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Comfort-optimized sedans such as the plush BMW 330xi were designed to be handled with care and then maintained well. If you operate an extremely reliable stylish vehicle with a long heritage, you want a BMW. To keep the style and elegance you bought with your BMW 330xi, it's key to use only the top names in OEM and aftermarket parts.For decades auto enthusiasts have put faith in the reliable construction of BMW and valued the style expected from these vehicles. Would it make sense to expend a large payment for a great, stylish luxury car, if you plan to cut corners on replacement parts? If you invested in a performance-optimized car or truck to enjoy its superb power and performance, keep up that investment with outstanding new parts and accessories.Good BMW 330xi Shock Absorbers reduce motion caused by dips on the road to deliver a smoother ride. Found between the suspension and the frame of the car, BMW 330xi Shock Absorbers dampen vertical motion of the vehicle. BMW 330xi Shock Absorbers behave like heavy springs which look similar to hydraulic pistons, shifting liquid from a main chamber to a secondary chamber which cushions jolts as you drive. A BMW 330xi ought to be maintained in top working order and maintained at need; that can mean selecting the best new and OEM auto parts.
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7 survive 20 hours at sea clinging to boat, cooler
MARATHON, Fla. Eight relatives had set out to fish in less-than-ideal conditions off the Florida Keys. It was raining, seas topped 7 feet and winds were whipping up to 38 mph.
Before they knew it, two waves hit, capsizing their anchored 22-foot boat and knocking them into the sea about 3 1/2 miles offshore Saturday. Seven, including a 4-year-old, survived by clinging to their capsized vessel and a small blue cooler for nearly 20 hours, suffering exhaustion, jellyfish stings and hypothermia. A 79-year-old woman, the matriarch of the group, was missing and presumed drowned.
"When the will to live kicks in, human beings can do amazing things," Coast Guard Petty Officer Nick Ameen said.
The women grabbed the girl and the 2 1/2-foot cooler. One of the men tried to rescue his mother, but she slipped through his grasp and disappeared into the water. The women said the boat turned over so quickly that there wasn't time to grab life jackets for anyone except the child, said Kendra Graves, a seaman with the Coast Guard.
Almost immediately, the two groups - the three women and girl and three men - drifted apart.
Nearly a day later, they were rescued when a commercial fisherman spotted the men Sunday morning and alerted the Coast Guard, which found the women and the blue cooler several miles away in the warm waters. Those rescued were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Florida law requires children 6 or under on a boat 26 feet or less to wear a life jacket if the boat is moving. If the craft is anchored or docked, they don't have to wear one.
As the weather improved Sunday, fishing boat captain David Jensen headed out with customers to catch live bait. Off in the distance, he saw a large object floating in the water.
As he turned the boat to get closer look, he saw a man waving. At first, he said, he thought there was only one person holding on to the sunken boat, its bow protruding just a few feet out of the water. When he got closer, he realized there were three men.
"I tried to get them to swim to the boat, but they said they didn't know how to swim," Jensen said. "Then I had the mate throw them life jackets. One guy put on the life jacket and swam to the boat. The other two guys wouldn't get off the boat."
One of Jensen's customers jumped in and swam over. He tied the boats together, and helped the other two men, one at a time, back to Jensen's boat.
"They were exhausted. One guy overnight had lost his mother," Jensen said. "He was very visibly upset, which was a little tough because he was the one who spoke the best English."
Zaida San Jurjo Gonzalez died. Her son, Jorge Alejo Gonzalez, survived along with his wife, Tomasa Torres, the elderly woman's daughter, Elena G. Gonzalez, and her boyfriend, Juglar Riveras.

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'Eat your enemy' is a documentary about martial arts and aggression, about spirituality, winning and losing, about suffering and vanity. And about East and West, muscle and mind power. About masters and students. A film full of paradoxes. When we think of martial arts, we can almost hear the muffled thumps pounding on tattooed bodies, men luring at each other through swollen eyes while blood pours out of their noses. However, martial arts are more than the image we've just described and tend to witness while zapping through television channels. Violence and its prevention are important themes in our society, and we are each involved in one way or the other. Aggression is bad, is the prevailing opinion. Period. We, in the West, have begun to consider ourselves too civilized to fight. We fight with words and on the off chance that something does go wrong, a trauma team is at hand. Nevertheless, people continue to have a need to fight; take the violence during soccer matches. But in fact, we don't know how to handle aggression.In this film, several approaches to the martial arts in the West and the East are highlighted. The essence of the film is philosophical, but it has been disguised as a fight. Not as much a fight against an opponent but rather a fight against one's self. 'Eat your enemy' takes the viewer into a very complex world. It intends to amuse and inform but it also asks questions.
