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Catching the Seven Forty
When a new kosher restaurant recently opened in Moscow there was almost as much excitement about its unusual name as there was about the fact that it was the sixth kosher eatery to be established in the Russian capital.
"Seven Forty" is the name of the restaurant – a name with an interesting background. This is the name of a Russian folk song that is familiar to almost all Russian Jews. One explanation given for this strange appellation takes us back to the dark days of the Czars when it was forbidden for Jews to live in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa. If they had businesses or worked there they could be there only from six in the morning till eight in the evening. In order to comply with this regulation all Jews had to be at the railway station at exactly 7:40 to board the train for departure from the city.


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Latest Luxury Vehicles
This story appears in the December 2006 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Want impressive fuel economy, but you're reluctant to give up prestigious, high-end luxury? Three upscale performance business sedans with different energy sources fit the bill: the Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec, which runs on the world's cleanest diesel; the Lexus LS 600h L, the world's first full hybrid V-8 powered by a gasoline/electric motor; and the BMW 530i, with a standard gasoline engine and mileage comparable to some hybrids.
The 2007 E320 Bluetec is another addition to Mercedes-Benz's domination of diesel-powered vehicles. Its most fuel-efficient to date, the E320's quiet 3.0-liter V-6 clean-burning turbo diesel engine has the economy of a four-cylinder and the forceful torque of a V-8, producing 208 horsepower. With ultra-low sulphur diesel fuel in its 21.1 gallon tank, Mercedes-Benz claims the four-door sedan delivers approximately 26 mpg city/ 37 mpg highway to travel an estimated 780 miles on one tank of fuel. A caveat: The sedan doesn't meet emissions standards in California, Maine, Massachusetts, New York and Vermont.
The brand-new 2008 Lexus LS 600h L, which goes on sale in the spring, is a long-wheelbase, hybrid, all-wheel-drive luxury sedan. It houses the auto industry's most advanced gas/electric hybrid system and is the maker's first full hybrid vehicle, featuring a 5.0-liter V-8 engine teamed with a high-output electric motor providing power and performance equal to a 12-cylinder engine. The LS 600h L delivers best-in-class fuel efficiency while pumping out more than 430 horsepower. Estimated mileage is expected to surpass Lexus' standard V-8 engine.
A high-end sedan from BMW is the 2007 530i, with improved mileage and new power under the hood in the form of a 3.0-liter, 24-valve six-cylinder gasoline engine with 255 horsepower. The manual transmission model achieves 20 city/30 highway; the automatic version gets 21 city/29 highway. An all-wheel-drive version, the 530ix, is also available.
Jill Amadiois an award-winning automotive journalist and author.


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The magnetic stage proved to be metal man's undoing.
Well, I guess I could begin by mentioning that I probably won't be giving a full-blown recap of who the winners were and all of that stuff, since my memory isn't that great. If you wanted to find out about that stuff, you can go here instead. I'm sure Roch would cover that part better than I would, to say the least.
In any case, I had a ton of fun hosting the event, and considering how my co-host was an absolute dream to work with, we really managed to pull off quite a coup. For two days straight, the audience was hot and firmly behind every single band, cosplayer, and performer onstage, which, admittedly, is one of the most difficult things to do in an event where people only generally care about the cosplay segment and nothing more.
On day 1, the muse of the Best of Anime, Sam, was featured, and that was pretty interesting. Some of the highlights that day included Dennis Isidoro rocking like mad to the tune of "Jiban", and the Gibson sisters dominating three of the non-cosplay contests.
During the cosplay proper, I was wholeheartedly rooting for the girl who cosplayed as the Panzer from Zoids. The detail and the movement she put into the whole bit really wowed me. Of course, Umali came in his War Machine costume, complete with pulsating guns and cannons, which I quipped made for a lucky girlfriend for War Machine. The audience agreed.
Sagashimono disproved the notion that nobody cares what happens in a con after the cosplay, because their fans were positively rabid! I was overjoyed for Sagashimono as they just ruled the stage on Day 1.
Towards the end of the event, I had my first attempt at planking onstage, which I was totally doing ironically. One of my friends dared me, so I just went ahead and pulled it off. I'm still not a fan of planking, and I'm not going to start doing it at every gig I perform at. Besides, it's gonna be illegal soon. Welcome to the Philippines.
Special mention as well to MC, the girl we had on Day 2, who announced to everyone what a Gashapon was. She was our official Gashapon endorser for the whole day, and the last auction we had on Day 2, which led to people bidding like crazy for an overcoat, really caused quite a stir. The bidding war that sent the overcoat to 2,000 bucks was simply a sight to behold.
But really, day 2, to me, was marked by an amusing turn of events, where three attempts were made to get me to the Ani-Marriage Booth.
The first time, I managed to evade capture until the priest cuffed my co-host, Marybeth, instead.
The second time was hilarious, because initially, one of the security people was shooing the priest away. Then, he changed his mind, held me in place, and they did manage to cuff me to my co-host. Of course, what most people forget is that I'm serious when I say I'm an escapologist. I asked for a hairpin from Marybeth, then proceeded to lockpick my way out of the cuffs within a minute. We even went onstage just to taunt the Marriage Booth guys about it.
The third time, there was no escape...
You can just see how vehemently I was protesting this.
With this ring, you will become myyyy preciousssss...
They didn't even spell her name right, making it doubly non-binding.
In any case, thanks to Primetrade Asia for the opportunity to host this event. I was truly honored. More thanks to Chanty, who was with me for an after-party for two after the event as we had dinner to mark the successful occasion.
All in a day's work.


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New Arrivals
Another Chamber of Commerce day in Clearwater and another day of early arrivals. Ryan Howard, Shane Victorino, Placido Polanco, and Wilson Valdez were among the position players who reported ahead of schedule. Everyone is talking about rededicating themselves to the same goal, a season that ends with something special.
Camera's are everywhere. Tomorrow a crew from Philly Magazine will be in camp. They will do a photo shoot with Cliff Lee and Ruben Amaro Jr. The magazine's April issue will be devoted to the Phillies. It will include a feature on Ruben and also be devoted to our great fans.
From the first day of camp Dallas Green has been met with well wishers expressing their condolences on the tragic passing of his granddaughter Christina Green. This morning the Phillies Senior Adviser to the General Manager made himself available to the media and was eloquent in his remarks.
Daily News Live continues broadcasting live from Bright House Field on Comcast SportsNet. Tonight's guests include David Montgomery, Rich Dubee and Chase Utley. Air time each day through Friday is 5 p.m.
Today's menu of video feeds for phillies.com includes Polanco and Charlie.
Individual tickets go on sale Wednesday morning . . . First day of the full squad workout is Saturday . . . Photo day for the media is Tuesday . . . First game is February 24 against Florida State.
(Scott Palmer contributed to today's blog).


