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By TODD S. PURDUM
Published: May 2, 1993
On Tuesday, New Yorkers -- perhaps just a sliver, perhaps many more -- will go to the polls to stake their political claims on a range of raw issues, from sex education to nepotism to lessons in tolerance for homosexuals, all in arcane elections for the city's 32 local school boards. This fall, hundreds of thousands more voters will pass judgment on the administration of Mayor David N. Dinkins, who may well be held accountable for the schools, even though he does not control them.
While many of the school races may turn on local questions, their potential impact on the mayoral contest is a matter of intense interest and debate among the candidates and their seconds.
This week's election could prove a barometer of voters' reaction to an emotional mix of political issues that have roiled the city in recent months, from the curriculum debates that led to the ouster of Schools Chancellor Joseph A. Fernandez, to battles over the appropriate cast of civic celebrations like the St. Patrick's Day Parade, to threats of secession and complaints of alienation in boroughs outside Manhattan. 'Watching the Numbers'
With all these issues much on their minds, the mayoral candidates are treading carefully in the school contests. While they are avoiding direct endorsements, they are nevertheless jockeying for position, rallying their own supporters and using the debate over the state of the schools to score points for their own campaigns in appearances around town.
Perhaps most important, they are watching carefully for signs of the voters' will, and as the ballots are sorted, they will be asking questions like these: Was the usually slight turnout surprisingly large, suggesting that issues like sexuality and parental control have galvanized a new coalition of conservatives in a city generally regarded as extremely liberal?
How did incumbents fare, and what does that mean for the Mayor's pledge to make control of the schools an issue in his own campaign? Were there signs of unhappiness with the status quo among minority groups like Hispanic Catholics that could offer fertile ground for the Republican challenger, Rudolph W. Giuliani?
"They'll be watching the numbers, and are watching to see where people come in in ideology," said the Rev. Al Sharpton, who has taken an active role in the school elections, claiming to have endorsed more than 100 liberal candidates, with plans to distribute lists of their names in churches this weekend.
"If the right comes in big, that'll make Giuliani a lot more aggressive, and vice versa for Dinkins. I don't think they're doing a lot of organizing, but they're doing a lot of observing. Everyone has to have their antenna up."
That is in sharp contrast with the school board elections of 1989, when issues of local corruption and abuses dominated the debate and virtually no one sought to link the contests to that fall's mayoral race. Mayor Urges Turnout
This year, several critics of school policy have suggested that their eventual goal is the defeat of Mr. Dinkins.
He in turn has urged voters to inform themselves about the slates of candidates running for the 288 seats at stake in the school elections, hoping that a large turnout will tend to favor his supporters, given the overwhelming Democratic registration advantage in the city. He has spent $635,000 in city money and used City Hall to send postcards to the city's 3.4 million registered voters, reminding them of the election, though a proposed telephone hot line has not materialized.
The Mayor deplored Mr. Fernandez's ouster and has vowed to make mayoral control of the central Board of Education a centerpiece of his campaign, in part to energize support among gay voters angry at the rejection of Mr. Fernandez's policies, his aides say.
Now the Mayor appoints just two members of the seven-member central board, with the rest named by the borough presidents.
While he has endorsed no candidates, last week the Mayor called on Mr. Giuliani to distance himself from efforts by Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to influence the school board elections by distributing thousands of voter guides in cooperation with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. Giuliani Seeks Flexibility
Yesterday, at a meeting of the Liberal Party in Manhattan, where all the mayoral candidates spoke, Mr. Giuliani said he had nothing to do with Mr. Robertson. "The Mayor must be worried," he said. He added: "If the shoe was on the other foot, the Mayor would be crying McCarthyism."
Last week, Mr. Giuliani took pains to say, "I haven't entered the school board races -- I haven't endorsed anybody, I haven't opposed anybody."
But he has broad support among Catholics and conservative parents of many ethnicities who opposed Mr. Fernandez's efforts to distribute condoms to fight AIDS and his promotion of the multicultural "Children of the Rainbow" curriculum urging tolerance toward homosexuals.
Mr. Giuliani has supported both condom distribution and teaching tolerance in principle, but has raised objections to the way the disputes were handled and the age levels at which Mr. Fernandez proposed to discuss various questions, like anal sex and artificial insemination.
The former prosecutor told supporters at his big fund-raiser last week that rebuilding public education would be a cornerstone of his own campaign.


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Gafadura Mountainbike Tour
The climb from Schaan up to the Gafadurahütte hut at 1400 metres above sea level is the most popular mountainbike tour in Liechtenstein. Hearty food and wonderful views of the Rhine Valley are the reward that await riders when they reach the hut.
This tour from the lively town of Schaan to the remote idyll of Alp Gafadura is for mountainbikers with a good level of fitness. At the foot of the majestic 'Drei Schwestern' ('Three Sisters') mountains, riders will find a tarmac road leading into the village of Planken, located on a plateau around 800 metres above sea level. After passing the last houses, the road branches off into the cool forest and changes to a gravel track which steadily climbs to the pastures of Alp Gafadura. After all that hard work, the Gafadurahütte hut (open from May until October) is the ideal place to have a rest before heading back down.
This trail is very popular, especially during the evenings and at weekends.
