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Bad TV signal, impossible to watch! No music channel!
- Very friendly staff, the guy at the reception helped us with everything we needed - Clean rooms, nice beds
- Nothing to complain in particular.
The location and the staff very good.
Receptionist approach to customer was not pleasing. Too much noise in the late night
location price
- they made me pay cash the moment I get there. They cannot understand how credit cards work - very poor Internet, wireless diconnecting every 3-4 minutes
Real good value for money, friendly staff, well maintained, good location
The room was very nice and much more than I expected for that money.
When I arrived the reception was closed and I called the number which was written to dial after reception hours. Somebody answered only at my 4th call and seemed annoyed and didn't understand why I was calling! Finally he gave me the code which was necessary to get the room key and enter the hotel.
Stayed one night, the staff was simpel but great. The hotel was modern and great beds. Around the corner was a nice litle genuine italian pasta restaurant, very nice! Area is 30min walk from the Banhof station
Nothing to complain about really. Everything was as expected for the price.
the location is near downtown
Staff is unhelpful
location, and equipment
people is very unfriendly
We arrived after 10 p.m. but the hotel staff kindly instructed how to get the key, where to park, internet PW by phone. We are satisfy with specious bathroom, good WiFi connection. Facilities are not new but well maintained. Very easy access to centre, etc.quite OK.
Nothing special.
Quiet location. Close to underground and not far from city centre. Free wifi in room. Didn't have breakfast so can't comment.
That the receptionist didn't automatically give us the wifi code. We forgot to ask at check in and reception closed at 9pm so had no wifi the first evening
Receptionist was very abrupt, never smiled and not very helpful.
Hotel was fine. Never really had much interaction with the staff as we were out all day. Room was clean and presentable.
Great location good price
Older building old furniture quite simple bathroom.
Wi-fi was very good. One of the receptionist was also very good and co-operative. Since the Taxi was called for me but by the time my sight seeing tour was already left ,so Hotel bear the cost of taxi calling..
I was suppose to go on a local sightseeing tour for which Hotel only booked on my request along with pick up but late no communication was transferred from day shift receptionist to evening receptionist and I missed the tour that day.
Location was excellent for us. Good value and reasonable choice at breakfast. Comfortable bed.
We had to ask to change rooms after 1 night as the first room we were given was in a poor state of repair. The worst thing was the plumbing, no plug in the wash basin and when the water went down the plughole it sent filthy, smelly water into the shower tray. The shower tray was blocked so impossibe to have a shower. The TV and one of the bedside lamps did not work. The replacement room was much nicer. We did wonder if we were allocated the first one because we had booked through Booking.com!
quiet locality, good wifi, decent breakfast
far away from public transportation, rooms were not cleaned properly, used glasses were kept unwashed
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Pillow too soft
I like that staff changed the room friendly. Cleanliness is good.
Rooms isolations, tv is only German language
Excellent location, the room was ok
The reception is open till 10pm, if you arrive later, guess, need to make arrangements in advance to get the key from your room. The walls are incredibly thin, you can hear everyone around, one night there was a loud group, it was impossible to sleep and there is noone on the reception at night to complain, but the rest of our stay was fine, as this group of people left the next day
We liked everything -- a great hotel for the money.
Room is enough warm and close to the city bu walkin distance
My room wasnt cleaned even i put the tag at the door for cleaning
Reasonably priced, convenient location - especially if you are in Frankfurt for the Christmas Markets (only two stops on the subway).
We stayed three nights in total. Each morning at approximately 7AM we were woken up loud banging noises - these noises continued for hours. We were not sure whether the noise was a result of our room being near the elevator or was being made by the housekeeping staff on their rounds. Either way, it was pretty unbearable and would definitely deter us from staying here again. The reception staff (aside from one we encountered) were at times quiet unpleasant. Wifi was not working for the duration of our visit.
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November 29, 2014
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All across the state, localities have legally taken land from owners and used it to build roads or schools, things to better the community. However, a few cases in Virginia, the government has abused eminent domain rights. This new bill will put a stop to the abuse.
"For them to take my land which they have no reason to take at all, that isn't right and that's not what the founding fathers thought," said Helen Marie Taylor, a land owner in Orange County.
The county of Orange wants to take an acre and half of land Mrs. Taylor owns to install sewer lines.
According the 2005 Supreme Court case, Kelo vs. City of New London, it's legal to transfer land from one private owner to another to advance economic development.
"Eminent domain is the idea that there are some public necessities that have to go forward even though it may be in convenient or unpleasant for a few land owners," said Mark Johnson, Chairman of the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
In Virginia, the abuse of this governmental right prompted several law makers to stand up for homeowners, including local Delegate Rob Bell, who proposed the bill in the House.
