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You have the binutils package on your RedHat CDs somewhere. I don't know for sure which CD it's on, but it is on one of them.
You can just restart the RH installer (boot to CD 1), select upgrade when it asks, and then go through to package selection. Add the entire development package group, let it copy the files, then remove the CD and reboot.
hmmm I have only the first 3 cd's but i'll check them out THX
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CHAPTER V Defining the System It is important that you understand what you want from the system as you define it. Are you primarily looking for a tool to effectively manage the information associated with right-of-way activities or are you looking for a digital work environment that captures and supports business processes? Are you completely redesigning a system or enhancing an existing system, such as adding geospatial capabilities? Are you expanding another agency system to incorporate right- of-way activities? Do you want to incorporate decision support tools? Does your office work on local desktop computers or on agency servers through the Internet/intranet? These questions should be answered when you define your requirements. Understanding these requirements in conjunction with how you want to meet them is the basis for actual design and development of the system. This chapter is designed to review different criteria and to provide guidance on how you can use the 8-55A logical model. Role of Workflow Management How work is performed in your office will provide important input to the design of your system. Factors to consider include: � Does your state centralize its right-of-way activities or are they delegated to the regions with the central office providing oversight? � Are right-of-way activities performed by staff, contractors, or a combination of both? � What functions are performed in each area of your office? � How do you manage workloads? � How do you handle approvals? � Do you have internal performance measures that need to be tracked and reported? � Who responds to owners or people being relocated when they call? Who responds to the public? If you are considering a system that provides an electronic work environment, you will need to capture the business processes that are performed by each area in your office to ensure the same functionality is provided in the system. The 8-55A logical model includes the business processes identified from FHWA's Project Development Guide. Technical Architecture (Type of System) The specific architecture of the system will be determined based on your requirements, capabilities, and the type of system that you want. Whether you want a user-friendly ledger-entry type interface to a comprehensive enterprise database or a customized front-end to a system built on service-oriented architecture will define how the design moves forward. Regardless, you will 26
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Defining the System 27 want your system to be accessible, scalable, and reliable. Conceptually, the system will be composed of four logical components: user interface, application, data, and security. User Interface The user interface needs to be straightforward and understandable by each person for his/her own activities. Navigation between "pages" should be intuitive or easily learnable. Users should be able to get to the information they need easily in as few steps as possible. Application In the current technical environment, you will probably design the application to reside on a server that is then accessed remotely through the Internet/intranet. This structure typi- cally consists of a web server, a development server, an application server, and the database server. You should work with your IT department to define the structure that best meets your needs. The software residing on the web server manages connectivity and supports resource management--directly affecting system performance. This is extremely important for rapid access to the underlying databases and should be designed to accommodate the expected number of simultaneous database connections. The application server hosts the actual application and executes user processes and requests from client software. If you are doing the development in-house, you will want a development server separate from the application server. This is where you make changes to the software and test it prior to launching it onto the application server. After you have implemented the system, the development server is used for adding upgrades and correcting problems. Data The database server houses the database software as well as the data. In a distributed environment, the data may reside on multiple computers or servers throughout the agency, which are then usually managed by the database software from the server for specific applications. Security Security is important at several levels of the enterprise architecture including the network, the application, and the data. Security should be carefully implemented to protect your investment while meeting accessibility needs. Additional Considerations When defining the characteristics of your system, several factors are important to consider. Compatibility and scalability issues include the following: � Internet/intranet accessibility including speed and connection types � Firewalls and security management � Use of copyrighted and proprietary data/files � Data sharing capabilities, such as XML � Validation of data entry � Workflow management � Wireless support


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- The first coup d'etat in Central America in more than a quarter-century occurred last Sunday in Honduras. It was led by a graduate of the U.S. Army's School of the Americas, a military facility that has trained some of Latin America's worst torturers, murderers and human rights abusers.July 01, 2009 | Columns & Articles
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5/28/11 6:21 PM by Daniel Carver
Is Siyar North Tower still whining?
5/28/11 4:21 PM by paneo astima
sounds like a retard to me, if you don't have a signed copy of the contract with you then don't assume there is one sitting somewhere.
5/28/11 4:20 PM by jjj2121
Just a matter of time IMO...this guy fucks people up
5/28/11 4:18 PM by epwar
Maybe now that Zuffa owns Strikeforce, they can get going and get this guy on some shows. Had a great performance in the Ultimate Glory middleweight tournament with all TKO finishes.
