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Hollywood Now: Chris Pine, Rachel Weisz & Ari Graynor, Plus So Many Babies!By Gerri Miller
New flicks with celebs in interfaith relationships and from interfaith backgrounds, plus their baby news!Go To Pop Culture
August 7, 2014
|Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan. Credit: CBS Films
He may be best known as boy wizard Harry Potter, but Daniel Radcliffe is 25 now and has left that movie franchise behind. In what for him is a change of pace, the actor who is Jewish on his mother's side is starring in a new contemporary romantic comedy called What If, opening August 8, in which he falls for a young woman (Zoe Kazan) who already has a boyfriend. "We're not reinventing the wheel, but I'm hoping we've made a really smart romantic comedy that packs an emotional punch at the end," he said at a post-screening Q&A.
Radcliffe is having a rather busy month. On August 17, he stars in the cable TV premiere of My Boy Jack, about Rudyard Kipling's search for his missing son during World War I. And on August 19, he and Jon Hamm return for the second season of A Young Doctor's Notebook and Other Stories. Both will air on Ovation.
The FX summer comedy series Married (airing Thursdays) is a hilariously real depiction of married life, or as star Nat Faxon puts it, "the non-glossy version of marriage. It's messy." He can certainly relate: He's married with three kids. "I'm living this life, without a doubt."
|Judy Greer (Married co-star) and Nat Faxon. Credit: Prashant Gupta/FX
While the fictional family's religion hasn't been stated, at least not yet, Faxon is the product of an interfaith marriage, and considers himself Jewish. "I am Jewish—my mother is Jewish, my father is not. I'm proud of my heritage on both sides," he says, adding that he was raised with "a combination of both religions. I enjoyed it because of the ability to learn about a lot of different things. We celebrated holidays but I didn't go to temple and I wasn't Bar Mitzvahed. We did celebrate Hanukkah and Passover, and we did Easter and Christmas as well. It was the best of both worlds. My parents never pushed me in one direction or the other. They were very open to have me just experience it, and if I felt passionate about something and wanted to learn about it, I was encouraged."
His wife, Meaghan Gadd, is not Jewish, but religion was "never an issue" between them. "We have three small children, 6, 4 and 1. I try to teach them about the Jewish traditions, like getting a menorah and talking about that. We have good friends who are Jewish and have a big Passover dinner, and we'll go over there and tell the story and learn the lessons that come with that," he says.
Faxon, who won an Oscar for writing The Descendants (with Jim Rash) and co-wrote, directed and starred in The Way, Way Back, enjoys wearing multiple show business hats. "Acting is more the instant rush and gratification, performing and having people respond right away. Writing is more methodical and more cerebral," he says. "I like doing both. My first love has always been acting. That's what I came out here [L.A.] to do and what I had goals and dreams of as a kid. That's something I'd never want to stop doing, regardless of other successes in my life and other things I'm doing."
|Tom Szaky. Credit: Pivot
"We met in Tel Aviv two-and-a-half years ago," says Szaky. "I was opening our office there. She read an article on me and TerraCycle and got in touch. A few weeks later when I was back in Tel Aviv we met for dinner and drinks, and that was that."
Szaky was not raised with any faith in particular. "I was born in communist Hungary and frankly was a fan of the anti-religious point of view that political ideology had. I do have some Jewish blood in my family," he notes. "While she is Jewish, she is also non-religious herself, enjoying and appreciating the tradition and custom versus the dogma and ideology. Personally, I love Sabbath dinners with the entire family, the other holidays and so on. And her family has welcomed me with open arms."
While interfaith marriage poses no problems for the couple, or their immediate families but they've chosen not to tell a few of Adam's relatives about their engagement. "Many are very religious and conservative. It's much easier leaving the topic be than dealing with people who care too much about religion," he explains.
For his part, "I love that she's Jewish," says Szaky. "I love the tradition and heritage and keeping that alive and thriving. The holidays are also brilliant, Friday night dinners are amazing and I will continue them with her when we have our own family. I won't change my personal point of view (which is also how Avi looks at the world), which is non-religious but spiritual in that Buddhist or "naturism" type of way, and that's why we love each other."
When kids enter the picture, "We plan to raise them Jewish from a traditional point of view, so we will celebrate Hanukkah versus Christmas, although Avi loves Christmas trees. But we would not send them to religious school. Personally, I prefer non-religious education, no matter the religion. When they are old enough to think about such questions, we will educate them on all religions and points of view, ask them to learn about them all, and then choose to believe in what they want. We will not suggest or impose anything onto them. So if they want to be an atheist then great, if Jewish great, if Islam great...just as long as they choose their beliefs and understand the others."
But for now, since the couple just got engaged in July, they have yet to set a wedding date or iron out details. "It will probably be a Jewish wedding, but very low key on faith," Szaky says. But the trash-to-treasure mogul is sure about one aspect of the nuptials: There will be plenty of recycled elements!


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Roy Hodgson on Thursday said English players' lax attitude toward internationals is undermining the national team's prospects. The England coach claims that English
players and clubs show a lack of commitment to the international game at all age levels, and said that players who are at risk of "burnout" due to too many games should be rested during
the domestic season, and not during internationals. In one instance, Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand withdrew from England duty last month, citing a strict training regiment
with his club, but then traveled to Qatar while England played San Marino and Montenegro in World Cup qualifying.
"It concerns me that we are guilty of accepting it's the international break so we can give the player 10 days off to go to Dubai," Hodgson said, speaking at the Soccerex European Forum. "If you're a club manager now you've got no excuse," he added. "UEFA are putting an end to the friendly debate by putting them in clearly defined international dates so you can quite easily plan your time around these blocks."
Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson responded by saying, "Look at the opposite side. International football interferes with the clubs' ambitions. Friendly games for a start. They have been doing it for the last decade, playing a friendly in the week before the season starts. Tell me the sense of that. I have no issues at all about the competitive part. The players should always be available for the European Championship and the World Cup. But you can't tell me that should apply itself in friendly games."
Queens Park Rangers' Harry Redknapp agreed. "I don't know what Roy is saying there," he said. "International friendlies are quite often meaningless games. Roy's been a club manager and I'm sure when there was a break he was only too pleased to have a day or two's rest to give the players a rest or take them away to train."