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If You Go
What: Blind Beer Tasting
When: 6:30 p.m. March 28
Where: Twisted Pine Ale House, 3201 Walnut St.
Tickets: $20, available at twistedpinebrewing.com/blindpairing
Info: 303-786-9270 or twistedpinebrewing.com
Gerry Leary runs his hand over the front of an antique pickup truck parked in front of Twisted Pine Brewing Co. He traces the shape of the hood as it curves distinctively into the front side panel, then casually names the make — a Ford — and the model year.
Blind since birth, Leary worked as an auto mechanic for nearly four decades before becoming a Master Coffee Roaster and opening The Unseen Bean in Boulder. He works by smell, touch, sound, taste and by experience, and he says he's constantly logging these sense memories as frames of reference to better make sense of his world.
"When I enter a building, a car or anywhere really, I'm always making a map in my mind and paying attention to certain clues," he said.
How his guide dog reacts, for example. Or the quality of an echo reverberating off of a soft or hard object, how things feel and by recognizable shapes, like the front end of an old Ford truck.
Leary will help others better tune into these nonvisual cues during a Blind Beer Tasting — it's March 28 at the Twisted Pine Ale House as part of Colorado Craft Beer Week — in which blindfolded participants will taste their way through five beers paired with small bites provided by local cheese shop Cured.
"What I try to create for people is the thought pattern of tasting without looking and using your imagination to build an image," he said. "And then looking at it and tasting again to see what happens to that image that you've created."
If we eat — and drink, for that matter — first with our eyes, then jumping headlong into the sensation of taste without preamble can be a disconcerting experience. I enjoyed the opportunity to taste through the pairings with Leary during a trial run of the event and found that knowing nothing about the beers or cheeses beforehand and having no visual frame of reference transmogrifies the tasting experience.
What I tasted as roasted green chilies in one cheese, for example, was in fact cumin. I also had difficulty discerning whether beers were lighter or darker, as darker beers often have a lighter mouthfeel than their hoppier counterparts and can also have a more pronounced bitterness. Which, in many ways, is the point of the exercise — to put preconception aside and evaluate the experience only for what it is.
"The very first time you pick up the glass and put it to your mouth, you're not sure what's going to hit your lips," Leary said. "But even the feel and the weight of the glass in your hand can offer a subtle clue as to what's inside. Then you get a little bit of the smell, and that brings certain things to mind.
"When you taste, think about the things that you can't see. How does the carbonation feel? Does the beer feel heavy or light? How does it wash over your tongue? What flavors can you pick out?"
For instance Leary says that, for him, stouts are generally more bitter, pale ales are a bit heavier and not as bitter, and IPAs are usually sweeter and more floral or fruity tasting.
A common perception is that hoppy beers are bitter, and darker beers are thicker with maybe some roast or sweetness to them. But tasting through each of these styles blindfolded, and comparing the image that I'd created in my mind's eye to what I saw and tasted when I lifted the blindfold, caused me to become aware of some of the more subtle characteristics that Leary mentioned.
"It's like if someone picked out a grape that was similar in size and shape to a cherry, and they put that grape into your hand without you being able to see it. The first think you might think is, 'Oh, a cherry,' " he said. "And when you put that grape into your mouth, you're already anticipating a cherry flavor."
Preconceptions color our world, in other words, and sometimes it's instructive to block out those biases in order to really see.
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The March 2014 Girls Of Mud Life
The Women Who Spice Up Our World!
We've spent the past few months roaming the nation looking for the best mud events we could find that would get us hip-deep in the lifestyle and perhaps in a little bit of trouble too! We made our way from Florida to Alabama and then to Texas and back again looking for the best action. We hit the truck and racing events, parties, and free-for-all boggin' and had an absolute blast. Wherever we landed we always found what we were looking for—while never missing the beautiful, welcoming, and friendly smiles of the mud girls.
We had an absolute blast in Texas at Rednecks With Paychecks for the park's Halloween event. Texas hospitality is incredible and more fun than we can admit to. The women here were just as friendly as can be! We also had our senses wowed by the girls at Mud Muckers, Redneck Yacht Club, LCross, and the BamaJam event in Alabama. We hope you find them just as pleasing and fun-loving as we did. Enjoy!


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MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) - Prosecutors in West Michigan's Muskegon County have authorized an arrest warrant for the driver of a minivan that backed into a stroller carrying an 18-month-old boy.
MLive.com reports that the warrant was issued Friday and charges the 20-year-old motorist with leaving the scene of an injury accident and driving without ever applying for a license. Both charges are misdemeanors.
His name has not been released. Police say a 17-year-old passenger in the van was arrested Friday on unrelated charges.
A surveillance camera outside a Muskegon business captured images of the June 25 incident. The boy's mother was pushing the stroller in a store parking lot when it was hit by the minivan. The driver stopped briefly before driving away.
The boy was not hurt.


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Council Bluffs Inpatient Drug Rehab
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A variety of tools are utilized during inpatient addiction treatment at Council Bluffs inpatient drug detox centers. There may be daily counseling sessions in both a one-on-one and group setting. During the sessions, patients from Council Bluffs, Oakland, Omaha, or Missouri Valley can share their story and work with their therapist to get to the roots of their addiction issues. The therapist will strive to treat the core problem instead of just addressing the symptoms in the hope of helping the patient make a long-term change. The temptations of everyday life are removed during an inpatient treatment program, so patients can remain focused on recovery. Call us today; we can connect individuals with Council Bluffs inpatient drug detox centers that will meet their needs.
Council Bluffs Intensive Outpatient Addiction Treatment
Outpatient treatment is the other option for those seeking help for a substance use disorder involving heroin, prescription drugs, meth, alcohol, or another similar substance. During outpatient treatment, the patient will spend some time at a treatment facility working in group and individual therapy sessions. Unlike the inpatient addiction program, patients are able to stay at home and keep up with daily responsibilities. This option is especially well-suited for those unable to spend too much time away from work.
Another benefit of an outpatient program is that those receiving treatment can go home to their families every night. Spending time with one's family can be extremely beneficial and often can facilitate the recovery process. Most of the therapies provided during inpatient treatment are utilized in outpatient treatment programs for those in Council Bluffs as well as Oakland, Omaha, and Missouri Valley.
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Sarath Fonseka Fired it up
During an exclusive interview with Sirasa TV Gen. Sarath Fonseka revealed that all dealings by President Mahinda Rajapaksha nd Sec. of Security Gotabhaya Rajapaksha.
Sarath fonseka has done few controversial revelation against government and Mahinda.
In this respect Sarath Fonseka Fired up the turbulent political perspective in Srilanka. We will see some strong arguments for and against by various political parties and personnel on Fonseka's comments.
During the interview Sarath Fonseka directly accused to the Gotabhaya Rajapaksha and Mahinda rajapaksha on possible theft of funds and corruptions. He said that there is a large theft of funds of "API WENUWEN API FUND".
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Though NDTV is believed to have largely been shy to highlight the trauma , pain and anger of Hindus of Kashmir , also commonly called Kashmiri Pandits , for a change yesterday they did a discussion about 'possibility' of return of Hindus back to valley .
I would not like to give any personal opinion on the discussion , which was hosted by Ms Barkha Dutt , however I would like to share some tweets which I saw after the program .
These tweets are largely from :-
- Muslim Group :- Who largely want Kashmir not to be part of India
- Kashmiri Hindu [ Pandit ] / Nationalist group : – Who are staunch nationalist , however forced into exile by Islamists .
Kashmiri Muslim Group
When translated , its a message to Aditya Raj kaul , It says … I spit on your face Aditya Kaul
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Special treats for my niece! Thinking what to bake for her on her birthday but instead of cakes that will make her fat....so this light desert is what I think will suits her since she's on a diet...LOL!! Anyway...cheese...hmm is fattening though...haha!
Well, this is not very special from any special chef's recipe. It's just something she loves..."rapsberry & cheese"...so I just combined them and put it in a cup. Looks tempting though....^^
Very easy and it was done within an hour. No bake and no fuss!! I personally like the combination and the colour of the cream cheese...beautiful! The tatse?!...PERFECT!!
170g rapsberries
250g cream cheese
100g whipping cream
75g sugar
150g digestive biscuits
30g butter (melted)
~ Mashed the rapsberries and keep aside.
~ Beat cream cheese, sugar and whipping cream till fluffy.
~ Mix in the mashed rapsberry and sti well.
~ Smashed digestive biscuits into crumbs and add in melted butter and mix well.
~ Scoop the biscuits follow by the rapsberries cream layer by layer into a cup.
~ Chill before serve.
See the biscuits and the cream?! Melt in the mouth and appetizing...wonderful!!
Try it and you'll know. Its easy as ABC...:))


