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1. Why not strip citizenship of any newscaster who murders the English language by expressing cute words that mean absolutely nothing other than, "ain't I cute?"
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The Irresponsibility of Bjork in China
"Bjork was irresponsible. She made it harder for guys like me who are actually over there working inside the community." - Brian Hardgroove, Public Enemy bassist (interview with Beta Blog)
On 2 Mar 2008, Bjork performed at a concert in Shanghai, including a song called "Declare Independence", allegedly unauthorized by the Ministry of Culture, and once done, uttered a few controversial words meant to incite, and then probably collected her cash before making the hell out of there.
In fact, speaking for the first time about the incident on The Lipster, she said,
"When I said 'Tibet, Tibet', I whispered it three times. There was no fuss in the room. It happened afterwards on websites."
It is interesting to note how Bjork cunningly turned an oh so quiet whisper to a scream, hypocritically using the very media channels that she claims to hate in order to amplify her own agendas. This is the very same person who laid down draconian media conditions for playing in Shanghai and in her own immature and byzantine way, threatened to cancel her show if any reporter was present at the airport in Shanghai, not to mention that she's violently happy to use fear and intimidation to keep reporters at bay at the threat of bodily harm. Touche…Army of Me in repressive regime impersonation?
Anyway those 'whispered' words then spawned the many subsequent reports in the Western media supporting Bjork's stand, which were diametrically opposed by the Chinese viewpoint on the street which is best summed up by a commenter named Adam on the Global Voices Online website as he called her out:
"When Bjork declare(d) Tibet in her Shanghai Concert - Yeah, it is pretty good for her edgy image. But have (has) this singer thought any consequence that might be caused to those who invited her to China? Has she thought anything about the feeling of her Chinese fans? I believe they are in support of a united Tibet with China.
Tibet is a complicated issue, behavior like Bjork did nothing to solve the whole situation. In retrospect, the only consequence might be that any singer with similar style will be more difficult to be invited to sing in China in the future. Of course, this is not the business of Bjork."
Bjork is certainly entitled to her political views but by airing them in China upon invitation of her hosts and the paying Chinese fans, her conduct was tantamount to biting the hand that feeds. Not only did it flout clearly spelt out rules and laws but it was also a betrayal of the very people she used, who had strived to pave her way into China in the first place. Her concert promoter Emma Ticketmaster and the licensing agent, the Shanghai Municipal Performance Company (SMPC) now await their fate while Bjork continues smugly on her merry jaunt on her high horse, oblivious to the fact that the SMPC might even possibly lose its license for a few years. John Siegel from China West Entertainment pointed out,
"It is unfortunate that this has happened. I know artists have to stand up for their beliefs, but she can't expect to accomplish any good in doing what she did."
Now, it is going to be harder for foreign acts to perform in China now, with promoters "concerned that tougher restrictions will apply, when it was finally getting a little more relaxed. Also, artists may not want to comply with tougher restrictions and choose not to come to China altogether."
As Vice Minister of Culture, Zhou Heping stated in a media conference soon after,
"Foreign artistic troupes and artists should voluntarily observe relevant laws and regulations of China when they come to perform on Chinese soil."
The Ministry of Culture also stated that Bjork's performance "not only broke Chinese laws and regulations and hurt the feelings of Chinese people, but also went against the professional code of an artist. We will further tighten controls on foreign artists performing in China in order to prevent similar cases from happening in the future"
There will be those who feel that Bjork was brave with her three-worded middle finger to her hosts and that the end justifies the means. But it is still unclear what objectives Bjork has achieved with this, as by appealing to a Western media using a Chinese soapbox, it seemed more misguidedly provocative than constructive. Like a cowardly kid throwing stones to break the window of a neighbour's house after the kid and her friends have gorged at the neighbour's dinner table, she has then run away all Nero-like leaving the friends to take the rap for her actions.
And to this effect, the Chinese blogosphere has voiced an overwhelming level of outrage to Bjork's presence in China and subsequent utterances. A constant refrain amongst the Chinese has been the abuse of hospitality displayed by her in using the platform to further her image and her greed in the earning of what she would call blood money off those she claims to detest. The following comments were duly highlighted by Times Online with a couple of viewers on YouTube stating:
"So Bjork comes to China to earn Chinese people's money and then insult their hospitality? Fabulous."
