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it is easy to use . the transmitter transmitting only comes 2/3 mile. but for the hobby it is enough. the machine makes a lot of noise for cooling. has a blue display. Read more
Well made, nice finish, looks strong. Simple to setup and use. TX has good quality, sounds like a commercial FM station. Needs a better antenna. No instructions manual, so you have to make some google search to find one. Low, but existing static noise, mainly when there's no music playing. Maybe with ... Read more
Transmitter works perfectly. The housing is strong and the controls are easy to use. Antenna is a little small, but replaceable by a bigger one or an outdoor type transmitter antenna. With the little antenna the transmission range was about 1 km, transmitting from indoors. When using outdoor antenna,... Read more
This is a relatively powerful transmitter that is switchable between 1 and 7 watts. It is a nice looking unit and runs cool. It sounds good! The fan in the unit is noticeable. If you are in the same room as the transmitter and the music is low you can hear the fan. Switching power levels requires you ... Read more


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James Jewell
The Love and Joy of Movement and Stillness
Welcome to this website, which will give you a taste of James Jewell's unique yoga based movement and stillness teaching style. For the 2015 retreats, both Taschen recommended – we return for the second time to the gentle, rolling hills of In Sabina, Italy, And of course as every year, to Molino del Rey, here in Andalucia. These retreats have been attracting people from around the world for over the last 16 years, the vast majority returning again and again. Scroll down a bit to read a mail sent after the last course, that expresses the spirit and essence of these times together. Read more of what other participants have shared and maybe peruse through some pictures and other comments from our last 9 day retreat held on the beautiful Kenyan island of Lamu last November.
Also you can find out about our local weekly and individual classes held around here on this Andalucian coast.
As well as reading about the Healing Art of Reflexology Massage that I have been practicing for over 20 years now.
I also love photography and sharing the photos and other reflections here on this site with you.
Just Click on any of the photos to read more too……….Enjoy!!!
Thank you so much for a wonderful time at Molino – learning to teach has opened my eyes to the art of what great teachers do. I am so glad I discovered your work and have been able to meet the lovely people you attract to your retreats.
And now the Abbey to look forward to!
Lorraine xx
7-13th June 2015.
26th July – 2nd August 2015. Molino del Rey, Andalucia.
7-13th June 2015.
26th July – 2nd August 2015. Molino del Rey, Andalucia.
Reflexology Massage Healing with James…Read more
We went back to the beautiful Kenyan island, Lamu in November for a fabulous 9 day retreat. Click here to see more photos and comments.
Thank you james for a wonderful retreat!
I carry the experience around with me, safe and strong and a reminder of the how I can feel and be even when not in a beautiful place and on a yoga retreat. The peace, acceptance and wonderful stillness of the meditation alongside the physical yoga practice has a 'gathering up of myself' effect, if that makes sense? I am restored. Sharing this in a group is a pleasure and it's great for Pete and I to experience together too.
Thanks for the words you've shared. They will be good to look back on in a few weeks when the distance has grown and normal life is back in full flow.
You bring so much to the sessions……
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Just returned from sharing/teaching a spiritual retreat with Ian and Matt from Stillpoint, at Courtney Abbey near Oxford.
I share some of Ian's poetry in this blog from his new book "Unfurling"
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in cool morning air; so now
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Ian Adams
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Apple iPhone 6 Screen Snag Leaves Suppliers Scrambling
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Suppliers to Apple are scrambling to get enough screens ready for the new iPhone 6, after the need to redesign a key component disrupted panel production.
Suppliers to Apple are scrambling to get enough screens ready for the new iPhone 6, after the need to redesign a key component disrupted panel production.
Apple's stock reaches a new high, reflecting investors' renewed faith in CEO Tim Cook's ability to outwit the competition and introduce popular products.
Apple begins keeping personal data of some Chinese users on servers in China, marking the first time the tech giant is storing user data on Chinese soil.
Revenue and usage at Pandora soar, but three key metrics fall, and the streaming radio leader will no longer release those figures monthly.
Apple has a problem. It sold 9 percent fewer iPads during the three months ending in June than it did a year earlier. What must it do to get back on track?
Where is Apple's future beyond the iPhone? It's not the iPad or iPod. It could be the long-rumored iWatch. But it can also be the venerable Mac.
Apple asks suppliers to make up to 80 million of its two forthcoming large-screen iPhones by year's end, its largest initial production run of iPhones.
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Apple is orchestrating a $3.2 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics, the headphone maker and music streaming distributor founded by hip-hop star Dr. Dre.
Apple has followed Google to be the latest company with a hefty share price to declare a stock split. Expect more firms with high stock prices to follow.
A deal with HBO boosting Amazon's streaming service and General Mills losing face with consumers are among the week's smartest moves and biggest blunders.
Apple's stock split was cheered by investors, it has done little to quell fears that the technology giant is losing the innovation game to rivals.
Layoffs at Nike point to a possible end for the Nike FuelBand fitness bracelet. It blew a golden opportunity to corner the market. It failed to evolve.


