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  I am at a gay bar!!!

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  so fun!!!

  full report later..... .

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  GrreatTeacher:

  Sorry, fulltimestudent, only the purple one is demonized.

  Gee! really? Thank you for taking the time ( and being patient with my ignorance) to enlighten me. Please continue with the lesson.
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  I am at a gay bar!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  so fun!!!

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  D-D:

  These people were..PEOPLE. They laughed, they cried, they loved each other. One couple was celebrating 22 years together and they were happy!

  BOTR

  I peered in. Their faces were so happy. Everyone was dancing. It was so warm.

  I had a sort of similar experience. Not so long after my former loving brothers and sisters decided I wasn't fit to associate with them, and I was desperately trying to adjust to a new life.

  Hardly any friends (after listening faithfully to all the warnings about OWP), so I'm walking along King St, Newtown ( an inner city entertainment strip in Sydney) one friday night, and I go past this pub, where everyone inside (as seen through the open doors) seemed to be having a happy time.

  In a previous sales job, I'd had to go to a few pubs in Sydney's western suburbs (where the factory I worked with was located). A different scene to what I saw in the Newtown pub. The westie pubs were known as blood houses - because of the violent fights that could break out in an instant. As far as I know, they were totally str8. And the mood was nearly always one of suppressed violence.

  So I decided to have a drink in the (Newtown) pub. Bought a beer and looked around and realised I was in a gay pub. And, compared to the westie pubs, it was a paradise. People seemed happy. A guy came in and bought a drink next to me - we got into a conversation. I learned he was native Australian, an artist and now running an art school in the area sponsored by Sydney Uni. (located nearby). An interesting conversation and just watching the unfolding scene I saw that the Christian hatred of gay people was another black mark against the Christian religion.

  Funny how we can be so blind to the obvious.

  Not a great night - just a drink, a conversation and an opportunity to watch a social situation. After about 45 minutes I left to go home (alone- smile) but certainly a bit wiser.
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  I am at a gay bar!!!

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  so fun!!!

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  Cant resist - I'm disappointed you didn't see any demons. So here's some:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyNgm6ScKew
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  Early coin making workshop found in north China

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  this ancient coin workshop has been dated to the western han dynasty, and contained over 1.4 million stored coins and remains of some of the moulds used to make the coins.. 3,500 kg of ancient coins excavated in n china.

  hohhot, dec. 30 (xinhua) -- archaeologists have excavated about 3,500 kilograms of ancient coins in north china's inner mongolia autonomous region, sources said sunday.. the coins were found in three millennia-old coin pits in the ancient town of huoluochaideng in ordos city after police cracked three theft cases, said lian jilin, a researcher with the regional institute of cultural relics and archaeology.. most of the coins were "huoquan," coins commonly used in the han dynasty (202 bc - 220 ad), said lian.. archaeologists have also excavated over 100 casting molds from the relics of a coin workshop.

  the molds are believed to date back to the rule of emperor wudi (156 bc - 87 bc) of the western han dynasty and the short-lived xin dynasty (45 bc - 23 ad) founded by wang mang.. based on its size and cultural relics uncovered there, huoluochaideng is believed to have been a major town in northern china during the han dynasty, said lian.. the through-train method of the coin casting and storage seen in the relics of the ancient town is rarely seen in china and significant in the study of the ancient monetary system and casting technology, he added.. .

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  If coins are among your interests, I found that the Shanghai Museum has an excellent collection of historical chinese coins and banknotes, including the printing plates.

  Here's some images from Wikipedia.

  

  Yuan Dynasty (approx 1270 to 1368 CE) Banknote and printing plate. Marco Polo mentioned the use of paper money in China. Venetian merchants were surprised to find that the State guaranteed the paper notes.

  

  Song dynasty (960-1279 CE) banknote

  The use of a form of paper currency can be found as early as the Tang dynasty, when promissary notes were used to obviate the need to cart around huge amounts of coinage.
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  Early coin making workshop found in north China

  by fulltimestudent in

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  this ancient coin workshop has been dated to the western han dynasty, and contained over 1.4 million stored coins and remains of some of the moulds used to make the coins.. 3,500 kg of ancient coins excavated in n china.

