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As food prices rise, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is not fond of claims that ethanol production is a major cause. He also says an uptick in grain prices will not have a big impact on conservation programs.
"Ethanol production (doesn't have) a significant impact and effect on food prices," said Vilsack after touring an Iowa biofuel facility on Tuesday. "There's a misconception in the public that ethanol is driving up food prices. That isn't the case. In 2008, the last time we had an increase in food prices, we saw ethanol responsible for about 10 percent of the overall increase – a very small percentage.
"That's reflected in the fact that farmers get only 16 cents out of every food dollar."
For more on Vilsack's Iowa tour, see Vilsack, Jackson on EPA regulations and myths.
What's responsible for the other 84 cents? "Energy costs, oil costs," insisted Vilsack. "We ought to be looking at ways we can reduce our reliance on oil," a commodity with extreme fluctuations in price.
Despite high corn prices, "we see interest in our CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) program. … It's true we'll have more corn acres. But it might be at the sacrifice of another commodity – maybe fewer bean acres, fewer wheat acres. … Overall, I don't think we necessarily see a significant reduction in the amount of conservation activity. We'll continue to promote conservation and have a proper balance.
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Teacher Pay Still Losing Ground
As a new report examines the teaching penalty, media myths about "overpaid" educators persist.
By Cindy Long
When Jason Hubler, a fifth-grade teacher from Jefferson County, Kentucky, heard a Fox News host claim families making $250,000 a year aren't rich, he was floored.
"Maybe at the end of my career I might earn a third of that. But yet teachers are considered overpaid?" he asks in astonishment.
Hubler is weary of all the news reports claiming that overpaid, greedy teachers are to blame for budgets shortfalls and are simply unwilling to sacrifice. He works at least 10 hours a day and many weekends, has a master's degree, and pays for extra supplies for his classroom out of his own pocket. He's even used his own money to rebuild computers so everyone in his class has access to technology.
After 12 years in the classroom, Hubler makes $50,000 a year. He feels he puts in more than his fair share, and yet, when he compares his level of education and years of experience on the job with those in the private sector, he finds a discernable difference in pay.
Turns out Hubler is right, and the pay difference is more than discernable.
According to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), public school teachers in 2010 earned about 12 percent less than comparable workers—a pay gap that's been persistent for the past two decades and that accelerated between 1996 and 2000, an economic boom time for other workers.
"The teacher pay penalty is much larger than it was 50 years ago," says Lawrence Mishel, co-author of The Teaching Penalty: An Update Through 2010. "And it grew over the last 15 years because teachers didn't benefit from the late 1990s boom in wages that other workers experienced."
With so much attention on how teachers are faring during this recession, it's easy to forget that nobody complained when they didn't receive the big wage increases the private sector enjoyed during the heyday of real estate bubbles, dotcom booms, and economic prosperity. It was a period of low unemployment and the only period of rapid pay growth over the past 40 years, yet none of it trickled down to educators.
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Renee Moore has been a tax-paying, hard-working classroom teacher in Mississippi for more than 20 years, and she resents the notion that her state pension is a gift from other taxpayers.
"A hefty chunk of our own paychecks goes into that retirement fund every month and year," she says. "That's in addition to the money we pay into Social Security and taxes like almost everyone else—everyone except those who make so much money, they barely pay taxes at all. Teacher pension packages breaking the state budget? Hardly."
Moore wants to know why, instead of picking on teachers, other taxpayers aren't accusing the wealthy of shirking their fair share.
That's because right-wing politicians don't want people looking at the very wealthy. In a strategy of divide and conquer, they'd rather pit private sector workers against public employees than have them pay attention to the fact that wages in both the public and the private sector have fallen far behind gains in U.S. productivity. They also don't want middle class workers to know that the top 5 percent of Americans hold almost 65 percent of the country's wealth.
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Between 1989 and 2010, U.S. productivity grew by 62.5 percent, but wages only grew by 12 percent for both private sector and public workers. When the recession hit—with its foreclosures, falling housing values, and skyrocketing employment—it devastated the net worth of millions of Americans. But the wealthy kept getting wealthier.
"Typical workers and families continue to struggle against high rates of unemployment, stagnating wages, and foreclosure, while the wealthy have enjoyed significant gains in the stock market, and benefited from corporate profits," says Economic Policy Institute economist Sylvia Allegretto.
And right-wing politicians like New Jersey's Gov. Chris Christie are exacerbating the situation by rewarding the wealthy with tax breaks.
"You know, at some point there has to be parity," Christie said in a speech last year. "There has to be parity between what is happening in the real world, and what is happening in the public sector world."
Some in New Jersey are questioning whether Christie knows the definition of parity.
The average salary for public school teachers in his state is $67,000. But Christie has rewarded millionaires by extending income tax breaks for those earning over $1 million dollars.
At a town hall meeting last month, Christie said that the "most important thing to student success is the quality of the teacher in front of the classroom."
But how do you attract the best and brightest to classrooms when you continue to chip away at their salaries and silence their voices at the bargaining table?
"You can't on one hand say that an effective teacher is the most important thing in a school and on the other hand not pay attention to the pay and working conditions those teachers need to be effective in their profession," says EPI's Mishel.
What it boils down to is what people believe a teacher's value is to society.
While Wall Street hands out millions in salaries and bonuses to attract top talent, parents at Jason Hubler's school back in Kentucky accuse teachers of being overpaid if they're seen driving a convertible.
"It's disheartening," he says.
Learn more about how NEA advocates for professional educator salaries by visiting www.nea.org/pay.


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John A. Byrne is the founder and editor-in-chief of C-Change Media, publishers of Poets&Quants and four other higher education websites. He has authored or co-authored more than ten books, including two New York Times bestsellers. John is the former executive editor of Businessweek, editor-in-chief of Businessweek. com, editor-in-chief of Fast Company, and the creator of the first regularly published rankings of business schools. As the co-founder of CentreCourt MBA Festivals, he hopes to meet you at the next MBA event in-person or online. View all posts by John A. Byrne


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Do you "look Chinese"? Well, if Beijing's taxi drivers don't think so, you'll find it much harder to hail a taxi than the locals.
Beijing taxi drivers avoid foreigners
I've heard various explanations – non-Mandarin speakers are difficult to understand, and apparently it causes a 'loss of face' for a taxi driver to admit that he/she doesn't speak English. More likely, though, is that us non-Mandarin speakers are hard work – we sing Mandarin words repeatedly trying to find the right tone, and we often don't know where we're going, or at least, how to pronounce where we're going in Chinese
Attempting to hail a post-dinner cab with a few Australian friends, the "Don't look Chinese? I don't drive people who don't look Chinese" taxi policy appeared to be in full swing. As the minutes (and empty cabs) passed us by, our frustration was noted by a local (read: Chinese) man who introduced himself as Mark. He offered to help us hail taxis, and soon we were in business.
