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Urban Poverty and Property Rights Changes in China
ESRC project
Principal Investigators: Professors Fulong Wu and Chris Webster
Research Fellow: Dr. Shenjing He
Rural poverty in China is on the decrease but the number of urban poor is rising. Since the late 1990s, urban poverty has becoming a growing problem (Khan and Riskin 2001, Hussain 2003, Wang 2004). Chinese cities are swamped by rural migrants with low-skills and living in marginal conditions and these have formed a substantial informal sector (Zhang 2001). Adding to the problem is large-scale industrial restructuring and enterprise reforms, which have led to millions of laid-off workers swelling the ranks of the urban poor (Solinger 2002). This project is to investigate the alarming rise of urban poverty in China; in particular, examining patterns of urban poverty and the institutional causes. We also look for evidence of institutional innovations that have emerged as individuals and organisations seek to negotiate more secure access to vital civic goods and services. The work is innovative in a number of respects:
- We explore poverty through the lens of property rights. Using the generalised concept of property rights introduced by Alchian and Demsetz (1973), developed by Barzel (1998) and applied to the economics of cities and urban management by Webster and Lai (2003) we will show how the 'urbanisation of poverty' is driven by space constraints, the associated scarcity of public goods and the consequent reallocation of rights by government and market processes.
- Practically, it will be the first time that a neighbourhood-based poverty study will be conducted in the context of a transitional economy using a methodology that reveals the nature of household poverty, the aggravating nature of neighbourhood poverty, a systematic analysis of rights deprivation and an analysis of the institutional causes.
Research purpose, objectives and questions
There is a lack of systematic research on the formal urban institutions that mediate the relationship between poverty and rapid urbanization. By formal institutions, we mean the systems of government and market rules and sanctions that allocate rights over land, housing and other scarce urban resources necessary for life and livelihood. Our project is for an explicitly dynamic analysis of the urban growth-poverty paradox from the perspectives of property rights and institutional evolution. The study is located in China and justified by the scale of urban impoverishment in that country but its methodology is applicable to other countries in which marginalisation results from institutional change during a period of rapid urbanisation.
Central to our enquiry is the proposition that state-led land development projects in rural areas, on the urban fringe and in cities (the redevelopment of land formerly controlled by state enterprises) are displacing vast numbers of low income households. This has the effect of stripping rural migrants and displaced urban workers not only of the security of former land tenancy arrangements but also of the vital services bundled into those arrangements. Such people are becoming not only landless but stateless within the state. From this follow the following research objectives:
- To examine the mechanisms of poverty generation present in China's contemporary urbanization processes;
- To assess China's current urbanization policies and urban social policies and identify the institutional gaps that result in an undersupply of essential civic goods and services;
- To do this by systematically relating the current welfare of a sample of urban poor to changes in property rights (over land and land-related civic goods and services and other vital resources) that have arisen through formal institutional change;
- In particular, we will investigate the impact of the removal of rights through the processes of (a) rural-urban land conversion (b) re-location between territories and (c) intra city dislocation from former state enterprises.
- To examine the emerging spatial partitioning of the urban poor and relate this to the spatial partitioning of rights;
- To assess to what extent Chinese cities are evolving into divided cities with greater spatial segregation;
- To identify coping strategies of rights-deprived peoples;
- To identify and review the scope for policy innovation to address emerging patterns of rights deprivation.
Specific research questions include:
- What different kinds of poverty neighbourhoods are emerging and what are their distinctive characteristics in terms of (a) demographic composition (permanent households, migrants from other regions, local farmers etc.); and (b) property rights arrangements (land and housing tenure and consequent access to public facilities – i.e. the pattern of ownership and control of, and access to, facilities, and the mechanisms of access such as payment or administrative entitlement).
- How are rights defined, allocated and upheld? (Formally or informally defined, allocated by price or rule, upheld by state, informal or individual force)?
- How are the downward or upward trajectories of individual poverty households related to their changing property rights?
- How have formal urban policies changed those rights, especially with reference to land requisition and urban expansion and redevelopment?
- How do these policies affect the poverty neighbourhoods as a whole?
- What are the emerging strategies used by individuals and neighbourhoods to negotiate or fight for the restitution of old rights, the retention of threatened rights and acquisition of new rights?
- What are the spatial configurations of different property rights arrangement?
- What scope for change is there within the existing institutions governing urbanisation processes to reduce the degree of marginalisation?
Research design and methodology
A case study approach is taken given the complexity of the issue and the size of the Chinese urban population. We conduct case studies of 6 cities and 4 neighbourhoods in each. These cities are distributed in the costal, central and western region respectively, including Guangzhou, Nanjing, Harbin, Wuhan, Kumin, and Xi'an. Guangzhou represents a type of higher-level of marketization and openness in the coastal region. Nanjing represents a provincial capital with a strong industrial base. Haer'bin is an industrial city with severe de-industrialization consequences. Wuhan represents the city in the central region with heavy industries. Kumin is in the underdeveloped western region and lacks industrialization. Xi'an is an industrial city in the western region.
The major research tasks include the following:
- Identification of poverty neighbourhoods.
- Identification of poverty groups and retrospective property right changes.
- A series of policy analyses.
- Static and dynamic analysis of property rights impact.
- Spatial concentration analysis.