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"From our home on Earth, we look out into the distances and strive to imagine the sort of world into which we were born. With increasing distance our knowledge fades until at the last dim horizon we search among ghostly errors for landmarks scarcely more substantial. The search will continue. The urge is older than history. It is not satisfied and it will not be suppressed."
— Edwin P. Hubble, 'Realm of the Nebulae,' 1936


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The Economist On Why Copyright Needs To Return To Its Roots
from the monopoly-money dept
An article in The Economist from earlier this month highlights what many Techdirt readers know well: the current state vs the historical intent of copyright brought forward by The Statute Of Anne.
When Queen Anne gave her assent on April 10th the following year—300 years ago this week—to "An act for the encouragement of learning" they were less enthused. Parliament had given them rights, but it had set a time limit on them: 21 years for books already in print and 14 years for new ones, with an additional 14 years if the author was still alive when the first term ran out.
Thinking about the times, one could see how such a system might encourage the creation of more works of art. An artist is given a limited time on which they have a monopoly on the production of copies of their works, a limited time for exclusively monetizing their works via those copies. After 14, 21 or possibly 28 years, the author had better have another work available to copyright if they decide to continue living off the proceeds of their works.
But today's rules give no such incentive. An artist that creates a popular work is almost guaranteed of being able to derive income from that single success well into their afterlife. Not only is the artist not incentivized to continue their creation, some of their descendant generations can rest on their laurels, allowing lawyers to gather income for them -- often from well-intentioned future artists who actually are trying to create new work from the existing.
The Economist goes on to highlight:
Copyright was originally the grant of a temporary government-supported monopoly on copying a work, not a property right.
Surely there will be copyright supporters who will cringe at such a statement. They believe that copyright is "intellectual property", and therefore their arguments often confuse the requirements for laws that support copyright with those that support physical properties.
At the moment, the terms of trade favour publishers too much. A return to the 28-year copyrights of the Statute of Anne would be in many ways arbitrary, but not unreasonable. [...]. The value society places on creativity means that fair use needs to be expanded and inadvertent infringement should be minimally penalised. None of this should get in the way of the enforcement of copyright, which remains a vital tool in the encouragement of learning. But tools are not ends in themselves.
Encouragement of learning, inadvertent infringement, societal values. These are all crucial with the original intent of the establishment of copyright. Yet over time the publishing industry and others have shifted the focus, and thus the legal system, away from the benefits that society gains from access to these works towards a radically limited system focusing on maximizing control (in the hopes of maximizing profits).
A few hours, weeks or even years of work turn into a lifetime (plus) guarantee of exclusivity. Where is the social value in that? How does this current system encourage learning? Though it is great to see a popular media outlet like The Economist talking about a reduction in current copyright terms, it would be even more fantastic to see them tackle the alternatives to copyright systems.
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HONOLULU - "Disability Mentoring Day: Career Development for the 21st Century," will be presented on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, by the National Technical Assistance Center for Asian American and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities (NTAC-AAPI), at UH Manoa's Center on Disability Studies.
Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) enables job-seekers and students with disabilities to spend part of a day visiting a local business or agency that matches their interests, and to have one-on-one time with volunteer mentors in their intended career fields. DMD also provides Hawaiian employers with an opportunity to promote the employment of people with disabilities. Current local supporters of the program include Red Lobster restaurant and the United States Coast Guard.
DMD is a local, national and international effort administered by the American Association of People with Disabilities and the U.S. Department of Labor. DMD was established in 1999 with less than three dozen participants. In 2005, participants included some 9,000 people with disabilities and more than 2,000 non-profit, governmental, private and educational organizations.
Hawaiʻi employers interested in participating as a mentor for Disability Mentoring Day 2006 or job-seekers interested in participating as a mentee may contact James D. Brightman by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 956-3648.
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Wang Xing Gang retains the traditional outlook of peasants and farmers in his sculptures - donning the traditional outfit worn by Chinese men in rural China and even their hairstyle, the shot pony tail. He sculpts his characters' bodies with several dents and random engravings to bring out the essence of having worn-out clothes. This emphasizes on the simple lifestyle led by the peasants, something that the modern day Chinese have chosen to sideline in light of the development in China. These detailed illustrations help his viewers to be able to understand his messages with greater clarity.
Born in 1971 in Liaoling, northern Provence in China, Wang received a B.S. in sculpture making in Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts (LXAFA) in 1997. He received a M.A. (Master of Creative Art) in Wollongong University in 2004. His pieces such as "North Wind" have earned him the special prize of the Fourth National Sporting Arts Exhibition and the second prize Liaoning Provincial Art Exhibition. Other winning pieces include "Clearing Up After Drizzle", "Music of Spring" and "Source of Power".
Wang's sculpture is a reflection of the fast-moving circumstances surrounding contemporary society in the People's Republic of China. Wang splits his time between creating sculpture and teaching at Beijing University. His works are a commentary on contemporary Chinese society and the loss of individuality between the demands of work and personal life. Read More
The Frontage of Conformists - the Concern and Pondering of Wang Xing Gang
Du Xiyun
One of the vital transitions of Chinese contemporary fine arts in 1990s is the transfer of the visual field - from the perspective of countryside to city, which is more or less related to a transfer of cultural context. With the drive for powerful modernisation from the government and people, the overall mode of development was transformed greatly. The countryside was urbanised and the urban city became a metropolis, in addition, the booming economy ushered in an information network and a culture of globalisation. The rapid expansion of the city and strengthening of society amongst citizens led to urban culture flourishing, but also attracted many unprecedented cultural problems. Thus, the city gradually became the focus of public attention. City topics pursued by the new generation at the start of the 90's increasingly became mainstream topics addressed in Chinese contemporary art. Artists keen on studying the transition of cultural patterns diverted to spontaneous urbanised creation and, accordingly, their experiences developed from being purely sensitive to abstruse and increasingly became diversified and microcosmic.
As opposed to the aforementioned aspects, the sculptures of Wang Xinggang always focus on simple and plain peasants - an obvious deviation from the contemporary Chinese arts. However, despite being distinct from artists who focus on the countryside as their topic of choice yet choose to ignore contemporary arts, Wang Xinggang has always been a central component of contemporary arts. He is not only familiar with the various channels of contemporary arts development, but is also actively involved in it. His choice is motivated by his personal cultural notion, driven by an affection to the countryside and peasants. Superficially, with the dominant position of urbanization and consuming culture in the main field of contemporary art, the topic of countryside and peasants is far removed and Wang Xinggang almost falls into isolation. Whilst few contrasts and comparisons are available to make one aware of the overlap of agricultural, industrial and post-industrial society under the typical socio-historical background in China, the enormous economic income gap in different cities, regions and industries is constantly increasing. Due to substantial capital input, policy support, geographical advantage, etc., only a small number of cities developed rapidly, and could be matched with the moniker of an 'international metropolis.' In those developed cities, the notion of conspicuous consumption has become an indisputable fact. The consumption of culture is not restricted to the wealthy stratification of developed cities alone, rather, it has expanded and permeated various regions, including remote and backward ones. Therefore, although the countryside in China does not match the consumption of a city, the idea of a consuming culture has long been dominant in this area. Countryside groups who engage in consumption can identify greatly with the consuming culture despite economic restrictions and would to pursue and imitate the lifestyle of consuming groups regardless of personal or socio-economic status, paying the price for the desperate imitation, and even inhibiting and sacrificing their basic necessary gratification.
China has a large number of peasants, around three-fourths of their total population. Needless to say, they exist on the lowest stratification of the social pyramid, whereas from certain perspectives, it is these lowest groups who function as foundations for various advancements and evolution. However, there is less concern, or may we say, greater shortage of social and cultural information about the conditions in the countryside as well as serious problems emerging from the peasant group. The artist, Wang Xing Gang, who was born in northeastern China bears sincere affection and certain understanding towards Chinese peasants. His practical experience and cultural considerations over many years have increased his awareness on the negligence or oversight of these serious problems in contemporary arts field. With this view, Wang Xing Gang chooses to shoulder this cultural responsibility and confines his vision to this field in order to focus on peasants who have been overlooked by the tide of urbanization.
The topic of peasants does not only take a leading position in visual schema of the past but is also present in contemporary visual products. However, in these cases, it has either been furnished to meet the demand of an urban civilian's view of how the countryside landscape works or has been falsified to demonstrate thematic culture. Therefore, Wang Xing Gang's sincere concern and deep presentation is distinct from embellishment and falsehood. Through his works, we may find that he addressed the issue from the perspective of a contemporary arts background, initiated his observations and thought based on the value and mentality of peasants in a contemporary cultural context.
The foundation of modernity, with its spontaneous and voluntary cultural selection as topics of choice is individualistic and dominating. However, the prevalent foundation in China is one of conformity. Under tides of modernization, peasants have been manipulated and used like pawns, driven by authoritarians in the more dominant urban cultures. As such, blind imitation is pervasive and passive.
After many years of perception and contemplation, Wang Xing Gang realized that this 'blind following of dominant trends' was a major symptom of peasants and this trend manifested in his sculpture works. He has adopted a symbolic language to present peasants - the worn jacket and cotton trousers that have remained unchanged for hundreds of years, together with 'liberation shoes' produced after the founding of the People's Republic of China. As such, the status and lives of peasants are presented. In addition the sculptures are rendered with deliberate scratching, and piling. The property of Earth is revealed in the khaki coating, embodying the peasants' intimate relationship with the land, life and death and also the 'land complex' of the sculptor who bears sentimental attachment to the land. Wang absorbed the sculptural concept of upholding the gist of the sculpture while removing minutiae or detail, thus restoring the nobility of the style and emphasizing simplicity, momentum, rhyme and blocking of the body in order to give prominence to spirit and energy.
Techniques of exaggeration were also adopted to describe other aspects, with the contribution of a few strokes. In this manner, the blind following and conformist mentality that is driven by the dominant culture of consumption stands out. Through his sculpture, we find that perplexed peasants driven by insatiable desire are moving forward in step and following their common lead. Even the lead peasant looks bewildered and what this signifies is that if he commits a misstep, stumbles and falls, all his followers will do so as well.
The works of Wang Xing Gang are symbolic descriptions of blind behavior led by a culture of conformity. In a contemporary cultural context, his works address peasants who are entrenched in an atmosphere of consuming culture. This could be extended to representing a blind following of every culture that seems to be more dominant and is not restricted to contemporary peasants alone, it is a problem that exists among other groups as well.
Modernity is a kind of plan based on today's imagination of the future, but whether the plan turns out to be utopia or future reality is dependent on the actions of participants and subjects. If we say personality determines one's action and action determines one's destiny, then for blind followers, what will their destiny be?
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The First Annual Moon River Sculpture Festival, The Origin, Beijing, China
Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong
2nd Art Festival of Song Zhuang, China
France Une International Sculpture Competition, France
Beihang Art Museum
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Jersey Boys: Hull
The Internationally acclaimed stage sensation Jersey Boys is touring the UK and Ireland for the very first time, launching at the Palace Theatre Manchester this September. This smash hit musical has won 55 major awards worldwide, including the Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
Jersey Boys tells the true life story of four boys from the wrong side of the tracks who wrote their own songs, invented their own unique sound and sold 175 million records worldwide. Featuring hit after legendary hit including Beggin', Can't take my eyes off you, Oh what a night, Sherry, Walk like a man, Bye bye baby, Big girls don't cry and many more, Jersey Boys is a story full of heart, humour and sheer musical razzmatazz (The Sunday Express) you simply will never forget.
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Postcard ~ From the Garden
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- AnonymousSeptember 23, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Mary, the tomatoes look soooo good in the blue dish. I kept coming back to this picture as the pattern looked familia.....I have service for 12 in the same pattern!ReplyDelete
How fun Marigene~ now I'll think of you whenever I use them.(Which is often!) I believe you, Jain and Kathleen, and a few others are our DISH queens. :)ReplyDelete
I fell in love with those when I saw them featured at a B&B just outside of Portland, OR. I searched high and low for them on the secondary market.
You probably are familiar with the history of that Staffordshire ironware - I wasn't, but I learned that it was commissioned to commemorate the US Bi-Centennial in 1976 by a bank in Portland, OR. to be given as a premium to their customers.
The pattern was much sought after & so popular that after two years Staffordshire continued production it was distributed country-wide, in some cases through grocery store chains.
Have you checked e-bay? Some of the pieces are commanding very handsome prices. I was first drawn to it because of how attractive food looks on it, but after learning the history my appreciation is much deeper. How fortunate that you have a full set of 12!