Follow the sign 'Gafadura'
This trail is very popular, especially during the evenings and at weekends.
Follow the sign 'Gafadura'
Length: 11km
of which unsurfaced: 5.4km
of which singletrail: 0km
Vertical metres covered
Schaan – Schaan: 1000m
Technical: easy
Fitness: medium
Helpful hints
Please remember to slow down when riding through the village of Planken.
Catering and accommodation
Food and beds are available at the Gafadurahütte hut (open from around mid-May until mid-October)
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Crystal Palace centre-back Damien Delaney believes he is now a better player after facing Liverpool strike pair Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge last weekend.
Palace's 3-1 Premier League defeat to the Reds at Anfield saw Delaney test himself against arguably the most in-form strike-force in English football.
Attempting to shackle Suarez and Sturridge was an experience which proved a sobering, yet educational one even for a man approaching the autumn of his career.
"Last Saturday, I faced probably the best strike-partnership in the Premier League at the minute. That's probably as good as it gets with those two," Delaney (above) said.
"You learn something after that game - I'm a better player today than I was before that game. Those two, the form they are in, were pretty exceptional."
Centre-back Delaney, who is away with the Republic of Ireland, has warned opponents Germany not to write his side off in tonight's World Cup qualifier in Cologne.
The Germans will ensure their participation in next summer's finals in Brazil if they condemn the Irish to a third successive defeat, and the odds are heavily stacked in their favour after a 6-1 demolition job in Dublin 12 months ago.
In addition, interim boss Noel King's men will go into the game at the Rhein Energie Stadion without suspended defensive duo Richard Dunne and John O'Shea, while talismanic skipper Robbie Keane is a major doubt with an ankle problem.
However, 32-year-old Delaney, who is likely to be asked to help plug the gap left by Dunne and O'Shea, insists the result is far from a foregone conclusion.
He said: "They are obviously a top side in world football and it's going to be difficult evening. But I'm sure that if all 23 members of the squad are looking in the same direction...
"Upsets have happened before and it's a possibility. It would be a big one, but I just think if we have a game-plan, if we stick to it, everyone buys into it, who knows what can happen?
"They are obviously a very good side and we accept that, but we are not a bad side either."
If Delaney gets the nod, he will win his eighth senior cap for his country, but his first in a competitive game.
However, he is not at all fazed by the prospect of lining up against Joachim Low's all-star side.
He said: "It's another game of football, I'm not going to get too worried about it if I do play.
"The manager hasn't named the team yet - if I'm in it, great; if I'm not, then I will be behind the lads who do start because whatever we do tomorrow night, it's going to be a group effort.
"It's going to take every one of us. If the manager chooses to put me in, then I'll be ready and I'll definitely give it my all. Everyone in the squad will do that. It's all you can ask of anyone in life, just to do everything you possibly can."
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Pregnancy may make lasting changes to your body, and I'm not just talking about stretch marks.
When you are pregnant, some of your baby's fetal cells "leak out" and enter your blood stream. And long after pregnancy, some of those fetal cells may have taken up permanent residence in your internal organs. Making you what biologists call a genetic "chimera" – a person whose body incorporates the DNA of more than one individual – yours and your child's.
Which means, of course, that part of your genetic make-up includes DNA from your child's father. If you've been pregnant with a boy, you may even have a few Y-chromosomes floating around in your bloodstream – decades after becoming pregnant!
What is that DNA doing to you? There isn't very much of it, so you needn't worry that you've been genetically reprogrammed in any big way. But scientists think these minute traces of "alien" DNA do make a difference. Good and bad.
On the good side: During pregnancy, fetal cells may help your immune system tolerate the baby "invader," making it less likely that your immune system will attack the fetus.
Later on, fetal cells living in your body might do a little "housekeeping" for you, repairing damage to your internal organs. When researchers recently analyzed fetal cells lurking in the lungs of motherly mice, they found three types of fetal cells, including cells of the immune system and mesenchymal stem cells – the same sort of injury-repairing stem cells that are found in umbilical cord blood.
But there may be a bad side, too. Fetal cells have been found in tumors. Are these cells attacking the tumor or helping it grow? We don't know yet. It's also possible – even likely – that fetal cells can cause autoimmune disease. After my last pregnancy I developed chronic inflammation of the hip. Could that be because my baby's fetal cells reside there, and my immune system is attacking this foreign tissue? Maybe.
It sounds rather sinister, but for now I'm intrigued and pleased to think that I'm probably a chimera. In the next few years, I look forward to learning more about the long-term effects on mothers — good and bad.
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Through October 26, The Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum on the campus of Hampden-Sydney College is hosting the traveling exhibit, "UNCLASSIFIED: THE MILITARY KID ART SHOW." This art exhibit honors the millions of American children whose parents have served in the U.S. military.
"UNCLASSIFIED" is a field study of military children, featuring 50 years of blue ribbon military kid artwork from around the globe, along with photography, mixed media, sculpture, and film. The exhibit also features historical artifacts encased in an authentic footlocker and its subject matter includes mobility, deployment, living on overseas military bases, race relations, and transitioning out of the military as an adult.