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Do Charities Get More when They Ask More Often? Evidence from a Unique Field Experiment
Charitable organizations send out large volumes of direct mailings, soliciting for money in support of many good causes. Without any request, donations are rarely made, and it is well known that each request for money by a charity likely generates at least some revenues. Whether a single request from a charity increases the total amount donated by an individual is however unknown. Indeed, a response to one request can hurt responses to others. The net effect is therefore not easily observable, certainly not when multiple charities address the same individuals. In this paper we alleviate these observational difficulties by carrying out a field experiment in which five large charities cooperate. With the unique data that we collect, we study the impact of sending more requests on total donations. The results indicate that there is a negative competitive effect on requests from other charities, but this effect dies out rapidly. Soon after the mailing has been sent, it is only a strong cannibalization of the charity's own revenues that prevails. This empirical finding suggests the important conclusion that not much coordination across charities is needed to increase revenues. We also demonstrate that charities need sophisticated evaluation tools that do not ignore the effects of cannibalization.
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Natural Gas Gets An Upgrade
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Keywords: natural gas, petrochemicals, main-group chemistry, commodity feedstocks
The U.S. natural gas production boom is presenting a wealth of new research opportunities for chemists. The scientists have been getting creative in designing new methods for converting plentiful natural gas into fuels and chemicals that can better compete economically as alternatives to petroleum-derived products.
In one of these developments, a research team including Brian G. Hashiguchi and Roy A. Periana of Scripps Research Institute Florida and Daniel H. Ess of Brigham Young University has discovered that inexpensive main-group thallium and lead complexes work well at converting the typically unreactive alkanes in natural gas into alcohol esters (Science 2014, DOI: 10.1126/science.1249357). The new chemistry operates more selectively and at much lower temperatures than conventional natural gas reforming methods that operate at about 900 °C.
"This is a highly novel piece of work that opens the way to upgrading of natural gas to useful chemicals with simple materials and moderate conditions," says Yale University chemistry professor Robert H. Crabtree, whose group studies catalytic C–H activation reactions.
Current commercial catalysts for oxidizing hydrocarbons such as propylene are based on solid metal oxides such as molybdenum oxide that can't be used to process natural gas to make alcohols, Periana explains. These commercial catalysts cleave C–H bonds by reactions involving radicals and react more rapidly with the alcohol product than the starting alkane, generating undesired carbon dioxide.
In the new chemistry, soluble thallium(III) or lead(IV) salts in trifluoroacetic acid solvent operate stoichiometrically at only 180 °C, which in an optimized commercial catalytic process could lead to substantial energy savings. Using computational and experimental studies, the team found that thallium and lead trifluoroacetate complexes activate C–H bonds without radical formation to generate metal alkyl intermediates, which selectively leads to the alcohol trifluoroacetate esters.
Much of the new supply of shale gas has substantial amounts of ethane and propane mixed with methane, Periana notes. Unlike prior systems based on precious metals such as platinum and gold that reacted only with methane, thallium and lead work on all three alkanes, separately or as mixtures. A complete one-pot reaction can therefore controllably produce methanol, ethanol, propanol, ethylene glycol, isopropyl alcohol, and propylene glycol, he says.
Periana says the team is in discussions with several companies and entrepreneurs and would ideally like to jointly develop the technology with a petrochemical company or spin off a start-up company. "Initial targets would be higher-value, lower-volume commodity chemicals such as propylene glycol or isopropyl alcohol directly from propane," Periana says. "The next targets after that could be to develop lower-temperature processes for higher-volume chemicals, such as converting methane to methanol and ethane to ethanol or ethylene as inexpensive sources of fuels and plastics."
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IMAGINE having to urinate in a bottle in your seat or having nothing to drink for nearly 24 hours, all because you can't access the toilets during a flight.
This is the unfortunate reality for many air travellers with disabilities, who face "hurt and humiliation" during flights, according to a survey by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign in the UK.
According to the report, 90 per cent of wheelchair users are unable to access airline toilets and therefore are forced to avoid drinking before and during flights.
They also face the risk of physical injury, with the majority (60 per cent) of passengers surveyed saying they felt unsafe when being transferred from a wheelchair to an airline seat, while another 60 per cent said their wheelchairs have been damaged.
The problems begin before they even step foot on the plane, with half of disabled passengers encountering issues with booking a ticket.
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign spokeswoman Tnayi Vyas said it's time for airlines to "clean up their act".
"The airline industry needs to catch up with other mainstream modes of transport in order to cater for disabled passengers," Ms Vyas said. "If we can fly a man to the moon, we can put a wheelchair-accessible toilet on an aeroplane.
"Our investigation has found that the process of travelling by air is for many a source of anxiety and embarrassment, regularly leading to holidays being ruined, equipment being damaged and disabled people being put off flying for good.
"This report should be a wake-up call on the need to drastically overhaul services, in order to meet disabled customers' basic needs. It is time for disabled customer to be able to trust airlines and feel confident when flying."
There have been high-profile cases over recent years of disabled travellers suffering on flights.
In August, a wheelchair-bound woman lost her appeal against Jetstar's policy of allowing a maximum of two wheelchair passengers to fly on its smaller planes. Sheila King claimed the airline unlawfully discriminated against her by refusing to allow her to fly, but a judge found the airline had a defence of "unjustifiable hardship."
In 2009, Australian Paralympic champion Kurt Fearnley was forced to drag himself across the floor of Brisbane Airport and onto the plane after Jetstar staff made him check his specially adapted wheelchair into the hold.
Leah Hobson from Australian Federation of Disability Organisations said the new survey echoes a lot of the experiences disabled travellers have in Australia.
"Disabled passengers face an array of challenges in terms of accessing air travel," Ms Hobson said. "There's a lack of physical access, and the need to pay for a carer to come along on a flight or pay for an extra seat to have an oxygen tank.
"There are also concerns about equipment and wheelchair damage, as well as the limits placed on the number of people who need assistance on a flight."
Other issues include the "longer and more difficult" booking process, lack of access to appropriate assistance with passengers being given the wrong type of wheelchair or being taken off the flight last in the case of an emergency.
She called on governments to make it easier for people with disabilities to take complaints to court.
"The Australian Human Rights Commission needs to be given the power to take systemic issues - ones like this which affect a number of people with disability every year - to the Federal Court on behalf of people with disability in general," she said.
