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I have a new dell Inspiron laptop. I purchased a Keningston docking station. Everything works fine if my laptop lid is open, but if I close the laptop lid, I lose the display on the monitor attached to the docking station. How can I close the laptop and keep the display on the monitor showing. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Goto control panel power options on close the lid link on the left select do nothing on each of the option battery or plugged in........take passwork protection off.....apply settings......and then close your laptop wait 10 seconds and move your mouse around. took me 2 hours to wait ten guys are getting off easier than I did....
sri- Apr 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Hey Great man..I was pulling my hair from a long was a defect with my laptop..i was so stupid didn't check this out for so long...
anyway thnaks a looooooooot!!
Craig- Apr 19, 2011 at 12:12 PM
I also had this problem and thought it would be easy to solve, it was but only thanks to this.
Karen- May 20, 2011 at 12:53 PM
THANK YOU! Somehow taking off the password and then applying setting did the trick! I had fooled around all morning on this one trying to work!
HALIHALAO- May 20, 2011 at 01:47 PM
Thaks it works for me.
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Go to control panel
choose hardware and sound
now choose power options
click on the link what closing the lid does
now at when I close the LID choose the option do nothing for both battery and plugged in
anon- Sep 21, 2010 at 08:38 AM
Thanks! This was a very helpful addition to the original comment as I am computer illiterate and did not know where in the control panel to go.
NEWBIE- Nov 19, 2010 at 12:02 PM
THank YOU!!!!
Me- Dec 19, 2010 at 12:22 AM
OMG!!! That was the easiest thing in the world to do. Thanks!
giscindy- Jan 9, 2011 at 12:11 PM
Exactly what I needed to know! Thanks!
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On, HP Mini 110-1100, the display on the monitor turns off when laptop lid is closed even with 'Do nothing' selected for 'When I close the lid' regardless of whether the laptop is plugged in or not.
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Thank you, that worked 'gavinemb' but I am wondering if I put back on the password protection will it do the same?

