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China - Where will they fit in the world economy?
With its, emerging middle class, its new markets, and a new emphasis on increasing its technology base, where is China going to fit in the world economy?
Consumers, Demand, Economic Freedom, Goods
- List several examples that show how China is developing from a socialist/communist country to a country with a mixed economic system.
- Identify ways in which China will compete with the United States for resources.
- Define these terms: purchasing power, factors of production, economic growth, disposable personal income, and standard of living.
[NOTE: The students should have an understanding of supply and demand, human and physical capital, and competition prior to working with this lesson].
In this lesson the students will use a variety of print, video, and electronic media to learn about China's place in world economy. They will examine how China is fast becoming a giant consumer of the worlds factors of production. They also will look at China's population and determine how many resources China will need in the future to sustain its growth. Explain that China is fast becoming an economic super power. This lesson will explore the reasons for China's economic growth. When the stdudents have completed this lesson, they will have a better understanding of China's current position in the world economy. They also will see how the rise of China may impact the United States.
AmosWEB: This site provides a large amount of economics information, including an economics dictionary.
China Boasts the Worlds Fastest - Growing Economy: This 2005 PBS Newshour article discusses the exploding Chinese economy.
Video Guide for "China's Rising Economy": This worksheet helps students to recognize the most important aspects of the in-class video.
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Teacher Version
CIA World Factbook: China: This page provides information related to the chinese economy.
World Factbook Economy Overview: China: This article provides a summary of the Chinese economy.
China's Economy Overview
Assessment Activity: This interactive quiz tests students' understanding of the Chinese Economy lesson.
Multiple Choice Quiz
China Statistics
The students should use the economics resource AMOSWeb
to define the following terms: purchasing power, factors of production, economic growth, disposable personal income, and standard of living .
Assign the students to visit the PBS NewsHour article China Boasts the World's Fastest Growing Economy and either watch the video or listen to the pod cast about China and its economic progress. Have the students fill in the video guide as they watch/listen to the segment. Here is the answer sheet for the video guide.
Tell the students to use the CIA World FactBook to learn what the positive and negative aspects of China's economy are.
The students can visit this site to get an Overview of China's Economy.
List three factors of production that China is using to help its economy grow. Give an example of each from the video or from your reading in this lesson. [Possible answers: land to build new houses and factories, labor to make a variety of goods and services for export and for in-country consumption, and capital used to finance new growth for housing and factories.]
Give two reasons or indications that show why or how China is becoming more consumer oriented within its own economy. [Possible answers : More cars are being purchased; personal incomes are on the rise; corporations like Wal-Mart are opening up in China everyday, selling more and more consumer goods.]
China is becoming a dominant force in the world economy. China's purchasing power is on the rise, compared to that of the United States and other countries. China is not only exporting more goods and services; increasingly, China is exporting high-tech goods like computer chips.
Also, China is becoming a more consumer-oriented society. Chinese incomes are on the rise. The Chinese people are purchasing more cars, and in China today there are several Wal-Mart stores. China's growth is unprecedented in the history of economics. With children in China learning English and China competing with the United States for production resources, China is no longer a poor communist country trying to survive. China is emerging as an economic superpower ready to compete the world economy.
Assume that you are a journalist, Write a short article (three to five paragraphs) on China 's economy. Explain the recent changes in China 's economy. Also explain where the Chinese economy seems to be headed. [Answers will vary]
"I love this lesson. I just changed a few things to fit my students needs and it worked out great. I will use this lesson again later on. It flowed well and the students seemed to have fun while doing the research. I allowed students to work in groups and we had them video tape their news segment. Then we watched them and the students got to grade each other. They had a blast with it. Thanks!"


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From Shipoff I learned to move in the world: how to solo, to fit where the foot falls, and always to keep an eye on the exit; where you cannot rule, to serve; and to talk unceasingly, for no word is wasted, nor can a word be empty, but even popped off in vain, lights up the point that popped in the lector's brain.
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The author was here last week to participate in Brown University's salute to another great writer, Keith Waldrop (who won the National Book Award for poetry in 2009). Also on the reading program at Brown's Salomon Center was Vo Dilun's C.D. Wright (who was named Rhode Island's poet laureate in 1994 and won many national poetry honors) and X.J. Kennedy, a wonderful poet, colleague, and collaborator of Keith's, who brought the house down with a hilarious and touching reading. Keith read quite a few of his own visionary poems.
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An Associated Press report in Tuesday's BeloJo sported the headline "Gingrich enters the race." Great! If you haven't been paying attention, the GOP appears to be gearing up to have one of the most exciting presidential primaries this side of Barnum & Bailey. Newt! Donald Trump! Rick Santorum! Sarah Palin! Who's next, Michelle (rhymes with Hell) Bachmann? Will Mark Sanford return from the Appalachian Trail in time to run? Will Larry Craig leave the bathroom stall in time to toss his prophylactic into the ring?
Obviously, politics has now morphed into one of the elite branches of show business. Perhaps I should deal with it on its own terms in handicapping the 2012 smackdown. Perhaps I should morph into Army Archerd in order to truly capture the flavor.
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It just pops off...Use a really thin knife or screw driver and start from the top and work your way around and down to the bottom, it's really easy.
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You can get a Auto Trim Panel removal kit which has 5 or 6 tools for different types of panels at Harbor Freight for about $5. It has saved me a bunch of time, and I have not nicked/scratched anything yet like used to happen with screwdrivers.
Definitely use a plastic trim removal tool or you'll mar it up badly. I started at the bottom, though. The Service Manual says so, and it would also hide any marring.
