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1-10 of 122 results in Routledge Contemporary China Series
Footbinding and Women's Labor in Sichuan
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
When Chinese women bound their daughters' feet, many consequences ensued, some beyond the imagination of the binders and the bound. The most obvious of these consequences was to impress upon a small child's body and mind that girls differed from boys, thus reproducing gender hierarchy. What is not...
Published December 16th 2014 by Routledge
Local Governance Innovation in China
Experimentation, Diffusion, and Defiance
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
Despite a centralized formal structure, Chinese politics and policy-making have long been marked by substantial degrees of regional and local variation and experimentation. These trends have, if anything, intensified as China's reform matures. Though often remarked upon, the politicsof policy...
Published October 30th 2014 by Routledge
Comparatizing Taiwan
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
As the site of crossings of colonizers, settlers, merchants, and goods, island nations such as Taiwan have seen a rich confluence of cultures, where peoples and languages were either forced to mix or did so voluntarily, due largely to colonial conquest and their crucial role in world economy....
Published October 28th 2014 by Routledge
The Shanghai Alleyway House
A Vanishing Urban Vernacular
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
As a nineteenth-century commercial development, the alleyway house was a hybrid of the traditional Chinese courtyard house and the Western terraced one. Unique to Shanghai, the alleyway house was a space where the blurring of the boundaries of public and private life created a vibrant social...
Published September 12th 2014 by Routledge
Chinese Television in the Twenty-First Century
Entertaining the Nation
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
The past two decades witnessed the rise of television entertainment in China. Although television networks are still state-owned and Party-controlled in China, the ideological landscape of television programs has become increasingly diverse and even paradoxical, simultaneously subservient and...
Published September 4th 2014 by Routledge
Reception and Interpretation in Three Chinese Cities
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
SARS (Acute Respiratory Syndrome) first presented itself to the global medical community as a case of atypical pneumonia in one small Chinese village in November 2002. Three months later the mysterious illness rapidly spread and appeared in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Toronto and then Singapore. The high...
Published August 15th 2014 by Routledge
China's New Underclass
Paid Domestic Labour
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
This book examines the implications of China's economic reforms for domestic work and domestic workers. The author examines the factors that give rise to paid domestic work in a socialist economy, and goes on to look at the need for social protection of domestic workers within cities in...
Published August 15th 2014 by Routledge
Law and Fair Work in China
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
China's economic reforms have brought the country both major international clout and widespread domestic prosperity. At the same time, the reforms have led to significant social upheaval, particularly manifest in labour relations. Each year, several thousand disputes break out over working...
Published July 4th 2014 by Routledge
Religion and Ecological Sustainability in China
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
This book sheds light on the social imagination of nature and environment in contemporary China. It demonstrates how the urgent debate on how to create an ecologically sustainable future for the world's most populous country is shaped by its complex engagement with religious traditions, competing...
Published April 30th 2014 by Routledge
Globalization and Public Sector Reform in China
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
This book analyses public sector reform comprehensively in all parts of China's public sector – government bureaucracy, public service units and state-owned enterprises. It argues that reform of the public sector has become an issue of great concern to the Chinese leaders, who realize that...
Published March 27th 2014 by Routledge
Forthcoming Books
Guangdong and Chinese Diaspora: The Changing Landscape of Qiaoxiang
To Be Published February 9th 2015 -
Incentives for Innovation in China: Building an Innovative Economy
To Be Published February 26th 2015 -
Conflict and Cooperation in Sino-US Relations: Change and Continuity, Causes and Cures
To Be Published February 27th 2015 -
The Middle Class in Neoliberal China: Governing Risk, Life-Building, and Themed Spaces
To Be Published March 1st 2015 -
China-Taiwan Relations in a Global Context: Taiwan's Foreign Policy and Relations
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Sinologism: An Alternative to Orientalism and Postcolonialism
To Be Published March 1st 2015 -
The Chinese Corporatist State: Adaption, Survival and Resistance
To Be Published March 1st 2015 -
Corporate Governance and Banking in China
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Chinese Globalization: A Profile of People-Based Global Connections in China
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Law and Policy for China's Market Socialism
To Be Published April 1st 2015


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Even pro-unionists accept that the country has all the ingredients to be a viable nation state
After 307 years as part of Great Britain,
will soon decide whether it is time to once again go it alone. Opinion polls suggest that nationalists still fall short of the numbers needed to unpick the 1707 parliamentary union with England that lies at the heart of the UK. But nationalist and pro-union campaigners alike agree that with eight months of febrile campaigning to go, the result of September's historic referendum is far from assured.
On this story
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- An independent Scotland's £100bn exports
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So what would an independent Scotland look like? And what would be the impact on the remaining UK, or "rump UK" as some observers call it, of the departure of 8.3 per cent of its population and about 9.2 per cent of its gross domestic product?
Among the blizzard of contention and spin that surrounds the independence debate, some points of broad consensus are clear. Nationalists argue that being part of the UK has held Scotland back, while their opponents contend that the union has been central to its economic success. But the leading players on both sides accept that Scotland has all the ingredients to be a viable nation state.
If its geographic share of UK oil and gas output is taken into account, Scotland's GDP per head is bigger than that of France. Even excluding the North Sea's hydrocarbon bounty, per capita GDP is higher than that of Italy. Oil, whisky and a broad range of manufactured goods mean an independent Scotland would be one of
the world's top 35 exporters.