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After Theresa was laid off from her job due to budget cuts in 1999, she took the opportunity to return to Lane for her second degree and to seek a more rewarding and challenging field: teaching. She completed her Associate of Arts Transfer degree in 2001, transferred to Pacific University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Art in Education in 2003, and then earned her Master degree in 2009.
Theresa came from a family of six children. Her father worked in a lumber mill, and her mother was a stay-at-home mom. In high school, she was not a highly motivated student, but once she enrolled at Lane, she was determined to do her best in every course because she was now paying for her own education. She is the first in her family to receive both a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree. With unemployment benefits, a few loans, and her husband's financial support, Theresa was able to focus on her education and raise her family without having to hold down a job.
While Theresa was at Lane, her favorite instructors were Sandy Jensen and Merrill Watrous. In summer 2000, Theresa took a Writing 122 class from Sandy Jensen. Sandy permitted students to rewrite their papers as many times as needed to earn an "A" which enabled Theresa to learn from her mistakes. Sandy also encouraged her students to choose subjects that they were passionate about which made writing far more enjoyable for Theresa. In fact, on her final class project, she received an A+ and "Top Student Writer Award! Best of Class." Merrill Watrous teaches with passion and exuberance that inspired Theresa. A couple of years ago at the Oregon Writing Project, Merrill pointed out the "Golden Lines" in Theresa's writing rather than just the convention errors. She's always struggled with her writing ability, but Merrill had a way of empowering her.
Theresa took advantage of optional classes, such as a Scholarship class. This class helped her prepare a quality scholarship application, which resulted in the Ford Scholarship. This allowed her to continue her education at Pacific University.
Theresa's key to success is "Jump through one hoop at a time! Sometimes looking at the big picture can seem overwhelming. Breaking goals into small, manageable chunks makes achieving goals much easier. Taking things one assignment at time leads to completing one course at a time, which eventually leads to graduation: the bigger goal!"
Theresa is now in her 7th year of teaching 5th grade at Malabon Elementary in the Bethel School District. She takes continuing education courses to improve her instruction skills. Her philosophy continues to serve her: "Always strive to do your best. Stop comparing yourself to everyone else. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Once you identify the areas where you would like to improve, use your strengths to develop your weaknesses. Never give up on your dreams or let obstacles get in your way."


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Hilary Swank
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Jul. 30th, 1974
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Bellingham, Washington, USA
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Hilary Swank's Main TV Roles
Main Movie Roles2009 - Amelia
2008 - Birds of America
2007 - The Reaping
2007 - P.S. I Love You
2007 - Freedom Writers
2006 - The Black Dahlia
2004 - Million Dollar Baby
2004 - Red Dust
2003 - 11:14
2003 - The Core
2002 - Insomnia
2001 - The Affair of the Necklace
2000 - The Gift
1999 - Boys Don't Cry
1994 - The Next Karate Kid
1992 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Carly Reynolds
Herself (segment "The Entertainers")
Sasha Serotsky
Aimee #1
Herself - Host
Herself - Guest
Hilary was discovered as a child by producer 'Suzy Sachs', who coached her in acting. When she was nine years old, she starred in her first play as "Mowgli" in The Jungle Book. She began to appear regularly in local theater and school plays. She went to school in Bellingham, where she lived with her family, until she was 16. She competed in the Junior Olympics and Washington State championships in swimming; she ranked 5th in the state in all-around gymnastics (which would come in handy for starring in The Next Karate Kid (1994) years later).
In 1990, Swank and her mother moved to Los Angeles, where she enrolled in South Pasadena High School, and started acting professionally. She appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) but The Next Karate Kid (1994), where she got the part competing against hundreds of other actresses, was her breakout role. Ever since then, she has been much in demand and has worked non-stop in movies. She won the Best Actress Oscar for Boys Don't Cry (1999).
Swank starred in a few minor films before starring in Clint Eastwood's boxing drama Million Dollar Baby (2004) that won her a Golden Globe and a SAG Award, as well as her second Academy Award. She is two for two at the Oscars, a feat she shares only with a few other women.
Off-screen, she married 'Chad Lowe' on September 28, 1997. An aficionado for anything that involves the outdoors, she enjoys: sky diving, river rafting and skiing.
- Both of her Oscar-winning roles required huge physical changes.
- Announced in January 2006 that she and her husband 'Chad Lowe (I)' (qv) are separating after 8 years of marriage.
- Received a cut on the forehead during filming a scene of her movie _P.S. I Love You (2007)_ (qv). She had to be brought to a hospital and received several stitches (November 2006).
