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— All the News That's Fit to Link Wednesday, August 17, 2011Yahoo: Giants put Beltran, Romo on DL; lose [Jonathan] SanchezRead More... Tuesday, August 16, 2011Grantland: Keri: Jim Thome, Symbol of The '90s, Reaches 600Jonah Keri: Expos-in' the negation nation. Read More... Repoz
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Beats: hall of fame, history, rumors, special topics, steroids Sinatra estate steps to plate in Dodgers Chapter 11Sinatra at the Jerry Sands, if you will. Read More... ESPN: Szymborski: White Sox need a Dunn-Rios miracle (INSIDER)So, we know Adam Dunn and Alex Rios are playing terribly. But it's actually a little worse than that. When we make preseason projections for players, we don't know how important individual wins will be to the team at the end of the year. We might have an idea that a player is three wins above replacement level, but we don't know for a certainty how crucial those wins will be. If the White Sox were running away with the division or mired in last place, the missing wins from Dunn and Rios may ...Read More... Rangers planning statue to honor Shannon Stone Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad)
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Beats: memorabilia, obituaries, rangers Abraham: Red Sox have Lackey's backRead More... Pirates sign top two draft picks Great day for Pirate fans everywhere. Blue Jays only team not to sign first round pickRead More... Paul D(uda)
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Beats: blue jays, high school, minor leagues O'Connell: Burnett gets 1st August victory as a YankeeBeyond meaningless month streak thingee over! (Michael the K snaps six-packet of sumptuous Saxa Brown Sauce) Read More... MSH: Brian Wilson gets the loss, but maybe it should go to BochySure, sure…always blame Bruce. First Johnston, now Bochy. Read More... McNeal: Jim Thome belongs in Hall of Fame, on the first ballotStan McNeal, numbers crunching HOF voter! (drops thick Burt Standish brick on toe) Read More... Repoz
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Beats: hall of fame, history, projections, sabermetrics N.Y. Times: In Milwaukee, a Fake Personality Turns Into a Real Phenomenon Santiago Casilla And The Worst Plate Appearance In Baseball HistoryRead More... Zambrano apologizes, wants to stay with CubsAnd so it goes, and so it goes, and so it goes… Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 8-16-2011Pittsburgh Press, August 16, 1911:
At age 44, Young latched on with Boston (NL) for the final 11 starts of his career. He threw 80 innings of league-average ball before heading back to his farm near Peoli, Ohio. Hoffarth: GM Colletti talks about frustrating season, the futureMichael Franzese? Pro-faci. Anti-faci…still a whacky interview with Ned Colletti. Read More... ESPN: Szymborski: Who's next to 600 home runs? (INSIDER)Read More... ESPN: Jim Thome hits 600th home runRead More... Yahoo: Brewers turn triple play in second against DodgersThe more unusual 4-6-3-2 variant… Read More... Monday, August 15, 2011ESPN: New Baseball Tonight Studio to Debut..New Baseball..126 NFL PLAYERS ARRESTED..Tonight..NBA'S STERN REVEALS FLAMING RIM TAT..Studio..CHRIS BERMAN RELEASES BLUEGRASS CD..to Debut.. Read More... Repoz
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Beats: announcers, business, fantasy baseball, media, television Tim Marchman: The ClassicalI'll let Tim explain this venture…"So along with some really smart guys and good writers like Bethlehem Shoals from FreeDarko, Eric Nusbaum from Pitchers and Poets and Tom Scharpling from The Best Show on WFMU among others, I'm starting up a website for which I'm presently raising some funds." Plus, David Roth, Lang Whitaker and others! Read More... Repoz
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Beats: business, media, site news, special topics WSJ: MLB Postpones Vote to Approve Sale of Astros Translation: Bud doesn't yet have the votes to approve Mr. Crane's petition to join the brotherhood of MLB owners. Twins trade Delmon Young to DetroitFun fact: Delmon Young had more MVP votes last year than Buster Posey, Matt Holliday, Shin Soo Choo, Alex Roriguez, or Jim Thome. Read More... Hauls of Shame: Where's "Black Betsy"? Is "Shoeless Joe's Bat Still in Greenville?....the claims that it was used in Jackson's days playing for Cleveland and Chicago will have to be examined more closely as the result of a report written by Carter "Scoop" Latimer for the cover-story of The Sporting News in 1942. In his report, Latimer describes how a small group of local kids appeared at Jackson's home to present him with a gift: "The treasured gift, which the kiddies bought with pennies saved was a replica of "Black Betsy," the ebony-colored, hand-turned ... Read More...Baseball Transitions from 'Eye Test' to Sabermetrics in Latin AmericaRead More... ESPN: Simon: Peter Bourjous has them coveredRead More... Barry Zito sprains ankle during rehab start On the bright side, his name is in the credits of The Franchise for providing some music, so that's nice. THT: Jaffe: Baseball's Randy Moss All-StarsChris splains…"It tries to come up with a team full of guys whose careers seemed like terrible wastes of talent despite rather impressive career numbers." Read More... Athletics Nation: elcroata: PxP: Out of ControlRead More... tshipman