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Wednesday, September 03, 2014Neumann Microphones Help Capture Musical Magic At The Aspen Music FestivalPSW Staff 09/03/14 02:29 PM,The Benedict Music Tent, the principal venue at the annual Aspen (Colorado) Music Festival, utilized Neumann M 150 microphones for live orchestral performances recorded and heard on American Public Media (APM), Colorado Public Radio, and Aspen Public Radio. Since 1949, the Aspen Music Festival and School has been one of the most famous classical music festivals in the world and one of the most prolific, hosting more than 350 performances between June and August each year. Performances range anywhere from… View this post
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Monday, August 11, 2014"David Bowie Is" At Chicago's Museum Of Contemporary Art Enhanced With SennheiserPSW Staff 08/11/14 02:40 PM,On September 23, the "David Bowie Is" exhibition makes its U.S. debut at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). The exhibition, meticulously curated by the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London, explores the diverse work of a great artist of our time. For each of the exhibits, including the MCA exhibit coming to Chicago in September, V&A has partnered with Sennheiser to help insure a memorable audio experience for visitors. The exhibition takes visitors on a sonic and visual… View this post
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Wednesday, August 06, 2014New Pack Shield Provides Protection For Beltpack Devices (Includes Video)PSW Staff 08/06/14 11:30 AM,The new Pack Shield provides protection for beltpack devices, such as wireless beltpack transmitters and in-ear monitor beltpack receivers, while still keeping them easy to access and use without added hassle. Pack Shield, made of Kydex, a thermoplastic material, is custom formed to fit individual beltpacks, protecting not only the beltpack itself but also the antenna and connector (s). Currently the product line includes Pack Shield models that are molded to fit Sennheiser evolution ew100, ew300, and IEM ew300 beltpacks;… View this post
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Tuesday, August 05, 2014Middle Atlantic Debuts Low Profile, Safety Certified FlexView SeriesPSW Staff 08/05/14 03:56 PM,The new FlexView Series from Middle Atlantic Products provides AV integrators with display solutions that offer strength, mounting flexibility, aesthetics and user friendliness. A collection of display stands and carts well-suited for corporate, hospitality and education environments, FlexView models offer a slim profile, contemporary design aesthetic and safety certification. FlexView provides a very low profile display mount as well as a smaller base for unimpeded, up-close display interaction. In addition, it enables mounting of larger displays than competitively-priced solutions currently… View this post
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Kaltman Creations Introduces New Horn Antenna SeriesPSW Staff 08/05/14 11:59 AM,Kaltman Creations has introduced the new Aaronia PowerLOG horn antenna series, characterized by a broad frequency range and very high input power. The antenna gain increases with frequency up to a maximum of 13 dBi. The PowerLOG 10800 and 70180 are suitable for both transmitting and receiving purposes. Due to the very high maximum transmission power capability the PowerLOG is especially suitable for EMC and immunity test measurements. The antennas include typical calibration data. The 10800 model has a frequency… View this post
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Saelig Introduces 6 GHz Handheld RF Spectrum AnalyzersPSW Staff 08/05/14 11:14 AM,Saelig Company has introduced two new RF analyzers—the new AIM-TTi Series 5 Models—available in 3.6 GHz and 6.0 GHz versions. They maintain a true handheld format while offering bench-top instrument-quality features. The PSA3605 and PSA6005 weigh just 560 grams (20 ounces), are small enough to fit comfortably into the hand, and provide more than 3 hours of operation from each charge of the built-in lithium-ion battery. The analyzers incorporate a large high resolution color TFT display with touch screen control.… View this post
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014Heuvelman Uses Riedel To Simplify Infrastructure For Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014PSW Staff 07/29/14 02:33 PM,Riedel Communications today announced that the Netherlands' Heuvelman Sound & Vision B.V. used Riedel equipment to provide an interconnected digital TETRA system and intercom system for the Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014, which concluded June 15 in The Hague. Throughout the field hockey tournament, the Riedel installation supported HD video transport for two LED screens in Kyocera Stadium, audio and video for displays across the press village, and flexible data and intercom communications across the event. "Riedel gear was a… View this post
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Thursday, July 17, 2014Lectrosonics Captures The Action On "Friday Night Tykes"PSW Staff 07/17/14 03:43 PM,"Friday Night Tykes" on Esquire—an NBCUniversal network—is a TV show that focuses on the competitive Rookies division in the San Antonio region of the Texas Youth Football Association. The series follows five different teams, both on and off the football field. There's a lot of action, and Digital Hybrid Wireless technology from Lectrosonics helps capture it. Austin, TX-based location sound engineer John McKallip is one of two lead sound mixers on the show, working with Allen Green from San Antonio.… View this post
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PreSonus Unveils AudioBox Recording Solutions For Mac, Windows, And iPadPSW Staff 07/17/14 12:26 PM,PreSonus has announced the new USB 2.0 bus-powered AudioBox iOne audio interface and AudioBox iTwo audio/MIDI interface for Mac, Windows, and Apple iPad. The mobile interfaces include PreSonus Studio One Artist DAW for Mac and Windows, new Capture Duo recording software for iPad, and a Nimbit Free account for online direct-to-fan distribution of music, merchandise, and more. With Capture Duo or Capture for iPad and an AudioBox iOne or iTwo, users can record with an iPad and then wirelessly transfer… View this post
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American at Center of Foster Children Saga Defends Himself (December 17, 2014, The Beijinger)
After a flurry of stories hit the Chinese media two weeks ago about a "missing" American man raising 11 orphans in Beijing (and the subsequent death of one of them), one thing was absent: a response from the man himself. Last Friday, we were able to arrange a face-to-face interview with the person at the center of this drama, Ray Wigdal. Over the course of two three-hour meetings last weekend in Beijing, we did our best to gather Wigdal's side of the story.