An independent Scotland could also expect to start with healthier state finances than the rest of the UK. Although Scotland enjoys public spending well above the UK average – a source of resentment among some in England, Wales and Northern Ireland – the cost to the Treasury is more than outweighed by oil and gas revenues from Scottish waters.
One of the favourite citations touted by the nationalist Yes Scotland campaign is a quote from a 2007 Daily Telegraph article by David Cameron, now UK prime minister, that argued there was no point in trying to keep Scotland inside the union "through fear of the economic consequences" of leaving.
"Supporters of independence will always be able to cite examples of small, independent and thriving economies across Europe such as Finland, Switzerland and Norway," Mr Cameron wrote. "It would be wrong to suggest that Scotland could not be another such successful, independent country."
Yet as Mr Cameron these days takes pains to point out, an acknowledgment that Scotland could succeed alone does not mean it would be better off than within the UK. Over the past year, Mr Cameron's government has published a series of papers arguing that Scotland benefits from free access to the UK's market of more than 60m people and from the security of being part of a large and powerful state.
Scotland's fiscal health will also be challenged by the relatively rapid ageing of its population and the long-term decline of oil output from depleted North Sea reserves.
In a research paper this week, James Knightley, senior economist at ING, said the high transition costs of separation and uncertainties over currency and the terms of EU membership meant that the material benefits of independence were "far from clear".
Yet Mr Knightley also noted that greater sway over its own economy could be a real advantage for Scotland. Nationalist leaders argue that local control of such "economic levers" as tax reform, immigration policy and welfare will open the way to a fairer and wealthier society. September's referendum will hinge in large part on whether Scotland's voters agree.
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Search Continues For Man Who Went Missing On Medicine Lake
The search continued Sunday for a missing man on Medicine Lake. Paul Myklebust, 31, and another man were kayaking on Medicine Lake early Saturday morning when the kayak flipped. The other person made to shore, but Myklebust didn't.
Police Believe Ty Hoffman Was At Mystic Lake Casino
A possible sighting of Lyle Marvin "Ty" Hoffman prompted a search in Prior Lake Wednesday morning that ended without his capture, miles and miles away from where police think he robbed a bank a few days ago.
Crews Recover Teen's Body From Lake Nokomis
A 15-year-old boy died after going for a swim with friends in Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis Wednesday morning. The Hennepin County Water Patrol began searching just after 10 a.m. after a swimmer was reported missing on the east side of the lake.
Police: Home Burglarized In Stearns Co.
Officers in Stearns County are searching for a male who allegedly robbed a woman's home Monday afternoon. According to the Stearns County Sheriff's Office, the homeowner returned around 12:32 p.m. Monday and saw an adult male in her home.
Coon Rapids Man, 21, Missing In St. Croix River
The Chisago County Sheriff's Department says there are crews searching the St. Croix River in Taylor Falls on a report of a person in the water. The report of a person in the water went out at 4:45 p.m., according to the sheriff's department.
Good Question: How Much Trash Is In The Oceans?
Searchers looking for Malaysia Air Flight 370 haven't found any evidence of the plane yet, but they continue to get their hopes up when they see pieces of garbage and debris in the water. Yet, that can also add setbacks. Over the weekend, a promising lead turned out to be four orange cones. So, that had us wondering: how much trash is on our oceans?
Mpls. Police Search For Suspects In Subway Robberies
Minneapolis Police are asking for the public's help to find three men who could be linked to several armed robberies of sandwich restaurants.
Family, Friends Search For Man Last Seen In Anoka
An Anoka family is searching for a missing father of two. Kevin Casserly, 22, was last seen near the North Star station in Anoka on Nov. 12. Casserly has not contacted his family or shown up to work at Lakeland Tool. Kevin's sister, Alex Casserly, says her brother's disappearance has been very difficult to explain to his children. "[His kids] wanted to have a traditional Thanksgiving meal, and for them it was hard to understand why their dad wasn't there," Casserly said.
Police: 3 Masked Men Robbed A Fridley Bank On Halloween
There's nothing strange about seeing someone in a mask on Halloween, unless you're a bank teller and one of the masked men has a gun. The FBI said three men in masks robbed the TCF Bank in Fridley on Friday night.
Police: Help Us Find Missing West Central MN Man
Police are asking for help in finding an 81-year-old west central Minnesota man who has been missing since Tuesday. The Grant County Sheriff's Office is trying to locate Orlando Wayne Tollefson, who left Herman, Minn., at 5 p.m. Tuesday and didn't return to his residence.
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An overnight shooting in Brooklyn Park left one man dead. Both Brooklyn Park police and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department responded to a call at the 6200 block of Winnetka Avenue at 2 a.m. Saturday.
Beltrami Officers Searching For High-Speed Chase Suspect
Beltrami authorities are searching for a man they believe led police on a high-speed chase Wednesday afternoon near Bemidji, Minn. According to the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office, Edwin Lee Johnson, 41, of Bemidji, was reportedly seen driving extremely recklessly on Bemidji Avenue North at 1 p.m. Wednesday, just north of Bemidji. He was driving a stolen white 1999 Oldsmobile Alero with Minnesota license plates, authorities said.
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Police are searching for those responsible after large rocks were thrown into at least three cars driving along Excelsior Boulevard in St. Louis Park on Tuesday night. Authorities said the rocks smashed through car windows around 10 p.m. between Louisiana Avenue and Blake Road, but no one was hurt.