- Although she was naturally athletic from high school, she totally changed physically to play Maggie in _Million Dollar Baby (2004)_ (qv). She gained nearly 20 pounds, becoming so buff that her former clothes are still too small for her.
- Born to Stephen Swank, a Air National Guard officer, and his then wife 'Judy Swank' (qv), n�e Clough, a secretary and dancer, she has a brother, Dan.
- Attended South Pasadena High School, (South Pasadena, CA).
- Fined NZ$200 (AUD$190) for bringing undeclared fruit into New Zealand. She was found with an apple and orange at New Zealand's Auckland International Airport. She has since contested the fine (15 January 2005).
- Is of Spanish and Native American heritage.
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Blackening of cane tips while attempting to start cuttings
Hi all,
I've been a successful failure at propigating Fortuniana for a year now and would realy like some help.
I've used the 2ltr cola bottle as well as the clear baggy technique. I've even tried growing cuttings in those Jiffy Pot seed starter kits (the ones that come with a clear plastic lid) with no success. All of my cuttings turn black, starting with the tip, and rot away.
What am I doing wrong? What can I do to correct my error?
Thanks in advance for those of you that have read this far.
I'm noooooo expert here! But I recently have had some experience and I could possibly offer advice. Sounds to me that this could be canker infecting your cuttings. Canker is a nasty Springtime ailment. It occurs when fungal spores get into the open wounds on roses and infect them, turning them black. Sorry to say, but depending on the damage to your cuttings, they could well be ruined. Even if they start to produce, they may not produce the best bushes in the long run. I'd wager any bushes from them would be weak. But that's my guess.
In future, when you make cuttings you can help minimize spored damage by making sure you cut a diagonal, and always cut near a leaf node so that the cutting has a chance to calcify there.
You might be able to save the cuttings if you have enough healthy stem left on them though. Someone else could probably tell you better.
Currently, I am experimenting on the use of Elmers glue on the pruning sites, I know this helps to prevent cane borers, and I'm curious to see if it will also prevent canker infections.
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This is a very readable and interesting book that will kindle – or rekindle – your interest in the big picture of our planet. Highly recommended.
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fill up with gas the other day and gauge has not come off full. Based on miles since fill up it should be between half and three quarters. What could cause this and what can I do to fix it?
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This type of problem is often caused by the fuel gauge sending unit in the fuel tank. A shop may need to remove the sending unit and perform some electrical tests to see if it is reading correctly to determine if it is indeed the cause.
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I Want This Wardrobe: Charlie's Angels 2, Full Throttle
I Want This Wardrobe: Charlie's Angels 2, Full Throttle
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The wild Charlie's Angels ride continues! This time the stakes are higher, the angels are sassier and the wardrobe is better! With a washboard stomached Justin Theroux, whom I adore, and a toned up, bad ass Demi Moore, here we have double the villain fun. Dylan, played by Drew, really started to come into her own as we discover a haunting secret romance. Natalie (Cameron) is still sorting out her romances, while Alex (Lucy) continues to get hot and heavy with her man played by Friends alum Matt LeBlanc. Romance and danger? Exciting! On with the wardrobe!
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I absolutely love Drew's outfit when they are dancing to Can't Touch This. I would definetly wear something like that.
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now I wanna watch this movie again!!!
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LOVE their outfits in the second movie!! More of a twist than the first.
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The Jar Lantern is a contemporary take on the traditional gas lantern. It was inspired by seeing sunlight refract through my glass water bottle one afternoon, and thinking to myself that it was a bit like carrying a jar full of light. This brief moment of illumination sparked something in my mind that made me wonder how I could capture this experience more permanently.
While trying to bottle light may be a fool's task, I could at least try to recreate the sense of magic I had briefly experienced. After mulling over various methods of accomplishing this, I decided to make a jar with an illuminated floating light bulb. The beauty of this seemingly impossible object is that the light bulb has no clear power source, yet it seems so natural and familiar. The Jar Lantern tends to leave people both taken and dumbfounded by its simplicity.
Step 1: Go Get Stuff
You will need:
(x1) Jar**
(x1) CFL Bulb
(x1) Disposable camera
(x1) AA battery holder
(x1) Switch
(x1) Roll of magnet wire
**You can get jars with lids online, but only by the dozen from Daiso.
Step 2: Open the Disposable Camera
Open up the disposable camera case. Be mindful not to touch the large capacitor which could potentially give you a nice jolt.
Step 3: Cut Away the Capacitor and Flash
Discharge the capacitor by bridging the leads with a long screwdriver that you don't care much for. Be careful not to be touching the metal part of the screwdriver while doing this. Once discharged, cut it from the board so that it will not recharge.
Also, cut the flash tube away from the circuit board.
