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Catholic Schools Office Wagga Wagga - Annual Report 2012
'Catholic Schools are called to be dynamic signs and instruments of the life-giving good news of Jesus Christ.' (Bishop Hanna 2011) The Bishop's Mandate provided the focus for the work undertaken in the Catholic Life Team.
The challenge being to help teachers discover their personal vocation, and to maintain a religious and social justice framework that actually gave our community an opportunity to experience the Kingdom.
We also needed to ensure our policies, programs and practices strengthen Catholic identity and recognise the place of Catholic schools within the evangelising mission of the Church.
Catholic Identity & RE
Head of Team: John Goonan
Strategic Intent 1.1 | Implementation of Bishop Hanna's Mandate 'Continuing the Adventure'
Orientation sessions were held across the Diocese for staff new to Catholic Education. Staff were introduced to the history of Catholic education in the Diocese, the Vision and Mission statements and the practicalities of teaching religious education.
Continuing the practice of strengthening Catholic identity, Staff Spirituality Days were conducted where participants were invited to unpack the Bishop's mandate and renew their understandings. Catholic Life team members also took a leading role in prayer and reflection during meetings of CSO staff, Principal gatherings and RE Network meetings.
Strategic Intent 1.2 | Implementation of policies, programs and practices which strengthen Catholic identity and recognise the place of Catholic schools within the evangelising mission of the Church.
A key initiative in this area was the visit of Fr Anthony Gittins, CSS for a week in March 2012. Fr Anthony was to talk to a gathering of all school Principals and the priests of the Diocese for one day, spend two days delivering a retreat to members of the Catholic Schools Office Team and spend two days with Principals and Religious Education Coordinators at the end of the week. The theme of Father's talks was "Encountering Jesus: A Call to Radical Discipleship". However, the breaking of the drought, the associated flooding of the Murrumbidgee River and the evacuation of central Wagga coincided with the visit and prevented many from attending the sessions. Those who were able to make it to the sessions found the time with Father Anthony both stimulating and challenging.
Connections Wagga Wagga is a suite of experiences for the formation and renewal of all staff employed in Catholic education in the Wagga Diocese. Each program is tailored to meet the needs of staff at different stages of their personal and professional journey.
In 2012, 13 staff participated in 'Connections: Come and See' (for staff who have worked in the system for 3-5 years) and 12 staff in 'Connections: Follow Me" (for staff who have worked in the system for 6-10 years).
The following are some of the reflections from participants in 'Connections: Come and See':
A renewed sense of my faith and love of Jesus. I really do feel "connected" to Him again and have a rejuvenated appreciation of His place in my life. I feel more positive and as if my insignificant worries and struggles can fade to the background now he is well and truly active in me again.
I AM worthy to follow Jesus. By being me and being human I am doing/living/being what God has planned for us all.
The fellowship was wonderful.
Working with people in a relaxed atmosphere.
A greater understanding of my own position and relationship with Christ. And idea of what I would like to do more of in life to improve my discipleship.
A really supportive environment in which to share, explore, learn and continue my faith journey.
Some of the participants reflections after 'Connections: Follow Me' included:
The more I know about God and understand the Kingdom, the more I feel that I can help the children I am blessed to have in my care.
The time to reflect/discuss/ponder was beneficial in helping me get to a place of comfort and awe where I know God will always invite me.
Studying and experiencing Bible stories helps me and also my teaching.
The time to reflect/discuss/ponder was beneficial in helping me get to a place of comfort and awe, where I know God will always invite me.
Being aware myself of the Kingdom of God here now and with us! I feel I am on the right path.
I feel very privileged to be amongst a very supportive group of people whose knowledge and guidance opened my eyes and heart.
Strategic Intent 1.3 | Implementation of a framework for the professional development and ongoing formation of staff in Religious Education and Theological Studies.
A record number of 38 teachers completed their Graduate Certificate of Theology (Religious Education) in 2012. The post- graduate course is taught in Wagga by the Broken Bay Institute (BBI) which is affiliated with the University of Newcastle (UoN).
Two teachers from our schools also completed a Master of Theology through BBI and UoN.
Ms Genevieve O'Reilly a member of staff of Xavier High School and Gemma Hale from St Joseph's Primary School in Wagga Wagga, are the first teachers in the Diocese to gain a Masters in Theology through the partnership the Catholic Schools Office has with BBI and UoN.
Another 24 teachers from the Diocese began their Graduate Certificate course in 2012. To make participation in the degree course for all teachers in the Diocese, the lectures were relayed by video link to Griffith, Albury and Finley from Wagga.
Graduate Certificate of Theology graduates 2012
Strategic Intent 1.4 | Implementation of a framework for the passing on of Catholic faith, life and culture to all involved in our schools.
"Sharing Our Story" is the Diocesan Religious Education syllabus. Units were rewritten for each primary year level for Lent and Easter. This was done to address areas identified by the participation of our students in the Year Six Religious Education tests. There were some aspects which were not being adequately covered. A successful application was also made to the Board of Studies for endorsement of "Sharing Our Story" as an appropriate course of study for students in Year 9, 10, 11 and 12.
As well as participating in the Year 6 test in 2012, students in year 8 also participated in the Sydney Archdiocese test for the first time. Data, though limited, indicated that our students are well informed and prepared.
Copyright 2012 - Catholic Schools Office Wagga Wagga, All Rights Reserved


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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. -- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
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Hong Kong's burgeoning golf talent will get a chance to shine on home soil at this week's Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation's Junior Championship – Mitsubishi Corporation Cup presented by Mitsubishi Corporation as one of three local teams in action on the international stage over the next month.
The three-day Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation Junior Championship – Mitsubishi Corporation Cup (APGC) starts on Wednesday at Hong Kong Golf Club and involves a record 38 representatives, aged 17 or under, from 20 countries and regions including the European Golf Association.
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The APGC comes on the heels of Hong Kong teams and players competing at the World University Games in Taiwan and before the National Games in China in September.
Kevin Wu Sho-wai, 17, and 14-year-old Iris Wang Xin-yi combine, having both featured at last year's APGC in Taiwan.
2016 Hong Kong Open qualifier Yue Yin-ho, 17, returns to team up with 16-year-old Selina Li Yuen-yuet.
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Yue and Queenie Lai Ying-tung tied for 16th overall out of the 35 participating teams in the 2016 APGC, while Wu and Wang finished 21st.
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"Since making the announcement that the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation's Junior Championship – Mitsubishi Corporation Cup will take place in Hong Kong, adding to our busy local schedule, we have been looking forward to seeing the leading local junior players in action," said Hong Kong Golf Association Vice President Nishi Yoshihiro.
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2. Peel and slice potatoes into 1/8 inch slices.
3. In small loaf or small oven friendly bowl, layer potatoes with chopped garlic and parmesan cheese. Tear pieces of butter every layer and press down
4. Pour in the cream and soy milk. You may not need all of it (mine was too soupy)
5. Top with parmesan cheese and bake until bubbly and potatoes are soft when poked with a knife
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While any robot toy can offer great value and fun to your kid, you have to choose the best one that will suit the age level of the person you are buying for. The beauty of a robot toy is that they are double fold; they appeal to both parents and children. At their core, they're toys, so they don't seem like a burden or homework to kids, yet conveniently, they expand the mind and provide learning benefits.
