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Have a Question for BB11 Jeff and Jordan?
Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd, still together after all this time. Who would have thought the Big Brother house could produce a true romance? Well, fans of theirs now have their chance to submit questions direct to them! Host Bob Merrick of The Baub Show will have them live this Monday at 7pm Pacific to…Details


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EU Shark Finning Regulation Debated in European Parliament
Last week the European Parliament began its work on the Commission's proposal to close major loopholes in the EU ban on shark finning submitted in the fall of 2011.
The European Commission has proposed ending special permits that allow fishermen to cut off shark fins at sea and land them separately from the bodies under a legal exemption to the overall EU requirement for landing sharks with their fins naturally attached.
Portugal and Spain, whose long-distance freezer vessels make up the EU's largest shark fishing fleet, are the only EU countries still issuing these special permits, a fact that was clearly reflected in last week's Parliamentary debate.
Last October, during Big Shark Shout Out which coincided with European Shark Week, thousands of divers and concerned citizens around the world rallied to shout out for sharks and demand protection from finning and over-exploitation. Together, we voiced our concerns about the future of the world's shark populations.
"Project AWARE is pleased that the European Parliament's work on the Commission's proposal to close the loopholes in the EU finning ban has now begun" says Suzanne Pleydell, Project AWARE Director. "We are urging the Council of Ministers and all MEPs to strongly support the legislative proposal to end all shark fin removal on board vessels by requiring that sharks be landed with their fins still naturally attached".
Fisheries and Environment Committees Consider European Commission Proposal
Here is a summary of the deliberations as reported by the Shark Alliance*:
During the Parliamentary debate, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves Member of European Parliament (MEP) from Portugal, as the Fisheries Committee Rapporteur, started the discussion. Despite insisting that she had an open mind on the matter and was listening to all sides, Patrão Neves' cited concerns about economic hardship, safety, hygiene, and storage to argue against the proposed "fins naturally attached" policy with little supporting documentation or specifics. Instead, she called for delay of the regulation and compromise measures.
Patrão Neves questioned why the Commission was moving forward with the proposal, apparently forgetting that she was among the 423 MEPs to sign in 2010 a Written Declaration urging the Commission to propose a complete ban on removing shark fins on board vessels. She was vigorously supported by Carmen Fraga, an MEP from Spain, who also argued without specific figures against imposing this "costly measure" that would have "major repercussions" in the future.
MEPs Struan Stevenson (UK), Vice Chair of the Committee, Raül Romeva i Rueda (Spain), Chris Davies (UK), and a designee for Kriton Arsenis (Greece) argued adeptly in favor of the Commission's proposal. They have highlighted the large number of vessels with special permits, the biological vulnerability of sharks, and the need for the EU to lead rather than lag behind a growing number of countries effectively imposing fins-attached policies as core arguments in favor of the Commission's proposal.
In further support of the proposal, a Commission's representative reviewed the loopholes associated with the current regulation, stressed that there were practical solutions to all concerns raised, set the record straight regarding the number of special permits (approximately 200), and refuted the assertion that the Commission's proposal, which has been years in the making, was "hasty". Patrão Neves, however, was "extremely disappointed" with his response, asserted that MEPs were there to "defend the fishing industry of Europe", and reiterated her opposition to the proposal.
On the same day, European Parliament's Environment Committee began its discussions with a draft opinion report from MEP Andrea Zanoni from Italy that strongly supported the Commission's proposal. Zanoni's report received enthusiastic endorsements from all MEPs taking the floor, including MEPs Daciana Sârbu (Romania), Sandrine Bélier (France), Martin Callanan on behalf of Julie Girling (UK), and Chris Davies (UK).
What happens next?
The process to amend the EU finning ban will continue to heat up throughout the spring. In the coming weeks, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves is expected to release her working document with a proposed compromise for consideration by the Fisheries Committee. Her draft report as well as an informal document reflecting the views of the European Council of Fisheries Ministers should become public in mid-March.
Stay tuned for updates on this critical process and ways that you can help us achieve a strong and enforceable EU shark finning ban.
*Project AWARE is a steering group member of the Shark Alliance, a global, not-for-profit coalition of non-governmental organizations dedicated to restoring and conserving shark populations by improving shark conservation policies.
Photos courtesy of the Shark Alliance

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– Ankush Kumar, Lead Software Engineer @ Adobe
Logs are the first thing that come to the mind when we run into an issue. Following are some tips on improving the logging on the application side as well as the application server side.
Enabling/Modifying Logging of Application Servers
Jboss, which is bundled with LiveCycle has a pre-configured log4j configuration file. It is present as <Appserver Home>/server/<profile>/conf/jboss-log4j.xml. you can track new packages or existing packages at debug level by simply using the following command:
<category name="com.adobe.mypackage">
<priority value="DEBUG"/>
From here, you can do the following configurations:
- Change log file path
- Change log entry structure
- Specifying log rotation policy
- Enable cluster logging
The following JBoss wiki can help you play around the logging file.
Weblogic logging can be configured from Weblogic administration console. There are separate administration consoles for each managed server. On Weblogic administration console, logging can be accessed at Environment > Servers > [Name of Managed Server or Admin Server] > Logging.
Here, you can define following configurations
- Log file path
- Rotation Policy
However, in the advanced section, you can define:
- Log entry layout
- Logging Level
- Specify package level logging in "Logger Severity Properties" box:
Note that on Weblogic, if you are running into issues while deploying EARs, you may want to look into Domain logs and Adminserver logs. Both of these are created under <Weblogic Domain>/servers/<Admin Server>/logs.
Websphere logs can be found at <Websphere Home>/AppServer/profiles/<Profile Name>/logs/<server name>. You can configure it from Websphere administration console at Websphere Application Servers > [name of server] > Logging and Tracing.
In JVM Logs, you can configure SystemOut and SystemErr logs for your server.
Here, you can configure:
- Location of Log file
- Rotation Policy
From Logging and Tracing, with few simple steps, you can enable the trace level logging for a specific package:
- Select "Change Log Detail Levels" from General Properties section.
- Under "Change Log Detail Levels" page, you can find a text box and tree beneath it with root node as "* [All Components] ".
- Expand Root node "* [All Components] > com.adobe.livecycle.*" and click "com.adobe.mypackage.*".
- This will open a context menu. Go to Message and Trace Levels and choose finest from sub menu.
- Click Apply button and Save the settings to master configuration. Now you should be back to "Logging and tracing".
- Select Diagnostic Trace link. This will open Diagnostic Trace Service page.
- Make sure File radio button is selected. Increase the Maximum File Size to 50 MB, and Maximum Number of Historical Files to 5.
- File Name text box shows "${SERVER_LOG_ROOT}/trace.log" by default. This means trace logs are getting created at default logs folder. You can change it by giving any absolute path where you want diagnostic logs to be written.
- Click Apply and Save the settings to master configuration.
- Restart the server. File specified at step 8 should get created.


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Chefs' Secrets: Marinated Shiitake Mushrooms from Chama Gaúcho
Updated 12:01 am, Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Dear Pat: I love Chama Gaúcha and their selection of meats, but one of my favorite items is their marinated mushrooms. Could you see if they would give up the recipe? Thanks.
