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Why China?
the travel guide says
Emotions and Expectations
First impressions
China is big!
The Capability
To Study
Chinese language
Chinese are Germans
sum up
Thanks to Nanfen
Why China?
|Well, what made me go to China? China is emerging as one of the big global players and so at least German newspapers are full of China here and China there. Everyday there's a story: "China the tough market", "Red Dragon attacking German companies with its cheap goods", "Experiences of a German who moved there for some months", "Growing economy destroys nature", "China – where all sheep are black", "Best shopping malls in Shanghai", "Hottest tourist spots in China", "China conquers: in economy, in science, and with its army", "Communism = Capitalism = China?"
But on the other hand I know pretty few people who ever went to China for a deeper insight. I was very curious: How is China? How does it smell? So? Let's go there and have a look!
In addition to that I have my good friend Nanfen living over there – and that's always a good reason to go there! 🙂
the travel guide says
|It's really going to be an intense experience. The book confronted me with some facts like:
It's the first time I am going to far east Asia and as it seems it will not be too easy to get along. Even more than before I am now looking forward to this trip. How challenging will it be?
Emotions and Expectations
|This week was really packed with work. Last night I've been dreaming about how to improve the performance of an application I just test in the office. I think now it is obvious that I need holidays.
after I read a bit in the travel guide I collected some feelings about China:
Actually I already thought what happened to me to be so stupid to just book a flight to China. Maybe I am not going to like it at all. Maybe it's just too much. I could have chosen to go to Latin America again – enjoy the nice people, the nice beaches and the good weather. But now I fly to China with a weather even worse than in Germany and the experience probably going to be a nightmare?
First impressions
|The very first thought when leaving the anonymous airport was: "Oh man! It's much too cold here! Why didn't I go to a warm place on holidays!?" But, hey, I am here because of the culture, because I want to get to know China, the people, the ideas and anyway feeling cold is just a matter of wrong cloth! Ah, yes, ok, got it.
So my second impression was that China is a pretty developed country. Everywhere there are many cars in good shape, well kept roads and highways, busy people in nice dresses etc. I was staying in the Haidian district of Beijing and I was kind of shocked: There are 4 lanes for cars plus on full-sized lane for bicycles for each direction. The entire street is full of cars and busses a few bicyclists and some people walking around. Next to the road, glass-and-steel skyscrapers complete the scenery.
China is big!
|I mean it is really big. It is not a country. It is a continent. It is almost as big as Europe and has almost double the amount of inhabitants.
You can feel this when walking around in Beijing too: One block is about 3 kilometers long – in Munich its maybe 100m. From Haidian which still is in the city of Beijing you enjoy a one hour bus ride to the center – in Munich it would be 15 minutes. You drive around in Beijing and it's full of houses and skyscrapers and houses and office blocks… imagine how many people you need to fill all these houses – yes, 15 million people.
China has its famous great wall (actually it's not one wall, but maybe 5-10 walls connected or in parallel). This wall is 10.000 kilometers long. How many soldiers do you need to defend such a long wall? Millions! I was shocked and Nanfen said "Well, Flo you see in China we never had a problem of too few people."
But what does it mean to be one of 1.300.000.000 people? It means you're never alone. It means you have to queue – for example for half an hour in the train station at 6 am in the morning. But it also means that you are tiny and unimportant. For example when looking for a job. Or when you just want to break out of the system. The market is big enough to replace you in a second. The person is nothing – the group, the company, the country is everything. Sounds like a good communist plan.
The Capability
|Where for one person it might be hard some times to have so many countrymen, for companies and for the government it opens many opportunities.
Let's say we want to build a 100 km watering channel. No problem, put together some 500 engineers and 50.000 construction site workers. What? There are no machines available? No problem, so we add another 50.000 workers.
Let's say we are Beijing and will host the Olympic Games in 2008. To do so we should have a complete metro system. Now we only have two lines. Ok, so we just build another six new lines in the next couple of years. We need 100 engineers per line so 600 in total. Ok, no problem, here you go.
Of course huge amount of cheap workforce is not the only thing you need to get something done. But for some parts you can easily replace other resources (machines or knowledge and experience for example) by manpower. Another thing which helps to get things done is a strong lead and few protection rights for the people.
To Study
|In German universities if there are Chinese students they typically sit in the first row. Then there are 1-3 empty rows and then there are the German students. I always thought about what makes the Chinese sit there? And why do they copy down every single word the professor says? Why are they so focused on their studies?
Here are the reasons I found:
|One might think that in China each and everybody is drinking tea. This is wrong! At least in Beijing people, students in particular, drink HOT WATER. Tea is more from the old traditions and therefore for the old people. If drinking tea they put the leaves and stuff directly into the hot water and don't use teabags. This makes you have some of the ingredients in your mouth later on and makes me think that I prefer it with the bag. And in addition to that I must say that I also prefer the flavor of the teas back home in Germany, so for China: Long live the hot water!
Anyway Chinese love tea/hot water so you usually see them with a big thermos flask walking around on the campus or sitting next to the thermos flask in their shop or just walking around in the streets with a marmalade glass on a rubber band containing water with the leaves. But where does all the hot water come from? In the renmin daxue (Peoples University) there are some hot-water-rooms with a couple of boilers in there where all the students come with their thermos flasks to refill it. In trains next to the toilet there is a room with a coal fired boiler and an already filled thermos flask in every compartment.
|Be prepared! Be prepared to be surprised! Be prepared to be shocked!
You can find everything on the plate: pork, beef, dog, turtle, small birds, chicken, rabbit, tails, claws, everything. Not all of it everyday and some things are rated as delicatessens so hard to find in the eating place around the corner. Yes, "eating place", because usually it's just one room with some oven in one corner, some vegetables and meat next to the entrance and some table in between. To order your dishes you would then go to the food area and tell the waitress what you like and how prepared.
