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A beginners guide to motherboards
We all know that a motherboard is a vital part of every PC. But why? What exactly is it, and what does it do? The more you know about computer components, the better your position as a user, which is where this article strives to help you.
What is a motherboard?
A motherboard is also known as a main board, system board and logic board. A common abbreviation is mobo'. They can be found in a variety of electrical devices, ranging from a TV to a computer. Generally, they will be referred to as a motherboard or a main board when associated with a complex device such as a computer, which is what we shall look at. Put simply, it is the central circuit board of your computer. All other components and peripherals plug into it, and the job of the motherboard is to relay information between them all. Despite the fact that a better motherboard will not add to the speed of your PC, it is none-the-less important to have one that is both stable and reliable, as its role is vital.
A motherboard houses the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), which is the simple software run by a computer when initially turned on. Other components attach directly to it, such as the memory, CPU (Central Processing Unit), graphics card, sound card, hard-drive, disk drives, along with various external ports and peripherals.
What is the difference between motherboards?
There are a lot of motherboards on the market to choose from. The big question is, how do you go about choosing which one is right for you? Different motherboards support different components, and so it is vital you make a number of decisions concerning general system specifications before you can pick the right motherboard.
If you purchase your case before the rest of the components, the first factor to think about concerning motherboards is the size, or form factor. A form factor is a standardised motherboard size. If you think about fitting a motherboard in a case, there are a number of mounting holes, slot locations and PSU connectors. The most popular motherboard form factor today is ATX, which evolved from it's predecessor, the Baby AT, a smaller version of the AT (Advanced Technology) form factor. Generally speaking, nowadays a standard computer will have an ATX form factor motherboard: only special cases require different form factors.
So now you know which size you need, what comes next? The following are all factors you need to consider.
The first important differential is which CPU the board supports. Two of the biggest makes of CPUs at the moment are Intel and AMD, yet you cannot buy motherboards that support the use of either: it will support one or the other, due to physical differences in the connectors. This is often referred to as a type of platform; for example, an Intel platform motherboard' means a motherboard with an Intel CPU. Furthermore, you must choose a specific type of processor; for example, an AMD Athlon 64 or Pentium 4. Therefore, you must choose which CPU you want before you can choose your motherboard. Both Intel and AMD processors are capable of running the same applications, but there are differences in price and performance depending on which one you choose.
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I am trying to clean up my garden with fall coming near. I have a couple of questions about what to do to my perennials. I have blue flax and shasta daisy do I cut them back all the way down to the ground now that they have stopped blooming? I finally got a hardy hibiscus to bloom this year do I prune that one down too? So basically do I have to cut down all my perennials or should some be left alone to be woody stems through the winter? Thanks,
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- Posted by countrycarolyn 6-7 nw TN (My Page) on Thu, Sep 2, 10 at 9:07
I always cut back my shasta daisy, shasta daisy blooms from new growth not old. In fact I cut back my shasta daisies about a month ago and my shasta daisy becky has new buds on them. As far as blue flax I want to say that is an evergreen in some parts but I am not familiar with growing that one myself so don't quote me on that one. Your hibiscus should still be in bloom so I wouldn't bother that one till your first frost rolls around and then when you see the stems getting ugly I would cut it back also. I tend to not like to see the woody stems is the only reason I cut things back. Though some plants like the shasta daisy if you do not cut them back in the fall you will have to cut them back in the spring, but only the woody parts. |
- Posted by countrycarolyn 6-7 nw TN (My Page) on Thu, Sep 2, 10 at 9:13
I forgot to say that all of my shasta daisies are evergreen here in tn, and the only parts that I do cut back are where there were flowers. In other words the entire stem to the base of the plant that the flowers were on. I do not cut back my shastas all the way to the ground. |
- Posted by ladygladys z5b/6a NEPA (My Page) on Thu, Sep 2, 10 at 13:12
Thank you so much countrycarolyn! I will definitely cut back my shastas and leave the hibiscus alone until first frost. I usually cut back my purple coneflower, gloriosa daisy and rose campion back in the fall but this was my first year for the shasta and blue flax so I was not sure what to do. Gladys |
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I was looking for information about blue flax and came upon a bit about professional growers who cut it off when the seedpods began to turn noticeably brown but the stems were still green. Then they allowed it to dry for awhile and the seeds were easily thrashed. I tried this on one plant. Probably cut it off in June and thrashed the seed in July. The plant has grown back. I planted some seed and they have germinated and have a few leaves. I am not pondering what to do with the seedlings. |
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I leave a lot of my perennials alone in the Fall. Many times the birds love to eat the seeds during the winter and then in Spring I cut everything down. Joann |
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Ten years ago this month began a period of my life that I have come to call my season in hell. It was a prolonged horror of court hearings and depositions following the collapse of The Cincinnati Enquirer's investigation of Chiquita Brands International. But like all calamities, it delivered unexpected insights. One of the most important for me was a fierce love of shield laws. To all journalists everywhere: you should love them too. These laws are fundamental to what we do. We should be fighting to get a federal shield law passed. So should every citizen who suspects that powerful institutions in our society regularly hide vital information from the public. After years of an uneasy truce between prosecutors and media organizations, federal officials have increasingly been dragging reporters to court and pressing them to reveal confidential sources. It is time to push back.
A decade ago, I learned the hard way that a shield law is one of the most important press protections we have. Shield laws, of course, give journalists the right to keep the names of sources confidential in legal proceedings. They are on the books in thirty-two states and the District of Columbia. Another seventeen states have upheld the idea of reportorial privilege in court cases (Wyoming is the only holdout). But no federal equivalent exists, despite repeated efforts in Congress.