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South Africa probes death of man dragged behind police van
DAVEYTON, South Africa—South Africa on Thursday opened a murder investigation into the death of a Mozambican taxi driver who was filmed being dragged by a police van through the streets, in a case that has sparked widespread outrage.
Video footage taken by a bystander shows 27-year-old Mido Macia tussling with half a dozen police officers before being handcuffed to the back of a police van and dragged to a local police station in Daveyton, east of Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
A large crowd of horrified bystanders looked on, some warning the uniformed officers they were being filmed. "Hey! Hey! Why are you hitting him?" one person in the crowd can be heard shouting in Zulu.
Kicking and struggling to avoid the tarmac, Macia was taken into custody at Daveyton police station and was found dead less than two hours and 25 minutes later, according to investigators.
A post mortem found the cause of death was head injuries with internal bleeding.
South African President Jacob Zuma condemned the killing as "horrific, disturbing and unacceptable."
"No human being should be treated in that manner," he said in a statement.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate said it had opened a murder investigation.
"We are investigating an incident involving the death of man, allegedly at the hands of the police. We are shocked by the footage which has been released," said Independent Police Investigative Directorate spokesman Moses Dlamini.
"The circumstances surrounding his death are still allegations… let's find out what really happened," he said.
The police watchdog and witnesses said two officers initially confronted Macia for parking his Toyota Avanza taxi illegally.
Eyewitnesses said Macia had been trying to get his driving license back from the police when an altercation occurred. But witnesses denied police suggestions the victim had tried to disarm one of the officers.
"He was just pushing them, not trying to take the gun," said George Nxumalo, a 57-year-old Daveyton resident.
Around half a dozen officers were at the scene soon after, some clad in stab vests and at least one brandishing a pistol.
The taxi driver was found dead in his cell at around 21:15 (1915 GMT).
Footage of the incident spread quickly online, sending shockwaves through the country.
Daveyton residents marched on the police station on Thursday after claiming they were dispersed with pepper spray the day before.
"They are criminals in uniform, we don't want them, we want the law to take its course, otherwise we will take the law into our own hands," said Bongani Hlela, a street trader based at the taxi rank where the incident occurred.
"Just because he was Mozambican does not mean that he should be treated badly. We are all African, we have rights," he added.
The Mozambique government said it was "outraged by what happened."
"It is very sad that a life was lost so stupidly," Foreign Affairs Minister Oldemiro Baloi told reporters in the capital Maputo.
"I think that whatever perspective you want to attach to it—either human or the relations between the two countries—it is absolutely unacceptable."
South African police commissioner Riah Phiyega expressed "deep concern" about the incident, saying it was being viewed "in a very serious light."
The police department said no officers had been suspended yet in the case.
Macia's death is the latest in a series of crises to hit the country's beleaguered police service, which was pilloried for the shooting deaths of 34 miners last August and for its handling of the Oscar Pistorius case.
"This appalling incident involving excessive force is the latest in an increasingly disturbing pattern of brutal police conduct," said Noel Kututwa, Amnesty International's southern Africa director.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate received 720 new cases for investigation of suspicious deaths in custody or in other policing contexts from April 2011 to March 2012, according to Amnesty.
The opposition Democratic Alliance party called for a full investigation by South Africa's human rights commission and for the officers involved to be suspended.
"Macia paid for parking on the wrong side of the road with his life. Instead of issuing him with a ticket, the police killed him," said shadow police minister Dianne Kohler Barnard.
"How much longer must South Africans live in fear of the very people who are supposed to protect them?"
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Do the Instagram photos showing up in your Twitter feed look funky to you today? Twitter says that it's because Instagram disabled its Twitter cards integration — cards are the extension that lets embedded media like photos and videos show up in tweets.
According to Twitter's status blog update:
Users are experiencing issues with viewing Instagram photos on Twitter. Issues include cropped images. This is due to Instagram disabling its Twitter cards integration, and as a result, photos are being displayed using a pre-cards experience. So, when users click on Tweets with an Instagram link, photos appear cropped.
Speaking at the Le Web conference in France, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom confirmed the change and indicated more are on the way. The change is due, he says, because Instagram now has its own web presence where it wants to direct users. And while he noted that it was confusing for people, it was "the correct thing for our business to do at this time."
When asked for comment, Systrom released this statement:
"We are currently working on building the best experience for Instagram users. A handful of months ago, we supported Twitter cards because we had a minimal web presence. We've since launched several improvements to our website that allow users to directly engage with Instagram content through likes, comments, hashtags and now we believe the best experience is for us to link back to where the content lives. We will continue to evaluate how to improve the experience with Twitter and Instagram photos. As has been the case, Instagram users will continue to be able to share to Twitter as they originally did before the Twitter Cards implementation."
This is the latest dust-up in a fight between Twitter and Instagram that does more to hurt both companies' users than it benefits either business. It's all the more fascinating given how closely the two companies are related. Instagram chief Systrom was an intern at Ev Williams' podcasting startup Odeo, which Twitter grew out of. Twitter chairman and founder Jack Dorsey was an early investor in Instagram, and the photo-sharing service grew largely on the back of Twitter, thanks to its ability to export photos directly to other social networks.
But things have been frosty between the two companies recently. In April, Twitter's rival Facebook purchased Instagram. Then, in July, Instagram was an early casualty of Twitter's new API policy, after Twitter cut off Instagram's ability to access its API to look up friends. This was seen as a move to help keep Instagram, and by extension Facebook, from plundering Twitter's social graph. And in recent months, Twitter has been rumored to be working on its own photo filter and sharing feature, something that would compete directly with Instagram.
None of which should matter to the people who just want to use both companies' products in conjunction, but instead are being treated like chess pieces in a proxy war between Facebook and Twitter. As each company continues to further wall off products, that's just going to get worse, as each takes steps to make its product less interoperable with the other.
It's inevitable that these social-media companies are going to continue to bump up against the other's business models as they grow, evolve and become ever more diversified. One of the more effective defensive actions each can take to preserve their users and business is to make it hard for you to leave their service.
Twitter never wants you to leave its stream. When you see a photo you like, Instagram wants you to click on the heart in its stream rather than the star in Twitter's. And the best way to make sure you do that? It's to yank Twitter's ability to display Instagram media. In short, Twitter started this fight, and in retaliation Instagram brought out the big guns.
While each can argue that the company is just doing what is best for the business, all of those moves to reduce interoperability and cleave the services further apart just makes for more steps and more hassle for the people who have truly built both services into successful enterprises — which is to say the end users. And no matter who comes out ahead, in each of these battles, the people who use and love both networks are the clear and real losers.