"We have crafted a law that says you just can't take property and use it for any ole thing. You can only take it for legitimate public use the person can challenge in court he thinks what you're saying it's for is not really what its for," said Delegate Rob Bell, R-58th District. "You can only take the land that you need. So, you can't take 5 acres and take another 25 and use it for something else."
Bell added that is exactly what happened in Hampton Roads.
"They took a little bit of land for VDOT, they only used 18 percent of it for the road and they took the rest of it and leased it to a shopping mall," Bell said.
Although the case in Orange County isn't abuse, Mrs. Taylor said she's happy to hear there are more regulations on eminent domain.
"They are redefining what is public uses that can be used and if they exercise their authority of eminent domain," said Taylor.
Bell said if this legislation becomes law, Virginia will be the last of the thirteen colonies to pass a bill to protect homeowners from eminent domain.
The bill passed the House 84 to 14 and the Senate 36 to two. The next step for it to become law is Governor Kaine's signature.
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West Texas A&M's Kameryn Hayes and Lauren Bevan were honored for their efforts on the court this past weekend as the pair of Lady Buff seniors were named the Lone Star Conference Volleyball Setter and Offensive Player of the Week.
Greyhounds started off game 21-0
Competing alongside WT this weekend will be Louisiana State, North Central Texas College, Rice, Southern Nazarene, Tarleton State, Texas State, Texas Tech, Trinity, Tulane, North Texas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
The West Texas A&M men's soccer team dropped a close 2-1 decision on Thursday night to rival Midwestern State in its final home match of the season.
West Texas A&M Buffalo and Lady Buff basketball fans have a chance to meet the teams Sunday, Nov. 2 at 5:30 p.m. in The Buffalo Club Room of the First United Bank Center for a Potluck.
Senior Michaela Johnson of the West Texas A&M women's cross country team has competed in five races during the 2014 regular season and has received Lone Star Conference Runner of the Week honors in each of those five weeks.
Junior Emily Krenek of the West Texas A&M women's soccer team was honored on Thursday afternoon for her outstanding balance of academic excellence and on-field success.
The West Texas A&M women's soccer team still has a shot at qualifying for the Lone Star Conference tournament but to make that chance a reality.
WT is currently 25-3 with a perfect 12-0 mark in Lone Star Conference play.
West Texas A&M has been picked eighth in the league heading into the 2014-15 season.
The West Texas A&M women's basketball team is the clear favorite to defend its Lone Star Conference title, according to the 2014-15 LSC preseason women's basketball poll.
The West Texas A&M men's soccer team will return to action later this week with two big regional matches against ranked opponents.
The #24 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M will make their most important road trip of the season this weekend as they travel to San Angelo and Stephenville looking to claim the program's 19th Lone Star Conference Championship.
The Buffs close out the 2014 regular season with a critical game Saturday at 7 p.m. CT at rival Eastern New Mexico in the annual Wagon Wheel Game.
West Texas A&M women's basketball head coach Mark Kellogg was named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Board of Directors for NCAA Division II.
The LSC has eight men's and nine women's teams set to play this season.
Conner Hollabaugh, a native of Amarillo, went 2 for 2 in field goals this past week in the Buffs' 48-21 victory over Texas A&M-Kingsville.
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WT will take on Dallas Baptist and Lubbock Christian on Friday at the Rip Griffin Center in Lubbock followed by matchups with Oklahoma Baptist and Southwestern Oklahoma State on Saturday in Weatherford, Oklahoma.
Freshman Brandon Bautista propelled the West Texas A&M men's soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Texas A&M-International on the road Wednesday night with his first goal of the season
Prior to the game, the Buffs will honor 15 seniors playing in their final regular season home game.
The West A&M men's soccer team will travel to Laredo, Texas on Wednesday, Oct. 22, for its lone contest in the eighth week of the season.
The West Texas A&M women's golf struggled Tuesday in the final round of the 2014 Oklahoma Intercollegiate hosted by Cameron University.
The tournament completes the fall season for the Buffs.
The Buffs fired a 36-hole score of 587 and are tied with Dallas Baptist heading into tomorrow's final round.
The Lady Buffs were named High Point Team and Reserve High Point Team in both shows, respectively.
The Lady Buffs lead the 12-team field by seven strokes heading into Tuesday's final round.
The Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M will put their 33 match Lone Star Conference win streak on the line as the rival Mustangs of Midwestern State come to Canyon on Tuesday night for a Highway 287 Challenge matchup.
The West Texas A&M women's golf team travels to the Oklahoma Intercollegiate this week on the par 72, 5,921-yard Fort Sill Golf Course in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
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The West Texas A&M women's soccer team dropped a tough 1-0 decision to the rival Zias of Eastern New Mexico on Friday evening in Portales, N.M.
