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Faced by Chinese Learners in L2 English Learning and Pedagogic Recommendations
from an Inter-Cultural Communication Perspective
Wu Man Fat, Hong Kong
to the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, the languages we learn as a child (i.e., mother
tongues) strongly influence the ways we think and view the world. Therefore,
language is by no means neutral and it directly influences one's entire life.
It is inevitable that in learning a second language transference
happens and learners tend to perceive meanings in L2 from their own culture.
Communication between people of different cultures is a process of challenging
others' values, beliefs and ways of expressing themselves.
Very often, miscommunication between members of different cultures is
not due to linguistic incompetence but a lot of other cultural differences.
Despite its importance in effective communication, Intercultural Communication (ICC), which refers to a 'symbolic, interpretative, transactional, contextual process in which people from different cultures create shared meanings (Lustig and Koester, 1993, p.51), is a relatively neglected area in L2 English teaching (Dunnett et al., 1986; Dirven and Putz, 1993; Fantini, 1995). For successful ICC to occur, L2 learners need to know the culturally-determined patterns of verbal and non-verbal communication which native speakers follow, the unwritten rules of speaking, the appropriate styles of spoken and written language for different situations, and the non-verbal communication signals most commonly used in English-speaking cultures in addition to the mere competence in grammar and vocabulary (e.g., Oskaar, 1993; Willems, 1996). Thus L2 learners need to know when to remain silent, whom to talk to, what topics may or may not be discussed, whether communication should be oral and/or written, which style of language (e.g., formal/informal) and dialect is more appropriate in a particular situation.
my experience as an English teacher in Hong Kong, I realize that very often
Chinese secondary learners have difficulties in following arguments. In oral discussions, debates, speech presentations and essay
writing they have the habit of not going to point directly but describe a lot
of background information, histories, and only mention their point of view
briefly at the end. Young (1982)
points out there are different expectations and norms between Chinese and
English native speakers as regarding to where the argument is going and where
it is coming from. Similarly,
Green (1991; 1996) found that in writing argumentative essays, Chinese
students in Hong Kong tend to state their viewpoint at the end which is
'foreign' to most from English-speaking cultures.
His conclusion is that topic-prominence of their native language in
their writing and the influence at the interlanguage level cause Chinese
learners to fail to meet the criteria for appropriate development of coherent
argumentation-oriented discourse in English.' (p.120)
addition, Chinese secondary learners have difficulties in initiating
discussions and being passive during group discussions.
With the presence of teachers and during group discussions, they tend
to be over-anxious.
far as linguistic competency is concern, Chinese secondary learners in Hong
Kong have great difficulties in learning tenses, subject-verb agreements,
certain aspects of morphology, syntax, pronunciation and intonation. A number of studies have found that there were frequent
omissions of relative pronouns in relative clauses among tertiary students in
Hong Kong (Berry, 1992). Chinese L2 learners of English also have difficulties
in the expression of time order, names, subject-verb agreement, direct and
indirect expression, phonology, affixation, suffixes, etc. (Li and Thompson,
1990; Wong, 1988).
The above problems are not specific to Chinese secondary learners in Hong Kong but are shared by most Chinese learners (Wong, 1988; Schnell, 1990). For example, in Schnell's (1990) study, 65% of respondents of Chinese students in China agreed or strongly agreed that although they sometimes understands words an English speaker are using, they have difficulties in understanding the main ideas of the message. Given this background, this paper focuses on the recommendations on tackling ICC problems faced by Chinese learners of L2 English. This will be done through an analysis of how Chinese culture contributes to these problems.
are different approaches in ICC, for example, Hymes (1962) provides a
descriptive approach to ICC, Bernstein (1971, 1973) adopts an acculturation
approach in his Deficit Hypothesis, McCarthy and Carter (1994) adopt a
discourse approach in their studies of ICC and Young (1996) discusses ICC from
a Neo-Marxist perspective. Instead
of analyzing the causes of ICC problems from a particular approach, this paper
focuses more on the practical pedagogic recommendations.
2 Problems Faced by Chinese Learners in ICC
In this section, characteristics of Chinese culture which contribute to ICC problems for Chinese L2 learners of English will be identified.
of Time and Reasoning
common complaint by westerners in communicating with Chinese is that they
always do not focus on getting things done in an efficient manner.
Part of the reason is the huge difference in the Chinese and western
and Scollon (1995) differentiate between the western Utopian and eastern
Confucian Golden Age concepts of time. The
Utopian concept of time is based on a belief in progress and we have yet to
reach our greatest accomplishments. In
addition, there is always the idea of time urgency to reach our goals as soon
as possible. The Golden Age
concepts of time, on the contrary, is based on the idea that the present time
is worse than the past. Therefore,
there is no hurry to rush forward because it moving forward is getting away
from the better conditions of the past. One
obvious ICC problem from this difference is that those holding the Utopian
concept have a negative evaluation the slower counterparts from the Golden
The inclination of Chinese to be more inductive in reasoning as compared to the deductive reasoning which is more common in the west (Scollon and Scollon, 1995; Li and Thompson, 1990) causes differences in the expectations of the flow of arguments. In addition, Chinese logic is described as 'binocular', which means 'seeing the same situation as consisting of two sides' (Irwin, 1996, p.43) compared to the monocular, binocular and polyocular logics commonly used in western individualistic cultures.
These two characteristics contribute to a totally different set of expectations and norms of Chinese learners in their logic of arguments compared to that of native speakers of English. At the same time, they explain why Chinese learners have the tendency of giving a lot of background information before stating their points of views at the end in introducing their arguments.