Specific key outcomes of the research will include:
- a classification of poverty neighbourhoods in terms of their relation to property rights delineation (who retains what rights). This will help to assess potential for reorganising ('granting' or 'clarifying') property rights at the neighbourhood level;
- a causal relation between resource scarcity, institutional change, property rights changes and the upward or downward trajectory of individual poverty households' life courses. This will help us assess the role of emergent informal and formal, state and market institutions in poverty alleviation.
Alchian, A.A. and Demsetz, H. 1973 The property rights paradigm. Journal of Economic History 3(1): 16-27.
Barzel, Y. 1997 Economic Analysis of Property Rights Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Hussain, A. (2003) 'Urban Poverty in China: Measurement and Patterns Policies', In Focus Programme on Socio-Economic Security, ILO, and Geneva.
Jargowsky, P., A. (1997) Poverty and Place: Ghettos, Barrios, and the American City. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Khan A. and C. Riskin (2001) Inequality and Poverty in China in the Age of Globalisation. New York: Oxford University Press.
Leaf, M. (2002) A tale of two villages: globalization and peri-urban changes in China and Vietnam.Cities 19(1) 23-31.
Solinger, D. J. (2002) Labour market reform and the plight of the laid-off proletariat. The China Quarterly 158: 304-326.
Wang, Y. P. (2004) Urban Poverty, Housing and Social Change in China. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Webster, C. and Lai L.W.C (2003) Property Rights, Planning and Markets: Managing Spontaneous Cities. Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
Zhang, L. (2001) Strangers in the City: Reconfiguration of Space, Power, and Social Networks within China's Floating Population. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Research progress
a) Fieldwork in six Chinese cities have been conducted, in total 1800 questionnaires are collected.
b) A co-authored book on China's urban poverty, proposal accepted by Edward Elgar.
c) Two internationally refereed journal articles are published; other three articles are under review for publication in international journals
d) One start-up workshop has been held in March 2007, in Guangzhou, China. Policy makers and academics were invited to discuss the issues addressed by our research.
e) Another workshop entitled "Comparative urban marginalisation and poverty" is to be held in Cardiff from 12th-13th June 2008. This workshop is to disseminate our findings to academics and British and European international development agencies.
Publications and dissemination
Wu, Fulong, and Ningying Huang. 2007. New Urban Poverty in China: Economic Restructuring and Transformation of Welfare Provision. Asia Pacific Viewpoint 48 (2):168-185.
Wu, Fulong. 2007. The Poverty of Transition: From Industrial District to Poor Neighbourhood in the City of Nanjing, China. Urban Studies 44 (13):2673-2694.
Liu, Yuting, He, Shenjing and Wu, Fulong. 2008. "Urban pauperization under China's social exclusion: A case study of Nanjing". Journal of Urban Affairs 30(1), pp21-36.
He, Shenjing, Liu, Yuting, Wu, Fulong and Webster, Chris. 2008. "Poverty incidence and concentration in different social groups in urban China, a case of Nanjing". Cities (in press).
He, Shenjing, Liu, Yuting, Webster, Chris & Wu, Fulong "Property rights redistribution, entitlement failure, and the impoverishment of landless peasants" (under review)
He, Shenjing, Webster, Chris, Wu, Fulong & Liu, Yuting "Profiling the poor in a Chinese city: a case study of Nanjing" (under review)
Conference presentations:
He, Shenjing, "Property rights redistribution and the impoverishment of landless peasants", paper presented at International Symposium on Planning, Law and Property Rights II, 13th -15th February 2008, Warsaw, Poland
He, Shenjing, "Poverty concentration and determinants in China's poor urban neighbourhoods and social groups", paper presented at "Perspectives on Development V: A University of Wales Colloquium 'Global and Local Agendas'" 23rd – 25th January, 2008, Gregynog Hall, Newtown, Powys, Wales, UK
He, Shenjing, "Poverty concentration and determinants in China's poor urban neighbourhoods and social groups", paper presented at International Conference on China's Urban Land and Housing in the 21st Century, 13th-15th December 2007, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.
He, Shenjing. "Property rights redistribution and the impoverishment of landless peasants, A tale of two villages", paper presented at International Conference on China's Urban Transition and City Planning, 28th-30th June 2007, Cardiff, UK.
Fieldwork was conducted in six Chinese cities: Guangzhou, Nanjing, Harbin, Wuhan, Kumin, and Xi'an from Dec. 2006 to May 2007.
Photos taken from the fieldwork:
- an urban village in Wuhan
- inner city neighbourhood in Xi'an
- workers' village in Kunming
New urban poverty and changing low-income communities under market transition: a case study of the Chinese city.
British Academy Larger Research Grants, Fulong Wu (PI), (2004-2006). (LRG-37484).
- The British Academy under the British Higher Education Links scheme, titled 'the new urban poverty, its distribution and alleviation measures in China's transition towards a market-oriented economy'.
- The British Academy Larger Grant Scheme (LRG-37484), titled 'new urban poverty and changing low-income communities under market transition'.
The project concentrates on the phenomenon of the emerging lower income groups including the rural immigrants engaged in informal sectors in urban areas and laid-off workers in industrial restructuring, their distribution and impacts on urban spatial structure in terms of social spatial polarisation, and the measures that will be considered in the formulation of urban redevelopment plan so as to improve the conditions of poverty residential areas.