Dear Gregg: Step into a Brazilian steakhouse, or churrascaria, and you expect to find an impressive array of meats, fire-roasted to perfection, and served from swordlike skewers by gaúcho-attired waiters. At Chama Gaúcho, you'd not be disappointed. But when such a carne-centric restaurant also lavishes attention on the salad bar, it's doubly satisfying. Along with an array of fresh green salads, fine fat asparagus, earthy red beets and more, it offers high quality cheeses, sliced charcuterie such as prosciutto and pickled or marinated vegetables, including these piquant Marinated Shiitake Mushrooms. And here's more good news. For those with smaller appetites, or those who eschew meat, the salad bar can be ordered alone, available for a reduced price at both lunch and dinner.
Pickling mushrooms as a way of preserving them is an age-old practice, and they're delicious little bites whether referred to as appetizers, hors d'oeuvres, tapas or meze. Most recipes you'll find, such as the ubiquitous Mushrooms à la Greque, use button mushrooms and are marinated with white wine along with vinegar and variously flavored, perhaps with tomato, garlic, olive oil and Mediterranean spices such as coriander seed.
Chama Gaúcha, however, goes beyond the expected, and general manager Long Phu tells us what sets theirs apart. They use fresh shiitake mushrooms and add vinegar (but no wine), sliced onion and fresh cilantro sprigs to the marinade in which you steep the mushrooms. They're ready to enjoy after 24 hours and will keep up to four days or so. The results are delightful and healthy, too. A great addition to your repertoire and to your table.
Chama Gaúcha is at 18318 Sonterra Place, just off Loop 1604.
Food & Drink Channel
Pat Mozersky is a freelance writer for the Express-News. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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CHILDREN and staff from the Mead Community Primary School are celebrating being ranked outstanding by Ofsted for the third time in a row.
The academy, which has sites in Hilperton and Wingfield, was visited by assessors last month.
The report praises the progress of the 505 pupils at both sites as well as their behaviour and happiness, highlighting the support they get from their teachers and the leadership of headteacher Lyssy Bolton.
She said: "We are delighted to be ranked outstanding again. We make sure our children are happy and safe, providing innovative teaching."
Ofsted has also commended the Mead's work in the community and work it does with other schools.
Mel Jacob, chairman of the school's governing body, said: "What happens here doesn't come together by magic, we have challenges the same as every other school, but it is our attention to detail that makes the Mead special.
"Since we were founded by Lyssy 13 years ago we have continued to progress. The staff do all they can to maintain and surpass the superb standards."
The repeated outstanding rating comes at an exciting time for the academy, which is opening a new primary school in Green Lane, Hilperton, in September.
The academy, which will be called Castle Mead School, is currently recruiting staff and enrolling pupils. To see the Ofsted report, visit www.ofsted. gov.uk and to find out about becoming a governor at Castle Mead School call 01225 759273.


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Lago Shelves
When you first look at this picture, it looks like origami shelves. I guess they kinda' are. Not the paper kind, though. There are a variety of shapes - people, pet, objects. Take your pick. It's like virtual wall art with a function.
Hand-stitched, multi-layered polyurethane cover, foam backing , latex bladder....Ryan McGinness is known for his graphic design and use of symbols, etc. to create a new type of iconography...love this ball.Tags: home, art, interior design, artists, home decor, decor, house, interior decor, foamAdded 9 Years Ago from Artwareeditions


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Groene at the Legislature: Holding NRDs responsible
Groene, colleagues short-sighted on NRD funds
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Obviously are you kidding is exercising his 1st Amendment right of free speech by calling me ignorant. (talkback to 'Say no to chained cost-of-living index')
When on rare occasion that I write about an issue I do research the topic.
I first read about this chained CPI idea in the American Legion in 2012 - Cost-of-living benefits-threatened - that stated that such would affect future reduction of benefits for veterans (http://www.legion.org/veteransbenefits/213223/cost-living-benefits-threatened).
This change of policy as it would deal with entitlement benefits caught my attention so I looked into it further.
I found out that AARP and Wikipedia.org provided good definitions of both the present CPI and the concept of a chained CPI. These explanations can be found at:
Or: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Chained_Consumer_Price_Index
So any legislative change of the current CPI to a chained CPI would require the Bureau of Labor Statistics to post at the end of each year what percentage of benefit (cost of living adjustment) would be made for the next year. Simply put a C-CPI would be a reduction of benefits as shown at the above web sites.
So who or whom is attempting to change the COLA with a new C-CPI?
On Oct. 3, the Huffington Post posted the following story: GOP Should Shut Down the Chained CPI. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-richtman/gop-should-shut-down-the-_b_4038046.html This story reminds us that the Bowels/Simpson commission and congressmen Paul Ryan and others by using the C-CPI that it could be used to reduce the national debt.
Thus, even the Obama administration as well as the GOP has had past budget discussions about using the C-CPI to reduce the debt. So since the Huffington Post as well as a warning from a regular e-mail political service that I use both warn of a push being made in Washington DC to use the C-CPI as a chip for negotiating a benefit reduction way to reduce the debt.
Additionally Factcheck.org http://www.factcheck.org/2012/12/chained-explained/ provides a well-stated and unbiased explanation of both a right and left review of the meaning of a Chained CPI and the effect of such on seniors and beneficiaries.
So, I hope this replaces any thought of scare talk to that of the reality of concern of the facts of those wanting to replace the present CPI with an unfavorable C-CPI.
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Due to inclement weather, Penn will be traveling Friday morning and will compete in the final three sessions.
The group traveling this weekend is the Red and Blue's non-Ivy League Championships squads. Last year when the men and women competed in the Cavalier Invite, the men took first place out of the six schools competing, while the women placed second out of five teams.
The partial Quaker squads will be in action against select swimmers from Drexel, Duke, James Madison, Virginia, and William & Mary. Live results will be available and linked through VirginiaSports.com.
Friday's Event Schedule
200 free relay, 200 IM, 500 free, 100 breast, 200 back, 100 free, 200 fly, 800 free relay, and 400 medley relay
Saturday's Event Schedule
200 medley relay, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 fly, 200 breast, 100 back, 50 free, 1650 free, and 400 free relay


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Omaha Poker Variation: Hold'em beyond Texas Hold'em
There is a slight difference between the Omaha variation and the Texas Hold'em variation of the game of poker. As a matter of fact, Omaha is sometimes referred to as Omaha Hold'em.
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One soap opera fan's essay on the diminishing world of soap operas and the cancellation of As the World Turns
Dear Soapdom,
I would like to do a bit of introduction of myself before I continue on the major part of this essay that I am going to write/type.
My name is Aneeq S. I live in Ontario, Canada. I am 23 years old and I will be going to university starting this September 2010. I will be also going on a flight, tomorrow actually as of writing this, (leaving on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010) and won't be back for a bit until more than a month later. I will be going to get married back home so... yay me! =)My immediate family or my extended family (I have a big family) do not know that I watch daytime soaps and would like to keep it that way. They think of it as a time waster as well as sinful to watch, etc. They are very strictly religious; let's just leave it at that. Me, on the other hand, I don't believe in such rigid rules and I like/watch/do whatever I feel like, but obviously, without my family knowing about. I know you all would be wondering how I watch soaps. Well, I watch it online. I do have a TV and cable, but it would be kind of hard to watch TV when it is in the living room and my mom being around the area and wondering what I am watching. We don't even watch TV at all sometimes. My brother and my cousin brother watched TV to see the FIFA world cup just recently and that was it. I, personally, think TV is a waste of time. I will elaborate further on this later on.