Organization of Society
Most expatriate teachers who teach Chinese students for the first time will often comment that Chinese students are passive in the classroom. The lack of initiatives in participating in classroom activities is caused by Chinese learners' concept of the roles of teachers and students, in which teachers should be dominating, authoritative while students should be obedient and respect teachers who are at a higher level in the social hierarchy. Confucianism emphasizes on the hierarchy of relationships and collectivism. Each individual in the society has a set of responsibilities and obligations to fulfill in the hierarchy which is based on kinship, age, experience, education, gender, geographical region, political affiliation, etc.. In contrast to the western individualistic and egalitarian culture, Chinese perceive themselves not as biological individuals but are intimately related to immediate kinship.
Kinship often extends to friendship and an obligation is involved when one is called upon to render help. Failing to recognize this cultural characteristic may cause miscommunication. For example, a Chinese father who fails to get any help from an American friend who is working at a well-known American university to have his son admitted to the university might think that his American friend is not willing to help, not because he cannot help.
The hierarchical organization of Chinese society results in differences in pragmatic issues. For example, Chinese are less likely to express their emotion, either positive or negative through jokes or invectives especially in the workplace. Another example given by Brick (1991) is the difficulty of young Chinese in addressing older Australians by their first names and expressing their own opinions to authorities. On the other hand, to Australians Chinese are very often over-respectful.
The emphasis on the interests of groups rather than that of individuals means that one will employ different rhetorical strategies in communicating with those of own group (ingroup) and others (outgroup). Brick (1991) mentions in addressing friends and those in subordinate position, Chinese tend to be direct or even rude when translated into English.
According to Scollon and Scollon (1995), Chinese societies tend to be organized in terms of Gemeinschaft, or community organization, which is based on the fact that individuals shared a common history and common traditions. One implication is that Chinese tend to emphasize more on group harmony rather than achievement of goals and efficiency which is more prominent in the western culture (Brick, 1991). This explains why Chinese are always perceived as inefficient. In contrast, Chinese tend to perceive westerners as aggressive and ignoring the human relationship aspects (Scollon and Scollon, 1983).
Yet another neglected issue is how male-dominance in Chinese culture affects communication between the two sexes (Irwin, 1996).
Non-Verbal Communication
Scollon and Scollon (1995) point out the importance of kinesics and proxemics in ICC.
Kinesics is the movement of our bodies. One example they mention is that Chinese tend to smile more easily than westerners when they feel difficulty or embarrassment. Smile because of embarrassment by an Chinese might be interpreted as being friendly by a westerner and cause problems in ICC. Another example is that Chinese tend to avoid direct eye-contact in face-to-face interaction out of respect while they might be perceived as not paying attention or even disrespectful by westerners.
Proxemics refers to the use of space. One point that is of particular interests is the concept of "'bubble' of space" by Hall (1959), which is the space a person moves and in which he or she feels comfortable. Scollon and Scollon (1995) point out Asians in general have a smaller sphere of personal space than westerners. With different expectations of personal space, a Chinese speaking to an American might find that he or she is trying to keep a distance while on the other hand the American might feel that the Chinese is intruding into his or her personal space. This inevitably affects the evaluation of each other and interpretations of interactions.
Chan (1992) provides a summary of contrast in communicating styles between Asian and western cultures as follows:
Asian |
Western |
Indirect |
Direct |
Implicit, nonverbal |
Explicit, verbal |
Formal |
Informal |
Goal oriented |
Spontaneous |
Emotionally controlled |
Emotionally expressive |
Self-effacing, modest |
Self-promoting, egocentric |
Linguistic Features
following differences between the Chinese and English languages contribute to
ICC problems:
Pronunciation and Intonation Transfer
Intonation transfer from L2 learners' L1 to L2 is a natural phenomenon. A number of studies have found that English spoken by different Chinese dialect groups have different accents (e.g., Brown, Deterding and Low, 2001; Bolton and Kwok, 1990) The distinctive system of pronunciation and intonation of Chinese as compared to English may cause Chinese to be perceived as rude and inconsiderate. More serious intonation transfer may even affect comprehensiveness.
Grammatical Errors
from topic-prominence, the non-inflected nature of the Chinese language also
contributes to ICC problems for Chinese L2 learners (Wong, 1988; Chang, 1987;
Li & Thompson, 1990). Levinson
(1983) points out in Chinese and other language without true tenses the
concept of time is expressed by adverbs as well as other implicit and
contextual assumptions. Another
factor which contributes to the difficulties of Chinese L2 learners in
learning tenses is the difference in the concept of time of Chinese as
compared to native speakers of English (Hinkel, 1992; Guiora, 1983;
Coppetiers, 1987; Levinson, 1983)[6].
3 Pedagogic Recommendations for Language Teaching
As ICC is a significant issue in language learning and teaching, teachers should be sensitive to the ICC needs of learners. Without adequately addressing this issue means learners' development of communicative competence is hindered.
Two broad approaches, which include increasing shared knowledge between different cultures and dealing with miscommunication through discourse analysis of cohesive devices, cognitive schemata, prosodic patterning and meta-communication, can be employed to raise learners' ICC awareness (Scollon and Scollon, 1995). As this paper focuses on the practical aspect, recommendations on raising learners' socio-cultural awareness, training in non-verbal communication and achieving linguistic competence will be discussed.
most direct way of raising ICC awareness is to share the cultural differences
explicitly with learners. Dirven
and Putz (1993) equates the aim of foreign language learning as to an
awareness of cultural communicative differences, followed by increased
tolerance and finally accommodation. Dunnett
et al. (1986) point out the importance of asking inter-cultural questions,
choosing ICC topics for discussion and problem solving to raise learners'
awareness of intercultural differences. For
example, they suggest learners to list down stereotypes with teachers leading
discussions on the stereotypes. They
also suggest other techniques such as the 'lifeboat scene', 'culture
assimilator', brainstorming, role-play, value hierarchy. etc..
