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Courtesy Carnac the Magnificent Wiki
Johnny Carson's Carnac the Magnificent could not have framed it better: "Social Media, Bruce Lee, the UFC. . . What's a revolution, an institution, and a evolution." Social Media is the revolutionary byproduct of Web 2.0 and blogging. It is a collaborative paradigm shift in communication and connectivity characterized, by Tim O'Reilly, as an "architecture of participation." Yet what does it have in common with Mixed Martial Arts of the UFC and martial arts legend Bruce Lee? A: Connectivity and evolution.
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Bruce Lee and The UFC
Bruce Lee description of his fighting philosophy: "Be formless… shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend…" It was Bruce Lee's creation of Jeet Kune Do that was the roots of Mixed Martial Arts. Jeet Kune Do relies upon multiple (mixed) styles no one more important than the other. Lee's philosophy was that the opponent and circumstances dictated which discipline within Jeet Kune Do be used against an opponent. It is not fixed or rigidly patterned like traditional martial arts but rather it is a philosophy with guiding thoughts. Nearly 40 years later, the UFC represents the evolution of Jeet Kune Do by becoming the fastest growing sport on the planet.
Social Media and Blogging
Like Bruce Lee's role in the creation of mixed martial arts, blogging is the forefather or foundation on which Social Media was built. The connectivity that blogging brought to the masses is the basis for the Web 2.0 revolution that ushered in our current era where individuals have the power to create brands, mass media styled messages, and connect on a world wide basis with their targeted audience(s).
5 Things We Are Learning About Social Media
- Social Media was built upon blogging as a platform
- Social Media's blogging platform is evolving with the explosion of micro-blogging
- Social Media's evolution is based on philosophies that allow for the malleable change and growth of social networks
- Social Media's evolution and continued growth relies upon adoption of social networks
- Social Media's growth depends upon participation and contributions by new adopters within social networks

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A Catholic Archbishop has described the efforts of the American church to thwart police investigations into clerical sex abuse as 'terribly sad and evil' – after he banned Cardinal Roger M. Mahony from public life.
The Los Angeles Times has revealed that new documents show that Cardinal Mahony has been removed from all public office by his successor Archbishop José H. Gomez.
Cardinal Mahony was leader of America's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese when Archbishop Gomez took initial action two years ago as the church complied with a court order to release thousands of pages of internal documents that show how the cardinal shielded priests who sexually abused children.
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The report says that the documents, released as part of a record $660 million settlement in 2007 with the victims of abuse, are the 'strongest evidence so far' that top officials for years purposely tried to conceal abuse from law enforcement officials.
The newly released papers date from the 1940s to the present and offer new proof that the Catholic Church continued to maneuver against law enforcement even after the extent of the abuse crisis emerged.
The paper reports that Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Curry, the vicar for clergy and one of the cardinal's top deputies and his adviser on sexual abuse, also stepped down as the regional bishop for Santa Barbara, Calif.
Church leaders had fought for years to keep the documents secret according to the LA Times and argued that the names of top church officials should be kept private.
Curry recommended in a series of letters in the 1980s how the American church could stop police from investigating priests who admitted that they had abused children.
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He suggested priests stop seeing therapists who would be required to alert law enforcement about the abuse.
Cardinal Mahony and Bishop Curry have publicly apologized in the past but claimed they were naïve at the time about the effectiveness of treatment for abusers and the impact on victims.
Archbishop Gomez, in a letter released on Thursday, has admitted that the files are 'brutal and painful reading'.
He wrote: "The behavior described in these files is terribly sad and evil.
"There is no excuse, no explaining away what happened to these children. The priests involved had the duty to be their spiritual fathers, and they failed. We need to acknowledge that terrible failure today."
The paper also reports that Cardinal Mahony and Bishop Curry are still able to celebrate Mass and other religious duties.
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Immigrant rights campaigner Cardinal Mahony can no longer speak publicly.
The report adds that Archbishop Gomez's move to discipline his predecessor and to accept the resignation of Bishop Curry was unexpected and unusual.
The paper says that it has not been the custom of bishops to use disciplinary measures against one another or even to issue any public criticism.
Campaigners for abuse victims had mixed reactions on Thursday to the actions taken by Archbishop Gomez.
David Clohessy, national director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, told the LA Times: "Bishop Curry's resignation is a small step in the right direction.
"But the sanctions against Cardinal Mahony amount to little more than hand-slapping and are a nearly meaningless gesture."


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(I started to write a reply to a comment from my last post, but part of the reply turned into a full length post.)
Allow me to illustrate why I find internet filtering odious in public libraries.
Imagine you are at a restaurant. You pay on a yearly basis to eat there in exchange for having a wide variety of culinary options available to you. When you enter the restaurant, you are seated and given a menu. Upon opening the menu and flipping through the pages, you notice that some of the selections have been blackened out. You call the waiter over.
"Excuse me, but why are some of these selections blackened out?"
"Ah, those are entrees that have been judged to be unhealthy for you by the Health Board. They have possibly bad ingredients that are thought to be detrimental for a healthy lifestyle."
"What do you mean, possibly full of bad ingredients?"
"Some of the dishes have been judged to be not good for a healthy lifestyle whatsoever. Other dishes might not be good for you so we are erring on the side of caution to exclude them. And then there are entrees that are good for you but since they share some of the same ingredients as the bad dishes, we have excluded them as well."
"So, some of these entrees could be perfectly fine for me?"
"Yes sir. When we find a good dish that has been mistakenly marked as bad, we remove the blackening material."
"That's good! But what about the dishes that might not be good for me?"
"We've found that we get different reactions. Some people are outraged to find it on the regular menu, saying they cannot believe we would allow that to be served here. Others are outraged to find it on the complete menu, saying how dare we exclude it from the regular menu. It's a tough call because it is a rather subjective assessment."
"I see."
"If you'd like, I can bring you a full menu without the retractions…"
"Yes, please, I'd like that."
"…But there are some caveats."
"Like what?"
"For me to bring out the complete menu, you have to assure me that you are someone who believes in a healthy lifestyle. Also, that it will be frowned upon by the other diners to consume the entrees that are loaded with bad ingredients. In addition, you will not share your meal with other people. Especially if you do end up ordering something that has been previously judged as unhealthy and especially if that person is a child. Can you agree to such terms?"
"I can understand and abide by that last part, but I don't get the first two."
"The Health Board wants to promote a healthy lifestyle for all the diners. While as an adult you are free to eat what you please, just know that eating so freely may not be held in the highest of esteems by the other diners. Even though it will be your food and being consumed by you, it may be upsetting to them."
"Why should they care about what I eat?"
"Because they don't eat it themselves and feel that no one else should either. Nor do they even want to catch sight of someone who could possibly be eating something they find repulsive."
"So, why do I have to promise you that I lead a healthy lifestyle just so I can get a complete menu even though I'm an adult?"
"That's correct, sir."
"But that's absurd!"
"It's the rules of the Health Board. Take it or leave it."
I will admit that the restaurant menu illustration is far from perfect. It doesn't address the sexual harassment that library workers can experience from someone viewing pornography at the library, nor does it address the idea keeping kids from being exposed to pornography. Those are certainly important issues that need to be handled as well. But it is the best way for me to explain how I feel about filtering.
People tend to confuse anti-filtering arguments with being pro-porn. They are not the same. If someone was to show me a filtering software that could prevent people from viewing pornography while allowing all non-pornographic sites through, I'd speak in its favor for libraries that want filtering to use it. However, there isn't such a thing; it doesn't exist. Instead, it is much like a fishing net trawling the ocean, pulling up anything in its path. To me, that 's an unreasonable imposition.
What is also unreasonable to me is that underlying notion of filtering software; it is based on a 'guilty until proven innocent' concept. You cannot be trusted with unfiltered internet access, even if you have no history of deviant web browsing. And if you ask for unfiltered access, you are subject to be judged for having ulterior motives. It turns our American notion of due process on its head.
For myself, it is a lack of trust based out of fear-mongering; every person with unfiltered internet access is a potential offender, a sleeper cell agent waiting to act upon illicit information desires (porn or drugs or otherwise). From this fear mongering, the common refrain of how there is the potential for harm, that this potential is omnipresent and always certain to happen if we lower our guard for one second.
Filtering software is another form of security theater in which people have to be treated like potential threats based on the tiny number of cases. It is the antithesis of dialogue and education, for it sets aside logic in favor of the cheap emotional reaction. When we treat our neighbors with suspicion of potential wrongdoing as part of "the price of doing business", it does not build a society that brings us together as a nation. It merely reinforces that the 'other' is something that should be feared, shunned, and eliminated.