Senior Michaela Johnson of the West Texas A&M women's cross country team was recognized Thursday afternoon as the Lone Star Conference Women's Runner of the Week
The Buffalo offense got back on track Thursday night in Odessa, Texas as the West Texas A&M men's soccer team found its way back into the win column with a 7-1 wrecking over UT-Permian Basin.
Saturday will also see former Lady Buffs return to "The Box" for a celebration for the 50th anniversary of the program.
The West Texas A&M women's soccer team is back in action this Friday night for its lone match of the week, a crucial Lone Star Conference rematch with the rival Zias of Eastern New Mexico.
The West Texas A&M equestrian team will be competing in its first Hunt Seat shows of the 2014-15 season this weekend as it hosts the West Texas A&M 2 Hunt this Saturday and Sunday.
The Buffs hosted the Wagonwheel Dual this past weekend, originally a meet scheduled between the Buffs and Lone Star Conference rival Eastern New Mexico, and was expanded late in the week to include runners from Colby College (KS).
The West Texas A&M men's soccer team will look to get back to its winning ways this weekend as it begins a three-game road trip with matches at rival Eastern New Mexico and UT-Permian Basin.
The win lifts the Lady Buffs to their 11th straight victory this season as well as they 32nd consecutive Lone Star Conference match dating back to the 2012 season.
The West Texas A&M football team returns to the road in a key Lone Star Conference matchup at league-leading #23 Texas A&M-Commerce Saturday night at 7 p.m.
Fresh off a career-high 21 tackles in the West Texas A&M upset football win over No. 25 Midwestern State Saturday, redshirt freshman linebacker Carter James was named Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week Monday.
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Coming off of a national runner-up finish in 2013-14, the West Texas A&M Lady Buffs were picked second in the preseason Women's Division II Bulletin Top 25 which was announced earlier this week.
he West Texas A&M men's and women's cross country teams will host the first of two home cross country meets this season on Friday, Oct. 10, as they welcome Lone Star Conference Rival Eastern New Mexico for the Wagonwheel Dual.
West Texas A&M looks to keep its three-game winning streak intact as it hosts No. 25 Midwestern State Saturday evening at 7 p.m. at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium in the second annual Highway 287 Challenge Cup.
The West Texas A&M women's soccer team will close out a four-game homestand this weekend with matchups against LSC powers No. 8 Angelo State and Midwestern State at The Pitch in Canyon, Texas.
The West Texas A&M men's soccer team suffered a tough loss on Wednesday night at The Pitch in Canyon, Texas at the hands of Eastern New Mexico, 1-0.


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If you're willing to put in the time and commitment needed to train your dog, any canine can and will learn. However, some breeds are easier to train than others. A dog's intelligence plays a role in training, but so does a willingness to pay attention so they can learn. Keep in mind, though, each dog is an individual and the ability to learn depends on how committed you are and the method you use to train them. All of the dog breeds on the list below are highly intelligent; it's their eagerness and ability to learn that makes them among the easiest breeds to train.
The Border Collie, as you may know, is considered at the top of the list in intelligence. He has an eagerness and need to learn as much as he can. A Border Collie's mind is always going, and he is capable of learning so much more than most owners realize. He loves competition and excels in agility, sheepdog trials, Frisbee competitions and obedience. If you're looking for a happy, smart and energetic dog, this is a great breed –but only if you know what you're getting into. Border Collies are for owners who understand the dog's work ethic and need for lots of exercise which keeps them from developing behavior problems.
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The Red Arrows is the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force. Formed in late 1964, they are facing the axe under government defence cuts
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Christopher Boucher | November 26, 2014
With the release of COMSOL Multiphysics version 5.0, the Particle Tracing Module now includes a series of features called Accumulators, which can be used to couple the results of a particle tracing simulation to other physics interfaces. The accumulated variables may represent any physical quantity and can be defined either within domains or on boundaries, making them extremely flexible. Here, I will explain the different types of accumulators and their applications in particle tracing and ray optics models.Read more ⇢
Laura Bowen | July 16, 2014
The need for a contaminant-free space to manufacture medicine has led scientists to try many creative new approaches to improve the process. At Argonne National Lab, creating a device that floats and rotates chemical compounds in thin air was just the answer they were looking for. It meant two important changes: the amount of each chemical necessary could be implemented very precisely and the risk of outside impurities disrupting the results was minimized.Read more ⇢
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There's a new book out there for those of you who work with or research electromechanical system design. It's titled Multiphysics Simulation: Electromechanical System Applications and Optimization and is more than your average textbook. This is a reference guide on simulation and topology optimization written with both students and industry engineers in mind.Read more ⇢
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Cardiovascular disease is a condition where the arteries in the heart are blocked by plaque. Narrowed arteries can restrict blood flow and cause chest pain and shortness of breath. Bare metal stents can be used to resolve the problem, but excessive tissue can grow over them and narrow the artery again (a process called restenosis). Engineers at Boston Scientific are using simulation to understand the release mechanisms in drug-eluting stents, which can be used to prevent this excess cell growth.Read more ⇢
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COMSOL's Optimization Module is a powerful tool for improving the performance of your devices and systems. Here, we will look at optimizing the power applied to two heaters in a flow channel with the objective of heating up the fluid as much as possible as it passes through the channel, while constraining the peak temperature at the heaters themselves. One application of this technique is improving the efficiency of thermal processes.Read more ⇢
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4 eggs
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2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
1-1/2 teaspoons dried basil
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Super Mario Bros, all things considered, is kind of a big deal. You know, in the same way that Everest is kind of a big rock, or that Star Wars is kind of not as good as it used to be.