"If you and your expat friends come to work in China and make Chinese people's money and still want to separate a piece of our country, then get the f*** out of China!"
She tried to justify her actions on her website in a "garbled, typo-ridden statement" somewhat unconvincingly that it was human behaviour and emotion rather than political,
"I have been asked by many for a statement after dedicating my song 'Declare Independence' to both Kosovo and Tibet on different occasions. I would like to put importance on that I am not a politician, I am first and last a musician and as such I feel my duty to try to express the whole range of human emotions. The urge for declaring independence is just one of them but an important one we all feel at some times in our lives. This song was written more with the personal in mind but the fact that it has translated to its broadest meaning, the struggle of a suppressed nation, gives me much pleasure. I would like to wish all individuals and nations good luck in their battle for independence.
There are those who use their music platform to embrace and further political and social causes for the common good by offering more than cheap lip service to the cause, and then there are those who use scandal, sex, politics and controversial views to embellish their image and further their careers – an interesting article in the Showbiz blog and first highlighted on p2pnet here seems to suggest that Bjork belongs to the latter.
In her stated capacity as "first and last a musician", the self-promotion and 'pleasure is all mine' values that she has derived from her Army of Me antics has already done more harm than good to the music scene in China as Harry Connick Jr experienced first hand in the immediate aftermath.
For his concert in Shanghai on 13 Mar 2008, he was forced to play off an old song list consisting of solo jazz piano standards mistakenly submitted by the concert promoters to Chinese authorities. And in the wake of Bjork's shenanigans, the authorities as expected insisted that Connick play off the approved set list - and it has to be realized that it would have taken a very brave Chinese man to have allowed a last minute change to the set list and risk his whole career. But the only problem was that Connick's band did not seem to have the scores ready for the approved set, and as reported by Associated Press quoting J.T. Whitcomb a musician living in Shanghai, it was indeed a bizarre sight with "Connick playing piano by himself, with the band sitting on stage doing nothing".
In a statement issued by Connick, he explained,
"Due to circumstances beyond my control, I was not able to give my fans in China the show I intended."
In addition to that, in a new development as reported by the music promoter-focused Chinese Music Radar blog, based on a behind-closed-doors discussion on March 18 by officials, additional measures to be imposed as proposed (but as yet not finalized) by the Shanghai Cultural Bureau with regards to foreign performers in China include the following:
- Organizers must sign additional guarantees that performers will not comment on political issues from stage, etc.
- A 50% of the total potential box office must be paid as a deposit on the show to the Cultural Bureau. Should performers break the law, this deposit will be retained by the government. Additional fines may be levied.
- Artist performances will be closely monitored to conform to the government pre-approved set-lists.
- Artists will not be allowed an unapproved encore.
"This will make it a whole lot harder for us, particularly number 2. For bigger shows, this may be near to impossible…"
In retrospect, the local reaction to Bjork's behaviour in China might possibly, maybe serve as a lesson to other foreign performers on the boundaries they have to adhere to, but more significantly, what positive role can they play in China? China Music Radar gives some sound advice:
"As to Bjork, my view is simple. As music promoters in one of the most closely monitored societies in the world, we have a duty to ensure that international artists buy into the belief that the long term benefits to this country are better served by increasing exposure to external influences, rather than soapboxing and risking complete shutdown. One of the things that we do here is bring real diversity and choice to young people. Artists coming into China will leave a longer lasting legacy to their fans and newcomers alike by encouraging the Chinese kids to embrace creative thinking, diversity and individuality within the confines of both positive thinking and rhetoric. Having the chance to see role models week in, week out, from dubstep DJ's to self funded Belgian turbo folksters can only be good for a youth obsessed with money, celebrity and materialism."
Promoters like Emma Entertainment, SplitWorks, China West, Syndicate, YGTwo, BaiCai, Rock For China, Red T Music, Midi Festival, Modern Sky Festival and the many clubs that bring in foreign performers and DJs are working within known and well observed parameters but at the same time, they are striving to introduce and feed foreign music to the Chinese. Last year, Rock For China's Beijing Pop Festival successfully brought in potentially controversial acts like Public Enemy, Nine Inch Nails and uber punk legends New York Dolls and Marky Ramone - who would qualify as political and social banana skins in a lot of other countries and not just China - but all exhibited mutual respect and maturity in return for the opportunity to perform in China.