To me, that is not what the library is about. In creating the environment for understanding, there has to be trust given. While a person's words and actions may erode that away, it won't be because of a lower starting point on my part. It's the eternal optimist in me; I want to believe that people are good until proven otherwise. Some might pounce on this statement as evidence of being naiveté, that the world is a cruel place full of evils in around every corner. I am acutely aware of the unfeeling indifference of universe as acted out by nature and society. I am an optimist in spite of it.
In writing this all out, I wonder as to whether it actually advances a dialogue or just adds to the noise. A dialogue would mean that the two sides are actually conversing and listening to one another; the noise is when they are just shouting past each other. There really isn't a perfect solution, but I think it's better to examine the people involved in the transaction than focusing on the software.


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The Gypsy camp suspects, Eleftheria Dimopoulou, 40, and Christos Salis, 39, received more than 2,500 euros ($3,420) in monthly welfare payments after declaring they had 14 children, eight of whom are unaccounted for and presumed not to exist, authorities said. They were jailed on charges of abduction and document fraud.In another report of the story, it is claimed:
A Supreme Court prosecutor ordered a review of thousands of birth certificates issued after Jan. 1, 2008, amid growing criticism that the country's birth registration system is wide open to abuse.Anyone in the genealogical community should shudder at the thought that government birth certificates might end up being fraudulent. How accurate are U.S. Certificates? Do we have similar problems that just have not yet surfaced? Another comment from the second story is worrisome:
Up until five months ago, there was no central national registry, so births declared in different municipalities were not cross-checked.Who "cross-checks" U.S. birth certificates? Aren't we open to the same type of fraud here in the United States? A careful researcher would not rely on a single document as conclusive evidence of the members of any ancestral family. Food for thought.


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Oil spill: The bright side
I am making a brief comeback. Much as I love blogging and writing, my work has taken over my life right now, and I am barely even getting ideas to blog about. Here's a small one. A PJ, if you will.
Given the current issues with the oil spill and global warming, I thought we Bengalis should make hay while the sun shines. British Petroleum, here's a business proposition for you – start your sea food restaurant chain.
You don't even have to do much. Mother earth is cooking it up for you.
I was assembled from parts
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When I was a kid, for a long long time I thought that the primary requirement for two people to be married was that they should have the same last name. That was until my mom told me that her maiden last name was Dutta, and that it changed to Sinha after she married my dad. I didn't say anything, but I secretly liked Dutta better, simply because I found Utpal Dutta a lot better than Shatrughan Sinha. Also, Dutta was a common last name, unlike Sinha. I already kind of disliked "Kokonad" because it was so uncommon.
But this post is not about that.
I was a kid with a wild imagination. When I thought of child birth, I was under the impression that two people have to lie on bed together and poof, a child just happens. I had no idea how close to being correct I was. But then my question always had been – how did the baby know the parents were married? I had wondered so many times how I got there. My dad often mentioned that I was in my mother's stomach when they went to Darjeeling and other beautiful places with my brother (I held that grudge against him for a long time and also for the fact that he ate for five years more than me). So that negated the theory of poof-a-child-just-happens. So instead, the explanation I gave to myself was that I was assembled from individual parts. I used to think that I was put together by a very able doctor and then put in my mother's stomach to 'fuse'. As long as the assembly was perfect with the bones aligned perfectly, the final product is commendable. My dad also kept saying that "I was almost born a girl". See, this recurring statement of his was the one thing that reaffirmed my faith in creation-through-assembly. I thought that when they were planning on having me, they made a last minute decision in telling the doctor that they wanted a boy, and the doctor added the necessary attachments. And then I was put in my mother's stomach yada-yada. I was only three but I found the idea of 'fusing' quite credible. Anyway, as I was writing this post, I decided I must know why he used to tell me that. I placed a call halfway around the world to ask him what did he exactly mean by that statement. Amidst pure confusion of being asked this question from nowhere, he told me that he was hoping to have a daughter, and got a son instead.
Like any other typical Indian family, my sex education at home as I grew up was absolutely fabulous. Yes, I know most of you will agree with me how our parents carefully and painstakingly avoided the topic of the anatomical wonder that is man (or woman). When we used to watch movies at home and there was an "ahem" scene, we used to leave the living room to drink a glass of water from the kitchen. If Durex or Whisper was showing an ad on TV during the break at prime time news, we looked distracted while our parents slyly changed the channel to see what else is on. Thanks to all the sanitary napkin ads, an acquaintance of mine was under the impression that women had blue blood. And here's an embarrassing fact about me – when I learned about the menstrual cycle, I called up a female friend to confirm it. We have vowed never to speak of the incident again.
And here's something I had been thinking about as I was writing this post.
We should all hibernate
I love watching people doze. So many funny things happen when you are dozing. In classes and meetings, when you are sleepy your attention span is less than 8 seconds (think about it, it really is!). And you gradually phase out. You just had an awesome lunch with butter naan, and all your blood is mostly in the stomach. The little blood remaining is in your eyes and oh boy your eyes are bloodshot. You know why dozing people look like they are high? Because dozing people raise their eyeballs and eyebrows, but forget to raise their eyelids. So you basically get to see eye-whites, half open eyelids, and ridiculously raised eyebrows. All dozing people have severely arched eyebrows; look out for it the next time! Anyway, you decide to skillfully rest your head on your hand so that your overall posture looks "interested". Then about 2 minutes later your head loses all balance and drops like a cabbage on the desk. You regain an awakened state and very slyly put your hand on the left side of your face (or the right side, depending on which side has more people) and pass out in seconds. You think no one has seen you, but you have a bunch of people nudging their neighbors to look at you. With your hand almost clutching your hair to prevent the head from falling, you are a laugh riot. With those raised eyebrows.
Poor you.
Since the dawn of time, man has loved to sleep. In fact we like to sleep even more when we have work to do. Now that winter is here, temperatures in my city have started going below freezing and I can't help but think, why is it that humankind has never hibernated? It would save us from the trouble of waking up early for an 8:00 AM class at temperatures of -20 C. We should hibernate in winter. It's so simple. And so advantageous.
Firstly, well, we get to sleep. For hours. We can go to bed in late November, and wake up in early March or something. For the late risers, they can wake up in April. In fact when they go back to work they can say, "Well, I would have come in March, but my alarm clock didn't ring", or "Yeah… sorry, I decided to sleep in."
Secondly, your body ends up using all the stored fat while you are asleep and wakes up when there is no more stored fat. So basically it's an excellent way to burn fat (who would have thought!).
Thirdly, well, we get to sleep. For hours.
Of course, according to whatever I researched on hibernation, I learned that your body figures out a way to recycle it's wastes and your kidneys work excellent in maintaining water levels etc. I really think we should all give this a shot. There is one detail I did miss out, you need to put a plug up your butt. Yeah. You really need to. Bears use hair and grass and mud and old fecal matter. We can of course, have Apple build it – the iPlug. We could request features like internet capability and vibrating alarm. Or we could have Microsoft build it, but you would have Home edition, Professional edition and the Ultimate edition. I don't even want to think what the Ultimate edition would have, but it would cost $399.99.
Amidst all this, I just thought about this thing. How much we would like to sleep as a function of our age. I spent most of my childhood not wanting to sleep, and now I am spending most of my non-childhood wanting to sleep. Life is unfair.
Much ado about an ankle
I had an ankle surgery earlier in September. An old sports injury aggravated and it required me to get it fixed as soon as possible. The stupid pain killers shut off my brain and I could get nothing done apart from turning left to right on bed. Eventually I also could turn right to left.
Turns out there are 4 titanium screws in my foot. Once the reality of that fact sunk in, the first thing I thought of was Wolverine. But then it does not make me any where as cool as him. I cannot extract-n-retract my screws like Wolverine does with his claws. And even if I did, what would I do with them? Hang pictures? And of course, I am not even venturing into the thought of which screwdriver I would need to screw them back in. You never find one when you need one.
Surprisingly, when I told about these screws to people, the most common first response I got from them was – "How would you ever clear the metal detector in the airport?" Of all the questions to ask, that was the first. I wouldn't blame anyone. I got that question in my head too.
Unfortunately I have much bigger problems at the airport to deal with, especially in the US/Europe. The image of the checklist here will explain it all. At least I did not set off the metal detector before. Now I have to deal with that too. Security is going to have a Mardi Gras tasering me all the time, and with me being tall, there's so so much of me to taser around. I am a walking taser fest for them.
