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Some ancient history might help us get a perspective on a contemporary situation. Here goes:
Following the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe went into a long dormant period. With it went an intellectual tradition that had begun with the ancient Greeks and had persisted into Roman times, from roughly 44 B.C. until about 476 A.D.
Previously, scientific and engineering and social knowledge had been the basis for understanding all sorts of change and progress. Now, a millennium of very slow or no development followed, called the Dark Ages. For instance, Aristarchus of Samos (310 BC - ca. 230 BC) had already formulated 1,800 years before Copernicus (1473-1543) that the Earth was a round planet moving within a complex system. But a disbelieving public and policy centers could not absorb those scientific possibilities. Magical thinking was more important.
After a thousand years, the Dark Ages ended when superstitious thinking and legends had to give way to rational thinking and discovery, called the Enlightenment, which also brought us the modern concept of science and knowledge. History became a progression of events instead of stringing myths together. But old habits are hard to break, even when they are staring you in the face.
For instance, in 1751, nearly three centuries after the Dark Ages had ended, French philosopher Denis Diderot published the Encyclopedia as a monument to the age of reason, wisdom and knowledge. In it, "America," whose exploration had begun two and a half centuries before, occupied a quarter of a page. Not until years later was a Supplement printed containing 19 pages about the continent.
This shows how the obvious can be overlooked when people are obsessed with their closed-mindedness.
Today, we have, by many who never cared before, the phenomenon of having discovered Latinos and are trying to go from a quarter page to 19 pages. The reason is obvious.
The motivation for the sudden attention given Latinos is the realization that Hispanic voters increased by 2 million from the 2004 to the 2008 presidential election. The number of non-Hispanic white voters was not statistically different from 2004. The sudden enlightenment, for instance, like the Feb. 16 launch of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, is less about conservative values but self-interest and marketing outreach.
Washington Times blogger Thomas Peters reported as much in his interview with spokesperson Alfonso Aguilar who said his group would focus on educating conservatives about Hispanic values and about immigration (which in power centers means defining Latinos as "outsiders," although most Hispanic conservatives are already well integrated and leaders in the overall scheme of things). Aguilar acknowledged to Peters "many conservatives (meaning non-Latino conservatives) may not come out in support of reform immediately but that as the Hispanic vote continues to increase, they will see the demographic necessity to back reform."
Wayne Besen, founder of a non-profit group that debunks anti-gay misrepresentations and myths, says that the Latino Conservative Principles organizer Robert P. George's "primary talent, it seems, is to trick the unschooled and easily fooled," about what conservative Hispanics are about. That kind of hocus-pocus takes us back to the Dark Ages, when sophistry, magic, and anti-progress schemes, encouraged many Sorcerers' apprentices.
You can see in the post-modern form of a wart of frog, deceptive intentions and ignorance of Latino civic history don't add up to good principles. It might work for fundraising purposes but it looks like a trick bag to enroll Latinos into somebody else's political agenda.
In other words, like the Dark Ages, there seems to be a movement afoot by those who don't know how to tell others in a quarter page all about the half millennium of Hispanic values and instead reduce it down to tiring political wedge issues, cherry-picked platitudes and --shazam!!! -- Now you see the principles, now you don't.
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Suggesting Facebook resembles a country (!!!) seems to be so much a product of classic new-digital rapid-growing tool hype. I've no idea if facebook is going to stay for good or is going to be eventually replaced like so many other services that faced widespread exageration at their time. Honestly, don't getting the information in a proper, realistic, frame, clearly doesn't help to understand its course.
If my facebook account had just a small portion of the implications that my citizenship has (from taxing to national pride to history to the expectation of defending my country with my life if necessary), no doubt I'd give it a sencond (rapid) thought and well, cancel it, forget about it, and continue with my (happy and proud mexican) life.
Facebook is no more a nation than BP or the Commonwealth. Ethnic nationalism trumps all these petty toys and organizations, and states ultimately hold all the power. State structures dictate to facebook, so it will never be anything more than a transnational communications tool, like the phone network.
This is a silly article and not of the standard one would expect from Economist. The author it seems just woke up after late 1999 and is still living in the the paranoia of dotcom bubble.
Allow me to state perhaps somewhat of a contrary view here: I get what the author is saying.
In many practical ways, Facebook is even more important to me than my country. I spend all day talking to friends on Facebook. (I am middle-aged, not a teenager). I meet new clients there. I see what's up. I learn new trends.
My country, on the other hand, I minimise my dealings with as much as possible. Yes, it protects me against invaders, but this imagined community also levies taxes, mandates census surveys (unlike Facebook's privacy invasions, which are voluntary), and in many thousands of ways, restricts what I can do (laws, after all, are about restrictions more than anything else). The country is necessary, but why harp on it?
Ah, but I can unhook from Facebook at will, you say. Sure, just as I can hand in my passport and become stateless. Neither is a great solution. Living without a passport is obviously impractical, but so is living outside Facebook. If the world is on Facebook, how will I interact effectively?
The country owns some of my details. But so does Facebook (privacy, anyone?).
So, since I tend to identify more with my Facebook profile than with my passport, and I spend more time on Facebook than in government offices, I think perhaps the comparison is not so much of a stretch.
I notice that as we speak, I have three tabs open in my browser. One is The Economist, two are Facebook.
Maybe the phone company is a country too?
I have at least two Facebook accounts and six or seven myspace accounts.
I agree with the posters that find the comparison to be terrible. A nation is a group of individuals joining to pursue a set of shared long-term interests. Facebook, on the other hand, is a communication tool and platform. The set of Facebook users is no more a nation than the set of Motorola Droid users on Verizon. Or the set of people who use Outlook as their email client.
Will voluntary groupings eventually replace groupings according to geographic place of birth? Unquestionably. But Facebook does in no way represents the first of these.
I agree with Phillip Thomas. This is a thought exercise for goodness sake.
As an intellectual debate though, I'd think Facebook more representative of a club than a state although some may argue those are really only distinguished by a matter of degree too.
Yes well firstly I'd like to see a proper census of FB just so we could ascertain how many FB 'citizens' have live accounts and how many are in fact dormant or duplicate.
