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St. Luke's University Health Network attorney and children's author Jessica Armstrong.
As a child, Jessica Armstrong's love of reading, writing and public speaking took her to law school and later to St. Luke's University Health Network, where she serves as associate general counsel.
Now, those interests have led her to a new opportunity: children's book author.
Armstrong co-authored a newly-released book called "Growing Up Supremely: The Women of the Supreme Court" (Eifrig Publishing, Amazon, $9.99).
The 32-page book is based on a scholarly book called "The Rhetoric of Supreme Court Women," which was written by Armstrong's co-author, Nichola D. Gutgold, PhD., a published author, speaker and communications professor at Penn State University.
Armstrong and Gutgold debuted "Growing Up Supremely" on Friday at Swain School in Salisbury Township. The co-authors held two sessions for students: 1:30 to 2 p.m. for grades K-4 and 2:30 to 3 p.m. for grades 5-8.
A book launch party was also held at the school.
"Growing up Supremely" aims to teach children ages 6 to 12 about the four women–Sandra Day O'Connor, Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor–who have been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The book delves into the young lives of the four justices and looks at the obstacles they overcame in being appointed to the nation's highest court.
"We want to help young readers see the qualities of the first four women who have served as Supreme Court justices in a way that will motivate them to think big, read more and become the adults they want to be," said Armstrong, who lives in Allentown with her 17-year-old daughter, Keeler.
She pointed to Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, as an example.
"She graduated at the top of her class, but she couldn't find a job," Armstrong said. "No law firm would hire her because she was a woman."
Armstrong knows about perseverance.
A gymnast in her youth at Parkettes in Allentown, she won a full scholarship to Stanford University. She then went to University of San Francisco School of Law and practiced law in California.
Armstrong returned to the Lehigh Valley in 1996 and later joined St. Luke's legal team, helping the network achieve its mission of providing a continuum of quality care.
"I love practicing law for St. Luke's because I feel like I'm doing meaningful work in helping people," she said.
Armstrong met Gutgold through a book club they belong to.
Gutgold has written other works about trailblazing women.
Gutgold's book "Paving the Way for Madame President (Lexington Studies in Political Communication)" was co-written with the late Geraldine Ferraro, the first female Democratic vice-presidential candidate. Gutgold later turned that work into a children's book she co-wrote called "Paving the Way for Madame President."
When Gutgold asked Armstrong if she wanted to help write "Growing Up Supremely," Armstrong jumped at the chance.
Making the experience even better was the fact that her mother, Karen Armstrong, was a co-illustrator. "It was a family affair working on this book. It was really fun," she said.
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Q: How to Update SQL query for grouping data by months? I have following SQL query which is computing grouped data by days and gives following result:

Now i would like to convert this SQL query to calculate data grouped by months, is means that in column date should be:
2014-01
2014-02
2014-03
...

With sum of DIALS_CNT and other values (See example below)
2014-01 | 120 | 56 | 26 | 40

Could somebody tells me how can i get sum of columns by values and group by months?
Many thanks for any help.
SQL Query:
   var DIALS_CNT = "DIALS_CNT";
            var APPT_CNT = "APPT_CNT";
            var CONVERS_CNT = "CONVERS_CNT";
            var CANNOT_REACH_CNT = "CANNOT_REACH_CNT";
            var DIALED_CALLS_TABLE = "dialed_calls";
            var CALL_RESULT_STATE_APPT = "APPT";
            var CALL_RESULT_STATE_CONV_NO_APPT = "CONV_NO_APPT";
            var CALL_RESULT_STATE_CANNOT_REACH = "CANNOT_REACH";

            var DATE_FROM =  $scope.dateFrom;
            var DATE_TO = $scope.dateTo;