The plus side of this surgery has been that I have had a month off from work (I had no choice actually). I have had the time to reflect upon …er… never mind. Several things upset me. My cast was cut for inspection recently and I saw that the surgery has left a pretty big scar on my ankle. Not that I have/want/need Aishwarya Rai like ankles, but I could see a scar on my foot. I hate scars. They remind people of things. My friends have tried hard to cheer me up. This is the gist of the conversation that happened with a friend when I told him of my deep stirring feelings about the scar.
"Dude, this is a great opportunity. Chicks dig scars!"
"Yeah, but to show this scar I really have to flash my ankle around. And that's not normal. And it's not eccentric either!"
Now I could keep flashing my ankle around, but I have never actually heard the the expression "Did you see the ankles on that guy? They are HAWT!" (Girls, please back me up here.) I do realize that scars make great first impressions. But I don't see a reason to show my ankle ever, in a first meeting. It is just impossible for my ankle to come up in an appropriate way unless I am having a conversation with my doctor. Of course, she wouldn't dig the very same scar she caused.
Another friend told me that my market value has increased. He literally meant it, because titanium is expensive. It was his attempt at cheering me up. Well, he tried. Can't blame a guy for trying. Another very dear friend of mine has a naturally seductive voice and she (effortlessly and unknowingly) makes the word "langda" sound very very very sexy. Thank you for that. 🙂 Meanwhile, my friends have received strict instructions now that they are not supposed to ask me (any more) "Tera screw dheela hai kya?" It's personal. Nor are they supposed to say that they are screwed. That too is personal. (See footnote for translations)
[Footnote for translations]
1. Tera screw dheela hai kya?
Literally speaking, this means "Are your screws loose?"
Metaphorically speaking, this means "Have you lost it?"
2. "Langda" means lame person.
Take that picture again!
It's a party. Or an outing. All of you who have digital cameras obviously love your cameras and love taking pictures. Whether it is a single profile shot, or a small group shot, you are often told to delete a pic. These are some of the issues because of which I am told to take a picture again, and delete the previous one. Now analyzed by gender.
Guys' complaints:
1. I blinked
2. Photo blur
3. Dude, I am not in the frame
Girls' complaints:
1. My shoes are not visible
2. My shoes are visible
3. My smile is weird
4. My laugh is weird
5. My hair is not proper
6. My eyes are weird
7. My nails are not done
8. My nails are done
9. Uncool dress
10. Unhot dress
11. She looks cooler
12. She looks hotter
13. The left side of my face is weird
14. The right side of my face is weird
15. I don't like my face from the front
16. I don't like your face from the front
17. Unknown reason (won't tell)
18. I blinked
Girls, you look absolutely fabulous. We guys love to have you in our photos, and we admit we generally don't have an eye for detail(led flaws) – but we earnestly love to see you with that carefree laugh, with the surprised look or that absolutely mesmerizing stray lock of hair. Ladies, you look gorgeous. Always. You brighten up our photos. You bring life to them. 🙂 Guys, back me up on this.
If the Ramayan were on Facebook
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When I first thought of this idea, I intended to write the Mahabharat this way. Then I thought of writing World War II, then Indian Independence struggle and finally Jaswant Singh's political fiasco with BJP. But then the plots are SO LONG! The Ramayan has a much more manageable plot, in comparison. And hence I have before you, if the Ramayan were to have an event update like Facebook, how would it be like! It's a lot of work, doing it with the appropriate icons and the appropriate style. I tried to do it in the original Facebook template – but it was getting really difficult, thanks to my limited knowledge in coding. I hope you like it! 🙂 If you wanted to distribute this document, I would be grateful if you did it with a link to this post. Thank you!
This is an embedded PDF document, using Scribd which is a very versatile tool. You can view this document by zooming in and out, scrolling and even toggle full screen mode. Look for these icons on the top! If you are reading this through your reader or a non-native place, the embedded document may not be visible, in which case you might want to read the original post.
Edited to add – This post has become popular beyond what I could ever ever imagine. I thank every one for forwarding this around via Facebook, Twitter and emails! Thank you, and I am glad this article made you laugh, or at least smile. Krish Ashok of "Doing Jalsa and Showing Jilpa" fame did the Facebook Mahabharatha over a year ago. And that looks exactly like the Facebook format, and is outright hilarious!
Disclaimer: I have received a comment or two where people have found it a HUGE MISTAKE not to include the story of Kaikeyi and Dasarath and the two other wives. Here's an addition from my side: I also did not include the story of Hanuman carrying Mt Gandhamadhana which had the flower Sanjivani to cure Lakshman of his coma during battle, either. I covered it all up in "Show 43 similar posts"
I decided to drop out the story behind Ram's exile and the details of the war simply because this story is long as such, and I didn't want my story to be longer so as to lose my reader. Referring to other comments, this is not to be taken as factually accurate, nor should it be considered to be educational. I wrote it for fun, just for generating a laugh or two. I do/did not intend to make mirth of the religious text of Ramayan. This article does not intend to portray any sort of disrespect towards religious sentiments. I hope you enjoy this article as a humorous piece, more than anything. Please read this in a light vein.


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In a horrifying real life cross between Happy Gilmore and a Bon Jovi song, a New Jersey man accidentally shot himself in the heart with a 4-inch nail while trying to un-jam a nail gun. Somehow, he survived.
52-year-old Dennis Hennis, whose parents were obviously jerks, shot himself in the chest with a nail gun that fires at 120 pounds per square inch. The nail punctured his right ventricle and sent him into cardiac arrest. His son, who was working with him at the time, called an ambulance, but the nail complicated performing CPR. Luckily, he made it to the hospital in time, and he's expected to make a full recovery.
There are a lot of dumb safety instructions in the world, but this seems as good a time as any to remind you that "Don't point high powered nail guns at your heart" is one of the good'uns. [Reuters via BoingBoing]


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University of Paris
|Université de Paris
|Latin: Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis
|Hic et ubique terrarum (Latin)
Motto in English
|Here and anywhere on Earth
|Circa 1150
|Corporative circa 1150-1793,
public 1896-1970
|Paris, France
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The University of Paris (French: Université de Paris), metonymically known as the Sorbonne (French: [sɔʁbɔn]), was a French university, founded circa 1150 in Paris, France, recognised 1200 by King Philip II and 1215 by Pope Innocent III, as one of the first universities.[1] Reputed for its academic performance notably in theology and philosophy, it introduced many European academic as well as student traditions, such as student nations. The university is colloquially referred to as the Sorbonne after its collegiate institution, Collège de Sorbonne, founded around 1257 by Robert de Sorbon.
Following the turbulence of the French Revolution, the University of Paris was suspended in 1793 but revived again in 1896.
In 1970, following the May 1968 events, the university was divided into 13 autonomous universities, of which three still maintain the name and major legacy of the former Sorbonne.
- 1 Origin and early organization
- 2 Organization in the thirteenth century
- 3 Later history
- 4 Suppression of the colleges and establishment of the University of France
- 5 Reorganization
- 6 Present universities
- 7 See also
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Origin and early organization
Like other medieval universities (Bologna, Oxford, Salamanca, Cambridge, Padua), the University of Paris was well established by the time it was formally founded by the Catholic Church in 1200.[2] The earliest historical reference to the university as such is found in Matthew of Paris' reference to the studies of his own teacher (an abbot of St. Albans) and his acceptance into "the fellowship of the elect Masters" at the university of Paris in about 1170.[3] Additionally, it is known that Pope Innocent III had completed his studies at the University of Paris by 1182 at the age of 21. The university developed as a corporation around the Notre Dame Cathedral, similar to other medieval corporations, such as guilds of merchants or artisans. The medieval Latin term, universitas, had the more general meaning of a guild. The university of Paris was known as a universitas magistrorum et scholarium (a guild of masters and scholars), in contrast with the Bolognese universitas scholarium.
The university had four faculties: Arts, Medicine, Law, and Theology. The Faculty of Arts was the lowest in rank, but also the largest, as students had to graduate there in order to be admitted to one of the higher faculties. The students were divided into four nationes according to language or regional origin: France, Normandy, Picardy, and England. The last came to be known as the Alemannian (German) nation. Recruitment to each nation was wider than the names might imply: the English-German nation included students from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.
The faculty and nation system of the University of Paris (along with that of the University of Bologna) became the model for all later medieval universities. Under the governance of the Church, students wore robes and shaved the tops of their heads in tonsure, to signify they were under the protection of the church. Students followed the rules and laws of the Church and were not subject to the king's laws or courts. This presented problems for the city of Paris, as students ran wild, and its official had to appeal to Church courts for justice. Students were often very young, entering the school at age 13 or 14 and staying for 6 to 12 years.