The show was curated by two military brats, Lora Beldon, Director of the Military Kid Art Project, and Donna Musil, Director of Brats without Borders and Writer-Director of the award-winning documentary about growing up military, BRATS: Our Journey Home. Historical artwork was provided courtesy of the American Overseas Schools Historical Society, and the footlocker is on loan from Operation Footlocker, courtesy of the Museum of the American Military Family. Additional funding and support has been provided by the Sprint Foundation, Operation Military Kid, the Fisher House Foundation, and the Military Times.
"We wanted to put together a creative project made by brats about brats," said Beldon, co-curator and one of the exhibiting artists of UNCLASSIFIED. "'Brat,' by the way, is based on the historical acronym, 'British Regiment Attached Traveler.'" UNCLASSIFIED explores what it means to be a military brat and the profound impact it has on one's adult life. I knew I was different than my civilian counterparts, but I never really made the connection until I read what I consider the bible of brat culture, Mary Edwards Wertsch's book, Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood inside the Fortress."
"I'm especially excited about our new film footage on PTSD and family reintegration issues," said co-curator and filmmaker Musil, who is incorporating the footage into a new documentary. War doesn't just affect soldiers; it impacts the entire family. Our Own Private Battlefield explores the powerful reintegration of a father and a daughter some twenty years after the Vietnam War, both of whom used art to express their complicated emotions on the subject. Their story shows that it's never too late to love, and that successful reintegration can be achieved in the most unusual of ways."
Beldon and Musil's goal is to create a show that travels the world much like military brats do; one that grows from one city to the next. Each venue is encouraged to incorporate a regional element to the show, and local brat artists, young and old, are urged to add their own stories and artwork to the project's website – militarykidart.org. The exhibit was one of six projects awarded the prestigious Newman's Own Award in 2012 for helping improve the lives of military families and was recognized by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey.
"UNCLASSIFIED: THE MILITARY KID ART SHOW" will be on display at the Esther Thomas Atkinson Museum from September 26 through October 26, 2013. The reception, free and open to the public, is on September 26 from 4:30-7:00 PM, with a curator talk at 5 PM by Beldon. The exhibit is sponsored by the Hampden-Sydney College Fine Arts Department, Lectures & Programs Committee, and the Atkinson Museum.
Usual hours for the Atkinson Museum are Tuesday through Friday, 10 AM to 12 PM and 1 to 5 PM. Special hours for this exhibit: open until 7 PM on Thursdays and 11 AM to 4 PM on Saturdays. For additional information, call 434-223-6134 or visit www.hsc.edu/museum.


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Evaluation of tumour necrosis during chemotherapy with diffusion-weighted MR imaging: preliminary results in osteosarcomas
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During successful chemotherapy of osteosarcomas tumour size does not diminish significantly because the therapy has limited impact on the mineralized matrix of the tumour. Treatment response is considered successful if, histologically, more than 90% of tumour cells show necrosis.
To determine if osteosarcomas change their water diffusion during preoperative chemotherapy in relation to the amount of tumour necrosis.
Materials and Methods
Eight patients (age 11–19 years) with histologically proven limb osteosarcoma underwent T1-weighted, fat-suppressed T2-weighted and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted spin-echo imaging together with diffusion-weighted EPI sequences (b = 700) at 1.5 T before and after five cycles of standard chemotherapy. Tumour volume and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps were calculated before and after chemotherapy. The degree of tumour necrosis after chemotherapy was assessed using the histological Salzer-Kuntschik classification (grades 1–6).
During chemotherapy, the ADC values of osteosarcomas changed significantly. The ADC of untreated tumour was 2.1 ± 0.4 × 10−3 mm2/s (mean ± SD) (95% CI 1.6–2.0). The ADC of chemotherapy-treated sarcomas was 2.5 ± 0.4 × 10−3 mm2/s (95% CI 1.8–2.2). Necrotic areas, which were confirmed by macroscopic examination, showed ADC values up to 2.7 × 10−3 mm2/s. Four patients with little viable tumour tissue within the neoplasm (Salzer-Kuntschik grades 1–2) had an increase in ADC of 0.4 up to 0.7 × 10−3 mm2/s. Four patients with larger areas of viable tumour (Salzer-Kuntschik grade 4) showed a lesser increase in ADC of 0.0 up to 0.3 × 10−3 mm2/s. The differences in ADC values in tumour tissue before and after chemotherapy were highly significant (P = 0.01).
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Palms grew in ice-free Arctic 50 million years ago: study
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
OSLO (Reuters Life!) - Palms flourished in the Arctic during a brief sweltering period about 50 million years ago, according to a study on Sunday that hints at big gaps in scientific understanding of modern climate change.
The Arctic "would have looked very similar to the vegetation we now see in Florida," said Appy Sluijs of Utrecht University in the Netherlands who led an international study. Evidence of palms has never been found so far north before.
The scientists, sampling sediments on a ridge on the seabed that was about 500 km (300 miles) from the North Pole 53.5 million years ago, found pollens of ancient palms as well as of conifers, oaks, pecans and other trees.
"The presence of palm pollen implies that coldest month mean temperatures over the Arctic land masses were no less than 8 Celsius" (46.40F), the scientists, based in the Netherlands and Germany, wrote in the journal Nature Geoscience.
