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The Chinese Economic Transformation »
Views from Young Economists
Edited by: Ligang Song, Yixiao Zhou, Luke Hurst
The Chinese Economic Transformation, the 19th volume in the China Update book series, provides an opportunity for young economists to share their views on various issues relating to the Chinese economic transformation. More than half of the contributors to this book are female scholars. Some of the contributors are rising stars in the studies of the Chinese economy and economic transition, and some only recently received their PhDs and are on their way to establishing themselves in the field of China studies. But they have one thing in common: to passionately observe, study and research what is going on in the Chinese economic transformation during the reform period; and, by so doing, make contributions to the policy debates on, and general understanding of, the Chinese economy. The chapters in this volume include an in-depth probe into challenges in capital and credit allocation due to financial friction and policy distortions; investigating the causes of growth slow-down in China and suitable policy responses; the evolution of the household registration system and its impact on off-farm employment and the integration of rural and urban labour markets; the growth, scale and characteristics of nonstandard employment; the development of rural e-commerce and its economic impact; innovation performance of listed enterprises in China; financial services liberalisation and its impact on firms' performance; financing support schemes for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the effect on banks' credit allocation to SMEs; the potential costs of US–China trade conflict and ways to mitigate them; gender income gap in China's labour market; causes of blockage of Chinese overseas direct investment and strategies to reduce the probability of encountering obstacles; and the role of state capital in the iron ore boom in Australia. The great variety of topics in this year's Update allows readers to understand the current shape of the Chinese economy and to think deeply about policies and necessary reforms for future growth and development.
East Asia Forum Quarterly: Volume 11, Number 2, 2019 »
The global debate on China is becoming more polarised. Is the Chinese economy robust or on the brink of collapse? Does the concentration of power in the hands of President Xi reflect a weaker or more confident China? Is the Belt and Road Initiative a platform for improving global infrastructure, or a strategy to make developing countries more dependent on China? And is Beijing succeeding in its overseas influence campaign, or has China's global influence diminished in the face of a backlash?In this special issue of East Asia Forum Quarterly, experts from within and outside China force us to confront the complicated, evolving, and often contradictory forces shaping Chinese society, politics, economics and global affairs. East Asia Forum Quarterly grew out of East Asia Forum (EAF) online, which has developed a reputation for providing a platform for the best in Asian analysis, research and policy comment on the Asia Pacific region in world affairs. EAFQ aims to provide a further window onto research in the leading research institutes in Asia and to provide expert comment on current developments within the region. The East Asia Forum Quarterly, like East Asia Forum online, is an initiative of the East Asia Forum (EAF) and its host organisation, the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) in the Crawford School of Economics and Government in the College of Asia & the Pacific at The Australian National University.
Dog Days »
Made in China Yearbook 2018
Edited by: Ivan Franceschini, Nicholas Loubere
According to the Chinese zodiac, 2018 was the year of the 'earthly dog'. In the middle of the long, hot, and feverish dog days of the summer of 2018, some workers at Shenzhen Jasic Technology took their chances and attempted to form an independent union. While this action was met by the harshest repression, it also led to extraordinary demonstrations of solidarity from small groups of radical students from all over the country, which in turn were immediately and severely suppressed. China's year of the dog was also imbued with the spirit of another canine, Cerberus—the three-headed hound of Hades—with the ravenous advance of the surveillance state and the increasing securitisation of Chinese society, starting from the northwestern region of Xinjiang. This Yearbook traces these latest developments in Chinese society through a collection of 50 original essays on labour, civil society, and human rights in China and beyond, penned by leading scholars and practitioners from around the world.
This issue of East Asia Forum Quarterly touches on key economic and social questions that affect gender equality in Southeast Asia and East Asia, delving beneath the aggregates and measurement challenges. Strengthening the evidence base is critical to building the policy toolkit and shaping public investments that ensure no woman or man is left behind. East Asia Forum Quarterly grew out of East Asia Forum (EAF) online, which has developed a reputation for providing a platform for the best in Asian analysis, research and policy comment on the Asia Pacific region in world affairs. EAFQ aims to provide a further window onto research in the leading research institutes in Asia and to provide expert comment on current developments within the region. The East Asia Forum Quarterly, like East Asia Forum online, is an initiative of the East Asia Forum (EAF) and its host organisation, the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) in the Crawford School of Economics and Government in the College of Asia & the Pacific at The Australian National University.
China's New Sources of Economic Growth: Vol. 2 (Chinese version) »
人力资本、创新和技术变迁
Edited by: 宋 立刚, Ross Garnaut, 蔡 昉, Lauren Johnston
本书试图对人力资本、创新和技术变迀在转型经济中的作用做深层次分析,并讨 论中国的经历在何种方式上为中国自身和其他国家提供了重要的经验教训。我们生活 在一个现代技术越来越多地影响着我们方方面面生活的全新时代。虽然中国正付出极 大努力通过增加人力资本和技术创新来完成经济结构调整和转型,但仍面临巨大的挑 战。为此,本书深入研究了人力资本、创新和技术变迀在影响中国经济增长模式和中 国经济总体发展格局中的作用,考察了宏观经济最新发展情况以及教育和创新发展的 趋势,还研究了结构变化是如何为中国获得一系列更先进增长驱动力做好准备的。 Chinese print version of this book is available from Social Science and Academic Press English version
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East Asia Forum Quarterly grew out of East Asia Forum (EAF) online, which has developed a reputation for providing a platform for the best in Asian analysis, research and policy comment on the Asia Pacific region in world affairs. EAFQ aims to provide a further window onto research in the leading research institutes in Asia and to provide expert comment on current developments within the region. The East Asia Forum Quarterly, like East Asia Forum online, is an initiative of the East Asia Forum (EAF) and its host organisation, the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) in the Crawford School of Economics and Government in the College of Asia & the Pacific at The Australian National University.
East Asia Forum Quarterly has grown out of East Asia Forum (EAF) online which over the past year has developed a reputation for providing a platform for the best in Asian analysis, research and policy comment on the Asia Pacific region in world affairs. EAFQ aims to provide a further window onto research in the leading research institutes in Asia and to provide expert comment on current developments within the region. The East Asia Forum Quarterly, like East Asia Forum online, is an initiative of the East Asia Forum (EAF) and its host organisation, the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) in the Crawford School of Economics and Government in the College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University.
China's 40 Years of Reform and Development: 1978–2018 »
Edited by: Ross Garnaut, Ligang Song, Cai Fang
The year 2018 marks 40 years of reform and development in China (1978–2018). This commemorative book assembles some of the world's most prominent scholars on the Chinese economy to reflect on what has been achieved as a result of the economic reform programs, and to draw out the key lessons that have been learned by the model of growth and development in China over the preceding four decades. This book explores what has happened in the transformation of the Chinese economy in the past 40 years for China itself, as well as for the rest of the world, and discusses the implications of what will happen next in the context of China's new reform agenda. Focusing on the long-term development strategy amid various old and new challenges that face the economy, this book sets the scene for what the world can expect in China's fifth decade of reform and development. A key feature of this book is its comprehensive coverage of the key issues involved in China's economic reform and development. Included are discussions of China's 40 years of reform and development in a global perspective; the political economy of economic transformation; the progress of marketisation and changes in market-compatible institutions; the reform program for state-owned enterprises; the financial sector and fiscal system reform, and its foreign exchange system reform; the progress and challenges in economic rebalancing; and the continuing process of China's global integration. This book further documents and analyses the development experiences including China's large scale of migration and urbanisation, the demographic structural changes, the private sector development, income distribution, land reform and regional development, agricultural development, and energy and climate change policies.
Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform: Volume 25, Number 1, 2018 »
Edited by: William Coleman
Agenda is a refereed, ECONLIT-indexed and RePEc-listed journal of the College of Business and Economics, The Australian National University. Launched in 1994, Agenda provides a forum for debate on public policy, mainly (but not exclusively) in Australia and New Zealand. It deals largely with economic issues but gives space to social and legal policy and also to the moral and philosophical foundations and implications of policy. Subscribe to the Agenda Alerting service if you wish to be advised on forthcoming or new issues.