Chinese new urban poverty has been created under market transition and is mainly composed of laid-off workers, unemployed persons, poor rural migrants, poor workers and retirees.
The new urban poverty can be understood in its broadest sense as the product of 'transition', namely of the political-economic environment and consequently of state social policy. It demonstrates the nature of the incompatibility between the old institutions of welfare delivery and the new political-economic environment.
The state as the manipulator of institutions and policies does matter in the creation of new urban poverty, and that the cleavages between the old and new institutions further intensify it.
The spatial distribution of the urban poor is presented as concentration in three types of poverty neighbourhoods: inner-city dilapidated residence, degraded workers' villages and rural migrants' enclaves.
While urban redevelopment and urban expansion under housing marketization have increased the socio-spatial differentiation of contemporary Chinese cities, the emergence of concentrated poverty is rooted in the pattern of state-led urban development and the socialist housing provision system.
Poverty concentration has not resulted in serious social problems, except for poverty per se. The smaller spatial scale and the shorter formation time of these poverty neighbourhoods are probably the reasons for this.
Wu, F.L., 2004, Urban poverty and marginalization under market transition: the case of Chinese cities. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 28(2): 401-23.
Liu, Y.T. and Wu, F.L., 2006. The State, Institutional Transition and the Creation of New Urban Poverty in China. Social Policy and Administration, 40(2): 121-137.
Liu, Y.T. and Wu, F.L., 2006. Urban Poverty Neighbourhoods: Poverty Concentration and Typology under China's Market Transition, a Case Study of Nanjing. Geoforum, 37(4): 610-626.
Other Projects
- Urban poverty neighbourhoods and life chances of the new urban poor in comparative perspective, Project funded by the Foundation of Urban and Regional Studies, Yuting Liu (PI), (2005-2006).
- Polycentric Urban Structure in Chinese Cities. National Science Foundation, China. Feng Jian (PI, Beijing University), Fulong Wu (CoI), 2006-2008.
- The use of GIS and urban dynamic modelling in the simulation of density and pattern of land use. RGS-IBG/EPSRC Geographical Research Grants, Fulong Wu (PI), (2004-2005).
- Urban Spatial Structure Changes under the institutional reform: a case study of the Yangtze River Delta. National Science Foundation, China. Zhang Jingxiang (PI, Nanjing University), Fulong Wu (CoI), 2005-2008.
- Gaining from globalisation? Singapore's extra-territorial grip on multinational enterprise, The British Academy (SG-39277). Nick A Phelps (PI), Fulong Wu (CoI).
- The new urban poverty, its distribution and alleviation measures in China's transition towards a market oriented economy. Project funded by the DFID / British Council Higher Education Link, Fulong Wu (PI), (2002-2005). (SHA/992/313).
- Socio-spatial segregation and neighbourhood change in urban China. Project funded by the British Academy, Fulong Wu (PI), (2002-2003). (SG-33836).
- Spatial restructuring, urban planning and politics. Projected funded by the Urban China Research Network (UCRN) / Andrew Mellon foundation (USA) (2001-2004). John Logan (PI), Fulong Wu (working group coordinator).
- Urban Development and Spatial Structure under Non-public Economic Sector, National Science Foundation, China. Zhou Chunshan (PI, Zhongshan University), Fulong Wu (CoI), 2002-2004.
- Globalisation and local governance: the transformation of city planning in China. Fellow project funded by the Leverhulme Trust, Fulong Wu (PI), (2001-2002). (RF&G/10374).
- Chinese local governance and city planning in transition. Project funded by the British Council, China Studies Grant, Fulong Wu (PI), (2001-2002).
- Globalisation, urban development strategies, and the development finance of Chinese cities. Project funded by the British Academy, Fulong Wu (PI), (2000-2001).
- Urban redevelopment in the transition towards a more market-oriented economy and its social spatial implications. Project funded by the Nuffield Foundation, Fulong Wu (PI), (2000-2001).
- Fertility and rural development in China. ODA Pilot research project. Neil Harvey Thomas and Neil Price, 1993


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1500 General Physics I (4)
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1510 General Physics II (4)
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CHATHAM, Mass. — Its reputation as a man-eating predator aside, the great white shark is emerging as a boon for tourism on Cape Cod. Unlike in "Jaws," in which one of the animals terrorizes a small island, the sharks that have been spotted in growing numbers are stirring more curiosity that fear — and a buying frenzy for shark-related merchandise.
Shark T-shirts are everywhere, "Jaws" has been playing in local movie theaters and boats are taking more tourists out to see the huge seal population that keeps the sharks coming. Harbormasters have issued warnings but — unlike the sharks in the movies — the great whites generally are not seen as a threat to human swimmers.
Among the entrepreneurs is Justin Labdon, owner of the Cape Cod Beach Chair Company, who started selling "Chatham Whites" T-shirts after customers who were renting paddle boards and kayaks began asking whether it was safe to go to sea.
"I mean, truthfully, we've probably grown about 500 percent in terms of the sale of our shark apparel," he said. The T-shirts, hoodies, hats, belts, dog collars and other accessories bear the iconic, torpedo-shaped image of great whites and sell for between $10 and $45.
He said his store brings in thousands of dollars in sales of the shark-themed merchandise.