  hohhot, dec. 30 (xinhua) -- archaeologists have excavated about 3,500 kilograms of ancient coins in north china's inner mongolia autonomous region, sources said sunday.. the coins were found in three millennia-old coin pits in the ancient town of huoluochaideng in ordos city after police cracked three theft cases, said lian jilin, a researcher with the regional institute of cultural relics and archaeology.. most of the coins were "huoquan," coins commonly used in the han dynasty (202 bc - 220 ad), said lian.. archaeologists have also excavated over 100 casting molds from the relics of a coin workshop.

  the molds are believed to date back to the rule of emperor wudi (156 bc - 87 bc) of the western han dynasty and the short-lived xin dynasty (45 bc - 23 ad) founded by wang mang.. based on its size and cultural relics uncovered there, huoluochaideng is believed to have been a major town in northern china during the han dynasty, said lian.. the through-train method of the coin casting and storage seen in the relics of the ancient town is rarely seen in china and significant in the study of the ancient monetary system and casting technology, he added.. .

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  Samples of the discovered early coins:

  

  

  

  
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  Early coin making workshop found in north China

  by fulltimestudent in

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  this ancient coin workshop has been dated to the western han dynasty, and contained over 1.4 million stored coins and remains of some of the moulds used to make the coins.. 3,500 kg of ancient coins excavated in n china.

  hohhot, dec. 30 (xinhua) -- archaeologists have excavated about 3,500 kilograms of ancient coins in north china's inner mongolia autonomous region, sources said sunday.. the coins were found in three millennia-old coin pits in the ancient town of huoluochaideng in ordos city after police cracked three theft cases, said lian jilin, a researcher with the regional institute of cultural relics and archaeology.. most of the coins were "huoquan," coins commonly used in the han dynasty (202 bc - 220 ad), said lian.. archaeologists have also excavated over 100 casting molds from the relics of a coin workshop.

  the molds are believed to date back to the rule of emperor wudi (156 bc - 87 bc) of the western han dynasty and the short-lived xin dynasty (45 bc - 23 ad) founded by wang mang.. based on its size and cultural relics uncovered there, huoluochaideng is believed to have been a major town in northern china during the han dynasty, said lian.. the through-train method of the coin casting and storage seen in the relics of the ancient town is rarely seen in china and significant in the study of the ancient monetary system and casting technology, he added.. .

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  Images of the remains of the casting mounds:

  

  

  
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  Early coin making workshop found in north China

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
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  this ancient coin workshop has been dated to the western han dynasty, and contained over 1.4 million stored coins and remains of some of the moulds used to make the coins.. 3,500 kg of ancient coins excavated in n china.

  hohhot, dec. 30 (xinhua) -- archaeologists have excavated about 3,500 kilograms of ancient coins in north china's inner mongolia autonomous region, sources said sunday.. the coins were found in three millennia-old coin pits in the ancient town of huoluochaideng in ordos city after police cracked three theft cases, said lian jilin, a researcher with the regional institute of cultural relics and archaeology.. most of the coins were "huoquan," coins commonly used in the han dynasty (202 bc - 220 ad), said lian.. archaeologists have also excavated over 100 casting molds from the relics of a coin workshop.

  the molds are believed to date back to the rule of emperor wudi (156 bc - 87 bc) of the western han dynasty and the short-lived xin dynasty (45 bc - 23 ad) founded by wang mang.. based on its size and cultural relics uncovered there, huoluochaideng is believed to have been a major town in northern china during the han dynasty, said lian.. the through-train method of the coin casting and storage seen in the relics of the ancient town is rarely seen in china and significant in the study of the ancient monetary system and casting technology, he added.. .

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  This ancient coin workshop has been dated to the western Han dynasty, and contained over 1.4 million stored coins and remains of some of the moulds used to make the coins.

  3,500 kg of ancient coins excavated in N China

  HOHHOT, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have excavated about 3,500 kilograms of ancient coins in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, sources said Sunday.

  The coins were found in three millennia-old coin pits in the ancient town of Huoluochaideng in Ordos City after police cracked three theft cases, said Lian Jilin, a researcher with the regional Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.

  Most of the coins were "Huoquan," coins commonly used in the Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD), said Lian.

  Archaeologists have also excavated over 100 casting molds from the relics of a coin workshop. The molds are believed to date back to the rule of Emperor Wudi (156 BC - 87 BC) of the Western Han Dynasty and the short-lived Xin Dynasty (45 BC - 23 AD) founded by Wang Mang.

  Based on its size and cultural relics uncovered there, Huoluochaideng is believed to have been a major town in northern China during the Han Dynasty, said Lian.

