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Developing Social Citizenship? A Case Study of Education and Health Services in Yantian Village, Guangdong
CoauthorBiliang Hu, Beijing Normal University
It's no secret that a boom is under way in China, the world's fastest-growing economy, which has maintained 10 percent growth for three decades. It's rapidly expanding gross domestic product has generated wealth and employment opportunities throughout the country, while also creating some problems.
For example, 30 million Chinese people have left their homes in the rural countryside to work in Guangdong province, in southern China, where they are often treated like second-class citizens — a situation that not only poses welfare challenges but, if unaddressed, might eventually lead to social unrest. In their paper "Developing Social Citizenship?" Kennedy School Professor Anthony Saich and Biliang Hu of Beijing Normal University focus on one village in that province, Yantian, which Saich regards as a "microcosm" of the rest of the country.
Passing through the area for the first time in 1976, a college student en route to Beijing, Saich saw a place where water buffalos roamed, rice paddies thrived, and time seemingly stood still. But that once bucolic spot is unrecognizable today. Its agricultural land long since paved over, Yantian, which is 20 miles from Hong Kong, is now a bustling commerce zone and export center.
A village in name only, Yantian is home to about 200 foreign-backed enterprises — and at one time hosted 400 such concerns?—alongside some 3,000 registered citizens and 80,000 migrants whose official place of residence lies elsewhere. "The two groups, while living in the same village, actually inhabit different worlds," the authors write. Those without formal household registration in Yantian have absolutely no say in local politics: They cannot vote or participate in village governance. Nor do they share in any of the annual dividends from renting the village's land to outside companies or in other revenue sources.
Although the inequities of the situation are striking, China has not ignored the plight of migrants altogether. Saich and Hu examine the social services provided to villagers, paying particular attention to education and health care. A 2007 ruling by China's central government declared that migrant children were entitled to an education, and Yantian complied with that edict. This constituted a victory for migrant workers, yet the education afforded their children was inferior in almost every respect. Migrant children were placed in older schools that had shabbier equipment and skimpier operating budgets. There were more students per classroom, fewer teachers per student, and the teachers had less training and education than those working in schools reserved for residents.
The story regarding health care is similar. In 2000, Yantian achieved universal medical coverage for its residents, both permanent and migrant, though inequities persist. "Although medical insurance was expanded to include migrants, they tend to go to inferior clinics for treatment, just as migrant children are sent to inferior schools," Saich notes. Furthermore, he points out, there are actually two classes of migrants — those who are officially known to be living in the area and an indeterminate number of people who are, as Saich puts it, "just floating around, informally living and working in the area." These undocumented migrants are accorded even less status, he says, and are offered nothing in the way of education or health care. They have to pay for private child care and schools, and they are also limited to private health clinics that are mostly unlicensed.
"Compared to a lot of developing countries, Yantian village has made great progress," Saich says. "The fact that they are including many of the migrants in education and health insurance shows that they are on the right path. But the lack of a political voice is the most significant problem in the village, and that's true across China." The central government is trying to promote measures that will integrate migrants into places like Yantian, while local residents are pushing back. Though it remains to be seen how this drama will play out, Saich is likely to keep a watchful eye on the proceedings.
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The one day format in June worked so well, the L.A. chapter has secured another date at Auto Club Speedway in September for local enthusiast and members alike.
Event info and registration is here.
Price of entry is a reasonable $225 before the August 20th deadline. I believe it's $250 after.
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We've also secured the use of the parking lot outside the course (not the auto-cross lots, if you're familiar with AX as well) to be used for wet skid-pad exercises as well. In addition to your 4 regular run groups, you will also get the opportunity to sharpen your car handling skills on the wet skid-pad. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY! Turn DSC off and go have some fun with little repercussions besides a dirty car.
If you're not familiar with the infield layout, it is literally a different track, or will feel like it, if you've only driven the Roval. It's short, compact, and relatively technical compared to the Roval. The back side of the track where you re-enter onto the Roval splits to the right and there's some combination, multi-apex turns and spits you back where turn "5" used to be for the Roval. It's a fun configuration and great layout for learning, because unlike the Roval where it'll take you 2 minutes plus change to complete, and with the way CCA sets up the chicanes you will likely only get 8 laps out of a full 25 minute session, the infield you can easily get 12-15 laps in that same span of time. Meaning it's a great opportunity to fine-tune and correct your lines and master the course. And there's still some very high speed sections between the decreasing radius 180º turn affectionately known as the "tip of the phallus."
Take a monday off and spend it having fun rather than in front of a desk working!
Hey Dan,
Please don't forget to mention that people who attend the 9/11/11 autocross will get a discount on this DS! Details to follow on the autocross post.
Thanks to everyone who had a hand in putting this event on - great format (both track config and Monday timeslot), and the skidpad was a real plus for me. And who can complain about anything when we have the use of the garages?
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Maria Montessori & MFS
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Italian educator Maria Montessori observed that children have an expansive capacity to learn, if instruction is tailored to meet their individual needs. Based on the "hands-on" exploration of concrete materials, her system allowed children to acquire a greater depth of conceptual knowledge, through the actual manipulation of physical objects. Learning moved beyond the limitation of the two dimensions of chalk and blackboard or paper and pencil. Children explored with their senses: tactile, visual, olfactory, gustatory, and auditory. Educators around the world became interested in this innovative approach, and a century later, Montessori materials and programs are now found everywhere, in both public and private schools.
Dr. Montessori based her philosophy on the scientific observation of young children's behavior. Montessori was the first woman physician to graduate from the University of Rome, and the phenomenal results of her work with children won her a Nobel Prize nomination and worldwide acclaim for her methods.