FB is constantly grandstanding on these 'population' numbers and they are meaningless....how many people join and never go back or never use their accounts in any regular way?
When will the FB hype end?
How many companies will pay how much to gain access to the FB membership when they don't know the accuracy of the membership data, or how many memberships are 'active'?
Even Zuckerburg admits that monetising social networking is far more difficult that monetising search.
So many people say they can't live without FB...I want to see how many would stay if the had to pay to use the site.
Database and audience access are not valuable because they are big.
They are valuable because they are accurate and can be profile targeted to identify a particular demographic
FB can't do this.
Why else has FB not issued an IPO and floated?
Why has it remained private and thus not required to declare its profits and profitability?
Why the reluctance to go public?
Is it because Zuckerburg really is that rare maverick social entrepreneur who wants to change the world as we know it rather than realise a profit?
Or is there actually not that much to sell?
I just wish the next 'big internet thing' would come along so we can all just move on.
As many comments suggest, this article simply makes no convincing case re Facebook, as a user community, being any sort of coherent transnational entity of interest on the level of a Red Cross, major corporation, or such. However, the notion this article introduces becomes more meaningful in potential around communities of purpose or practice. Imagine 500 million users who actually share a common interest (which is not the case with FB) and have a platform with which they can readily communicate, engage, and mobilize. Facebook is more like one of the old-fashioned "big three" US television networks, a common broadcast channel that is mainstream to the point of cultural near-irrelevance in terms of having its own culture as opposed to being a conveyor of mainstream/popular culture - which by all means is massively important in many regards, but not as a transnational entity of common purpose.
It's a thought exercise people, don't flame the author for being creative here!
I for one appreciated it. Made me think about the evolution of sovereignty. In the middle ages, you would not receive harsh comments, but be executed for high treason, if you publicly suggested sovereignty might be one day exercised by free men, as it one was in ancient greece.
Hating creativity won't lead to innovation, you know?
I should also inform I just deleted my FB account. What a waste of time, being constantly bombarded by some new game-fad obnoxious announcements...
This is an intriguing idea, to suggest that FB might resemble a state, if only for purposes of discussion, be it about academic or practical aspects. It certainly does have some traits of a sovereign state, although, as Ignacio correctly mentioned, it does not provoke any patriotic sentiments. For now.
What worries me the most is the constantly growing importance of the social networks in our lives, which causes people to neglect personal contact. It may well be that in some years (5, 10, 20...who knows) peoples' minds and souls will become so 'digitalized' that whether one is on FB or Twitter will be as important as whether one is French or American.
I think You are absolutely right. These Uber Platforms [Facebook, Google and Twitter] have reformatted the Global Architecture. This Development is very disjunctive especially where it comes to the Relation between the State and its Citizens. The Citizens were Lilliputians, The State Gulliver, and now the Internet is like a Net with which to catch Gulliver. I believe it is upending the Architecture.
Where I think Zuckerburg has made a Strategic Mistake [I feel] is not to have taken enough Notice of His Fiduciary Duty to his Users with respect to Privacy. With 500m Citizens, Facebook has been cavalier in their disregard and I think it was and remains a Poor Decision.
Nevertheless Your Point is well made and We have yet to feel the real Muscle that lies embedded in the Crowd for delivery via these Platforms.
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I found this a fascinating different way of looking at Facebook. I don't see it as a country, but as granular community entities within a whole scope of entities. But when you look at the impact Murdoch has, as a media owner on political outcomes (& purchaser of MySpace!) ...one could argue Zuckerburg & his Facebook is as influential or will be going forward.
I agree with Phillip Thomas "don't flame the author" ..I liked this piece.
I wish FB starts resembling like a world rather than a country. And the World subsequently resemble like One Big Social Network in reality devoid of its manmade boundaries & so called countries with so much of inequality.
A challenge for our Innovators of 21st century.
My colleague Gary Thompson and I wrote about this idea in the Texas Review of Law and Politics this year.
"Technology gives us cause and opportunity to rethink our social contract and the mechanisms by which we make it real. In the past, we have looked to physical institutions as the methods by which to embody and aggregate government and the services it provides. Our increasing connections through the Internet not only represent new ways to communicate, but also present new opportunities to rebuild those institutions virtually. Thinking about aggregation in this new way also means that a system that works well today can be quickly and dynamically rebuilt as the needs of individuals and society change. Rather than waiting almost six decades as America did for the error of Plessy to be corrected, we can harness the power of individuals, to protect our rights and to strengthen the social contract from the inside out. For, in the end, individuals are the state."
The error of Plessy mentioned was its failure to protect individual rights, something that can be solved by giving individuals more control over our personal data, as we advocate at the Consortium for Local Ownership and Use of Data, http://cloudinc.org.
Like this one, our article even cites David Cameron. See http://www.trolp.org/main_pgs/issues/v14n1/Thompson&Wilkinson.pdf. He may be on to something.
So The Economist has started hiring Wired staff writers, has it? Surely a more useful comparison for Facebook would be either your basic TNC (questionable, but interesting legal issues) or social movements (less questionable, and interesting issues around effectiveness)? Until I can can unfriend the British government and stop paying taxes on overseas income that is entirely unconnected to my life here, or Facebook's military stage a humanitarian intervention I think we'll have to call this one a bit of a silly comparison.
Liking Facebook to a country is a novel way for The Economist to look at this company but it does seem a bit of a stretch. Then again, the thought could be taken further. So, not being registered with Facebook could, as mwillems suggests in an earlier posting, be considered akin to being stateless? How ridiculous. Each to his own preference, of course, but please, let us not overrate the impact or importance of this company, based only on some number of registered (active, too?) users.
The article calls Facebook a liberal polity. It is no wonder, then, that it is banned from China and those Muslim countries.
"Resembles" a country? - maybe more like "represents" a country - that is comprised of individuals - that have assembled in a virtual alliance - to seek their individual sovereignty - that may or not exist within their global country. For them to be equitably "represented" they have (for the moment and to the degree that these virtual town halls can afford them that) sought mental asylum in a virtual world in which they seek to realize those dreams and desires. We all seek value - and to be valued by others.
Life is the process of getting from here (where we are unsatisfied) to there (where we can fulfill our life) and be equitably rewarded for making that effort. Some countries were born on those principles. Once granted, those principals can be lost if not protected. Some have yet to enjoy those personal freedoms.