But strangely, given that it's the most important game from one of the most important companies in video game history, we know remarkably little about how it came to be. Admittedly, most of us assume it was just gifted to the world, fully-formed and perfect, by the very gods themselves, but that's not true. And now, in a chat with Famitsu, Shigeru Miyamoto has finally spilled some very interesting and very surprising beans pertaining to how Mario became what he is. And what he very easily could have been.
Most surprising of all, the original Super Mario Bros. nearly had a much bigger shooting emphasis. Mario's fireballs were originally bullets, and Miyamoto planned to allow him to fly around on a cloud blasting enemies (an idea that very possibly inspired Super Mario Land's scrolling shooter levels). The original control set-up also allowed Mario to sprint around shooting as many fireballs as he wanted, until Shigs realised that made him too much of an apocalyptic Rambo-style arse-kicker. And jumping was going to be controlled by pressing up on the d-pad, which, given SMB's later influence, could have made games crap forevermore.
There are plenty of other juicy details in the interview, such as Miyamoto's justification for the Mushroom Kingdom's totally-bonkers-and-a-bit-suspect-when-you-actually-think-about-it obsession with magic 'shrooms and turtles. He also explains that the notorious infinite 1-up trick was intentional (and that the even more notorious Minus World glitch wasn't, but he's cool with it regardless because it doesn't actually break the game). Want a few more tasty morsels? You can get 'em here.
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I'm a colleage students from Chongqing,and I have to say that China is not successful.
In 1970s,the west world has been so rich include Japan which was been nearly destroyed in World War two.
In contrast,We chinese were extremely poor in the same time--We have to queue a long line and we use our food ticket to exchange something to eat.WHY,because the ineffective government and inhumanity regime.We don't have power to vote,we don't have right to speech,we don't have right to demonstration,we have rights to pay taxes,and it's definitely the only right we have.
I do believe our motherland will be free,only if the middle-class developed big enough to fight for our rights,and the capital outside the mainland China will be a big advance for middle-class.
I may have some grammer mistake,please don't mind.
WOW; I don't know if these posters claiming to be Chinese supporters of democracy are real or not, but I would warn them against any aggrandizement of democracy as a panacea for all their woes. China could pursue no more a destructive course than to go down the road of the popular will and an elected leadership. All of you who support democracy should think carefully about what it would mean and how it would produce results superior to what has occurred (think India). I am not a fan of Mao, but he correctly warned "Let's not make a fetish out of democracy". I will leave you with a quote from American Senator John C. Calhoun on the real outcomes one should expect in system of democratic government.
"If the whole community had the same interests, so that the interests of each and every portion would be so affected by the action of the government that the laws which oppressed or impoverished one portion would necessarily oppress and impoverish all others (or the reverse) then the right of suffrage of itself would be all-sufficient to counteract the tendency of the government to oppression and abuse of its powers, but such is not the case. On the contrary, nothing is more difficult than to equalize the action of the government in reference to the various and diversified interests of the community and nothing more easy than to pervert its powers into instruments to aggrandize and enrich one or more interests by oppressing and impoverishing the others; this too, under the operation of laws, couched in general terms and which on their face appear fair and equal. Such being the case, it necessarily results that the right of suffrage (by placing the control of the government in the community) must lead to conflict among its different interests ;each striving to obtain possession of its powers as the means of protecting itself against the others or of advancing its respective interests regardless of the interests of others. For this purpose a struggle will take place between the various interests to obtain a majority in order to control the government. If no one interest be strong enough (of itself) to obtain it, a combination will be formed and the community will be divided into two great parties (a major and minor) between which there will be incessant struggles on the one side to retain and on the other to obtain the majority and thereby the control of the government and the advantages it confers."
How does the situation of the poor in China differ from that of the poor in India which is a democracry? The first thing I notices is that the poor in China are richer, their country is better orginized, and the government has done a far better job at economic growth over the last 20 years (roughly 4X better).
An article that suggests China may not be perfect.....I can see all the vehement replies coming already!
Most will probably have nothing to do with the article either....