For foreign artists, digital music revenues from China will remain nascent unless more efforts at marketing are embarked upon including concert performances, which remain one of the few revenue sources and publicity vehicles for them to reap the greater benefits.
One can only hope that foreign performers will continue to spread the universal language of music with fans in China without tainting it in any way, and even Bjork herself claimed in her Lipster interview that she "was desperate to point out that she wasn't a political spokesperson."
But unfortunately, controversy and contradictions define Bjork and while on the one hand she says,
"Perhaps after what's happened, people will find that difficult to believe. But I'm still working from an emotional core, and my songs come from private and personal experiences."
she goes off the other end with,
"It shows more than anything that China has become the next superpower in the world. And the issue is: how are they going to deal with Western moral issues like freedom of speech?"
And this is where it gets tricky - for a musician to demand of another sovereign state to placate Western ideologies not only moves it into the political sphere, but as an outsider, it also borders on arrogance. Instead, it is the right and responsibility of the government in power to, in practice, limit unbridled speech - within reasonable grounds - that can be a murderous weapon used to incite hatred, disturbance of peace and other acts that could possibly make governance an impossibility.
It is a complex world we live in that cannot be summed up in sound bites but China Music Radar gives it some perspective with regards to the music promotion business in China:
"In short, there are problems in China as there are in all countries, but especially so in one undergoing such an enormous development in such a short time. Problems are not sorted (or even helped) by high profile rants that frighten a government whose primary concern is an orderly society. This causes renewed repression and a reversal of many of the positive changes that we have seen recently in our industry. Change has to initiate from the ground up, with China's citizens starting to understand the problems they face and taking account for these themselves. Change comes from education and increased enlightenment. Shouts of Tibet at a concert for the privileged (tickets were US$50 - $250) will turn back the clocks on our industry and make it harder to facilitate this change, which would be tragic in its own way."
Update - 31 Aug 2008
Public Enemy bassist Brian Hardgroove in an extensive interview by Andy Beta took Bjork to task for her irresponsible behaviour and I would highly recommend a full reading of the interview - below are some choice comments by Hardgroove:
Bjork made a big mistake. That was a big mistake for Bjork to make. I don't think the position that Kid Rock took regarding Pres. Bush - I'm paraphrasing now - but his general sentiment was: "Musicians should stay out of politics; I support George Bush." Well, he just made a political statement. To relegate musicians to be western citizens that was ridiculous on his part. That said, Bjork wasn't talking to an American audience, an Icelandic audience, she was talking to an audience that she clearly didn't understand. There's a process in place…let me not say she didn't understand, maybe she just didn't care. But what she did was damaging, not only to herself, but to people who can influence and make a change in a more gradual (and gradual may be too slow for some people) and effective way. Her statement was ineffective.
She offended people who were into her music…..Bjork didn't utilize her time wisely. She offended the very people that would fight possibly to change what's going on in Tibet. Why? First of all, they're even open enough to go see an artist from the West. They might be open enough to look at their government's control over that region as not necessarily the best thing to do. That didn't happen overnight and it's not going to change overnight. Bjork was irresponsible. She made it harder for guys like me who are actually over there working inside the community. She's not working inside the Chinese community.
As Andy Beta stated succintly, "She just played and left"
Bjork's irresponsibility paired with stupidity and ignorance was a potent mix, and Hardgroove certainly wants that highlighted,
She wasn't smart. I hope you print that….if she'd done a little bit of research (which I don't think she did) or whatever, she would realize that the Chinese government is loosening the screws on that society ever so slightly every once in awhile. And there's progress being made, but you only see it if you know what you're looking at. She didn't know what she was looking at.
