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can o' magic
Never did I think it was possible to get quite so excited about a yellow spray can with a blue lid. I was not convinced that something you spray and works like glue could possibly make basting easier. However, thanks to Angela and Megan who swear by this stuff I was convinced to give it a try.
Holy Moly, sweet mother of Christ and all that jazz - it's flipping a-m-a-z-i-n-g. Honestly. No word of a lie. I've been spraying all kinds of random wips to try it out. So far - 1 doll quilt, 2 pillows and a baby quilt. All quilted really absolutely super duper fine - no wrinkles, no gumming up my needle, no problemo.
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28 comments:
- summerfete said...
Wow I have been wondering about this after watching a lady on you tube, its really that good?
- 15 April 2011 at 09:46
- Charlotte said...
I have some of that, but just can't seem to get on with it. My backing always ends up really wrinkly. Do you have any tips?
- 15 April 2011 at 09:56
- Rachel said...
I've been using this too as my pin-basting skills are pretty terrible and this is so much easier! I got mine from Cottonpatch in the UK
R x
- 15 April 2011 at 11:00
- Becky said...
haha! i've never seen the yellow can, but I"m a total convert to the purple can. It has changed my life! ;)
- 15 April 2011 at 11:32
- beth lehman said...
I'm so glad you saw the light!!!
- 15 April 2011 at 11:47
- cauchy09 said...
yes, oh yes. i am a spray baster now. it even works on big quilts!
- 15 April 2011 at 12:35
- trash said...
Spray-basting? Does it work well on turkeys?
- 15 April 2011 at 12:50
- Andi said...
You may have convinced me to try this.
- 15 April 2011 at 13:18
- Angela said...
you crack me up. :) I just spray basted a big ole quilt this week, worked perfectly! it makes the whole quilting process so quick and easy, I love it!
- 15 April 2011 at 13:55
- Kerry said...
I always use this, you can readjust as much as you like as well, I have found it works best if you apply to the batting rather than the fabric and if you roll the batting at both ends and work out from the middle
- 15 April 2011 at 15:01
- Dan R said...
I am another recent convert. I'll never go back!
- 15 April 2011 at 15:44
- Megan said...
I have at least one huge quilt (my SG) I have to quilt before this kid gets here, and I am dreading it without my spray baste. But you know already this stuff is pretty nasty so I think it's best to not contaminate the baby. I have no idea how you all basted without big old puckers on the back - which always happens to me when I use pins!
- 15 April 2011 at 16:01
- Heather said...
where the hell have you been??? on some bloody island??? ( wink, wink )
Xo, H
- 15 April 2011 at 16:26
- flutter said...
I have been using this for a while. My pining skills suck like no ones business, so I starting using this and it really does what is says on this tin. I was skeptical at first but yes it does work..
Welcome to the 505 club x
- 15 April 2011 at 16:33
- Krista said...
Oh yes, it's good stuff! So much better than those pesky pins.
- 15 April 2011 at 16:38
- My Sweet Prairie said...
p.s. you know it's quite dangerous to breathe... keep pets away and cover your face or wear a mask.
: )
- 15 April 2011 at 18:52
- rderrett said...
I want to use this but sadly can't. The solvents will cause a massive asthma attack and I can't face another trip to the local germ factory (hospital)and spend time with the dying little old ladies, again!
Sadly I have to stick to pin basting.
- 15 April 2011 at 21:23
- Poppyprint said...
I love it, too. I'm sure I'll die with sticky lungs, but my quilts will have no bulgy bits.
- 15 April 2011 at 22:25
- Mandalin said...
I use it and love it, I loathe basting with pins, and I get smoother results! AND I don't have to stop/start quilting to take out those pesky pins!!! For my larger quilts I'm going to try pining my batting to the wall and putting my fabric on like wallpaper. Does that make sense? Not my idea you understand, I read it on somewhere quite some time ago.
- 16 April 2011 at 00:57
- Lorraine said...
Yep ... I am a "user" too but I don't inhale .
I tend to drift between pinning & spraying .
- 16 April 2011 at 01:19
- One Flew Over said...
I tried it the other day on a doll quilt and postively facked it right up. Back to the pins!
- 16 April 2011 at 10:44
I used it on one quilt, that I haven't quilted yet. But it is still holding after a month or more. I read about using Aqua Net hair spray for basting and tried that on a smaller quilt. It doesn't hold as well, but for a smaller quilt and you quilt soon after, it worked fine, better than my pin basting.
- 16 April 2011 at 17:50
- Nicole Follow the White Bunny said...
You know lots of things remind me of a song and your blog post title reminded me of Queen's 'It's a kind of magic' Oh dear, now I will be singing 'It's a can o' magic' all night! Better get back to my squares. I had never heard of basting spray btw but I will stick (not literally) to my pins for now. x
- 16 April 2011 at 19:30
- littlemissmk said...
i love this!!! i would never go back to pins. they take forever.
