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Robots Imitate Life
If robots are not alive, then why do we wonder what they are thinking?
If you've been to an office, you probably know what a drop-ceiling is. It's the grid of whitish tiles in which light fixtures and ventilator grates are set. If you stand on a desk and push one of the rectangular tiles out of its frame, you can stick your head into the space above it and see your office building as it really is: air ducts and electrical cables, concrete beams and sprinkler pipes. When you lift the ceiling tile, you might feel a sensation of trespass as the secrecy above escapes into the office below. Once you know about the space above the ceiling, no office ever looks quite the same. Everything about an office looks strange when 30 percent of the building has to be hidden in order to make the other 70 look normal.
Take walking, for example.
Imagine a person walking in a profile view. One leg has just been planted on the ground, receiving the whole weight of her body. The leg on the ground is fully extended and straight, but her torso continues to move. It has momentum from the previous step. The leg planted on the ground begins to topple. Her trunk moves off center and she starts to fall. Then she makes things worse, using her toes to push her weight off the straight leg and out into space. After falling half an inch, her other leg snaps out in front of her body and hits the ground. Her weight lands on it. The second leg stiffens, straightens, and recovers the half-inch of altitude. Then the cycle starts again.
Walking is a process of continuously arrested falling. It's what happens when we discover how to turn this planet's gravity well into the most efficient way of moving ourselves across its surface. But try minding it. Walking is one of the many bodily processes that neither requires nor long tolerates our conscious intrusion. Breathing is another. Drawing every breath deliberately is almost as exhausting as refusing to take one. Trying to walk consciously will destroy its continuity, while reading, singing, nursing, eating, and even—especially—thinking are all perfectly compatible with cognition. What is it about deliberate control that destroys our ability to walk? The answer lies in science fiction.
Science Fiction Robots
Why do Gort, Tobor and Robbie all lumber? Why are robots always ponderous and awkward in our imagination? There are three ways of looking at the question.
- The first is the most obvious: They're all men in suits. Robots lack grace because the sci-fi movies that formed their stereotype were low-budget. There wasn't enough money to make robots walk like people, and so they became—and remain—stiff and hulking. This way of looking at the problem is perhaps the most literally true, and so also the least revealing. But thinking about men in suits does lead to the second way.
- Robots lumber because it is a reflection of their internal nature. The characteristics that make up the robotic soul shine outwards and create their physical appearance. Think of the classic robot attributes: loyalty, pitilessness, strength. Inflexibility in the sense of being faithful, merciless, and hard-fisted informs how a robot should behave and so, naturally, how it ought to walk. Robots cannot experience or express subtlety and this fact expresses itself in their gait. This answer is better than the first but it still doesn't articulate what it is about walking that gives robots such difficultly.
- The third way is the real answer to the question: Robots lumber because they are not human.
Walking is what happens when you unify the act of supporting your weight with your leap into free fall; when you reconcile your opposition to gravity with your submission to it. When this give-and-take between opposites happens very quickly, it produces the illusion of smooth, lateral motion. Reconciliation of opposites like these into a middle way is a faculty that robots lack—because they can have only those aspects of ourselves that we can analyze and then consciously simulate. And we can't think ourselves into walking. We don't "know" how to walk, and so cannot program robots to do it with any facility. We can't even teach it. Babies are not shown how to walk, they are encouraged to let go of the coffee table and—by a method of their own discovery—cross the living room floor. Where they fall into their parent's beckoning arms.
Making Robots Walk
Making robots walk like us is difficult because the skills at the heart of being human are too close to excavate.
Walking is an example of our ability to weave opposites into usefulness. Our "highest skills are contingent on the unification of opposites;" this quote from a psychiatrist who studied human motion is profound because anything approaching an "essential" human quality—and therefore a quality which it would be useful to simulate in robots—will always remain in the corner of your eye. Imagine trying to explain why something is funny. Trying to point out something on the periphery of your vision makes you turn in circles, which is exactly what it feels like to explain a joke. Eventually you give up by replacing the profundity of humor with the profundity of being and say: "You had to be there."
Another way to think about the difficulty of abstracting our most useful qualities is to imagine ourselves submerged. We've been standing and walking for such a long time that those skills—and the opposites we unify to achieve them—have sunk right to the heart of us. And infiltrated our dreams. The two most stereotypical dreams that humans have, flying and falling, are testament. In these dreams our resistance and submission to gravity have been stripped from the cycle that walking transforms into forward motion, and we experience them unopposed. Any human faculty that trickles down through the mental strata until it joins the water table that supplies our dreams will pose a challenge to automation. The ultimate achievement of artificial intelligence will not be a conscious machine, but one that dreams. That is, if you can have one without the other.
Language Barrier
Another characteristic human activity in which the reconciliation of opposites breaks down is language. In the case of robots, the fact that we don't "know" how to reconcile Up with Down simply makes our robots clumsy. In language, however, the consequences of this collapse are more tangible.
The world enters us and is immediately fragmented by language. In walking, opposites are constantly reconciled; In language, these oppositions live lives all their own. They don't need to be reconciled with each other in order to be useful. While this is certainly a great help to conscious thought, it has also been a tragedy. Words like Up and Down are everywhere in our speech, but the distinction is especially clear in the language of morality:
We tend to think that falling is the pits because it lays us low and brings us down. You might get depressed or stoop to baseness if you are down and out for long enough. We would prefer to be on the up and up, doing super (L. super: above, over, on top) or even better, high. That'd be tops—pure heaven, (being high is sometimes tops enough to topple even the most stand-up guy, make him a failure [L. fallare: to trip or fall], and send him Down Below. Indeed, they have erected statues [L. stare: to stand] against it.)
As language developed in us—rising through our mental strata until it outpaced our talent for unifying its opposites—we became laden with a binary morality. Up or down, good or bad. This is one of the unforeseen consequences of abstract thought as English-speakers have inherited it.
The oppositions that flourish in language are fused only rarely and with incredible effort. When this happens, it's usually because wisdom or genius has been at work. This is what things like wisdom and genius are for. They are the constant darners who mend the reality that language leaves in shreds. They walk through the seeming sense that language gives the world, as every other part of us stumbles on the paradoxes that language generates. When we try to use language systematically, very quickly we feel ourselves lumbering. This is because thought that is perfectly ordered and explicit works against our deepest skills.
The Faerie Queen Robot
Systematic thought is also, often, profoundly unintuitive. Consider the example of the first robot in English literature.