Let's have a beer with Mark
As our group numbers diminished, it became obvious that Mark – a young, Chinese student with perfect English, was actually a great find, and it would be a shame to speed off in a taxi away from our new local friend. "Hey Mark," I enthused, "How about we go and have a beer?". For whatever reason, Mark didn't feel comfortable going to a bar with us, but he advised us he would buy beers and bring them back to our corner.
I've read that Beijing Chinese are famed for their generosity, and fights over the bill are common. When I insisted that Mark take my 10 quai ($1.50 – there would be change…) to buy the beers, an argument ensued, which I won, reasoning that transportation of said beers to the street corner was hospitality enough. Having my money in his shirt pocket, Mark offered his mobile phone as collateral – to be collected on his return. We dismissed his gesture and off he rode to get those beers. When he returned with three Tsing Tao 'longnecks' (I don't know what the locals call them, that's an Aussie term for ridiculously large beer) he gave me the 4 quai change, meaning the 3 beers cost just under a dollar, total.
Mark is enrolled in Japanese studies at university. He is working at a Japanese restaurant in a Western 5 star hotel, and speaks perfect English. He told us he learned English by singing Richard Marx songs and watching American movies, neither of which explained his slightly Danish accent.
I didn't ask our host to sing a Richard Marx song, which upon reflection was either a gross oversight or a demonstration of good judgment on my part – I have little doubt Mark would have sung for us had we insisted.
The media in China and other topics foreigners like to raise
We talked politics for a while, with me asking about how Mark feels about the media in China. "In Australia, we have all sorts of media from all over the world… Journalists can report on what they like, but my feeling is that that isn't the case in China – does that bother you?". "To be frank," Mark began sternly, "We like our media the way it is." End of discussion, at least on that topic…
As we sat on the curb of the footpath, watching the midnight parade of a Beijing street pass us by. Over there, a man in his 40s sits, shirtless, trying to cool himself in the frustratingly warm breeze. Here, a family of a father, mother and small daughter meander past in their pajamas – perhaps they didn't have air conditioning, and couldn't sleep in the heat? Cyclists spin past with baskets laden with shopping. A man lobbing a large hessian bag full of plastic bottles reaches into the nearby bins to collect his bounty.
Although 'media' was clearly not on the agenda, Mark was still keen to talk politics, particularly about Mao and the various government decisions that have led to what Mark described as China's growing prosperity. Chairman Mao's picture is at the geographic heart of Beijing – looking down on Tienanmen Square from the Southern wall of the Forbidden City. It is interesting to hear someone born in 1987 speak of the Government with such enthusiasm and interest. It's not common in Australia to hear 21-year-olds sing the Federal Government's praises – or for them to even have an opinion.
Australia's Prime Minister has a Chinese name… Luke Erwin
Speaking of the Australian government, I was curious as to whether Australia's Mandarin-speaking Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, was the Chinese-household name Australians believe he is. Well, from my sample of one, yes he is. Turns out the Chinese have a name for Kevin – it sounds like Lu-ker-wen… Here's me trying to learn the pronunciation:
We talked for a while about life in Australia, and I talked about how the sky was blue almost every day. Clouds pass and it's blue. I expressed to Mark my frustration that he and his Chinese compatriots didn't enjoy clean, clear air like me and my friends in Australia. "The way I see it," I began, "Almost everything I own is made in China: my clothes, my computer, my bike, my car. I get a lot of benefits from these things, but the costs of producing them – the environmental costs, are paid for by people in China. The pollution in the air, soil and water is from factories making things – in part – for me. I get the gain, China gets the pain. I don't think that's fair." Mark listened, but he liked me talking about the pollution about as much as he liked me asking about the media, so that conversation didn't go too far, either
I've traveled fairly widely, and I've talked politics with Canadians, Brits, Kiwi's, Indians, Americans, French and Germans… All those nations are democracies… When we talk about the policies of our own governments, even though we have a stake in our governments through the voting/lobbying processes, I've never experienced the kind of ownership/responsibility/defensiveness displayed by our host.
We actually talked and joked about lots of topics, but I've chosen to focus on the 'diplomatic talks' feeling of the conversation, because I've read an article in today's Herald that goes some way to explain my experience, and offers some interesting ideas about the rise of China.
In John Garnaut and Hamish Macdonald's article, China's Strong March, the journalists outline their perspective on China's media and economy, and prospects for the future. The article explains that Mark's enthusiasm for the government isn't uncommon – according to the US-based Pew Research Centre quoted in the story, 86% of Chinese respondents believe their country is heading in the right direction, up from 48% in 2002. That figure is explained by describing the way the propaganda office in China has been using Western-style PR to manage perceptions in the Chinese people.
In what makes this my longest ever blog post, I have taken the most salient quotes from "China's Strong March" and included them below. It's worth reading the whole article, but here's the brief version:
Propaganda/PR driving popular opinion
"[In 1989] Deng Xiaoping instructed the post-Tiananmen leaders to also make one crucial departure from the previous years of reform. From that moment they would place as much importance on propaganda as they did on the economy."
"The party elevated its propaganda chief to the inner cabinet and extended his reach to each tier of government and every realm of public communication."
"As the Communist Party moved beyond the ideals of revolution to the imperatives of staying in power. After the Soviet Bloc collapse, the public was educated on the perils of premature democracy. The news media were guided to incessantly show the chaos that followed the collapse of Soviet communism and ethnic bloodshed after the break-up of Yugoslavia."
"China has rebuilt its propaganda apparatus with tools and methods based as much on Western public relations theory as Marxist-Leninist dogma, censorship and coercion. "In the 1960s people weren't necessarily convinced, they were just terrorised into submission," says [Anne-Marie Brady, an expert on Chinese politics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand] who this year published a forensic account of China's propaganda system, Marketing Dictatorship. "Now they stress management rather than control because they understand that persuasion is more effective than force."
China's PR in action
"[Within weeks of the Sechwan Earthquake] Sheng Si, Bu Li (Alive or Dead, Never Apart). The song, hastily composed by an official disaster committee in Beijing and sung by the martial arts movie star Jackie Chan, was broadcast nationwide. It was a sentiment that drowned out the anger from the bereaved parents of children killed in shoddy school buildings."
It's us vs. the world – the Chinese perspective
"Incidents such as the clash of Chinese and American military aircraft, the Tibetan riots, the Olympic torch relay and even the Sichuan earthquake were immediately framed in the nationalist narrative of a resurgent China defending itself against a hostile world."
The Olympics
-China's tense determination to host a "successful" Olympics and its clinical campaign to top the gold medal tally are part of the new narrative about redressing past humiliation. "We have to have a good Olympics," said the Vice-Premier, Wang Qishan, when he was mayor of Beijing last year. "Otherwise not only will our generation lose face but also our ancestors."