1/27/11 10:48 AM by Archer0545
This is some fucked up shit if true.
1/27/11 8:41 AM by Genghis Con
Wow if true that sucks, thats a good way to fuck someones life up
1/27/11 8:03 AM by jjj2121
Yeah, that interview won't do him a ton of favors, I think he'd have been better served to calmly state what happened and what he has dealt with SF rather than resort to namecalling and cursing out Coker and Rich Chou.
1/27/11 3:58 AM by WRESTLENOW
his big headedness and big mouth will make it easier for Nick Diaz to strangle him.
1/26/11 11:17 PM by PatrickFreitas
not sure whose to blame here because only Siyar's side of the story is presented. Golden Glory mgt surely has their version. Coker has his. Chou has his. Its interesting that Strikeforce seems to have an otherwise workable relationship with Golden Glory, yet with Siyar there are problems.but one thing is for sure: Siyar comes across like a tool in the interview.
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I think this guy is trolling Carl Weathers.


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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Map of the World provides an ever-expanding set of searchable databases using, among other sources, commercial and classified satellite data. (Photo: NGA)
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency might be the most important U.S. intelligence agency your mother's never heard of. It has little public name recognition compared to the CIA or the National Security Agency and yet, with a sprawling Springfield, Va., campus and an ample budget, NGA is remaking how the intelligence community processes data gathered in the field.
Underpinning the IC's shift to more integrated geospatial intelligence is NGA's Map of the World, a set of searchable databases available to agencies and contractors that NGA is gradually expanding. The "map" taps into a trove of commercial and classified satellite data, among many other sources. When fully implemented, it will give analysts an ever-updated view of intelligence gathered around the world.
FCW recently visited NGA headquarters for a demonstration of the Map of the World and an update on the project in which Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has taken a strong personal interest.
The man in charge of the map is John Goolgasian, a two-decade veteran of NGA who said the project is taking flight in part because of the widespread commercialization of geographic information systems. Some 85 percent of transportation-related data for the map comes from the commercial sector rather than government, he estimated.
"What we're doing is giving the [intelligence community] a consistent content set to work from spatially that has not really existed before," Goolgasian said. "Because up until then, yes we were providing information, but there was no one governing what information was going to be used in any individual application."
NGA was in the map business well before the Internet, which posed both a challenge and an opportunity to make its reams of maps easily accessible to intelligence analysts.
"For 34 years we had been creating standard products for our customer base: air information products for Air Force and other aviators, navigational charts for maritime … [and] topographic maps," Goolgasian said.
"And then when we started moving from the paper world to the digital world, we really didn't change the business process," he added. "And what we ended up with was a number of different databases based on the products that we created."
The multiple databases bred "conflicting and duplicative data over the same areas," he explained. Eight different databases contributed information on an airfield in Africa, for example. The data was accurate but didn't present a unified, discernable picture to intelligence analysts.
The shift from paper to digital did not have high-tech beginnings: Goolgasian said he and a colleague drew up the Map of the World on a piece of scrap paper.
NGA unveiled the first iteration of Map of the World in December 2013. Nine data layers were available when FCW spoke with NGA Director Letitia Long in April, with a topographic layer added shortly after, and two more to come in August to round out the first operational version of the map.
A demo showed maritime data with changing depths off the coast of Haiti. The maritime data had markings indicating a shipwreck to warn vessels of danger. An analyst more interested in aeronautical data can draw that up.
Goolgasian explained how adding variables to a search can increase the value of intelligence. "Show me North Korea, show me North Korean missiles, show me North Korean missiles active in the last three days, click on it and I see all of the intelligence information that is known on that missile facility in the last three days," he said.
Though the NGA developed the map, it needn't reside within the agency. It is meant to be portable so that once accessed by another agency or intelligence firm, it does not have to be downloaded again. "So I don't have to come to NGA's website to get this information. I can just touch a service end point and embed the information at any one of the agencies," Goolgasian explained.
The data can be published in multiple formats so users can view it with Google Earth or another interface. NGA is trying to enable this by using open standards when possible.
The bigger picture offered by the map is one of operational intelligence for some of the biggest U.S. foreign policy decisions.
"How do you make that difficult decision about a manhunt or about what is happening in Iraq today, or are the Russians going to come over the border into the Ukraine?" Goolgasian asked. "You need that foundation to immerse yourself with all of the intelligence information. … And we believe we're building a foundation to do that that the entire community can learn from."