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Effort ReportingFrequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)1) Where can I find the effort report? 3) Does the effort report reflect/show dollar amounts? 4) Does my percentage of effort recorded need to be 100% accurate? 9) There are multiple Principal Investigators (PI) on my project, does every PI need to certify? 11) Who should I contact in the Office of Sponsored Programs to help me complete my effort report? 1) Where can I find the effort report?The Effort Report is available via Banner Self-Service module, under the employee tab. The link is titled: Effort Certification. You will only be able to view effort reports for periods that are currently under review, and effort reports applicable to you. 2) I received an email indicating that an effort certification report is available for certification and/or review. Does that apply to me?Yes, for the most part, the emails are only sent to those faculty and personnel who are required to certify and review effort reports. 3) Does the effort report reflect/show dollar amounts?No, the effort report recalculates payroll distribution amounts into percentages. You will not be able to view amounts using the Effort Reporting system, but you will be able to view the payroll periods for the effort reporting period under review. 4) Does my percentage of effort recorded need to be 100% accurate?Yes, personnel and Principal Investigators should provide a reasonable estimate of effort if not 100% accurate, then as close as possible to 100%. It should be as close to accurate as possible and total effort should always equal 100%. 5) I need to change my percentage of effort. Can I do that via the Banner Self-Service Effort Report module In order to change the percentage of effort, you have two (2) options. Using the "Request Changes", you will automatically be directed to your Outlook email if you are using a Rowan University network computer or other electronic device that has Outlook as the default email provider. If not, then you will need to send an email using your own email provider. After making the change in the effort report via Banner Self Service, use the "Action" button on the top of the effort report, and then select "Print". The selection will allow you to save a PDF version of the effort report onto your harddrive, then attach it in an email you send to the PI. You should send the revised effort to your Principal Investigator (PI), requesting the change of percentage to be reviewed and approved by the PI and forward the review results to the following email addresses: For Glassboro/Camden Campuses send to firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com. For the Stratford Campus, send to Todd Regn and Jeannine Voll. If you need to add new funds, then click on the "Add New Funding" button on the bottom of your effort report form. You will see a pop-up box that will allow you to locate and choose the fund as well as other information. In order to view options available to you in the pop-up box, use the ellipsis to open up the list. Once you have included that new fung, you will see the effort report change. MAKE SURE TO DOUBLE CHECK AND REVISE ALL PERCENTAGES SO THAT THE TOTAL EFFORT EQUALS 100%. When you have the revised effort, you can either take a screenshot of the effort report or produce a PDF version of the effort report, using the "Actions" and "Print" options in the effort report via self service. Using either form, please send an email to the PI requesting review and approval of the effort and forward the review results to the following email addresses: firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com. 6) My Principal Investigator cannot use Banner Self-Service to review a certified report. What can I do to get the review performed by the Principal Investigator (PI)?If a Principal Investigator is not available to certify or review any report, contact the Office of Sponsored Programs, for Glassboro/Camden campuses: Eric Gregory, and for the Stratford campus: Todd Regn and Jeannine Voll, to discuss. For certified reports requiring PI review, obtain a dated fax, memo/letter, or email from the PI. The PI should state that they agree with the percentage of effort. Either forward the PI email or request the PI to email their agreement with the percentage of effort to teh Office of Sponsored Programs. Note: If you are able to, change the percentage of effort on the effort reporting electronic form, use the "action" button on the top of the effort report in self service, to obtain a PDF version of the effort report and attach that effort report to your email that you would send to the PI. If a PI cannot certify the effort report, then an individual with direct knowledge, such as but not limited to a Lab Supervisor or Manager, of the employees effort being certified can certify. All administrative staff that need to certify a report must obtain a dated fax, memo/letter, or email from the PI verifying the effort certified. Administrative staff and personnel are not considered an individual who will have direct knowledge of someone's work on a sponsored project. 7) Personnel received an effort report, but did not work on a sponsored project. The personnel were paid as participants. What do I need to do?Include a comment in the Banner Self-Service Graphical User Interface (GUI) effort report. Make sure you save the comment. 8) In the Routing Queue link in the effort report, a pre-review and alternate certifier has not done anything. Can I certify and review the effort report without the pre-review?Yes, you can certify and review without the pre-review taking place. The effort reporting system has two (2) required inputs from personnel and Principal Investigators (PI). Certification of the Effort Report by the personnel whose effort is being certified, and PI review of the Effort Report. 9) There are multiple Principal Investigators (PI) on my project, so does every PI need to certify?Yes, the system identifies a PI based on the grant. All PI's, whose grants are associated with the effort report, will be required to review a certified report. 10) I received a message when clicking on the Effort Certification link on the Employee tab in Banner Self-Servcie stating that my Adobe Flash Player needs to be updated. Should I download the Adobe Flash Player?Yes, you will need to have Adobe Flash Player version 12 installed on your device or computer. You can check your current flash player version by clicking on this link If you need to update your flash player on a Rowan University computer or device on the Rowan University network, please contact Network and System Services (NSS) at (856) 256-4400. 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The rapper was keeping his head down as he made his way to a restaurant, so much so that he didn't see a signpost and walked headfirst into it.