- 16 April 2011 at 21:04
- Rachel Hauser said...
Here, here for spray basting! I use the Dritz stuff and it works like a charm. Yeah!
- 17 April 2011 at 00:22
- Eileen {bluebirdluxe} said...
I love this stuff, too! It's definitely a quilt party in a can! :)
- 18 April 2011 at 00:10
- Kristie said...
LOL! I feel the EXACT same way.....why the heck would anyone mess around with pins?? I have never had a pucker since I started using 505 last fall. Have fun with it!
- 18 April 2011 at 16:10
- Mrs. G. said...
The "bay of evil" lol can I borrow (I really mean steal) that from you? Thanks for the tip on 505, I can't wait to try this stuff.
- 18 April 2011 at 19:52
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That's how this parable is of tremendous significance. The master himself - in his sleep, in his unawareness - came to the field, the wheat field, and sowed the seeds of weeds in his deep sleep. This must have been a case of somnambulism: people who walk in their sleep and do things. And in the morning he started asking, "Who has done this?"
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|Level of Competition — 81% responded "Extremely competitive."
|Structured versus Unstructured Work — 84% responded "A lot of freedom."
|Spend Time Sitting — 63% responded "Continually or almost continually."
|Electronic Mail — 66% responded "Every day."
|Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 50% responded "Continually or almost continually."
|Telephone — 56% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
|Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 50% responded "Extremely important."
|Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 50% responded "Continually or almost continually."
|Duration of Typical Work Week — 55% responded "More than 40 hours."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, database administrators, teachers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|High school diploma or equivalent
|Bachelor's degree
|Less than high school diploma
Interest code: AI
|Artistic — Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
|Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
Work Styles
|Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
|Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
|Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
|Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
|Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
|Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
|Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
|Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
|Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
|Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
Work Values
|Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
|Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
|Recognition — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
Related Occupations
|Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
|Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers and Instructors
|Broadcast News Analysts
|Reporters and Correspondents
|Public Relations Specialists Green
|Technical Writers
|Copy Writers
|Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wages data collected from Writers and Authors.
Employment data collected from Writers and Authors.
Industry data collected from Writers and Authors.
|Median wages (2014)
|$28.30 hourly, $58,850 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2012)
|129,000 employees
|Projected growth (2012-2022)
|Slower than average (3% to 7%)
|Projected job openings (2012-2022)
|State trends
|Top industries (2012)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014 wage data and 2012-2022 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2012-2022). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.
- Writers and Authors . Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition.


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interessting article but look at this:
there are much more informations about this theme.
The world has witnessed the rapid development of China for decades. I believe that the new generetion of leaders will fulfill its commitment and guide China continue to move froward. Problems do exist in the process of developing, and there are different ones at different times. The Chinese Communist Party has recognized problems and has promised to take measures to settle them. And it is not such that easy to do it in a country with enormous population. It takes times. The artice refered that the former prime minister is a lame duck, his family amassed colossal wealty during his preminership. I have never heard such information about him. I think more evidence should be presented here to make it more convincing.
"Billions in Hidden Riches for Family of Chinese Leader" - NYTIMES http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/business/global/family-of-wen-jiabao-h...
This report contains a comprehensive analysis, a product of more than one year of investigative journalism. Key takeaway - former prime minister worth USD 2.7 billion.
Assume it is true, how much of it is under his name?
One of accusation is that a 30 million contract was rewarded to his brother. How do you prove it is corruption,ACCORDING TO WESTERN STANDARD?
In west, maybe not even 1% would be classified as corruption.
The strength of the Chinese Communist Party is its ability to recognise its own shortcomings. At the recent 18th Party Congress, the entire leadership reached consensus that corruption might bring down the party and the state. The new leaders under Xi Jinping has been given full power to solve this enormous problem. They fully realise that at the end of their term in ten years' time, history will judge them as to whether they have succeeded or not. They dare not fail!!
"The strength of the Chinese Communist Party is its ability to recognise its own shortcomings."
I am deeply impressed by your loyalty and your sincere belief.
I would not want to trust anyone, let alone CCP, to correct themselves. Correct themselves for what cost? The prior atrocity caused by CCP was immense even tough CCP is now bloating in self-gratification. The facts speak for themselves. Do you still hear the agonizing cries from people who perished because of CCP?
Again, what happened 50years ago wont touch the nerves of chinese people , we all know the current system is different.
In case you didnt notice, almost all disasters under one party were actually under one person dictatorship.
Also, with 500 million internet users, CPC has nowhere to hide if they do something serious wrong.
Sure. As capable as Mao was, without check and balances, he led the country into disaster after disaster.
With with "collective leader ship", without check and balances, the gravity is to naturally pull them into a self-serving elite clique.
Human nature always wins over blind faith.
Leaders are good at giving serious promises at meetings, but seriously, they always tend to not keep them. However, as they are the new generation leaders of CCP, we still have some hope and expectancy from their speeches.