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The year was 1955 and she was a waitress working the morning shift at the Hotel Antlers coffee shop in Milwaukee. She was good at it - so good, in fact, that one of her many regular customers wrote a book of poems and songs about her, "Mary Ellen, Mary Ellen."
Her boss knew she was good, too. That's why she entered Mary Ellen Root into the Kellogg's "Miss Good Morning" contest. When it was over, Mary Ellen Root and her bright smile beat out 50,000 other contenders for the "Miss Good Morning" crown.
"You see, a man's breakfast is important to him. If it's cooked right and served right, his whole day is set," she told the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Root, world-class waitress described in one news story as "a Southern belle with a radiant smile and laughing eyes," died Sunday of natural causes. She was 91.
It's easy to see why so many very good waitresses wanted to be "Miss Good Morning." The title came with a boatload of prizes: an all-expenses-paid 10-day trip to New York, Paris and London; a complete wardrobe; $500 in cash; and appearances as Miss Good Morning on the Arthur Godfrey and Garry Moore television shows.
Root beat out four finalists in a test of her skills: waiting on two "customers" under the watchful eyes of three judges. One of the guys she would serve drank all his water before she got on the stage where the customers sat. This was a real nail-biter for Root's boss, Evelyn Lindahl.
"I thought, 'If Mary Ellen forgets to fill his glass, we're sunk,' " she told the Sentinel in May 1955.
Root saw his empty glass and gave him a refill.
Root scored highest in categories of salesmanship, efficiency, courtesy and appearance.
When she won, Root confessed she was stunned. "I pinched myself and, honestly, I couldn't feel a thing for several minutes," she said.
Married at 17, Root and her husband, Clayton, hadn't had a honeymoon. She liked the idea of going to Paris with him on what would be their first overseas trip.
"And Paris in the spring sounds so romantic," she told the Sentinel, which added that she would fit right in.
"She's tiny and trim, with light brown hair and doll-like features," the paper reported.
She was right about Paris being romantic. The first of her three sons, Bradley, was born right about nine months after the trip, said her son James - who notes that after his mother's turn as a national celebrity, she turned down a modeling contract to raise her family in Milwaukee.
As a mother, she was "just iconic," he said. "She loved to cook, did a ton of volunteer work - March of Dimes, United Way, Boy Scouts for like 50 years." She was a skilled Southern cook, having been raised in a small town in Mississippi. She met her husband when he visited the town.
"She could cook for a large group - she did a lot of that," her son said. "Boy Scouts - she'd do pancake breakfasts and run the whole thing."
Cooking and making people happy were her talent, and her boss wasn't one bit surprised Root became Miss Good Morning. During her five years at the Hotel Antlers coffee shop at 2nd and Wisconsin, her boss noted, Root had built a devoted clientele of regulars - including that guy who was moved to write poetry and song about the waitress who brought him his plate of eggs.
Root explained the secret to her success to the Sentinel: "I try to be extra pleasant."
Besides her sons James and Bradley, Root is survived by a third son, Roger; sister, Ruth Torrey; and four grandchildren.
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Try the Cranberry Danish Cream the next time you host a party!. I promise you, your guests will love the texture and flavor of the wonderful Cranberry Danish Cream !
|Currant raspberry flavored danish dessert
|4 3⁄4 Ounce
|Cranberry juice cocktail
|1 Pint
|Vanilla rennet custard
|1 1⁄2 Ounce
|Whipping cream
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), whipped
|Blanched almonds
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
Prepare Danish dessert according to direc tions, but using cranberry juice cocktail for the liquid.
Cool about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile prepare rennet custard according to directions.
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Spoon Danish dessert carefully over custard; chill till set, about 3 hours.
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In one of the biggest moves yet in the battle against sequestration, the Pentagon is cutting its aircraft carrier presence in the Persian Gulf region. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has approved the plan to just keep one carrier there. The U.S. has maintained two aircraft carrier groups in the Gulf for most of the last two years. Pentagon Press secretary George Little said in a statement the deployments of the USS Harry S Truman and the USS Gettysburg, a guided-missile cruiser, have been delayed because of budget uncertainty.
