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Though she was accepted to study abroad in Russia, Tatiana Rosario'15 decided not to go. As a black Puerto Rican, she was nervous about standing out and the potential prejudice she might face. A conversation with a fellow student of color who had been abroad changed her mind, and now she'll go ahead with her plans this fall.
But Rosario's qualms got her thinking about other students. In January, she recruited other students to take part in a panel discussion to talk about their experiences—or about the reasons they decided not to go abroad. Besides Rosario and Clark, five students shared their stories.
Kidan Araya'13 talked about encountering a distinct lack of excitement about her presence from her host family in Cameroon, especially in contrast to the hospitality they showed her white friend, also studying abroad in the country.
"That was really shocking for me," Araya said. "I didn't think I'd be treated differently because of my race. I was a black student studying in a black country." On many occasions, Cameroonians also referred to Araya as "white."
"I found myself having to navigate through multiple social identities and new-found challenges and privileges in living in a society and culture where my race, skin color, gender, and social class meant something completely different than what it has meant in my experience living in the United States," she said.
Student panelists said they sometimes struggled to find people who could relate to their situation. When Ashaki Hall'14 reached out to other students in her program while in Kaifeng, China, she encountered a "that's just the way it is" reaction, or comparisons to what it felt like to stand out as a white foreigner in China.
Not all experiences were negative. "Being a person of color was an asset for me abroad," said Anthony Otey'13. In Brazil, people assumed Otey was Brazilian, allowing him to blend in. In France, people thought he was of French-speaking Arab descent and spoke to him in French instead of English, an asset for a student of the language.
Though some experiences were difficult, students say they want to encourage students of color to study abroad.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
It's easy to compare today's research world unfavorably with its counterpart of fifty years ago or more, since what remains of the latter by this point is little beyond its legendary successes, and certainly not its day-to-day workings. But the truth is that academic research has always had more than its share of mediocrity drenched in politics, obscurantism and conformity. Consider, for example, this little memoir, written in 1988 by the late great Middle East scholar Elie Kedourie (and recently pointed out by his fellow Mideast scholar Martin Kramer). It turns out that Kedourie, as well, abandoned his doctoral studies, and for reasons not at all dissimilar to those of the Swiss graduate student. But Kedourie was not a modern Swiss scientific researcher, but rather a history student at Oxford in 1953.
Unfortunately, the problems that have plagued researchers from Kedourie in 1953 to many young scientific researchers today are in fact fundamental weaknesses in the basic structure of academic research. Researchers have always formed their own tiny expert communities, and thereafter demanded to be evaluated solely on the basis of peer review--that is, on the assessment of that tiny community, with no outsider being considered sufficiently expert to pass judgment on their work. Academic newcomers are then forbidden entry until they first complete a multi-year program whose primary requirements are slavish conformity to the methods and practices of their graduate advisors' community, and voluminous difficult work exercising those methods and practices to the exacting standards of the graduate advisor and a small, hand-picked selection of his or her community peers. And tenure has always guaranteed that these mini-communities will continue their hair-splitting line of research long after the last shred of value to outsiders has been painfully squeezed out of it. It's hardly surprising, then, that academic research has historically been dominated by stifling conformity, petty politics and small-minded obscurantism.
If today's community is different from those of, say, a hundred years ago, the difference is primarily that research today is a "day job" in a way that it wasn't back then. In the era when virtually every professor was a poorly-but-steadily-paid college teacher indulging his scientific, literary or historical obsessions in the gaps between classes and perhaps publishing the odd fusty monograph every few years for an audience numbered in the dozens, it scarcely mattered whether those academic obsessions were with the great unsolved problems in science or, say, the mating habits of a particular unremarkable species of butterfly. Today, on the other hand, the average professor is fairly well-paid, with a light teaching load, either full tenure or a near-term expectation of it, and the promise of a multi-thousand-dollar research budget to spend on conference travel, graduate student assistants and other perks--if only he or she can generate the requisite volume of peer-blessed publications.
What was once an eccentric but harmless academic idiosyncrasy--the practice of publishing technical expositions of one's own research that at most only a tiny audience of peers will ever read--has thus become an enormously expensive and wasteful boondoggle. Abilities such as "selling" one's papers (writing them in a way that impresses one's peers), forming and leading networks of mutually logrolling researchers (much like the "alliances" in the reality TV show, "Survivor"), and crafting CVs and proposals that coax grants out of funding agencies, are now core academic skills much more important to career success than, say, deep scientific insight or vast erudition, much less teaching ability. The resulting research bears all the signs of this change: most of it is shallow and irrelevant, much is sloppy and error-ridden, and very little of it has a shelf life longer than the few months it takes to get it published and tacked onto a personal publications list.
It's not clear how to solve this problem, but a few obvious (though sadly unrealistic) mitigations come to mind. First of all, since 99 percent of all research is worthless, we should start by vastly shrinking the pool of researchers. The rule that virtually all full-time college professors must generate research as part of their employment is an absurd result of tiny colleges trying to increase their stature by emulating the top universities. It ends up not only generating a flood of pointless, abysmally low-quality "research", but also undermining the higher-quality research communities, forcing them to compete with the mediocre majority for funds, recognition and adherents
Second, abolishing tenure certainly won't solve the entire problem--after all, most of the worst research is produced by workaholic untenured researchers, frantically churning out publications with which to establish their case for tenure. But the protections of tenure certainly contribute to the insularity with which academic researchers indulge their worst instincts without fear of adverse consequences. And given that academic training and peer review are guaranteed to squeeze every drop of non-conformist independent-mindedness from the peer-obsessed researcher, the likelihood of a researcher using the grant of tenure to break free from the constraints of conformity and rebel against the herd are negligible. Tenure has thus failed in its only justifying purpose, and never comes close to paying back its enormous costs.