In the city they usually of course have a menu and if one is very lucky than the menu has some pictures. So you at least can have some kind of clue what you order. Normally you order different dishes which will be put in the middle of the table and everybody takes from them, drops the thing on his/her rice bowl in front and then moves it on to the mouth. In case you ate up all what was there – you ordered too few. It is supposed to be much more than what you can eat.
Chinese make sounds when eating. Actually for a German this can be quite shocking. Well, it is only shocking until there are some bones in the food. Chinese put the meat with the bone into the mouth and after some seconds they just spit the bone out – either on the table or on the floor. At some places the floor was even a bit slippery due to this. This is definitely the thing I like the least about China. To be honest: I was shocked and I hate it.
Most of the food I ate in China I never saw in a Chinese restaurant here in Germany. Once in China I ordered "pork in sweet-sour sauce" one of the classics in our Chinese restaurants in Germany. What came had nothing to do with the dish I expected and even the taste was different, but you can imagine that a country as big as a continent maybe has more than just one sweet-sour sauce. Hence I would say that the Chinese restaurants here in Germany only cover a very thin margin out of the dishes which are served in China. Nevertheless I like the food you can get in German Chinese restaurants, but now as I know more Chinese dishes I'ld really like to have more of them.
|Most Chinese don't follow a religion. So for catholic point of view: "They don't believe in god." Oops, we just crashed into the first problem here: Buddhism has no god. And Daoism, I am not sure if I would even call it a religion. It has temples, but as far as I understand it's just guidelines how to arrange your life, so nothing and nobody to pray to/for.
Anyway, some Chinese (in particular the minorities) believe in a religion (Christianity, Islam, Daoism, Buddhism, nature religions were those I saw). But a normal Chinese is pretty open and does prayers at any temple which comes along. Kind of "It can't harm and maybe it works, so let's try". Or if there is a problem (like troubles finding a job) they just find the temple closest and pray there.
Number mythology plays a big role in it, so in a temple one lights as many "smoke sticks" as what you need (3 = energetic, 8 = get rich, 9 = long life, 10 = everything perfect). Most people go for 9 (so did I, when trying this out), but why not just everybody goes for 10 remains a miracle – or is it the Chinese way of being modest?
Chinese language
|Chinese is not that incredibly difficult as I thought before. Or at least getting started is not so hard. You just grab the easier letters and learn the pronunciation and the meaning by heart. Soon you're going to see the letters everywhere and may even understand something. So one of the 4 letters I learnt is '大' = 'da' and means big. Some days later I wanted to go to a city called "Dali" so it started with the same letter '大' 🙂
Ok, well, actually for every letter you have to learn letter+meaning+pronunciation where in western languages you usually just have to learn the meaning (and maybe some pronunciation rules, for the things which are different from your language). So after you learnt this for the roughly 3000 Chinese letters used in daily life then you can go ahead and learn the meanings of the words of 2-4 letters. Somebody told you that every letter is a word for its own? Well, that's true, actually it's more a syllable for it's own. Anyway this is just one half of the truth, the other half is that most words consist of more then one syllable: Exit (出口), China (中国), University (大学).
If you really want to get lost, I will suggest you to walk around somewhere in a bigger city. Often there are no street names. If there are street names they're not on your map (but there are a bunch with a rather similar name) or you can not find the street as you're looking in the wrong corner of the map because you're really lost walking around between houses which all more or less look the same – give the same anonymous scenery. You can not ask as you won't understand the answer. In case you can make the people point in the direction, you're still lost as Chinese rather send you to the wrong direction than admitting that they have no clue (what you're talking about, or where the place you're asking for is).
Chinese are Germans
|For this I didn't find any note in one of the travel guides. I am pretty surprised that I didn't as for me it is pretty obvious: Chinese are Germans. (Or Germans are Chinese.) Ok, we look a bit different from each other, but deep in the hearts we're pretty equal – I mean in general, of course there're exceptions. In particular, we are both good in technical engineering things. Germans produce highest precision products in highest quality, while Chinese (so far) copy them in highest quality. Design is where others like some French, Italians or Japanese are good in, but not us. We do reliable good work instead. In the morning we start at 8 sharp, then have lunch at 12 sharp, leave at 5 sharp, and go to bed right after the "Tagesthemen". Well, in general we like rules and precise schedules. We're punctual. Our both governments have a lot of bureaucracy in place which nobody fully understands. And we both are on our way to get this cleaned up. Actually China now more is in Germanys 60s – ramping up industry production, finding its place in the world, people being able to spend their first little money on luxury goods like cars.
Of course there are differences too. Maybe the biggest one is that Germans are more honest, we admit it when having no clue and we would not just copy a good product.
It's going to be interesting to see how the relationship between Germany and China evolves. If there is going to be a special relationship. And if we're equal like brothers or maybe my impression was just wrong. I am really curious 🙂
sum up
|So in the end China and the Chinese are in many aspects very different from Germany and Germans. In some other aspects they are just as you and me. Anyway I found a lot of very interesting things to see in China in particular in the culture and how the people behave. Also some things which just made me think about my culture. For example in China everybody has a network of "friends" – friends more in a way of somebody whom you once might ask for a favor. My first thought was that this is something stupid and bad. But thinking about it, I realized that we have the same here – being nice to people we actually don't like (mother in law, professor, landlord) – but at least I didn't really realize that it is just something like that.
Also, of course, I must say that I visited just a very small part of China. If China were Europe I would have seen just London and Switzerland – being a German I must insist that this is not entire Europe! So I did not see entire China neither. Means there are still many things to explore and all the above is propably completely wrong in the 99% of China I didn't see yet.
If you're looking for any recommendation here: Yes, I do recommend to go to China. I was very surprised by many things I saw there. And it was a lot different from what I expected and from what I read in the newspapers before. Well, I think this year will not be the last one we hear something from China so why not have a closer look? I'ld do it again 🙂
But I must also say that I did not fall in love with China – it was interesting, sometimes beautiful and sometimes impressing, but it didn't make it in my Top 5. Hey, there are over 100 countries in the world – not everybody can be in the Top 5!