The collision looked pretty painful and left Kanye even more enraged with the paps, while caring Kim gave his head a little rub.
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Nicole's Gift to Tom and Katie
Nicole's Gift to Tom and Katie
Another weekend - another game for Tom and Katie to watch. The couple cheered on Tom's son at his football game along with some help from their good friend Jada Pinkett-Smith. Invitations are supposedly out for Tom and Katie's upcoming nuptials in Italy and now the gifts are pouring in. Apparently Nicole Kidman even sent a gift. Word is she hand wrote a note for the $2,800 Baccarat Crystal vase. Who knows if it's true, but we have a feeling she won't be attending the wedding, especially since she needs to stand by her man in need.
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Is the handwritten note for Katie, with instructions on how to get out?
I do think it is nice though that she sent her ex a wedding gift.
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I have Baccarat vases, and they are absolutely beautiful. What a nice gift. And the diva vase is sideways, for stems of dendrobium/orchid types... very elegant! This will be an excellent display in the foyer/entry hall table. Nicole is so classy!!
8 years
TinyTom is lookin' a little rolly-polly these days & Katie has no style whatsoever. She looks so uncomfortable whatever she wears...
Are Will & Jada Scientologists too? I might not like Will Smith anymore...
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These games must be the hell for Katie hahahaha
"You're drowning in a sea of anarchy,
With your heart above your patches and faith in
8 years
WTF!! Jada looks like a dude. Holy crap, these two are poison ,TinyTom and Katie..... I just lost all respect for the Smith's. Katie is still trying to support that Jackie look WITHOUT SUCCESS!!!!!TinyTom is getting to look like a fat little man now!!!! He is even grosser than before.. is that possible????
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Iicckk.. this ruins whatever goodwill I had towards Will and Jada. I just can't like them now.. they have been infected by TomKat stupidity.
"Baby did a bad bad thing!"
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oooh i wish there was some will here with them!! will smith is possibly my favorite man in hollywood.
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Blue Coat Protects Customers From Heartbleed Exploits
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 04/30/14 -- Blue Coat Systems, Inc., the market leader in business assurance technology, today announced that its SSL Visibility Appliance delivers automatic protection against attacks exploiting the Heartbleed vulnerability. By automatically detecting, blocking and logging attempted Heartbleed attacks, the SSL Visibility Appliance provides enterprises with the security assurance they require.
Discovered in early April, the Heartbleed vulnerability affects servers and devices, including laptops, smartphones and tablets, running vulnerable versions of the OpenSSL software. While many leading websites have patched the vulnerability in their servers, others are still exposed. In addition, many networking and security products, including client devices, do not yet have patches, or enterprises have not yet been able to patch all vulnerabilities.
With so many products and devices vulnerable, eliminating the risk to the business will likely take longer than originally believed, which means enterprises need a way to identify and block Heartbleed exploits while client devices and network equipment remain vulnerable.
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"The Heartbleed vulnerability impacts so much of the equipment and devices businesses and employees use on a daily basis, and that prevalence makes this a long-term risk for enterprises," said Steve Schoenfeld, Blue Coat senior vice president of products. "With the SSL Visibility Appliance, enterprises can automatically secure their networks and devices against attempts to exploit the vulnerability, allowing them to focus on leveraging the best technologies available to drive their business forward." The SSL Visibility Appliance is part of the Blue Coat Advanced Threat Protection Lifecycle Defense, which fortifies the network by bridging the gap between day-to-day security operations and incident response. With protection against known threats as well as the ability to detect, analyze and remediate unknown threats or threats already on the network, the Lifecycle Defense provides comprehensive protection against advanced attacks.
About Blue Coat SystemsBlue Coat empowers enterprises to safely and quickly choose the best applications, services, devices, data sources, and content the world has to offer, so they can create, communicate, collaborate, innovate, execute, compete and win in their markets. For additional information, please visit www.bluecoat.com.
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145 of 149 people found the following review helpful
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This review is from: Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) (Paperback)
Imperial Woman tells the story of Tzu-Hsi, the last Empress of China. It is well known that she was a formidable, fierce and cruelly efficient leader, but this story begins when she is a beautiful young teenager, vibrant, full of life, and deeply in love with her cousin, a handsome and stalwart guard at the Imperial Palace.