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The present study investigated vocabulary acquisition through a commercial digital video game compared to a traditional pencil-and-paper treatment. Chosen through cluster sampling, 241 male high school students (age 12–18) participated in the study. They were randomly assigned to one of the following groups. The first group, called Readers, involved those who learned vocabulary through intensive reading; the second group, Players, learned vocabulary through playing a digital video game; the third group, Watchers, were trained through watching two classmates play the digital video game. The vocabulary items were first pretested. Next, each group underwent training for five weeks (one session a week). Then, the vocabulary items were posttested. Also, field notes were made. To compare the three groups, a mixed between within subjects ANOVA was run. Results indicated that the Players and Watchers outperformed the Readers. It is concluded that digital video games can be beneficial complementary activities for vocabulary acquisition in high school classrooms.
 Mohsen Ebrahimzadeh Copyright (c) 2017 Mohsen Ebrahimzadeh http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2017-01-04 2017-01-04 10 2 1 10.5539/elt.v10n2p1 The College English Teaching Reform Based on MOOC http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/65551
Nowadays the College English course in China is in the deep blue sea which arouses the deep concerns from all walks of life in the society including the students, teaching experts and the English teachers. Based on the MOOC appearing three years ago, the College English class can be more diverse and beneficial by the means of providing the students with the teaching videos, having the opportunities to discuss the problems with teachers and other students before the class, and finishing the tasks assigned cooperatively with others to further their learning. The College English Reform based on MOOC can be perfected through solving some practical problems that need exploring in the future.
 Wang Bing Copyright (c) 2017 Wang Bing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2017-01-04 2017-01-04 10 2 19 10.5539/elt.v10n2p19 Cross-Mode Comparability of Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Versus Paper-Pencil Based Testing (PPT): An Investigation of Testing Administration Mode among Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/65552
Advent of technology has caused growing interest in using computers to convert conventional paper and pencil-based testing (Henceforth PPT) into Computer-based testing (Henceforth CBT) in the field of education during last decades. This constant promulgation of computers to reshape the conventional tests into computerized format permeated the language assessment field in recent years. But, enjoying advantages of computers in language assessment raise the concerns of the effects that computerized mode of testing may have on CBT performance. Thus, this study investigated the score comparability of Vocabulary in Use test taken by 30 Iranian undergraduate students studying at a state university located in Chabahar region of Iran (CMU) to see whether scores from two administrations of testing mode were different. Therefore, two similar tests were administered to the male and female participants on two testing mode occasions with four weeks interval. Employing One-Way ANOVA statistical test to compare the mean scores and Pearson Correlation test to find the relationship between mode preference and performance revealed that two sets of scores were not different and gender difference was not also considered a variable that might affect performance on CBT. Based on the results, computerized version of the test can be considered a favorable alternative for the state undergraduate students in Iran.
 Hooshang Khoshsima Monirosadat Hosseini Seyyed Morteza Hashemi Toroujeni Copyright (c) 2017 Hooshang Khoshsima, Monirosadat Hosseini, Seyyed Morteza Hashemi Toroujeni http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2017-01-04 2017-01-04 10 2 23 10.5539/elt.v10n2p23 Principled Eclecticism: Approach and Application in Teaching Writing to ESL/EFL Students http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/65553
The principal purpose of this paper is to critically examine and evaluate the efficacy of the principled eclectic approach to teaching English as second/foreign language (ESL/EFL) writing to undergraduate students. The paper illustrates that this new method adapts mainstream writing pedagogies to individual needs of learners of ESL/EFL in order to address students’ difficulties arising from their contact with an unfamiliar language. Such a claim is based on the researcher’s review of relevant research, the analysis and evaluation of scholarly studies on the subject by leading academics and authorities in the area, and the researcher’s practical experiences as a writing teacher in the Department of English Language and Translation (DELT), College of Languages and Translation (COLT), King Saud University (KSU). It has been generally observed that the common, time-honored, language-based, process-based, and genre-based approaches to teaching writing tend to troubleshoot only certain specific problems related to the teaching of ESL/EFL writing. This paper highlights the importance of student-centered approaches to teaching in order to achieve the goal of coherent, pluralistic language teaching. To achieve this, the discussion recommends classifying, selecting, and sequencing the activities related to teaching writing. Indeed, this is what eclecticism means. The term principled signifies coherence that consistently focuses upon the same formal or functional units and sequencing them at the end to help learners interact and participate in writing activities that need contextualized attention. The paper concludes that the gap between eclecticism and principled eclecticism in teaching English writing must be bridged to improve ESL/EFL learners’ writing skills.
 Sultan H. Alharbi Copyright (c) 2017 Sultan H. Alharbi http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2017-01-04 2017-01-04 10 2 33 10.5539/elt.v10n2p33 Using a Linguistic Theory of Humour in Teaching English Grammar http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/65569
Teachers who teach a new language grammar do not usually have the time and the proper situation to introduce humour when starting a new topic in grammar. There are many different opinions about teaching grammar. Many teachers seem to believe in the importance of grammar lessons devoted to a study of language rules and practical exercises. Other teachers feel that grammar is best learned by doing different language activities without focusing directly on the rules. This paper is devoted to explore the application of the linguistic theory of humour in teaching English grammar. The purpose of the experiment in this study was to show that the humorous way helped the students to learn grammar more effectively and that humour enhanced learning and helped retention and recalling grammar rules. The researchers created a control group and an experimental group to investigate the potential benefits of introducing humour in explaining a new topic of English grammar. The results showed that the exposure to humorous activities in the classroom tend to improve the student’s comprehension of the most difficult topics in their grammar book.
 Rufaidah Kamal Abdulmajeed Sarab Khalil Hameed Copyright (c) 2017 Rufaidah Kamal Abdulmajeed, Sarab Khalil Hameed http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2017-01-05 2017-01-05 10 2 40 10.5539/elt.v10n2p40 The Syntax of Word Order Derivation and Agreement in Najrani Arabic: A Minimalist Analysis http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/65638
The paper aims to explore word order derivation and agreement in Najran Arabic (henceforth, NA) and examines the interaction between the NA data and Chomsky’s (2001, 2005) Agree theory which we adopt in this study. The objective is to investigate how word order occurs in NA and provide a satisfactorily unified account of the derivation of SVO and VSO orders and agreement in the language. Furthermore, the study shows how SVO and VSO word orders are derived morpho-syntactically in NA syntax and why and how the derivation of SVO word order comes after that of VSO order. We assume that the derivation of the unmarked SVO in NA takes place after applying a further step to the marked VSO. We propose that the default unmarked word order in NA is SVO, not VSO.  Moreover, we propose that the DP which is base-generated in [Spec-vP] is a topic, not a subject. We adopt Rizzy’s split-CP hypothesis on the basis of which we assume the existence of a Top Phrase (TopP) projection in the clause structure of NA. We postulate that the phase head C passes its ϕ-features to the functional head T and the Edge feature to TopP. We assume that T in VSO lacks the Edge feature which motivates movement of the subject DP to [Spec-TP]. As a consequence, the subject of VSO structure remains in situ in the subject position of [Spec-vP]. In addition, it explores subject-verb agreement asymmetry (henceforth, SVAA) and shows that the asymmetry in NA is not related to word order differences but rather to gender agreement differences.
 Abdul-Hafeed Ali Fakih Hadeel Ali Al-Sharif Copyright (c) 2017 Abdul-Hafeed Ali Fakih, Hadeel Ali Al-Sharif http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2017-01-09 2017-01-09 10 2 48 10.5539/elt.v10n2p48 A Corpus-Based Study on the Use of the Logical Connector ‘Thus’ in the Academic Writing of Turkish EFL Learners http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/65639 This research was conducted to investigate how frequently Turkish advanced learners of English use the logical connector ‘thus’ in their academic prose and to investigate whether it was overused, underused or misused semantically in comparison to English native speakers. The data were collected from three corpora; Corpus of Contemporary American English and 20 scientific articles of native speakers as control corpora, and 20 scientific articles of Turkish advanced EFL learners. The raw frequencies, frequencies per million words, frequencies per text and log-likelihood ratio were measured so as to compare varieties across the three corpora. The findings revealed that Turkish learners of English showed underuse in the use of the connector ‘thus’ in their academic prose compared to native speakers. Additionally, they did not demonstrate misuse in the use of the connector ‘thus’. Nevertheless, non-native learners of English tended to use this connector in a resultative role (cause-effect relation) more frequently whereas native speakers used it in appositional and summative roles more as well as its resultative role. Furthermore, the most frequent occurrences of ‘thus’ have been in academic genre. Serpil Ucar Ceyhun Yukselir Copyright (c) 2017 Serpil Ucar, Ceyhun Yukselir http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2017-01-09 2017-01-09 10 2 64 10.5539/elt.v10n2p64 Effect of Foreign Language Anxiety on Gender and Academic Achievement among Yemeni University EFL Students http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/65684
This study aimed to investigate the gender differences in terms of anxiety among Yemeni university EFL learners. It also aimed to investigate the correlation between the level of anxiety and the academic achievement of the students. The participants of this study were 155 students chosen from the population through stratified random sampling. The participants are selected from English Department, Faculty of Arts, Ibb University, Yemen. The data was collected by using a questionnaire adopted from Yassin (2015), and the data was analysed by using 22nd version of the SPSS. The data of the first question was analysed by using T-test and the result of the analysis showed that the females experienced higher level of anxiety than male students, but the difference between both groups is not significant. The second question was analysed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and the result showed that there is not significant correlation between the level of anxiety and the academic achievement of the students.
 Norizan Abdul Razak Amr Abdullatif Yassin Tengku Nor Rizan Bt Tengku Mohamad Maasum Copyright (c) 2017 Norizan Abdul Razak, Amr Abdullatif Yassin, Tengku Nor Rizan Bt Tengku Mohamad Maasum http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2017-01-11 2017-01-11 10 2 73 10.5539/elt.v10n2p73 The Role of Language Laboratory in English Language Learning Settings http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/65697
This study aims at determining the relationship between language labs and the effective ways of mastering better performance of English language. The study raised two questions. They are “Is language laboratory useful in teaching English to Saudi students?” And “How do language labs help in improving students’ performance?” Descriptive and analytical approaches have been adopted in this study. Two subject groups representing different situations are selected for investigation. Each group contained 27 students from fourth level who are studying English as their major. The instruments used were tests of all English components to draw significant findings. Generally, the findings proved that using effective language laboratories in teaching English is essential in teaching listening and mastering better features of speaking. In addition, the study recommends that the using of language labs in the teaching of English is highly needed in colleges.
 Abdelaziz Mohammed Copyright (c) 2017 Abdelaziz Mohammed http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2017-01-11 2017-01-11 10 2 86 10.5539/elt.v10n2p86 An Empirical Study on the Application of Cooperative Learning to Comprehensive English Classes in a Chinese Independent College http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/65707
This research investigated a comparison between the effect of cooperative learning and lecture teaching on Comprehensive English classes in a Chinese Independent College. An empirical study for two semesters was carried out in the forms of pretest, posttest, questionnaire and interviews. While control class was taught in the conventional way, experiment class was instructed based on cooperative base groups with positive interdependence structured on purpose. Compared with traditional instructions, cooperative learning as pedagogy can improve students’ performance on course exams, but not necessarily their language competence as shown in national English competency tests taken before and after the experiement. Test results also indicate students from experiment class who excelled in competency test outnumbered those from control class, revealing that cooperative learning has positive impacts especially on students at a relatively higher academic level. Questionaire results show that students are most inclined to agree they have more chances to practice the language in a cooperative environment.
 Ji Meng Copyright (c) 2017 Ji Meng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2017-01-12 2017-01-12 10 2 94 10.5539/elt.v10n2p94 Motivation and Autonomy in Learning English as Foreign Language: A Case Study of Ecuadorian College Students http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/65784
This quantitative research aims to examine how different levels of motivation relate to frequency of occurrence of autonomous language learning activities undertaken by undergraduate students. Eight hundred and sixty-two college students from 10 vocational training programs of a public university located in Ecuador, South America, participated in this study. Spratt’s questionnaire that regards ‘autonomy and motivation’ as a cyclical interaction in the language learning process, was updated by the researchers, adding digital education elements. The data were analyzed using the program SPSS v24.0.0 The results showed that there was a significant relationship between: the language learning stimulation generated by professors and the participants’ learning attitudes. In addition, it was determined that the most frequent language practices in which the participants showed greatest autonomy were: listening to songs in English language, worrying about the correct pronunciation, and noting down interesting words or expressions in English.
 Jorge Cevallos Bravo Eder A. Intriago Jhonny Villafuerte Holguin Gustavo Molina Garzon Luis Ortega Arcia Copyright (c) 2017 Jorge Cevallos Bravo, Eder A. Intriago, Jhonny Villafuerte Holguin, Gustavo Molina Garzon, Luis Ortega Arcia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2017-01-15 2017-01-15 10 2 100 10.5539/elt.v10n2p100 Metacognitive Listening Strategies Used by Saudi EFL Medical Students http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/65785
The present study investigated the metacognitive listening strategies among Saudi EFL medical students. The participants were 104 males and females, randomly selected to fill in the Metacognitive Awareness Listening Questionnaire (MALQ), developed and validated Vandergrift Goh, Mareschal, and Tafaghodtari (2006). The results revealed that participants use problem-solving and direct attention strategies more frequently than other metacognitive listening strategies. On the other hand, mental translation and personal knowledge strategies were reported to be the least used strategies. The pedagogical implications of these findings are discussed.
 Eid Alhaisoni Copyright (c) 2017 Eid Alhaisoni http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2017-01-15 2017-01-15 10 2 114 10.5539/elt.v10n2p114

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CREW finds the October 8 declaration of the State of Emergency issued by the Ethiopian Government extremely worrisome. Restrictions on various human rights: including banning social media, broadcast media, peaceful protest and even gestures and others are imposed on the nation for the coming six months.