You seem to have blind faith over the magic of 'checks and balances'. Let me point out the failure of 'checks and balances' in the US. In spite of democracy and 'checks and balances' in their political system, the US still made serious mistakes repeatedly in its foreign policy. After the second world war, the system was unable to prevent the disasters of the Korean war, Vietnam War, Middle Eastern wars etc etc which caused millions of lives. With regard to internal politics, 'checks and balances' led to 'gridlock politics' in Washington.
In contrast, the Chinese system although imperfect, lifted 600 million people out of poverty and propelled the country into the second largest economy in the world in thirty years which is unprecedented in human history. China should continue to reform its political system and remove any shortcomings such as rampant corruption ruthlessly.
I fully believe that the present leaders under Xi Jingping are accountable for all their promises made in such a high profile meeting as the 18th Communist Party meeting which was watched by 1.3 billion Chinese and the rest of the world. They were given full powers to implement what they promised and failure to perform will be harshly judged by history.
I wish to point out that in contrast, Western politicians are notorious for paying lip service to their promises at election time. In view of this, I pay more attention to Xi Jingping's promises at the 18th Party Congress than Obama's rhetoric at debates with Romney at the recent presidential campaign.
No one said checks and balances would be perfect. Not even the architects.
As for the foreign policy disasters, I think your point about Vietnam and I assume Iraq 2003 (in reference to Middle Eastern Wars) are valid.
As for Korea, the communists (NoKos, primarily with the Soviets) instigated that one, and kept it going (China, with NoKos and Soviets).
As for the First Gulf War and Afghanistan after 911, those were US responses to aggression. Most agree aside from sympathizers of the Taliban and Al Qaeda and Jihadists, or extremists anti-Americans.
As for China's success in economic, much was contingent on support of America until recently, in offering market access, FDI and technology transfers. Hard to knock a system that was instrumental to the other's success.
Agree on the need for reform. We are not governed by our higher angels, so the struggle for good government is essentially a permanent one. And rampant corruption can become a serious problem.
We can only wish our Chinese friends the best of luck.
However, one telling statistic that leads me to believe the reality on the ground is not a rosy as the picture being painted in the comments above is the recent Hunrun Wealth Report - which indicates that more than half of China's millionaires are either considering emigrating or have already taken steps to do so (According to the survey of 980 Chinese people with assets of more than 10 million yuan - $1.6 million - by Bank of China and wealth researcher Hurun Report)
Firstly, honestly I don't see a necessity connection between "more reforms inside China" and "becoming softer with foreign policies". One can be very much liberal politically and at the same time very nationalistic. Going to war with Argentina didn't make Britain a less democracy, and it was over a disputed island.
And as one who knows a little bit about Chinese especially the young people, I would say: if one day China became democracy, it would not just let go those disputed islands. It will go to war no matter what? No of course not. But not just, "hey we want peace so take them".
Second, how China's leaders chose to deal with territorial disputes are carefully calculated steps. Those who still percept the CPC as some incapable, no-brainers, or anything similar would be let down again and again. Yes, it has its drawbacks because of the political structure, but still, it has a large team of advisers, research centres...
I sincerely wish China good on dealing with disputed islands. It is gonna to be a difficult job specially there is a middle man who always want a slice of cake from all partners.
There is no doubt that the next generation China's leaders will inject fresh blood and energetic to this country, and a reform of many area is imperative, deputy prime minister Li has shown his determination to put it into practice gradually. There is an interesting phenomenon that should be noticed is that, 4 members of the standing committee are familiar with China's economy, this may stress that there is a lot of changes in the area of economy. On the flip side, with the growth of military strength, China is showing its aggressiveness over the territory problems. On November 25th the first landing of a flight jet on China's new aircraft carrier can further prove this. In short, I have a strong conviction that China's comprehensive national power will jump ahead during the next decade.
Recently, Xi said "空谈误国,实干兴邦".
I have a question : did he imply some people are 空谈ing? Li keqiang? Nanfang media?
He was talking about those movie stars in Middle South Sea
let me guess, you are not living in China right? "空谈" means tons of official meetings and news reports by the cctv, I don't think he means a special person.
Heihei, it is more like about mouth-bigger-than-butt pro-democrap journalists.
Hints at reform? Don't be fooled, people. The evil empire will prevail.
every TE article on china is talking about it, don't know a word they are saying. yes, china is in deep shxt, everybody knows that and it's not my business to defend or criticise china. but most folks here forget to see that the usa, with its financial cliff, the QE, the joblessness... is in deeper shxt than china is in.
now with shale oil and all, the us may gain some energy independence, but its debt and deficit dependency are overwhelming and overbearing.
as for japan, with its hidden financial cliff, 230% GDP public debt, ageing and hopelessly remaining as an occupied vassal state, it's in dire, deeper, far deeper shxt than the usa is.
and there is little hope for japan to ever again emerge out as a free and independent nation. peace loving people can take comfort knowing that the us won't allow it, the whole world won't allow it, not if and until japanese people take mneasure to be fully repentant of japn's war crimes of ww2.
that's full repentance, not apology, and it's for japns own good. nobody gives a shxt about japns apology anymore as it ain't worth anything much.
i cannot agree more with you. The author thinks he knows China. But as a matter of fact, he knows so little.
you are angry, please, China won't fall down because someone talks shit about it, relax, man, the economist isn't that bad as you say, in fact they only write 2 articles about China every week, I hope they are going to write about it more,, that means China's importance grows, and don't worry about Japan, their sea gods will punish them, those big earthquakes and tsunamis you know........... ;)
Can't agree more....
