moving your one-bedroom apartment across the country for you. You can determine what your move will cost by learning the rate your movers charge per cubic foot and how they factor distance into the total cost. Cross-country movers typically charge based on your belongings rather than apartment size because that determines how much work they will have to do. For example, a studio apartment that is crammed full of things will take more work and moving truck space than the contents of a three-bedroom apartment with very little furniture.
Cross-country movers may also have varying rates, depending on where in the country you are moving. For example, a company may charge $5 per cubic foot for consolidated moves along the East Coast and $6 per cubic foot for consolidated moves from the East Coast to the central states or the West Coast. A one-bedroom apartment costs approximately $1,500 to move across the country.
How much does it cost for long-distance movers?
Long-distance movers transport your belongings across the country for you. No more renting a trailer and road-tripping from state to state with your entire house hitched to your bumper. Long-distance movers make the move happen so you can fly to your new home, suitcase in hand, and wait for your furniture to arrive. Nationally, the average price range for long-distance movers is $1,490-$2,230. The distance you are moving and the number of cubic feet the movers have to transport will both affect cost. Another factor in long-distance moving costs is whether you choose to pay for an exclusive move or a consolidated move.
In an exclusive move, which is more expensive, your belongings are the only cargo on the moving truck. The movers travel directly to your new house and deliver your belongings on a scheduled day. A consolidated move is more affordable because the movers transport your belongings along with those of other people, saving them time and gas — which means you save money. The downside is that your belongings typically arrive with a two-week delivery window rather than on a prescheduled day. Read reviews to make sure you can trust the company with your possessions to ensure a peaceful moving process.
How much does a moving company charge per hour?
When you're ready to make a major move, it's time to research moving companies' prices. A moving company may charge on average anywhere between $25 and $100 per hour, per worker, for moving services. The price will vary with regional labor rates, local cost to do business, and the level of service the movers are providing. Nationally, the average hourly rate for a moving company is $250-$350 per hour. This price includes a range of pricing, from all-in service with four or more movers on site to standard hourly rates for one or two movers. Other factors that affect moving companies' prices are packing, stairs (or elevators), and distance. For a full-service move, you pay movers to pack your belongings for you. You may pay for the cost of the moving boxes and an hourly rate per worker, and there may be additional charges for packing fragile items. Stairs will also add to your moving prices. Lifting and carrying boxes and furniture up and down stairs takes more time and creates more physical labor for the workers. Moving companies may charge flat rates for flights of stairs, such as $50-$70 per flight. A moving company may also charge a one-time fee for moving things via elevator, such as $75-$100. If parking is not accessible in front of your home or apartment building, there may also be an additional fee for the added distance to carry your belongings to the truck.


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Upon first hearing Alight Of Night you could be instantly forgiven for thinking it was 1986 all over again. But trust me, that really doesn't tell anywhere near half the story. Go through each of the eleven songs that make up Crystal Stilts' debut long player and it almost feels like being driven through a guided tour of rock'n'roll's most incisive, dare I say coolest, esprit de corps of the previous four decades. What makes this record even more alluring is that rather than getting bogged down by basic primal instincts like a million and one ladrock bands and awful 1980s pastiches, Crystal Stilts actually use their undoubted retro nuance to create something entirely unique, and ultimately modern sounding in the process.
It's not as if Crystal Stilts have just stumbled upon their era rather than genre cross-pollinating vision by chance either. Initially formed in Florida as far back as 2002 by vocalist Brad Hargett and guitarist JB Townsend, their first release, a self-titled 12" single some three years later actually featured embryonic versions of three of Alight Of Night's most precious moments. In the interim years, they've been steadily perfecting their sound, honing (and in some cases building up) the songs while relocating to New York and recruiting band members, including one time Vivian Girl Frankie Rose on sticks duty. One would also suspect that over that time they've been broadening their listening horizons too, as the closing shimmer of 'The City In The Sea', one of the newer songs here, could quite easily be The Velvet Underground if they'd been born some twenty years later and grown up listening to the Chemikal Underground roster rather than the Flying Nun and (early) Creation ones that feature so prominently at regular intervals on Alight Of Night.