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Bedford Co. World War II veterans honored with new monument
By Melanie Gillespie
BEDFORD COUNTY, Pa. --
There will be a special tribute for those who fought in World War II in Bedford County.
The World War II Monument Committee is collecting donations to make an honorary statue a reality.
Thumb by thumb and print by print, nearly a dozen veterans cast their fingerprint in mold Thursday night.
"We all joined the service, anyone... Just because it was there, and the war was on and so you just went. You didn't go to be proud or make a name, you just went, William Patterson said.
"It interrupted my college, but I felt it was my duty and, so, I enlisted, John Holbert said.
A piece of history was unveiled in Bedford County and those remaining World War II veterans left their mark behind in clay mold.
"We were going to get as many veterans as we could from Bedford County to come forward and put their thumb print on the clay, and that way when the bronze is cast in metal, the thumb print will be there forever, sculptor Wayne Hyde said.
"We just thought it was time to recognize an event of this significance in our history, Dennis Tice of the World War II Monument Committee said.
The $200,000 project captures a day in the life of a World War II soldier. Hyde said it shows them reflecting on a day's battle, lives lost, and letters from loved ones.
"That letter would represent to them everything they were fighting for. I mean, mail was very welcomed and shared and everything, Hyde said.
"The letters were very, very important. My mother wrote to me every day I was gone overseas, every day, Holbert explained.
It was a letter from home that meant the most to those who were fighting on the front lines and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
"Every day you think about it somewhat, Patterson said.
"That's the most important part: Honor those who didnt come back, Holbert said.
The committee said it will continue to collect donations for the project and veterans' fingerprints until Christmas Eve. It will then head to a foundry in Montana by the end of the year.


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Golden Beach Cha-Am Hotel
Categories: Accommodation > Hotel
Address: 208/14, Ruamjit-Beach Rd., Cha-am, Cha-am, Phetchaburi 76120 Thailand See map
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Golden Beach Cha-Am Hotel is located in the Cha-am district of Phetchaburi on Ruamjit-Beach Road. This 20 storey hotel property offers a variety of accommodations ranging from simple standard rooms to luxurious and spacious suites and family sized rooms. All guest rooms provide a long list of modern amenities such as air conditioning, hot & cold water, cable TV, minibar, telephone, toiletries and more. Besides the fully equipped rooms, the property also has a wide range of other services and facilities such as the swimming pool, restaurant, wireless internet, spa facility, fitness centre, room service, meeting facilities and many other conveniences.
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
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700 - 2,700 Baht/Day or 23 - 90 USD/Day
Remark: "Star" of accommodation is based by Hotel Association of Thailand. If the accommodation are not listed in Hotel Association, we will use the star which is announced in the websites of accommodation.
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208/14, Ruamjit-Beach Rd., Cha-am, Cha-am, Phetchaburi 76120 Thailand
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Lalim VCD Player
Full user review
"Great for what it does"
It plays VCD discs on my older computer for store demos (my old computer doesn't have a DVD drive, so I recode everything to VCD).
It can only loop a single chapter, so if you have multiple chapters on your disc you can't loop them all. But for the price, I can't complain!


text: In an effort to stop eating processed foods i have switched from those little fruit flavored yogurts which have a lot of added sugar to eating plain fat-free yogurt with thawed frozen berries. I thought it would be bland but I must say I think it's a million times better than the pre flavored ones! I know it's dumb to get excited about but i just had to share. :) I really want to stop eating extra sugar and i think this will be a good start. Does anybody have any other plain yogurt flavoring techniques?


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I love this! I use it before I put on my moisturiser, and also after shaving my legs, it really stops any irritation. Will definately repurchase.
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I love this!! I bought it with the gel cleanser, and the two of them have completely cleared my very sensitive problematic skin. I spray it on after the cleanser, wait a few seconds, and then dab my skin with a tissue. I have hard water, so I think this is great as a final step after I wash my face
This is a very fine mist spray which I use in the summer to cool my skin and also after facial treatments to tone the skin. I took it on holiday and it was so much better then Magicool at keeping me cool. I know it just seems like water in a can, but it is very good for sensitive skin, and great to use instead of a toner. If I leave it lying about, everyone starts spraying it, and they love the refreshing quality. Have repurchased a few times now, as it is good essential item to have in your kit.
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i read the reviews for this Thermal Water, and felt i had to try it immediately. I was looking for something that would spray an ultra fine mist, in order to 'set' my makeup in the morning while adding some much needed hydration to my face. I'm sad to say, Avene is not the product for that. The spray is way too heavy, such that one spray leaves pools of water on the face. Not good at all. If i wanted that, I'd use a regular spray bottle, which i found too heavy in the first place. Sure, it feels good, but for $10, i want exactly what i want. So i returned it to CVS within a couple days without a problem. So what did i get instead, the La Roche Posay Thermal Water. The mist is super fine on this one. Even after spraying 4-5 times, my face is a sopping mess. Hard to go wrong with the La Roche version.
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Great product....wish it wasn't so expensive and hard to find. I started using this in the morning after I washed my face. One week later and I am obsessed with this stuff spraying my face at night too and sometimes in the middle of the day! Just makes my sensitive skin calm down and feels hydrated and nice.
Great product for sensitive skin. I got this from my doctor when my skin got irratated to some stuff I was using. It clams my skin whenever I spray it on. Thermal water is a must for people with sensitive skin. I use it as a toner now and whenever my skin misbehave. It's also good to spray it on to prevent irratation and inflammatory when your skin got too hot under the sun.