As was the custom in the day (as I learned from this book), the Emperor yearly picked a new crop of concubines from the daughters of the wealthy of China. It was considered a great honor to send one's daughter into whoredom at the palace, and the shocking details of how they were chosen and used make up the first part of the book. Our heroine, who is still known by her childhood name, Yehonala, is sent, along with her cousin Sakota--both are picked. On one inevitable night, Yehonala is sent to the Emperor's bedroom, and there loses her innocence forever, in more ways than one. Swiftly becoming the Emperor's favorite, our heroine learns the intrigues of the palace, learning to trust nobody but to rely on only those closest to her. She consolidates her position by giving birth to the Emperor's only son, thus receiving the new name of "fortunate mother"--and a place of power higher than any woman in the palace. But was the Emperor's son really his son? Can the formerly innocent concubine, fast becoming a political player worthy of anybody in today's world, stay alive to see her son crowned? Or will she be murdered in the truly baroque but terribly dangerous palace in-wars? All is told in this fascinating book, written in Buck's simple but elegant style. This is one of her best, and well worth finding and reading.
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This review is from: Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) (Paperback)
Though Tzu Hsi (pronounced Sue- Z) was the last Empress of China very little of her life-- both personal and private-- is known. Much as been written about this unfortunate woman; nearly all of it speculation and a good deal of it obscene. In her book "Imperial Woman" Mrs. Buck trys her hand at telling the story of Tzu Hsi and,in my opinion, comes about as close to the real woman as we're ever going to find. Tzu Hsi here is no cardboard figure but a flesh and blood woman with fear, ambition,helpless, cunning, triumphants, and deep loniless. All set mid-late 19th century China in a court, in a county, weak and rotting from the inside out while struggling to deal wth coming of the West and the 20th century. The characterization, dialogue, and discription are magnificent. A "must read"-- definatly!
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This review is from: Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) (Paperback)
All about Tzu-Hsi, last empress of China, who reigned from the 1860's until her death in 1908. She reigned during a period of great transition in China, as the book goes on there is increasing pressure from outside - the nations of England, France, Russia, United States and others demand from China increased trade and the rights to allow their citizens to live in China and their priests & missionaries to travel wherever they please. Japan too is an ever present threat. The empress was unable to adapt to modern times, and rather than building modern ships and arms that would have enabled China to defend itself, all the taxes collected were spent on luxuries and palaces for her, only at the very end of her days after defeat did she accept the idea that China could not keep itself isolated from all the other peoples of the world and finally opened to the idea of sending Chinese abroad to study foreign ways.
The story begins with the teenager Yehonala, betrothed to Jung-Lu, she and her cousin Sakota are chosen to be royal concubines of the Emperor, a sickly and weak man who so far has been unable to produce an heir. Through sheer guile and ambition, Yehonala becomes the favorite, and produces a son for the Emperor (or is it his son?). When the emperor dies, she becomes Empress mother, regent for her still young son, and upon his death she seizes the throne and becomes Empress in her own right, first sharing the throne with her cousin Sakota, then finally alone. As Empress of China, Tzu-Hsi has absolute power and can raise people up or down, have them beheaded or bestow mercy according to her whim, but she is unloved and deeply lonely as the extremely powerful often are. This is a great novel, there is never a dull moment or wasted word and I found it hard to put down, this is a fascinating look at Chinese history and Tzu-Hsi herself is unforgettable. Selfish and sometimes foolish as she is, the reader is compelled to like her. I remember first reading about Tzu-Hsi in a novel called the Forbidden City by Muriel Jernigan and I never forgot her, it was a real treat to discover this book, a really great work of historical fiction.
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A fascinating account of the life of China's last Empress, as seen through the eyes of our foremost writer of Chinese historical fiction. While all of Buck's works are wonderful and vivid, Imperial Woman is truly one of her very best.
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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Behind Every Great Woman...,
This review is from: Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) (Paperback)
IMPERIAL WOMAN is the fictionalized biography of the great Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi, the real power behind the throne during the reins of the last four emperors of China. The story starts with her as a beautiful Manchu teenager who, along with her cousin Sakota, is picked for the emperor's crop of concubines. Through guile and ambition, Tzu Hsi bears the male heir to the emperor she comes to control. When the emperor dies young, Tzu Hsi makes sure she and Sakota are named regents for the young child emperor.