            var sqlQuery =
                "SELECT d.date AS DATE, "+
                "IFNULL(DIALS_CNT, 0) AS "+DIALS_CNT+", "+
                "IFNULL(APPT_CNT, 0) AS "+APPT_CNT+", "+
                "IFNULL(CONVERS_CNT, 0) AS "+CONVERS_CNT+", "+
                "IFNULL(CANNOT_REACH_CNT, 0) AS "+CANNOT_REACH_CNT+" "+
                "FROM "+
                "(SELECT DATE('2014-01-01', '+' || (t4.i*10000 + t3.i*1000 + t2.i*100 + t1.i*10 + t0.i) || ' days') date FROM "+
                "(SELECT 0 i UNION SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3 UNION SELECT 4 UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION SELECT 7 UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9) t0, "+
                "(SELECT 0 i UNION SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3 UNION SELECT 4 UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION SELECT 7 UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9) t1, "+
                "(SELECT 0 i UNION SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3 UNION SELECT 4 UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION SELECT 7 UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9) t2, "+
                "(SELECT 0 i UNION SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3 UNION SELECT 4 UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION SELECT 7 UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9) t3, "+
                "(SELECT 0 i UNION SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3 UNION SELECT 4 UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION SELECT 7 UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9) t4) d "+
                "LEFT JOIN "+
                "("+
                "SELECT substr(m.date, 1, 10) as my_date, COUNT(m.ID) AS '"+DIALS_CNT+"', "+
                "(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "+DIALED_CALLS_TABLE+" subq WHERE subq.call_result = '"+CALL_RESULT_STATE_APPT+"' "+
                "AND substr(m.date, 1, 10) = substr(subq.DATE, 1, 10)) AS '"+APPT_CNT+"', "+
                "    (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "+DIALED_CALLS_TABLE+" subq WHERE subq.call_result = '"+CALL_RESULT_STATE_CONV_NO_APPT+"' "+
                "AND substr(m.date, 1, 10) = substr(subq.DATE, 1, 10)) AS  '"+CONVERS_CNT+"', "+
                "    (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "+DIALED_CALLS_TABLE+" subq WHERE subq.call_result = '"+CALL_RESULT_STATE_CANNOT_REACH+"' "+
                "AND substr(m.date, 1, 10) = substr(subq.DATE, 1, 10)) AS '"+CANNOT_REACH_CNT+"' "+
                "FROM "+DIALED_CALLS_TABLE+" m "+
                "GROUP BY my_date "+
                ") t "+
                "ON d.date = t.my_date "+
                "WHERE d.date BETWEEN '"+DATE_FROM+"' AND '"+DATE_TO+"' "+
                "ORDER BY d.date DESC; ";

A: Use strftime from the SQLite Date and Time Functions.
Example:
sqlite> .dump
PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
CREATE TABLE t (
title text,
date datetime);
INSERT INTO "t" VALUES('foo','2014-09-30');
INSERT INTO "t" VALUES('bar','2014-09-28');
INSERT INTO "t" VALUES('baz','2014-08-27');
COMMIT;
sqlite> select strftime("%Y-%m", date) as d,
               count(*) as c
          from t
      group by strftime("%Y-%m", date);
2014-08|1
2014-09|2

Adapting this to your table structure and query should be easy.

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Q: Webpack dev server proxy router option doesn't work I'm setting up an application using the Vue CLI. I've come to configuring the proxy of the webpack-dev-server to proxy requests to a certain endpoint. Which endpoint to proxy to differs based on certain request parameters.
According to the http-proxy documentation, I should be able to do this using the router option (instead of the target property, but the target property is required by webpack-dev-server). Here's a minimal version of my proxy configuration:
{
  devServer: {
    port: 8080,
    host: 'localhost',
    proxy: {
      '/api': {
        target: 'http://localhost:8000',
        router: function (req) {
          console.log('Proxy router', req.hostname);
          return 'http://localhost:7000';
        },
      },
    },
  }
}

What I'd expect to happen here is that any requests made to http://localhost:8080/api would be proxied to http://localhost:7000. What actually happens is that it tries to proxy the requests to the endpoint configured in the target option.
To illustrate this, this is the console output:

Proxy router localhost
Proxy error: Could not proxy request /api/test from localhost:8080 to http://localhost:8000/.
See https://nodejs.org/api/errors.html#errors_common_system_errors for more information (ECONNREFUSED).