Recommended Reading:
Bjork Backlash on China Music Radar
Public Enemy Interview on Beta Blog
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text: LAKE ELMO, Minnesota, December 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ExitCare's library of discharge instructions and patient education is available as an integrated solution through the MEDITECH Electronic Health Record (EHR) Elsevier's ExitCare, an enterprise-wide solution for evidence-based patient education and discharge instructions, is now integrated directly with the MEDITECH Electronic Health Record (EHR). In collaboration with MEDITECH, ExitCare's library of content, organized by care setting and composed of both Easy to Read and Standard content, is available in English and Spanish through MEDITECH's EHR, via the Patient Discharge Instruction application. ExitCare's content is not only designed to offer healthcare providers an optimal user experience and more streamlined clinical workflow, but it is also intended to deliver relevant, condition-specific information to patients at the point of care. "ExitCare's dedication to content design in accordance with health literacy principles supports enhanced communication between patients and providers for increased compliance, safety and satisfaction," stated Robert True, Manager of Business Development at MEDITECH. "The ExitCare-MEDITECH collaboration is positioning providers to improve the documentation and delivery of healthcare information and services required across all care environments." Elsevier's ExitCare provides associated print, electronic and video patient education content and tools that are critical to increasing patient engagement and reducing readmissions, and also meet the emerging needs of both hospitals and office-based physicians who wish to provide a multimedia education experience for their patients. The ExitCare text-based content will also be fully accessible via MEDITECH's Patient & Consumer Health Portal offering, extending the integration benefits to wherever patients need it most. "We are excited to be a MEDITECH collaborative solutions provider. Our content and MEDITECH's technology platform complement each other to address customers' needs such as Meaningful Use, care transitions, improved outcomes, readmission reduction and more," said Richard Thompson, ExitCare's Executive Vice President of Strategic Partners. "Embedding our solution into the clinical workflow through EHR integration continues to be the foundation of ExitCare's success and leadership position in the industry." ExitCare is also working closely with MEDITECH to bring customers ExitCare OnScreen™, a video delivery system and content library for patient education. It is an engaging collection of multimedia programs comprised of digital video, interactive questions and animated graphics. Future integration within the MEDITECH platform will provide users the ability to launch ExitCare OnScreen and view reports directly from the MEDITECH application.


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how to get rid of a bathroom window above the tub
i have a older bungalow .the bathroom is 7 ft square along my west wall is a tub with a window above it i want to put in a walk in shower how do i get rid of the window thanks by the waymy house is block and stucko with steel siding over the stucko and block
Remove window, frame in, insulate, sheetrock inside, house-wrap and replace metal panel(s) outside, install shower enclosure.
May be stuck with that window. In order to remove the siding at least the top row is going to get distroyed trying to pry it off. It's all going to have to come off to below the window in order to blend it back in once the window is gone.
Sure it's steel? More commonly it's aluminum. Check it with a magnet.
Steel is next to impossible to find, aluminum is still avalible but still hard to find.
Much easyer to remove it and go back with vinly siding instead. Just find one that matches.
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Cologne museum to show long Jewish ties to the city
By Madeline Chambers
BERLIN (Reuters) - A new Cologne museum will show how Jewish life in the city goes back more than 1,700 years and, civic leaders hope, help revive it decades after the Holocaust.
An archaeological site from Roman times will be at the heart of the museum which the organizers also want to illustrate modern Jewish life and customs.
The strongly Catholic city, best known for its Gothic cathedral, claims to have the oldest Jewish community north of the Alps, dating back to at least 321, during Emperor Constantine's reign.
"This project is extremely important to show that Jews have been in Germany for as long as Christians -- people in this country should be made more aware of that," Wilfried Rogasch, head of the project, told Reuters.
Late on Friday, a jury chose German architects Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch to design the museum due to open in 2010 or soon thereafter. It is being financed partly by a private foundation and partly by the city.
The same architects designed an award-winning synagogue in Dresden which opened in 2001 and a Jewish centre in Munich.
"The concept is for an integrated project which will bind together the archaeological remains and the museum which will bring us to the modern day," Rogasch said.
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When a lifter is first learning correct squat form, there is often some confusion as to the many nuances of the movement relative to the different weaknesses the lifter brings to the table. Most lifters have limited hip flexibility, improper bar position, quad to hip strength imbalance, and whole host of other things that can make learning the squat more complicated than it needs to be. Here are three cues that cover the primary mistakes made with the squat that will fix 90% of a beginners form issues.