I am writing this essay because I really love this soap that got cancelled recently, which is called As The World Turns (ATWT for short). As I started researching and reading on the Internet about ATWT, I came across many things along my way. They include: many viewers voicing their opinions on variety of message boards all over on their views on the cancellation of ATWT, petition sites, Facebook/Youtube/Twitter/misc pages on how to save soaps and ATWT, the reasoning behind why it got cancelled, insults towards the TPTB (The Powers That Be) that are in charge of ATWT, and many other opinions of viewers related to ATWT all around the Internet. There were some things that I came across that I was a bit uncertain on the factual basis of it but I like to keep an open-mind on all things all the time.
Now, I will my state my intentions on writing this essay. I started watching ATWT when the Luke and Noah storyline was implemented a few years ago on Youtube. It drew me in to this soap and I started watching this storyline very closely. I found the storyline very interesting because it had a certain aspect that I really closely shared, which was the whole being gay when you are young and coming out but in my case, it is a whole different story how it turned out and it would take me "another" essay to write on my whole life story, which this essay is not about.
When I was watching the Nuke storyline, I got interested in the other storylines on ATWT. When I started watching the other characters and the whole story around Oakdale, I got completely mesmerized by how well the story was put together. Then I started watching the whole show online on Youtube. I stopped an year back because of personal life issues but I started up again recently when I was feeling depressed. ATWT kept me going when I was feeling down. I don't know how, but it was another "family", other than my own that I liked watching. I also got completely hooked when I saw Reid Oliver being introduced into the Nuke storyline and the love triangle.
When I recently heard that ATWT was cancelled and it will not continue past September, I was deeply hurt and saddened on why this longstanding day-time got cancelled. I know that my POV/story on this does not even compare to the people who have been watching ATWT since its inception 54 years ago but I feel that everyone's opinion should count on this issue.
I have seen all the heartfelt responses on various message boards, how ATWT was their 2nd family, how it kept them going in difficult times, how much people will miss it, etc. I felt all of these viewers' sentiments and felt related to them in some way or another and felt that I need to do something about it. Then I, suddenly, got an epiphany of sorts. Well, this epiphany came to me recently (a week ago of this writing this, which was around July 12th, 2010). It came to me in such a huge rush in my mind and I was completely overwhelmed by it. So many ideas, thoughts, words that just kept on coming in my mind that I felt that I needed to put this on paper. I did not sleep well this past week and I said that enough is enough. These ideas and thoughts came to me for a reason and I need to do something about it. They came to me in essay structure form, in a very unusual essay structured form, and yet jumbled in some ways. I felt that I needed to do my part in saving ATWT from TV/internet oblivion.
The main ideas that kept on coming into my mind was to propose a solutions (or actually a string of solutions that are tied in together) as well as making many convincing arguments (as convincing as they can be, according to me, of course) to convince to whoever reads this to pass this along to a network who will do the justice this soap, ATWT, rightfully deserves. I know I am no major in political science or even be educated enough to even make convincing enough arguments, but I will do my very best to convey my ideas and thoughts and help make them be as convincing as possible to whoever who reads this essay to the best of my ability. I mean that is all a human being like myself can hope to accomplish, and I hope, and pray, this somehow, somewhere, convinces someone out there to do something about this and implement these ideas and help save ATWT, and other soaps from dying out.
These are the ideas that have been bombarding me for the past few days constantly. Daytime soaps are going to become extinct or so I have heard. I heard about Guiding Light (another soap) getting cancelled and ATWT followed right after. I have heard "rumours" on other soaps following the same fate as ATWT and other cancelled soaps. I have heard all the stories (factual or otherwise) on why it got cancelled such as that it was a power struggle between CBS and TPTB that led ATWT to TV oblivion or it was the TPTB's fault for not caring enough about their fans to keep ATWT running. I have heard all the blames, all remarks/comments from some very effected individuals, some of them even bordering on being very "emotional" or... downright insulting and rude. I don't really care who is right and who is wrong and I will not pass the blame on anyone. My whole intention is to keep an open-mind and put forth a proposal to help save ATWT and from other daytime soaps from dying out.
My proposal requires a network/company out there or even TPTB to take a very bold move in help saving ATWT. My suggestions are actually influenced by what Luke said to Dr. Reid Oliver in one episode in regarding to building the neuro-wing in the hospital. Reid was suggesting that the wing be all about the patients and nothing else, but Luke suggested that it should be about both the patients and their "supporters," the people who wait patiently (an unintentional pun but a pun nonetheless) for their loved ones to get better in the waiting areas. In the same way, I will draw the analogy between what Luke and Reid agreed upon and what I am going to suggest. I suggest that whatever anyone does to help save ATWT or any other soap for that matter is to look on both sides of the story. One must never be all about the business aspect or be only about themselves or "my rule is final and whatever I say goes" kind of attitude. In corporations, or networks in this case, should think about both the "supporters" (viewers) of their show as well as trying to get more profit out of their shows. Both parties should be pleased as much as possible and they both depend on each other for success in these trying times
What I suggest (my 1st suggestion) is to make daytime soaps into a... "night-time soap". Making ATWT a night-time soap would be one big step in helping saving ATWT (or any other soap for that matter). Why I think this way or suggest this, I'll explain in more details. When it is a night-time soap opera, it could bring more viewers as people tune into their channels or surf the channels and they like something out of pure chance and wonder what this new show is. This is like throwing a net into a body of water of catching the most fish instead of trying to fish for a single fish one at a time. You would "snatch" or put it in a more appropriate word, "gain" more viewers in this way. More people are home in general during the evening or night so more people would relax/unwind during the night and watch TV.
There are many factors involved in the termination of a show or daytime soap such as ATWT in this case. One of the factor is that the economy is still not up to speed and the recession has hit all of us and affected us all in some way. We have to do what we can with what we have. I know that production costs for soaps are higher than some game show or cooking show out there. I know that the viewers have gone down for all soaps in general, especially for ATWT, even though it is in the 2 million mark. There are many reasons for that, and I'll explain more in the next paragraph.
The demographics for soaps back then 54 years or more have completely changed to now. Back then, soaps' target audience was and is still, to an extent, currently North American women who were/are housewives and stay-at-home moms. Now, the viewers/demographics for soaps has gone through a complete overhaul and this overhaul MUST be met with similar expectations on trying to match it and overcoming it. Nowadays, all types of people from all walks of life watch soaps. It is no longer for housewives or stay-at-home moms. Single women/men, married women/men, families with children, teenage girls/boys, young adults (male and female), grandparents with their grandchildren and daughters/sons, from different countries, of different orientations, of different family structures watch these soaps... mainly thanks to the internet (Youtube, as one of its components, of course). I have heard all these types of people interested in soaps, even whole families watching soaps together like one of those prime-time shows at night. Also, keep in mind, women are no longer stay-at-home moms or housewives, well, the majority isn't nowadays. People lead busy lives during the daytime hours. It should be obvious that the viewers during the daytime hours would decrease by a big margin since... not many people are home nowadays or they are very busy during those times. Nowadays, people come home at night to unwind in front of their flat-screen TVs (one majority) or in front of their computers (other majority). The concept of pleasing both parties involved should be used in this scenario as well if a network needs to have its show keep its lustre.