It executes the router function (as seen by the console log output above), but it seems to just ignore the result and proxy to the target endpoint anyway. According to the http-proxy docs, the target option isn't required when using the router option, so I would have removed it if I could, but webpack-dev-server itself requires the target option to be set and be a valid URI.
How can I get the proxy to use the router function in webpack-dev-server?

A: This appears to be a problem with the underlying http-proxy-middleware. Although that configuration does successfully proxy the request to /api to http://localhost:7000, if the proxied request fails the original target is logged:
const target = (this.proxyOptions.target as any).host || this.proxyOptions.target;
const errorMessage =
  '[HPM] Error occurred while trying to proxy request %s from %s to %s (%s) (%s)';

Source
If you turn up the log level, you can see that it is using the desired target:
'/api': {
  target: 'http://localhost:8000',
  router: function () {
    return 'http://localhost:7000';
  },
  logLevel: 'debug',
},

[HPM] Router new target: http://localhost:8000 -> "http://localhost:7000"
[HPM] GET /api => http://localhost:7000
[HPM] Error occurred while trying to proxy request /api from localhost:8080 to http://localhost:8000 (ECONNREFUSED) (https://nodejs.org/api/errors.html#errors_common_system_errors)

It looks like this was fixed in v1.1.2.


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10 Largest Ski Resorts in the World
November 9, 2021 by Nancy Levin
People from all around the world love to bundle up and hit the slopes to enjoy the exhilarating experience of skiing. As you might imagine, the most popular ski resorts around the globe are usually the ones with the best views and the most thrilling slopes to ski!
So, just how much ground can the largest alpine resorts cover? Today we'll be looking at 10 of the largest ski resorts in the world and ranking them according to how many kilometers of ski slopes they provide. We'll also learn some cool facts about each one!
Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn (Skicircus)
Size: 270 km
Highest Elevation: 2096 m
Number of Ski Lifts: 70
Source: wikimedia.org
The Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn ski resort, known simply as Skicircus for short, stretches from Tyrol to Salzburg through the beautiful Glemmtal mountains. In addition to ski slopes of all levels, Skicircus also includes ski huts, snow parks, and toboggan runs. New additions include spacious 10-person gondola lifts and an upgraded water reservoir for snowmaking.
The most popular part of this ski resort is located beneath the summit of Kohlmaiskopf mountain.
Source: skiresort.info
This gorgeous ski resort offers visitors unparalleled scenery with a panoramic view of over 70 nearby mountains that reach heights of more than 3,000 meters. The witches kids' park at the resort also offers a fun array of magical scenes and activities where younger children can become acquainted with the basics of skiing. The longest ski run goes from Hohen Salve to Söll and is considered a must-see for visitors!
Hohe Salve is said to be the most striking mountain peak in the winter sports resort area.
Tignes/Val d'Isère
The Tignes and Val d'lsere communes are connected by the ski slopes that serve as the main attraction at this exciting resort. This ski area was used as the site of the Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics alongside several other winter sporting events. Interestingly, this resort and its slopes are partially located atop glaciers as well as solid ground!
The Tignes commune is made up of five villages: Le Lavachet, Tignes Les Boisses, Tignes le Lac, Tignes Val Claret, and Tignes-les-Brévières.
St. Anton/St. Christoph/Stuben/Lech/Zürs/Warth/Schröcken – Ski Arlberg
This Austrian ski resort sits in the Tyrolean Alps and serves as a very popular hiking and mountaineering destination during the summer months when it's too warm to ski. This resort also retains bragging rights as the largest connected ski resort in Austria! The roomy gondola lift system serves to connect all the villages within the resort, and the resort as a whole is accessed primarily by railway.
In addition to the obvious pastime of skiing, visitors at this resort can go sightseeing, enjoy pools and waterslides, or ride on cycling tracks.
Les Sybelles – Le Corbier/La Toussuire/Les Bottières/St Colomban des Villards/St Sorlin/St Jean d'Arves