"The system at the moment requires individuals to come forward, and individual complaints might not lead to resolutions which affect everyone."
Ms Hobson also said airlines need to be more proactive in implementing change.
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Iluvatar EMERITUS (1.5)Semi-mindful technicality is just as bad as mindless technicality....Xenorazr CONTRIBUTOR (3.5)Though it certainly doesn't stand alongside the pre-Hate Crew Deathroll releases, Bloodd...Rugter32 (2.5)It had potential, and it fell flat on its face. Not as bad as it's made out to be, in any ...johnnydeking29 (2.5)Bodom try to take a step forward and fall back to square one...
CoreySzn (2)Bodom's latest offering is mediocre at best....
Album Rating: 2.5"Today, Bodom has mostly recovered from the mistakes made in Blooddrunk. Their 2011 release Reckless, Relentless Forever was a step in the right direction, and 2013's Halo of Blood represented to a Bodom of the Follow the Reaper/Hate Crew Deathroll[/i] days. I'm glad I took the time to really get to know this record, which actually completes my play through of Bodom's discography. A few solid band, definitely in my top 5. When it comes down to it though, I have a hard time justifying anything higher than a 2.5."
There are a few typos in this paragraph, and the second half of it is really unnecessary to include in the review.
"This is also my first review, so any advice/comments are appreciated."
You shouldn't include stuff like this in the actual review. Most reviewers add that in a comment.
Overall, this is a pretty good first review. Pos!
Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Offfuck this album
halo of blood was good
Digging: 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin - Without Warning
Awful coverart
one of the worst coverarts ever
nice review mate
Good band shit album decent review
Album Rating: 2.5This album is way better than Halo of Blood and Reckless
lol I always thought the cover art was the best thing about this snoozefest.
Album Rating: 2.0dude halo is better it at least tried to go back to a time where they didnt suck dicks
Glad I never listened to this.
Halo of Blood is actually really good, this is pretty meh from what I've heard.
As for the review, it's not bad but there are a few things that could be improved upon. Some awkward sentences and that scythe analogy was okay until you got to the decapitation part. I also would urge you to remove the part about this being your first review. That kind of information doesn't belong in the review since it has nothing to do with the album or band. Good first review though.
Digging: Toska (IS) - Toska
Album Rating: 2.5Halo seemed really forced to me. I only gave it a couple of listens when it first came out and haven't listened since.
I'll give it another chance.
Album Rating: 2.5I appreciate all of the advice. Honestly was not planning on writing a review, I was in the middle of pulling an all-nighter studying for some last exams before spring break, so future reviews should feel more put together than this.
Album Rating: 3.0"As a long time Bodom listener...after first discovering the band a couple years ago."
So you're not a long time Bodom listener then? Two years isn't particularly long for a band that has been going for over fifteen years.
...also, can't believe you consider the title track to be one of the worst on the album. Can I ask why? I find 'Lobodomy' awful just because of the lyrics. Album suffers hard from dreadful songwriting, although I quite like the thrash sound.
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Album Rating: 2.5^ What's your deal Alucard? Two years is a long time to be familiar with a band's work. They only have eight albums.
Album Rating: 2.5I don't think it takes a particularly long time to familiarize yourself with a discography. 8 albums really isn't that much,
and my iTunes play count reflects Bodom in my Top 5 most listened to bands.
I'm not a fan of the title track because to me it comes off as the cheesy single of the album. The main keyboard melody
and the "Blooddrunk!" chant don't really mix too well in my opinion. Boring guitars, and Alexi sounds his worst in this
song I think.
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Press Release: IMF Approves Stand-By Credit for Zimbabwe
June 1, 1998
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a Stand-By credit for Zimbabwe, authorizing drawings of up to SDR 130.75 million (about US$175 million) over the next 13 months in support of Zimbabwe's 1998 economic reform program. Of the total, SDR 39.2 million (about US$52 million) is available immediately. Subsequent disbursements, on a quarterly basis, will be made available subject to Zimbabwe's meeting performance targets and program reviews.
Zimbabwe encountered intense balance of payments pressures during November-December 1997. The value of the Zimbabwe dollar fell by nearly 50 percent in local currency terms and foreign reserves were reduced to dangerously low levels. The payment of large compensation benefits to war veterans and an accommodating monetary policy exposed serious underlying weaknesses in Zimbabwe's external competitiveness arising from large and protracted fiscal deficits. Trade performance was also hurt by a poor tobacco crop and falling gold prices, while uncertainties over land reform and fears of a drought further weakened market sentiment for the currency. Toward the end of 1997, the government adopted a package of corrective policy measures, which included fiscal measures to cover fully the cost of veterans' payments and increases in interest rates. Adoption of the package, together with clarification of the government's intentions on land reform restored a measure of stability to the foreign exchange market.
The Program for 1998
The fundamental goal of the economic program is to ensure that the recent depreciation of the exchange rate is translated into a substantial improvement in competitiveness. The primary instruments for achieving this goal are fiscal consolidation and monetary restraint. The 1998 program therefore targets a reduction in the budget deficit, excluding grants and privatization proceeds, to 5.5 percent of GDP. The government will reduce its stock of domestic debt, which will enable the Reserve Bank to tighten domestic credit and build up its foreign reserves without constraining the availability of bank credit to the private sector. Fueled by the recent exchange rate depreciation, the 12-month rate of inflation rose markedly to 26 percent during the first four months of 1998 on an end-of-period basis, but is projected to decline to 19 percent by the end of the year. This inflation profile would still enable Zimbabwe to retain much of recent gains in international competitiveness and achieve a significant narrowing in the external current account deficit in 1998.
Structural Reforms
Privatization of public enterprises began in earnest in 1997 when several of the larger parastatals were sold. The divesture program is being accelerated by advancing the sale of government shares in public and private companies; proceeds are expected to total the equivalent of nearly 2 percent of GDP in 1998. The government has also decided to partially privatize the Post and Telecommunications Corporation at a later date. While the land reform program is still in the early design stages, the redistribution of land will proceed within the confines of the law and the pace of land acquisition will be governed by the availability of budgeting resources. Moreover, the land redistribution will be undertaken in an orderly and transparent manner to protect agricultural output and the welfare of workers on the farms to be acquired.