China's booming economy
"So where is China headed? Chinese officials don't like talking about how big their country's going to be – the world is wary enough already about "China Rising" – but the Chinese economy looks set to power on much as it has for three decades, at a time when the West appears set for a few tough years. Geo-political power will shift accordingly."
"The West has no direct lever to force China to change domestic policies. It could close its wallets today and China would hardly notice. China, on the other hand, has become the single biggest lender to the US Government, as Beijing works out what to do with the $US2 billion ($2.2 billion) in foreign exchange reserves it accumulates each day… If China pulled those investments, American and world interest rates would soar and the financial crisis would become a global catastrophe… Thankfully, that's not going to happen. To analysts such as Richard Rigby – the director of the Australian National University's China Institute, a former senior China analyst at the Office of National Assessments and a former consul-general in Shanghai – it's a financial version of the Mutually Assured Destruction doctrine that kept the nuclear superpowers, the US and the Soviet Union, at arms' length for so long."
Taiwan as a tipping point
"If there's a "tipping point" to worry about, it's when China's military feels it can control the seas around Taiwan for the five days or so before the US can send massive reinforcements. At this point the Chinese leaders – aware American public opinion cares little for Taiwan's fate – might expect Washington to rethink, and US allies such as Japan and Australia to waver. A report to the US Congress in April said this "anti-access" capability could be reached as early as 2010.


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In a career spanning four decades, Sunfire's founder and chief designer Bob Carver has morphed from bushy to bald, young Turk to elder (or at least older) statesman, and iconoclast to anointed icon. Throughout, one thing neither he nor his designs has ever been is dull, and Sunfire's latest "Theater Grand" A/V receiver is no exception.
The Sunfire Theater Grand Receiver 3 is short on bleeding-edge features: no video upconversion to HDMI; no auto-calibration routine; no high-def menu system. (It does boast a unique stereo-enhancement circuit, however, more on which anon.) But what this obviously well-built, surprisingly compact receiver does have, like many classic Bob Carver designs, is power, and lots of it. Despite its modest size (a benefit of Carver's "Tracking Downconverter Amplifier" topology), the TGR-3 specs 200 watts from each of seven channels. And while Sunfire does not explicitly claim that with all driven simultaneously, the Grand's performance on this demanding test set a new benchmark for receivers in my lab.
SETUP Straightforward rear-panel layout and fixed input assignments made setup unusually quick and easy. The three HDMI inputs feed the DVD, SAT, and VID1 source postions, as do the three component-video inputs. Each of these positions also has a coax/optical digital audio path permanently assigned to it (the Sunfire doesn't extract any digital audio from HDMI, so you need at least two cables from an HDMI source). There's a fourth digital audio path permanently assigned to the CD input. The downside here is that three digital-audio-equipped video source inputs are not a lot: Hook up, say, a digital-cable box, an upconverting or high-def DVD source, and a terrestrial DTV tuner, and you're out of slots. No front-panel convenience inputs for a game console or camcorder, either.
Menus are simple, intuitive, and purely text-based - compared to the latest powerfully graphic on-screen GUIs from across the Pacific, they look a bit crude, but they do the job. Unfortunately, the TGR-3 doesn't display any graphics over its HDMI monitor output, so if you've got an HDMI-capable TV, you'll be running a second cable and switching inputs.


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1:20PM: It's almost time for Microsoft's separate Surface keynote. Yeah, two keynotes from one company on the same day. We're live blogging that too over here.
12:13PM: And that's a wrap. A bunch of Microsoft employees are going on stage and taking away the devices that were on display. Wow. That's really it. There's no news. They just talked about what we already know about Windows 8. There were no new devices. There were no new features. Ballmer and Sinofsky said the same things they've been saying about Windows 8 for some time. This really is just a Windows 8 celebration. Are they going to give everyone a Surface? Maybe?
12:12PM: "Windows 8 PCs are the best PCs ever," Ballmer says. "Most importantly, for today, Windows 8 brings together the best of the worlds. You will absolutely love the new windows. But you're not going to take my word for it. I encourage you, check them out. Seeing, touching, clicking and swiping is really believing."
12:10PM: Microsoft expects 670,000,000 upgrades to Windows 8 and 400,000,000 new PCs annually (most of which will run Windows 8). Ballmer says that developers are going to stock the shelves of the Windows Store for these hundreds and millions of Windows 8 users. he says that developers love that Windows 8 runs on various devices and they love the terms of the Windows Store. Uh, that might not be entirely true considering all of the hubbub surrounding the open vs. closed Windows Store debate.
12:09PM: Now to Windows Phone 8. It has the same Live Tiles, the same Microsoft account and the same SkyDrive access. We're going to hear more about the Windows Phone on Monday, in San Francisco. (We'll be liveblogging that event, too!)
12:08PM: Ballmer is telling Windows enterprise users that Windows 8 will be just as great for them.
12:07PM: You can pair your Xbox 360 to your Windows 8 device. When you watch a movie, your Windows tablet becomes your second screen, it magically serves up information about the movie you're watching. You don't have to do anything at all, except enjoy, Ballmer says.
12:06PM: "Skype on Windows 8, *muah!*" Yes, Ballmer just did the hand-kiss gesture, the one that chef's use when they create a delicious dish. Classic.
12:05PM: Internet Explorer 10 is perfect for touch, Ballmer says. Just as you can pin applications on the Start Screen, you can also put your favorite websites on your Start Screen. This is one of my favorite features in Windows 8 – you can really pin anything.
12:03PM: Now Ballmer is going over all of the different areas that Microsoft has worked on to match Windows 8. There's Office, Bing, Internet Explorer, MSN, Outlook.com, SkyDrive, Skype, Xbox Music, Video and Games. All of these are built-in to Windows 8.
12:03PM: "Our partners have come up with incredible new designs. Are these new designs PCs? YES. Are these new designs tablets also? YES. Some of the flip, some of the dock, some of them convert, some of them attach. The best of PCs and tablets in one form factor," Ballmer says. "So what can you do with your gorgeous new PC device? Anything!"
12:02PM: Yawn. Is there any news?
12:01PM: "There's an advancement that really pushes what the meaning of the PC is, and that of course is touch," Ballmer says. Ballmer is pretty much repeating what Sinofsky has already said.
11:59AM: "All of your documents will be available to your from SkyDrive... It will all be there. Everything and everybody you really care about," Ballmer says. "Windows 8 PCs are the best PCs ever. The lineup is both diverse and stunning. This is just a very small sample of what will be available. For the first time, Windows 8 has first rate tablets as well as PCs and notebooks." It's also the first time Windows will support ARM, AMD and Intel chips. "These are the thinnest, the lightest, and the fastest PCs ever created."