To the degree that our online conversations - can afford us equitable representation - can converge our diverse opinions into consensus - can organize our efforts for mutual benefits (financial and altruistic) - can offer and defend the freedoms we all seek - then these online platforms can and will "represent" us and serve us - like the real countries from which we all come
If not, they will only be the place where the last town hall meeting was held - before we all moved on.
Where is our shared governance system that affords us those benefits...
for everyone from "virtually" any locale - across our U-Netted Nations?
That's what I think the author might have meant - or might - like me - desire.
And perhaps there are a few others...?
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This post is the last in my series of "Who, what, when, where, why and how." I hope you have enjoyed the progression.
In the larger view, we have to be careful how involved we become in electronic media. It may be a valid gateway to getting things done, but we need to use the tried-and-true methods of human instruction on a face-to-face level. These methods are usually some form of walking and talking, as well as talking and doing. This means the standard lecture series where you have someone in front of a class explaining things to a group of interested people. Even better is to take a page from Socrates, who walked and talked with his students in the agora (the Greek public square and market) and could integrate necessary questions of how to live right there in the context of making a living in the marketplace. This is the necessary intersection of ideas and actions. Going to a class is still a valid way to get instruction, but you really do have to have a human up there in front, not just a screen.Even better is to learn by doing. It is quite possible and even highly desirable to get instruction while engaged in handwork. This can mean, for instance, learning about archaeology by working in the field. Another viable method for our context of feeding ourselves is to go out to work on a farm or market garden. If you are in Whatcom County, Washington, you can come out to my farm and learn about food production while you work. Currently, we are in the midst of planting, but there are things to do in other seasons. For those of you reading this blog in other parts of the country, you could certainly call around to other farmers close to you and go out to help them. This will allow you to learn production techniques on the ground and at to your own pace. I highly recommend this option. Book learning, electronic media, and just experimenting on your own are all valuable, but you start ahead of the game by helping out a farmer who is already doing the hard work on the ground. This is part of what is known as "doing the real work." Not only are you doing physical work, but you are also re-orienting your spirit.So . . . a relatively inexpensive mode of instruction where you learn by putting in your energy. This is similar to what farming really is. You put in your energy ahead of time, rather than just going out and harvesting whatever is available. In a world where what is available is going downhill in both quantity and quality, putting in your energy before harvest makes good sense.
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18 The blood of Christ set you free from an empty way of life. That way of life was handed down to you by your own people long ago. You know that you were not bought with things that can pass away, like silver or gold. | 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, |
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1 The righteous perishes, And no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers That the righteous is taken away from evil. | 1 The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. |
2 He shall enter into peace; They shall rest in their beds, Each one walking in his uprightness. | 2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death. |
3 "But come here, You sons of the sorceress, You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot! | 3 "But you--come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! |
4 Whom do you ridicule? Against whom do you make a wide mouth And stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, Offspring of falsehood, | 4 Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not a brood of rebels, the offspring of liars? |
5 Inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree, Slaying the children in the valleys, Under the clefts of the rocks? | 5 You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags. |
6 Among the smooth stones of the stream Is your portion; They, they, are your lot! Even to them you have poured a drink offering, You have offered a grain offering. Should I receive comfort in these? | 6 [The idols] among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion; they, they are your lot. Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings and offered grain offerings. In the light of these things, should I relent? |
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I tried to install Xandros for somebody, and ran into a fatal error within the first two minutes (remember--this is the most user friendly distro around!). I pop the cd in, and it tells me "FATAL ERROR -- a hard disk could not be detected on this computer. [ERROR CODE 4000]" I hit ok and the computer reboots. I've retried many times and it still doesn't work... any ideas??? Should I post this in the Debian forums, since this is a debian based os?
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Belagavi ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ |
Big Corporation City | |
Coordinates: 15°51′N 74°30′E / 15.850°N 74.500°ECoordinates: 15°51′N 74°30′E / 15.850°N 74.500°E | |
Country | India |
State | Karnataka |
district | Belagavi |
Government | |
• Body | Belagavi Mahanagara Palike |
• Administrator | Shri. N. Jayaram[1] |
Area[2] | |
• Big Corporation City | 94 km2 (36 sq mi) |
Area rank | 4 |
Elevation | 762 m (2,500 ft) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Big Corporation City | 690,045 |
• Rank | 2 |
• Density | 7,300/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 643,862 |
Demonym | belagaviyava |
Languages | |
Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Telephone code | (+91) 0831 |
Vehicle registration | KA-22 |
Official language | Kannada |
Website | Belgaumcity.gov.in |
Belagavi(official name[3]), also known as Belgaum, Kannada:ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ; "'Marathi:"'बेळगाव"'; is a City Corporation in Belagavi district the state of Karnataka, India. The city is nearly 2,500 ft (762 m) above sea level and is the headquarters of Belagavi district, where states of Maharashtra and Goa borders the district. Belagavi is also the headquarters for the Belagavi division. The division comprises the districts of Bagalkot, Belagavi, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, and Uttara Kannada. The Government of Karnataka has proposed making Belagavi the second capital of the State of Karnataka; a second state administrative building Suvarna Vidhana Soudha was inaugurated on 11 October 2012.[4] Belagavi ( earlier known as "Venugrama" or the "Bamboo Village") is one of the oldest, strong, prominent and well cultured historical place nestling high in the Western Ghats. The old town area with cotton and silk weavers stands gloriously besides the modern, bustling, tree-lined British Cantonment. Step out of the forts and you have a wide choice of temples and churches to visit. Belagavi has an enviable heritage and offers much to be discovered. It lies in the zone of cultural transition between Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa with a known antiquity clearly traceable up to 2nd Century A.D. Due to its proximity with the states of Maharashtra and Goa, Belagavi has acquired the cultural flavour of these states and blended it with the local Kannada culture to create a rich heritage, which is unique in its manifestation. It is also known as MaLenadu or Rain Country and the vegetation here is verdant green throughout the year. Well, centuries have passed and today it is an entirely different story. Belagavi has now become one of the important and considered district in the state of Karnataka. Belagavi is now marching with a tag of fast growing, redeveloping district with a population of approximately over 42,07,264. Belagavi is exactly at the center between Mumbai and Bangalore.
