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When I first saw the previews for this new entry from Ghost Hunters I really thought I was going to hate it. It looked trite. So I tuned in the first episode, not expecting much, and I found myself pleasantly surprised.
This show, more than any of the others in the Ghost Hunters stable, really gives viewers an inside look into just how much time and effort goes into a TAPS investigation, and how vital it is that the team work together. And, as the season progressed, it also gave viewers a chance to observe group dynamics and learn lessons that could be applied to just about every workplace.
Heather was a good example of someone failing to blend in and be a part of the team. Yes, she was very nice, and everyone liked her as a person. But at the start of the very first investigation she announced that she was a medium. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but that is not the TAPS way to do an investigation. Her approach made it difficult for her to work alongside the others. She was too independent so they had to let her go.
Then there was Jane. Pretty girl. She was someone who could possibly do well as an actress or a model, but she was not a team player. And unlike Heather, who was very congenial, Jane was only interested in looking out for number one. She had no problem stabbing others in the back in order to make herself look good, and then she would turn on the tears when Steve or Tango criticized her. Frankly I'm surprised Steve and Tango that didn't kill her. Needless to say, while the all others were invited back, Jane was sent home.
And then there was Susan. She got off to a really rough start and I expected her to be the first person cut. But, instead of finger-pointing and blaming others, she learned from her mistakes, pulled herself together, and made herself into the most improved member of the team. Susan is a real positive role model for everyone. I'm glad that both she, and Karl, made the final cut and will be a part of the Ghost Hunters International team. I look forward to seeing more of them for a long time to come.


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WWE SmackDown Live 5/16/17: Backlash go-home show
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WWE SmackDown Live 5/9/17 Review: Orton, Styles & Zayn vs Mahal, Owens & Corbin
WWE SmackDown Live 5/9/17 results (via WWE.com) Lines got drawn in the sand as several Team Blue rivalries escalated Natalya def. Becky Lynch Erick Rowan def. Luke Harper Dolph Ziggler confronted Shinsuke Nakamura BreezangoRead More »
WWE SmackDown Live 5/2/17 Review — Owens vs Jericho rematch
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SmackDown Live 9/20/16 | 'Lunatic Fraud' Dean Ambrose vs John Cena
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The G-man recently invited local ( Pennsylvania ) political candidates to offer their opinions on natural gas drilling. And never passing up an opportunity to state their positions, it appears quite a few of them have responded so far. I'm not sure how many more posts may be under development, so check back @ Gort42 over the next few days for any stragglers.
While reading the rather lengthy comments from current PA Attorney General and governor wannabe Tom Corbett on Gort's blog, I noticed a certain pattern and cadence that reminded me of some of the degrading algorithmic ciphers I cracked during my NSA/CSS courses. After two or three more readings, I decided to play my hunch and get to work. I was more than a little rusty, but the coding used wasn't too highbrow and I quickly figured it out.
To all my fellow Pennsylvanians, here's the real stance on natural gas drilling from the Republican candidate for governor of our commonwealth, Mr. Tom Corbett:
While the Marcellus Shale offers great economic and energy independence opportunities for Pennsylvania, I believe that it must be developed responsibly and with strong environmental stewardship. We must make every effort to protect Pennsylvania's waterways and lands.
That is why today I am calling on the Marcellus Shale industry and the Department of Environmental Protection to work together to develop and institute high industry standards pertaining to environmental and public safety issues and also to address critical workforce development needs around the natural gas industry. It is time for collaboration in Harrisburg, to build consensus and to move toward the development of legislation to enact into statute industry standards that allow for the responsible development of our natural gas resources while protecting our water, land and the citizens of Pennsylvania.
I believe that the industry and DEP should agree on the following:
•Determine the best practices and highest standards in drilling to ensure clean water and safety for all Pennsylvanians and agree to implement them while public debate continues. This voluntary agreement is an interim step and should be followed by legislative action to codify how Pennsylvania will permit the development of cleaner energy in a safe manner.
•Meet the demand for trained workers in the energy industry. I call on the industry, the state and our higher education institutions, career and technical schools, and workforce development programs, to immediately begin the development and implementation of training programs to fill these new jobs for Pennsylvanians. It is also critical for the Department of Community and Economic Development to identify Pennsylvania manufacturers and businesses that will be the ongoing suppliers to this growing industry.
•Ensure that the industry works with all levels of government to further support the training and education of Pennsylvania first responders to make certain they are prepared to deal with emergencies involving drilling in the Marcellus Shale region.
While there are a few who have called for a moratorium on drilling, I believe that we can achieve strong environmental stewardship of our waterways and lands without putting hardworking Pennsylvanians out of work and sending thousands of jobs to other states. We can bring the industry together with DEP and state regulators to develop high industry standards and ensure world class operations in Pennsylvania. We can work to ensure greater protection of our water wells. We can put into place safeguards for our state forests and streams. And, we can demand the highest standard of technology for use on drilling sites.
Earlier this year I released my plan to harness Pennsylvania's energy potential in an environmentally sound manner in an effort to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and make energy affordable for all Pennsylvanians. Pennsylvania is home to the second largest energy field in the world with our abundant coal, gas, oil and timber and our alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, nuclear, biomass, geothermal and hydroelectric facilities. We have an energy infrastructure that not only needs to be maintained, but also enhanced to ensure safe and reliable energy supplies for Pennsylvania residents and neighboring states. And, equally as important, Pennsylvania's energy resources are a critical component to revitalizing our economy, growing job opportunities and positioning the commonwealth in the global marketplace.
Among the many components of my plan, I have called for the creation of an Energy Executive in the Governor's Office who will be charged with coordinating the overall state energy policy, utilizing expertise within the relevant state agencies and ensuring interagency coordination of our energy resources. I specifically have called for the creation of a Marcellus shale work group to advise me on pertinent issues; a scientific advisory board within the Department of Environmental Protection to ensure water quality and environmental standards; instituting coordinated permitting across state agencies; and directing DEP to get "back to basics" so that the agency can focus on its core mission of protecting our land, air and water.
I hope that the Governor will recognize the importance of the Marcellus Shale industry and will act accordingly to grow Pennsylvania's global energy leadership with environmental stewardship - doing what is in the best interest of Pennsylvania.
Tom Corbett
From the man who would be governor...there you have it, folks.


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By: Stephen (Gabe) Hatch
The development of technology in recent decades arguably surpasses those made in the previous millennia. Words like texting, Tweeting, Posting, Swiping, and Pinning would likely sound alien to previous generations who had never heard of a Facebook, a smartphone, and still thought a tablet as medication swallowed for headache relief. Technological development remains unrestricted and unfathomable. A computer scientist recently mentioned to me, "It's no longer a question of what we can create with technology, but what should we spend our time creating?" To those in control of future technological development, maintenance, or creation, I suggest: "Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you are writing or the system you are designing" (Computer Ethics Institute, 1992).
The Problem with Mental Health Apps:
With the advent of the smartphone and similar devices came the smartphone application (apps). Apps have encompassed every subject imaginable, and continue to be developed despite the initial and continuing expense. Competitors disagree on the average price of a smartphone application with development costing anywhere between $6,453-$321,000 per app (Formotus, 2016). In addition to initial expense, app maintenance and updates can range between $5,000-$11,000 per month (Formotus, 2016). Due to expensive development and upkeep, smartphone applications are worth developing to their fullest potential.