11:58AM: "Live Tiles will effortlessly update your Start Screen as things change in your world," Ballmer says. "Windows 8 is connected to all of your stuff in the cloud with almost no effort on your part... The experience is really magical."
11:57AM: Steve Ballmer is in the house! "It really is an exciting, exciting day. Yeah I'm excited," he booms. He says that starting tonight at 12:01AM you can buy a Windows 8 device from one of Microsoft's partners or Microsoft. "Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC really is. We've truly reimagined Windows... Just look, seriously, just stop and look at all of these gorgeous and gorgeous machines and how alive they all are with activity. You can imagine what your own Windows 8 device will look like and how incredibly personal it will be."
11:56AM: Now we're watching another Windows 8 ad. A lot of picture passwords being shown off.
11:55AM: Cheers and claps for Surface RT. Mike is showing off the Touch Cover, the click and integrated kickstand... "I think it makes a great addition to what our partners have built," Mike says.
11:53AM: Mike wants to remind the crowd that all of these apps they just showed run on Windows RT devices. Now we're talking about Windows RT devices. There's the Lenovo Yoga 11, the Dell XPS 10, the Samsung Ativ Tab, the Asus Vivo Rap RT... and oh what's that? The Surface RT!
11:52AM: Now we're in a panorama of NYC using Bing Travel. This is actually really cool. I love panoramas! Julie loves it so much she's going to pin it to her Start Screen. Moving on now to games. They are really powering through a lot in a short amount of time.
11:51AM: Now he's done with Wikipedia app and wants to uninstall it. It's a one-click uninstall. Now Julie is showing us the Urbanspoon app. She's going to the Charm menu and sharing something with her friend Tammy. Now Tammy gets to eat at a fancy restaurant.
11:49AM: Mike says that Microsoft has been working with developer for over a year to get apps into the Windows Store for apps. Now they are going to show us how to download an app from the store. He's downloading Wikipedia while watching a movie on Hulu. It did download pretty quickly.
11:48AM: Mike and Julie are going through a dozen PCs, notebooks and convertibles on display on the right of the stage, basically to show off how Windows 8 spans across various sizes, styles and designs. Nothing new here yet.
11:47AM: Julie is showing off an Acer Aspire notebook. There is seriously an abnormal amount of cheering and clapping going on at this event.
11:46AM: People are clapping for the "real ink" feature that Mike just showed off in the Lenovo tablet.
11:45AM: The PCs designed for windows 8 are thinner, boot in half the time and sometimes weigh one third the weight of PCs from three years ago when Windows 7 launched. Now Mike is showing off the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2, which runs Windows 8 Pro. High efficiency, 10 hours of battery, "full-featured PC", 3G, 4G, LTE – specs, specs, specs.
11:44AM: SkyDrive is a big topic for Microsoft as well. It syncs with Windows Phones, and now the two are swiping on their Windows Phone 8 devices on stage. "This is the biggest wave [of new devices] ever," Mike says.
11:42AM: Now time to talk about the desktop. Julie says that everything you want remains in the desktop (well, except for that Start menu...). You can get to File Explorer, and Microsoft Office 2013 works just the same on the desktop as it would in Windows 7. You run the desktop side by side with other Windows 8 apps.
11:41AM: We're really going through all of the features right now. Xbox Music, Xbox Video, etc. Windows 8 is reportedly 33-percent faster. People cheer. Pretty sure these are Microsoft people.
11:39AM: Mike is showing how you can personalize Windows 8. Julie: "Windows 8 comes with everything you need right out of the box... It's going to enable a whole new class of webpages to be developed."
11:38AM: Mike Angiulo and Julie Larson-Green have taken the stage. First they are going to start showing Windows 8 on Windows 7 PCs. Julie is showing the picture password feature and how much "fun" Windows 8 is. She does look like she's having fun switching through apps right now.
11:37AM: Now we're going to see some demos of Windows 8. They are playing a video of various Windows 8 features like Mail, Maps, Messaging and the Start Screen.
11:36AM: Microsoft has partnered with Asus, Dell, Lenovo and Samsung to ensure that Windows RT is a great experience in hardware as well.
11:35AM: Sinofsky says that this assures that your Windows RT experience remains stable. Oh, but Windows RT does work with any peripherals that you want. Printers, hooray! Windows RT supports 420 million existing hardware devices from mice to keyboards to bluetooth external devices and more.
11:34AM: Sinfosky is talking about Windows RT right now. He is talking about mobility and convertibles. It has Office 2013. "Windows RT is different than Windows 8, it doesn't run apps built for Windows 7." Ding ding! That's what we need to hear. "Windows RT can run, AND IT ONLY RUNS, Windows apps from the Windows Store." (emphasis mine.)
11:33AM: "We know that some people might start to count apps or wait for their favorite apps to arrive in the Store," Sinofsky says. But he says that hundreds of new apps are being added every single day. Thousands of new developers are joining the Windows 8 ecosystem, so the Windows Store has more apps than any competing app store had at its opening. Impressive... but it's still behind.
11:31AM: Now we're tackling the Windows Store, perhaps one of the most controversial new features in Windows 8. Sinofsky says that it's actually a great new opportunity for developers. The Store is available in 231 markets today.
11:29AM: There are more than 1,000 devices certified for Windows 8. That's cool, I guess. But choice overload? There will even be new Windows 8 PCs for under $300. Sinofsky is saying "new" a lot. "Windows 8 powers a new generation of tablets and PCs... All of the PCs we're showing off today show the highest level of collaboration we've ever had."
11:28AM: Sinfosky: Today we're at the start of a new era with the Windows 8. Now you get a touch display, which I am a big fan of. "The heart of the Windows 7 desktop remains," Sinofsky assures the crowd. Every new Windows 8 PC will come with a How To. "Just don't worry about it," Sinofsky says.
11:26AM: Now Sinofsky is talking about the benefits of Windows 8. He claims 13-percent better battery life, faster boot times (under 10 seconds on new PCs), smaller memory footprint, compatibility with Windows 7 hardware. Microsoft did 1,240,000,000 hours of testing, spanning over 190 countries, on Windows 8.
11:25AM: They have three Windows announcements today: Windows 8, the grand opening of the Windows Store for apps and the release of Windows 8 PCs, and finally, the Windows RT experience. Sinofsky: "This is the Windows 8 experience optimized for PCs built on the ARM processor."
11:24AM: Windows has had 16 million installation in the pre-release builds of Windows 8. That's a lot! And Sinofsky says that they have written 650 pages of blogs posts detailing building Windows 8.
11:23AM: In creating Windows 8, we shunned the incremental, Sinofsky says. It's the next generation of Windows.