Through keen intelligence, intrigue, and whatever other means necessary, Tzu Hsi holds the imperial throne through her son's childhood. Buck portrays a woman split between feelings of love for her family and what is the best for the empire, rather than what I gather is the historical feeling - that Tzu Hsi was some sort of evil spider spinning schemes from the center of her web in Forbidden City. Through all the machinations and years she is aided by Jung Lu, her former betrothed and the love of her life. The Dowager Empress has the ultimate power, but Buck shows she is a servant of the opinions of her court advisors and in reality only rules the eunuchs and court ladies in the Forbidden City. She is a relic of the past in a time of great change and cultural upheaval in China, when it is besieged by western nations and ideas. The infamous Boxer Rebellion is the beginning of the end for Tzu Hsi, and she loses her spirit and resolve after this defeat and the death of her beloved Jung Lu.
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When I realized what this book was about I was quite surprised to find that a woman had ruled all of China to as recently as 1908, and for that reason alone it seemed like a promicing read, but it's even more then that. This is a rare look into a different time and place with a different perspective. Principally this book is something of a biography of the Empress of China from 1861-1908, but starts some years before this period. One weakness is so little of the common China is dealt with. But it's a good look behind the palace walls and the thinking that transpires behind it, and indeed it is written from the empress's eye view...so little if any is seen from the eyes of the common people or even of her immediate suboordinates. This is undoubtedly something of a romantisized and probably softened look at this ruler, and it would be interesting to find a second "opinion" story or even an autobiography of this Empress, if such a work exists (does it? anyone know?). This would give the reader a couple of views, as indeed Pearl speaks of the existance of a very negative view that also prevailed about this ruler at the time, but she never seems to take this on or expound this perspective. No doubt this could be a eye opener to those who are not too in favour of women in power. But this book has some curious things to say about women in power as well, which come from the women themselves...which might serve as a cautionary note as well. Though I found this book quite interesting for these reasons alone, it did something for the reader that I found facinating, though it took a while before this became evident. We are allowed to become so submerged into the thinking and ways of the Chinese ruler during this period, we begin to see from their perspective on the intrusions of the colonials making inroads into China during this time. We can empathise with them when they try to ward off and obfuscate the forceful traders, and we even find ourselves not liking those who would force thier ways and goods onto the Chinese for their own gain. One wonders what might have been had the Chinese been equal in military capacity to the intruders. This is a very interesting book and it gives the reader a rare glimpse in behind a wall that is usualy closed to the outsider. One got the feeling of a rare freedom to "look around" and out from behind the Great wall.
45 of 59 people found the following review helpful
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Great NOVEL, but has huge historical errors!,
This review is from: Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) (Paperback)
This is the first book I read about Tzu Hsi, and I found it totally engrossing. After reading a number of other, more recent biographical works on her reign, it is sad to see how so many very false assumptions about her (upon which Pearl Buck bases many of the key assumptions of this novel) have created a very distorted view of her as an individual, a leader, and particulalry as a woman.
Pearl S. Buck writes in her Foreward "I have tried to portray Tzu Hsi as accurately as possible from available resources...." and this, unfortunately, is the book's biggest flaw. The scholarship was often totally false and grossly distorted, and so western writers perpetuated many false assumptions about her. Read Sterling Seagrave's Dragon Lady if you want a more accurate portrayal of her.
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I prefer to read history in novel form WHEN the historical aspects are close to the actual facts of the era . . . and when a given book is well-written, of course. Pearl S. Buck has captured a dramatically changing China, the intensity of its military factions and cultural alliances, and the extraordinary take-over of a vast land by various countries, including Portugal, Britain and America. Ms. Buck's attention to individual stations in the life of the Chinese presents a unique picture of family structure in and around a most amazing Empress and woman.
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Imperial Woman: Anything a man can do she can do better!,
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This review is from: Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck) (Paperback)
Imperial Woman tells the story of Tzu Hsi (pronounced Cixi). She was a well-known leader because not only was she the last empress of China, but also she was strong, smart, fierce, and efficient. The story begins with young Yehonala, a beautiful and spirited girl who is engaged to her cousin. Every year, as it is considered an honor, women are picked to become the Emperor�s concubines. Yehonala and her cousin, Sakota, are picked and are taken away from their family, never to be seen again. The first portion of the book describes how Yehonala wants to stand out from the others so she will be picked by the emperor to become his head concubine. She plays the part of a spoiled brat well. This includes sleeping in, making sarcastic comments, not lifting a finger to help wash herself, and looking the emperor straight in the eye (in China you cannot look past mid-chest of the emperor). The emperor is attracted to her and she and Sakota are picked to be the head concubines. Yehonala waits to be summoned by the emperor and befriends the emperor�s mother the Dowager Empress. Meanwhile, Sakota is in the emperor�s company and soon it is announced that she is with child. Now that the emperor has �paid his debt to society� his attention wanders to Yehonala and she is summoned. There she loses her innocence forever in more ways then one. Yehonala becomes the new favorite and secures that role by giving birth to a son and she is crowned �Fortunate Mother�. This gives her a position higher than anyone in the palace.