At the same time, they give the following specific suggestions on how
to achieve greater cultural awareness among learners:
more emphasis on ICC elements in curriculum, select materials and course books
with stronger emphasis on ICC issues, as well as incorporating contents and
developing specific strategies for teaching culture.
learners with a comprehensive programme of extra-curricular activities on
English-speaking cultures.
teachers with a strong background in comparative culture or ICC and those with
overseas training experience.
in-service training in ICC to teachers and orientation to new teachers.
way of raising the cultural awareness for teachers is to conduct simple
comparison between L2 culture and learners' cultures.
Lado (1986) provides some general guidelines for such comparison, in
which teachers can look for Form, Meaning, Distribution, Misinformation and
Linguistic Evidence with learners. Form
is the physical setting and objects of a event, Meaning refers to the meaning
of a event to members of the culture, Distribution is the frequency which the
event occurs, Misinformation is the wrong misinterpretation of people of
another culture towards the event, and finally Linguistic Evidence is the
differences in languages the two cultures in describing the same event.
A western wedding dinner is a good illustration of application of Lado's guidelines. The differences in Form can be easily recognized, with buffet food distinctively different from Chinese food. Other differences in Form include the clothes of couple, guests, etc., how food is placed, decorations and how people eat. Teachers can ask learners how a western wedding dinner is different from a Chinese wedding dinner. More matured learners might be able to tell the differences in the meanings attached to marriage between Chinese and western cultures. In discussing Distribution, teachers can point out the importance of the selection of wedding date and time for Chinese wedding. It is because a good wedding date and time will bring good luck and prosperity not only to the couple but also to its immediate families, ancestors and offspring.
In their resource book 'Cultural Awareness' for language teachers, Tomalin and Stempleski (1994) list out the guidelines for ICC activities of general knowledge of people, knowledge of the English speaking cultures, cultural behaviours, patterns of communication, values and attitudes, etc.. Through a task-based approach, their book aims at increasing learners' cultural awareness on their behaviours as well as those of English-speaking cultures, and raising learners' ability to explain their own cultural standpoint. The more specific aims of their book are based on Seelye's (1988) goals of cultural instruction.
the same time, they provide language teachers with the following practical
teaching principles:
Use the target language to access the culture.
Incorporate cultural behaviours as an integral part of lesson.
Achieve the socio-economic competence learners feel they need.
Make the awareness of own and target cultures as the aim for all levels
of learners.
Let learners know teaching about culture does not necessarily result in
changes in behaviours but increased awareness and tolerance towards other
The above principles are very useful in developing learners' intercultural competence. Language teachers should employ them as guidelines for their successful ICC training. Bardovi-Harlig et al. (1991) focus specifically on conversation and provide guidelines for teachers to raise learners' pragmatic awareness.
As culture learning should be in tandem with language learning, teachers should make sure there is a balance between the two elements. In his teaching model which consists of four components, namely, language learning, language awareness, cultural awareness and cultural experience, Byram (1990) emphasizes on the mutually supportiveness of the components and the balance in the proportion allocated to each component in different learning stages.
All of the above suggestions can be employed to raise learners' awareness of the differences in time concept, reasoning, organisation of society mentioned in the previous section.
'Pragmatic Ethnography' is yet another alternative in teachers' ICC training. It involves 'simulating the processes of exploring, describing, and understanding an unknown culture by means of actual ethnographic inquiry, contrastive analysis of real culture groups, and contact with real culture bearers' (Damen, 1987, p.54). It should be undertaken by language teachers in order that they can be better facilitators.
Teachers should raise Chinese learners' awareness of their non-verbal and paralinguistic features such as kinesics, proxemics and differences in communication styles as summarised by Chan (1992) discussed above.
Raising metapragmatic awareness, which refers to 'speakers' capacity to comment on language use and give off signals about social relationships' (Roberts, 1998, p. 111) should not be neglected too. Since metapragmatic activity is implicit and suggestive in language and non-verbal communication, there is a high chance of misunderstanding as metapragmatic assessments are based on inferences. This is especially true in ICC because of the differences of worldviews, concepts on the organization of society, etc., of different cultures.
Teachers should minimise learners' transference of linguistics and paralinguistic features of their own Chinese culture. This can be achieved by creating learners' awareness of how ideas are organized in the Chinese language, for example, the non-inflected nature of the language. Comparison of Chinese and western cultures can help learners to be more aware of the differences thus improve their grammatical accuracy. Linguistic relativity theory (Whorf, 1956, cited in Fantini, 1995; Carroll, 1993) implies that teachers should raise learners' sensitivity towards the linguistic aspects of English which do not exist or are not emphasized in the Chinese culture. Moreover, teacher's focus on training pronunciation and intonation should be on intelligibility rather than the achievement of native standard (Walker, 2001). This is especially true for native teachers who might easily set unrealistic standards for learners.