Social Safety Net
The social impact of the fall in real incomes and employment since the early 1990s has been exacerbated by the recent sharp depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar and the large price increases for basic food items. Broad-based economic growth and price stability are, of course, the key to effective poverty alleviation in the medium term. In the meantime, the government is taking a number of steps to protect the most vulnerable groups and has released additional maize from the strategic grain reserve to help alleviate immediate price pressures. Provision has been made in the current budget for the transfer of food to the most needy, and the budgetary contingency reserve would be drawn to meet emergency requirements. Allocations for social spending were raised in the current budget and have been protected from the recent round of budgetary cuts. Looking ahead, the implementation of a more comprehensive land reform program will directly assist the poorest and most deprived members of society, particularly those in high-density rural areas.
The Challenge Ahead
The immediate task of the economic program is to replenish Zimbabwe's foreign exchange reserves to at least 1.5 months of imports by the end of 1998. Further reserve accumulation is planned in 1999 and beyond. Despite the improved prospects, a substantial financing gap remains in 1998, which could be partially filled by disbursements from multilateral sources. The rest would be mobilized through bilateral donor support, the bulk of which would be sought from Zimbabwe's bilateral donors in the context of the Consultative Group.
Zimbabwe joined the IMF on September 29, 1980, and its quota1 is SDR 261 million (about US$349 million). Its outstanding use of IMF financing currently totals SDR 270 million (about US$361 million).
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Mid-East agreement 'seems impossible'
Israelis and Palestinians have given grim assessments of the possibility of reaching a framework peace agreement by the 6 February prime ministerial elections in Israel.
Prime Minister Ehud Barak said progress had been made, but said: "Apparently it is not possible to manage in eight days to overcome all the remaining gaps."
Friday saw more clashes on the West Bank between Palestinians and Israeli security forces.
Palestinians are reported to have been injured in fighting on the northern edge of Ramallah, where a few hundred youths threw rocks and bottles and rolled flaming tires at Israeli soldiers, who responded with by firing rubber- coated bullets.
Sporadic shooting was also reported in Gaza.
The Israeli security forces say they have arrested six Palestinians in the West Bank in connection with armed attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians carried out in the last few months.
The army said the Palestinians were being questioned by the Israeli intelligence service, Shin Bet.
Some hope
Israeli officials had earlier expressed hope that "some sort" of a peace deal could be reached in time for the elections.
"We are doing our very best to exhaust all possibilities to see if we can have some sort of an agreement," Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben Ami at the close of another round of talks - broken off for the Jewish Sabbath.
Nabil Shaath, another senior Palestinian official earlier expressed cautious optimism about the talks.
"If we keep moving with the same energy and seriousness and covering all the areas we should be able to reach an agreement," Mr Shaath said.
Some progress
An agreement is widely seen as the only way for Mr Barak to avoid defeat in the elections.
Likud leader Ariel Sharon is a long way ahead in the polls. A victory for Mr Sharon is expected to be damaging to the peace process.
The negotiators were talking about refugees and the right of return, one of the thorniest issues in the talks.
Other working groups were looking at Jerusalem, borders and security matters.
Mr Shaath said the two sides were close to a deal on the borders of a Palestinian state
A solution on the border issue would imply agreement about the Jewish settlements.
Reports say Mr Barak might hold talks with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the World Economic Forum conference that opened in Switzerland on Thursday.
More than 380 people have died since the start of the Palestinian uprising nearly four months ago, the majority of them Palestinians.
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Idaho is expecting its second year of big budget surpluses when the 2012 fiscal year ends, presenting conservative Idaho with tough choices that could include restoring programs or cutting taxes. Come July, Governor "Butch" Otter's office and the Legislature expect to have $179 million in the bank, based on the spending plan passed by the 2011 Legislature. That's after an $85 million surplus in the fiscal year that ended June 30th. All this depends on Idaho's economy continuing to produce healthy tax revenue, something Otter's budget chief Wayne Hammon says is uncertain given the national debt downgrade and European turbulence. But if the forecast holds, it'll leave conservative Idaho lawmakers grappling with the question of managing surplus cash when their natural inclination is to cut spending or reduce taxes.


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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported that its sales in stores that have been opened for at least one year rose 3.2 per cent in April, ahead of the company's guidance for a rise of 1 per cent to 3 per cent. The shares jumped 1.5 per cent in premarket trading.
Costco Wholesale Corp. performed even better: its same-store sales rose 8 per cent, far higher than the consensus expectation for a rise of 6.1 per cent. Its shares rose 1.3 per cent in premarket trading.
North American stock index futures suggested markets will open higher on Thursday morning, buoyed by this positive sign for consumer spending, even if it is at the lower end of the fashion chain. Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average rose 30 points, to 12,866. Futures for the broader S&P 500 rose 5 points, to 1400.
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You did a very good job of being civil with the post before; however, it was obviously backhanded and cheap to say I'm not a surfer.
Well...Mr. PJ please define it for the rest of us in your opinion what a "surfer" is, so we have something to aspire to.
Chip on my shoulder, I'm not the one on a surf forum trying to project myself as someone with a higher level of understanding about surfing, I'm not here trying to prove I'm a surfer or telling other's they are not. I don't know who made you the "judge and jury" on who is a surfer, but please, save it. There's a million of your older gentlemen out there looking to blow smoke up my ass about themselves.
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May 24, 2012, 05:00 PM #122
As soon as you attempt to create a definition to attach to the term... a mold to stuff yourself into... you necessarily erase the true meaning of what it is to be a surfer. You can't do... it simply can't be done.
That's why judging and comparing yourself to others is meaningless... except maybe to yourself.
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May 24, 2012, 05:29 PM #123
i'm gonna take a dump on this thread...