However, many mental health smartphone applications fail to live up to their expectations. For example, in 2013 there were 1,536 depression related apps available for download (Leigh & Flatt, 2015). Unfortunately, the National Health Service in the United Kingdom only recognizes 27 of these apps. Of the 27 recognized, 14 focus on the treatment of depression and anxiety. Of these 14, four provide evidence to substantiate their effectiveness, and two of which adequately assess clinical performance (Leigh & Flatt, 2015).
Of the 1,536 depression related apps available for download, less than 2% of them are recognized by national health organizations, provide evidence of their validity, and assess clinical performance. This means millions of dollars have been spent on development of depression related smartphone applications that are not recognized by national health organizations, that lack evidence ensuring their validity, and do not adequately assess the user's clinical performance. Funding health related apps without assessing validity during app development could have detrimental effects on the users. Additionally, these consequences could adversely affect the field of study the app attempts to replicate.
PornHub, one of the internet pornography industries biggest providers, claim their site to have streamed 75 gigabytes of data a second last year (Enough Is Enough, 2016). If human that lived until they were 100 years old, they not live to be able to watch the amount of porn streamed from PornHub in one day. The consumption of pornography is usually associated with adverse consequences, such as: affecting sexual performance, increased narcissistic personality traits, and increased behavioral intent towards rape. Pornography has also been correlated with positive attitudes towards infidelity (Enough Is Enough, 2016). Further, those who have never watched pornography report higher relationship quality and lower rates of infidelity (Enough Is Enough, 2016).
Understandably, internet pornography is a profitable industry, and supply has to satisfy demand. However, by supporting a cause, one also supports its consequence. Individuals that support the growth, advancement, and dissemination of internet pornography ultimately support the increase of narcissism, intent towards rape, and positive attitudes towards infidelity. For individuals to continue in the development of pornographic material (i.e., the creation of new websites and videos) without thinking of the social repercussions specifically within families, marriages, and on children is irresponsible
Foremost, this paper is not designed to consign technology into the dichotomous state of "good" or "bad". For every reason listed that technology is bad, one could indefinitely argue the contrary. How and why a user interfaces with technology ultimately determines the moral outcome. However, it is devastating that individuals insist on spending millions of dollars on app development without first, understanding the basics of appropriate measurement or ensuring the user proper treatment. It is equally disturbing when pornography is continually uploaded and pornographic websites are continually created, although pornography has been shown to lead to an increase in unfavorable behaviors and attitudes.
Without thinking about the social consequences of the program one is writing, or the system one is designing, one may produce a product that is socially undesirable. It is my belief, that proper planning, smart investing, and proper understanding – having future creators and developers think about the social consequences behind the development of a specific technology – will alleviate at least some of the issues associated with future technological development.


text: Anyone know if there is any truth behind this? What it is in cigarettes that might reduce migraine headache pain and frequency? Besides nicotine. I am more interested in any other chemical in cigarettes that might have that effect that isn't present in vape juice. A friend of mine was saying smoking helps her headache, but you can get nicotine from vaping. I'm trying to get her to switch. She already smokes. I won't go into her medical history, but she is seeing a doctor already. Any ideas?


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The novel Feed started out very weird, It talked about how a group of teens were taking a trip to the moon for a weekend. They talked about feeds, and I could not figure out what a feed really was. I thought maybe it was something outside of the body, kind of like a smart phone, but better, that they carried around so that they didn't need to actually think about anything, they could just look it up. It was the beginning of their spring break, and they were saying things like, "I'm so null" and "this place looks fun for lo-grav", i wasn't sure if this meant that they were saying something like they were so drunk and this place looks fun for being so low key? But i had just got those terms from being "spring break" and wasn't sure what else it could possibly mean.
When they got off the ship they said that their feeds were going crazy and I took this as there was so much new information around them and they didn't no what it was so they were trying to look it up. Now Titus the main character sees this girl that he wants to talk to. He did not get the chance so went on about his day. In the mean time one of the characters, Quendy was asking why none of her friends told her that her "lesion is like meg completely spreading". I had no idea what they meant by lesions, like are they talking about a cut that is getting infected and spreading all over her. And what does meg mean? I took it as like the word "really", like the lesions are spreading really bad or really quick. As they were talking about Quendy's lesions the girl that Titus wanted to talk to earlier came over and was talking with them about lesions and how she didn't think that Quendy's was all that bad, and Quendy was not happy about that. As the conversation went one, Titus wanted this new girl more than anything.
Titus had found out that this new girl was on the moon all by herself, no friends or anything and it was spring break and it seems to me that this kind of raised a flag to him. He had found out that her name was Violet and she stayed with Titus, Quendy, Calista and the rest of the group and she was asking them all sorts of questions. They all ended up driving around and saw people protesting about the feed and the chips in peoples heads. So at this point I have finally figured out that these chips are in peoples heads, it is not something like a smart phone that they carry around. The protesters were yelling, "Chip in my head? I'm better off dead! Chip in my head? I'm better off dead!" This also brought attention to me that not everyone has this feed in their heads, so if they don't have this chip then I'm guessing that they are like we are right now. Anyways they did not stop, they just kept driving and went back to the hotel to try and see if they could drink, but they couldn't so they left and went to this dance type of thing where an old man came up to them and started yelling, "We entered a time of calamity." And he kept yelling this to them until finally thats what they started broadcasting, then all their feeds were getting messed up and they couldn't do anything about it. When the cops finally got there they told the kids that they were going to have to shut them down, I'm guessing this is like a computer since the way they talk about it, it seems like they only use the chips in their heads and not their brains.


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My family love Frito-Lay chips! So when asked to be a member I jumped at the chance. I was contacted not long ago, and told about the manufacturing facility in Casa Grande, Arizona. What is amazing about the Casa Grande facility is that they are produce almost no waste!
They use a technology that recycles water, generate electricity and steam from renewable energy sources, and has achieved LEED certification and succeeded in sending nearly zero waste to the landfill.
At all their facilities they reuse shipping cartons up to six times before recycling them to help reduce waste. All Frito-Lay manufacturing plants are striving to divert at least 99% of waste from landfills.
They even added 1,200+ fuel-efficient Sprinter vehicles to its fleet along with converting 650 sales cars to hybrid vehicles to help reduce emissions. Now, they are even using all electric route delivery trucks in some of their metropolitan markets.
For more than a decade, Frito-Lay North America has been committed to reducing the use of key major resources and the company's overall environmental footprint. Their goal is to reduce their use of water by 75%; natural gas by 50%; electricity by 45% and fuel by 50% - all by 2020.
So, after finding all of this out about the company, I wanted to share it with all of you. They also sent me a Frito-Lay snack pack to try the chips they make in their Casa Grande facility. I was expecting a snack pack in the mail, but what I got truly surprised me! I received 4 full size bags of chips which included Lay's Classic potato chips, Tostitos Restaurant Style with a Hint of Lime tortilla chips, a bag of SunChips in Harvest Cheddar, and a bag of SunChips in Garden Salsa. I also received a reusable Frito-Lay grocery bag made from recycled material, which was pink!!!!!
