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It would have been better if the article writer had written one on how other Asian nations - the Vietnamese, Filippinos, Singaporeans, Malaysians, India and Koreans - all of who have hot land disputes with China, see all this. I'm sure they are greatly interested in this show and trying to learn how they should react in the future from all this.
Who cares, you would care less if ASIA is destroyed by tomorrow than you about to lose a little finger by tomorrow.
Pathetic beings, the best way to save Asia is surrender to the King of the West. No.1 you will save some drama, No.2 there will be forever peace. No.3 True democratic system with military protections.
Tell me what's the dispute between China and Singapore or Malaysian? But what I know is Japs is the ONLY country on this planet having territory disputes with ALL its neighbors, Russia, Koreas, China, Taiwan, even if it's such a small and little country unlike China.
Another racist...
Singapore insists it is neutral in the various territorial disputes in East and South China Seas, and a war will be disasterous for a city-state that is dependent on trade. If the war spreads beyond the Senkakus (which it almost certainly will), Singapore could be faced with another 1942. Singaporeans will be praying the US does a better job of defending them than the British did.
OK, my bad.
I believe that they are interested in all this. Singapore has looked to the US for its presence as a deterrence against China, as some of The Economist's past articles show. So is Malaysia, being concerned about the Malacca strait safety.
Korea will learn quite a bit from all this as well.
Yes Singapore is interested in this, since their prosperity depends on a peaceful resolution to it. But your post brings up an interesting aspect of Singapore's foreign policy - they insist on their neutrality, yet play host to US forces. From China's point of view, this might seem like a contradictory stance. The Malacca Straits are the route through which (according to this magazine) 85% of China's energy flows, so no wonder China talks about their "Malacca Dilemma"
Based on what? I only correct your argument "all of who have hot land disputes with China" by replacing "China" with "Japs", which is the truth instead of your misleading argument. Have your own thinking and read a lot more history books and literature before you can make sound argument, dude.
...and how much percentage of Japan's energy flows through Malacca?
Did you know the word "Japs" was a derogatory term, usually taken to be racist???
Or would you say that the Japanese are the only exception who should be denied equal treatment because of their evil history, impunity and crazy attitudes???
In the context of the South China Sea dispute, it is not important. Why? because in the event of war, Japan can be (and will be) supplied by the US across the Pacific.
China, on the other hand, will not be able to use trade routes across the Pacific, because the Pacific is owned by her adverseries. This only leaves the Malacca Straits and the Sunda Straits: both controlled by the US
Really? how can Japan (and you) be so sure that US will support Japan no matter what?
Japs is an ethnic slur. Quit using it. You are on an English speaking site.
Doubtful the US will long stand by while a military confrontation takes place almost 200 miles from its bases in Okinawa.
Could see passive aggresive tactics take place, like mass mining of the area via sub or aircraft. Just shut the whole area down...
My bad, though it's not seen as derogatory term in Hong Kong. See wiki here:
But anyway, I will stop using it for future. Thanks for pointing out.
Of course US will not like to see military confrontation so close to her base in Okinawa... but it's far easier to yank the leash on Tokyo than a protracted mining operation in west pacific, don't you think?
this article is hilariously insane. any dispute happens between two sides, and why is that the projected question is " why would China look for trouble abroad" and why is that only China has to show its sincere in keep the world in peace? (what about the Japs?, and why is that they could invade the other country but not being critisized?, oh, well, this seems more sensible when you think about how the Americans captured Bin Laden - flew navy seals to other country without even letting the others know!) Where is rational discussion? Where is truth and justice?
They grow out of the barrel of a gun, and in this world, it is the Americans who have the guns.
i agree, guns are important, that's why the other countries have nuclear bombs. Democracy, regime, fairness, justices are all insane without security, that is totally sensible. What doenst make any sense is - critize the others being irrational while yourself is the irrational, only crazy people dont that.