Nice try hater... for someone PRETENDING to be Chinese, your rant makes no sense. The FACT that China has developed immensely in the last 30 years is an economic phenomenon denied by few, except for a few disgruntled posters on this and other Western forums.
For future reference, if you want to pretend to be "a colleage (sic) students (more sic) from Chongqing", you may want to learn a bit about how Chinese grammar works.
The deliberate spelling and other "grammer" mistakes in your writing style is clearly from someone with an English-language education, PRETENDING to write as a Chinese ESL student, rather than someone who is genuinely a Chinese-speaking, novice English poster.
A nice article really. "The more special economic zone" explains why China has been so uniquely and largely successful in its unprecedented economic development over the past 30 years.
The "zone" concept is in line with Deng Xiao Ping's overall "one-country two-system" philosophy for the reform and open-up of China's across the board development, transforming it from ragamuffin to giant in economy. It is also theoretically sound by enlarging ardent or innovative development approach to nation wide only upon proven success of such schemes with their modifications through trial and error in smaller areas of limited or controllable impact first, or in stages.
Such risk mitigation approach has been largely responsible IMO for China's rather successful development with long term stability, all done in the unavoidable presence of disturbing effects of cyclic oscillation or vacillation in the process of policy planning and implementation due to man-made faults or acts of god that may have happened along the way--- bad judgment, corruption, earthquake, floods et al.
"The more special economic zone" is indeed a development in progress in compliance with the mathematical concept of differential integration where spots of catastrophic instability are to be rigorously and resolutely avoided.
No matter how bad China did, the worst is still the US of A. Guantanamo prisoners, Drones killing all over the world, American government bailed out criminal banks..
I'm 21 old,and I never saw what a vote ticket looks like,that's a sad thing to bear.
a lot college students just like me,we talk about chinese leaders and the politics in China.
we know,CCP's govern couldn't last forever,when people like us grow big enough,thing will change fater people can imaging.
I can't believe in it. A dude wrote on freedom and democracy aspects that China like to keep itself in the feudal age and the critics did focus their 'arguments' on his 'grammar' errors. That's the huge difference, friends, between a free educated society and a sick guided society: in the sick one, you must be allowed to speak or to hugh your voice. I don't need to say that my education doesn't 'allow me' to stay mute.
Chinese government will never be respected as a serious one. Some shadows can applaud it but, in the first opportunity (and CCP knows that), some bullets might 'talk' by itself (and for the chinese people!
As a Chinese citizen living in Singapore for more than 10 years, I can assure you that when people making more money, they may not have the incentive to fight for political rights. If you don't believe me, you can find the data on GDP per capita and democracy index of Singapore.
Qianhai bay will basically become a de facto business district for Hong Kong. Land is in short supply in Hong Kong. The structural demand for Class A office space remains high with little sites available to be developed in other parts of the city. This similar to Macau with Hengqin island.
'One Mega-City, Many Systems': The Evolution of Hong Kong
Let's make a simple exercise.. I like to write:
"The chinese man is brave and does respect the just law!
The government is a criminal! It must be sttoped now!"
I'm not good with words.. if I scream it here where I live, some people will applaud me.. some crazy ones will start to scream too and 99% won't care. Some police would stay next me to see if I'm drugged.. but life would go on!
In China, I'd be condemned to death by AK 47 shot or I'd just disappear after some 'questions'.
Some people see a great society emerging. I can't! Beyond being bad writer, am I blind too?!! o.o!
That's a huge work acquires every powerless chinese to take.we didn't expect that happen in less than 50 years.
The law system in China is a fault,the Rich gets so-called justice,the Poor gest executed.I do feel sorry when chinese people are treated unfair include your friden in China.
Yes,we have no slum,instead living in a place,in China they wondering in the street of city.lately the guangzhou government even flush out thoes homeless people by use Cement thorn under the overpass which makes them no place to go.
We believe we'll win,if we fight.
We know bad democracy could leads to a catastrophy.
But look about things going on in China!
A forced abortion lady in China because of stupid 计生委(the family planning commission).
The 城管(urban management officers)flush out the peasants who want make a little money for there family.
A lot of children in west China did't have a lunch to make there stomach full.
Workers in Foxconn do make money like 3000 yuan a month but they keeping kill themself.
Pitman in China died almost every week because of bad protection and no body care the life of powerless.
WHY this thing keep happening?
We believe it's because that we people can't monitor the government ,the absolute power leads to absolute corrporate,the powerful don't care us because we can't make them any hurt,we can't threaten there wealth and status,why they give a shit about our life and our happiness?
We need democracy.
We need make these useless politician get there 屁股(ASS) OUT here.
That's the way to make our people live in China better off.
Let chinese people speak what is 'perfect' or not in the government. I guess there are a lot of things to be heard.
It is very nice to hear from you. Keep posting the truth around you so that we'll get to know what is happening there. Oh and ignore the haters, they are paid by the PLA.