My shield-law saga began on May 3, 1998, when the Enquirer published an eighteen-page special report, CHIQUITA SECRETS REVEALED, which detailed the political, legal, and economic woes of the huge Cincinnati-based banana company. As the number-two reporter on the project, I researched the troubled history of trade disputes between Chiquita and the European Union. I investigated environmental problems caused by pesticide use in banana production in Costa Rica. I interviewed displaced villagers in Honduras, banana farmers in the Caribbean, environmental experts in Washington, scientists in San Jose, and government officials in Brussels. I spent months studying banana production and researching Central American history. I checked my facts dozens of times. A brigade of lawyers vetted every sentence. I was proud of my work. I still am.
Lawyers and editors checked Mike Gallagher's work as well. He was the lead reporter, and was focusing his work on allegations of Chiquita officials paying bribes at ports in Colombia. He relied heavily on anonymous sources. One of his sources, he claimed, was providing him with recordings of voicemails between Chiquita executives. My editors and the lawyers for Gannett, which owns the Enquirer, told me that I was not to know the identity of Gallagher's source within Chiquita. If Chiquita sued, they said, the fewer people who knew the identity of this high-ranking source the better.
The project stunned provincial Cincinnati; the Enquirer had never attempted anything as ambitious in its history. But after the series ran, Gallagher unraveled. He argued fiercely with editors and me about strange follow-up stories that he hoped to publish. He ignored the directives of editors. When bosses questioned him yet again about his source and how he obtained information, he never gave clear answers. Worried editors sent Gallagher to an outside lawyer to talk about the project. He returned to announce that, on his lawyer's advice, he would no longer talk about the project with anyone, inside or outside the Enquirer.
Soon we learned why: Gallagher had lied to us about having a source within Chiquita who had provided him information. Instead, he had illegally accessed Chiquita's voicemail system himself, hundreds of times, despite being warned repeatedly not to do so by editors and lawyers. It was a stunning case of reporter misconduct, and, obviously, the Enquirer and I were caught in the blast. Under intense pressure from Chiquita, Gannett fired Gallagher, paid $14 million to Chiquita, and published a disturbing front-page apology that implied that Gallagher's misdeeds had negated the entire series. The Enquirer and the rest of the Cincinnati media abandoned the substantive truth of the series. I was ordered not to write about Chiquita. The ban lasted five years.
It got worse. County officials set up a special prosecutor to investigate the newspaper and individuals who worked on the project. Gallagher, facing criminal prosecution, abandoned his carefully constructed self-image as an intrepid reporter and quickly cut a deal. He waived Ohio's shield law and agreed to reveal sources. It was stupefying.
Within months of publication of what I thought was the best project of my young career, I found myself sitting in a shabby, windowless conference room in a low-rent section of Cincinnati's modest downtown. My lawyer and I sat on one side of a scuffed table. The special prosecutor and his associates sat on the other side. They frowned and smoked cigarettes.


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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I'm working my way through a reread of these and they are just as enjoyable the second time through. If by "enjoyable" I mean disturbing, dark, gruesome, lurid, confusing, and yet still somehow lovely. And I guess I do. Like the first volume, this book was a joy to read. :) I really can't believe that I spent my whole life looking down on comics when there was stuff like this out there waiting to be read. I suppose I shall have to take the time to catch up now. :) The writing and the stories are creative, visionary and interesting, and the characters are fascinating. I really love the 'metaphysical' characters, or as Death says in the first volume "anthropomorphic personifications." Dream is still by far my favorite of them, although Desire was really...something. Still not exactly sure what s/he was trying to do, but hopefully we'll find out about that more later. :) Can't wait to read more! The first big story arc where we meet many new characters including some of Sandman's siblings. The storytelling is just remarkable and puts you in a state of not feeling worthy of reading its greatness. A dream vortex threatens to disturb the dreaming of all people and thus the order of the waking world as well. The Sandman/Dream/Morpheus must determine who's behind it and stop it. Important note: There will be some spoilers in this review, although I will try to be as vague as possible. To start off, I have to admit that I am not really a Gaiman fan and I've been more or less forcing myself to read a number of his works (children's, comics, and novels) because they have gotten so much buzz and positive feedback. This book is the end of the line for me and The Sandman series though. I really could not get in to this one, as with other Gaiman books but even more so. With past Gaiman reads, I've felt like there's nothing I can point to that's technically wrong with them, but I just had an overall feeling of "eh" about them. Here it's a different story ... For some reason, this story just didn't seem to all mesh together. While there were a lot of strands going on in Preludes and Nocturnes, they eventually all came together and made sense. Nothing appeared out of place by the end. With The Doll's House, I felt like there were plenty of things introduced that were not really related to the story here or didn't add anything absolutely necessary. For the former, I'm thinking particularly of the section titled Men of Good Fortune, which shows Dream making a friend of a man who neither ages nor dies over the centuries. This was all well and good, but it seemed completely out of place. As this book made references to the previous one and I'm aware that the next one contains more of the Shakespeare plotline briefly introduced in this section, I can see how this is an important setup. But it isn't beneficial to the story at hand in my opinion and just breaks up the flow. For the latter, I'm thinking of the whole serial killer plotline and their anonymous "Cereal Convention" (a title which had made me yukking). I know the Corinthian was somehow related to the dream world, but I felt that was never fully explained so his presence was somewhat lackluster. The entire Cereal Convention seemed to