This robot appears in a very long poem written in the 1580s by Edmund Spenser called The Faerie Queene. The poem narrates the adventures of several knights. One of them is named Artegal, who's followed by a mechanical servant called Talus. This servant is remarkably similar to our modern stereotype of the science-fiction robot. Talus is immensely strong, merciless and incapable of falsehood—something like the T-800 that protects Edward Furlong. He's also blessed with the moral intelligence of a three year old.
At one point in the story, Artegal chases the bandit Munera into her castle and orders Talus to kill her. Talus recognizes Munera's guilt and begins to batter down her castle door with his iron flail. Talus's assault fills the castle's defenders with terror and in desperation Munera appears on the ramparts with sacks full of gold. Her men pour this gold onto Talus as she pleads with him to spare her life. As the coins bounce off his metal skin, he breaks through the castle gate.
Morality and Motion
Artegal and Talus search for Munera amid the castle's cowering inhabitants. Talus deduces that Munera would hide beneath her stolen gold because she knows that the robot isn't there to loot. Talus plunges his arm into a heap of treasure and pulls Munera up by her blonde hair. She kneels at his feet and holds up her arms in supplication. Talus, unmoved, cuts off her hands and feet, takes them outside, then nails them to a high post to warn passersby of the punishment given to immorality. But Munera is still alive. Talus takes her by the waist and, holding her out in front of him, climbs to the top of her castle walls and throws her into a river, where she drowns in its mud. Later in the poem, after Artegal has been thrown into a dungeon by the villainess Radigund, Talus refuses to break him out because Artegal had broken a contract with her and so was technically in the wrong.
There is a connection between the lumbering morality—Talus's mercilessness and indifference—and the physical lumbering of all the robot stereotypes that ensued. Both Talus and his descendants were made to mimic human skills that cannot be performed without unifying opposites. The fact that Talus is fictional only shows off the artificial nature of the thing he was made to execute: binary morality. This morality is within us and it gives us no end of grief as we try to use it in a world that can only be traversed on the back of an endless cycle of reconciliation.
This morality is within us, and it is only part of the trove hidden above the ceiling tiles that make an office out of reality and the world into a secret.


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The two parties agreed to terms on Thursday and signed the contract, which will last through 2018. It was signed just two days before expiration. After Christmas, Texas Health and Blue Cross agreed on financial terms but couldn't get past a 90-day exit clause that the hospital system requested be included in the final contract. It's not clear whether that made it in, but each party seemed adamant in their beliefs that it be included or not before they'd sign anything.
The two also haven't disclosed what the final rate is, but Texas Health had requested a 5 percent increase of about $56 million, to which Blue Cross balked at agreeing to. The nonprofit also wanted a new contract to include its new, clinically integrated network with UT Southwestern Medical Center's physicians, called Southwestern Health Resources.
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Read the latest developments in legal news, topical legal features, profiles, monthly columns and more in the current edition of the LIV's flagship publication.
This month's books cover interlocutory appeals, superannuation and insurance, sentencing, DNA evidence and Australia as an international citizen.
John A Riordan, Wolters Kluwer/CCH Australia, 2016, $70
This book deals with the law pertaining to claims for total and permanent disablement benefits under superannuation deeds and insurance policies. It is divided into 13 concise chapters. It first introduces the fundamental principles and underpinning law concerning the power of superannuation trustees and insurers to accept or deny such claims (Chapters 1 to 4). It then considers the legal construct of "disablement" (Chapters 5 and 6), and examines the processes that a claimant may need to consider and/or go through to successfully challenge a denied claim (Chapters 7 to 15).
Throughout there is comprehensive discussion of Australian case law and succinct summaries and conclusions dispersed at appropriate junctures. Extensive use of quotes from judicial decisions is of immense value.
The book is suitable for academics, practitioners and decision-makers.
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Mirko Bagaric and Richard Edney, (3rd edn), Thomson Reuters, 2016, $153 ($137.70 for members through Law Books)
Not everyone has the time, money or inclination to wade through Mirko Bagaric and Richard Edney's encyclopaedic loose-leaf service on Australian sentencing law (more than 2000 pages at last count), which is why the compendious, single-volume Sentencing in Australia is such a valuable resource. Now in its third edition, the book offers a comprehensive survey of Australian sentencing law, both at the level of principle and in terms of its practical application. While this new edition will no doubt be a helpful first port of call for students and researchers, its primary audience is the practitioner.
The opening chapters offer a brief treatment of the overarching aims of the sentencing exercise and a discussion of recent important trends in Australian sentencing jurisprudence, such as the use of statistics in sentencing and the increasing resort to guideline judgments. The true value of the book, however, is in the 300-odd pages exhaustively enumerating the circumstances and factors that are capable, under statute and at common law, of aggravating and mitigating an offence.
Julian R Murphy, judge's associate, High Court of Australia
Greg Taylor, Thomson Reuters, 2016, $79 ($71.10 for members through Law Books)
A key principle that has underpinned criminal trials under Australian criminal law is that disputed legal issues that occur in the "running" – that is, during the trial – should be determined after the trial has concluded by way of an appeal against conviction. So the law has stood against the "fragmentation" of the criminal trial process by interlocutory appeals and, in fact, discouraged such appeals.
Notwithstanding that reluctance, in Victoria – following the introduction of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 – a right was provided to the prosecution and the accused to appeal against interlocutory decisions that occur in the currency of a trial. Interlocutory decisions have wide scope and would appear to embrace all procedural, evidentiary and substantive matters that would arise in a criminal trial.
It was a significant reform, guided by a desire to ensure miscarriages of justice could be prevented before they occur by, effectively, correcting an error or errors, that may have led to a substantial miscarriage of justice. In short, it offered a "prophylactic" against potential injustice. It was also a reform that was wider than similar provisions in NSW where there could only be an appeal against interlocutory judgment or orders.
The coverage of interlocutory appeals in Victoria is particularly deep and expressed clearly and concisely.
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Marcus Smith, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2016, $89 ($80.10 for members through Law Books)
This book deals with a large amount of material while remaining succinct, accessible and useful. Both the forensic/scientific side of DNA evidence, and the treatment by the courts of evidence gathered are dealt with to cover the gamut of legal, ethical and other policy considerations. Included are descriptions of the scientific bases for DNA use, collection methods, analysis and database management and use as well as admissibility, correct interpretation and other evidentiary issues.
A background to the complex scientific principles underpinning the use of DNA evidence is provided by understandable explanations. Post-trial use is also covered briefly in the final chapter.
The author well conveys the rapidly changing nature of evolution in the science surrounding DNA evidence and the responsive reaction by courts and legislators to deal with the resultant evidentiary idiosyncrasies that have arisen. The results are mixed, the so-called "prosecutor's fallacy" being one example of the difficulties and potentials for missteps involved.