It must be pointed out that grammatical accuracy per se does not necessarily results in successful ICC. A sentence can be grammatically correct, stylistically not deviant yet be strange or even ridiculous from the native-speakers' point of view. This is what Pawley and Syder (1983) called 'Foreignness' of language use. Therefore, L2 learners 'must be taught to observe codify experiences as nearly as possible in the same way as native speakers of that language (Carroll, 1973, p. 141), that is, to acquire the worldviews of native speakers.
4 Conclusion
In summary, sharing of knowledge and skills, comparative analysis of cultures conducted by learners and teachers themselves, providing ICC experiences through visits and activities, comparative analysis of the linguistics aspects are effective means to develop Chinese learners' intercultural competence as well as to raise the tolerance of both learners and teachers towards other cultures.
However, teachers should bear in mind that more contacts with other cultures do not necessarily result in higher intercultural awareness. It is because more contacts might reinforce negative stereotypes and discriminations. What is important is that teachers should prepare learners with proper information, attitudes and post-contact explanations in conducting ICC activities and to raise their interests towards the target culture.
Another potential problem in ICC training is that most ICC problems are context specific and cannot be learned in the classroom. Even if teachers are confident that learners are ready for successful ICC, learners might not be able to transfer their knowledge and skills in real ICC encounters. This is because ICC issues are more related to one's value and attitudes which is difficult to change. Johnson (1995) conducted a simulation of employing discomfort as a learning tool in ICC training in which learners were requested to greet each other in unconventional ways for five minutes at the beginning of each lesson. Even for this simple task of greeting each others, learners experienced a lot of difficulties in the affective aspect and they gave up after three weeks. Nevertheless, most learners expressed that their awareness of themselves as cultural beings had increased.
The ultimate goal of ICC learning is for learners to achieve 'intercultural communicative competence' (Widdowson, 1992; Lafayette, 1978) or 'Intercultural Competence' (Meyer, 1990). L2 English teachers should also take this into account in order to allow learners to develop not only grammatical but also discoursal competence. Examples of activities to be conducted include case studies, contrastive analysis, culture capsules, culture quizzes, dialogues, problem solving, readings, visits and cultural exchange programmes, etc. Damen (1987) also provides a very detailed guideline on how to choose appropriate textbooks to facilitate ICC learning. Incorporating these two goals in curriculum will enhance L2 learners' communicative competence. More importantly, teachers as facilitators of successful ICC learning should see the value of ICC. Fantini (1995) calls for the needs for English teachers to reconceptualize English teaching, continued teachers' professional development, as well as institutional and professional support in ICC.
At a wider scale, education authorities can carry out 'community languages' by incorporating ICC learning as one of the core component in curriculum (Broadbent and Oriolo, 1990). However, most educational institutions do not see the value of cultural awareness training and do not put resources into the ICC development of both teachers and learners. More effort should be put to raise the awareness of policy makers and the public at large. Recently, there has been a shift in the goal of language learning towards cultural learning and competence in participating in multilingual communities and global society (see Fantini, 1995).
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Holliday (1994) advocates the use of action research to develop
cultural-sensitive teaching methodology.
Therefore, rather than borrow directly from the above suggestions
Chinese teachers in Hong Kong should develop their own methodology against the
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I have 500 brand new cases that need to have the flash hole's deburred. Any one wanna do it for me? I have 100 done already oh well got plenty of time off to do them in-front of the TV.
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NO I am frothing at that dam mouth wanting to get that gun here. I think the snow mayby slowed her up a little. I got half of them done.
cpttango, I just received 1000 new IVI .308 cases. I was looking for the burrs you are talking about. Are they down inside the case right at the edge of the flash hole? The primer pockets and flash hole there are clean and didn't see anything like a burr. I also ordered a flash hole deburring tool, flash hole cleaner and primer pocket uniformer. Tell me about these burrs so I'll know what I am looking for. I got to trim all these cases too.
I did 100 30-06 cases and 200 .308 cases over the weekend. Actually I did everything from clean, aneal, resize, decap, polish, uniform primer pockets, deburr flash holes, trim, chamfer, load and check in headspace gauge all 300 rds this weekend. Now I just have to get the rain to stop so the range un-floods so I can send some into the backstop and do it all over again (except the deburr and primer pocket uniform). I also loaded 200 rds of 7.62 X 39 but I do not worry about anealing, uniforming primer pockets and deburring flash holes on those.
In life, strive to take the high road....It offers a better field of fire. "Robo is right" Fuzzball
Robbo, do you have a good whitetail hunting load for 7.62 x 39?
God, Family, Guns, in that order.
Thanks cpttango, I rekon these little things like nibs right at at the edges of the flash holes inside the cases is what I need to remove. How does it affect the round if I don't remove them? I will go ahead and do it anyway because I have decided in my old age that I will load the best quality ammo that it is humanly possible for me to load. Now if the robocop would keep all that damned rain in Texas and not send it east to Georgia maybe i could go try out some of my ammo.

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Option 1: Build F# iOS Apps using Xamarin Studio
Xamarin provide F# tools for Android and iOS mobile development with F#, using Xamarin Studio out of the box.
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Dear Ms. Ultrasound,
I am seven weeks pregnant. I saw that you are a dream expert. Can you help me with a re-occurring dream I am troubled by? It happens now, and before my pregnancy, for years it has been a dream once or twice a week.
It's of me, chain smoking. I am not a smoker, never have been, and now that I'm pregnant I can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke.
So why do I dream of chain smoking? In my dreams I get an almost sexual pleasure from chain smoking.
Any dream interpretations would be cool and helpful!