take place solely for the Corinthian and Gilbert to run into each other and for Rose to get into a dangerous situation so that The Sandman could save her, thus showing that he had no personal issue against her. Altogether, this book felt disjointed and didn't come together satisfactorily by the end. In this book I also noticed some troublesome issues related to the representation of women. At one point, there is an attempted rape, after which the victim remembers little, with the narration noting: "Rose doesn't know what's going on. Doesn't understand what's happening. Doesn't care. One thing penetrated. One thing she knows. She's getting out." The emphasis is mine, because it really stood out to me as ridiculous that Mr. Gaiman chose that wording. I'm not sure if he thought he was being clever or he was just oblivious, but I did not find that word choice to be appropriate. Meanwhile, seeing from the perspective of a serial killer is always a tricky thing for an author to do. If they do it right, that means they create a despicable human being whose mind we enter, which does not lend for pleasant reading. It remains a difficult line for authors to tread to create a believable character without offending too many readers. Populating his graphic novel with numerous serial killers gives Gaiman an harder task. For the most part, I wasn't too turned off by the serial killers' perspectives, but I did find it hard to accept the opening "joke" told at the convention: "I, uh, heard a story recently I thought might amuse you. It seems that the telephone rang in a police station. The duty cop answers and a woman's voice says, 'Help -- I've been reaped!' He says, 'Don't you mean raped?' 'No,' she says. 'He used a scythe.'" Haha, funny joke (in sarcasm). I'd heard before on multiple occasions how The Sandman series was a more literary set of graphic novels that appeal to women, but I guess I just don't see it. Overall, I wasn't thrilled with the content of this book and the illustrations were perfectly fine but not necessarily notably exceptional. As I noted earlier, this is the last of The Sandman books that I plan to read. I haven't given up Gaiman's oeuvre entirely, but this series has not done anything for me. 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There is a chance that he could be back for 1 more year. I heard that 1. he wants to keep playing since he had a good year, and 2. He loves Pittsburgh and doesn't want to move. Could it be that he takes the league minimum to play for 1 more year?
There is a chance that he could be back for 1 more year. I heard that 1. he wants to keep playing since he had a good year, and 2. He loves Pittsburgh and doesn't want to move. Could it be that he takes the league minimum to play for 1 more year?
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Vince Wilfork was better.
I'm glad to see it TBH. I liked Hampton back in '05, '08... but as time slowly went on, it was clear that he was no longer the player he thought he was. These past two years, the only reason he continued to start/play for us is because he was a known commodity (i.e. he knew the scheme). I think young blood like McLendon, while probably not as dependable, would've injected an aspect of energy that would've been a bigger help.
3 years too late
Thank you Mr. Hampton for your years of service to the Steelers organization. Your efforts and contributions were and will always be appreciated. Saying all of that, it is time for the Steelers to move towards their future at the position, whether that be with McClendon or someone else. I think Steve could be really good as the starting NT but he will be a different style of player. He could give the team a better push in the pass rush but will not be as good against the run. That's why I think drafting an ILB early is important as they may be able to make up for some of that loss with a thumper like Minter or a ppremium athlete like Ogletree. Unless they plan on targeting a guy like John Jenkins in round 2.
With an over-aged-over the cap 8-8 team...I would say anyone with the arrow pointing down should be a little nervous.
As far as Hampton, his play has declined to where he is not "signficant". There really is no reason to bring him back.
The "Optimistic" Offseason:
Taylor, Polamalu, Keisel, & Harrison - Retire
Cortez Allen & Shamarko Thomas - Steelers Believe They Are Starters
Cut - C Thomas & L Moore
Re-Sign Blake, McCain, Golden, W Johnson, & Moats
Re-Sign Worilds ($6 Mil Avg) OR Sign Derrick Morgan/Jabaal Sheard/Brandon Graham/Pernell McPhee
2015 Draft:
1st Danny Shelton NT
2nd Eli Harold OLB
3rd Jacoby Glenn CB
4th Jesse James TE
5th Matt Jones RB
6a James Sample S
6b Ray Drew DE
7th Kaelin Clay WR


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Beautiful Beijing
It's easy to be sceptical in Beijing. The chaos, pollution, traffic and often downright dangerous methods of doing things frequently cause the wide-eyed visitor to stare in disbelief and question when it will inevitably fall apart. Yet the city somehow manages to thrive, through its own bizarre methods. ... Read more »
Beijing is in a rush to modernise (as the 2008 Olympics showed), yet the city's rich history remain ever-present in its temples and palaces, food, art and culture.
Beijing is the home of Chinese opera, which is completely different from its Western counterpart (relatively few old, obese prima donnas pretending to be nubile sex kittens, for starters). Atonal singing mixes with mime, dance, and acrobatics to magical effect, just as it's done since the days of the Qing Dynasty. If you get the chance, take in a show at the Huguang Guild Hall or the Beijing National Grand Theatre.
For another blast from the past, discover the narrow alleys (hutongs) of Beijing to get a feel for ancient Chinese architecture and design. Many are now being demolished for the construction of new streets and buildings, so see them while you can. And then go either further back in time at the World Heritage-listed Forbidden City.
Where to Shop in Beijing
Shop 'til you drop. Not necessarily the first phrase that comes to mind with regard to Beijing. The capital of the People's Republic of China has a lot going on, most visibly as the political and cultural nexus of a country that is home to 18.5% of humanity. We know Beijing is a vital global hub and premier alpha city. But is it a hotbed for conspicuous consumption? In a word:
It helps, undoubtedly, to have a municipal metro population in the 20 million persons range. Check. A relatively wealthy expat, merchant and politburo class is a good harbinger as well. Check. Then, of course, there is the fact that despite hikes in hourly wages, China is still factory to the world. Exports aside, a lot of goods (domestic and otherwise) funnel to the inimitable polestar of the nation.