11:23AM:Sinofsky is looking back to Windows 95, and how different it is today. We didn't have email, smartphones, text messaging...
11:21AM: Three years ago this week, Microsoft launched Windows 7. 670 million licenses to consumers.
11:20AM: Steven Sinofaky is onstage
11:05AM: A livestream of today's Windows 8 keynote is also available on Microsoft's site
10:56AM: Microsoft has let us in and we're sitting in front of the stage where the keynote is expected to start in 15 or so minutes. The big screen is playing a slideshow of Windows 8 lock screens.
10:45AM: We're inside, where Microsoft has set up a room full of Windows 8 devices, a table of food, and plenty of couches. Press is mingling and playing with all of the desktops, notebooks, tablets and convertibles. We're all waiting for the upcoming keynote.
NEW YORK – Microsoft is launching two of its most important products to date: Windows 8 and Surface. The company is hosting its Windows 8 coming-out party and a Surface tablet reception on Thursday at Pier 57 in New York City, and Wired is here to deliver the excitement as it happens.
A year after its introduction, Microsoft is finally ready to launch the Windows 8 operating system this Friday, Oct. 26. To celebrate, the company is making a big show of the product launch, taking over NYC's Times Square and hosting an almost all-day event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET on Thursday.
Gadget Lab staff writer Alexandra Chang (@alexandra_chang) will be on-site with live updates, including the blow by blow of the Windows 8 keynote, expected to be delivered by CEO Steve Ballmer, Windows President Steven Sinofsky, and other Windows and Surface execs.
For more on Windows 8, read our full review and our favorite features in the new operating system.


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According to a newly released poll from Gallup, men feel better about their looks than women feel about theirs at almost every age, minorities generally feel better about how they look than white people and middle-aged people feel the worst about how they look. Well!
After interviewing over 80,000 Americans 18 and older, Gallup found that Americans over the age of 64 and Americans under the age of 35 both felt roughly the same about their bodies:
Though many may pine for the physical appearance they had in their younger years, America's seniors are the most confident in their looks. Two-thirds (66%) of Americans aged 65 and older "agreed" or "strongly agreed" that they always feel good about their physical appearance, compared with 61% of 18- to 34-year-olds. Middle-aged Americans (54%) are the least likely to report feeling good about their appearance.
These results as they pertain to middle-age, however, appear to be skewed by white respondents: Gallup notes that "only whites' confidence in their appearance drops sharply in middle age. Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics all maintain their positive perspective on their physical appearance through middle age, and then become even more confident in their golden years."
The researchers would only speculate as to why feelings about physical attractiveness might differ over time and among different ethnic and racial categories. They also noted that they didn't measure "the actual physical attractiveness of the respondents." Yes, that would have gone well.
Images via Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty and Gallup


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Model #0-22263X9 Murray lawn mower
Here are the repair parts and diagrams for your Murray 0-22263X9 lawn mower.
The diagram(s) below can help you find the right part. If you'd like help, we invite you to call our customer service number at the top of the page, or click chat.
On this page, you can also find any manuals, installation guides and error code tables associated with this model.
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Interested In Doing an Arrest Records Search in Vermont On A Love Interest?
Most people want to practice caution before allowing a man/woman to enter their lives. The very first reason is to protect themselves from people with a criminal background and from psychopaths.
The best way to know about a person's criminal record is to check his/her arrest records from Vermont and from other parts of the country. For this, you will first need to understand a few things. Let's start with the "what, why and how" of arrest records.
How is an arrest record useful?
An arrest record is a detailed history of all the instances when a person was arrested. Through a person's arrest record, you can tell if the person is a regular next-door guy or girl, who got into trouble over something stupid, or if the person is a habitual offender.
An arrest record is also useful in cases of identity theft as it contains all the specific identifier details. Arrest records also include information on convictions, sentence given to an accused and fine paid or payable.
Why can't I find my boyfriend's 20 yr. old arrest record from Vermont
If you cannot find an arrest record, then in all likelihood, it may have been expunged. Some states allow an arrest record to be expunged. Sex offenders and traffic violators cannot get their records expunged. But in cases where the arrest did not lead to a conviction, the suspect can request the court to give an order for expungement of the arrest records from all publicly available databases.
People also find it difficult to trace arrest records of active cases with ongoing investigation. Sometimes an arrest record may be sealed. Sealing a record is not the same as expunging but it does make the arrest records unavailable to the general public.
What is an arrest report?
An arrest report is a document made by the police officer after the arrest. This is a detailed record of how the arrest was made, reason for arrest, time of arrest and the difficulties faced by the officer making the arrest, the arrest log and arrest booking information.
Does every state have to maintain an arrest log?
It is mandatory for every state and county to maintain an arrest log. The information found in an arrest log from VT is taken during arrest booking. It is elaborate and includes:
- – Charges for the crimes committed.
- – Date and place of offense.
- – Primary accused or accomplice.
- – Arrest time in the month, date and year format.
- – Physical description at the time of arrest like the height, weight, skin color, color of eyes, identification marks like tattoo's, piercings, scars etc.
- – Medical History and health status during arrest.
- – Arrest warrant issue date.
- – Bail amount.
- – Conditions for release.
- – Details of outstanding warrants and paroles from other states.
- – Birth date with full name and names of parents or adoption details.
- – Adult or juvenile.
- – Gender/Change of gender with name change.
- – Details of the court where the case has to be heard.
- – Mugs Shots.
Are the police blotter and arrest log the same?
A police blotter and an arrest log are two different things. I have already told you about the arrest log. A police blotter is a diary maintained by every police station about the daily events and arrests.
It is not as detailed as an arrest log and hence only includes the tasks carried out by the personnel of a police station on a specific day. So, if an arrest was made, the blotter would have the details pertaining to it, such as the name, age, gender and race of the suspect; the crime committed; the place and time of arrest; the name of the victim or the complainant and the police officer who handled the arrest.
It also includes the calls received by the police station. So basically, everything from serious to silly that happens at a police station is mentioned in the blotter. Till a few years ago, the blotter was published in the news papers in some counties to make people aware of the happenings in town.
The practice was later discontinued and now some counties publish the blotter on their Facebook pages. If you want to do an arrest inquiry, you can just walk into a police station and ask to look at it. Since reporters would sensationalize the items they would read in the police blotter, till a few years ago, the station chiefs would ask their officers to write a nicer version for the journos, instead of showing them the actual blotter.
Are jail records made public in Vermont
Jail records are public and can be checked by anyone, both offline and online. Jail records would give you the details of the county or state prison where the person is being held or was held. If you are looking for the jail history of a person, you don't need to necessarily look for the prison records. You can also access this information through the inmate locator.
Is it possible for there to be a mistake in an arrest record?