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0 First of all, I don't even live in the state of TX. I live in GA. I'm currently doing prerequisites for a college here. But 15 months to be done with my BSN sounds awfully persuading. I was wondering how the partner hospitals work. Do you have to be at a particular hospital? D they even have partner hospitals in GA? I tried to download the flyer it but kept saying that the page couldn't be found.... What is tuition? I do realize that mine would be out of state. Any and all help is appreciated! Thanks!
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0Jun 17, '13 by Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, RN Senior ModeratorQuote from TWierschThis is true. The only UTA BSN program you could take from GA is the RN to BSN program.The partner hospitals are in Texas. So, you cannot live in Georgia and do the nursing program at UTA.0Jul 11, '13 by NclexSallyYes, I live in GA and I am in the RN-BSN program. Let me know if I can help in anyway!0Jul 11, '13 by Nccity2002"The partner hospitals are in Texas. So, you cannot live in Georgia and do the nursing program at UTA."
Actually, the above is incorrect. I live in OC, CA and my facility (a teaching hospital) does have a partneship with UTA, for ADN-BSN and BSN-MSN 100% online; and yes, as a employee there is a tuition discount. I would advice you to contact an admission adviser at UTA...they should point you to a facilicy in your area who participate in the program.
Best of luckLast edit by Nccity2002 on Jul 11, '13 : Reason: .0Jul 11, '13 by Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, RN Senior ModeratorQuote from MalorymugIt does. If the OP is prelicensure, then she can NOT do the online UTA BSN unless she packs up and moves to Texas, as clinicals will be required and UTA works with partner hospitals in Texas to place students for them.I think the original poster is pre-license. Does that make a difference?
If the OP is already a RN (ADN or diploma) then she can do the UTA RN-BSN program while remaining in GA.


text: Nassau traffic cameras vandalized By: The Associated Press August 20, 2010 Comments Off Long Island police are looking for whoever spray painted 14 street cameras designed to catch motorists going through red lights. Police say the vandalism occurred in Nassau County on Aug. 1 between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., nearly a year after the technology went into effect. Cameras at five intersections were hit, in Carle Place, East Garden ... Subscribe Login Email Address: Password: Already a paid subscriber but not registered for online access yet? For instructions on how to get premium web access, click here.Forgot your password? Print, Digital & Mobile1 Year$129 Digital & Mobile Only1 Month Intro Rate$2.99----------1 Year$99 Digital & Mobile Only1 Month Intro Rate$2.99----------1 Year$99 Print, Digital & Mobile1 Year$129 Print, Digital & Mobile1 Year$129----------Digital & Mobile Only1 Month Intro Rate$2.99----------1 Year$99 Share this:EmailPrintFacebookTwitterGoogle +1 Nassau County red-light cameras spray paint vandalism 8:43 am Fri, August 20, 2010 The Associated Press


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Here's some info you might be interested in knowing about cable TV in Wright, MN. For starters, a third of Americans own four or more TVs and all but 3% of people still watch regularly broadcast TV. Because 72% of all TV viewers bundle cable with Internet, it only makes sense that 48% of them stream some content online. That means 32 Wright residents each own at least 4 TVs, 47 watch their favorite shows online and 71 bundle their Internet and cable services together.


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It's not the panhandling I mind. It's the lying. Yeah, I know, no one is going to give you a dollar if you say it's for booze or drugs. But don't yell at me when I offer you what you asked for:
Grungy person: "Um, hey, can you give me a dollar so I can take the bus/train? I have to visit my sister in the hospital."
Me: "I don't have any change, but I can give you a ticket/token/transfer with time left on it to take the bus/train." (I pull out a booklet of tickets or a token when I lived in the city.)
Grungy person: "Um, uh, can't you just give me a dollar?" (And that's the polite version.)
In my big city life, guys used to ask me for food. I'd offer to give them half my sandwich, or to buy them a sandwich at the shop. Not one took me up on it.
Hell, I'd take someone up on a free sandwich, and I'm not even spanging.


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I want to see how artistic you guys are with a mouse, so, let's get a boogie woogie down in the PC.
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I'm there.
As Oprah.
We have to do this again sometime.
Bookmark it!
Where did you find this site?
Bumping for attention.
I like paintchat… lets do this more often!
This is awesome. We should do it more. I like the live chats a lot.
The link doesn't work for me…?
It's just a purple screen, what am I supposed to be seeing?
You have to wait and log in.
there is a little popup that comes and asks you to pick a username
We were just outnumbered by MO people.
No pop-ups for me.
I'm sorry taryn.
I think that KYM and MO have just become rivals.
Pardon me, but what is MO?
Marrilland Oekaki. It's a drawing forum. Their users overtook the paintchat.
They are using it now for disgusting purposes.
i know what is MO?
Did you see what they are drawing?! The worst thing is I think of them is a boy.
I apologize, I'm actually a user on MO, so I got that from there. If you guys remeber any of the names you saw, I'll talk to them about the chat. But uh, it might belong to Hizke, I'm not sure, but if the chat does belong to him, I have a spare that is rarely used.
WTF were they drawing anyway? If it was a blonde dude and a biker dude, that was probably BCT and her characters Pierre and Benoit…
Get on,peeps.
This seems fun.
Sadly, I can not get on.
It was "Pierre and Benoit."
are we doing it agian??
No one in here…
Oh, Im late. :[
More people GET!
I don't get it, I get it to work, and noone is there?
It seems my future brother told me that the internet will have a world war
@Taryn, between MO and KYM? that would suck.
BAMP Lets get on, peeps
this paintchat thing doesn't even work on my home computer :{
meh.. sucks anyways
Hector, to make it work, you need to install Java.