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When playing with robot toys, kids develop reasoning, perception, and intuition as they engage in a creative activity. This sounds counter-intuitive; machine rely on mathematic principles and logical thinking making them creative companions. By using them, kids of all ages become creative as well. They also develop an interest in engineering by exploring levers, gears, sensors, motors, and programming.
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With the right robot toys, kids develop their motor skills as well as cognitive skills.
In this review post, we have picked six of the best robot toys that will provide both fun and a firm foundation for learning, thereby giving your kid a good foundation in life. There are also robot toys for adults and teenagers. Certainly, these toys suit kids of different age groups, but we will mention that in our robot toys review.
Robot toys have been popular ever since, but with the advent of technology and great innovation, these toys are made with advanced technology and possess advanced skills; they can now do more and help your kids learn more. The Sphero R001ROW BB-8 is one of the modern robot toys that have been received well by customers. By reading its manual, this robot may seem complicated to use, but as you explore, you will learn how easy and efficient it is. With a friendly interface and great functionality, this robot toy is definitely one of the best in the market. You can control it using your mobile device- a tablet or smartphone.
Sphero R001ROW BB-8 is a fascinating robot toy for fans of the Star Wars series. You can ask BB-8 to patrol by himself, and he can interact with pets as well. It requires a relevant app to work; so ensure you have a smart device.
The sphere BB8 is more than a remote-controlled toy; its manufacturer describes it as a companion. You can even watch the Star Wars series with BB8 by your side, and you will find it reacting to some key points in the film. With this device, you can experience a holographic simulation of Star Wars on your smartphone so that you can dive deep in BB8's world.
This robot toy has impressive features such as a 100 Ft. Bluetooth range connectivity. It can clock a top speed of approximately 5mph, and features LED lights making it super attractive. Standing at 11cm high, this robot toy is very light making it suitable for teenagers and adults. It is quite difficult for younger kids to play and work with.
The Sphero R001ROW BB-8 can interact with Sphero Star Wars droids making it a great choice for parents with more than one kid, or perhaps when dad would like one, too. The BB8 is a fascinating product that can make a perfect gift for teenager or kid aged eight and above.
You can keep your robot toy in excellent condition by purchasing a protective range from the huge range available. There are many cases specially designed for Sphero R001ROW BB-8. Casing makes your robot toy shock-proof and also waterproof to small amounts of water. Some also have small pockets where you can keep your accessories in as well as a rubber handle.
Aside from offering you toy protection, this robot listens and responds to your voice. It allows you enjoy holographic messaging technology. You don't have to be a fan of Star Wars to enjoy this robot toy; it will take you to Star Wars Galaxy, and you will love it. With Sphero R001ROW BB-8, you will enjoy its great company. It is one of the unique toys that actually evolves depending on your interaction with it.
Stars Wars fans will love this toy because they have watched and read Star Wars on the big screen and books; now all that you have watched and read is becoming a reality. All you need is a smartphone and Bluetooth connectivity to enjoy the show as long as you are within the 100 Ft. range from the Droid.Want To View The Reviews Yourself, Click Here
The Good
- It is controlled by a smartphone app
- Can run as fast as 5mph- that translates to 7ft per second
- It is controlled by Bluetooth with a range of 100 feet
- The robot has a sturdy construction to withstand knocks and falls
- It can operate for more than an hour when its battery it fully changed
- This robot toy is compatible with both iOS and Android
- It has a cute, attractive design
- Performs three core functions- message, explore, and drive
- It is made of durable materials hence can last for a long time
- Performs as per your voice command
The Bad
- It features no games
- Canine pets may mistake it for a fetch toy
The Cozmo by Anki is one of the smartest robots in the market. It is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and still pack great features and impressively big brain. This robot toy can recognize people's faces, play games, and learn as it goes.
Anki Cozmo Robot Toy comes with a set of three cubes used in color matching games and testing reaction time. As you play against Cozmo, it learns your techniques and adjusts its skills to suit your level. It also reacts as it beats you and will throw a little tantrum by screwing up the eyes on its LED screen.
Its inbuilt camera can learn and recognize people's faces. He can say the name of the face out loud when he sees you, and you can also program it to say other phrases as well. You can control this robot while seeing through his camera on your tablet and smartphone screen. There are a host of coding games built in this robot to teach beginners and kids, basic programming.
Cozmo has a reactive body language, facial expression, soundtrack, and voice tones that make him an amazing companion. Its artificial intelligent gives it an interactive personality with a host of emotions that will continue to evolve as you play with him. The Cozmo app is content-rich and constantly updates so that this robot toy's skills, personality, and games develop over time
The most outstanding feature of Anki Cozmo Robot Toy is that it is packed with personality. Cozmo is lively, fun, and vibrant, and it will tell you the game it wants to play at any given time. It also expresses emotions, reactions, and more. Although it sounds silly, you will find yourself attached to it and caring about Cozmo. It is definitely the smartest robot toy in the market with a great personality.Want To View The Reviews Yourself, Click Here
The Good
- This robot toy is constructed from over 300 durable pieces that have been carefully tested for long-lasting use
- Hobbyist, educators, and researchers can use this robot toy to learn about robotic experiences as it offers a wide range of purposes from entertainment to academia
- While users keep playing with Anki Cozmo Robot Toy, new games and upgrades are unlocked
- Based on user's action, Cozmo expresses different emotions in response to them. These include frustrations, happiness, and calmness
- It is really fun to play games with
- This robot toy has been tested rigorously for durability and security
- It is made in such a way that the more an adult or kid hangs out with it, the more intelligent and evolved it gets regarding personality and reaction
- The device is small enough to be carried almost anywhere
- It is astonishingly playful, emotive, and smart
- Made of high-quality and durable materials
The Bad
- Its face recognition ability is sometimes unpredictable
- It has a tedious process of powering it on
- Requires direct Wi-Fi connection to play games
The MiP Toy is the latest root from WowWee, one of the most popular makers of robots. It is the first of its kind on the robot market as it boasts of impressive features. This toy robot does what most robots do; rolling around your living room, bumping into things, and making cute noises as it moves around. MiP does all these things with a certain degree of style. It has plenty of clever techs that has made it stand out in this populated market of robot toys.
The robot's balance is taken care of by powerful ARM Cortex processor and onboard sensor suite which keeps it teetering upright. However, the mechanical design of this robot is not inherently stable; when turned off, WowWee MiP Toy Robot doesn't stand upright on its wheel. However, a handy stand is provided for display to ensure it doesn't fall every time you switch it off.
The MiP comes with an attachable tray that allows it to carry items around while still balancing upright; this robot can even support another MiP toy, or a small bottle/can of beer. However, don't try it with a 500ml can- this little buddy has its limits, you know.
If you have several MiPs, you can link them into a coordinated dance mode, following rhythms like a small, glowing dance group.
You can control WowWee MiP Toy Robot in some ways; through waving gestures when standing in front of it; through an iPhone or Android app, and by pre-setting its instructions.
The "GestureSense Technology" enables it to move around. When you wave your hand in front of this robot; it can also follow you. By moving your hand away slowly, this little buddy will start wheeling forward. If you move your hand towards MiP, it will give out the "Woah" sound and then go in to reverse. To stop it, you just need to put your hand up in front of it. You can also wave it right or left.
For more precise controls, you can download a smartphone app. The app allows you to drive MiP using touchscreen controls for backward, forwards, right and left. Hold down on one of the four directions, and the MiP will spin- until it gets dizzy and fall. Of course, MiP has its own mind.
When you turn the little droid's wheel, its chest light changes color to correspond to a special MiP mode.