Third--and most importantly--the evaluation of academic research needs to be opened up to a much wider range of assessors. As long as researchers can rely on log-rolling among peers to protect them from external accountability, they will continue to ignore any measures of the value of their research other than their own. The only way to force them to take into account criteria such as economic value, societal impact and the public's priorities, is to make them accountable to commercial, political and popular representatives, not just fellow academics. The howls of outraged disgust that invariably greet such suggestions reflect not only the academic dogma that asserts that anyone outside the holy circle of researchers is an ignorant yahoo incapable of grasping even the basics of evaluating scholarship, but also the rather baser fear that external evaluators might not be quite so indulgent towards researchers as they are toward themselves and each other. It's high time that dogma were dispensed with, and that fear realized.
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- Anonymous said...
I agree with most of the content. In particular, I think the time has come for non-peer reviews of articles to be published.
The only part that I question is your suggestion that criteria for areas of research should involve some economic benefits or have a societal impact of some sort. I always understood that the idea of tenure was to enable to produce research results that may not have any practical consequences or any effect on life in general but merely advance knowledge for its own sake.
- 9:43 PM, February 14, 2014
- Dan said...
I don't think that's the primary purpose of tenure. In fact, tenure doesn't actually provide that kind of broad protection, since it doesn't protect against an administration deciding to shut down an entire university department--say, because it judges the department's overall research output to be of insufficient practical value. Rather, the original justification for tenure was to prevent administrations from firing individual professors whose research was politically or scientifically controversial--say, incurring the wrath of politically powerful figures either in the university or in the government that supports it.
Regardless, the problem with encouraging professors to "advance knowledge for its own sake" is that modern research typically requires considerable material resources--including the research-directed portion of the professor's salary, as well as the costs of equipment, graduate students, support staff, conference travel, and so on. The people who provide all those resources--most frequently, taxpayers--would likely be quite loath to provide them so generously if they had absolutely no assurance that the resulting research has at least a reasonable chance of providing practical benefits in return. And in fact, researchers are generally happy to provide suitably grandiose--though often wildly disingenuous and laughably tenuous--arguments for the immense practical significance of their research. All I'm asking is that those arguments be opened up to much wider and more thorough scrutiny, so that when those who bankroll the research decide whether to continue to do so, they can rely on more complete and balanced information than they typically get today from the researchers themselves and a few handpicked colleagues.
On the other hand, you seem to believe that having researchers "advance knowledge for its own sake"--that is, study absolutely whatever they feel like studying, on the university's dime, with no questions asked--would be a good thing all around. Could you perhaps explain why you believe that?
- 11:39 PM, February 17, 2014

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That's a great idea to save a favorite item of clothing, and the flowers look so pretty! Smart thinking :)ReplyDelete
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I think if the flowers were on a solid coloured top, then they would stand out more but these are so well matched I think they will blend really well.
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Great idea of covering the holes with the flowers. You will have to give it a whirl now having spent so long sewing pesky beads on!
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
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I think I want it to be summer so badly that I've got quite delusional. No, scratch that. I don't care whether it's summer or not, spring's okay too. I just want it to be $^*#&@^$ WARM out. It's not fair. It was sunny on my way home, then out of nowhere it starts hailing as I'm walking to my house. And I'm in tights. x_x
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7.30 p.m., Noblessner foundry, Tallinn
Arvo Pärt's Days: concert-show PASSIO
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
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choreographer Tiina Lindfors (Finland)
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Dance Theatre ERI (Finland)
Toni Laakonen, Tiina Lindfors, Dmitri Pimonov, Hanna-Kaisa Rajala, Lassi Sairela, Eeva Soini, Helena Romppanen
Premiere April 20th 2011 in Turku Cathedral
The internationally acknowledged Finnish Dance Theatre ERI has been inspired by the theme of the Last Supper to create an illustration of the Passion of Christ. Arvo Pärt's religious musical pieces 'Mein Weg', 'Da pacem Domine', 'In principio', 'Festina Lente', 'Cantus' and 'Passio', Tiina Lindfors's choreography and Esa Kyllönen's light art create a unique dancing performance premiered in April 2011 in Turku Cathedral in the program of Turku European Capital 2011.
'My aim is to connect Easter events, including Jesus Christ's life story, the young prophet's goal and dimension which we became aware of in connection with his death to the present moment. Crucification was the revenge of midgets fearing to lose their power and at the same time the triumph of humankind through the tragic sacrifice. I have intentionally avoided the realistic linear approach to Easter events and headed for a more spiritual and symbolic handling as symbols tell the story better than tangible signs. Despite my emphasis on the enigmatic and sacred immaterial consciousness without connecting the action to certain persons, the story still remains clear.'
Tiina Lindfors
The show is included into the program on Arvo Pärt's advice.