Shanghai is Shanghai. Hong Kong is Hong Kong. The Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province is special. But do not think for a second that the home of icons like Tiananmen Square and the UNESCO World Heritage Forbidden City, as well as new stars like the National Centre for the Performing Arts and Bird's Nest Stadium, is bereft of retail bliss. With that, discover where to shop in Beijing.
In Beijing you'll find culture, innovation, chaos (and people!) at every corner. Prepare to be overwhelmed in the nicest possible way.
Beijing's Top 10
10. Beijing Zoo Two words: giant pandas. (Plus 14,000 other animals and surprisingly picturesque grounds. Great for families.) |
5. Fragrant Hills Park Spanning over 1.6 km², this Park is home to native flora, fauna and cultural artefacts. |
9. Temple of Heaven During harvest moons, 'ancient rites' were performed here to ensure a bountiful crop. The mind boggles! |
4. Lama Temple All Buddhas great and small. Seriously. There's a lot of them. |
8. National Stadium The 2008 Olympics took place here. A fine example of contemporary architecture. |
3. Tiananmen Square The largest public square in the world, it was also the site of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre when mostly peaceful protestors were fired upon with live ammunition. It is estimated that thousands died. Is there even a plaque acknowledging that? No. Is it wise to ask a policeman why not? No. |
7. Summer Palace Nestled in Kunming Lake, Summer Palace is China's largest imperial garden. Don't miss out. |
2. Forbidden City The former home of the emperors, the Forbidden City now displays the customs and traditions of imperial China. |
6. Ming Dynasty Tomb Here is where 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty were laid down to rest. Not suitable for the faint-hearted or believers in ghosts! |
1. The Great Wall of China is one hour away by train, but worth the trip for obvious reasons. |
Beijing History
- Great Wall of China – One of China's ancient marvels and most important historic structures. Badaling has a section of the wall close to Beijing.
- Forbidden City (Gugong) – Home of Chinese emperors from the mid-14th century through 1911.
- Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) – The lakeside summer retreat for emperors and empresses.
- Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) – The 300-year-old gardens contain ruins evoking a former glory.
- Tiananmen Square – This square was host to Beijing's famous (or infamous) protests in 1989.
Beijing Art & Culture
- Lama Temple (Yonghegong) – Located in Beijing's Dongcheng District, this is one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world.
- Capital Museum – Contains a collection of more than 200,000 cultural and art artefacts.
- Chinese Ethnic Culture Park – Learn about China's 55 ethnic groups among replicated traditional homes.
- Lao She Teahouse – Enjoy Chinese opera in this nostalgic (if a bit touristy) teahouse whilst feasting on local snacks.
- 798 Art Zone – This avant-garde art community is located in a former factory complex.
Beijing Shopping
- Wangfujing – This large, multi-block pedestrianized street offers stores from H&M to silk shops.
- Xidan – The closely packed malls typically draw a younger crowd and offers the latest (youth) trends.
- Qianmen – Get your souvenirs and more at the vendors, teashops and bookstores in the alleyways and streets here.
- Sanlitun – This once-seedy expat area has given way to some of Beijing's most upmarket shops.
- Silk Market (Xiushuijie) – Find souvenirs and "authentic" luxury goods at this well-known shopping centre.
Gay & Lesbian Beijing
- SoBear – Known as one of Beijing's best gay nightclubs and attracting a manly crowd.
- Golden Sun Bar – This karaoke bar features late-night drag shows on Thursday to Sunday.
- Destination – A lively, trendy nightclub near the Workers Stadium with a younger crowd.
- Alfa – Featuring theme nights, outside lounge areas and a mixed, gay-friendly crowd.
- Houhai – Not outright gay, but this area offers lots of bars and cafes to choose from in a small area.
Beijing Outdoor
- Beihai Park – Stroll around this large scenic lake or join the locals and hire a paddle boat.
- Jingshan Park – Located right behind the Forbidden City, this park offers great views for those not afraid of stairs.
- Temple of Heaven (Tiantan) – Go early in the morning, and you will be greeted by Beijing locals practicing taichi exercises.
- Xiangshan Park – Near the Summer Palace, this is a great park to enjoy natural scenery and local flora and fauna.
- Beijing Zoo – See pandas and other exotic animals at this well-maintained zoo.
Beijing Sport
- Tour the Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest), the focal point of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
- Splash around Beijing's National Aquatics Centre, or more famously known as the blue, bubbly Water Cube.
- Golf at the Beijing Tianan Holiday Golf Club.
- Climb the steep stretch of the Great Wall at Jingshanling.
- Watch the Beijing Guoan football team at the Workers Stadium.
Beijing Local
Xicheng is the political centre of Beijing, but also serves as an important place for sightseeing. Stop at Beihai Park or visit pandas at Beijing Zoo. Alternatively, there's the National Centre for the Performing Arts (which looks like something E.T. brought back from space – in a good way though). The district also contains many temples – among them the Taoist White Cloud Temple, which has been around since 793. For those with an interest in history and art, the Capital Museum may be your thing.
Head here for Tiananmen Square, the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, the Great Hall of the People and the Monument to the People's Heroes. If you're feeling all philosophical and scholarly, Confucius say… give Confucius Temple a go. The temple was built in 1302 and pays tribute to China's greatest thinker. For those who aren't impressed by Confucius' intellect, Fayuan Temple is also in the Dongcheng vicinity. It's Beijing's oldest Buddhist temple, and now is the site of the Chinese Buddhist Academy.