#1. Squeeze the bar
Most lifters new to the sport have no clue what "tightness" is. Gym rats with some bodybuilding experience are always in for a rude awakening the first time they try to do any powerlifting movement because as soon as the weight gets heavy they fall apart. The best way to illustrate tightness is to clench your fists as hard as you can for a 5 count. Do you notice how your whole body immediately tightens up. This is the same thing we want to happen on the squat. Before you get your air and step out of the rack, squeeze the hell out of the bar and don't stop squeezing until you re-rack the weight. This simple solution works on all the lifts, but is a great way to get a new squatter to understand how to get tight and optimize proper squat form.
#2. Arch your upper back
A problem many lifters face is collapsing near the bottom of the lift, meaning that their chest will fall, there hips will rise, and they will be forced to do a good morning to get the weight back up. The simple fix is to squeeze your upper back together as hard as possible. You will notice that this creates an arch in the lower back as well as making the chest come up and forward. Similar to the proper starting position in the bench press. Focusing on keeping your upper back locked together as you descend will keep your chest and head up at the bottom. You can then use your hip and leg strength to drive out of the hole and not your lower back.
#3. Sit back/ ass down
Most lifters' idea of squatting is some type of horrible bodybuilding hybrid move where the bar is high on their back, they only go down halfway ( to keep tension on the muscles), they push off their toes, and their ass is a mile high. Basically the complete opposite of proper form , and it's usually REALLY painful to watch. I've seen guys do three and 4 plates this way and was just cringing the whole time. The easiest way to teach the concept of sitting back is to position the lifter facing a wall, with their toes 1inch away from the wall. Now squat down to parallel without you knees touching the wall. Most guys either have their knees hit the wall after 3 inches down or just fall over backward. To do this simple move correctly you must first push the glutes backward while you start your descent, then open up your hips and push your knees outward, all while keeping your back arched and your chest up. It usually takes a couple of sessions for them to get it right, but it's the easiest way to learn proper squat form in terms of body positioning. We don't even let new guys train with a bar on the squat until they can do this.
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We have identified several different branches, although whether these branches are part of the same overall trees is a yet unknown.
Noson Nota Avadic, father of Solomon Avadic, who married Lucia Abramovici of Piatra Neamt, Romania. Solomon was killed in the Battle of Bucharest in 1916. Place of origin unknown.
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Parable of the Sowerby Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Sower is a dystopian classic of terror and hope-the story of an African American teenage girl trying to survive in an all-too-real future-from the "grand dame" of science fiction, Octavia E. Butler.
When unattended environmental and economic crises lead to social chaos, not even gated communities are safe. In a night of fire and death/b>/i>
Parable of the Sower is a dystopian classic of terror and hope-the story of an African American teenage girl trying to survive in an all-too-real future-from the "grand dame" of science fiction, Octavia E. Butler.
When unattended environmental and economic crises lead to social chaos, not even gated communities are safe. In a night of fire and death, Lauren Olamina, an empath and the daughter of a minister, loses her family and home and ventures out into the unprotected American landscape. But what begins as a flight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny...and the birth of a new faith, as Lauren becomes a prophet carrying the hope of a new world and a revoltionary idea christened "Earthseed".
Chilling and thought-provoking for adult and young adult readers alike, "...there isn't a page in this vivid and frightening story that fails to grip the reader" (San Jose Mercury News).
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- 9780446675505
- Publisher:
- Grand Central Publishing
- Publication date:
- 01/28/2000
- Series:
- Parable Series , #1
- Edition description:
- Reprint
- Pages:
- 352
- Sales rank:
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- Product dimensions:
- 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)
- Age Range:
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Chapter One
All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
Is Change.
God Is Change.
Earthseed: The Books of the Living
I had my recurring dream last night. I guess I should have expected it. It comes to me when I strugglewhen I twist on my own personal hook and try to pretend that nothing unusual is happening. It comes to me when I try to be my father's daughter.
Today is our birthdaymy fifteenth and my father's fifty-fifth. Tomorrow, I'll try to please himhim and the community and God. So last night, I dreamed a reminder that it's all a lie. I think I need to write about the dream because this particular lie bothers me so much.