By the way I did not see any of the shocks from the travel guide happen to me.
Thanks to Nanfen
|I want to take this chance to send a BIG BIG THANK YOU to my friend Nanfen. Without all your explanations, translations and answers to my thousands of questions it would have been a completely different experience – with much less insight and understanding, but with much more problems. Yes, I was even asking which kind of bananas there're growing in Yunnan. Now I know that this is like asking an Austrian about the types of olives they grow in Spain. Nevertheless I hope you enjoyed the journey as much as I did. You can be really proud of yourself having survived the six big adventures. Congratulations and once again THANK YOU.


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Mar 5, 2012
Week 08
Assign Final project
Midterm Project / Due Today
Reminder: You must submit and be present during critiques for both the Midterm Project and Final Projects to pass this class.
Specifications: Design a prototype website home page and first-level of another section (landing page) for a client** of your choice. Focus on creating an interesting navigational interface that allows the user to navigate the site in multiple ways. Use HTML and an external CSS file to build the prototype for your home page and first-level page of your site. Post your thoughts and decision-making process for this project on your WP blog.
I want you to use the knowledge and skills we've covered in class — and hopefully you've supplemented on your own — to build a prototype of these two pages for a website. I do not expect the site to be built perfectly — your technical skills will improve over time. But I do expect you to use the knowledge you've acquired to construct a functioning site that lives on a server environment.
- Home page
- Landing page of a main section (first-level of another section) with sub-navigation.
You need to upload your midterm project to the class server in order to present your project to the class. Please do this BEFORE class on Monday, March 7.
The client should be a real or fictitious company that is nation-wide and provides product(s) and/or service(s) to the general public. You should avoid picking small, local companies that do not have interest in a large public audience. You should also think about what kind of interactivity could eventually be added to the site. In what ways can the brand be developed to create a sense of community and build a relationship with the user? How can you engage the user of the site in a conversation with the brand?
Gone are the days when brands could effectively broadcast one-way messages to an audience with no expectation – or means – of a response. The most beloved brands today engage in conversations with people that can feel personal, even private. To aid the dialogue, marketers are using data in order to create simple tracking tools that help customers gain insights about themselves and even change their behaviours for the better: to lose weight, get more sleep, consume less electricity, save more money, or run a marathon. These tools are the beating heart of successful digital brand platforms, deepening customers' self-awareness and strengthening ties between peers.
Please read the following articles to help explain what I mean by creating a sense of community and building relationships.
Branding in a New Dimension
How to build a brand and a relationship in a Web 2.0 world
Mother of Invention
It's not enough to exploit technology, you need to create it
We are now in the era in which brands must create new transformational technologies. Don't think about how to exploit Facebook as a media venue or stick a TV ad on YouTube—think about how to create new ways that serve your customers and your brand. As a guide, think about it in terms of the four C's: content, commerce, community and customization.
Think about how you could apply these types of online interactions for the products and/or services provided by the company you choose as your client.
The midterm project web site specifications are:
- home page and landing page for a major section of the site.
- A clear navigation system.
- A successful sub navigation system.
- A strong visual design and concept: A theme and visual concept that carries through the site.
- A design that works well on 1024×728 displays (i.e. navigation & primary content inside 990×560).
- You must use mostly HTML text in the site.
- You must use either a two column or three column div structure. (Do not build your site completely in tables or completely with AP divs!)
- You must use an external CSS file.
How do I create unique styling for different parts of my web page. Do all my paragraphs need to be styled the same?
No.You can have unique styling throughout your website.
You can create unique styles throughout your website with the use of descendant selectors. You are not limited to all paragraphs of text (or any other element) looking the same everywhere on a particular page or throughout the site.
Descendant selectors
How to Use CSS Descendant Selectors
It's all in the CSS syntax
Step 1
A simple HTML document tree
A web page is organized in a hierarchy. The document hierarchy begins with html and descends through a tree structure that could include many elements within the body. Here's a simple tree diagram.
Step 2
In the document tree, elements descend from the parent element that encloses them. In the example, there are lists that are the descendant elements of either the content div or the sidebar div. Furthermore, the lists are the ancestors of an A element (a hypertext link).
Step 3
The CSS syntax for a descendant selector is to list the selectors separated by a space, (but not a comma). For example:
#content ul a {rule here}
This selector targets an A element that is contained within a UL element that is contained within the CONTENT div. Other A elements on the page, perhaps one in a paragraph or in the SIDEBAR div, would not be affected by this selector.
Step 4
To style a list or list item in the sidebar, use a descendant selector like this:
#sidebar ul {rule here}
#sidebar li {rule here}
To style a hyperlink in the sidebar that is not nested in a list, use selectors like this:
#sidebar a:link {rule here}
#sidebar a:visited {rule here}
Step 5
To make P elements appear differently in the content area and the sidebar area, use descendant selectors like this:
#content p {rule here}
#sidebar p {rule here}
Step 6
Descendant selectors can also be based with classes. For example, if every post on your blog was assigned to the class "blogpost" you could write a descendant selector for an em (emphasized) element in an h3 element that was part of a div in the class blogpost like this:
div.blogpost h3 em {rule here}
Step 7
Descendant selectors can become quite lengthy when you are targeting a very specific element on a complex page. For example:
#blogpost blockquote p em {rule here}
It is the ability to get completely focused on one and only one element on a page using descendant selectors that give you the power to style your page in any way you desire.
Above material about How to Use CSS Descendant Selectors from eHow website. Content written by Virginia DeBolt.
Final Project Assignment (Due Week 14)
Your final project presentations are Tuesday, Week 14.
No late projects accepted.
Using the prototype you developed for your midterm, the focus of the final project is to create a portfolio quality web site that incorporates design, strategy and interactivity. Your web site design should have a strong design aesthetic along with a strong concept. The site design should also reflect the technical skills you learned in this class
The final project web site specifications are:
- 6 complete pages (and placeholder pages for other pages when applicable).