That contradicts computer model simulations -- also used to predict future temperatures -- that suggest winter temperatures were below freezing even in the unexplained hothouse period that lasted between 50,000 and 200,000 years in the Eocene epoch.
Palms are quickly killed by frost.
Sluijs said that it was also striking that palms, which do not lose their leaves in winter, grew in an area where the sun does not shine for about five months. Experiments with modern palms indicate that they can survive prolonged darkness.
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London theatres enjoy record 2008, caution in 2009
By Mike Collett-White
LONDON (Reuters) - London's West End theatres enjoyed record attendances and revenues in 2008, official figures showed on Monday, but bosses urged caution in 2009 as the recession deepens.
Last year 13.8 million tickets were sold between the Society of London Theatre's 52 members, which include all of the commercial West End traditionally dominated by musicals as opposed to plays.
That was up slightly on the 13.6 million of 2007. Musicals accounted for 9.0 million attendances last year and plays 2.9 million. Total revenues also rose marginally to a record 480.6 million pounds ($652 million), versus 2007's 469.9 million.
Theater bosses are relieved that the sector, which generates an estimated 1.5 billion pounds annually for the London economy, survived the financial crisis last year, although in 2008 there were early signs of a slowdown.
There have also been casualties blamed partly on the financial crisis, including "Girl With a Pearl Earring" and "Riflemind," although theater insiders suggest poor reviews may have had more to do with their early closures.
Top producer Cameron Mackintosh has also introduced the "Crunch Buster" family discount to help beat the recession.
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U.S. is number two in world attack traffic (China is number one)
They're hacking the government. The government is powerless to stop them in many cases. They're hacking domestic firms. Again, the government stands helpless. Think we're talking about
China hacking the U.S.
? Nope.
In an interesting twist, this week China -- the nation that U.S. security firms claim is the number one cyberaggressor -- claimed it is really the
of a relentless and brutal cyberassault from the U.S.
In response to
tough rhetoric by President Obama
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The Defense Ministry and China Military Online websites have faced a serious threat from hacking attacks since they were established, and the number of hacks has risen steadily in recent years.
According to the IP addresses, the Defense Ministry and China Military Online websites were, in 2012, hacked on average from overseas 144,000 times a month, of which attacks from the U.S. accounted for 62.9 percent.
In addition to accusing the U.S. of victimizing his nation online, he also says that U.S. government officials were uncooperative in increasing "international cooperation" to stop hacking. He implies the U.S. may be engaging in hypocrisy by
openly expanding its own cyberwarfare capabilities
, while leveling accusations against his nation, commenting, "We hope that the U.S. side can explain and clarify this."
China claims the U.S. is the real cyberaggressor. [Image Source: Asia Society]
So is there any truth in his claims? Well, according to security experts "kinda". In a recent report by Akama Technologies, Inc. (
), the U.S. was second in global attack traffic. Approximately 13 percent of attacks come from the U.S.
In other words, China's claims are certainly feasible. However, it is thought that much, if not all of the U.S. attack traffic originates from the private sector in the U.S.
China, by contrast, is number one in attack traffic. 33 percent of global attack traffic appears to come from China. And what's more, while the Chinese government
denies playing any role in hacking
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I have often said that participation in social media is like participation in social life in that, while it can be approached strategically and systematically, at its core it requires an incalculable chemistry to make a genuine connection. This intrinsic challenge in leveraging social in a professional context was reinforced by my fellow panellists in a recent Business Breakfast on the topic of Social Media Success: Uncovering What Works, hosted by WBZ (CBS Boston) Radio (which you can watch here).
We were asked to bring examples of companies that are effectively leveraging social media to reveal best practices, and I shared some of them in a VIP LiveWire post on the event. Takeaways included being a positive force in your given community, interaction instead of one-way messaging and being authentic - human, if you will.
As if social interaction weren't hard enough on a personal level, it is even more difficult to interact with a genuine personality while lurking behind a company logo, corporate messaging in hand. And there are those who question whether or not the effort is worth it. As VIP LiveWire blogger Tim Buckley Owen wrote in a recent post, "Most businesses still struggle to find the Holy Grail of engagement with customers on social media ... but the real question is whether social network users want the big brands to be there at all".
Certainly, there's a lot of questionable behaviour in the professional social media space - from that blowhard who never listens to anyone else (much less responds), to that awkward inappropriate-subject talker who never seems to be on the same wavelength as the rest of the people in a conversation.
However, given the examples my fellow panellists and I were able to share, there are those who are navigating social media successfully in a professional context. And, like finding a role model for how to navigate your particular office politics, finding social media exemplars in your field (or a similar one) is one of the best ways to develop social media graces.
In any given context, there are social mores to be aware of, specific areas of interest and other community-centric behaviours that help one navigate the social media scene. FUMSI, which is written by information practitioners for their peers, has recently featured a few excellent examples of social media insights that readers can relate to. In recent issues of FUMSI Magazine, for example, Andrew Spong examined social media's impact on the pharmaceutical industry and Abigail Sawyer looked at how the BBC World Service is leveraging Twitter.
If you are looking for an overview of applied social media, FUMSI contributing editor Marcy Phelps has collected five excellent examples in her recent FUMSI Report: Folio on social media for research, and she offers additional insights in a FUMSI Forum post. Fellow FUMSI contributing editor Martin Belam also offers his observations about the "new kid on the social networking block" Google+ on the FUMSI Forum.