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Neal School litigation Sinks High School Gym Expansions
Original post made by Ceaser, Vintage Hills, on Oct 1, 2008
A closer examination reveals that the litigation with Signiture properties, which will cost Pleasanton Unified School District between 3 and 6 million dollars, has crowded out the gym expansion plan. The funds used for litigation have come directly out of the capital improvement portion of the budget.
Meanwhile, the board is still considering a second appeal of the most recent ruling in favor of Signiture Properties and is likley on the hook for several million dollars in legal fees owed to the builder.
One possible way to recoup some of the losses would be to sell the Neal School property, but this would require the board to admit failure and move on.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 1, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Too bad that the board has the priorities so messed up. However, those of us with no kids have been paying for those with kids forever. Maybe it's time to have the users pay for the cost. If the parents want expanded facilities perhaps they need to figure out how to pay for it without raising fees and taxes for those of us who do not use the system.
a resident of Downtown
on Oct 1, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Once again: PUSD never wanted the Neal School. But they certainly wanted all the fees generated by Ruby Hill and the rest of the Vineyard corridor. Now they're posturing to keep the money, point the finger at Signature for not expanding the gyms, sell the site, and move along! It would be comical if not for the fact that the courts continue to find in favor of Signature over PUSD...
a resident of Livermore
on Oct 2, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Quit trashing families. The world is a better place when kids exercise!
This is not about you not a parent. Move someplace where there are no kids and you will soon understand how boring your world becomes.
Begone devil!
a resident of Amador Estates
on Oct 2, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I can't help myself........I like Cholo.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 2, 2008 at 5:23 pm
As usual Cholo misses the entire point. No one is trashing families or kids. Some of us are tired of always paying for someone elses kids via income taxes, property taxes and child tax credits (that do nothing but encourage MORE kids per family). So we should pay even more to bribe the kids not to get into trouble? They can get exercise by walking for a change instead of soccer-mommies driving SUVs to and from school increasing traffic. Time for the system users to pay and give the rest of us a break.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Oct 2, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Didn't you know? Governments always have a keen interest in people making babies. Babies grow up into taxpayers!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 2, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Stacey, yes, of course. And when people do not spend the time to teach their children common sense those kids grow up to buy houses they cannot afford, charge huge amounts on credit cards they should not have and cause the rest of us to bail them out. Taxpayers? I think not. People who procreate without responsibility only make tax burdens not tax payers.
a resident of Livermore
on Oct 3, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I think that there's a cabinet post waiting for you in Alaska!
Yup, this is about kids and their families. It about having tons of fun making tons of noise, building muscles, teamwork, learning how to cheat and getting away with it, boosting your popularity at the club and not relating to people that don't like kids. hahahahahahahahahahahah...
eat your heart out....grumpy....birdy birdy birds! hahahahahahaha...
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Oct 6, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Back to the topic of the thread....
The shocker is the claim that there are 3 to 6 million in legal fees! Are these numbers corroborated elsewhere (other than this PW article)?
If the numbers are good (accurate), why are the aggregate fees so high? Can someone work up an explanation along the lines of an estimate of billable hours expended and an average attorney bill rate? That way, we can test for reasonableness.
Maybe the school district has been taken for a ride by attorneys who have excessive billing rates. Or, the hours charged are excessive given the number of briefs filed and oral arguments delivered.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 7, 2008 at 5:16 pm
The school board and superintendent have repeatedly mismanaged this situation and now the kids don't have the planned gym. That's it. That's all there is to it.
Of course, they could keep mismanaging the situation and then the kids will lose something else.
...People who don't have kids do have to pay for our kids' educations but we'll pay for their old age care when no one's around to help them. It's just an exchange of tax dollars..
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Oct 7, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Can it really be possible that someone out there dosen't really understand that the only ones who get rich in any lawsuit are......
Let's just hope this cherade ends and we don't pour more good money after bad.
No Neal School, now no gym... How pathetic does this have to get?
a resident of Oak Hill
on Oct 8, 2008 at 1:10 am
November presents the opportunity to make changes to the schoolboard.
It's a "crap shoot" since we don't really know very much about the candidates. Do all the research you can, vote, then hope for the best...
Since so many seats are open(3)do you suppose some are abandoning ship while they have the chance...:):)
Sure wish Julie Testa were among the candidates. On second thought, maybe she does more good looking in from the outside. She sure seemed to get under Mr. Ott and Mr. Casey's skin. At a board meeting Mr. Ott went so far as to read some of the comments she posted on this board and, in my opinion, insinuate she may have been attempting to get a boardmember removed in order to fill the seat...Funny man!!!
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Oct 8, 2008 at 9:45 am
If Julie could find a way to vent her energy toward something positive rather than complaining about everything that everyone does wrong, I would agree that she might be awesome. Unfortunately most of her activities are based in telling administrators what they've done wrong in hindsight.
I know she has gone off and found funding sources in the past for items that some may not have known existed. If only this was done proactively instead of reactively and to make a point it would have been viewed a positive instead or look what I can do that you can't and attepting to make administrators look foolish. It seems obvious to me why she wouldn't run, because then she would put herself under the same microscope that she puts others under.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 8, 2008 at 11:13 am
The last thing PUSD needs is another bobble head doll telling them what a great job they are doing and ignoring the elephant in the room.
I think I heard the most recent funds Testa identified amounted to nearly 7 MILLION dollars. With the tax dollars she saved me, I'll buy the soap for the administrators to wash the egg off of their faces.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 9, 2008 at 8:44 pm
If the Administrators are overlooking large amounts of funding, then they should feel foolish. It's called accountability.
They need to be held accountable just like everyone else who holds a job. There's no tenure in the private sector.