May 24, 2012, 05:36 PM #124
you do not need to be judge and jury to have an opinion. i respect yours
you posts make me think you are on a surf forum trying to project yourself as someone with a higher level of understanding about surfing. thats ok so am I. we can both be full it and it wouldn't matter.
i couldn't begin to define to everyone what a surfer is but i know one when i see one.
yes. a chip on your shoulder. i think you have one. i never said i didn't have a chip on my shoulder. i have many. surfing is how i treat that particular condition
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because that's the problem with a lot of all this. surfing has existed for a long time. it did not begin when you or anyone else got a board. there are people who have surfed since before you were born. it pre-exists you so you don't get to call the shots. that frustrates a lot of people.
let me offer you a little surf philosophy; surfers wish for a wave. if they are fortunate a wave comes. they ride the wave as it exists however imperfect or perfect it may be. they have no control over the wave no matter how much they wish they do. it is a reactive experience. this applies to the conditions surrounding the wave as well. it is all beyond your control and you must accept this or you don't surf.
that's surfing and life. it's rarely how you want it but you do the best you can. this will sound cheesy and hokey to a cocky young grom but trust me, this is how it works and you see and appreciate it more as you get older..
May 24, 2012, 06:26 PM #127
Wow, Holy crap, I haven't been on the computer in almost 24 hours (working, surfing, coaching T-ball, etc) and I see this thread is still going. It is actually pretty cool to see such strong opinions being voiced on both sides. Except for Kyle calling me an A$$hole about 8 pages back, it seems like everyone is trying to keep it civil. And Kyle, I believe you actually voiced the most important questions that outline this whole mess of a thread.
What is a surfer?
How do we define what is OK and not OK in the water when we all interact?
IS it OK for surfing to be the know-all, be-all of someone's existence?
I'm almost 50 and have 3 children and I wife. They are my existence. Surfing is a large part of our bond, but not even close to the only part.
In only voiced my opinions that I base on my experiences in life and in the water be it in the 70's and or now. I'm not some grumpy old man in the water, or waiting in traffic like Kyle labeled me. I'm quite the opposite.
but when an SUP almost decapitates my 12 year old son because he bailed and let it shoot through the line-up like a rocket or when i have my daughter and all her friends in the car and some numbskull almost puts me into a guardrail, then yes, I get angry. That's a normal reaction. Do I beat up the SUP guy? Of course not. should someone 'help' him understand the consequences of his actions. Sure.
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Well said, Common courtesy is a miss in today's society. That includes all forms of it (SUP,Short/Long or Boogie).
It comes down to knowing your limits and being aware of your surroundings. Have I fought in the line up. Yes. Have I helped others learn about wave placement and timing. Yes.
Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is optional.
May 24, 2012, 07:02 PM #129
Upset about labels now? Weren't you the one dropping the term 'liberal' on me like crazy? I called you an ahole, because you turned a thread about surfing into something political, it doesn't need to be. It don't know why you had to express your political frustrations in a surfing forum.
I do apologize for crossing the line, but i also believe you were out of line. Call it a wash.
May 24, 2012, 07:08 PM #130
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Now that the world knows Erik Deckers and I have written the soon-to-be-published No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide To Social Media Marketing, we're beginning to do a lot of interviews. The first question we're typically asked is, "Why did you write this book?" While that question is somewhat answered in the promotional video (see below) we recorded for the book's spiffy new website, I thought it might be wise to dive a little deeper into that reasoning here.
As you may have seen on the Exploring Social Media infographic Social Media: Bridging The Gap we published last month, the stark reality of the marketplace is that too many businesses, especially small businesses, aren't using social media. Heck, 44 percent of small businesses don't even have a website! Only 27 percent of small businesses use Facebook. Just 18 percent use LinkedIn. The numbers are similarly staggering for the use of SEO techniques and online advertising. An astonishing 65 percent of small businesses — many brick-and-mortar retail shops — say that mobile marketing is not valuable to them. And this one floored me: 68 percent of businesses update their websites no more frequently than once per month. (See the infographic for the various sources of that data.)
While I'm sure Erik and I could have penned, "No Bullshit Digital Marketing," and frankly, we may have to, we wanted to deliver the business possibility for social media to the masses. Business owners, marketing managers, executives … the people who are running these companies who don't use or see much reason for using social media, mobile marketing or Internet marketing at all … they need to see that you can use social media marketing with business in mind. You can plan for success. You can establish goals.
I've said a few times I think this might be the first book that looks at social media marketing through a strategic planning filter, like you would other communications channels. We've stripped away the tree-hugger, Kumaya bullshit and laid out the seven drivers social media can fuel for your business. We've collected case studies and examples of how others are using social media to drive those seven areas and we've put it all together into a book that hands you a blueprint for success in the social realm.
In my opinion, the book should have been written and published two years ago. But fate/timing/whatever got in the way. It might be a little late to the conversation for some of you, but I'll guarantee you it isn't for the mainstream business owners and executives who are showing up in those statistics as not getting it.
My professional mission at this point in my career is to make social media marketing more accessible. I help individuals do that through my learning community and question-answer site at Exploring Social Media. I help companies do that individually as a social media marketing strategic consultant. I try to translate that when I give talks and speeches as a social media keynote speaker.
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IT would have been a David and Goliath battle a few years back.
But Highland heavyweight boxer Gary Cornish hopes he has more than a fighting chance of taking on and beating former world champion Evander Holyfield.
The American-born former WBA, WBC and IBF title holder made global headlines in 1997 after Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting a chunk out of his ear during a title bout.
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Holyfield, 51, who took part in 57 fights, is making a comeback after three years away from the sport.
Promoter Frank Warren has confirmed that he will make an official approach to the British Boxing Board of Control requesting that they grant Holyfield a licence. Top of his list to fight five-time champion Holyfield is Cornish, from Inverness.
Warren's spokesman said: "An inquiry has been made to Holyfield's camp and they are interested. An application will also shortly be lodged with the British Boxing Board of Control.
"We think Cornish is a great prospect and someone worth getting behind. A fight of this magnitude would propel him into the limelight."
Cornish's manager, Tommy Gilmour added: "Holyfield is one of those being mentioned as a possible opponent for Gary and it would represent a huge step up for him.
"It is also in the plans for Gary to spar with Dereck Chisora again in the build-up to his fight with Tyson Fury for the vacant British title in July. Gary may also get a spot on the Chisora undercard in Manchester for a title of some description."
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Fundraisers are motivated to help kids and advance research at Toronto's SickKids, Houston's Texas Children's, and Seattle Children's Hospital. These hospitals, recognized as some of the world's foremost pediatric health-care institutions, are dedicated to advancing children's health through the integration of patient care, research and education. Funds raised this year via individual, corporate, and foundation contributions continue research into hydrocephalus, the #1 cause of pediatric brain surgeries.
