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The Portland Thorns will aim to get back to winning ways on Thursday night when they take on FC Kansas City for the second time this year (7:30pm PT, webstream: www.portlandthornsfc.com, Freedom 970). Find out everything you need to know about the opposition.
What happened when the teams last met?
In what was the season opener – and also the first ever game of the NWSL – the Thorns fought back to earn a point in a 1-1 draw away to FC Kansas City. Christine Sinclair's penalty on 67 minutes registered their first goal of the year and tied things up after Renae Cuellar had put the home team ahead after just three minutes.
It was a very open game with the Thorns defense caught out by a quick ball forward and Cuellar, a very capable striker, made no mistake. But the momentum swung towards Cindy Parlow Cone's team and they fought to take all three points, Kansas City denied them.
What did the Thorns learn from that game?
The biggest thing that the Thorns took from that season opener was the need for communication. After a short preseason as well as national team allocated players arriving just before the opener, the Thorns had had little time to play as a full group. Kansas dictated the tempo and sliced through Portland early, however, as the game wore on Portland became stronger as a team as well as in the games that followed.
What did the coaches have to say?
Portland Thorns head coach Cindy Parlow Cone
"I think we did okay, but overall, I don't think any of (the players) are happy with how they performed. We knew there was going to be some miscommunication, a little bit of disorganization because you haven't played together. I think we can improve on everything."
FC Kansas City head coach Vlatko Andonovski
"When you play against the two best forwards in the world (Christine Sinclair and Alex Morgan) and keep them in check like we did, it is impressive. Buzz (Jen Buczkowski) and Desi Scott were given the task of preventing them from getting the ball and they did a tremendous job."
How has Kansas fared since then?
It has been a mixed season so far for Kansas with only three wins collected from their six games played. While there is no reason to be concerned, they can still add a lot of things to their game to become a more dominant force as they have let some games slip away from them when they probably should have been celebrating victories – and that has stung a little for their players.
On the plus side, they boast the best defense in the league with only four goals conceded and that includes three clean sheets. The organization that they have, not just in the backline, but in midfield as well, was clear to see in their season opener against the Thorns and it has turned out to be their greatest asset. But they need to learn how to be more ruthless at the other end of the pitch.
Head coach: Vlatko Andonovski
Originally from Macedonia, Andonovski has made his name as coach in the US, where he has been heavily involved in youth and indoor soccer. He has held director of coaching positions and used his experience of playing in Europe to compliment his coaching qualifications. Andonovski will be assisted by Welsh coach Huw Williams.
Star Player: Leigh Ann Robinson
Sometimes the most important players are the one's who don't grab all of the headlines and that is certainly the case for Robinson. She has plenty of experience of playing in the now defunct WPS and was an obvious pick-up when Kansas were putting their roster together because she brings the best out in her teammates. A very selfless player, Robinson covers a lot of ground in games – on both sides of the ball – and can be relied on when the going gets tough.
One To Watch: Kristen Mewis
Undoubtedly, one of the most exciting players in the league right now, this 22-year-old midfielder has been tipped to emerge as a long-serving member of the United States national team. Crafty with the ball at her feet, confident in her ability, and incredibly hard-working, the Massachusetts native is a real livewire for Kansas and is bound to only get better. It was hardly surprising when she was selected third overall in the NWSL College Draft.
What can the Thorns expect?
A lot depends on the line-up that Kansas selects, but they have tended to stick with the 4-5-1 formation that they used against the Thorns back in April. Key to that system working is striker Cuellar, who makes clever runs off the ball and chases down opposition defenders – in a way, she is the first line of defense. Behind her, the rest of the team is very solid, compact and they work for each other.
Between the posts, United States international Nicole Barnhart has been a rock, while the likes of Robinson and Becky Sauerbrunn (above) have been excellent in defense. But this is a team where the team is the most important thing. Yes, they have talented players, but collectively, they work so well together with the outside midfielders tracking back, the central players closing up gaps, and the defense communicating well with each other.
Who are their main threats?
Cuellar is the one to keep a close eye as the Thorns discovered when she scored so early on in their last meeting. But she can only thrive when supplied with good service and that is where the likes of Mewis, Desiree Scott, and Lauren Cheney come in, because they are technically very good soccer players and they can string passes together or split a defense open if afforded enough space.
In their last outing – a narrow defeat to Sky Blue FC – Kansas registered 13 shots on goal and taking aim from distance is something that they will try to do against the Thorns. Cheney, in particular, is someone who can smash the ball past any goalkeeper if she drifts into space and gets the time to unload. And they will also be dangerous from set pieces, so Thorns marking needs to be tight.
Where are they most vulnerable?
The trick to unlocking a team that plays in such a compact fashion is stretching them and dragging them out of position. The running of Nikki Washington and Danielle Foxhoven could be exactly what the Thorns need to lure the Kansas players away from their comfort zones and expose gaps in behind them. If they can do that, then Cone's team has the speed to swoop in and take advantage.
Kansas has been known to surrender possession of the ball a bit too easily. Sometimes they are too eager to push it forward, trying to create an opening, or simply take the wrong option. When they do that, the Thorns can pounce and counter attack at speed.
Did You Know?
Midfielder Desiree Scott is very active in coaching despite only being 25 years old and yet to hit the peak years of her career. She regularly runs soccer camps and clinics, while also helped out as an assistant during her time at the University of Manitoba.
Gareth Maher is a contributing writer to PortlandThornsFC.com. He is a frequent writer about soccer for the Irish Daily Mail in Dublin as well as ESPNFC.com.
Thorns FC Opponent Dossier: FC Kansas City at JELD-WEN Field - June 6, 2013
The Portland Thorns will aim to get back to winning ways on Thursday night when they take on FC Kansas City for the second time this year (7:30pm PT, webstream: www.portlandthornsfc.com, Freedom 970). Find out everything you need to know about the opposition.


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In Los Angeles, when the stars come out, they really come out. This is true on any given night, but especially true this month when the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrated its 10th anniversary with a star-studded event at their home, the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The theme of the event, Starry Night, also paid tribute to the milestone 10th anniversary of the Walt Disney Concert Hall and its world-famous architect, Frank Gehry. The hall and Gehry provided Shiraz Events and its Los Angeles team, led by Shai Tertner, President, and Jason Harder, West Coast Event Director, with the event's design aesthetic. The evening was broken down into a pre-concert reception, concert and post-concert dinner. The pre-concert reception featured a white, silver and sage green palette. Guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d'oeuvres from Patina Restaurant Group amid silver, white and metallic designs accented by a profusion of white orchids floating atop geometric mirrored columns and 16-foot-tall bamboo towers. Quotes by Gehry were projected in the hall's public areas while guests enjoyed themselves in an art deco designed photo booth. Following a concert by the LA Philharmonic, led by Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and featuring the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, guests entered a tented dinner via lighted entry tunnels. In keeping with the Starry Night theme, both the tunnels and the tent ceiling were covered with custom LED star fabric from Dazian Fabric Environments. Tables set with modern glassware, silver-tipped white porcelain, hammered silver chargers and alternating linen of silver and crinkled white designs were set with three distinct centerpieces of varying heights, each featuring white orchids for continuity. Breakup lighting patterns on the floor inspired by the Milky Way further set the mood as did the gobos and pinspotting provided by Images by Lighting. Notable attendees included Julie Andrews, Jane Fonda, Frank Gehry, Ben Harper, Cheyenne Jackson and Jane Seymour, among others. The event raised $5 million for Los Angeles Philharmonic and its educational programs, including Youth Orchestra LA, the signature program of Gustavo Dudamel. Event Production: Shiraz Events Catering: Patina Restaurant Group Design and Décor Elements: Dazian Fabric Environments and Images by Lighting
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|To manage the natural gas bust wisely, look to municipalities, not the oil and gas companies.
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Robert Glass has been through his share of oil and gas booms and busts, and the
historic slide in natural gas pricing to near-$2 and a 10-year low, which has brought gas drilling to a halt in Louisiana, doesn't faze him. Before becoming director of public works for Louisiana's Caddo Parish, which includes the city of Shreveport, Glass clocked 18 years in the oil and gas business. In fact, the former oil and gas executive became a municipal official just as the Haynesville shale gas boom was flooding Louisiana with cash.