- A clear navigation system.
- A successful sub navigation system.
- A strong visual design and concept that carries through the site.
- A design that works well on 1024×728 displays (i.e. navigation & primary content inside 990×560).
- You must use some html text in the site.
- You must use div structure. (Do not build your site completely in tables! — or use Photoshop to save out HTML)
- You must use an external CSS file.
- Create a Snapz Pro (.mov) demo of your site (10 mins maximum).
- Completion of all Process Documentation: Communication (Creative) Brief, Personas, Sitemap, and Wireframes. You need to have this "portfolio-ready," meaning you will be graded on your presentation of this documentation. You will bring print-outs of this documentation to hand in to me and will also post digital versions to your process blog.
- You are also responsible for documenting your entire process on your process blog.
You need to upload your final project to the class server in order to present your project to the class. Please do this BEFORE class on Monday, Week 14.


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Hunter Summy has averaged nearly 13 points per game for the Carroll boys basketball team this season, and while the Dragons senior has had to overcome some injuries this year, coach Eric McDade said he appears to in good shape moving forward.
McDade said that a number of things really impress him about Summy, but especially his attitude.
"He has a motor and he works so hard," McDade said. "Ever since we put Hunter on varsity as a sophomore, he has just been a joy to coach. You talk about a guy that brings his lunch pail and gets after it, he definitely has.
"He has had a problem with some injuries early in the year with his wrist, so he had to get back into his rhythm. But he has just had some monster games."
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McDade said that Summy is great at providing leadership, as well.
"He's a kid that is very humble and hard working," McDade said. "He leads by example, and he is a great, great, great, great teammate. We are lucky to have him on our team."
Summy said that he embraces the leadership role on his team and said that he feels that is one of his biggest assets.
"I mostly try to bring the leadership of being a three-year player," Summy said. "I try to keep everyone together and focused, and be sure to really bring that leadership and experience to the team."
Summy said he feels pretty good about the way the season is shaping up, as well.
"We've had our ups and downs, especially at the beginning of district," Summy said. "I think were fine where we are. We just have to make sure that we bring it every day, continue to focus on what we need to do."
Summy said that his goals this season are to continue to mature and improve as a leader and basketball player, and to win a district championship as a team.
Summy said for Carroll to make the postseason this year, it will take a couple of things.
"I think it's going to come down to everyone sticking together on the team," Summy said. "Right now, everyone at every level of basketball is playing conference or in district, and everyone is going through that grind. Everyone is getting to that point where they are tired of going to practice every day – tired of waking up (early), especially if you've lost a couple of games.
"But we just have to keep fighting and stay focused. For me, this is my last year, so I don't have any second chances. If we all continue to fight for each other, I think we can go far."
McDade said that Summy, who will play for the University of San Diego next year, will be a major part of any success the Dragons have this season.
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Summy's Favorites
Favorite Athlete: Neymar Jr. (FC Barcelona)
Favorite Teams: Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks
Favorite Food: Mexican
Favorite Movie: Good Will Hunting
Favorite TV Show: Sports Center
Last Book Read: Lone Survivor
Favorite Musical Group or Performer: Red Hot Chili Peppers


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b.29 September 1917 d.15 January 1989
CBE(1974) MB BS Melb(1940) MD(1947) MRACP(1947) FRACP(1953) *FRCP(1976)
Maurice Clarke was born in Southampton, England, the son of Reginald Morley Clarke, a medical practitioner who served in the RAMC during the first world war and gained the diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons before returning to Australia. He was educated at Xavier College, Melbourne, and Newman College, Melbourne University. His clinical studies were undertaken at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, and he held house posts there from 1941-42.
In 1942 he married Valerie St Maur Sheehann, daughter of William Sheehann, a civil servant, and there were two daughters of the marriage. That same year he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force as a medical officer and after the war continued in the RAAF Reserve, first as squadron leader and later as wing commander. He was the RAAF's consultant physician for a period of 20 years.
On return to civilian life he was appointed honorary physician to St Vincent's, 1949-75, and was awarded a Nuffield Dominion travelling fellowship which enabled him to come to the UK for postgraduate study. His major interest lay in cardiology and he worked for a year as a senior registrar in the cardiac department of the Brompton Hospital.
Back in Australia, he was first appointed honorary physician to St Vincent's and later senior physician to inpatients, a post he held until he retired. Maurice Clarke did not publish but he gave remarkable service to medicine in many other fields, in particular he served the Royal Australasian College of Physicians with great distinction. From 1963-74 he was a censor and from 1974-80 censor-in-chief; and vice-president from 1972-74. He was a member of council for eight years, and on the executive for six years.
For four years he was a member of the accreditation board and also served on many College committees including the then named South-East Asian Committee; he made a significant contribution to postgraduate education in advanced medicine m Singapore and Malaysia. He was a prominent member of the Victorian State Committee for a period of eighteen years and was also its chairman.The RACP was indeed Maurice Clarke's main interest and inspiration. His sense of purpose, dedication, integrity and humanity - which were the hallmark of his personal life and cardiological practice - were a source of strength to the College.
He served the Australian Medical Association, as a member of the Victorian State branch, from 1962-74; as a councillor of the federal body from 1967-77 and chairman of the Federal Assembly from 1972-77. On his retirement from the AMA his successor, Murray Maxwell, paid warm tribute to him and commented that the Assembly would be so much the poorer for his departure.
He was vice-president of the National Heart Foundation from 1965, and acting president 1973-74. He also chaired the pharmaceutical benefits advisory committee for the Commonwealth Department of Health for well over a decade. He was awarded the CBE in 1974 and elected a Fellow of the RCP in 1976 under Bye-law 39b.
Outside medicine his interests were many and varied; they included art, music, literature, fishing and gardening - and people.
V C Luniewska
* Elected under the special bye-law which provides for the election to the fellowship of "Persons holding a medical qualification, but not Members of the College, who have distinguished themselves in the practice of medicine, or in the pursuit of Medical or General Science or Literature.."