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LOL, Kirstie..."You're both of similar heights, you're both freakin' hot...**** the dancing!"
...Her costume looked like a house coat.
The wings look a little ragged
it was big enough to open and pull out Want and Ignorance
Okay, I laughed hard enough my dog was looking at me like WTF? I can't rep, but I would if I could...
Okay, Val, we get it, you're younger than Louis. All things being equal he would STILL whip your butt. Kelly kind of vanished in that, but that would be hard not to unless you were Karina or Yulia.
Who was Kelly's partner in the first season?
Alec Mazo
Louis beats Val .. hands down
So Emmett lets Kym and Cheryl do all the work
Emmett didn't do anything, even my husband noticed
Heck, even my cat noticed! For that he gets a 30!!
Man is Kelly getting hosed...
Shawn did more samba in her dance than Emmitt danced in that number.
I thought Shawn's second dance was an excellent dance, like a freestyle, and incorporated three dancers pretty seamlessly. But as a samba? It was a little light, lol. But I think no one should be surprised by now that Derek is mainly aiming for viewers votes at the expense of the judges...pretty much all their dances have been rulebreakers. I think they'll be fine but if they make the final and it's Giles and Shawn again, Derek is going to wish he had the judges on his side because that's tipped the scales in Shawn's favor last time.
What dances do Shawn and Derek have left; anyone know? I know they haven't done an Argentine Tango.
He's always been a major 'hottie' for me! He connected better on his first season when he was partnered with Julianne but I'm loving the major lack of shirt the past couple of weeks! Why let Val take all the 'skin time'! And Apolo has some major, major shoulders! Yum!
What song was that? (I wasn't able to watch tonight)
Arms of the Angel. AKA "that song from the ASPCA commercials with all the sad kitties and puppies." It's either about OD or suicide, and a real person.
Was it me or were the dances all REALLY short?
Though my favorite musical WTF of the night is Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone" as a quickstep, complete with one of the singers bungling the lyrics and trying to cover by mumbling the line.
They seriously need to get a new crop of singers or dump the vocals altogether and go with recordings like SYTYCD does. I swear, more often than not when I watch, I think that if I were ever on that show I'd demand instrumental music for every single dance. I'd be willing to do any choreography the pro put out there, but I'd totally cash in my diva card and demand no singers.
Just watching back now. Just a few thoughts:
Loved Shawn- don't care if it wasn't a Samba- it was fabulous.
When Melissa came out for her first dance, all I kept thinking was that she looked like MaryAnn from Gilligan's Island
I was surprised at how built Louis is- for some reason he always seemed very small to me.
I am sooooo over Gilles. I find him fake, pompous, and completely NOT sexy. He can go home.
Apolo, on the other hand, wow!!! I agree with whoever said that he went from cute to hot! Love him.
Love the ease with which Emmitt moves. He's so much fun!
I loved Shawn's second number. I knew Len was going to slam her good on the score, but a 7? I was expecting an 8.5 at the worst from him.
Shawn, Gilles and Melissa should be in the Final 3. I don't think it really matters who of Emmit, Apolo, Kirstie and Kelly goes this week and next, as long as its the four of them that go this week and next.
I would swap out Gilles and Apolo from your selections above - I agree with Twizzler's comments about him above.
I was both an Emmitt and Giles fan in their seasons but now I want Apolo to beat both of them. Shawn and Melissa can be the other two finalists, I agree.
That would be my final three as well. They probably are now doomed, except Shawn.
Because he is. He's really short. That's actually more normal for Latin than tall guys like Tony, Maks, and Val. The girls in Latin in particular are practically midgets so while once in a while you'll get a gorilla-and-flea Russian-pairs-style couple, it's not common. It's just pictures and TV that makes some look taller. Yulia Zagoruchenko looks like six feet tall when you see her dancing on TV, but even in her Latin sandals she's shorter than I am in street shoes (5'4"). I had a group lesson from her old partner, Max, who looks even taller than she does when they danced together, and he's shorter than me in MY Latin shoes (which make me 5'7".) A lot of the guys will...exaggerate their height.
Other than shaking his junk, I don't think I've seen Emmett do much of anything this season. Not a popular opinion with many, but there it is.
Gilles attitude is starting to bug me a lot. I don't remember this from his original season.
When Kelly and Val aren't pawing each other, she seemed to be clomping around, especially in her trio. It didn't matter much to me, I was way to busy watching Louis. He is a god!
Watching Kirstie's practice and scores was a hoot. I think she's danced her last, but I had a great time watching her.
I love Shawn, Melissa and Apolo and hope they are the final three. When I'm watching Shawn, I want her to win, the same with both Melissa and Apolo. There is no way I could pick a favorite. Maybe Melissa, I don't think I've ever seen Tony so happy and he really, really deserves a trophy.
Agree 100%. It would be a travesty if they didn't make the finals.
I really liked Melissa's dances. But am I the only one who was bugged when they sang Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (which references being in the Army) while dressed in sailor costumes?
Nope, that bugged me too. But I think that navy and white made for a more eye-catching costume than olive drab/khaki would have.
And then she could wear those gorgeous shoes!


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Turns out I was wrong.
Was a nice winter here just NW of Atlanta, until about mid March that is. One of my two hives that over wintered was booming and I wasn't feeding since they were bringing in lots of pollen and nectar. Well, that last cold snap we had at the end of March was almost their doom....I had put a super on and a queen excluder prior to it, then went out on a business trip for a bit. Came back lat Friday and checked the hive on Saturday.....lots of dead brood in the top box, looked like they got chilled. Poked around a couple of more frames and saw no stores, dead bees head first into the comb....lots of dead bees and brood on the bottom board! There were still quite a few bees in the hive, but I couldn't find the queen or any eggs. Threw a frame feeder with syrup in the deep chamber, put in a frame of eggs from my other hive, pulled the excluder, and closed the entrance so only 2 bees could get in at a time. Dug through the pile of dead bees but couldn't find the queen....figured either I just didn't see her or they took her off after she froze and/or starved.