"It's somewhat normal down here. It's always been that way with gas. No matter how good it gets, two or three years down the road, it will turn," Glass said. In fact, Louisiana's familiarity with this harsh cycle goes back to 1910, when the Pine Island oil and gas field was discovered in Caddo Parish. "Pine Island was one of the biggest oil fields in Louisiana. Back during that time there were good-sized boom cities and now they are little bitty towns lucky if they have a few thousand people," Glass said. Headline attraction to the energy boom is perennial. A headline from the New York Times
three years ago about the Haynesville shale boom can today be replaced by tales of the North Dakota Bakken, where unemployment is a thing of the past, or stories about the Eagle Ford and Permian shale, where sports car dealerships spring up and real estate values rocket in formerly forgotten locales. The press is less obsessed with the bust than the boom in the current narrative about the United States becoming the "new Middle East" thanks to the revolution in shale drilling technology. Yet the same Louisiana boom area that the New York Times profiled three years ago is weathering the natural gas bust rather well, even if Glass is no longer fielding calls from the national press. In fact, Caddo Parish is proving to be an example of fiscal discipline that the E&P companies might be well advised to heed, led by the biggest driller in the Haynesville shale, Chesapeake Energy ( CHK). Chesapeake Energy is the poster-child for the shale land grab and the excessive leverage racked up by the company has made it a market laggard . Cash flow is a major concern and the company this year said it will sell as much as $10 billion to$12 billion in assets to cover its expenses. Caddo Parish, on the other hand, doesn't have to sell a thing, including any of its remaining oil and gas acreage.


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I may be misunderstanding what it is you're driving at - I've had a few drinks tonight - but I'd like to point out anyway that in many non-free societies, the internet has become the de facto voice of freedom. Ways have been found in the last few years so that some countries (China, in particular), are now able to surpress this source of truth and freedom from their people, but I don't think Australia does this.
So, I'd think that an Australian newspaper editorial, or newspaper feature article about guns and gunowners, that publized the internet address of, and the free exchange of ideas to be found in this forum (and other similar forums) might be one of the best ways to introduce thinking Australians to the pro side of the gun argument (in America, anyway), and to keep them abreast of it.
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The Dentists industry was steadfast and performed well during the recession, benefiting from favorable demographic trends, technological advances and mounting awareness of the importance of oral hygiene. Although profitability has somewhat declined in the past five years, private dental clinics were the nation's most profitable industries during the economic downturn. According to IBISWorld analyst
In contrast, the cost of dental education has soared. Weighed down with debt, dental graduates are hindered from starting practices, which require significant capital investments. Rapid advancements in technology are also making it expensive to outfit a dental office. These factors have led to the growth of dental practice management companies (DPMCs), which are large firms that provide services for multiple dental offices. Because DPMCs also buy independent practices, their growing dominance has led to industry consolidation. The allocation of accounting, staffing, marketing and other administrative tasks to a centralized management company creates a model that can address high operating costs, while spreading capital costs over a larger revenue base. In addition, referrals from a general dentist to a specialist no longer take patient revenue away from the practice, as both belong to the DPMC. As a result of the growing DPMC's prevalence in the Dentists industry, concentration has increased marginally during the past five years. "Continued consolidation is expected to help expand profit margins over the next five years," says Son. Nonetheless, the industry remains highly fragmented, with no one industry accounting for a significant market share.
The five-year outlook for dentists is positive, with favorable demographic trends, an improving economic environment and growing access to dental insurance, boosting revenue over the period. IBISWorld forecasts revenue to continue increasing in the five years to 2017 at a faster rate than in the the past five years. Revenue growth is expected to pick up in 2013 as healthcare reform legislation increases the number of insured Americans. As the job market improves, increased dental coverage from employers and rising disposable income will result in more patient visits. DMPCs will continue to penetrate the industry and grow in size as more dentists recognize the benefits of spreading costs across practices. For more information, visit IBISWorld's Dentists in the US industry report page.
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Eurocopter and an unnamed UK operator have proposed leasing civil EC 225 medium-lift helicopters to the British Ministry of Defence as an interim solution to bridge the gap in capability aggravated by the British armed forces' engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq. The plan would provide new, high-performance helicopters to the armed forces as an alternative to upgrading and maintaining older helicopters now in service.
The EC 225 is the civil variant of the EC 725, both of which are the latest versions of the Super Puma helicopter family. The EC 725 is in service with the French army and air force while the EC 225 has customers in the offshore oil and gas industry, in governmental VIP service in Japan and Algeria and in search-and-rescue and offshore operations in China. Eurocopter, a division of EADS, is displaying an EC 725 on the Farnborough static display (OE17).
According to Eurocopter, its lease proposal includes a financial arrangement that would not burden the MoD's equipment budget. The COMR (commercially owned, military registered) solution could replace the existing Puma and possibly the Sea King Mk 4 helicopter fleets.
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We, the citizens of Ipswich opposed to a Dunkin� Donuts drive-thru are grateful the owners have decided to withdraw their applications.
In his letter, Roy Serpa noted that the intent of his applications for a zoning variance and special permit was to improve Lord Square.
To set the record straight, this struggle with the owners, their attorney, the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals was never about improving Lord Square. From the outset, our group and more than 500 other Ipswich residents have recognized:
1. If a variance had been granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals, the owners could have sold to McDonald�s, Burger King or any other fast-food establishment, and the town would have been powerless from stopping them from using the same variance to operate a drive-thru.
2. The residents of this town by more than a two-thirds majority voted to direct the town officials to never grant a variance or special permit for a drive-thru in Ipswich. Granting the variance would run completely contrary to the wishes of the citizenry.
3. The residents of Ipswich adopted a Climate Action Plan in 2001. This plan directs Ipswich town management and committees to base policy and planning decisions, in part, on the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions and enhancement of pedestrian travel. Granting a variance and/or special permit would have increased traffic in Lord Square, harmful pollution from idling cars and dangers for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.
From the very beginning, we have supported Mr. Serpa in planning to improve Lord Square. Constructing stores more in keeping with the local architecture on the three lots, setting the Dunkin� Donuts building further back on the property currently housing the Laundromat, and simplifying the ingress and egress would be welcomed by all.
We hope that Mr. Serpa will continue to pursue improving his business and its appearance in our town. Some of us have been waiting years for the corner to be cleaned up and redesigned to complement the adjoining historical areas. We hope the improvements without a drive-thru will come soon. � Casey Wright, High Street, Citizens Opposed to Fast Food Drive Through
Letter: Ipswich D&D improvements still welcome
We, the citizens of Ipswich opposed to a Dunkin� Donuts drive-thru are grateful the owners have decided to withdraw their applications.


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The True Meaning of Peace
from the Chinese Literary Perspective
Tan Chung
The concept of 'Peace' in our modern civilization (should I say, Western civilization?) is the facade of war, dominated by the calculations of realpolitik. This English word originates from the French concept which denotes 'agreement' — agreeing to stop a conflict or war. When we refer to The Universal Dictionary of the English Language we find that the first notion of 'peace' is 'cessation of, freedom from, strife, warfare', and the second notion of it is 'treaty of peace between hostile nations'. Even in the third notion, it is understood as 'freedom from civil disorder, disturbance, agitation' and 'freedom from strife, controversy or agitation'. Only after these notions come 'tranquillity, concord, mental calm, serenity of mind'. This European concept of peace (which is more or less universally accepted) is something similar to the Chinese word wu (its palaeographic form shows a combination of denoting 'to stop' and denoting 'weapon'). This wu concept was to capture the joyous mood of the soldiers when they heard of the news of cease-fire (stopping the weapon). This was, in fact, the original Chinese word for 'dance'. However, today we use the word for such connotations like 'military', 'fight', 'fighting skill' (as used in wushu, etc.) Like the case of 'peace' in the European cultural context, this Chinese concept of wu remains a facade of war. I may call this category of thinking the 'red-eyed view of peace'.
In this paper I wish to present the green-eyed view of peace which originates from 'Agroculture'. I have coined this word to avoid using the cumbersome formulation of 'agriculture culture'. When humans came to this earth as a result of evolution, they started making stone weapons to hunt other animals for food. After many thousand years, these primitive hunters transformed themselves into two dominant cultural modes. Some began to tame the animals and graze them on grassland. Some of the animals were kept as their food, but other animals, particularly horses, were used for quick movement and fighting. They finished off the grass in one place and moved to another to graze. This approach amounted to the looting of Mother Earth. Also in the movement they clashed with other nomadic groups and practised the principle of 'might is right'. Nomadic culture is essentially a hunter's culture intoxicated in fighting, looting and warfare.