Step 4: Hack a CFL
Use a pair of diagonal cutting pliers to make a hole in the plastic body of a CFL bulb.
Next, use this hole to insert a screwdriver and gently pry the the base apart from the glass tube.
Finally, unwind the CFL tube's wires from the posts on the circuit board.
Step 5: Bridge the Switch
Remove the push tab atop the flash charge switch.
Solder the switch's terminals together.
Step 6: Prep the CFL Bulb
Scrape the coating off the wires coming out of the CFL bulb using a razor blade.
Twist the wires together and tin them with solder.
Step 7: Remove Extra Parts
Remove any parts the stick out from the board such as battery terminals. However, remember to make note of which terminals on the underside of the board they are connected to for future reference.
I also removed the wire connecting the top of the trigger transformer to the flash tube for the heck of it.
Step 8: Trim the Circuit Board
Trim away any corners that have unnecessary electronic traces (or no traces at all).
Step 9: Prep the Magnet Wire
Strip away 1/2" of plastic coating from both ends of two 3" pieces of magnet wire using a razor blade.
Step 10: Hack a Camera Flash
Now is time to connect the wires to the board that will power the light.
Solder the first magnet wire to one of the terminals connected to the ground plane.
Solder the other wire to the terminal of the inverting transformer that the diode is connected to.
*** If you are confused, a more hands on way of figuring this out is to use aligator clip jumper cables to connect the battery to the board. The board should now be live, so be careful of high voltages!
Using another cable, connect one of the bulbs leads to ground. Finally, connect a fourth cable to the other battery lead. Briefly touch this wire to various spots on the board until the bulb lights up. Once its lit, you have found the proper connection. ***
Step 11: Connect a Switch
Trim the battery holder's red wire in half. Solder the trimmed pieces to the center terminal of the switch and the red wire still connected to the battery holder to the switch's outer terminal.
Step 13: Mount the Switch
Pass the switch up through the underside of the lid and lock it in place with its mounting nut.
Step 14: Connect Power to the Camera Flash
Solder the red wire from the switch to the spot on the camera flash circuit board where the positive terminal of the battery was connected.
Solder the black wire to ground.
Step 15: Hot Glue
While I am not normally a fan of hot glue, it is the perfect adhesive for connecting the circuit board and battery holder to the inside of the lid.
Center them inside the lid and then glue them in place as flush to the lid as possible.
Use a generous amount of glue, but be mindful of not getting any on the lid's inner edge, or it will no longer twist shut.
what if i dont have an old camera?
Thank you for your Instructable. I have tried it
using stuff gotten in Japan. It requires some changes from yours to light. I
feel your project is wonderful. I would like to introduce yours with these
changes to Japanese Instriuctables if you don't mind.
I lookedall over the dollar store for a plastic jar but couldn't find one. I had to use a glass jar with a metal lid, but that wasn't a problem because thee are no wires touching the lid. The only thing I had to purchase was the tiny switch, so it was totally woth it! Also I didn't use the original pcb I just desoldered the transfomer, transistor, and resistor and soldered them together on the transformer. I also didn't use an AA battery holder, to save space I just soldered onto the battery and glued it on the lid.
so beautiful!
I can use alternatives to complete it anyway?
A complete circuit of it?
Fun project, but you should give a mercury warning. Since you haven't, I will:
Be careful regarding potential CFL bulb breakage. The mercury danger is real. Mercury poisoning is no fun.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality refers to this PDF for cleanup instructions. Don't vacuum!
Vacuuming spreads the contamination. Read this PDF.
Hey Guys, i am having an issue getting the bulb to light. I am an extreme beginner into the electronics world. i have tried two bulbs and two different styles of disposable camera boards. What is the desired voltage at the end of the magnet wires? I place my volt meter across the two wires and i get 295v with one board and 360v when i use the other board. Any ideas what i am missing? is there a special type of CFL i should be using? Any help would is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
How long will the batter run the CFL?
What about using an LED bulb?
Cool instructable, thanks for sharing OP. I too am curious to know if an LED bulb would be a better choice in terms of battery runtime...maybe the OP hasn't responded because LED bulbs are more difficult to modify? I really don't know...
If you do not how to do this board
For those who would prefer to make their own circuit board, I found all of the parts here: http://xenonflashtubes.com/components.html
All you need is the following:
1- XFT-5383-1.5v works with just one battery
1- 2SD882 transistor pin out normally ECB
1- 1K resistor
The CFL board I found also had a transformer about the same size so conceivably the round circuit board could be adapted to hold the 300 volt circuit.. If my calculations are correct, I can make one with a CP300H battery that should last about an hour. I can charge it through the base too.
cool, Ill use this and let you know how it works
Wow, that looks awesome!