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On December 22nd, hours before the end of the 111th congressional session, a Senator used a 'secret hold' to stall a piece of legislation called the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, that had previously passed both the Senate and the House, and had made its way back to the Senate for reconciliation. The bill would have strengthened protections for whistleblowers who face reprisals from their employers for exposing government malfeasance. Since the hold was placed so close to the end of the congressional session, it effectively killed the bill, which will need to be reintroduced in this new session if it is to become law.
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The United States and China
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Tangled Titans
offers a current and comprehensive assessment of the most important relationship in international affairs—that between the United States and China. How the relationship evolves will have a defining impact on the future of world politics, the Asian region, and the citizens of many nations. In this definitive book, leading experts provide an in-depth exploration of the historical, domestic, bilateral, regional, global, and future contexts of this complex relationship. The contributors argue that the relationship is a unique combination of deep interdependence, limited cooperation, and increasing competition. Never in modern history have two great powers been so deeply intertwined—yet so suspicious and potentially antagonistic toward each other. Exploring this cooperative and competitive dynamic, the contributors offer a wealth of detail on contemporary Sino-American relations unavailable elsewhere. Students will find
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Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Tangled Titans: Conceptualizing the U.S.-China Relationship
David Shambaugh
Part II: The Historical Context
Chapter 2: The Evolution of U.S.-China Relations
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker
Part III: The Theoretical Context
Chapter 3: The Rise of China, the United States, and the Future of the Liberal International Order
G. John Ikenberry
Chapter 4: U.S.-China Relations in a Realist World
Ashley J. Tellis
Part IV: The Domestic Context
Chapter 5: Domestic American Influences on U.S.-China Relations
Robert Sutter
Chapter 6: Domestic Chinese Influences on U.S.-China Relations
Yufan Hao
Part V: The Bilateral Context
Chapter 7: The Diplomatic Relationship: Substance and Process
Bonnie S. Glaser
Chapter 8: The Commercial and Economic Relationship
Charles W. Freeman III
Chapter 9: The Cultural Relationship
Terry Lautz
Chapter 10: The Military-Security Relationship
Christopher P. Twomey
Part VI: The Regional Context
Chapter 11: U.S.-China Interactions in Asia
Avery Goldstein
Chapter 12: Taiwan in U.S.-China Relations
Shelley Rigger
Part VII: The Global Context
Chapter 13: U.S.-China Interactions in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Latin America
David Shambaugh and Dawn Murphy
Chapter 14: U.S.-China Interactions in Global Governance and International Organizations
Rosemary Foot
Part VIII: Visions for the Future
Chapter 15: Chinese Visions of the Future of U.S.-China Relations
Wu Xinbo
Chapter 16: American Visions of the Future of U.S.-China Relations: Competition, Cooperation and Conflict
Harry Harding
Distinguished Sinologist Shambaugh (George Washington Univ.) edited this volume and provided an opening chapter on conceptualizing the US-China relationship. He posits that the relationship between the US and the People's Republic of China involves an uneasy and ever shifting blend of cooperation and competition, coining the term "coopetition." Therefore, policy makers in both countries face the daunting tasks of simultaneously managing competition and maximizing cooperation. Shambaugh has recruited 15 recognized international scholars to assess the dynamics of these US and Chinese interactions. In an effective format, these scholars address the manifold aspects of the relationship: the theoretical, the domestic, the bilateral, the regional, and the global contexts. On the basis of these analyses, a distinguished Chinese academic and then a distinguished American scholar evaluate "Visions of the Future" in the relationship between these "tangled titans." A valuable work that will be not outdated soon, it belongs in all serious academic libraries. Summing Up:
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A volume of essays that offers an up-to-date assessment of U.S.–China relations, examining the past, present and future of the relationship from regional, bilateral, global, domestic and historical contexts, and includes essays on Chinese and American visions of their future relationship.
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State lawmakers are willing to give up $184 million in taxes to aid the struggling Ohio coal mining industry.
The Ohio Senate voted 32-0 Wednesday to approve a bill revising the tax credits provided to electric companies that burn Ohio coal in an environmentally-friendly way.
"Without this tax credit, thousands and thousands of people stand to lose their jobs," said state Sen. James Carnes, R-St. Clairsville.
Carnes, a coal company executive, abstained from voting on the bill, but stressed its importance. He said the tax break for using Ohio coal has to be increased as federal clean air laws get tougher on power plants located in the state.
The state started providing a $1 per ton tax credit to power companies burning Ohio coal in 1991 when the first of the federal Clean Air Act amendments required stricter pollution control on smokestacks.
The current tax saves power companies about $16 million per year, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Budget Office. The tax reduction helps power companies pay the costs of some of its pollution control equipment.
State Sen. Gene Watts, R-Galloway, said the implementation of higher federal clean air requirements coming in 2000 will make it more expensive for Ohio electric companies to burn Ohio coal.
House Bill 384 increases the credit to $3 per ton, which the budget office said is roughly the cost to comply with federal sulfur dioxide emission standards, and allows it to apply to all Ohio coal used.