The second portion of the book tells of the death of the emperor and dowager princess. Yehonala and Sakota become the Dowager Empresses and are equal in power. But tongues are beginning to wag. Is Yehonala�s son the emperor�s child? Is someone plotting against Yehonala? Why is Sakota behaving so icily toward her? Yehonala must answer the questions to save not only her son and her own life but also the kingdom. Learning to trust no one but her �loyals�, Yehonala rules the kingdom with a strong hand. The main characters shape Imperial Woman. Pearl Buck does a phenomenal job of portraying her characters. They are also easy to connect with and you find yourself cheering for Yehonala. You share the emotions with the characters, when Yehonala is distressed because she will never be able to marry the love of her life now that she is the emperor�s concubine; you find that you are crying with her. The main characters are Yehonala/ Tzu Hsi, Sakota, Li Lieng the Eunuch, The General of the Imperial Guard (Yehonala�s cousin), The Emperor, and Tung Chih. Yehonala is the main character and protagonist of the story. She is the spirited concubine who becomes the Emperor�s favorite. She moves through many roles such as third rank concubine, first rank concubine, Fortunate Mother, Sacred Mother (Tzu Hsi), Consort, Empress of the Western Palace, Empress Mother, Empress Regent, and finally, Empress Dowager�the Old Buddha. Sakota is Yehonala�s cousin and started as a first rank concubine. She was the first concubine because her father died fighting for the late Emperor, so the current Emperor owed it to her for her father�s act of bravery. After she gets pregnant, the emperor has done his duty and his attention wanders to Yehonala. She soon becomes the Emperor�s favorite and gives him a son. In ancient China, they did not realize the affects that opium taken in large quantities, every day would have on their bodies. Instead, it was believed that it had healing properties and would make you better and there was not such a thing as too much. So because of the large amount of opium they were giving the Emperor to heal him it eventually killed him. Li Lieng the Eunuch is probably the most loyal member to Yehonala. Even when she was third rank concubine he was loyal. When Yehonala finally asked him why he helped her because she had nothing to give him and she could not pay he replies �I know what your destiny is � When you rise toward the Dragon Throne I will rise with you, always your servant and your slave.� Li Lieng brought Yehonala gossip and news. He influenced major princes because the Eunuchs wielded much power. Li Lieng helped Yehonala privately meet the General of the Imperial Guard, her cousin who she was in love with, although there are suspicions that Li Lieng was in love with Yehonala as well. The General of the Imperial Guard was Yehonala�s cousin who she had been engaged to before she became the Emperor�s concubine. They were very in love and arranged secret meetings with the help of Li Lieng. The General eventually got married to Yehonala�s favorite maid so as to avert suspicions of an affair. Last but not least is Tung Chih. Tung Chih was Yehonala�s son and the new Emperor of China. He did not have much time to rule because he died young and his wife was so heartbroken she killed herself. This left Yehonala to pick someone else to rule. |
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First-time buyer mortgages continue to rise
Impact of Mortgage Market Review described as 'subtle rather than dramatic'
Alex Johnson
Alex Johnson has been part of The Independent's online team since 2007. He has been writing about microarchitecture on his internationally-acclaimed Shedworking blog since 2006 and is the author of Shedworking: The Alternative Workplace Revolution. His latest book is Bookshelf, published by Thames & Hudson.
Thursday 10 July 2014
The number of loans to first-time buyers jumped nine per cent in May compared to April, and was 19 per cent higher than May last year, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. By value, it was 11 per cent higher month-on-month and up 30 per cent on the same time last year.
First-time buyers typically borrowed 3.43 times their gross income with an average loan of £123,200 in May, up from £121,500 in April.
"With May lending figures we get our first glimpse at the effect the Mortgage Market Review has had on lending trends and, at least so far, the impact appears subtle, rather than dramatic," said Paul Smee, director general of the CML. "First-time buyers and home movers continue to be key drivers in market growth and their activity does not seem to have been noticeably disrupted. There was no cliff edge."
Simon Crone, Vice President Mortgage Insurance Europe at Genworth said it was a 'major boost' to see first time buyer numbers rising.
"May was the first month where the new mortgage rules were fully operational, so the fact that first time buyer numbers were the strongest we have seen this year bodes well for the short-term, although the market is still a long way from its pre-recession state of health," he said.
"With the average loan to value rising to 84 per cent among first-time buyers, we are slowly but surely edging back to a situation where parental hand-outs aren't the only means of buying your first home."
However Jonathan Harris, director of mortgage broker Anderson Harris, said that the impact of MMR on the market was still too early to evaluate.
"While some lenders were MMR-compliant ahead of the official launch at the end of April, using May data to assess the impact of the new rules is perhaps premature," he said. "People are still able to take out new mortgages and to remortgage but it is taking longer and borrowers may find they have to compromise in terms of rates and loan-to-values."