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The following letters were written to Visa and Mastercard by a personal friend of mine who has been purchasing tobacco on line for several years. As you read his letters and the responses he received, please keep in mind the following;
In a consumer driven economy, the customer retains the right to chose who, where and how to make private purchases for their own personal use.
States have forgotten that the residents of their state are in fact their customers.
States and cities have chosen to tax certain products in a well thought out effort to price those products beyond what the market is willing to pay. They have chosen to apply pressure on the Attorney Generals of their states, equally dependant on tax revenues, whining about their losses in tax monies. Law enforcement in turn is more than willing to apply pressure on Visa and Mastercard, neither of which would like to tangle with law enforcement, I'm sure.
There has been a lot of talk over the last few years about the coarsening of society. It is, as a matter of fact, a favorite subject on The Fox News Channel while numerous liberal commentators and politicos pine for the gentler days when people had a "sense of community", respect for the law, etc. etc. etc.
As a smoker, old enough to remember the times before the anti-smoking campaign, it is my personal opinion that one of the major forces responsible for the incredible loss of respect for law enforcement and the growing intolerance directed against anyone who dares to live outside the guidelines of "socially approved" profiles, can be laid at the feet of the on-going hate campaign directed against smokers, backed by those politicians who believe in the rule of democracy along with a strong federal government, as opposed to the defense of individual rights and strong state rights.
Remember, a democracy is 50.5% of the Voters deciding how all of us must live. A republic defends the right of each individual to chose how to live their life as long as they harm no others. We were founded as a republic for a reason. As President Gerald Ford said, "Any Government big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take away all you have".
Since returning to the US in 2000 I have used my Visa card to purchase many things. I have also used it to make on-line purchases. One of the things I use it for is to purchase tobacco on-line.
I have been informed that credit card companies are now refusing to allow purchases of tobacco products charged to these cards. This is an outrage!! Your company has no right to dictate what I use my card for as long as it is a legal product!!
IF, and it's a big if, I receive a reply to this I'm sure it will be something to the effect that your company is taking the "Moral High Ground" etc. Think again: I am a free citizen using your card to buy a legal product. Get out of the morality business and stick to your own business please and out of mine.
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Thank you for contacting Visa. By way of explanation, Visa acceptance does not override state laws. Therefore you may wish to contact your state's attorney generals office regarding any general laws or tax laws which may prohibit the purchase of cigarettes from another area or state.
We hope this information proves helpful,
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This is from our Constitution:
Thank you for your inquiry to MasterCard International.
We understand your concerns. However, MasterCard prohibits the use of its
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Like the man says, contact your elected representatives.
Register to vote now and take back control of your life the same way we lost control, one step (one vote) at a time.
Let the mainstream parties know what makes you uncomfortable, what you think about the current laws and policies, and solutions you think may work.
Volunteer your time, your effort and your opinion. If nothing else, Pay Attention. Personal freedom begins with personal responsibility for your actions, the application of common sense and tolerance for others.
If you think your vote doesn't count please remember the "hanging chads" in the national election in 2000, not to mention the hoards of lawyers dispatched to guard the vote in 2004. In 2009 we saw; lawsuits being brought against the community action group Acorn by several states and counties; a Senate seat that was vacant for 7 months in Minnesota while endless recounts and legal actions took place; the possibly of a Senate seat for sale in Illinois. To learn more about the Acorn lawsuits, please Google the following key words; Acorn, voters, lawsuits.
2012 is shaping up to be a lot of fun!
October 2010: If you have been watching politics this year, the above is a true under statement. 2012 is shaping up to be even more historic then I suspect this year will be. This page was written in 2006 I believe. Last year the same California Congressman managed to slip in a bill that tried to stop all on-line tobacco sales. It is a stark lesson in how Progressives work, one step at a time. Isn't life fun! If you are one of those who think not voting makes a statement, you are right! How do you like the results?


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I write because the process helps me to make sense of life and the issues I care about. But I also hope that the posts which emerge will both challenge and encourage those who read them.
A lover of travel with a longing for home, I currently live in London and am part of the team at Refugee Support Network, an organisation which aims to enable young people affected by crisis and displacement to access and progress in education. This leads to frequent blog posts about migration, international development, policy and practice, and the intersection of the global and the local.
Working with displaced people on the edges of an affluent society means that I often see my context through the eyes of outsiders. I think a lot about the coexistence of wealth and poverty, the ways in which multiple cultures work alongside and shape one another, and I get excited about building trust and community in a big city so that people can flourish.
I am committed to pursuing hope in a messed-up world and want my blog to be a place of celebrating what is good, redemptive and beautiful, however fleeting those moments are. My faith shapes every aspect of my life but nevertheless comes under constant scrutiny on my blog as I seek to live in the light of unseen realities, with varying degrees of success along the way.
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Title: Twice the Hands to Hold
Author: Louis Stevens
Publisher: JMS Books
Cover Artist: Unknown
Rating: 4.5 of 5 Stars
Publication Date: 04/19/2015
Length: Novel (~ 50K-100K)
Genre: M/M Romance
Twin brothers Brian and Matt Walker went to live with their mother's brother after the death of their parents at an early age. Brian is still wracked with the guilt he carries around from a young age and sees the world through a distorted lens of self-loathing. When he meets a sexy and interested college-aged guy at the beginning of his senior year of high school, he may have finally found someone who can help him escape his mundane existence.
Matt has his life all planned out — he longs for a solid career in journalism after graduating college. But his tenuous hold on family life threatens his dreams of independence, as does the attentions of a closeted new transfer to their school.
Can Matt pull away enough from his family to come into his own? And will Brian finally get to grips with his past and allow his twin to chase his own happiness?
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I was absolutely convinced I had read a book by this author when I picked up Twice the Hands but it turns out I was wrong and he was a new to me author. After finishing he will certainly be an author I read again.