The citations in the book range from reform reports to philosophical writings, reflecting the depth of consideration of all aspects of relevant legal interaction. Frequent reference to other major common law jurisdictions is made throughout the book, giving a perspective on alternative or novel approaches to the issues.
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Alison Pert, Federation Press, 2014, $125 ($112.50 for members through Law Books)
Can a state be considered to be a good international citizen? Is there a standard to measure the reputation of a state, and if so how does one go about evaluating it in a meaningful way? Australia as a Good International Citizen answers these questions with a comprehensive and fascinating analysis of Australia's role in the international legal community.
It considers Australia's role with an international law lens. The author argues that core attributes of being a good international citizen revolve around compliance with international law, supporting multilateralism and having morality and leadership. The ability of Australia to lend support towards international tasks is also a key attribute and provides context for Pert to follow Australia's engagement with various international instruments and legal bodies from the time of Federation in 1901 through to the recent Rudd and Gillard governments.
Pert's specific focus on two key attributes of a good international citizen, namely compliance with international law and support for multilateralism allows her to measure the State against a criterion of established international law standards and expectations such as the concept of doing good for the greater community. Treaty making, overseas aid and nominations for world heritage listings are examples of Australia being good international citizens, while protection of human rights and in particular Indigenous rights are areas that require extensive engagement.
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Not the heist itself, but the consequences of that heist. So basically a bunch of theives with guns and a scary mask sneak into the stock exchange to ruin Bruce financially but using his finger prints to execute risky bets that wouldn't pay off so they could ruin him financially. Fair enough.
HOWEVER, I'm not a market expert, but I'd be willing to go out on a limb and say that every trade executed that day would be voided. I like how Morgan Freeman says we "might" be able to prove fraud. Might. MIIIIIIGHT?! They have those dudes on CAMERA, there is no might. Any *beep* agency would know it was absolute FRAUD!
Fox: "If you look here on the video, after the smoke clears... There! There, the man in the leather jockstrap mask? He is clearly NOT an authorized trader..."
Investigator: "Eh... I dunno... maybe..."
Sure it was fun to watch, but completely unrealistic for a film that strives to be intelligent and as real as it can be in terms of comic book films. I feel like Nolan only made it in order to make a slight commentary on occupy wall street when they cop says "But I keep my money in the mattres" and the other dude replies, "It doesn't matter, it will be worth nothing!"


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Blue Jays' big bats come up small in extra inning loss to Rays
ST. PETERSBURG — The Blue Jays' big bats went on vacation in Florida on Saturday.
The heart of the order — Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista and Kendrys Morales — went a collective 2-for-13 with eight strikeouts with one RBI. That ultimately sunk the Jays.
Meanwhile, Tampa Bay left-fielder Mallex Smith was a one-man wrecking crew against Toronto at Tropicana Field. Smith went 2-for-2 with three walks and two stolen bases and scored the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Rays defeated the Jays 3-2, the second straight loss for Toronto and their fourth in five games to start the season. This is a team that certainly misses its closer Roberto Osuna who is on the DL with neck and back issues though Osuna is expected to be ready in Toronto's home opener on Tuesday at the Rogers Centre.
"They'll (break out)," said Jays manager John Gibbons when asked about his power guys. "They've all hit before. Sometimes you go through those stretches. But nobody's trying harder than they are, that's for sure."
Smith scored with two out in the bottom of the wild 11th inning. RHP Casey Lawrence — making his Major League debut — was brought in to start the inning for Toronto. Lawrence gave up a double to Smith, who was then moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Tim Beckham. Lawrence then intentionally walked Corey Dickerson and Kevin Kiermaier to load the bases. But then he walked second baseman Brad Miller with the count full to bring Smith home for the winning run. Certainly a tough spot for Lawrence, who was called up from triple-A Buffalo on Saturday morning, but the blame really had to fall on the shoulders of the team's big hitters.
Bautista, who went 0-for-4 with a walk, struck out four times and is 2-for-19 on the season.
The game featured a superb pitching match-up between starters Aaron Sanchez and Chris Archer, with neither getting a decision. Sanchez, who had to deal with blister issues in spring training, pitched seven complete innings, giving up one run on four hits, three walks while striking out six. He looked strong, throwing 101 pitches, 59 for strikes. Archer meanwhile gave up two runs in 7.2 innings on five hits with three walks and eight strike outs.
"I thought (my performance) was good," said Sanchez. "The ball was coming out of my hand well. The guys battled but we knew it was going to be a tough game with Archer on the mound. Things didn't shake out our way but on to the next. But it's a fun atmosphere when you've got two competitive guys out there trying to keep zeros across the board. We'd like to win that game but we battled to the end and that's what this team's about."
Sanchez, 25, had his fastball hitting 96-98 mph early in the game and mixed in a good change up to keep the Rays on their toes later in the game.
The Rays opened the scoring in the fifth when Corey Dickerson hit a single up the middle to score Derek Norris from third. With runners at first and second in the same inning, good defence saved Sanchez giving up further runs. Short stop Troy Tulowitzki made a nice catch by ranging back and jumping to snare a Kiermaier pop up and then second baseman Devon Travis pulled in a sinking line drive from the bat of Longoria.
In the seventh, with Bautista and Donaldson on base and none out, Morales punched a line drive just foul in left. He then hit into a double play, moving Donaldson to third. Tulowitzki then hit a single to left to score Donaldson and tie the game 1-1.
Russell Martin walked to lead off the eighth, fighting back form an 0-2 count. Justin Smoak then hit a single to right off Archer to move Martin to third. Kevin Pillar popped up to the catcher and Travis struck out looking. But then Donaldson hit a single up the middle to score Martin and give Toronto a 2-1 lead, chasing Archer out of the game for RHP Tommy Hunter.
Sanchez was relieved by Joe Biagini to start the eighth and the normally reliable Biagini allowed the Rays to tie the game 2-2 when he gave up a one out single to Steven Souza Jr. to score Longoria from second.
Martin, who has yet to record a hit this season, lead off the 10th inning against reliever Alex Colome with a walk and then moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Ezequiel Carrera. Rays' manager Kevin Cash then brought in RHP Erasmo Ramierz to face Kevin Pillar. Martin moved to third when Pillar hit a ball up the middle that Tampa second baseman Brad Miller made a great snag for the out. The inning ended on a Travis fly ball to centre.
Kendrys Morales had 33 million reasons to sign with the Blue Jays this off-season. As in dollars.
But there were other more subtle reasons why he was happy to sign with Toronto. For one, Morales has played the last couple of years in Kansas City, whose big ballpark (Kauffman Stadium) is tough on hitters, Morales is looking forward to playing home games at hitter-friendly Rogers Centre. Also, now that he'll be located in Canada during the season, he can bring in his relatives in to watch him play — something he wasn't able to do throughout his career playing in the U.S.