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- Swoody. Swoooody. Swooooooooooooooody! I swear, that name just screams out for more o's. Yay, first as well. Right, best get on with testimonial, time to grim up! Swoody is awesome, does plenty of work for beginners team helping folks on our main IRC channel and on forums and generally hanging out with us. Spends lots of time in folding channel helping new people join the worthy cause, is the leader though he doesn't like admitting such things, except when you might get an accidental kick from channel :). Has a little trouble taking credit and short selling self, so I have to make an extra good testimonial. Anyway, done more than a good share of effort to make Ubuntu better, be it in support or development with bug testing. He's great and I'd be having a beer with swoody regularly were he to live close to me, but he doesn't. So, I suppose it's only fitting that I dedicate to him all the beers I'll be having during my Frosh week at Uni, that ought to be sure to get him Ubuntu membership.
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- swoody is the new face of Ubuntu Chicago, and with his eagerness to get involved and help others, he is without a doubt ready to become an Ubuntu member. His work with the Ubuntu Beginner's Team in the forums, as well as his work and enthusiasm with Ubuntu Chicago, is the breath of fresh air that we need around here. He makes us want to do more here in Chicago and he is in no way afraid to take the bull by its horns and run with it. He was a huge help with the recent Global Jam and I guarantee that within the next year he will be a MOTU or even more. He knows how to find his way to your heart, just ask nhandler, cookies FTW!
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There's no point in having famous friends if you can't use them to promote your own projects.
Reality show cutie Lauren Conrad went over the hill to join her buddy Brody Jenner on his new show Bromance.
Speaking of the cameo, Lauren told Hollyscoop.com at the D & G store opening on Robertson Blvd: "It was really fun. We did an episode where it was like a dating game kind of thing and he let me pick the guys for him. They were funny it was literally like stepping into a Frat House."
In the episode, a majority of the contestants tried hitting on Lauren, which apparently didn't go over too well with Brody. He explained that he had Lauren on as an experiment to see how his potential buddies would treat his ex girlfriend. And let's just say their behavior was far from appropriate.
What to know the episode unfolds? You'll just have to tune into 'Bromance', which is set to air on MTV on December 29 at 9PM ET/PT. Will you be watching?


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When new wines are cellared for a long winter's nap and the larder is full of harvest bounty, the mood turns festive along the Hermann Wine Trail. The Holiday Fare Wine Trail is an annual celebration of good food and good wine, shared with family and friends.
2014 Holiday Fare Tasting Menu (2015 menu will be posted at a later date)
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It's All About the Leftovers, paired with Reckless/Desire
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Bacon Cheddar Beer Bread, paired with Jubilee White
- Dierberg Star Lane
Roasted Pork Roulade with Cranberry Gravy, paired with Pinot Noir
- Hermannhof
Sausage and Raisin Stuffed Baked Apples, paired with White Lady
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Rummed Apple Cake, paired with Trolley Red
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Savory Chicken Chutney, paired with and Gabrielle's Blush
- Stone Hill
Spiced Raisin Oatmeal Bars with a Butterscotch Glaze, paired with Mulled Wine
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A limited number of tickets are available—advance purchase required. Call the Hermann Welcome Center, 800-932-8687, for ticket information. Ticket price includes a souvenir wine glass. Visit any or all of the participating wineries and enter a drawing for one night's stay at a Hermann B&B and a $30 gift certificate from each winery. Transportation to each of the wineries is not included in the ticket price.
How the Trail Works
1) You must be 21 to participate
2) Start the event at any of the seven participating wineries. Please note – each winery's tasting room policies remain in effect during Wine Trail events and are not included in the ticket price. Some wineries charge for wine tasting.
3) Pick up your souvenir wine glass at the first winery you visit.
4) Visit the wineries in any order you wish.
5) Take you ticket and wine glass with you to each stop.
6) Drop off your ticket at the last winery you visit to enter the drawing.
7) Have fun, but please enjoy this event responsibly.


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Sorry, Tigers,that isn't how free societies work. Terrorism existed long before any images of Mohammed were produced. They are not dependent on each other.
There are many reasons for satirical and insulting images to be created. Some are political, some are social, some are simply just for the sake of being rude. However, ALL are equally deserving of protection. The artists ALL deserve equal protection.
Posted in: Police kill suspect in 2 deadly shootings in Copenhagen
The easiest remedy for those who are offended by these kinds of images is a simple one: DON'T LOOK AT THEM.
The Pope is so wrong on this, as are the many others who are straw manning the idea of protecting free speech into the concept of "unlimited free speech". Few people are arguing for that. There are already many limits on speech, such as;
a/ incitement to violence b/ criminal conspiracy c/ breach of contract d/ libel and slander e/ uttering threats
None of these standards are disputed by even the most libertarian of free speechers. Simply being offended is part of the price of living in a pluralized democracy. Speech need not have any specific merit or public good behind it to deserve protection. It is overtly offensive and outrageous speech that needs protection the most of all.