Twice the Hands is a story of growing up, of teetering on adulthood yet still being so uncertain of your place in the world. It's a story of family love that reaches past maternal and paternal boundaries and thrives on love.
Matt and Brian are twins that lost both their parents in a car crash and have been raised by their Uncle. Matt is out and proud and takes life in at his own pace. He is sensitive, nerdy and at first seems the weaker of the two boys. Brian is bisexual and the complete opposite to his brother in so many ways. He is the school jock, a star football player and has taken on the role of protector where is brother is concerned.
The two boys have a very close relationship that is often complicated but very important to them both. You don't get one Walker brother without the other.
The story also includes their Uncle Jake a gay man who essentially put his life on hold for over a decade to bring up 'his boys'. We learn of his fear at being left with the responsibility of two young lives when he himself was so young. You can virtually feel the love he has for his family as you turn the pages. As the boys are almost heading to college he finds himself with his own relationship dilemma and it is reminiscent of the relationship that Matt currently finds himself in.
This is a short insight to a family growing up. First relationships are never easy and both boys struggle. Facing homophobia in their home is something neither boy has had to grow up with but Matt's new love interest sadly doesn't have it so easy. Brian is drawn to the bad boys of the world and his bravado and keen need to fit in has devastating consequences. Suddenly the roles are flipped and Matt comes into his own as his brother's protector and guardian.
This is a book that you will be unable to put down until you finish as you become entwined in the life of the Walker boys and their Uncle. My only criticism is the editing and it's not normally something I would bring up in a review. There were numerous errors that could have been easily spotted with a good proofread. They were jarring and kept pulling me from the story. My rating however doesn't reflect these errors but I do feel they should be mentioned.
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I would like to thank the publisher for providing me with the eARC of this title in exchange for my honest opinion.
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Wow. This is the best 1st-round NBA series in memory: Last year's champs absent one of their key players playing an up and coming team of young kids. C's refused to lose last night. In two years, Paul Pierce has gone from the star of a mediocre team to a Hall of Famer with a championship ring. The Bulls continued to show their grit and give their fans (e.g., me) reason to look forward to seasons to come. (Please, please re-sign Gordon.)
Amazingly Good Stuff
Last night's game wasn't the artistic success that Game Two was, but it was as much fun as any of 'em. Great drama, wonderful sports heroics, and MY WIFE and I got to see it all from section 319. Woo-Hoo!
A close win like this always
A close win like this always feels good. In overtime was the icing on the cake.
Even more so because they not only had to beat the Bulls who have stepped it up for the playoffs, but the refs with an agenda, too.
Really getting sick of it. It's not tolerated in any other sport, so how about the NBA finally start fining every missed call and every wrong call by a amount that would be a deterrent?
Then again they wouldn't be able to foul out The Celts clutch, game winning three shooter and force a 7 game series...


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Earth's oxygen appeared 700 million years earlier than believed, researchers say• sciencerecorder.com
According to an article that appeared September 25 in the journal Nature, the appearance of oxygen in the atmosphere occurred as much as 700 million years earlier than scientists had previously believed. The discovery is now raising questions about the evolution of early life on our planet.
"It is widely assumed that atmospheric oxygen concentrations remained persistently low (less than 10−5 times present levels) for about the first 2 billion years of Earth's history. The first long-term oxygenation of the atmosphere is thought to have taken place around 2.3 billion years ago, during the Great Oxidation Event. Geochemical indications of transient atmospheric oxygenation, however, date back to 2.6–2.7 billion years ago," wrote the researchers in the study's abstract.


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Nancy is most successful female pop singer in Bangladesh. She started her music career with the legendary Music directer Habib Wahid with the song 'Hridoyer Kotha'. Then she sang 'Prithibir Joto Shukh', 'Hawai Hawai Dolna Dole', 'Godhuli Llogon', 'Didha' which were accepted by the people tremendously. Her first solo album 'Bhalobasha Odhora' was released in 2010. In this album she worked with Habib, S.I Tutul and other music directors.
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Remember how I said on Friday that I needed to have a productive weekend? I did! I finished grading a round of papers, worked on my exam lists, came up with a topic for one of my final papers (I was really cutting it close…), finished my red pants, and started my birthday dress! More on those last two later this week.
Hopefully I've got my groove back, because on Wednesday I'm hopping a Megabus over to Sweetie's for Easter Break (one of the perks of being on a Catholic campus. They won't pay for birth control, but at least we get a long weekend for Easter). I'm going to spend most of the weekend drafting these papers, but I also plan to have some quality time snuggling my kitties and lounging around with Sweetie. Lounging, of course, means knitting.
I'm going to bring along the red scarf I'm knitting for a friend, but I'm honestly not sure how much longer that project is going to take, and I want to bring a UFO as well. I pulled out Vilai, one of my many unfinished socks. I'm looking forward to the day when I have only one pair of socks in progress.
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Reason for abandonment: the Sock Innovation class that resulted in a lot of single socks
Assessment: I haven't even started the second sock, and I remember this pattern being pretty involved, so this one may take me a little while.


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Africa weekly emergency situation update Vol. 2, No. 15
General Context
Even though the water levels in Southern Africa is subsiding, humanitarian partners still fear more floods in Angola and Namibia because rains are continuing. Other major concerns are ongoing outbreaks of diseases notably cholera and meningitis.
Countries Situations
Acute Crises
Angola: More than 200,000 people are directly affected by the flood of which 52,646 are reported displaced in Cunene. 24 deaths are now reported. With rains and flooding expected to continue into the middle of May, concerns have been expressed about the risk of water-borne diseases. The number of cholera cases reported as of 04th April is 487 and 2 deaths (CFR 0.4%).
CAR: At least 20 people died and dozens were hurt on 12th April as farmers and traders clashed over stolen cattle with guns, knives and arrows. Bandits, rebel groups and government forces are all active in the region. Around 45,000 farmers have fled to neighbouring countries.