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Maria Montessori is to Montessori educators as Albert Einstein is to modern physicists. She developed the basic tools and a general philosophy and approach for learning. While MFS adheres to Montessori's basic approach, much has been learned since she did her pioneering work, and the MFS curriculum incorporates a modern understanding of childhood development and brain-based research.
As Montessori educators, the teachers at MFS know that concentrated skill building and a love of learning lead to high self-esteem and a profound sense of self. Dr. Montessori clearly stated that the goal of her educational method was world peace. In this quest, she was a great pioneer, recognizing, like Gandhi, that peace begins with children. MFS supports this goal by encouraging the development of humane problem-solving and conflict resolution skills in a holistic, ethical environment.


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In a trial, about 15,000 telephone queries a week from British small business customers are already handled at an HSBC call centre in Hyderabad. Thousands of cheques, direct debits and other paperwork are also processed in Hyderabad and Guangzhou in China.
Customers pay a local rate to access the service, with the bank meeting the cost for diverting the calls via satellite to India. Executives say this expense is dwarfed by the huge savings on salaries. The bank plans to expand the initiative to personal customers, and is opening a centre in Malaysia and a second in India.
HSBC chief executive Sir Keith Whitson, who received £1.5m last year and was awarded shares worth £820,000 in the first half of 2002, has praised the Indian workforce for being 'highly educated' and 'well dressed'. He said shareholders would be 'dismayed' if the bank did not hire low-cost labour abroad. In India, HSBC is able to pay well-qualified graduates 20% to 25% of what UK staff earn.
Unions believe salaries on the sub-Continent will average £2,400 a year, compared with around £12,000 in this country. Indian employees also settle for longer working hours and shorter holidays.
Whitson took a swipe at the British work ethic, suggesting that staff in Indian call centres did a better job. 'They're quicker at answering the phone, highly numerate and keen to come to work every day,' he said. 'Staff are hugely enthusiastic about their jobs, they dress well. A lot have degrees. The quality of work is exceptionally high.'
HSBC operates call centres in Leeds, Swansea, Edinburgh and Hemel Hempstead, and runs seven other centres dealing with administration. Each admin request, including direct debits, changes of address and standing orders, is placed in a computer queue that can be processed by staff in the UK, India or China.
UNIFI, the union representing financial services workers, admitted that staff in India were often better educated than their British counterparts. Spokesman Liane Graves said around 1,500 jobs had been lost to 'natural wastage' in the UK in the last five years, with the work shifted to India and China. 'There has not been any compulsory redundancy. People have left of their own accord or been moved to other jobs,' she said.
Lloyds TSB is said to be considering a similar shift, while GE Capital already operates call centres in India dealing with UK customer queries. GE Capital was criticised last year when it emerged that Indian call-centre staff were urged to use English-sounding names so as not to upset Britons. Fake names were chosen using the same initial as the real name, so Sajid became Sean or Simon, Kapil became Kevin and Shweta became Sharon.
Stephen Alambritis, of the Federation of Small Business, rejected the policy. He said: 'Businesses don't want more call centres either here or abroad. They don't want to be treated as battery hens, they want personal contact.'
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Anurag Basu has planned to do an entertaining as well as colorful biopic on the legendary singer and actor Kishore Kumar. Anurag wants to make a biopic on Kishore da with Ranbir Kapoor. Both of them alongwith UTV Pictures will be doing the film. But Ranbir is busy these days doing two films right now. Anurag said after "Barfi!" this will be his second film with Ranbir. Anurag is already penning down the story, but he confesses that it is not going to be an easy task because whole world will be looking at the work with lots of expectations. However he is pretty sure that the film will be liked by one and all.
Anurag feels lucky as he is offered to direct the film. Kishore da has been an inspiration for him forever. The film focuses on the madness of the great singer. Basu feels Kishore da was a colourful person, he was filled up with life, and he had a charming personality. Anurag believes that the movie on Kishore Kumar will be very entertaining.
Kishore Kumar bagged 8 Filmfare Awards for playback singing. He sung songs in Marathi, Assamese, Malayalam, Bhojpuri, Kannada, Gujrati, Oriya languages apart from Hindi and Bengali. Kishore Kumar began his career in Bollywood as a chorus singer and started working for Bombay Talkies. He began his acting career in 1946 with "Shikari" which had Ashok Kumar in the lead. Then he got a chance to sing in the film "Ziddi" after 2 years, and he sang the song 'marne ki duayen kyu mangun ..'.
He was not serious about films and took the assignments casually. However in 1949 he settled in Mumbai. The 1970s and 80s were his best decades as a playback singer where he sang for superstars Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Dharamendra, Dev Anand, Mithun Chakraborty, Rishi Kapoor, to name a few.


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T&F Wraps up Action at Miami Invitational
April 10, 2011
Men's Results | Women's Results
OXFORD, Ohio - The University of Cincinnati track and field team placed second in the women's division and fifth in the men's at the Miami Invitational on Saturday at George L. Rider Track on the campus of Miami University.
In the women's division, Cincinnati placed second overall in the team scoring after earning 105 points. Host Miami (Ohio) won the women's division with a 111 point total.
Junior Aricka Rhodes (Westerville, Ohio/Thomas Worthington) won the 400 meters in 54.18 seconds, the second-fastest time in the BIG EAST this season. Rhodes also ran the anchor leg on the 4x100-meters relay, leading the Bearcats to first place with a time of 45.94.
Natasha Burse (Garland, Texas/Richardson) finished the 100-meter dash in 11.94 seconds and the 200-meter dash in 24.19 seconds, both good for first-place finishes.