In Xuanwu you can include Grand View Garden (also known as Prospect Garden) in your itinerary. Built in the 1980s, this garden of pavilions and temples is based on a novel entitled Dream of the Red Chamber. Another couples of spots worth visiting are the Museum of Ancient Architecture and the Museum of Ancient Pottery Civilization.
Here you will find the Temple of Heaven and the Ming Dynasty City Wall. Only 1.5 km of the original 23.5km-long wall remains. For a taste of contemporary Chinese art, take a look at Red Gate Gallery. But for travellers who are less interested in the contemporary and more motivated by the traditional, then Chongwenmen Food Market is a better fit. This traditional market is perfect for purchasing cheap, fresh and often downright bizarre produce, or even just to see what a traditional Chinese food market looks like.
Beijing Eats
You can get combination fried rice and lemon chicken all over the world, but Beijing is where you'll get the real deal (and you probably won't find lemon chicken anywhere!).
Made in China at the Grand Hyatt is a swanky restaurant to visit if you're after Beijing Duck and contemporary Chinese dishes. |
Ching Pavilion dishes up contemporary Asian food with Western flair. |
Capital M Offers fantastic views of the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. It's also award-winning and very popular with travellers. But why go all the way to China's capital for European food? |
Din Tai Fung You may have had the xiao long bao from this global franchise in another country, but of course it's best in China itself. |
Vasco's at Hilton Beijing Wangfujing will astound you with its Macanese and Portuguese fare. It's known for the Fizztastic Sunday Brunch. |
Hutong Pizza You're probably wondering why there's a pizza joint in this list, but the fact that it's in a hutong makes this square-pizza experience all the more charming and interesting. |
Pure Lotus Vegetarians rejoice! This restaurant offers a multitude of vegetarian dishes. Even if you're a carnivore, it's worth a visit. |
Li Qun Roast Duck Restaurant Duck, duck and more duck! You can't go to Beijing and not have Peking duck. This restaurant is famous for it. |
Duck de Chine Awarded 'Outstanding Beijing Duck', this eatery combines French and Chinese duck-roasting techniques. 1949 Hidden City dining complex in |
The Source has a set menu of Sichuan cuisine, but it's different every fortnight. |
Beijing Events
The year kicks off with China's most important holiday. In January or February the Lunar New Year celebrations will bring in the New Year with fireworks and parades. Most shops will be closed for a week and booking any transport will be a nightmare (unless you've booked in advance).
International Labour Day is celebrated on 1 May in Tiananmen Square. Rise early to witness the flag-raising ceremony.
In September, the Mid-Autumn Festival will tempt you to eat some moon cakes. Please do – they're delicious!
National Day is on 1 October. Festivities commemorate the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
When To Go
Beijing has somewhat bizarre weather, thanks to its monsoon-influenced climate of hot, humid summers and cold, dry winters (and, frankly, the pollution isn't doing it any favours in global-warming, ozone-layer-depleting terms).
In spring, temperatures can range from 0-24°C (32-75°F). It's also the season that brings dust storms, as if the smog wasn't enough to obscure your vision.
Summer in Beijing is wet and warm with temperatures of 20-31°C (68-88°F) feeling even hotter thanks to the steamy humidity.
The best time to visit is autumn, when the weather is pleasantly around 6-18°C (43-64°F)
Beijing's winter is cold and dry, with temperatures often staying well below freezing. You may even see snow! But it won't be pretty snow.
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Getting There & Around
You won't have any trouble finding an airline that'll take you to Beijing. If you're coming from another city in China, you can take a bus or train.
Within Beijing, you can take your pick from taking the subway, renting a bicycle, riding the bus, flagging down a taxi or taking a gamble with a rickshaw.
Unless it's a DeLorean that can hover above the scrum of traffic (or take you back in time to an era in which Beijing's streets were not so crowded), don't bother renting a car. Your hair will be grey by the time you get out, both from stress and the sheer amount of time you'll have spent in a bottleneck.
What To Miss
Don't get scammed by rickshaw drivers.
Be cautious of girls who tell you they're university students and are speaking to you to improve their English. They'll often try to scam you by inviting you to expensive tea ceremonies or dinners and then leaving you to foot the bill.
When you book a tour, make sure you know where you're going and paying the right price. Dodgy tours will send you off to Jade shops or expensive teahouses. Use your common sense – this is a city of hustle as well as bustle.
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To succeed in the old economy, companies found methods of doing things and then executed those models better than the competition. But in the Wild West of the Internet, today's accepted methods could be tomorrow's failures. That's why the evolving business model is one of the most critical issues for netpreneurs to track. Companies must always be thinking about future models and planning for them.
"I keep a profile of all our competitors," says Thomas Dalton, 38-year-old co-founder and vice president of sales at USBid.com, a Melbourne, Florida-based business-to-business site that brings together buyers and sellers of electronics components. "There are constantly people entering the space, and the business model is constantly morphing."
Early business-to-consumer models were based on attracting and retaining eyeballs (viewers). Web sites would give away content to attract viewers, then sell the eyeballs to advertisers. When advertising didn't pay the bills, the model transformed to include transactions. Suddenly, e-business wanted paying eyeballs.
Eventually, that model segmented into different methods of charging for transactions: direct selling (Amazon.com), demand-collection systems (Priceline.com) and auctions (eBay). And there are some analysts who think the next great business model won't deliver any physical inventory at all; they believe tomorrow's e-businesses will sell only digital content delivered online (such as books, music, movies and more).
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Born in Virginia in 1873 and raised on a Nebraska ranch, Willa Cather is known for her beautifully evocative short stories and novels about the American West. Cather became the managing editor for McClure's Magazine in 1906 and lived for forty years in New York City with her companion Edith Lewis. In 1922 Cather won the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, the story of a Western boy in World War I. In 1933 she was awarded the Prix Femina Americaine "for distinguished literary accomplishments." She died in 1947.