Austria's financial markets regulator FMA, has issued a warning against the MLM cryptocurrency scheme OneCoin.
In its typical curt style, FMA informs that OneCoin Ltd., with a registered address in Sofia, Bulgaria, and website www.onecoin.eu, is not entitled to carry out banking transactions in Austria that require a license. "The provider is therefore not permitted to conduct the issuance and administration of payment instruments such as credit cards, banker's drafts and traveller's cheques on a commercial basis, with no limitation applicable to the term of crediting in the case of credit cards", FMA said.
OneCoin is a special type of cryptocurrency that could bring big profits to those who sign up for the training "seminars" of the company. The company claims it has mined 749,970,000 OneCoins and has " global customer base of millions of people in over 195 countries and six continents and is independent of governments". The scheme is ran by the Bulgarian Dr. Ruzha Ignatova and has the penchant of throwing lavish parties across the world to promote itself and attract gullible investors.


David Cameron's recent controversial reference to the health and safety monster has provoked huge debate. It's been a topic of much discussion at IOSH and IIRSM local safety groups as well as online where I've seen many fascinating responses from SHE practitioners.
This government's crusade to deregulate British industry may be necessary to get its wheels turning again, but the government should look to itself first as the cause of the current problem. Confused regulation and legislative framework is the product of mismanagement by successive governments, not the actions of the health and safety industry. It's honest SHE practitioners who are trying to help businesses make sense of it all!
Professional bodies such as IOSH and IIRSM have in fact welcomed the reports from Lord Young and Professor Lofstedt as an opportunity to overhaul this legislative mess. And in the many meetings of theirs that I've attended, there's been a level of engagement that any company would be very happy to see.
Many committee members sacrifice their free time to sit on panels and attend meetings and should be congratulated for taking on this type of reflective exercise so well. I fear that many other professions wouldn't be as open to such scrutiny and dramatic change without an uproar. And up until David Cameron's use of the term 'monster' I'd only experienced positive and proactive discussion about the way health and safety regulation could be updated and improved.
So as a specialist member of the IIRSM and a supporter of health and safety forums I say keep up these open, professional discussions and engagement. Because they ensure that the outcome remains a safe working environment for all. The knowledge and experience you bring to these discussions is key in influencing the final outcome, and it'll be lost without your engagement.
Well done and thank you to everyone who takes the time to read and comment on the various reports and articles that have been published. No matter how small your contribution, it increases knowledge and influences the discussion in the right direction.