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Chalk Mountain from the south.
West side of the Desatoya Mountains.
Newark Valley, looking west.
East Northumberland Canyon, looking east.
Reese River Valley, looking west.
West side of the Desatoya Mountains.
Antelope Valley and Antelope Range, looking south.
Big Smoky Valley looking north from Spencer's Hot Springs.
The west side of Fairview Peak, looking south.
Chalk Mountain from the south side, different lighting.
Some portions of the Basin and Range of Nevada are technically desert or arid, other portions are technically steppe or semi-arid -- although people argue about these definitions all the time, and I won't go into that right now.


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Torrington woman faces multiple larceny cases, police say involved in ring
BANTAM >> A woman accused in multiple misdemeanor larceny cases currently pending in Bantam Superior Court was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly taking part in a larceny ring, defrauding Torrington's TJ Maxx of more than $1,400.
Elizabeth Mary Puzinski, 23, whose last known address was 15 Maplewood Ave., Torrington but was most recently listed as living at York Correctional Center in Niantic, is facing eight separate misdemeanor larceny charges, a felony charge of violating a protective order and resisting arrest. She is currently being held on $45,000 court set bond.
Torrington Police say Puzinski's arrest, and an investigation into several others allegedly involved in the ring, is the result of a joint effort between police and corporate loss prevention investigators. Five others were named in affidavit for Puzinski's arrest, although it's unclear if all have been charged at this point.
The investigation into what law enforcement calls "floor to desk" operations began in December 2012, according to court records.
During these operations a subject enters a store and selects merchandise, and then enters the register line. A second subject then enters the store, the merchandise is handed off from the first subject to the second subject, and the second subject returns the merchandise without a receipt.
Bedding and home goods items were allegedly selected by Puzinski and the others named in the investigation. Police say Puzinski and others would receive store value cards for items they selected from store shelves and returned in register lines. Together, police say the multiple returns made by these individuals amount to more than $1,400 in merchandise.
Around the same time the TJ Maxx investigation was taking place, Puzinski is accused of selecting a coffeemaker from a display on Torrington's Wal-Mart shelves, and then returning the item at customer service. She is facing a misdemeanor larceny charge in connection with that alleged incident.
Several cases against Puzinski date back to 2011. In one case, Puzinski is accused of taking a donation box from a convenience store counter, worth about $40 in coins and small bills. The box was collecting for "Syrian relief efforts."
In another, Puzinski is accused of pawning Elvis Presley liquor decanters, an acoustic guitar and a chainsaw belonging to her then boyfriend's stepfather. Together, the items fetched more than $1,000 from Winsted Pawn.
She pleaded not guilty to all charges but the most recent larceny charges. Her case was continued to April 23.
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Billy Donovan isn't worried about his team's poise in late-game situations. To Donovan, UF's latest meltdown was a product of correctable mistakes.
Florida coach Billy Donovan isn't worried about his team's poise in late-game situations.
To Donovan, Florida's latest meltdown was a product of correctable mistakes. The No. 5 Gators (22-4, 11-2 SEC) will look to iron out those problems in practice before their next game Saturday at the O'Connell Center against Arkansas.
"When I hear the word 'poise,' I think calm, relaxed and under control," Donovan said. "If that's the definition, I don't know if I felt like our guys were out of control or rattled or uptight.
"There are plays you have to make. In those kind of games, there's an internal will you have to have to execute on offense, cover things on defense the correct way, be able to grab loose balls, be able to come down with the rebound — those kind of things. I think our team does have that. That probably was an example that we needed to do a better job of that."
Florida let a 13-point, second-half lead slip away in the final 11 minutes of its 63-60 loss at Missouri on Tuesday night. That dropped the Gators to 0-2 in games decided by five points or less this season and 2-7 in those games over the last two seasons. Florida has lost its last five games decided by single digits. "I think we play with poise," Florida junior point guard Scottie Wilbekin said. "I don't know, we didn't hit some shots, but I didn't think we were rattled or anything." Florida missed five of its last six shot attempts against Missouri, including three missed 3-point attempts by senior Kenny Boynton. All five of the misses were perimeter shots taken by UF's three guards (Wilbekin, Boynton and Rosario). After the Missouri loss, Donovan said Boynton's off-balance, 3-point attempt with 7.9 seconds remaining was "not the shot he wanted." But Donovan said Thursday that Boynton still has the green light to make a play with the game on the line. "That's not going to happen for me with him," Donovan said. "I've got a lot of confidence in him. Kenny is a coachable guy that needs to learn in those situations." Specifically, Donovan said Boynton could have tried to drive to the hoop. "When Kenny caught the ball, (Erik) Murphy was in the right corner," Donovan said. "The play would have been for him to take it and drive it right, at least towards the basket, to create some help or some penetration to try to get to the rim." Heading into the Arkansas matchup, Donovan said he would like to see the Gators get back to working the ball inside out. Of Florida's 54 shots against Missouri, 33 were 3-point attempts. "We took too many 3s in that game," Donovan said. "I didn't think we had good enough balance. When we've attacked the paint, whether it's the pass, or the post up or a drive, our offense is a lot better. And I thought we had too many possessions where we didn't really look to do that enough." That means trying to get Patric Young more involved. The Florida junior center has taken only seven shot attempts the last two games, but Donovan thinks that has been the byproduct of foul trouble, missed free throws and fatigue. He would like to see Young create more of his own opportunities by crashing the offensive boards and running the floor hard. Young also left four points on the table by missing two front-ends of one-and-one free throws. "At times we've got to do a better job of delivering it to him when he's open," Donovan said. "Erik sometimes struggles getting him the ball when he's open and when he's got post position, whether we throw the ball away from him or he's broken post position or we don't quite get it in there or it gets deflected. Those are the things we probably need to be better at." Yeguete update Donovan offered promising news on the progress that junior forward Will Yeguete has made since undergoing surgery Feb. 8 to remove bone chips in his knee. "Right now, Yeguete is doing some light running, which is a good sign," Donovan said. "I think he's ahead of schedule from where we first thought it was going to be. The biggest thing is going to be, right now from him, is going to be once he starts getting back into the flow of running, of exercising, of non-contact stuff, what happens to his knee in terms of, 'Does it continue to swell again?' That's what they'll have to take into consideration." Donovan said that if Yeguete's rehab continues to progress without setbacks, there's a chance he could be cleared before the end of the regular season. "I'm not saying it's a guarantee," Donovan said. "That will depend on how he responds. He's moving quicker than I think the doctors thought. It's going to be totally up to them. It could mean the last three regular season games. It could mean … the SEC Tournament. There's a chance — an outside chance — that he could be back as early as the Vanderbilt game."