The Vadgoan and Madhavpur suburbs of Belagavi were important urban centres between 400 BC and 300 AD. The present city was built in the 12th century AD by the Ratta dynasty, who were based at nearby Saundatti. The fort of Belagavi was built in 1204 by a Ratta officer named Bichiraja. Belagavi served as the capital of that dynasty between 1210 and 1250, before the Rattas were defeated by the Yadava dynasty of Devagiri. Belagavi then briefly came under the sway of the Yadavas of Devagiri. The Khiljis of Delhi invaded the region at the turn of the 14th century and succeeded in ruining both indigenous powers of the region, the Yadava and the Hoysalas, without providing a viable administration. This lacuna was supplied by the Vijayanagara Empire, which had become the established power of the area by 1336. A century later, the town had become a bustling trading hub for diamonds and wood, owing to its favourable geographic location in the kingdom.
In 1474, the Bahmani Sultanate, then ruling from Bidar, captured the fort of Belagavi. Shortly afterward, in 1518, the Bahamani sultanate splintered into five small states and Belagavi became part of the Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur. The Adilshahis reinforced the fort of Belagavi; much of the existing structure dates from 1519. In 1686, the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb overthrew the Bijapur sultanate and Belagavi passed nominally to the Mughals. However, the Mughal empire went into decline after the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, and his principal detractors, the Maratha confederacy, took control of the area during the rule of the Peshwas ("prime ministers"). In 1776, the country was overrun by Hyder Ali of Mysore, but was retaken by the Peshwa with British assistance. In 1818, the British deposed the last Peshwa and annexed his kingdom, which included Belgavi. Kitturu Chennamma (1778–1829)- ಕಿತ್ತೂರು ರಾಣಿ ಚನ್ನಮ್ಮ was the queen of the princely state of Kittur in Karnataka. In 1824, 33 years before the 1857 War of Independence in Murree, she led an armed rebellion against the British in response to the Doctrine of lapse. The resistance ended in her martyrdom and she is remembered today as one of the earliest Indian and the First Indian Queen to have fought for independence.
Belagavi was chosen as the venue of the 39th session of the Indian National Congress in December 1924 under the presidency of Mahatma Gandhi. The city served as a major military installation for the British Raj, primarily due to its proximity to Goa, which was then a Portuguese territory. Once the British left India, the Indian government continued and still continues to have armed forces installations in Belagavi. In 1961, the Indian government, under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, used forces from Belagavi to end Portuguese rule of Goa.
When India became independent in 1947, Belgavi and its district became part of Bombay State. In 1956, the Indian states were reorganised along linguistic lines by the States Reorganisation Act and Belgavi District was transferred to Mysore State, which was renamed Karnataka in 1972.
In 2006, the Government of Karnataka announced that Belgavi would be made the state's second capital and that the city would be a permanent venue for the annual 15-day session of the state legislature.[5]
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Belagavi is the anglicized form of venugram, from the Sanskrit Velugrama, for Venugrama,[6] i.e., "Bamboo village" and Belagavi [clarification needed].
Of late, the city has carved itself a new name as "Kunda nagari" because of its famous sweet dish, Kunda, made with milk, sugar and spices. The city is also known as the "Sugar Bowl of Karnataka", and the district as the "Sugar District" because of the enormous scope of its sugarcane cultivation and production facilities.
On November 1, 2014, the city's name was changed from Belagavi to Belagavi by the Karnataka government.[7] The central government had approved the request to rename the city in October 2014 and Belagavi was renamed along with other 12 cities on November 1, 2014.[8]
Belagavi is located at 15°52′N 74°30′E / 15.87°N 74.5°E.[9] It has an average elevation of 751 metres (2463 feet). The city is in the northwestern parts of Karnataka and lies at the border of two states, Maharashtra and Goa on the western ghats (50 km from the Goa state border). It is one of the oldest towns in the state, lying 502 km from Bangalore, 515 km from Hyderabad and 500 km from Mumbai. The district comprises 1278 villages with an area of 13,415 km² and a population of around 4.8 million according to the census of 2011. Belagavi district is the biggest district of Karnataka. Situated near the foothills of the Sahyadri mountain range (Western Ghats) at an altitude of about 779 m, 100 km from the Arabian Sea with the Markandeya river flowing nearby, Belagavi exhibits swift and kaleidoscopic changes in topography, vegetation and climate.
Belagavi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). It is known for its pleasant year-round climate. Belagavi is at its coldest in winter (November - February temperatures dropping to 9 degrees Celsius; the minimum temperature in Karnataka state is usually recorded in Belagavi,[10]) and it experiences almost continuous monsoon rains from June through September. Belagavi sometimes receives hail storms during April.
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 33.2 (91.8) |
36.1 (97) |
37.4 (99.3) |
39.1 (102.4) |
40.0 (104) |
37.2 (99) |
34.3 (93.7) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.6 (96.1) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.5 (92.3) |
40 (104) |
Average high °C (°F) | 28.8 (83.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
34 (93) |
36 (97) |
34 (93) |
28 (82) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
27 (81) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
29.6 (85.18) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.8 (82) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
22.8 (73) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.28 (75.71) |
Average low °C (°F) | 13.5 (56.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.1 (70) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.4 (61.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.11 (64.6) |
Record low °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) |
6.3 (43.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
15.0 (59) |
14.8 (58.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.2 (63) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.7 (51.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
6.2 (43.2) |
Precipitation mm (inches) | 1 (0.04) |
4 (0.16) |
10 (0.39) |
47 (1.85) |
83 (3.27) |
186 (7.32) |
224 (8.82) |
144 (5.67) |
124 (4.88) |
82 (3.23) |
38 (1.5) |
4 (0.16) |
947 (37.29) |
Avg. rainy days | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 14.9 | 20.6 | 20.0 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 87.4 |
% humidity | 46 | 40 | 40 | 52 | 63 | 82 | 87 | 88 | 83 | 69 | 57 | 52 | 63.3 |
Source: NOAA (1971-1990)[11] |
As per the provisional 2011 India census, the population of Belagavi city is 488,292, and its urban / metropolitan population is 6,10,189.[12] Males constitute 51% (309,689) of the population and females 49% (300,500). Belagavi has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 65%; of those literate, 54% are males and 46% are females. Eleven percent of the population is under 6 years of age.[13] The local language spoken in this city is Kannada followed by Marathi which is also spoken.There are also siezable number of speakers of Urdu and Konkani speakers.English and Hindi is also understood by the people of this city.