At the beginning of the month, it was reported at least 150 people died during the “Irrecha” religious sermon held in the town of Bishoftu, Oromia region in Ethiopia. Human rights organizations have documented that these deaths occurred because security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at over a million people celebrating a religious occasion as well as peacefully expressing their opposition to the government.

The Ethiopian government failure to adequately and timely resolve citizens’ concerns in various parts of the country have culminated into this highly regrettable and volatile situation where hundreds of Ethiopians have lost their lives and several more jailed.

CREW believes that, while the current human rights crises in the country is largely attributable to the government failure to uphold its duty to Respect, Fulfill and Protect human rights under Universal Human Rights instruments, the State of Emergency Declaration will only deepen the crisis.

CREW is deeply worried that the government will use this decree to continue to kill, detain, intimidate and harass those who peaceful asked for their economic social and political rights tobe respected with impunity. Hence, CREW calls for United Nations and the United States of America and the rest of the international community to pressure the Ethiopian Government to lift the highly suffocating State of Emergency Declaration. CREW also reiterates its previous callfor the international community to pressure the Ethiopian government to concede for independent investigation of the human rights crises in the country.

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Dharma is the central precept of social governance in Bharatiya/Indic thinking. It is the basis on which the entire Indic social structure is conceived and based. It bridges all Indic thinking, whatever be its western classification, Buddhist (Baudh), Hindu (Sanatana Vedic), Jain (Jaina) or Sikh (Khalsa), as the golden line on which the entire society is based and on which every person is supposed to function. Dharma Rajya or as Mahatma Gandhi called it “Ram Rajya” is an idealized state which is governed in accordance with the norms of Dharma.

What is Dharma and the Dharmic ideal ?

The conception of Dharma is integrally linked to the conception of the Indic world. The origins of Dharma can be traced to the concept of Rta in the Vedas which is used interchangeably with knowledge in Sanatana philosophy. Rta is the golden thread which runs through all creation, as indeed the hidden bond which ties all creation together. Dharma is the application of Rta in the physical world, in other words the crystallization of Rta ( though interestingly Sakyamuni ( the Buddha ) used Dharma/Dhamma ( in Pali ) to include the conception of Rta as well, possibly due to his aversion to the then dominant Vedic system.

There is no simile to the word or the conception of Dharma in Anglo-European thought and therefore it is very difficult to provide a single line definition for the word. Dharma comes from the Bhasha (Sanskrit) root “Dhr” which means that which sustains. Dharma is that which sustains the world and nourishes it and is related to the word “ Dharanat” which in Bhasha translates into that which protects. In other words Dharma is, as Robert Lingat in his treatise “The Classical Law of India”, says is “ what is firm and durable, what sustains and maintains, what hinders fainting and falling”. Dharma is the nature of things and the gods are only it’s guardians (though notably the Sakyamuni’s original interpretation excluded the bit about the gods). Dharma is conceived as the course of action which if followed by any person would lead to both physical and spiritual gain in this world and the next and the failure to follow which would result in “Adharma” or a spiritual fall and therefore a person was obligated to follow the norms of Dharma (therefore the tendency to equate Dharma incorrectly with duty / obligation to the exclusion of all else ). The Dharma is therefore an ideal which is to be followed for physical and spiritual benefit of each person and every society through its entire life cycle under various circumstances.

Dharma is however not the only reason for the living of one’s life and for the actions one undertakes. Dharma itself is one of the angles of the Dharma-Artha-Kama triangle which guides one’s life. Dharma stands for the ideal, while Artha for that which is profitable and Kama for that which is pleasurable. Even Manu accepts that man seldom acts on account of Dharma alone, and that there is great debate which course should be given primacy in the deciding what is the correct course of action. Needless to say Swayambhu Manu says Dharma is supreme, whereas Chanakya Kautilya says Artha, and Rishi Vatsayana says all three are equal in almost all cases.

The Role of “ Danda” in Dharma

“ Danda” is the methodology whereby a sovereign inculcates Dharma in his subject/s and assists them in the path of Dharma by exercising their self control. Danda means “scepter / mace” that is pure force to be used to keep persons on the path of Dharma through a method of assisted self control. In other words it assists the sovereign to discharge his Dharma to keep his subjects on the path of Dharma. Needless to say that Danda if applied properly protects the sovereign and if applied unjustly turns against him. This is more so since the sovereign is necessarily subject to Dharma and injustice would be a failure of the sovereign to follow it’s Dharma

The subjectivity of Dharma : Svadharma

The Dharmic system is predicated on a world view of the “Varna-Ashrama” system which decides the Dharma of every person that is each person’s “Svadharma”. The entire Dharmic society is divided into the chatur varna ( approximately four colors) system consisting of, the brahmana (approximately the intellectuals), the kshatriya ( approximately the rulers ), the vaisya ( approximately the commoners ) and the shudra ( approximately the servers ) based on karma ( approximately their actions ). Every person is situated somewhere in the above matrix and therefore has a specific dharma dependant upon the position which he holds in the varna matrix. Therefore the Khsatriya commits “Adharma” by not fighting a “Dharmayuddha” ( a war for Dharma ) while a Vaisya and Shudra does not

 The life of a person in a Dharmic society is also divided into four stages, the first is the “Brahmacharya” ( approximately the student ), the second is the “ Grihasta” ( approximately the householder ), the third is the “Vanaprastha” ( approximately the forest dweller ) and the fourth is the “Sanyas” ( approximately the world renouncer ). The Dharma of a person in every stage is different and what is the Dharma for one is not the Dharma for the other.

 The interaction of these matrices and webs create the Dharma of the individual within society, his “Svadharma”. The Svadharma is the basis of each person’s Dharmic ideal in society. Raimundo Panikkar in his famous article “Is the notion of Human Rights a Western concept?” says Svadharma is the Indic “homeomorphic equivalent” of the Human Right of the western society.

Dharma and societal norms and the social web.

Dharma is sometimes compared to the Greco-Roman conception of “Natural Law” though in conception they are fundamentally different. Dharma though universal is established through customary and societal practice and reiterated by the Dharmashastras (the treatises on Dharma ) and therefore Dharma is completely unlike an objective black letter code of law ( such as the Code of Justinian ) in that it represents an idealized compendium of tradition and sadacara ( good customs ) and sila ( established conduct )which must be tested on the touchstone of ‘prudence’. The Dharmashastras are more guidebooks and definitely not codes of law.

 Dharma is clearly an evolving system of norms, changing all the time yet retaining it’s essence permanently.Each person’s unique Svadharma further interacts and interplays with various other Dharmas which continuously act on a person like his Jatidharma ( the Dharma in relation to his Jati, not “caste”), Janapadadharma ( the Dharma towards his Janapada, approximately the “state” ) and Kuladharma ( the Dharma towards his “family” ).

Justice in Dharmic terms therefore lies in finding the ideal Svadharma amongst the web of Dharmas surrounding each person at every course of action.

The British and the Dharma “illusion”

The British were the ones who in the name of noninterference with customary law damaged and interfered with the concept of Dharmic law the most. The western conception of law necessarily believes that any justice system must be based on a system of definite rules. The Islamic rule for eight hundred years in India had completely superimposed the Sharia on the criminal justice system, but had not interfered with the “Hindu” dispute resolution systems in civil matters. The British in the attempt of disbursing equal justice instituted British judges to judge on Indian matters of civil dispute, assisted by Quadis or Pandits. Inspite of various dissenting voices within the British administration, the attempt of the British judges was to codify the Dharmic codes and treat them as exhaustive and then interpret them through the methodology of ‘starre decicis’ something completely against the grain of Dharmic justice. This was because the British judge operated completely outside the social milieu which was the most crucial component for dispensing Dharmic justice,and therefore it was not possible for him to either interpret the Dharmic norms or to decide the svadharma of any person. In the process the British created a justice system which was completely alien to the Dharmic system. The British ended up creating a peculiar system of justice called the Anglo-Hindu law, which was neither Anglo nor Hindu and the worst of both.