But there was another cultural mode of settling down in a place and start cultivating Mother Earth for subsistence. When Mother Earth's generosity surpassed their level of subsistence, they domesticated wild animals and fed them — ultimately killing them for food. This mode is the agrocultural mode. Agroculture is a cultural mode that is meant to replace the hunter's culture. Gone are the days when humans tiresomely and cruelly chased and killed other animals on the run. Agroculture is a relaxed mood, oriented in the spirit of peace. It is grown from Mother Earth, and endeared to Mother Earth. Earth is important to an agriculturist (so also an 'agroculturist') who cultivates the good earth under his feet and depends for his livelihood on it. Agroculture thrives on the exuberance of the planted growth, and avoids insensately looting the vegetation in the environment. Agroculture is eco-friendly.
To agroculture, peace is not an aftermath after war. It is an integral part of human existence. The concept of peace takes its birth with agriculture and agroculture. Peace, attachment to Mother Earth, friendship with ecology are essential ingredients for a good agrocultural life. Peace and agroculture are symbiotic. With agroculture there cannot be any concept of peace. For agroculture is a farewell to the hunter's culture, a farewell to arms, a farewell to chasing others — be it a wild animal or a hostile human. The Western way of life has not completely said farewell to this hunter's culture. Western table manners daily practised by the kings and queens, by civilians and soldiers, by the workers wearing white, blue or other coloured collars, by writers, film stars, poets, and so on involves cutting meat with a knife and taking it into the mouth with a fork almost exactly in the same fashion as a primitive hunter did thousands of years ago. But, those who have bid farewell to the hunter's culture have long laid aside, and have long forgotten, knives and forks while eating. For thousands of years, the Indians have put cooked food on leaves and helped themselves with their fingers, while the Chinese have used chopsticks and spoons. These are symbols of agroculture, of non-violence — symbols of peace. For agroculture is born with peace just as peace is born with agroculture.
In this paper I would like to elaborate this concept of peace which has long been forgotten or ignored. As I am not so conversant with Indian agroculture, I shall concentrate on its Chinese counterpart to bring some fresh air to this Unesco-sponsored conference deliberating on the 'Culture of Peace'.
What I have said a little while ago seems to have idealized agroculture. Yes, what agroculture is meant to be is one thing, and what reality that agroculture has gone through is another. As agroculture came out from the womb of the hunter's culture, it often reflected the brutal appearance of its mother culture as well. Humans have arrived on our earth to be nobler creatures than brutes, yet, just as Mencius (372?-289 bc) observed: 'How little is the difference between humans and the brutes!?'1 To carry Mencius' thinking to its logical end, I dare say that he would not consider war decent human behaviour. Mencius and his master Confucius (551-479 bc) talked about ren (the normal, also ideal, human relationship) which was penetrated by the spirit of 'love' (airen), i.e to love all other human beings. In their schema of ren there was no place for war. Peace should be the basic way of life.
The richest ancient treasury of ideas created by Chinese agroculture is the Book of Change (Yijing, also spelt I-ching), which has two parts. The first part is the 64 gua which the ancients used for divination in the dawn of Chinese civilization (from as early as four or five thousand years ago), while the second part is some supplementary commentaries. For each of the 64 gua, i.e. omens, there is a separate commentary. Conventionally, people think that there could not have been just one commentator. All these commentaries form a cumulative treasury which must have been contributed by wise thinkers during the course of thousands of years, both before and after the time of Confucius.
In the supplementary commentaries there is a famous observation, 'Tiandizhi dade yue sheng'.2 The English translation of this should be: 'Sheng (creation) is the grand virtue of the universe (between Heaven and Earth)'. In the commentary to the 31st gua, there is an observation: 'Tiandi gan er wanwu huasheng, shengren gan renxin er tianxia heping', and its translation is: 'When Heaven and Earth interact there is the creation of all beings. When the sages interact with the hearts of the people there is peace in the universe.'
Here I have translated the term heping into peace, but it is a combination of two concepts: he (smooth, harmonious and peaceful) and ping (even, tranquil, just and peaceful). We can see that 'peace' is conceived of as the law, the rhythm, the logic of the universe. It is conceived of as the virtue, natural feeling, logical mood of humans.
In the commentary of the first gua, qianyuan (Heaven), there is an observation that the daren or great man merges his virtue with Heaven and Earth, merges his brightness with the sun and moon, merges his rhythm with the four seasons, and merges his good and bad omens with the spirits. This term 'great man' is used in the Book of Change in such a manner that we see it as a signification of God. The Chinese term daren (with da meaning 'great' and ren meaning 'person') comes so near to the ancient Indian concept of mahapurusha.
In the commentary of the second gua, kunyuan, is praised as the creator of all the things and beings. This kunyuan is a reference to our Mother Earth. It is also observed that this Mother Earth interacts with Heaven (tian) in the mood of shuncheng, i.e. obeying and sustaining.
All this makes it clear that in the wisdom of Chinese agroculture, there is only mutual give and take, sustenance, creation, harmony, tranquillity, and peace — there should not be conflict and war.
Confucius, in his Daxue (Great Learning), observed that the learning process began with zhiyu zhishan (to stop at the optimum). He continued: 'Knowing how to stop will achieve stability. After achieving stability there is tranquillity. After tranquillity there is peace of mind and ease of mood. After acquiring peace of mind and ease of mood one can think and reflect. After thinking and reflection there is achievement.'3
Then, Confucius spelt out the process by which a gentleman could develop his career. First, he should become earnest and sincere; then he should put his heart in the right place; then he should cultivate saintly behaviour; then he should put his family in order; then he should bring his country under a good rule; then he should make the universe a place of taiping.4
Again, there is some difficulty in translating taiping, which is a combination of tai (connoting grand, extreme, etc.) along with ping (connoting even, tranquil, just, peaceful, etc.). In fact, this ping is the same ping which we have just seen in the Book of Change, and Confucius' taiping and the term heping we have cited earlier from the Supplementary Commentaries of the Book of Change are similar ideas. As I have said earlier, peace was conceived of as the natural law and rhythm of the universe. Now Confucius added a dimension of human dynamism to it. Peace to Confucius was the ultimate goal of human endeavour, in other words.
Our journey starting with the Book of Change to Confucius' spiritual world has witnessed a shift of emphasis from the fundamental laws of Nature to human endeavour, suggesting that the peaceful nature of the universe had been disturbed, and should be upheld by human endeavour. This shift does reveal the gap between agrocultural idealism and human reality — peace being constantly disturbed by human activities. However, what I wish to emphasize is that to the Chinese agroculture, peace is no secondary reality, and certainly not an afterthought cropping up at the end of the war or conflict.
To the Chinese agrocultural mind, peace is the reality of the universe, the fundamental condition of human existence: not, as the French and other European definitions suggest, an expediency, a temporary arrangement, or a momentary escape from quarrels, conflict and war.
Peace, as the goal of life, the goal of a political regime and political career, has been ingrained in Chinese thinking. From the Han Dynasty onwards, the Chinese emperors took the lead in codifying the ceremonial music played in the imperial court. The literary text of this music is known as yuefu (literally 'music office'). One Chinese ruler who was very diligent in scripting the court songs was the reigning empress Wu Zetian (624-705), who had the unique distinction to be the only woman who sat in the chair of the 'Son of Heaven' (emperor) in Chinese history. In her composition entitled Huangdi xing (song of the emperor), she wrote:
Known for her Buddhistic inclinations, Empress Wu was using imagery like yujing (jade mirror) and jinke (golden law) that betray the adaptation of Indian (Buddhist) imagery.
When Confucius talked about peace as a goal it was only from the viewpoint of a teacher and a thinker. Empress Wu talked about peace when she was at the head of a powerful military machine. If she was sincere in the words she had penned (the words which were every morning sung at the court ceremony) — and there is no reason to doubt her sincerity — then we can say that peace had gone into China's ruling ideology in her times and in the subsequent reigns of the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
China would not have been on the map of the modern world if there had not been a great politician and tyrant, Qin Shihuangdi (reigning as the King of Qin state from 246 bc and as the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty from 221 bc till his death in 210 bc). This Qin Emperor unified China by means of war, but wanted to rule his empire in peace. He thought of the best way to ensure peace by asking his subjects to surrender all the weapons in their possession during the first year of his reign. After collecting all the surrendered weapons, he melted them and forged them into bells, and 12 giant human figures to be placed in his palace. However, there was no peace during his reign. He was attacked by many assassins, and narrowly escaped death in 216 bc when he and four guards were attacked by robbers in one of his frequent incognito trips outside the palace at night. He was a powerful ruler who could hold his empire together. The moment he died the entire country rose in arms against his regime, and within a couple of years the Qin Dynasty was overthrown.