The author has not mentioned the most likely reason there will be war in the South China Sea: 'Face'
Anyone who has spent time in the East will know that the Chinese and Japanese put great importance on 'saving face', that is to say, not being exposed to ridicule and disgrace. Westerners will never understand the importance of 'face' to the protagonists in this dispute.
Both sides have backed themselves into a corner by encouraging nationalist fervor, and it is now inevitable that one or the other must lose face.
Both sides will prefer war to losing face, and that is why war is inevitable in this region.
How can the Chinese people possibly consider a few rocky outcrops to be more significant to national pride than the millions of square kilometres annexed by Russia and the surgical excision from the Chinese body of Mongolia? The current government is complicit in agreeing to the loss of VAST swathes of Chinese territories. Uninhabited rocks don't matter at all. The east of northern Asia being governed from Moscow, however, is a rather more serious matter. Communism is political lunacy and it has evidently destroyed the ability of the Chinese populace to think.
the writer is a new hilter ,who want to new world war-3.
Hilter? Would that be Afold Hilter?
totally agree, wonder how could this biased article be publichsed in the economist!
There must be something wrong with the guy's brain! I couldn't read any more from the third paragraph! Too extreme!!!
Guest what, there have been qazillions of people coming onto these forums and screaming bias.
So unless you give some reasons in a cogent fashion, it is just background noise.
three immediate safeguards that suggested here is basically saying that China should back off, Or deter China to do so by American's intervention. Those safeguards if they work at all can also be stated as Japan should back off, Or deter Japan to do so by building a mighty army from China.
it is rediculouse that the writter compare the economy with the sovereignty. Back to last century in the age of Thatcher. UK fought with Agentina over a Malvinas island thousands of miles away from UK yet, just outside the door of Agentina. I still remember how Madam Thatcher rebuffed US Envoy:" Will Americans abandon Hawaii when Japanese invaders launched attacks over Pearl Port just because Hawaii is thousands miles away in the Pacific Ocean?"
Now, as a sophisticated writter, who aroused such a topic with all question marks in the expansion of China, German lesson or economic dispute... My wonder is, where is the insightful analysis for the root? There is not difference between the tumoil released by Chinsese protestors with radical behaviour base on a mixture of feelings to both Chinese governments and Japanese Government. It is like the writter just blended all those irrelevant elements unskillfully but to create a shallow image of nothing.
There is background which gave me a hint on the US role in this tension. China just entered into Sino-Japanese currency swap agreement which rocked the dominant position of US Dollars... Thus then, I donot feel surprised how Yoshihiko Noda detrimented this agreement but to toady his partner as elective capital....
So~~~~ this article is tacky smoke bomb...
From another post
ok, besides the demonstration, tell me something else effective that you had ever done to improve the situation~
May I ask why you think I believe the politics is clear or even Chinese government is clear ?
I even said that Chinese government censored information and even lied sometimes. The key here is that in China, there are people out there who expose what CCP tried to hide or lie. That is not the case in free world.
What I have done? I let people know what has be hid by "free" media and what they really want, so Chinese will not be so naive like fighting for some idealism that is joke in realty.
Read my posts in following thread, the oldest one :
and do you want to know the fundamental flaws in western democracy ? You think the widespread economics mismanagement is accidental?
Go check vetocracy.
We knew it, that's why I say it...
I am telling you that more and more Chinese are trying to rectify problems here. And you should be more optimistic now since your mission has been passed on to newcomers....
Don't feel desperated that Chinese do not have independent ideas here, actually this sentiment has already falred up like never before~~~
I majored in Economics and international politics, I assume I have some insightful views to that and I did considered the flaw rooted in all kinds of regime...
But, I hope, you can be not that cynical or impulsive since you have been through 89storm... I want to tell you, there are a lot of people are changing here in China, not out of China~ and I donnot like this essay since there is no obriginal idea has been brainstormed....
We knew it, that's why I say it...