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Do you have the latest version?
It doesn't work with anything else
You also need the browser plug-in and a modern browser.
Even if you meet all the requirements, there's no guarantee that you'll be able to use it. From my experience, it's really laggy, so don't be too surprised if your browser crashes. Use Chrome to avoid crashing the entire browser.
If all else fails, try reinstalling Java.
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Room was maybe 50 feet from Mannekin Pis (sp?). Small, family run hotel (6 rooms). They asked you what time you wanted breakfast brought to your room and were absolutely punctual, to the minute. Only 2 blocks from the Grand Plas. Also, only a couple blocks from Gare Central. Great location. Would stay again no problem. - Jeff
fantastic location. you can not be in a better location in Brussel. Pay the extra to have a room with a view of the square. Magic any time of the day/night. The room was on the 2nd floor and was large. Comfortable big double bed, two comfy chairs and a large coffee table as well as a desk. Bathroom big enough for a bide with room to spare. Proper big bath and powerful shower. Great! - Anonymous
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Gerrard Houllier is due to meet French Football Federation president Fernando Duchaussoy on Wednesday amid reports that he is set to become Aston Villa's new manager.
Duchaussoy will speak to the former Liverpool and Lyon manager when he returns from France's Euro 2012 qualifier against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.
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1 large tomato or 2 medium sized tomatoes
3 jalapeno peppers
3 banana peppers
Sour Cream (optional)
Guacamole (optional)
Tortilla chips
Shredded cheese
Salsa or salad dressing of your choice
Warm ground beef in a skillet with salt, pepper and garlic until meat is no longer pink. Cut down heat to simmer, and add a small amount of water to keep your meat moist.
In a large bowl, combine 1 head of iceberg lettuce, cored and julienned, 1 large onion diced, and your tomatoes (diced as well, of course)
Chop and combine your Jalapeno and banana peppers into a separate bowl (please be sure to wear gloves, since jalapeno seeds and veins are quite hot, and the oil will stay on bare hands for quite some time).*
Set aside your salad fixings and put together your tortilla chips and cheese, and place them in the microwave on high about 2 to 3 minutes (Always watch your nachos! Theres nothing worse than burnt cheese.) When the cheese is melted and starts to bubble, take your plate out of the microwave. Pile on the salad, beef, and dressing. Add additional toppings and enjoy!
Serves at least 4 if you have people who eat big.
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This article describes how to uninstall various anti-virus programs and install one preferred program.
The use of multiple anti-virus programs may cause your system to lockup. Anti-virus programs come pre-installed on most Dell Computers, so customers sometimes install other anti-virus programs without realizing that there is already a system installed. If you decide to install an alternate anti-virus software, it is important that you first uninstall any other anti-virus programs that may be running on your computer.
If McAfee SecurityCenter is still not uninstalled, perform the following:
To uninstall Norton Internet Security 2004 or 2005:
Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
Click to select Norton Internet Security from the Currently installed programs and then click Change or Remove. Either option opens the Modify Installation window.
Click Remove All to remove Norton Internet Security and all of its components, such as Norton Personal Firewall and Norton AntiVirus. Select the Modify option if you want to leave Norton AntiVirus installed.
Follow the onscreen prompts to complete the uninstallation process.
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1. Click the Start button, then click Control Panel.
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Every once in a while you see cases of why you really should delete your cookies or switch internet browsers when booking travel online. Last night, I was pricing out a ticket from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on February 27 on American Airlines' website using Safari. I put the $159 round-trip ticket on hold since American […]
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The next time you're walking along the streets of Manila, look up. See those birds that fly so fast and recklessly? You can actually find them everywhere and are as common as the little brown maya, but since they're always swerving in the air, diving down, going in circles, and never seeming to stop, most people don't know what they are.
They're called Swallows! Picture here is the Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica). They have a reddish-brownish-orangeish throat, and a dark blue head and body that almost seems to shine. These creatures feeds on insects so that they don't become pests for us humans.
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By Pam, Thursday, September 18, 2008 09:25:44 PM
Silvia I was wandering if my Dad made it to the other side? He passed away Marxh 2006. And I was wandering if he visit me often. I really do miss him. Oh I really miss the Montel show and not seen you weekly. I was wandering who my Sprit Guide is? You are really gereat and I love the way you try to help people and I loved watching. I spirit you site Sprit Now. Pam Smith in Newport News Va
By Tamara, Thursday, September 18, 2008 08:49:32 PM
Thanks Sylvia I was lost and becouse of you I found myself again thanks for your insight. Thanks for real.