Their God of Stone (Yellow Stone) will punish their big Brother's too.
'you are angry, please, China won't fall down because someone talks shit about it,...'
me no angry, but thanks.
those who should be angry are you chinese.
chinese are just too tolerant and lenient. you buy japns goods like crazy. you still spend money touring a nuke containated japan. you don't see any japns car on the streets in korea, yet it's full of them in chinese streets.
you do not go after japns war criminals like jewish people do. there are many private jewish orgnisations still existing and for decades they hunt down nazi war criminals, one by one, like dogs and bring them to justice, no matter where they hide and regardless of criminal's age.
what the chinese people have done to japns war criminals? absolutely nothing!
come tomorrow is december 7th, the anniversary for the 'day of infamy' for americans. lest they forget, another pearl harbour surprise, in 21st century all new format, is a real possibility.
potential enemy of the usa is japan, not china. but chinese don't explain this to americans.
there is no need to hate, but every reason to remember.
The main problem for the Chinese Hegemon will be the periphery. The exploitative invasive bullying tactics based on coercion, corruption and control (not to mention the Yuan + Y-chromosome 2Y-strategy) that China uses in dealing with the periphery is too extreme and the anti-Chinese resentment is growing in countries like Burma (copper mines (for the CNIC, chinese weapons manufacturer), jade mines (for Wen Jiabao's wife), gas/oil pipeline (for Yunnan), naval base at Kyaukphru (string-of-pearls strategy), etc. might look good to the Politburo members and ethnocentric Chinese patriots but the poor Burmese barbarians (except for the half-chinese proxies and cronies bribed by the Chinese) can't take it any more! Perhaps it's better to live in poverty than become a Chinese slave.
no body was complaining you about 'silence is golden'.
for a 60 something burmese refugee in canada, drwaing public charge welfare for a living there no doubt, your repeated paparazzi chasing and defaming of others reveal no one but your goodself for acute need of medical attention, sir.
A blatant but rather facile argumentum ad hominem from a WMD (Wu-Mao-Dang)
'...ad hominem ...' ?
speak english or burmese english please. you know, like some sui ky, the daughter of a burmese traitor (now dead) and the wife of a briton, speaks.
OK here is my Burmese-English version:
There is one thing that a lot Americans and many Burmese (not to mention various other people of this world) have in common:
"Angst vor China" (China-Angst) or more dramatically: Death by China as in P. Navarro's and G. Autry's book.
See: http://www.deathbychina.com/
China needs "Lebensraum" and has been successfully employing a 2-Y strategy (Yuan and Y-chromosomes) to colonise Burma, both for natural resources (including jade!) and for geo-strategic reasons (naval base at Kyaukphyu and a gas/oil pipeline with an accompanying railway from the Bay of Bengal to Kunming). Even the corrupt generals, heavily bribed by the Chinese, got a bit scared of becoming Chinese slaves.
The mistake China always makes (over thousands of years) is to view the "periphery" as being populated by "backward barbarians"(or Untermenschen) such as Tibetans, Tanguts, Tocharians, Uyghurs, Burmese, ...that are just "waiting" to be "civilised and sinicised" under the Heavenly Mandate of the Great Han Civilisation. Such ethnocentric haughty bullying tactics don't always work in this day and age of the Internet and Wikileaks (just ask Mingze Xi who is studying at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government!).
wow, a very high iq man, you have to use a dictionary to read his post, new words for me: angst, vor, navarro, autry, deathbychina, lebensraum, 2-y, kyaukphyu, bengal, slaves, peripphery, barbarians, untermenschen....
alas, your burmese english is not up to the par. everything you try to quote in your post is based on fictional drama, novel and hearsay and is without a thread of truth or fact. so much for your 'burmese english'.
as a matter of fact, besides han chinese, chinese of extractions of Tibetans, Tanguts, Tocharians, Uyghurs, Burmese, ...are all alive, well and kicking and are a big happy family of 56 ethnic groups of chinese.
except for han chinese (about 91% of chinese), the rest of them enjoy special preferential quota in government jobs and extra score addition in all national examinations such as college entrance exams.
nobody but nobady beats china in its treatment of minorities.
if there is anything to fault the government, in my view it's the government's being too nice of treatment to chinese minorities (but that's just my view, having noticed a thing or two about other nations' minority policies).
if you are into buddhism, put down the butcher knife (in your posts of hatred and innuendos) and achieve enlightment right on the spot. you may even live longer that way.
love, not hatred, will do you good.