Tourists peer through coin-operated binoculars in hopes of catching a glimpse of a shark fin from the beaches of Chatham. The posh resort town is on the elbow of the cape that has a large population of gray seals — the massive animals whose blubber is the fuel of choice for great white sharks. Local shops sell jewelry, candy, clothes, stuffed animals and beverages with shark motifs.
A study released last month by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found the number of great white sharks off the Eastern U.S. and Canada is surging after decades of decline. Conservation efforts and the greater availability of prey such as Massachusetts' seals are credited with the reversal.
Shark sightings have soared from generally fewer than two annually before 2004 to more than 20 in each of the last few years off Cape Cod, where the economy depends heavily on the summer tourism season. Despite notices urging boaters and swimmers to use caution, the official reaction has been nearly the opposite of the panic depicted in "Jaws," the 1975 film shot mainly on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard.
"White sharks are this iconic species in society and it draws amazing amounts of attention," said Gregory Skomal, a senior marine fisheries biologist who also leads the Massachusetts Shark Research Program, who said people are coming in hopes of witnessing the animals in their splendor. "I have not been approached by anyone who has said to me 'let's go kill these sharks.'"
Skomal said sharks have been coming closer to shore to feed on the seals, which he said have been coming on shore in greater numbers because of successful conservation efforts.
Confrontations with people are rare, with only 106 unprovoked white shark attacks — 13 of them fatal — in U.S. waters since 1916, according to data provided by the University of Florida.
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"You have to make sure people understand," Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce CEO Wendy Northcross said, "if they go to the beach and they see a family of seals there, that's probably not the best place to hang out."
Laurie Moss McCandless of Memphis, Tennessee, has vacationed on Cape Cod every summer since she was a little girl and doesn't remember hearing about sharks back then. But her son is obsessed with sharks, she said, and she's hoping to hear more about them on their vacation in Chatham.
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Hallo all,
someone at the lab has the possibility to publish in one of bentham science journals.
Now I am wondering: should this be done?
My name would be on it too and I have something to say abou it too and I am a bit reluctant to publish in one of those journals.
I also find it strange that pretty much no university on this planet has acces to their journals (except the open one).
I have read some negative points about this publisher so I think its best not th publish in it?
Anyone here published in it?
Submit your paper to J Biol Methods today!
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Shortcut to I-35 HOV Lane - If you're headed downtown trying to get to Oak Cliff to hop on I-35E and avoid the I-30/I-35E mixmaster, take Ross Avenue from East Dallas through downtown to Houston Street. Take a left on Houston and continue on the viaduct, and you'll find a sequestered ramp on the bridge that dumps directly onto the southbound I-35E HOV lane. While this hidden shortcut does nothing to help solo commuters, it's helpful for groups traveling south during rush hour.
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My personal favourite song from that album would have to be "When I'm 64" because of the bass line and how Paul's voice sounds in the song... It just sounds so cool/weird.
"Jackknife, in your sweaty hands!"
Well Starisson McLennon (teehee), I would have to say either Lovely Rita or Good Morning Good Morning! I think Lovely Rita is pretty dang cool if you ask me, and Good Morning Good Morning is my jam! I like the transition of GMGM to the reprise of Sgt. Pepper. Lovely Rita just is so catchy and infectious!
(Remember, "leave me alone or I will die"? Hahaha)
It is She´s Leaving Home, for me. I love the sound of the harp and how John kind of answers back to what Paul says, the lyrics are beautiful.
We struggled hard all our lives to get by... bye bye
I that.
Of course, A Day In The Life deserves a mention as well for the pure wonderful-ness of it. Lennon at his best.
Moving along in our God given ways, safety is sat by the fire/Sanctuary from these feverish smiles, left with a mark on the door.
(Passover - I. Curtis)
I think my favourite song(s) would have to be She's Leaving Home, When I'm Sixty-Four, or A Day In The Life.
First of all, She's Leaving Home, because of the harp, and I really just love how Paul sings it.
When I'm Sixty-Four, because it's just such a happy-go-lucky song, with fun lyrics.
And A Day In The Life, because of John's vocals. They're just so... Echoing and they send shivers down your spine. I love it.
"Hoop? That isn't a hoop, It's a lethal weapon, have you got a license for it?" -Ringo
(By the way, just call me Jojo)
A Day In The Life, it is one of most epic songs ever written :).
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Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
A Day In The Life, because duh.
You all will have read that Dave Dee is no longer with us. But Mickey and Titch and I would like to carry on the good work that's always gone down in number two.
She's Leaving Home (love the backing vocals on this one), Fixing A Hole, and Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite.
All living things must abide by the laws of the shape they inhabit
Hope you don't mind if I mention two songs:
"A Day In The Life" and "With A Little Help From My Friends"
"A Day In The Life" - good intro, good bass line and acoustic guitar and drum track, love the orchestra crescendos though they will sound creepy at late night, additions from both John and Paul, and of course the psychedelic flow in John's vocals. But the main reason is actually the fact how musically variated it is; I can relate to different moods in this song:
intro - well, not really sure what I can call it... a surprise is coming?
John's verses - psychedelic/sad (according to the lyrics which are based from newspaper articles)
orchestral part - scary (might be creepy at late nights)
Paul's verse - happy, optimistic (drug references in the lyrics, like getting high)
Bridge - psychedelic (what else can I say?)