Belagavi enjoys rich cultural diversity. The customs and traditions of Belagavi have been influenced by the Marathi culture. Traditional dressing in rural Belagavi is similar to the attires of people of North Karnataka & South Maharashtra.
The Second World Kannada Meet 2011 was held in the city on 11–13 March 2011 (First held at Mysore in the year 1985) to celebrate and enrich the tradition, culture and progress of the state.
Belagavi is the commercial hub and divisional headquarters of north Karnataka, ranking second to Bangalore in the state in terms of overall exports (mainly related to the automotive industry). It is an important source of vegetables, fruits, meat, poultry, fish, mining production, and wood (due to heavy rainfall, rivers and the abundance of water). Trading in north Karnataka is mainly with Goa, along with major cities like Pune and Bangalore. Rich deposits of bauxite are found in Belgavi district and have led to the creation of the Indian aluminium-producing company Hindalco Industries of the Aditya Birla Group.[14] Uranium deposits have been found at Deshnur, a small village near Bailhongal town.[15] Belagavi is a major producer of milk in the state, 30% of the state's production, and has the highest number of sugar factories. Belagavi is also home to Ugar Sugar Works in Ugar, Renuka Sugars, and other large scale sugar factories.
From the early 1970s, Belagavi began developing into an important centre for the manufacture of heavy machine tools, including the manufacture of high pressure oil hydraulics systems.
Belagavi is also a foundry hub of Karnataka state, with about 200 foundries producing automotive and industrial castings of ferrous base and supporting ancillaries like CNC and conventional machine shops which finish the castings that are produced in Belagavi.
Almost all of some areas in old Belagavi at Vadagaon, Khasbagh and Shahpur are engaged in business with power looms. Belagavi is known for Belagavi saris, which are sold under different brand names. Over 30,000 people are directly dependent on the power looms. There are also ready-made garment units, some of them export oriented, besides those manufacturing Khadi cotton products.
Trade flourishes in Belagavi, and many areas of the city are dedicated to particular kinds of trade. For example, almost all automobile-related trade and manufacture happens in the Fort Road area of the city and Udyambag.
Belagavi also is a strong industrial hub for machine shops catering to automotive manufacturing, especially crankshaft machining and castings. The geographical location of the city is an advantage, since it is between Bangalore and Mumbai–Pune, which supports the major automotive and aerospace[citation needed] companies along with other nearby industrial hubs such as Ichalkaranji and Hubli.
A 300-acre (1.2 km2) Special Economic Zone is being set up along the Pune-Bangalore highway to cater to the precision engineering requirements of the global aerospace, automotive and industrial verticals.[16]
Construction has grown fast since year 2010, new residential projects has come from 2010, Bella Vista in Nanawadi near Cantonment area being one of the early ones.
Belagavi border dispute[edit]
The Belagavi border dispute is a dispute involving the Indian states of Karnataka and Maharashtra. Belagavi, currently a part of Karnataka and earlier the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, is claimed by Maharashtra on linguistic grounds. On Nov 11 2005, KRV activists daubed Belagavi Mayor Vijay More's face with black paint(and later surrendered to the police)[17] in the wake of Belagavi City Corporation (BCC) passing a resolution[18][19] to include the district of Belagavi into Maharashtra, a neighbouring state. Upon his return to Belagavi, Vijay More was served with several show-cause notices by the Government of Karnataka and later dissolved the council.[20]
Following this incident, in the following year's election, Mrs. Prashanta Budavi, wife of KRV City President Mr. Shantinath Budavi was appointed as mayor of the Belagavi City Corporation. Maharashtra has asked to bring 865 disputed villages including Belagavi under centre's rule until Supreme court's final verdict. N.D Patil, head of legal-committee appointed by Maharashtra government said that Karnataka is intensifying the problem. He added that Marathi people of border region are not able to live with honour and dignity under Karnataka's rule pointing out to the 'unconstitutional' dissolution of Belagavi municipal council and manhandling of Belagavi mayor by Kannada activists at Bengaluru.[21]
Defence training centres[edit]
Its salubrious climate, proximity to the coast and strategic position near Portuguese Goa commended it to the British as a suitable location for an army training center and cantonment, which it continues to be today for the Indian Armed Forces, along with an air force station of the Indian Air Force. The British had a sizable infantry post here, having realized the military importance of its geographical location. Perhaps that is one of the reasons for Belgavi'ssobriquet "The Cradle of Infantry". Development of a rail network for movement of resources and later troops was one of the means employed by both the East India Company and the British to exert control over India. Belagavi houses the Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre (MLIRC). It also houses the Commando Training Wing which is a part of the Infantry School, Mhow, where the country's infantry commandos are trained in endurance, escape and evasion, guerrilla and commando warfare techniques and to live off the land. The commando course at Belagavi is mandatory for all infantry officers. Officers of other arms and services and even some foreign officers undertake the course. In between the military hospital and the commando training centre there lies the eminent Belagavi Military School, established in 1945 spread over an area of 64 acres (26 ha).
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police, ITBP, is building a full-fledged recreation and training center in Belagavi at Halbhavi. Belagavi provides an excellent climate for recreation and ITBP will have large family bases in Belagavi for its soldiers after high altitude stressful duty.
The Central Reserve Police Force Institute of elite central paramilitary forces is setting up a national-level training institution (for jungle warfare) at Khanapur in Belagavi.