Dharma, the Indian Constitution and Indian law today.

The Indian law and the Indian Constitution is in itself a peculiar continuation of the strange world of Anglo-Hindu law,that is of trying to make sense in a “modern” western way of the very ancient Dharmic society. The Indian Constitution tries to address the problems of “jati” through westernized system of economic reservations not realizing that it would in effect entrench the system further. The Indian Constitution attempts to establish a “secular” state yet, defines “Hindus” in the fundamental rights chapter, provides the people the right to propagate their religion and allows functionaries to take oaths in the name of God and makes special contributions to “Devaswom” (Hindu religious trusts) funds from the Consolidated Fund of India. The dilemma of the Indian state is exemplified by the debate over the hierarchy within it’s Directive Principles of State Policy, whether to protect cows (under the guise of it being a “Gandhian” value, as if Dharmic views and Gandhian views are separable) or to devise an uniform civil code (strangely pitting the conservatives on the side of the liberals and the liberals on the side of conservatives ).

Though the Indian fundamental rights chapter is western in its formulation, the Supreme Court of India is being more often made to take choices which are decidedly Dharmic without terming it as such in order to solve Indian problems.

Here are a few examples amongst the many evolving all the time:

The first example is the evolution of the Indian conception of “Sarva Dharma Samabhava” as “Equal Treatment of all Religions” different from the anti-God westernized secularism. In India the Supreme Court has finally come around to it’s original point of view, after a few attempts to impose western style secularism, that there is no wall between the church and the state, but an injunction that all religions in India should be treated equally based on Upanashidic/ Vedic principles.

 The second is the expansion of the right to life from the restricted and limited right in the Constitution to an all encompassing right beyond “mere animal existence” read along with the rights of liberty and the right to equality, in order to do complete justice to every person. This formulation of the Right to Life is very much unlike the black letter law based justice which is the hallmark of the “Rule of Law” and much like Dharmic justice which sees life beyond the merely material / physical existence.

 The third is the nuanced view on jati which the Court is slowly coming to hold under the right to equality after it’s initial disastrous interpretations of the provisions in western terms.

The fourth is the expansion of the right to legal remedy, by first making it a fundamental right and then a basic structure of the Constitution (remember Dharma is supreme ) and then going beyond the court based system by taking into account letters / postcards and evolving remedy to suit every circumstances in order to do complete justice such as laying down detailed guidelines for sexual harassment and for environmental protection of various areas like the city of Delhi and the Taj Mahal. No one line conclusions for an yes / no proposition as is the case for western courts, in India the Courts attempt to solve the problem instead of deciding on issues very much like the Dharmic system.

The fifth some would say is the unique ‘basic structure’ doctrine evolved by the Court, which is based on the unique premise that though the Constitution is ever changing yet in it’s essence is ever permanent. If that is not a formulation of Dharma, what is ?

Lastly, in India, the judiciary is very respected and is uniquely powerful. Some say it is the most powerful judiciary in the world. It can only happen in a country where the culture holds the interpreters of laws to be even higher than the formulators of laws and those that execute them. Dharma in India still reigns supreme, though sadly as Werner Menski says in his monograph “The Indian Legal system past and present”, the Indian judiciary is extremely averse to formulate governance in terms of Dharma, though surprisingly even that may be slowly changing, ironically by the judgment of the Indian Supreme Court directing the Gujarat Chief Minister to uphold his “Raj Dharma” or Dharma of Governance.

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Poll Results: No More American Idols

The results are in, though they only amounted to a small handful of votes. Last week's poll was on how much American Idol-related music you buy...

Fifteen votes came in for "F*** all that noise -- to quote Katharine McPhee, I'm so over it." On the other hand, only two folks indicated they buy all music by anyone connected with the show, and two noted they "only buy music by the winner because losers suck."

Moving on, there's a spankin' new poll in the sidebar, this time on seven pop singles from the past two decades that narrowly missed hitting #1 on both the U.S. or U.K. chart. Which one do you feel deserved to go all the way? Here are the contenders:

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  • At 1:56 AM, Blogger Paul said…

    ooo good question though for me there is one song that effortlessly blows everyone else out the water. Even if all the gays at my local club still do the steps dance moves to it ;)

  • At 9:33 AM, Blogger J'ason D'luv said…

    That was my vote, too. Definitely shoulda been #1... over here, too!

  • At 10:18 AM, Blogger xolondon said…

    Scandal! This contest is rigged! It is clear who will win!

  • At 10:50 AM, Blogger J'ason D'luv said…

    There's no rigging with the polls... only one vote per IP address.

  • At 11:56 AM, Anonymous Better The Orangutan You Know said…

    Definitely some good competition but I have to give my vote to "Better The Devil." Everything about that Kylie single was perfect. IMHO the highlight of her multi-starred career.

  • At 1:23 PM, Anonymous Better Than Dannii Minogue said…

    BTDYK. No doubt about it.

    Natasha Bedingfield? How could you... ;-)

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Sunday, October 28, 2007

Leona Lewis Uses Her Power Of Mediocrity To Block Take That From A U.K. #1

Well, it would have been a beautiful world for Take That to rule if Z-grade reality show warbler Leona Lewis hadn't mucked it all up. This week Lewis' "Bleeding Love" trumps the That's top notch Stardust-soundtrack ballad, "Rule The World," at capping the official U.K. chart. This marks the second time Simon Cowell's latest finger puppet has kicked the guys to the side -- at Christmas time last year, her debut single knocked "Patience" from #1. I'm officially ripping that hooker's wig off if I ever see her.

And so this means Leona and Take That also keep McFly from landing their eighth U.K. #1, as "The Heart Never Lies" has to settle for the second runner-up spot. If we're to go by the usual trend with these half-baked twits, they'll drop out of sight come next week.

Oasis round out the Top 10, while quite a bit lower, at #24, Backstreet Boys are finding that "Inconsolable" might just be an aptly-named theme for their latest stab at hangin' around, post departed member Kevin Richardson. The single peaked at #86 here in the Sates. The Boys' album Unbreakable is out this week.

On the album chart, all the media hype eases the fall of Róisín Murphy's Overpowered to #31, after a so-so debut last week at #20.

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis *new* *1 week*
2. "Rule The World" - Take That
3. "The Heart Never Lies" - McFly *new*
4. "About You Now" - Sugababes
5. "Valerie" - Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse
6. "Gimme More" - Britney Spears
7. "Apologize" - Timbaland feat. OneRepublic
8. "Uninvited" - Freemasons feat. Bailey Tzuke
9. "Goodbye Mr. A" - Hoosiers
10. "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" - Oasis *new*

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  • At 3:30 PM, Blogger Paul said…

    i like the leona lewis song. it has a nice sort of 90s pre slut mariah vibe to it. Back when she was on the swing in jeans and a sweater, not now where she in on the sling in hot pants and a tiara. And yay for Take that though i thought howards lungs might have sympathy pushed them to number one. And yes, sadly mcfly will have to settle for a number 33 position next week, boo you whores :( Well done the hoosiers for getting a number one album though! Where did Robyn's single end up?

    Oh! And that BSB song is finally growing on me. I kinda luv it.

  • At 4:26 PM, Blogger Robpop said…

    Oddly, I am starting to like Bleeding Love. I heard it the other day (not online) and was shocked to find that its actually oooooookay. It could have been worse. She shoulda done a trashy disco song though. Something Gina G woulda been proud about!

    I am really surprised about Roisin! The album+single has had tons of promo. It was all over London. Posters are everywhere. Moreover what the fuck happened with Mel C!?Oh yeah-shite music! (She's 94 this week on downloads/physicals!)

    Ok Robyn details as Paul did ask...

    LONDON date-FUCKING SOLD OUT!!! I Cant get tickets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I am gonna go on the night. They gotta have some spares going! I tried all the agencies. Its all impossible to purchase!