Do I even need to take the "never could be any other way" (or what it is)-part? It sounds creepy enough as it can get!
"With A Little Help From My Friends" - good intro ("Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiillyyyyyy Sheeeeeeeeears"), awesome bass work by Paul, love the dialog in the lyrics (example: John/Paul/George - "Do You Need Anybody?" Ringo - "I need somebody to love."), one of Ringo's best vocal performances in a Beatles song!
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DoctorRobert said
A Day In The Life, because duh.
Well put. What he said.
Difficult one. There isn't a single song on the whole album that I DON'T like, but my marginal personal favourites are probably A Day In The Life, Within You Without You, Getting Better and Good Morning.
Reverse the polarity of the jelly baby!
When I'm Sixty Four, Getting Better and Fixing Hole, I like them because they're very happy songs which always make me happy, I also like Within You, Without You, but most of the time I can't listen to it (like to many george songs e.g Isn't It A Pity, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Long Long Long, Something (which are all amazing songs but I'm just not in the mood for it very often, because they make me, I don't know the right word but something like, down)
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Zig said
DoctorRobert said
A Day In The Life, because duh.
Well put. What he said.
Me too.
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
"She's Leaving Home" is my personal favorite, love the vocals and the lyrics and just the whole theme and how the song came about...love Ringo's vocal on "...Friends"...
(I also get a kick out of "Mr. Kite" and even like "Sgt. Pepper" himself...
DoctorRobert said
A Day In The Life, because duh.
Yep, pretty much.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
"When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind."
Definately Johns songs (lets not go down the line of who contributed what).
The crashing drums, scorching guitar solo and insane horns of Good Morning, Morning. The psychedelic delights of Lucy. How the effects bring Mr Kite to life. And yeah "A Day In The Life, because duh!". And Johns vocals are amazing on each and every one of them. As is Ringos drumming, ignoring A Day In The Life listen to the drums on Mr Kite, will have you drolling in wonderment.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
"Don't make your love suffer insecurities; Trade the baggage of "self" to set another one free" ('Paper Skin' - Kendall Payne)
Within You Without You, , so psychedelic, so awesome
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Definately Johns songs (lets not go down the line of who contributed what).
The crashing drums, scorching guitar solo and insane horns of Good Morning, Morning. The psychedelic delights of Lucy. How the effects bring Mr Kite to life. And yeah "A Day In The Life, because duh!". And Johns vocals are amazing on each and every one of them. As is Ringos drumming, ignoring A Day In The Life listen to the drums on Mr Kite, will have you drolling in wonderment.
Where is the field "Sign here" :D? I have the same opinion about the songs on Sgt Peppers.
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
Well, A Day In The Life always leaves me gasping for breath in front of the ingeniousness of John. It isn't a song I would like to hear too often, though. Asides from that, She's Leaving Home has awesome harmonies parts, and I like the classical instruments in it, also the mischievous "goodbye" from John at the end
I know it's pretty typical for someone's favorite song on Sgt. Pepper to be "A Day In The Life", but aren't there always valid reasons for a song to be so popular amongst so many? So, I'm going with:
DoctorRobert said
A Day In The Life, because duh.
...because I don't think the magic of "A Day In The Life" needs any further explaining.
Although, for some reason, I have really been enjoying "Within You Without You" for the past few days. Why has it taken me this long to appreciate the beautiful message in that song?!
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I don't know why but I am not good at anything whatever i strive for I fail, I fail in my social life, my only friend is pretty mean to me and i when I try talking to her she gets all mad I feel like I lost the ability to make new friends. I am a 3.6 student, but I might as well be a 1.0 since no one ever cares I try doing sports but i just suck at that and the more I think of how I can't make something of myself the more depressed I feel did I also mention I'm overweight and ugly
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I'm so sorry you feel that way, but people are always good at something! Have you ever tried music, art or poetry, or anything like that? Or maybe what you're good at isn't necessarily a skill but a quality, like helping others or being a good listener etc.

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We're not afraid of changing balance during the four-month leagues (and we will be continuing to improve it). The following changes are being deployed at the start of the new four month leagues (which is Path of Exile's release day - October 23).
End Game Parity: Maps, Farming and Boss Runs
In the 0.11.6 version of Path of Exile, end-game Maps are the best place to play. They have a very high economic and attention cost associated with playing them, which some players are less interested in engaging with.
We've rebalanced some of the various end-game options as follows:
- Boss Runs: We're roughly doubling the rate of item drops from important bosses in Merciless difficulty. We want Vaal, Piety and Dominus runs to be a great way to stock up on rares and Unique items. While you won't find the absolute best top-tier gear from these bosses, they're probably the most time-efficient way to get a lot of wealth that can be traded with mappers.
- Farming: Many players want to kick off their shoes when they get home from work and farm The Docks (or similar areas) for hours without having to think about the difficulty of running Maps or Bosses. While this strategy obviously can't yield the best items in the game, we've decided that players should be able to get to level 100 eventually by playing these areas. We're changing the experience equation so that you don't encounter as much experience dropoff farming late Merciless difficulty. This won't make it any faster than it currently is for players to get to level 100, but it will open up area farming as a way to get there (so that you don't have to be part of a 74+ mapping group to have a shot at the upper ladder).