This robot toy is fully interactive and boasts of some of the coolest features. It was awarded in 2016 Toy Award winners.
The WowWee MiP Toy Robot features seven modes that you can play with. In the MiP Mode, you can control the direction of this robot toy with hand gestures. In Tracking Mode, this robot toy follows your legs, hands, or any object you choose- however, the object need to be nearby. In Roam Mode, MiP will explore the space around it. In Dance Mode, this robot toy will dance and play to a tune. In Tricks Mode, you can use hand gestures to create up to 50 movement commands that it will execute and remember when you clap twice. In the Cage Mode, you can keep this robot toy from escaping by use of feet, hands, or any item that can keep it contained. Finally, in Stack Mode, you can stack as many things as you can on WowWee MiP Toy Robot's attachable tray before the time runs out.
This robot comes with an app that connects via Bluetooth. By using this app, you can control this toy in Driving Mode, watch it reacts to different emotions, watch it dance to any song in Dance Mode, play laser tag with other robots in Battle Mode, play fights in Boxing mode, see how much weight you can stack on its tray in Stack Mode, and create a custom path for this robot in Path Mode.
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You will definitely like interacting and controlling this device. There is so much you can do with WowWee MiP Toy Robot because of its interactive and engaging personality. Your kid will have a new little buddy right out the box,
The Good
- It balances on two wheels, and your kid can interact and control it using hand movements thanks to the new GestureSenseTM technology and the associated app
- It is a self-balancing robot
- Has RGB LED eyes
- It can balance multiple objects while standing still or moving
- MiP can navigate its surrounding, follow objects around, as well as hand gestures
- It uses 4AAA batteries
- Comes with a tray that can be plugged in
- It is made of durable materials making it long-lasting
- It is well-designed
- This robot toy has an engaging and interactive personality
- It responds to physical gestures and audio tones
- It has a wide range of playing modes
The Bad
- It can be quite loud
- MiP has finicky sensors
Are you looking for a perfect gift for a kid who has shown an interest in robotics? Well, if your son or daughter is so much into electronics, buy him/her OWI Robotic Arm. This robot toy will also suit people who are interested in learning how to build robots. This arm edge is an intermediate robot kit from OWI, one of the most reputable brands renowned for making educational robotic kits. It can get you started in basic electronics, mechanics, and robotics.
Don't worry about assembling, as this kit is relatively easy to join and assemble. It helps if you have some background in electronics, but even if you don't know anything about robots and electronics, you should be able to follow its user manual. Most of the customers who have reviewed this robot kit suggested that it can be assembled in a few.
Its arm gripper opens and closes. It can carry life weight of up to 100 grams- you can use it to lift an empty can of soda or a screwdriver. The capabilities of OWI Robotic Arm can be expanded with a USB interface cable and software, but this is not included in the package.
Has a wrist motion of 120 degrees, base rotation of 270 degrees, elbow range of 300 degrees, and base motion of 180 degrees. Should be used by adults and kids aged ten years and up and it requires no soldering during assembling.
Regarding the price, OWI Robotic Arm is relatively affordable; it won't leave a hole in your pocket. This toy can get your kid started on the basics of robotics, which can bode well for your future programmer or engineerWant To View The Reviews Yourself, Click Here
The Good
- It is relatively affordable
- It teaches beginners and kids the basics of programming and robotics
- Has a user-friendly interface and its user manual is relatively easy to follow
- It is expandable
- Great building project for beginners and kids
- This machine is ideal for kids with an interest in electronics
- Its gripper is strong and doesn't break easily
- There are many tutorials online on how you can connect this device to an Arduino controller
- Its LED lighting makes night time play possible with this robot
- While its parts are made of durable plastic, all its pieces are well-made and very strong
- It can prevent gear breakage and potential injury with its safety features such as audible gear indicator
The Bad
- Its remote control is quite rigid with some of its buttons hard to push
- It lacks a DC adapter
- Some parts look similar to each other; therefore you have to be very careful in organizing all the parts in the order indicated in its user manual before assembling it
- This robot toy has no sensors, and so there is a chance that you could break it if you happen to push it beyond its set range of motion
- You will need some tools for assembling such as needle nose pliers, small file, and Phillips screwdriver
Designed to introduce kids aged seven years and above to robotics and coding, LEGO Boost Creative Toolbox provides building blocks with motors, sensors, and app-based coding to enable them to learn how to build robotic toys that can respond to a variety of stimuli. It offers a fun, simple, and relatively affordable approach to teaching beginners the principles of programming, making it worth its price.
This kit uses a mobile app that is compatible with Android and iOS devices. It comes with coding commands and building instructions for five creations. This kit also comes with three Boost bricks, an interactive motor, and a color-and-distance sensor. You also get 843 Lego pieces as well as a Playmat that is calibrated to the app. This helps your kid understand coding and how it relatives to robot actions.
LEGO Boost Creative Toolbox is battery powered and features tilt sensors and connections. The Hub communicates with your smartphone which you have downloaded the Boost app and let you program this kit.
The app provides instructions for building five robot projects including a robot named Frankie the Cat, Vernie, the Guitar 4000, the Multi-tooled rover-MTR4, and a vehicle that can carry little objects. You will also learn to put together the Auto builder. Each of these robots has unlockable extras and unique abilities.
The Lego pieces all come in packed plastic bags, and you have to assemble everything. Assembling this kit is easy, especially if you have a background in robotics and electronics, but even if you are new to this field, the exhaustive user manual will guide you fully.Want To View The Reviews Yourself, Click Here
The Good
- It is controlled via an app
- The app allows you to build five different robot models
- It features two encoded motors, Bluetooth Low Energy Connectivity, internal tilt sensor, activation, and a light for ease of operation
- It has an easy-to-use software that features drag-and-drop coding icons
- Pros of LEGO Boost Creative Toolbox
- It makes learning how to program fun and easier
- Uses real Lego bricks
- This robot is infinitely customizable
The Bad
- Its software is not available for tablet users
This multi-awarded robot toy is one of the best toys on the market. Among its notable awards include 2015 National Parenting Gold, ISTE Best of Show for Schools, and 2015 Holiday Most Wanted List to Play Magazine. This shows how helpful this robot toy is to your kid regarding fun and educational value.
The Wonder Workshop Robot has an attractive design for kids and adults alike. It can even be displayed as part of toy robots, thanks to its eye-catching color and style. However, this is not the only reasons for its vast popularity; Wonder Workshop Robot boasts of other impressive features that make it worth a purchase.
It comes fully assembled unlike many robot kids that needs assembling; the Dash Robot comes fully assembled in its box- you don't have to assemble dozens of parts. Before using it, you have to install Blockly and Wonder apps first. This robot kit does not require batteries thanks to its USB charging cable that is included. You just need to plug the robot into an electrical outlet and let it charge for several hours.
It is compatible with Android and Apple device; you can program and control Wonder Workshop Robot using your smartphone thereby making it more suitable for kids over the age of seven years. Make sure your chosen device (iPad, Kindle Fire, or iPhone) is equipped with Bluetooth Smart 4/LE for this robot to be programmed to perform a wide range of movements.
This robot is highly responsive as it features several sensors on its body as well as a powerful processor. The sensors allow this kit to detect objects in its path as well as run its programs and pinpoint your location. The more programs you install in this robot, the more playful it gets.