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This latest effort is something that is seen across the world whenever disaster strikes, Maximus Air Cargo CEO Fathi Buhazza said in the December issue of Air Cargo World, but more can be done for the long-term good of those in need.
Although Buhazza highlighted the humanitarian efforts of freight carriers — including TNT and UPS's Moving the World initiative and his own airline's Care by Air program — he believes such initiatives should be the rule, not the exception. He also renounced the practice of capitalizing from natural disasters and other tragedies.
"One of the most shocking examples was Asia's tsunami in 2004," he said. Instead of exercising compassion, some freight carriers formed cartels and increased their rates by as much as $100,000 a day, he revealed.
"Supply and demand ultimately come into play in these situations, but there is no excuse for gouging prices," Buhazza said. "It is wrong, and it cannot happen in our industry again. We have a duty; we have the assets, and we are able to benefit our business while boosting the relief sector."
Undertaking humanitarian efforts also casts good light on an industry that has been rocked by scandal. "If our industry can take the lead and show that it is responsible, then perhaps governments would look more kindly on our work and understand that air cargo is also critical to world trade," Buhazza said.
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What to do about the "Cap & Tr8-ors"?
Yesterday was a slow day at the office, so I spent a lot of time on the I-phone seeing if we could actually give the lefties a shiner by defeating their "cap and trade" fiasco.
Then I got home, saw the result, and traded e-mails with various people in the "movement" The kindest response to the eight turncoats that enabled Waxman-Markey to pass was roughly along these lines
I don't think one can minimize why this was a truly hideous vote for those eight folks. Here we had a chance to derail the Obama socialism train and restore the Republican party to policy relevance, and these guys bailed out so they could get a nice mention in the NY Times tomorrow. Swell. Even the White House is giving up on the "global warming" issue and you guys sign up for the mission. Putzes,
The immediate response that I had was that the kindest thing to do to these "fredos" was to throw them out on an ice floe with the polar bears. And others were along those lines. Or at least, shut off their campaign money, demand retirements, or find primary challengers But that's my spleen talking. Today my brain took over.
No. it's time for a more "reasonable" approach.
See we now have an even more serious threat to the future of the Republic, and that would be a socialized health care system. I'll let John Hinderaker explain.
One of my law partners asked me yesterday which of the Democrats' current initiatives is worse, the tax on carbon or the health care "public option," otherwise known as socialized medicine. I replied unhesitatingly that socialized medicine is much worse. Carbon tax-and-trade can rather easily be repealed once people realize what a dumb idea it is. However, once our health care system has been destroyed and replaced with "single payer" socialized medicine, there is no going back
We need to explain to the Octofail Republicans that there is only one way out of the flaming pit they have dug for themselves. They need to become hard line zealots against the "public option" health care "reform".
And not milquetoast statements and a quiet vote "nay" on final passage. I mean going medieval on the whole concept 24/7/365. I mean like righteous 100 decible opposition. I mean like Rudy Giuliani vs. squeegee men or Michael Moore v. the Hometown Buffett bad.
Anything less, and we re-send the pink slips with no remorse and no reconsideration.
Now for our political geniuses. First off, let's dispense with the "socially liberal, fiscally conservative" canard here. This was a statist bill from the word go and there wasn't a libertarian idea within the same zip code. It was simply an energy tax. Ok if you want to keep the government out of my bedroom. How about letting people afford to heat their bedrooms?
Second, this bill is going to appeal to the vocal but few Saab Socialists who put the environment ahead of the economy. It is going to be painfully unpopular with blue collar America. Maybe Dave Reichert's uber green district will like it; but if Mark Kirk or Mike Castle think this isn't going to backfire on them big time in Rockford and New Castle they are going to find the Democrats whacking them with their own bill next November.
And please explain Mary Bono Mack. Both her and the lame hubby from SW FL are painful underachievers, proving surnames don't equal leadership. (Something we know well in CT!)
So that's the offer. Back before he went girlie man in Sacramento Arnold Scharzenegger told John Connor this
Come with me if you want to live
Well, "Cap and Tr8-ors".....either make sure Obama's health care reform fails...or
Hasta la vista, baby!
What exactly is going on
What exactly is going on here? I came to this site from 538 to hopefully find the 'other side' of the issues, but this is clearly not it.How is this post anything other than the sputtering, unsupported rhetoric meant for cretins? The demagoguery is insulting to anyone who actually cares about the facts, or has an education. Perhaps this is nothing more than a talking points memo for the mindless talking heads of Fox News?It's clear that the intellectual bankruptcy of the conservative movement continues, at least in this post.
This post isn't that bad
It's a base-rallying post, and it's not that bad if you compare it to some of the others here and especially those from RedState. However, like many others, it fails to present any sort of method to get from Point A to Point B. I already posted a technique that can be used to stop C&T, UHC or whatever. In fact, even the Kossacks could take my technique and use it to block conservative proposals; after two years of trying, clearly the r/w isn't capable of doing something so effective.
Major problem with their site?
I posted this to their twitter feed, without result. So I'll put it here to be ignored.
Assuming capandtr8tors.com is their site, why is it pulling in a Javascript file from China? Just in case that's a hack, turn off Javascript/Flash before visiting, and then look in the source code for an encoded string from something like ckn1.cn
If you are not outraged, then you are not paying attention.
You know, if you dont like posters taking umbrage at politicians who betray basic principles of good governance, then just go away. Your demagoguery is insulting to anyone who actually cares about the facts, or has an education.