Well there must have been a ton of bees out foraging on Saturday (it was nice) as I just checked them again today and almost all of the frames are covered with bees, deep and 2 mediums. Found the queen as well as a ton of new eggs. Hive is packed with syrup now as well ( I also put out a pail feeder a ways away from the hive just in case my other hive decided they liked the smell of syup from the hive in question.
In all, this event probably just saved my hive from swarming (at the moment at least). Guess the lack of food and cold shut the queen down for a week or so?
Good lessons for me as this was my first year over wintering (going into 2nd year of having bees). Thought once we hit spring officially that we'd be fine....that appears to not be the case and I will be checking weather forcasts better next year when I have to leave on business. Also learned first hand how fast bees building up can go through stores, man it's quick.


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We also did some more hiking in Goreme National Park. Gorgeous scenery allowed us to escape the tourism that fills this area of the country.
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I decided to build the boba fett armour and have started with the helmet (maybe not a wise decision lol) and have been on one hell of a learning curve. I started with a pepakura card build and then resined, fiber glassed and primed. As you can see I have a lot of sanding and refilling ahead of me. I have had a bit of an issue in finding a primer that worked well and eventually settled on P38 car body primer, it is ok but goes on a bit thick and non too smooth hence all the sanding I have to do. I have had issues with materials as I am from the UK and the tutorials I followed were mainly USA and the materials mentioned were obviously USA sourced.
I did not enjoy doing the resin and fiber glassing and i am thinking of building the rest of the armour out of foam. I know I can hot glue it together and then PVA glue cover it to harden and seal it, but what primer ( that I can get in the UK) can I use over this, that can be sanded. Also what paint is best to use over the primer that you recommend that will allow for detailed work. Also can you recommend a paint that will go over the P38 primer i used on the helmet that will also allow for detailed work.
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Am I the only fan who doesn't really want Leach? Unless I missed a report (very possible), I think Hynoski will be back for the season opener, worst case a few games in. Bear can hold it down just fine til he gets back, especially if Robinson has progressed as a TE as much as they say he has. Use the money they would give Leach on something more urgent IMO.
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So it's a blessing in disguise if Robinson gets playing time with Pascoe at FB.
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What was the name of that full back from rutgers that scored the TD and we did not sign last season? He was a small fullback iirc.
jersey joe martinek. he was more of a tailback than he was fb in all honesty
yeah i agree RF. a poster had just asked who the undersized FB was that scored a TD for us last preseason and I think he was referring to Martinek. I dont think he'd be able to come close to doing what we ask of hyno. he's more of a running back than FB, and I doubt strongly he'd be able to lead block worth a damn.


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Six months after HP absorbed the boutique vendor Voodoo PC, the company sheds some light on its eventual plans
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Voodoo PC built its niche on the no-expense-spared ultra enthusiasts. Although HP is a bit more grounded when it comes to catering to the masses, Voodoo's influence in HP Labs is more than apparent. In particular, HP demonstrated its nine-projector interface capable of displaying images bright enough to see outside in full daylight. HP's interlacing technology has shown up on other projector based projects; at the Consumer Electronics Show last January the company demonstrated its immersive driving simulator using multiple projectors interlaced together.
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#1 Sun 11 Mar 07 5:56pm
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Food when recovering from illness
My grandmother has just come home from hospital following acute lower lobe pneumonia (she suffers from respiratory problems anyway) and I'd like to make some food for her to keep in the freezer so that she and my uncle (who lives with her but is not in the best of health himself) do not have to do much in the way of food prep. I have to travel around 150miles to get it to them, so have to consider this. Things I'm already planning are:
* soup
* stews
* cookies or cake (or both)
Any other ideas much appreciated.
#2 Mon 12 Mar 07 8:07am
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Re: Food when recovering from illness
Make everything portion sized and make sure there are frozen vegies in the freezer too. Perhaps leave heating instuctions. Check out recipes and tips on freezing on www.deliaonline.com
I occasionally do this for my grandma. Pumpkin soup does very well (chop up onions, carrots, celery, pumpkin, sweet potato, normal potato, swedes or any combination and cook for about 20 minutes will the lid on, then add a little liquid (stock) and cook until all soft, puree then add more liquid (milk or stock) until the consistency you like. Pumpkin can drop a lot of liquid. Also, you might know it as butternut squash).
Solid butter cakes do rather well in the freezer, as do muffins (better for serving sizes).
jamie's slow cooked shoulder of lamb (jamie's dinners) does well from frozen
#3 Wed 14 Mar 07 4:23pm
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Re: Food when recovering from illness
Hi, perhaps you could also make chicken and meat pies and quiches for your
grandparents. They all freeze very well and are good hearty meals and they would only have to warm up a tin of baked beans if they didn't want to bother with a load of veg. Sponge puddings also freeze well and could be microwaved or steamed to heat up. Hope this helps and that your grandmother feels better soon
#4 Wed 14 Mar 07 4:38pm
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Re: Food when recovering from illness
Thank you both for your help/advice & kind thoughts ... I've already made a couple of stews, soups, breads, sponge puddings, rice pud and ravioli. Her freezer will be bulging.
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Spices, spices, spices and spices.