Where do the Tocharians live nowadays?
I don't care about "self-enlightenments and self-immolations" or suicide bombers. I care about geo-political strategy and the struggle for natural resources. It's becoming China against the rest of the world. Chinese don't want to acknowledge that, but China has very few friends (except for the "sexiest man on earth"?). In the West, because of "political correctness rubbish", people are not allowed to show their "Angst vor China" too openly (anti-Chinese sentiments might be considered racist, you know, lol), but if you talk to people privately over a glass of beer in a pub (like I do since I am a poor refugee living off social welfare and working part-time as a waitress in Burnaby, B.C., near Vancouver in "muliticultural" Canada with lots of Chinese immigrants around me lol), 90% of the non-Han-Chinese (Canadians, Americans, Germans, French, Russians, Sudanese, Tibetans, Cambodians, Burmese, Filipinos, ...) that I talk to would more than agree with me about the way I think about China, especially about its greedy materialistic and ethnocentric global ambitions and the dangers that poses for the rest of the world (I don't care about how most brainwashed Chinese view their government and their way-of-life). My opinions about China and the Chinese are not even that extreme compared to a lot of what I have heard from other people. Just go ask some of the Buddhist monks near that copper mine in Monywa, Burma!
'It's becoming China against the rest of the world.'
that what folks like you like to think. it's not true at all.
just use common sense, china did not become world's largest or second largest trader by being against 'the rest of the world'. are you taking 'the rest of the world', including canada, for fools?
use you head, instead of your hatred contaminated mind for a change! it will do you good inded.
'I am a poor refugee living off social welfare and working part-time as a waitress in Burnaby, B.C'
a dirty old man passing as part time waitress, what this world is coming to?
you know birds of same feather flock together? get out of that kind of neighbourhood or else you'd remain poor and poor in judgment, even for burmese refugees.
I'm just gonna gloat one more time on the Internet before continuing my work IRL...
Here is a pro-Rohingya Facebook page.
13,844 likes · 2,790 talking about this
Here is Navarro's book.
4,562 likes · 158 talking about this
To boot, over 75% of the latter's "fans" are Taiwanese and white people, who of course do not "hate" the Chinese. But most people in the Facebook group earlier really "hate" the Bamar, as is blatantly obvious by their comments.
It's interesting how the 30 million strong Bamar can cause so many people to hate them. I guess nobody likes racist ethnic cleansing.
Frankly I, and many other people, want nothing more at this moment than for India to conquer Burma. (Isn't that why you created your 'Adam Onge' account? To troll against the Indians Mr Extinct Onge?) It would be funny, since most Bamar are racist against dark skinned people and would have to live under their dark-skinned master.
I seriously don't know why you are so paranoid about a country with a reproduction rate of 1.2 vs a country with a reproduction rate of 2.6 with much higher gender discrepancy favoring males. China may have the upper hand in Burma today, but India will own Burma in the coming decades.
And you, going to pugs to rant against the Chinese with people over beer and have 90% of Canadians, Americans, Russians, etc to be "more than happy" to agree with you? Ahahahahaha you are so full of shit it's unbelievable.
First of all, according to Pew Research, between 40-50% of Americans have a "favorable" view of China, which is comparable the French view of the USA. The number drops to ~40% during election years and goes up to ~50% during non election years. By the same poll, 55% of Canadians and 60% of Russians hold the same favorable view. Shanghai is home to the largest group of German and French expats outside of Europe.
Secondly, most Canadians, Americans, Russians, etc are not racist and do not hold a strong opinion of China either way, and certainly would not agree with your ultra-radical and obsessive racist view, even if they view the country negatively. In fact I'm guessing that most people would be disgusted when reading or hearing about your views.
Thirdly, judging by your earlier posts, you don't get along well with others and probably live alone and have few friends, so you wouldn't be going to pugs anyways.
But I guess one can dream and post facile verbal feces anonymously on the Internet. I think the Bamar should be punished IRL for these actions, just like they should be punished for murdering the Rohingya, Karen, Kachin, and others.
And didn't, by your own admission, "most Burmese are a lot more pro-China than I am"?
lolol I seriously don't know whether you're delusional, have very bad memory, and/or you just like lying on the Internet to try to make other people feel bad.
If it's the latter then you are a pretty evil, miserable and racist person aren't you? Making obsessed racism the most important part of your very sad life? Don't worry, I am not as obsessed as you, but I will make a far larger impact than you.
Structural reforms are always difficult and slow - be that in a democratic or authoritarian society. Vested special interest will always prevent such reforms to happen.