If you care about the facts, you would know all this:
On Friday, the House voted 219 voter for destroying the American economy on the phony altar of anti-CO2 extremism.
The Democrats and Pelosi Congress passed a bill that: attempts to solve a crisis that really isn't a crisis (global warming is not a crisis); fails to achieve what it claims to achieve, but is in fact a con that will not reduce emissions to targets; will add enormously to energy costs and in the process ship industrial production and industrial jobs overseas to competitors like China. And will leave American energy consumers poorer.
It got a last-minute midnight 300page amendment - payoffs to corruptly buy votes and pork up an already bad bill:
Cap & Trade is as bad for our economy as Smoot-Hawley ... but even worse, The bill is a con
The ACES bill allows polluters to purchase up to 2bn tonnes a year in carbon "offsets", over and above the total allowance provided by the permits of the Cap & Trade scheme. This 2bn-tonne annual offset allowance exceeds all the CO2E emission reductions envisaged between now and 2040! ...
The political economy of the birth of this demented carbon credit/offset scheme was the perception in the rich industrial countries that the developing countries had to 'get something' out of the war on global warming. Perhaps they should. Carbon credits/offsets, however, are not the way to do it. An elaborate con, employing mainly consultants and specialised businesses from the advanced industrial countries, is not a solid foundation for economic development.
... The American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act of 2009 is worse than nothing: it is a con and a fraud. It pretends to be a vehicle for reductions in CO2E emissions. In fact it is designed to permit increases in CO2E emissions.
Every one of the 8 Republicans and every one of the 211 Democrats who voted for this horrible dreck deserves to be fired. Even Nov 2010 is too long. They have betrayed the American taxpayer, the American consumer, the American worker. And the way pelosi and crew violated ethics norms and manhandled the process makes it even more a pile of slime.
If you are not outraged, then you are not paying attention.
More of the same
There are legitimate problems with cap & trade but this posting reads like it's been cross-posted from Red State.
Traitors, socialism, blah, blah, blah. When the "thoughtful" guys are talking like this, then we're in for an even longer period of irrelevance than previously expected.
Cap and trade
"There are legitimate problems with cap & trade"Yeah, like there are legitimate problems with having Cholera. Crap-n-Trade-our-jobs-to-China is the Hawley-Smoot of our age. So destructive to our economy, yet the impact on the environment will be ... nil. First because CO2 is not as impactful to global temps as Al Gore pretends, but secondly because Crap-n-Trade-n-Tax-n-Regulate will have only a tiny impact on global CO2 emissions overall - we will simply EXPORT our emissions to China. They get rich, we get poor. How does this help anyone?!?!
but this posting reads like it's been cross-posted from Red State."Ironman - take it as a COMPLIMENT! If NextRight ever gets to be like Redstate, it will be a nice improvement.
I mean, God forbid we fall down into the gutter of actually having posts that debunk one of Al Gore's lamest "Inconvenient Truth" lies....
"Traitors, socialism, blah, blah, blah. When the "thoughtful" guys are talking like this, then we're in for an even longer period of irrelevance than previously expected."
Majority of American oppose Obama's socialist takeover of GM. Majority of Americans oppose Obama's higher taxes on the middle class. When you share actual details on ObamaCare, support dips under 50%. When you describe what actually is in crap-n-trade, 2-to-1 opposed.
When the 'thoughtful' guys are sounding outraged and thinking William Wallace, then consider the possibility that the guy you are following is pushing a dangerous wrongheaded big-Govt NannyStatist agenda that is bad for America. Put down the kool-aid and open your eyes.
I'm not blaming you, but
there are no free market ideas for the medical system that people are for. Why else would Republicans have passed Medicare Part D? (Notice that they aren't jumping up to take credit, but neither can they attack its premises credibly).
Also, Republicans never put the environment before the economy because they are always about the money. I'm not saying cap and trade is the way to go, but they got nothing. And you rarely beat something with nothing, HillaryCare excepted.
yeah. the government holds all the cash.
tell that to bill gates. he knows better.
Beating something with, um?
XCon, you make a good point about this issue. I have always believed that government tends to screw things up and thus the private sector offers much more promise on a variety of issues. It frightens me to see Congress pass this bill because I know the tax hikes are coming and, more than that, government is overreaching, something it does far often.
I do take exception with the comment about Republicans only caring about money, but that's another topic! One thing I will say, though, is that the GOP usually sides with people in keeping their own hard-earned dollars in opposition to big brother taking it by force (and yeah, I happen to think most taxes fall into that category), whereas the Dems are quite comfortable with taking someone else's money in the so-called public good. Sigh.
Anway, there should be free market ideas on the health care debate. I think you're not hearing of any right now because what's the point? Obama and his Democratic underlings are bullying their way through.
plenty of free market ideas
including a public option. options are part of a free market. and if you truly have voodoo faith in free markets and privately owned industry... well, why would a public option hurt? ;-)
I don't have any [many] illusions
Democrats are scum. How best to plunder? Disguise yourself as the champion of working families. Oh, that's right. Both parties now do that, only Republicans drop the "g". Taxes and fees for non-income tax-paying people have generally gone up. Lots of room for technical argument here, but don't surprised if most Republican rhetoric about this is BS.
Believe me, keeping taxes from going up, in the abstract, is the issue I agree with Republicans on when all else fails. I really just don't believe the are honestly for that.
I came to this site because about half of what I read is linked to RCP which has been a daily visit since 2000 (that is, before I was much of a Bush supporter, but I never even considered voting Democratic - I was actually an activist Republican at the state level at the time). Bush and Bush/DeLay Republicanism wore me out. I am a small business owner and I believe most of what happened during the Bush/DeLay era screwed me in all sorts of nuanced ways (remember how they "didn't do nuance").