The set comes with two building brick connectors, meaning it can be connected with bricks. You can then transform it into other shapes such as a vehicle, an animal, and even a catapult.Want To View The Reviews Yourself, Click Here
The Good
- It is lightweight and can move around; it can make sounds and light up its surrounding
- Allows your children enjoy multiple apps in Wonder and Blockly apps
- It can recognize several voices
- It can be operated by both Android or iPhone devices
- Feels sturdy and strong for a long time
- It has excellent motors and features a responsive programming
- Has plenty of movements
- Introduces you and your kids to coding and programming
- Offers projects, puzzles, and challenges for endless possibilities to play
- It is great for enhancing decision-making and problem-solving skills
- The robot app is compatible with most contemporary devices
The Bad
- Its games may be too simple for teenagers and adults
Robot toys have become popular among kids and adults, and are fun devices to have during the holiday season, birthdays, and special occasions. The above robot toys can be controlled via a smartphone. They are not only fun but also very educational.
Whether you want to inspire your kids to learn to programme or you want to learn to code, a smartphone-controlled robot toy is one of the best ways to start. You don't require doing any complicated coding to have fun with any of the above six toy robots. But you can learn how to code if you want to make them do specific things.


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2018 Mitsubishi Xpander officially unveiled
After its global debut at the Gaikindo Motor Show last year, Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation has officially launched the highly anticipated MPV in the country, the Xpander, which was revealed at the World Trade Center, Pasay City.
This new entry in B-segment crossover will be the new competitor of the Honda BR-V, and Toyota Rush, which will be launched soon in the country.
Under the hood, the Xpander is equipped with a 1.5 L 4A91 MIVEC DOHC 16-valve engine, which gives a maximum output of 105PS / 6,000rpm and maximum torque of 141Nm/4,000rpm. This enables the Xpander to have less vibration and less noise for smooth and quiet driving performance.
Outside, the Xpander flaunts Mitsubishi Motors' Dynamic Shield design concept. It has a luxurious front grille, LED position lamps arranged in a crystal-like blocks, a unique headlight design with lamp layout that prevents the blinding effects of headlight glare. For its sportier look, the Xpander is equipped with 15-inch alloy wheels for GLX variant, and 16-inch two-tone alloy for GLX Plus, GLS, and GLS Sport variants.
The Xpander's interior offers a lot of highly functional features. It has an interior length of 2,840 mm to provide a comfortable space for maximum of seven adults, and lets the passengers enter and exit the vehicle with ease. Access to third row seats is also made easier with the tumbling system for folding the second row seats. For an even more comfortable ride, the armrest in second row is a part of seat back which can be utilized as a large armrest to accommodate two passengers' elbows or center space which can be used to load long items.
With its high 205mm ground clearance in seating position, the body is optimized for clear visibility with reduced blind spots. For luggage capacity, the XPANDER is the only vehicle in its class that has a flat luggage floor without bumps and gaps. Its maximum cargo capacity is 1,630 liters when both the second and third row seats are folded. The seats can be arranged in various combinations to accommodate different type of cargo.
Other features of the Xpander include 7-inch capacitive touchscreen with GPS navigation system, MP3 player/tuner with AUX, USB port, Bluetooth connectivity, and easy link feature. The steering wheel is also equipped with audio remote switch and cruise control.
The Xpander also offers superior convenience to its passengers by providing several storages/pockets for valuables and various small items. 12V power outlets are also readily available for first, second and third row passengers for more convenient trips.
You may test drive the new Mitsubishi Xpander at the MPV's Xpo, which will also take place at the World Trade Center starting today until March 4. The gates will be open from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM, while the head-to-head test drive will be held from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Mitsubishi will begin to deliver the all-new Xpander in May. The prices are as follows:
Xpander GLX M/T: Php 885,000
Xpander GLX Premium A/T: Php 960,000
Xpander GLS A/T: Php 995,000
Xpander GLS Sport A/T: Php 1,060,000


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Merci: Aha! Jan finally caught you hanging out in her little iron skillet. You are in trouble now!
Micah: Oh, she's known about this for some time. She just finally caught it with the camera.
Merci: Why are you sitting there anyway?
Micah: It keeps my butt warmer than just sitting on the stove top.
Merci: But then Jan has to wash the skillet every time she wants to use it Don't you feel the least bit guilty you're making her do extra work?
Micah: No, it keeps her out of trouble.
Merci: In that case, can you find me a step ladder and a slightly larger skillet? I'm old. I could use a butt warmer too.
Jan: It will be some time before the Mousebreath interviews can resume. The only reason we are finally back online is thanks to the kindness and generosity of Mr. Doug. (Thank you!) All our pictures, data, bookmarks, emails, addresses are on the old computer's hard drive so we don't have anything to work with. Until Mr. Doug has time to see if he can work some magic, we won't know if they can be retrieved.
Except for the Hipster Cats and Marg's Animals, we can't remember what cats were on the interview list.
Also, with this hand injury (Razor Sharp Teeth), I'm going to have to stop trying to type unless necessary. It's just too painful and basically unreadable anyway. I believe you can read this, bit it's taken a lot of extra time and retyping to make it readable.
Please be patient with us.
We are joining the Pet Parade hosted by Rascal and Rocco and co-hosted by Bionic Basil and Barking from the Bayou.
Friday, April 06, 2018
Butt Warmer Skillet
Labels: blog hop, injury, interviews, Mousebreath, Pet Parade, stove
Tuesday, April 03, 2018
Razor Sharp Teeth
Micah: Okay, Marcus, the other Funny Farmers are asking questions. Start explaining to them.
Marcus: Explaining what?
Rusty: Explaining why Jan is limping around on our new computer which she is far from finished setting up for our convenience.
Marcus: Oh, that. I was wondering the same thing myself. She used to be a touch typist. Now she can't find the keys and has to keep correcting, correcting, correcting.
Micah: That's because she has only one and a fraction hands.
Marcus: Either of you know what happened?
Rusty: It just so happens I do. I was taking a sun bath in the dog pen at the time. You bit her, Marcus!
Marcus: How can you say that? I've never bitten anyone in my life!
Rusty: I saw you do it. Jan got tired of throwing your ball overhand because it spewed mud (dirt and saliva) on the house siding that she just washed and all over her, including in her face and hair. She started throwing the ball underhand.
Micah: Which brought the ball down to your level. You always turn and run when Jan throws the ball, but this time -
Marcus: Wait a minute. You weren't even there!
Micah: Rusty told me all about it and I also heard Jan talking on the phone..
Rusty: You're so easily excited. After a number of throws, you suddenly realized the ball was close enough to grab and instead of turning to run and catch it, you leaped forward. You did catch the ball when Jan let it loose, but Jan's fingers were still attached and your jaws closed over them. You scraped some fingers but your razor sharp teeth did a number on one. See?
Marcus: I did that? Are you sure?
Rusty: Yes. The dark red is blood. The orange is iodine. The injury happened Saturday. This picture was taken yesterday, Easter Sunday..
Micah: Why did you think Miss Pat asked Jan if she has forgiven you yet?
Marcus: I thought is was because I tore the ball into little pieces when Jan suddenly stopped playing and disappeared. I was bored.
Rusty: The outside ball wasn't that important. It was barely held together with duct tape because your teeth are so sharp.
Marcus: Jan didn't mention I was responsible for her hand injury, Do you think she'll ever forgive me?
Micah: No!
Rusty: Oh, stop crying, Marcus! He was just kidding. Jan knows it was a freak accident, so there's nothing to forgive.