Original schools
Three schools were especially famous in Paris: the palatine or palace school, the school of Notre-Dame, and that of Sainte-Geneviève Abbey. The decline of royalty brought about the decline of the first. The other two were ancient but did not have much visibility in the early centuries. The glory of the palatine school doubtless eclipsed theirs, until it completely gave way to them. These two centres were much frequented and many of their masters were esteemed for their learning. The first renowned professor at the school of Ste-Geneviève was Hubold, who lived in the tenth century. Not content with the courses at Liège, he continued his studies at Paris, entered or allied himself with the chapter of Ste-Geneviève, and attracted many pupils via his teaching. Distinguished professors from the school of Notre-Dame in the eleventh century include Lambert, disciple of Fulbert of Chartres; Drogo of Paris; Manegold of Germany; and Anselm of Laon. These two schools attracted scholars from every country and produced many illustrious men, among whom were: St. Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Bishop of Kraków; Gebbard, Archbishop of Salzburg; St. Stephen, third Abbot of Cîteaux; Robert d'Arbrissel, founder of the Abbey of Fontevrault etc. Three other men who added prestige to the schools of Notre-Dame and Ste-Geneviève were William of Champeaux, Abélard, and Peter Lombard.
Humanistic instruction comprised grammar, rhetoric, dialectics, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy (trivium and quadrivium). To the higher instruction belonged dogmatic and moral theology, whose source was the Scriptures and the Patristic Fathers. It was completed by the study of Canon law. The School of Saint-Victor arose to rival those of Notre-Dame and Ste-Geneviève. It was founded by William of Champeaux when he withdrew to the Abbey of Saint-Victor. Its most famous professors are Hugh of St. Victor and Richard of St. Victor.
The plan of studies expanded in the schools of Paris, as it did elsewhere. A Bolognese compendium of canon law called the Decretum Gratiani brought about a division of the theology department. Hitherto the discipline of the Church had not been separate from so-called theology; they were studied together under the same professor. But this vast collection necessitated a special course, which was undertaken first at Bologna, where Roman law was taught. In France, first Orléans and then Paris erected chairs of canon law. Before the end of the twelfth century, the Decretals of Gerard La Pucelle, Mathieu d'Angers, and Anselm (or Anselle) of Paris, were added to the Decretum Gratiani. However, civil law was not included at Paris. In the twelfth century, medicine began to be publicly taught at Paris: the first professor of medicine in Paris records is Hugo, physicus excellens qui quadrivium docuit.
Professors were required to have measurable knowledge and be appointed by the university. Applicants had to be assessed by examination; if successful, the examiner, who was the head of the school, and known as scholasticus, capiscol, and chancellor, appointed an individual to teach. This was called the licence or faculty to teach. The licence had to be granted freely. No one could teach without it; on the other hand, the examiner could not refuse to award it when the applicant deserved it.
The school of Saint-Victor, under the abbey, conferred the licence in its own right; the school of Notre-Dame depended on the diocese, that of Ste-Geneviève on the abbey or chapter. The diocese and the abbey or chapter, through their chancellor, gave professorial investiture in their respective territories where they had jurisdiction. Besides Notre-Dame, Ste-Geneviève, and Saint-Victor, there were several schools on the "Island" and on the "Mount". "Whoever", says Crevier "had the right to teach might open a school where he pleased, provided it was not in the vicinity of a principal school." Thus a certain Adam, who was of English origin, kept his "near the Petit Pont"; another Adam, Parisian by birth, "taught at the Grand Pont which is called the Pont-au-Change" (Hist. de l'Univers. de Paris, I, 272).
The number of students in the school of the capital grew constantly, so that lodgings were insufficient. French students included princes of the blood, sons of the nobility, and ranking gentry. The courses at Paris were considered so necessary as a completion of studies that many foreigners flocked to them. Popes Celestine II, Adrian IV and Innocent III studied at Paris, and Alexander III sent his nephews there. Noted German and English students included Otto of Freisingen, Cardinal Conrad, Archbishop of Mainz, St. Thomas of Canterbury, and John of Salisbury; while Ste-Geneviève became practically the seminary for Denmark. The chroniclers of the time called Paris the city of letters par excellence, placing it above Athens, Alexandria, Rome, and other cities: "At that time, there flourished at Paris philosophy and all branches of learning, and there the seven arts were studied and held in such esteem as they never were at Athens, Egypt, Rome, or elsewhere in the world." ("Les gestes de Philippe-Auguste"). Poets extolled the university in their verses, comparing it to all that was greatest, noblest, and most valuable in the world.
As the university developed, it became more institutionalized. First, the professors formed an association, for according to Matthew Paris, John of Celles, twenty-first Abbot of St Albans, England, was admitted as a member of the teaching corps of Paris after he had followed the courses (Vita Joannis I, XXI, abbat. S. Alban). The masters, as well as the students, were divided according to national origin,. Alban wrote that Henry II, King of England, in his difficulties with St. Thomas of Canterbury, wanted to submit his cause to a tribunal composed of professors of Paris, chosen from various provinces (Hist. major, Henry II, to end of 1169). This was likely the start of the division according to "nations," which was later to play an important part in the university. Celestine III ruled that both professors and students had the privilege of being subject only to the ecclesiastical courts, not to civil courts.
The three schools: Notre-Dame, Sainte-Geneviève, and Saint-Victor, may be regarded as the triple cradle of the Universitas scholarium, which included masters and students; hence the name University. Henry Denifle and some others hold that this honour is exclusive to the school of Notre-Dame (Chartularium Universitatis Parisiensis), but the reasons do not seem convincing. He excludes Saint-Victor because, at the request of the abbot and the religious of Saint-Victor, Gregory IX in 1237 authorized them to resume the interrupted teaching of theology. But the university was largely founded about 1208, as is shown by a Bull of Innocent III. Consequently, the schools of Saint-Victor might well have contributed to its formation. Secondly, Denifle excludes the schools of Ste-Geneviève because there had been no interruption in the teaching of the liberal arts. This is debatable and through the period, theology was taught. The chancellor of Ste-Geneviève continued to give degrees in arts, something he would have ceased if his abbey had no part in the university organization.
Organization in the thirteenth century
In 1200, King Philip II issued a diploma "for the security of the scholars of Paris," which affirmed that students were subject only to ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The provost and other officers were forbidden to arrest a student for any offence, unless to transfer him to ecclesiastical authority. The king's officers could not intervene with any member unless having a mandate from an ecclesiastical authority. His action followed a violent incident between students and officers outside the city walls at a pub.
In 1215, the Apostolic legate, Robert de Courçon, issued new rules governing who could become a professor. To teach the arts, a candidate had to be at least twenty-one, to have studied these arts at least six years, and to take an engagement as professor for at least two years. For a chair in theology, the candidate had to be thirty years of age, with eight years of theological studies, of which the last three years were devoted to special courses of lectures in preparation for the mastership. These studies had to be made in the local schools under the direction of a master. In Paris, one was regarded as a scholar only by studies with particular masters. Lastly, purity of morals was as important as reading. The licence was granted, according to custom, gratuitously, without oath or condition. Masters and students were permitted to unite, even by oath, in defence of their rights, when they could not otherwise obtain justice in serious matters. No mention is made either of law or of medicine, probably because these sciences were less prominent.
In 1229, a denial of justice by the queen led to suspension of the courses. The pope intervened with a Bull that began with lavish praise of the university: "Paris", said Gregory IX, "mother of the sciences, is another Cariath-Sepher, city of letters". He commissioned the Bishops of Le Mans and Senlis and the Archdeacon of Châlons to negotiate with the French Court for the restoration of the university, but by the end of 1230 they had accomplished nothing. Gregory IX then addressed a Bull of 1231 to the masters and scholars of Paris. Not only did he settle the dispute, he empowered the university to frame statutes concerning the discipline of the schools, the method of instruction, the defence of theses, the costume of the professors, and the obsequies of masters and students (expanding upon Robert de Courçon's statutes). Most importantly, the pope granted the university the right to suspend its courses, if justice were denied it, until it should receive full satisfaction.
The pope authorized Pierre Le Mangeur to collect a moderate fee for the conferring of the license of professorship. Also, for the first time, the scholars had to pay tuition fees for their education: two sous weekly, to be deposited in the common fund.
The university was organized as follows: at the head of the teaching body was a rector. The office was elective and of short duration; at first it was limited to four or six weeks. Simon de Brion, legate of the Holy See in France, realizing that such frequent changes caused serious inconvenience, decided that the rectorate should last three months, and this rule was observed for three years. Then the term was lengthened to one, two, and sometimes three years. The right of election belonged to the procurators of the four nations.