Here Is Xi's China: Get Used To It (December 11, 2014, China File)
The Chinese state is not fragile. The regime is strong, increasingly self-confident, and without organized opposition.
Tiger in the net (December 13, 2014, The Economist)
Zhou Yongkang may well have been corrupt. His real problem was losing a power struggle.
Hong Kong activists fear they are being monitored by Beijing (December 14, 2014, The Guardian)
Security experts are convinced that Chinese authorities are spying on pro-democracy protesters.
Three hurt in knife attack in China's Xinjiang (December 15, 2014, BBC)
Chinese authorities have arrested a knife-wielding man who injured three people waiting at a bus stop in Xinjiang, local media say. The incident took place in the region's capital, Urumqi, on Monday night. No information has been released on the attacker's identity or motivation.
China Jails Egg Farmer Who Became Railway Tycoon (December 16, 2014, China Real Time)
An egg-seller turned railway tycoon, Ding Yuxin, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $400 million in fines for corruption related to her alleged take from the build-out of a train system called Harmony. Ms. Ding, better known as Ding Shumiao, was linked by prosecutors and China's state media to the country's now-jailed former railway minister, Liu Zhijun. Prosecutors had charged Ms. Ding with running an illegal business worth $29 billion – a figure just shy of the $34.4 billion China has said it paid to link Shanghai and Beijing by high-speed rail.
Why Marx Still Matters: The Ideological Drivers of Chinese Politics (December 16, 2014, China File)
According to Xi Jinping himself, Marxism must remain the ideological lodestar of the Chinese state. Both the Party Constitution and the State Constitution indicate that Marxism-Leninism provides the correct scientific basis to govern the country. The question of how much influence Marxism (and Leninism) stills has in contemporary China is thus more than merely academic.
China's Corruption Fight Inseparable from Economic Reform (December 17, 2014, China Real Time)
The current political campaign in China under the leadership of President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Wang Qishan, who is head of the Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, has been aggressively targeting corruption since early last year. The campaign has removed several of President Xi's senior political rivals and one official who was regarded as an opponent of economic reform. It remains to be seen whether these changes help clear the way for the extensive economic reforms that the party has committed to pursue. If not, corruption will continue to plague China for the foreseeable future.
China Gets Even Colder for Reporters (December 17, 2014, Sinosphere)
But the progress on visa renewals obscures what many correspondents say is a mounting hostility toward Western media outlets operating in China.
China tops the world in jailing journalists (December 17, 2014, Christian Science Monitor)
China topped another global list of superlatives Wednesday: Its government has jailed more journalists than any other in the world. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says in its annual report that 44 reporters languish in Chinese prisons. Second-placed Iran has locked up 30 journalists, according to the report.
Tibetan Man Dies After Self-Immolation in Protest of Chinese Rule (December 17, 2014, The New York Times)
A Tibetan man set himself on fire and died outside a police station in the western Chinese province of Gansu on Tuesday, becoming the 134th person to self-immolate in protest of Chinese rule over Tibetan areas, according to a report by Radio Free Asia, which is financed by the United States government.
After the 'Shock and Awe': China's Anti-Corruption Quagmire (December 18, 2014, China Real Time)
A major challenge for Chinese President Xi Jinping's anticorruption crusade is not only to halt graft but also–once malfeasance is contained–to prevent it from reappearing. Xi's assault on corruption has been impressive so far. But with the opening pyrotechnics of that effort culminating in the arrest earlier this month of powerful former security czar Zhou Yongkang, now comes the much more difficult task of continuing to clean up the Communist Party at lower levels without the political benefit of taking down high-profile "tigers."
Will Pope Francis affect the position of Catholics in China? (December 12, 2014, East Asia Forum)
Reflecting on a letter he wrote to Xi Jinping on his election to the papacy, Pope Francis said of China 'the relationships are there. It's a big country that I love deeply'. Since his papacy began, Pope Francis has made headlines for shepherding the Catholic Church along a relatively more liberal path. Does this mean that reconciliation with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) might be possible?
Justin Welby ponders landmark China tour to see explosion of Christianity (December 14, 2014, The Telegraph)
Archbishop of Canterbury facing diplomatic tightrope after invitation from Communist authorities to visit China to see 'harmonious coexistence.'
Video: What Are Characteristics of the Chinese House Church? (Enoch Wang – Part 4) (December 16, 2014, China Partnership)
The Chinese house church has been shaped by the influence of the Western missions movement and the isolation of survival amidst persecution. It has two distinct features – watch to learn more about both.