Though it is rare, but yes mistakes can happen anywhere, so it is possible for there to be a mistake in an arrest record. But people can get the mistake corrected by approaching the court of clerk's office. It is also possible to get your lawyer to get the arrest record corrected, specifically in cases where there was no conviction.
How can I get someone's arrest record in VT?
There are some online sites that help you to get an arrest record for a small fee. There is also an option to go to the clerk of court's office and get an informational copy, which is supposed to be free except the copying charges. If you need a certified copy, you will need to pay extra.
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What types of memory cards does this camera support?
This camera accepts SD and SDHC memory cards.
Olympus maintains a list of cards that have been tested and are known to be compatible with its digital cameras. To view this list, please click here.
Can I use this camera in salt water?
Yes. The camera body employs the same sealant technology as Olympus' underwater housings. Olympus warrants the operation of this model at depths of up to 16.4 feet for up to one hour.
As with any electronic device, proper care and maintenance are required to preserve the integrity and operation of this camera. After using the camera in salt water, immerse it in a bucket of fresh water for about 10 minutes. (Be sure the battery compartment/card cover and connector cover are firmly sealed!) Then let the camera air dry in the shade with good ventilation. Be sure to wipe off any excess water or debris before and after each use.
Will the camera get rusty if I use it in salt water?
The camera will get rusty if you leave it for a long time without care after using it in salt water. After the camera is used in the sea, take the following care precautions to preserve the waterproof capability:
Can I use this camera in hot springs?
No. The sulfur component in the hot springs will deteriorate the waterproof packing material of the camera. Even if the camera is washed after use, the sulfur component will remain on the camera.
Can I use the camera in any liquid other than water (e.g. oil or chemical liquids)?
No. Oil and other chemical liquids will damage the camera. Use the camera only in water.
How long can I stay underwater with my camera?
The waterproof feature of this camera is warranted to operate at depths down to 16.4 feet for up to one hour. The waterproof feature may be compromised if the camera is subjected to substantial or excessive impact.
Note that accessories compatible with this model, such as the battery charger, are not waterproof. Please be sure to carefully lock the battery/card compartment cover and connector cover before submerging the camera.
Does the camera float or sink in water?
The camera sinks.
Where can I find the documentation for my camera?
This camera is packaged with a printed Quick Start Guide that describes basic operations. Full manuals in several languages are stored as separate files in the camera's internal memory. To access the full manual, connect the camera to a computer using the USB cable bundled with the camera and then follow the instructions below for your operating system:
Replacement manuals are available online from OlympusAmerica.com. An electronic copy of the manual can be freely downloaded as an Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) file, and a paper copy can be purchased for a nominal fee, which covers the cost of printing and shipping the book. Click here to select your camera model and view its available manuals.
Note: Adobe Reader® software is required to view and print PDF files. If this program is not already installed on your computer, you can download the latest version for free directly from Adobe's Web site by clicking here.
Is the Instruction Manual available in a language other than English?
This camera ships with product documentation in many languages. The manuals are stored in separate files in the camera's internal memory. To access the manuals, connect the camera to a computer using the USB cable bundled with the camera and then follow the instructions below for your operating system:
You can transfer the manual(s) of your choice to your computer using standard techniques such as copy/paste or drag and drop. If you are not sure which file(s) to choose, open the Readme.pdf file to view a list of all manuals mapped to their filenames. (For U.S. English, choose ENU.pdf.)
If the camera's internal memory is erased (e.g. by using the FORMAT function), Windows users who have installed the [ib] software can find replacement manuals in a backup folder on their computers. The backup folder contains a subfolder with a randomized name, and inside that folder is the Manuals folder, which holds the PDFs of the manuals.
Mac users, or Windows users who formatted the camera's internal memory before running the setup/installation program, can obtain replacement manuals in selected languages from OlympusAmerica.com. Electronic copies can be freely downloaded, and paper copies can be purchased for a nominal fee, which covers the cost of printing and shipping the book. Click here to select your camera model and view its available manuals.
How can I maintain the waterproof capability of the camera?
The camera loses its waterproof capability if the battery/card compartment cover or the connector cover is open. Before using the camera, make sure that all the covers are closed firmly so that each lock makes a clicking sound. Do not open the battery compartment cover or the connector cover with wet hands, while underwater, or in a damp or dusty environment (e.g. the beach).
In addition, take the following care precautions when using your camera:
Can I change the battery or memory card while under water?
No. The waterproof capability of the camera will be compromised if the battery/card compartment cover or connector cover is opened while the camera is under water. Opening either door while the camera is submerged will flood the camera, cause extensive damage to the camera and/or memory card, and void Olympus' warranties.
It may not be possible to retrieve images from a memory card that has been exposed to water.
Where can I find information on how to use the [ib] software?
Answers to the most frequently asked questions about [ib] are collected here.
Detailed documentation of the software's functions is available in the application's Help file. To access the Help file, launch [ib] and choose ib Help from the Help menu.
I am a Mac user. What software can I use to view my images and movies on my computer?
The [ib] software bundled with this camera is not compatible with Macintosh operating systems. Mac users who wish to transfer their images and movies to a Mac for viewing, editing and sharing have two options:
Olympus maintains this Tips and Tricks page to help you learn how to use the OLYMPUS Master 2 software. Additional information can be found in the application's Help file.


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People who earn a college degree before getting married are much less likely to become obese than those who graduate from college after getting married, according to a new study.
America's welfare state is quietly evolving from needs-based to an employment-based safety net that rewards working families and fuels dreams of a better life, indicates a new study led by a Michigan State University (MSU) scholar.
The major reason: the little-known Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a $65 billion federal tax-relief program for poor, working families. The program has been expanded dramatically during the past 25 years, while cash welfare has been sharply curtailed.
For years social scientists have grappled with the question of why men receive far more media coverage than women, and now a new study reveals the answer.
The traditional pressure in academia for faculty to "publish or perish" advances knowledge in established areas. But it also might discourage scientists from asking the innovative questions that are most likely to lead to the biggest breakthroughs, according to a new study spearheaded by a UCLA professor.
Schools placed on probation due to subpar test scores spurs transfer patterns linked to household income, a study by New York University (NYU) sociologists finds.
Their study of a school accountability program in the Chicago Public Schools reveals that families were responsive to new information about school quality and that those with more financial resources were the most likely to transfer to other schools in the district or to leave the district altogether.
In an era where popular culture is increasingly recognized for its impact on lay understanding of health and medicine, few scholars have looked at television's powerful role in the creation of patient expectations, especially regarding pregnancy and birth.
Decades of successful integration efforts are at stake when one school district fights over school proximity and school "balancing."
When a Baltimore mom hit her son to keep him away from protests, many applauded her—but the myth of the superstrong Black mother does more harm than good.