From the Qin Dynasty until today the existence of a unified (or semi-unified) China was always first wrought by the use of force, and then by maintaining an enforced peace with the help of a powerful army. In other words, throughout Chinese history, the culture of peace has not been different from the culture of war. Weapons have been used to end war and to start peace, to maintain peace. Then, peace was disturbed and war was started by the use of weapons, and a vicious circle between war and peace has been in motion till today.
Chinese agroculture has to address itself to this dichotomy which has been developed in total contravention of the original rhythm of agroculture. Peace and war, it may be said, have been the twins of Chinese politics, and Chinese agroculture has to try for the best. There have been two sources of war: one internal and the other external.
The internal source of war rose from the very fact that the hierarchical mansion of Chinese politics was built upon the self-imposition of the ruling family by means of conquest, all others having been placed under the threat of military might to obey, and maintain peace and law and order. There were always those who wanted to displace the ruling family and come on top of the political hierarchy. A natural source of war was inbuilt.
The external source of war rose from the fact that agriculture had made China a land of affluence in comparison with the homes of the neighbouring races. Adding to this was the fact that China was virtually the only agrocultural society surrounded by non-agrocultural, nomadic societies. I have said at the outset that the nomadic culture has directly inherited the hunter's culture. This was noticed by the famous Tang poet, Li Bai (also spelt Li Bo, 701-62), who observed in his famous poem 'Fighting South of The Town':
As a result, in half of the last two thousand years, China was ruled by foreign conquerors. Foreign conquest and restoration of Han (Chinese) rule formed another vicious circle of Chinese historical development. Both conquest and recovery were by means of war. War, not peace, became the fundamental rhythm of progress and evolution of Chinese history.
Chinese agroculture has mortgaged peace under the duress of the makers of Chinese history who were either the rulers or the destroyers of the rulers of imperial China. Paradoxically, after destroying those who reigned, the destroyers replaced them and became rulers themselves. Their successors would be destroyed by other destroyers. Ruling by military might and destroying a rule by military might became the fundamental rhythm of imperial China, making it impossible to materialize the originally conceived rhythm of peace and tranquillity.
To view it from a different angle, China would have taken a different turn of development (and may not have become what she is today) if the Qin Emperor had not succeeded in unifying China — in other words, if the rulers of six other states (which were there during the pre-Qin period were vying with the Qin state for supremacy) could have prevented themselves from being vanquished by the Qin emperor. This hindsight was provided by a Song scholar, Su Xun (1009-66) in his famous essay 'Liuguo' (six states). Su Xun commented: 'The six states were vanquished not because of the weakness of their fighting forces. The trouble lay in their appeasement.' He added: 'What Qin had gained was a hundred times greater than the fruits of its military victory. What the states had lost was a hundred times greater than their military defeat.' The six states in dealing with the Qin state (which was the bully), had each tried to appease the aggressor by giving away some territory. This was commented upon by an ancient observer which was quoted by Su Xun as a foolish act, like 'carrying firewood to fight a fire'.7
The purpose of this essay was to advise the ruler, Song Emperor Renzong (reigning from 1022 to 1063) against adopting an appeasement policy vis-a-vis the aggressive northern neighbour — the Khitan race. Yet it also reflected Chinese intellectual opinion against military conquest of any kind. However, it does not seem to have occurred to Sun Xun that if the Qin regime had not vanquished the six states and unified China, there would not have been the fortune of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), in whose interest he was serving and worrying. There is a dichotomy here, but it is clear that although the Chinese intellectuals have all along been for the stability and strength of their unified motherland, their innate inclination was against military annexation of others' territories.
It was strange that China's territorial expansion was achieved under two different circumstances. The first circumstance was a response on the part of Chinese rulers while dealing with pestering aggressive enemies. The Han Dynasty (206 bc to ad 220) originally adopted an appeasement policy towards the Hun race, which could not stop the latter from repeated aggressive acts, including frequent intrusions and looting of Chinese civilian properties. Finally, the Han Emperor Wu (141-87 bc) made a strong determination not only to fight the Huns, but to fight them to the finish — resulting in driving the Huns away from their homeland (in present Mongolia). The second circumstance was when China herself was vanquished by foreign invasion. But the foreign conquerors of China carried on their expansionist policies beyond Chinese territory. It was under the Mongol and Manchu rules that China had the largest territory of all times. After their rules collapsed, the succeeding Chinese governments inherited the expanded territories as godsend. It was paradoxical that never had Chinese troops gone to conquer the homeland of the Mongols. But Mongolia became a part of China — only as a result of China's having been united with Mongolia by the Mongols.
Chinese agroculture had been pushed to an expansive mood by these two historical circumstances: one reactive, the other passive — never active, let alone pro-active. But, the expansive mood did help Chinese agriculture to achieve a perfect eco-geographic holistic status. We know that China has been heavily dependent on her two major rivers for economic development, i.e. the Yellow River and the Yangtse. While the Yangtse is the fourth largest river of the world (with a length of nearly 6,000 km), the Yellow is the seventh largest (nearly 5,000 km). While no other country in the world possesses the entire length of any of the seven largest rivers on earth, China alone possesses two of them. This is a great gain for China's agriculture and agroculture, objectively speaking. But she has not gotten it by her own merits or efforts. It is a gift bequeathed by the nomadic cultures (of the Mongol and Manchu).
How do China's modern ruling elites view this situation? Their views are represented by three modern statesmen, Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-25), known as the 'Father of Modern China', and Chairman Mao Zedong (1893-1976), known as the 'Father of Communist China'. The third statesman was Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), the lately lamented Chinese supremo who had made post-Mao China a very dynamic phase of history.
Sun Yat-sen not only regarded the international boundaries left behind by the erstwhile Manchu Empire as sacrosanct, but wished that the Manchu, Mongol and other races who had joined the Chinese joint family be integrated with the Han-Chinese majority. His ideal state was the United States of America. However, he was also influenced by the ideas of Confucius, as he observed: 'We must revive our nationalism and restore our national status so that we can give good order to the country and bring peace to the universe. We must employ our innate morality and peace as the very foundation to unify the world, to achieve the rule of datong (grand tranquillity).'8 Here, Sun Yat-sen made a reference to the idealism of datong which was enshrined in an essay found in Liji (Book of Rites) stated to be the observation of Confucius. The datong idealism reflected in the passage depicts a society in which no one is selfish, and everyone is selfless, working for the good of the collective. There is perfect order in society, and no intrigue, nor robbery, nor theft (so that people can sleep at night without closing their doors). Then, Liji further quotes Confucius to say that such a datong society could exist only when the Tao prevailed. 'Now that the great Tao is hiding, everyone takes to one's own family. Everyone endears only his/her parents, loves only his/her children, treating property as his/her own. Thus intrigues and utilitarianism prevail, leading to the breakout of war.' Such a society was defined as xiaokang, literally 'small comforts'.9
Interestingly this two-stage social development from xiaokang to datong has become the goal of modern Chinese thinkers. China, in their thinking, has slipped to a state of misery, but the Western societies are in a state of xiaokang. However, Chinese thinkers have been wanting to achieve both — first from misery to xiaokang, then from xiaokang to datong. Deng Xiaoping, who put China on the express highway of development, set a target of a per capita income of US$ 1,000 by the end of the twentieth century. He said in 1987 that 'when that time comes we call it a xiaokang society — a xiaokang society in which people enjoy a universally enhanced living standard'.10 Though Deng Xiaoping has not made any reference to datong, the mention of xiaokang puts him in the same traditional mind set being personified from Confucius to Sun Yat-sen and beyond.
Mao Zedong openly said that his ides of 'new democracy' was the adoption of the new version of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 'Three People's Principles' (san min zhuyi). He was an ardent patriot like Sun Yat-sen, and his ideal society was communism, as he wrote in 1939: ' The ultimate future of Chinese revolution is not capitalism, but socialism and communism.'11 Mao's thinking that communist society, in which there is no exploitation but only amity and prosperity, conforms to the ancient Chinese ideal of datong.
Idealism and reality do not get along well. The makers of China have gotten all Chinese intellectuals in a situation that amounts to helplessness. While one must obey the tide, there can also be a sort of passive resistance — knowing full well that to fail in fighting for one's country would be treason. There is a famous poem penned by a Tang poet, Wang Han (687?-726?), which is worth quoting:
What a comic way with such deep sarcasm and pain in highlighting the eternal dilemma of the Chinese people — many of whom did not return home after contributing to the victories of their country! The moral of the poem is: What difference does it make whether wars are won or lost, since the victors don't return home in triumph?