Church Schools or Home Schooling? (Part 2) (December 16, 2014, Chinese Church Voices)
The article provides an interesting glimpse into a conversation taking place online among Christians in China regarding an important issue.
Video: Dalai Lama institution 'will cease one day' (December 16, 2014, BBC)
The Dalai Lama has told the BBC's Newsnight he does not know whether he will be the last to hold the title. "Whether the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue or not is up to the Tibetan people," he told the BBC's Yalda Hakim. "There's no guarantee some stupid Dalai Lama won't come next, who will disgrace himself or herself.
Where Can Someone Get a Bible in China? (December 17, 2014, ChinaSource Blog)
That's a question I hear quite a bit whenever I speak on China. People want to know about the availability of Bibles in China. Unfortunately many people still believe that owning a Bible is illegal in China, something that hasn't been true for decades. But as with most things in China, the issue of Bible availability is complicated.
Traditional Chinese Christmas Songs: 《欢乐佳音歌》 & 《圣诞感恩歌》(December 18, 2014, ChinaSource Blog)
China to ban use of national anthem at weddings (December 12, 2014, BBC)
China has banned the national anthem from being performed at weddings, funerals, commercial and other non-political events, state media reports. Under new rules, the anthem is to be reserved for major political and diplomatic occasions, as well as places such as sporting arenas and schools. The rules aim to "standardise proper etiquette" for the anthem, Xinhua news agency said, citing the authorities.
Chinese mystery of vanishing foreign brides (December 12, 2014, CNBC)
Police in central China have launched an investigation into the disappearance of more than 100 Vietnamese women who married local bachelors and had been living in villages around the city of Handan. The women all disappeared at the same time in late November, along with a Vietnamese woman who married a local villager 20 years ago and had introduced most of the brides to local men in recent months in exchange for a fee.
Christmas celebrations: Oh what fun (December 13, 2014, The Economist)
In the West the holiday is a commercialised legacy of Christian culture; in China it is almost entirely a product of Mammon. Father Christmas is better known to most than Jesus.
79 Days That Shook Hong Kong (December 15, 2014, TIME)
Hong Kong's street occupations have ended, but many demonstrators say this is only the beginning of their fight for free elections.
China urged to drop one-child policy. But will young couples opt for two? (+video) (December 16, 2014, Christian Science Monitor)
Last year, Beijing had expected two million extra babies after loosening its longstanding one-child limit per couple. But only 700,000 more babies were delivered.
A Map of China's Back-to-the-Land Efforts (December 15, 2014, China File)
In our short film "Down to the Countryside," Sun Yunfan and I follow Ou Ning, an artist and curator who moved from Beijing to the village of Bishan in rural Anhui province in 2013, where he experiments with preserving and revitalizing local heritage, developing the rural economy, and bringing art and culture to the countryside. His journey stems from his rejection of China's unbridled urbanization and the growing inequality between urban and rural. But it is also an individual quest, a pastoral search for the good life.
American at Center of Foster Children Saga Defends Himself (December 17, 2014, The Beijinger)
After a flurry of stories hit the Chinese media two weeks ago about a "missing" American man raising 11 orphans in Beijing (and the subsequent death of one of them), one thing was absent: a response from the man himself. Last Friday, we were able to arrange a face-to-face interview with the person at the center of this drama, Ray Wigdal. Over the course of two three-hour meetings last weekend in Beijing, we did our best to gather Wigdal's side of the story.
China Announces Official 2015 National Holiday Schedule (December 17, 2014, China Briefing)
China's General Office of the State Council released the "Circular on the Arrangement of Certain Holidays in 2015 (guobanfamingdian [2014] No.28)" on December 16 and announced the official national holiday schedule for 2015 as follows
Beijing Adoptive Parents Discuss Their Experience (December 18, 2014, The Beijinger)
The coverage of events surrounding Ray Wigdal and the 11 children in his foster care has focused attention on issues of adoption by foreign parents in China. While Wigdal has chosen to care for children outside of the mainstream, others have used a more traditional approach to becoming adoptive parents. In June, the Beijinger's sister publication beijingkids interviewed two prominent Beijing-based, foreign fathers, who discussed their experiences adopting children in China. Relevant excerpts from those interviews follow below:
Confucian Confusion (December 18, 2014, Jottings from the Granite Studio)
It wasn't so long ago that China's best-known teacher and philosopher was the last person on earth the communists would have chosen as a proxy. During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, he was shamelessly maligned by the very Party that hoists his banner today. Although dead for two millennia, he was singled out for his own personal smear campaign.
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In this episode of VICE INTL, VICE China heads to Sitong Village to visit the People's Primary School—where kids learn reading, writing, and the wonders of Communism.
Black Lung: The Experience in Other Jurisdictions (December 15, 2014, China Real Time)
China is only the latest country to grapple with black lung. The U.S. and Britain, among others, dealt with legions of cases decades ago. In the U.S., the proportion of coal workers afflicted with black lung reached 7.7% in the 1968-1980 period, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
China is Planning to Purge Foreign Technology and Replace With Homegrown Suppliers (December 18, 2014, Bloomberg News)
China is aiming to purge most foreign technology from banks, the military, state-owned enterprises and key government agencies by 2020, stepping up efforts to shift to Chinese suppliers, according to people familiar with the effort. The push comes after a test of domestic alternatives in the northeastern city of Siping that was deemed a success, said the people, who asked not to be named because the details aren't public.