By ROBIN, Thursday, September 18, 2008 06:31:32 PM
By Donna, Monday, September 15, 2008 08:22:44 PM
I just have to report that my biggest prayer is coming true! My youngest son who has been in terrible hip pain since 1995 will be getting help to have surgery to be rid of the pain that he has had since he was 9 years old!Thank You Jesus! Amen.. Donna K. baraboo,WI
By Linda, Monday, September 15, 2008 05:19:05 AM
Hello Sylvia, I've been following you for many years now, and It was wonderful to finally be able to see you at your farewell tour in colorado this year.I took two of my co-workers with me, and it was wonderful to be there.I was truely impressed with the whole show, and it was as expected too,very humourus at times, with your wonderful wit, and sense of humor. I have to add that I was quite impressed with the book signing, and how you managed to look into everyone as they had their books signed.Both of my friends said the same thing I felt... You looked straight into my soul with Love as you returned my love for you. I somehow wondered if you were picking up a little bit of everyone as they went through your line, or just how hard that must be on you? Well Sylvia like I've always said you are one amazing woman, and I thank GOD for you and MONTEL.. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH AND THANK YOU!!! I WAS A BIT SAD TO SEE THAT WHAT I HAVE BEEN TELLING MY CO-WORKERS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT, AND VISE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THOUGH...ITS A SHAME THAT POLITICIANS ARE MORE WORRIED ABOUT MAKING MORE $ THAN WHAT WE POOR PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD NEED. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE WHAT THEY MAKE IN JUST A MONTH, COMPARED TO WHAT I'LL HAVE TO SURVIVE ON IF I DO GET MY SS. WHEN I RETIRE.ACCORDING TO SS I WONT EVEN BE ABLE TO RETIRE UNTIL I'M IN MY MID 70'S... ALL I HAVE TO SAY TO THAT IS- OH DEAR LORD PLEASE TAKE ME HOME, I'M TIRED SICK AND TIRED,,, LOTS OF LOVE TO ALL OF YOU, AND GOD BLESS!! LINDA
By dottie, Sunday, September 14, 2008 08:45:11 PM
Sylvia, Thank you for all the spiritual awareness that you've generated amongst us. I first watched you in San Francisco, with Ann and Ross on AM San Francisco. I must say I always enjoy watching you. Thank you for sharing your gift. Dottie
By Brenda, Sunday, September 14, 2008 05:41:45 PM
Hey Sylvia, I saw your August web cast and plan to be there to watch in Sept. I have called trying to get a reading by Chris but No One returns my call. I seem to be stuck in this pain pattern, I can come out of it for a short time but no matter what I do I bounce back into it, I have explored past lives,etc. I REALLY want to move forward so any insight will be greatly appreciated. Much love, Brenda in Tenn. firstname.lastname@example.com
By Elaine, Sunday, September 14, 2008 04:37:32 PM
Hi Sylvia I was wondering if you see things in my life going better! It has been a long battle ! I have always enjoyed watching you on Montel Williams Show and I enjoy hearing your predictions. Elaine
By Linda, Sunday, September 14, 2008 04:13:20 PM
I am sure that you have already heard anything that I might come up with to share with you here so instead I would like to just say thank you and that I love you. Linda
By Amanda, Sunday, September 14, 2008 03:54:00 PM
Hello Sylvia, My name is Amanda. I want to stafrt by saying I think thaat you are such a wonderful and beautiful woman. You have touched so many people. I enjoy reading your books and seeing you on Montel, He is a good hearted person also. Like others I have many questions able my life, but I am also the type of person that believes everything happens for a reason and only God knows why. Many people I know don't believe and wonder how/why I believe in you. But they also have not read your work. I would love to hear your advice and knowledge on so many things. I am a very hard headed and strong person. I am very independant, which has been a negative thing for me at times. I have gone through a piont in life where I was andry with God for the death of my dad and I blamed myself that he did not servive. But I have come to see that it was in God hands and he had other plans for him. At that it was not my fault. I am just happy that he found God before he passed. I question if he is pround of me and has/does he come to me? Can you tell me if where I am in life and who I am with is where I should be? i am just getting very discourage with the way things are right now. Well I would love to hear your advice. Thank you so much for your time. Keep up the wonderful work that you do. You are a Blessing. God Bless you and your family, Amanda Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 You must log in to post a comment. If you don't already have a My Spirit Now account, sign up now. |


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Alonso yet to be cleared for Australia
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This is a question that is debated almost every time myself and my bros get together and talk music, who is the greatest guitar player of our time. I think if you watch these video of Zakk Wylde performing with Camp Freddy you might just agree with me and remember I said of "our time" not of all time.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of iconic amplifier brand Marshall, the company has announced that they will be taking over London, England's Wembley Arena on Sept. 22 for a massive concert. The show will feature performances by members of bands such as Iron Maiden, Slipknot, the Cult and Black Label Society.
This last Thursday Zakk Wylde was roasted by some of his fellow musicians and comedians in the first ever rock and roll roast held by Guitar World.
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Last night at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society joined Guns N' Roses on stage for "Whole Lotta Rosie" a classic AC/DC song.
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Figure 8. Ganciclovir Intraocular Implant versus Intravenous Ganciclovir for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
In this randomized trial, 188 patients with AIDS and newly diagnosed cytomegalovirus retinitis received one of three regimens: ganciclovir intraocular implant delivering 1-µg/hr, ganciclovir intraocular implant delivering 2-µg/hr, or intravenous ganciclovir 5 mg/kg bid for at least 14 days, followed by 5 mg/kg once daily. The graph represents the percentage of affected eyes that progressed: 29 (39%) of 75 in the 1-µg/hr ganciclovir implant group, 35 (49%) of 71 in the 2-µg/hr ganciclovir implant group, and 53 (70%) of 76 in the intravenous ganciclovir group. The median time to progression was 221 days with the 1-µg/hr implant, 191 days with the 2-µg/hr implant, and 71 days with intravenous ganciclovir. For patients who received intravenous ganciclovir, the risk of involvement in the contralateral eye was approximately half that of those who received an implant. Extraocular CMV disease occurred in 10.3% of patients who received an implant, but in none of the patients who received intravenous ganciclovir.
This figure is based on data from Musch DC, Martin DF, Gordon JF, Davis MD, Kuppermann BD. Treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis with a sustained-release ganciclovir implant. The Ganciclovir Implant Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1997;337:83-90.