I'm learning to fly, to levitate myself. No one is teaching me. I'm just learning on my own, little by little, dream lesson by dream lesson. Not a very subtle image, but a persistent one. I've had many lessons, and I'm better at flying than I used to be. I trust my ability more now, but I'm still afraid. I can't quite control my directions yet.
I lean forward toward the doorway. It's a doorway like the one between my room and the hall. It seems to be a long way from me, but I lean toward it. Holding my body stiff and tense, I let go of whatever I'm grasping, whatever has kept me from rising or falling so far. And I lean into the air, straining upward, not moving upward, but not quite falling down either. Then I do begin to move, as though to slide on the air drifting a few feet above the floor,caught between terror and joy.
I drift toward the doorway. Cool, pale light glows from it. Then I slide a little to the right; and a little more. I can see that I'm going to miss the door and hit the wall beside it, but I can't stop or turn. I drift away from the door, away from the cool glow into another light.
The wall before me is burning. Fire has sprung from nowhere, has eaten in through the wall, has begun to reach toward me, reach for me. The fire spreads. I drift into it. It blazes up around me. I thrash and scramble and try to swim back out of it, grabbing handfuls of air and fire, kicking, burning! Darkness.
Perhaps I awake a little. I do sometimes when the fire swallows me. That's bad. When I wake up all the way, I can't get back to sleep. I try, but I've never been able to.
This time I don't wake up all the way. I fade into the second part of the dream- -the part that's ordinary and real, the part that did happen years ago when I was little, though at the time it didn't seem to matter.
Darkness brightening.
Stars casting their cool, pale, glinting light.
"We couldn't see so many stars when I was little," my stepmother says to me. She speaks in Spanish, her own first language.
She stands still and small, looking up at the broad sweep of the Milky Way. She and I have gone out after dark to take the washing down from the clothesline. The day has been hot, as usual, and we both like the cool darkness of early night. There's no moon, but we can see very well. The sky is full of stars.
The neighborhood wall is a massive, looming presence nearby. I see it as a crouching animal, perhaps about to spring, more threatening than protective. But my stepmother is there, and she isn't afraid. I stay close to her. I'm seven years old.
I look up gt thestars and the deep, black sky. "Why couldn't you see the stars?" I ask her. "Everyone can see them." I speak in Spanish, too, as she's taught me. It's an intimacy somehow.
"City lights," she says. "Lights, progress, growth, all those things we're too hot and too poor to bother with anymore." She pauses. "When I was your age, my mother told me that the starsthe few stars we could seewere windows into heaven. Windows for God to look through to keep an eye on us. I believed her for almost a year." My stepmother hands me an armload of my youngest brother's diapers. I take them, walk back toward the house where she has left her big wicker laundry basket, and pile the diapers atop the rest of the clothes. The basket is full. I look to see that my stepmother is not watching me, then let myself fall backward onto the soft mound of stiff, clean clothes. For a moment, the fall is like floating.
I lie there, looking up at the stars. I pick out some of the constellations and name the stars that make them up. I've learned them from an astronomy book that belonged to my father's mother.
I see the sudden light streak of a meteor flashing westward across the sky. I stare after it, hoping to see another. Then my stepmother calls me and I go back to her.
"There are city lights now," I say to her. "They don't hide the stars."
She shakes her head. "There aren't anywhere near as many as there were. Kids today have no idea what a blaze of light cities used to beand not that long ago."
"I'd rather have the stars," I say.
"The stars are free." She shrugs. "I'd rather have the city lights back myself, the sooner the better. But we can afford the stars."
Meet the Author
A writer who darkly imagined the future we have destined for ourselves in book after book, and also one who has shown us the way toward improving on that dismal fate, OCTAVIA E. BUTLER (1947–2006) is recognized as among the bravest and smartest of contemporary fiction writers. A 1995 MacArthur Award winner, Butler transcended the science fiction category even as she was awarded that community's top prizes, the Nebula and Hugo Awards. She reached readers of all ages, all races, and all religious and sexual persuasions. For years the only African-American woman writing science fiction, Butler has encouraged many others to follow in her path.