Although initially released towards the back end of last year on excellent US indie Slumberland, Alight Of Night found itself lost in the annual Christmas rush. Fortunately, London imprint Angular saw the potential of both band and record were too good an opportunity to turn down and so here it is, four months after its initial release, re-packaged and almost certainly destined for many end-of-year "Best Of's", even at this early stage of 2009.
Musically, Crystal Stilts' use of analogue recording equipment not to mention a healthy dose of feedback and distortion creates an eerie vibe throughout the whole album, ably polished off by Hargett's haunting, sometimes lyrically unintelligible but never too understated vocal. Opening gambit 'The Dazzled' for example sounds like Iggy Pop's 'The Passenger' if The Addams Family cast had re-recorded it as their theme tune, original 1964 members of course. Take one step further into 'Alight Of Night' and a crescendo of surf-twang guitar a la Link Wray and Farfisa organ acts as a portal to Crystal Stilts next level, their eponymous statement of intent mentioning "distorted dreams" through its own self-imaginative haze of fug and noise in one of the album's more radio-friendly exercises.
Its hard to pinpoint one exact highlight on an album that boasts so many throughout, but 'The SinKing' and its referential doff of the cap to My Bloody Valentine's least affectionate Gun Club swooning period comes close, as does possibly the oldest song on the record, 'Departure', revamped and retitled from its earliest release on the previously mentioned EP back in 2005. Here, its upbeat graveyard stomp, engulfed in Townsend's studied licks and organist Kyle Forester's perspicuous interludes recalls what the soundtrack to much-revered London niterie The Batcave must have sounded like back in 1982.
Although there is a definite feel at times that Alight Of Night could almost be a concept album; Hargett's monotone larynx, the less than conspicuous referencing of the "dark side" throughout, the almost continuous flow that implies Alight Of Night when listened to closely (and preferably with a lyric sheet at hand) could almost be the hidden script of a long-forgotten b-movie revealing itself in a modern-day art form. Nevertheless, every single song on this record when heard in its own right stands up quite admirably and even the album's less-prominent numbers such as 'Bright Night' and 'Graveyard Orbit' soar above almost all of Crystal Stilts' peers on the basis of mystery (not to mention individuality) alone.
Quite simply, Alight Of Night is one of the most breathtaking records these ears have been partial to in a long while, and even if Crystal Stilts never make another record, their legacy is assured.
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Prevent flashover-related bearing failure in electric motors and generators
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Q: Should I always add pond salt to my pond, or just when my fish are sick?
Ron – Whitefish Bay, WI
A: To salt or not to salt? It's a question hotly debated by koi hobbyists. When used in low doses, salt has many health benefits for your fish – but when used in too-high doses, it can do more harm than good. Here's what you need to know about adding salt to your pond.
Benefits Aplenty
Salt isn't just for helping to heal sick fish. Constant exposure to low salt levels can improve your fishes' overall health. It can improve gill function and oxygen uptake, reduce stress, and build a stout slime coat that'll help them ward off parasites, bacteria and disease. Salt also adds beneficial electrolytes to the water.
The Right Type
You can't, however, just dump a scoop of common salt, like tasty table salt or ice-melting rock salt, into the water. Fish friendly Pond Logic® Pond Salt is made from pure evaporated sea salt – and that's it. It contains no iodine, chloride or other harsh chemicals that could harm your fish.
Just Add Salt
If you're adding low doses of salt to your pond and have no aquatic plants, use 2½ cups of salt per 100 gallons of water and disperse the pond salt evenly around the shoreline. Salt will not evaporate or get filtered out, so the only time you need to add more salt is when you do water changes.
Mind the Plants
If you have lilies and other aquatic plants living with the fish in your water garden, use 1¼ cups of salt per 100 gallons of water. Scatter it around the shoreline, being careful to avoid direct contact with your greenery.
Salt Therapy
Fish with parasites or bacterial infections can benefit from a salt bath. Prepare an isolation tank with 5 cups of salt per 100 gallons of pond water (not tap water) and add some vigorous aeration. Place the patient in the tank for 5 to 10 minutes, and then return it to the pond.
Try adding some salt to your pond today. Your fish will thank you for the spa treatment!
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