"One thing I'm pretty excited about is I can bring my family (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) to Canada without any issues and they're actually able see me play in the big leagues live for the first time," said Morales prior to Saturday night's game at Tropicana Field against the Tampa Bay Rays. "I can bring my people to Canada and I'm excited for that."
For political reasons, travel between Canada and Cuba has been much easier than travel between the U.S. and it's island neighbour to the south, though the U.S. and Cuba have relaxed restrictions recently. For Cubans visiting Canada, a temporary resident visa must be obtained and passport is needed.
Morales, who escaped Cuba in a raft to Florida in June 2004, lives in Miami in the off-season with his wife Yarley and three children: Hanely, Kendrys Jr. and Andrea.


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Book Review | Critical Failures V by Robert Bevan
Robert Bevan is someone I've been reading for a long time now, getting into his books a few years back and reading them all multiple times. His latest book in the series, Critical Failures V, has left me a little on the fence.
While each book in the series so far has followed the standard formula of problem at start -> solved at end + new cliff-hanger (introduced to keep you wanting the next one), this one meandered along without much urgency and ended without any real satisfaction.
In this one, the expanding cast of unique characters has been split into multiple groups as they set out to find Tim who they believe is trying to abandon them all in the game. The splitting of the party was something I particularly enjoyed as it allowed some lesser characters the chance to shine on their own, giving us a chance to get to know them better.
Mister Bevan does a great job at pulling together all the divergent paths the characters have taken by the end, but this is where it fell down for me. I looked at the progress bar on my Kindle and thought it must have been malfunctioning. It said 99% and I felt that the climax of the book was about to kick into gear, but instead I was left with a cliff-hanger ending without any real feeling of satisfaction.
I would have gladly waited another 6 months or a year or more to have this storyline play out to a more satisfactory conclusion. As it is, it feels like I only read half a book, and for a book that's close to 100,000 words, it felt kind of short.
Will I keep reading the series? You bet. I'm a huge fan of this universe and all the characters that make it what it is… just this one missed the mark a little for me. Was it as funny as previous books? I didn't think so. It still gave me a chuckle here and there, but nothing that made me drop my Kindle and make my wife worry about my sanity, like in previous books.
There was some interesting character growth along the way. Cooper and his sentient axe whispering into his mind should prove interesting in future adventures, and a blossoming, unexpected relationship between a character and an NPC (I won't say who so not to spoil anything).
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A good addition to the universe without really moving anything forward. If you've not read anything in the series before you'll be lost, so I suggest you start at Book 1 (it's only 99 cents!).
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A VANDAL who stole the head of a town's treasured Lego statue suffered a brick of conscience – returning it three days later with a note reading: "Sorry was very drunk xxx."
The mechanic in blue dungarees had stood outside a toy shop in Cirencester, Glos for eight years.
But, during heavy snow on Friday night the local landmark was "midlessly" vandalised with its head removed.
It prompted Crocodile Toys owner Mark Mitchell, 50, to launch a social media appeal for its return.
And he was delighted when it turned up on his doorstep three days later with the hand-written note.
Mark said: "It's a very heavy object and moving it is no small feat.
"All I can say is that it was stolen mindlessly – even if those responsible were drunk.
"I'm just relieved to get the head back.
"I think the person who did it was a bit embarrassed after word got about so at least they had the decency to give it back.
"He's now back in place and fixed up again.
"Our Lego man has been outside for eight years and is great for the people of Cirencester and tourists, who love to be pictured with him."
It comes as parents with kids who are mad for Lego were advised to head to their nearest Smyths store this month.
The toy shop has just slashed the cost on its Lego and Duplo sets by up to 20 per cent.
The promotion is available in in-store and online – but you've only got until March 27 to take advantage of the deals.
If you do order online, you can get free delivery on all Lego sets over £15 too.
Deals include a Lego City Heavy Cargo Transport down to £19.99 from £24.99.
There is an £11 saving on Lego Duplo Farm Adventures which is now £43.99.
And, a 20 per cent saving can be had on Disney Princess Ariel Royal Celebration Boat which is now £35.99.
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The new offer is a $2-a-share increase from a previous bid and represents a 1.9% premium to Icos's Friday close of $33.35. Icos's shares rose 1.5%, to $33.85...


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Minneapolis lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. The city is abundantly rich in water, with 13 lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls, many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. It was once the world's flour milling capital and a hub for timber. The city and surrounding region is the primary business center between Chicago and Seattle, with Minneapolis proper containing America's fifth-highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies. As an integral link to the global economy, Minneapolis is categorized as a global city.
In terms of its number of openly gay politicians, gay wedding ceremonies, pride events and gay-inclusive religious organizations relative to the size of the total population of the city, Minneapolis has one of the largest LGBTQ populations in the U.S. Noted for its strong music and performing arts scenes, Minneapolis is home to both the award-winning Guthrie Theater and the historic First Avenue nightclub. Reflecting the region's status as an epicenter of folk, funk, and alternative rock music, the city served as the launching pad for several of the 20th century's most influential musicians, including Bob Dylan and Prince.
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When J.K. Rowling published "Harry Potter," she released a magic that has been carried on within her readers, long after the last book was put to print. Soon, a new chapter in the world of witchcraft and wizardry will be flung into the laps, minds and hearts of all HP fans throughout the universe … and, for the first time, on stage.
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," a play by Jack Thorne, is based on an original story by Rowling, Thorne and John Tiffany. The official script will be released in book-form on July 30, 19 years after Potter was first introduced to imaginations.
In celebration of this revelatory release, the Princeton Kids' Event Coalition will recreate the excitement of an HP fan favorite: the midnight release party.
The party will commence at 9 p.m. at Princeton Public Library. All attendees are invited to become their favorite for the evening or dress in the colors of their favorite house. There will be games, prizes, wizard candy, photo opportunities and endless Hogwarts fun. Wizard Chess will be played, fortunes will be told in the Divination Tower, and magicians will be casting spells and playing tricks.
If you get hungry, Thomas Sweet will be supplying delicious sweets at "Honeydukes Sweet Shop" and Small World Coffee will be brewing some butterbeer. There will also be a birthday cake, baked especially for Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling by Olives.
From 8 p.m. – as a courtesy to little wizards – the library will play a Harry Potter film. Party guests are welcome to pop in anytime to watch Harry, Ron and Hermione take on many-an-adventure once again.