I am telling you that more and more Chinese are trying to rectify problems here. And you should be more optimistic now since your mission has been passed on to newcomers....
Don't feel desperated that Chinese do not have independent ideas here, actually this sentiment has already falred up like never before~~~
I majored in Economics and international politics, I assume I have some insightful views to that and I did considered the flaw rooted in all kinds of regime...
But, I hope, you can be not that cynical or impulsive since you have been through 89storm... I want to tell you, there are a lot of people are changing here in China, not out of China~ and I donnot like this essay since there is no obriginal idea has been brainstormed....
We knew it, that's why I say it...
I am telling you that more and more Chinese are trying to rectify problems here. And you should be more optimistic now since your mission has been passed on to newcomers....
Don't feel desperated that Chinese do not have independent ideas here, actually this sentiment has already falred up like never before~~~
I majored in Economics and international politics, I assume I have some insightful views to that and I did considered the flaw rooted in all kinds of regime...
But, I hope, you can be not that cynical or impulsive since you have been through 89storm... I want to tell you, there are a lot of people are changing here in China, not out of China~ and I donnot like this essay since there is no obriginal idea has been brainstormed....
..and I did considered the flaw rooted in all kinds of regime...
Yes, but free media hides the flaws from people.
As you study economy, let me tell you a story :
In a town with 100 families, there is a factory that generates 10 million yuan profits each year.
The mayor controls the factory ON BEHALF OF 100 families, but he is corrupt, he takes in 1 million for himself and remaining 9 millions goes to the people of the town.
A journalist tells people that they are the owner of town, so they should take control of the factory by privatization.
several years after privatization, 3 families of the 100 families own the factory, and legally 8 millions of 10 million yuan profits go to the 3 families and only 2 million yuan goes to the remaining 97 families.
Now, you should understand why Chinese government had money for the victims of SiChuan earthquake, but US government didnt have money for victims of Katrina.
I want to tell you, there are a lot of people are changing here in China, not out of China~
My experience told me :
Follow facts, not paper, especially those eloquently written on paper.
and you must know : a theory, no matter how beautifully it is written, is garbage if it can't explain facts. So I give you this paradox :
There are widespread economic mismanagement in "free" world.
According to "free" media, government should be blamed for this.
But if so, what is so great about the universal value that routinely put idiots into government?
The Falklands is inhabited with people who want to be British. Wanted to be British enough to upend a deal in the 1960s that Britain offered the Argentines (after proposing international arbitration in the 1940s and 1950s).
Guess that is something someone forgot to brief you on?
NO! I would rather being realistic than being naive, you said eloquently of the distribution and the media role in the social structue is nothing but a choice of either efficiency and equality. there is given condition which we should know! That is this is not a perfect world! why? Because the resources are scarce. I think sometime time Max is correct, maybe we need to follow that direction, but, if you want to ask me when the socialism become true, I will tell you~ when Adroids and robots took hold of the world from human!
If you want to ask me why idiot took the supreme, I would say, it is because geniuses are preocuppied by something else. Politics are not a tool, in economics, if you want to allot human capital to certain area, you gotta to let them know what the profit they can get. However, politics is not a machanism to pilot personal insterest- pecuniary interest I mean. So, how could you give the genius enough reward to pin them there and devote all their efforts into politics? It is just a conjecture, yet, I believe, human beings can only utilize their talent on base of right rewards. Thus then, I see the existed machanism is not good enough to offer the reward to idiots to make them smart, that is a new startpoint maybe...
ok, then, tell me what the psychologic logics and expectations were in both countries propelled them into warfare? importance of sovereignty or just played house?
Guess that is also something someone forgot to brief you on: why we never give up on national territory....
ok, then, tell me what the psychologic logics and expectations were in both countries propelled them into warfare? importance of sovereignty or just played house?
Guess that is also something someone forgot to brief you on: why we never give up on national territory....