There are others who voiced their sharp criticism against the warlike policies of the Chinese imperial government. Li Bai, in his above-cited poem, went on to describe the horrors of war:
The poem concludes with these words:
The third line from the bottom referred to General Wang Zhongsi's refusal to sacrifice ten thousand lives of his own soldiers, for which he had forsaken a chance of his own honour and decoration. What General Wang did constituted a protest in action against the militant policies of the government.
Another famous anti-war poem was written by Li Bai's contemporary, the equally famous Du Fu (also spelt as Tu Fu, 712-70), entitled 'Troops Marching'. The poem protested:
Du Fu concluded his poem on a sad note:
Poets could not do much in protest. But they have painted a vivid picture of the tragedies of war. One Tang poet, Chen Tao (812?-85?), wrote about the dead soldiers whose bones lay in foreign lands:
Interestingly, not long after Chen Tao, another poet, Mao Wenxi (who lived in the tenth century), wrote a poem which provided the picture from the wives' side in their long wait for their husbands' return from the battlefields. The poem, in the voice of one of the wives, reads:
The culture of peace for the Chinese has now turned out to be a picture of broken families and fractured human bonds. When there was war, those who were not fighting had also to be victimized. A touching depiction of such victimization was depicted by Du Fu in his famous poem 'Officials of Shihao'. The poet was one night staying in this small village (Shihao) when officials raided a house to take away an old man to the front to replenish the depleted fighting force. The old man fled from the back, climbing the wall. His old wife faced the officials and pleaded with them that already all her three sons had been recruited by the army, and two of them had already been killed. Then the officials saw the daughter-in-law, mother of a new-born baby, and wanted to take her away. Finally, it was settled that the old woman would go to the front in place of her husband. After that the midnight stir was quietened, said the poet:
This poem has revealed the inner weakness of a great empire when its power was at the zenith. Power to be maintained by military might is always weak as this poem shows. Without the military prop, no regime could survive. How could a state be orderly administered, then? The mighty Tang Empire was internally rotten as the following poem (also written by a Tang poet) has disclosed:
We know that the rat here is the symbol of the parasitic people who battened on the social wealth of the country. With such bad government at the rear, the soldiers at the front also suffered.
All this made the intellectuals and poets long for the natural rhythm of the universe which was by nature to be a world of peace and tranquillity. Let me now return to this intellectual mood to echo what I have discussed at the outset of this essay.
If I don't proceed further, the obvious conclusion is that the 'red-eyed view' of peace is no exclusive property of European culture. When we hear the angry voices of Li Bai and Du Fu, and the lamentation of Chen Tao and Mao Wenxi, we feel that their eyes were red with fury or sadness. But that was only one mood when Chinese intellectuals looked at current developments. Still, the mainstream of the Chinese intellectual mood has been the longing for a return to peace and tranquillity. Still the green-eyed views have not been eliminated or extinguished.
During the Unesco Conference I selected a Chinese poem to present to fellow participants a different Chinese flavour for the conception of peace. This is a poem which was composed by Su Shi (1037-1101) and in 1082, the third spring of his demotion:
I should add that this poem carries a brief preface which reads: 'On a spring night, I passed a restaurant by the side of the Qi River. I went in and had food and drink. After that I was a little inebriated, and rode with the moon to a bridge on a stream. I released the saddle and lay down on it for a while. When I woke up with daybreak, I saw the lush sight all over the hills as if I was out of the sentient world. I then composed the poem and wrote it on the pillar of the bridge.19
We see the reference to the sentient world both in the poem and in the preface. There is an unmistakable touch of Buddhist philosophy. In the poem, there first appears the saddle 'soiled by sentient dust', and then the saddle is transformed from the instrument of chasing some target to an implement helping relaxation — the pillow. I have used the word 'sentient' to translate the original word 'zhang' which is the Chinese translation of the Sanskrit word karmarana — a hindrance caused by retribution. Clearly, the poet was depicting himself as a man in mundane human bondage. Of course, there was a strong desire in the poet to be free from it.
More important is the imagery in the following two lines:
Apparently, he was ordering his horse not to stir the tranquillity of the stream — a tranquillity that had created a 'jade veneer' on the clean (unpolluted) water under the moonlight, and this 'jade veneer' is the idealism of agroculture.
But there have always been the 'hooves' — both during the poet's time in the eleventh century, and ever after till today. The 'hooves' here are the symbol of the hunter's culture, the culture of human greed, and that of war and conflict. Here, it seems that the poet was conceiving of peace as an escape from war. But he went further:
This shows that in the world-view of the poet the hooves are secondary, not any part of the agrocultural world. The true picture of the agrocultural world — the world that was dear to the poet — was what he saw after he woke up: 'When I woke up with daybreak, I saw the lush sight all over the hills as if I was out of the sentient world.'
Su Shi played an important role in creating and preserving a progressive Chinese agroculture. Beginning his life as an ambitious young man, he succeeded in becoming a high-ranking bureaucrat. But there were ups and downs in his career, which helped him to burn out his ego and greed, to blunt the cutting edge of his ambitions, and to see things with blue eyes, not red. As the Chinese saying goes: Luhuo chun qing, i.e. the colour of the pure fire is blue. Burning impurities makes the fire red and sparking. Only after burning out the impurities will the colour of blue emerge. In his youth, Su Shi did have his red eyes because of ego, greed, envy, anger, etc. burning within his heart. Only when he viewed things with blue eyes could he see the natural peace and beauty which is the fundamental rhythm of the universe.
The ancient Chinese philosopher, Zhuangzi (also spelt as Chuangtze, 369?-286 bc) once remarked: 'My body does not belong to me. It is a capsule form of Heaven and Earth'. Su Shi paraphrased Zhuanzi's observation to rhyme:
In another poem, Su Shi rhymed:
I have alluded to the poet's Buddhist world-view, which once again appears here. It's all a dream — those glorious careers. What is permanent is the peaceful surroundings of Nature. The moral of the piece: Why strive for the illusory at all?
There is something here about the culture of peace through the Chinese prism. Peace is not something that hides among humans. It would be in vain if we try to find peace from the midst of fame-seekers, fortune-seekers, from the empire-builders, from careerists, from millionaires who knock others out on their way to the top of the world. No, all these have gone astray from the right course of life. They have destroyed the natural rhythm of the universe. What they have achieved is contrary to what the Creator has wished.
Su Shi lived nearly one thousand years ago, hence he still had confidence in the peace and tranquillity of Nature. He was sure that the mountains would always remain green, and the clouds never lost their freedom in wandering among the green peaks.
Let me cite the writings of another Song poet, Wang Guan (late eleventh century), who thought life was an ephemeral phenomenon. He said one would be lucky to live up to 70. In these 70 years, the first 10 were childhood, and the last 10 were those of a 'muddle-headed old man'. Then, half of the remaining 50 years was taken away by sleep. What should one do in the real span being left over, i.e. 25 years? He replied:
In another poem Wang Guan rhymed:
Here is an exciting if not a melancholy voice in quest of peace — spring being its icon. This peace, as the poet suggests, does not exist among humans, or is forced by humans to bid adieu. But, never mind, one still can try and catch up with it sometime and somewhere in life's journey. The poet also suggests that peace smiles at the humans in Nature. Rivers are its eyes and mountain peaks its eyebrows. And they beckon to those who are longing for peace.
Such old Chinese poems I have just now cited are worthy of appreciation, but they have lost their modern relevance. Today, humankind has almost lost its confidence in the quest of peace. If there were a World War III, there would be no green mountains left. It is as if humans have embarked on a road of slow suicide till one day they finish off all the symbols and icons of peace on our Mother Earth. When we read these ancient Chinese poems, it is no occasion for nostalgia but a time for appeal, for protest, for demanding a stop to the mad, mad ways of our human species which has grown brighter and brighter in scientific knowledge and other faculties, but duller and duller in self-preservation, in sensing the dangers to human preservation.