Well | Phys Ed: Can Pickle Juice Stop Muscle Cramps?
Recently, 10 healthy male college students filed into an exercise laboratory at Brigham Young University in Utah to drink pickle juice. Many people involved in sports are convinced that the briny fluid combats muscle cramping. In a 2008 survey, a quarter of the athletic trainers interviewed said that they regularly dispense pickle juice to cramp-stricken athletes. Many also report that, in their experiences, the stuff quickly brakes the cramping. The athletic trainers have told researchers that they believe the pickle juice must be replenishing the salt and fluids the athletes had lost to sweat. But no laboratory science had verified that theory.
The Utah volunteers began with a series of 30-minute bicycling sessions, using a semi-recumbent bicycle, configured so that only the leg pedaled. The laboratory was warm, increasing the amount the exercising men sweated. Each cycled in 30-minute bouts (with five minutes of rest between) until each had lost 3 percent of his body weight through perspiration, a widely accepted definition of mild dehydration.
The young men were then fitted with a contraption on the big toe of their unexercised leg, and the tibial nerve in the men's ankles was electrically stimulated, causing a muscle in the big toe to cramp. (The procedure causes some discomfort, making it too painful to use on larger muscles, like the hamstrings or the quadriceps.) The volunteers were told to relax and let the cramps run their course. The average duration of the cramps was about two and a half minutes.
The volunteers rested and did not drink any fluids. Then their tibial nerve was zapped again. This time, though, as soon as the toe cramps began, each man downed about 2.5 ounces of either deionized water or pickle juice, strained from a jar of ordinary Vlasic dills. The reaction, for some, was rapid. Within about 85 seconds, the men drinking pickle juice stopped cramping. But the cramps continued unabated in the men drinking water. Pickle juice had "relieved a cramp 45 percent faster" than drinking no fluids and about 37 percent faster than water, concluded the authors of the study, which was published last month on the Web site of the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Exercise-induced muscle cramps are one of the continuing mysteries of physiology. Extremely pervasive, they afflict most active people at some point. But scientists remain deeply divided about what causes the cramping. For years, most people, inside and outside academia, believed that cramping was caused by sweating-induced dehydration and the accompanying loss of sodium and potassium. Sufferers were advised to load up on potassium-rich bananas or chug large amounts of salty sports drinks.
But a number of laboratory and field studies in recent years have undermined the dehydration theory. The most recent, completed by the same group of scientists who studied pickle juice, employed a similar study design. A group of college students had cramps induced in their toes. They then pedaled with one leg until dehydration set in. Their toes were made to cramp again, Presumably if dehydration were the underlying cause of the cramping, the scientists should have been able to induce a cramp with less electrical stimulation when the men were dehydrated; their muscles should have been primed to cramp. But the experiment didn't work out that way. As detailed last month in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, the scientists had to use the same amount of stimulation to induce a cramp after dehydration as they had before. Their conclusion? "Exercise-induced cramps occurring to athletes" who are mildly dehydrated "were likely not caused by dehydration," says Kevin C. Miller, Ph.D., ATC, the lead author of both studies and now an assistant professor in the Athletic Training Education Program at North Dakota State University in Fargo.
What, then, does probably cause athletes to cramp? The pickle-juice experiment provides some intriguing clues. "The pickle juice did not have time" to leave the men's stomachs during the experiment, Dr. Miller points out. So the liquid itself could not have been replenishing lost fluids and salt in the affected muscles. Instead some other mechanism must have initiated the cramps and been stymied by the pickle juice.
Dr. Miller suspects that that mechanism is exhaustion, either directly or through biochemical processes that accompany fatigue. Certain mechanisms within muscles have been found, in animal and limited human studies, he says, to start misfiring when a muscle is extremely tired. Small nerves that should keep the muscle from overcontracting malfunction, and the muscle bunches when it should relax. Pickle juice may work, Dr. Miller says, by countermanding the malfunction. Something in the acidic juice, perhaps even a specific molecule of some kind, may be lighting up specialized nervous-system receptors in the throat or stomach, he says, which, in turn, send out nerve signals that somehow disrupt the reflex melee in the muscles. Dr. Miller suspects that ultimately, it's the vinegar in the pickle juice that activates the receptors. In a recent case report by other researchers, a single athlete's cramping was relieved more quickly when he drank pure vinegar (without much pleasure, I'm sure) than when he drank pickle juice.
I am not an athlete, but I have had a history of violent muscle cramps. The miracle remedy that I found is "Leg Cramps" by Hylands. It has quinine in it. I buy it over the counter at Wal-Mart. It's freely available, inexpensive, and works instantly.
Simple is sometimes the best.
Because I have osteoporosis (yes, men get it too), I take Actonel, but found it caused painful muscle cramps, mostly in my calves, while I slept. My endocrinologist suggested adding a magnesium supplement to my diet (not too much or one becomes prisoner to its laxative effect!).
Result: no more being jolted awake by knotted muscles.
Now, I'm also fond of pickles – the real sour garlic ones – not those wimpy dills – but 100 mg of magnesium every other day has more appeal than keeping a jar of pickle juice on my nightstand.
Could adding magnesium help athletes prevent the cramps?
I'm always looking for a magic bullet to relieve the insidious nightmare called RLS (restless legs syndrome), which sometimes make me think about sawing off my limbs . I'll try anything, and pickle juice just got my attention.
The researchers are missing an even simpler mechanism: protons (hydrogen ions, which are what characterize acid fluids) migrate from the digestive tract into the blood stream, and, after causing a slight decrease in pH, increase the ionized (active) concentration of many other chemical species, notably calcium and magnesium. Magnesium is recommended for diabetics with leg cramping, so it would not be surprising to find that a short term Mg deficit was responsible for cramping in athletes, and that such a deficit was corrected by decreasing the blood pH (making the blood more acid).
Ironically, acid in the digestive system increases its permeability, further increasing the migration of H+ (and other ions, notably K+), something that many acid reflux sufferers have experienced. This increased permeability transporting iron ions is also believed to be responsible for some intractable cases of depression, similar to that caused by many blood pressure medications.
Mustard works too, even if it's not as palatable as pickle juice! Regular yellow mustard — a teaspoonful, and for muscle cramps other than the exercise-induced kind… Tonic water can also help, as well as magnesium. But most people have mustard in their fridges and might not have the other stuff.
Intriguing. My foot cramps are theorized to be caused by Reynaud's vasoconstriction–I wonder if the cramping mechanism affected by the pickle juice is the same, despite likely different triggers.
I might buy some dill pickles and test this on my cramps. If the acidity is the functional player, I could try diluted vinegar, but I will probably eliminate that variable in an initial test. If I could get rapid relief from the cramps without having to soak my feet in warm water or without taking nifedipine as a prophylactic in the winter, I'll be thrilled.
Pickle juice is a home remedy advocated on some GERD treatment websites. In my experience, it does seem to alleviate GERD symptoms. Perhaps there is something in pickle juice which affects how muscles respond to certain stimuli.
I'm an athlete who suffers from severe, intermittent muscle cramping as an after-effect of having had West Nile virus in 2003. My muscles tend to contract and want to stay contracted.
Is there any magnesium in pickle juice? I've discovered that if I take magnesium every day, my muscles don't cramp. Apparently mag helps to fire the nerves involved in the muscle relaxation phase.
My big dressage horse became much more supple and relaxed in his work after he was also discovered to be magnesium deficient and started on a mag supplement. I assume that he was cramping, too.
Hope this is news someone can use. I'll have to pick up a jar of dills for emergencies.
Am I the only one who sometimes gets middle-of-the-night calf cramps after drinking too much (which presumably causes dehydration much more so than fatigue)? I'd like to see them look more broadly at cramps that occur where there is no obvious source of muscle fatigue.
If vinegar is proven to be the active ingredient in pickle juice that rapidly relieves muscle cramps, this discovery may unlock a biblical mystery. In the best eyewitness account of the crucifiction of Jesus Christ, John 19:28-30 describes Jesus receiving a drink of wine vinegar prior to death.
No prior discussion has made it clear why wine vinegar was placed at the disposal of crucified victims. Crucifiction was designed to cause prolonged, maximal torture. The suspended, spread-eagle body position with flexed knees required active muscular contraction to produce each exhalation. In the setting of dehydration and muscular effort, muscle cramps would have been very common and painful. Providing wine vinegar may have introduced a classic Catch-22. relieving the immediate pain and disability produced by cramping muscles while allowing prolongation of the overall torture.
If other historical records can be found to document the use of wine vinegar during crucifiction, it may be useful to concentrate studies on vinegar derived from wine as opposed to other sources. I look forward to feedback from other readers and possible follow up stories.
Fantastic. My crew coach used to tell us to use pickle juice for muscle cramps. The old goat was right after all!
He also advocated blackberry brandy for diarrhea. That might be easier to study on college students.
For about the past 20 years I've been suffering from cramps in the muscles that go from my right knee to my right hip. About once a year these cramps are very strong and last for some time, Practically every other day they last a few seconds, but recurr aabout every ten minutes and do not let me sleep. Massaging helps but does not stop them completely. Could you give me the name of books where I could read up on this?
Yeah but this isn't news.
As a very athletic kid growing up playing Pop Warner and high school sports I often suffered 'charlie horse' cramps. Sometimes in the middle of the night while asleep. My mother while vigoriously massaging my leg or thigh muscle gave me a jigger of vinegar (preferably, apple cider variety) and within minutes the cramps subsided.
I'm now 55 yrs. old and I thought everybody knew this.
Interesting. When I get a muscle cramp (usually gastrocnemius), if I punch it with my fist for 20-30 seconds, the cramp goes away.
also for joint pains (big toe, esp.) check out the effect of a tablespoon of unfiltered apple cider vinegar–or eating an apple or two, skin on.
(My theory as to why the "unfiltered" vinegar works (it contains "the mother" or maybe "must" or just most of the skin, reduced to particulate size) because it does contain (what's left of) the skin.
check around on the web for more info, but for me it worked w/in 5 hours of a very, very painful big-toe joint.
that would explain why yellow mustard has the same effect.
I think this could also be a placebo effect of some kind. The athletes can tell the difference between pickle juice and water, or between vinegar and pickle juice.
I was always told to drink quinine water (or better yet) a gin and tonic to ward off cramps. It seemed to work, even when it was all tonic and no gin….
My father used pickle juice to strengthen his hands.. When we got a cramp we used Quinine water and that weorked!
After a comminuted distal tibial/fibular fracture, I was plagued with severe calf cramps in the injured leg at night. The cast meant I couldn't stretch to relieve them, I just had to suffer. Until my doctor recommended drinking 6-8 ounces of tonic water that contained quinine nightly before bedtime.
"not as palatable as bananas…" I love pickles and pickle juice and now I finally have a reason to indulge my desire. Please write a followup about how maraschino cherry juice prevents alzheimer's!
As a rugby player, for years I've stopped night-time cramping after games by drinking dilute apple cider. The academic world is just discovering this?
Yikes, now I have to take a jar of Vlasics with me when i pedal.