"I'm not exaggerating when I say I grew up with Harry Potter. When 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' was released, both Harry and I were 17 years old. I remember the excitement behind every midnight release," said Teen Services Librarian Jocelyn Jimenez. "I think the best part is the sense of community that can only come from a massive shared love and the fact that the story resonated with so many different people of all ages. I think there are going to be so many people who, like me, grew up with Harry, but this time will be sharing the experience with their young nieces or nephews, brothers and sisters, or even children of their own."
As the night inches on toward midnight, the party will hop to Labyrinth Books and jaZams. Kids ages 15 and older will go to Labyrinth and kids 14 and younger will go to jaZams. As you wait for the midnight release, there will be activities such as Harry Potter trivia.
The Princeton Kids' Events Coalition is a partnership between Labyrinth Books, jaZams Toys & Books, Princeton Public Schools and Princeton Public Library to celebrate children's book authors and encourage reading.
"The Princeton Kids' Events Coalition is not only a model of how well different institutions can work collaboratively if there is an underlying shared conviction – in this case: the importance of books and reading – but also of how much fun it can be," said Dorothea Von Moltke, co-owner of Labyrinth Books. "It just turns out you have more and better ideas together than on your own. I'm sure the Harry Potter party will be a great example of that."
Jimenez said, "Without a doubt, it's going to be a magical night."


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ETERNAL and infinite Jehovah! Framer of our bodies and Father of our spirits! we adore You as our Father and our God, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — as that most high and holy Being, whom angels praise,. whom dominions adore, before whom all pοwers fall down and. tremble, and whose excellent glory cherubim and seraphim proclaim forever.. On this morning of the day sacred to You, we would come before You, in the name οf that Savior, whose glorious rising this day is commemorated. By Your good providence we are once more permitted to assemble in the tranquility and happiness of the family circle. You have watched over us during the past night, have spared our lives, and made us the monuments of Your preserving goodness. And now, our Father, may we come to You in the spirit of faith and devotion. Save us from the guilt of hollow professions and heartless prayers, — and let us not draw near unto You with our lips while our hearts are far from You.
We praise You, God of Grace, for all those religious blessings, which we are now especially called upon most gratefully to remember, and for all the holy recollections which this day brings to our minds. Glory be to You, Father of mercies, for that Savior, who triumphed over the grave and made death His captive. We bless You, that You, who, in times past, spoke to the fathers by the prophets, have, in these latter days, spoken to us by Your Son Jesus Christ; that You have sent Him to go before us in the way of duty and of suffering, to be our guide and deliverer, to save us from our sins, and to show us the way to Your favor, which is life, and Your loving kindness, which is better than life. How should we adore Your goodness, Ο God, that when spiritual darkness covered the earth, and mankind had wandered far from You, You stretched forth the arm of Your mercy, mighty to save, and powerful to bless, — and that the Messenger of Your truth and love appeared, the friend of sinners, and the guide to immortality. We bless You, that though earth be a land of darkness, and over it be spread the shadow of death, yet there is an inheritance of glory reserved for Your children in a brighter world, —that though we are born to die, yet Christ has taught us that we die but to live forever, — and through the grave has opened to us the pathway to the mansions of bliss and glory. And we pray, Ο Father, that while we are grateful for the high and rich blessings of the Gospel, our hearts may be subdued to its dominion and sanctified by its influences; that we may live in the purity of Christian faith, and die in the joy of Christian hope.
Father in heaven! we beseech You to be with us, and bless us this day, and prepare our hearts for Your service. Ο send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead us, let them bring us to Your holy place. In Your earthly temple, may we this day meet around Your altar, and there put away all our earth-born passions, our distracting cares, οur vain and frivolous thoughts, and offer to You that homage of the soul, which You will not despise. May we enter Your gates with thanksgiving, and Your courts with praise, there to pour out our hearts to You in the voice of prayer, and to seek some good instruction, some purifying, sanctifying, influences from Your holy word. Ο save us from a careless, formal, hypocritical worship; and when we receive good impressions, let them not be as the morning cloud and the early dew. We lament before You, that we have so often forgotten Your goodness and violated Your laws, and that our souls have been so much estranged from You, and from pure and holy things. We pray that this day, and during the whole of our lives, we may love You more and serve You better than ever yet we have done. May we leave behind, our follies and our sins, and press on toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. May the virtues and graces of the Gospel be the ornaments of our lives and characters. May we seek to imitate the example of our Savior, and to transcribe into our own souls something of His meekness and humility, His fervent piety and patient resignation, His enlarged benevolence, His generous and holy zeal in doing good. Knowing that a day is coming, in which You will render unto every one according to His works, may we be as those who live for eternity.
We pray for Your servant, who ministers in sacred things to the society, of which we are members. Bless his labors in the cause of Christ, and make him the instrument of turning many to righteousness. Let Your blessing rest on all the ministers of the Gospel; may they be animated, faithful, zealous, and successful in imparting and enforcing the truths, the warnings, and the hopes of our holy religion. We pray that Your presence and blessing may be with all the assemblies of Your worshipping people this day, — and may the power of Your word be displayed in turning men from the error of their ways unto You, the living and true God. Grant, Ο God, that the kingdom of Your Son may be more widely diffused and more firmly established, and that all the nations of the earth may come to the knowledge and worship of You, through Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. In His name we offer our prayer, and ascribe unto You all power and glory forever. Amen.
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Nested Ecology provides a pragmatic and functional approach to realizing a sustainable environmental ethic. Edward T. Wimberley asserts that a practical ecological ethic must focus upon human decision making within the context of larger social and environmental systems. Think of a set of mixing bowls, in which smaller bowls sit within larger ones. Wimberley sees the world in much the same way, with personal ecologies embedded in social ecologies that in turn are nested within natural ecologies. Wimberley urges a complete reconceptualization of the human place in the ecological hierarchy. Going beyond the physical realms in which people live and interact, he extends the concept of ecology to spirituality and the 'ecology of the unknown'. In doing so, Wimberley defines a new environmental philosophy and a new ecological ethic.
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Motor dialogue and motor intentions in early infancy
The motor modality is often downgraded in favor of the visual and the auditive sense modalities. Our purpose with this project is to determine important motor properties in early infancy. The project aims at describing the development of motor dialogue and motor intentions through a combination of video coding and kinematic measurement with a motion capture system.
The empirical data of the study are video recordings of 60 non-clinical mother-infant dyads and 30 mother-infant dyads with the mother diagnosed with Postpartum Depression. The video recordings consist of 10 minutes of face-to-face interaction.
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Double Trouble
"Wilson? Wilson, can you hear me?"