This couldn't get any better. I must say that I am now addicted to the SunChips in Garden Salsa! All of the chips where great. In fact we ate them all before I could even take a picture of my great snack pack! I can give you a picture of my great grocery bag though. I just can't tell you how much I love that it's pink!!!!


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Twenty six has been quite the year of big events and wonderful surprises!
We quit our jobs, packed up our belongings, and moved to a brand new state -- the location of our dreams really. I was baptized in a church that will forever hold a place in my heart, received a camera in which I found even more passion for photography, met new friends, celebrated our one year wedding anniversary, traveled the states, and experienced so. very. much.
This year required me to have great faith; it was a year that really pushed me to let go. Ultimately to find that I will always have an amazing family by my side, friends who support and love me unconditionally, and a generous husband who never stops believing in me. It was a challenging year, but also one of the most rewarding. I'm so blessed.
27, my new friend, let's see what you got...


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Saturday, October 25, 2008
When you're dealing with an obstructed view billboard, all you can do is make your URL big and bold. In this case, Leading Caps is just what the doctor ordered.
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Hutch claims consumers will forget their PCs
|16 апреля 2008
Telco bullish on mobile Internet; plans to launch HSPA version of Skypephone, but dismisses WiMAX.
As the mobile Internet goes mass-market, consumers will start to abandon their fixed terminals, according to Hutchison Europe.
In 10 years people will forget that the PC used to be their main way of accessing the Internet, predicted Christian Salbaing, managing director of Hutchison Europe, umbrella company for the various 3 mobile operations in the region.
"It's a challenge, but we'll get there," Salbaing told delegates at the Telecom World Congress in London on Tuesday.
"My kids don't know what an LP is," he said, referring to the migration of pre-recorded music from vinyl to CD and now MP3.
More advanced networks and handsets, along with flat-rate data tariffs and a customer-friendly roaming environment will be the main drivers of mass-market mobile Internet usage.
There are already handsets on the market catering to differing needs, Salbaing noted, listing the Nokia N95 with its powerful camera, Sony Ericsson's range of music phones and the iPhone, which he said can "do it all with a better interface".
There is also a need for full-functionality for the value segment, Salbaing said, using 3's Skypephone as an example.
"The HSPA version of the Skypephone is coming in the coming two or three months," said Salbaing.
3 has increased network speed to 7.2 Mbps in most European markets now, Salbaing said. "In 2009 this will have doubled to 14.4 Mbps.
But Salbaing was nonplussed when it comes to WiMAX.
"We're pretty much technology-agnostic," he said. "[But] WiMAX is not a full mobility solution for us today."
He suggested that it might be an option in future, for backhaul, or to extend coverage to particular areas, but said that at present the company is happy with the network it has. "Why try a new solution," he said.
Our networks are IP-based, therefore it is logical to offer VoIP, Salbaing said.
"For us Skype is an incremental revenue stream," he added. "We certainly haven't seen any of the cannibalisation that was predicted."
Salbaing dismissed suggestions from the audience that 3's approach to mobile data – by partnering with the major brands like Skype, Yahoo, MSN and so on – carries the risk of turning into a bitpipe.
A couple of years ago, all the mobile operators had the same handsets, technologies and business models, he said. Now, operators are now taking differing approaches to their customers and five years from now, "there will be a differentiation between operators," he insisted.
"Is that a bitpipe? I don't think so."
Ultimately though, Salbaing says that customers have a finite amount to spend on communications.
"[The question is], where are the revenues in this?" Salbaing asked. Customers have somewhere between £15 and £50 to spend per month, "whichever way you cut it."
The customer does not see the distinction between operator, content provider and bitpipe, he explained. If the customer doesn't get what they want, "they'll switch," he said.
Источник: Total Telecom
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Reporting for Business
There's a great deal of chatter that abounds about reporting, and too many sites for me to identify as to which ones may be best for you to visit. There are hundreds of options available and the sites out there can be varied in their content. Many are sales-oriented and should be avoided. To get… Continue reading Reporting for Business


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Artist's description:
*Please note, this artwork is currently on display at My Chelsea Hotel as part of the Friends of the Earth Great British Bee Count launch until 1 September. The work will be shipped immediately after that.*
ArtFinder will be donating the frame on the work.
Photos from the Friends of the Earth Great British Bee Count launch!
The artworks were selected by interior designer and TV personality Jo Wood for exhibition at My Chelsea Hotel, London for the launch of Friends of the Earth's Great British Bee Count. The launch is on 26th May.
I created this painting especially for Artfinder's partnership with environmental charity Friends of the Earth to work on a bee-themed art exhibition for the launch of their Great British Bee Count.
These jars of honey of different colours represent the diversity of bees. The amber and gold colours revealed by the sunlight give to the honey the aspect of a precious substance.
This honey is harvested by my neighbour beekeeper. It is all the more precious as numerous swarms disappear every year. My neighbour is soon going to stop his activity.
This still life is painted "alla prima" from life and in natural light.
Materials used:
This painting is painted with professional grade oil colors on a primed canvas. I prepare myself my canvases to create a texture specific to my painting needs and to insure them maximum longevity.
In Praise of Diversity of Bees (2016)
Oil painting by ANNE BAUDEQUIN
$406.46 Sold
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 24.8 x 17.32 x 1.57 in (framed) / 18.11 x 10.63 x 0.79 in (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Still life
This artwork is sold by Anne BAUDEQUIN from France


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It appears Suicide Squad 2 is a top priority for Warner Bros. as a new writer has been announced today by The Hollywood Reporter. According to the news, Adam Cozad was hired to pen Suicide Squad 2, though there is no director attached at the moment, Mel Gibson is a top contender for the studio.
Cozad's credits include The Legend of Tarzan, and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, the latter featuring some great action scenes. He has also written scripts for the upcoming Valiant adaptation Bloodshot and the upcoming Kristen Stewart film Underwater.
David Ayer, who wrote and directed the original film is now working on the pseudo-sequel spin-off Gotham City Sirens that will star Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, along with Catwoman and Poison Ivy.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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Green Room starts off with a simple premise. A band who is hired to play an establishment witnesses something they shouldn't. Throw in some Neo-NAZIs, guns, a whole lot of gore and you have the new film directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Anton Yelchin, Imogene Poots and Patrick Stewart make up the cast of the new thriller, which will put the audience at the edge of their seats.
The one thing you can say about Green Room is the film doesn't try to be something it is not. The film wants to make you uncomfortable, tense and look the other way during the bloody scenes. Saulnier has no problem as a director slashing flesh or shooting victims at point-blank range on-screen as the audience gets a front row seat to this bloody ride. There are also basic moments with voices talking through doors that create tense moments where the bloodshed is at a minimum. Green Room is a slow burn leading up to the carnage, but once the madness starts it never stops.
The problems with Green Room is when you look past the scares and focus on the film itself. A scummy hardcore punk band are a hard bunch of characters to root for in the hero role. They're even worse victims to care about it considering the band put themselves into this horrible position by taking the shady gig for chump change. Yelchin inexplicably morphs into an action hero with absolutely no training making the third act almost silly at times with the guitar player taking on a crew of heavily armed survivalist.