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I was just at the Annapolis Show and had the chance to ask the guys from Farr about the differences in the two boats. The 40.7 was designed and engineered in the Farr office but really does not have the level of involvement that they have in the 395. The 395 hull and interior is several thousand pounds lighter than the 40.7. Some of this weight savings is in the keel, some makes
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Recent studies have suggested a link between exposure to ambient particulate matter <2.5 mu m in diameter (PM2.5) and adverse cardiovascular outcomes. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of differing community-level exposure to PM2.5 on daily measures of blood pressure (BP) among an adult population. During the period May 2002 through April 2003, BP was examined at 2 time points for 347 adults residing in 3 distinct communities of Detroit, Michigan. Exposure to PM2.5 was assessed in each community during this period, along with multivariate associations between PM2.5 and BP. In models combining all 3 of the communities, PM2.5 was significantly associated with systolic blood pressure; a 10-mu g/m(3) increase in daily PM2.5 was associated with a 3.2-mm Hg increase in systolic blood pressure (P=0.05). However, in models that added a location interaction, larger effects were observed for systolic blood pressure within the community with highest PM2.5 levels; a 10-mu g/m(3) increase in daily PM2.5 was associated with a 8.6-mm Hg increase in systolic blood pressure (P=0.01). We also found young age (<55 years) and not taking BP medications to be significant predictors of increased BP effects. Among those taking BP medications, the PM2.5 effect on BP appeared to be mitigated, partially explaining the age effect, because those participants <55 years of age were less likely to take BP medications. Short-term increases in exposure to ambient PM2.5 are associated with acute increases in BP in adults, especially within communities with elevated levels of exposure. (Hypertension. 2009; 53: 853-859.)
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The Tamil film industry will organise a one-day strike on January 7 in protest against service tax levied by the Centre on the industry. Thenninthia Nadigar Sangam president R. Sarath Kumar said service tax, which came into effect from July 2012, had severely affected some sections of the film industry and that the industry wanted to raise its voice when the budget session of Parliament was round the corner.
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Bartok: From The Fields To The Concert Hall
Concert Program
Bartok: Violin Duos (with source tunes)
- Torontal Dances (Muzsikas)
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- Duo No. 44
- "Shoe of My Horse" (Marta Sebestyen)
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- "Jocul Barbatesc" (Marta Sebestyen)
Bartok: Sonatina (with traditional tunes)
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- Bear Dance (Takacs Qt.)
- Bear Dance from Gyimes (Muzsikas)
Traditional: Ballad of the Murdered Shepherd
Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances (with source tunes)
- Bota es Invertita (Muzsikas)
- Stick Dance (Takacs Qt.)
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- "Pe Loc" (Muzsikas)
- Hornpipe Dance (Takacs Qt.)
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- Mehkerek Dances (Muzsikas)
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(recorded live at Jordan Hall, in Boston)
Classical music has never lived in a bubble, and there's always been a free flow of ideas intersecting so-called art music and folk music. In this concert from Boston, they all come together: The acclaimed Takacs String Quartet joins the Hungarian folk ensemble Muzsikas (with singer Marta Sebestyen) to celebrate one of Hungary's finest, composer Bela Bartok, who was brilliant at mixing the highbrow and lowbrow in his own music.
Bartok was born in 1881, near the border of Hungary and Romania, and his interest in the folk music from those two countries fueled much of his career as a composer and scholar.
Bartok lugged a bulky Edison phonograph out to remote villages to capture songs from the locals. He also notated songs, and by 1918 he had collected more than 9,000 Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian and Serbian tunes. He also edited folk-song collections — more than 16,000 songs. Bartok made fairly straightforward arrangements of some of those tunes, while sometimes just the spirit of the music made its way into his own pieces.
When the members of the Takacs Quartet and Muzsikas combine for a concert, they delight in making clear the connections between Bartok's own music and his folk-music obsessions. For example, they alternate movements from some of Bartok's best-known pieces (Romanian Folk Dances, String Quartet No. 4) with the real village dances he collected in the field — both the actual old scratchy records and their own live versions thereof.
The Quartet, and Sebestyen, does a convincing bagpipe imitation, and one never knows when Muzsikas might suddenly break into a bear dance from the remote region of Gyimes.
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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (I think) is my best suggestion. Even though all the geisha complain it isn't true blah blah blah it's still a good read. Gives a lot of info about Geisha, and is entirely FICTIONAL.
I also enjoyed Totto-chan: The Girl by the Window, which might seem too childish for other people but nothing is too childish for you and me, huh Sazuka ^^? It's about a "bad-girl" girl who went to a unique school in Japan.
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To everyone: My father and I were just discussing our favorite elements of the XL victory the other day, and I mentioned that I absolutely loved the very understated ad that was placed on the back cover of the commemorative SI issue. On a plain back background, the left hand side of the page was a stretch of veritcal 'asteroids' (or whatever we're calling them now) with only the years of our Super Bowl Championships in color, and with the year clearly highlighted. At the very bottom was the fifth colored asteroid with the 2005 year and something to the effect of "Welcome Back." I've hunted around for the image briefly, but haven't turned up anything thus far. I'm wondering if someone might have a scanned image that I could pass along to my father, as he doesn't remember seeing it. It's the first time a Rooney hoisted the Lombardi in my lifetime, and I really thought that ad was a great tribute to a team that I was raised to respect...I'd like for him to be able to at least see it, as I know he would love it. Anyway, if someone could point me in the right direction, he and I would both be very appreciative. Many thanks in advance, and best to all...camp opens soon, and I'm gettin' excited! -DJ |
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