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Ingham County Judge throws out lawsuit challenging Detroit's consent agreement with Michigan
Judge decides the capacity to bring lawsuit against Michigan lies with Detroit City Council, Mayor Bing
INGHAM COUNTY, Mich. – An Ingham County judge ruled Wednesday morning to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Detroit's Corporation Council Krystal Crittendon which challenged a consent agreement between the City of Detroit and the State of Michigan.
The ruling by Judge William Collette came down just before 10:30 Wednesday morning.
---Judge William Collette
More: Gov. Rick Snyder says he's not backing down, Detroit must find solution to cash problem
The argument
Crittendon had argued the city charter prohibits Detroit from making contracts where at least one side owes the other money. She says Michigan owes Detroit $220 million in revenue sharing. Crittendon did not attend the hearing.
During the hearing Judge Collette asked Corporation Counsel whether it has the veto power over contracts. A lawyer representing Corporate Counsel replied, "No."
---Attorney representing Corporation Council, Krystal Crittendon's office
The ruling
Ingham County Judge William Collette said Wednesday that Mayor Dave Bing did not give permission for the lawsuit to be filed and therefore the case is over.
Complete coverage: Detroit: City in Crisis
More: Detroit Mayor Dave Bing: State likely will withhold revenue sharing
Watch: Uncut interview with Gov. Rick Snyder about Detroit
"I do believe in my opinion in one issue, the capacity to bring this lawsuit resides with the City Council and Detroit's Mayor and not the City Attorney and will not move forward with this lawsuit," said Judge Collette.
An appeal is likely.
Michigan's Secretary of Treasury Andy Dillon said the state is pleased with the judge's decision which will allow them to move forward with the city of Detroit.
"We are pleased with the court's ruling which allows the state to continue working collaboratively with the city of Detroit on the implementation of the financial stability," Dillon said. "We continue to be focused on working with the mayor and CFO Jack Martin to help stabilize the city's finance and ensure citizens are receiving the services they deserve and expect."
-- Detroit Mayor Dave Bing met with City Council on Monday.
-- Detroit Corporation Counsel Krystal Crittendon
Detroit City Council schedules special session for Thursday
The Detroit City Council announced Wednesday a special session scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday.
The City Council said the session will be held to vote on a resolution in regard to the "City of Detroit v. State of Michigan" lawsuit which was dismissed by a judge Wednesday morning.


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Traditional Decks
Traditional games are played with a standard deck of playing cards. Rules for these type of card games are often handed down from generation to generation and can vary not only from state to state, but within a family. In our family it is interesting to just sit down a play a game of Rummy sometimes as all of us have minor changes to the rules. It is probably a good idea to play one hand that "doesn't count" to make sure you are all on the same page.
Some of the most popular Tradional Decks of Card Games would be:
Bridge, Canasta, Cribbage, Euchre, Hearts, Pinochle, Rummy, Solitaire, Spades, Spanish and Whist


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In a mere 27 minutes, Samuel Dalembert had 35 points on 17-21 shooting, notched 12 rebounds, dished out 2 and blocked 1. Slammy Sammy has been Silent Sammy for most of the year, with a 14/13 game on January 30 and 12/10 in January 29 being the highlights of the year. In fact, the 35 was a career high for Dalembert. If you're thinking of getting your loved one a Vermont Teddy Bear, don't, but also don't get Samuel Dalembert. Like Haley's Comet, we probably won't see another performance like this for 90 years.
Brandon Jennings – He went for 12 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals and a block, although he was silent from behind the arc and coughed up the ball 7 times. He's not usually that turnover happy.
Jeff Teague – On the night, Teague tallied 24 points, 2 boards, 8 assists and a steal. Based on his last 3 weeks of performances, he has 3 games of double digit points, then single digits, then 3 DD, then a single, so he is due for another big game followed by a smaller output. And that's hard science, like creationism.
Jeremy Lin – He had a nice night with 28 points (including 5 of 8 from downtown), plus 9 assists to go with a rebound and a steal. Lin has not had the season some people hoped for, but has he really had a bad season? No, he hasn't. Especially not like our next guy…
Andre Iguodala – His slump continues with 8 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks. The peripheral stats are acceptable, but 8 points? On 9 shot attempts? Kobe does that in 1 quarter…when he's suffering from the flu.
JaVale McGee – He played on Saturday (January 26), notched 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks. He did not play the next 3 games, then came out last night for 8 pints, 5 rebounds and 4 blocks. If he sees even marginal minutes (which is all he's been getting), he could suddenly become a very interesting character all over again.
Roy Hibbert – Although not close to where I wanted him to be, he has been giving his owners much more than he was, and last night produced 12 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists (!) and 3 blocks.
Earl Clark – I may have reached my limit for talking about him, but he had 14 points, 12 rebounds, a steal and a block, while Pau Gasol went for 15/4/2 with 2 blocks. The Lakers won, and Gasol left the game before it was over, so I expect we'll keep seeing Gasol and Clark: The New Adventures of Superham for the foreseeable future. Good news: it is something Gasol has been dealing with. Bad news: "I didn't feel anything like I did" last night. Aw, I bet he says that to all the ladies.
Brook Lopez – He had a monster night, earning 30 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks. Everything you could want from a Center, plus a fancy New York address without actually paying Manhattan prices.