Green Room isn't a bad movie, it just lacks the depth to make you understand many of the motives of our players on both sides of the door. We don't get enough of Patrick Stewart's skinhead leader to get a feel for how scary this guy can be. Imogeen Poots stands out as the stranger turned partner in crime Amber, but her character remains a mystery throughout the film which is disappointing. If you're looking for cinema gore and white knuckle suspense, Green Room will be exactly what you want in a movie. Just don't expect anything more.
Overall, I give Green Room 2.75 out of 4 stars.
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Aussie Teen Takes Credit for Twitter Trouble
By Kim Mae Heussner|ABC
An Australian teenager has become an overnight Internet celebrity for admitting that he was the mastermind behind the "mouseover" attack that led to Tuesday's Twitter mayhem.
Pearce Delphin, 17, from Melbourne, Australia, said he exposed a security flaw on the micro-blogging site that other malicious hackers then exploited to send thousands of users to porn and other potentially unsavory websites.
The teenager, who calls himself "an almost legal teen (XVII), social media whore & politics lover" on his Twitter page, told the Agence-France Press that he tweeted a piece of code that would allow websites to open in pop-up browsers as users moved their mouses over the links.
Delphin said got the idea from a Twitterer who used a similar code to tweet rainbows, and when he tweeted his own code it was just to test it out.


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Schroders Quickview: What is driving current stockmarket volatility?
Equity markets are experiencing turbulence but the authorities have tools available to calm markets.
24 August 2015
What's happening in financial markets?
Stockmarkets around the world have weakened sharply over the past week. This has happened together with falls in prices of several major commodities (oil, copper and iron ore), with many at 16 year lows. In addition many emerging markets currencies have fallen. This has occurred because markets are concerned about the pace of global growth.
The trigger for these global growth fears has been China, the world's second largest economy (15% of global GDP). The Chinese stockmarket has fallen over 30% from its peak in mid June 2015 despite government efforts to contain the falls.
Chinese export data for July was very weak, down 8.3% versus the prior year. The Chinese authorities have devalued the currency over the past two weeks, leading to fears of competitive currency devaluations among emerging markets, many of which have already experienced significant currency weakness.
On Friday the independent Caixin Markit leading indicator (purchasing managers' index) showed factory activity remained weak (at 47.1 it was the lowest reading since the depths of the Global Financial Crisis and the sixth month in a row of a below 50 reading which indicates contraction).
Other emerging markets have been weak for some time – with a heavy dependence on commodities, weaker currencies, capital flight, deterioration in fiscal positions, borrowings in US dollars where companies' and countries' ability to meet interest and capital payments are made more difficult by currency depreciation.
Why have markets been volatile?
The primary reason is that confidence on the sustainability of the world's economic recovery post the Global Financial Crisis remains fragile.
Debate has intensified over future interest rate rises in the US and UK. Increased expectations of higher US interest rates this year have fuelled a rise in the US dollar and put further pressure on a range of emerging markets with capital outflows, further currency devaluations, issues over deficits and concerns over the extent of US dollar denominated borrowings.
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) had been expected to raise interest rates from their post crisis lows at the mid-September 2015 meeting, depending on data (the next major jobs data will be reported on 4 September).
The market is less confident today that the Fed will raise rates in September with probabilities falling to 37% from 50% at the start of August. As a result, the trade-weighted dollar has fallen while the yen and euro have strengthened slightly.
At the same time, markets are questioning whether the Chinese authorities can bring about a soft landing (slowing growth) without a destabilising/recessionary hard landing as the economy transitions from an export-led economy to a consumer-led one.
How long might this bout of market volatility last?
One factor to note is that we are in late August which is a time when market volumes are thin and many decision makers are away from the office. We would expect to see clearer action from the various authorities in September.
Firstly, China has scope for further stimulus – it has considerable firepower, unlike many other emerging markets. Investors are looking for cuts to the Reserve Requirement Ratio and to interest rates.
They will also be looking to see if the renminbi stabilises or if the authorities take steps to depreciate the currency further. We have seen the Chinese State Pension fund open to investments in the local stockmarket (up to 30% of US$500 billion).
In the US, the upcoming interest rate decision will dictate the future path of the US dollar. A delay could take some heat out of its strength and ease some pressure on emerging market currencies in the short term.
Regarding Europe, one consequence could be that the European Central Bank might extend its quantitative easing programme.
We would note that valuations of stockmarkets have become more attractive following the sell-offs we have seen, particularly in Europe.
We would also add that the recent corporate earnings season in Europe has been encouraging. In particular, this has been driven by domestically-focused companies rather than export-oriented firms as Europe's economic recovery continues, and we would expect further earnings improvements in the coming quarters.
We are wary of the pitfalls of focusing too much on temporary volatility and note that such volatility can create opportunities for long-term investors.
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Preaching the Word of God to Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Beulah, North Dakota and to all who will hear.
Monday, May 05, 2014
Yesterday, at Ebenezer, was confirmation Sunday. We witnessed two of our youth publicly confess their faith in Jesus. And our message was directed at them. That being said, it's something that we all need to hear. We heard how faith in Jesus is not a one-time event. It's ongoing. And we heard of the great blessings that come when we follow him. This message can be streamed or downloaded at https://archive.org/details/AbidingInTheWordOfChrist
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Another Sunday night and another week of training in the bank…in fact I had in the bank by 6:45am Friday!
Monday Interval Ladder: 2m w/u 400, 600, 800, 1200, 800, 600, 400 with 400 RI, 1m cd
Wednesday 5 miles at mid tempo pace, that's a 6:53 pace, I smiled when I saw it was only 5 miles, 35 minutes later I was very happy that it was only 5, this was sheer bloody hard work!
Friday 1m w/u 9 miles at HM+20 seconds (7:13) 1m c/d…this was also tough and not pretty!
Like I said my training log:
"I was a little worried about this run, too many late and broken nights and 40+ running miles in the preceding 5 days were catching up with me. Looks like my worries were well grounded, couldn't quite get up to speed and 2 or 3 miles were just plain horrible. It reinforces the need for rest days and solid nights sleep especially with the alarm going off at 4:30am everyday. All that being said it's actually nice to know "why" it didn't go quite right. On the bright side it's only the end of week 2 so I have till the end of August to dial in all in."
Tuesday and Wednesday were recovery runs but I think the overall accumulation just caught up with me! Anyway Friday night my wife and I headed out of LA for a short weekend in Big Bear, we arrived at a reasonable hour had a great meal and were in bed by 9:30pm…10 hours later I woke up, so yeah I think the week had caught up with me! Saturday we did a couple of hikes, well one hike and a nice stroll along the lake. Here are the best of the photos. I also got to put the finishing miles on a pair of GoLite Tara Lites…review to follow!
Being a product reviewer can be hell at times!
Sunday we headed back into LA early and taking full advantage of our baby sitter, I took my bike out for a spin and to get some much needed cross training in. I choose a local ride that had some rollers and some smallish climbing. I wanted to ride with a high cadence so I wasn't mashing in the big gear all the time and try to up my average speed, it seemed to work. Average cadence was 89 just shy of targeted 90 but my average speed was much higher than it has been of late! Of course maxing out at 39.9 mph coming down the big hill didn't do any harm!