My 2nd suggestion ties in with the 1st suggestion that I mentioned earlier. When daytime soaps such as ATWT get converted into night-time soap (being shown at night-time prime-time, between the times of 8 pm and 10 pm), there will still be some people who won't be able to watch at that time. There could be people who work during that night, or they are busy, or they are maybe watching one of their favourite prime-time shows that they have been watching for a long while. The option for those viewers who would like to watch ATWT on TV will be to DVR it to watch it later or... watch it online. If the 1st suggestion is implemented, the 2nd suggestion must be implemented/accompanied as well to get the most viewers as possible, which is... to have an online viewing outlet/aspect to the ATWT. It would be a win-win situation for both the viewers to be able to watch their missed episode anytime they want AND for the network to "gain" more viewers that they might have missed when the episodes are shown on TV but was not watched due to many reasons. Viewers are happy, and the network is happy.
There are a few ways on getting an online persona for ATWT, for which I will explain. One way is to have whichever network picks ATWT up to have an online archive of the missed episodes. Some side suggestions to this would be have a download version in different video qualities/formats so viewers have a choice... 'Cause after all, which person out there does not love choices. Another side suggestion, which is more profitable than the previous one but go hand-in-hand, is to have ALL previous episodes from 54 years ago for ATWT online, the full episodes. The reason for this is that new viewers and old viewers alike would love to get acquainted and familiar with the history of the show... I mean who wouldn't want to know the 54-year legacy of a show that is ATWT. I know that most viewers would love to get to know the characters of Oakdale and how they have come so far. I know this is a big thing and requires a lot for it to be successful, which I will explain and elaborate further in my next paragraph.
The network's site must have the proper infrastructure in place to accommodate all the episodes, old and new in different formats in an archive... as well as having an infrastructure in place to accommodate all the viewers watching the episodes. That can put a strain on any infrastructure but it is an investment that is well needed and should be implemented to get the most viewers as much as possible... again the motto... viewers are happy (being to able to get re-aquatinted with the soap) and network is happy (more profit due to more viewers). If this is too much of an investment or if the network is not bold, "yet", to make this jump... there is another solution. I would highly suggest the network has its own site for ATWT since it will bring viewers to YOUR network but there is another, less "bold" suggestion. The network can put all the episodes; old ones from way back from 54 years ago to the new ones, on Youtube. An infrastructure is in place and is right there for the taking... or "using" in this scenario. An arrangement/agreement could be made with Youtube to make it profitable for the network that is showing ATWT on their network TV... after all, we are all reasonable, understanding adults... I have hope and trust that any human being of right sense and sound mind can come to an agreement that benefits both parties involved equally if they so choose to.
My 3rd suggestion relates to the writers of ATWT and how they do their storylines. I have seen what they are capable of. They are able to put an amazing gay storyline like Nuke and become the pioneer for having a gay coming out storyline at the same time (the actors are absolutely amazing as well so I applaud them for their superb acting skills). And then there those rehashed storylines that should be left alone after the 1st time and done over with. The writers are very intelligent and I have complete faith that they can churn up many storylines to come in the future if they so please. Anything is possible. They just have to be bold, push the envelope, be innovative, be creative but be entertaining at the same time. A perfect mix of all these traits makes a soap become a highly successful one.
I would like take a moment here to give high praise to the writers (and actors) a bit here for the current storyline that they put recently right after the announcement of ATWT cancellation. The character of Dr. Reid Oliver (played absolutely phenomenally by actor Eric Sheffers Stevens) is a "breath of fresh air," as some viewers have put it, and was and is something that this genre of TV (soaps) needed for a very long time. I am absolutely captivated and mesmerized by the sheer brilliance of the character of Reid Oliver. The "in your face" and "holding nothing back," and "raw" nature of the dialogue of the character is absolutely wonderful. The LuRe storyline (as majority of the viewers have coined it) has become a very popular one and I think it is rightfully so. I applaud the writers that have come up with this ingenious storyline as well as the character. The character and the storyline are reminiscent of the Brian Kinney and Justin Taylor story on Queer as Folk. It highly reminds me of their relationship and I have longed to see such intense-ness in characters and their relationship on TV.
The actor, Mr. Eric Sheffers Stevens, also deserves my high praise and the highest praise of all from me. He made the character his own but wow, he has become the character. Absolutely superb acting done by this absolutely humble, and very good-looking actor, and his body language, the emotions portrayed through it is absolutely out of this world... He is indeed an actor in its truest sense... and rightfully so. I absolutely love the emotions that just burst out of my screen when I watch Luke and Reid on-screen. Their on-screen romance is indeed a true gay love story that I have been longing to see and it is absolutely perfectly executed by the actors involved as well as the writers. I would still like to say, as an aside, that all other actors in ATWT do their job very well as well and ATWT would not be a legacy without them.
Now, my 4th suggestion involves the types of storylines that the writers can come up. I would just like to say that I do not care what people say about TPTB and writers/producers of ATWT in such insulting ways of ATWT and how they are very conservative and all that. I know there is something that is pulling them back from fully exploring the LuRe storyline or the Nuke storyline a few years ago. I would like to say this though. This is the year 2010. We, the people, have come a long way from back then when anything different was frowned upon, especially relating to the rampant homophobia in the past years. But now, the world is changing. A LOT of people have become tolerant of people of all walks of life around the world and they should rightfully be so. I would also like to say for people to stop saying that being gay or "being Queer" is a lifestyle choice... 'Cause it is not... it really is not... but this is an issue that deserves its own lengthy essay and this essay is not for it.
The viewers of ATWT hail from all sides of this world and they liked to watch Nuke and now like LuRe. There used to be a line drawn between people who liked these types of storylines but not anymore. The line has completely become so thin that it has almost faded away, and a LOT more people like to see what a gay storyline is all about and become very emotional about it and would like them to continue with it. My plea to the writers and the producers and TPTB is to please, not to be affected by conservative people in any way and please, try to explore all types of relationships on-screen for ATWT (and can apply to other soaps as well). Don't let anyone's opinions hold you back. Do not think that the majority of the people would be reserved in seeing these kinds of storylines. You would be highly surprised on how receptive some people are to these types of storylines. Go beyond what people expect of you. Have ATWT/or another soap depict many different relationships and characters such as mixed race relationships, a transgender character, a transsexual character, a cross-dresser, a bisexual character who struggles with his/her sexuality, polygamy, monogamy (a rare thing nowadays I assure you), anything and everything that you guys can think of... if you guys can think of a character like Reid Oliver or even Luke Snyder, you guys are indeed capable of all that I listed and I have the utmost faith as a human being that you, the TPTB, are highly qualified to do them.
I would like to re-iterate some and elaborate on some examples of a transgender character and even cross-dressers that I have seen on TV that have absolutely kept me entertained and mesmerized by their characters. The character of Kris Fisher, played wonderfully by Gerard McCarthy, on the UK soap Hollyoaks, was an absolutely wonderful and multi-faceted character I have ever seen in the history of television. His (the character's) uniqueness brought so many ideas for where storylines can emerge from... endless possibilities. A transgender character that I saw on a soap opera was on AMC, whose name was Zarf/Zoe, played wonderfully by Jeffrey Carlson. The character was indeed one of a kind in the soap genre and explored the story of a transgender, and wonderfully so.