Freshman Kaitlyn Good (Vandalia, Ohio/Vandalia) recorded a season best of 5 feet, 6 inches in the high jump to give the Bearcats another first-place finish. Junior Michelle Eby (Dayton, Ohio/Wayne) placed first in the pole vault after clearing a height of 13 feet, 1.5 inches.
Junior Paris Campbell (Euclid, Ohio/Euclid) finished second in the 100-meter hurdles after recording a personal-record time of 14.02 seconds, just 0.59 seconds away from first place.
Sophomore Gabby Calderon (Pataskala, Ohio/Watkins Memorial) scored a fourth-place showing in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 1:03.29.
The UC men's team scored 71 team points to place fifth overall. Miami (Ohio) finished first in the men's division with a score of 116.
Junior hurdler Terrence Somerville (Akron, Ohio/Buchtel) set a personal record in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.93, which currently ranks first in the Big East and 18th in the NCAA.
Three different Bearcats finished fourth in five separate events despite setting season-best marks. Senior Chase VanCura (Mansfield, Ohio/Ontario) placed fourth in the 200 and 400-meter dash events with times of 22.05 and 48.45.
In the 1,500-meter run, junior Michael Rutherford (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales) had a season-best time that placed him fourth, finishing in 3:49.19 minutes. Junior Oliver Book (Starlight, Ind./Providence) ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:22.37.
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Getting to Know St. Jude Chef Miles McMath
Yesterday, we shared the news of our partnership between our 2013 Idea House and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. On the same day, we had the chance to welcome St. Jude Chef Miles McMath to the Test Kitchen for some seriously good eats and conversation. Chef prepared his signature Garden "Farrotto" Late Harvest Squash, Edamame, and Crispy Sage (a recipe he makes for the St. Jude family) then joined us for one of our daily tastings. We met up with Chef Miles for a quick Q&A about his Southern roots and to hear what it's like impacting the lives of patients and families at this respected hospital.
What exactly are you preparing for us today?
Today I'm cooking up what I call "Farrotto," which is essentially a nutritious take on Risotto. I substitute toasted Farro because it's much higher in protein, and I'll incorporate vitamin-dense ingredients like collard greens. We call it 'Cosmic Mac n' Cheese' around the kids, and it's one of their favorite dishes.
We're picking up an accent. Where do you call home?
I grew up in Alabaster, Alabama (just outside of Birmingham), but I've lived all over the South. I went to culinary school in Louisville, worked at Brennan's in New Orleans for a few years, and now I'm in Memphis. I don't think I'll ever leave the region.
How would you say your Southern background influences your work at St. Jude's?
I really value Southern growing and farming practices, and I try to keep everything as local as possible. Growing up on a farm, I fished and hunted for my food, so I always knew where my ingredients came from. I also couldn't live without Southern comfort food (especially Poke Salad), and neither could the kids. At the hospital, food is one of the only things that can bring them a little piece of home, and I love playing a part in that.
Where do you typically get your produce in Memphis?
We actually have our own, on-site garden at St. Jude's, complete with 60 raised beds and hoop houses, so all of our produce comes directly from there. Hospital volunteers and I work daily to maintain garden upkeep. Sometimes, as soon as we pick it, we're using it! Every Friday, we host a farmer's market where St. Jude's families and employees can take home our fresh, organic vegetables.
Do you have any takeaway tips or advice on how to sneak in healthy ingredients?
We do a lot of hands-on cooking activities, where the kids can make their own pizzas or parfaits using healthy ingredients. I've found that even if a child isn't hungry, he or she will typically take a few bites if it's something they played a part in making. We also try to make subtle changes to classics like brownies. If we add raw sugar, flax, and some blueberries to a brownie recipe, the taste doesn't change, so they never notice the difference.


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School uses jingles to announce closings and delays
MINFORD, Ohio (WTVN) -- Tired of saying the same thing over and over, Minford Local Schools technology director Ryan Stockham decided to toss it up a little when he had to send out a phone message to alert parents and students that school was once again closed.
"We've had so many calamity days and delays this year. We had a few people just kind of joking around that we need to jazz things up a bit," he said.
So he began recording short jingles set to the tune of well-known songs.
He started with one set to Stevie Wonder's 1984 hit "I Just Called To Say I Love You."
"I was pretty nervous when I sent it out the first time because I didn't know how people were going to react to it," he said. "So far it has been pretty positive so I've posted a few more."
He followed it up with "Ice Ice Minford" a parody of Vanilla Ice's 1990 song "Ice Ice Baby."
However, Stockham says he was in trouble when the district opted to delay classes instead of cancel them recently. He didn't have a delay song written and heard about it from several disappointed students and parents.
"It's just a kind of a goofy jingle from my perspective, but people really seem to like them," he said.
He has since recorded a version about delayed classes to Queen's "We Are The Champions."
Stockham is asking students to submit their own jingles. He's made it a contest with a $50 gift card as the prize. One will be awarded at each building: elementary, middle school, and high school.
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Yesterday saw the election of 41 United Nations member states to the executive of a new "super agency", UN Women, to promote women's rights.
The agency brings together four existing UN bodies into a single force under its head, Chile's former president Michelle Bachelet. Campaigners hope this will help push women's rights up the international agenda and focus funding on one place.
Saudi Arabia's automatic representation has inevitably drawn fire from critics who ask how the country can promote women's rights when it does not allow its female citizens to drive or make a range of important decisions without the approval of a male relative.
Iran had incited similar ire, fuelled by the worldwide condemnation of its decision to sentence a woman convicted of adultery to death by stoning. She still awaits her ultimate fate, now reduced to a hanging sentence. Speaking with news reporters in New York earlier this week, the 2003 Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi, said the possible election of Iran and Saudi Arabia would be a "joke". The US opposed Iran's representation on the executive, which led to Iran being replaced by East Timor.