In an seeming unrelated issue but actually have wider implication, Panetta in Beijing invited PRC to join 2014 RIMPAC. How on earth will the PLA navy enter the Pacific? America is deliberately sending potentially disastrous signals.
Very biased ariticle, as it is always the fear and misunderstanding of the West media to China. And the comparison of China and Germany is ridiculous. Why not critize the Janpan's textbook which tell lies about their crime in the World War II? The west are not willing to see peace in Asia. If the neighbors in Asia are very happy, how can America has its presence in Asia? But if the west treat Asia like they did in the Middle East, they will get nothing but hatre.
good , very biased ariticle .
They won't go to war. The tension is easing now. It's the same as the Phillipines-China confrontation a couple of months ago.
China has let its people vent their anger, and Japan has ignored it all the way. This is gonna be a pattern for both of them.
I suspect that the gov official talks have started behind the scene. That's why the ease.
"I suspect that the gov official talks have started behind the scene. That's why the ease."
Honestly I believe that this is just a large conspiracy drawn up by the Japanese, South Korean, and Chinese governments in order to benefit the sitting governments through a bout of nationalism.
Do you think that it's a coincidence that presidential elections in Japan and South Korea and a leadership transition in China are all scheduled to take place in the next 2 months?
No, because it all started from Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, who proposed to buy the islands, although he used those govs, including the J one, and their elections.
Ishihara totally knew that the Noda gov would have to buy the islands if he moved that way, partly because it would have otherwise let one of the national policies to a prefecture and, therefore, lost its raison d'être, and, partly because the gov or the govs would have to look tough on this issue, before the elections.
Korean President's landing on the island was clearly out of concerns for the Korean election though.
Anyway, it's better for China to keep friendly relations with the DPJ. The LDP and, worse, Toru Hashimoto, would be too nationalistic.
When does the Democratic Party have to call an election in Japan?
You are all crazy if you think its about the little islands, its definitely about Wilson:
"Back then nobody in Europe had an economic interest in conflict; but Germany felt that the world was too slow to accommodate its growing power, and crude, irrational passions like nationalism took hold."
A complete mischaracterization of the prewar situation. Read some history. Amazing that after only 100 years the real lesson of the war is lost. All of the countries involved engaged in the knee jerk patriotic fervor of the period. The war happened because leaders failed to pull back from the brink driven by the unthinking jingoism of their populace.
"Anyway, the Chinese government has enough problems at home: why would it look for trouble abroad?"
Well, this is a very innocent comment without much thought to it. Countries go to war with foreign countries because of local politics... the more troubles you have at home the more appealing it is to blame or gang against the neighbours. There is just no better distraction than war... unfortunately. That is the dreadful reconciliating power of nationalism that for thousands of years has lead humanity to war...
How dare you compare China with Germany in 1930s! What we want are just our legal space to survive~Now that you say it is China's nationalism that threats the world, have you ever thought about our feelings if only just one minute when our coasts are surrounded by the fleets of the so-called alliance of US and dity Japanese,,
Again, TE compared China with the German Empire pre-WW1, or approximately in the 1870s-1880s.
...Germany needed its "Lebensraum"...
I thought 1890s to 1914 (with the Kaiser, making Made in Germany be tagged onto things, war scares, the entente, etc.)
Germany started its military/naval race with Britain, France, and Russia in earnest starting from the 1890s. An arms race hasn't really started in Asia (no country is increasing military spending as a % of GDP), and possible will never start.
Also there hasn't been a provocative system of alliances in Asia forming. If Sino-American and Russian-American relations deteriorate, then I would start to get worried. But until then, the Americans will try to keep the peace which is in her economic interests.
You want to go to war? Fine. But do not expect me as an American to spill my blood over a couple of rocks in the Pacific.
TE likes to include overly dramatic phrases in its Leader every week to grab attention in order to sell more subscriptions.
You've spilt it for more absurd reasons in the (recent) past. We all have.