Is China's economy really the largest in the world? (December 15, 2014, BBC)
For the first time in more than 140 years, the US has lost the title of the world's largest economy – it has been stolen by China, according to the IMF. But how reliable are the statistics underpinning this claim? The BBC's economics editor, Robert Peston, explains lower down why China matters to all of us.
Why Beijing is Spending $13 Billion on a New Airport (December 13, 2014, China Real Time)
Six years after Beijing spent $3.5 billion to build what was then the world's largest airport passenger terminal, China's national planning agency has green-lit a new airport that will cost nearly four times as much
As China's Economy Slows, So Too Does Growth in Workers' Wages (December 17, 2014, China Real Time)
Growth in minimum-wage levels across China appeared to have slowed this year, amid low inflation rates and a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy, a labor watchdog says.
China opens key section of massive water project (December 11, 2014, Reuters)
China on Friday opened a key section of a massive and ambitious plan to transport water from wetter central and southern parts of the country up to its arid north, including the capital Beijing, state media reported. The $62 billion undertaking – dreamed up by former Communist Party leader Mao Zedong in the 1950s – is designed to supply China's parched and pollution-ridden north, home to more than 300 million people and countless water-intensive businesses.
Inside Beijing's airpocalypse – a city made 'almost uninhabitable' by pollution (December 16, 2014, The Guardian)
Beijing's air quality has long been a cause of concern, but the effects of its extreme levels of pollution on daily life can now be seen in physical changes to the architecture of the city. Buildings and spaces are being reconfigured and daily routines modified to allow normal life to go on beneath the toxic shroud.
China cracking down on broadcast of western tv shows with strict new rules (December 15, 2014, Nanfang Insider)
As bad as any "bad China day" can get, expats can always enjoy the pleasure of popular Western TV shows through Chinese streaming websites. But it looks like even that pleasure may disappear once new regulations take effect next year. The State Committee on Films and Broadcast Media (formerly known as SARFT) wants to make it more difficult for dangerous imperialist western ideas to infiltrate China via Hollywood sitcoms.
Chinese Media Compiles Top 10 Internet Memes for 2014 (December 16, 2014, China Smack)
According to a Xian Evening News report at the end of 2014, during this year there were many new online buzzwords that entered our lives. Here we will summarize the top 10 online catchphrases of 2014, in no particular order.
Eggplant: nowhere does it better than China (December 16, 2014, The World of Chinese)
Chinese food has got to be up there with the best food in the world, and there is nowhere in the world that produces a dish as delicious as the humble eggplant.
Beijing Considers New Methods to Boost Sagging International Tourist Numbers (December 18, 2014, The Beijinger)
With overseas tourist arrivals continuing to plummet, Beijing is once again considering ways to attract more international tourists to Beijing. […] here's our list of additional suggestions to promote Beijing as a tourist destination:
5 tips to help you improve your Chinese writing ability (December 16, 2014, Hacking Chinese)
In this article, I will share some tips and suggestions for how to translate and/or write better texts in Chinese and learn more from the process. Please note that I don't talk about handwriting here, this is about composing text!
English loanwords in Mandarin (About.com)
The English and Mandarin languages are far apart, yet they still exert a considerably influence on each other, mostly in the form of loanwords. English has a number of words borrowed from Mandarin and other dialects of Chinese, but the opposite is also true and probably much more common. Loanwords from English can be seen or heard in different forms in Mandarin and in this article we're going to look at a few of them.
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A Few Suggested China Rhyming Christmas Reads…. (December 17, 2014, China Rhyming)
And so it's the Christmas reading selection again which, as usual, includes no books published by me or written by me and only ones that impressed. Not much of a year for non-fiction I thought as nothing grabbed me especially and there didn't seem to be much for those of us who exist between the exalted academic tome and the perfunctory Stations of the Cross China book.
Frog by Mo Yan review – the Chinese Nobel laureate's award-winning novel (December 18, 2104, The Guardian)
Mo Yan, which means "Don't speak", is the pen name of Guan Moye, the son of a well-to-do landowning family from Shandong province in northeast China. The novel is set, like much of his work, in his real-life home county of Gaomi. Why the title Frog? The answer is a meandering connection Mo Yan makes between human sperm, early stage embryos, tadpoles and bullfrogs that is woven through a novel concerned primarily with the importance of love and life.
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Baseball is dying, you guys
Nov 3, 2014, 9:30 AM EST
I'll stop writing this post when columnists stop making dumb arguments about baseball's vitality.
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Baseball is dying, you guys
Sep 18, 2014, 12:41 PM EST
There will be no more famous players.
Baseball is dying? Nonsense: The Case for Baseball's Vitality
Sep 9, 2014, 7:57 AM EST
The first professional baseball team began play in the spring of 1869. People began lamenting its demise approximately fifteen minutes later. Here is why they are wrong.