Lying in bed one evening, hypochondriac Walter Bedeker (David Wayne) is visited by Cadwallader (Thomas Gomez)—a personification of the Devil who offers to grant Bedeker, now willing to sell his soul in exchange for eternal life, the immortality that he desires. Before agreeing to Cadwallader's proposition, Bedeker is presented with an escape clause that, if invoked, will allow him to end his life in a swift, uncomplicated fashion. Initially dismissive of the escape clause, Bedeker decides to exploit his invincibility by seeking a variety of dangerous and destructive thrills, resulting in terrible consequences for both himself and his wife Ethel (Virginia Christine).
Employing an overused fiction trope (i.e. a despicable coward selling his soul to the Devil in human form), "Escape Clause" may elicit groaning from the majority of viewers. This episode should, however, be commended for its profound (if clumsily executed) commentary on the human condition.
The animated mannerisms of Thomas Gomez (known for playing con-man Peter Sykes in the season-two episode entitled "Dust") provide his interpretation of the Devil, normally depicted as an ominous and malevolent figure, with a comical demeanor while interacting with Bedeker—an aspect that may allow young children to appreciate this episode, which, in spite of its morbid implications, contains a worthwhile message on coming to terms with mortality.
Also terrific is David Wayne's portrayal of Bedeker, the odious behavior of whom is made humorous by the lackadaisical, if not thoroughly indifferent, manner that he exhibits while committing his crimes (e.g. diving before an oncoming train and collecting insurance money thereafter).
After receiving a life sentence for the murder of his wife, Bedeker takes advantage of the escape clause in his contract, thereby avoiding an eternity in prison—a predictable, underwhelming outcome to an otherwise clever and thought-provoking episode.
When freed from pain, illness, and fear of death, Bedeker no longer possesses the willpower to continue existing—a statement on the paradoxical nature of man.
I loved that you used the word "odious"; its one of my favorites and it is an accurate observation. Walter is odious, but you are right, I don't hate him all that much.
I did not care for Walter very much in this episode, and I liked the other Walter/ eternal life episode "long live Walter Jamison" much better.
The Walter in this episode was never a very likable character, even more so towards the end. He was afraid of death, I get that part, that was the point of this episode, but he was just too whiny and irritable the first part of the episode. He could've toned down his excitable attitude and repetitiveness a notch and still made his fear of illness and death and his questions about death convincing and heartfelt.
When he did achieve eternal life and started his quest for thrills by jumping in front of trains and buses, he could've been slightly less arrogant and still made his adventures interesting.
Turning Walter into a heartless killer the last part of the episode was the biggest mistake of this episode. The story set Walter up as a man afraid of death who gets his wish at eternal life. Him becoming a man who kills his wife by pushing her off his 14 story apartment building and then feeling absolutely no remorse did not sit well with me. Him just caring about not getting enough thrills and wanting to try out the electric chair inspite of having murdering his wife was not nessesary to make this story good and interesting.
I did enjoy the devil Calladawell character though. He carried a good humorous attitude with a deceitful undercurrent with a bargain. I liked his choice of semantics too, like when trying to find the right words when describing the escape clause, saying "You'll get your, uh demise, and I'll see to it that you get a quick and uncomplicated..departure". I liked his big stamp of smoke too when he stamped the signed contract.
After thinking about it some more, I do sort of have an understanding on the whole bit of Walter killing his wife and feeling no remorse. When Calladawell granted Walter eternal life, he had to give him his soul. His no longer possessing a soul explains his lack of remorse over pushing his wife off the building, and it even explains his extremely arrogant unfeeling altogether such as with the claims adjusters over his train and bus "accidents".
I didn't think of that point before.
He still acted too annoying in this episode, definitely near the beginning when he was still scared of illnesses and death. And even so, it's daunting to watch a man kill his wife and not even care. Even in TZ episode " What's in the box", the William Demesrest character was pretty disturbed but he still showed a real upset regret there when he knocked his wife (Joan Blondell) out the window and killed her.
Yeah, I could see how Walter's lack of a soul might affect his behavior, but Rod Serling should have done a better job of explaining that fact in the actual episode. As you indicated, Walter's "thrill-seeking" seemed out of place in a story about one man's extreme fear of illness and death.
You also make a good point about the William Demarest character from "What's in the Box" – at least he showed remorse for (accidentally?) pushing his wife out the window, making the whole scenario more tactful overall.


For millions of American kids and teens, overnight camp is a treasured rite of passage that forms many of our earliest and fondest memories. Unfortunately, summer camps and sleep away camps also are common breeding grounds for bed bugs.
While bed bugs at camp can be a real summer bummer for campers, the pests are a much larger and costlier pest for camp owners and operators. If the cabins and other buildings at your overnight camp or year-round camp are infested with bed bugs, you have a major issue on your hands. Affected campers and their parents are likely to take to social media, Yelp and other websites to complain about the pests at your camp. From there, it's only a matter of time before you start losing business as a result of the bad publicity about bed bugs at your summer camp.
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BMG Intepco company listed as one of the most promising clean tech startups.
The Russian company BMG Intepco made the top 100 projects of MassChallenge UK 2016 with technology used to purify industrial wastewater at production facilities.
BMG Intepco was listed as one of the four most promising international startups in the Energy/Clean Tech category of the MassChallenge UK 2016, a global startup accelerator program that opens in September. When it concludes in late November all participants will have a chance to present their projects to potential international investors, partners and customers. A group of international experts considered more than 1,000 applications from 69 countries, and in the end only 100 finalists were chosen.
BMG Intepco offers an environmentally benign and efficient solution for the removal of oil, petroleum products and mixed pollutants from water and soil.
The company's technology is based on natural microgels varying from 50 to 1,000 nanometers in size that capture pollutants and force them to settle. BMG Intepco is an alumnus of the Russian startup accelerator GenerationS.