True, but I'm starting to discriminate more as to where I spill it based on lessons learned in the past.
Actually what the writer suggest to stop agruing over the sovergnity right and cooperate to explore the resource in the disputed region is the consensus between the earlier leaders of China and Japan. Yet recently the Japanese government has denied such thing and claim right of Daiyudao. Some Japanese defend the present Japanese government for lack of understanding over the historical issues. In fact the strong bureacutic system in Japan should have safeguard the present Japan governement to deviate from the past practice. The arrest of the captain of the Chinese fishing boat is a definite indication that the Japanese government has decided to change their altitutde towards to Daiyudao. So please stop putting the blame on China for starting this dispute. Japan rocks the boat and China just defend her own right.
What better way for China to show that it is sincere about its peaceful rise than to take the lead?
You know, I know, anyone with a brain knows :
Let West "TAKE CHINA DOWN".
Talking about nationalism :
...Thatcher's popularity during her first yearS in office waned amid recession and high unemployment, until economic recovery and the 1982 Falklands War brought a resurgence of support, resulting in her re-election in 1983...
(we all know that economy recovery started only in 1983 and 1984)
British must be so stupid, what were they so high for?
My take, the British felt excitement over:
Confronting some tin pot dictator and junta, and reversing an act of outright aggression, liberating British in the process.
Then having the Argentine dictatorship overthrown by popular demand probably added to the satisfaction.
Now that being said, Lady Thatcher did seem rather friendly to some tin pot dictators, like Pinochet.
But inconsistency is part of the human condition.
So not stupid.
Believe me, there is no need of your making it any business of yours...
I respect how western countries protect and respect your felas, I donot appreciated the hatred which you bear to us as a whole before you seriously take a close look.China is undergoing restructure from the inside, your wishful thinking does not help a bit if you just hold resentful view to China... Though, as a citizen, I donot have a goodwill to my government either, yet, more practical compatriots are seeking for magnanimous and painstaking method of being self-operated. Meanwhile, when China is reintrospecting ourselves, I can spare you a mirror as well..
Confronting some tin pot dictator and junta...
Obviously, you don't know Britain overthrew an elected and widely popular president in Iran and put a tin pot dictator into power in 1950s, so to control the oil.
Still high ?
What on earth are you trying to say?
Now, this is a politically correct spin. The real satisfaction lies at seeing the military defeat caused Argentina's internal strife and further weakens its strength and delayed, maybe forever, chances of mounting a serious challenge to UK's holding onto Falkland.
Are you suggesting the difference between a rabid nationalist and a democratic internationalist is that one is honest? ;-).
simply speaking, Chinese knows how ugly the our government is and we all confess that....
You don't have to express your opion like last 60s or 70s! No sense of comtemparaneity.... get to know China better before you cast a comment, or at least, get to know chinese youth better first.
Full of yourself!
I participated in two demonstrations in 1986 and 1989.
You better tell me something I don't know.
And you want me telling you something you don't know :
Black money is Swiss bank, in billions :
India 1400
Russia 470 (produced during 1990s)
Urkrane and China 100.
ok, besides the demonstration, tell me something else effective that you had ever done to improve the situation~
I calmly think all politics are dirty and are you sure that there is no pocket money for western politicians crouching in Switzerland? What I am simply say is that, I know how China is being operated and so do all the Chinese youth. We have right path and positive idea from comparasion between us and western countries since we can see our shortcomings.
I dont like your saying radical things like you are giving summons to your sons, because you are not my king! Nor do I like you saying "take China down"! who in god's name are you! You think that all Chinese youth are idiots and never use our brain? we are all those mummy's babies crying for dotings and reluctant to change the situation? Wake up! We are trying and I am sure that good things are coming... Transformation does not like your one-night stand that comes so easily... But at least, we have a clear mind that you should respect.
That's why I told you to take a closer look at Chinese Youth first, 'cause you donot know them!
Is that what you know? You don't see......