Another fact about thermal water is that it is more hydranting than most of toner out there. wow. The only down side of this product maybe the package. I understand thermal spring water have to pack in the air tight bottle. However, it annoys me everytime that I cannot spray out the last few dropsat the end of the bottle .
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I was skeptical, I will admit.
I mean, it's water. In a can. How amazing could it be?
Pretty darn amazing, lemme tell you!
Before we get started, let me tell you what sets this apart from other canned waters: the amount of sodium. Seriously. Spray one hand with the Avene and one hand with Evian, the ket them dry. Now lich the back of both hands. See? The Evian hand tasts like a salty mess, and the Avene hand tastes like...well, hand. :)
Sodium applied to skin will dehydrate, so this would be a bad thing. The Avene water has a liberal amount of silica, which is softening and smoothing. That would be a good thing. :D
Good stuff. Also, you can literally spray this right into your mouth. There is nothing nasty in there, just water and natural gas to compress it.
I use this to soothe diaper rash, set my makeup, balance my skin after a shower, and I have even used it at the playground to remove dirt from a scraped knee...just get the water spray really close, to give maximum water pressure.
I have no less than 4 bottles going at a time, stashed all over. :) continued >>
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This is such a treat for my rosacea. I use this every day when I wash my face and to set my make-up or soothe my skin when it's irritated. Very cooling, helps calm my skin down when I get a flare up. This is not "just water in a bottle" like many people will tell you. Scientific studies show that it affects the immune cells in the skin and helps calm inflammation. Everyone in my extended family who has sensitive skin uses this. See a list of scientific evidence here: http://www.aveneusa.com/clindata/default.asp?product=thermal_spring
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How do you tell your man you aren't satisfied?
By tajahi
While you are out running errands together or after a date, ask him to stop by the adult toy store. You can tell him you want to buy some lingerie to wear for him when you get home. While you are there, draw his attention to the toys. Walk around, look at them and see what his reaction is. Start out by buying something simple like pleasure gels, edible body paints, or some handcuffs. Every month go back to the store and try to graduate to a new toy that is a little more erotic. Going to the store with your man will spark conversation and it will give you a feel for what he is open to. Do not be scared to tell him what you would like to try… all he can do is say NO. You might find your man going to the store by himself and surprising you with new toys before long.
Side Note:
If your man is not open to pleasing you, you may want to take a step back and check your relationship. I strongly believe that if your man really likes you, he will be open to discussing your intimacy issues and be willing to make the needed changes ensure your satisfaction. However, remember it is a two way street, you need to be open to him saying he needs changes from you as well.


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What are your thoughts on the subject? My step-dad and I were just talking about how nice a panel saw would be to have.
That post seems a little bit shorter on details than a person might like. While I strongly considered building such a saw, I finally realized I didn't have a good place to put it, since I would have needed to dedicate most of a wall in the garage or all of a wall in my shop.
What I built instead was a track saw. Mine was made from a long scrap of plywood about 6" wide that I cut a 3/4" dado in. Long dados like that turn out to be hard for me, so the first one was garbage. For the second one, I bought a featherboard to hold the plywood consistently to the fence, and the dado was much more consistent. I also had to clean up the depth of the dado with a router plane, because getting a consistent depth out of a dado stack is a challenge few woodworkers have overcome. The good news is that you can buy a second hand router plane from ebay and new cutters from Lee Valley for under $60.
My circular saw is a cheap one from Skil that I bought sometime in the very distant past. Conveniently in the base plate there were two holes, about 3 inches from the blade. I cut a 3/8" wide strip from a piece of 3/4" oak scrap I had kicking around from a bathroom vanity, drilled and countersunk it, and bolted that to my saw's base plate with flat head machine screws.
The very first time you use this tool, your first pass trims the plywood to mark the cutting line exactly. Make this cut with the plywood track clamped to the edge of something and the saw blade clearly hanging out into space.
I've had it kicking around for a couple of months now, but I didn't get to use it until Friday, when I used it to size up some MDF sheets for a set of desks that I'm making. To make a good cutting surface I put a couple of scrap 2x4s over sawhorses to make a makeshift table. I then marked my cut lines, clamped the saw down with the cut edge on my marks (I only mark at the edges), and made the easiest sheet good breakdown cuts I've ever made. They were clean and straight and my corners were square without any going back to clean things up.
If you want to make your own, try to use a wide enough plywood scrap that it will stick out about an inch or two beyond the motor housing of your saw. Otherwise you'll have a problem with your clamps getting in the way of your motor. I didn't do that, so instead I have to clamp with a small pair of f-clamps from Bessey that have a very low clearance.
Since we can't afford a decent table saw (or even a crappy one if we're being honest here), I did some searching around for ways to use our circular saw to rip sheets of plywood a bit more scientifically than the "eyeball" method we currently use. I found something on woodworkingtalk.com, and am thinking that it would work well for the same thing as your idea. I just wish I knew how the heck to make this thing! This link should (hopefully) take you straight to it, but if not, scroll down to post #19 to the picture with the DeWalt saw....
I also saw mention of using angle iron, which might work too, but I haven't seen an angle iron longer than about 6'. Not to say they don't exist, just that they may not be easily accessible.