China is far from being perfect.
always in awe of Chinese ingenuity, barring lack of democracy and rule of law.
"Feeling the pebbles while crossing the water" is the only way to liberalize future Yuan full convertibility. It seems that the many billions of Yuan still sitting in the vaults of HK, Singapore, London etc. are only succeeding in attracting termites and therefore could be put into more productive uses in Qinhai.
I wonder really how long Chinese capital controls can remain. Sure they have liberalized merchant account (i.e. those used for the purchase of goods and services) but thus far China's foreign joint ventures have been able repatriate earnings in their own currency only with great difficulty because of the strict limits on convertibility of capital accounts. New businesses going into China are now starting to hesitate at their mandatory currency risk. For now, China's size keeps the capital flowing into yuan but sooner or later full convertibility is inevitable.
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Julia Solow is NASW-VA's BSW Student of the Year
Senior Julia Solow will be honored at the National Association of Social workers, Virginia Chapter Conference Awards Luncheon, to be held in March, 2010 at the Williamsburg Lodge Hotel and Spa, Williamsburg Virginia.
According to one recommendation letter, "Ms. Solow is dependable, thirsty for knowledge, and interested in combining research with practice. She comes to the table prepared and engages with tentative but well thought out contributions. Her peers look to her for leadership which she assumes with competence. She is pleasant and professional in her communication. Julia is a rising star in our profession…"
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The Ocean is a large body of Water found on the surface of each map, at its far left and right edges, comprising the eastern 500ft (250 blocks) and the western 500ft of the map (at least on Large maps; it is closer to 150 on Small). It extends as deep as the Cavern Layer, with its maximum depth reached at the very edges of the map.
Oceans will commonly contain Water Chests with loot pertaining to water. They also contain unique enemies, like Crabs and Sharks.
The Ocean Biome contains its own Tree type, Palm Trees (since 1.2.4), which can be harvested for Palm Wood.
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- Ocean enemies will only detect you and swim toward you if your character is in the water to at least one tile depth.
- If the Ocean has enough "dry" sand surface Desert enemies may spawn there, but the area near the water does not start growing desert plants.
- Hardmode Corruption or Crimson can convert all the sand into Ebonsand or Crimsand, effectively converting the Ocean into a Corrupted/Crimson Desert biome. One may want to protect the Ocean to preserve it as an actual Ocean Biome.
- Although you cant see the edge of the map in-game, but you can see the side with TEdit. It appears to be dirt and stone and some hidden treasure from the top, all the way to the bottom.
- If players without proper accessories try to swim to the side of the map, there is a serious risk of drowning. In addition to plenty of healing potions, bring items and potions that aid breathing, such as the Breathing Reed and Gills Potion, a Magic Mirror for returning home quickly, and Flippers to aid swimming. The Grappling Hook or Ivy Whip may also be of some help in returning to the surface for breath.
- Players may attempt to drain the ocean by tunneling down to the Underworld, where water evaporates. The Ocean is in fact drainable this way, and this method will allow the player to go back to the Ocean floor and easily pick up all the Coral without worry of drowning.
- Another way of draining the ocean is by making an air pocket, empty a bucket of lava in it and place a background object (chest, crystal shard etc.) in the lava. After that allow the water to flow in. The object will prevent obsidian from being generated, causing all the water to disappear.
Anomaly: There have been times when the Ocean has been created very small on iOS.
Anomaly: Sometimes, the ocean extends to the jungle or dungeon, this usually happens on console.
Anomaly: If a jungle biome extends into the ocean, Arapaima will spawn instead of Shark. All other ocean creatures will spawn normally.
Anomaly: When you are in an air pocket and you place blocks other than sand on the ocean floor, other monsters, such as Zombies and Goblin Scouts, may spawn there.
Anomaly: The ocean can spawn completely flat. Often an underground cabin will spawn in a flat ocean.
Bug : Chests will always spawn in the ocean but will often generate past the edge of the map making them inaccessible.
Bug : Sometimes, one part of the ocean may not be generated, causing a hole to be made that extends from the top to the bottom of the map in that spot.
Bug : Sometimes, a very tall wall will be generated just before the ocean, causing it to generate in the sky.
Anomaly: Sometimes, a number of Demon Altars can spawn in the ocean.
Bug : Occasionally, a world will generate without any water in one of the two oceans. Instead, the area will act as an underground cavern, spawning red and yellow slimes, and even underground cabins. (On iOS version)
Bug : (220.127.116.11)When a jungle biome changes to an ocean biome, the jungle will generate instead of the sand leading up to the ocean, creating a straight line where the dirt, and sand meet.
- 184.108.40.206: Ocean mobs can now spawn on biome oceans, this applies to the Sleeping Angler Kid as well.
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- Seashells and Starfish have been added.