By the UN's Gender Empowerment Measure, neither country is highly placed, with Saudi Arabia at 59th and Iran at 88th out of 182 ranked nations.
I'm not sure trying to judge the relative merits or otherwise of these two countries' record on equality rights is worthwhile. There is a different question, which applies to membership organisations in general. If you are going to limit membership by historic track record, where do you set those limits? Who decides what constitutes the inner circle? If equal pay were a criterion, the new agency would have a very tiny representation indeed.
The other question is more pragmatic. Are governments more likely to be persuaded to dynamic change by being part of a forward-looking debate or by being excluded? You might argue that the spotlight will now be on Saudi Arabia's gender politics more keenly than before, strengthening the voice of the liberal minority within the country.
Yet while it remains to be seen whether UN Women can effect change, we should applaud its aims – and at least give it a fighting chance.


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The Concept of Self-Defending Objects in the Development of Security Aware Applications
Holford, John W., Caelli, William J., & Rhodes, Anthony W. (2003) The Concept of Self-Defending Objects in the Development of Security Aware Applications. In 4th Australian Information Warfare and IT Security Conference, 20-21 November 2003, Adelaide, Australia.
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This paper presents a proposed extension to the object oriented paradigm, whereby software objects are not only responsible for the encapsulation of data, but are also aware of the sensitivity of that data. Those software objects which encapsulate sensitive information will actively defend both their sensitive data and their functionality. These self-defending objects use object level role based access control to secure those sensitive resources. Applying access control measures within self-defending objects will not only ensure that access controls are appropriate and non bypassable, but will also simplify the development of security aware applications.
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I've noticed that in my area they are walking back the PC thing. In a department store I go to, for a few years they were saying, Happy Holidays. Last year they were saying Merry Christmas again. I asked one of the salespeople about it and she said that they were told it's OK to say again.
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In 2005, my company's HR came out with a policy that forbade management from using the word "Christmas" when referring to the holiday in any corporate email. We were required to use ther terms "winter holiday", and "season's greetings".
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Well Packernation, the draft starts tomorrow and for every "sure thing" there is a "wildcard" I made guess (and yes, they are ALL guesses) at who the Packers would get with that 21st pick but today I found myself wondering…"Who is gonna take a tumble tomorrow?"
In every draft, there is a player projected early in the first round who somehow finds his way DOWN the board (for example…Aaron Rodgers). Who will that person be tomorrow? Is it possible that a coveted safety like Ha-Ha Clinton Dix finds his way past the middle of the first round to make Packers fans hold their breath that he may still be there at 21? I'm here to tell you, it IS possible.
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Finally, what if the run on quarterbacks that inevitable will happen in this draft, doesn't happen until late. If only one or two quarterbacks are chosen in front of the Pack in the first round…that may make things LESS interesting in my opinion.
Well that's the fun of it, Packernation. The draft is tomorrow and Ted Thompson, Mike McCarthy and the rest of the Packer folks in the war room are gonna make some critical decisions for this team moving forward. I firmly believe that this is going to be a FANTASTIC draft for the Packers. But what do you think? Give a comment on the Facebook page or leave one here…Go Pack!


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Michael Felger Featured On Debut Episode Of 'The Hurley Edition' PodcastFelger and Hurley decided it was time to have a more civilized discussion. And what better forum to do so than on a podcast?
Felger Loses His Mind Over Baseball's Painful Pace Of Play: 'Sport Has A Death Wish'It's all brought Michael Felger to a breaking point.
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David Price Vows To Remain In Boston For Duration Of Contract, Claims Fans Yelled Racial TauntsDavid Price said he's staying in Boston through 2022, and Felger & Mazz reacted.
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Robin Williams, who has died in an apparent suicide, was one of the greatest comic actors of his generation.
On television, in Mork and Mindy, and as the star of films such as Good Morning, Vietnam, Mrs Doubtfire and Good Will Hunting, for which he won an Oscar, he brought his special brand of zany comic acting to delighted audiences. "Comedy is acting out optimism," he once said, with the infectious goofy grin and twinkling eyes that were his trademark.
Williams was born in Chicago in 1951, the son of Robert Williams, a Ford executive, and Laura, a former model. He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and later Woodacre, California. He remembed his childhood self as shy and somewhat lonely. "I collected model soldiers, thousands of them," he said of his time growing up as an only child, "You learn how to create games for yourself and you read a lot. It wasn't exactly fun, but later on it helps with your range as a comedian and it gives you an imagination."
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Robin Williams: A career in pictures
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1980: Robin Williams in the world-famous Mork and Mindy series that launched his career.
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1984: Williams in 'Moscow On The Hudson'. The actor earned his first Golden Globe nomination for his turn as a Russian circus performer in this 1984 hit.
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1987: Williams in the critically acclaimed 'Good Morning, Vietnam'. Williams ad-libbed all the radio broadcast scenes from this 1987 film about a radio DJ sent to Vietnam to entertain the US troops serving out there.
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1995: Williams appeared as man released from a board game after being trapped for decades inside it in the blockbuster 'Jumanji'.
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1997: The box-office hit Flubber saw Williams take the role of Professor Philip Brainard, who creates the unstoppable green goo Flubber in his bid to produce a new energy source.
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1998: Williams gave a poignant turn as Dr Hunter 'Patch' Adams, an unqualified doctor who treats patients with laughter in 'Patch Adams' .