Micah: Why don't you go offer to finish setting up the computer so we can get back online?
Marcus: What a good idea! I'll go do that now.
Rusty: Are you nuts? Marcus doesn't know the first thing about computers.
Micah: No, but Jan needs help typing. Surely he can't bloody a keyboard! Or can he?
Friday, March 30, 2018
Rusty, Dr. Seuss and March Lost
Have a blessed Easter Sunday.
Cyndi: Wow! We've been missing a whole month! We were working on posts for early March when Win 10 suddenly decided to change settings and put our computer into permanent hibernation, so we're just going to combine the posts here. We're not actually back yet but hope to be soon.
Micah: March 1st was Rusty's 14th birthday. He's still a handsome guy and we're sure happy he is still with us.
Cyndi: Happy belated birthday wishes from all of us, Rusty.
Rusty: Thank you. But have you seen my cake? I can't find it.
Micah: I haven't seen your cake but Jan's in the kitchen. You should ask her - .
Rusty: Thanks. I'll go check.
Micah: - if she left you any.
I promised to fill Sam's hats,
But I don't have his whacky knack.
I miss all these guys,
so hats I will try,
But, Sam, I'm a quack in your hat.
March 2nd was the day we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss, the author of those zany books for children. Sam always loved any day he could wear a hat and was well-known for wearing either the wrong hat for the occasion or the wrong size. He is dearly missed, as are the other five Funny Farmers in the graphic that have passed away over our blogging years. (Sam, Buddy, Jenny, Cotton, Crystal & Cameron.) We remember them with a smile on this zany day.
Percy: Our Kitty Loaf interview was scheduled for Friday, March 2nd. That was all set to self-publish so it ended up as our only March post. If you haven't read it yet, stop by Mousebreath to meet Kitty Loaf Cats Arya and Django.
Taylor: A month is a long time, Percy. Do you suppose anyone remembers us?
Percy: Jan can't remember remember Diddly Squat any more but hopefully some of our readers have a better memory than she does..
We are joining the Pet Parade hosted by Rascal and Rocco and co-hosted by Bionic Basil and Barking from the Bayou.
Labels: Birthday, blog hop, Easter, Holiday, interview, Missing, Mousebreath, Pet Parade
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Popping Corn iWith Drizzle
Cyndi: I haven't napped in two hours and yet I can't get to sleep, Marcus. You're a guy with stories. Tell me a bedtime one, please.
Marcus: Okay. It was a semi-dark and overcast, and drizzly morning yesterday. Jan was fixing our breakfast when she heard the faint but clear sound of popcorn popping. She checked the microwave, even pulled the plug. It wasn't the toaster; the coffeepot wasn't dripping, neither was the tea kettle. It had to be the gas stove. You know about a gas stove, Cyndi. If it was leaking, it could go KABOOM!
Cyndi: *leaps into air* I asked for a bedtime story, not a nightmare!
Marcus: Jan moved everything including the metal burners from the old stove and lifted the top. Wow, was it crumby in there! She stopped investigating to do some cleanup.
Cyndi: Is she crazy? She stopped searching for the source to clean under the stove top? What if the popping corn had exploded?
Marcus: You know how easily Jan is distracted.
She started pulling things away from the wall. She rolled away the plastic drawers and then the microwave cart.
Cyndi: Let me guess. She grabbed a broom and started sweeping back there!
Marcus: No. She looked behind the cabinet and stove. The area was dry and there was no sign of popping corn.
Cyndi: I know! Mama mouse was in the wall popping corn while her little ones watched mini TV.
Marcus: Stop interrupting me. You know if there were mice, all of you cats would have been back there trying to punch a hole in the wall.
Jan glanced out the window.. Raindrops were bouncing off the igloo doghouse near the window in time to the popping corn. Relieved, she moved everything back where it belonged.
Cyndi: And then she finished fixing our breakfast?
Marcus: Not yet. Jan got to wondering why that igloo had been near the house for several years but it had never popped corn before. It wasn't the igloo. She went back to the window, leaned closer for a better view, and - You'll have to excuse me. I need to go pee. Must be all this talk about rain.
Cyndi: Marcus, come back here! You haven't finished your story.
Marcus: I'm sorry. Jan forgot to come right back to let me inside. Where was I? Oh, yes, Jan leaned closer for a better view and saw the plastic storage bin she had been using to haul leaves to the curb upside down beside the igloo and the raindrops falling from the roof onto it did sound like popping corn. The mystery was solved.
While Jan had been dawdling, Rusty had calmly munched half of Merci's kibble. Jan refilled Merci's bowl and finally served us all breakfast.
There, now you can go to sleep.
Cyndi: How? I'm wide awake after your bedtime story..
Marcus: Would you like me to tell you another one?
Cyndi: Are you kidding!
Labels: bedtime story, popping corn, rain
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The timer for the main pump on our pool stopped running.
The local store I frequent carries them and I picked up a new motor (WG1573 Intermatic) which looks a lot like this:
Except: the old one lacks a fiber sleeve around the copper winding. And, there are a couple strands of the winding loose.
Any reason I shouldn't take it back for another? I know the sleeve means the design from decades ago had it and someone got a raise for deleting it to save cost later on. But loose winding on a new elec. motor seems unacceptable.


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We were sitting doing our usual after-work recoup when Jim said...let's go "malling" for a while. For us, "malling" means let's go to the mall and watch the people. Talk about a cheap date...that's one for you.
So off we trek to the mall. Seeing the parking lot we were sure we were in for a real treat of watching the crazy folk go for finish line of "got all the shopping done". There were even four police cars in the lot and had people stopped in cars asking them questions. Not the place for us. Isn't it odd that in your youth you would have stuck around to see what is going on. Old age...get out of there!!! So we rounded the corner to the other side of the mall.
Jim was about to park in no man's land where there are no lights when I wiped that idea from his mind. I am not about to go through the parking lot in a wheel chair to the car where there are no lights!!! Two old people going to a car with one in a wheel chair. Sounds like an ideal set up to be mugged! So we did find a spot brightly lit two spots from the door. Thank you handicap disabled sign!!! LOL
So the lot was full and we get in the mall and while there were a lot of people...no one was rushing around! Not many even had a package in hand. If they did it was only one...many from Victoria's Secret!!! Wonder what that's all about!! LOL
Most were just walking around like us as if that is what they are supposed to be doing at this point in the Christmas rush....go to the mall!!!
Really a disappointment! No mall entertainment for us this year!! Oh well....
While the night was disappointing as to people watching, we did have a nice dinner. We went to a Jewish deli and ate. LOL We go to Jewish deli and what do we eat? Lasagna!!! And it was the most delicious lasagna I have ever eaten other than mine, of course!!!
Well the reason I suggested we eat there was so Jim could get his matzo ball soup. He LOVES that! Me...I opted for good ole chicken noodle...the kind grandmas make!
It was almost like we were supposed to be there. We were at a table and a man our age came and sat at the booth diagonal from us. He struck up a conversation...service being terrible etc...and low and behold, he knew right where we lived. From the area. In fact he built one of the mobile home parks right by us. He chatted for a long time and we had a really good time discussing all sorts of things...but...mainly great restaurants in the area.
Yet what seemed important to me is that his wife was very sick in the hospital. He seemed so sad and lonely...like he just needed someone to chat with for a while. It was almost like he didn't want us to leave. So I feel our trip "malling" this year was a little disappointing in the fact we didn't see many crazy people, but I feel God had something else for us to do this year. It was a good night.