Tiina Lindfors is one of the founding members of Dance Theatre ERI, who has created choreography for 77 performances. She enjoys working with composers and orchestras, creating five major dance shows in cooperation with composer Mikko Heiniö. Lindfors's eleven choreographies were made for television and many of them presented Finland at the 'Prix Italia' and 'Golden Prague' competitions. She performs and her works have been demonstrated in Scandinavian and European countries as well as in Asia, America, and Africa – about 300 guest performances in 25 countries. Tiina Lindfors has received numerous accolades: Finnish Cultural Foundation Prize (1999), Swedish Cultural Foundation Prize (2005), Villa Karo bronze sculpture (2011), Pro Dance Award (1987) and Finnish Award (1995) as well as prizes received for work with Dance Theatre ERI.


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Puerto Rico is in its third year of an economic recession. The current economic crisis is worldwide with a financial crisis that has not been resolved. As the mortgage market failed and many financial systems were rescued by government intervention, consumers and investors were less willing to spend and invest. Our consumer has also turned more cautious and thrifty. Gasoline and electricity bills have taken a big bite out of household budgets. Consumption is restricted and credit constraints are tightened. All economic sectors in PR, including banking, manufacturing, and construction have taken a beating and are struggling to charge ahead. As 2008 ended, a new governor was elected and together with a new team, Puerto Ricans hope to resolve the fiscal crisis and avert more unemployment.


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Here is the video we talked about in class concerning MEDIA LITERACY development in children's classes. Could this class be adapted/adjusted to an L2 class, to our own classes in our environment?
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This is a class blog for LEE3 students, ISFD 41. Its purpose is to enhance BL (blended learning) and to help prospect teachers in mastering (!) new literacies.
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Developing MEDIA LITERACY and PRESUASION
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It is really interesting to see how involved in the class children were. I think it is an excellent way of teaching this particular topic...and the final task they had to do was fantastic! It is a good idea to carry out in our own classes! On the other hand, I think that teacher could make a better use of that kind of board,may be show them some Ads in order to let them discover those characteristics in the products advertised, or something like that.ResponderEliminar
Thanks for sharing it!
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HYDERABAD: Here is a boy who has taken Telugu pride to sky high, literally. A Doctoral Candidate in University of Michigan శివ శంకర్ రుద్రరాజు (Siva Shankar Rudraraju) beat out over 90 competitors to win the prestigious Jefferson Goblet Best Student Paper Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) for the year 2009.
The award, constituted under the name of former American President Thomas Jefferson, is given by the AIAA to a strong piece of writing by the student in support of the continued research and development of flight engineering. Siva is doing his PhD thesis under the direction of Associate Professor Krishna Garikipati, and Anthony Waas, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Felix Pawlowski Collegiate Professor of Aerospace Engineering. His winning paper was co-authored by Professors Garikipati and Waas along with Amit Salvi from Aerospace Engineering.
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On-again, Off-again Tinnitus
I have an unusual type of tinnitus that I have not seen anyone else describe on any of the tinnitus blogs. I have tinnitus in only my left ear and it is cyclic. It is there for about 2 days then goes away for about 2 days and then returns. This cycle has been repeating for the last year. Barry, do you think that any of your formulas can help me? Also, have you obtained any new information regarding the Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment?
Robert Hanson
Dear Robert,
I don't believe what you describe is that unusual; I hear of it fairly often. I also hear people say their tinnitus is much worse for a certain amount of time, then recedes, not entirely but mostly, before returning at high volume.
No one seems to have a good explanation for this. It may be related to hormonal changes. Have you had your thyroid function checked? It could also be related to other outside influences however, the repetition of the cycle seems to rule against this.
I'm sorry I don't have a better answer for why this happens. Arches Tinnitus Relief Formula helps others with repetitive tinnitus and should help you.
Neuromonics seems to be effective on controlling tinnitus. What is unknown is for how long it is effective. Previous clinical studies only lasted for 6 months. There are studies underway now that will go out to 3 years. Neuromonics will cost about $5,000 but should be helpful. A four bottle trial of Arches Tinnitus Relief Formula costs about $150.
Wishing you quiet times, Barry Keate
Can Ginkgo Cause Stroke?
Hi Barry,
I have been 480 mg of extended release ginkgo along with magnesium, acetyl l carnitine with (alpha) lipoic acid and fish oil, for my problems with tinnitus, as well as the after effects of a concussion. I have had amazing results! It's been sort of a miracle cure on all fronts.
However, I am very alarmed over a recent study that states that people using Gingko biloba (extract) for years have a much greater chance of getting a stroke. However, it's due to blood clotting instead of blood thinning, which seems peculiar. Do you know of any long term studies that contradict or support these claims? Also, I had read that a ginkgo tolerance can result if used in higher doses. Do you know if this is accurate. I would really love to take this herbal medicine combo for the rest of my life, but I am getting nervous that it could do some damage. I am also nervous that it'll conk out on me.
Thanks, Justin Renfro
Dear Justin,
This is excellent news that you've had such a great response to these supplements. I would not stop using them.
There has been a host of bogus clinical studies in the US, mostly paid for by the pharmaceutical industry, that are designed to disparage the use of dietary supplements. The pharmaceutical industry is desperate to disprove supplements because so many of them are more effective (and at much less cost) than prescription medications.
Recent clinical studies would have you believe that Vitamin E causes heart attacks rather than prevents them and that anti-oxidants do not support health and may even cause cancer. These studies are biased and designed or manipulated to reach certain conclusions. Furthermore, this only happens in the US where the pharmaceutical industry finances the FDA, clinical trials and the medical schools. European countries do not have this problem because their health industry is publicly financed.