- Maps: Maps are the best place to find end-game base types and high Unique items. This is appropriate because they're gated behind high currency requirements (to reroll the mods you want). In addition, the highest ones are great for experience gain. They also offer the highest challenge levels for extreme players who want to test themselves against brutal combinations of mods.
After these changes, there should be far more options that are equally appealing for end-game players to spend their time on.
We had two problems with Auras:
- Using various tricks like Blood Magic, end-game builds would run six or more auras at once. This resulted in very little aura diversity or interesting party synergies.
- Their effects were not impactful enough. If you had six active ones, it was a big difference, but each individual aura wasn't incredibly meaningful.
To solve this, we're making auras more powerful but are increasing their mana reservation costs. There are new aura cost reduction passives that allow you to specialise in having many auras if you still want to be a full-on aura character. Now each aura that affects you can really be felt and there's a lot more diversity in aura loadout. When we're testing high level characters it's amazing how different they feel when different combinations of auras are selected.
Item Quantity and Rarity
Far too many items drop towards the end of the game. You've all seen the screenshots from maps where the ground is literally plastered in items.
The party bonus to item drops is being changed so that it is more in the direction of Item Rarity and doesn't have as much affect on Item Quantity (you still find the same rate of Magic/Rare/Unique items as before). We're making sure that it has its full quantity effect on the drop rate of Skill Gems and Currency Items. The Item Quantity Support Gem and Item Quantity mods on magic/rare items do not spawn in the new Domination and Nemesis leagues (they still appear on Unique items). The results of this experiment will help us determine how much Increased Item Quantity should stay in the game.
We have globally altered the diminishing returns values for Increased Item Quantity and Increased Item Rarity so that they are a little less effective. It's not a major change - MF characters will still be quite useful, but will feel less mandatory.
Note that while this may seem like a strict nerf to item acquisition, we've made these changes in conjunction with other changes like doubling the drop rate of act bosses in Merciless and the addition of Rogue Exiles to the core game (which drop a lot of items). There's slightly less emphasis on personal MF values and more on environmental ones. We believe that's a good thing.
Damage over Time (NOTE: Delayed until 1.0.2)
We've added the ability to scale Damage over Time effects. This means that you'll have more tools available to specialise in this class of skills, but has also resulted in rebalancing of all DoT effects. Some may be weaker until augmented, which is appropriate considering skills like Poison Arrow and Viper Strike were powerful without support gems.
Socket Fusing and Level 40-55 Quest Rewards
These two topics may not appear related, but we're improving both as the result of a specific observation: some players have a very tough time after around level 40 and often fail to get to the end-game.
While it's completely intentional that poor character builds should struggle (to encourage people to plan a better character), we found that many players were giving up because their item progression was stalling their progress. We're making the following changes to address this:
- It's approximately 233% easier to obtain four linked sockets.
- It's approximately 25% easier to obtain five linked sockets.
- Quest rewards for Cruel difficulty onwards have been improved so that you receive more rare items as rewards.
We're specifically targeting these two areas because we believe that giving people easier access to (the relatively mandatory) four linked sockets and supplementing their progression with more random rares will help them keep up with the harsh character progression demands that these difficulties impose. We've purposefully picked changes that don't interfere with the end-game. Note that even after these increases, you may still get junk from quests rewards and take quite a few Orbs of Fusing to roll the sockets you want!
Improved Two-Handed Weapons and Mods
We feel that there should be more incentive to use two-handed weapons and to be exposed to additional combat risk by not having a shield.
We've increased the damage of all Two Handed Weapons and have introduced a new set of two-handed physical and elemental damage mods that they can receive.
The two-handed damage increases also affects bows. They now receive the new two-handed physical damage mods and the old one-handed elemental damage mods. In addition, the slowest high level bows have been given implicit mods to provide a more interesting tradeoff against fast bows.
Staves can now receive new two-handed spell damage mods.
There are plenty of other balance changes coming - we'll be posting full patch notes early next week. Also please remember the above changes are still in testing and may be different in the final version.
Many people have asked if they can get access to the new Passive Skill Tree earlier than the patch deployment time. This is both difficult from a technical point of view (our site version is based on the current patch that is on the realm) but also because the tree is currently changing on a daily basis. We're very aware that it'd be awesome to have it up early and will do what we can to achieve this, but no promises!


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Stocks Rise As Oil Falls
Results from Cisco Systems cheered tech investors. However, an $821 million loss for Freddie Mac hurt financial stocks
Stocks rose higher Wednesday, buoyed by another drop in the price of oil and a better-than-expected earnings report from Cisco Systems (CSCO).
Major indexes recovered from losses Wednesday morning, when a $821 million loss for mortgage financier Freddie Mac (FRE) again raised worries about the financial sector.
On Wednesday, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 40.3 points, or 0.35%, to 11,656.07. The broader S&P 500 index gained 4.3 points, or 0.33%, to 1,289.18. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 28.54 points, or 1.21%, to 2,378.37, helped by Cisco's results.
On the New York Stock Exchange, 17 stocks moved higher for every 14 that fell in price. On the Nasdaq, the ratio was 16 to 12 positive. Stocks continued their rally from Tuesday, when the Dow rose 331.62 points, or 2.94%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both rose more than 2.8%.