Posted in: Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression
IMHO one of the biggest problem is that followers of Islam first need to look inside themselves. What is being done in their name? How can they reconcile living in a secular democracy with being a 'good' Muslim? How can they reform their faith into something more compatible with 21st century values and human rights?
In truth, only a very small number of Muslims would ever perpetrate such attacks. However, A surprisingly large minority (in some countries majority) support the ideals behind them. Legal penalties for blasphemy, adultery, and the like. Death penalty for apostasy. Prison/death for gays. These are not radical positions at all within the Islamic faith. They are mainstream belief. And they need to be changed before any meaningful reform can happen.
That's good. Now, why doesn't Japan Today show it as well? This would be a true representation of the "je suis Charlie" spirit. Be bold in defending freedom of the press!
Posted in: Charlie Hebdo publishing prophet cartoon on new cover
Most of the lunches I had in my time teaching public school tended towards the bland and nasty. The biggest problem was the timing of them. By the time the food leaves the lunch center, gets shipped to schools, gets distributed to classes, and finally gets served, it is generally all room temperature.
The worst was the lunch in the staff rooms. The office ladies would divvie up the food at sometime around 1130am, even though lunch wasn't until past 1200. No reason to do so at all, it made everything congeal. After that, everyone had to wait until the school principal at his desk finally deigned to start eating before having their own food. Until then , everyone studiously ignored the tray of lunch sitting on their desk since of course they were "too busy" to start eating.....
Personally, I dont think force feeding kids food they don't like, and shaming/bullying them into finishing it, is a really good way to instill values and broaden their taste buds.
Posted in: A brief history of the evolution of Japanese school lunches
I think they react badly to criticism because they are largely insulated from it. No dissidence or dissent is tolerated in most Muslim countries, particularly in terms of religion. These beliefs are packed into whatever better land they choose to immigrate to.
Posted in: Charlie Hebdo suspects, accomplice, 4 hostages killed
What she said makes sense. I have read similar reports about NK defectors in the South. They are often marginalized, ignored, and discriminated against. South Korea is not exactly a warm and welcoming host at the best of times, as anyone who has lived/worked there can attest.
As time goes by, I realize that there really isn't a lot of space between the North and South in regards to their political thought and beliefs.
Posted in: Seoul to deport American over positive N Korea comments
Mitt is a good man. I imagine many Americans are regretting re-electing the current president. The economy remains the biggest issue to most people. I can't understand why they elected and re-elected a man who has no experience running or managing so much as a lemonade stand.
Posted in: Romney considering 3rd run for White House
Freedom of speech is easy when it is speech you agree with. Much harder when it is not. Offensive speech needs protecting much more than common sense.
I wonder why people simply don't believe the terrorists when they say "I am doing this to revenge my prophet". This IS Islam at it's core. It is true that very few Muslims would go so far as to actually perpetrate crimes like this. However, a substantial number would SUPPORT such attacks and understand their motivation. Surveys have been done in myriad predominantly Muslim countries that show widespread approval for harsh Sharia law. Death for apostates, death for blasphemers, death for insulting the religion and/or prophet, death for adultery. These are NOT extreme positions within Islam. They are mainstream.
Posted in: Charlie Hebdo suspects, accomplice, 4 hostages killed
Yeah, there is nothing really in common between discrimination and hate speech. Let haters have their say, then either ignore them or prove them wrong in the court of public opinion. I'd rather know who the haters are than have them skulk about in the dark.
Posted in: There can be no such thing as a developed country without anti-racial discrimination laws. I feel angry about organizations promoting xenophobia using public facilities for their activities.
Sympathetic with a truly private school or institution that then made decisions about who to admit or reject. IMHO if you take the public's money, then you take the public as customers/students.
Posted in: Man sues women's university over rejection
Actually, in Japan there isn't much difference. Most so-called "private" universities get government funding to some degree or another. Ditto for private high and junior high schools. Plus, students get government sponsored loans and scholarships to attend. If they were actually private, I would be more sympathetic.
Posted in: Man sues women's university over rejection
Perhaps, Dutchman, people are somewhat immune to stories about a suicide bomber from The Religion That Shall Not Be Named (at least in this article). It's nothing new or unusual, sadly.