We had a good time and even got home in time for me to get on Designer Digitals chat and for Jim to rack up the points on his games on the computer. Sure wish he would win that Mac Book!!! LOL
That is it for today. It is just about officially Christmas eve.
I will close, wishing you all a wonderful Christmas tomorrow.
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bitmovin unveils MPEG-DASH player
DetailsMichelle Clancy | 17 October 2014
Bitmovin has debuted online access to its MPEG-DASH player, bitdash, which allows playback on any Web browser using either HTML5 or Flash, depending on the browser and version.
It's also available for mobile platforms using HTML5.
As video consumption is moving away from traditional linear TV towards ubiquitous video consumption of live and on-demand content on any type of device, Internet video traffic is exploding. Video will account for 79% of all consumer Internet traffic in 2018, up from 66% in 2013, according to the Cisco Visual Networking Index.
However, it can be technically complex and for content and service providers to deliver Quality of Experience (QoE) with low start-up delays, no buffering or stalling, and high media quality, thanks to the large variety of content formats, protocols, transmission options and device-specific factors, as well as continued innovations including HEVC and 4K/UHD. The MPEG-DASH standard was thus established to create the convergence and interoperability required for further large-scale market growth.
"Today, content providers are expanding the distribution of their on-demand and live offerings to the Web and across multiple devices including and beyond TV," said Stefan Lederer, CEO of bitmovin. "Due to the increasing customer expectations, the success of them depends on the offered video quality."
He added: "Bitmovin provides end-to-end adaptive bitrate transcoding services and high performance players for any platform, enabling our customers to offer the highest quality of service, while minimising distribution costs through the efficient use of video encoding, HTTP-based delivery and caching infrastructure."


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Leaked iPhone 6s box again hints Motion backgrounds coming to new iPhones
Following the apparent leak of iPhone 6s Plus packaging last month, an image purporting to show the front of the iPhone 6s box has appeared on Dutch site Techtastic, following the same design theme. Like the iPhone 6s Plus box (shown below), which featured a gold and black fish that looked almost like a flower, the alleged iPhone 6s box shows what appears to be a partially golden fish against an all-white background, matching the gold or rose gold edges of the device.
Our reports leading up to the official unveiling of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus noted that Apple plans to add Motion backgrounds to the new iPhones, paralleling a feature introduced on the Apple Watch. The Apple Watch's Motion backgrounds include timelapse animations of flowers, butterflies flapping their wings, and jellyfish moving against black backgrounds. New backgrounds containing animated fish and colorful bursts of smoke are expected to debut on the iPhones.
Despite the significant similarities in the alleged iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus boxes, however, there are some details that don't match up exactly, suggesting that one or both are prototypes of the final packaging…
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus shipped in packaging that was minimalistic even by Apple's standards, featuring nothing more than the basic extruded shape of the device on the top, accompanied by Apple logo and iPhone branding on two sides. By comparison, both of the alleged boxes return to branding on all sides. They also appear to show color screen images and expanded metallic details of the device designs on top, though they differ in the number of elements shown near the speaker: the latest shot shows FaceTime camera and proximity sensors next to the speaker, while the earlier one did not.
It is possible that the latest box image, apparently torn, was discarded as an unfinished iPhone 6 packaging design, but either or both of the boxes might not represent the final packaging. We'll know more after tomorrow's special event in San Francisco.
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System Builder Marathon, August 2012: $2000 Performance PC
Page 1:Finding Value In Higher Quality
Page 2:CPU, Cooler, And Memory
Page 3:Graphics, Motherboard, And Power Supply
Page 4:Case And Drives
Page 5:Assembling Our $2000 Performance PC
Page 6:Getting Our Core i7-3930K To 4.6 GHz
Page 7:Pushing GeForce GTX 670 To Its Limit
Page 8:Test Settings And Benchmarks
Page 9:Benchmark Results: 3DMark And PCMark
Page 10:Benchmark Results: SiSoftware Sandra
Page 11:Benchmark Results: Battlefield 3 And DiRT 3
Page 12:Benchmark Results: Skyrim And StarCraft II
Page 13:Benchmark Results: Audio And Video Encoding
Page 14:Benchmark Results: Productivity
Page 15:Power, Heat, And Efficiency
Page 16:Sometimes, Lower Value Is OK
Pushing GeForce GTX 670 To Its Limit
Editor-in Chief Chris Angelini and I don't exactly agree on the usefulness of power management schemes enabled on today's graphics cards. Chris' take is that boosting to higher frequencies during periods of sub-maximum thermal load helps make games run faster, which may be true. My take is that average frame rates probably increase, but higher clocks don't necessarily cut into the maximum frame rendering time that can ruin a gaming experience (Ed.: Actually, I'd agree). My argument states that, since the toughest-to-render frames can push 100% GPU power, those same frames force the GPU down from its boosted clock rate to its base frequency.
Increasing the amount of time spent at higher clock rates (GPU Boost) has the same effect as decreasing the amount of time spent throttled-down, reducing the likelihood that the GPU will slow when you need it to run as fast as possible. The only way to do that is to increase its power threshold, which we did by maximizing the power target in EVGA Precision X.
The effect of increasing the power target could be easily observed from the utility itself while running a game in windowed mode. The graphics card's power limit still appeared to be an issue, though, so I dropped the base voltage from 0.98 to 0.85 V. We seemed to get another gain in the amount of time it spent running at its boosted speed.
Noisy fans might be OK during a game, but nobody wants to listen to them all day. EVGA Precision X ships with a multi-point fan map, which I altered from a curve to a lower-temperature slope by deleting and moving some of its points. You can fine-tune even more if you want, but that's not necessary for our performance analysis.
Now, maybe you're wondering why I didn't mention the frequencies I achieved, evident in the top image on this page. Yes, I pushed the GPU Boost frequency to 1301 MHz and the card's memory to GDDR5-7048 data rates. Rumors that GeForce GTX 670 overclocks better than the GTX 680 might be true, but frequency gains compared to our previous GTX 680 effort are fairly minor. Higher base voltage levels appear to cut into the amount of time spent at boosted clock rates without increasing the GPU's stable frequency, and offset voltage level wasn't adjustable separately.
- Finding Value In Higher Quality
- CPU, Cooler, And Memory
- Graphics, Motherboard, And Power Supply
- Case And Drives
- Assembling Our $2000 Performance PC
- Getting Our Core i7-3930K To 4.6 GHz
- Pushing GeForce GTX 670 To Its Limit
- Test Settings And Benchmarks
- Benchmark Results: 3DMark And PCMark
- Benchmark Results: SiSoftware Sandra
- Benchmark Results: Battlefield 3 And DiRT 3
- Benchmark Results: Skyrim And StarCraft II
- Benchmark Results: Audio And Video Encoding
- Benchmark Results: Productivity
- Power, Heat, And Efficiency
- Sometimes, Lower Value Is OK
Your config would only be better if there were significant changes to the benchmark set.
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So... i notice now that it opens at August 20, not August 19 when the $500 SBM appeared. I submitted my entry at August 19 10:30 PM. So that means that i haven't entered into the sweepstakes, or did i? I am confused, cause only one entry can be accepted.
namelesstedI am sorry. This is one of the dumbest builds I have seen in a long time. It is almost as if the person who put this together was just a complete noob to PC building. Its like they just went to CPU and found a really expensive one and decided to get it.