Wilson shakes his head to clear his vision. He must have hit his head when he landed. His wrist is killing him, but all thoughts of that are pushed to the back of his mind by the sight before his eyes: two Houses … one, covered in dust and sheet rock debris, is being dragged away by Police … the other, looking tanned and devastatingly handsome, is kneeling beside him on the sidewalk, gently probing his wrist and forearm.
"What's happening?"
"Shhh … it's alright now, Wilson. Just calm down and I'll explain. You bumped your head when you fell. You've been out for several minutes. I need to check you over. Don't try to get up just yet. I think your wrist is only sprained, but I want to run some routine tests and do a CT scan to be sure you don't have a concussion or any more serious injuries.
"It must be worse than that. I'm seeing double ..."
"You're experiencing double vision?"
"No … just you. I'm seeing two … of you!"
"Try to relax. I'll tell you everything on the way to the hospital."
"I should have run you over, you miserable little skirt-chasing back-stabber!"
Wilson turns his head sharply to the side, causing his vision to spin and a wave of nausea to overtake him as he beholds the second House - shrieking at them as he is being forced into the back of the patrol car.
"I don't understand … that's . . . YOU . . . House?"
"I'm ROGER!"
"Well … not exactly … come and sit in the ambulance with me and I'll tell you the whole story."
Cuddy and her guests appear to be remarkably unscathed by their recent ordeal, and are busy giving police statements. Wilson shakes his head again and allows House to help him up and into a waiting ambulance. The police car containing Roger starts to pull away from the curb, but Wilson can still hear the screaming lunatic within:
"You will address me as ROGER! Roger Yos Huge! Surely you didn't think I was going to keep my filthy muggle name ..." The words are cut off as the police car moves out of ear-shot. Wilson turns to House again.
"I don't understand ..."
"I'm sorry you had to go through all this, Wilson. That was Roger, my … evil clone."
* * * * * (pause for dramatic effect … or perhaps a commercial break) * * * * *
"A little over a year ago I found out about some highly … experimental procedures in cloning replacement tissue. Skin, organ tissue, muscle tissue … I had to try it, Wilson, I had to. But it went horribly wrong. In the laboratory rat tests, the cells just reproduced whatever tissue was supplied by the host. But the results were stunning, Wilson. Whole organs reproduced. Viable organs. Limbs. Whole viable limbs! The possibilities seemed endless, so I contacted the research department. Naturally they told me they were years away from any human tissue trials, and the legal and ethical ramifications would probably prevent any such research from occurring during my remaining productive years of life. But I couldn't wait, Wilson. In my years of practice I've made a lot of powerful contacts. Not all of them play by the rules either. I arranged to have my thigh muscle reproduced at a super secret institution on a certain tropical island outside of U.S. jurisdiction, but things didn't go quite as planned. The tissue growth was exponential. It was obvious by the end of the second day that an entire fetus was developing. By the sixth week the clone was physically and chronologically an adult male, but there appeared to be no discernible higher brain function. By the way, I had taken Thirteen into my confidence at the very beginning, intending to attempt future reproduction of neurological tissues to inhibit the progression of her Huntington's disease. She was in constant secret contact with the institute as my liaison during the study. Anyway, on week seven, the clone … Roger … became self-aware. He had all my knowledge and memories up until the time of the initial tissue sampling, which was done on the day after you asked me to leave the loft. Apparently that memory became one of his many obsessive fixations. I'm assuming that's why he tried to run over you just now. He somehow convinced Thirteen to help him escape from the lab, and together they concocted the plan to replace me with Roger. They made the switch the night of that crane collapse last year. Roger assumed my place here, and Thirteen took her leave of absence to hold me prisoner on another small tropical island near the secret institute. Roger met Cuddy that same night after the crane incident and began an affair with her (which I would never do), posing as me. Thirteen rejoined him about three weeks after he and Cuddy broke up. When she realized what a violent loon he had become, she aided MY escape from the island this morning and I rushed here to reclaim my life. And YOU. I'm only sorry I didn't get here in time to save Cuddy's house. And your poster frames. Wilson, you're the one I love. You're the one I've always loved, and my time on the island made me finally realize that I had to act on those feelings. If you … share those feelings …?"
"House, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard."
"You mean you don't share my feelings?"
"No … I mean YES … I mean the clone stuff is stupid!"
"You'd prefer me to be a homicidal maniac?"
"No … anything is better than that. So . . . okay . . . clone it is."
"But do you love me?"
"Of course I do, House. I've loved you for years. Sam was a mistake … both times … but at least it showed me what I really want. But what will happen to the clone now?"
"Oh, secret experimental evil clones are genetically predisposed to expire one episode after detection. He'll be gone along with Cuddy when we start the new season."
"Well that's convenient!"
"That's David Shore for you."
"So ... why does your evil clone call himself 'Roger'? What was it he was screaming? 'Call me Roger yoyo' ?"
"Uh … Roger Yos Huge. It's an anagram for Gregory House. Personally I prefer 'Huge Ego, Sorry' – but he chose to go with the more … physically descriptive name. We are identical in our physiques, after all … uh … well, you'll see … later."
"Why House, I do believe you're bragging!"
"Shut up and kiss me!"


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3rd International Conference by SCF on "Social and Economic Impacts of Globalization"
3rd International Conference on "Social and Economic Impacts of Globalization" will be held in Sueno Hotels Beach Side (http://beach.sueno.com.tr/) in Antalya during the period 5-7 October 2017.
The conference aims to provide a professional discussion platform for both academic and business professionals in the world. The main theme of the Conference is about social and economic impacts of globalization process. However, the Conference is open to all topics from main tracks Economics, Public Finance, Accounting & Finance, Islamic Finance, Management, Tourism Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Public Administration, Econometrics, Statistics, Operations Research and Social Services.
We will issue the proceedings CD including all the papers presented in the conference. Furthermore, the articles selected by the Scientific Committee will be forwarded to the conference journals.
Official languages of the conference are English and Turkish.
Important Dates:
|31 July 2017
|Deadline for abstract submission (extended) (Authors will be notified about the evaluation in 5 days after abstract submission.)
|17 July 2017
|Deadline for early-bid registration payment
|11 September
|Deadline for full paper submission
|25 September 2017
|Announcement of the detailed conference programme
|5-7 October 2017
Registration fees*:
|Type of Registration
|Early Bird Registration (24-April-18 July 2017)
|Late Registration (On or after 18 July 2017)
|Presenter of the paper (Price for per person in a double room)
|230 euro
|250 euro
|Presenter of the paper (Single room)
|300 euro
|325 euro
|Co-author, listener, and accompanying person (Price for per person in a double room)
|150 euro
|175 euro
|Co-author, listener, and accompanying person (Single room)
|200 euro
|225 euro
|Daily ( pensionless) participation
|130 euro
|150 euro
* Registration fee includes the submission and presentation of maximum two papers and ultra-all-inclusive accommodation during 5-8 October 2017.