Posted in: Suicide bomber kills 47 boys in Nigeria school massacre
She is a name without any substance. An Obama financial supporter and member of the 1%. A lightweight. Somewhat similar to the windbag she replaced, John Roos. Another friend of Obama, whose sole qualification seems to be his fundraising prowess (he raised over $500,000) for Obama's presidential bid. He was also rewarded with the ambassadorship.
Japan is an important American ally and trading partner. It is insulting to Japan in the extreme to grant the ambassador's post as a gift to reward political support. Make her ambassador to the Solomon Islands, or to Lesotho.
Let's contrast our Caroline to the Japanese amassador to the United States- Kenichiro Sasae. A former vice foreign minister, a professional diplomat for 30 years, graduate of the Tokyo University school of law and politics.
Posted in: This month marks one year since Caroline Kennedy became U.S. ambassador to Japan. Do you think she has done a good job so far?
I wonder why the writer felt it necessary to mention that Obuchi has two children. This is constant in the media. I don't recall ever reading "Shinzo Abe, father of zero".
Posted in: For 3rd day in a row, media expecting Obuchi to resign
Is this crap pornography? Perhaps, perhaps not. It certainly does skate very close to the line, though.
What really gripes my cookies, though, is thinking about the parents of these 'models'. WTF are they thinking? Who ever told them it was a good idea to have their prepubescent daughters pose in such magazines? I guess they are simply either greedy or stupid. To me, this is akin to child abuse or exploitation. As a father, I couldn't sleep at night knowing that my 10 year old daughter was wank bait for thousands of greasy cretins across the country.
Posted in: The fuel for Japan's pedophiles
Unfortunately, this kind of result is commonplace when dealing with liberals. They try to refute facts with emotional outbursts, ignore inconvenient truths, and generally refuse to listen. As for Affleck, he is paid to read other people's work. He isn't used to being challenged on his ideas. His type generally live in a comfortable cocoon of support from like minded people.
The truth about the state of the Muslim world is uncomfortable for many, it is true. Recent polling done by Pew Research (hardly a right wing organization) shows many disturbing trends in the way Muslims perceive the world and react to it. In countries like Egypt for example, a large majority of the population voices approval for stoning adulterers and the death sentence for apostasy. I am not saying that the majority of Muslims are actually violent- they aren't. However, there is widespread tacit support FOR violence when it comes to what are seen as attacks on their faith.
Can you imagine the outcry if a survey found that, for example, 80% of Italian catholics were in favour of the death penalty for anyone who voluntarily left the Holy Mother Church?
First of all, there is very little English education here. There is a LOT of Eigo education, but little English. I mean classes taught by Japanese to Japanese in Japanese using Japanese textbooks to pass a Japanese test to enter a Japanese university. Not much room for English there...
Big Problems;
a/ False mythology about the utility of English. Many Japanese equate learning English just with communicating with native speakers, or doing business in the US or UK. Reality is that most English speakers in the world are NOT native speakers. Learning English means that Japanese can communicate with Koreans, Germans, Malaysians, Vietnamese, etc.
b/ False notions of nationalism. The idea that learning a foreign language too well by necessity means that you are somehow less Japanese. How many times have we heard, "I'm Japanese, so..." as an excuse for something?
c/ lack of drive. English needs to be taught as a skill, like a sport, rather than as an academic endeavour. Sitting passively in class with an open book and closed mind won't do anything. Language learning requires active participation, gambling, and expecting temporary failure. These are not things most Japanese like to do.
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Social anxiety happens everywhere, but IMHO the response in Japan is different. The emphasis here is on keeping the family name clean and avoiding embarassment, rather than on treating the afflicted.
Mental health issues in general are not well understood here.
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Sorry, but there really is no such thing as a true "hikkikomori". Answer these simple questions:
a/ Do they bathe/crap/pee in their rooms? b/ Do they do their laundry in their rooms? c/ Do they cook/eat in their rooms? d/ How do they get money to buy smokes, games, snacks, etc?
There is a whole lot of enabling going on, by families who are far too generous and understanding. Simple solution, lock/nail the door shut when the hikikomori goes out to Lawson's, takes a bath, eats lunch. Then, have a counselor standing by to talk to them. If they talk, they can go back to their room. If not, the door is over there, and have a nice life...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful and intelligent - I loved it!