It is easy to talk about what need to be done (or what not to do) as motivation speech givers, armchair political pundits or technocrats. Bismark warned post-unification German foreign policy and nationalism, and that didn't stop WWI from happening. Gandhi and Nehru talked about caste system as a terrible sin, and it still exists today. Everybody now talk about tax reform in US and economic reform in southern Europe, they aren't easy to do too. I wish new Chinese leader best of luck because the road ahead won't be easy, and most will benefit if reforms work out.
Wen jiabao is one of the most be-loved Prime Minister. If you don't understand what he really means when he said about hoping people forgeting about him, You just make yourself look ignorant and stupid
Try to be rational. I know in Mainland China several news are blocked and you are definately impressed by Wen's perfect image.And so DID I .BUT I was wondering that do you know a colossal wealth was amassed by his family during his premiership? I bet u don't.
I suppose you have to determine whether the news given by New York Times concerning the alledged wealth of Wen's family is true or whether it is fabricated. A few billion dollars is not a small sum that can be hidden. Where is the proof? Don't forget that the same newspaper did not hesitate to take a picture of Nepalese policemen and claimed they were Chinese policemen.
Side note on Wen Jiabao. I haven't seen a single reference to Mr Jiabao's wealth accumulation in any text on Mr Zuma's Nkandla compound.
Isn't Camp David a compound? Weird.
It is high time for political reform!?
If Premier Wun is listed for further professional criminal investigation and possible prosecution of corruption in case there is adequate evidence for sustainable allegation, then it would be the best showcase of strong will to reform. China is really determined to institute political/legal reform to fix the most threatening instability factor in the legitimacy of the ruling of the communist party.
1.3 billions of Chinese should be cheering up!!!
the NYT story about mr. wen is unsubstantiated and unproven hearsay. it may or may not be true and should be viewed as such.
now there is a story circulating that the guy (with name named) who 'leaked' the wen story to a NYT reporter (a chinese sounding name) is a former chinese official who now resides in the usa. he served time in prison on conviction of embazzlement charges before ending up in the us (it's open secret that many corrupted former chinese officials took residence in the usa, canada...with their illgotten loots of cash).
revenge with innuendo? sounds like it but I am not sure for lack of proof.
is this guy's story believable? is the story about him believable? draw your own conclusion, but just don' bet on it.
I just say Mr Wen should face charges 'in case' there is valid evidence under fair, professional, independent and open !?
Then it would be great news to all Chinese for a real mechanism for check and balance of their unlimited power easily lead to corruption!?
Don't use hearsay to camouflage another so called 'hearsay' as you claimed!?
Mr Wen's tarnished reputation should be clarified by an open, independent and fair investigation, right!?
your lack of legal common sense is staggering.
a guy should not face charge for prosecution unless there are reasonable doubt and enough ground or incriminating evidence against the guy.
so why should anyone 'should face charge' on hearsay?
it's also redundant and malicious to call out someone ['should face charges 'in case' there is valid evidence...]----of course everybody on earth should face such justice----and you just missed naming the other 60 billion 'suspects'.
mr. wen's reputation is not tarnished one bit in china or outside of it, except for those out there who's just love to see something bad, anything, to befall on china or its top leaders.
Everybody, in the free world, who can access diverse and unfiltered information already learn that Mr. Wen is reknowned as the 'Oscar Best Actor' and his family is accumulating uncommeasurated gigantic fortune disporportional to his official income!?
He should really do something crystal clear to prove his innocent to uphold the rule of law and his reputation!?
There are huge volume of published books, journals and leading newspapers widely reporting the conspired corruption!?
Everybody, in the free world, who can access diverse and unfiltered information already learn that Mr. Wen is reknowned as the 'Oscar Best Actor' and his family is accumulating uncommeasurated gigantic fortune disporportional to his official income!?
He should really do something crystal clear to prove his innocent to uphold the rule of law and his reputation!?
There are huge volume of published books, journals and leading newspapers widely reporting the conspired corruption!?
I am too expected a fair and international process against war criminal---Bush and Blair alike...
Unsubstantiated hearsay? I suppose the fine journalistic instituions in China provide a much better view. At least the New York Times prints the names of the author in the article, as opposed to a the almost daily articles by the Global Times authored by "Global Times"
A lot of Western political thinkers seem to be viewing the new leadership in China with skepticism and gloom. But in my opinion, the current developments in China's political climate are actually very optimistic for reforms, especially after examining the speech by Xi which seems to call for a party focus on national renewal, or even reform. The new leadership seems to recognize that China cannot go on economically if serious reforms are not catalyzed in the political sphere. I just read an interesting article by Stephen Roach on this topic- very quick and easy read! (http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-strengths-of-china-s-new...) This is a dynamic time for China, and America should watch closely since our foreign policy may have to respond to new changes within the country.