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DON'T: Which season is it? Fall or the holidays?! This shop needs to sell only one idea at a time.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Do and Don't: The Romance of the Holidays
DO: A select few pieces is showcased dramatically with the use of colour and simple props to convey a strong message of holiday gift giving.
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
Do and Don't: What is Being Sold?
DO: Having text on the window acts like a title to the story being sold. It immediately conveys the store's message to the shopper. Crucial to the placement of the text is its position in the window. It should not hinder sightlines to the main selling point which is around the mannequins' chest area. Placing the text around hip level of the mannequins is a smart move.CAN DO BETTER: In this window, the text is more prominent that the products being promoted. The positioning of the text covers the window's main selling point which is right around the mannequins' chest area.
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Do and Don't: In Retail, the Lightbulb IS the Detail
When stores are encouraging interaction between shoppers and their products; such as this store providing an electrical outlet for customers to test their display lamps, the least they can do is provide the lightbulb.
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The first few years featured delicious character development but most of these people, despite this or that life event, have become static over multiple season, which is a shame. Or...they become the polar opposite of what they were before, which is a bit pat.
To state the obvious, the people and their jobs are the embodiment of the 60s zeitgeist which is why the show can and should wind up. It's a hall of mirrors as we regard our past selves, America regards its unprecedented postwar economic power and standard of living, we look back at morality and all the various isms that are part of the current lingua franca of politics and, in turn, current advertising.
No doubt Don Draper will be in the last shot of the series but then Don Draper was conceived and functions as a cipher so are you really seeing a person or merely looking at an illusion similar to that which he deftly created in his professional work and personal life? The crossover into the 70s has a couple of major signposts: the moon landing (have they included that already?), Woodstock (overrated but still lazy cultural shorthand) or merely Dec 31, 1969 becoming Jan 1, 1970. The producers have mostly resisted the temptation to do a 'Forrest Gump' by involving the characters directly in historical events but those events are freely used as a backdrop.
If we go beyond 1970, in keeping with the advertising theme, the end may coincide with Jan 1, 1971, when the ban on TV commercials for cigarettes was imposed. Given the prevalence of smoking (although it continued long thereafter) and the importance of tobacco advertising to the firm and its personnel as well as the show's characters and various storylines, it seems a most obvious dénouement.
While others have changed clothes, grown more hair and sideburns and beards, Draper still has his hat, side parting, white shirt, narrow black tie and grey suit - which furthers my belief that he appears differently to every character in the show i.e. he is a projection screen for them (and us) which explains the persuasive power that begets their sense of awe when they are around him.
As for Draper being 'exposed' within the world of the show, that ship sailed several years ago. Pete found out, threatened them and they called his bluff. Don's (ex) wife already knows anyway and his clients simply won't care about his past. But the question 'Will Draper be exposed to the audience?' is a legitimate one.
And so, even a minor change in the Don Draper archetype will signal the end of an era both on and offscreen. Perhaps he quits smoking. Perhaps he quits drinking. Perhaps his hair grows over his ears or he sports facial hair. Perhaps he tosses his hat out a window, off a roof or out of the car as he speeds along. Perhaps - I hope - he finally summits Mt. Joan. Whatever the resolution, I hope that Weiner can resist some 2014-vintage socially redemptive soul butter. The dissolve to/from young man to/from old man along with the tearful contemplation of the past has been done already in 'Saving Private Ryan.' No need to plagiarize.
There's no doubt in my mind it will be ambiguous, perhaps controversial, but I do hope he avoids taking the coward's way out as his mentor David Chase did with the Sopranos.
03 April 2014
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In a trend that has been evident for some time, science fiction has crossed the Pacific and landed in Asia. What was once the hard-boiled technolust heaped on Los Angeles has become a fanciful orientalism featuring Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Bangkok. This trend has not escaped scholars of religion such as Rudy Busto, who argued this point at recent American Academy of Religion sessions on religion and science fiction. He's not alone, nor is the point losing any salience when we consider the 2009 the book that took the science fiction world by storm, winning both the Hugo and Nebula awards: Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl.
In the future Bacigalupi narrates, calories have become currency because modified foodstocks have ravaged crops and bio-terrorism has led to the evolution of post-humans. That's the short version, at least. The longer version is that we are privy to the desperation and duplicity of those in the future who fight for and against corporate empires that rule the planet. We are made to root for agents of the evil empires because they are working within the system for a better future, and we are led to distrust or even dislike the popular heroes that rally the people. Up is down and left is right–or at least that's the way things can feel early on in the story. Science is the double-edged sword that stands behind our ruin and lies before our salvation. If I may say so, it's a satisfying literary roller coaster, and I haven't even gotten halfway through the text yet to feel the full thrill of the loops and barrel rolls.
But I share The Windup Girl with you today not because it pushes the West across the dateline to Asia, but rather because the work invests–and invests heavily–in religion. We're not even a few sentences onto page two before we get a taste of the way religion will be infused into the whole work:
The fruit's long hairs tickle his palm, challenging him to recognize its origin. Another Thai genehacking success, just like the tomatoes and eggplants and chiles that abound in the neighboring stalls. It's as if the Grahamite Bible's prophecies are coming to pass. As if Saint Francis himself stirs in his grave, restless, preparing to stride forth onto the land, bearing with him the bounty of history's lost calories.
The role of religion in the text resembles its presence in Asia today: It is ever-present but not overbearing and it mixes freely among a host of religious traditions with ease. In this respect, Bacigalupi stands beside some of best recent authors who have successfully integrated religion and religious themes into their works. (Ted Chiang's short stories come to mind, but I also recommend Neil Gaiman's American Gods.) What will happen, I wonder, when the story inevitably weaves the religious undertones into the fabric of the plot. Whispers of prophecies on the second page? A vision of Christianity evolved to respond to the calorie wars? Yes and yes, please.
Anyone have any other recent works of fiction that they can recommend to me? I'm always looking for great new writers and novels!


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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
433 SB SWORDSPLAY '60s : ' Death Valley '
Death Valley '
Cast : Yueh Hua, Angela Yu, Chen Hong-lieh
Director : Lo Wei
A scheming swordswoman murdered her uncle when he had announced the hand-over of his property to his faraway nephew. Next, she hired a killer to rid the victim's apparent heir who was due to return. The killer by chance befriend the nephew without knowing his identity …
Rating : 3 ½ stars of 5
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There was quite a brouhaha last summer over the 40th anniversary of Woodstock which occurred in August, 1969. But very little was mentioned about the event four months later which brought an abrupt end to the "Woodstock Nation." I am speaking, of course, about the concert at Altamont on December 6, 1969. I missed out on the bliss and glory of Woodstock but I got to experience first hand the bad vibes and creepiness of Altamont.
The psychedelifiles in the audience will recall that after the unexpected serendipity of "three days of peace, love and music" in Bethel, New York, the idea of free concerts began to gain momentum across the country. The Rolling Stones jumped on the band wagon by proposing a free concert in the San Francisco area. Golden Gate Park was to be the original venue but the city fathers wisely voted thumbs down on that idea. So the Stones were forced to regroup and find another bay area location.
I'm still not sure why the month of December was chosen as this is a typically damp and gloomy period, even by California standards. And I'm not sure why the Altamont Speedway was chosen either. Altamont was no bucolic Bethel with nearby forests and lakes to frolic in. No, Altamont is located in the midst of some of the most burned up, overgrazed, barren country this side of Barstow. But the initial hype sounded pretty good with bands like Jefferson Airplane, Santana, the Grateful Dead and, of course, the Stones expected to show up.