I started with a plywood ripping guide like they show there. Those are decent within their rights, and better than eyeballing it. I found that anything over about 3 feet gave me trouble though. As I extended my body out I couldn't register it as easily against the fence and the line would start to waver. The track saw locked it into place and prevented that unpleasantness.


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Large groups are more accurate that any expert
In 1906, English scientist Francis Galton visited a country livestock fair and stumbled upon an intriguing contest. An ox was about to be slaughtered, and the villagers in attendance were invited to guess the animal's weight after being slaughtered and dressed. Nearly 800 gave it a go, and not surprisingly, no one hit the exact mark: 1,198 pounds. Astonishingly, however, the average of those 800 guesses came close - very close indeed.
It was 1,197 pounds.
This anecdote captures the striking thesis of James Surowiecki's new book, "The Wisdom of Crowds: How the Many Are Smarter Than the Few." "Under the right circumstances," Surowiecki argues, "groups are remarkably intelligent, and are often smarter than the smartest people in them."
For evidence, he cites how groups have been used to find lost submarines, correct the spread on a sporting event, locate a Web page, even predict the president of the United States. So why aren't we using groups more?
Well, for one, crowds have a pretty bad rep. When evil or foolish influences rise to the fore, they ignite mob rule, lynching, financial panic, and styling trends like the mustache or jock-hawk.
Furthermore, as Surowiecki notes, corporate structure is enthralled with the idea of expertise. Strategy consultants demand hundreds of dollars an hour to tell companies what to do, while executives rake in 8-figure salaries to rescue sinking ships. To accept that the masses might know something valuable would mean radically altering how our country operates.
As counterintuitive as it sounds, however, the mathematics work so long as Surowiecki's three key criteria - independence, diversity, and decentralization - are satisfied. "If you ask a large enough group," he says, "to make a prediction or estimate a probability," the errors they make cancel each other out. "Subtract the error, and you're left with the information." In this fashion, the TV studio audience of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," guessed the right answer to questions 91 percent of the time, torching the "experts," who guessed the right answer only 65 percent of the time.


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1 tablespoon olive oil1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup diced onion
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5 cups peeled and cubed butternut squash
3 cups vegetable stock
salt and ground black pepper to taste
ground nutmeg to taste
1/2 cup heavy cream or Half & Half (optional)
Heat the oil and butter and melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir the onion and shallot in the butter and oil under tender.Mix the carrots and squash into the pot. Pour in vegetable stock, and season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until vegetables are tender.
In a blender or food processor, puree the soup mixture with liquid until smooth (add liquid for desired consistency). Return to the pot, and stir in the heavy cream.Add nutmeg to taste. Heat through, but do not boil. Serve warm with a dash of nutmeg.
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Located right in the entry area of Universal Studios Florida, Beverly Hills Boulangerie offers a refreshing mix of sandwiches and sweets. This is also the most convenient restaurant open for breakfast at Universal Studios Florida.
Entrees are $6 to $10 per person.
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Great food
This is probably my favorite place to eat in Universal Studios. Last time I was there, I got a croissant sandwich with potato salad and it was amazing. Its a great place to have a nice lunch and the food is always good. Along with their sandwiches, they have fantastic sweets and cheesecakes. My personal favorite is the strawberry cheesecake. I have yet to find a better strawberry cheesecake and I get it every time I go. I have not found one thing that was not good here, and usually there is good seat availability. Definitely give this place a try!
Our go to for breakfast and now desserts
Often we find others wondering where to get a delicious inexpensive meal for breakfast before the parks. Since we began going to Universal in 2009, Beverly Hills Boulangerie has always been our go to when beginning our day in the Studios. We are a family of 4 and we look forward to our early meal here. Our last visit was no exception. We found the staff to be friendly and the service fast as usual. The added bonus of the 10% annual pass discount meant we got a hot and tasty meal with nice seating for under $20 in a theme park. We found a table for four and planned out our day while enjoying our bacon, egg,and cheese croissants with a side of fruit. Next, with full stomachs and smiles on our faces we headed to Despicable Me. I couldn't get the visions of the yummy desserts that were on display at Beverly Hills Boulangerie out of my head and wouldn't you know we returned later, and on our way out for an afternoon break, grabbed a piece of Death by caramel cheesecake to enjoy poolside at the Royal Pacific. The cheesecake was just as fresh and delicious as the breakfast offering. Can't wait to continue our ritual in the summer of 2014.
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I am not normally a person who gives reviews however I have to say that the staff on the counter at the Boulangerie are ignorant, incompetent and rude. I had to complain several times during the queue as we were totally ignored after placing our order and when we eventually reached the till with our purchase of 3 coffees and 2 croissants, there was nobody to complete the purchase. We waited along with others while staff just messed about, until I had to ask several times if we could pay. It really was the worst service I have ever experienced anywhere, and I told them. I had to give it 1 star as you are unable to give less!!


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Dutchess County Singles now has two dances every month! They are held on the second Friday and the fourth Saturday.
Dutchess County Singles Inc. (DCS) is a non-profit organization formed exclusively for the purpose of organizing social, educational, and cultural activities at which all individuals over 21 years of age from Dutchess and the surrounding counties can meet and participate in. And though we cannot take full credit for the 52,000 plus poputation growth of Dutchess County from April 18, 1983 when we started through the last census (2010), there are numerous grandchildren out there warming the hearts of some of our original dance attendees.
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New to excercising - how long to see results?