Chad: The security situation is still unpredictable. As of 1st April, 16,420 refugees from Central African Republic have been registered. Health needs have been provided. Meningitis outbreak has been declared by the MoH. At date, a total of 871 cases (since January 1) and 102 deaths have been reported (CFR:11.7%).
DRC: LRA rebels are still committing violent acts on civilians in the North East province. Several women and children were abducted last week and 4 people were killed in Aba. Population displacement reported in South Kivu due to the activities of FDLR rebels. OCHA DRC also raised concerns about increasing attacks on humanitarian workers in the North Kivu in 2009. Cholera: in Katanga, 51 new cases without death reported in week 14. In South Kivu, 74 new cases with 1 death reported in week 14.
Ethiopia: Overall political and social situation remains stable. In Borena Zone, schools were reported to be closed due to clashes between the Borena and the Geris clans. The food insecurity continues in Tigray, Amhara, Oromiya regions and most of Somali including Afar regions where vulnerable households are depending on food relief. Flooding in Shashemene woreda caused significant damage to residents. In week 14, 42 cases and 1 death of acute watery diarrhoea have been reported from Somali and Oromia Regions . Official records since week10 show a total of 270 cases and 1 death (CFR 0.3 %.).
Kenya: The social and political situation remained calm during the week. Cholera outbreak: Six of the eight provinces have reported cases. The worst affected districts are in Nyanza province. As at 8th April 2009, the total number of reported cholera cases has risen to 2,149 with 43 deaths (CFR = of 1.8%). WHO and Ministry of health Technical team are on the ground supporting the District teams and other.
Madagascar: The political situation remained uncertain. The tropical storm Jade that hit the country last week claimed 9 deaths, and 6 wounded. 36,319 were affected of which 4,090 remain homeless. 2,063 houses and 66 schools have been destroyed. Floods were reported in the affected areas.
Namibia: The last figure released by OCHA reports that 220,000 people have been affected by the flood in the country. More than 78,293 people had lost both the crops in their fields and those they had harvested. With rains and flooding expected to continue into the middle of May, the report expressed concern about the risk of water-borne diseases.
Niger: Meningitis remains the major concern. In week 14, a total of 1,139 cases with 50 deaths were reported. The cumulative number of cases is now 8,292 cases with 327 deaths (CFR of 3.9%) since January 2009. 20 districts are now affected with 15 in epidemic and 5 in alert.
Zambia: The Government is yet to declare a state of emergency following the floods which have wreaked havoc in the west and north-west of the country, affecting 700,000 people. With no sign of a let-up in the rainy weather, there are growing fears the flooding could worsen in the coming weeks.
Zimbabwe: Cholera cases are still being reported but a slight decline in the number has been noted. 81 Cases and 2 deaths reported on 10th of April compared to 137 cases and 0 deaths the day before. A total of 95,738 cases and 4,154 deaths (CFR: 4.3) have been reported as of 10th April 2009.
Countries Under Surveillance
Burkina Faso: Meningitis, from week 1 to 13, a total of 2,760 suspected cases with 373 deaths were reported (CFR:13.51%). Two districts (Kongoussi, Ziniare) have passed the alert threshold and one district ( Titao) the epidemic threshold. Funds have been received from CERF for the response.
Burundi: Rain-induced floods have displaced over 8,000 people in a commune north of Bujumbura and damaged at least 1,200 houses and crops.
Congo: We are monitoring the situation ahead of the July presidential election.
Guinea: The socio-political situation continues to improve. Four new suspected meningitis cases in the country reported bringing the total to 86 with 8 deaths and CFR of 9.3%.
Mozambique: The ongoing cholera outbreak has affected all the provinces. In week 13, a total of 756 new cases were reported. A cumulative 15,036 cases with 132 deaths (CFR: 0.9%) have been reported.
Uganda: No new update. The cumulative number of cases of hepatitis E registered is 9,772 with 151 deaths (CFR 1.5%).
Southern African Floods: Botswana, Malawi are under surveillance for the flood situation and its aftermath.
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MAP: Africa: Weekly Emergency Situation Update (as of 13 Apr 2009)


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Prevalence of neck pain in subjects with metabolic syndrome—a cross-sectional population-based study
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This study found that neck pain is prevalent in people with metabolic syndrome (obese, difficulty managing blood sugar, chronic systemic inflammation). The relationship is not necessarily causal, but it might be, and this evidence suggests a need for more research to find out.
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BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is increasingly common. Obesity has been suggested to associate with neck pain but prevalence of neck pain in subjects with MetS has not been studied. Aim of this study was to analyse the association between MetS and neck pain.
METHODS: The study population consisted of 1294 middle-aged subjects in Pieksämäki, Finland. A total of 399 males and 500 females participated (69%). The mean age of both males and females was 46 years. Clinical and biochemical measurements were taken. The participants filled out a standard questionnaire. Psychological distress was assessed with the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Neck pain was defined as neck pain perceived daily. MetS was defined using National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) criteria. Statistical comparisons between the groups were performed using a bootstrap-type t-test or Chi-Square test. Risk ratios of having neck pain were calculated using generalised linear models with age, smoking, alcohol use, exercise and GHQ-12 score as covariates.
RESULTS: The prevalence of MetS was 33% in males and 29% in females. Neck pain was present in 11% (N = 42) of males and 19% (N = 93) of females (P < 0.001). The prevalence of neck pain was 7.9% (95% CI, 4.9% to 12%) among male subjects without MetS and 16% (95% CI, 10% to 23%) among those with MetS. The respective proportions among females were 16% (95% CI, 12% to 20%) and 25% (95% CI, 18% to 33%). The multivariate analysis showed an increased risk of neck pain in males with MetS (RR 2.1, 95% CI, 1.2 to 3.7, P = 0.010) and in females with MetS (RR 1.5, 95% CI, 1.0 to 2.1, P = 0.040).
CONCLUSIONS: MetS was associated with neck pain. This association was stronger in males, but the prevalence of neck pain was higher in females. Prospective studies should explore the potential causal association between neck pain and MetS and the potential common background factors of neck pain and MetS.