Nice instructable- recycling old stuff and as a useful standby light during power outages. Will definitely will try. Thanks
Mission accomplished! I managed to find a circuit small enough to put inside of the base and put it all back together. The bulb now runs from a AA battery hooked to the AC socket base. It uses about 230 ma when on.
Beware of the other transformer. When the picture button is pressed with the flash charged it can create over 1000 volts to charge up the flash bulb. The plate wire is often out in the open so disconnect the battery and discharge the capacitor before proceeding further. The voltage will not kill you, but impacts with nearby objects could!
Anyhow, here is a picture and a link to the entire process:
have an idea instead of that circuits maybe use some discharge or died cfl and deposed the casing not the parts inside because can be extra parts and ... put inside the led in the cfl filament and just put some hot glue or industrialized super glue!!!!! and the circuits...........secret!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha its much more last longer that the cfl with a filament and most efficient at all!!!!!
Apparenbtly the stuff INSIDE the tubes are toxit, so might want to NOT do that. Just saying.
Great run through. If I try making another one I might try your method so the rest of the bulb is intact :)
Hey Burgers, thanks for going into more detail on this project. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I literally have a box of at least 50 disposable cameras collected from CVS and have been looking for detailed instructions on this. I'm still fairly new to electronics and don't have the skill to read schematics yet. I tried to do it on my own, got shocked a few times (you can get shocked by touching a few things besides just the capacitor leads apparently!) and flung the camera across the room in reflex. But haven't yet got it working. I think your write-up will help me understand a little more. Do you think you would be able to build that alternate circuit you were talking about as an example? Also, are the guts from the CFL good for anything? Seems like maybe some fun things in there. Anyway, thanks again!
I have ordered the parts for the simple 3 component circuit and I will follow up at the other link thread as I do not want to hijack this Instructable. Parts cost about $7 plus $8 shipping so you may prefer using some of those cameras.
As to tearing those cameras apart, the first thing you should do is carefully remove the battery to prevent accidental triggering of the flash which has voltages over 1000 volts. The next thing to do is jumper the capacitor. I use resistors to do it slowly, but a screwdriver you don't care about would work too. Then you would remove the circuit board to find the parts you need.
I recommend tracing the battery connections as far as possible to let you know the closest battery connection available. The rectangular transformer is east to find and the transistor and rectifier are next to it. You don't even need the rectifier, but there may be a resistor or capacitor too.
If you have any further questions about my method, please feel free to post questions in the thread at Pete's Site. I'll be following up when the new parts come in.
Wow, nice! i need to try it!
Managed to spend just over $3 on it. And only for the jar. It's one of the mason style jars with a mug handle on the side.
The bulb came from the trash at work, the circuit from the junk pile and the switch was out of an old LORAN radio. Gotta say this is my new favorite camping flashlight. It even seems to run fine on a AAA battery. Will be switching over to a AA once I get some fresh ones.
Thanks for the inspiration. It was a fun little project.
I see at least 2 people have asked how long it lasts on an AA battery. But no reply. I would also like to know. If it has a practical use I would try building it. Or is it short term just for the "Uncle Fester" effect?
It lasted about 2 hours with a full battery. Albeit it was the camera battery which may not be a good representation of true length time.


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what if we are wrong about North Korea?
Apparently its a paradise where you can purchase western goods. According to an Australian professor who has taught there they are much more advanced than we think.
Dont know what to make of this article myself
Here is a link that might be useful: what do you think?
I think nothing is ever the same as the propaganda... ANYWHERE in the world.
I could make hours and hours worth of news reports and "behind the scenes" looks at any country... let's say America... and it would look worse than North Korea. Miles worth of run down, boarded up, and crumbling infrastructure in places like Detroit... pan to pictures of dirty homeless people sleeping in garbage filled concrete areas under bridges, hungry children living in cars with their parents, a few shots of police beating civilians, children subjected to patriotic brainwashing and pledging their loyalty to their country every morning. All of that interspersed with shots of the country's wealthy and leadership eating caviar, driving expensive cars and jetting around the world while their citizens starve.
It's all a matter of perspective. A North Korean child who spouts their devotion to homeland and leader is chillingly "brainwashed" but an American child who spouts blind devotion and "Go America, we're number 1!" is a heartwarmingly patriotic child.
As always: what is real, what is fabricated, and how much of what we hear is unintentional or deliberate distortion?