At that particular time I was living only a few blocks from Golden Gate Park, sharing a tiny little house on Geary Street with three other guys as we all attended classes at San Francisco State College. By late November, our living arrangements and our academic careers were coming apart at the seams. So I spent most of my time at a lady friend's house across the bay in a really seedy section of Oakland. The idea of a free concert seemed like a little ray of positive energy in what was turning into a downbeat cycle of my life. Besides, I was a huge Grateful Dead fan so there was little thought of not going.
On the morning of the concert Elizabeth and I left Oakland in a cold darkness, and headed east to find this "Altamont". On the way out, we smoked a little dope and ate a little mescaline as a preparatory measure. Less than forty minutes later, we could see the traffic funneling off of the freeway into uninhabited terrain. We followed suit. At this point, people were just parking wherever they could and then walking. Toward what I wasn't sure. But we fell right in line.
And we walked. And walked. And walked.
For perhaps two miles or more, we walked....over dried grass, bleached cow bones, and dried manure. We followed the hordes over hill and dale until we peaked out on the bowl like rim of the Altamont Speedway where several thousand people had already gathered. We found a place up on the edge of the crowd and just hung out, getting high and waiting for the music to begin. I'm not sure what else we did to pass the time but I do remember a kind of sinister pall that seemed to hang over the event.
Eventually the music started. I remember when Santana came on stage. I could barely see them through the my camera's 300mm telephoto lens, but I could hear them. The trouble really began during Jefferson Airplane's set when there was obviously some kind of scuffling going on down near the stage. Singer Marty Balin got decked by a Hells Angel and the band quit early. The Grateful Dead refused to even play.
Those of us up in the nosebleed seats knew that something was going terribly wrong down below but we didn't know exactly what. But if ever the term "bad vibes" meant anything, the mood of the concert embodied it. Elizabeth and I decided to leave just as darkness was settling in and the Stones were taking the stage. By that time it didn't matter and we knew we had a long walk back to the car. It was probably a day or two later that I learned of the murder of one poor soul down near the stage. A profound disappointment all around and a sober death to the 1960s.
Fortunately for me, I was able to move forward taking more of the spirit of Woodstock with me than the disillusionment of Altamont.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Altamont:: Woodstock's Evil Twin
Labels: counter culture, hippies, psychedelic, rock concert, the 60s
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- AnonymousFebruary 14, 2010 at 3:04 PM
Wow, I don't think I ever heard you go into detail on the concert. Just another bit of history and you lived it. Only yesterday, but so many years gone by!ReplyDelete
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On Friday, I had a deposition in Durant, Oklahoma, which is about a two hour drive from Dallas. On the way there (after a stop at Whattaburger) I saw the Choctaw Indian Casino. Of course, I wanted to check it out on the way home, but I needed help with the decision. I called Scutch: "What should I do?" "Dude, you have to stop." Exactly what I was looking for.
I'm trying to learn a new blackjack system. (It deals with how you bet, not how you play.) I have never actually tried it before, other than on my computer, so I was hoping I might find a $5 table and try it. The casino was pretty crowded (and smokey) but not too much action at the table games. I looked around and found a table that advertised limits of $1-$25. I had never seen a $1 blackjack table before, but I thought this would be the perfect chance to try my system. How could I lose, right?
So I put $60 on the table (fanning out three twenties) and the guy gives me a stack of $5 chips, a stack of $1 chips, and a stack of .50 chips. My new system starts with a bet that is twice the table minimum, so I put out 2 $1 chips. This is where it gets weird.
One time we were in Vegas (at Bally's) and Rachel and I sat down to play blackjack. There was a small circle in front of the betting circle that was about the size of a chip. The dealer explained that you could make some sort of side bet. Rachel said, "Oh, the sucker bet."
When I put the $2 out, the dealer said that I needed to put a .50 chip on the little circle in front of my betting circle. I asked what the sucker bet was and he mumbled something about the state. When I balked, he said it was mandatory. So I put it out and asked what I could win. Nothing. If you play a hand, you have to give a .50 chip to the state. Having lost my fair share of blackjack hands I was immediately concerned that I would not be able to win at a $1 table if each hand costs .50 off the top, like an ante. So I said that I assumed the same tax was required at all the tables and he said it was unless you bet $50, then the tax is a $1 chip. But it was just .50 and I needed to try my system so I stayed.
So I'm playing my hands and this well-dressed dude sits down next to me, and just like I did with my three twenties, he fans out three one-dollar bills and puts them on the table. The dealer promptly gives him 2 $1 chips and 2 .50 chips. He then tells him he can't have his cell phone out and he has to remove his bluetooth. (His pride had already been removed, apparently.)
This dude at first base is down to his last $1 chip, and wants to play one more hand, but he doesn't have the tax money. So he takes out a quarter and three dimes and puts them on the table for a .50 chip. The dealer, after stacking up the dimes and the quarter in separate stacks and with a complete straight face, says to the guy, "I'm going to have to short you the nickel."
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
230 miles!
I think it was the coldest day of the year today AND it is March! Everyone looked so demoralized this morning at the coffee shop. Old man winter definitely has the upper hand, a guest that has really overstayed his welcome.
I ran six miles today, a good way to end a very busy and stressful day. Off to Victoria, B.C. tomorrow morning to present at a conference on fetal alcohol syndrome. I'm presenting my ethical framework idea which I hope will give people a new way to think about the way we engage vulnerable populations in government funded health care programming. Yes, believe it or not I really do think I can make a difference! An idealist or just very naive? Or possibly the eternal optimist because I so badly want to believe that government bureaucracies are not inherently immoral monsters driven by politics and economic bottom lines alone. In simpler terms, I'm trying to shame the government into being a moral thinking monster...kind of like Shrek!
I can't wait to go for a run in warmer weather. I'm staying at the beautiful Empress Hotel, what a treat! I have been told that there is a wonderful trail close by the hotel. I'm hoping to have a nice long run by myself and also to convince a few of my colleagues to join me for a leisurely spring run.
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- AnonymousMarch 17, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Hey Caroline..I met you today at the coffee shop I was with Betty and Bonnie. I was a little intrigued by your 1000 mile journey and thought I would check out your blog. Was pleasantly surprised to find out that you have done some work in the aboriginal community with aboriginal women and on fetal alcohol syndrom issues. Incredibly important issues in our community. I also noted that you worked in Native Studies. My undergrad was in Native Studies and I am an Aboriginal Lawyer working with Department of Justice on Aboriginal self-government etc. Hoping that sometime we could get together for a coffee. Angela 261-5133ReplyDelete
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Thank you so much for inviting me here today. When Giovanna first told me about your month-long events to celebrate the Humanities, I knew I was going to be standing before a group of very enthusiastic and enlightened individuals. I knew, in fact, I would be standing before a crowd ready to celebrate like you or your colleagues seem to have celebrated in 2011 when the Tigers defeated the University of Oregon. And as such, I thought it would only be fitting that we too celebrate the humanities not only widely, but also wildly, with a few pins from 4humanities, some trumpets, and an infograph which I bring to you on behalf of 4humanites.