For a look at what the German Commission E thinks of Ginkgo biloba, please read their monograph in our Tinnitus Library.
Ginkgo biloba does not cause stroke; instead, it actively prevents stroke. It thins the blood while at the same time increases the strength and elasticity of blood vessels. In Europe, Ginkgo biloba is the #2 prescribed medication for a large number of ailments and millions of people use it on a daily basis. There is absolutely no evidence that Ginkgo causes stroke in these people.
I have never heard that prolonged use of Ginkgo causes tolerance and the idea strikes me as preposterous. You can no more build up a resistance to Ginkgo than you can to Vitamin C. I've been using it for twenty years. When I discontinue, as I did recently as a test, my tinnitus gets much louder. When I begin again the tinnitus lowers. It doesn't completely go away but, for me, the sound reduces by approximately 70%. There is no indication of increased tolerance.
I advise you to continue with your successful regimen and don't pay attention to every negative comment that comes down the line.
Wishing you quiet times, Barry Keate
Canadian Drug for tinnitus?
HI Barry,
I was wondering about a drug called SERC. I understand that this drug is prescribed in Canada for tinnitus, but is not available in the US. Do you know anything about it, and its effectiveness?
Thanks Frank Grand Rapids, MI
Dear Frank,
SERC is betahistine dichloride, an antihistamine. It is primarily used for Meniere's disease and vertigo but has also been used in limited applications for tinnitus. It was originally approved for use in the US circa 1960 but was revoked five years later because of lack of evidence of effectiveness. Read more on on SERC in Alternative Treatments for Tinnitus, Part 3 in our Quiet Times Archives.
Providing you do not have Meniere's disease or vertigo, a better choice is Arches Tinnitus Relief Formula. This has been shown in numerous clinical trials to help a majority of people with tinnitus.
Wishing you quiet times, Barry Keate
BTW - I have taken your Tinnitus Relief formula since last December with good results. It has lessened, (not eliminated) my tinnitus appreciably.
Thanks for a great product. Frank
Editor's Note: SERC side-effects can include stomach upset, rash, nausea, worsening asthma, headache, and chest tightness. Betahistine is not sold through ordinary US pharmacy chains but it can be obtained through US compounding pharmacies, with a prescription and is rarely covered by insurance.
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Lets return to 1965, where to celebrate Disneyland's 10th Anniversary, Walt showed viewers and Disneyland ambassador Julie Reihm what people could expect from Disneyland in the near future. What sort of things? How about timeless attractions like It's a Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion. Then after that we are transported to Disneyland for a magical guided tour that captures the magic of the park at its Tencennial.
I did not get to see this when it was part of Wonderful World of Color, but instead would see it in reruns on the Wonderful World of Disney. Like most of the older programming that appeared on that show, this thrilled me to no end. I could not wait to visit any Disney Park and I am very happy that I have been lucky to have been to as many as I have. Still, while all of those experience were Disney magical, none of them lived up to the park I dreamed up on my head, based on what I saw on these TV shows.
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
Thousand: Nine Hundred Seventy-Seven
there yet, at least we're here. Wherever we are is here. There's no getting away from that. You made the coffee just the way I like it. Out of leprechauns. Sweetened with the milk of angels. I'll be up all night. But in a good way. It will give me time to think. The world will be quiet, all distractions hidden away. The ship is late. Perhaps it is adrift. Can we get the news? Turn up the radio. All I hear is crackle, the crackle of the fire. It's a very old fire. It will burn until it runs
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
International Lolita Day '12 Summer Edition, it's almost upon us! Next week, on June 2nd, Lolitas all over the world will celebrate the frillyness that is Lolita! International Lolita Day, abbreviated ILD, takes place twice a year: on the first Saturday of June and on the first Saturday of December. Although on the first day of June it isn't summer yet, we still call it the summer edition (I sooo copied this little part from last year). Since I totally forgot about last winter's ILD, I made sure I didn't this time! Despite the fact that I'm really busy with preparing for my last audition on that day, I hope I'll be able to dress up anyway. I have an outfit in mind that I want to try, so I'm hoping I'll have time. ^^
Do you have any plans? Are you going to dress up? Are you going to take a stroll in the park, followed around by your personal photographer? Or are you staying at home, enjoying the (hopefully) beautiful weather by lying in the grass while looking for Lolita prints in the clouds? I'd love to know, so tell me if you like!
Have a lovely Lolita Day! ♥
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This day I will be on a tour with the "VW-Käfer" club from my dad, so lot's of beautiful oldtimers and a nice countryside :3ReplyDelete
Yay! I can actually participate in it this year! I just got a dress my friend bought for me in Japan and I intend to totally Loli-out that day :) Hope to go to a park for a mini photo shoot with friends X3ReplyDelete
~ Kieli ~
First I'll bake lots of cupcakes. Then I'll put on my favorite dress and have a little tea party with my best friend. Maybe we'll go shopping then or go for a walk in the park. <3ReplyDelete
I'm coming home at night 1st/2nd June, then I'm meeting my boyfriend and he's taking me for a dinner and maybe somewhere else, for I have birthday on 3rd June.ReplyDelete
I'd really like to dress Lolita that day but I prepared some other outfit ealier, plus it will be more comfortable for me (being in the bus twice, also I have no idea where we'll be eating that dinner and my BF doesn't like when people stare at us ;)), but I think about dressing up on 3rd June while celebrating with my parents at home.