I got driven to write this essay to help, with the best of my ability, to convince everyone and anyone out there to see that it would be a big loss to TV if ATWT is not continued and the soap opera genre must not die out... Anything is possible (as long as you put your mind to it)... this mantra applies to everyone and everything in all different walks of life in this world and beyond. I hope I have convinced enough people to make a difference for this show to stay on air as well as for all other soaps.
I have just spent 4 hours straight in writing this essay on Microsoft Word, with a bit more than 4000 words in 7 pages with Arial font and 12 font size, a day before my flight. I hope, and pray (for myself and to all human beings out there in this world), to have this kind of dedication in anything a person does (me included), in their life. I, personally am astonished, and surprised, that I have this kind of drive in me to do this kind of essay on a show that I genuinely, and truly love and that I do not want to see let go in September.
I hope and pray that this essay, along with the rest of the viewers' support all around the world, to make a difference, for ATWT to stay on air, all for the sake of the viewers and for the sake of the absolutely wonderful actors, and everyone involved in making ATWT a success and a true legacy.
Here's to hoping the World Keeps on Turning =)
Signing off...
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A Letter to Lenny, from the Rebelby Justin Warner in Food Network Star, August 11, 2014
Dear Lenny,
Out of all the seasons of Food Network Star, I can think of only one other winner who has a personality as big as yours. Congratulations and welcome to the Food Network family. You deserve this. From the moment you set foot on our screens, America couldn't take its eyes off you, and it wasn't because of the sequins.
You exude confidence. You nailed it in the finale when you told that kid you are happy in your own skin, so why not bare it? We're a little alike, in that regard. You aren't afraid to be you. I look forward to seeing what sort of walls you break down in your new position.


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The Amarula Trust, a not-for-profit company, supports the Amarula Elephant Research Project and promotes community upliftment.
Amarula Cream is a South African success story. Sweet, creamy, and vibrantly fruity on the palate, with notes of caramel, peppery spice, and a hint of citrus, it has an irresistible taste all its own.
The fruit that provides Amarula liqueur with its unique flavour comes from the marula tree (Scelerocarya birrea). Tall and leafy, marula trees grow wild across sub-Saharan Africa.
Only the female marula tree bears fruit. By mid-February, the yellow-skinned, white-fleshed fruits are ripe for plucking. Many wild animals, but especially elephants, are crazy about the succulent, nutritious fruit. They've been known to ram the tree to dislodge their favorite snack if none has fallen to the ground.
A single tree can yield between 500kg and two tons of fruit. Between the pachyderms and the rural communities in and around the town of Phalaborwa in Limpopo province who earn a living by harvesting the fruit, there's plenty to go around at harvest time, from late January to March.
Like wine grapes, marula fruit is hand-harvested. The fruit is crushed from the kernel, and the flesh separated from the skins before being fermented in the same way that pressed grapes are fermented to make wine. The 'wine' is double distilled and matured in small oak casks for 2 years before being blended with fresh cream.
It's not only the flavour but also the folklore surrounding Amarula that adds to the marula fruit liqueur's appeal. Though the belief that elephants purposely seek out the fermented marula fruits, and become 'drunk' from them is pure myth, the marula tree is the stuff of legend.
Its oil-rich kernel is called the 'food of kings', its fruit is sky-high in Vitamin C, and locals believe its tree bark can aid expectant mothers in determining the sex of their unborn child.
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Tel: +27 (0)15 781 7766
Tours to do
Visit the Amarula Lapa outside Phalaborwa for a free Amarula tasting, and from January to March, when it's harvest time, take a 30-minute factory tour to see how the marula fruit is processed.
What will it cost
A 750ml bottle of Amarula retails for around R80.
What to eat
Besides liqueurs, Amarula also retails a range of liqueur-filled chocolates.
What's happening
In addition to their Amarula Elephant Research Project (AERP) project, Amarula also supports the Nhlangasi Day Care Centre, an early learning centre for 90 children from the rural communities from Phalaborwa in Limpopo province. An out of harvest season skills transfer project involving the secondary processing of the oil-rich marula nuts for health and beauty products, ensures that marula harvesters are employed year round, and a job-creation project employs a further 85 Eastern Cape women, who thread, knot and brush out the golden braided tassles that adorn the neck of every Amarula bottle.


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Before it all started, both managers said a mistake would be the deciding factor in the American Association semifinal between the Winnipeg Goldeyes and the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks.
That is exactly what came to pass at Shaw Park on Friday night before a crowd of 5,025, as the Goldeyes defeated the RedHawks 4-1 to sweep the best-of-five series 3-0.
With Fargo leading 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth, RedHawks first baseman Marcos Rodriguez let a Kyle Day grounder roll through his legs, resulting in two runs en route to a four-run inning. That was all the offence Winnipeg needed.
The Fish will now meet the Wichita Wingnuts, who swept their series with the Laredo Lemurs, clinching Friday night with an 8-2 victory.
The best-of-five league championship series opens with Games 1 and 2 on Tuesday and Wednesday in Winnipeg.
It was the third straight come-from-behind win in the series for the Goldeyes, who got into the playoffs as the wild-card entry, while Fargo, which tied a regular-season record for wins with 65, was the North Division champion and finished 10 games ahead of Winnipeg.
"It's so sweet, especially against that team. It's just this group out guys, man, we just never quit. We were down again and had to come back. Hats off to those (Goldeyes) guys," said third baseman Amos Ramon, who played for the Goldeyes in 2006 when the team lost in the first round to Fargo.
"I was with them (Goldeyes) in 2006 when we were so close. I've been there when you're up 2-0 and you lose it. But not today."
Goldeyes starter Matt Rusch recorded the win, allowing just one run on eight hits in seven innings. Brian Beuning recorded his third straight save.
It is the first playoff series victory for Goldeyes manager Rick Forney, who has led the team to the playoffs six times in his seven years as manager.
"We've come close so many times, there's been so many heartbreaking defeats for our team. I think we've lost the Game 5 three times, had so many things go against us, some bad hops or breaks that kept us from pushing over the hump," Forney said.
"We beat a really good team today, that's a hell of a team over there. That's the best Fargo team I've seen in 10 years. They're that good so that kind of says something about my team. For us to perform the way that we did, we should be proud of ourselves."
RedHawks manager Doug Simunic has won six championships in his 17 seasons at the helm and has taken his team to the playoffs 15 times.
Fargo catcher Ryan Delgado's single in the top of the first scored centre-fielder Nic Jackson, who got aboard on a double. Fargo led 1-0 until the fourth.
The Goldeyes loaded the bases in the fourth on a leadoff single by Barbaro Canizares, a walk to Josh Mazzola, a sacrifice bunt by Luis Alen and an intentional walk to Mike Coles. After two runs scored on Rodriguez's error, a single to shallow right by Amos Ramon scored Coles and Day.
The Goldeyes looked sharp defensively, especially in the fifth. Fargo's Carlo Cota had taken a big lead from second base after getting aboard on a double, when first baseman Mazzola caught a line drive by Buddy Sosnoskie and then doubled up Cota on a quick throw to shortstop Price Kendall at second base.
"We see them almost every year, they're a thorn in our side and we're a thorn in their side. It's definitely a pretty good rivalry," said Goldeyes reliever Zach Baldwin, in his fifth Goldeyes season. He retired one batter in the eighth.
"We have a bunch of high-character guys on this team. The core group in there is veteran guys and we know how to play together."
DIAMOND DUST: Goldeyes second baseman Yurendell de Caster was presented with the Goldeyes' "Tear the Cover Off the Baseball" award for leading the Goldeyes with a .327 batting average during the regular season.