I'm just saying, I am for real and, at this point, hate Republicans, except for a handful of elected folks I know personally. Maybe I'm off the wall. Maybe I'm not. It's about more than throwing me a bone now, though, in any case.
By the way
I'm a shot and beer Bohunk lawyer form the midwest (the black sheep from a corporate family back east), who owns a law-related business which has given me a front row seat to governmental, and consequentrly private, malfeasance in the current financial mess.
Question for Ironman: as a lawyer, what do think about Republicans' ceaseless attempts to antagonize the bar, and really, by extension deny access to justice for all sorts aggrieved parties? I realize it's the lawyers, and not the plaintiffs, that they're trying to beat.
It's not that I feel targeted so much as I think Republicans talk out their a** on this.
A True RNC Leader...
...would be openly, publicly and harshly critical of these 8. Its time to ask scoundrels like this to leave the GOP. At times like this we must demand loyalty, especially on issues so obviously destructive to our Nation. There is absolutely no room for any compromise on legislation such as this.
Can you imagine the celebration among the GOP Base if Michael Steele requested that these 8 change their party affiliation? Asked that they no longer call themselves Republicans?
There are those who would say that we can't afford to lose numbers right now. Thats BS. If a leader takes bold action, he/she will draw in much greater and more enthusiastic support than that lost. DD
Like this?
Here's some 100 decibel response:
Iron, don't worry about the trolls
they are getting upset at Obama's sliding poll numbers.
His average disapproval is now almost at 40% according to the pollster.com average.
Who'll be the first troll to attempt the Rasmussen is driving down Obama's numbers argument? How would that explain Obama's average 52/44 approval/disapproval rating from PPP(D)?
ARG, Rasmussen, PPP(D) and MSNBC/WSJ
all effectively show that just as many, if not more, independents disapprove of Obama's performance than approve of his performance. The trend for Obama among independents is encouraging and it's unlikely he can do anything to stop it.
The good news for Obama is that all he needs is to retain the 89% support from Democrats that every Democrat presidential candidate receives (John Kerry also won 89% support from dems). Conservative Democrats are the key to whether Obama stays over 50% in terms of approval during his first term.
There's talking the talk, and then there's walking the walk
What the Republicans should be pushing hardest for right now is a law that forces Congress, the President, the Federal bench, Federal employees and their unions, the railroads, and even Indian tribes to participate in the same health care system forced on everyone else by eliminating the boutique health systems they've created for themselves. It's populist, and will ring in harmony with the Tea Parties. It will also push Americans' fairness button. And America gets to watch while the Democrats destroy their own credibility defending one of their most cherished perqs, (after to their pensions of course). The Republicans should call it the "Walking the Walk" bill.
Those 8 Republicans acted like public servants
I followed this link from a NYT article reporting Conservative outrage at the 8 Republicans who voted for Cap and Trade. Two points:
1) If you accept that global warming is real and partly a function of CO2 emissions, Cap and Trade is a reasonable first response. It provides a long-term mechanism for controlling CO2 in a way likely to be least obnoxious to the economy. Other approaches to the same problem are much worse.
2) Republicans and Democrats who voted for it took a political risk for a law that has no short-term benefits. Pragmatic long-term planning is what I like to see in our lawmakers, and I am grateful for it.
A lot of Limbaugh Conservatives want to punish these 8 lawmakers. To do so harms not only the Republican Party by shrinking it to its hard-right ideological core, but also harms the nation. We need leaders from two robust parties, not ideologues who are too precious for the real world.
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Joel NelsentNot all summer citrus is imported.
California growers expect to have a selection of seasonal citrus items available over the next few months, including valencia oranges, grapefruit and a variety of lemons and limes.
This season's valencia crop is estimated to be 25 million cartons, said Joel Nelsen, president of Exeter-based California Citrus Mutual.
That estimate is down from the 27 million cartons shipped last year because of reduced acreage resulting from competition from offshore imports and a navel season that in past years extended into July, he said.
This year's bearing acreage is estimated at 39,000 acres, down 1,000 acres from last year.
"Ten years ago, we were shipping fruit off of 57,000 acres," Nelsen said.
Since growers hold fruit on the tree, Nelsen's expects the season to slow down in July and August and pick up steam into late August, September and October.
Exports already are moving, and domestic sales should begin in earnest by mid-June, he said.
Booth Ranches, Orange Cove, Calif., expected to finish its navel program by the end of May, about a month sooner than usual, said Tracy Jones, vice president of domestic sales.
Freeze damage was responsible for at least some of the shortfall, she said.
The company started picking good-quality valencias in early April, Jones said.
"The packout has been excellent," she said in late May. "The brix levels are very good."
Booth Ranches hopes to make its million-carton valencia deal last through September, she said.
Limoneira Co., Santa Paula, Calif., expects to offer lemons from California, Chile, Argentina and, tentatively, South Africa this summer, said Alex Teague, senior vice president and chief operating officer.
"Right now, supplies out of Southern California are more than sufficient, for the most part," he said in late May. "Quality is pretty good."
Lemons grown on the California coast have experienced earlier maturity, so the end of that season in August most likely will include some additional product from Mexico, Chile and South Africa, he said.
He expects volume of the California crop to be 2% to 3% greater than last year, but it was running 20% ahead of schedule with picking volume in January, February and March double what it usually is.
That means volume toward the end of the summer should be half of typical, Teague said.
"We anticipate the offshore fruit being a little bit stronger then."
The California desert-Arizona crop should be lighter than usual, with earlier sizing.


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