Nice non-sequitur. I am well aware of operation Ajax.
And as you pointed out, it was in 1953.
The Falklands war was 30 year later.
Hmm what was CHina like in 1953 or 1967? What was it like in 1983?
What was Russia like in 1952 say (when the British were freaking out on the Americans for support, and our deal with the Saudis); and what was Russia like say in 1989?
You can pull things out of different dark crevices, but doesn't change the fact, the Argentine military went about things in the worst possible way and then got thrashed, and lost.
If you want to defend them or go through intellectual hoops to defy facts for some odd reason, then knock yourself out - its your freedom to do that ...
Its not spin, that was the chain of events.
And the military was turfed out pretty quickly (although not entirely its influence).
If you miss the Argentine military dictatorship, then you are probably in some pretty lonely company (maybe Kissinger is in that boat with you, as well as ex-military officers from the Argentine junta).
Don't know how they can challenge the UK when there are settlers on the Falklands willing to assert their self-determination.
Have you actually been to Argentina? Doesn't sound like it, since just about everyone was glad to see their back (at least those I have met, in BA, Corrientes and other regions).
Your comparison of today's China with Germany of the past is more apt than you may realize: In Germany of the 1930s, a party with the support of Germany's ruling class used nationalism to distract the masses from the economic fundamentals at the root of their suffering and direct their anger against non-Germans.
Just as the Great Depression had exposed the structural weakness of economies that shunted too much wealth to the already wealthy, an economic system that is enriching China's elites while leaving behind great swaths of society is also creating a frightening undercurrent of frustration and resentment among those who feel left behind.
Mere protests may soon become too small of an outlet for that anger.
Can you talk about the difference? How prejudice, what right do you have to talk about China rises while USA are allow to regulate other countries with arm force? What is the standard of peace? USA had more wars than any country in the world for the past 10 years. Poor middle east is the proof, if USA don't like them, USA can leave them alone. They are trying to breakaway from USA control, it is USA whom try to use brute force to establish controls. Why can't people just read the history before they even write their worthless opinions? Japan is like another Israel, it is a means to stir up conflict and then give USA reason to regulate peace.
Ironically, people who fight for peace are the one who stir it up.
The author compared China today with the German Empire pre-WW1. You might want to work on that reading comp skill...
Also if you had bothered to read the numerous articles TE writes to examine China's economy every single week, TE has repeatedly have said that the current slowdown is cyclical and not structural, although China will need to fix its long term structural problems if it wants to keep growing quickly past the next few years.
Here is one recent article published 3 weeks ago.
so damn.go with the hell to u.author only claim all the bickering aroused on chinese sides,who are to be inhibited what and so forth.it is obvious that author just stand on the japanese side to rebuke chinese fault,even though all the disputes caused by japan brutally and irrationally so called"buy"the diaoyu island and claimed it alone the island is belong to them.
but let recall and look back the history as well as the geographic on the map,diaoyu island is absolutely affiliated to taiwan island,let alone to china.
so i definitely hope author can stand on neutual position with grand & frofound asian histroy between each countries to post yr bull shit article.pls don't just only comment one sides fault but to see all the affairs evenly and justicely.pls think it deeply before the action.
a famous writer Lu xun has a famous saying in china : i only can see cannibalism from the book.now , what i want to say is i only can see prejudice abt china from what the author saw ,what the author thought,what the author wrote.
The author point out that "The aim was to keep them out of the mischievous hands of Tokyo's China-bashing governor" but ,who konw the aim explained by Japanese government is the real purpose abt the Diaoyus.what the Japanese government explains is just a explanation in diplomacy. But the author do trust in what the Japanese government said. So i really confused that is the author a member of Japnese government? how can he konw and believe the detail clearily.
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Fiction Read in July and August:
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Read in preparation for John's first unit study of the year.