Find a handfull of star anise, cardamom, cloves, black pepper and cinnamon. Chuck into 3 liters of boiling water, add chicken bones about 1 kg or more, boil for 5 minutes. Simmer for 5 to 6 hours, not more. (do not skim,the chicken fat help extract spices oils)
Strain all spices n bones out. Chill and freeze. Portion it out to 500ml per portion.
When u want to serve it,nuke it for d proper amount of time in d microwave(enough to melt it) or thaw it a day before serving in the fridge.
Boil it for 5 to 10 minutes. Serve with plain rice or juz add chicken breast to cook with the soup, add peeled whole garlic, peeled whole onion,olio n salt. It might taste a little wierd, that is because you might have not tried it before. There is always a first for everything. If u want max effect, prepare 5 thumb sized ginger, sliced vry thinly if possible, add a cup of honey and half a cup (same cup) of balsamic vinegar and mix properly to coat. Place in an air tight jar and keep it in the fridge for at least a month(longer better,6 months) and serve with soup and add very little of the mixture,about a tablespoon or two.
There u have a, not only good food but also a type of a mixture of ayurvedic treatment and european treatment.
Amount of portions may vary as you like, but make sure the ratio is correct. Yin and Yang brings out the tang in in life.
p.s realy hope u would give it a try. (works when used in long term)
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It marks the first such clearance in Africa for RNP AR – which enables aircraft to fly precisely along a predefined route using on-board navigation systems and the GPS-based global navigation system. Customised for South African Airlines operations, these techniques will provide shorter tracks than those of conventional methods – allowing for a reduction in flight time and fuel burn on every approach and departure.
The flight tracks used by South African Airlines' new procedures are derived from already in-use visual tracks in and out of Cape Town, and the RNP AR development provides a means to fly these shorter tracks even in Instrument Meteorogical Conditions (IMC).
South African Airlines took an active role in the project, and in parallel obtained operational approval from the South African Aviation Authority to conduct RNP AR operations – which involved the implementation of new airline procedures, data management processes and flight crew training.
"We have all worked very hard to reach this milestone. Now, South Africa is ready for a wider PBN deployment in line with ICAO recommendations," said Capt. Johnny Woods, Director of Flight Operations for South African Airlines. "We have had great support from Quovadis and achieved all our objectives. We look forward to future implementations and procedure design."
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Josh Hamilton was the first player chosen in the first round of the 1999 baseball draft. He was destined to be one of those rare "high-character" superstars. But in 2001, working his way from the minors to the majors, all of the plans for Josh went off the rails in a moment of weakness. What followed was a four-year nightmare of drugs and alcohol, estrangement from friends and family, and his eventual suspension from baseball.
Beyond Belief details the events that led up to the derailment. Josh explains how a young man destined for fame and wealth could allow his life to be taken over by drugs and alcohol. But it is also the memoir of a spiritual journey that breaks through pain and heartbreak and leads to the spectacular rebirth of his major-league career.
Josh Hamilton makes no excuses and places no blame on anyone other than himself. He takes responsibility for his poor decisions and believes his story can help millions who battle the same demons. "I have been given a platform to tell my story," he says. "I pray every night I am a good messenger."
©2012 Josh Hamilton (P)2012 Hachette Audio
"Heart Warming & Hopeful "
I struggle daily with addiction. I'm constantly asking why and how did I go from others somehow perceiving me as the kindest, prettiest, most caring, hard working and loving woman that I was.. to the thieving, liar I have become. I believe Jesus Christ, God's only begotten son, was sent to live and die for our sins; yet, somehow I am unable to fully ask for his help... because of the shame and guilt that consumes me. I do not believe I deserve the forgiveness for my sins, even though I know better.. I was considered the all American girl.. but I just do not have the hope and faith I should to get better due to the pain and disappointment I've cause to every single person in my life. I do know now, I'm not alone and that it is possible to find that old person inside I once was.. So thank you :)
"Josh Hamilton, humble, skill, talent, MVP"
A story of talent, natural gift for baseball, humility, a signing to a minor league, wrong influences, a downward spiral, drugs. Then his grandma's influence, coming clean, faith, God, to a pro baseball athlete for Texas rangers, all within four years, at 24. Josh is a real human witness to the Christian walk, with a wife and family currently. He choose a more difficult route to succeed and overcome all the odds, be content with this gift of baseball, and witness in Jesus name ultimately. What a come back, what a testimony, what an example for all of us to follow in our daily lives. #pursueyourdream #JoshHamilton
"Absolutely Inspiring."
A truly incredible and inspiring story. Love and respect this man so much after learning of his battle and how he conquered it. Must listen
"A Texas who "still" loves Josh Hamilton"
His book was right on. He showed the world that you can, as the world says... Fall from Grace... Even though God tells us as a Believer, nothing can snatch you out of the Hand of God. Josh lost his way for a time while drugs and alcohol controlled him... His story shows you can hit bottom and reach up for God's Hand and come back to His loving arms. With true repentance He will restore your life to the blessing of God, as He planned from the beginning... I like the way it was written but then again I am a huge fan of Josh Hamilton as a Godly Man and also as an athlete...
In the end with God all things are possible... Josh proved it!
"Refreshingly Honest"
honest and insightful journey
That Josh really opens up and gives insight into how a drug induced mind evolves in their thinking. He is clear.....it is not easy to come back from drug use/abuse. It is an ongoing effort.
I think narrators with their performance and voice inflections, etc. help you to grasp more of the story.
yes........but could not
This is not an someone I would normally pick up an autobiography about. I am not a major league baseball fanatic (I do keep up with the Texas Rangers - but casually), but I am glad I did listen to it. I am the mother of two sons.....who for whatever reason (not logical to me) went down the path of drug abuse. This book gives insight into the thinking pattern and how it develops and shows me that it was not a matter of not loving our family or how they were brought up......it is a matter of choices at any given point in someone's life - whether a good time or a bad time in their life I enjoyed learning through Josh's story.