Oil prices on Wednesday continued to fall after the Energy Dept. reported crude oil inventories
increased by 1.7 million barrels in the week ended Aug. 1 from the previous week. On the NYMEX, crude oil for September delivery was off 59 cents at $118.58 per barrel. At one point, oil dipped to $117.11, which is a 20% drop from oil's all-time high of $147.27 on July 11.
At 296.9 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are in the lower half of the average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories decreased by 4.4 million barrels to 209.2 million barrels and are in the middle of the average range.
Freddie Mac posted a loss of $1.63 per share, vs. earnings of 96 cents a year ago, as revenue fell 28%. The firm expects to reduce its dividend next quarter from 25 cents per share to 5 cents or less. Freddie's stock ended the day down 19.3%.
Cisco Systems (CSCO) reported earnings of 40 cents per share, beating Wall Street expectations by 1 cent. A year ago, Cisco earned 36 cents per share. Sales rose 10%. Cisco shares surged 5.65% on Wednesday.
Among other stocks in the news, Whole Foods Market (WFMI) suspended its dividend after posting a drop in earnings. The grocery chain saw earnings of 24 cents per share, down from 35 cents. Same-store sales rose 2.6% and total sales were 22% higher, but Whole Foods warned of lower profits for the rest of the year, and reduced the number of stores it expects to open.
Time Warner (TWX) posted earnings of 22 cents per share, vs. 25 cents a year ago, even as revenue rose 5.2%. The company plans to split its AOL unit into separate divisions for dial-up Internet and advertising.
Priceline.com (PCLN) reported earnings of $1.55 per share, vs. $1.11 a year ago, as revenue rose 45%. Gross travel bookings were up 71%.
Sprint Nextel (S) posted a loss of 12 cents per share, vs. earnings of 1 cent per share a year ago.
Nasdaq OMX Group (NDAQ) posted earnings of 48 cents per share, vs. 39 cents a year ago. Revenue rose 13%.
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (RRD) reported earnings of 73 cents per share, vs. 67 cents a year ago. Revenue was up 4.6%.
Devon Energy (DVN) posted earnings of $2.88 per share, vs. $2 a year ago. Revenue rose 21%.
Major European indexes were higher Wednesday. In London, the FTSE 100 index rose 0.58% to 5,486.10. In Paris, the CAC 40 index added 1.41% to 4,448.33. Germany's DAX index gained 0.65% to 6,561.39.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index gained 2.63% to 13,254.89. The Hong Kong stock market was closed.
Treasury market
Treasury prices fell Wednesday. The 2-year notes were off 02/32 to 100-11/32 for a yield of 2.59%; the ten-year Treasury dropped 08/32 to 98-20/32 for a yield of 4.052%; and the 30-year bond lost 26/32 to 95-02/32 for a yield of 4.689%.


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September 29, 2006
First Friday in downtown Augusta is changing.
Next Friday's event will be the last sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority.
Where do we go from here?
For the last fifteen years, local businesses have looked to the first Friday of every month to boost business and revenue...but next Friday will be the last First Friday sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority.
The news brought some mixed reactions around town today.
"You can't quash First Friday," said Blue Horse manager Jason Barron.
"I love first Friday and I hope it doesn't go away," said loyal patron Christina Maddox.
But the DDA's decision to pull the plug on funding may do just that.
"Well I was kind of disappointed," said Michael Yonesaki, owner of the Metro Coffee House. "Most businesses downtown benefit from First Friday, and I know they don't make enough money for it, and if it's a matter of survival for them then they need to reevaluate what they are really here for.
"If they are thinking about even the possibility of canning it, that is pretty ridiculous," Barron said. "That is pretty much like saying poo poo on all the arts in Augusta."
But not all artists are sad about the news. Frameworks owner Shishir Chokshi says First Friday is not the art event it started off as.
"The whole character of the event is based on retail, and it's a shame...and you lose the magic, you lose the spark, you lose all the reasons you brought all those people down in the first place," he said.
But some local business owners say the event, and others like it, are crucial to downtown's growth.
"Fifteen years ago you didn't come downtown," Yonesaki said. "And if you're hoping for a Soho or East Village or downtown Athens or Virginia Highlands, then you have to develop the entertainment industry."
In order to keep First Friday, local businesses will have to pay all costs...and some people don't think they should.
"I think the businesses will continue the tradition, but they are already saddled with high property taxes or get much support from the local government as it is, so I think it would be nice if the government would help support them," Maddox said.
Yonesaki of Metro Coffee House says they will do what they can to keep the tradition alive.
"First Friday will always be First Friday, and I think it is a tradition that is greater than the budgetary concerns of one organization," he said.
Next Friday, October 6, will be the last First Friday sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority. Only time will tell if the event can survive without their support.
Increased crime downtown has been a concern, but the DDA says their decision was strictly a financial one. We do know some of the cost incurred was the amount of security present at the event, which increased as the years went on.


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Study: 'Intensive' thinning needed to best cut wildfire risk
In the last ten years, the federal government and rural landowners have spent increasing sums of money thinning spindly trees and removing underbrush. The aim is to reduce risk from wildfire.
A new study by the Forest Service finds that tree stands need to be "intensively" thinned for that strategy to be effective.