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
A retelling of the Snow White story, told from the perspective of the stepmother (Boy) and her daughter (Bird). Oyeyemi explores issues around race and the perception of beauty in our culture. An intriguing book that deserves a longer review, or at least more attention than I'm giving it here. I'd recommend it for those who like both well-crafted stories and pondering bigger issues.
And the Dark Sacred Night by Julia Glass
Kip is a somewhat lost middle-aged art history professor who recently didn't get tenure and finds himself drifting through life. His wife, desperate to kick-start him into some kind of action, sends him off on a journey to discover who his biological father is. Told from multiple perspectives and in flashbacks, this story weaves through the lives of a New England family and their friends. It was a good read although not particularly memorable.
A Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King
The latest installment in the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. I'm now caught up before the next one is published in early 2015.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Read in preparation for John's unit study. More on that in the next few weeks, hopefully.
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
Also read for the unit study, this was my first MacDonald book. I quite enjoyed it and see why C.S. Lewis considered MacDonald a great writer of Christian allegory and fantasy. Lewis once said about MacDonald, "I have never concealed the fact that I regarded him as my master; indeed I fancy I have never written a book in which I did not quote from him."
The Real Boy by Anne Ursu
Non-Fiction read in July/August
The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
I got this one out for the description of the title essay which is partially about the author's experience being a model patient for medical student's practical exams. It's actually much more about her experience having an abortion. The rest of the essays vary widely in content (from an essay on saccharine to one on extreme endurance races to one on the West Memphis Three). The thread that holds all the essays together is the theme of empathy. Jamison particularly ponders her own medical experiences, including a heart surgery for an arrhythmia, a violent attack in Central America where she was punched in the face and her abortion. I was quite impressed with Jamison's ability to write beautifully and intelligently on such a wide range of topics. And I appreciated some of her musings on the nature of empathy.
Ironically I found at times that that it was difficult to be empathetic towards Jamison. At times I felt like saying "Yes, these things happened to you. Now it's time to move on." Then I felt kind of sheepish as she has a whole discussion in her essay on women's pain about how society often has that approach to hurting young women. In the end I decided that this read to me like a young book. It's similar to listening to a teenager tell you about the current crisis in their life. You know it's big to them. You want to have empathy. But sometimes it's hard.
This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett
Somewhat better known as a novelist, Patchett has also had a long career writing non-fiction for magazines. She began at Seventeen magazine, largely to pay the bills and ended up at places like Harper's and The Atlantic Monthly. This collection of essays roughly serves as a memoir of sorts as she collected a sampling of her non-fiction over her life.
I really enjoyed this book and it strikes me now that's probably in part because it's from a more mature voice than the previous one. The essay on caring for her grandmother with dementia was lovely and touching without being overly maudlin. Ditto the essay on her dying dog and companion of many years. The early essays on how to become a writer are excellent and would be worthwhile reading for anyone who thinks they might want to pursue a career in writing.
My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead
Part literary criticism, part biography and part memoir this book is unlike anything else I've read. Rebecca Mead looks at Middlemarch, the book that has been the most important influence her own life. I expected this to read mostly like a memoir but I was pleasantly surprised to find it was so much more. Mead includes her own experience but only where it illuminates the book or where the book illuminates her experience. I mostly appreciated Mead's love for Middlemarch and her extensive research on George Eliot and insight into how Eliot's life may have influenced her books, particularly Middlemarch. Like all the best books, this one made me want to read more: Middlemarch again, more Eliot, more on Eliot.