I'll be at a lolita meet with close lolita friends ^^ReplyDelete
Next week I'm going to my granny to sew together, but the week after ILD really feels like ILD to me, I'm going to a lolita sleepover and an international meet!^^ReplyDelete
Happy ILD! ^.^ I tattoo, so I'm inviting Lolitas to my shop to hang out & share treats!!! I'm so excited, this is the first ILD I get to celebrateReplyDelete


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Up until now, civilization has done its best to put Man at the top, and Woman at the bottom of society's hierarchical structure. I always attributed this to simple social zoology where the 'alpha male' heads the group. That may still be a primal reason, but I saw something else while pondering the dynamics of male-female relationships.
I suspect that civilization's cultures develop their traditions similar to how other animals develop their traditions, i.e., end up acting in the ways they do. No one individual actively creates a traditional way of behavior, yet populations end up actively engaging in traditional behaviors for generations… until circumstances shift. For ants, such shifts lead to changes via biological evolution. For humans, I'd say such shifts lead to changes via cultural evolution. Even so, societies of men, mice, or ants share some deeply similar characteristics. (See Ant Are Us).
Shifting circumstances result in evolutionary change, whether biological or cultural. That's how we humans, ants, and all, arrived at where we are today. Take your deepest intuitive sense of what makes humans tick and picture the unimaginable changes that lie ahead for us now that the age of electricity is rolling along — Full steam ahead! Here are some connections I see.
A post agricultural-revolution world
Besides the 'alpha-male' source spring for culture's idiosyncrasies was the practical necessity of maintaining social harmony in a post agricultural-revolution world. With the advent of agriculture, large populations of less intimately connected people were pulled together to make the new system work. Gone was the deep life-long bonding between individuals of the small hunter-gatherer group. That was just asking for trouble within the group (i.e., internecine feuds).
This is where a cultural paradigm and its traditions really help stabilize society. It gives less connected individuals at least an illusion of connection by sharing the same music, food, dress, religion, beliefs, etc. The most stabilizing aspects are those that help hold the family together. Family stability is the bedrock of culture and civilization as a whole. Lose that, and it becomes every man and woman for them self. Chaos! So what paradigm and traditions will do the job?
This is getting more involved than I thought, but press on lightly I will. Answering what paradigm most effectively holds culture together requires me returning to my original morning musings: What keeps the dynamics of male-female relationships either working or leads to their demise?
When a woman feels she 'owns' her man lock stock and barrel she is more likely to roam, innately on the look out for another fit father prospect. The same applies to when a man feels he 'owns' his woman. As the female is the cornerstone of primate nesting practice, culture (especially post agricultural revolution) inevitably evolved the paradigm that favors keeping woman in the lower, less mobile position. This, along with 'alpha-male' status, accounts for "Why Man is King". The Venus of Willendorf figurine hints that things were a bit different during the hunter-gather times. Now this scenario rests on the premise that we are not truly innately monogamous. No truly hierarchical animal (1), ape or otherwise, is monogamous to my knowledge. The two, hierarchy and monogamy are a little like oil and water; they are not mutually supportive. There's more to it, naturally. In addition, even if I'm wrong about the hierarchy / monogamy part, the overall story is the same, so on with the story…
Industrialization and the birth of the electric-age
The advent of industrialization and modern, market economies made this Man is King model increasingly obsolete. This made the 'women's lib' and the other social movements over the last century inevitable. Where does humanity go from here? Who knows? All I am certain about is that the Electric-Age is perhaps the most profound change in circumstance to visit humanity since our ancestors harnessed fire, or if not that, since the agricultural revolution. Chapter 51 says circumstances bring us to maturity. In the macro sense of that maturing process, it is easy to imagine how profoundly up in the air everything is once again. The paradigm is a-changing. The past being our only guide pretty much means we have no idea what we are doing. We are like children, born into a new world stumbling along and feeling our way forward. There may come a time when society actually embraces the Taoist paradigm / worldview. I won't be holding my breath!
(1) See http://anthro.palomar.edu/behavior/behave_2.htm for details on primate behavior. My hypothesis rests on what constitutes a truly hierarchical animal. Clearly, we are more an egalitarian than a hierarchical primate. That cooperative trait accounts for much of our survival success. However, our shift to a settled agrarian life required a more hierarchical social structure of civilization.


text: International Boat Races came to Key West again and it was the first time i've seen them in about 5 years. I had no clue what was going on as far as points, championships, categories... It was worse than pro wrestling. I love boats and pictures, the two came together, I was there. Period. I set up on the north side on the beach of Ft. Zach and snapped about 200 photos in a quick 45 minutes. This experience was then capitalized by a man next to me (who noticed my enormous D2x) and offered me a view through his old Hassalblad manual medium format which let to a valuable 15 minute talk of photography. As you can guess, he "hates" digital. Can't agree with him since he took two pictures and I took 200 but his view was nothing short of spectacular. Enjoy the speed. JP


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At first sight, there is nothing complex, in choosing summer clothes for your child. The Italian brand Alviero Martini suggests the widest assortment of kids` tops and bottom sets for summer.