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A TEAM of Scots scientists are using facial reconstruction techniques to help solve cases which have baffled cops for decades.
Experts from Dundee University's facial mapping unit study the bone structures of skulls, skeletons and decomposing bodies.
They can then reconstruct the features of the victim.
Now detectives in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire have turned to Dr Caroline Wilkinson and her team to help solve a string of cold cases.
Because they have little or no details of the victims, officers have given them names such as the Tattooed Man, Lady in the Afghan Coat and the Woodland Worker.
Caroline, 44, said yesterday: "We've been pretty accurate in a number of recent high-profile cases where we've had to work quite quickly."
One of those cases was the murder of Lithuanian Jolanta Bledaite, whose severed head was found on Arbroath beach two years ago.
The remains of the dark-haired 25-year-old were found in a carrier bag by two girls, 14 miles from Brechin, Angus, where she was a casual factory worker.
Police asked Caroline to produce a sketch overnight.
She added: "We were quite happy with the outcome, because a few weeks later a photograph was produced of Jolanta and our sketch was very close.
"We drew her with her hair down which may have thrown some people off because Jolanta always wore it tied back in a ponytail. But we were never to know that."
Thanks in part to the team's work, Jolanta's killers, Vitas Plytnykas, 41, and Aleksandras Skirda, 20, are now serving life sentences.
Just like in the hit BBC drama Cold Case, more and more officers are turning to facial mapping units to help solve long-running cases - including cops in South Africa and Holland.
As one of the leading facial mappers in the world, Caroline has created portraitsofEgyptianpharaohs,warrior knights, missing children and murder victims for the last 20 years.
Using complex computer software, piles of photographic portrait books and her astonishing knowledge of the musculature of people's faces, she can produce stunning drawings and images of people decades after they have died.
She said: "It's a totally fascinating and absorbing job.
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Caroline added: "We use some very clever computer software to build up a picture of what someone may have looked like but there's an element of guesswork involved as well."
She said the most difficult jobs involved trying to "age progress" someone - to get a picture of what they looked like when younger or older.
Police hunting for missing Madeleine McCann used the technique to issue pictures of what she may look like today - three years after she went missing.
Caroline worked on the case of the Tattooed Man, a tramp whose body was discovered in a shelter.
She said: "We created the original picture from a photo of his badly decomposed head. We started by giving him a long beard and hair, which was how he was remembered by other tramps. We were then asked to shave him, make him look younger and put him in a suit because he once worked in the City.
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Re: Using Netbeans 7.3 beta, but no clue about new relocatable index feature in C++
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- Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:08:12 +0400
I think Vladimir will be very happy to tell you this story ;)
BTW, as the boost exponential parsing bug has been fixed in 7.3, you will certainly see enough difference to justify switching
On 11/07/2012 06:48 PM, Torgashov Stas wrote:
I'd like to join into the discussion at the point.
My project consists of about 10k files, total sources size about 100Mb.
Full parsing make take about 12-15 minutes.
Could you comment about the differences between 7.2 and 7.3b?
07.11.2012, 18:16, "Leonid Lenyashin"
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how big is your project? You can only see the benefit of all 3 items if
the size is beyond certain limits.
How many files/lines are in your project? How long does it take to be
On 11/05/2012 09:44 AM, coolsabby7 wrote:
I have been using NB for quite some time and now am using the NB 7.3 beta
for C/C++ and have read about these new features in c/c++ listed in NB 7.3
1) Memory usage reduced by at least half for big projects
2) Parser speed improvements
3) Parser's index can be kept and relocated with project
Although i don't see a major change in the IDE behavior regarding the first
2 points, but may be its just the beta version hope to see it later..
Bit i am interested about the 3rd point..any one on the forum have used save
& relocatable index feature for C++ projects...
please let me know how to do it..


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Sunderland close in on deal for Bayern Munich defender
SUNDERLAND are set to turn to German champions Bayern Munich in search of players to save them from relegation.
Kirchhoff has not started a single game this season
Sam Allardyce has revealed that he has several players in his sights, but has kept quiet on who they might be.
But reports in Italy suggest that the Black Cats are close to completing a deal for defender Jan Kirchhoff.
The 25-year-old joined Bayern in 2013 from Mainz - where he briefly played under current Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp - but has spent much of his Munich career on loan at Schalke.
This season he has just one appearance for Bayern, as a substitute in the DFB Pokal cup competition.
Kirchhoff is best known for his strength in the air, a quality which should make him attractive to Allardyce as he attempts to keep Sunderland in the Premier League.
And with his contract expiring at the end of the season the central defender is keen to find a new club as soon as possible.
If the opportunity to move in January presents itself, which given Sunderland's current situation it very well may, then there is no doubt Kirchhoff will jump at the chance to play first-team football.


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WEIGHED DOWN: Nearly $2 billion in restructuring costs after buying Schering-Plough, plus other charges, drive Merck's second-quarter profit down 52 percent to $752 million.
OTHER PRESSURES: Generic competition slashed sales of Merck's blood pressure drugs, European health programs are demanding lower prices and Merck could lose roughly $3 billion in annual revenue from biologic drugs for immune disorders, in a dispute with Schering-Plough's partner on the drugs, Johnson & Johnson.
THE FUTURE: Merck says the Schering-Plough integration is going well, with new products coming.


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GROVETOWN — One big inning cost the Grovetown Warriors on Wednesday night as Lincoln County handed them a 10-2 loss.
They entered the sixth inning tied at 1. By the end of the sixth, the Red Devils (6-4) had pushed across eight runs on five hits. Warriors starting pitcher Phillip Dukes walked three and the defense committed an error behind him.
"They hit the ball when they needed to and we didn't," Warriors head coach Mike Jones said.
Grovetown's scoring chances in the first three innings went largely unfulfilled. They stranded a runner at third in the first two innings, but scored in the third.
Garrett Haskins and Cameron Busby singled to start the inning and moved up on a sacrifice by Jose Taitague. After a walk to Cody McAllister, Mitch Davis plated Haskins with a sacrifice fly to center field. That, however, would be all they would get.
"We've got to drive people in when we get a chance," Busby said. "You can't win if you can't score."
Dukes (0-2) stranded three runners in the first three innings. In the fourth, he surrendered a leadoff double to Dylan Norman, who tied the game after a wild pitch and sacrifice fly.
