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James Hewish

Joy turned to despair for South Korea on Wednesday when their victory lap was cut short by news of their disqualification gifting China the Olympic gold in the women's short track 3,000 meters relay. South Korea's skaters had already started waving flags in joy after crossing the line ahead of the rest of the field but a referee review decided Kim Min-jung had impeded during an exchange push with just a few laps remaining. Cheers turned to tears as the inconsolable South Koreans rushed past reporters without stopping to explain their mistake and livid coach Choi Kwang-bok hammered his fists on a padded barrier in frustration and shouted at the referee. He was angry that it was the same Australian official in charge, James Hewish, who had triggered outrage in South Korea when he disqualified Kim Dong-sung in the 1,500 final at the 2002 Games after he had crossed the line first. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61O1EJ20100225?type=sportsNews

Leo Strauss

Philosophy is essentially not possession of the truth, but quest for the truth. The distinctive trait of the philosopher is that "he knows that he knows nothing," and that his insight into our ignorance concerning the most important things induces him to strive with all his power for knowledge. He would cease to be a philosopher by evading the questions concerning these things or by disregarding them because they cannot be answered. It may be that as regards the possible answers to these questions, the pros and cons will always be in a more or less even balance, and therefore that philosophy will never go beyond the stage of discussion or disputation and will never reach the stage of decision. This would not make philosophy futile. For the clear grasp of a fundamental question requires understanding of the nature of the subject matter with which the question is concerned. Genuine knowledge of a fundamental question, through understanding of it, is better than blindness to it, or indifference to it, be that indifference or blindness accompanied by knowledge of the answers to a vast number of peripheral or ephemeral questions or not. -from "What Is Political Philosophy?"

Fuzhou, China

A dog was chained to a motorcycle and dragged, traveling at 50 km/h. When yelled at by bystanders to stop, the man accelerated. It's possible in countries like China. I would pay a large sum of money to be left in a confined room with this being. And he would give anything to stop me from the unimaginable things I'd do to him. http://photo.media.daum.net/list/view.html?cateid=100000&newsid=20100220141103829&p=seoul&RIGHT_TOPIC=R0