    Handle Me:

    UK Airplay Chart-no.17

    Itunes-It went to number 19 today.

    In the real charts? Handle Me is at no.43!!!!!!!! Nice!

    To put that into some kind of context.....Roisin is no.60 with Let me Know on physicals and downloads. The album has also re-entered the charts....

    It bodes well for a top 20 hit for Robyn once the single is properly out there.

  • At 5:09 PM, Blogger Moogaboo said…

    Poor Raisin! I really like the album, give or take a few tracks. "Crybaby" is a not-so-veiled homage to Bobby O's greatest production ever: Divine's "Native Love"! It's pretty terrific.

    Still peeing a little over "half-baked twits." HA

    And I don't know how it happened, but "Inconsolable" has been a favorite of mine for the past month. I think it's all down to AJ's frought reading of the line, "I climb the walls..." Tres emotional, no?

  • At 5:21 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    What utter rubbish. Leona's single took Take That to the cleaners.
    219K versus 98k.
    Fastest selling single of the year.
    Congratulations to Leona. The UK has its own diva, and in Leona i could not be more proud.
    The sweetest young woman with the most beautiful voice

  • At 6:39 PM, Blogger Mike said…

    Leona is England's Dulta. An overhyped, talentless whore. Raisin is almost as shit.

  • At 9:08 PM, Blogger Yuяi said…

    Rule the World is a great song. Love Robyn and Raisin too. Would be great to see Robyn live...

  • At 10:43 PM, Blogger Joshua said…

    Oasis is back together?? Wow, I had no idea!!!!

  • At 8:26 PM, Blogger ww_adh said…

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  • At 8:27 PM, Blogger ww_adh said…

    Not a Leona fan, eh? I'm hopeful her album will be good. I think she has the potential to be the biggest UK reality show-originating talent since Will Young. I like Bleeding Love. It's different enough to make you take notice. This is much better than her tepid Kelly Clarkson remake.

  • At 10:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    this album is amazing. i listened it here: http://lavamus.com/Album/2314673/Leona_Lewis/Bleeding_Love_Promo/mp3/

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Rapala Tournament Fishing Review
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System: Wii, X360

Review Rating Legend
Dev: MagicWand 1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid 4.0 - 4.4 = Great
Pub: Activision 2.0 - 2.4 = Poor 4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
Release: Nov 2006 2.5 - 2.9 = Average 5.0 = The Best
Players: 1 3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
Review by Vaughn 3.5 - 3.9 = Good
Don't be reeled in by the budget price.
by Vaughn Smith

Anyone who has spent time at the fishing hole in Twilight Princess will most likely agree that it's actually quite entertaining thanks in no small part to the various lures and the excellent control scheme. They might even consider that a game based on real fishing would be even better. That's where Rapala Tournament Fishing comes in. The series has been around for a couple of years now and has at least some name recognition with virtual master anglers. Unfortunately RTF published by Activision Value feels rushed to market and isn't up to the usual standards of the series, nor is it up to the standards of the other Wii launch titles.

The game offers a few different modes to fish in such as Arcade, Free-Mode and Time Trials, but it's the Tournament Mode you'll most likely spend the majority of time playing. Players will be able to create their player from a selection of outdoorsy types and then whisk away to the first tournament. These tournaments are timed so you'll be under the gun to reel in the poisson de jour which will have to qualify in the various categories such as weight, length, how many wishes one will grant you if you throw it back... kidding. Rapala provides a mind-numbing amount of lures to choose from and I'm guessing fishing enthusiasts will definitely appreciate the attention to detail, which was completely lost on me. All I ever used was a Red Devil and by gum, that's all I ever needed - to catch Pirch and Jack. Along with the Rapala-sponsered lures that you'll have to guess as to why one is better than the other, unless you already know, you'll also have to select from a variety of rods and lines, both of which have different characteristics. To the novice virtual fisherman this info will be absolutely overwhelming at first, but in all fairness this game is aimed at those who probably already know what they're doing or at least are familiar with the Rapala name. If you're just going to buy this because you liked fishing in Zelda, you will most likely be confused with the sheer amount of choice afforded you. Now it sounds odd to slam a game for having too much content, but in this case developers MagicWand skimped on the useful info. If they had given detailed information regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the various lures, rods and lines and what they were intended to catch, you might have been able to come away with a head full of fishing knowledge. For novices RTO is nothing more than trial and error and we all know how much fun that is after hour 4.

MagicWand created intuitive fishing controls with the Wii-mote, which plays a lot like the more advanced fishing in Zelda. You will need to hold A, while you fling the Wii-mote forward to cast, simultaneously releasing the button at the apex of your movement. You will be able to move the line left and right, and reeling in the fish is accomplished by moving the nunchuck in a reeling motion. You set the drag of the line with the d-pad, which will release or add tension to the line depending on what kind of fight the fish is putting up. Holding the Wii-mote will add tension to the line and the rod, so you'll have to be careful not to break it. Once the fish is near the boat, a little mini-game pops up that requires you to press a sequence of buttons to land the fish in the boat. The fishing controls feel a little sluggish at times, but for the most part this is the best part of the game. If you can overlook the repetition of doing the same procedures over and over, you might get some enjoyment out of it.

Catching a fish in real life requires all sorts of high-tech equipment these days. Titanium fishing rods, computerized fish finders, infra-red night vision goggles, electrified nets, a fish psychic etc. are all part of the fisherman's tackle box. The most high-tech gadget I used to use was an oar for my rowboat. In RTF, you'll have your fishing caddy who will tell you where to fish and if you listen, by golly, he's right! If you happen to choose the right lure for the particular fish you're after, you'll be smooth sailing. Catching a fish in the game isn't particularly difficult nor is it particularly time-consuming, both of which are completely unrealistic. Fishing is a sport best enjoyed with a good boat, beer, sandwiches, dirty stories and a buddy who provides all of it free of charge. You'll be reeling in fish in RTF like you've got a MagicWand attached to your rod, and just maybe you do... This level of ease diminishes the overall worth as the game becomes entirely too repetitive with no real boost in challenge. Reeling in the larger fish in later tournaments might cause a few snapped lines and some whiteknuckle moments, but not as many as you'd hope for.

Visually the game looks like it would be better suited for the N64 than the Wii, with the exception of the underwater scenes, the fish and the animation of the fish. The rest of the graphics such as the character models and environments are generic and weak in all areas. Yes, it's a budget-priced game but does it really have to look like one? The water noises and the background music are decent and impress more than the bargain store visuals, but that's not saying much since people don't buy fishing games for the music.

If you're just dying to play another fishing game on the Wii than you've obviously found your game. The rest of you who are slightly curious would be well advised to rent Rapala Tournament Fishing for a few days to see if it's worthy enough to get tossed into your boat. It speaks volumes that when I was taking a break from reviewing RTF, I went back to my Zelda game and found myself visiting the fishing hole and enjoying it far more, even though it's not as complex as Rapala.

By Vaughn Smith
CCC Site Director

Rating out of 5
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The fish and the underwater environments are good, but the rest of the visuals should be ashamed of themselves.

The controls are quite good although feel a little sluggish at times.

Music / Sound FX / Voice Acting
I liked the music and the sound FX, but that doesn't really count in a game that hinges so little on these factors.

Play Value
Tournament mode is the way to play, but the game becomes increasingly repetitive and boring.

Overall Rating - Average
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The Best Protein Skimmer In The Market You Should Buy

The main purpose of a protein skimmer is to get rid any protein and any other organic waste materials that tend to accumulate in saltwater aquarium.

If you want to grow saltwater fishes or already have one, one of the primary things you need to do is find the best protein skimmer to give your new pet or pets a healthy environment by giving it a well-maintained aquarium.

Read on below to learn more about protein skimmers and the best ones you should try.

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Why Use A Protein Skimmer?