Peace and Nature go together in Chinese poetic mood. Su Shi wanted to return to Nature when he was longing for peace. We have another poetic mood to look at Nature as depicted by Mao Zedong in 1936:
Mao Zedong was extremely exhausted at the end of the historic Long March. His revolutionary following had reduced from several hundred thousand to hardly ten thousand men. There was pessimism and blank vision among the rank and file. Yet, Mao wrote in such a mood as if he was descending from Heaven to take the enchanting bride that was China. War (revolutionary war) was his life's obsession. But it was Nature and the vastness of the earth that gave him strength. If we compare Mao's poetic words with those of Su Shi, there is something in common despite the entirely different times and moods. The commonness lies in the grand rhythm of Nature. What Mao saw was not just a docile sleepy Nature, but one full of dynamism. Peace, I venture to think, is not just idleness, actionlessness, changelessness. Peace is creation, movement, and dynamism. When humans imbibe all this from Nature, there is progress, there is mental peace as well.
We have seen all kinds of search for peace on the part of Chinese poets, intellectuals — those who cherish Buddhist or Marxist idealism, those who have learnt from their own experiences that human evolution has not progressed in the proper way, and those who might like to put it back on the right track. Such a search reminds me of another famous poem composed by another eminent Chinese scholar, Huang Tingjian (1045-1105), a contemporary of Su Shi. The poem, entitled 'Music of Tranquillity', reads as follows:
Like Wang Guan, Huang Tingjian has used the word 'spring' as an idealism. This poem obviously shows the poet's determined quest for it. Today, when we embark on our search for the meaning of peace, for the culture of peace, we are in a similar situation. We are getting nowhere because we are not the makers of the times, because we don't have the power in our hands — the power which can stop the disturbance of peace and tranquillity, the power which can restore the true nature and rhythm of the universe. I have earlier suggested that the concept of peace is the result of human progression from a hunter's culture to agroculture. Now, we see that this original concept of agroculture has been mortgaged by the Chinese political development to the extent that it would be very hard to buy it back — to realize the datong society which may for ever remain an illusion. In our modern times, we see agroculture being conquered, flogged, and threatened to extinction by the industrial culture. Today, we have not only lost the true definition of peace, but are made to adopt the French (or English) idea that peace is merely a stop-gap arrangement of cease-fire, merely the absence of war which can return any time. But, even the last poem is not a note of pessimism. As the last line says: there are 'roses left in its trail'.
I must not leave any impression that I put all the blame for war on industrial civilization. I have shown enough evidence that the Chinese agrocultural tradition has been equally at fault. But, the entire humanity should think of peace as a fundamental rhythm of life and try to safeguard it as we safeguard our eyes. Self-destruction has no virtue, certainly not deserving any congratulation. Yet, what we hear these days are nothing but such congratulations. Pray let us stop such stupidity and play the music of tranquillity. Let us look at things with blue eyes instead of red eyes. Perhaps that can change the perspective on peace.
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Hulk Hogan Wins Creepiest Dad Of The Year- He Tweeted A Picture Of His Daughter's Legs
Hulk Hogan and Brooke Holgan have the relationship like any father and daughter from The South, they seem like they are dating. Hulk is always acting very creepy in public with his daughter. It's a very odd relationship. It's kinda like Doug Hutchison marrying a girl that could be his daughter (aka Courtney Stodden). Hogan tweeted a picture Sunday of his daughter BROOKE'S legs, along with the simple caption, "Brooke's legs."
He took it down after several people commented that it was creepy.
Brooke Tweeted this in response to the world
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Published: December 12th, 2010 | Tags: Brandon Marshall, Damien Woody, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Week 14 inactives
Dolphins WR Brandon Marshall is active for Sunday's game against the Jets. Marshall had been listed as questionable after missing Miami's last two games with a hamstring injury.
For the Jets, OT Damien Woody is active. The 12-year veteran has been battling a knee injury, but he has yet to miss a start this season.
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OT Matt Kopa
OT Vernon Carey
C Eric Ghiaciuc
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DE Chris Baker
Kellen Clemens (No. 3 QB)
CB Marquice Cole
DB James Ihedigbo
LB Jamaal Westerman
OT Vladimir Ducasse
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Reality TV and former "Peepshow" at Planet Hollywood star Holly Madison's late-night dream wedding at Disneyland was a true fairytale complete with Cinderella's glass carriage, and the 150 guests were still riding attractions past 1 a.m. today.
Holly's bridesmaids in blue silk dresses included Playboy beauty and former Excalibur headliner Laura Croft and "The Girls Next Door" co-star Bridget Marquardt.
The marriage to Electric Daisy Carnival founder Pasquale Rotella follows our Vegas DeLuxe story posted on Monday and the couple picking up their marriage license. Holly tweeted a photo of the duo holding the certificate.
E! Entertainment, which is working with Holly on her next reality TV series, reported that the ceremony was held near Blue Bayou restaurant in New Orleans Square and was followed by everybody riding Pirates of the Caribbean and watching "Fantasmic!"
Holly wore a white strapless ball gown with a blue sash tied in a big back bow. Cast and park characters, in 1930s era costumes and including Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Donald and Daisy Duck, assisted in activities. The 1:15 a.m. cake cutting took place at the New Orleans Square fountain. Another white-layer cake was set up at the Haunted Mansion and was served as part of the wedding dinner by Rivers of Adventure.
NEVADA IN SPOTLIGHT: Nevada is front and center at the 2013 Miss America Pageant activities in Atlantic City, N.J. Today, our 2013 Miss Nevada Diana Sweeney is one of five finalists from the 53 competitors in the running for one of the two new $5,000 STEM (Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics) scholarships.
Diana, 19, who is majoring in math and education at UNR, plans a career as a college mathematics professor after graduation. On Wednesday night, Diana, a Miss Carson City, showcased her lyrical dance skills in the talent portion of the Miss America preliminary competition. She completed her judges' interviews Tuesday and tonight faces the dreaded onstage question. (The 15 top contestants will be announced on Sunday's ABC telecast.)
On Friday, 1971 Miss New Jersey Lynn Weidner, who lives in Las Vegas and is married to former Venetian/Las Vegas Sands chief Bill Weidner, hosts a Miss America Foundation fundraiser. Mallory Hagan, who won her crown just eight months ago here at Planet Hollywood, is her co-host at the Palm Restaurant in the Tropicana in Atlantic City.
Miss America winners through the years will attend the benefit luncheon. They also will appear on the pageant telecast walking the 90-foot runway. Lynn, who serves on Miss America's board of directors, is host chairwoman to all the pageant celebrities, judges and beauty queens while they are on the Jersey shore.
RECOVERED HISTORY: Edie Adams, the starlet of the then-risque Muriel cigar commercials, was a true showbiz darling. From the 1950s to the '70s, she wowed the Strip with her nightclub act performed at Tropicana, Riviera, Thunderbird and Caesars Palace. She starred in "Here's Edie" from 1962-64 on ABC, and one episode featured her in a salute to the West shot on location in the desert outside Las Vegas.
Edie ended the program singing the national anthem at dawn. Another episode was taped at the Riviera in 1962 with Eddie Fisher as her co-star and Sammy Davis Jr. in the audience. The footage has never been seen since its original broadcast 50 years ago.
Now her son, Josh Mills, has unearthed the old tapes, digitized them and packed 21 episodes into a four-DVD box set. A planned fall Las Vegas screening will premiere the collection and kick off the Nov. 19 sales launch of this treasured star. There are 21 episodes with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Spike Jones, Bobby Darin, Bob Hope, Peter Falk and many more.
Josh has put together a 16-page booklet of rare photos and included bonus footage of Edie's musical performances on the top-rated "The Ernie Kovacs Show" and cigar commercials. Edie and Ernie were married until his unexpected death in January 1962.
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We'll know tonight if the former "Le Reve — The Dream" strongmen make it through to the last show of the season next week and defeat strong competition from Kenichi Ebina, Forte, Innovative Force, Chicago Boyz and Cami Bradley, who also are tipped for the finals. The KriStef Brothers created a hysterical technological "how-to video" infomercial for others to copy them — impossible!
Former winners Mirage headliner Terry Fator, who will be at the Mirage now through at least 2016, and Palazzo touring show stars Olate Dogs will be on the results show tonight.
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"I'm just crazy for shoes," she laughed, telling Ellen that the shoes aren't included in the $70 million asking price and will be brought to Celine's newly expanded home at Lake Las Vegas.
BOOK BENEFIT: Author Terrence King will sign copies of his new novel "The Silent Partner" on Saturday at Barnes & Noble in the Best of the West shopping center in Northwest Las Vegas. Proceeds from the sales benefit the charity Spread the Word Nevada.