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1998: Williams stars alongside Cuba Gooding, Jr in 'What Dreams May Come', a film that follows American physician Chris Nielsen's journey through the afterlife after he is killed in a car crash.
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1999: Robin Williams, Bob Balaban (left), and Armin Mueller-Stahl star in the movie 'Jakob the Liar' about a Jewish shopkeeper who uses his imagination to engender hope throughout a Polish ghetto in 1944.
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1999: American Science Fiction drama 'Bicentennial Man' followed an android (Williams) as he experiences emotions and becomes more human
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2014: Rob Williams stars in 'The Angriest Man in Brooklyn', the story of a bad-tempered man mistakenly told he has 90 minutes to live.
From comic alien to unconventional wartime DJ, Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) saw Williams as the breakfast host for Radio Saigon. Much loved by the troops but an irritant to his superiors, Williams serves up beautifully-delivered lines, such as "Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun." Although it seemed a comic role, the underlying anti-war message of this multi-layered film is clear. The performance gained him a Golden Globe award and an Oscar nomination for best actor.
In the film farce Mrs Doubtfire (1993), Williams, as the unemployed and hapless actor, Daniel Hillard, takes on the role of nanny to his own three children, so as to be able to secretly visit his family at the home of his divorced wife. Two of the children later discover his real identity but promise not to disclose it, so that they can continue seeing their father. His cover is blown at a restaurant, where he administers the Heimlich manoeuvre and loses his latex mask, in a classic scene of hilarity.
Written by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon, much of the film's appeal comes from Williams' ad-libbed remarks. These unscripted additions brought an added dimension to the film. "Robin comes to the set and he'll do four or five scripted takes," the film's director, Chris Columbus, told The Independent in 1994, "and then he'll start improvisations but always based on character. They don't get too wild until around Take 14 or 15. I then go back to the editing room and interlay them throughout the original scripted sequence. And they cut like butter."
The film was an enormous success at the box office, with takings of more than US $440 million, making it the second most successful of the year, behind Jurassic Park. Williams' performance won him an American Comedy award, a Golden Globe award and an MTV Movie award.
A sequel to Mrs Doubtfire, revisiting the collaboration between the director Chris Columbus and Williams, had been planned by the Fox 2000 studio. Columbus said last year, "We've talked about it, and the studio is interested in it." He went on, "The thing that fascinates me about a sequel to Mrs Doubtfire is with most actors who create an iconic character like Mrs Doubtfire, when you come back and do that character, well, you're twenty years older so, you're not going to look the same. The cool thing with Mrs Doubtfire is there's a character, there's a woman, who is actually going to look exactly as she did in 1993. So I look forward to seeing that trailer." That project will sadly not now come to fruition.
As Dr Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting (1997) Williams took on a straight, non-comedic role for the first time, playing the therapist to a brilliantly intelligent but angry young school cleaner, Will Hunting (Matt Damon). Maguire eventually breaks through to Hunting by exposing his own vulnerability, his history of abuse as a child and through the simple phrase "It's not your fault.". Williams won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in this role.
The July 2002 Robin Williams: Live on Broadway show broke records for audiences and takings, with tickets for some performances selling out within thirty minutes of going on sale. His surreal on-stage humour included such gems as "Do you think God gets high? I think so, look at the platypus."
Six years later he took the Weapons of Self Destruction tour to 26 cities worldwide, proving himself to still be a force in stand-up. Here he touched on his own addiction issues, with the line "I went to rehab in wine country, just to keep my options open." On hearing of the damage to Canterbury, New Zealand, in the 2010 earthquake, he donated all the proceeds of his Christchurch performance to the city's relief efforts.
In addition to his comedy acting, Williams had also done voice-over for two animated films of note. He was the genie in Aladdin (1992) and voiced the penguins Ramon and Lovelace in Happy Feet (2006). As with Mrs Doubtfire, much of his Aladdin voice performance was improvised, to the extent that an Oscar submission for Best Adapted Screenplay was refused, because of Williams' extensive changes. He said that he derived much of the inspiration for these animated roles from watching Warner Brothers cartoons, and especially Bugs Bunny, as a child.
Off-screen Williams had been active with charity projects including Comic Relief, St Jude's Research Hospital and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, founded by his old Juilliard friend. In the debut US Comic Relief of 1986 Williams, in the role of a homeless character, comments to Whoopi Goldberg, who is explaining trickle-down economics "I knew somebody up there was pissing on me!"
His most recent television role was as Sarah Michelle Gellar's dad in The Crazy Ones, a comedy for CBS which ended in May, after one series. Gellar has described him as being the father "she had always dreamed of having". He had also completed filming for the third in the Night at the Museum film trilogy. Titled Secret of the Tomb, and featuring Williams as President Teddy Roosevelt, the new movie will be released in December.
Williams had been dealing with drug and alcohol addiction since the 1970s and had gone through long periods on and off the wagon. "I've done the research on playing an alcoholic," Williams said in an interview last year. "Having sobriety now, for like seven years, they have these things when you're drinking called 'blackouts'. It's not really blackouts, it's like sleepwalking with activities, but it's the idea of, you know, 'yeah, I'm more focussed on the present', and that helps, especially when you're doing a series."
His personal life was as complex as some of his on-screen roles. After twice divorcing, at a cost of some £20 million, he had been philosophical about his marital misadventures. "Instead of getting married again," he said, "I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her my house," adding wryly that "Alimony comes from the Latin word meaning to rip a man's genitals out through his wallet." That was before a third marriage, to Susan Schneider, softened his inner cynic. "It's been a wild time, but it's pretty wonderful right now," he said just after their honeymoon. "My wife has helped me through so many things. Love is the most important thing in life."