Using a protein skimmer can make your filtration system more effective. Note that you will still need to have a good filtration system in place to produce a good aquarium environment for your fishes. What does a protein skimmer do?

1. Actively Removes Waste From Your Aquarium

Protein skimmers are dependent on the chemical process known as adsorption. It works by removing biological wastes from the water once it adheres, either to the surface of the water or to the solids inside.

To understand it better, waste materials have a tendency to adhere to the surface of the air bubbles and are truly hauled out of the water.

An overwhelming blend of air and aquarium water inside the protein skimmer’s response chamber produces a large number of these protein-skimming miniature bubbles.

As these miniature bubbles go through the skimmer, waste materials sticking to the air pockets are consolidated and transported into the protein skimmer’s gathering container.

This dynamic waste-evacuation process utilized by protein skimmers permit mechanical, substance, and organic filtration to work all the more effectively.

2. Utilizes Mechanical Filters

Mechanical filters enhance water clarity by physically catching and expelling unmistakable particles from aquarium water. While you may not be able to see the caught waste material, it is still a share of the aquarium water’s column.

On the off chance that mechanical filtration system are not cleaned or supplanted regularly, the waste materials that have been trapped, along with other contaminants will be pushed back into the water. Make sure that you clean it regularly.

How It Works

Not at all like a mechanical channel that just traps solids yet opens them to the aquarium as the water keeps on streaming over them at the same time these solids are separating and adding to the aggregate bio-stack on a tank.

Skimmers could be consider a standout amongst the most noteworthy advances for the saltwater specialist.

Consider the sea for a moment. Imagine how the sea crashes waves onto the shore, wherein shells and other ocean items are washed up to the shore, this is very similar to the way protein skimmers work.

Air is blended with water and afterward the messy air pockets (froth) are put on shore, just with a protein skimmer this froth is expelled from the framework by means of the accumulation container.

Why Use A Filtration System?

Natural filtration separates unsafe nitrogen mixes by method for oxygen consuming advantageous microscopic organisms. Smelling salts and nitrite are changed over into the less poisonous compound, nitrate.

While nitrate is less poisonous, delicate reef spineless creatures, including corals, don't endure nitrate even in low focuses.

Numerous saltwater aquariums don't have the suitable conditions to encourage effective de-nitrification to render nitrate into innocuous nitrogen gas. Thus, nitrate levels can develop to destructive levels.

Advantages Of Using A Protein Skimmer

Protein skimmers keep up low nitrate levels by hindering nitrate development. They expel natural waste before it has an opportunity to separate and discharge nitrogen mixes. The utilization of a protein skimmer is fundamental in reef aquariums where a low nitrate level is critical for coral wellbeing.

Best Protein Skimmers You Should Try

1. Go Aquarium G3000 Protein Skimmer For Saltwater Aquariums, 265-Gallon

Go aquarium G arrangement stealthy skimmers minimized outline and exceptionally productive execution will give your aquarium the ideal water quality and clarity required.

This arrangement joins our calm dc controlled pumps inside the skimmer body for a barely noticeable impression. The special winding screw outline alongside the skimmer body makes water level alteration simple.

The needle’s single wheel framework delivers the littlest, smaller rises inside the response chamber permitting protein and other undesirable substances to froth at the top.

Basic setup and upkeep. A 2 year guarantee on the body and pump from the manufacturer is included.

  • Rated for tanks up to 265 gallons
  • Dc-2500 pump: 35 watts, 650 gallons per hour flow rate
  • Air intake of 900 liters per hour
  • 2 Year Manufacturer Warranty
  • Compact design

  • Silencer not included
  • Not extra collection cup available

2. SCA-302 180 Gallon Protein Skimmer (In Sump) Newest Version By SC Aquariums

This skimmer is intended to work for salt water tanks up to 180 Gal of salt water. Removable glass for helpful cleaning and upkeep.

You can set the hose to deplete waste onto a different container. Works very well for people who does not have time to clean regularly or need to be away for long periods of time.

  • 1 year warranty
  • Work with substantial load 180 gallon saltwater aquarium
  • Compact and moderately sized- will fit most saltwater aquariums
  • Atman 2000 pump needle impeller pump
  • Has a silencer
  • With free extra collection cup
  • 41watt, 2400 liters per hour
  • Can deplete water elsewhere

  • Skimmer box top is hard to expel for discharging/ cleaning
  • Water level agent could be more easy to use. It will pause for a moment or two of taking a gander at it to make sense of it precisely.
  • Warranty will be voided if pump is kept running on dry
  • Skimmer deplete adaptable hose is an abnormal size and the one included is (pointlessly) short.

3. SC Aquariums SCA-301 Protein Skimmer, 65 Lady

This skimmer is intended to work for salt water tanks up to 65 Gallons of salt water. Gathering Cup accompanies deplete tube. Air Silencer is incorporated. Removable container for advantageous cleaning and support.

This is an extremely well made skimmer with a space sparing plan that rushes to collect and introduce - has capable froth creation which you can without much of a stretch acclimate to the water level in your sump.

Try not to squander your cash on the costly brand name skimmers, this one will carry out the employment and not use up every last cent.

  • This skimmer is intended to work for salt water tanks up to 65 Gallons of salt water
  • Air Silencer is incorporated
  • 1 Year Limited Manufacturer’s Warranty
  • Compact design

  • Too powerful for smaller tanks and may overwhelm your fish
  • Does not have an extra collection cup
  • Cannot deplete waste elsewhere
  • Small capacity

4. Coral Vue Technology AC20284 Octopus Needle Wheel Skimmer For Aquarium Filter, 4-Inch, 100-Gallon

Coral vue skimmers give you superior components in a simple to utilize bundle. Great froth generation is given by hailea OTP pumps. New pinwheel impellers give up to 100% enhanced execution.

4 inch cone-neck steers move from rises into accumulation container. Simple cleaning is given by its quick discharge system. It also has an entryway valve which takes into account less demanding water level conformities.

  • Compact design
  • Good for smaller aquariums
  • Quiet operation
  • Effective and efficient product

  • No warranty
  • Pump not included
  • Small capacity not ideal for bigger aquariums

5. Reef Octopus Classic 152-S Protein Skimmer

The Reef Octopus Classic 152-S is an in-sump protein skimmer prepared to do giving intense filtration to aquariums up to 150 gallons where sump space might be constrained.

This Reef Octopus Classic Skimmer is built of superb cast acrylic that dismantles totally to clean. Its extraordinary Super Cone "wine glass shape" body normally balances out and concentrates the natural rich froth as it rises delivering an improved froth generation.

Completely furnished with a Reef Octopus Aquatrance 1800s pinwheel pump to create the ideal blend of water and air for ideal waste evacuation.

It has low energy consumption at only 11 watts, but with a strong air draw, drawing water at 140 gallons per hour.

  • Refined Filtration at an Affordable Cost
  • Ultra-proficient Aquatrance 3000s Pump
  • Turbulence Reducing Super Cone Body
  • Solid Cast Acrylic Construction
  • Compact Footprint
  • Ultra-effective Aquatrance 1800s Pump
  • In-Sump Application
  • Turbulence Reducing Super Cone Body
  • Solid Cast Acrylic Construction
  • Bubble Dispersant Plate
  • Precision Control/Bubble Free Output
  • Efficient and Quiet Operation
  • Disassembles for Easy Cleaning and Maintenance

  • Warranty not indicated.
  • Pricier than most brands

Our favorite and winning product for this review is the Reef Octopus Classic 152-S Protein Skimmer.

Aside from the price and our hesitations with the warranty, not only does it work great, but it is also energy efficient. It performs way better than any of the other products we have reviewed and the price is definitely worth the results.

Share this article with your friends if you have found this article useful. Share your experiences with these products below and let us know if there are other protein skimmers you have tried that works even better than the ones we have reviewed in this article. Happy reading!