* At least one author should register in the conference system and present the study for the studies with multiple authors. Registration fee provides the following services only for one author. If the other authors of the study participate to the study and want to benefit from these services, they should register the conference as "co-author/listener".
* One author and co-author can be participated to the Conference with a maximum of two papers.
* Registration fee does not include transportation.
English and Turkish papers will be accepted for evaluation
The maximum paper's length is 8 pages including references.
The paper has to be prepared according to the sample paper, abstract should be submitted via Registration, payment receipt and full paper in MS word format should be send firstname.lastname@example.com before due dates.
All submitted papers are subject to double-blind review process
All accepted full-papers will be distributed to all conference participants at the Conference in the conference proceeding CD.
Selected papers will be published in the following journals after regular review process of the journals:
International Journal of Applied Economic and Finance Studies (Official journal of the Conference)(For more information see www.ijaefs.com)
International Journal of Applied Business and Management Studies (Official journal of the Conference)(For more information see www.ijabms.com)
İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi (indexed in ULAKBIM, EBSCO-HOST, INDEX ISLAMICUS, ULRICHS WEB, DOAJ; For more information see http://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/itobiad/ )
South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics (indexed in EconLit, EBSCO, DOAJ, Cabell's Directory, RePEc: Research Papers in Economics; For more information see http://www.asecu.gr/Seeje/index.html)
Economic Ideas and Practice (indexed in EconLit; For more information see http://www.ekof.bg.ac.rs/publications/journals/economic-ideas-and-practice/editorial-board/?lang=en
Ecoforum (indexed in EconLit; For more information see http://www.ecoforumjournal.ro/index.php/eco),
Journal of Applied Research in Finance and Economics (indexed in ResearchBib, Sindex, 12or, Universal Impact Factor, Google Scholar; For more information see http://www.jarfe.org/index.php/jarfe/index),
Preliminary Conference Program of 3rd International Conference on"Economic and Social Impact of Globalization"
Advisory Committee
Assoc.Prof. Yilmaz Bayar, Usak University, Turkey, Chair
Prof.Cemil Ertugrul, Usak University, Turkey
Scientific Committee
Prof. Ali Bajgora, European College of Kosovo, Republic of Kosovo
Prof. Salvatore Capasso, University of Napoli, Italy
Prof. Mecit Es, Istanbul Commerce University, Turkey
Prof. Mustafa Gulmez, Akdeniz University, Turkey
Prof. Veronica Grosu, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
Prof. Valentin Hapenciuc, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
Prof. Miomir Jakšić, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Prof. Milica Jakšić, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Prof. Constantinos Katrakylidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Prof. A. Mesud Kucukkalay, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey
Prof. Carmen Nastase, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
Prof. Serap Palaz, Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, Turkey
Prof. Aleksandra Praščević, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Prof. Fatih Savasan, National Defence University, Turkey
Prof. Nada Zupan, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Assoc. Prof. Ulas Akkucuk, Bogazici University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Serkan Dilek, Kastamonu University, Turkey
Assoc.Prof. Birol Erkan, Usak University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Marius Dan Gavriletea, Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania
Assoc.Prof. Cuneyt Kilic, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Dimitrios Kousenidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Assoc. Prof. Karina F. Mekhantseva, Rostov State University of Economics, Russia
Assoc. Prof. Alexandru Nedelea, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
Assoc.Prof. Halil Ozekicioglu, Cumhuriyet University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Marianna Siničáková, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
Assoc.Prof. Grigorios Zarotiadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
PhD Stilianos Alexiadis, Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Greece
Assist.Prof. Metin Kilic, Karabuk University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Eftimov Ljupco, Ss.Cyril and Methodius University, Fyrom
Ph.D. Marilena-Oana Nedelea, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
PhD. Tomoko Oikawa, University of Limerick, Ireland
PhD. Marian Taicu, University of Pitesti, Romania
Assist.Prof. Mahmut Unsal Sasmaz, Usak University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Ahmet Tekin, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey
Assist.Prof. Fazli Yildiz, Dumlupinar University, Turkey
Organizing Committee
Assoc.Prof. Yilmaz Bayar, Usak University, Turkey
Assist.Prof. Mahmut Unsal Sasmaz, Usak University, Turkey
Mufit Aydin, Usak University, Turkey
Ercan Bahtiyar, Usak University, Turkey
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Mustafa Gulmez, Akdeniz University, Turkey
Assoc.Prof. Grigorios Zarotiadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece


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POMPANO BEACH -- Residents who live near the Intracoastal Waterway, concerned about speeding boaters, got one step closer on Tuesday to slowing them down.
City commissioners agreed to consider lowering the speed limit from 25 knots, or about 30 mph, to 5 knots, or about 6 mph. Commissioners instructed the city attorney to prepare an ordinance calling for the lower speed limit. The ordinance will be considered at a public hearing that is not yet scheduled.
``From what I`ve seen in past years this has got to be done,`` Commissioner Nate Braverman said.
More than 70 residents packed the City Commission meeting on Tuesday to complain about speeding on the Intracoastal.
Patrick O`Donnell, chairman of the Pompano Beach Marine Advisory Board, told commissioners that boating on the Intracoastal was ``less than safe.``
After requesting that residents submit opinions on the waterway, O`Donnell said 276 residents wrote that the speed should be reduced.
He said residents also noted that boating accidents often went unreported, that the waterway was crowded with all sizes of boats, from dinghies to yachts, and that the boats were too noisy.
``I`ve been involved in this thing for 10 years,`` said Ben Laitin, who lives on the Intracoastal. ``I`ve talked to everyone but the United Nations and everyone has passed the buck. You gotta have enforcement; the bottom line is enforcement.``
O`Donnell said the advisory board considered many options -- such as asking that more money and police enforcement be put into the area -- before coming to the commission. It decided lowering the speed limit would be the best solution.
A 30 mph limit also exists on the Intracoastal Waterway in Deerfield Beach and Fort Lauderdale.
O`Donnell said the quantity of vessles, not speed, causes congestion.