Four "nations"
The "nations" appeared in the second half of the twelfth century; they were mentioned in the Bull of Honorius III in 1222; later they formed a distinct body. By 1249 the four nations existed with their procurators, their rights (more or less well-defined), and their keen rivalries: the nations were the French, English, Normans, and Picards. After the Hundred Years' War the English nation was replaced by the Germanic. The four nations constituted the faculty of arts or letters.
The territories covered by the four nations were:
- French nation: all the Romance-speaking parts of Europe except those included within the Norman and Picard nations
- English nation (renamed 'German nation' after the Hundred Years' War): the British Isles, the Germanic-speaking parts of continental Europe (except those included within the Picard nation), and the Slavic-speaking parts of the Europe. The majority of students within that nation came from Germany and Scotland, and when it was renamed 'German nation' it was also sometimes called natio Germanorum et Scotorum ("nation of the Germans and Scots").[4][5]
- Norman nation: the ecclesiastical province of Rouen, which corresponded approximately to the Duchy of Normandy. This was a Romance-speaking territory, but it was not included within the French nation.
- Picard nation: the Romance-speaking bishoprics of Beauvais, Noyon, Amiens, Laon, and Arras; the bilingual (Romance and Germanic-speaking) bishoprics of Thérouanne, Cambrai, and Tournai; a large part of the bilingual bishopric of Liège; and the southernmost part of the Germanic-speaking bishopric of Utrecht (the part of that bishopric located south of the Meuse River; the rest of the bishopric north of the Meuse River belonged to the English nation). It was estimated that about half of the students in the Picard nation were Romance-speakers (Picard and Walloon), and the other half were Germanic-speakers (West Flemish, East Flemish, Brabantian and Limburgish dialects).[6]
To classify professors' knowledge, the schools of Paris gradually divided into faculties. Professors of the same science were brought into closer contact until the community of rights and interests cemented the union and made them distinct groups. The faculty of medicine seems to have been the last to form. But the four faculties were already formally established by 1254, when the university described in a letter "theology, jurisprudence, medicine, and rational, natural, and moral philosophy". The masters of theology often set the example for the other faculties—e.g., they were the first to adopt an official seal.
The faculties of theology, canon law, and medicine, were called "superior faculties". The title of "Dean" as designating the head of a faculty, came into use by 1268 in the faculties of law and medicine, and by 1296 in the faculty of theology. It seems that at first the deans were the oldest masters. The faculty of arts continued to have four procurators of its four nations and its head was the rector. As the faculties became more fully organized, the division into four nations partially disappeared for theology, law and medicine, though it continued in arts. Eventually the superior faculties included only doctors, leaving the bachelors to the faculty of arts. At this period, therefore, the university had two principal degrees, the baccalaureate and the doctorate. It was not until much later that the licentiate and the DEA became intermediate degrees.
The scattered condition of the scholars in Paris often made lodging difficult. Some students rented rooms from townspeople, who often exacted high rates while the students demanded lower. This tension between scholars and citizens would have developed into a sort of civil war if Robert de Courçon had not found the remedy of taxation. It was upheld in the Bull of Gregory IX of 1231, but with an important modification: its exercise was to be shared with the citizens. The aim was to offer the students a shelter where they would fear neither annoyance from the owners nor the dangers of the world. Thus were founded the colleges (colligere, to assemble); meaning not centers of instruction, but simple student boarding-houses. Each had a special goal, being established for students of the same nationality or the same science. Often, masters lived in each college and oversaw its activities.
Four colleges appeared in the twelfth century; they became more numerous in the thirteenth, including Collège d'Harcourt (1280) and the Collège de Sorbonne (1257). Thus the University of Paris assumed its basic form. It was composed of seven groups, the four nations of the faculty of arts, and the three superior faculties of theology, law, and medicine. Men who had studied at Paris became an increasing presence in the high ranks of the Church hierarchy; eventually, students at the University of Paris saw it as a right that they would be eligible to benefices. Church officials such as St. Louis and Clement IV lavishly praised the university.
Besides the famous Collège de Sorbonne, other collegia provided housing and meals to students, sometimes for those of the same geographical origin in a more restricted sense than that represented by the nations. There were 8 or 9 collegia for foreign students: the oldest one was the Danish college, the Collegium danicum or dacicum, founded in 1257. Swedish students could, during the 13th and 14th centuries, live in one of three Swedish colleges, the Collegium Upsaliense, the Collegium Scarense or the Collegium Lincopense, named after the Swedish dioceses of Uppsala, Skara and Linköping. The German College, Collegium alemanicum is mentioned as early as 1345, the Scots college or Collegium scoticum was founded in 1325. The Lombard college or Collegium lombardicum was founded in the 1330s. The Collegium constantinopolitanum was, according to a tradition, founded in the 13th century to facilitate a merging of the eastern and western churches. It was later reorganized as a French institution, the Collège de la Marche-Winville. The Collège de Montaigu was founded by the Archbishop of Rouen in the 14th century, and reformed in the 15th century by the humanist Jan Standonck, when it attracted reformers from within the Roman Catholic Church (such as Erasmus and Ignatius of Loyola) and those who subsequently became Protestants (John Calvin and John Knox).
Later history
In the fifteenth century, Guillaume d'Estouteville, a cardinal and Apostolic legate, reformed the university, correcting its perceived abuses and introducing various modifications. This reform was less an innovation than a recall to observance of the old rules, as was the reform of 1600, undertaken by the royal government with regard to the three higher faculties. Nonetheless, and as to the faculty of arts, the reform of 1600 introduced the study of Greek, of French poets and orators, and of additional classical figures like Hesiod, Plato, Demosthenes, Cicero, Virgil, and Sallust. The prohibition from teaching civil law was never well observed at Paris, but in 1679 Louis XIV officially authorized the teaching of civil law in the faculty of decretals. The "faculty of law" hence replaced the"faculty of decretals". The colleges meantime had multiplied; those of Cardinal Le-Moine and Navarre were founded in the fourteenth century. The Hundred Years' War was fatal to these establishments, but the university set about remedying the injury.
Besides its teaching, the University of Paris played an important part in several disputes: in the Church, during the Great Schism; in the councils, in dealing with heresies and divisions; in the State, during national crises. Under the domination of England it played a role in the trial of Joan of Arc.
Proud of its rights and privileges, the University of Paris fought energetically to maintain them, hence the long struggle against the mendicant orders on academic as well as on religious grounds. Hence also the shorter conflict against the Jesuits, who claimed by word and action a share in its teaching. It made extensive use of its right to decide administratively according to occasion and necessity. In some instances it openly endorsed the censures of the faculty of theology and pronounced condemnation in its own name, as in the case of the Flagellants.
Its patriotism was especially manifested on two occasions. During the captivity of King John, when Paris was given over to factions, the university sought to restore peace; and under Louis XIV, when the Spaniards crossed the Somme and threatened the capital, it placed two hundred men at the king's disposal and offered the Master of Arts degree gratuitously to scholars who should present certificates of service in the army (Jourdain, Hist. de l'Univers. de Paris au XVIIe et XVIIIe siècle, 132-34; Archiv. du ministère de l'instruction publique).
Suppression of the colleges and establishment of the University of France
The ancient university disappeared with ancient France in the French Revolution. On 15 September 1793, petitioned by the Department of Paris and several departmental groups, the National Convention decided that independently of the primary schools,
"there should be established in the Republic three progressive degrees of instruction; the first for the knowledge indispensable to artisans and workmen of all kinds; the second for further knowledge necessary to those intending to embrace the other professions of society; and the third for those branches of instruction the study of which is not within the reach of all men".
Measures were to be taken immediately: "For means of execution the department and the municipality of Paris are authorized to consult with the Committee of Public Instruction of the National Convention, in order that these establishments shall be put in action by 1 November next, and consequently colleges now in operation and the faculties of theology, medicine, arts, and law are suppressed throughout the Republic". This was the death-sentence of the university. It was not to be restored after the Revolution had subsided, any more than those of the provinces.
All the faculties were replaced by a single centre, the University of France. After a century, people recognized that the new system was less favourable to study. They restored the old system of separate faculties in 1896, but without the faculty of theology.