LGBT educators struggle to balance professionalism and pride in the classroom, splittling, knitting, or quittting, in the words of the authors.
China and the U.S. look to each other's educational systems as they try to balance individualism and collectivism, ability and effort, and grade school and college rigor.


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Central Iowa branded as 'Cultivation Corridor'
State and local economic development officials in central Iowa have come up with a brand name and logo for the region in an effort to create an identity similar to that of Silicon Valley in California.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Gov. Terry Branstad were among the dignitaries at the unveiling of the "Cultivation Corridor" branding of an area within a 60-mile radius of Des Moines.
The idea is to focus attention on the marketing of agribusiness, biotechnology and renewable fuel products.
Iowa State University President Stephen Leath helped lead the 3-year process of identifying concepts and coming up with the idea.
He says the primary goals are to attract and retain top quality workers in agriculture biosciences, expand job creation, and create a ripple effect in the economy statewide.


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What is an ottoman storage bed?
An ottoman bed is a bed which lifts up from the base to reveal an abundance of storage space beneath. The beds typically use gas-lift hydraulics to give easier access to the storage area. These beds generally have more storage capacity than beds with standard drawer storage, making these the perfect bed choices for smaller rooms or in homes where other storage options may be limited.
What size ottoman bed frames are available?
Our selection of ottoman storage beds are available as:
- Singles
- Doubles
- King Size
- Super King Size
For small rooms and guest rooms, single ottoman beds work marvellously, providing generous storage options without taking up too much space in the bedroom. Our double ottoman and king size ottoman beds are great for larger rooms and give you even more storage capacity - perfect for storing extra bedding, clothes, shoes and other personal belongings.
What styles and finishes are ottoman beds available in?
Our fabric ottoman beds are highly popular and we offer a range of coloured fabric options including greys, whites, slate, blues and pinks so we are sure to have the right bed to suit any decor whether contemporary or traditional. Our York plush velvet ottoman bed frames are handcrafted in Yorkshire and are available in 10 colour options - perfect for adding a touch of glamour and chic design to your bedroom.
We also have a range of wooden ottoman bed frames which are available in natural oak, grey and white designs - these are highly versatile bed frame options and are able to easily complement the rest of your bedroom furnishings and bedroom designs.
Looking for the wow factor? Take a look at our ottoman TV bed range - not only do these beds offer practical storage solutions they are also beautifully designed with a contemporary edge complete with your own TV built directly into the frame, ready to appear at the touch of a button.


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Denise Seifert attended Saturday's annual Winterfest Parade in Norwich, and came away deeply impressed. "It was amazing. I wasn't expecting it to be so big," Seifert said. "And look at how it brings everyone together."
Denise Seifert attended Saturday's annual Winterfest Parade in Norwich, and came away deeply impressed.
"It was amazing. I wasn't expecting it to be so big," Seifert said. "And look at how it brings everyone together."
Seifert and her daughter, Madison, 5, were in New York Thursday for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Front porches along the parade route were packed with families who gathered to celebrate with one another, and even hand out candy and hot chocolate to parade-watchers on the sidewalks as marchers, floats and vehicles made their way through downtown.
Organizers said more than 2,000 people and a dozen floats took part in the parade, the first leg of Saturday's holiday-themed festivities. The day ended with Patrice Carrignan, 7, of Norwich, flipping a switch that illuminated 6,500 bulbs outlining City Hall.
For the second year in a row, officials planned the parade and Light Up City Hall to occur on the same day, hoping to draw even larger crowds.
The event was helpful for local businesses, which benefited from hungry – and cold – customers looking for a warm drink or a place to beat off the late November chill.
Parade coordinator Dave Wigfield was thrilled not only with the turnout this year, but the cooperative weather conditions.
"It's a very good day for Norwich," he said. "I was talking to spectators along the way, and they loved it."
Ciara Barbosa, 7, sat on a curb on McKinley Avenue with several family members and friends, waiting the parade to go by so she could cheer on her sister.
"Every year, our older sister is in it. She's 10," Ciara said.
Among the parade's highlights was a performance by Ancient Mariners Connecticut, a pirate-themed fife and drum corps that plays chanties and jigs in between firing a ship's cannon, which boomed several times along the route, accompanied by barefoot marchers.
Fire trucks from each of the city's departments, the Norwich Police color guard, Norwich Free Academy's band and a troupe from the Luis Pabon Dance Arts Centre also took part.
Pabon, who is celebrating 50 years of teaching dance in the region, was this year's grand marshal.
And as always, Santa and Mrs. Claus rode on a float at the end of the parade, to the delight of children like Alyssa Newson, 7, of Brooklyn.
"It was really good. We got candy and saw Santa's family," Alyssa said.
Her friend, 8-year-old Sophia Hamel, agreed.
"Seeing Santa with the reindeer and the lights was the best. Thumbs up," she said.
Madison Seifert, 5, marched the more than 2-mile parade route, and decided early on to remove her gloves because it was easier to wave.
"I marched and waved at everybody," she said.
At 5 Saturday afternoon, another large crowd gathered for another Norwich tradition - Lighting up City Hall for the holiday season.
Activities swirled on either side of the City Hall plaza, with free hot chocolate, magic shows, puppetry and a ventriloquist.
Joni Tramantozzi, of Norwich, and her daughter, Carrignan, waited for the sky to darken just enough for Patrice to light up City Hall with the help of Santa, who arrived on a Norwich Fire Department ladder truck.
Norwich is recognizing its 75th anniversary year as the "Christmas City of Connecticut," and it's a title that should be taken seriously, Mayor Peter Nystrom said.
"This is a festive reminder of what Norwich can be again. What's nice is the generational mix," Nystrom said. "As usual, the lights are always on in Norwich."


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Kosher to communion: Winner's path to Christ
Judging from her religious history, it's clear: when Lauren Winner does something, she does it all the way. When this daughter of a Jewish father and a lapsed Baptist mother decided to become more involved in Judaism as a 16-year-old college freshman, she didn't simply attend Friday services. She went all the way, officially converting to Judaism and practicing as an Orthodox Jew.
The move may have surprised her friends at Congregation Beth Israel on Jefferson Street, where during high school, Winner has said, she was "possibly the most involved teenager they had ever seen."
But after two years following the strict precepts of Judaism– including keeping kosher– she began to feel a spiritual pull in a different direction: toward Christianity.
"I had always been academically interested in Christianity," says Winner, "but over the years, it sort of morphed into also being a personal interest."
Though Winner was majoring in religious studies, she says her conversion transcended her academic pursuit. Instead, she says, it began with a dream she had during her sophomore year at Columbia.
"It seemed to be about Jesus," she says. Her discovery continued after she discovered a series of novels that follow the experiences of a small-town Episcopalian priest, Jan Karon's Mitford series.