He had recently been struggling with depression and had been a patient at an addiction centre in Minnesota. His agent had said at the time "After working back-to-back projects, Robin is simply taking the opportunity to fine-tune and focus on his continued commitment, of which he remains extremely proud..."
He was found at his apartment in Tiburon, California, on 11 August at 11:55. Police reported that he was "unconscious and not breathing" and was pronounced dead at 12:02pm. The cause is suspected to be "suicide due to asphyxia".
Robin Williams: comedian and actor; born Chicago, Illinois 21 July 1951; married firstly Valerie Velardi 1978 (one son; marriage dissolved); married secondly Marsha Garces 1989 (one son, one daughter; marriage dissolved); married thirdly Susan Schneider 2011; died Tiburon, California 11 August 2014.Reuse content


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Governor: lawmakers won't be paid until pension crisis solved
SPRINGFIELD -- Governor Quinn is bringing down the hammer on lawmakers this week. He's stopping their pay because a committee didn't reach a solution to the pension crisis Tuesday.
That committee has met several times and says it's at a standstill. Members are waiting for the results of an actual analysis. The group met Monday and learned that report could take a week ore more to complete.
But, Quinn says it's not good enough. He says he needs a solution now. Quinn says he used his line-item veto power in a budget bill and won't accept a salary himself until a deal is reached.
Lawmakers receive a base salary of $68,000. They would have to vote to reject his changes if they want to get paid.
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SPRINGFIELD -- Wednesday, Governor Pat Quinn issued a line-item veto which suspends pay for Illinois state legislators. The governor will also forgo his own salary until the General Assembly sends him a comprehensive pension reform package.
The pension crisis is the result of 70-years of fiscal mismanagement by previous administrations. Governor Quinn expressed frustration that his efforts to push for solvency in the state's budget has been met with opposition and criticism:
In this budget, there should be no paychecks for
legislators until they get the job done on pension
reform. ...Pension reform is the most critical job
for all of us in public office. I cannot in good conscience
approve legislation that provides paychecks to legislators
who are not doing their job for the taxpayers.
Illinois is currently in the "worst-in-the-nation" pension crisis with growing debt and plummeting credit scores. The state's credit score is currently the lowest in history after having been downgraded twice in one week.
Members of the General Assembly earn more than $67,000 annually along with stipends for leadership positions. Both were vetoed out Wednesday.
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Is 'Duck Dynasty' Star Phil Roberston's Suspension From the Show Fair? Jon Says Yes
The big news today is the suspension of 'Duck Dynasty' patriarch Phil Robertson for Anti-Gay comments Robertson made in a GQ Magazine interview. As you can imagine, reaction to the comments by the Gay and Lesbian community was immediate and strong. Fan reaction to Robertson's suspension was equally swift and strong. One one hand, some people feel the suspension was justified and the comments totally wrong and inappropriate, while others feel like Robertson is entitled to his opinions and is equally entitled to voice those opinions.
Executives at the A&E network, the home of 'Duck Dynasty', felt it was necessary to suspend Robertson indefinitely for his comments and they made clear that Robertson's comments in no way represent the views of A&E, as you would expect. Fans of the show remain outraged by the suspension, calling it completely unfair because he is entitled to his opinions.
Here is what we tend to forget about free speech. While free speech is guaranteed under the First Amendment, free speech can and often does carry potentially serious consequences. Phil Robertson DOES have the right to express his opinions if he so chooses, and A&E DOES have the right to levy consequences on Robertson for those comments for the same reason thus, making the suspension fair.
Just because someone disagrees with an opinion doesn't mean the opinion can't be expressed in a public forum. The Gay and Lesbian community has every right to be outraged by Robertson's comments and A&E has every right to sanction Robertson for those comments and that line should not in any way be blurry.
We can say whatever we want, but we also have to be willing to accept the consequences of what we say because there will be consequences either good or bad.
The bottom line in this example is that everyone in this particular instance is within their rights including Robertson, A&E and those offended by the comments. Why is that so hard to understand?
The people saying the suspension IS unfair are wrong because they are not in a position to judge the fairness of that act, only A&E is in a position to judge the fairness of the suspension. They can BELIEVE the suspension to be unfair, but to say it IS unfair is just an opinion and not a matter of fact and the same goes for those who say the suspension does not go far enough.
Phil Robertson, while I disagree with his opinion, has the right to that opinion and I am in no position to judge him for that. All I can do is disagree. A&E has the right to suspend him form THEIR air and others have the right to be outraged by those opinions….it is as simple as that, so let's just move on. With great power comes great responsibility and free speech is great power. What do you think?


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Meet Shadow, a quiet and friendly boy looking for a loving home. Shadow has been at the shelter a long time and doesn't understand why he keeps getting passed over. As a Chinese Shar-Pei/Border Collie mix he has an irresistible face and shorter stout body. His beautiful brown eyes light up with happiness when he knows hes going for a walk. he's a volunteer favorite and we'd all be so happy to find his forever home. He likes to play and will do well to learn a few more tricks. He's strong on the leash and will need regular exercise. Please note he's very curious around other dogs and does best with easy going dogs. Mature families with children 12+ years of age are recommended.
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Break-Thru Home Care, Inc. is now hiring Personal Care Attendants (PCAs)/Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) for on-call staffing supports, as well as many opportunities to join some of our clients regularly scheduled staffing teams.
Applicants MUST be professional, reliable and have prior experience providing direct services to individuals with disabilities and/or seniors.
Many of the clients who work with us live in areas that are not accessible via public transportation; therefore, applicants must have reliable, personal transportation.