In 1966, after a student revolt in Paris, Christian Fouchet, minister of education, had proposed "the reorganisation of university studies into separate two- and four-year degrees, alongside the introduction of selective admission criteria" as a response to overcrowding in lecture halls.[7] Dissatisfied with these educational reforms, students began protesting in November 1967, at the campus of the University of Paris in Nanterre;[8] indeed, according to James Marshall, these reforms were seen "as the manifestations of the technocratic-capitalist state by some, and by others as attempts to destroy the liberal university".[9] After student activists protested the Vietnam War, the campus was closed by authorities on March 22 and again on May 2, 1968.[10] Agitation spread to the Sorbonne the next day, and many students were arrested in the following week.[11] Barricades were erected throughout the Latin Quarter, and a massive demonstration took place on May 13, gathering students and workers on strike.[12] The number of workers on strike reached about nine million by May 22.[8] As explained by Bill Readings:
[President Charles de Gaulle] responded on May 24 by calling for a referendum, and [...] the revolutionaries, led by informal action committees, attacked and burned the Paris Stock Exchange in response. The Gaullist government then held talks with union leaders, who agreed to a package of wage-rises and increases in union rights. The strikers, however, simply refused the plan. With the French state tottering, de Gaulle fled France on May 29 for a French military base in Germany. He later returned and, with the assurance of military support, announced [general] elections [within] forty days. [...] Over the next two months, the strikes were broken (or broke up) while the election was won by the Gaullists with an increased majority.[13]
Following these events, de Gaulle appointed Edgar Faure as minister of education; Faure was assigned to draft reforms about the French university system, with the help of academics.[14] Their proposal was adopted on November 12;[15] in accordance with the new law, the faculties of the University of Paris were to reorganize themselves into multidisciplinary universities.[16]
Present universities
The thirteen successor universities to the University of Paris are now split over the three academies of the Île-de-France region.
Thirteen successor universities
Seven alliances of universities
Most of these universities have joined, or are in the process of forming (2013), new groupings along the lines of a collegiate university. Typically, these groupings take the legal form of a Center for Research and Higher Education (Pôle de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur, or PRES), though some have opted for other forms of organization. These groupings mix universities and grandes écoles and add a new administrative layer over the existing ones.
There are five such centers in the Paris region:
Some alliances have been terminated, such as Paris Universitas or Paris Centre Universités, and some other are still in discussion.
See also
- University of Paris strike of 1229
- Condemnations of 1210–1277
- List of University of Paris people
- List of public universities in France by academy
- Sorbonne Graduate Business School
- École normale supérieure
- Nobel Prize Ranking
- List of medieval universities
- Société des Amis des Universités de Paris
- ↑ Haskins, C. H.: The Rise of Universities, page 292. Henry Holt and Company, 1923.
- ↑ Rubenstein, Richard E.: Aristotle's Children, page 161. Harvest Books, 2004.
- ↑ §1. "The University of Paris. X.", in English Scholars of Paris and Franciscans of Oxford. Vol. 1. From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance. The Cambridge History of English and...
- ↑ Miscellanea Scotica.: A Collection of Tracts Relating to the History
- ↑ Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland, and of the Border Raids
- ↑ « Picard » et « Picardie », espace linguistique et structures sociopolitiques, by Serge Lusignan and Diane Gervais, August 2008
- ↑ Marshall, ed., p. xviii; Readings, p. 136.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Readings, p. 136.
- ↑ Marshall, p. xviii.
- ↑ Readings, p. 136; Rotman, pp. 10–11; Pudal, p. 190.
- ↑ Pudal, p. 190; Giles & Snyder, ed., p. 86.
- ↑ Pudal, p. 191; Mathieu, p. 197; Giles & Snyder, ed., p. 86.
- ↑ Readings, pp. 136–137.
- ↑ Berstein, p. 229.
- ↑ Berstein, p. 229; loi no 68-978 du 12 novembre 1968.
- ↑ Conac, p. 177.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Further reading
- Leutrat, Jean-Louis: De l'Université aux Universités (From the University to the Universities), Paris: Association des Universités de Paris, 1997
- Rive, Phillipe: La Sorbonne et sa reconstruction (The Sorbonne and its Reconstruction), Lyon: La Manufacture, 1987
- Tuilier, André: Histoire de l'Université de Paris et de la Sorbonne (History of the University of Paris and of the Sorbonne), in 2 volumes (From the Origins to Richelieu, From Louis XIV to the Crisis of 1968), Paris: Nouvelle Librairie de France, 1997
- Verger, Jacques: Histoire des Universités en France (History of French Universities), Toulouse: Editions Privat, 1986
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Université de Paris.
- Chancellerie des Universités de Paris (official homepage)


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The Big Picture: Conspiracy Weary
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Great video. Where's that XKCD comic .... here it is:
I'd highly recommend anyone that even vaguely agrees with a conspiracy theory to do a modicum of research on it. The results are often not thrilling.
really? Its pretty obvious. I think its 97% of scientists believe global warming is caused by humans, the other 3% are less educated and qualified then their brethren.
Also, studies have shown that those who feel the most powerless to change their lot in life are the most succeptible to forming conspiracy theories. As Bob stated early in the video, this kind of explains why early religions were formed when mankind lacked technology and was at the mercy of nature (assuming they weren't true. Don't want to start a flame war).
I...was actually creeped out by Bob at the end. As for the whole religion = order thing, I think it just helps some people tolerate the fact that shit happens more than anything else.
Romania. They've started taxing witches, so at least we'll have spellcasters when the rebellion comes.
Well all i can say is, Bob go f**k yourselve you reptilian bastard!
I trusted you and you go off revealing that your a damn lizard man, DIE XENO SCUM!!!!
Loved it. As a man who really hates conspiracy tards, I consider this one of Bob's best.
Great video. Absolutely brilliant, and something that definitely needs to be repeated. Many truths imparted, much thought-provocation occurring, and overall a message that many people need to hear.
Throughout history, sporadically, people in positions of power have acted, clandestinely, to secure their own positions and/or acquire more for themselves. Go ahead and look up P2 for an example. Masons conspiring to seize the Vatican bank. Like you said, shit happens. Now, while I don't really want to encourage the sort of paranoid delusions that, say, claim the Bush family is descended from subterranean shapechanging serpent folk, it must be recognized that the sort of thinking you advocate in this video is exactly what the occasional conspirators in our society want. They'd never lie to us, it's exactly as we've been told... even though governments lie to us regularly, to the point where nobody is really bothered or surprised. An inattentive populace is an easily led one. Perhaps, for another example, if 1930s Germans had been paying closer attention they wouldn't have reacted the way they did after the Reichstag fire, realized that Van der Lubbe couldn't have done it (despite what they were being told), and not given the Nazis the additional powers that led to all that crap after.
Just saying, don't buy all the bullshit you hear, but don't trust everything you're told. Shit happens, but occasionally you can find the jerk who left it.
EDIT: After rereading what I wrote here, again, want to stress... MOST CONSPIRACY STUFF IS TOTAL BULLSHIT.
Incredible, I sat through an entire Bob video without getting annoyed even once... As a matter of fact, I actually agreed with him on all points.
*gulp* I'm frightened...
Insightful episode. Suppose we all have to figure it out for our own before accepting the perspective of another person.
Also, that lizard head scared the *[email protected]! out of me!
Hey, Bob,
Nice one, is it? Please applause. xD
When Bob talked about the chaos of everything being well outside our control I'm thinking of people who buy a hybrid car and think they are saving the planet. If global warming exists no amount of "greener living" is gonna stop it. As a technology enthusiest I love the idea of a hybrid car because efficiency = yes, and not because it makes me feel a little bit better about the environment.
In other words IT'S A MARKETING PLOY! There are a whole bunch of gullible snobs out there willing to lay down green for anything that is labeled GREEN right now. Like the whole recycling thing is a scam. It wastes more resources then it saves but don't take my word for it. Listen to some other egotistical white guys.
He probably didn't touch on that because it's so stupid that anyone who believes it is so whacked-out of their minds they won't listen to reason about anything else.
Evil Reptile Bob, thats what this show needs more of
Just to toot my horn here; about global warming; that is a really difficult subject. I am not denying that in the last 3 decades the temperature has risen. But it also dropped in the 80s and that was also attributed to ecological damage. Things are not that simple and many scientists have a reserved opinion about it. Especially if you add the factor of global darkening. True, pumping CO2 and other gasses without thinking into the atmosphere is not a good idea, since you are bound to change something. The climate is a complex thing and scientists are at the brink of understanding the interactions. The factor sun, is often underplayed and many other issues. The real problem is that every body (save scientists) think everything is clear and understood. Where they pulled the 350 ppm, I really just don't want to know.
Btw. By comparing historical climate patterns we are at the brink of an ice age... Maybe more CO2 will save us from that...
But bob, We all know who do the chaos:
well its obvious MovieBob works for the man! :P
Curious to know what your take on Ancient Aliens are. Thats been a really fun series to watch on the history channel.