"I was totally taken by them," she recalls. "I say it was God's sense of humor because I'm such an intellectual snob, and I have to say I was converted by middlebrow literature."
But leaving Judaism behind and embracing Christianity was easier said than done.
Still surrounded by her Orthodox Jewish friends in New York, "I didn't have the personal fortitude to do anything but read about Christianity," Winner says. But leaving New York to study abroad at Cambridge University gave her the distance she needed to take the next step.
"It was in England that I stopped flirting with this and committed to it," she recalls. "In hindsight, I see in a lot of people some relationship between geographical journeys and spiritual journeys. For me, I knew when I moved to England that I was going to go to church."
Once again, Winner went all the way, being baptized in the church of England and embracing evangelical Christianity.
She documented her conversion in her first book, Girl Meets God, and says putting her experience into print may have helped her friends and family understand her decision.
"Both of my parents said it was a privilege to read that," she says. "They got a window into what was going on in my life that I hadn't shared with them."
Other family members, who had a harder time accepting the change, hoped she might "grow out of it," she says. That book, followed by her 2002 "very churchy wedding" to fellow Christian Griff Gatewood, helped convince them of her sincerity, she believes.
While she says those who know her well understand her, she still encounters many misconceptions about her beliefs– and about evangelical Christians in general.
"There's been a very vocal group who have sought to say, 'If you're really a Christian, that means you have these particular political values,'" she says. Though Winner believes that the mainstream media have fostered the stereotype of evangelical Christians as right-wing nuts, she says her religious conversion was not accompanied by a political conversion.
"I was raised in a yellow dog Democratic household," she says, "and I still am one. I've never voted for a Republican."
Evangelical Christians, she explains, are defined by two things: a view of scripture as authoritative and an emphasis on a personal relationship with Jesus.
Another way Winner differs from some evangelical Christians is in the way she chooses to share the word of God. While spreading the gospel is a foundation of evangelicism, Winner doesn't usually do so in conversation with strangers.
Instead, she explains, "My personal writing does it."
And there has been plenty of it. Following Girl Meets God, Winner penned Mudhouse Sabbath (named for the Charlottesville coffeehouse), about the bond between Judaism and Christianity. However, it is her most recent book, Real Sex: The Truth about Chastity, that has generated the most buzz.
Though Winner lost her virginity at 15 and continued to have premarital sex into her 20s, her book encourages readers to wait for marriage and to hold sacred the depth of the union between a husband and wife.
Though she received offers from secular publishing houses, Winner says, she held out for a Christian publisher.
"I wrote it principally to engage a Christian audience," she says. "I didn't have an interest in converting the wider world to Christian sexual ethics." Even so, the book garnered national attention, receiving coverage in the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times.
Winner attributes part of its success to the fact that Real Sex has concepts that appeal to people from different religious backgrounds. "A lot of us can come together and say, 'I don't think it's good for my 14-year-old to be having oral sex with people she's known for three days,'" she says.
Now taking a break from book writing– and from her hometown– Winner is a guest lecturer in divinity at Duke University in Durham while completing her Ph.D. thesis for Columbia. She says she continues to push the limits of her faith.
"I'm still trying to figure out how to more and more thoroughly incorporate Christian practice into my life," she says. Although she teaches at a divinity school and is on the road every week lecturing about religion, she remains vigilant.
"I'm very wary of the dangers of becoming a professional Christian," she says. "When explicit pronouncements of your faith become how you pay your mortgage, you're in danger of things becoming stale and rote."
Somehow, it seems unlikely Winner will let that happen.
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Lauren Winner Winner says her religious conversion from Jew to evangelical Christian did not change her political views. "I've never voted for a Republican," she says.


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The business environment in China is of obvious importance to foreign investors having a strategic interest in China. Lately, they started wondering if the investment and operating environment is as welcoming as it used to be. Should it not be the case anymore, would this be a consequence of regulatory design, or is the situation simply the natural outcome of foreign capital now being less needed given that Chinese companies become challenging competitors?
As always, in China, signals are mixed. For example, while structuring and financing options for foreign investors are becoming more flexible and attractive, tax engagement is becoming more difficult and uncertain; the same can be said about competing in sectors considered to be "core" by the State.
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Wow. Slept in till 2:30pm. Nice.
I usually put it off until the very last minute, but I decided to pay my
extortion money NHI today. At the combini I also bought this Nestle mug pack. It was only 250 yen! I thought it was some kind of end-of-year gift thing, but it looks like it's an encouragement promotion for students about to do their entrance exams early next year. Anyway, can't argue with getting an (almost free) mug and coffee with a kit-kat.
After a very quick stint in Shinjuku, we went to Ochanomizu. Yes, guitar heaven so to speak.
I saw this clear plexiglass Les Paul copy and really wanted it. Why? The whole guitar is plexiglass, including the neck and headstock! Unfortunately, they said it was already sold, so boo hoo to me. Apparently it's a no name guitar, but for the 60,000 yen they wanted I think I would've bought it.
Later on in the day I saw the Ibanez Jem20th for 398,000 yen. No, they wouldn't let me play it. No sale to you buddy!
I tried out this Fender Splattercaster today. They want 54,800 yen for it. This is like the blue one I saw last year in Ikebukuro. Like that one, this one sounded nice too. I haven't decided whether it's ugly or beautiful. But do I need it?
I have so many now, you'd think I bought them as investments. WAY back in 1994, while we were trying to make it big *cough* in Sydney, I saw a Fender Custom Shop Playboy Stratocaster. T'was quite a shock when I saw one here. Shame they're asking 1,280,000 yen for it! Told my mamma I'm going to buy it, for a joke. She didn't get it. Anyways..
Before we left I bidded 21,000 yen on an desktop Evolver synth. I got outbid. There was one in the store so I tried it out. The unit doesn't have a headphone out so I was listening to it through only one of the speaker outs. I didn't get a good listen, but it sounded like the demos I've heard on Youtube.
Also there was a Korg MS2000. It has a lot of useable sounds here too. I didn't buy them. It's nice to be able to try these things out. I did notice a Roland Juno 106 synth. One thing I LOVE about Japan is all that yesterday gear stuff isn't that hard to come across, and all those sweet, sweet guitars are here too. Why would I want to leave?
Thursday, 30 December 2010
KitKat Guitars
Wow. Slept in till 2:30pm. Nice.
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2 comments:
- Limo said...
An interesting read here..
- 1 January 2011 at 19:22
- Jimmy In Japan said...
Yeah I was informed about that connection - "kitto katsu" : Win without fail. Kind of clever. Handy tie-in to market to those students!
Companies are working out how to cash in on Valentine's Day now (and *cough* White Day).
- 1 January 2011 at 19:35