Dukes wouldn't make it out of the sixth, allowing eight runs on eight hits. He struck out four and walked three.
Max Ashmore's two-run single in the sixth started the rally, scoring Tom Reeb and Price Rogers, both on base after beating the throw to first on bunt attempts. Dukes was pulled four batters later after an out, a single and two walks.
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By Prince Dornu-Leiku
Abdul Majeed Waris cannot wait to displays his skills in front of Black Stars fans at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday afternoon.
The national team round up their non-residential camping on the homeland before emplaning for Holland enroute to the 2014 FIFA World Cup with a farewell game against a locally assembled side codenamed Dream Team.
Waris who scored some of the most important goals to help Ghana's qualification bid says he's looking forward to the big game which he says is necessary to show appreciation to the fans whose continued support he rates very important.
'It's an important game and I will be delighted to play in front of our own fans in such friendly atmosphere,' Waris told Allsports.com.gh .
'It's an opportunity to show how we appreciate the fans and their support. We are going there (World Cup) not as individuals but as a nation so we need the prayers and support of everyone,' Waris added.
The Black Stars preparing for the Brazil 2014 will for the first time get spiritual backing of their countrymen in the ceremonial farewell match.
Tickets have been selling since yesterday as fans scramble to gain entry into the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday afternoon. VVIP tickets are selling for GH¢30, VIP for GH¢20, Lower VIP is GH¢15, Osu Stand is GH¢10 and popular stand GH¢5.
Black Stars coach, Kwesi Appiah also underlined the significance of the welfare match to the Black Stars ahead of the World Cup.
'It's very important, we need to showcase our players to Ghanaians. This is the time for Ghanaians to offer their prayers and get behind the team and we'll make sure all the players invited will play in the match,' Coach Appiah said.
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This little bear was sitting on the old stone wall surrounding Whitby Abbey, in Whitby, England. He had been there for some time… looking as if he's weathered a few rainstorms. We spotted him as we were getting ready to leave and take the train back to York, and of course, I fell in love immediately! I took him down, brushed him off, and told my husband I wanted to take him with us! And then, very kindly – my hubby wondered outloud what would happen if perhaps the child who had left him behind came back to find him, and couldn't? How sad that would be.
Of course, I couldn't possibly take him then. He was waiting for someone else to return… not me. :) So I carefully put him back where I had found him, and snapped this picture to take as a memory instead. I do so hope his owner came back for him.


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It's got two sections to navigate: "» foursquare badges are the core set that everyone can unlock » partner badges come from organizations like: New York Times and CNN. These badges have a distinct shape and unlocking them requires that you follow a brand or attend an event."
In the Trophy Case, you'll also get a clearer picture of how many badges you've unlocked, and which of your friends have unlocked each of them.
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1996 Château De Brens St. Émilion Grand Cru
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Libournais
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richardhod Likes this wine: (90 points)
January 10, 2013 - Same as I said before. Great for a 16-year old wine that's not fromthe top drawer. A little light on the fruit, but then a St Emilion of this age isn't going to be huge. Still crisp ad red fruits are there. See my last note.
richardhod Likes this wine: (90 points)
July 9, 2012 - Agree with Christhewino here on description. Also, nicely-aged: Brick colour, bottle aromas. It has good acidity, but not a lot of fruit on the palate. Has a Light-medium weight, and present late dry wood tannins, but not heavy. Old schooll style, well-done mid-level getting a bit old now. Not bad for 12 pounds, or about $19. Good with a light roast.
As it opens up after 10 minutes, some red fruits omem through (sweet cherry, Cabernet red fruit, and some minerality comes through. The palate lengthens to a mouthwatering extent, and tingles to the end when the soft drying tannins appear. This mmight be a lot better than I initially thought. It's still medium-light, and could do with some more body, but in essence, great value from majestic.
christhewino Likes this wine: (88 points)
April 23, 2012 - Aromas of leather and damp pine with plum and red fruits. The palate is smooth with a final woody dryness that doesn't detract from the fairly full fruit flavours. Maybe not many years left in this so enjoy now while it is very good.
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Its a great picture Sorry you felt so bad. I see your comment below on the 6th I hope your still in the better frame of mind.
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Thanks for all the support everyone, been feeling blue this past week. This was supposed to be something totally different, but ended up being what it is. It was very thereputic for me.....I am in a much better frame of mind now:)
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Obviously, iOS and Android are the two big platforms right now but both of these platforms have a lot of competition. Is it worth writing yet-another-app for iOS and Android or should I be looking at other platforms?
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NEW YORK -- By the finish of a torturously long day that started beneath muttering skies and ended in the mist of a Queens evening, you didn't know whether to describe the game as a classic or not.
Go with not.
Two teams that need to be reintroduced to their Louisville Sluggers gamely slogged through five hours and 46 minutes and 15 innings Sunday afternoon in pursuit of a few good hits. What they came away with was a record for the longest game time in major league playoff history and a new appreciation for soccer's shootout rule.
While NBC executives scrambled to shift their Sunday evening programs, the Braves were dealt the most demoralizing defeat in their postseason history, blowing a one-run lead in the 15th inning with rookie Kevin McGlinchy on the mound in a 4-3 loss to the New York Mets in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series at Shea Stadium.
''Demoralizing, that's when an earthquake breaks your house into a thousand pieces,'' said Greg Maddux, who went the first seven and ended up not pitching half the game. ''You can't lose sight of the big picture. We came up short, but we still have life. It's a good thing we won the first three games, though.''
Good thing, indeed. Leading the best-of-seven series three games to two, the Braves will send Game 2 winner Kevin Millwood to the Turner Field mound in Game 6 Tuesday night against Al Leiter.
In his first NLCS appearance, McGlinchy was left on the mound in the 15th with a sellout crowd of 55,723 fans rocking Shea, though Millwood, who closed out Game 3 of the Division Series, was in the bullpen. Citing the wet conditions and sloppy mound, Braves manager Bobby Cox said Millwood was never an option.
''I wasn't going to pitch him out there in that stuff,'' Cox said. ''If we had a 10-run lead, maybe I would have done it.''
After going 11 innings without crossing home plate, the Braves took a 3-2 lead in the 15th when Keith Lockhart followed Walt Weiss' single with a two-out triple against rookie Octavio Dotel. That advantage didn't last long.