One is not to forget that there is a risk of kids' manifestation of an allergic reaction to cloths and substances used during treatment of clothes while manufacturing. Therefore, one is to pay special attention to this point. Clothes of the make Alviero Martini are manufactured at the world renown GiMel factory. This fact itself guarantees an unsurpassed quality, as well as the diversity, elegance, uniqueness of Alviero Martini kids` models.
For a summer period children are to wear clothes only from natural fabrics. At the same time make the choice rather in favor of light cloths. Flax clothes and cottons fit fine for a summer season. In such clothes a child's skin will breathe even in hot weather. At the same time one is to pay attention towards air temperature. For example, if the temperature in the open air is below 20 degrees above zero, your child can freeze and get chilled in light cottons.
Tops and bottom sets from Alviero Martini are made only from natural cloths. Sometimes, an insignificant per cent (4%) of elastane is found.
As for the fit, it is worth to select maximally open and loose models. Light tops and bottom sets from the Alviero Martini make will fit for boys and girls. At the same time pay attention to the fact that clothes should not have uncomfortable buckles, tight cuffs, and braids. It is better if there are no certain buttons and bottoms are just on elastic band which must not be too tight. Minimum of trimming is used in clothes from the Alviero Martini brand.
Do not buy too tight clothes for your child. They limit movements and your child feels discomfort. Tight clothes are not particularly suited for a summer season because they can become the cause of a kid's increased sweat and even rub a child's skin. All models of tops and bottom sets from the Alviero Martini make have a loose fit.
Pay attention to the quality of the cloth painting. Clothes from Alviero Martini are of light pastel shades. Sometimes prints in form of an ancient geographical map are depicted on clothes of this trademark. This is an element of the Geo Map style from the well- known Italian fashion house. Also tops and bottom sets from Alviero Martini do not lose the color nor cause a child's allergic reaction.
Well, of course, it is very important not to forget about summer headgear. Hats and caps must necessarily have a visor to protect a child's face from bright sun. One can draw kerchiefs with a visor for girls. The Alviero Martni brand has kids` headgear too. You get to choose!


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Healthy Buckwheat Vegan Muffins
Finding so many great sounding Gluten Free Vegan recipe, I wonder sometimes if I have posted the same ones more than once. But then I find a real winner like the Healthy Buckwheat Vegan Muffins recipe.
I specially like this recipe because it used NO ADDED SUGAR! In my opinion, it make no sense to bake a Gluten Free Vegan cookie, cake or muffin if it is loaded with sugar. Okay, we are avoiding Gluten and non-vegan ingredients and poisoning ourselves with sugar instead! So you will NEVER find a recipe loaded with sugar (or soy, for that matter) on this website!!
Okay, I'll get off my soap box now and share the recipe:
|Healthy Buckwheat Vegan Muffins
- 1-1/4 cups buckwheat flour
- 1/4 cup tapioca flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (1/4 teaspoon above 3000 feet)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/3 cups mashed banana (3 to 4 bananas)
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup (for vegan)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup Hemp Hearts (shelled hemp seeds)
- 1/3 cup chopped dairy-free dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate chips, cacao nibs, or a combination
- Preheat your oven to 375ºF and line 9-10 muffin cups.
- In a medium-sized bowl, combine the buckwheat, tapioca, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Blend the banana, oil, honey or maple syrup, and vanilla in another bowl until nearly smooth (some small banana lumps are okay).
- Combine the flour mixture into the wet ingredients, stirring until just mixed.
- Stir in the hemp seeds and chocolate.
- Fill the 9-10 muffin cups, and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until slightly browned on top and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
I would make a few changes to this recipe.
First, I would use Maple sugar (not the honey that is first suggested)
Second, I would use Chia (or Selba) seed rather than the hemp hearts/seeds. I keep Chia seeds in my pantry all the time whereas I don't have hemp seeds or hearts around all the time.
But fix the recipe any way you want — it is sure to be great!
If you are interested in more of Alisa Fleming's recipes, click the link below to view her cookbook


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Hello from the Pittsburgh Symphony's European Festivals tour, Bonn, Germany!
I took a short video of the this beautiful city, including the main attraction (at least for musicians!), Beethoven's birth house. In the second video, we will show you his grave in Vienna.
The soundtrack for this video is Beethoven's Triple Concerto performed by yours truly, Jennifer Orchard,violin, Mikhail Istomin, cello, and Sergey Schepkin, piano.
Hope you enjoy it!
Beethoven House, Bonn, Germany
Beethoven's Grave, Vienna, Austria


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FIT's program consists of four courses covering digital video workflow from start to finish including concept, scripting, production, editing and distribution. Students will develop shooting scripts, budgets and schedules, learning both the technical and narrative aspects of video production. To accommodate as many students as possible, classes will take place on the weekend.
Helped by the growth of broadband internet, today's online videos are longer and more diverse than their 30-second predecessors of the early 2000s. In addition to YouTube, dedicated online video channels such as Hulu, Blip.tv, and Vimeo are growing in viewership, and many broadcast TV shows can also be viewed for free on the internet. In all, Internet users in the United States currently watch 14.5 billion videos per month.
"Now that broadband is widespread, early adopters of video are ready to professionalize, and many others in traditional marketing careers find they are expected to make the next step to video," said Christine Helm, director of FIT's Enterprise Center. "Whether you want to create a show for Blip.tv, develop a hip marketing strategy for your business, or brand yourself on YouTube, this is the program for you."