Turkish War Memorial[edit]
A number of Turkish prisoners of war of World War I were stationed in the Belagavi Cantonment. A number of these POWs died in Belagavi and were buried there. There used to be 100s of grave stones for Turkish POWs till the 1980s, after which unfortunately they have been vandalized during the expansion of the city. At present there are only about 6-7 surviving inscriptions in Persian or Turkish for the POWs. Some Muslim residents of Belagavi then contacted the Turkish Consulate in New Delhi, and as a result a memorial for the Turkish POWs was constructed. The memorial is next to the Bellary Airport on a 2 acre plot in the premises of the Visveswaraiah Institute of Medical Science (VIMS). 2 Marble graves-stones are at the memorial, one of them of General Agha Pasha Abdussalam of the Turkish Royal family who died in the Islamic date of 10th Rajab 1336.[22]
Tourism and attractions[edit]
Belagavi is 502 km from Bengaluru and 154 km from Panaji. Nestled in the foothills of the Western Ghats, it enjoys a cool, salubrious climate and is surrounded by natural beauty in the form of rivers, hills and dense evergreen forests. In the vicinity there are popular tourists places like Amboli, Sindhudurg district and Jamboti.
A wide variety of historical sites, temples and churches exist in and around the city, most notably the Kamala Basti fort, Kapileshwar temple (South Kashi), the hills of Vaijyanath, Ramtirth waterfalls, Revan Siddeshwr Temple at Hunshevari in the valleys of Kakati, Siddeshwar Temple in Kanbargi, the aerodrome at Sambra, and others.
In and near the city are:
- Belagavi Fort, a huge construction in the center of the town. It dates back to 1519. The foundation of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, a legislative administrative office complex, was laid in Belagavi in August 2007 to celebrate the golden jubilee celebrations of the unification of Karnataka.[23]
- Kamal Basati is a Jain temple located within the walls of Belagavi fort.
- Hunshevari, the holy place of the "Shree Revan Siddeshwar Temple", in the valleys of Kakati village, 7 km from Belagavi on the Pune-Bangalore national highway.
- Siddeshwar Temple in Kanabargi village is a famous temple in a hill cave.
- Yellur Gad, on a hill surrounded by a circular wall, is a popular location visible from a long distance.
- The handloom cottage industries and silk weavers located in Vadgaon and Angol are known for exquisitely designed saris.
- The Belagavi Cantonment Area with its lush cover of greenery. The MLIRC (Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre) is also based here.
- Jamboti, 25 km south-west of Belagavi, is a popular tourist spot with its evergreen hilltop forests.
- Vajrapoha Falls on the Mandovi river are 26 km from Belagavi.
- Godchinamalaki Falls is a popular destination about 60 km from Belagavi. The falls are approximately 100 metres in length, with a stepwise fall every 30 metres.
- Gokak Falls is yet another resplendent waterfall 62 km from Belagavi and 6 km from Gokak town.
- Amboli hill station (Maharashtra) is a little known coastal highland area, around 70 km from Belagavi, popular during the monsoon season with its thick forests, curving misty ghats and shades of vibrant green.
- Asha Kiran Planetarium, School of Astronomy and Audio-Visual Education Research Centre, located in Ganeshpur.[24]
- Dudhsagar Water Falls, around 105 km from Belagavi, is a scenic waterfall. The spot also provides various options for trekkers. The best time to visit is during or soon after the Monsoon.
- International Golf Course (18-hole) at Desur, 10 km from the city.
- Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary (Khanapur)
- Anshi National Park (Karwar, Khanapur)
- Swami Vivekananand Smarak a tourist place in Belagavi at a very peaceful location.
- Mal Maruti Temple, one of the best Hanuman temples, with a Udbhava Murty carving
- Kalavati Aai temple
- Siddeshwar Temple from Nagaramunnoli, which is very famous in Belagavi.
- Sulebhavi Mahalakshmi Temple is 20 km away from Belagavi.
- Military Hindalga Ganapati Temple, at Raichur–Vengurla Highway (State Highway 20 (Karnataka))
- Veera Soudha, also known as congress well, is a beautiful memorial and garden within the city limits.
- Halasi near Khanapur is a historical place famous for its monuments and temple.
One can also visit Buthramanhatti Park, Hidkal Dam, jungles, and many waterfalls quite close to the city.
Belagavi is known for Kunda, a sweet made from milk. A special sweet called "Mandige" or "Maande" is a must during weddings. There are many kunda manufacturers in and around Belagavi.
Educational institutions[edit]
Belagavi is also an important educational hub, consisting of eight engineering colleges, five medical colleges, and some dental colleges across the city and district. Visvesvaraya Technological University, the largest university of Karnataka for technical education (for BE, Mtech, MCA, MBA) is based in Belagavi. Basic degree colleges, nine polytechnic colleges and three law colleges are other educational institutions. KLE, the Karnataka Lingayat Education Society, and KLS, Karnataka Law Society, are two educational giants based in Belagavi.
From the late 1970s onwards, Belagavi began seeing a substantial increase in the number of professional education institutions. While initially this was largely in the medical and engineering fields, Belagavi today hosts institutions serving a number of other professional streams as well.
The establishment of the Visvesvaraya Technological University in 1998, with the affiliation of more than 208 engineering colleges, raised the importance of Belagavi as a centre of education in Karnataka. Belagavi also hosts a number of medical colleges. The impact of this growth has considerably changed the cultural, linguistic and industrial profile of the city due to the influx of students from across India (and even across the world), some of whom made Belagavi their home base after completing their education there.
VTU Belagavi[edit]
Visvesvaraya Technological University or VTU, named after Bharata Ratna Sir M Visweshwariah, is located in Machche in Belagavi. It has more than 208 affiliated colleges. Over 67,000 students graduate from VTU every year.[25]
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) is a collegiate public state university in Karnataka State. It was established on 1 April 1998 by the Government of Karnataka as per VTU Act 1994, to improve the quality of technical education in the state. Apart from a few notable exceptions, VTU has complete authority in the state of Karnataka. It is a statutory requirement for colleges offering any program in engineering or technology in the state to be affiliated with the university.
The university is named after Sir Visvesvaraya from Karnataka, the only engineer to be awarded a Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India. Jnana Sangama, Belagavi is the headquarters of VTU. Additionally, the university has three regional centers in Bangalore, Gulbarga and Mysore.
VTU is one of the largest universities in India with 208 colleges affiliated to it with an intake capacity of over 67100 undergraduate students and 12666 postgraduate students. The university encompasses various technical & management fields which offers a total of 30 undergraduate and 71 postgraduate courses. The university has around 1800 PhD candidates.