Terrence produced the 2000 independent film "Elvis Killers," which included Clint Holmes' now wife Kelly Clinton Holmes as a female Elvis and shock king Jim LeBoeuf as Elvis Zombie #1.
Guitar guru Carlos Santana resumes his residency at House of Blues in Mandalay Bay.
Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart celebrates his 70th birthday with his band and Tea Leaf Trio at Hard Rock Live on the Strip while wearing an EEG cap for fans to watch his brain activity during the show.
HBO sex starlet and former adult actress Katie Morgan hosts at the Act in the Palazzo for the "Pussy Galore" fundraiser for the Heaven Can Wait Animal Shelter benefit. At 1:30 a.m., $50 bottles of bubbly will be used for a champagne shower.
It's an all-star turnout for the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Saul "Canelo" Alvarez "Fight of the Decade," and we know who'll be sitting ringside. We'll preview "Dancing Queen" opening at Planet Hollywood on Friday night and have my interview with producer David King, plus, celebrate the 11th anniversary of "V — The Ultimate Variety Show." We also have the final renderings of the Strip's new centerpiece boutique hotel Gansevoort and nightlife kingpin Victor Drai's rooftop pool club there.
Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world's premier platinum playground.
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Catering to the young and modern crowd, Planet Hollywood is a one-stop shop for entertainment with its massive shopping mall, slew of restaurants, spacious casino and clubs.
The ambiance of the casino is retro-chic meets high-tech with black granite floors throughout and colorful LED lights throughout the space. The theme carries into the 100,000 square-foot casino with 250 flat screens topping off slot machines. The casino is also home to 87 tables, a sports book and a poker room.
There's also the Miracle Mile Shops, one Vegas' largest malls, with 140 stores including BCBG Max Azaria, bebe, Urban Outfitters and The Discovery Channel Store.
Following an afternoon of shopping, guests can satisfy their appetites at one of the gourmet restaurants in Planet Hollywood, like the non-traditional approach to steakhouses at Strip House or check out the exotic Far East motif at KOI restaurant and lounge. And if guests are still looking for more, they can spend the after hours at Privé, Triq or Krave nightclubs.
Perhaps one of the resorts biggest attractions came in March with the addition of "Peepshow." The naughty twist on the story of Little Bo Peep is modern-day spin on the run-of-the-mill Vegas topless review. The "Peepshow" stage has seen visiting celebs like Scary Spice Mel B, "Dancing with the Stars" Kelly Monaco and Playboy's Holly Madison.


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Hawkamah and CISI Hold Joint Seminar on New UAE Corporate Governance Code
The Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), the professional body for practitioners in the securities and investment industry, today held a joint seminar in Abu Dhabi to discuss the new UAE Corporate Governance Code.
The simenar provided a platform to discuss the new corporate governance law for UAE publicly listed companies, which will come into force in April 2010. The Code will apply to public joint stock companies established in the UAE and companies listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADX) and Dubai Finance Market (DFM) and to their Board of Directors.
Key speakers at the event included Maryam Al-Suwaidi, Deputy CEO for Legal Affairs, Securities & Commodities Authority; Peter King, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Mangees LLP; and Nick Nadal, Director, Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance.
Dr Nasser Saidi, Executive Director of the Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance said: "The new UAE Corporate Governance Code is a positive step towards raising corporate governance standards in the country, which is critical to instil market confidence and stimulate renewed investment in the current economic environment. The introduction of the code helps encourage a strong culture of good governance within the UAE corporate community. The Hawkamah-CISI seminar provided an excellent opportunity for UAE public company senior management to learn first-hand about the changes that the Code will introduce and their implications for organisational governance. Investors will look for effective implementation and compliance with the provisions of the new code."
Speakers discussed the new requirements laid down by the Corporate Governance Code, both from the regulatory and shareholders' perspective, focusing on the Code's practical implications for listed companies.
Simon Culhane, Chartered FCSI, CEO said: "This important seminar is an excellent example of our combined initiative to promote and improve good corporate governance practices in the UAE, GCC and the MENA region."
The seminar provided listed companies practical guidance on effectively implementing the Code in areas such as board composition; board committees; board practices; professional conduct rules; internal control; and Articles of Association.
Top Headlines
- Corporate governance code for SMEs on the way in Dubai
- Dubai SME and Hawmkameh tie up to develop a code on corporate governance for small and medium enterprises
- Region's First Women's Corporate Governance Seminar Held in Egypt
- Hawkamah holds Seminar on 'Integrity at Work in Financial Services'
- Sheikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum launches the first-ever Corporate Governance Code for SMEs


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What is a NORMAL blood sugar range, random or fasting ( for someone without diabetes).I know if it is above 126 fasting, you are considered diabetic. What I want to know is what is usually the highest number if you do NOT have diabetes(at anytime of day). What is a non-diabetic persons blood sugar range supposed to be? My Moms was 159 today(random- I ckd it).Whenever I check anyone`s sugar(randomly) it is always below 100. I am type 2 diabetic, My sister and my brother are both type 1. Diabetes has always been on my Dad`s side. I have read that there is something in both parents that cause children to have diabetes. Mom is always trying to blame Dad, for us having diabetes. So there are a couple of questions that I would like you to answer. Thank you
1) First, it is important to realize that diagnoses of diabetes should be based on lab blood glucose measurement rather than fingerstick measurements which are not as accurate. Normal blood glucose levels are the same in children and adults. "Fasting" blood glucose levels are obtained 8 or more hours without any food or drink with calories. Fasting blood glucose levels under 100 mg/dl are considered normal, and fasting blood glucose levels 126 mg/dl or over are consistent with diabetes. Fasting blood glucose levels between 100 - 125 mg/dl are not normal, but are not defined as diabetes. They are termed "impaired fasting glucose".
"Random" blood glucose levels are obtained any time of the day or night, regardless of how recently a person has taken food or drink with calories. Random blood glucose levels 200 mg/dl or above are consistent with diabetes. Glucose can also be tested in a standardized way with an oral glucose tolerance test: after a normal carbohydrate intake for several days and then fasting overnight, the person drinks a standard glucose solution (75 grams of glucose for an adult) at a lab, and then a lab blood glucose test is performed 2 hours later. Two hour blood glucose under 140 mg/dl is considered "normal". Two hour blood glucose 200 mg/dl or above is consistent with diabetes. Two hour blood glucose between 140 - 199 mg/dl is not normal, but is not defined as diabetes. It is termed "impaired glucose tolerance".
People who have blood glucose levels in the "in between" range (not normal, but not diabetes) may or may not ever develop diabetes. People are diagnosed with diabetes only if they meet specific criteria - blood glucose levels are only one part of the criteria.
2) The family risk of diabetes is different for Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes. About 15% of people newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes have a first degree family member with diabetes. If a mother or father has Type 1 diabetes, their children have about a 4%-8% risk of developing Type 1 diabetes.
In contrast, the family risk with Type 2 diabetes is much higher. If a mother or father has Type 2 diabetes, their children have about a 40% risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. If both parents have Type 2 diabetes, their children have up to a 90% risk of developing type 2 diabetes. In addition, being overweight and inactive increases a person's risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
There is a family risk associated with diabetes - but it varies considerably depending on the type of diabetes and the family members that are affected. An increased risk for one type of diabetes does not increase a person's risk for the other kind of diabetes
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How Smart Can Get into No. 1 Pick ConversationDecember 21, 2013
Andrew Wiggins was considered a lock to become the No. 1 pick of the 2014 NBA Draft entering this season of college basketball, but Jabari Parker's spectacular play has made it a two-horse race and even turned the tide in the opinion of some experts. With so many elite prospects headlining the class of 2014, somebody else is sure to force their way into the conversation. Oklahoma State point guard Marcus Smart is one of those players.
To be clear, Smart has some work to do. But if he can shore up some of the weaker aspects of his game, the sophomore star's name could very well be the first name uttered by NBA commissioner-to-be Adam Silver in the 2014 draft.
Why He's the No. 1 Pick
Intangibles are an added bonus for most prospects, and a player's personality and demeanor aren't usually the first things we focus on in draft prospects.
Marcus Smart isn't most players.
Most players would have jumped at the chance to enter the NBA draft as a guaranteed top-five pick (probably a top-three pick), but Smart went back to school.
One reason was to avenge Oklahoma State's loss in the second round of the NCAA tournament, Smart told USATODAY:
"I felt like we had a lot more to accomplish. We were a lot better team than that. That's just not the way we wanted to go out. It helped me a little bit to get motivated to come back this year."