Now, I am a German national, and I came to this country when I was 19. So I know more about soccer than I do about football. That said, in both sports, I do understand that when the ball is kicked or carried into a goal or the end field, a point is given, the crowd soars and the team jumps in the air and hits each other on the behind. Similarly, when our students leap or walk across the arches that signify a college education, they know that they have accomplished something that deserves an outcry of enthusiasm, many huge hugs, and maybe even some pats on the tush.
Both of these goals are quite clear, but in higher education the points, or classes you take don't always add up to a clear "win" or "lose." In fact one of the hardest tasks today is to measure the value of a student's education. How do you measure this melting pot of personal discovery, of knowledge making, skill acquisition, networking, credentializing, and deepening of intellectual curiosity that spans an entire lifetime? And how do you measure the value of the arts and humanities within this larger network? If we only count majors and minors, or base our assessment on economic factors, we disregard the shared role we play in many institutional realms. For instance, if we were to give one point to one major, how many points would we attribute to an ethics component taught in a business class? To the study of music as applied to Electrical Engineering? To art and narrative in the field of medicine? What is the value of the teaching of creativity, communication, or cultural understanding when these skills are integrated into other disciplines, or, they are part of a college's or universities' common curriculum?
Testifying before Congress a year ago, Hunter Rawlings, President of the Association of American Universities, noted that a survey of employers by his association indicated that 73%, rejected the trend towards narrow technical training and wanted colleges and universities to place more emphasis on critical thinking and analytic reasoning. A more recent study done by the Association of American Colleges and Universities found that 78% of employers preferred job applicants knowledgeable about global issues and societies and cultures outside the U.S.; 80% found written and oral communication key; and 82% favored those with civic knowledge, skills, and judgment essential for contributing to the community and to our democratic society.
This survey presents a powerful opportunity to those of us in the arts and humanities. We have the opportunity to build bridges to other fields and to our colleagues in professional schools to talk about how we can holistically integrate new humanistic-based learnings into the age-old educational scaffoldings currently holding up the structures of our schools and colleges. The clue
If we consider a framework an essential supporting structure, and a structure an arrangement of or a relationship between parts, then we can view this structure as always shifting and moving depending on which parts are being included or considered. Structures can derive from any discipline. We can talk about physical structures, biological, chemical, musical, social, or data structures. The underlying relationship of their parts might be things like words, cells, notes, objects, bodies, or ideas. And these relationships might even be remixed and moved between different components. The aggregate of the various parts then function in relation to each other, just like the framework for the humanities must function in relation to the parts of the whole, which are our institutional systems of higher education and the world at large.
In a world that has become more fluid, fast, and global, but also more local, accessible, and malleable, we all have to learn to make connections between known and unknown moving parts. Our institutions of higher learning are no exception. As in any time in history, we have to continue to find a balance between the solid educational frameworks that have held up our institutions over centuries, and the changing needs of our students to confront the challenges of the world. And as we know, the challenges of the twenty-first century are unique, from climate change to terrorism, disease to human rights. John Kao in his book on Innovation Nation, calls these challenges "wicked problems" because they "rarely have clear-cut solutions that can be unlocked by a single discipline; they are complex and ambiguous; and they require fundamentally new approaches to the status quo" (qtd in Thorp 10). Most importantly, they demand individuals who can recognize connections and can connect across fields and ideas. Take for example University of New Hampshire scientist Berrien Moore who spoke about the results of a massive international study of air pollution on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He made clear that, "What happens in Beijing will affect Boston, what happens in Boston will affect Paris, et cetera. [And he continued by explained that] "that's one thing that we will have . . . even as we begin to solve local problems, this connectivity of the planet will come back at us time and again" (2004). A Peer Review report in 2005 also suggests that "to participate responsibly as local citizens, then, people must also be citizens of the world, aware of complex interdependencies and able to synthesize information from a wide array of sources, learn from experience, and make connections between theory and practice." http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-sufa05/pr_sufa05analysis.cfm
These words, are, of course, an argument for a liberal education. And while I am a true believer in a liberal education, I am also a realist who experienced the German apprenticeship model. I understand very well that one model does not fit all, that we do not have to work with either or models on any level, and that even profession-oriented fields, "such as business, engineering, or health, [can] intentionally foster "wide-ranging knowledge of science, cultures, and society; high-level intellectual and practical skills; an active commitment to personal and social responsibility; and the demonstrated ability to apply learning to complex problems and challenges." (LEAP 4). But to do so, we may have to step outside of our silos, reexamine how we define our disciplines, and develop what the Council for LEAP suggests, namely a broad educational framework "that provides both a shared sense of the aims of education and strong emphasis on effective practices that helps students achieve this aim within diverse environments and student bodies. The Council also recommended that students become "intentional learners, meaning that institutions themselves need to integrate more self-reflexive systems into an educational environment in which not one size fits all. (LEAP 4)
And although this is nothing new to you, these messages do serve to emphasize again that connection, integration, and intentionality within diversity are all key educational components of the twenty-first century. Carol Geary Schneider, who has been president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities since 1998, has clarified that, "in every era, from ancient Greece, throughout the middle ages, and the nineteenth century, a liberal education has emphasized broad knowledge, intellectual and practical skills, and personal and social responsibility. But the fourth quality, of integrated and intentional learning is a twenty-first century phenomenon that has displaced understanding, appreciation, comprehension and remembering (3 AACU). "To put it a bit differently," says the report, "the capacity for integrative learning--for connection making--has come to be recognized as an important learning outcome in its own right, not simply a hoped-for consequence of the mix of experiences that constitute undergraduate education. http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-sufa05/pr_sufa05analysis.cfm
What is especially powerful in the changing directions of education is that institutions are seeking to help students see the larger patterns in their college experience, and to pursue their learning in more intentionally connected ways. Yet, despite this understanding of the needs of our students to confront the large or small "wicked problems" of today, we cannot deny "that many of the ways that courses are delivered and taken encourage faculty and students alike to think of learning as discrete, unconnected chunks. Gerald Graff explained in the Chronicle of Higher Education in an essay titled "Colleges are depriving students of a connected view of scholarship," he says that "classes being taught at any moment on a campus represent rich potential conversations between scholars and across disciplines. But since these conversations are experienced as a series of monologues, the possible links are apparent only to the minority of students who can connect disparate ideas on their own. Faculty often talk about valuing the transferability of knowledge and the meaning making that occurs when students link diverse ideas from multiple sources, classes, courses, and disciplines--but teaching for such outcomes can be difficult, and is rarely explicit."
Many of our institutions suffer under this desire to integrate knowledge and further explicit connections between ideas, and the reality of a system that makes real integration and conversation between disciplines very difficult (just think of our division of departments and schools, or support for team teaching or credit for promotion for collaborative articles). The question, then, is how can we build better and more sustainable structures that will allow for more integrative conversations to emerge?
Last year I was directed to write a Mellon Planning grant for which I convened 9 faculty from all across the college, including fields like enginnering, economics, computer science, geology, political science, and physics, among others. And what struck me the most was not that each person presented their own enriching perspectives on the value of the humanities in their fields, but that they all agreed on needing to emphasize not why the humanities matter, but how they matter in each and every field across campus. As the vision of "Our Shared Humanities" came into focus, it was the points of contact and connection that made the exercise powerful and enlightening, and here are some that might also resonate with you here at Auburn:
- How can we develop more organic, systematic, and more productive connections between faculty members, and between students across campus? Computer Science + Art + ?