VTU has 13 QIP centers and 17 extension centers in its various affiliated colleges offering post graduate courses. It has around 2305 departments recognized as research centers which are spread across its various affiliated institutions in different cities of Karnataka. It is one of the few universities of India to have 16 of its affiliated colleges recognised by the World Bank for getting assistance in setting up state of art laboratories, campus facilities and research centers under the TEQIP (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme, a Government of India initiative) program.
The university is administered by its Executive Council and Academic Senate whose members are selected from the academic community and government officials. The present Chancellor of the university is His Excellency, Sri Hans Raj Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka state and the Vice-Chancellor is Dr. H. Maheshappa.
The Jnana Sangama, Belagavi campus and the regional and extension centers of VTU at Bengaluru, Davangere, Kalaburgi and Mysore offer M.Tech, MBA, MCA and PhD programs.
The University has signed MoUs with various Multinational corporation like IBM, Intel Asia Electronics Inc., Ingersoll-Rand (India) Ltd., Bangalore, Nokia, Bosch Rexroth and Microsoft to improve the industry interactions for both students and the teachers.
VTU is one of the member universities of the Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities.
KLE Society[edit]
In 1916, the Karnataka Lingayat Education (KLE) Society was founded by seven founder life members, who are also addressed as "Saptarishis" (Seven Saints). On 13 November 1916, KLE Society started an Anglo Vernacular School in Belagavi(Gilganchi Artal High School). Lingaraja College came into existence in June 1933. In 1947, B.V.B. College of Engineering and Technology was started in Hubli. J.N. Medical College at Belagavi and G.H. College at Haveri were started in 1963. KLE also runs the Sheshgiri College of Engineering and Technology in Belagavi, established in 1979. From 1984 onwards, KLE Society started dental, education, nursing, information technology, computer applications, hotel management, business management, tourism, fashion design, and agriculture colleges, as well as polytechnics across India. Today under the leadership of Mr. Prabhakar Kore, the KLE Society runs 207 institutions.[citation needed]
Karnataka Law Society[edit]
Karnataka Law Society (KLS) was founded in 1939 by a group of diehard freedom fighters and eminent lawyers. Their distinguished vision and sheer service motto not only brought succor and solace to a large number of quality education aspirants but it also paved the way for the establishment of one of the greatest institutions of all times to come. KLS imparts unparalleled quality education in engineering, management and other allied areas to more than 20,000 students through eleven institutes in various parts of Northern Karnataka. KLS is managed by an elite pool of lawyers and engineers.
K.L.S. Gogte Institute of Technology is an engineering college affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University. The college campus is at Belagavi–Goa Highway, also known as Khanapur Road. It was established in 1979 to meet the growing demand for technically trained manpower for industrial growth of the country. The GIT's campus was inaugurated in 1989 by former Union Minister of Defence Mr. Sharad Pawar
Rani Channamma University[edit]
Rani Channamma University was established in 2010 by upgrading the post-graduate centre of Karnataka University, Dharwad.
Before the Rani Channamma University came into being in 2010, Karnataka University KRCPG Centre of Karnataka University, Dharwad was functioning at Belagavi. The Karnataka University PG Centre was established at Belagavi in the year 1982, to provide an opportunity to develop access to the students for higher education hailing from North Karnataka Region. In 1994 the PG centre was shifted to the present campus of 172 acres of land at Bhutramanahatti adjacent to the Pune-Bangalore National Highway – 4 NH 4, about 18 km from Belagavi. Karnataka University PG Centre has been declared as Rani Channamma University in the month of July, 2010 with the jurisdiction of Belagavi, Bijapur, and Bagalkot districts. It is catering to the needs of the people of North Karnataka by providing excellent opportunities for higher education.
Belagavi is connected by road via national highways 4 (connecting Maharashtra (now part of the Golden Quadrilateral), Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu) and 4A (connecting Karnataka and Goa). North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) run buses to all corners of Karnataka and to neighboring states. There are many prominent private bus companies providing services to all major destinations in Karnataka and surrounding states. KSRTC services almost all villages in Karnataka. 92% villages are served by KSRTC (6743 out of 7298 Villages) and 44% in other areas (6743 out of 7298).[3] KSRTC operates 6463 schedules in a day covering an effective distance of 23.74 lakh km with a total fleet of 7599 buses. It transports, on an average, 24.57 lakh passengers per day.
The North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation was established in the year 01-11-1997, under provision of the Road Transport Corporation Act 1950, on the auspicious day of Karnataka Rajyotsava upon bifurcation from Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation to provide adequate, efficient, economic and properly coordinated transport services to the commuters of North Western part of the Karnataka. The Corporation jurisdiction covers the Belagavi, Dharwad, Karwar, Bagalkot, Gadag & Haveri districts.
NWKRTC operates its services to all villages, which have motorable roads in its jurisdiction and also covering intra and inter state operations. The entire jurisdiction of the corporation is totally nationalised sector.
The corporate office of NWKRTC is at Hubli, under which eight division headquarters are at Belagavi, Hubli, Sirsi, Bagalkot, Gadag, Chikkodi, Haveri and Dharwad and 48 depots are functioning under the administrative control of respective divisions and one Regional workshop at Hubli having one bus body building unit, one Regional Training Institute at Hubli.
Belagavi Airport was the only airport in north Karnataka for many decades, and included an air force base. The airport serving the city is Belagavi Airport at Sambra, 10 km from the city on State Highway 20 (Karnataka). Belagavi was directly connected by air with Mumbai, but the only flight to Mumbai was stopped in November 2011 owing to a financial crisis at Kingfisher Airlines. Since then SpiceJet has announced daily flights to Bangalore starting from 22 Nov 2012.
Belagavi is on the main Indian Railways grid, being part the of southwestern division, and is well connected by rail to major destinations such as Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mangaluru, Pune, Mumbai, Bhaghya Nagar, Goa, New Delhi and Chennai. The Belagavi railway station is the oldest in this region.[citation needed].
Assembly session[edit]
In 2006 the Government of Karnataka decided to hold one week sessions of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly every year during the winter season at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha administrative building, constructed and inaugurated in Belagavi in 2012.
See also[edit]
- ^ "DC Rule". City Corporation of Belagavi, Govt. of Karnataka. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
- ^ a b "city/town summary".