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I read Wildseed and and was horrified and hooked at the same time. This author has an imagination like no other. I was saddened to read she died and so there will be no more books from her. I read her books for entertainment but she has much to offer in social commentary. Check out all her books.
I am in 8th grade and was given a list of books for a project I have to do. The list was called 'Outstanding Books for College Bound,' and as I looked through this list the only one that stood out was Parable of the Sower. I believe anyone looking for a challenging yet exciting book to read should choose this one! It's one of those books that you forget you reading and you end up reading it for hours!
I read this book my freshmen year, and although it took offguard at how visual it was, it definetly was a favorite. The hidden messages and idea of pursuing so strongly something you believe in, yet have contrived all yourself was altogether intresting. Insightful, and if your willing to open your mind and take a different look at things, I think you'll enjoy it. I did. But if your not into graphic visuals, this probably isn't for you.
I, at first, hated this book because it sounded too preachy, but it has a good point. Cultures have fallen all throughout history. What's to say that it won't happen to us? Are we ready?
This is a great book not only in the ways it signifies upon other African American texts, but also because of what it says about the state of our present society and what it could lead to. Everyone should read it!
Parable of the Sower is an award winning science fiction novel, written by Octavia Butler in 1995. The novel focuses on several themes such as, religion, empathy, violence, the struggle for survival, and culture diversity. Sixteen year old Lauren who suffers from hyperempathy syndrome guides the story. Empathy is the ability to feel other people's pain. Everyday the characters struggle to survive in the chaotic twenty-first century. Therefore, Lauren decides to embark on the life threatening journey to escape the horrors of daily life. Throughout the story Butler creatively intertwined suspenseful scenes with thoughtful ideas to create a well written modern science fiction novel. Parable of the Sower is a fun quick read that I would highly recommend.


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Kevin O'Sullivan became the first Florida coach to lead the program to six straight NCAA Tournaments.
The Gators will open NCAA Tournament play on Friday at 1 p.m. against Austin Peay. Indiana will face Valparaiso that night. Austin Peay currently leads the nation with a 15-game winning streak.
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Just as I was recently thinking of letting some solar stocks shine on my meager technology portfolio, a doom-and-gloom scenario was recently predicted by the research firm, Lux Research.
Lux said the superheated global solar industry will soon experience some cooling down as supply for solar modules is expected to outpace demand in 2009, which will cause prices to fall down and cool the enthusiasm for venture capital funding and IPOs.
"Revenues for crystalline silicon photovoltaics will drop on a year-over-year basis in 2010 for the first time in memory. It will be hit with a one-two punch of slackening demand growth and increased competition from new technologies like inorganic thin-film PV and solar thermal."
Government subsidies are the major drivers for solar demand but adoption coming from countries like Germany, Japan and Spain is ramping down.
Sounds like ethanol but at least this time we don't have the food versus fuel issue…
Still, it might not be a total meltdown for the industry as lowered costs for photovoltaics could result in increase in consumption, especially if new markets such as China and India could adopt healthier subsidies.


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Massa returns 'home' to Maranello
Tuesday 6th October 2009
After a two-month absence, Felipe Massa returned "home" to Maranello on Monday as the Brazilian took yet another step towards his Formula One comeback.
Massa has been out of action since suffering head injuries in qualifying for July's Hungarian Grand Prix, which resulted in the Ferrari driver being placed in a medically induced coma.
The Brazilian underwent surgery on the injured the area around his left eye and later had a metal plate inserted in his head. But despite the career-threatening injury, Massa is already working hard to ensure he will make a successful return to F1 racing.
The 28-year-old, who recently took part in a brief karting run, arrived at Ferrari's HQ in Maranello on Monday to meet with team boss Stefano Domenicali.
"I'm finally back home," he told Ferrari's official website. "This is my second family and I couldn't wait to see them again, all the people I've been working with for many years and who have been close to me these days.
"Now I can really say that I start working again. There's lots to do, but I'm happy. I like the way in Maranello."
Over the next few days, Massa will work with the simulator, have technical meetings with the engineers and concentrate on his general fitness.