I suspect distortion to some degree is what we mostly perceive about places we do not know from direct or at most second-hand experience. To use HG's example, Detroit: I know people who have grown up there, I see things about it occasionally in the media, and I have driven through it once many years ago. It is fair to say then I know very little about Detroit yet far more than what I can know about North Korea. Even though I don't know much about Detroit compared to other places I am reasonably confident that it can't be simplistically categorized, and that there is not a media conspiracy to characterize it a certain way - despite the fact that most national media reports are about malaise and crime interspersed with hopeful notes on urban gardening.
Maybe it is an unwarranted mental leap but I suspect it's a similar case with media reporting on all regions of the world.
you could put up just as bad a pic of Australia as the one described by hamilton. about america(maybe no police beating on citizens)
and of course the world does not forgive us for the white Australia policy..we are all racists (sigh)
This post was edited by youngquinn on Wed, May 1, 13 at 7:20
Well, I'm not saying that life in North Korea is sunshine, rainbows and prosperity. It's not. At least not for everybody. As with some other countries, life in the cities is much more modernized and comfortable than some of the misery you can find in the countryside.
But it helps to get a perspective from different media outlets around the world. Modern schools, capitalist markets for goods like music players, cell phones, computers, brand name clothing, shoes... you name it. These can be seen when watching other news stations.
But watch an American news report on North Korea and you get the idea that everyone lives in misery, fighting for food, starving to death in the streets, walking around in chains, government issued grey uniforms... blah blah blah.
Because of our proximity to America, Canada gets a lot of the American stations (news and otherwise). If you watch something on those stations, you get a completely different view of the world (not just North Korea) than if you watch a non-American station.
A good example is Cuba. An American perspective on Cuba is completely different than the rest of the world, including that of Cubans. You know how many Americans are surprised when I say that there are Cubans living in Canada who travel back and forth freely in and out of Cuba...or that their Cuban families come visit them here in Canada? They have this idea that Cubans are kept under lock and key by their government. I suppose that is propaganda at work too.
Yes Hamilton I saw a documentary a few years back where Americans who could not afford medical treatment were taken to Cuba for medical help. I remember that the Americans took back bags of medications that they could not afford to buy in America.
I wonder if they showed the documentary in America?
Propaganda does work both ways, doesnt it?
Yea, I take issue with the word propaganda, or it being intentional. I think people report it as they "see it". I just don't believe there is that much influence over reporting. They simply have their own agendas. The over-reporting of some things and under of others is wrong, but it happens. Even in the US.
P.S.I don't think saying the pledge is indoctrination. I have a love of country (and this is one that is fairly universal around the world) and see singing the Star Spangled Banner or saying the pledge as nothing more than an act that reveals my love. I am not sure anyone forces anyone to say the pledge? It was just something we did? I love Red Skelton's take on what it means. And I agree with it. Never had anyone refuse to do it in a class or hear anyone say they hated doing it? though. I can accept it might not be as well loved as I love it. But indoctrination is too strong for me (personal! opinion).
here you go PN a definition of propaganda from wiki.
"Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed towards influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position by presenting only one side of an argument. Propaganda is usually repeated and dispersed over a wide variety of media in order to create the chosen result in audience attitudes."
so the propaganda in this instance is conjecture only.
What some on this thread are saying is that both sides can be guilty of propaganda ...in order to better present their case.
and in this case I think it is fair to say that America is fearful of North Korea taking over south Korea with a consequent increase in power.
I recall a few years back Bush's inflammatory comments about NK being part of the axis of evil which evoked an angry response.
psychologically speaking ...if you felt threatented wouldt you act to provide yourself with the biggest and baddest weapons you could find?
Yea, I take issue with the word propaganda
P.S.I don't think saying the pledge is indoctrination.
Well, I think this is exactly the point. It's not propaganda, indoctrination or brainwashing when it's "our own". It's simply something we learn as kids, from kindergarten, the teacher taught us these words, we stood up, we all went through the motions, national anthems, etc.
When I was a kid, the Lord's Prayer was recited in (public) school as well. We all stood up and said the words by rote memory like good little brainwashed children and begged forgiveness and mercy from the overlord skyfairy, then again from memory sang a song in unison praising our country...
As an adult, I love my country too.
But when children in certain other countries do it... it's because they are brainwashed and forced to do it. Couldn't possibly be because they have as fervent and blind a love for their homeland as other people around the world.
I just think it's trite to say those things are propaganda or that maybe it's too strong a word? But then my question becomes, what is the difference between just showing them and direct influence/brainwashing (which I also think is too strong in this context)? What is the line? I'm just curious.