I'm going to be honest here. I hate to exercise. I'd much rather read a book, go shopping, watch a movie, have a root canal....you get the picture. I feel great AFTER my workout, but it takes a lot of motivation to actually get started and I don't enjoy it while I'm doing it. Fortunately, it's never been too much of an issue for me since I've always been naturally thin. However, as I've gotten older I've noticed a general lack of muscle tone and flabbiness even though I'm still far from overweight.
So now, having turned 50, I've decided I better start an exercise program in order to prevent the inevitable weight gain as I age. I started off doing pilates. I do 2 10-minute youtube videos about 4 times a week for about 2 months now. In additional I've started doing zumba a few weeks ago, starting with 20 minutes working up to an hour now. I feel good that I'm doing something positive for my health, but I've seen NO results, aside from a little firming in my butt. Maybe a little in my legs, too, but it's hard to tell. This is so frustrating! I know I need to exercise for the health benefits as well as looks, but it's going to be very hard to keep my motivation if I'm not actually seeing a change in my body. How long does it take to see results from this? Am I doing something wrong or am I just too old to expect to achieve firmness and a toned body?
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I find that I see results the quickest when I do strength training. The key is to use heavier weights--studies have concluded that you get more benefit from fewer repetitions with higher weights than hundreds of reps with, say, 2 or 3-pounders.
If you do well with exercise videos, one of my favorites is the 30-Day Shred from Jillian Michaels. You really do see a difference if you do it a few times per week. When I go to the gym, I often use hand weights to go through the strength exercises she does. If you want to try following a plan that's in a book, I really love New Rules of Lifting for Women. It's very informative. |
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I know it's frustrating not to see any change, but your heart is getting stronger each day you exercise!
I also suggest adding in some weights to kick it up a notch!
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Are you working out by yourself or at a gym? I find that I work better and harder when I am at the YMCA! Especially for zumba! When you are surrounded by women of all shapes and sizes all there to have a great workout it inspires me to do more! Plus the variety of music is great!!
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Honestly, I dont think you are doing enough to see good results. 20 minutes of youtube pilates is nothing. When you see these awesomely abed, lean hollywood starlets they are doing heavy duty pilates with the reformers (pilates machines) for hours at a time with a trainer really pushing them. The same goes for 20 minutes of zumba. Its just not enough to effect your outsides. That said, your muscles, especially your heart and lungs, are getting stronger even if you cant see it. And you are delaying that inevitable creep up of weight. If you really want to tone, up the cardio (it seems like you are on your way with the zumba) and add some weights.
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You've gotten some good suggestions so far. I will also add that sometimes what you are eating might be preventing you from getting the results you want. I am not even talking about loosing weight but just toning up. I recently did an over hall of my workouts and diet, my trainer/nutritionist told me it'd be about two months before I saw visible results and I do an hour boot camp two days a week and run four days a week. So it might be a little longer before you see results. But you'll start feeling stronger sooner.
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Hi KimR~I also hated exercising!! It sounds like you are on your way!! Keep in mind, its not just the numbers on the scale, do your measurements and take photos. Find that pair of jeans you want to wear. You will be burning fat, and toning muscle, so you may not see the scale move that much. My blood pressure, sugar levels, cholesterol...all in check since I started working out as a career.
I think everyone has that "something" they love to do, its just finding it! Group classes are always more energy, which make you work harder! You want your cardio workout to get your heart rate pumping hard (we call it "comfortably uncomfortable"!) a good 35-40 minutes following the aerobic curve. Strength training will also help burn fat, and build lean muscle, which is what you want to ward off osteoporosis. Whatever you do, watch your form, injuries are so easy when you are on your own, or there is no instructor guiding you! Drink lots of water and stick to a meal plan that satisfies you and is healthy. Also, don't forget about stretching and sleep!!! Whew...now THAT was a workout!!!
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OP, how are you feeling now?
If you haven't changed anything, I would measure the important parts now, and refer back to those every so often. I hope you've worked up to a 20 minute video for Pilates by now? I love the 20 minute Winsor Pilates; I did see results while doing that. Though of course I got MORE results once I physically *could* do the 1 hour video. I grew up with naturally thin people, and it was always easy for them to not exercise, because they just didn't see the results as fast as people like me did. But it's still good for you!
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20 minutes of youtube videos is not enough + 20 min - 60 mins of zumba is just not enough. There are already advices replied earlier about weights..they are good..but if it's not your thing I suggest using resistance bands, not heavy and portable (i am bringing mine to Disney next weekend!) I am doing a workout program and this is my 9th week and this workout program actually makes me want to continue and looking forward to the next day. 1 hour a day of intense workout + eat properly, you will see results in just 10 days 1 hour a day = 4.167% of your day come visit my workout blog updated daily or as often as possible, but it's mostly about food PM me or email me if anyone wants to discuss on how to lose weight.
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I have to agree with 20 minutes of Pilates not being enough. Joseph Pilates says as far as seeing results: after 10 sessions, you'll feel the difference, after 20 sessions, you'll see the difference, and after 30 sessions, you'll have a whole new body. Of course, this is assuming hour long sessions with certified Pilates instructors. Even if you do three hours a day of YouTube Pilates, you may not see a difference as the movements are so specific and small.
My suggestion: go to Groupon and Living Social and look for deals in your area. I have tried XTend Barre, Boot Camps, and Spin before I found Pilates and stuck with it. The usual deals are 5 for $25, enough to try out a class without plunking down a large down payment and paying for a package.