Baseball is dying, you guys, because no one would recognize Mike Trout in a bar
Aug 29, 2014, 2:24 PM EST
Never mind that the dude has only been legally allowed inside a bar for about two years.
Baseball is dying, you guys
Aug 13, 2014, 11:00 AM EST
Usually those who say that baseball is dying conveniently forget that, in 1994, it actually was in trouble. So this is all very interesting.
Baseball is dying, you guys
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This is so sad. It looked so healthy, too.
Baseball is dying, you guys
Jun 30, 2014, 1:30 PM EST
Major League Baseball: 1876-2014. Died after a long illness, contracted in around 1877 or so.
Baseball is Dying Alert: World Cup Ratings Edition
Jun 24, 2014, 8:23 AM EST
It's awesome that USA-Portugal kicked butt in the ratings. It's lame if people think that represents anything meaningful about baseball or other sports.
Baseball is dying on Twitter, you guys
Mar 12, 2014, 12:06 PM EST
A story about Twitter engagement with televised sports shows that (a) half of all Twitter comments about TV shows are sports-related; but (b) baseball lags the other sports: One league that should be somewhat concerned, however, is Major League Baseball. In addition to the fourth-worst television ratings in history, the 2013 World Series failed to…
Hey guys, baseball is dying again
Oct 7, 2013, 9:45 AM EST
Every fall, like clockwork. These are becoming more ubiquitous than BSOHL stories during spring training: And of course totally vapid and ill-informed about the economics and nature of baseball. But what else is new? These clowns are doing nothing but channeling ancient nostalgia imported from a time when baseball was the only major sport and…
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Sep 30, 2013, 9:40 AM EST
You may think you're enjoying tonight's game-163 between the Rays and Rangers. And it may seem exciting and everyone you know may be talking about it and the playoffs. But you're just deluding yourself, everyone. Because the New York Times tells us that, once again, baseball is dying: … baseball seems simply to have fallen out…
A good link to send your "baseball is dying" friends
Nov 19, 2012, 4:16 PM EST
We talk an awful lot around here about how silly the whole "baseball is dying" argument is, how those who make it are totally ignorant of the economics of the game, the nature of baseball fandom and the like. Today Grant Brisbee has a great post up explaining that in greater detail: But as a…
A twist on the "baseball is dying" thing: the NBA is killing it!
Oct 31, 2012, 1:59 PM EST
Saying that the NFL is more popular than baseball is both (a) true; and (b) old hat. It has become such an obvious thing that I didn't even blink when I heard Frank DeFord say it for the ten millionth time just this morning, and most of what Frank DeFord says drives me kinda bonkers. But how…
Baseball is dying, people
Apr 27, 2012, 8:20 AM EST
Another one of these? Sheesh: "The National Game has begun to topple from its ancient pedestal, as the one-time fervid fans turn to new sports…" As you know, I really get sick of this kind of thing. The people who write them have no basic understan– wait, what? The article was written in 1929? Oh,…
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Sep 9, 2011, 9:20 AM EST
The first professional baseball team was established in 1869. Two weeks later someone probably wrote a column about how baseball was dying, on its way out and utterly utterly doomed. From then until the present day, scribes have proclaimed baseball to be a dead sport walking. Here's the latest, from the pages of the Kansas…
Baseball — and the American Character — is dying, you guys
Oct 28, 2014, 4:00 PM EST
I swear, I did not write this as a parody in an effort to give myself something new and crazy to rail against. Though I can understand if you believe otherwise.
Baseball has been dying since before it really even existed
Oct 7, 2014, 11:45 AM EST
Indeed, someone claimed it was not as good as it used to be a full year before the first professional team took the field.
Apparently, baseball will start dying once Derek Jeter retires
Sep 25, 2014, 12:31 PM EST
I'd like to think we'll be able to carry on. But I don't know if we can. Dammit, I JUST DO NOT KNOW.
Wait, baseball may not be dying, you guys
Jul 3, 2014, 4:00 PM EST
You're not fooling anyone you know, now get in the cart.
HBT Daily: What are baseball's biggest challenges?
Sep 5, 2014, 1:30 PM EST
Baseball may not be dying, but today I talk about two of baseball's biggest challenges
Baseball on TV is 75 years old today
Aug 26, 2014, 12:35 PM EST
Complaining about baseball ratings turns 74 years, 364 days.
No, seven inning games are not a solution to baseball's problems
Jul 17, 2014, 3:03 PM EST
There is some lower-level Baseball Is Dyingism in a recent column by Dan Bickley. It's similar to a lot of Baseball Is Dyingism.
Must-click link: studying the words scouts use to describe black players vs. white players
May 9, 2014, 12:30 PM EST
You'll be shocked to learn that white players are more frequently described as "workers" and black players are more frequently described as "gifted."
Debunking the four biggest myths about baseball
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Some time ago, the RBI issued a directive to banks, as part of efforts to improve customer service, to stop levying pre-closure charges on home loans, though the Indian Banks' Association has argued against the move. The directive, applicable to home loans on floating rates, has brought bankers together against the move.