  The through-train method of the coin casting and storage seen in the relics of the ancient town is rarely seen in China and significant in the study of the ancient monetary system and casting technology, he added.

  Reference: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-12/30/c_132072358.htm

  The Peoples Daily also published images of the discovery.

  The workshop:

  
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  World's longest gas pipeline commissioned between Central Asia and Shanghai

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  gas surges through world's longest pipeline.

  beijing, dec. 30 (xinhua) -- china's second west-to-east gas pipeline, the world's longest line, became fully operational when the last section of the line opened on sunday, china national petroleum corporation (cnpc) announced.. the 8,704-kilometer pipeline, including one trunk line and 8 regional lines, will carry natural gas from central asia to as far afield as shanghai in east china and guangzhou and hong kong in south china.. the 142.2 billion-yuan (22.57 billion u.s. dollars) pipeline traverses 15 provincial regions and will benefit about 500 million people, according to the cnpc.. the pipeline's annual natural gas transportation capacity is 30 billion cubic meters.

  it runs from huoerguosi, located on the china-kazakhstan border in northwest xinjiang uygur autonomous region, to hong kong.. reference: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-12/30/c_132072345.htm.

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  Gas surges through world's longest pipeline

  BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's second west-to-east gas pipeline, the world's longest line, became fully operational when the last section of the line opened on Sunday, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced.

  The 8,704-kilometer pipeline, including one trunk line and 8 regional lines, will carry natural gas from central Asia to as far afield as Shanghai in east China and Guangzhou and Hong Kong in south China.

  The 142.2 billion-yuan (22.57 billion U.S. dollars) pipeline traverses 15 provincial regions and will benefit about 500 million people, according to the CNPC.

  The pipeline's annual natural gas transportation capacity is 30 billion cubic meters. It runs from Huoerguosi, located on the China-Kazakhstan border in northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to Hong Kong.

  Reference: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-12/30/c_132072345.htm
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  Chinese Schools Commence Term 1, 2014 - Kids are Kids everywhere

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  students and teachers in the special education school in changsha, capital of central china's hunan province, express "the new term has begun" in sign language.

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  The PISA test results brought a lot comment when released. From individuals as well as educational organisations:

  Another BBC report included some personal viewpoints: ( http://www.bbc.com/news/business-25205112 )

  One Chinese student studying in a UK university, commented:

  I am a Chinese, I really don't think Pisa test matters much. I am studying in UK university right now, so it is easy for me to compare these two education systems. Students in Asian countries are more likely to spend more time in school, basically to get high scores in exam in order to stand out among so many people. My past experience in Chinese education system was not that good: arts and PE are generally not valued much, many students just study every day instead of doing their hobbies. What for? I hate this type of education. I am really jealous of the UK students who have so much time to play sports, to learn arts. Both systems need to learn from each other. Naichen, China.

  It can be noted that his complaint against his Chinese education, included the fact that there was no organised sports or art topics. However, a common complaint by critics of western education, is that too much emphasis on sports and hobbies.

  A Singaporean, also with experience at a UK University, says:

  As a product of both the Singaporean and British education systems, and speaking as a graduate in a STEM Subject, my opinion is that there is a culture of complacency in the UK. In Singapore or Hong Kong your child has to be successful to enter university, there is a lot more competition there and many don't make the grade. University in those regions is a saving grace for the family, the fear of family financial failure is greater than fear of exam stress and so people won't give a second thought to providing outside tuition. It all sounds stressful and 'survival of the fittest' but unfortunately that's the way the world works outside the UK's borders. Damon, Birmingham

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  A Canadian offers this opinion:

  Practical tests like PISA with measurable results to benchmark educational systems are a wonderful tool to show which local and regional systems need upgrading. It is disappointing to see British and other poor performers criticize the test instead of working on improvements. We are being by-passed by China. Our children will have a much tougher life than we have had. Neil, Quebec, Canada
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  Chinese Schools Commence Term 1, 2014 - Kids are Kids everywhere

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  VG -I can offer no explanation for the gap between your perceptions, carried out in a local school system (somewhere in Canada) and the PISA results, which as stated, tested only the Shanghai school system (Population comparison - Canada: 35 million vs Shanghai 24 million). The PISA tests were conducted in 2012. You do not state the year(s) in which your tests were performed.

  This is the chart that was part of a BBC report on the release of the tests.

  

  The report stated that more school areas in China will participate in the next PISA tests scheduled for 2015.