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Buttermilk pie! Just saying buttermilk pie makes me feel like I live on a farm. Oh, wait, I do! I love living on a farm. But even if you don’t live on a farm, you can feel like you do. Just say, “I’m baking buttermilk pie!” And you’ll totally feel like you’re living in a 100-year-old farmhouse….

This is one of Georgia’s recipes, so you know it’s good.

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How to make Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Pie:

1 cup sugar
3 T flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks
1 3/4 cups buttermilk
2 T butter, melted
3 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
one unbaked single-crust Foolproof Pie Crust pie shell

Line greased pie pan with piecrust. Combine sugar, flour, and salt in a large bowl. Add egg yolks, buttermilk, and melted butter. Mix well. In another bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff.

Notice my pretty multi-colored eggs? I don’t have eggs from my chickens yet, so I’ve been buying these fresh eggs from the chicken farm where I got my chickens and ducks.

Beating egg whites takes forever, but anything involving pie is worth it. It’s kinda fascinating how egg whites fluff up and get stiff, isn’t it? How does that happen?

Fold egg whites into buttermilk mixture. Mix carefully and pour into the prepared pie pan. Bake at 375-degrees for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. This pie is a neat cross between a custard pie and a meringue. And it’s just plain yummy! How could it not be? It’s PIE!

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  1. 8-15

    You can tell those are farm fresh eggs…the yolks are such a rich golden hue. I bet the pie is very tasty…just may have to try the recipe.

  2. 8-15

    This is my hubby’s favorite pie. Thanks for sharing Georgia’s recipe with us! I’m gonna make it today! My mom raises chickens – I get all my eggs from her.

    Guess who takes care of her chickens when my dad and her go on trips!!! Me!

    Great blog! Have a great weekend!

  3. 8-15

    Will be making that pie !!!! :hungry:

  4. 8-15

    5:38 am and it is finally pouring down rain here – what a summer we have had too!!!! love pie – who doesnt!!! Hey we have not seen the ducks lately – how are they doing??? when it stops raining – i am off to the store to make pie!!! Ever eaten at House of Pies?? they must have atleast 15 or more every day – homemade too.

  5. 8-15

    it is pouring in Texas forgot to say that. hope your parents are still in and can enjoy that pie!!!!

  6. 8-15

    What a great way to start the day. Now I’m ready to have pie for breakfast. YUM!

    The milking looks like it’s going great! You’re really getting the hang of it, before long you’ll be an expert.

  7. 8-15

    I’ve never tried Buttermild Pie but I have buttermilk, eggs, etc. in the refrigerator right now, so this could be the day. I’m terrible at making pie crust, so I followed the link to your “Foolproof” recipe (I figured I’m a fool, so the recipe should work for me.) I checked the date on the original post, and realized I’d read the recipe before (since I read the blog every day) but it didn’t register in my conciousness at that time. Guess I wasn’t truly ready to tackle pie back in May. But now, thanks to your encouragement, after years without doing either, I’m making bread, and canning, so I guess pie crust can’t be that difficult, right?

    I’ve never made cheese, but I was looking at recipes for goat cheese, and most called for starting with a gallon of milk. Do you think you can cut down the recipe and start with a pint? I can’t wait to see the process.

  8. 8-15

    I have never heard of Buttermilk Pie before in my life, but now I am the curious!

    I just realized this week that I can now find the stuff for my favorite pie soon PUMPKIN PIE!
    and that my friends is ten kinds of awesome.

  9. 8-15

    Lovely pie! I’ve never had buttermilk pie…at least I don’t think so. I may have to try this one this weekend before I start that diet on Monday.

    Pie recipes and pie talk always bring to mind the pie scene in the movie “Michael.” You just gotta love pie.

  10. 8-15

    Oh, that looks so good as I sit here with my cup of coffee…hint, hint…a piece of pie would be a perfect compliment…ha,ha. Thank you for the recipe.

  11. 8-15

    I am soooooo making this pie. In case you weren’t aware, my life’s challenge is to find the perfect piece of pie. I’ve got your pie crust recipe and this recipe and I’m going to see if it’s a contender!!!! Thanks so much. I enjoy reading your adventures “down on the farm”.

    – Suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife

  12. 8-15

    mmmm…buttermilk pie is good! I haven’t had one in a long time, may have to make one now

  13. 8-15

    Thanks for the reminder…..I haven’t made buttermilk pie in YEARS — forgot all about it!!! Thanks for sharing Georgia’s recipe…..yours looks DELIGHTFUL!!!!!

    You know, you could use all that milk to make a bar of soap! Excellent for your skin!!!

    Is Clover still trying to sit down in the pail?? You might want to ask your dad about hobbling one of her legs. It might change her whole “persective” about standing for you. :mrgreen:

  14. 8-15

    Looks good. Thanks for the recipe. Hope you have a great weekend.

  15. 8-15

    Oh, oh, oh! That looks wonderful. I have been making buttermilk pie for years, but NEVER have I seen a recipe where the egg whites were beaten. That looks so beautiful. I am going to make one right now to take to Miss Suzie! Thank you!

  16. 8-15

    That looks delicious, if a heart attack on a plate. Wow.

  17. 8-15

    Yummy looking pie! Oh and a blog – yeah! I’m so excited.

  18. 8-15

    Thank you for sharing a tried and true recipe with us. I’ve been wanting to make one for my husband but was afraid to make one that didn’t turn out. Hubby will be so happy now! :purr:

  19. 8-15

    I love love LOVE buttermilk pie!!! Yum!!!

  20. 8-15

    :mrgreen: :shimmy: :bananadance: :rockon: :snoopy: OMG, that looks absolutely DIVINE!!! I LOVE baked custard, meringue AND buttermilk – so that sounds right up my alley! I have a bad sweet tooth right now! (wish I could get that sweet tooth extracted! LOL). Hey, good going Clover – keep putting out that milk!! :sheepjump:

  21. 8-15

    Suzanne, I signed up for Twitter and the forum, but it is not taking my password for the forum…is there like a 5 minute delay?

  22. 8-15

    Ack, I’m not sure. Anyone else know? I didn’t have to register, so I’m not sure how it works. (I was automatically registered.) Let me know if you still have problems in a bit.

  23. 8-15

    Yummmmm! I wish I could make a pie for my house, but my hubby can only have sugar-free. He’s making fresh blueberry pies today for our company that’s coming.

  24. 8-15

    Have never had buttermilk pie. It looks yummy.

  25. 8-15

    I’ve never heard of nor tried Buttermilk pie. Looks yummy though!

  26. 8-15

    I’ve never heard of Buttermilk pie. But I do love cooking with buttermilk…does that count? Oh…us city girls…we really have a lot to learn ;)

  27. 8-15

    How on earth do you stay so thin????? I have tried many of your recipes and I am expanding…. O.K. country girl I’m ready to see a clothes line and an apron…You make everything look fun! You have an A+ attitude…I am happy for happy you….

  28. 8-15

    It looks sooooo good :hellokitty:

  29. 8-15

    I think you have more hours in your days than we do!!!!!

  30. 8-24

    I just keep on sayin Buttamilk pie, sounden like I live on a farm in the south.

  31. 10-9

    :cowsleep: buttermilk pie?? is the consistancy of a cake, or liquidy centre like pie?

  32. 10-9

    Hi, butterbuns! It’s more of a custardlike consistency. :smile:

  33. 11-26

    :hungry: :biggrin: :biggrin: :weather: :clap: oh looks goooooooooooood im going to try it on thanks giving

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    :clap: :shimmy: :wave: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :talktothehand: :sick: :yes: :no: :cowsleep: :sheep: :heart: :shocked: :eek: :cry: :???: :cool: :lol: :biggrin: :smile: :mrgreen: :wall: :fryingpan: :guitar: :rockon: :hissyfit: :love: :guitar: :love: :rotfl: :whip: :cold: :hungry: :rambo: :friday: :friday: :typing: :typing: :hug: :weather: :fryingpan: :rockon: :catmeow: :hellokitty: :purr: :sheepjump: :woof: :birthday1: :cattail: :drowning: :elephant: :snoopy: :clock: :treehugger: :fan: :flying: :bananadance: :heart: looooooks gooooooooooood im having it

  35. 12-13

    I came across you buttermilk pie recipe while doing a google search. I followed the recipe, but when I cut into it the center is very runny and soft (wet). I beat the egg whites until they were stiff and even ended up cooking it an extra 10 minutes. Any longer and the top would have burned. The toothpick came out clean as well. It sure looks good and I’m wondering what I could have done wrong. Are there different kinds of buttermilk? I’d like to try it again to figure it out as it looks and smells great!