George Spencer, CEO of lettings agency Rentify, said the report also underlined the strength of confidence in buy-to-let which has risen 14 per cent over the last year.
"The fact that the number of new buy-to-let house purchase loans is up a fifth year-on-year is an indication of the perceived opportunities in this sector," he said. "And not only are there more new BTL mortgages, they are getting bigger in value as well, a 38 per cent increase in value showing that ever increasing property prices are not preventing investors from entering the market."
Stephen Johnson, Managing Director, Commercial Mortgages at Shawbrook Bank added that the buy-to-let sector's continuing strength demonstrated its key role in the UK's housing supply.
"As the residential mortgage market settles into a new regime under the MMR, we may see a boost in rental demand from those who are no longer able to become homeowners driving up the buy-to-let market," he said. "If this happens, all parties including investors, brokers and lenders need to work to ensure that this growth is sustainable. If interest rates rise this year, as the Bank of England has indicated, investors need to be comfortable that income from properties will cover the higher rates that will follow."
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Donegal Township promotes slated summer programs
With summer rapidly approaching, Donegal Township supervisors spent their recent meeting discussing several warm-weather programs to be offered to area youths.
Supervisors spoke of several activities scheduled to take place throughout the summer months in conjunction with Mt. Pleasant Township's arts and crafts recreation program and its annual swim program, which will be held at the Mt. Pleasant Area Junior-Senior High School swimming pool. For beginner swimmers, there are learn-to-swim classes, with the first class to start June 9 and run weekdays through June 20. Second class begins June 23 and will run on weekdays through July 3.
"We need more participation for these programs," said Tom Stull Jr., board chairman.
The programs encourage physical activity and help kids get out of the house, he added.
Children living in the township and in Donegal Borough are welcome to participate in the activities for free, said Trudy Harkcom, the township's secretary. Those interested in details regarding program registration, class time options and other information are asked to call 724-423-6812.
In addition, supervisors said the Acme Summer Arts & Crafts Program will be held June 9 through July 17 at the pavilion at Acme United Methodist Church. Sessions will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays within that time frame. Children participating are asked to bring a bag lunch.
Supervisor Dan Pribisco also asked area motorists to be mindful of road crews while driving through the township.
"Please extend your courtesy to crews working on the roads this year," he said.
There are a number of road projects that will be going on this summer, Stull said.
"There is the one on Ridge Road, which we hope to be completed in a few weeks," he added.
In other business, the board received 35-mph speed limit signs from Walsh Equipment Inc. of Prospect for installation along state Route 31 near state Route 381 in Jones Mills.
"That's for the Indian Creek Valley Hiking Trail, where the trail intersects Route 31," Stull said.
Josh King is a contributing writer.
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Characterization of human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) expression in endometrial adenocarcinoma.
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Gynecologic Oncology (Impact Factor: 3.69). 11/2006; 103(1):25-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.01.045 Source: PubMed
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ABSTRACT: Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is known to be implicated in a tumor-driven immune escape mechanism in malignancies. The purpose of this study was to investigate HLA-G polymorphism and expression in breast cancer. HLA-G alleles were determined by direct DNA sequencing procedures from blood samples of 80 breast cancer patients and 80 healthy controls. Soluble HLA-G (sHLA-G) was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) from serum specimens. HLA-G expression in breast cancer lesions was also analyzed by immunohistochemistry staining. The presence of HLA-G 3' untranslated region (UTR) 14-bp sequence was analyzed and found to be associated with reduced risk of breast cancer susceptibility based on HLA-G expression in tissues (P = 0.0407). Levels of sHLA-G were higher in the breast cancer group (median 117.2 U/mL) compared to the control group (median 10.1 U/mL, P<0.001). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AU-ROC) values of sHLA-G for differentiating breast cancer from normal controls and for detecting metastasis from other stages of breast cancer were 0.89 and 0.79, respectively. HLA-G polymorphism and expression may be involved in breast carcinogenesis and sHLA-G concentrations could be used as a diagnostic marker for detecting breast cancer.PLoS ONE 01/2014; 9(5):e98284. · 3.53 Impact Factor -
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2012 NFL Predictions: Analyzing the AFC South
Welcome to the second part of of the 2012 NFL Predictions series. Today we look at the AFC South, who by most accounts is the Houston Texans' to lose. The Texans ran away with the division in 2011, becoming the first team to lock up their playoff spot in the NFL.
Despite losing Matt Schaub to a foot injury late in the season, T.J. Yates was able to win the franchise's first ever playoff game and nearly led them to a win over the Baltimore Ravens on the road.
If it weren't for a couple rookie mistakes and a botched punt return by Jacoby Jones, the Texans could have made the AFC Championship.
The division did not get much better, but it has a ton of intrigue. Let's take a look.