- How can we begin to understand the needs/position of our students in relation to the pedagogical methods and research needs of our faculty?
- How can we provide faculty more opportunities for cross-disciplinary experiences, the development of new classes and curricular models, and "outside-the-box" ideas and development?
- How do we develop an "integrative" approach to this initiative, one that includes students, faculty, administrators, curricular demands, research demands, the GenEd curriculum, the FRB, ITS, Library, and so on?
To start building new structures of our own, we must embark from the question of how the humanities and humanistic studies can matter more in any and all areas of academic and personal life. We may want to stress the historical importance and future potential of a vision in which the humanities have always been part of the framework of a first-class education for any and all citizens. Today's emphasis on STEM disciplines must be met with renewed and inherent energy and understanding of how the humanities matter in today's tech-driven world. In essence we need to work toward performing the most difficult task the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners Lee, had to confront: getting different operating systems to talk to one another.
If we accept that global connectivity and communication is indeed at the center of our worlds, it is essential that we in the humanities speak more loudly and clearly to a wider audience about who we are, what we do, and how we do it. We need to build a system that operates across fields and schools, inside and outside of academia, in academic and public settings, and in languages that are understandable to all.
Now, it seems that you here at the Liberal Arts College at Auburn recognize the importance of all of these elements in the education you offer to your students. On your webpage you explain the mission of the college as joining the skills appropriated in the "traditional humanities education to the realities of the civic, social and economic challenges of our times and a rapidly changing workforce." You say that you "will provide intellectual training shaped towards applicability to life that prepares graduates for meaningful work at the same time it allows them to play on the real-world stage."
This real-world stage is a fabulous metaphor to understand the direction of the humanities in the twenty-first century. You already motion to the importance of both the traditional and the applied humanities to life and work, to serious study and to play. And then you say something unexpected, namely that your education allows students "to play on the real-world stage." Based on this proposition, let me suggest for one minute, then, that William Shakespeare was right and "all the world is our stage."
Imagine, then, that we become the actors and directors of the plays of our lives on this world stage. Similar to the production of a play, we would begin to envision the history and the social and cultural context within which this play took shape, with you as the protagonist. Where were you, our character, born? What language do you speak? What is your style in speech and dress? How does this style coincide with your life experiences, your background and ethnic heritage? What experiences might contribute to the way in which you view the world? What motivates you? What do you fear? What is your life story?
To stage this play, we would need to adopt, as Steven Michalek explains, a host of different roles. We'd need to become technicians and "know science to understand the physics of lighting or the chemistry of cooking fake glass. We would need to know math to layout and construct an archway or something as simple as reading the fractions on a tape measure. We would need to know engineering to choose appropriate materials when building sets or flying performers. Designers would need to know about and be skilled in the myriad conventions of visual artists and sculptors in order to convey the appropriate moods and feelings in their sets, lights and costumes."
If our lives may indeed be compared to a finely tuned theater production, then, as Michalek further explains, "the skilled theatre professional must also possess finely tuned creative problem solving and collaborative skills. Learning not just to succeed but excel within tightly defined parameters is the daily fodder of directors, actors and technicians." To the extent that the theater serves as a metaphor for our lives, we do indeed need creative thought when times get tough, we need to engage positively and ethically with our neighbors and colleagues, even our enemies, we need to recognize that each and every one of our lives is determined by "tightly defined parameters," such as family, class, and race. And each time an element in these and other parameters change, the entire world begins to change with it on what seems like an ever-moving stage of events. Were we to remove one of the above ingredients, say our ability to place life into context or talk about who we are, our ability to show what we do and what we stand for, then our play will be reduced to awkward pauses, silences, and absences. For us to remain on the world stage, retain an audience that witnesses our life's play, we must find a healthy balance between thinking and acting as historians, engineers, lighting technicians, scientists, psychologists, writers, and literary analysts. Remove one of these components, and our sets might well fall apart. Lights out.
When the lights go out it is because one element of our educational scaffolding is not holding up. The architects and engineers in this room understand especially well the need for a solid frame and foundation. As such nobody should be speaking about the importance of STEM disciplines or professional schools without also mentioning the essential role played by the Humanities, and vice versa. Both are necessary parts to a balanced educational framework. The question is, how do we make our students, and ourselves, more aware of the connections we have with engineering, or chemistry, or medicine. In what ways can you integrate an articulation and education based on humanistic principles in your business school, your nursing school, or your school of engineering? I envision a building, maybe a theatrical stage, a structure that has housed a particular discipline for a very long time. It is about building new structure within the old, finding something unexpected in the old....and this is where your Humanities Labs fit in.


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Virginia Republican Senate nominee Ed Gillespie cast Rep. Eric CantorEric Ivan CantorThe Hill's Morning Report — Sponsored by CVS Health — Trump's love-hate relationship with the Senate Race for Republican Speaker rare chance to unify party for election Scalise allies upset over Ryan blindside on McCarthy endorsement MORE's (R-Va.) surprise primary loss as a boost for his campaign, saying the result showed anti-incumbent sentiment.
"I do believe there is a very strong anti-incumbent sentiment all across Virginia," Gillespie said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Friday. "And it's not limited to Republican primary voters ... there's a lot of independents, a lot of Democrats, very frustrated with what's going on in Washington, D.C., today.
"I think that's to my advantage in November," he added.
Cantor, the House Majority leader, was shocked earlier this month when he lost a primary challenge from Tea Party opponent Dave Brat.
Gillespie, though, sidestepped questions about the primary season's intra-GOP fights. Asked if he was pleased with Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-Miss.) runoff win this week against a Tea Party rival, Gillespie, a former RNC chairman, said he wasn't worried about those challenges.
"I'm not as concerned about these intraparty fights as a lot of my fellow Republicans are," he said.
Gillespie also defended his opposition to Medicaid expansion, a contentious issue in Virginia, where Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe's push to expand the program has been blocked by Republicans in the Legislature.
Gillespie said there were other ways to help poor, uninsured people and said that under ObamaCare, the federal government expansion for just three years, before the share declines to 90 percent.
"I think we can help them without expanding ObamaCare in Virginia, which is what this comes down to," Gillespie said.
"I think long-term I do not believe the federal government is going to be there at the end of the day, and they're going to put the taxpayers of Virginia on the hook for something that they're not going to follow through with," he said.


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New areas released for oil and gas exploration
The Northern Territory Government hopes another gas field the size of Greater Sunrise or Bayu Undan might be uncovered with the release of new areas for petroleum exploration.
Seven areas off the Territory coast and three in adjacent Commonwealth waters are being made available for open bidding this year.
Mr Henderson says he expects considerable investor interest in exploring the areas in the Arafura Sea and Bonaparte Basin.
"The industry is very keen in terms of searching for oil," said Mr Henderson.
"Currently, Australia's largest oil production is at Laminaria in the Timor Sea and a lot of this acreage is in that Laminaria region, so where there is already oil and gas, there is likely to be more."
"This is a very significant release today and it does recognise the prospectivity of the region."
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