1982. The Tales of Laupu: Stories from Kaliai, West New Britain. Told by Jakob Mua Laupu, Benedik Solou Laupu, and Maria Sapanga. Translated, transcribed, and with an Introduction by Dorothy Ayers Counts. Boroko: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies.
Blythe, Jennifer M. 1992. Climbing a mountain without a ladder: cosmology and oral traditions. Time and Society Vol. 1(1): 13-27.
Blythe, Jennifer.1995. Vanishing and Returning Heroes: Ambiguity and Persistent hope in an Unea Island Legend. Anthropologica Vol. XXXVII (2): 207-228.
Counts, Dorothy A. and David R. Counts 2002 Talking to ourselves or Getting the Word Back. Pp. 17-27 in Handle with Care: Ownership and Control of Ethnographic Materials by Sjoerd R. Jaarsma. Pittsburgh, Pa. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN # 0-8229-5777-9.
Counts, Dorothy Ayers.1980. Fighting Back is Not the Way: Suicide and The Women of Kaliai. American Ethnologist 7(2):332-351.
Counts, Dorothy Ayers and David R. Counts.1973 Father's water equals mother's milk: the conception of parentage in Kaliai, West New Britain. In Concepts of Conception: Procreation Ideologies in Papua New Guinea. Dan Jorgenson, ed. Special Issue of Mankind 14:46-56.
Counts, Dorothy E.1983. Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences in a Melanesian Society. Anabiosis 3:115-135.
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1990. Counts, David. Too Many Bananas, Not Enough Pineapples, and No Watermelon at all. Three 0bject Lessons in Living with Reciprocity. In The Humbled Anthropologist: Tales from the Pacific, Philip DeVita, ed., pp. 18-24. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Counts, Dorothy Ayers.1991. Suicide in Different Ages From a Cross-cultural Perspective. In Life Perspectives of Suicide: Time-Lines in the Suicide Process, Antoon Leenaars, ed., pp. 215-230. New York: Plenum Press.
Counts, Dorothy E. and David R. Counts.1991. 'People Who Act like Dogs:' Adultery and Deviance in a Melanesian Community. In Deviance in Cross-cultural Perspective, special issue of Anthropologica 33 (1-2):99-110, Richard A. Brymer and David Counts, eds.
1991. Counts, Dorothy Ayers.1992. Aging, Health, and Women in West New Britain. J. of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 6:277-285.
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Counts, Dorothy Ayers.1994. Snakes, adulterers, and the loss of paradise in Kaliai. In Children of Kilibob, special issue of Pacific Studies, Alice Pomponio, David R. Counts and Thomas G. Harding guest editors. Pacific Studies 17: 109-151.
Counts, David R. and Dorothy Ayers Counts. 1998. Fictive Families in the Field. In Fieldwork and Families: Constructing New Models for Ethnographic Research, pp 142-153. Juliana Flinn, Leslie Marshall and Jocelyn Armstrong eds. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
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In the summer of 2000 Filippo Gamba won the First Prize at the Concours Géza Anda in Zurich. The Jury, chaired by Vladimir Ashkenazy, awarded him also the Mozart Prize for the best performance of the Mozart's piano concerto. Filippo Gamba had already been a prizewinner at numerous piano competitions, including the Van Cliburn, the Leeds, the Gina Bachauer and the International Beethoven Competition and in 1995 he won the Bremen Piano Competition.He has given recitals at many notable festivals: the Ruhr Piano Festival, the Dortmund "Next Generation", the Stresa Festival, the Lucerne Festival, the "Oxford Philomusica" Festival, the "Meister des Klaviers" Festival in Krakow, the Beethovenfest in Bonn and the St. Petersburg Musical Olympus Festival.
He has been invited to play in several well-known concert halls of Europe, in Paris (Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Théâtre du Châtelet), Berlin (Konzerthaus), Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Munich (Herkulessaal), Vienna (Konzerthaus) and Hannover (NDR-Saal).
Among the conductors he has worked with are Simon Rattle, James Conlon, Vladimir Ashkenazy.
In Italy Filippo Gamba has collaborated with important concert societies in Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Perugia, Palermo, Turin and he has made concerto appearances with the RAI Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Teatro La Fenice, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Orchestra Teatro Verdi of Trieste.
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Four complete cable machine circuits.
Extensive free weight section complete with six Hammer Strength Power Racks, rubberized dumbbells and plates, and over 15 free weight benches.
Full TRX suspension is available for individual use or group classes.
Specific to the Waterloo campus, the fitness centre includes a unique space on the second floor that is closed off during certain hours of the day to become a women-only program area. This space includes everything required for a full-encompassing workout such as cardio equipment, circuit machines, incline and decline benches, free-weights, accessories and floor space for stretching and training.
A valid Laurier OneCard serves as an Athletics and Recreation membership for all full and part-time students. With a OneCard, students can sign out a lock for the day and use lockers each time they visit the facilities.
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The Group Exercise pass gives you more variety of classes and more convenient class times. Available for $90 plus HST for the term, the pass includes classes such as Bootcamp, Cyclefit, Muscle Pump, Yoga, Pilates and more. If you are not planning on attending Group Exercise classes on a regular basis, a drop-in fee of $7 per class is available.
Stay in shape while completing your studies at Laurier! The Athletic Complex (AC) is home to many of our sports and recreation facilities.
The facility provides a full towel service, equipment rentals and change room facilities. Explore what the facility has to offer!
Alumni field offers a full-sized, FIFA-certified, artificial surface for both intramurals and club teams. During the fall and winter terms, access is available only to students.
For guidelines and rental and booking information, visit the Laurier Athletics and Recreation website.
The Athletic Complex has 4 dance and aerobic studios. Built with quality hardwood and rubber flooring, surrounding mirrors, complete music systems and ballet bars (in select studios), the studios are used for over 50 instructional fitness and dance classes each week. Many different styles and levels are offered to suit a multitude of participants. It is a great way to try something new or enhance your abilities while receiving a great weekly workout.
Each class creates a dance routine that will be performed by the end of each semester in the Dance Showcase. All of the classes offered occur weekly for 10 weeks and are one hour and 15 minutes in length.
These studios are free of charge for patrons with memberships but must be booked in advance to guarantee space. Studio 3 is used strictly as a drop-in studio and is available to book for 30-minute increments at any time.
The studios can be booked at the Hawk Desk or online by signing in under User Services.
The pool is Olympic length (50m) and features six swimming lanes; however, it is two lanes short of meeting National and Olympic standards. A gallery is located on the second floor of the Athletic Complex to view the pool activity below.
Laurier's pool is home to the Golden Hawk swimming team, the Region of Waterloo (ROW) Swim Club, the Laurier competitive lifeguarding team, prospective National Team members and many previous Olympic swimmers.
The pool also provides over 30 hours of recreation programming every week, including lane swimming and intramurals.
The aquatics program includes swimming and lifesaving instruction. Private and group lessons are offered to members who are interested in learning basic swimming skills or improve their stroke, speed and endurance.
Lifesaving instruction courses include the Lifesaving Society bronze awards, first aid courses and National Lifesaving certification.
Fit in lane swimming between classes, work on your strokes or get a great workout in. The pool has designated times for lane swimming to fit your schedule.
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The AC houses a fun and challenging rock climbing wall featuring over 50 fibreglass panels mounted on steel framework, providing 15 routes that reach 25 feet in height.
The wall is designed to provide a personal level of challenge with movable hand and foot grips that can be changed depending on the user's preference. Simulating natural contours and foot holds, it is specifically designed for teaching basic climbing and mountaineering skills. It is a great place for new climbers to start improving their upper-body strength or for experienced climbers to fit regular workouts into their week.
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Instructors are required for all climbing sessions and must be provided by Laurier Athletics and Recreation.
Group bookings are typically between $60 to $80 for the group, depending on the number of participants or booking time.
Two international squash courts are located in the Athletic Complex. The courts are offered at no charge as part of the AC membership.
Raquets and balls can be rented from the Hawk Desk for a nominal fee.
To book a court, please use the Athletics and Recreation e-Commerce and User Services System. An account is required to book and you can book a court up to three days in advance. Alternatively, you can book a court at the Hawk Desk.
After much anticipation, the brand-new Laurier Brantford YMCA opened Sept. 14. Students can access a range of amenities to stay fit and keep active at this new building – a long-awaited and welcomed addition to the Brantford campus.
The facility is located across from Harmony Square, with entrances on both Colborne Street and Water Street. The new centre was made possible thanks to a unique a partnership between Wilfrid Laurier University and the YMCA of Hamilton | Burlington | Brantford, with funding from the City of Brantford, provincial and federal governments, Laurier Students' Union and private donors.
The 118,000 square foot facility boasts a variety of offerings for students to enjoy. Check out the fully accessible aquatics centre open for lane swims, swimming lessons and more. The fitness centre has state-of-the-art equipment and machines that can be used during solo workouts or as part of group classes. The weight room has strength training equipment, including pin loaded and free weights. Students can also take a class, like HIIT, dance or yoga, in one of the three studios.
Interested in recreational team sports? Play in the double gym designed for sports competition with retractable seating for 860 people, or the single gym for drop in sports and larger programs.
The student lounge, located on the top floor overlooking Harmony Square, is a great space for group work and socialization.
Your OneCard is all you need to get into the facility and gives you access to everything including the pool, cardio and weight rooms, classes and more (child minding services extra). Student memberships are covered through your student fees.
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The training lengthened my spine and unlocked my tongue, which—surprise, surprise—still held the tensions of a an eleven-year old kid who stammered. Mind you, I had been singing professionally for a decade at New York City Opera, had a good deal of training, and knew my way around the block—or so I thought: which only goes to show that what we know in our heads isn't always reflected in our throats.
Could I have simply gone to a voice therapist and worked it out? The mechanists among us might think so; but mere mechanics, which might explain the greater range, timbre and ease in singing I experienced immediately after my training, cannot account for how those changes occurred without having sung one note. Nor can mechanics, which many refer to as function, account for the connecting of dots in my brain which found expression in research and writing, and lead me to serve as founding editor of VOICEPrints and blogger at VoiceTalk. No, something else made these things happen, which fall outside the current focus of voice science. Tomatis understood it, however, from clinical observations made while delivering his method of sound stimulation.
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Open Throat, Singing on the Breath, Voice Placement. These auditory events make perfect sense to the singer or voice teacher who has learned how to listen.


