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  • Land grabs fuel China’s rural woes

    Posted by admin on March 8th, 2010 and filed under rural | No Comments »

    China’s premier has laid out plans for increased public spending in a bid to close ths gap between the country’s urban rich and mainly rural poor.

    In a speech to the National People’s Congress, Wen Jiabao said China’s leaders needed to pay more attention to the millions of Chinese how had yet to benefit from the country’s economic boom.

    It is a problem that is particularly acute in China’s countryside, where many rural residents are seeing their land eaten up by development, often forcibly taken from them.

    Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from Jiangsu province. (Mar 5, 2010)

    Duration : 0:3:28

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    Home alone in rural China – 15 Nov 07

    Posted by admin on March 5th, 2010 and filed under rural | 25 Comments »

    China is a country on the move. Millions have left their homes in the country’s rural interior to seek work in the booming cities. But not all of them can afford to take their children with them. Xie Xiang Ling is one of those who has been left behind and she told Al Jazeera her story.

    Duration : 0:2:7

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    Tracey Moffatt Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy (1989) 1

    Posted by admin on February 19th, 2010 and filed under rural | 7 Comments »

    Synopsis
    A short experimental film shot totally in a studio, it is about the relationship between an Aboriginal daughter and her white mother. The daughter, now the sole carer of her dying mother, dreams of far away places.

    Curator’s notes
    A short film written and directed by Tracey Moffatt, Night Cries is promoted as a possible sequel to Chauvel’s feature film Jedda. What would have happened had Jedda survived, and became the primary carer of her white mother? Moffatt, one of Australia’s most famous visual artists whose work is internationally acclaimed, continues her use of constructed environments, with no outdoor scenes filmed in this work. Shot entirely indoors, the design work of Steven Curtis in Night Cries can also be seen in Moffatt’s feature film BeDevil. The beautiful use of rich colours, reflections and sounds open up the indoor environment of the set, and suggests the grand expanse of physical landscapes.

    Moffatt’s use of famous Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little, who sings ‘Royal Telephone’ in Night Cries, evokes the presence of Christianity, and its role in the assimilation of Aboriginal peoples. The haunting textures of the painted landscape can then perhaps be reflective of a gradual change in how Aboriginal people relate to the land as a consequence of assimilation. The haunted look in the eyes of the Aboriginal daughter (Marcia Langton), is loaded with a sense of what could have been. The final scene of Night Cries is reminiscent of a scene from Jedda, when the newborn infant is laid on the table next to the white mistress of the house, and both begin to cry. This scene in Night Cries revisits the pain and anguish of Jedda, as the now grown Aboriginal daughter lies in a foetal position next to her white mother, and once again cries. Assimilation, then, can be understood as a pain experienced by both the Aboriginal daughter, as well as the white mother.

    Tracey Moffatt is an artist who continues to challenge the social construction of Aboriginality and how it is nationally and internationally viewed.

    Romaine Moreton, curator
    http://www.ubu.com/film/moffatt_rural.html

    Duration : 0:8:16

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    A Rural do Publio

    Posted by admin on November 28th, 2009 and filed under rural | 2 Comments »

    Reportagem do programa Auto Esporte da Rede Globo sobre a Rural, exibido em 10/02/2008.

    Duration : 0:4:9

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    SimCity 4 Tutorial: How to build Rural Highways (RHW)

    Posted by admin on November 21st, 2009 and filed under rural | 20 Comments »

    This is a tutorial on how to build Rural Highways with the Rural Higway (RHW) mod. It’s not only suitable for rural areas, it works and looks great in urban areas, too.

    **You need to register / login first!!**
    RHW
    PC: http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=853
    MAC: http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1432
    OR
    PC: http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=19188
    MAC: http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=19189

    You also need the Network Addon Mod (NAM) in order to use this, you can find it here:
    PC: http://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=851
    MAC: http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=852
    OR
    PC: http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=21355
    MAC: http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=21373

    You will have to have either SimCity 4 Rush Hour or Deluxe Edition in order to be able to do this.

    NEW The new Network Widening mod is working on now. The website is http://sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=1200.msg33176#msg33176 . You should check it out!
    The NWM will help you to get better transit and cooler cities!

    The RHW can intersect with all other SimCity roads, like avenue and oneway roads. There are also S-curves, double curves, etc. This video shows you the basics on how to use the RHW.
    Get creative!

    Music: Peter Gelderblom vs. Muzikjunki – Trapped

    Duration : 0:2:57

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    Neo Pi Neo – A Rural Vai Arribá!

    Posted by admin on November 16th, 2009 and filed under rural | 22 Comments »

    Neo Pi Neo no programa de Fábio Jr, em Set/1.999, na Rede Record, cantando A Rural (Arruma a mala aê, a Rural vai Arribá!).
    Dedicado aos admiradores de Rural Willys ou Rural Ford.

    Duration : 0:9:49

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    The Rural Alberta Advantage – Frank, AB

    Posted by admin on November 12th, 2009 and filed under rural | No Comments »

    @ The Billiken Club – St Louis, MO
    3.31.09
    http://www.archobserver.com

    Duration : 0:3:43

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    the rural alberta advantage – don`t haunt this place

    Posted by admin on October 24th, 2009 and filed under rural | 25 Comments »

    from album hometowns www.theraa.com to get it for free

    Duration : 0:2:35

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    Corridor of Shame: Neglect of South Carolina’s Rural Schools

    Posted by admin on October 15th, 2009 and filed under rural | 13 Comments »

    www.corridorofshame.com Trailer for a 58 minute documentary that chronicles the story of the challenges faced in funding an adequate education in South Carolina’s rural school districts, located along I-95.

    The documentary, supported by many of South Carolina’s leading foundations and community leaders, tracks the evidence presented on behalf of eight school districts in Abbeville County School District v. The State of South Carolina.

    Duration : 0:9:31

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    Corridor of Shame: Neglect of South Carolina’s Rural Schools

    Posted by admin on October 15th, 2009 and filed under rural | 13 Comments »

    www.corridorofshame.com Trailer for a 58 minute documentary that chronicles the story of the challenges faced in funding an adequate education in South Carolina’s rural school districts, located along I-95.

    The documentary, supported by many of South Carolina’s leading foundations and community leaders, tracks the evidence presented on behalf of eight school districts in Abbeville County School District v. The State of South Carolina.

    Duration : 0:9:31

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