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The Australian dollar edged off multi-month lows on Wednesday after ratings agency Standard & Poor's reassured that Australia's top sovereign grade was safe, though jitters over eurozone stability kept risk appetite limited.
The Aussie steadied at $US1.0226, having found some comfort following an S&P report saying that Australia's robust credit fundamentals supported its top credit rating.
While the country had some vulnerabilities, the ratings agency said they were largely mitigated for now.
Investor sentiment was also underpinned by firmer equities after the head of the US Federal Reserve reassured markets of its commitment to strong monetary stimulus.
The currency had skidded as far as $US1.0200 overnight, its weakest since October.
Growth-linked currencies were hit hard this week as Italy's deadlocked election triggered a huge fall in euro/yen, which spilled over into other crosses. Markets remained wary of developments in the eurozone.
"Overall, the mood is quite mixed... People are concerned about what's happening in Europe, data (in Australia) was a bit soft today and it was a bit soft in China as well (earlier this week)," said Greg Gibbs, a strategist at Royal Bank of Scotland in Singapore.
Data out in Australia showed the value of construction work done fell 0.1 per cent in the fourth quarter versus forecasts of a rise of 1.5 per cent.
"There is so much happening in the world at the moment that it definitely adds an element of downside (to the Aussie)."
Markets imply a one-in-three chance of a quarter point easing to a record low of 2.75 per cent when the Reserve Bank of Australia meets next week.
Sovereign bonds were major beneficiaries, extending their recent climb to one-month highs and tracking a similar move in US Treasuries.
Australia's three-year bond futures contract gained 0.04 points to 97.300, having pierced key resistance at 97.283.
The 10-year contract rose 0.050 points to 96.695, its strongest since late January and looked set to test 96.771, the 38.2 per cent retracement of the June-February fall.


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L D Bailey's Military Records
1861 — Raleigh, Pickens, Alabama
Enlisted CSA Sept. 1, 1862 in Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi as Pvt., Co. B, 42nd Alabama Infantry. Released as POW from Vicksburg, Warren County, MS July 10, 1863.
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: L Bailey
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Alabama
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company B, 42nd Infantry Regiment Alabama.
Sources: 425
Bailey, L. D.
Co. B, 42 Alabama Infantry
Card Number: 44683486
Private, Co. B, 42 Reg't Alabama
Company Muster Roll
Sept & Oct, 1862
Sept. 1, 1862 at Columbus, Mississippi by Major Fergus for period of 2 years.
Remarks: Deserted near Ripley, Mississippi Oct. 7, 1862
Period of Service:
From: Sep 1, 1862
To: Jun 23, 1863
When Paid: Jan 23, 1863
By Whom: A. G. Quarto
Amount: $102.43
Remarks: Bounty
Confed. Arch., Chap. 5, File No. 54, page 29
Copyist: D S Blackwell, Pg. 635
Private, Co. B, 42 Reg't Alabama
Company Muster Roll
Mar 26, 1861 at Fort Morgan by Lt. F. A. Sharp for period of 12 months.
Last Paid:
Sep 1, 1861 by Capt J. Ryan
Appears on a report of killed, wounded and missing, of the 42d Reg't., Ala., Moore's Brigade, in the battle of Corinth, Miss., Oct 3 -5, 1862. Reported dated (camp at Lumpkins Mill) Oct 14, 1862.
Series 1, Vol. 17, part 1, page 382.
Copyist, N Herring
Appears on a Receipt Roll for clothing, for 2 Qr, 1864.
Date of issue: Apr 30, 1864.
Copyist, Gross


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Destroy the liposomeFollowing mathematical formula reveals proves that smaller liposomes are more stable. From this calculation result, we think it is possible to destroy liposomes if we give them energy by trigger. ・Hypothesis Assume that a vesicle of large radius existing underwater changes to the plural vesicles of small radius (fig 1). The free energy of each sates F1: large radius, and F2: small radius, probably have following relationship (fig 2). In this case, the vesicle is basically small states because being a small radius is more stable, but there is the energy gap "δ" that must exceed to change the size of vesicle. In this time we do not calculate δ, but calculate the free energy in each radius. From these energy and radius, we demand the relationship of them.
|Fig.1 Assumed state of vesicle in the system
|Fig.2 Assumed relation of each free energy
・Calculation result Free energy "F" of the vesicle is given as follows*.(*Reference)
In this time,
(pf)bulk is a partition function of the single discrete molecule underwater, and (pf)vesicle is a partition function of the vesicle. Therefore, free energy "F",
In this calculation, we assume that N, T, and V are constant,
α= 0 at the moment of N0 – N = 0, so simplify,
We do not know the from of (pf)vesicle, so this time we assume,
N/n=X means the number of the vesicle of the whole system. So we calculate free energy by using this,
Here, a vesicle which radius is 100μm changes to each 10 and 100 vesicles, calculate each free energy,
From these results, we get the follow (fig 3). Fig.3 The relation of each free energy by calculation
From fig 3, free energy is smaller when the radius of vesicle is small. ・Discussion When all molecules participate in the formation of the vesicle, the free energy becomes a one-tenth time when the number of vesicle increase 10 times. In addition, we think that the vesicle of the small radius is more stable.
・Reference Yukio Suezaki "Physics of lipid film"


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The U.S. Maritime Strategy's New Thinking: Reviewing the 'Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower'
" (translated by Andrew Erickson),
Naval War College Review
, Vol. 61, No. 4 (Autumn 2008), pp. 35-71.
Michael Chase and Andrew Erickson, "
Information Technology and China's Naval Modernization
Joint Force Quarterly
, Number 50 (3
quarter 2008), pp. 24-30.
Jim Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, "
China's New Undersea Deterrent: Strategy, Doctrine, and Capabilities
Joint Force Quarterly
, Number 50 (3
quarter 2008), pp. 31-38.
Michael Chase, "Taiwan's Arms Procurement Debate and the Demise of the Special Budget Proposal,"
Asian Survey
, Vol. 48, Issue 4 (July/August 2008), pp. 703-724.
Andrew Erickson, "The Growth of China's Navy: Implications for Indian Ocean Security,"
Strategic Analysis
,, Vol. 32, No. 4 (July 2008), pp. 655-76.
William Murray, "
Revisiting Taiwan's Defense Strategy
Naval War College Review
, Vol. 61, No. 3 (Summer 2008), pp. 13-38.
Jim Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, "
China and the United States in the Indian Ocean: An Emerging Strategic Triangle?
Naval War College Review
, Vol. 61, No. 3 (Summer 2008), pp. 41-60.
Lyle Goldstein, "China's Falklands Lessons,"
IISS Survival
, Volume 50, No. 3 (June/July 2008), pp. 65-82.
Jonathan Pollack, "Energy Insecurity with Chinese and American Characteristics: Implications for Sino-American Relations,"
Journal of Contemporary China
, Vol. 17, No. 55 (May 2008), pp. 229-245.
Lyle Goldstein, "Contending with China: Cold Wars at Sea,"
Armed Forces Journal
(April 2008), pp. 14-17.
James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara," Soft Power Goes to Sea,"
The American Interest
, Volume 3, Number 4 (March/April 2008), pp. 66-67.
Gabe Collins, "Over a Barrel—China's Problems With Oil,"
Jane's Intelligence Review
, ChinaWatch, (1 March 2008), pp. 54-55.