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Greg Abbott is just another insider, who wants to impose his views and judge what's best for all women.
Over the last decade, Attorney General Greg Abbott has made a name for himself by both defending the extreme policies pushed forward by Governor Rick Perry's administration, and by expressing his support for numerous policies that restrict a woman's right to make her own personal medical decisions — policies that threaten women's health. Greg Abbott said, "My pro-life position has been unwavering throughout my personal life and political career," and believes governments should interfere in decisions best left to a woman, her family, her doctor and her God.
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Here's where Greg Abbott stands on women and their health:
1) Abortion should be illegal, even in cases of rape, incest, or the life of the woman.
Greg Abbott supports overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. In fact, he believes that abortion should be illegal with no exceptions for rape, incest, or to protect the life of the woman.
He has the endorsement of leading anti-women's health organizations, including the Texas Right to Life's Political Action Committee, who said this of their endorsement of Greg Abbott for governor:
"As Attorney General, Greg Abbott has achieved a decade of defending Pro-Life laws and provisions, and his many legal opinions from the Office of the Attorney General have resulted in increased protections on the sanctity of human life…"
As attorney general, he defended a law requiring abortion providers to perform a mandatory ultrasound, forcing doctors to provide state-mandated, ideological materials to their patients. In response, The Houston Chronicle editorial board lambasted the law, declaring it to be a "blatant attempt to enact barriers to women seeking legal abortions" that should not be enforced.
For someone who expounds on his staunch opposition to government overreach, Abbott doesn't seem to mind when the government reaches all the way into medical exam rooms of Texas women.
2) Blocked access to affordable health care for Texas women and families.
As attorney general, Greg Abbott has supported efforts to blocked access to affordable health care for tens of thousands of Texas women and stripped Planned Parenthood health centers of funds to provide lifesaving cancer screenings and care. Unsurprisingly, Texas leads the nation in the number of uninsured where one in four Texas women lacks health insurance, and ranks in the top five states for cervical cancer rates. In response to criticism of the state's attempt to eliminate Planned Parenthood's participation in the Texas Women's Health Program, a team of attorneys led by Abbott compared Planned Parenthood to a terrorist organization. One local editorial criticized Abbott, saying: "Texas...would be better served if the state's leaders would drop such misguided challenges and continue funding for a Health Care Program that saves lives and taxpayer dollars." While rolling back health care access for thousands of Texas women in need, Greg Abbott helped implement increased funding for so-called crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), anti-women's health organizations that are known for providing biased and medically inaccurate information to women seeking information about birth control and abortion.
Texas women need more access to health care, not less.
3) Believes bosses should control whether women get birth control.
Greg Abbott used taxpayer money to file a Supreme Court amicus brief and spoke out in support of Hobby Lobby, a for-profit arts and crafts chain that wants to be able to deny its employees access to insurance coverage for birth control. These bosses argue that they have a religious objection to birth control and should therefore be able to deny their employees this coverage. True religious freedom gives everyone the right to make personal decisions, including whether and when to use prescription birth control based on our own beliefs and what is best for our health and the well-being of our families. Women already have saved $483 million in the last year alone from the birth control benefit. Studies also show that women who receive birth control with no copay or at a reduced cost are able to avoid more than two million unplanned pregnancies each year, which also reduces the need for abortion. If Gregg Abbott had his way, women like Jean Marie D., who wrote to Planned Parenthood from Plano, Texas, could have their access to birth control taken away.
"I still have substantial student loan debts, and not having to pay for birth control is a relief. I was raised Catholic. I believe that in a perfect world there would be no unwanted pregnancies. Access to birth control for all women is a decisive step in that direction."
It's not surprising that the public overwhelmingly supports the birth control benefit by a nearly two-to-one margin.
4) Blocked rape victims from suing those who negligently hire their rapists.
As a judge, Greg Abbott repeatedly ruled to stop rape victims from suing those who negligently hire their rapists. An analysis by the Dallas Morning News in 2002 found that Abbott ruled in four of five cases that victims could not sue to recover damages in suits that accused churches and companies of negligently hiring sexual predators or allowing their property to become invitations for rapists.
According to the story, "While Mr. Abbott has promoted himself as a crime-fighter, he more often ruled against the victims."
In 2007, Abbott was criticized for inaction in a sexual abuse case at the Texas Youth Commission. In 1998, Abbott dissented from a Texas Supreme Court majority decision allowing a rape victim to sue a company after being raped by an employee on the job. In the case, a salesman for the Kirby vacuum cleaner company entered a woman's house to perform an in-house vacuum cleaner demonstration. Instead, he raped the woman while her children slept nearby. The salesman was on probation for a charge of indecency with a child. The victim sued Kirby, stating that the company was obligated to do background checks on employees in order to determine if they posed a threat to customers. Abbott wrote the dissenting opinion, claiming that Kirby was not responsible.
5) Greg Abbott opposes equal pay for equal work.
Greg Abbott would not sign a measure to make it easier for women to bring pay discrimination lawsuits in state court. Emphasizing just how out of touch his campaign is with Texas women, two of his surrogates stumbled in television interviews, saying women don't push for equal pay because they are "extremely busy" and insisting that the reason women are paid less is that "men are better negotiators."
In Abbott's own attorney general's office, women are paid about $6,000 less than men for the same work, while only three out of the top 20 highest-paid employees at the agency are women.
Meanwhile, Abbott has increased his own taxpayer-funded salary, by 63 percent in a five-year period. Already earning over $92,000 in 2005, he took a hefty raise bringing him to $125,000. Just two years later, Abbott grabbed more money for himself, taking his yearly pay up to $150,000. Since taking office in 2003, Greg Abbott has asked the legislature to increase his budget nearly every year. Currently, Abbott spends more than a half billion annually in taxpayer funds just to run his office. While folks like Greg Abbott are giving themselves raises, women are struggling. According to the Shriver Report, one-third of all American women are living at "the brink of poverty," meaning that they earn less than $47,000 per year for a family of four. "Forty-two million women, and the 28 million children who depend on them, are living one single incident—a doctor's bill, a late paycheck, or a broken-down car—away from economic ruin," the report reveals. To succeed in the workplace and in life, women need a fair chance to make what they earned, deserve and they need.
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'Night School' review: Reading, writing and roughhouse with Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish
By Michael Phillips
Sep 26, 2018 | 11:30 AM
A high school dropout (Kevin Hart, right) struggling with learning disabilities prepares for his GED with the tough-love help of his instructor (Tiffany Haddish) in "Night School." (Universal Pictures)
An earlier version of this review had an incorrect name of an actor.
Am I asking too much of "Night School"? It's no big thing, this new movie starring Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish, and nobody's expecting a formula-, game- or life-changer. You just don't want to leave feeling shortchanged.
A few cheap laughs.
Is that so wrong?
Director Malcolm D. Lee's commodity squeaks by, barely, with solid comic assistance from the delightful Romany Malco (serenely panicked, every second) and Mary Lynn Rajskub ("blessed," she keeps saying, even though her character's domestic life is pure hell). Along with Rob Riggle, Al Madrigal and Anne Winters, they're welcome company as the Hart character's fellow night school students, prepping for the GED exam under the tough-love guidance of the overworked Atlanta educator portrayed by Haddish. There's an orange-suited adult student Skyping in, too, a prisoner (Fat Joe) who watches his back every second while working through challenging mathematical equations remotely.
Hart's production company helped put together "Night School," and it's Hart's show by design, beginning with the 2001-set prologue. High school-age Teddy (Hart) copes with undiagnosed learning disabilities and an array of dyslexia-related difficulties. School is tough enough without being ritually humiliated and called out as "stupid" by Teddy's nemesis, Stewart.
Seventeen years later, Teddy makes a decent living as a barbecue grill sales whiz, though he's desperately in debt trying to impress his upscale girlfriend, Lisa (Megalyn Echikunwoke). A few setbacks later, dissembling and dodging the truth left and right, Teddy's employed by a fast-food franchise called Christian Chicken (a deft poke at Chick-fil-A). Nights, he's a reluctant student in the night school GED prep course, at the school whose principal (Taran Killam, overindulged and under-amusing) is Teddy's high school tormentor.
Six credited screenwriters worked on this script, at various stages, which translates to 2.5 good jokes per man. "Night School" works best when it ditches the plot contrivances altogether and lets Haddish and Hart go at it with the trash talk. (At one point, they simply trade animal snarls, when words won't suffice.)
The rest of the time the movie relies on clumsy, poorly staged mayhem, with a glaring lack of finesse in its physical comedy. In order to help Teddy focus on his learning, Haddish's Carrie puts him in an MMA ring and punches him in the face, over and over. The movie has no idea how to work that bit, while also treating Teddy's learning disabilities seriously. Director Lee and Haddish found low-comic gold in their recent smash, "Girls Trip"; I doubt anyone involved with "Night School" believes they've come up with something half as lively this time.
Judging from its weirdly frequent overdubbed punchlines, the film appears to have been shot as an R-rated release, then toned down for a PG-13. (Even so, the visual gags tend toward vomit and pubic hair.) Hart remains an audience-pleaser, though I confess I found him a little wearing here; Haddish, a fresher presence, can do only so much with a role that's more function than form. The actors aren't the problem with "Night School"; the material is. It'll nonetheless likely prove a hit because of who's in it, headliners and supporting ringers alike.
Michael Phillips is a Tribune critic.
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"Night School" — 2 stars
MPAA rating: PG-13 (for crude and sexual content throughout, language, some drug references and violence)
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The opening weekend at Simmons Field was nothing short of exciting and this late afternoon game today was no exception. The Kingfish won 4-3 in the bottom of the 9th with a walk off single from Spencer Gaa.
Similar to last night, the Kingfish struggled early on with errors. There was a total of four errors on the evening with the first coming in the top of the 1st. Even with four errors on the night, the Kingfish were able to prevail with Steven Sensley and Ryan Fitzgerald making top ten plays.
Rico Garcia was on the mound tonight and did well for the Kingfish with three strikeouts and only gave up six hits on the night. The right handed pitcher from Hawaii pitched 7 innings and gave up only 2 runs on the evening. Garcia heated up as the night went on and got two of his three strikeouts in the 4th inning and was able to get out of a jam later in the 5th.
The MoonDogs scored in the top of the 1st with a single from Levi Scott. Scott, was the player of the night for the MoonDogs with four RBIs, and three hits including a home run. The game was tied 3-3 up until the bottom of the 9th when the Kingfish were able to rally.
The 9th inning started with a single from Zach Ratcliff followed by Steven Sensley reaching first on a hit by pitch. Jordan Romero grounded out to the shortstop for out number one but that didn't deter the Kingfish. The MoonDogs then intentionally walked Chris Godinez to have the bases loaded with one out. Gaa, a freshman from Bradley University stepped up and singled towards right field to drive in Ratcliff and score the winning run.
The Kingfish are now 4-2 and hold the second place spot behind the Kalamazoo Growlers in the South Division. Tomorrow, the Madison Mallards make their way into town for a 7:05 game.
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So proud of 5 year old Grey, one of my former ISR students who still loves his ISR skills! He graduated from ISR of Lake Lanier in 2012...he's a great swimmer and is still lovin' that float! Way to go Grey!! Looks like you and your family are having an awesome Spring Break vacation!