Divisional MVP – Arian Foster
The Texans should run away with this division again unless the Tennessee Titans can improve offensively. They have looked decent in the preseason with Jake Locker running the show, but I'm going to reserve judgement until I see results in the regular season. Foster had a great year in 2011 despite missing three games due to injury. He led the league in yards from scrimmage per game and, despite some shuffling on the Texans offensive line, should have a similar 2012 season.
The Texans are the favorite to win the division, and Foster is the best player on that team. It's a close race between he and Andre Johnson, but Johnson's injury history scares me.
Divisional Offensive Player of the Year – Arian Foster
Often times the MVP and offensive player of the year are the same player. This is a close race between Chris Johnson of the Titans, Foster and Johnson of the Texans, but Foster should just have the better numbers of the three and be on the best team in the division, giving him the edge.
Divisional Defensive Player of the Year – JJ Watt
I promise I'm not a Texans fan, I just feel like the best players are going to come from this division. Watt may actually not rack up the numbers to warrant giving him this award, but I feel like he's easily the best defensive player in the division right now. He had a monster rookie season and, despite suffering an injury in the preseason, should get even better in 2012.
The race came down to Paul Posluszny of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Pat Angerer of the Indianapolis Colts and Brian Cushing of the Texans.
Divisional Breakout Player of the Year – Blaine Gabbert
There have been positive reports coming out of Jaguars training camp that Gabbert is getting more confident and much more accurate, leading me to believe he could have a solid bounce back season after a terrible rookie campaign. Getting him some weapons in Laurent Robinson and rookie Justin Blackmon will definitely help, but this could change drastically if Maurice Jones-Drew does not show up for the regular season.
MJD is a security blanket for that entire offense, and if he's not there I'm not sure third-year player Rashad Jennings can handle the workload.
Divisional Rookie of the Year – Andrew Luck
Luck has looked solid in his few starts during the preseason, and everyone seemed to agree he was the most NFL ready QB coming out of the draft since John Elway. He has a solid corps of weapons around him, including two rookie tight ends drafted this year in Coby Fleener (his college roommate) and Dwayne Allen.
Fleener and Allen are both incredibly talented athletes who should give Luck plenty of options over the middle, and with Reggie Wayne working the outside, it should be easy goings for Luck from a developmental standpoint.
Final Divisional Standings, Record and Playoff Chances
1. Houston Texans (12-4, No. 2 seed) – The Texans should dominate this division considering none of the other three teams stack up to them talent wise. As long as Matt Schaub and Johnson stay healthy, they are one of the most complete teams in the NFL. The transformation by defensive coordinator Wade Phillips has turned this team into a serious Super Bowl contender, and if they get home field in the playoffs for at least the first game, Reliant Stadium is going to be like a rock concert.
2. Tennessee Titans (8-8, miss playoffs) – The Titans are an interesting team because if Locker takes the next step and can lead this offense, the Titans have a chance to challenge the Texans for the division. Johnson will hopefully get back to doing what he does best after a poor season resulting from his holdout. The defense was top 10 in points allowed at just 19.8 per game in 2011, so the offense was the only thing holding them back. They are a wild card contender for sure, but will have to make a leap offensively to challenge Houston.
3. Jacksonville Jaguars (6-10, miss playoffs) – The Jaguars look better on paper, but even though I see an improvement coming from them I'm not sure it will amount to more wins. They still have the MJD situation which could lead into the regular season and really hurt their offense. They added some players on defense like Clint Session and Aaron Ross, but I still get the feeling the Jaguars are a year or two away from being division contenders.
4. Indianapolis Colts (5-11, miss playoffs) – Unless Luck has a monster year like Andy Dalton did for the Cincinnati Bengals, the Colts will go through some growing pains with a rookie QB and a new head coach. They will definitely improve on their 2-14 season a year ago, but they won't be playoff contenders for a couple of years.
That's all for the second part of this NFL predictions series, check back tomorrow for part 3!
Jeff is an NFL Featured Columnist for RantSports.com. He contributes mainly to the New York Giants and NFL Rumors pages. He also will occasionally touch on the NBA and humorous videos involving all sports.
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VIVALDI (1678-1741) Rare Opera Overtures Bajazet, Sinfonia in F major RV703 L'Olimpiade, Sinfonia in C major RV725 La Verita' in Cimento, Sinfonia in G major RV739 Violin Concerto in C minor Amato Bene RV761 * Ottone in Villa, Sinfonia in C major RV729 Concerto in F major RV571 # La Dorilla, Sinfonia in C major RV709 Farnace, Sinfonia in C major RV711 Sinfonia in G major RV149 Concerto in D minor RV128 Il Giustino, Sinfonia in C major RV717 Federico Guillermo (violin) * Giovanni Guillermo (violin) # L'Arte Dell'Arco/Christopher Hogwood Recorded at the Palazzo Giusti, Padova, January 1998 DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 74321 935602 [68.27] |
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