Gabriel Collins and William Murray, "
No Oil for the Lamps of China?
Naval War College Review
, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Spring 2008), pp. 79-95.
Michael Chase and Andrew Erickson, "PLA Navy Modernization: Preparing for 'Informatized' War at Sea," Jamestown
China Brief
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Peter Dutton, "Chinese Views of Sovereignty and Methods of Access Control," Testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, (27 February 2008).
Andrew Erickson, "Can China Become a Maritime Power?" in Toshi Yoshihara and James Holmes, eds., Asia Looks Seaward: The Emerging Dynamics of Regional Sea Power (Westport, CT:
Praeger Security International
, 2008), pp. 70-110.
Gabe Collins, Andrew Erickson, Lyle Goldstein, and William Murray,
Chinese Evaluations of the US Navy Submarine Force
Naval War College Review
, Vol. 61, No. 1 (Winter 2008), pp. 68-86.
Gabe Collins, "An Oil Armada? The Commercial and Strategic Significance of China's Growing Tanker Fleet," Asia Looks Seaward: Power and Maritime Strategy, James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, Eds,
(2008), pp. 111-124.
Gabe Collins, "China's Refining Expansions to Re-shape Global Oil Trade,"
Oil & Gas Journal
, (18 February 2008), pp. 22-29.
Lyle Goldstein and William Murray, "International Submarine Rescue: A Constructive Role for China?"
Asia Policy
, No. 5 (January 2008), pp. 167–83.
Nan Li, "Educating 'New Type Military Talent': The PLA's Command Colleges," in Andrew Schobell and Roy Kamphausen, eds., The People in the PLA:
Recruitment, Training, and Education in China's 80-Year Old Military
, (Carlisle: U.S. Army War College and National Bureau of Asian Research, 2008), pp. 291-316.
Nan Li, "Geopolitics and Market Forces: Political Consequences of Limited Supply," in
China, India, and the United States: Competition for Energy Resources
, (Abu Dhabi, UAE: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 2008), pp. 115-133.
James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, "China's Energy-Driven Soft Power,"
(Winter 2008), pp. 123-137.
Andrew Erickson and Lyle Goldstein, "
China's Future Nuclear Submarine Force: Insights from Chinese Writings
Naval War College Review
, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Winter 2007), pp. 54-79.
Andrew Erickson, Lyle Goldstein, and William Murray, "China's 'Undersea Sentries': Sea Mines Constitute Lead Element of PLA Navy's ASW,"
Undersea Warfare
, Vol. 9 (Winter 2007), pp. 10-15.
Gabe Collins, "China's Growing LNG Demand Will Affect Markets, Strategies,"
Oil & Gas Journal
, (15 October 2007), pp. 62-66.
Andrew Erickson, "New U.S. Maritime Strategy: Initial Chinese Responses,"
China Security
, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Autumn 2007), pp. 40-61.
Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson, "China's Maritime Evolution: Military and Commercial Factors,"
Pacific Focus,
Vol. XXII, No. 2 (Fall 2007), pp. 47-75.
Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson. "Beijing's Energy Security Strategy: The Significance of a Chinese State Owned Tanker Fleet,"
, (Fall 2007), pp. 661-680.
Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson. "Tanking Up: The Commercial and Strategic Significance of China's Growing Tanker Fleet,"
Geopolitics of Energy
, Vol. 29, No. 8 (August 2007), pp. 2-11.
Lyle Goldstein, "China: A New Maritime Partner?"
, (August 2007), pp. 24-31.
Gabe Collins. "China Fills First SPR Site, Faces Oil, Pipeline Issues,"
Oil & Gas Journal
, (20 August 2007), pp. 20-29.
Gabe Collins. "China Making Bid to Lead LNG Carrier Building,"
Oil & Gas Journal, LNG Observer
, (July-September 2007), pp. 12-17.
Kathleen Walsh, "China R&D: A High-Tech Field of Dreams,"
Asia-Pacific Business Review
, Vol. 13, Issue 3 (July 2007), pp. 321-335.
Peter Dutton, "
Carving Up the East China Sea
Naval War College Review
, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Spring 2007), pp. 45-68.
Michael Chase, "Chinese Special Operations Forces: 'Lessons Learned' and Potential Missions,"
China Brief
, Vol. 7, No. 4 (21 February 2007), pp. 2-5.
Andrew Erickson, "Combating a Truly Collective Threat: Sino-American Military Cooperation Against Avian Influenza,"
Global Health Governance: The Scholarly Journal for the New Health Security Paradigm
, Vol. 1, Issue 1 (January 2007).
Kathleen Walsh, "Soaring Eagle, Flying Dragon: Industrial R&D and Innovation in the United States and China," Proceedings of the US-China Forum on Science and Technology Policy (VA: George Mason University, 2007), pp. 215-236
Kathleen Walsh, "China's Anti-Satellite Test: A 21
Century Sputnik?,"
China Defense
, Security and Space Policy Brief (Arlington, VA: George Mason University, 2007).
Michael Chase, "China's Second Artillery Corps: New Trends in Force Modernization, Doctrine and Training,"
China Brief
, Vol. 6, No. 25 (21 December 2006), pp. 2-5.
Andrew Erickson and Lyle Goldstein, "Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst: China's Response to U.S. Hegemony,"
Journal of Strategic Studies
, Vol. 29, No. 6 (December 2006), pp. 955-86.
Michael Chase, "Defense Reform and Civilian Control in Taiwan,"
China Brief
, Vol. 6, No. 22 (21 November 2006), pp. 7-9.
Jim Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, "Soft Power at Sea: Zheng He and Chinese Maritime Strategy,"
U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings
, Vol. 132, No. 10 (October 2006), pp. 34-38.
Xu Qi, "
Maritime Geostrategy and the Development of the Chinese Navy in the 21
," translated by Andrew Erickson and Lyle Goldstein,
Naval War College Review
, Vol. 59, No. 4 (Autumn 2006), pp. 46-66.
Andrew Erickson and Andrew Wilson, "
China's Aircraft Carrier Dilemma
Naval War College Review
, Vol. 59, No. 4 (Autumn 2006), pp. 13-45.
Gabe Collins. "China Seeks Oil Security With New Tanker Fleet,"
Oil & Gas Journal,
(9 October 2006), pp. 20-26.
Andrew Erickson, "Combating a Collective Threat: Protecting U.S. Forces and the Asia-Pacific from Pandemic Flu,"
An Avian Flu Pandemic: What Will It Mean, And What Can We Do?
, Seattle: National Bureau of Asian Research, (June 2006), pp. 11-20.
Kathleen Walsh, "Civil-Military Dynamics in Chinese Defense Industry and Arms Policy: An Approaching Tipping Point," book chapter in Chinese Civil-Military Relations: The Transformation of the People's Liberation Army, Nan Li, ed. (New York:
, May 2006).
Lyle Goldstein and Vitaly Kozyrev, "China, Japan, and the Scramble for Siberia,"
IISS Survival
, Vol. 48, No. 1 (Spring 2006), pp. 163–178.
Peter Dutton, "International Law and the November 2004 'Han Incident,'"
Asian Security
, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2006), pp. 87–101.
James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, "China's 'Caribbean' in the South China Sea,"
SAIS Review
, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring 2006), pp. 79-92.