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describe('search.controller', function() {
	var controller;

	beforeEach(function() {
		module('app', function($provide) {
			specHelper.fakeRouteProvider($provide);
			specHelper.fakeConfig($provide);
		});
		specHelper.injector(function($controller, $q, $rootScope, dataservice, envConfig, resultDataStoreService){});
	});

	beforeEach(function() {

		sinon.stub(resultDataStoreService, 'getResultSet', function() {
			return mockData.getMockRecalls();
		});

		sinon.stub(resultDataStoreService, 'storeResultSet', function() {
			// console.log('in store');
		});

		controller = $controller('SearchCtrl');
		$rootScope.$apply();
	});

	describe('search controller', function() {
		it('should be created successfully', function() {
			expect(controller).to.be.defined;
		});

		describe('on search', function() {
			describe('good data returned', function() {
				beforeEach(function() {
					sinon.stub(dataservice, 'searchForRecalls', function() {
						var deferred = $q.defer();
						deferred.resolve(mockData.getMockSearchServiceCall());
						return deferred.promise;
					});

					sinon.stub(controller, 'setPaging', function() {});

					controller.search();
				});

				it('should call searchForRecalls with correct params', function() {
					expect(dataservice.searchForRecalls).to.have.been.calledWith(controller.lastSearchParams, controller.pagination.currentPage);
				});

				it('should set searchResults', function() {
					expect(controller.searchResults.meta.results.total).to.equal(1173);
				});

				// FAILING
				it('should store results in data store', function() {
					$rootScope.$digest();
					expect(resultDataStoreService.storeResultSet).to.have.been.called;
				});

				// FAILING
				it('should set paging', function() {
					$rootScope.$digest();
					expect(controller.setPaging).to.have.been.called;
				});
			});

			describe('on error', function() {
				describe('if known error', function() {
					beforeEach(function() {
						sinon.stub(dataservice, 'searchForRecalls', function() {
							var deferred = $q.defer();
							deferred.resolve(mockData.getMockSearchServiceCallError());
							return deferred.promise;
						});

						controller.search();
					});

					it('should set search results to empty list', function() {
						$rootScope.$digest();
						expect(controller.searchResults.results).to.be.empty;
					});
				});
			});
		});

		describe('on searchClicked', function() {
			beforeEach(function() {
				sinon.stub(resultDataStoreService, 'storeSearchParams', function(params) {});

				sinon.stub(controller, 'search', function() {});

				controller.searchClicked();
			});

			it('should store search params in data store', function() {
				expect(resultDataStoreService.storeSearchParams).to.have.been.calledWith(controller.searchParams);
			});

			it('should call search()', function() {
				expect(controller.search).to.have.been.called;
			});

			it('should reset current page to page 1', function(){
				expect(controller.pagination.currentPage).to.equal(1);
			});
		});

		describe('on setPaging', function() {
			it('should set the total pages correctly', function() {
				controller.setPaging();

				expect(controller.pagination.totalPages).to.equal(118);
			});
		});

		describe('on pageChange', function() {
			beforeEach(function() {
				sinon.stub(resultDataStoreService, 'storeLastViewedPage', function(params) {});

				sinon.stub(controller, 'search', function() {});

				controller.pageChanged();
			});

			it('should store the current page in the data store', function() {
				expect(resultDataStoreService.storeLastViewedPage).to.have.been.calledWith(controller.pagination.currentPage);
			});

			it('should call search()', function() {
				expect(controller.search).to.have.been.called;
			});
		});
	});

	specHelper.verifyNoOutstandingHttpRequests();
});