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Liberbank, Ibercaja Banco and Banco Cajatres said their boards will meet today to decide on a three- way merger of the former savings banks as the restructuring of Spain's financial system gathers pace.
The lenders announced the board meetings in separate filings to Spain's market regulator today.
The country's central bank has shepherded lenders into mergers to help them pool costs as they weather the impact of real estate slump that is causing loan defaults to rise and credit to shrink. The three banks have combined assets of almost 120 billion euros ($150 billion), according to data published by Spain's savings bank association.
Liberbank is the product of a merger of three savings banks in Spain's Asturias, Extremadura and Cantabria regions while Cajatres was formed from combining Caja Inmaculada, Caja Circulo de Burgos and Caja Badajoz.
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"Just a little bit of pixie dust. . ." - Peter Pan - Tinker Bell
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If you explore the museum's era galleries chronologically, the last exhibit you'll encounter is the Infantry Theater.
Running every 15 minutes, this powerful film gives a brief glimpse into the mindset of the Infantryman, explaining why he has taken up arms in defense of his nation. Narrated by Sam Elliot with voiceovers by actual combat Veterans, the soundtrack interweaves the voices of Soldiers, drawn from interviews and newly-recorded excerpts from first-person accounts over time.
The show itself brings together all of the museum's themes in a way that binds Infantryman, country and citizen in an emotionally moving finale.
There is no cost to see the Infantry Theater film. A countdown clock next to the door let's you know when the next showing begins.


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No Battleground Here
"Mom," Anna said to me yesterday. "Dad wants to pick us up early on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Is that OK?"
"Well, of course it's OK, " I replied. "You have an eight hour car ride to Uncle Matt's, after all."
"And Mom, guess what? Stacie and Maddie are going with us."
She expected me to be surprised, but really, I wasn't. Stacie had to meet the family sooner or later. If anything was surprising, it was that I really didn't feel one way or the other about it, which is a good thing all in all.
"Mom, what do you think Uncle Matt will do when he sees her?" Anna's eyes grew wide, as if she expects him to attack the woman with a pickaxe or something.
"I think he'll say 'Hi Stacie, it's nice to meet you' and he'll probably shake her hand."
"But what if he doesn't like her?"
"Why wouldn't he like her?" I shrugged. "Anna, unless she sets his house on fire, I don't think there'll be a problem."
"What if he's loyal to you?" She said.
"Oh, Anna. We can all be friends. It's not like we're at war."
I tried, as diplomatically as I could to get across that Uncle Matt doesn't have to choose a side. There are no clear-cut winners and losers. We can all lay claim to a bit of both. Anna probably thinks that Stacie "won" her Dad, but I guess it depends on how you define winning. Once I found out about Stacie, I really wasn't fighting to win him back, and to tell the truth, I've had some good come out of all of this, too. I really don't feel like she won or I won. It just is and we're all getting through it best as we can.
I won't make a battleground when there's nothing here to fight over. He's gone, and I truly don't want him back. I also truly don't want him to fail, either. I suppose I could fight out of spite, but that wouldn't help anybody. As long as Peter and Stacie's actions aren't hurting my children, we'll get along just fine.
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"I was listening to Labradford, stuff that didn't have any beats. We were like, 'Fuck the beats altogether,'" Suthers explains. "We would just go into this soundscape thing. We took it to the end of universe, basically. It was one loud, huge, long drone, just a bunch of waves. You lose all recollection of time and space listening to stuff like that. You become a microorganism somewhere in, like, the sea."
Talk about a crowd-pleaser. Sure enough, Suthers readily admits that Pteranodon -- although still officially active, with a new CD due out by the end of the year -- just wasn't able to connect with a live audience. "We only ever played a couple of shows," he confesses. "People totally didn't get it at all."
But anyone with a nervous system should have no problem getting Bright Channel. After Pteranodon was put into suspended animation, Suthers and Banks began jamming on a more accessible, groove-tethered sound. Stein quickly joined in, and the result encompassed every sonic frontier the players have explored over the past few years. But beyond its sinuous, bowel-wrenching rhythms, Bright Channel's music swims in iridescent melodies and Suthers's billowing, frostbitten vocals -- partly the result of his sporadic foray into solo acoustic performance, an outlet inspired by long nights listening to Nick Drake.
"I think we wanted Bright Channel, initially, to be a bit more tangible for people," Suthers points out. "More obvious melodies and hooks and structures. It's a more direct approach. It really helps a lot to work that out on an acoustic guitar first. It's not easy to get weird on an acoustic; you have to start getting creative with hooks and notes. But some of that early stuff we wrote was a little too poppy, so we're trying to make things a little darker and meaner."
Dark? Mean? Enter Steve Albini. When it came time to finally drag Bright Channel out of the basement, Albini's Electrical Audio Studios sat at the top of the band's wish list. Besides being the frontman for the famously abrasive post-punk and math-rock acts Big Black, Rapeman and Shellac, Albini is known for his extensive resumé of A-list clients, including Nirvana, PJ Harvey, the Pixies and Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. So how does an unknown band from Louisville, Colorado, snag a world-class recording engineer like that? The old cold call, of course.
"Shannon just e-mailed him," says Suthers. "And he e-mailed us back at three-thirty in the morning. He was loaded as shit. He must have been, because he was like, 'I'd love to talk to you about working on your record. Give me a call.' We were like, "Oh, my God.' I pissed myself. I printed out the e-mail and carried it around in my pocket for weeks."