I just tossed a build together on PC Partpicker that would absolutely DESTROY this build.
CPU Cooler - Corsair H100
Mobo - ASUS P8Z77-V
RAM - Corsair Dominator Platinum 8GB (2x4GB) 1600
SSD - Corsair Force GS 360GB
GPU - ASUS GTX670 x2 in SLI
Case - Corsair 550D
PSU - Corsair AX750
Optical - Asus whatever
If you purchased everything from Newegg it would be $2070. Yes, a bit over the budget, but I am sure I could trim that off somewhere without too much difficulty. I definitely didn't go with the best valued products in my build. The Platinum ram is double the price of their normal RAM, but it fit with the theme espoused by the author of this article of having a QUALITY build, which I totally agree with.
On the subject of quality, I have chosen a better cooler, better case, and better PSU. How can anybody seriously justify buying a non-modular PSU for a $2k build? That is insane to me. I wish I had the $2k to actually put this build together with a couple of tweaks and put it up against Soderstrom's build and watch him weep as his system gets destroyed.
Also, I realize I haven't selected a storage drive. I just went with one big SSD. Yes, the 2TB is nice, but I don't think most people actually need that kind of storage, and if you are somebody that does need it, it is a separate cost that should be part of the main build, IMO. Similarly, we typically don't include monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. pricing into builds. I think mass storage needs to join this category.
Your config would only be better if there were significant changes to the benchmark set.
I'm going to take a long shot and say, blow the leftover money on quad SLI support. That could lead to even more tests down the road, no?
Of course an Ivy Bridge SLI build would still lose under this benchmark set, so it would need to be tested at higher gaming resolutions. Is everyone OK with 5760x1080?
Have you looked at the test results? The old build with a GTX680 beats the current build when you look at maximum settings at 2560x1600. Let me say this again, at the highest settings and full resolution the old build with the GTX680 beats the current build on every single game tested in this article. Every single game.
A 670 SLI setup would only further the performance gap.
On the other hand, heavily-threaded programs make up 50% of the encoding and 75% of the productivity benchmarks. That's 37.5% (15%+22.5%) of the benchmark totals. 37.5% is a much larger portion than 7.5%, so 3930K+GTX 670 beats 3570+SLI. It's simple math, and the only way to change that math is to change the benchmarks.
Really, dropping the 3930K only furthers the performance gap.
First, I would argue that when it comes to a $2k build, the only thing that matters in terms of gaming benchmarks are the max settings and resolution. When you are spending that much, it literally doesn't matter how well it can do on mid settings and 1080p. Completely irrelevant.
Secondly, I might have to argue that the benchmarks should be changed to better reflect real-world scenarios instead of reporting Sandra numbers.
It is just extremely frustrating to see a build like this. With $2k there is so much potential to put together a truly great and balanced machine. This build is far from that. Soderstrom had all that money, and it just feels like he picked out a crazy CPU and then just went down the line and picked random other hardware. I also realize some of the choices are personal preference. I personally think the Phantom 410 just looks awful. When I see a case that looks like that, it makes me think of a 14 year old kid building a "cool" PC.
There is also that fact that every single component in this build all come from different companies. For budget builds that absolutely makes sense. You have to find deals where they are and that pretty much always means buying different brands. But, he had $2000. It is just something that makes no sense to me, to open up a PC and see that every single component not matching up in any way.
The whole build just feels like Soderstrom picked a CPU, and then just added the rest of the parts to the cart and he just didn't save the proper budget for a GPU and decided to downgrade it instead of figuring out where money was just being wasted.
So your real beef is with your fellow readers, not the builder of this machine.


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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Wikipedia on Physical Law!
In essence, modern science aims at minimal speculation about metaphysics. This results in spectacular efficiency of science both in explaining how universe works and in making our life better, longer and more interesting (via building effective shelters, transportation, communication and entertainment as well as helping to feed population, cure diseases, etc).
Modern science does such a great job because it studiously avoids metaphysics as much as possible, which has (insert metaphysical/philosophical judgments here)!
Science "builds effective shelters"? It makes "entertainment"? Is "science makes our life better" a scientific, metaphysics-minimizing claim?
It so often seems like the biggest boosters of science are the ones most dissatisfied with it - and they show their dissatisfaction by pretending "science" is doing what something else (usually an unreflective and simplistic philosophy or metaphysics) is actually responsible for.
And it also seems that one could make quite an interesting argument that "science" has done next to nothing for humanity. Engineering, on the other hand, has done some tremendous things (and to be fair, not all of them great.)
Of course, that argument should spook any science-booster, since it threatens to make engineering do to science what science supposedly did to metaphysics. Somehow a Futurama quote seems apt: "I'll build my own theme park! With hookers! And blackjack! In fact... forget the theme park!"
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- The Phantom Blogger said...
Francis Bacon who is considered my many to have created modern scientific methodology, began with a revolt against the (what he seen to be) over philosophising of the Scholastics.
Bacon criticizing the middle ages said : "Men have sought to make a world from their own conception and to draw from their own minds all the material which they employed, but if, instead of doing so, they had consulted experience and observation, they would have the facts and not opinions to reason about, and might have ultimately arrived at the knowledge of the laws which govern the material world."
His work, develop what was refereed to as the Baconian method (or later just refereed to as the scientific method), consisting of procedures for isolating the form, nature or cause of a phenomenon, employing the method of agreement, method of difference, and method of concomitant variation that had been devised by Avicenna in 1025. With this he established and popularized deductive methodologies for scientific inquiry. His demand for a planned procedure of investigating all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today.
I think that Bacon's (brilliant, revolutionary and consequential) insight was that if (those who would later be refereed to as) scientists simply ignored ultimate questions like final cause, and other metaphysical questions about substances and reasons, then this, mixed in with new methodological advances, could lead to a lot more practical scientific progress.
The problem here is that people completely forgot that these questions hadn't been answered or didn't believe that these questions needed to be answered, science is the key to all knowledge they thought and these questions are meaningless. This thought process is especially popular today and we are still suffering the consequences of it.
I think the triumph (I don't mean triumph as a compliment) of the enlightenment was not in naturalism (or at least the idea that all things had natural explanations) triumphing over superstition as it is popularly portrayed, but the triumph was in the idea that physical explanations alone could explain everything worthwhile, and this overrode any need for a metaphysical one. It was now considered that everything useful and worth while to be knowing about a thing or phenomena could be explained solely through physical processes. There was no longer any need for metaphysics, in fact to metaphysically analyse something was now seen as irrational, and was seen as to mystices it needlessly.
- June 3, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Crude said...
I think the triumph (I don't mean triumph as a compliment) of the enlightenment was not in naturalism (or at least the idea that all things had natural explanations) triumphing over superstition as it is popularly portrayed, but the triumph was in the idea that physical explanations alone could explain everything worthwhile, and this overrode any need for a metaphysical one. It was now considered that everything useful and worth while to be knowing about a thing or phenomena could be explained solely through physical processes. There was no longer any need for metaphysics, in fact to metaphysically analyse something was now seen as irrational, and was seen as to mystices it needlessly.
Well, the problem I'm having is that yes, there's a number of people who take these tacts superficially ('All we need is science! All we need is physics!'), and then turn right around and start engaging in metaphysics - unknowingly - left and right. Or in another vein, yelling about how all we need is science, science, science - and it's no surprise they think so, because they'll seemingly call any result or effect they favor 'science'. Again, science makes entertainment? Science alone tells us what results are 'better'?