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Conservative columnist and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan doesn't like people demeaning the Gipper's legacy, not even Sarah Palin, and not even if she's only talking about the former president's Hollywood career.
She writes in her latest column of a recent incident in which Sarah Palin attempted to explain away a Karl Rove criticism over her "reality show" by drawing parallels to former president Ronald Reagan's silver screen career, including his roles in movies such as "Bedtime for Bonzo, bozo or something":
… "Conservatives talked a lot about Ronald Reagan this year, but they have to take him more to heart, because his example here is a guide. All this seemed lost last week on Sarah Palin, who called him, on Fox, "an actor." She was defending her form of political celebrity—reality show, "Dancing With the Stars," etc. This is how she did it: "Wasn't Ronald Reagan an actor? Wasn't he in 'Bedtime for Bonzo,' Bozo, something? Ronald Reagan was an actor."
Excuse me, but this was ignorant even for Mrs. Palin. Reagan people quietly flipped their lids, but I'll voice their consternation to make a larger point. Ronald Reagan was an artist who willed himself into leadership as president of a major American labor union (Screen Actors Guild, seven terms, 1947-59.) He led that union successfully through major upheavals (the Hollywood communist wars, labor-management struggles); discovered and honed his ability to speak persuasively by talking to workers on the line at General Electric for eight years; was elected to and completed two full terms as governor of California; challenged and almost unseated an incumbent president of his own party; and went on to popularize modern conservative political philosophy without the help of a conservative infrastructure. Then he was elected president.
The point is not "He was a great man and you are a nincompoop," though that is true. The point is that Reagan's career is a guide, not only for the tea party but for all in politics. He brought his fully mature, fully seasoned self into politics with him. He wasn't in search of a life when he ran for office, and he wasn't in search of fame; he'd already lived a life, he was already well known, he'd accomplished things in the world.
Here is an old tradition badly in need of return: You have to earn your way into politics. You should go have a life, build a string of accomplishments, then enter public service. And you need actual talent: You have to be able to bring people in and along. You can't just bully them, you can't just assert and taunt, you have to be able to persuade.
Americans don't want, as their representatives, people who seem empty or crazy. They'll vote no on that.
It's not just the message, it's the messenger."


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( コダックじょうろ Psyduck Watering Can )
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The Sprayduck (コダックじょうろ Psyduck Watering Can) is a Key Item in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum versions shaped in the likeness of a Psyduck. Exclusive to the Sinnoh region games, the Sprayduck is used to water Berries planted in the ground in order to produce more berries. It is similar in proportion and function to the Wailmer Pail of the Hoenn region. The effect of the Sprayduck can be enhanced through the use of Loamy soil and Mulch purchased from the Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop.
Descriptions[edit | edit source]
- DPPt/HGSS - A watering can shaped like a PSYDUCK. It helps promote healthy growth of Berries planted in soft soil.
- BW - A watering can shaped like a Psyduck. It helps promote healthy growth of Berries planted in soft soil.
In the Games[edit | edit source]
It is located in the Pick a Peck of Colors Flower Shop at Floaroma Town, and is given to the Player for free by the sales attendant. Similar in principle to the Wailmer Pail, the Sprayduck serves its purpose as a watering can, in which it can be used in conjunction with fertilisers such as Mulch. The Mulch can increase the growth time of a Berry once it is watered by the Sprayduck. The Sprayduck also has the capability to water more than one Berry at a time if there is more than one berry planted in the soil.
In the Anime[edit | edit source]
In Oh Do You Know The Poffin Plan, the Sprayduck is seen being used by Forsythia in her home to water her plants. However, it is not shown to have the same properties as the game counterpart, and can be ascertained that it is just a regular water pail.


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Module Lwt_preemptive
module Lwt_preemptive : sig..end
This module allows to mix preemptive threads with Lwt cooperative threads. It maintains an extensible pool of preemptive threads to which you can detach computations.
val detach : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'b Lwt.t
detaches a computation to a preemptive thread.
val run_in_main : (unit -> 'a Lwt.t) -> 'a
run_in_main f executes f in the main thread, i.e. the one executing Lwt_main.run and returns its result.
val init : int -> int -> (string -> unit) -> unit
init min max log initialises this module. i.e. it launches the minimum number of preemptive threads and starts the dispatcher.
val simple_init : unit -> unit
simple_init () does a simple initialization. i.e. with default parameters if the library is not yet initialised.
Note: this function is automatically called Lwt_preemptive.detach.
val get_bounds : unit -> int * int
get_bounds () returns the minimum and the maximum number of preemptive threads.
val set_bounds : int * int -> unit
set_bounds (min, max) set the minimum and the maximum number of preemptive threads.
val set_max_number_of_threads_queued : int -> unit
Sets the size of the waiting queue, if no more preemptive threads are available. When the queue is full, Lwt_preemptive.detach will sleep until a thread is available.
val get_max_number_of_threads_queued : unit -> int
Returns the size of the waiting queue, if no more threads are available


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Is piracy a prerequisite for a striving homebrew scene?
When they hacked the PS4 to port Linux to it, Fail0verflow were very clear that they will be trying to steer pirates away from the console, by making "native" hack development less appealing to the masses than Linux gaming or even things such as SteamOS.
The idea is that if Linux runs solidly enough on the PS4, developers will focus on that more than trying to create native hacks and a Custom Firmware. Native hacks would be the first step to piracy, while Linux would not. Don't get me wrong: one needs a native hack to install & run Linux, meaning that if we want Linux on the PS4, someone will have to make the first step no matter what. But a striving Linux on PS4 community could steer coders' attention away from trying to break "more" into the PS4 security. If the skilled people all focus on non piracy stuff, pirates will have no available option/tools.
It's a nice dream to have, but, forgetting for a moment that once the PS4 is Jailbroken, *any* dev could decide to work on native hacks and enabling piracy, I wanted to reflect on the fact that a tiny devs community focusing on an "elitist" (pardon my french, intentional flamebait) OS, will fail to attract the masses.
As a matter of fact, Enigma85 brought this topic to my attention in the comments section of the blog. He says:
These Linux on ps4 updates are great and all, but kind of pointless until they release an exploit. Scenes that worry about piracy always die. That's part of the reason the vita scene has died I'm sure. When piracy is available for a scene, sure it poisons the water, but it also opens the scene wide open for homebrew. You'll never deter piracy. If you can't beat them join them, or at least don't worry about that side of the scene.
I tend to agree with this comment.
As much as I want to love the Rejuvenate native hack on the PS Vita, it's a euphemism to say it never really took off. The Revitalize homebrew competition, my personal attempt to kick-start the whole Rejuvenate homebrew community with $1000 in cash prizes, attracted a total of 13 homebrew entries. That's not a lot. Compare that to the PSP genesis competition which we ran in 2011 and attracted more than 120 entries! Don't get me wrong, quantity doesn't trump quality, but still.
There are several reasons Rejuvenate did not attract the masses. Running the hack was not a very "user-friendly" experience. Having to "check in" every day on our site to keep the certificate up and running isn't great, and there' not much we can do about it. And having to stay on a low firmware "only" for homebrew isn't really attractive either.
But let's face it. If Rejuvenate had been "piracy enabling", a bunch of Vita owners would have suddenly found very compelling reasons to stay on firmware 3.51. And if they get homebrew games and emulation on the side? Sure, why not.
This is where developers come in. At the end of the day, developers like technical challenges but many of us also like people to actually use our product. If I'm developing a homebrew for a population of 10 potential users, I'm going to lose my motivation fairly fast. And I'm sure if one could map the migration movements of the hacker species from Vita to, say, the 3DS, one could easily see some general trend here over the past 12 months.
Yup, Vita hackers and developers have massively migrated to friendlier places. Why? Because the tools are better maintained, the community is bigger, they get better support and more encouragement from their peers. And why are the tools better? Because the community asks for more updates, because the community is bigger and more alive, because the community (the users) flocked to the gates of "the other console" because piracy was there, and piracy is much, much more attractive than homebrews.
Yes, if you read this blog, you're generally not the guy who wants piracy, I get it. You're the guy who likes emulators, homebrews, and cool technical achievements. I'm like you: this is why me and others shelled $1000 of our own money to host the Revitalize competition.
I'm not saying piracy is the only reason people want hacks and homebrews. I'm saying it's the best way to gain (then keep) momentum with a large user base, that justifies working more on the hacks and build the right tools that attract more developers (rookies and veterans alike).
A large user community for the hack is what builds momentum and keeps developers around. The "reason" these users came for in the first place is irrelevant, but there has to be some critical mass here. If they got attracted for piracy, it kinda sucks but what matters here is that there is now a significant potential audience for the devs' work.
The Vita does not have piracy. So users did not come. Some devs got bored in part because of the small sized community and the lack of momentum resulting from it. As a result the tools don't get improved or maintained, and you're in a vicious circle before you realize it.
It makes total sense to assume that Linux on the PS4 could have the same fate, unless a handful of developers keep working relentlessly on it. However, The PS4 has a much larger user base than the PS Vita, hackers are much more interested in the PS4 as a whole, and Linux in itself is a very widely known project that could keep them onboard. This could gain momentum large enough that it could be a viable project, even without the piracy users.
But, as Enigma85 stated, I believe that piracy, when/if it happens, is the thing that would bring the masses to PS4 hacking. It's easy to picture many will come for piracy, and a significant amount will stay for homebrews and development. "Nobody"* is going to stay on a lower firmware (whatever that firmware might be today, it will be a lower firmware at some point in time) for Linux. But if piracy is involved, many will consider it very seriously.
I'm personally super excited for the future of the PS4 scene no matter what happens, obviously.
* "Nobody" here meaning 95% of the user base. I know, you and I are the odd 5%.