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Sedalia's Weekend Events – Weekend of September 26
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The Harlem Ambassadors basketball team visited the Fred E. Davis Center at State Fair Community College on Sunday. Sept. 21, 2014.
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The Boys and Girls of West Central Missouri received a check of $100 and school supplies from the donations received at the Wild Wheels Car Show, held on Saturday, September 22, 2014.
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The Sedalia Rotary Club selected three local seniors as the club's Students of the Month for September. Honored were, from left, Steven Durst of La Monte High School, Jessica Zimmerman of Northwest High School and Abby Knight of Smith-Cotton High School.
One thing about being a person who does a lot of community outreach - you're always learning something new. There's always something you didn't know about or didn't realize was so prevalent. That's why it was such a great thing to talk with Kacey Boslaugh, a young lady who is affected by Juvenile Arthritis.
The Sedalia Animal Shelter Lucky Dog Poker Walk took place on the Missouri State Fairgrounds on Saturday, September 20, 2014. This walk was done to benefit the Sedalia Animal Shelter. The City of Sedalia is getting ready to build a new animal shelter and this group and organization is trying to continue the operations until the move takes place
Here's a look at what's going on in our area this weekend.
Low Budget Car Club will judge the cars and trucks at our Wild Wheels Car Show September 20, at the Missouri State Fairgrounds. Here is their story.
The Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce is having their Ladies' Night Out on Thursday, Sept. 25. It's become a bigger and bigger event every year, and it's just part of what the Chamber of Commerce does to get you out and about while enjoying some distinguished fun!
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New love apparently agrees with Vince Gill. It can be seen on the faces of the newly betrothed singer and his wife Amy Grant, whose nonstop public appearances have them showing up on the evening news as often as Elian Gonzalez and Al Gore. And it can be heard in the uncomplicated exclamations of bliss that overwhelm Gill's new Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye, the country star's latest musical offering.
While Gill openly celebrates one of the happiest moments of his privileged life, music critics have been hacking at his new album like neophyte golfers trying to blast balls out of a sandy bunker. Of course critics, being a cynical and sarcastic lot by trade, tend not to respond to polished pontifications on the exhilarating hormonal effects of hooking up with someone who rocks your world.
In this case, though, I'd argue they're wrong. Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye may not be Gill's most emotionally and musically affecting albumthat honor goes to his previous release, The Key. However, he does offer some of the most refined, tastefully rendered country-pop arrangements of recent times. The new album may not end up being one of the most critically acclaimed country LPs of 2000so far, those honors will go to Trisha Yearwood's Real Live Woman and Lee Ann Womack's I Hope You Dancebut it's certainly heads above the hackneyed musical clunkiness of recent albums by Mark Wills, Chad Brock, Keith Urban, and other Music Row singers currently filling the airwaves with soulless expressions of what love can do.
How a listener reacts to Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye likely will depend on how he or she feels about direct, openhearted expressions of romantic love. Those inclined to swoon to such unfettered sentimentality will react positively to Gill's earnest lyrics of joy and fulfillment. But those who giggle or gag at Hallmark-like gushiness will find his songs too maudlin for their tastes. "Little Things," for instance, begins and ends with the couple in bed with the Sunday paper spread across the sheets, while Gill coos lines about how rapturous it is to hear his wife breathe and to brush her hair.
Nearly every song speaks of such intimacies, and all are delivered in sumptuously gorgeous settings that avoid the usual Music Row clichés. Instead, Gill and producer Tony Brown opt for subtle, sparse arrangementsthis is consummate pop-country songcraft, with the polish coming across as elegant rather than contrived. Gill ends the album with a beautiful eulogy to a friend that adds a nice grace note to this highly personal collection. To some, his unadorned feelings may taste too sugary; others, though, will hear it as a reminder of how sweet love can be.
Of course, happily married men are capable of writing much more emotionally complex material. Steve Forbert, a jewel of the Nashville music community, is a longtime father and husband who writes songs with ambitious depth. Never predictable, even after more than 20 years of recording, he emerges with fresh themes and new sounds on his latest, Evergreen Boy. The album is his first collaboration with famed producer Jim Dickinson, whose Memphis background is evident in the horn charts and bass lines, which add a buoyancy to Forbert's poignant and positive take on life.
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Speaking of the small joys of life, John Hartford's sprightly charm has never been more apparent than on his new release, Live From Mountain Stage. Mixing early string-band music, country classics, and oddball originals, Hartford sparkles with merriment while dancing his way through performances that display his engagingly earthy voice and his prowess as a fiddler and banjoist.
To his credit, Hartford doesn't just revel in his eccentricities; he also makes them entertaining. And he's never shown off how well he can engage a crowd as on Live From Mountain Stage. His off-kilter charm shines on this one-of-a-kind meeting of old-time string tunes and modern folk-pop songs. The selections, which span his vast repertoire, are culled from three different performances for National Public Radio's Mountain Stage program in 1994-96. The disc includes several familiar tunes, including "Gentle on My Mind," a Hartford original that Glen Campbell turned into a pop classic. Here, Hartford both speeds up and strips down the well-known song, and his expressive enunciation and shimmering banjo work give the old chestnut a fresh shine.