As Ed Feser has said, doing metaphysics is unavoidable. The question is whether people are going to realize they're engaged in the act or not - and what the quality of their metaphysics will be if they don't realize just what they're doing.
Another problem, one I hope to get into later, is that 'naturalism' and 'physical' have been drained of meaning in devastating ways. The latter has been revised so deeply and so recently (the early 20th century) that it'd be downright unfamiliar in fundamental ways to early materialists, and current 'physicalists' are so spooked - not only by the definite changes of the past, but the very real prospect of more changes in the future - that they've left the "physical" door open enough to include just about anything. (See section 11.3 of the SEP entry on physicalism) Is it really physicalism when everything from neutral monism to panpsychism to quite possibly (judging by that SEP article) Berkeleyan idealism can conceivably count as "physical"?
The same goes for "naturalism". Chalmers explicitly denies materialism, but he insists he's a naturalist - just as how Galen Strawson asserts panpsychism, but calls it real materialism. Believe we're living in the Matrix? Well, you're still a naturalist apparently. And the funny thing is, it's hard to find anyone calling them on this and saying 'No, you're not a naturalist! Naturalism requires (X)!' And I suspect that, in the end, the only unspoken commitment that 'naturalism' really requires anymore is a disbelief in God. In fact, even that may be going too far.
- June 3, 2010 at 12:19 PM
- The Phantom Blogger said...
I agree with you that the words themselves have become debased and meaningless but none of the people who use them seem to have noticed.
Feser's critique of John Searle was interesting because Serle said he didn't believe in materialism and came up with some brilliant arguments against it, but then asserted that his truth belief was biological naturalism, which for all intensive purposes is a form of materialism.
Feser covered it well here:
I also argued in TLS that the application by biologists, physicists, and other scientists of concepts like "algorithm," "information," "software," "program," etc. to the natural world evinces a tacit recognition of the reality of teleology or final causation. The reason (set out, again, in detail in TLS) is that the sort of directedness-towards-an-end that these concepts entail just is the core of the Aristotelian-Scholastic conception of final causality.
The point is rather that Darwinism claims to identify an "algorithm" by means of which natural processes generate new species. And if this "algorithm" talk is taken seriously, then (to put things more strongly than Manzi does) it necessarily entails, given the nature of algorithms, that there is an end-state towards which the processes in question point – not, to be sure, the generation of some particular species (human or otherwise) at some temporal culmination point, but rather the (in principle non-stop) generation of species after species meeting certain abstract criteria of fitness.
As I argue in TLS, all the computer science talk physicists, biologists, and other contemporary scientists have taken on board with such gusto really isn't compatible with the "mechanistic" or anti-teleological conception of the material world to which they are still officially committed. Hence one either has to agree with the judgment of thinkers like John Searle that talk of "information," "algorithms," etc. is at best a misleading set of metaphors and at worst a complete muddle; or, if one thinks such talk is indispensible (and there is good reason to think it is) one must acknowledge that something like the Aristotelian conception of nature is correct after all.
The problem as Feser shows here, is that they are totally unaware of there own use of metaphysics in there ideas or arguments and also incapable of seeing the limits of there methodologies.
- June 3, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- Crude said...
Well, Ed's TLS blew me away precisely because of observations like that. The accusation that 'materialists' are proposing things that really aren't 'materialist' (so to speak), and that this confusion is precisely where their views tend to draw their persuasiveness from, was like a thunderbolt to me.
One thing I'm suspicious of, however, is the idea that 'none of the people who use [those words] seem to have noticed' the deflation of their words' meaning. I'm sure some are ignorant - all one has to do is ask "Just what IS the supernatural anyway?" or such to start quite a fight half the time. But I also suspect there's a sizable amount of conscious bias. (A good example of that is seen in Kuttner and Rosenblum's "Quantum Enigma", where they flat out accuse fellow scientists of knowingly downplaying the findings of quantum physics precisely because they're spooked at how the 'average man' will take it.)
- June 3, 2010 at 1:17 PM
- The Phantom Blogger said...
Searle on Naturalism:
In earlier generations, books like this one would have had to contain either an atheistic attack on or a theistic defense of traditional religion. [. . .] Nowadays nobody bothers, and it is considered in slightly bad taste to even raise the question of God's existence. Matters of religion are like matters of sexual preference: they are not to be discussed in public, and even the abstract questions are discussed only by bores.
What has happened? [. . .] I believe that something much more radical than a decline in religious belief has taken place. For us, the educated members of society, the world has become demystified. . . . we no longer take the mysteries we see in the world as expressions of supernatural meaning. We no longer think of odd occurrences as cases of God performing speech acts in the language of miracles. Odd occurrences are just occurrences we do not understand. The result of this demystification is that we have gone beyond atheism to the point where the issue no longer matters in the way it did to earlier generations.
Searle puts it in his earlier Rediscovery of the Mind:
Given what we know about the details of the world — about such things as the position of the elements in the periodic table, the number of chromosomes in the cells of different species, and the nature of the chemical bond — this world view [naturalism] is not an option. It is not simply up for grabs along with a lot of competing world views. Our problem is not that somehow we have failed to come up with a convincing proof of the existence of God or that the hypothesis of an afterlife remains in serious doubt, it is rather that in our deepest reflections we cannot take such opinions seriously.
This is an example of what I mean, for these people nothing other than naturalism is an adequate explanation, you can poke holes in the theories and ideas all day, but it isn't enough to disprove it for them. Naturalism has to be true and anything that contradicts it must be wrong by default. Now the reason for this may be as you claim a deliberate hiding from the truth (and I'm sure in many cases this is whats happening) but it seems to me that they just keep extending what naturalism is and how pretty much anything and everything is natural, in order to cover over the problems, without realising the new problems that have arisen (or if they do realise the new problems, they yet again just change the definition and the rules of naturalism again to cover over it) through there new application and extension of it.
- June 3, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- Crude said...
You've always got access to quite some pertinent quotes, I notice. :)
I'm not sure how to take Searle on this, though, at least going by those quotes - the latter seems to conflict with the former in a way. Though the latter seems to be along the lines of what I'm saying here: 'Naturalism' has been redefined to a point of meaninglessness. Now full-blown dualists are naturalists. Panpsychists are naturalists. What would be called gods in any other place or time in human history are now called natural beings (I'm thinking here of guys like Bostrom discussing simulation theory). Someone recently told me that Plantinga himself joked about how naturalism has become so loose a word that he's half-tempted to present his arguments for God as a naturalistic one.
And frankly, Searle himself is arguably not only guilty of this sort of word game, but he's practically the poster child for it in a sense. Again, Ed Feser's useful here: See his paper on Searle's denial of being a property dualist. How does Searle deny being a property dualist? Apparently, just by calling "property dualism" physicalism.
And as I've said, if we're extending 'naturalism' that far, screw it. Ed Feser's a naturalist. So's the Pope. And so am I. All without changing any of our actual respective views.
- June 3, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- Ilíon said...
"As Ed Feser has said, doing metaphysics is unavoidable. The question is whether people are going to realize they're engaged in the act or not - and what the quality of their metaphysics will be if they don't realize just what they're doing."
Years ago (before I really followed all this) I encountered a quote, my memory (rightly or wrongly) links it with Aldous Huxley, which went something like this: "The question is no whether we shall engage in metaphysics, but whether we shall engage metaphysics well or poorly."
- June 29, 2010 at 3:45 PM


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