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Subject: RAGUSE; Helen Marcie-6/5/2005-USA/TX
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 18:06:48 +0100
Helen "Marcie" Raguse
HELEN "MARCIE" RAGUSE, was born on June 25, 1913 in Sacred Heart, Minnesota
to Lena Sagness and Henry Thostenson. She graduated from the University of
Minnesota School of Agriculture and married Aurelieus "Gus" Raguse on
Christmas Day 1935, during a blizzard. The pair weathered the rest of their
storms together for 60 years before Gus died September 29, 1995. Marcie and
Gus were active members of Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd and then
Salem Lutheran Church. Marcie was highly gifted at cooking, baking, sewing
and otherwise caring for friends. Her last hours were spent surrounded by
her family, son Tom Raguse, daughter Marilyn Dickey and her son-in-law
Harold Dickey, and her grandchildren Jeff Dickey and Robyn Dickey Stewart
and husband Tom Stewart. When the last of us had arrived, she stayed with us
a few minutes more, and then left us to spend Mother's Day with God at 9:45
P.M. Friday, May 6, 2005. Though she arrived in this life nearly 92 years
ago, we would have gladly cherished more time with her. Marcie was
graciously cared for by the committed and loving staff of the Da Vita
Dialysis Clinic and most recently served by Dr. Peracha and Dr. A. Patel and
the caring staff of Triumph Hospital in Sugar Land. The family wishes to
extend a very special thanks and our love to her tireless caregiver Pilar
Salas for her uplifting and generous spirit to our whole family. We would
also like to thank her guardian angel Andrea Glenn. We invite you to join us
as we celebrate her life beginning with visitation at Forest Park Westheimer
Funeral Home, 12800 Westheimer Road at Dairy Ashford from 5:00 P. M. until
7:00 P. M. Tuesday, May 10, 2005, and funeral at 1:00 P. M. Wednesday, May
11, 2005 under the direction of Rev. David Roschke and Rev. George Aurich.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Salem Lutheran Church Building
Fund, 4930 West Bellfort Avenue, Houston, Texas 7703
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You can add a larger seat on any vertical surface with Birdsall Marine's Folding Rear Bench Seat ($595 for the 44-inch model). Pivoting on a pair of angle brackets and stainless-steel ball‑lock pins, the seat can be removed or folded flat against a bulkhead. When folded out, the anodized-aluminum frame and padded vinyl seat cushion are supported by two rubber-tipped legs. You can also add the Birdsall Padded Backrest for additional comfort. The seat is available in five bench widths, ranging from 44 to 60 inches. Color choices are white and off-white, in smooth or pleated vinyl.
OK, let's say you have a center-console with just a leaning post — no real helm seats. Short of replacement with a seating assembly, you can convert your leaning post to a quasi-helm seat with the addition of a backrest that fits into the rocket launcher. There are a number of these on the market, including Taco's Leaning Post Backrest ($229.99), which has a pair of anodized-aluminum inserts that slip into the two outer rod holders. The thickly padded marine vinyl backrest allows you to perch atop the leaning post and brace yourself more comfortably while piloting your boat.
With these ideas for resting your feet, legs and back, there's no reason why you and your crew can't take a seat.
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Mark your calendars, Bengals and Bearcats fans: Linebacker J.K. Schaffer will be the next featured guest on Beyond the Stripes.
The Cincinnati native went to La Salle High School and University of Cincinnati before signing with the Bengals in 2012.
The show, which is open to the public, starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 26) at Moerlein Lager House in downtown Cincinnati.
If you can't make it, the show will stream live on www.www2.cincinnati.com.
Paul Daugherty, Paul Dehner, Lindsay Patterson and Joe Reedy will break down the Bengals' place in the standing after the bye week then they'll invite Schaffer onto the set.
He'll answer your questions about the team, maybe play a little trivia, perhaps reveal a special talent — and then you'll have a chance to meet him after the show (and ask for autographs, of course).
Tweet your questions to us with #BeyondTheStripes, and we might ask or our sports crew your questions live during the show!
Schaffer is the latest Bengal to be a featured guest. Defensive end Robert Geathers, wide receiver Marvin Jones Jr., defensive end Margus Hunt, quarterback Josh Johnson, punter Kevin Huber, safety George Iloka, safety Chris Crocker, long snapper Clark Harris, wide receiver Dane Sanzenbacher and head coach Marvin Lewis joined us earlier in the season.
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