The decision to forgo the NBA draft wasn't purely selfless, as Smart also told the Associated Press that he wanted to work on his game:
"One of the reasons I stayed was to keep going and work on my game from the arc, increase my shooting percentage so guys play me honest. They have to respect my jump shot and my drive, so it will make it easier for me to get into the lane a lot more and find my teammates."
Many players are praised for their intangibles, but every talent evaluator in the country has raved about Smart's personality and work ethic.
Former coach and current ESPN analyst Seth Greenberg had this to say about Smart:
Greenberg wasn't even the most impressed ESPN analyst, as Jay Bilas was in awe of the Cowboys floor general:
Scott Howard-Cooper of NBA.com interviewed some NBA front office executives, and there was even more praise for Smart. One Head of Basketball Operations told Howard Cooper:
"Marcus Smart's a guy that every GM, every evaluator likes and wants to like just based on his work ethic and intangibles, his physical package—the strength—leadership ability and defensive ability."
According to Howard-Cooper, a general manager for another team said:
"Teams generally want to know what they're getting, especially picking that high up in the draft. Most teams feel like Marcus Smart is a safe pick, that you can sleep well at night knowing he's going to reach his ceiling, whatever that ceiling is, that he's going to give you max effort. He's not one of these guys you have to go to bed at night worrying about what he's going to be doing."
Intangibles can surely be overrated in some instances, but every talent evaluator, coach or teammate that has interacted with Smart has come away impressed. Despite his plethora of basketball skills and his on-court versatility, Smart's intangibles may be his greatest asset.
Defensive Effort and Tenacity
NBA players don't stay on the court for very long if they can't hold their own on defense. Marcus Smart does way more than hold his own.
He's a tenacious on-ball defender with quick hands and excellent anticipation; this leads to him forcing turnovers and deflections at an incredibly high rate (he was second in steals in the NCAA last year and is fifth this season). The effort he expends on the defensive end is admirable, and his infectious intensity gets his teammates going as well.
His size (6'4", 220 pounds, 6'8" wingspan) and length will make him a nuisance for point guards at the NBA level. Considering the increasing group of talented young point guards in the league, every team needs a defensive stopper on the perimeter and Smart has the instincts, determination and size to guard both backcourt positions well.
Smart is an intriguing offensive player, but his defense is elite. The NBA team that drafts him will be getting a versatile, two-way force that Jay Bilas called "the most complete player in the country" according to The Oklahoman.
Expanding Offensive Game
The fact that Smart chose to remain in Stillwater to work on his jump shot has already been discussed, and there has already been a noticeable improvement in his shooting from the floor and beyond the three-point line. He made a statement earlier in the season with a 39-point explosion against Memphis where he knocked down five threes:
His outside shooting is still a weak part of his game, but Smart has some elite offensive skills nonetheless. For starters, his size allows him to dominate smaller guards in the post and he already has developed some low-post moves that will certainly help him in the NBA.
Furthermore, he can bully his way to the rim. He has a knack for initiating contact and finishing through said contact while drawing the foul (he's averaging seven free-throw attempts per game this year). He also has a killer spin move and splits pick-and-roll traps at a high rate which allows him to get into the paint.
In addition, Smart is a willing passer and—while he is still learning the point guard position—he shows good passing instincts and the ability to find teammates in transition, off the pick-and-roll and on drive-and-dish situations.
What Smart Needs to Work On
There is plenty of evidence to suggest that Smart will be a star at the next level, but he still has work to do to leapfrog the freshmen sensations that are ahead of him on most draft boards.
Most of that work needs to be done on the offensive end, and NBA scouts will want to see two things from him moving forward: improving his jump shot and fewer turnovers.
The perimeter shooting has been discussed, but his three-point stroke has cooled off since a hot start to the season. Showing an improved shot on a more consistent basis will be the first step to making GMs consider Smart with the first overall pick.
In addition, improving his turnover problems (and point guard skills in general) would go a long way to making NBA executives more comfortable about his ability to make the transition to the pros.
If Smart can make some noticeable improvements in those areas over the remainder of the season and take Oklahoma State to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament, he would boost his draft stock significantly.
With some scouts starting to question Andrew Wiggins' aggression and worrying about how he can disappear for longs stretches of games, the door is opening for other prospects to seize the No. 1 spot in the 2014 draft.
Jabari Parker was the first contender to dethrone Wiggins in the minds of some experts and GMs, but Smart is more than capable of making it a three-horse race.
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So, this blog is about Mamihood but at times we forget that as Mamis there are so many other aspects to us.
My mom has cancer. It is bile duct cancer, not very common (government name: cholangiocarcinoma). Long story short, we're in the midsts of 8 cycles of chemo. At last check, we are winning. But this morning Patty, one of the nurses at the doctor's office, called to let me know that mom's liver enzymes were high and they wanted to do a sonogram. I don't like what that sounds like. The last time we had to get a sonogram they saw blotches in her liver which meant that the stupid thing was traveling. Oh and also that the tumor had grown and was pressed up against the bile ducts which meant she was jaundiced and needed to have 2 biliary catheters inserted into her liver and they now come out of her body. She now has bile duct cancer with metastasis to the liver. That was in June. Since then, Randall (the tumor's name) has been getting his ass kicked.
But then this call comes and all of this strength stands on edge. And the thoughts begin. As a mom, the best thing in the world (aside from my baby girl) is the fact that my mami is able to see me be a mami. So, this whole thing is really throwing a monkey wrench in my carefully laid out plans.
I am praying. HARD. I am asking for prayers. CONSTANTLY. I feel as if I pray without ceasing and yet some days I feel as if I do not pray enough.  I am stronger in my faith today more than ever and yet, I feel as if it gets harder and harder the closer I get to God.
One of my two favorite Joel's said this "Focus on your faith; let God deal with your fear." – Joel Osteen. My other favorite Joel said this: "Worry is a mild form of atheism.†– Joel Hunter.  Today, I try my best to redirect my thoughts. And to believe.


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Adam Warren's 'Empowered' Shatters Superhero Comics Conventions Of Storytelling, Sexuality And Representation
Adam Warren's Empowered is one of the best superhero comics being made today. Sometimes I think Empowered might end up being one of the greatest superhero comics ever. The elements are all there: engaging characters, a plot that springs from them organically, an inventive setting, and scads of emotion. Its parodical beginnings -- based in the jokey premise of superpowered woman Empowered de-powering as her delicate, stereotypically skintight super suit gets shredded in battle -- has transitioned smoothly into a darker present, and it's an evolution that's been met with little in the way of fan whining for "the good old days." Yes, Empowered is funny, surprising, moving, and original.
And it's softcore.
Shrinkwrapped, bondage-based, can't-read-it-on-the-bus softcore.


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Colorado Rockies prospect Tyler Massey made an incredible catch while crashing through the wall in an Australian Baseball League game. The Australian League is getting quite a bit of publicity lately, and this time it should be for shabby construction.
Here is the video of Massey crashing through the right field wall and holding on for the catch:
This wall just absolutely crumbled when Massey crashed into it. Who know what they are using for baseball stadiums down there...probably converted cricket fields or Aussie Rules Football pitches. Either way, it's a pretty good ad for Rawlings having a guy crash through their sign on the temporary fence and make an awesome catch.
Here was the video from a couple of weeks ago of a pretty good "base-brawl" from the Aussie league.


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Checking if Reduced Motion is enabled on iOS 7Posted: May 20th, 2014 | Author: Timac | Filed under: Debugging, iOS, Programming | Tags: Development, iOS, motion, reduced motion | No Comments »
Apple introduced in iOS 7.0.3 a setting to reduce motion ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5595 ) :
Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Reduce Motion
Sadly there is no public API to know if the user enabled "Reduce motion".
Here is how to get the value of this setting using a private API. Note that you should not use this code for applications submitted to the App Store.
#include <dlfcn.h> + (BOOL) reduceMotionEnabled { BOOL (*_UIAccessibilityReduceMotionFunction)(void) = (BOOL (*)(void)) dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "_UIAccessibilityReduceMotion"); if(_UIAccessibilityReduceMotionFunction != NULL) { return _UIAccessibilityReduceMotionFunction(); } else { NSLog(@"Unsupported: _UIAccessibilityReduceMotion does not exist on this iOS version"); return NO; } }
Edit: Apple added a public API on iOS 8:
// Returns whether the system preference for reduce motion is enabled
UIKIT_EXTERN BOOL UIAccessibilityIsReduceMotionEnabled() NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(8_0);


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