The Enterprise Center is part of FIT's School of Continuing and Professional Studies. The Center provides technical instruction on how to integrate merchandising, marketing, and design with the latest technologies.
The Fashion Institute of Technology is a selective college of art and design, business and technology of the State University of New York, with 44 majors leading to AAS, BFA, BS, MA, and MPS degrees. Visit www.fitnyc.edu.


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Hepatitis is Latin for "inflammation of the liver". The liver does many things in our bodies, including storing and releasing glucose to keep your blood sugar constant as well as getting rid of many useless and harmful chemicals including drugs, food breakdown byproducts, and breakdown products of old blood cells. If the liver can't function, one of the first signs is jaundice, as bilirubin (a breakdown product of hemoglobin from old blood cells) accumulates in your body and makes you turn yellow. Hippocrates first described jaundice in ancient times; outbreaks of jaundice -- most likely caused by hepatitis A -- occurred in the 1600's and 1700's, often during wars (not too surprising, since hepatitis A is often transmitted when sanitation is poor).
There are many things, including drugs as well as infections, that can cause liver inflammation or malfunction. There are several viruses that do little more than cause liver damage, but the damage they do is serious. Fortunately we now have vaccines for the two most common hepatitis viruses: hepatitis A and hepatitis B.
Hepatitis A is usually found in the feces (stools) of infected persons, and is usually transmitted by something politely termed "fecal-oral contact". This is not to say that people deliberately eat the stools of infected persons: unfortunately, an infected person who is careless about hygiene can carry the virus on hands and fingers -- and transfer the virus to food and drink -- and in areas with poor sanitation the virus can sometimes be found in drinking water during an outbreak. We don't usually see contaminated drinking water in the United States, or in other countries with pretreated municipal water supplies, but in some less-developed areas fecal contamination of drinking water is a big problem. The virus can also be left on toilet seats by an infected person, and can infect others through that route. It takes from 15 days to 2 months after exposure to develop symptoms of hepatitis A, which start fairly suddenly and include fever, malaise, nausea, abdominal pain, and loss of appetite as well as the jaundice. The urine also may turn dark because of bilirubin being filtered out of the blood and into the urine.
Hepatitis A is not very common in the United States because of our sanitation and water-purification procedures. It appears occasionally, though. Usually hepatitis A outbreaks happen when someone infected while travelling transmits the virus to others. Often the "index patient" is a food handler who deposits the virus on foods during preparation. Another source of hepatitis A can be a particular shipment of food that was grown in an area with contaminated water, leaving the virus on the surface of the plant. In these cases public-health investigators find that all the newly-infected people ate food from or at a particular place.
Since hepatitis A is still common in developing countries and is seen frequently even in the United States, we now recommend vaccinating children against the hepatitis A virus. Two doses given at least six months apart appear to give lifelong protection. Children must be at least 1 year old to develop immunity from the vaccine. Immune globulin from previously infected persons can be given to those who are not immune and who have been exposed to the virus or who must travel to an area where many people have hepatitis A. The passive immunity provided by the immune globulin only lasts for a few months.
Hepatitis B is generally transmitted by blood and body fluids. Until we were able to test for the virus itself, hepatitis B was a common complication of blood transfusion; nowadays every unit of blood used for transfusion is tested for hepatitis B, and blood containing the virus is destroyed without being used. (Note: you cannot get hepatitis B by giving blood -- only by receiving it.) However, hepatitis B can also be transmitted by other body fluids, and in particular by sexual contact.
Hepatitis B infections typically start from 2 to 5 months after exposure to the virus, and can produce mild symptoms in some people -- in fact, about half of adults, and most children, infected with hepatitis B may have no symptoms. The symptoms may include nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, fever, headache and muscle aches, tiredness, and abdominal pain (often above and to the right of the umbilicus (the "belly button"); they may come on very gradually rather than suddenly. Jaundice, if it occurs, starts 1 or 2 days after the other symptoms appear and lasts for 1 to 3 weeks. Most of the symptoms disappear along with the jaundice, but malaise and tiredness may last for months.
Most people infected with hepatitis B recover completely: their immune systems get rid of all the virus in the body, and they are immune to the virus for the rest of their lives. However, about 1 in 50-100 infected adults develop severe or "fulminant" hepatitis B infections, and up to 9 out of 10 people with fulminant hepatitis die of the disease. 1 out of 5 people cannot fight off the infections completely: they become "chronic carriers" of the virus and can later develop liver cancer due to damage from the virus.
The original hepatitis B vaccines were produced using blood from people who had hepatitis B in the past. Today's vaccines are made using recombinant DNA techniques, using brewers' yeast as the base cells for production, and contain no human or animal blood products. The vaccine gives immunity no matter how old you are; many pediatricians give the first dose to newborn babies before they leave the hospital with their mothers. Some babies -- those whose mothers are carriers of the hepatitis B virus -- must have their first dose of hepatitis B vaccine within 12 hours of birth, along with a dose of hepatitis B immune globulin. There have been cases in which babies whose mothers were hepatitis B carriers and did not receive the vaccine and immune globulin died from hepatitis B infection. Because of this, some states (Michigan, where I practice, is one) provide hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns and supply hospitals with the vaccine so that every newborn can receive the first dose of vaccine before going home after birth.