    Thanks for your help,

  36. 12-13

    Hi, Stephanie! Have you tested your oven to see if your temperature is off? You can get an oven thermometer to check it. Also, glass pie pans cook more evenly than other types of pie pans, so it could be your pie pan. The other thing I’d check is where you’re baking the pie–try setting your oven rack lower, in the middle or even toward the bottom of the oven. I hope that helps!

  37. 5-13

    I just wanted to say that I made this pie last night and it is delicious!!!! Since I don’t have chickens….I bought the freshest eggs I could find and the best buttermilk (it said it had butter flakes in it). The pie has a great texture and really good flavor!!!
    I used a 9 inch pie plate…but I had some of the mixture left over…I guess I should have made a 10 inch pie.
    Nevertheless,it is a great pie.

  38. 8-19

    Just happen to find this today, and since I had all the ingredients, made it just now. It turned out beautiful!! Good think I was using my Longaberger pie plates, because it is a deep dish pie plate. Can’t wait to taste it. Yummy!

  39. 11-15

    Are we supposed to let it cool or can we cut into it right away?

  40. 11-16

    Tracey, yes! Chill first.

  41. 12-26

    Made this buttermilk pic for Christmas. It was a big hit…a new favorite. Thanks to you and Georgia for sharing.

  42. 5-2

    Made this pie last night and love it! I didn’t have everything to make pie crust so I just used 2 ready made graham cracker crusts I had laying around and they turned out beautifully. My husband is already asking me to make it again and this morning he reported the one he took to work is down to the last slice. Thank you (and Georgia!) for sharing this!

    Can’t wait to try it with the foolproof pie crust. This is the first custard pie I’ve ever made and I’m so proud of how pretty and delicious it is – it’s going to be my new go to dessert for parties/holidays etc. Next on the list will be angel biscuits or grandmother bread. Never made any kind of bread or biscuits from scratch before but your site is so inspiring I’m gonna give it a go =^.^=

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Catch me if you Kang: American Alex Kang issues warning heading into final round of PGA Tour China Series Clearwater Bay Open

Aggressive American Alex Kang has laid down a ‘catch me if you can’ challenge heading into the final round of the PGA Tour China Series Clearwater Bay Open, with China’s former security guard and caddy Zhang Xinjun leading the challenge to overhaul his four-shot lead.

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First-round leader Kang moved to 14-under-par at Clearwater Bay Golf Country Club with a bogey-free third round seven-under-par 63 on Saturday as the 26-year-old chases a second win of the season.

Zhang dropped just one shot in a six-under 64 to sit tied for second alongside South Korean Lee Dai-han who matched Kang’s 63, although the pair face a confident final round playing partner who landed June’s Cadillac Championship having also held a four shot 54-hole lead.

“I will play my own game and look to separate myself from the pack, and if I do, I can play the back nine more conservatively. But for now, I still need to make birdies and stick to my game plan,” said Kang. “Last time I won by six, so hope I can win by seven or more this time.”

Kang, whose sister Danielle is a leading player on the women’s US LPGA tour, did struggle in conditions on Friday which even he admits were the easiest of the week after he added a one-under second round to an opening six-under 64.

He looked to be on course to drop his first shot of the third round after plugging his approach shot into the face of a greenside bunker on the 18th, but made a seemingly impossible escape before rolling in a 10 foot birdie putt after that aggressive mentality had convinced him he could make the final green in two.

Watch: Alex Kang’s amazing bunker shot

“My aggressive play has helped me well this year,” added Kang, who earned his card this season after coming through qualifying at the start of the year. “It has helped me, but I have also missed cuts because of it.

“Zhang is a really aggressive player like me so it should be fun.”

Zhang might need to live up to his billing to chase down Kang as he seeks to extend his winning record of having claimed victory in each of the two China Series seasons to date.

The 29-year-old is currently just one place behind Kang on the order of merit after wins in 2014 and 2015 saw Zhang finish second and third on the tour’s money list for the last two years.

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Zhang is one of the senior players on the China Series circuit, while his story also reads a little differently than most having been forced to start work in his teens to support his family after failing to get into high school.

“Golf helped me a lot. I started work when I was a teenager, and through working experiences and golf training, I can be more mature and I treasure every chance,” said Zhang, who missed a solid birdie chance at the last.

“I have been a security guard at a course, and a caddy. I have worked on the course for a long time and I realise that I do really love golf.

“When I compare myself with the younger players on the PGA China Series, I feel a bit of pressure as I am not young anymore, however, it can give me energy to push myself.”

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Throughout the week, Chinese social media sites were abuzz with reports from disgruntled tourists complaining about lengthy queues, chronic overcrowding, and awful traffic. One popular post on Weibo, China‘s top social network, featured pictures of tourists stuck in highway traffic jams getting out of their cars to play tennis or host picnics on the road. Another showed pictures of the beaches in the island province of Hainan covered in a thick blanket of tourist-created trash. A third told of a camel that dropped dead of exhaustion after ferrying tourists through the Gobi desert in the northwestern town of Dunhuang.

While travelers groaned, though, economists must have been grinning. For months, China-watchers have been worrying about the prospect of a ‘hard-landing’ for the Chinese economy. China’s economic planners have been working to shift China’s economy away from reliance on government-funded infrastructure spending and low-value manufacturing and toward a more consumer-driven model of growth. Thus far, their efforts have had limited success, with consumers largely choosing to hold onto their cash rather than fritter it away on discretionary spending. Meanwhile, demand for Chinese-made products from Europe and the US continues to lag, and China analysts are not convinced that the domestic consumers are ready to replace the flagging low-end manufacturing sector. Could the crowds signal that better times are coming?

Some are cautiously optimistic. Travelers pumped close to $35 billion into the domestic economy during the 7-day period at the start of October, an increase of 45% compared to the same period last year. “People who believe China is mired in a crisis, with slumping growth and falling stock prices, could be shocked by this strong data,” Ting Lu, an analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, wrote in a recent report. The promising data, he says, indicates that consumption spending is increasingly shifting towards leisure pursuits.

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Police officer weeding out people without the proper permit. (Southern Metropolis Weekly)

暂住 (zàn zhù): temporary residence

Permit to work or live in certain major cities required for those without local  (户口 hùkǒu or ) must obtain to work or live in 21 cities in China [zh], including the metropolises of Beijing, Shanghai, and Chongqing. Those in the cities without a permit may be fined or deported.

While the disparity in development between China’s countryside and urban areas has made it economically necessary for many rural migrants to live as temporary residents in large cities, the permit system prevents them from enjoying the same privileges and rights as city natives.

The legality of these temporary residence permits is questionable, following the abolition of a similar national system. Many scholars find cities’ current systems of temporary residence permits to be unconstitutional. However, cities such as Beijing and Shanghai insist that the permits are necessary to limit migration and maintain order. Some cities have changed the name of the permits from “temporary residence permit” to “residence permit” while retaining the same basic system.

Online, “temporary residence” is applied to all Chinese citizens. Without the right to own property, and with manyforced out of their homes for development, everyone and everything is impermanent:

@空煜断锦: We don’t have any land, houses, even cemeteries that truly belong to us. We don’t have the right to choose how many children we have, to cross the border freely, or to speak freely. We don’t have the power to protect ourselves from unfair treatment. We aren’t citizens, we are denizens, renters with temporary residence on this piece of earth called China.