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...Chinese citizen, I found Elegant's depiction of young Chinese as apolitical and materialistic rather naïve. He assumes that certain "Paris Hilton" types are representative of their generation, and that functional democracy and governments responsive to citizens cannot exist without a ballot-style voting system. Deng Xiao-Ping's pragmatism, as well as redefining socialist economics, has brought about new understandings of democracy and politics for China's youth. The "Me Generation" have certainly hit the right political buttons so far, prompting governmental commitments to keeping them "rich and happy." Mingyi Yao, Melbourne...
...League Associate Director Chuck Yrigoyen opened the day’s festivities by encouraging the media to use the new Football Championship Subdivision designation. “The term I-AA doesn’t exist anymore,” Yrigoyen said…The NCAA has instituted a few rule changes in 2007. The clock rules will revert back to pre-'06 days, with the clock starting on the touch as opposed to the kickoff, and on the snap when possession changes. In addition, kickoffs will now take place from the 30-yard line instead...
...fact that black patients experiencing heart attacks were far less-likely to receive a key blood clot-busting procedure called thrombolysis has been known for some time, but the new study determined that there exist distinct “pro-white, anti-black” race biases, according to study co-author Alexander R. Green, a doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital and a lecturer at Harvard Medical School...
...ever been a commuter or a tourist, a jogger or a caregiver to small children, you can attest that there's a serious lack of public toilet facilities in America. "As if the need to go to the bathroom does not exist," travel expert Arthur Frommer once quipped. In Australia, by comparison, all 14,000 of the country's public facilities are accounted for on the electronic National Public Toilet Map, a project funded by the Department of Health and Aging...
...things don't look good for Bush. The act's opponents argue essentially that it can't overcome the Constitution's bar to suspending habeas except in cases of "rebellion or invasion," conditions that, no matter how dramatically the President may portray the war on terrorism, don't exist. The act's supporters counter that the constitutional provision doesn't apply to people held outside the U.S., in places like Guantanamo...