``In most cases you would be adding 10 to 15 minutes. Is a life worth 15 minutes? We feel that the time is well worth someone being prevented from being injured,`` he said. ``If it is congested and slow, I`ll like it better than the way it is now, congested and deadly.``


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Published on June 2, 2008
Author: s.mannion
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Seeing Identities: Visitors, Viewers, Communities and Tibetan Art University of Lugano Master's thesis Shelley Ann Mannion TEC-CH program September 28, 2007 Addition and Subtraction Benchung, 2006 http://www.rossirossi.com/artists/2.html
Museum display of Tibetan art Two empirical research projects Western and Tibetan responses to exhibition Social tagging by Tibetans in Switzerland Main findings: "seeing identities" 1. Museum visitors are culturally diverse 2. Museum visit articulates identity 3. Identity determines what is seen 4. Viewing is a complex process for Tibetans 5. Tibetan images evoke diverse responses
Why is this work important? Growing audience for Tibetan art 140,000 Tibetans living outside Tibet Increased Western interest in Tibetan Buddhism Role of Western museums Inheritors of cultural treasures Can support cultural transmission Museums as Contact Zones (Clifford 1997)
Research questions 1. Perceptions of Tibetan art 2. Visitor reception in ethnographic museums 3. Museums and the Tibetan community
Research design: mixed methods Phase 1: Museum exhibition Phase 2: Social tagging Social tagging experiment with 6 works of Visitor study 14 Dalai Lamas exhibition Tibetan art 36 Western and Tibetan visitors 23 Tibetans and Swiss Tibetans Tag collection, demographic survey, Ethnographic interviews, observation ethnographic fieldwork Statistical analysis, interpretation with two Transcription and narrative analysis original models
14 Dalai Lamas in Zurich The exhibition August 2005 – April 2006 17,000 visitors Institution of Dalai Lamas Theoretical models User/Visitor Model (Tota) Encoding and decoding (Hall 1980) Perfomativity (Butler 1990) Museum as cultural ecology (Bell 2002)
How were visitors conceived? Similar to the curator Intellectually oriented Sufficient background Educational/visual agenda Quiet, solitary visitors
Media: printed catalogue and audio guide Printed catalogue Audio guide
Photo alcove
Visitor response: Itineraries of identity Itinerary Way identity How artworks expressed conceived 1) General interest Lifestyle connection Sites of shared interest 2) Emotionally connected Imagined citizenship Reminders of travel through travel experience 3) Buddhist experts Articulation of Buddhist Sacred objects faith 4) Intellectual experts Proud of being experts Means to increase knowledge 5) Tibetans Attempt to preserve Sites of cultural cultural knowledge transmission
Obstacles to visitors' itineraries Attitudes Media Social & physical
Tibetan attitudes 'Westerners know 'Western display is more than us' inauthentic'
Interpretive media "Vehicle" integrated into perception Audio guide & catalogue Created artificial art/culture split (Samis 2007) Did not allow personalization (Martinez 1992) Photo alcove Photographs "irrepressible" (Edwards 2001) Open to personalization
Seeing Tibetan art through social tags Methodology Corroborate and complement (Brannen 2005) Metropolitan Museum of Art (Trant 2006) Unique focus on perception Population Tibetans in Switzerland Young (19-40 years old) 1st, 2nd, 3rd generation Tashi Lhazom from Kham, East Tibet
Tagging venues
Selected artworks
Customized steve platform Tagging interface www.seeingtibetanart.org
Collected tags 440 valid tags (387 unique) German, English, Tibetan Tag volume influenced by: Venue/Session length Generation
Curators versus taggers Confirm Met Museum tests Translation competence of 2nd generation Chenresig Dalai Lama female deity/goddess compassion multi-tasking
Tag volume by image Total valid tags by image Brief History 86 Padmasambhava 77 Avalokitesvara 71 Shri Devi 70 Wheel of Life 70 Chakrasamvara 66 Brief History of Tibet (Tenzing Rigdol, 2003)
Correct identification Correct identification by image Wheel of Life 14 Padmasambhava 6 Avalokitesvara 5 Shri Devi 3 Chakrasamvara 2 3 levels of recognition Symbolic Wheel of Life (Eastern Tibet, 1700 – 1799) Familiar Unknown
Word type classification Word type Example Proper name Avalokitesvara (Tibetan or Sanskrit term) Buddhist concept compassion, enlightenment Semantic analysis Buddhist noun deity, buddha Counts multiple words Verb or action watches over, protects Feeling or concept equality, fertility, heaven, horror Adjective scary, pretty, colorful Noun hand, horse, man, flower
Word types by image Word types by image Padmasambhava Brief History Proper name Buddhist concept Avalokitesvara Buddhist noun Verb or action Chakrasamvara Feeling or concept Adjective Shri Devi Noun Wheel of Life 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Word type conclusions Confirms 3 levels of recognition Mitigated by aesthetic qualities (Padmasambhava) Culturally-defined language for symbolic and familiar works Padmasambhava Tibet, 1800 - 1899
Engagement classification Type Definition Example Subjective Personal or emotional response beautiful colors silky material Buddha watches over us fertility connection/union subjugation framework Data derived Objective Culturally or intellectually Father-Mother Uses groups of tags defined response yab-yum Wang (Empowerment) No value judgement Kalachakra Meditation Tantra Non specific No connection or extremely good weak connection with artwork old valuable authentic real Non tag General comment Never seen image like this I don't know What is this?
Engagement by image Engagement tag types by image Brief History Shri Devi Subjective Padmasambhava Objective Nonspecific Chakrasamvara Nontag Avalokitesvara Wheel of Life 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Factors influencing engagement Cultural interest in art and architecture Level of education Number of museums visited Average tags per user by cultural interest 35.0 30.0 29.6 Number of tags 25.0 25.6 20.0 19.0 Valid tags 17.8 15.0 14.2 Engaged tags 13.2 10.0 10.5 10.8 5.0 0.0 Music and History and Religion Art and dance exile (Buddhism) architecture Folk dancers Bülach, July 2007
Engagement conclusions Taggers have distinctive orientations Different kinds of engagement Symbolic = objective engagement (stock phrases) Unknown/contemporary = subjective engagement (personalization) Personal identity influences engagement
Primary insights of this research 1. Complexities on the Tibetan side of the Contact Zone Challenge maintaining culture in exile Self-deprecating attitudes Translation competence of 2nd generation How different images engage viewers Tsewang Flawil, Switzerland
Primary insights of this research 2. New conception of ethnographic museum visitors Culturally diverse Perform identity Highly active, but constrained by ecology Visit linked to travel experiences
Primary insights of this research 3. Insights for effective interpretation Enlarging spaces through open texts Balanced use of media
Primary insights of this research 4. Success of mixed methods research Qualitative and quantitative data Social tagging and perception
Thank you to… All the participants Dekyi, Kyimo, Tenzin Küsang Thupten, Tashi Lhazom My advisors Prof. Anna Lisa Tota Helen Abbott Susan Chun Sponsors Rubin Foundation Rubin Museum of Art
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