"It's good to have Felipe back with us, and I'm happy that I can embrace him again. We called Chairman Luca di Montezemolo together and he was happy to say hello to Felipe, wishing him well for his work, while they took an appointment for the next days," said Domenicali.
"We'll have some technical meetings and mainly physical exercise. Felipe has to get back on top: he has a demanding period ahead of him with constant activities, but he knows that we're not in a hurry."
On Sunday, Ferrari announced that the FIA had granted permission for Massa to take the F2007, although the date for the Brazilian's run has yet to be set.
Ferrari, though, have confirmed that "it will anyway not be this week."
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According to Peter Gammons of ESPN if the Sox were to move Coco Crisp they would be looking for young pitching and/or catching. Gammons also makes mention that if the Red Sox wanted to trade for Hank Blalock of the Texas Rangers they could make the deal happen. This would depend on whether Mike Lowell could be resigned and the exercising of other options (Miguel Cabrera, A-Rod, Tejada, etc.)
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Also the Boston Globe reports the teams showing interest in Coco thus far are the Orioles, Braves, Twins and Athletics.
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I was a little bored over the weekend and I have been thinking about doing this for some time. I have an Autometer center dash gauge pod with Prosport gauges in it. As all of you know with Prosport gauges they come with these little slide on visors for each gauge and I just slid them on and put the gauges in the gauge pod for the time being. The problem was it looked unfinished and just weird plus the side of the visor blocked some of the gauge view. Here is a picture of the Autometer gauge pod by itself:
Here is a picture of the Prosport gauge with its visor:
Here is a picture of the gauge pod with the gauges holding the visors on the gauge pod:
First I cut the visors in halve, only being interested in the top halve, and used super glue to glue them to the gauge pod. Then using some left over Bondo I packed bondo into the gap between the visors and the gauge pod and plenty into the v between each gauge since I will need to round these areas. Here is a picture of the pod with glued visors and Bondo before sanding began:
Then using a combination of dremel with 120 grit sanding drum and 120, 220, 320, and 1000 grit sand paper I worked the bondo down smooth as shown here:
had to keep adding bondo until the surface was flush
After the bondo was smother I sprayed 2 coats of a sandable primer to remove any possible left over scratches from sanding. Then after about 4 coats of a closs black paint this is the finished product... an Autometer center dash gauge pod with visors for the gauges, I think this is how they should be made.
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Everton ready to send message against Spurs: Martinez
(Reuters) - Everton can send out a message that there is more than one team on Merseyside capable of challenging at the top of the Premier League if they beat Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
Across Stanley Park, Liverpool's flying start to the season has caught the eye but Everton's, under new manager Roberto Martinez, has been only marginally less impressive.
Everton are sixth, two points behind second-placed Liverpool and four off leaders Arsenal, and their one league loss was at Manchester City where they took the lead before losing 3-1.
They have coped with the sale of midfielder Marouane Fellaini to Manchester United with ease and in Romelu Lukaku, on loan from Chelsea, they boast one of the most lethal strikers in the top flight.
Martinez, who replaced Old Trafford-bound David Moyes at Goodison Park, has quickly established the eye-catching brand of passing football he ingrained at Wigan Athletic and Swansea City without sacrificing Everton's steely core.
Tottenham are one point better off in fourth spot and Martinez believes the north London club, top-five finishers for the past four seasons, can act as a benchmark for his side.
"If we can win, I'm sure it sends out a message," Spaniard Martinez, who will be without injured striker Arouna Kone, told a news conference on Friday.
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Pirates Trade Daniel Cabrera, Sign Dallas McPherson
The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded Daniel Cabrera to the Arizona Diamondbacks and have signed Dallas McPherson, per an Indianapolis press release.
McPherson hit for a .253/.335/.463 line in 229 at-bats in Triple-A for the Chicago White Sox earlier in the year. He was likely signed to help Indianapolis in the playoffs, especially after the Pirates call up players for September.
No word on the return for Cabrera, or if there was a return. He was one of the five starters Indianapolis had remaining. The Indians also placed Jose Diaz on the disabled list and activated Jo-Jo Reyes. Reyes could take over in the rotation, as the Indians don't have many other options with Jeff Locke in the majors....
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