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Two years after the Olympic games, Beijing continues to evolve at full tilt, with exciting new lounges, restaurants, and hotels popping up across the sprawling metropolis. From an under-the-radar whiskey club and a buzzy locavore restaurant to a sleek skyscraper hotel, the city's latest after-hours offerings are giving Beijing's glittery sister Shanghai a run for its money.
The heart of expat nightlife is the centrally located Sanlitun Village, where newcomer Apothecary (drinks for two $22) is shaking up local cocktail culture with creative concoctions and house-made mixers. Try the "secret Earl Grey," Beefeater gin finished off with pomelo-lavender bitters. A five-minute stroll south will lead you to D.Lounge (drinks for two $50), a brick-walled gallery that, come night, morphs into a gathering spot for fashion designers and media types. The most creative drink: "emperor's whiskers," made with tea-infused vermouth. Across town in the Central Business District, well-heeled urbanites take in live jazz over Moët champagne, crispy prawn fritters, and Cohiba cigars at Park Hyatt Beijing's Xiu (drinks for two $22). The rooftop lounge has five interconnected pavilions inspired by Song Dynasty architecture and an outdoor patio with 360-degree views of the city. Don't be fooled by the fading paint and dusty velvet banquettes at D-22 (drinks for two $10): the best young Chinese indie bands can be found cutting their teeth at this respected rock bar in the university district. For something more subdued, head to Ichikura (drinks for two $20), which has a 12-seat Japanese whiskey bar stocked with a selection of rare vanilla- and cherry-scented whiskeys.
The convivial atmosphere and tender duck pancakes at Da Dong's (dinner for two $100) make it one of the top places to try Beijing's most famous dish, but Peking Duck, Private Kitchen (dinner for two $40), in the historic Chaoyang District, is a noteworthy new contender. Here, the plump bird is presented in heated rosewood boxes in an intimate dining room. On Beijing's oldest commercial street, established China restaurateur Michelle Garnaut's Capital M (dinner for two $130) draws the city's glitterati with seasonal, locally sourced dishes such as wild-mushroom-and-truffle risotto. Graffiti art covers the walls of Ireland-born chef Brian McKenna's new restaurant/lounge Room Beijing (dinner for two $50), which turns out whimsical, Chinese-inflected creations (chicken wontons with avocado-and-lime dip; raspberry-and-herb-infused chocolate pop tarts). Reservations are essential at Temple Kitchen (dinner for two $250), where a traditional 10-dish menu highlights classic regional ingredients (sea cucumber, abalone) in a 700-year-old former Buddhist temple. The best place to recover from a late night out? Brunch at Maison Boulud à Pékin (brunch for two $55), Daniel Boulud's French-American outpost with a Beijing twist housed in the former U.S. Embassy. The goose egg en cocotte with smoked potato and chorizo is a surefire way to refuel.
The China World Summit Wing (doubles from $290), a serene 278-room hotel in the bustling Central Business District, resides in the top 18 floors of Beijing's tallest building. Views extend from the Rem Koolhaas–designed CCTV tower to the golden rooftops of the Forbidden City and beyond. Start (or finish) your evening at the exclusive Atmosphere cocktail lounge. Mixologist Serhan Kusaksizoglu—who trained at Munich's iconic Schumann's bar—has a sophisticated menu of bourbons, rye whiskeys, and single malts. After exploring the city, guests will appreciate returning to the new Gold Rooms at Fairmont Beijing (doubles from $267), where bathrooms now have oversize bathtubs, heated floors, and over-the-top, 24-karat-gold rain showerheads. Yi House (doubles from $140) is the first boutique hotel in Beijing's edgy 798 Art District, an enclave of galleries in former factory buildings. Work by notable locals such as photographer Chi Peng is on view in the 30 gray-walled guest rooms. Sanlitun fans will want to check in to one of the 98 light-filled Studio suites at the Opposite House (doubles from $290) for unbeatable access to the area's nightlife. Survey the scene at the hotel's chic subterranean lounge, Punk: David LaChapelle and art enfant terrible Ai Weiwei, among others, have been spotted here.
Meghann Foye is a writer based in New York.
The new Norman Foster–designed Terminal 3 turned Beijing Capital International Airport into the world's second-busiest hub, with 50 million passengers yearly. Langham Place, Beijing Capital International Airport just opened near T3 with 372 spacious, wood-accented rooms. Tech amenities include smart phones with free instant messaging and a lobby bar filled with Macs and PC's. T3 also has a wide collection of shops: White Collar carries Chinese designers for women (look for patent-leather wallets and colorful knit sweaters) and Huaxiangyuan Tea Shop has quality Lapsang souchong and pu-erh, wrapped in pretty packaging.


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actually perform their day-to-day functions using the system. As important as it is to find defects, at the end of the day, our users don't care how many bugs you find as a tester if they can't use your system to perform their job.
Do we really want to build systems without requirements specifications? Do we really want to build the system and then "learn" about it to figure out if this is what the user wanted? Are the developers and testers truly the subject matter experts or should we do our best to figure out what the users want in advance, even if we are not perfect in our endeavors? Can we use preventive testing or some other similar technique to help flesh out some of the ideas of what the system will do before we launch into coding? Even though requirements-based testing will probably only touch a fraction of the possible interactions of the code, we can execute enough requirements-based tests, at the very least, to ensure that the user can perform the basic tasks required for them to run their businesses.
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2016 saw the iOS app space develop and mature. 2009 and 2010 provided us with the basics - Twitter clients we fell in love with, great photo editing tools and better ways to consume our news. Just ticking the boxes was no longer enough in 2011, setting the makers of existing apps and those looking to make new ones a huge challenge. The iPhone and iPad app scene has become a bit a case of - how do you get something for someone with everything?