I never once have found either the pledge or singing the anthem as influencing me. I think children know when something is amiss and there would at least be a dissonance. After all, those things are taught by schools, not parents. Wouldn't the parents, at some point, simply disagree? We do with religion, politics, child rearing, many issues. Why not this one?
youngquinn, they definitely showed that documentary (Sicko) here. I heard the filmmaker, Michael Moore, interviewed once for another documentary (The Corporation) about the corporate power in the US, and what he said basically was, he wondered why corporations would ever sponsor his films since the messages were anti-corporate, when he realized it's all much simpler than that ... if they make money the corporations will back them, anti-corporate message or not! It was funny when he said it, maybe you had to be there.
But enough digression. I think it's definitely valuable to consider that we might be wrong about North Korea and why. I remember a reverend writing a column back in 2002, begging GWB to simply consider that he was wrong about WMD. Lo and behold, Bush was wrong (though some of us already knew that!).
Now having said that, considering that I might be wrong by reading the article led me to examine the reasons I think I am not. And the most compelling to me is that the author above spent his time teaching English to the most privileged class, in a urban area, and was probably without access to daily North Koreans who would not be sycophants under duress merely by their proximity to the leaders of the country.
I have listened to the testimony of several Christian missionaries who snuck into North Korea, and ended up both urban and rural, relating to ... well, the downtrodden. And I think that they probably conveyed a more accurate picture of the country. It fell in line with everything I have seen in the way of quality journalism (frontline, Link TV etc) about North Korea and their people.
And for the record, I consider the actions of those missionaries supremely foolish for negligible benefit. But I don't doubt their accuracy or truthfulness, and imo, if you are on the bottom, it's easier to see up clearly than to look down from the top. JMO.
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News item from several days ago on NPR a couple of thousand refugees leave north Korea every year.
There are restaurants & new cafes in North Korea accessible if you get a ticket to go to one. Naturally as in scarcity economies Tickets sell on the black market.
Here is a link that might be useful: NPR
Joe Im not saying we are wrong about NK, as I said in the opening post I dont know what to make of the article myself.
I do , however think its good that we examine the possibility.
Texangoddess, you say the missionaries investigated the rural downtrodden of NK and tha tis a more accurate picture? How about if you examine the rural downtrodden of America?
I guess as this thread has evolved , I have found some good arguments for the power of propaganda , adn examples of its use on both sides .
It's like when China opened up an became a nation of Millionaires over night.
There was a Monolithic idea of what China was like for most of us then presto change-o. Chinese Billionaires!
You can see clips from official North Korean entertainment on You Tube & there are stories that hottest commodities for anyone with money are DVD's of South Korean entertainment. (again all black market). There are official TV's all permanently tuned to North Korean Stations & the there are the black Market TV's that can pick up South Korean television.
In the end when it does became an open economy there is already an elite ready to spring to action (I love that expression elite)
It's interesting that a poll suggest people in The US is heading for armed internal strife. Some of the defecting north Korean suggest the same about North Korea.
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Why they are just free as little birdies down there in Cuba: "The measure extends to 24 months, from the current 11, the amount of time Cubans can be out of the country without losing rights and property, and they can seek an extension, Granma said.
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"Texangoddess, you say the missionaries investigated the rural downtrodden of NK and tha tis a more accurate picture? How about if you examine the rural downtrodden of America? "
I don't understand what you are asking here.
What if you do examine them? Then ... what? What conclusion are you asking me to try to draw?
We just had a little misunderstand (lol) row trying to deny Mariela Castro entry into the US. She was coming here to receive an LGBT award for here activism. Shes the daughter of Raul Castro.
Somehow China & Vietnam became the darling of US corporatism & Cuba still retains the Stigma of being the naughty red gnat of the Caribbean.
texan goddess I am saying that if you went into areas of extreme poverty etc in America it would be easy to paint the same picture. Just the same point that Hamilton made in the first response really.
oN the other hand I am sure the North Koreans have plenty of propaganda about America which they use to shore up their position
Elvis I guess if they dont want the Cuban doctors to
leave they might be expecting an influx of Americans who cant afford healthcare in their own country
I don't think you would see the same picture of totalitarianism, youngquinn, but I certainly don't have any way of knowing. I am very far down the food chain in the USA, but by no means among the poorest ... I never miss a meal (though we did when I was a kid under Reagan) and have always had a roof over my head.
But I do still think look from the perspective of the poorest people in a society is the most meaningful view of that society's values, be it here, or in North Korea. Or whether those two do or do not point to equivalencies or not.


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That's right, all batteries, all parts are still there! The only difference is I've rearranged all the inner crap around to make the 500 gb fit. Asus, if you're reading this, take notes
Anyway, here are the pictures. Remember that all I've removed are some plastic pieces that serve no other purpose than to keep things in place. All electronic parts are still there. It's like trying to work out a piece of puzzle. Well, I've finally found a combination that works!