The bill also comes at a time when Ohio is changing how it taxes all power companies. Lawmakers this month voted to deregulate the monopoly electricity industry and alter the method in which the utility companies pay taxes.
The result is the increased tax credit is estimated to cost the state $12.3 million during its next financial year and $61.4 million, the year after. In future years, the tax break would be worth about $37 million annually, but it expires in 2005.
The bill's sponsor, state Rep. Larry Householder, R-Glenford, said increasing the tax credit will make Ohio coal competitive with lower-sulfur out-of-state coal. He said the bill could bring some security to 4,000 coal miners and 10,000 people in jobs directly impacted by mining.
Householder estimates that mining operations and mining-related activities contribute $2.5 billion to Ohio's economy. "The benefits far outweigh the costs," he said.
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JK upgrade suggestions?
Hey gang,
Just picked up my new JK back in December, and I promised myself that I was going to drive it though the Summer to really get a feel for how I want to upgrade it .welp after 4 weeks of nice weather, and being out on the trails every weekend .that idea has gone right out the half-doors. I have officially been bitten .didnt even make it through the Spring season.
That being said, since this is my main mode of transportation so I cannot go too crazy with it. I am looking for ANY and all suggestions, for upgrades for hitting the easy to moderate level trails.
This is what I am thinking, again, I am a TOTAL newby so please hit me up with any suggestions you might have:
2-2.5 inch lift < I hear good things about SkyJacker any others?
33x12.5s < Can these be mounted to 17 x 8.5s? Thoughts on backspacing?
Winch/winch kit/bumper < Ive heard nothing but great things about WARN, any other suggestions?
Skid plate > worth it? Im assuming the answer is yes.
Is there anything else I should be considering?
Lastly I know myself well enough to know that I do not have the patience (and frankly, know-how) to install the lift kit, and I do not want to rush it. Can you guys recommend any good shops in Central(ish) MA that would be a good place to go to have it installed? Is there a price range I should have in mind for the install?
Rock Krawler makes good lifts, or if your on a budget you can go with the Teraflex 2.5 Budget Boost. Yes 33x12.5 will fit a 17x8.5 wheel. I would try to stick to 4.5" if backspacig for the 17s. There is a good shop in Townsend MA. Elias 4wd center.
What trail do you hit. And are they local or legal. Just got my 2012 jk a month ago and lookin for a legal place to ride. Thanks for any info.
Sport, Sahara or Rubicon? What kind of wheeling do you do? What is your budget? How much do you drive day to day? Bigger tires, bigger gas bill. More weight, more gas. Daystar makes a 1 3/4" spacer kit which will fit 33s. Pavement ends makes a bumper that allows use of the factory fogs and has front license plate mounts for half the cost of the other brands. You can also order a winch mounting plate for it. As far as winches just about anything on the market will be a good choice. The Smittybilt xrc with synthetic line would be my first choice, the Quadratec would be second.
Damooch - I was sworn to secrecy by the land owner. Sorry man. But as many here would say, joining a club is a great idea.
Tippittrg - Its a Sport, I'm primarily doing light-moderate wheeling now, but I plan to ease into the harder stuff too. Makes sense about more weight, more gas etc. Will the spacer kit allow for flex off road without rubbing? I saw that AEV also makes a 2" spacer kit. I just want to make sure that I do not regret not going high enough, you know? Thanks for the info guys. very helpful.
With a spacer kit the ride will not change and you'll get about the same amount of flex. You could also get an upgradable lift and go bigger later down the road.
It's not just about tires.
Look into the Rubicon Express lifts. Have a 3.5" on my 2011 JKU and love it. Mine is also a dd so I only went with 33" tires. Will be stepping up to 35" tires soon. Performance wise it rides great! Gas wise not too bad. Do it right the first time!
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I'm going to share an idea/practice that I learned while studying with a Japanese Mahayana Buddhist group but fits in well with a Theravada Buddhist practice. It is something that we all probably do at some level informally but makes more of a formalized process of it and makes it workable within a dharma group. This is an idea that should be "exported".
This practice is called hoza. Hoza is to me a very practical and pragmatic "real-world" idea for group practice that was developed by a Japanese Mahayana Buddhist organization called Rissho Kosei-kai. However, it would be a good idea within ANY Buddhist setting. Hoza is a unique dhamma practice which is a type of facilitated discussion where people analyze their life situations using the core teachings of Buddhism (4 Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, etc.).
Hoza is ideally practiced in a group with an experienced dhamma teacher trained as a hoza facilitator. The purpose of hoza is to examine life issues using the lens of these basic Buddhist teachings to practically apply Buddhadhamma to everyday issues. However, I also apply hoza individually and within a therapeutic context.
I'm a social worker so I tend to find Hoza useful not only for myself, but also with my clients. I don't identify it as "Hoza" and avoid Buddhist-specific terms but it does help clients to step back from the emotional impact of a situation and critically analyze cause and effect especially using the framework of the Four Noble Truths. I walk my clients through this process. This makes Buddhadhamma very concrete and practical, and less "mystical".


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Cirque de la Symphonie brings the magic of cirque to the orchestra hall. Each performance is an elegant adaptation of some of the most amazing cirque acts, perfectly choreographed to classical masterpieces and performed by accomplished veterans including world record holders, gold-medal winners of international competitions, Olympians, and some of the most original talent ever seen.