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Mic Cullen brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 152 Designs von 31 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
juice photography
This is a side-business for me at the moment, but I'm building it, looking to make it full-time at some stage.
"juice" comes from my nickname - everyone calls me that, including clients, so it seems to work.
I am relaxed and easy-going to work with – I try to make things relaxed/fun, while remaining professional and efficient. (I am a journalist at the moment as a main job, so I'm pretty good at putting people at ease.)
I'm still looking for a tagline for the business – "Making images you love" is about as far as I've got, but it might be a bit weak/soft, so I'm ignoring it :-)
People/businesses who need photos taken. I'll shoot pretty much anything. I shoot for football clubs, book designers, banks, government departments - anyone who wants me to work for them.
I am after a simple but memorable logo - a clean, distinctive look. Creative, funky, urban.
'juice' is a fairly wide-open branding setup, with some obvious directions to go. I like those directions, but I am not wedded to them. One of the reasons for putting this up here is to get a variety of takes on it.
I'm a fan of green/white for the image, but by no means wedded to it. It would also have to work with a translucent colour (including white) to be used as a (partially transparent) watermark for images. The watermark also needs to be usable both light and dark, which is dependant on the image it's being used on.
I'm also open to a design that is two parts – a stylised-type logo that works with an image logo, but with each able to be used by themselves.
The logo will be used on my website and blog, both for headers and watermarks. A large part of the usage will be as a watermark, which again relates to the 'splittable' aspect of the logo mentioned above. (ie using the text in one part of the image, and the image as a watermark in a nearby corner. (Or similar.) So it's important that there's nothing to fancy or fine about it.
I own juicephoto.com.au and juicephotography.com.au. I like the shorter version more, for obvious reasons, but I'm not hung up on it.
I'm also looking to use it on business cards, so if you've got ideas there, that'd be great.
Must be available as Illustrator/vector files, as I'm going to be scaling them a fair bit, converting to PNG, using for cards etc.
Finden Sie heraus, wie ein Designwettbewerb funktioniert, oder lernen Sie mehr über unsere Logo-Design-Angebote.


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1 pound extra large shrimp, cleaned, deveined, shells removed including tail
2 baguettes cut into 6 inch pieces
2 stalks celery, julienned very thin and soaked in cold water
2-3 scallions, julienned and soaked in cold water
Celery seed, optional for garnish
Crumbled blue, optional for garnish
Blue Cheese Sauce
½ cup mayo
½ cup sour cream
¼ cup buttermilk
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tsp. chopped chives
½ cup crumbled blue cheese
½ tsp. kosher salt
10 cranks pepper
Hot Sauce
1 clove garlic, chopped
6 Tbsp. butter
½ cup hot sauce
1 Tbsp. white vinegar
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
Seasoning Mix
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. cayenne
¼ tsp. garlic powder
¼ tsp. onion powder
½ tsp. paprika
Few good cranks of black pepper
Serves 4
Make the blue cheese sauce. Mix all ingredients together and let flavors infuse at least overnight.
Make the Buffalo sauce. In a small saucepan melt butter and sauté garlic in butter until translucent. Whisk in hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce and white vinegar and remove from heat. Transfer to airtight container. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Soak skewers in water for at least 30 minutes. Before heading out to the game, skewer shrimp and store in gallon size Ziploc bags. Once you get to the game, sprinkle shrimp generously with seasoning mix. Grill shrimp over very hot coals for one to two minutes per side until opaque, but be sure not to overcook. Overcooking shrimp makes them tough and no amount of sauce can save that. Transfer cooked shrimp to bowl and immediately coat with Buffalo sauce (reserving some for bread).
Grill bread over hot grill. Slather one side with blue cheese sauce and the other with extra Buffalo sauce. Then layer with lettuce, tomato slices, shrimp, celery, scallion, and garnish with a little celery, salt and extra crumbled blue cheese.
Welcome to Heaven.


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Tour to Discuss North Korean Humanitarian Crisis
For decades, volatile North Korea has been widely considered to be among the world's most secretive societies. It is one of the few countries still under centralized communist rule. And, while its global security issues generally dominate the headlines, another story is brewing inside the country's borders.
Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans are enslaved in prison camps today and up to 300,000 have escaped to China – seeking food, medicine, work, or freedom from political and religious oppression. Among those, 70 to 90 percent of North Korean women are trafficked and sold into the sex trade, and more and more refugees are fleeing to Southeast Asia to escape imprisonment upon repatriation from the Chinese government.
To educate the public on the crisis, LiNK (Liberty in North Korea), a U.S.-based grassroots organization devoted to the North Korean humanitarian and refugee crisis, will present "The Reliance Tour" at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2, in Kresge Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public and will feature a discussion and short film titled "Hiding," a documentary that exposes what life is like for North Korean refugees hiding in China.
The Reliance Tour
7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2
Kresge Recital Hall
Free and open to the public
The event is sponsored by Augustana Mission for Peace (AMP), a student-led organization.
About LiNK: LiNK provides protection and aid to North Korean refugees hiding in China and, utilizing a modern-day underground railroad through Southeast Asia, rescues refugees and helps them to reach freedom. LiNK's global grassroots movement seeks to raise awareness of this crisis and provides a way for the international community to take part in bringing about effective change. The organization documents the stories of North Koreans to tell the world about the North Korea crisis through its Movement program, which consists of high school and college Chapters that serve as LiNK's arms in building awareness across the nation.
Kelly Sprecher
Director of Communications & Media Relations