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- PS Morning Back Pain — A thorough review of possible causes for this frustrating symptom
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Greetings, Demilich!
I don't really have any real questions or anything, I just want to thank you for making amazing music.
All the best to you guys!
Re: your vocals - based on what you demonstrated in Helsinki, I'd describe the technique as you pulling your trachea (windpipe) open in a way that makes it rattle with a specific resonance when you exhale, then you shape the words with your mouth. It's not vocal chords half as much as it is throat and diaphragm. I think we need to get you into a CT machine so we can see what's going on. Either way, I'm convinced this is just your freaky biology and it cannot be taught. ;)
You might be right, and I'm ready for examination if BBC makes a 60 minute document of it.
I'm sure it didn't inspire Demilich since you were apparently living in a cave while writing for the band, but have you ever read William S. Burroughs' "Naked Lunch"? The dark humor seems way too far up your alley.
I also remember some years back on a message board you mentioned that you had been listening to African percussion, or at least had become interested in it. Did you end up with any favorites, or anything worth recommending to Demilich fans.
p.s. if you could also post tabs of your vocals...:)
I've seen the film, but haven't read the book. It's now added in my ever-growing ToDo list.
I haven't listened to African percussion, and I don't remember saying things like that. I might have referred to the odd rhythm patterns in African way of music, but I haven't really enjoyed listening to that kind of music.
PPS: I posted a note on Facebook called "Ironic brutal death metal"; I think you might enjoy it.
Me again with yet more questions! I'm quite the inquisitive soul, it seems.
About the title of "The Planet that Once Used to...", how is a planet suffocated TO flesh? I've never seen that verb and that preposition used in conjuction with each other -- do enlighten me.
Also, wherever did you get your knack for writing the riffs in Nespithe? They're ALMOST random-sounding, but they're all coherent at the same time. Oxymoronic/paradoxical, almost. (I can never tell between the two.)
PS: I can do a very slightly convincing vocal cover of "The Echo (Replacement)". Just throwing that out there.
"How is a planet suffocated TO flesh?"
Just exactly like there is The Uncontrollable Regret of the Rotting Flesh.
"Also, wherever did you get your knack for writing the riffs in Nespithe?"
I have never learned to play the guitar the right way, so that's my natural style. I only took the barre, and came up with everything else.
I'd be interested in hearing your vocal cover.
Is it ok for me to use "When the Sun Drank the Weight of Water" in a school project?
Be my guest.
Hey Antti,
What do you think of Blind Guardian? It's been asked before but what bands/artists do you listen to these days?
And what's it like making the transition from death metal guy to software/IT specialist? Have you seen the movie Musta j
I really haven't listened to Blind Guardian, so I have no idea.
I'd rather be a full-time death metal guy. Still, the reality is that I'm a programmer, and get a fairly good money out of it. And that sometimes helps me forget how fucking dull and frustrating life is these days.
I haven't seen Musta J
Well antti just do one or two tabs a month and if people wanna "learn by ear" they don't have to look at them. ALL HAIL DEMILICH
Well, the real reason for not having done the tabs is that I just haven't found time or interest to make them. I most probably will, eventually, and publish them then.
Hey Antti, what is your opinion on Demilich tabs? Do you care if people find them by ear or do you like Demilich songs to stay a secret?
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It's okay if people try to find the things by ear, but usually the tabs are just so wrong. I cannot complain, though, unless I release the right ones myself.
You raised a point I've been thinking for a long time. Should I tab the songs at all? Sometimes learning from tabs ruins the feeling. I haven't decided about it, yet.
There will be shirts, eventually. There will be lots of shirts.
Had you ever listened to King Crimson before recording Nespithe? I feel some similarity to mood and build of their compositions.
No, I actually hadn't. I found myself in their compositions afterwards, too, but I think I managed to trace it: I had always loved Voivod, and the guys of Voivod had always loved King Crimson.


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These included the fearsome Soviet sappers, complete with flamethrowers and body armour. He had two short squads of them, plus a squad of my fave Razvedki, a sniper team, a 120mm mortar and observer as well as his officer and the free squad of conscripts.
I noticed that he had forgotten his T-34/85, I began to breathe easier.
I had my usual guys. I will continue to bring my AT grenades, and upgrade my 60mm to a medium mortar, but I will not forget to upgrade the Water Buffalo to HMG's. I am ordering a few BAR's to stiffen my squads up and I should probably get a bazooka...ahem. Shopping list post coming up soon.
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I plonked down a rifle squad on my right in a ruin. The MMG team went to the extreme left in a wood and my Scout Sniper team went right next to the objective. My Officer and Corpsmen units approached quickly thereafter.
|The oft mentioned 'free' squad of conscripts. That's 12d of shooting folks!
|My favorite Soviets, the Razvedki. This photo doesn't do them justice.
|Marine Scout Sniper team lurking and trading shots with their opponents.
|First squad holding my right flank. This would be the main point of effort.
|These guys attracted a lot of attention from my MMG and sniper and would pay for it.
|If my mortars would only range in.
|The Razvedki are my new sneaky neighbors
|Last three standing in first squad after getting torched!
|The 'old man' arrives to do his part supporting his brothers.
|The flamethrower team gets their first kills of many for the night.
After this I got some dice one after another. The LVT moved up and MG'd the Soviet officer and his adjutant to pieces.
Then second squad moved into the smoking ruin that the razvedki had just fled.
Next turn this allowed them to assault the second sapper squad which had been whittled down by the flamethrower again! (Rolled to not run out of fuel twice.)
After that there was just the mopping up really. Including, yes, flaming the conscripts and machinegunning the mortar.
Fun game Jamie! I should remember to borrow your dice more often, as I will settle for ones that don't act in strict defiance of math.
Sadly I need to man my LVT in order to shoot it. It looks like my Corpsman will be cruising around with them in the future.