So in May this year, the threesome trekked to Chicago for a whirlwind five-day session. "It was absolutely amazing," Suthers remembers. "We hung out at his place and played with his cats. There are thank-you notes from Fugazi hanging up on his fridge. He's so down-to-earth, just this geeked-out, intense, amped-up-on-coffee dude climbing around the studio in a mechanic's jumpsuit all day."
But even if the notoriously cranky Albini had given them any static, all Bright Channel would have had to do was unleash its secret weapon, a holdover from the band's drunken, pseudo-Jackass days. "A piece of advice: Don't ever fight Shannon with boxing gloves on," Banks warns. "She takes it way too seriously and hits way too hard. Bone-crushing blows."
"Yeah, Shannon will level you," Suthers confirms. "Brian refused to box her after he saw her knock me over a fucking couch once. I was just standing in the living room kind of jabbing lightly at her, and she hauls off and nails me. I went over the couch and right into a coffee table."
As funny as that scenario is in light of Stein's quiet, serene demeanor, neither Suthers nor Banks are laughing.
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If you're up for testing some exciting new features in Fedora's GNOME 3.12 build, Richard Hughes, a UK based software hacker for GNOME, has made that possible through an early release COPR instance. Copr is a build system designed to be very lightweight, so that contributors can create packages, put them in repositories, and make it easy for users to install the packages them onto their system. The Fedora Project uses this build system to make 3rd party repositories. Early this morning, Richard sent out a blast detailing how to do so in brief.
Caveats before testing
Please only run this on a Virtual Machine, and not a physical machine of your own, unless it is designated for testing. The release is about 99% done, but potential bugs are likely to crop up, due to the unfinished nature of the build. The install was confirmed working on a fresh Fedora VM, but be sure to disable SELinux, as a new policy has not yet been implemented.
To disable SELinux:
- Click "System," go to the "Administration" menu and select "Security Level and Firewall." Enter the administrator password when prompted.
- Click the "SELinux" tab.
- Click "Disabled" in the SELinux settings and press "OK."
- Reboot your system.
Be advised this build of GNOME 3.12 is for testing purposes only, and not meant for release just yet. Please refrain from contacting fedora-devel or fedora on IRC for help concerning this "pre-release." This is meant for users familiar with adding yum repos manually themselves, not for new users of Fedora. I've outlined the basic steps below, but please proceed with caution.
Brief overview
You will want to create a custom repository for this. If you are not familar with adding custom repositories, you can read about them here. With that understood, you can move forward.
Change directory to
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[rhughes-f20-gnome-3-12-i386] name=Copr repo for f20-gnome-3-12 owned by rhughes (i386) baseurl=http://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/rhughes/f20-gnome-3-12/fedora-$releasever-i386/ skip_if_unavailable=True gpgcheck=0 cost=900 enabled=1 [rhughes-f20-gnome-3-12-x86_64] name=Copr repo for f20-gnome-3-12 owned by rhughes (x86_64) baseurl=http://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/rhughes/f20-gnome-3-12/fedora-$releasever-x86_64/ skip_if_unavailable=True gpgcheck=0 cost=800 enabled=1
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srry i have been offline for so long, my inter net is down
(i am using a relitives) anyway, i was reading the savage garden (great book)and i thought of something. as a nepenthes grows along it's climbing stem will it still make lower pitchers when it gets high up, or will those no longer exist? :-) chears, :-)
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- Posted by jindegales 11 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 21, 06 at 14:32
Welcome again Chris. Well the answer to your question is no. Once a plant starts producing higher pichers, that stem will never produce lower ones. Because each type of picher is adapted to capture certain types of prey. The upper ones are more colourfull to atract flying insects, and the lower ones usually have some kind of brushes to help the crawling and non-flying animals to climb in. But the good thing is that you can have both types of pichers on the same plant. How? Well, later the plant will begin to put out some shoots, and while these give lower pichers, the mother stem will continue to produce higher ones. In some species that takes a lot of time to reach the climbing phase (like N. rajah) the higher pichers are rare. On others (like N. lowii and N. eymae which are by far my favourites) the upper pichers are very exotic and have nothing to do in shape with lower ones. This is another thing that makes Nepenthes species even more interesting... =) Michael |
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ok thanks for the info. i rely apreceate it |
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Music Ministry
Mission statement: To provide inspirational spiritual music for weekend Masses and other special liturgical celebrations at St. John Neumann.
Main activities: There are five separate music groups: Children's Choir, Life Teen, Folk Ensemble, Adult Choir, and Teens Breakthrough for Christ. We provide sacred music for the Holy Week liturgies and we conduct an annual Christmas concert.
Schedule of activities:
Children's Choir sings the 1st Sunday of the month at the 8:30 AM Mass and rehearses 4:30PM on Wednesday.
Life Teen sings at the 5 PM Mass on Sunday and rehearses 3:30-5:00 PM on Sunday.
Folk Ensemble sings at the 8:30 AM Sunday Mass and rehearses 7:30 PM on Wednesday.
Adult Choir sings at the 10:30 AM Mass on Sunday and rehearses 7:30 PM on Thursday.
Teens Breakthrough for Christ sings the 2nd Saturday of the month at 5 PM and rehearses 6:00 - 6:30PM on Wednesday.
Contact: Karen Newton, Music Director 949-857-7933