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Deparment of Geography, University of Santiago, Santiago, Spain.
Department of Botany, University of Santiago, Santiago, Spain.
Department of Celular Biology and Ecology, University of Santiago, Santiago, Spain.
Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain.
This paper analyzes the effect of woodlot size and land-use intensity on the species richness of vascular plants, birds, beetles, and ants in Castanea sativa (chestnut) woodlots of the northwestern Iberian Peninsula included in the category "9260 Castanea sativa woodland", "Annex I, DC 92/43/European Community". The results show that the surface area of the woodlot did not affect the richness of vascular plants and ants but did affect birds and beetles. The level of abandonment of the woodlot affected only the richness of vascular plants, while the use level had no significant impact on species richness of any of the groups. The degree of maturity of the woodlot, estimated by the tree-trunk circumference, determined only the richness of plants but not that of different groups of animals. In conclusion: 1) Plants and animals responded differently to woodlot size, abandonment, and the degree of maturity of the woodlots; 2) Traditional agricultural practices do not negatively affect the biodiversity of the chestnut woodlots of the northwestern Iberian Peninsula or favor plant diversity; and 3) A traditional use of these woodlots may continue to play an important role in maintaining the diversity of plant species in the area.
Guitián, J. , Guitián, P. , Munilla, I. , Guitián, J. , Garrido, J. , Penín, L. , Domínguez, P. & Guitián, L. (2012). Biodiversity in Chestnut Woodlots: Management Regimen vs Woodlot Size. Open Journal of Forestry, 2, 200-206. doi: 10.4236/ojf.2012.24024.
 Gondard, H., Santa-Regina, I., Salazar, S., Peix, A., & Romane, F. (2007). Effect of forest management on plant species diversity in Castanea sativa stands in Salamanca (Spain) and the Cévennes (France). Science and Research Essays, 2, 62-70.
 Pitte, J. R. (1986). Terres de castanide. Hommes et paysages du chatanier de l'Antiquité à nous jours. Paris: Fayard.
 Rodríguez-Guitián, M. (2004). Aplicación de criterios botánicos para a proposta de modelos de xestión sustentable das masas arborizadas autóctonas de subsector galaico asturiano septentrional. Doctoral Thesis, Santiago: University of Santiago.
 Rodríguez-Guitián, M., Rigueiro, A., Real, C., Blanco, J., & Ferreiro da Costa, J. (2005). El hábitat "9269 Bosques de Castanea sativa" en el extremo noroccidental ibérico: Primeros datos sobre la variabilidad florística de los "soutos". Bulletin de la Societé d'Historie Naturelle de Toulouse, 1441, 75-81.
 Romane, F., Gondard, H., Grandjanny, M., Grossmann, A., Renaux, A., & Shater, Z. (2001) Measuring and managing plant species diversity in the chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) ecosystems of the Cevennes. Forest, Snow and Landsape Research, 76, 493-497.
 Taboada, A., Kotze, D. J., & Salgado, J. M. (2004). Carabid beetle occurrence at the edges of oak and beech forests in NW Spain. European Journal of Entomology, 101, 555-563.
 Terrell-Nield, C. (1999). Is it possible to age woodlands on the basis of their carabid beetle diversity? Journal of Entomology, 109, 136-145.


Directly on the beach, this villa called "Escape with the sound of the waves" guarantees you a stay full of peace. You will have the pleasure of waking up with a wonderful view of Monserrat Island, the Karouane hamlet, Tête de l'Anglais, and seeing an exceptional sunset. Close to one of the most beautiful beaches of the island, it offers also a beach below, favourable to the romantic evenings, with the good flavours of our exotic cocktails with the light of the torches.
Friendly, energetic, mother and son who want to share this small paradise.
Our wish is to make you discover our villa located in a charming setting, favourable to a complete relaxation of the body and the spirit, and with the sound of the waves. We will be able to guide you and to give you all the attractive points of our island to enjoy the local products.
There is a bathroom accessible for people with mobility impairments.
View of the sea and the hamlets.
The house is accessible for people with mobility impairments, easy movements in the villa, not staircase, on one level.
Nous avons passé une semaine et avons beaucoup aimé. Un accueil chaleureux et personnel. La maison est spacieuse et confortable. Nous retourneront!!!
This is a very uniquely situated property directly on the beach with panoramic views in all directions. It is like having your own private beach as there is rarely anyone on it, Stunning views of the sunset every night. Comfortable and well equipped.
THANK YOU ? ALL THE PLEASURE OF YOU RECEIVE US.
The other reviews were spot on. Superb location on a semi-private beach, snorkeling out front, often a cool breeze that helped with the mosquitos, felt safe/secure, and caretakers were friendly and available.
Our 1 & 2 year old were well contained on the large fenced in patio, a high chair, two pack n plays (but one ended up sleeping under mosquito netting), and even a toddler wash bin for the shower. Hopefully future guests will be able to enjoy the inflatable toddler bedrails we left behind. There is even a kids' playground on way to Cherry's Pizza.
Thank you so much for sharing your home with us!
We want to preserve the well-being of our guests.
Mosquitoes pass but by protecting ourselves we take advantage of nature.
We were very happy and impressed with this seaside property. The patio is large, covered and comfortable with a view to die for. The owners made us feel very welcomed and even brought over a beautiful fresh punch and wonderful fritters as a welcome gift. The kitchen is large and well equipped, comfortable bedrooms and new showers through out. There's even a washing machine. The property is quite close to shopping, restaurants, a botanical garden and lovely beaches. The beach the house sits on is gorgeous. We will be coming back to this lovely place.
We were wery satisfied and impressed by the setting of this spatious house. Right on the beach (which is still sandy after the hurricane compared to others). House is clean and so is the beach. Even moskytos were not so bad as expected. Landlady very helpful and welcoming. We have stayed in other places on the island but this one is the best value for money!!


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CID arrests five with 74 kg of Ganja worth Rs 14 lakh - They had come to Siliguri from Assam
THE CID on Saturday seized 74 kg of Manipuri cannabis, worth around Rs 14 lakh, from Durgapur and arrested five persons in this connection. On a tip-off, the special operation group of the CID seized the drugs before they could reach the receiver, sources said.
The accused have been identified as Sanjoy Gorh, Abdul Kayum, Jaguram Bora, Milon Debnath, all residents of Assam, and Binod Paswan of Burdwan.
"Four Assamese and one Burdwan resident have been arrested in the case from Kanksa area in Durgapur," ADG (CID) Rajesh Kumar told The Sunday Express.
Sources said the five accused had come to Siliguri from Assam. They were on their way to Burdwan when they were arrested, they added.
The four accused from Assam are apparently carriers who were going to deliver the drugs, sources said, adding that they are looking for the main culprits. "Locals easily get interested to work as carriers as it fetches good profits. The basic price (of the drug) is comparatively low but once it crosses the state borders, the price keeps increasing," said a police official.
Official sources said that Manipuri cannabis have a lot of demand across the country. These are sourced from Manipur and Nagaland and then trafficked via Assam to different parts of the country, especially north India, they added.
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