Sounds like someones in the NHK.
Really, though, this series is getting even better. Nice one, Bob.
You're right Bob, the most influential man on the planet can be brought down by a lone nut who defies all established psychological profiles for assassins without any motive. It's just convenience that there was a bloodthirsty nutcase who despised said powerful man and had a history of making political opponents vanish was ready to step up and take the post.
Aside from that, good video, I enjoyed the lizard-bob bit at the end.
There is a difference between a conspiracy theory, which has no concrete facts to back it up to begin with (such as say...that whole thing about aliens in the south pacific - yeah...not buying into that until a whole lot of seperate sources come forth with something moreso credible than just a few murky videos and unconfirmed reports) or other things like say...the fact that nations have in the past ALWAYS declared war primarily over resources and that it is hardly a stretch to consider America declaring such on Iraq for the oil.
With historians telling us what nations have warred over in the past, the pattern is alas very clear. And you don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to see it - you just need to study historical facts properly.
Rome expanded because it needed more resources like grain (Egypt for example was one of its main breadbaskets that fed the whole Empire) to feed the masses of their cities.
Britain expanded because of the same damn reason - slaves to do the hard labor and with the Chinese war for example so as to fight for the right to sell them the newly created opium for massive profits.
And America is expanding right now because of the resource most needed today to make sure that its military keeps on truckin' around the world. Oil. China is, of course, after the same thing and it comes as no surprise that Venezuela, which directly opposes America, just so happens to be supplying China with its petroleum full fact style these days.
George Carlin probably put it best - it's hilarious that people call a conspiracy theory anything these days that goes against what you're being spoon-fed by other people, rather than doing your own work and investigating things for your own self. Also Bob is so wrong. I'd actually find it a whole lot less scary if people really were just dumb - that'd actually mean that we'd stand a good chance of turning it around eventually.
But it's not so much about that. It's about people, like MovieBob by the way, who think they're smarter than they actually are. Who can't help but get on the soapbox every damn time they get a chance rather than actually spend an extended amount of time looking at a problem from different directions and instead prefer to just slap labels left and right as based on their prejudices.
See...that's why I've by now decided that this so-called 'Big Picture' really isn't for me. Because the only thing that's 'big' about it really is the size of Bob's ego as he figures he has it all figured out. Instead he'd do better to just stick with reviewing movies since it's the one thing I give him credit for actually being good at. But I'm sure that won't happen...at least not for a long old while.
So enjoy this soapbox if you like. Me, I'd rather check these worldly issues for myself than listen to this again I think.
Hm, you have a few interesting points... but how can you prove that you are not part of a conspiracy to make fun of conspiracy theories in order to conceal their truth?
Wake up, people!
9/10? Why, that's only one digit away from being....9/11!
You planned it, didn't you? You and Bush and Osama and Oprah were all in it together!
OT: Bob, I really love these videos, even when I don't entirely agree with you - I'd bet my left testicle that the JFK thing goes deeper than has been officially acknowledged - so with that in mind I'd like to ask for your hand in marriage. Or your hand in my pants, whichever is easier for you.
Jokes aside, props for mentioning David Icke. I've got one of his books (The Biggest Secret) and it is hands down the funniest fucking thing I have ever read. At one point, he positions a photograph of Prince Albert (the Victorian one, not the guy from Monaco) next to a photograph of Hitler and asks us to consider whether they were actually the same guy. Mind-blowing stuff...
that is all.
(also captcha: "Its Pronity" wtf?)
The Illuminati didn't kill JFK and Micheal Jackson so they wouldn't disclose the the details on their plan to begin the NWO on 2012. BLASPHEMY.
lol I think he was doing Cobra Commander. Nice video Bob. Thanks for touching on the Global Warming issue. I hate when people say it's bologna.
I don't like what you're implying about Charlie Sheen!
There is actually pretty substantial evidence that the US and England had planned to invade Iraq regardless of whether they actually found WMDs. The Downing Street memo, for example.
Good video, as per usual the simplest explanation is normally the right one.
People don't like random tragedy and mistakes because it implies that horrible things happen for no reason and could happen at any minute.
Yeeeah, I'm not really sure what dictionary or language these words are coming from. Half the time I get a perfectly cromulent word, then all the rest of the time it's a jumble of letters assembled into vaguely word-like groupings.
I have to agree with Penn on this.
There's a typo there - I believe it is actually spelled 'libruls' or alternatively 'Satan's little helpers' depending on which part of the internet you're from.
While I liked this video and share it's primary sentiment, I would have liked it more if it didn't blatantly go against the established conservative right.
Now, I'm not saying that the examples provided are wrong, but by only focusing on one side of the spectrum, you demonstrate a clear bias as well. It's not like the other side doesn't have it's own idiots, nutcases and fearmongers, and I'm pretty sure you can remember a few.
A little balance would be nice.
Great video yet again Bob. The only thing I disagreed with at all was the global warming thing. I completely support going green and I think that one of the biggest priority's of our generation should be to help clean up all the pollution we're making. However as far as global warming goes, it just doesn't add up. Also, I have seen An Inconvenient Truth and while it makes some points it also makes some very false statements. Everyone is allowed their own opinion on this subject but they need to understand that global warming is not considered a fact in the scientific community. It is not a consensus as much Al Gore would wants you to think that. Watch the Global Warming Swindle. It was made by actual scientists, not a politician.
Totally agreed. Though I am surprised he didn't get into one of the biggest conspiracies theories of all times. THE JEWS. Seriously, every news article with open comments has some nut saying how all of everything is the Jews. The Arizona shooting. Jews. 9/11. Jews. Iraq. Jews. WWII. Jews. Holocaust. Jews.
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What do Testopel reviews have to say about the implantable testosterone pellets commonly prescribed for hypogonadism?
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Tất nhiên, as an implantable form of testosterone, both will work to increase testosterone levels.
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Testopel is a brand name implantable pellet that is inserted subcutaneously under the skin, either under a fatty area of the hip or the lower abdomen.
One of the biggest benefits of Testopel implant, and that are noted in legitimate testimonials, is that a single Testopel procedure for implants can offer long-term effects of testosterone for up to six months.
Bodybuilders tend to turn to injectable forms of testosterone for more immediate muscle mass and overall benefits of testosterone, but injections have to be given – Hầu hết các phần – on a weekly basis for accelerated results.
Bodybuilders and athletes certainly could use Testopel pellets.
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Hầu hết các phần, bodybuilders who do try Testopel pellets and leave Testopel reviews will state that Testopel definitely does not provide immediate results.
The effects of the pellets last longer in some men than others.
Another consideration for use either medically or non-medically, is the Testopel cost.
Testopel cost depends on how many pellets are implanted and how frequently. Testopel is often covered by insurance coverage plans.
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Nhưng if you don't have a prescription they are not really feasible – at least in regard to bodybuilding purposes.
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A few days ago on of the Agile Alliance discussion forum someone asked about applying an earned value management (EVM) strategy to agile development projects. The gist of EVM is that you track your actual schedule and budget results throughout a project against what you planned, the theory being that this provides valuable information which you can use to steer the project and also judge the percentage of expected value you've earned to that point. For teams following a traditional waterfall lifecycle, this is pure hogwash because the value of a consumable solution doesn't occur until the very end of the project. Agile teams take a much less risky strategy in that they produce more potentially consumable solutions (what Scrum mistakenly refers to as potentially shippable software) each iteration, producing actual stakeholder value in a visible, incremental manner. But, because agile provides much greater openness and visibility to stakeholders, artificial measures such as EVM typically prove to be overhead at best, whose only value is to cater to the dysfunctional bureaucrats infesting many organizations.
The discussion got me thinking about an article I wrote a few years ago for DDJ, where I questioned the value of EVM. My experience is that adoption of EVM in information technology (IT) settings typically reflects cultural challenges within the organization's project management community. However, I have to admit that when I visit organizations to assess the IT effectiveness, I love to discover that teams are doing EVM because it's an indicator that one or both of the following occur:
- Project teams likely aren't producing real value throughout the lifecycle. EVM is incredibly attractive to managers desperate to make it appear that their team is making progress even though actual progress is questionable at best. This is particularly true of traditional teams who invest a lot of effort creating specifications, creating detailed plans, writing lots of supporting documentation, reviewing various artifacts, and making big promises that they'll eventually get around to producing actual business value when they eventually finish up all the paperwork. So, when I see teams taking an EVM approach, there's an incredibly good chance they are struggling and need to be redirected towards a more successful outcome.