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/It-is-official-Bangalore-becomes-Bengaluru/articleshow/45000684.cms
- ^ "Decision on second capital status for Belgavi soon". Times of India, Bangalore. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
- ^ outlookindia.com | wired
- ^ Bombay gazetteer in Karnataka: Dharwad, Belagavi, Bijapur and Kannara districts, Venkataramgo Katti
- ^ "It'll be 'Bengaluru' from Nov 1". Deccan Herald. 8 October 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ New City, Names to Karnatka. "New name for cities". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Belagavi
- ^ Lowest temperature in Belagavi
- ^ "Belagavi Climate Normals 1971-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ "Provision Population Totals, Census of India 2011". Census Commission of India. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ Census of India
- ^ Natural Resources in the State of Karnataka - Directorate of Industries and Commerce, Government of Karnataka
- ^ THE HINDU July 16, 2010
- ^ Quest plans 300-acre aerospace SEZ in Belagavi
- ^ The Hindu: Ten Vedike Members Surrender
- ^ The Hindu: Supersession of BCC came as no surprise
- ^ The Hindu: Belagavi corporation: decision today
- ^ Frontline - A dispute revived
- ^ "Bring border region under centre's rule until problem is solved" (in Marathi). Maharashtra Times. 9 December 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2006.[dead link]
- ^ Siraj, M A (11 November 2014). "A memorial for Turkish martyrs" (Bangalore). Deccan Herald. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ CM, DyCM to lay stone for Vidhana Soudha on Sunday
- ^ Ravi Uppar, TNN, 27 Dec 2009, 11.05pm IST (27 December 2009). "Professor sets up pet planetarium in Belagavi - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ "About VTU". VTU. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
External links[edit]
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- Municipal Corporation of Belagavi
- Government website for Belagavi district
- Directorate of Industries & Commerce


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19 Like a bad tooth or a lame foot is trust in a faithless person in time of trouble. | 19 Like a bad tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in times of trouble. |
20 Like vinegar on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood, sorrow gnaws at the human heart. | 20 Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. |
21 If your enemies are hungry, give them bread to eat; and if they are thirsty, give them water to drink; | 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. |
22 for you will heap coals of fire on their heads, and the Lord will reward you. | 22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you. |
23 The north wind produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks. | 23 As a north wind brings rain, so a sly tongue brings angry looks. |
24 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife. | 24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. |
25 Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. | 25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land. |
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain are the righteous who give way before the wicked. | 26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. |
27 It is not good to eat much honey, or to seek honor on top of honor. | 27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor. |
28 Like a city breached, without walls, is one who lacks self-control. | 28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control. |
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The sadistic, sex-obsessed alien, Crypto, is back in two new quests scheduled for simultaneous release early next year.
The comically-named Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed has been designed from the ground up for Wii, stresses THQ, and will let you cause carnage on foot, in Crypto's UFO and in his new Big Willy mech, which you can see in screens below.
"The Wii's capabilities served as a springboard in designing Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed, and the game will take full advantage of the Wii Remote," promises THQ's Jack Sorenson, executive vice president of worldwide studios, although specific controls are yet to be revealed.
Big Willy Unleashed is also headed for PS2 and PSP.
Destroy all Humans! Path of the Furon is the full-fat high-definition game, coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 with bigger open worlds, new weapons and mental powers, and a new comedy storyline. Set directly after events in DaH! Big Willy Unleashed, Crypto seeks enlightenment by learning new skills from an alien Kung Fu master which he uses against a new enemy who threatens his savvy way of life.
The late-but-great Destroy all Humans 2 was good fun, giving you an open sandbox world and some crazy alien powers to mess around with, so we expect good things from Crypto's latest.
Exclusive, first ever screens of both games are below. More to be revealed at E3 later this week.


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The Tweetsplainer: Welcoming Bill Clinton to Twitter
Celebuzz offers Twitter newbie Bill Clinton some words of wisdom.
This is all very exciting, President Clinton! Next you can ditch that Yahoo email address and switch to this new thing called Gmail. Don't stop thinking about tomorrow, Bill, am I right?
But the online world can be a very scary place, especially for an outsider. Twitter especially, where users can sometimes seem to speak in an entirely different language. There's no need to be discouraged, though, because Celebuzz has put together a little tweetsplainer, if you will, to help you hit the ground running... 140 characters at a time. These are some things you might run into, and how to respond.
This stands for "follow Friday" and is the practice of recommending interesting or important people for others to follow on Twitter. As a former President of the United States, I would imagine that you qualify as both and will probably get plenty of #ff mentions tomorrow. All hail your Klout score.#TBT
This is another popular hashtag on Twitter and stands for "throwback Thursday," in which Twitter users post old pictures of themselves each Thursday. As you will learn, Twitter is a very aliteration-friendly medium. If you'd like to participate in #tbt, might we suggest the photo on the right as your first entry.#FollowATeen
It's probably best that you don't participate, but this is a game on Twitter in which adults choose one random teen on Twitter to follow and subsequently provide their followers with random updates about their teen's life. "My teen is fighting with her bestie about homework," for example. Why do you ask? First of all, this is the internet, President Clinton, and no one has to explain why anything here. Second of all, I don't know, it's funny?If you're looking for more information, BuzzFeed's Katie Notopoulous explains the more specific rules of #followateen here.
'Yo, Is a Picture of You?' Direct Message
It's not; don't open it. Just don't. No, someone is not sending you an old picture of you playing the saxophone on the Arsenio Hall Show. It's spam and clicking the bit.ly link attached to the direct message will hack your account and send the same message to everyone who follows you. As you've already amassed nearly 400,000 followers, this would be very annoying. And while we're on the subject of direct messages...You Can't Send a Picture Via Direct Message!
You can't. Seriously. It's unclear why politicians sometimes think they can send pictures via direct message, but you cannot. Just ask Anthony Wiener. You've had some issues in the past, President Clinton, but it's okay, we all forgave you. But messing up again might be the last straw. As President George W. Bush says, "fool me one, shame on you, fool me -- you can't get fooled again." Or something like that.Anyway, welcome to Twitter, President Clinton. We hope this was enough information to get you started.