Fusing the power and majesty of the live orchestra with the best of cirque artistry, Cirque de la Symphonie is the only cirque company in the world that performs exclusively with symphony orchestras. Over one hundred orchestras worldwide have featured Cirque de la Symphonie in sold-out venues, adding energy and excitement to the concert experience. Join us on Facebook and explore our website for images, video, schedule, reviews, and more: cirquedelasymphonie.com.
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Vitalii Buza began his gymnastic training in the Republic of Moldova and competed as an elite gymnast with the Russian national team. At the age of 16, he joined the Moscow State Circus as a professional acrobat and toured throughout Europe. After a move to the United States, he starred in productions at Sea World, Universal Studios and Walt Disney World. He has been featured in numerous TV ads and won a role in the Walt Disney movie Enchanted. Buza also performed at the 2006 Latin Grammy Awards, the 2007 NFL Pro Bowl, 2010 Academy Awards, and the 2011 Latin Billboard Awards. He has performed for celebrities such as Donald Trump, Russell Simmons, P-Diddy, and Shaquille O'Neal and corporate events for major companies such as Microsoft, Formula1, Mercedes Benz, and Cirque du Soleil. Buza excels in multiple cirque acts, such as duo hand-balancing, straps, Cyr wheel, spinning cube, Chinese pole and the Russian bar.
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Ekaterina Borzikova is a graduate of the prestigious School of Olympic Reserve in St. Petersburg, Russia, and completed ten years of training in gymnastics and another four years of training in acrobatics. Her circus training included everything from elephant riding to aerial bungees. A dynamic professional circus performer, Borzikova has been involved with all aspects of the art form as a performer and creator of unique acts. She is a ten-year veteran of Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus and is an accomplished performer on the aerial platform with the Kabanov Troupe, aerial straps, and lyra. She is the recipient of the Jean-Louis Marsan Award as an outstanding performer. Borzikova is also an amazing hand-balancer and contortionist, and she performs an aerial duo on silk fabrics with Cirque de la Symphonie.
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Aleksandr Deev began training at the circus school in Moscow Russia at the age of 12 and went on to study at Moscow University of Circus and Variety art at the age of 15. This training landed him roles in major movie productions and television commercials, along with performances in the Kremlin. His circus work extended to Ukraine and beyond while still a teenager, working with the Moscow circus and other special projects. He toured the United States with the Moscow State circus at the age of 19, and found many new opportunities, beginning with Cirque Dreams production at Bush Gardens and Six Flags Park. Since then Deev has starred in productions at Beau Rivage Casino, the South Seas resort of Captiva Island, and Circus Funtazia, Hawaii circus, Cirque de la Symphonie, and more. His multiple skills include spinning Cube and electrifying performances on the German Wheel.


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We're excited to announce that local author Mary Kay Zuravleff will join us at the Takoma Park DC Library on Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m. Her novel
The computer has become an essential part of the job application process and is a useful tool on the job, as well. Many employers are seeking computer literate candidates to hire in today's job market. In fact, many jobs can be done completely online!
You may be a comic book aficionado, or, like me, you may not know the difference between Marvel and DC Comics, and which superhero belongs to which empire. But I think we can agree that comic books and super heroes are all around us. They're on our clothes and cereal boxes, and they star in our favorite movies and also in our library books.
Dawit Tibebu is a freshman at Banneker High School, and he's been reading some young adult books during his time volunteering at the Takoma Park DC Library. His first book review is about The Demon King, Book One in the Seven Realms Series by Cinda Williams Chima. Here's what he has to say:
In honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, the Takoma Park DC Library is collecting mittens and socks for those in need during the month of January. We have gotten a great response from our community members, so we decided to extend the drive through Jan. 31 to allow all interested persons to participate.
Over the holiday break, I had the opportunity to get some reading done. Amber House, a new young adult fiction book written by a mother-daughter team, seemed like it would be just the thing to read while I was snowed in at my parents' house.
Join us for two great holiday programs this month!
We are happy to report that Josef Mixon is one of four winners of the 2012 DCPL Teen Summer Reading essay contest.
When I saw this book title, I just had to check it out. I'm from Iowa. I'm not a princess, per se, but I wondered if this book's setting would be reminiscent of my youth. Like most readers, I enjoy reading about characters that seem similar to me or to someone I know.
Takoma Park Branch Library will be hosting two story times in support of the Cesar Millan and Scooby-Doo 2nd Annual Pack Walk. The first will be Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 10:45 a.m. We will celebrate our canine friends with rhymes, songs and stories.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Susan Boyle, who became a global star after appearing on a British television talent contest, has left the London clinic where she was being treated for exhaustion, her brother said on Friday.
The 48-year-old amateur singer from Scotland, whose performance on "Britain's Got Talent" in April was downloaded nearly 200 million times on the Internet, was admitted to the Priory clinic on Sunday amid concerns for her mental health.
"She's much happier," her brother Gerry told GMTV.
"She seems a lot more like herself. I think things are becoming clearer now and she's much more content. I believe she's in the middle of London, in a flat in London."
Dowdy and unglamorous, the unemployed church volunteer challenged viewers' notion of what a star should be.