Well, here are some pictures. Now, I have a laptop-tablet hybrid with a 500 gb hard drive and 16 hours of battery life!
A side note, I really really tried to figure out a way to add more battery on top of this. No possible way.
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By the way, constructive negative feedback are welcome. Non-constructive vague, misleading generalizations are also welcome but with an attitude of annoyance. I did this hardware mod fully aware that I voided my warranty. What can I say? I'm adventurous like that.
Like some people have mentioned before while doing a tear down of the dock, there's just a lot of unused room in there. The problem is those unused room are scattered all over the place. What I have done is move the electronics around so that everything is still there + a 500 gb hard drive.
I highly recommend against this hard mod for everyone else but me. If you're going to do this, I take no responsibility if you screw up. The mod requires some very delicate soldering. So, please, don't follow my foot steps.
Anyway, as far as I'm concern, I'm the only person in the world as of this moment with a tablet-laptop hybrid that has a 500 gb hard drive. Damn, I feel special
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So, I just added in a tiny switch to turn on and off the hard drive. Here are some pictures. Those of you who want to do this mod, glean what you can from the pictures
I am now offering to do this mod for people. If you want me to do this for you, you need to buy the hard drive (hdd or ssd, doesn't matter, make sure it's usb), send your dock and drive to me + $75 via paypal + a return stamp. I promise I will be extra careful with your stuff. Hit me a pm if you're interested. Also, you have to tell me if you want me to put in an on/off switch for you. I live 2 minutes from radio shack. If you do want the switch, add $2. In the package, there should also be a letter with your name, address, and exactly what you want. And please if you're going to send me the keyboard dock, make sure you send me a functional one. I will test out every aspect of the dock before I do anything. If anything is wrong with it, I will send it right back to you. So please, do not try to scam me into buying you a replacement dock.
If you're poor, like a college student, talk to me. And if you're that guy who introduced himself as a businessman and then went on to try to negotiate down to $40... really?
For those who are handy dandy with your hands, I have posted more than enough info for you to replicate what I've done. If you cannot do this mod with the current info, then it's best that you don't try.
I do ask people 5 things, though.
(1) Make sure you consult me first about the hard drive you want. Don't just send it to me. I need to make sure it will fit!
(2) I need you to be absolutely sure you want this mod done to your keyboard dock. This mod will void your warranty.
(3) I need you to not regret after it's been modded. I take no responsibility for any buyer's remorse from you.
(4) I promise you that I will be extra careful with your dock. After experimenting with my own dock, I have developed much safer ways to do this mod. I'm almost 100% sure I can do this without messing up your dock, since I now know the dock inside out. I know every little part that's involved. I know exactly what wire goes where. However, there's still a risk involved. I need you to understand that.
(5) Don't be a whiner. I hate whiners. This is a transformer. It will never become an ipad. Jesus christ, if I hear one person complain that this mod did not turn their transformer into an ipad...
Anyway, think it over and if you still want this mod done, hit me a pm or email. If I don't respond to pm, then try again with email.
And by the way, this is not a business I'm doing. This is more like a favor. You try getting best buy or some other store to do something similar to this for you and see how much they charge. In other words, I have no money. Please don't try anything funny to scam me. Trust me, I've nothing for you to scam out of.
Before you guys send off your dock to me, I need you to check if your sdcard is still in the slot. There are 2 reasons why you should take your sdcard out before you send to me.
There are some things on your sdcard you'd rather not have me or anyone else see. For instance, someone just sent me 16 GB of gay porn. Not going to mention any name *ahem* . Next time this happens, it could be you and your spouse in a naughty video.
If I take the dock apart with the sdcard still in there, the sdcard slot will stop holding in the sdcard. There is a little tiny pin in the sdcard slot that's responsible for clicking and keeping in your sdcard. When I first took my dock apart, I forgot to take out the sdcard. The pin flew out. It took me a whole saturday to put the pin back in there.
In other words, I now officially hold myself NOT responsible if I absentmindedly take your dock apart before checking the sdcard slot. And I absolutely do not want to spend another saturday putting another one of these tiny pins back into the sdcard slot.
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So, to recap. Here's what you need to include in your package.
(1) Your docking station. I can't mod it over the internet yet. Still working on it.
(3) Shipping label.
(4) A letter stating the following:
[a] What you want me to do.
[b] Do you want an on/off switch or not?
[c] Which usb port do you want me to use? If you are right handed, then I'd hook it up to the left so you can use the right usb port all the time. The usb that is hooked from will only work when you have the HDD turned off.
[d] Your porn collection. Be like one of the users here and send me a dock with an sdcard card inside that has 16 GB of gay porn. Sharing is caring!
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