Jared and Emm's Mommy
"Interesting story, though a little repetitive."
Yes. I love baseball and was interested in Josh's story based on the news about him that I've seen. I am also obsessed with stories of redemption and recovery, so this was a good fit for me.
I did enjoy this book. The narrator is especially good - I started to believe I was actually hearing Josh Hamilton's voice. The story is remarkable. The writing is a little repetitive which can get tiresome, but it is very much worth a listen. I read R.A. Dickey's book at the same time as I listened to this, and it was great to have two such different stories to experience at the same time.
Roger Laidig- Author of Finding Purpose and Joy, It's a Journey
"Strength from Above"
Yes. Even though we may fail as human beings, there is no reason to give up. With help from above, through Christ, all things are possible.
I liked the fact the Josh chose not to blame other people for his failures but rather, took personal responsibility. Because of the nature of addiction, Josh has fallen again but by taking responsibility has risen again.
Josh Hamilton
Down but not out.
"A Very Incredible Journey"
That it is a true story.
When Josh found the strength from God, through the love of his Grandma to get off drugs.
Josh Hamilton
"second chance"
it is one of my favorite
when it took his grand mother to turn him around and his love for his family
the part when he made his MLB debut
Just a overall great read! I would recommend this book to any person who is not where he/she wants to be right now in life.
I'm a baseball fan but really didn't know the Josh Hamilton story. This is a story of a man with talent to spare and a wife and family that didn't give up on him.
Great for baseball fans, good for sports fans, and OK for readers who just want to read a story about overcoming obstacles.
It's important to recognize the time frame of the book since this is the same Josh Hamilton who hit four home runs in one game for the Rangers early in the 2012 baseball season.
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The Cultural Diversity Committee will celebrate Women's History Month with a viewing on March 26 of The Giants Wore White Gloves, a 60-minute documentary about the courageous women of Little Rock and their accomplishments during the Little Rock Desegregation Crisis.
The film will be shown beginning at 6 p.m. in the RJ Wills Lecture Hall, located on the second floor of the Campus Center. The documentary is free and open to the public.
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I have been looking at observation hives and can't find hives that contain at least 4 frames of deep frames.
I was wondering if Michael Bush or any one knew
or thought the plans on this site could be modified for 6 frames. I will be using this next year for school demonstrations.
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just South of Lansing Michigan


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There was a great resource article here on a step by step approach to grafting queen cells and raising queens. I'd like to do this and cannot find it. It is not
although this one is good too. If I remember it shows more of after the queen cells are grafted into nucs.
What I want to do is try raising around 6 queens in their own nucs for sale or give away this year, possibly starting this weekend from the hive that 'may have' swarmed last weekend. If no queen cells there I'll do a split and look for them from the split. I have other hives I can get brood, pollen and honey frames from. I would like to eventually be a small time local supplier for untreated survivor bees in my area. I did a ton of research last year and unfortunately changed computers and no longer can find that one very useful article.
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Joe wasn't at first wanting to talk about his career as a video game designer.
He was at the Games in Education Symposium to show education professionals the newest games his employer, 1st Playable, had come out with. But long after he demonstrated all the games at the computer, encouraging me to try them out while he discussed the purpose behind each one, I kept him talking.
What games did he play? Why did he play them? Did this affect his work? Why did he want to be a video game designer? Where did he go to school? Was it really necessary to have a degree to get a job in the industry? Did he like 1st Playable? What was his job really like? What was it about video games that made him so darn happy?
I had no where to go until lunch, and there weren't any other people he needed to help. So eventually we moved away from the computers, leaned against a wall and we had a fantastic conversation. Basically, the way Joe described his job was a utopia, although he laughed when I used that word. "I guess you're right. We have all different people: scientists, writers, computer techs, artists, musicians, everyone coming together to make something fun and to help kids learn. What could be better than that?"