You need to have three doses of the vaccine for complete protection from hepatitis B: the second dose is usually given 1-2 months after the first dose, while the third is given 6-12 months after the first. These intervals between doses are not absolutely necessary -- except for babies of hepatitis B carriers, who must receive their second and third doses on time -- but the second dose has to be given no sooner than 1 month after the first dose, and the third dose must be given at least 2 months after the second (and at least 6 months after the first) dose. Just to confuse people more... one of the two hepatitis B vaccines on the market can be given at birth, 1 month, and 2 months -- but if the third dose is given at 2 months the patient has to receive a fourth dose at age 18 months. I do not know of any pediatricians who use this schedule, except for children who are very likely to be exposed to hepatitis B; even children of hepatitis B carriers can receive three doses of vaccine if it is done on the recommended "0 month-1 month-6 month" schedule. There is also a two-dose schedule for one of the two vaccines that is being used in 11- to 15-year old children.
There are two situations in which hepatitis B vaccine should be given before age 6 months.
And to make matters even more confusing, the rules are a bit different for
premature babies. Premies born to mothers who are known hepatitis B carriers
should still receive the vaccine immediately after birth. However, they
should receive another three doses, starting at 1 month of age.
Premies whose moms are hepatitis B negative may wait until they are a month
old to get their first dose of vaccine. The best advice I can give, as
always: ask your baby's doctor when to give the vaccine.
Infection with hepatitis C has exactly the same symptoms and signs as do hepatitis A or B infections. Most hepatitis C infections tend not to have any symptoms, and those symptoms that are seen are often mild and insidious (they come on very gradually). Like hepatitis B, hepatitis C is spread by body-fluid contact; most people with hepatitis C received blood from infected donors or are drug abusers. The risk of getting hepatitis C from sexual contact is lower than it is with hepatitis B, but it still happens. Like hepatitis B, hepatitis C can lead to liver cirrhosis (breakdown of liver tissue -- cirrhosis occurs most famously in alcoholics, but can also happen with viral hepatitis) and/or to liver cancer.
Unfortunately, there is no vaccine yet for hepatitis C, nor is there an immune globulin to provide passive immunity. Treatment with interferon and ribavirin can help some adults with hepatitis C, and may be useful in children as well.
Hepatitis D can be thought of as an incomplete virus: it needs help from the hepatitis B virus in order to cause liver infection. However, simultaneous infection with the two viruses may cause more severe disease than does hepatitis B by itself: the hepatitis D virus can turn a mild chronic hepatitis B infection into a much more severe infection. There is no specific treatment yet for hepatitis D, but since hepatitis D cannot infect someone who does not have hepatitis B we can prevent hepatitis D infection by immunizing against hepatitis B.
Hepatitis E, like hepatitis A, is passed from person to person by fecal-oral contact. Hepatitis E has most often been seen in epidemics in parts of Mexico, Asia, and Africa; it is occasionally seen in the United States, but usually in people who have travelled to places where hepatitis E is common. Hepatitis E is seen much more often in adults than in children, and pregnant women are particularly likely to die of hepatitis E infection. There is no specific treatment other than supportive care. The best way to prevent hepatitis E infection is good hygiene and avoiding food or water which may be contaminated.
There are several other, less common, viruses that cause hepatitis. For more information on hepatitis, including information on current outbreaks, check the Hepatitis Branch Home Page at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Dizzee Rascal
is amazing. I've just been listening to some freestyling stuff that was on my computer. And that thing he did on American radio battling against the Grit Boys, completely putting them to shame. It's quite embarrasing to listen to.
Then I listened to Showtime and Boy in da Corner. I really think BidC is one of the best albums of this decade.
Does anyone know anything about his new album? Out soonish I think.
nah, it's this:
That one on youtube sounds a bit shit to be honest.
stop dat, from boy in da corner,
is sublime. when that filthy, disgusting bass kicks in, my hairs stand on end and i activate my screw face.
got a screw face all night all day,
screw face keeps brotha's at bay,
screw face means keep well away, stay away ,
screw face means get out my way,
screw face means you don't know me, what you looking at? wats your beef?
screw face means im not having it,
screw face means im not a chief,
screw face means im not happy right now thats why no smile was used.
screw face means im not pleased,
screw face means im not amused,
screw face means i just wanna walk not talk,
screw face means i just wanna leave,
when i activate ma screw face, gimme space
screw face means let me breathe.
I've seen nothing funnier....
than Dizzee giving shout-outs to hoods when he appeared at ATP. He appeared quite perplexed at the near 100% white crowd. I really enjoyed his set though.
for me he was the highlight
of the leeds festival last year.
that sounds quite funny.
i didn't realise he'd played ATP - which one was he at?
doesnt work for me either
you can get the webpage, but not the actual mp3
When i saw him at leeds
i danced non-stop for his full set.
It was probably one of the best performances i saw
He's great
please link to or upload the american battle, as that one didn't work...
try this:
very good
and if nothing else, without him The Darkness would probably have won the Mercury, so that's reason enough to thank him. He certainly deserves more success.
He's incredible.
The first two albums are perfect, I hope his third is as good, it might bring some renewed interest to the wonderfully creative scen grime has become.
On a similar not, has anyone heard the new Roll Deep mix tape? It's amazing, they've left behine those wack commercial aspirations and have stuck to making ace street music. There's a track with Slew Dem and Temps totally destroys his verse, he's soon becoming one of my fave Grime MCs.