Andrew Erickson and Joan Johnson-Freese, "A Geotechnological Balancer: The Emerging China-EU Space Partnership,"
Space Policy: An International Journal
, Vol. 22 (Spring 2006), pp. 12-22.
James Holmes, Andrew Winner, and Toshi Yoshihara, "Maritime Counterproliferation with Chinese Characteristics,"
Defense and Security Analysis
, Vol. 22, No. 1 (March 2006), pp. 5-22.
Andrew Erickson and Justin Mikolay, "A Place
a Base: Guam and the American Presence in East Asia," Chapter 4 in Carnes Lord, ed., Reposturing the Force: U.S. Overseas Presence in the Twenty-first Century,
Naval War College
Newport Paper No. 26 (2006), pp. 65-93.
Lyle Goldstein, "China in the New Central Asia: The Fen (RMB) is Mightier Than the Sword,"
The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs,
(Winter 2005), pp. 13–34
James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, "Command of the Sea with Chinese Characteristics,"
(Fall 2005), pp. 677-694.
Kathleen Walsh, "EU Arms Trade to China: US Officials Seek Added, Legal Assurances,"
NIS Export Control Observer,
(August 2005).
James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, "
Taiwan: Melos or Pylos
Naval War College Review
, Volume 58, Number 3 (Summer 2005), pp. 43-61.
James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, "China, A Unified Korea, and Geopolitics,"
Issues and Studies
, Volume 41, Number 2 (June 2005), pp. 119-169.
Andrew Erickson and Justin Mikolay, "Anchoring America's Asian Assets: Why Washington Must Strengthen Guam,"
Comparative Strategy
, Vol. 24, No. 2 (April-June 2005), pp. 153-71.
Andrew Erickson, Lyle Goldstein, and William Murray, "'Gate Crashing': China's Submarine Force Tests New Waters,"
Chinese Military Update
, Vol. 2, No. 7 (April 2005), pp. 1-4.
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, Vol. 24 (2005), (23-51).
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As reported Monday night, Japan's Daisuke Matsuzaka repeated as World Baseball Classic Most Valuable Player.
Cuba's Freiderich Cepeda and South Korea's Tae Kyun Kim, right, were the only unanimous selections to the 12-player all-tournament team, which included but one American: Shortstop Jimmy Rollins (top).
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mousefire55 wrote:Why use Aa in the Latin script for Ээ?
You mean in words like man, have? I think it is so just for historical reasons. Other reason is to make the similar spelled words look different.
Transliterated Russian words are always a problem for english-speakers. True, it is logical to use j to show palatized sound. But the problem is, it wouldn't help a lot to pronounce those correctly. I had many talks with english-speakers and even after I say many times how should it sound, they cannot get it For a german man it is however not a big problem.


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This year at the 49th Grammy Awards, rock stars like Shakira, Hilary Duff and Christina Aguilera made frizz look fierce! While most of us shudder at the thought of fly-aways, these gals aren't afraid to flaunt their fros.
Frizz is caused by many things; namely chemical over processing, blow drying too much or over exposure to chlorine. Also, the use of products in your hair that contain high contents of alcohol such as mousse, gel, hairspray can cause frizz. However, if your hair is naturally curly, it is also probably naturally frizzy.
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It is in Letting Go that we are Free to Hold on
Recently I have heard a lot of discussions on the use of the terms 'closure', 'letting go', 'moving on', 'getting on with your life' and 'acceptance'. So many people in the process of bereavement find the glib use of these terms offensive, repugnant and that it minimizes their intense journey of pain. When taken off guard the grieving person is hurt by the insensitivity of the remark and often even angered by it; especially if uttered by the inexperienced or the ignorant. We don't ever want them to be experienced and if they are ignorant, then we must enlighten them. So many times we are angered and say nothing; we swallow it, put deep inside on a back burner to slowly burn. It's okay to be angry, it is a part of grief, but it also needs to be released and not allowed to fester. Most of the time when someone makes a remark we do not like, or utter an inane platitude, know that usually their heart is in the right spot, they just truly do not understand. We must appreciate their compassion and their courage to say something. We must also realize our perception is jaded by deep our personal grief with its umbrage of pain and bitterness.
We tell them, we educate them, they become informed and we harbor no resentment. We see past their ignorance and accept what ever words of compassion they give to us...so many say nothing. Often times it is not what is said, but how it is said that threatens our well being. Positive accolades are never taken well especially in early grief when they seem to be used the most. People who have never lost a child just do not know. Accept their compassion however they give it. If you must, put a finger slowly to the lips of the fumbling but caring human being and simply tell them "please don't try and fix it, just hug me and hold me like you mean it."
There is one key word in the listed platitudes that you will notice is one of the five Kubler Ross stages of grief; Acceptance. This is the stage of grief that rules them all and is the key to understanding the use of its sister terms; moving on, letting go, and finding closure. First of all I think we all have learned to understand that the five stages of grief: Shock, Denial, Anger, Bargaining, and Acceptance are non-linear and happen all together, separately, and in all combinations for many years, but happen they do, and happen they will. Each stage serves as a unique purpose for our survival and that is what they are, survival tools.
Shock gets us through the impossible, to bury our child. Denial keeps back reality so we can function somewhat back into society… like a non-ending bad dream we continue to live on without our child, but with an elusive thought we will wake up to find it really was just a bad dream. The first year anniversary date usually knocks out Denial and Shock briefly steps in back in. Anger jumps in and out at its leisure and usually catches us off guard or when we are going into and/or out of depression. Bargaining is a total mind game that we play with ourselves to rationalize our current state of misery and to make it feel justified. I deserve to not get out of bed; If I go to church more often I will feel better; If I get drunk enough I can cry and or sleep; If I pray enough I will wake up from this nightmare; If I end my own life, I can join him; I can smoke as much as I want, what difference does it make now; If I am good enough and try hard enough may be he will come to me in my dreams. A seeming never ending internal dialogue that yields has no answer but gets us through another day.
Now back to Acceptance, the 'over soul' of the stages of grief, the one that encompasses them all and gives credibility to the aphorisms; letting go, moving on, getting on with your life and finding closure. We own these words, they are our grief, we paid a heavy price for them and we shall use them as they were meant to be. In eventual healing from child loss we find closure with the other stages of grief and not closure of our child. We usually first find closure with Shock. As a temporary survival tool by its nature shock finds closure on its own and we are no longer numb and it is then that we truly feel the pain. When we find closure with Denial, we know our child is dead, that this is not a dream, they are not coming back and we begin to live the pain. We eventually find closure in bargaining because it is a mind game and simply doesn't work. That leaves us with Acceptance, we accept the pain, we accept our "new normal", and we accept the new relationship we have with our dead child. We also accept dead is not gone, we accept there is letting go of many things/people in our new normal EXCEPT our child. The world must learn to accept our new normal and accept that we shall never 'get over it'. Like arthritis we learn to live with it.
We 'get on with our life' with our child, we 'let go' of illusions of what could have been, we 'find closure' in what we cannot change, and we 'move on' with our new future as best we can. We are now our child's legacy; we substantiate their life by the way we live ours, so let's make them proud. We do not put their names and memories away left unspoken and hidden like some shameful secret but shout them loudly to the heavens and to all that can hear: "I love my child and I still feel him near". It's in letting go that we are free to hold on.
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Tom Davis talks with Jeremy Accardo about his relief appearance in Thursday's 9-5 win.
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