- The organization's approach to governing development is seriously flawed and senior management very likely needs remedial education in how development projects actually work. The first step is to have a frank discussion about the differences as to what gets reported by the EVM proponents and the actual results at the end of the project. It takes a few minutes, but it's pretty easy to get senior management to admit to horror stories where there were some nasty surprises at the end of projects where EVM was reporting good news throughout most of the effort. We've seen too many IT projects which reported that they were 90% complete, only to have them come hat in hand asking for sufficient time and funding to complete the second 90% of the effort.
The fundamental problem with EVM is that it has very little to do with earning value and everything to do with managing against what often proves to be naive/fictitious schedules and estimates committed to far too early in the project. Although EVM is interesting project management theory, and I have no doubt that it may work in some non-IT domains, it proves to be a really bad project management strategy in practice for IT development projects.
Although EVM can in fact be applied to agile projects, in my opinion EVM is a questionable practice, regardless of paradigm. Organizations that are trying to govern their IT project teams should monitor them in such a way that accurate and timely information is presented. This is clearly not the case with EVM. We have significantly better options available to us. Let's adopt them. More on this in future blog postings.


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Earlier this year Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced that it was re-evaluating its $10bn ad budget to focus more on digital.
As part of its new strategy it has launched a Beauty Recommended app that is essentially a condensed version of its existing online magazine.
The app, which was developed by Grapple, offers beauty tips and trends, recommendations from make up artists and competitions. It also includes three tours of central London.
P&G calls Beauty Recommended its "breakthrough beauty app", but is it any good?
Beauty Spots
Presumably to cater for the huge number of tourists expected in London this summer, the app offers tours of the London Portrait Gallery and central London's beauty spots and shops.
All three tours include an interactive map and a voiceover to give the user more information about each stop.
Admittedly the 'Beauty of London' isn't aimed at my demographic, but I think its appeal may also be limited among young women.
For a tour that claims to reveal "London's hidden beauty secrets", it rather loses credibility when the voiceover directs you to "one of my favourite beauty shops – Superdrug".
The other two are more interesting, particularly the Portrait Gallery tour which gives details on a number of paintings.
However it seems a strange fit when compared to the fashion and beauty tours.
Inspire Me
This tab looks good and is easy to navigate, but the content is severely lacking.
There are four options which each only take a few minutes to read or watch. This is obviously perfect for mobile users with short attention spans, but as the content is only updated monthly it may mean that users simply forget about the app.
Similarly, you can't actually buy any of the products used in the demos, though this function will be added at a later date.
Beauty tips
This tab provides tips on hair, make up, skin and body, with different sections depending on your age group.
There's quite a lot of content in this tab, and it seems for that reason it needs 3G or WiFi to access it. However you can save your favourite beauty tips to view offline.
Again, none of the products can be bought through the app.
The fourth tab is self explanatory, and is essentially a data capture tool for P&G.
As well as entering the competition, if users register their details they can get access to free samples and reminders when new content comes out.
Strangely though, it says: "This on trend pair of 60's style Ray-Bans is up for grabs," but doesn't actually show any images of the prize.
In conclusion…
While this app looks great, it is fairly basic and isn't updated enough to keep users engaged.
The tours are interesting and the interactive map means they are simple to follow, but presumably they are aimed at tourists who probably won't have 3G access in the UK.
However, its major failing is that it isn't yet transactional. While later updates will allow users to buy the products shown in the beauty tips and guides, it's a glaring omission at this stage.
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Department of Public Health Director LaMar Hasbrouck is urging
parents to talk with their child's doctor about the new
school-entrance vaccination requirements, and to make sure their
child's immunizations are up-to-date. April 26-May 3 marks the 20th
anniversary of National Infant Immunization Week, an annual
observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from
vaccine-preventable diseases.
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outbreak in central Illinois. Preliminary numbers show that more
than 65 cases have been reported so far this year, compared with
approximately 26 all of last year and 32 in 2012. While the majority
of cases in this outbreak are in adults, unvaccinated children and
children not fully vaccinated could be at an increased risk of
To help prevent illness and outbreaks due to vaccine-preventable
diseases, Illinois is implementing new immunization requirements for
the 2014-2015 school year. Beginning next year, children entering
school at any grade level, kindergarten through 12, need to show
proof of having received two doses each — instead of just one — of
rubella and mumps vaccines. In addition, any child entering
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Although My Name Is Khan will premiere at the 60th Berlin Film Festival, distributor Fox Star Studios, has prevented it from competing with other films in the Competition section
With the good news comes the bad news as well. The good news is that Fox Star Studios, international partners on My Name Is Khan, has decided to premiere the film at the 60th Berlin Film Festival in February 2010, in the most prestigious Competition section. However, the bad news is that they have not allowed the film to compete with other films in the section. The reason for the same is unknown.
Karan doesn't deny the news but pooh-poohs the belief that the global corporates are trying to bully him into submission. He says, "Yes, the decision to place our film in the Competition section without competing was taken entirely by Fox Star. Shah Rukh and I are completely one with it. We are just happy to be in the same section as the new films by Martin Scorsese and Roman Polanski. Fox Star has been on the same page as me from the start. Shah Rukh, Kajol and I are getting ready for Berlin. It will be the first full-fledged screening of our film. We are anxious to see how the global audience at Berlin reacts to it."
According to sources, Fox Star has grown progressively wary of the 9/11 angle in cinema and has asked Karan to tone it down as far as possible. Apparently, the filmmaker was asked to change the trailer for the premiere of My Name Is Khan (unveiled last week) so that overt references to terrorism are done away with. Karan was also asked to stress on the fact that the film is not about 9/11 and terrorism. Karan dismisses the news. He says, "Fox Star knew exactly what My Name Is Khan is about. It's a fact that the film is not about terrorism. Yes, 9/11 does form a background to the tale, but the film is a love story and a story of humanism under pressure."
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Apparently, there is also a fear that Shah Rukh Khan's smaller-than-life role as an autistic Muslim, fighting injustice in the US may not go down well with his fans. Karan laughs at the rumours. He says, "That is such an erroneous interpretation of Shah Rukh's character. He plays a man with a disability who can see the world around him far more clearly than the so-called normal people. He is a superman with a soul pure enough to fly. No, I don't think his fans would be disappointed just because he isn't larger-than-life in Khan. Shah Rukh's fans all over the world want to see him in roles that connect the reality of cinema with the reality of the world outside the theatre."
Vijay Singh, CEO, Star Fox Studios, also insists that the film is not about terrorism. He says, "My Name Is Khan is a love story and Shah Rukh Khan's character's journey to win back his love. It has nothing to do with terrorism."


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The Fitness Industry Technology Council (FIT-C) has issued a request for proposal (RFP) related to its work on caloric burn data standards.
FIT-C is seeking to establish a metric for fitness equipment based on metabolic equivalents (METS, or kcal/min) and is requesting bids from qualified institutions and individuals to provide a validation process for any equipment that reports caloric burn. The deadline to submit a response to the RFP is Nov. 1.
"It's a well-known problem in the fitness industry that similar pieces of equipment from different manufacturers yield very different caloric burn readings, even if the effort expended is identical," FIT-C President Bryan O'Rourke, CEO of Integerus, said in a statement. "This RFP is the first step toward assuring fitness equipment users worldwide that calorie burn readings can be trusted, regardless of the make or model of that equipment."
In conjunction with the Club Industry show next month in Las Vegas, FIT-C has invited the public for a meet-and-greet from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Attendance is free, but registration is required.
Also, FIT-C is sponsoring a fitness technology roundtable from 12:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 12, at the Club Industry show. The roundtable is called "Influence of Technology – A Glimpse at Tomorrow's Health Club." O'Rourke will lead a panel that will include Chuck Runyon, CEO of Anytime Fitness, Graham Melstrand, vice president of corporate affairs for the American Council on Exercise, and Kevin Laferriere, CEO of Personal Training Academy Global.


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Waveband Awarded Maryland Department of Information Technology Mobile Radio Equipment Contract 2013
After one hundred twenty days of evaluation, Waveband Communications is proud to announce that it has been awarded a 5-year contract by the Maryland Department of Information Technology. The state is forecasting it will spend $31 million dollars using this contract vehicle to procure two-way radio equipment and services. The contract is for a five year term that commenced on January 25, 2013. No maximum procurement is established under the contract, nor does the contract specify or guarantee purchase quantities or dates of equipment orders.
"We are very excited about the State's decision and look forward to providing them with products that offer OEM quality and reliability at aftermarket prices. This is truly a big step in the growth and development of our company" said Vince Keane Southeast Sales Associate.