I adored this book from start to finish. Hope Clearwater is in worn-torn Africa observing chimpanzee behavior when she notices a startling trend that conflicts with everything her boss and mentor believes. Her integrity - and perhaps much more - is threatened when everyone at the camp seems to turn against her. Interwoven with flashbacks to her previous life in England...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Strange and Depressing
What a strange book with rather eccentric characters, and slightly interesting chimpanzees. The story constantly jumped back and forth making it confusing and annoying. I didn't care for any of the odd individuals and found they were all too depressing. Having just read the author's superb book 'Ordinary Thunderstorms' I was quite disappointed with Brazzaville Beach.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful and intelligent - I loved it!,
Debbie Lee Wesselmann (the Lehigh Valley, PA) - See all my reviews
I adored this book from start to finish. Hope Clearwater is in worn-torn Africa observing chimpanzee behavior when she notices a startling trend that conflicts with everything her boss and mentor believes. Her integrity - and perhaps much more - is threatened when everyone at the camp seems to turn against her. Interwoven with flashbacks to her previous life in England with her bizarre but brilliant mathematician husband and the story of her Egyptian mercenary lover who flies a Mig for one side of the civil war, the story draws powerful parallels between the two primate societies, human and chimp.
How can a novel that discusses the difference between turbulence and topology in mathematics be a page turner? You'll have to read this book to believe it. Other than the name of Hope Clearwater - a bit too much in this otherwise subtle tale - Boyd writes deftly and passionately, sometimes with horrifying precision as he describes what is happening among the chimps.
This suspenseful and intelligent novel deserves a wide readership. I only wish I had learned of it sooner!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars a well-written, haunting story worthy of study and debate,
lazza (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) - See all my reviews
Upon seeing all the excellent reviews on amazon.com I decided to give William Boyd and his 'Brazzaville Beach' a try. I'd like to thank all these reviewers for informing me about such a wonderful book. Why isn't 'Brazzaville Beach' better known?
'Brazzaville Beach' is a story about a young British woman studying primate behaviour in Africa. William Boyd deftly weaves the story by including flashbacks of her life before Africa (and her failed marriage in England), and by describing the present state of the war-torn African country where she resides. When the primates (chimps) she studies start behaving unusually her life, and those of her fellow researchers, turns upside-down, and she starts questioning the behavior of herself and mankind in general.
In addition to being a mature, absorbing story, 'Brazzaville Beach' is written with intelligence. The characterizations are well-drawn without be overly elaborate. The story is thought-provoking without being too preachy. I should think secondary schools and universities should include 'Brazzaville Beach' in their curricula as part of a social sciences program. It is *that* good.
Bottom line: simply terrific. Don't hesitate from putting it on your 'must read' list.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars enjoyably contrarian,
Orrin C. Judd "brothersjudddotcom" (Hanover, NH USA) - See all my reviews
Hope Clearwater sits on Brazzaville Beach, contemplates her past, and narrates the events of this novel. One strain of the story concerns her failed marriage to a mathematician whose unquenched thirst for revolutionary discoveries and their attendant fame drove him to madness. The second strain concerns the animal research that Hope had fled to Africa to participate in. Grosso Arvore Research Center is run by the renowned chimpanzee expert Eugene Mallabar, who was just putting the finishing touches on his master work, describing the peaceful ways of our close animal relatives, when Hope's own observations seemed to indicate that all was not quite as idyllic as had previously been supposed among these primates. But the evidence of aggression that she finds between two competing colonies of chimps threatens the carefully constructed image that Mallabar has built up over the years, and, most importantly, threatens to make the animals less attractive to charitable organizations which fund the project. Meanwhile, thrumming in the background is a guerilla war which threatens to swamp this African nation at any moment.
William Boyd takes these various threads and weaves them together, along with a variety of brief comments on scientific and mathematical ideas and issues, into an exciting and intellectually compelling novel. With its Edenic setting and themes of Man's search for knowledge--and the madness the search can bring--the book taps into our primordial myths and some of the core questions of our existence. If it sometimes seems to be almost too consciously striving to be a serious novel of ideas, that ambition is justified, if not always realized, and the philosophical failures are more than offset by the good old-fashioned African adventure story that unfolds simultaneously.