McGlinchy, who worked the 14th, made 12 pitches to Shawon Dunston in the bottom of the 15th before he sent a single up the middle. Pinch hitter Matt Franco walked and after Edgardo Alfonzo bunted the runners along, John Olerud was intentionally walked to load the bases.
His command slipping along with his spikes, McGlinchy walked Todd Pratt to force in the tying run and Robin Ventura followed with a drive over the right field fence. Dancing around first base, he saw Pratt heading toward him, so instead of being credited with a grand slam, Ventura settled for a game-winning single.
''I saw the ball go over (the fence) ... and I saw Pratt running back at me,'' Ventura said. ''I don't know, as long as I touch first, we win. That's fine with me.''
Said McGlinchy, ''The conditions weren't too good. The mound was sloppy, the ball was wet and I couldn't throw strikes. I've never pitched in a game like this before. I'm really disgusted at myself.
''I was the last guy out there. It was up to me to close it out and I didn't take that responsibility in my hands.''
By the end, Cox and Mets manager Bobby Valentine had established a new playoff record by using 44 players, including 15 pitchers, and the Braves set an LCS record for men left on base in an extra-inning game by stranding 19.
The Braves had a opportunity to push the go-ahead run across the plate in the 13th when, with Lockhart running off first base, Chipper Jones doubled into right field. But third base coach Ned Yost inexplicably sent Lockhart to the plate and he was out by 15 feet, leaving Brian Jordan fuming on deck.
''If the ball was hit in the gap or down the line, with the wet grass and the rain, I knew we were going to take a shot,'' Yost said. ''They did a nice job, but I also knew we had a chance at stealing a run there. I didn't feel bad about sending him.''
Maddux started out like he'd be back in the clubhouse showering before the last notes of the national anthem died away. John Olerud's two-run homer in the first was his second home run in his last three at-bats, fueling the sellout crowd's hopes of a series comeback.
Eleven innings later, the Mets were still alive.
''Those bags wanted to be packed a few times,'' Valentine said, ''but these guys won't close the suitcases. They don't want to go away.''
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Copyright 2005 – The New York Times — Published 2/12/2005
GUIYANG, China – The warning hanging above a main street could not have been more blunt, its big white characters set off against a bright red banner promising to "firmly crack down on the criminal activity of drowning and other ways of brutally killing female babies."
Just across the way, though, in equally large letters, the advertisement above a medical clinic promoted ultrasound tests, which have long been used in China to detect the sex of babies, as a prelude to aborting female fetuses. "I don't know what happens elsewhere, but we don't do gender tests here," said a 48-year-old doctor who gave her name only as Li. "Our equipment can't detect the sex before six months. The machine is too small."
Beginning in January, this city enacted a pioneering ban on abortions after the 14th week of pregnancy, part of a campaign to address one of the world's biggest gaps between male and female childbirths that, though piecemeal, is quickly gathering momentum across China. National laws already prohibit sonograms for gender detection, which becomes possible after the 14th week, but the law has been spottily enforced.
"The current situation has severely affected the city's population and family planning work," Luo Zhuyun, the city's deputy mayor, said in a recent interview with the Guiyang Dushibao, a local newspaper. "It has also had a great impact on the local economy, the use of resources and the prospects for sustainable development. There is no time to delay."
If anything, though, the experience of Guiyang reveals how difficult a task China faces in trying to fine-tune its 25-year-old "one-child policy," one of the most ambitious social engineering measures ever attempted.
Judged against the goal of slowing the growth of China's population, which is the world's largest, the policy has been a great success. Chinese planners appear to have underestimated the urge of couples to have sons, though, a desire that drives many to desperate lengths. And a result has been a human and public health disaster, with the large-scale abortion of female fetuses and the routine killing or abandonment of baby girls.
Given the strength of this desire for male heirs, Guiyang's bid to rein in its gender imbalance – 129 boys born for every 100 girls, and 147 to 100 for couples seeking second or third children – might seem doomed in advance. Gynecology clinics offering ultrasound tests do a flourishing business in this city, and are more common in many neighborhoods than convenience stores. Try as one may to find one, though, nary a doctor here acknowledges engaging in the practice of sex detection.
It was an unusually slow day for Dr. Wang Jin at his thriving, two-storefront clinic in Wangchengpo, a cluttered hillside neighborhood favored by rural migrants, where a dozen clinics compete for the ultrasound and abortion business. "Almost everyone wants to know the gender of their child," Dr. Wang said, interrupting his hotpot pork lunch to speak with a visitor. "Out of 100 people, perhaps 90 ask. With migrant workers it is 100 percent."
The doctor said he performed as many as 400 abortions a year in his crowded, crudely furnished clinic, where women disappear in shallow stalls behind skimpy blue curtains for examinations. It costs $17 for the basic service, or twice that amount for what Dr. Wang called a "painless abortion," meaning one with anesthesia.
Dr. Wang, whose foot tapped nervously throughout a 45-minute conversation, said he performed the procedure for unmarried women who became pregnant and for women who, for job-related reasons, did not wish to have a child. But like every doctor spoken to here, he denied ever performing a selective-sex abortion for any patient, or for that matter, even performing a sonogram gender test for a woman. The most he would allow is that he is often asked.
Dr. Wang said that patients, who are usually aware that sonogram gender exams are proscribed, came in and asked bluntly, "How much money do you need?"
Although he steadfastly denied performing the tests, he implicitly acknowledged that the temptation for some would be too strong to suppress. "It's impossible for regulations to stop abortion," he said. "Most Chinese people are law abiding, but there are doctors who will be willing to do this, although very few."
The next day, during an unannounced visit, a woman was found in the midst of an ultrasound test at the clinic. "What do you mean by asking do I prefer a boy or a girl?" said the patient, Wang Wanqing, who gave her age as 20, but looked considerably younger. "It makes no difference. My husband feels the same way."
Yang Junchang, an expert in population studies at Guiyang University, praised the local initiative, but said the problem evaded quick fixes. "The reason people want a boy is because the level of economic development is low and the social security system is flawed," Mr. Yang said. "A boy is a fortune and a resource to a family. People wanting a sex check in order to have a boy will certainly continue, and if Guiyang disallows it, they will go somewhere else."
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