- Attempting to fish with a Truffle Worm in the Ocean will summon Duke Fishron.
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- Golden Chests have mostly replaced with Water Chests.
- 1.1: Now has its own background.
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This property is a traditional Irish bungalow that has been extended and modernized while retaining original thick stone walls. Ideal location for a countryside retreat, but within easy reach of Cliffs of Moher and the Burren, Killarney, Dingle, Cork and Limerick.
This property is ideal if you are looking to escape the rat race for a while. It can be found deep in the Irish countryside of North Kerry. A traditional Irish bungalow with thick stone walls has been renovated to a high standard with all modern facilities. There is under floor heating throughout and a peat burner in the lounge for extra coziness in the evening. The kitchen is a spacious farmhouse style with all the equipment you might find in your own home.
There is one double en-suite bedroom, all the other bedrooms have a basin. The main bathroom has a walk-in shower and whirlpool bath. For rainy days in Ireland, there is also a washing machine and tumble dryer.
The house will sleep up to ten people in a combination of adults and children; there is a travel cot and high chair for young children. Downstairs, the green room is double en-suite, the lilac room is twin, the brown room is double. As well as the downstairs rooms, the red room upstairs is a double and there is also a snug room for children. The bed here will pull out to sleep two children very cozily. In this room there is a small TV with DVD and video player so they can watch appropriate films. There is also a box of toys and a bookcase of books - kindly donated by my nephews. There is also a box with body boards and beach games which guests are welcome to use.
There is access to the garden through patio doors in the lounge. The patio extends the full length of the house and is a real sun trap on sunny days. There is garden furniture and sunshades and a gas barbecue. For late lazy evenings, there are patio lights. A pretty stone well is a feature of the garden. This is a real well where the residents used to pull their daily supply. It is covered for safety reasons.
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Keywords: Irish cottage, holiday in Kerry, self-catering in Kerry, self-catering in Ireland
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About Alison Dunn
The owner is a self-employed businesswoman, born and still living in Shropshire, England. A visit to Dublin in 2002 got me hooked on Ireland, even though there is Dublin and the rest of Ireland. While still based in UK, I try to visit Kerry at least once a month.
Alison Dunn purchased this cottage in 2004
Why Alison Dunn chose Tralee & North Kerry
This area is more peaceful than the regular tourist areas of Killarney, Dingle and Kenmare. However, the location still allows day trips out to these places and is also convenient for Cliffs of Moher, the Burren and around Limerick.
What makes this cottage unique
For family occasions, such as weddings and christenings, this property is ideal for accomodating out-of-town visitors in a home-from-home environment. For holidays, the usual tourist sites/sights can be visited while escaping back to tranquility at the end of the day.


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Turns Out Barack Obama Really is Paris Hilton
Seton Motley of Newsbusters — which is totally always busting news stories wide open — makes a very salient point of explaining why it's totally not stupid or childish or, like, hella retarded for the McCain campaign to compare Barack Obama to Paris Hilton in an advertisement.
Because Barack Obama said something kinda similar first.
Back in 2004 — before he was sworn into the Senate but after he handed Alan Keyes his ass in their Illinois race — Obama joked about the hype surrounding his campaign…
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So, I suppose that also means that it's open season for Barack Obama to start referring to John McCain as "old as dirt" in his ads. I mean, McCain said it first. So what's the problem?
And I guess he can also start calling McCain's wife Cindy a "c*nt."
Thank you, Seton Motley, for opening that door for everyone.
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3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Sleeps 6
Sabal Harbour is a beautiful landscaped, private, luxury community. This imposing 3 bedroom home with view across the lake to the rear of the home. The home has a private heated pool/Spa.High speed internet access and long distance calling thoughout the US and Canada is included. Ideally suited to a quiet, relaxing vacation. Guests have use of large heated community pool, basketball courts, floodlit tennis & volleyball courts & children's play area Electric pool heat can be requested and carries an additional $140.00 per week charge. The Property is ideally situated close to all Shops, Restaurants, Bars and local amenities. Water sports are close by with endless activities for all the family, from Kayaking to Jet Ski rentals, why not try out a guided Dolphin Watch tour either by Boat or Jet Ski. The Beaches of Venice are a short drive South, Venice is famous for the Ringling Brothers Circus winter home, and kids will love searching for Sharks Teeth on the beach. Sarasota also offers the Ringling Museum of Art, Mote Marine Aquarium and a host of other activities. For Beaches Siesta Key is always worth a visit, each year Siesta Key Beach is crowned the beach with the Worlds Whitest Sand. Or try Kayaking at Myakka River State Park, a Greta day out for all the Family.


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Interesting post! Some of your ideas correspond with the Dan Notrh's BDD approach. Especially the fact to insist on the behaviour. Indeed this is a way to write better and more understandable test. But I was not thinking to decouple the test from the implementation... You are rigth! A test is not an excuse to break the encapsulation principle; this leads you to some test smells.