The shelves fairly groan beneath the weight of books warning that when a little of the veneer of civilization gets stripped away in the jungle, Man must face the fact that he has a dark heart. And there are elements of that here, particularly in the way that Mallabar treats Hope and her discovery, but Boyd has much more to say besides just this. Perhaps the most exciting message of the book lies in the contrarian stance it takes to the modern age's tendency to romanticize Nature. It is always well to recall Thomas Hobbes's famous description of Nature as "red in tooth and claw." The reader of this book will not soon forget it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Strange and Depressing,
This review is from: Brazzaville Beach (Paperback)
What a strange book with rather eccentric characters, and slightly interesting chimpanzees. The story constantly jumped back and forth making it confusing and annoying. I didn't care for any of the odd individuals and found they were all too depressing. Having just read the author's superb book 'Ordinary Thunderstorms' I was quite disappointed with Brazzaville Beach.
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books I have read,
Ivan Kinsman "Ivan Kinsman" (Poland) - See all my reviews
This is an absolutely stunning book in terms of Hope Clearwater's character and the events that unfold as the book progresses.
Evocative of the senses and smells that hit one in Africa, the character development of Hope unfolds into a compelling drama based on her relationship with her increasingly insane mathematician husband(?) and her relationship with the chimpanzees she is studying.
The book conveys a very clear message about the harsher and more sinister side to man's character, drawing strong parallels between the chimpanzee's behaviour and that between the scientists in the research camp where Hope is based.
The book has several strands to it and each a fully developed into a unified whole. Boyd's exploration into, and description of, chaos theory is excellent in terms of putting this across in non-technical terminology and a stroke of genius regarding how it fits into the story's development.
One of my top six novels
- Of Human Bondage - Birdsong - Charlotte Gray - Jude the Obscure - Coasting (Jonathan Raban) - The Misfit
5.0 out of 5 stars a modern masterpiece that you can't put down,
By A Customer
Boyd really came into his own with this book - a multi-layered exploration of the nature of relationships, mental health and higher maths, mixed with African scenery and painful memories. We follow the life of Hope Clearwater, a biologist/botanist who falls in love with a tortured mathematician - an all too believable character whose limited glimpses into the deeper truth of maths sends him into despair when the glimpses become more fleeting and incomplete. Written as an interconnected series of memories and events, you are effortlessly transported to a different country and a civil war that encompasses the ludicrous nature of some African conflicts. The characterisation and dialogue is effortless and complete, leaving you with the events and personal histories of Hope swirling around your mind for a long time after you put the book down Mixed into the pot is the enormous ego of the head of the chimpanzee research project for which she works,(often mirrored by the behaviour of the researchers themselves) a thought-provoking insight into animal group behaviour, and poignant explorations of the nature of despair and ultimately redemption. Finding a degree of hapiness with Osman, a fighter pilot for hire who creates insect and paper flying machines, and who ultimately disappears, leaves Hope on Brazzaville Beach, pondering the nature of her strange and often beautiful life. I defy anyone to read this book and not be carried along by the wonderful and elegant prose style, the content and the wonderful story. A page turner that conceals a lot of deeper meanings, and my most borrowed (and recommended) book. Buy it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but not fascinating,
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This is the story of Hope Clearwater who studies chimpanzees in Africa while reminiscing on her failed marriage back in England. While I found the chimpazee study and the description of the scientific world around it interesting and informative, I did not find myself carried away by the narrative. Not a bad book, just not as good as I was hoping it would be.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, suspenseful book,
This review is from: Brazzaville Beach (Paperback)
This book was extremely well written, taking the reader through a journey of Hope Clearwater's past and present. A mixture of the civil unrest of Africa, chimpanzees and the difficulty of her mathematician husband. This novel was captivating, I could not put it down ! I recommend this novel to anyone !
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Novel of Primate Research and Mathematics,
"Brazzaville Beach" is a very well constructed novel weaving together two stories from the life of Hope, the heroine: in Africa, her work at a chimpanzee research center in a country in the midst of a civil war, where she makes a discovery that is "inconvenient" for the center's alpha male director; and in England, her doomed marriage to a brilliant but frustrated mathematician. There's lots in this book: love, sex, ego, war. Boyd very effectively portrays both the sciences and the scientists of primate research and advanced mathematics, as Hope learns what humans and chimpanzees have in common.
4.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Multi-Leveled Read,
By A Customer
Once again, Boyd draws the reader into a world of seemingly disperate topics (in this case: chimpanzee behavoir, mathematics, botany, the nature of love and mental illness) and weaves the material together in captivating fashion through impecible reasearch and the gift of pure storytelling. I was impressed at how convinincingly he presented the passion with which scientists approach their work, from the excitement/anticipation of discovery to the often monotonous and meloncholy process of experimentation. While less entertaining (and humourous) than his "Blue Afternoon, it's still a very worthwhile read.
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