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What would you like to see in a 2014 Dakota replacement?......Some options following articles......From LeftLaneNews.comhttp://www.leftlanenews.com/chrysler-confirms-mid-sized-unibody-ram-pickup-dead-compact-possibility.htmlMar'10 -snips- "Following an earlier report in which Leftlane confirmed the future of a new unibody pickup under the Ram brand, Chrysler has now added clarification to their plans. According to Chrysler executives, Ram will not pursue a midsize unibody pickup, but will instead focus on a smaller unibody pickup closer in size to the Ford Ranger. ... During Veltri's interview at the National Truck Equipment Association's Work Truck Show, Veltri confirmed that Chrysler has abandoned plans to bring a midsize truck to market on a unibody platform – with Automotive News citing the 31 percent decline in sales for the segment last year, and the Honda Ridgeline leading the pack with a 51 percent decline."http://www.leftlanenews.com/dodge-gives-go-ahead-to-build-lifestyle-dakota-replacement-in-canada.htmlMay'11 -snips- "The Windsor Star says that (a midsize) Ridgeline-fighter has been given the green light. Citing a report from Automotive Compass, the Star says that internal documents make the decision look pretty definitive. ... Currently, the (Windsor, Ontario) plant builds around 300,000 vans annually for Chrysler, Dodge and Volkswagen. The facility already operates on three shifts, meaning it could have enough room to build a medium-volume model like a lifestyle pickup. ...If the next-generation Dakota is based on the Chrysler van platform, it would at least get one of Chrysler's fresher unibody front-wheel-drive architectures. Curiously, however, the Dakota-replacement would need to have some sort of all-wheel-drive system integrated since Chrysler no longer offers four-wheel motivation in its vans.">>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<There are four platform options if the next Dakota will be unibody as planned, but only one I think is viable. Which would you like to see and is there an option, like joint manufacturing or terminating the Dakota, that you think is better?Minivan Platform: This is the Ridgeline option, but both it and the Dakota barley managed 1,000 vehicles a month. As the above articles mentioned, it's a FWD - not AWD - right now and would be midsize or fullsize - not compact - as was planned. This is the worst option, IMO, and one MotorTrend has supported in the past.Current Stats: 3,600lbs Towing - 202" Length / 121" Wheelbase / 77" WidthThe Ridgeline: 5,000lbs Towing - 207" Length / 122" Wheelbase / 78" WidthFord Ranger: 5,800lbs Towing - 200" Length / 118" Wheelbase / 70" WidthDodge Durango SUT: I'm sure many think this choice is a whole lot of awesome, and I agree, but I don't think it's the best choice. It would directly compete with the Ram, as well as it's siblings the G.Cherokee and possibly G.Wagoneer.Current Stats: 7,400lbs Towing - 200" Length / 120" Wheelbase / 76" WidthDodge Journey SUT: Not a bad idea, considering its Mex production costs, size, AWD and fuel-sipping 4-banger option, but I don't think its Lancer-inspired platform could handle duty.Current Stats: 2,500lbs Towing - 192" Length / 114" Wheelbase / 72" WidthDodge Nitro Crew: The Nitro/Liberty are the only vehicles produced at Toledo North, next to Toledo South that produces the Wrangler. It's a newer facility that could easily produce a stretched truck variant of the robust uniframe platform. This is the best compact/midsize truck/SUT option.Current Stats: 5,000lbs Towing - 179: Length / 109" Wheelbase / 73" Width
thats if they keep making the liberty. i heard something about the nitro being axed. "real trucks" like that are probably not making it far.
I'm pretty sure they are bringing the Fiat Strada over to replace the Dakota.
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The Strada Adventure is an awesome little unibody truck! the Caravan version wouldn't be to bad didn't someone say that platform can be made into RWD? of course they could also go the Coupe/Utility direction and do a Ram Rampage based on the Charger/Challanger/300
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machinereplica:I'm pretty sure they are bringing the Fiat Strada over to replace the Dakota.That was designed for 3rd-world countries. If Fiat goes with the least capable option, it would likely be a Journey-based PU.
A rumor's not a rumor that doesn't die.
Latest word is that it will be based on the next caravan and that platform will offer Awd. The caravan will supposedly not continue as a traditional minivans, but be more of a crossover. The town and country will continue as a traditional minivan.
but why? Caravan actualy sells as a van? they don't need another crossover they already have the Durango and Journey.
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Why would they do a unibody pickup?
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machinereplica:Why would they do a unibody pickup?If they use an adequate chassis, I don't see a problem. The Liberty/Nitro 'uniframe' and the G.Cherokee/Durango are robust enough for a compact/mid PU, but I sure wouldn't consider a minivan/CUV platform.
ugh a minivan dakota? come on dodge lol
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Wayne Law Student Helping in the Fight Against Domestic Violence
DETROIT (Oct. 3, 2007) – October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and first-year evening Wayne State University Law School student Jennifer Pollock-Mason is fighting back in a special way.
As a survivor of both domestic violence and sexual assault as a teenager, Pollock-Mason is involved in empowering young people through her personal story, as a crisis intervention counselor and a member of HAVEN's Speaker's Bureau. HAVEN is Oakland County's Center for the prevention and treatment of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse.
"One in three women in Michigan has suffered from domestic violence or sexual assault in her lifetime," said Pollock-Mason. "There are more than 48,000 reported cases of domestic violence in Michigan each year. Countless others go unreported. My goal is to raise awareness and, hopefully, make it easier for others to get out of abusive environments."
Pollock-Mason, who aspires to be a judge after obtaining her juris doctorate from Wayne Law, is a happily married mother of two, a program manager at General Motors and a two-time Ironman triathlete. She graduated from the Wayne State University School of Business Administration and hopes to be done with the law program in five years, attending part-time.
She resolves to make a difference in the lives of those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault and who may have their self-identity negatively affected by harmful standards that are perpetrated by the media. She has a passion for helping young people see their true self-worth and often sees pieces of herself in the impressionable eyes of those she helps.
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, HAVEN and local author Lisa Dunlap, along with Campbell-Ewald, Metro Detroit Saturn Dealers and OnStar, created an artistic 2008 calendar titled "We Shall Be Heard." It features 17 survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual abuse, and Jennifer is featured as Miss August.
The calendar was designed in order to offer a voice to those who have suffered in silence, bring awareness to the prevalence of violence in our community, and to encourage people to seek help when it is needed. Pollack-Mason was recently interviewed by the Detroit Free Press in the Law Library, and will be featured in the paper for a related story on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007.
Calendars are $14.95 and are available through HAVEN's Website, www.haven-oakland.org. You may also request a calendar directly by e-mail at email@example.com or by phone at (248) 765-4687.
Wayne State University Law School has served Michigan and beyond since its inception as Detroit City Law School in 1927. Located in Detroit's re-energized historic cultural center, the Law School remains committed to student success and features modern lecture and court facilities, multi-media classrooms, a 250-seat auditorium, and the Arthur Neef Law Library, which houses one of the nation's 30 largest legal collections. Taught by an internationally recognized faculty, Wayne State Law School students experience a high-quality legal education via a growing array of hands-on curricular offerings, five live-client clinics, and access to well over 100 internships with local and non-profit entities each year. Its 11,000 living alumni, who work in every state of the nation and more than a dozen foreign countries, include leading members of the local, national and international legal communities. For more information, visit www.law.wayne.edu.