I think that with the introduction of easy mocking tools, a lot of inexperienced developers think it is the only way to test. I have seen way to many tests where the only reason of existence (I could tell) was causing the coverage go up. You still had no idea if the code actually worked, but Sonar didn't complain.
Combine this with (too) many dependencies in classes and you have the following problems:
- tests not useful while refactoring because it doesn't find bugs(you alread explained this)
- tests themselves need to be refactored, so refactoring takes even more time!
- the tests don't work as documentation because test code is way to long. In a lot of cases I even don't know what the test is supposed to do (or was creating another clone of the method using mocks the goal).
- only the happy flow is tested because the tests are too long and too painful.
- limited interaction with the api, so the test is not going to help you with writing a good api.
I think mocking is a nice tool, but in a lot of cases I'm asking myself if the world would have been better off without it.
And unit tests in a lot of cases is the only thing some developers know. So you still don't have any clue if the system works like expected (or that it starts up at all).
I agree with you about mocking. It's a very powerful technique, but it's frequently abused. When I teach it, I try to be very sure the team understands proper mocking versus over mocking.
Unit tests are the same way. Far too many developers think "automated tests" must be unit tests. I prefer to teach multiple approaches, then let the team get the right tool out of their toolbox. The right tool to solve the problem at hand.


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The RCMI Program was established by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). The magnificence of this Program is in its mission: to give minority academic institutions that award doctoral degrees in the health sciences the opportunity to conduct research in a more competitive research environment, thereby meeting the unique and specific needs of the institutions. The RCMI supports the infrastructure and human health sciences. Here at UCC, we have been very fortune for going strong, since our first award in 1986; a new competitive proposal was approved for a five-year cycle (2009-2014). Over the past twenty five years, we have focused our needs on the creation of common areas such as: Animal Research Resources Center, Common Instrumentation Area, Computer and Research Information, Scientific Human Resources Development Unit, Office of Assistant Dean for Research, HIV Laboratory and HIV Registry, Behavioral Testing Facility, Biomedical Proteomics Facility, Immunocytochemistry Laboratory, Confocal Microscopy Unit, Neuronal Glial Culture Facility, Optical Imaging Facility, Protein & Nucleic Acid Core, Electron Microscopy Laboratory. The research centers are focused in neuroscience, cellular and molecular biology and retrovirus (HIV). Our scientific community has gained a great deal of experience since the inception of the RCMI at UCC; publications have increased and new proposals have been awarded. We feel proud of the progress we have made and what we have become. From our first computers to a present state-of-the-art research environment, the RCMI Program at UCC has truly accomplished our set goals, and ongoing research endeavors.


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The 12th Annual Monarch Butterfly Release "Wings of Hope" In Memory of 9-11 sponsored by Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service
"Wings of Hope", a monarch tag and release program, combines service and remembrance to 9/11. For the twelveth year, Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service of Iowa City is working with elementary students in a positive way to recognize a very tragic day in America's history.
In recognition of 9/11, the Iowa City funeral home joins the third graders at Lucas Elementary for a service learning program with monarch butterflies.
'Wings of Hope' offers a way for the children to provide scientific information for the University of Kansas' research of the migratory travels of monarch butterflies. The monarch program is led by Kathleen Zimmers of Butterfliz of Iowa, Des Moines.
The monarch release for Robert Lucas elementary will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, September 11 at 12 noon.
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The public is invited to attend. Children of all ages, from those who arrive in a stroller to those who appreciate the assistance of a cane, are welcome to share in the simple beauty of the innocence of young people sharing with the world their hopes for a better tomorrow.
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Annual Memorial Service – The University of Iowa Department of Anatomy And Cell Biology Deeded Body Program
In remembrance of those whose mortal remains aided in the advancement of medical science and education through studies completed during the past year. The Service will be held in Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City at 1:30 p.m., Friday, August 29, 2014 and will include participation by students who benefited from gifts provided by the donors, Noelle Andrew, M.Div., BCC, Associate Director Of Spiritual Services at University Hospitals and Clinics, and John F. Engelhardt, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology.
In the event of inclement weather, the service will be held at 2:00 p.m. in St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 1300 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa.
Out of the Darkness Community Walk 2014 – Suicide Prevention Walk Iowa City
The Out of the Darkness Community Walks are the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's (AFSP) signature fundraising campaign, bringing together family, friends, colleagues, and supporters at 3-5 mile walks in hundreds of communities across the country.
When you walk in the Out of the Darkness Community Walks, you join the effort with thousands of people to raise funds and awareness for AFSP's vision to create a world without suicide.
Join us! Click here for Iowa City's Walk – Suicide Prevention Walk 2014 at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area. Look for the Register Now button at the top of the page to get started right away.
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