Elsewhere, he explores traditional songs like "Yellow Barber" and "Catletsburg" with a verve that accentuates his joy in playing music rather than his technical know-how, and he spices the mix with lovingly delightful takes on the rarely performed country gem "My Tears Don't Show" and the bluegrass standard "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight." Throughout, Hartford keeps the performances as lean as his own tall, lanky frame. He never expands beyond a triounless his frequent clogging could be considered a fourth instrumentand the players occasionally break down into duo settings, as on the wonderful "Where Does an Old Time River Man Go?" featuring pianist Bob Thompson.
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Boston may be thousands of miles from Oahu, but a puny ocean can't stand in the way of Boston Kine Pizza's chefs, who craft massive 19-inch pies the same way Bostonians do. They don't get to have all the fun; guests can create their own topping combinations, piling on pepperonis, pineapple slices, sausages, and spicy jalape?os. Regardless of what else is on it, each pizza is finished with hand-shredded mozzarella and popped into an oven until golden-brown.
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When it comes to spearfishing, Westside Dive and Tackle founder Kris Tyler considers using scuba tanks as cheating. So when he suits up to spearfish, the seasoned outdoorsman plunges 20 feet below the water's surface, holds his breath in the stillness, and waits: "You become a part of the reef or rock, and you wait for the perfect situation—for the one fish that might give you that really good shot." A self-described "water baby," Kris has been swimming and fishing in Hawaii and Florida since childhood. Most of all, he loves the way spearfishing enables him to connect with the underwater universe and partake in a tradition Hawaiians have enriched for generations.
In addition to his spearfishing expeditions, Mr. Tyler totes explorers to his favorite sunken wrecks and lava caverns off the coast of Oahu on scuba-diving charters, and equips them to chart their own expeditions or challenge blowfish to staring contests during scuba-diving certification.
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The interactive exhibits and programs compiled by the Pink Palace Family of Museums reinforce a mission that has stayed constant for 80 years: to "inspire people to learn how history, science, technology, and nature shape the Mid-South." Attached to Clarence Saunders' mansion built in the 1920s, the museum's permanent exhibits take an eclectic approach to chronicling the past, revealing everything from ancient fossils to contemporary southern history. Inside, visitors can chart the history of Memphis from the early Spanish explorers through the Civil War or walk through a replica of Saunders' original Piggly Wiggly—the country's first self-service grocery store, and even see a shrunken head. Global adventures are chronicled on a four-story screen at the CTI-IMAX theater, and the Sharpe Planetarium explores the cosmos from the comfort of a 130-seat theater.
Traveling to east Memphis, one can discern the natural side of the Pink Palace Family of Museums. Lichterman Nature Center encompasses 65 acres of lush gardens filled with native wildflowers, trees, and wildlife. The center combines self-guided nature walks with plant sales and educational activities to expose visitors to the natural world.
Built in 1928, the historic Orpheum Theatre Memphis once housed top-tier vaudeville shows in its opulent interior, which wowed audiences with monumental chandeliers, lush tapestries, and a Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ. After the decline of vaudeville, the Orpheum gradually succumbed to age and a hailstorm of acorns tossed by delinquent squirrels, before a $5 million restoration project in 1982 returned the theater back to its former glory days. Now the crown jewel of Memphis' entertainment venues, the Orpheum's revived interior reminds audiences of the beautiful excess of the Roaring Twenties while hosting a nonstop schedule of concerts, Broadway shows, and ballets.
Priddy Farms welcomes families to stroll through its 23 acres of farmland to enjoy picnic lunches, pick pumpkins, cut Christmas trees, bask in autumn breezes, or stroll through winter wonderlands. From mid-September through October, leisurely hayrides escort visitors to the farm's pumpkin patch. At the play area, children can ride on a barrel train, climb aboard Noah's Ark, swing on tire swings, or run around the open area. Families can bring flashlights to explore the "Flashlight Pumpkin Patch" at night, possibly spotting deer, foxes, or farm owls.
From mid-November through December, the farm's selection of pre-cut North Carolina fraser firs take front-and-center, ready to fill a home with Christmas cheer. Families can also walk through a forest of trees and cut their own Virginia pine, white pine, or leyland cypress growing right on site. Additionally, rings of fresh-scented wreaths and Christmas garland are available for purchase, while parents capture memories of holiday traditions with plenty of picture taking.
Canadian electrofunk duo Chromeo exhales party-starting inertia, kicking off its Night Falls Tour by rolling out a carpet of dance-floor passports. Melding the talents of guitarist, vocalist, and French-literature buff Dave 1 with the dexterous fingers and throwback savvy of synthmaster P-Thugg, Chromeo has earned reverence from funkophiles for its slick grooves and mastery of jam architecture. With PBRs in hand, Groupon buyers can expect congenial beats, riffing Moogs, and song craft that father-and-son yachts can enjoy together in support of the band's latest album, Business Casual. Inflating the soulful evening, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Mayer Hawthorne channels wandering Motown spirits with a retroactive Detroit sound, and French funk enthusiast Breakbot sets the scene with genre jumping and remixes that rumble like tubas in a Cuisinart.