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Bruce Griffin
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Desi… I've got a love song for you. It's by the Bee Gees from the early 70's. It goes, "Before I saw your face, I never saw a dream like that before…I want to see it more and more!" I can't remember the name of the song, but if you get a chance, please listen to it…it's my love song to you!
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My neighbor 4 houses down has 2 feral colonies, high population, in a rv type vehicle on his property. He's disabled and hasn't used the vehicle in many years. The bees have been there for 6 years. There's 2 colonies and possibly 3. So I looked underneath to see that the entrance they are using is at a seam in the skin (I think that's what it's called, underside is covered). On the other side of the vehicle a few feet away is another entrance and bees flying in and out from the opposite side. I didn't measure the distance from entrance to ground, but it's not much and the tires are flat. Less than 2 feet I suspect.
He doesn't want to poison the bees and he doesn't want to damage the vehicle. His lawn fellow now wont work the area because he's gotten stung.
Is there any way I can trap out these bees?
I did tell him I wil set up a bait box next week, which wont get rid of the bees but only lessen them during swarm season. I think the swarm I caught in a bait box last fall likely came from this trailer.


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CHICO — Count yourself lucky if you've never had to walk downtown next to a man shouting "sausage fest, 2013" at the top of his lungs.
If for some reason you've had to endure this experience, you can understand my chagrin as passersby stared at us and cocked their eyebrows at my astonishingly sober friend, who was pumping his fist and otherwise expressing his excitement about our trip downtown.
The truth was, our excursion downtown was no laughing matter. Even though his frequent shouts were basically neon signs labeling us as crazy, sausage-loving, attention-craving weirdos, Tercius is probably the most accomplished eater I've ever met. I needed him for this mission.
We came downtown on a suggestion from my editor: Find out why 7-Eleven, the world's most ubiquitous peddler of microwavable guilty pleasures, sells more hot dogs than any other U.S. retailer, as claimed on the store's website.
I'd often walked in and watched the dogs revolve slowly beneath the glass case, but I'd never picked one up until we stepped up to the counter and ordered. Tercius bought a cheddar cheese stuffed hot dog, which caused me to shudder visibly. He also ordered two hot dogs for me, which netted us a free Big Gulp. All told, our dinner came to $4.41, not counting the breath mints we were going to need after we finished.
After the first few bites, it became clear that these were your standard-issue wieners, with none of the frivolities and pricey condiments that define the high-class hot dog industry.
At the condiment station, a machine squirted chunky chili onto my meal with a gross squelching sound. I squeezed mustard and ketchup onto my dog and headed for the door.
We ate our cheap dinner leaning against a brick wall in the parking lot like a couple of noir film extras. Between bites, Tercius and I discussed the genius of the hot dog, and dissected possible reasons why 7-Eleven's variety might be so popular.
The breakthrough came when Tercius suggested that hot dogs stand alone at the pinnacle of culinary achievement because of their convenience. You can cheer, dance and even fist bump your friends while clutching a hot dog in your fist.
Think about it: The meat component of the dog is enclosed in casing, part of what Tercius called a state-of-the-art meat delivery system. The outer layer is the bun, the second half of a convenient one-two punch that mops up the glorious grease from the hot dog and traps excess condiments.
7-Eleven, which has strategically placed stores within one mile of most American residences, is the ultimate convenience store, so it follows that it sells the most of the world's most convenient food. There's nothing special about the dogs except their bottom-of-the-barrel price, convenience and portability, but that's enough for people who just want something relatively tasty to stuff in their face.
Tercius, who never throws food away on principle, finished his second hot dog just to spite small-stomached gourmands the world over.
While I threw my dog away, Tercius reminded me that the quality of the meal matters less than the people you eat it with. By that standard, I'd just had the best dinner in Chico.
But no matter how much I enjoyed it, I'm still not calling our dinner a sausage fest.
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Ben Mullin is the Managing Editor of Chico State University's student-run newspaper, The Orion. Every week he has an hour's worth of minimum wage to spend at a local spot. You can reach him at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter @benmullin.


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Movember brings male health issues into focus. Here's where to go for advice:
1. menshealthweek.co.nz
Men's Health Week may have been and gone (in June, if you missed it) but for the other 51 weeks you can still jump on their website and complete the survey. The higher the score, the more you need to get yourself to a GP for a full health check. The site also links to some helpful health services and gives men plenty of sobering facts to prompt self-care.
2. nz.movember.com
You'd have to be under a rock if you hadn't noticed all the dudes rocking a moustache for Movember. Having fun for a serious cause: two of the biggest issues for blokes: prostate cancer and mental health. Register or support a Mo Bro or Mo Sista to raise funds and awareness, check the health for life section for health tips, information and links to help.
3. you.org.nz
The not-for-profit Men's Health Trust wants to change the way men think about their health, encouraging them to visit their doctors and take responsibility for living healthy lives. New Zealand men die from 3000 preventable deaths every year caused by smoking, obesity and diabetes, alcohol and driving, mental health issues and suicide, cancers and heart attacks. The hard-hitting site has links to more than 20 health websites and the "how are you" workplace health programme.


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Well, that didn't take long. The City Council adopted a new general plan last year anticipating 1.1 million square feet of new offices in Mountain View's Whisman area by 2030, but new office development could soon surpass that amount.
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Big office project proposed for North Whisman
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on Feb 15, 2013 at 5:11 am
Is it this City Councils goal to not leave one single square inch of of land in Mountain view without a building on it?