China really has achieved great success in recent years, which is benefical for China's vast territory and abundant resources as well as a large population. thanks to Chinese demographic dividend, China become the world's largest factory, which contribute a lot to Chinese fast growing economy. with the implemention of 'birth control', China is getting involved in the aging problem. I am sure everybody has noticed this, so the reform is long overdue. As Mr.Li mentioned, reform in register management policy is necssary, which gives equal rights to rural migrant workers in cities. Although China has a wide varity of prolbems, no one can deny that Chinese achievements outpace problems. China has been thoughed earthquake, snow disaster as well as turbulance, but none of them have stopped China's development. I am not a member of Chinese Communist Party, but I do believe China's new leader will make a better job. Be confident in our future.
I have to say that someone in this discussion loop is not friendly. Please focus on the objective opinions that what you wanna talk, not just the poster's nationality or race. Is it really important a Canadian or Indian? Even a cat, if his viewpoint is reasonable and fresh, we should respect. Communicate and discuss, not judge even despise.
Thank you, Claire.
If anyone wants to get real serious on why opinions, even if "wrong" opinions, are important, I would like to recommend "On Liberty" from John Stuart Mill.
It is sad often that such discussion will always tainted by nationalistic views. Let me put this simply:
Any nationalistic/racist/highly ideological presentations of opinion actually makes the opinion less creditable. Stop appealing for emotion and ego, start using common sense, and your argument will be nicer. This isn't just about this article; such arguments tend to appear when the topic involve immigration policy, GOP, blah blah blah.
most of the western countries are concerning about the China's new leaders espeacialy the people who are in political. the world have seen the rapidly development of China's economic, and the whole capability of the nation. therefore, it's naturally that they will pay more attention on the new leaders and will have more expectatioin for their policy and what contributions the new leaders will have to their country.
and as a Chinese, i believe that our new leaders will make great diffirence. Meanwhile, i have seen their strong determinnation of reform especialy for the reform of anti-corruption.
Never make a judgement too early.
Hope what u said can be realized in this country. BUT:WHAT I WANNA SAY IS: What really matters is not what they say,but what they do. I don't care their words ,because politicians are lier. U never know what exactely they are going to do.
The analysis is precise and so is illustration.
Surely you mean that the analysis is precise from the viewpoint of the western countries.
But for the Chinese, not only the analysis is not precise, it is completely wrong.
What the western countries through their mouth-piece, the western media, wish has nothing to do with what the Chinese need. The western countries like to take their wishes for realities and if their wishes differ from what is happening, they do not hesitate to send their soldiers and planes to kill and bomb. That was the case with Faghanistan, Iraq, Libya and now Syria, where they have killed and tortured millions of innocent people. But it is different with China and, despite all their propoganda and lies, they will not shape the events in Asia to their wishes and their will.
Yup, China's neighbors should be level-headed and rational. Just like how Poland should have been level-headed and rational and accepted the German invaders in 1939 rather than stupidly fighting back.
If there is a war between Russia and West, Poland will be the first one to be leveled.
I suppose the Iraqis were level-headed and rational when they accepted the US-led coalition invaders. More than a million Iraqis have been killed and tortured.
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The mission of the PUCO is to assure all residential and business consumers access to adequate, safe and reliable utility services at fair prices, while facilitating an environment that provides competitive choices. Part of being true to this mission reaches beyond the complex challenge of balancing the current interests of the rate payers with those of the utilities and its shareholders. The mission requires the PUCO to understand the evolving opportunities for new technology solutions that can address the challenges facing our utility infrastructure and will impact access and reliability well into the future. Many of these solutions are being created by advanced energy companies within our own state. The PUCO has the duty to understand the long term interests and challenges of the state, including the technologies and business models that will achieve the best return on investment for Ohio ratepayers.
The electricity grid across the country, as well as the grid here in Ohio, is facing major challenges that call for modernization in order to meet the demands of increased reliability. These demands include integration of distributed energy generation sources, desire of consumers to have more visibility and control over their energy usage patterns, current transmission and distribution constraints, and the evolution of the fleet of base load generation plants. In addition, some in the industry see an opportunity to further enhance the positive impact of competitive market forces by allowing consumers access to the real time and dynamic market for electricity.
New and emerging technology solutions are needed to address these significant challenges. In order to reach efficient economies of scale necessary to drive down the cost of these emerging technologies, sufficient market demand is required. However, in the early stages of development and deployment, the cost – benefit models, and successful business models, are not always clear. Consequently, market demand is delayed.
The PUCO can play a leadership role in developing an understanding of the overall, long term system cost – benefit tradeoffs and put in place mechanisms to allow utilities to implement these emerging solutions under a viable business model. By creating such paths for large scale deployment, the PUCO can thereby stimulate market demand for such products and solutions right here in Ohio, offering our Ohio companies access to these markets in their own backyard. Certainly, Ohio companies must compete for these opportunities with companies from across the country and around the world. But having local demand definitely helps local companies.