Boyle was thrust into the media limelight with camera crews camping outside her home and Larry King and Oprah Winfrey inviting her to appear on their U.S. chat shows.
But as Saturday's final of the popular talent show approached, Boyle, who was starved of oxygen at birth leading to minor brain damage, began to show signs of strain, bursting into tears regularly and threatening to leave the show.
When she failed to win the final, despite overwhelming odds in her favor, she was admitted to the private clinic suffering from emotional exhaustion.
Boyle's financial future is seen as secure despite coming second to dance troupe Diversity, as Britain's Got Talent creator Simon Cowell and his Syco music label are expected to sign her up for an album. Continued...


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Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale is a well intended attempt by Atari and Bedlam Games to ride on the coattails of the D&D rule set's last foray into the Dungeon Crawler genre: the much beloved Dark Alliance games. However, for as many successful steps forward the game takes, there are just as many tumbles backwards, leading to an experience that doesn't really ever find its own feet. Daggerdale - as the name so helpfully informs us - tasks heroes (You can pick from either a Human Fighter, a...5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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Oh man fourth edition, you are just so easy.Yes, that shoddy cell phone pic is of a dwarf. And as such a dwarf, that the shitty picture does it no justice of how bad and ugly this thing really is. I'm sorry, but I really hate his face...Anyway, Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale is a multiplayer-focused class based action RPG ruled by the 4th edition from the table top version of D&D. It is loot heavy and a very simple dungeon crawler. Only having four classes to pick from; Dwarven Cleric, Hu...1 out of 2 found this review helpful.
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Professor Gouvin has been a member of the Western New England College School of Law faculty since 1991. He was tenured and promoted to full professor in 1996. He served as Associate Dean for External Affairs during the 2003-2004 academic year and as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2004-2009. He is currently the Director of the Law and Business Center for Advancing Entrepreneurship.
During his time on the faculty he has taught contracts, business organizations, banking regulation, secured transactions, and other business-related courses. In 2002 he founded the Small Business Clinicat Western New England College School of Law and was the moving force behind the creation of the Law and Business Center for Advancing Entrepreneurship, a collaborative effort with the Western New England College School of Business.
Prior to 1991, Professor Gouvin practiced corporate, banking, and commercial law with the firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson in Portland, Maine. At the firm Professor Gouvin helped to represent a diverse array of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to closely held businesses.
Professor Gouvin holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University, a master's degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and J.D. and LL.M. degrees from the Boston University School of Law. His scholarly writings focus on the intersection of corporate law and banking law. He is a co-author of the treatiseBlumberg on Corporate Groupswith Phillip Blumberg and Kurt Strasser at the University of Connecticut School of Law and Nicholas Georgakopoulos at the Indiana University (Indianapolis) School of Law. His contributions dealt primarily with corporate groups in the financial services sector. He has written numerous law review articles on a range of topics affecting financial services.
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Is there a trick to finding a hardtop for my '99 Z3? The obvious venues are ebay and craig's list, but I'm not having a lot of luck. Any ideas? Thanks, Brian
Took me 3 months to find a Z3 hardtop several years ago. It took me over 6 months to find a Z4 hardtop. Keep looking.
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This is a discussion on SHOOTING FROM THE HIP: At What Distance Should You Use This? within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by detective The other problem is getting clothing out of the way ENERGETICALLY AND QUICKLY and before it settles back have the hip-draw ...
For practice, you might consider one of those nifty laser training widgets which stick into the end of the muzzle, and flash a laser spot when their microphone 'hears' the trigger go 'click'. You can practice drawing and firing at that pesky fly on the wall while the baby naps if you want, and no worries about sky or ceiling shots. They cost $80 or so if I remember correctly.
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You're welcome; every time I re-read that article, it amazes me how much the geometry of the handgun effects "pointability". I wonder what the author would say about Glock and other modern semi autos? Or even traditional Derringers and the new double-tap?
I'd say less than 3 yds. if shooting from eye or chest level is impractical.
I note a couple of posters have conflated 'hip-shooting' with 'point shooting'. Whereas both are technically non-sighted fire, there is a world of difference between a shot fired from hip level, or even mid chest with the pistol only vaguely in the field of vision, and 'point shoulder' with the master eye looking over the length of the pistol and sights. I can shoot point shoulder reliably out to ten yards or so, while my 'hip' shots are guaranteed 'good' out to about one to one and a half yards.
So to answer the primary question asked, I'd say about four and a half feet at most. Or, in dog years, powder-burn range. This is also called the 'speed rock' and is a desperation move when an assailant is very close and it may not be possible to position a handgun in the point shoulder position. As mentioned, one should be bringing the pistol up to eye level to find sights even if the first round or two are fired unsighted.
However, The time differential between a hip shot and a point shoulder shot is rather small. Time to first hit is typically infinitesimal.
Someone used the phrase '...get lead downrange fast...' Only if one has immunity from lawsuits. Or, I suppose, those living in deserted areas where only one's self and an assailant are close enough to be within danger range. Take a look at what happened in New York City in front of the Empire State Building just last month. (One villain killed and nine pedestrians wounded.) A responsible, honorable person simply cannot fire wildly in defense. One must fire quickly and accurately.
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