Study co-author David Peterson of the Pacific Northwest Research Station in Seattle says a dense tinderbox forest before thinning could have more than a 1,000 trees per acre.
"For those forests that have not experienced fire for several decades, we found that you need to reduce the density of those trees to somewhere between 50 to 100 trees per acre," he says.
Peterson says in their study, the researchers established "scientifically defensible" guidelines for the first time. The Forest Service says the findings mainly apply to the dry forests of the inland Northwest east of the Cascade crest.
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Nightlife notes: Red Cow multiplies
MICHAEL RIETMULDER | Updated 6/23/2014
Plus: New meat/seafood joint in the 'burbs; Beer Dabbler shows its pride.
Red Cow in south Minneapolis
Renee Jones Schneider
There's no rabbit burger on the menu (yet?), but beer-and-burger restaurant Red Cow is starting to multiply like bunnies. After launching last year in south Minneapolis, owner Luke Shimp opened his second Red Cow location last week in St. Paul and a third is planned for the North Loop next year. Expect the same upscale patties and focus on craft beer and wine on tap from the Cathedral Hill outpost in the former Costello's bar. But with restaurant No. 2, Red Cow's getting into the cocktail game. Jesse Held, drinks boss at Borough/Parlour and Coup d'état, designed a cocktail list focused on the classics with slight twists (Coup regulars will recognize an Old Fashioned with earl grey tea-infused tequila). 393 Selby Av., St. Paul, 651-789-0545, www.redcowmn.com
Wayzata lands meat & seafood joint
Aiming to bring a little urban swagger to the western 'burbs, meat and seafood joint 6Smith opens tomorrow in Wayzata. The new project from Parasole alum Randy Stanley and chef J.P. Samuelson (JP's American Bistro, Figlio) slides into the old NorthCoast spot, with renovations giving the space an "industrial chic" or "rustic luxury" vibe, Stanley said previously. The waterfront restaurant features two patios, including a 143-seat rooftop terrace with a separate burger and lobster shack menu. Former Bradstreet Craftshouse and Icehouse spirits sage Jon Olson designed the cocktail list, categorized by spirit and old- and new-school drinks. 294 Grove Lane E., Wayzata, 952-698-7900, www.6smith.com
Sweet Pea opens in Mac-Groveland
In other St. Paul beer-bar news, Sweet Pea's Public House opened quietly this month in the Mac-Groveland area. The neighborhood pub, which took over the old Goby's Grille & Pub space, is the latest project from restaurateur Paul Dzubnar of the Green Mill and Crooked Pint. Sweet Pea's offers 24 tap beers and bar-food staples, plus a selection of pot pies. 472 Snelling Av. S., St. Paul, 651-698-0100, www.sweetpeaspub.com
Republic of Bocce
Summer's here and bargoers are flocking to the Twin Cities' hottest patios. But as the saying goes, if you can't beat 'em, build an indoor bocce court. At least that's what Republic did at its patio-less Calhoun Square location. The acclaimed beer bar's two courts are now open daily and reservations are available for private parties. 3001 Hennepin Av., Mpls., 612-886-2309, www.republicmn.com
Travail hits Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale is going to be rocking Sunday when the good-time gastro wizards behind Travail throw their Prevailed Party in Lakeview Terrace Park. The cash-only event features $3 and $6 grub ranging from mussels to cereal Dippin' Dots-style ice cream, brews by Summit, Fulton and Surly (we got a Fender here!) and music from Heiruspecs, Solid Gold, Charlie Parr, New Sound Underground and the Mockstar karaoke crew. After the shindig the Travail team is shutting down for summer break, with Travail and the Rookery resuming service July 18 and Pig Ate My Pizza returning July 9. 1-8 p.m., Sun., $10-$15, 3769 Crystal Lake Blvd., Robbinsdale, www.tempotickets.com/travail
Beer Dabbler shows its pride
As Twin Cities Pride weekend is in full swing, the brew-loving Beer Dabbler team is again joining the festivities. For the third straight year, the Dabbler's throwing a beer festival in Loring Park coinciding with the Pride events. The fest pairs up 27 local breweries with 27 food trucks to offer unique food-and-beer pairings. Tickets include all the beer you can sample, but the food options command an extra $3 a pop. Get down with the silent disco and live music from Apollo Cobra, Black Diet and Black Market Brass. 5:30-9:30 p.m., Fri., $40-$48 ($10 designated driver), 21-plus, 1382 Willow St., Mpls., www.thebeerdabbler.com


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Arrow receives full season order
The CW's recent comic book adaptation, Arrow, has flown over the next TV hurdle and is to receive a full 22-episode season...
The story of a millionaire playboy who returns home from years stranded on a remote island to emerge a vigilante superhero, The CW's Arrow comes adapted from DC's Green Arrow comic series.
Currently two episodes in to its first season, Arrow has performed well enough in its early stages to warrant a full season order, meaning fans are guaranteed at least twenty further episodes of Oliver Queen being handy with a bow.
Arrow's premiere attracted over four million US viewers, a number that didn't drop too significantly for its second outing, which brought The CW three and a half million. Torchwood and Doctor Who fans should look out for John Barrowman's appearance in episode five.
Read our reviews of Arrow's first and second episodes, and a spoiler-free pilot review, here.
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