Additional perspectives on the PUCO's role in fostering a strong energy economy will be highlighted when the current Chairman of the PUCO, Todd Snitchler, delivers the Wednesday keynote address at the two-day Advanced Energy B2B Conference and Expo, held October 30-31 in Columbus. This event is produced by NorTech and presented by Advanced Energy Economy Ohio. For more information about the conference, visit
The PUCO needs the engagement of all stakeholders in order to most effectively accomplish their mission: the ratepayers, the utilities and the technology solutions companies in the state. Typically, the representatives of the ratepayers and the utilities are actively engaged in PUCO proceedings but not necessarily the technology solutions companies. It is the responsibility of the advanced energy industry, and the individual companies in the industry, to communicate their perspective to the PUCO and engage in the process.
There are a many different paths that can be pursued when seeking to communicate with the PUCO. Informally, companies can meet with individual commissioners and staff. Companies can also participate in PUCO sponsored workshops offered on a variety of topics. Ultimately, companies can engage in the formal process of the cases before the PUCO. The formal process can be very complex and procedural. Companies may wish to join with organizations like NorTech and Advanced Energy Economy Ohio by adding their own voices to those of other like-minded companies. Persistence in adding the perspective of the advanced energy industry to the work of the PUCO benefits not only the industry but all of the stakeholders including the PUCO, the ratepayers and the utilities.
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It could happen at any time: A customer files for bankruptcy. Suddenly you find yourself thrust into an unfamiliar world, wondering when, or if, you'll get paid. Don't panic. There are ways to protect your interests.
Immediately Stop All Collection Efforts
A debtor commences bankruptcy by filing a "petition for relief" with the bankruptcy court. This automatically triggers a stay of all acts to collect pre-petition claims against the debtor. If you initiate or continue a collection action, the court can impose sanctions against you for violating the automatic stay. If the court determines that the violation was "willful" or intentional, you could be liable for payment of damages and attorneys' fees.
Assess the Immediate Impact
When your customer files for bankruptcy, it can no longer pay you for goods sold or services provided before the bankruptcy filing. Consequently, you could find yourself in default under your own borrowing arrangements or your vendors might place you on COD or cash-in-advance status because they are concerned about your ability to pay them. Even if the debtor considers you a "critical vendor" and seeks authority to pay all or part of your pre-petition claim, critical vendor status often is subject to strict conditions imposed by the debtor. The assistance of experienced creditors' rights or bankruptcy counsel may be needed in dealing with such matters.
Determine if you have claims against the debtor
• Does the debtor owe you any money for goods sold or services provided before the bankruptcy? If yes, a proof of claim should be filed in the debtor's bankruptcy case.
• Does the debtor owe you money for goods sold and delivered in the 20 days before the bankruptcy case began? If so, you might have an administrative expense under Bankruptcy Code section 503(b)(9) for the value of those goods.
• Are you in possession of the debtor's tooling or molds? Are you also owed money for goods or products produced for the debtor with the molds or tooling or for modifications, improvements or repairs made to the molds or tooling? If yes, you may have statutory lien rights against the debtor's tooling or molds.
• Were the debtor's obligations to you secured in any way? If so, your claim will be treated as a secured claim up to the value of the collateral.
Determine if the debtor has claims against you
• Do you owe money to the debtor? If so, you may have a right, subject to bankruptcy court approval, to set-off the amount you owe against the amount owed to you.
• Did you receive any payments from the debtor in the 90 days before the debtor filed for bankruptcy relief? If yes, you may have received a preferential transfer and should consult with experienced creditors' rights or bankruptcy counsel to evaluate the potential preference claim and your defenses.
Promptly gather your records
Assemble copies of all contracts with the debtor; all unpaid invoices; all documents evidencing COD or cash-in-advance payment arrangements; all shipping records for goods sold and delivered to the debtor; payment records for the two years before the bankruptcy, including remittance advisories; and all evidence of communications with the debtor. These records will be necessary to document your claims and your preference defenses.
Get the facts and nothing but the facts
Take note of the following from the Notice of Commencement or other pleadings received:
• The court where the case was filed.
• The debtors name and assigned case number. Where a number of related businesses seek bankruptcy relief, the Notice will contain a list of debtor's and their respective bankruptcy case numbers.
• The date on which, and the chapter of the Bankruptcy Code under which, the debtor sought bankruptcy relief.
• In chapter 7 cases, the name of the trustee administering the case.
• The date, time and place of the "meeting of creditors" – a public examination of the debtor.
• The name of the claims/noticing agent if one has been retained in the bankruptcy case.
File Your Claims ASAP
In most bankruptcy cases, your primary objective will be getting paid on your claims against the debtor's bankruptcy estate. To avoid missing any Bankruptcy Court deadline or bar date for filing these claims, you should prepare and file your proof of claim or section 503(b)(9) request for payment of an administrative expense as soon as possible.
Do Not Ignore Notices and/or Pleadings Related to the Case
Immediately review any notices or pleadings you receive in the bankruptcy case and take all necessary steps to protect your interests. If their meaning is unclear to you, promptly consult with creditors' rights or bankruptcy counsel to ensure that your rights and interests are protected.
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