Taking a negative approach to such a challenge is to underestimate both the surprising versatility of iOS devices - given how closed-off they are - and the creativity and talent brimming over the edges of app developers. They're a canny bunch.
To seek out the best new apps for iPad and iPhone, we've limited our top apps of 2011 list to things released within 2011, or very late 2010. Updates don't count, we're afraid, so if your favourite app isn't here, that's possibly why. However, feel free to add your suggestions - and criticisms - in our comments below.
With such a rich crop to choose from, the list includes apps from a diverse range of fields. There's a better way to consume digital content, several ways to make music, apps that'll plug the feature holes in the basic iPhone camera offering and something to let you create miniature works of art without any mess.
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Reduce Reuse Recycle: Green Your Lunchbox May 29 2012, 0 Comments
Kids lunch boxes can be the worst offenders when it comes to waste. But a few simple changes can help you green your lunchbox. Swap disposable plastic baggies for BPA-free, reuseable lunch containers. Use cloth napkins instead of paper. Only pack what you really think your kids will eat to minimize food waste.
A Few Reasons Why We Need to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Did you know...
On average, Americans use 20 million plastic baggies a day.
100,000 sea turtles (and other marine life) die each year by ingesting plastic bags.
According to the EPA, each child generates 67 pounds of waste each year.
Packing a bag free lunch saves over $2000 per year.
You and your kids can make a difference with a few easy changes and by keeping the 3 Rs in mind: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
INFOGRAPHIC: The Road to Healthy Eating April 05 2012, 1 Comment
The road to healthy eating is fun and easy when you know your way! Use this map to put your kids in the healthy eating drivers seat and let them make their own healthy choices. Enjoy the ride! For a free printable version of this map click here to download.
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Ancient Jewish gravestones unearthed at Vienna cemetery
VIENNA (Reuters) - Jewish gravestones unearthed at a small cemetery in Vienna were hailed on Wednesday as historically important cultural treasures that could rival the famed Jewish cemetery in Prague.
Restoration work at the 16th century Seegasse cemetery has discovered 20 gravestones that are centuries old and were buried by Viennese Jews in 1943 to hide them from the Nazis ruling the country, the IKG Jewish community organization said.
Many Jewish cemeteries were destroyed during World War Two by the Nazis who stole headstones and desecrated graves.
The IKG said these gravestones were found carefully buried in two to three layers separated by earth and could be just the first of many other "hidden jewels" to be found there.
Their location had remained unknown as many of the people who hid the gravestones did not survive the war.
"Their significance in terms of cultural history is certainly comparable with Prague," a spokesman for the Vienna city council's cultural commissioner, Andreas Mailath-Pokorny, said on Wednesday.
IKG President Oskar Deutsch praised the city for confronting its past and helping to restore the cemetery, now located in the inner courtyard of an old people's home.
Dozens of headstones have already been refurbished in a project that Vienna and the Austrian government started in 2004 and is slated to continue until 2018 but this was the first time that gravestones of this age were unearthed.
The project will make Seegasse the only Jewish cemetery in the world to have been restored to its pre-war state, an IKG statement said. Continued...


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Direct Lender Payday Loans For Bad Credit
You have probably heard about Direct Lender Payday Loans For Bad Credit, nevertheless, you aren't sure if they are best for you. These companies offer short-term loans to the people who are having a difficult time financially. Sounds great, right? It can be if you discover out everything you need to know before applying first. Here are some tips to help you with these loans.
Direct Lender Payday Loans For Bad Credit should never be taken in excess. Don't run around town and get a dozen Direct Lender Payday Loans For Bad Credit in the 24 hour. You may find yourself can not repay the loans, irrespective of your income.
If you take out an online payday loan, make sure that you can afford to spend it back within one to two weeks. Direct Lender Payday Loans For Bad Credit needs to be used only in emergencies, once you truly have no other alternatives. When you take out a payday loan, and can't pay it back straight away, a couple of things happen. First, you have to cover a fee to help keep re-extending your loan unless you can pay them back. Second, you continue getting charged more and more interest.
When considering taking out a payday loan, make sure to understand the repayment method. Sometimes you may ought to send the financial institution a post dated be sure they will cash the deadline day. Other times, you are going to just have to provide them with your banking account information, and they will automatically deduct your payment from your account.
If you do not know much of a payday loan but they are in desperate necessity of one, you might consult with a loan expert. This could be also a friend, co-worker, or loved one. You want to make sure you are not getting ripped off, and that you know what you are getting into.
Sometimes we can all make use of a little help financially. If you find yourself which has a financial problem, and also you don't know where to turn, you may get a payday loan. A pay day loan is a short-term loan you could receive quickly. There can be a bit more involved, and the tips will assist you to understand further with what these loans are about.
If you want to find a relatively inexpensive payday loan, attempt to locate one that comes completely from a lender. The indirect pay day loan will have fees which can be considerably more than the direct lender because the indirect payday lender keeps a few of the fee for his profit.
The best tip intended for using Direct Lender Payday Loans For Bad Credit is to never have to use them. If you are struggling with your bills and can't make ends meet, payday advances are not the right way to get back on track. Try making a budget and saving some cash so you can don't use these types of loans.
Whenever you are completing an application to get a payday loan, you should always look for some sort of writing saying your information will not be sold or given to anyone. Some payday lending sites gives important information away like your address, ssn, etc. so make sure you avoid these lenders.
Only borrow how much cash that you need. For instance, should you be struggling to your bills, then this money is obviously needed. However, you shouldn't borrow money for splurging purposes, like eating out. The high rates of interest you will have to pay down the road, will not be worth having money now.