These beautiful French ski slopes are located at varying elevations between 1,100 meters and 2,620 meters and are generally classified at an intermediate level. 622 snow cannons keep the 46% of the slopes nice and powdery, ensuring that the whole resort consistently provides optimal skiing conditions. The name "Les Sybelles" hearkens to the six individual resorts that make up the complex as a whole.
La Toussuire, one of the six resorts, features a pedestrian center with an array of activities.
Zermatt/Breuil-Cervinia/Valtournenche – Matterhorn
Location: Switzerland and Italy
Also known as the Matterhorn Ski Paradise, this exhilarating alpine resort allows visitors to ski the slopes on one of the world's most famous mountains! Switzerland and Italy cooperate to allow skiers to enjoy both sides of the mountain in both countries during all seasons. Thanks to this resort's location being one of the highest in all of Europe, the glacier slopes stay crisp and ready nearly all year round.
This resort is highly popular and grew very quickly, making it the perfect setting for some creative architectural experiments.
Via Lattea – Sestriere/Sauze d'Oulx/San Sicario/Claviere/Montgenèvre
Location: Italy and France
Six conveniently connected resorts make up the Via Lattea alpine resort complex, and each one is reported to have its own distinct feel. There are plenty of slopes at all levels available so that all newcomers can find their ideal niche, and other attractions such as incredible international cuisine are available as well. The skiing area stretches from Sestrière in Italy to Montgenèvre in France.
The 2006 Olympic Winter Games of Turin were held at Via Lattea.
4 Vallées – Verbier/La Tzoumaz/Nendaz/Veysonnaz/Thyon
As the name would suggest, four different valleys and six resorts make up this wonderful alpine getaway. Iconic locations such as Verbier contribute to its high reputation as a premier resort, and its steep slopes are especially popular among advanced skiers. The varying conditions are also a high point of the area for enthusiastic skiers, and the resort culture at 4 Vallées is thriving.
During World War I, local ski resorts like Verbier served as sanctuaries for injured soldiers who required medical treatment.
Les Portes du Soleil – Morzine/Avoriaz/Les Gets/Châtel/Morgins/Champéry
Location: Switzerland and France
Number of Ski Lifts: 172
This massive ski resort boasts 12 stations between Switzerland and France, and has been one of the largest resorts in the world for decades. Hefty snow-making machines keep the lower slopes, which begin at elevations of 900 meters, open for longer periods of time throughout the year. The first lift at the resort was opened in 1934 and each cable-car seated 25 people.
The name Portes du Soleil was first bestowed upon this ski resort in 1965.
Les 3 Vallées – Val Thorens/Les Menuires/Méribel/Courchevel
Les 3 Vallées is the largest ski resort in the world by total ski slope distance. A single ski pass has linked the valles that give this resort its name since 1973, allowing visitors to freely enjoy the biggest alpine resort around the globe using only lifts and slopes. More than 2,000 snow cannons are spread across the resort to ensure that the lower areas stay powdery, but natural snowfall maintains most of the slopes without any help.
A staggering total of 28,500 piste marker poles in various colors serve to label slopes according to difficulty level so that visitors are always well-informed!
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I am not familiar with Oriah Mountain Dreamer's poetry, but, when I found this poem, it reached out and called me.
What questions do I ask myself, that I cannot answer. There is an eloquence in those questions that leads me to new questions, without knowing the answers. When I sense the world in one way or another, I am unable to sense it in any other way.
What if I live the wildness of life and I allow myself some abandon, not carelessness? I can dance with that wildness and not care about what others may think, hopefully making the world a better place.
When we open our hearts to the other, their standing in life is about who they are as a person rather than what identifies them: their job, their age, where they live, etc. When we open our hears to the other, it is an invitation to be human and humane with them.
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I have known and loved this creation for many years. It speaks to me in ways few things ever do. I heard that she came back from a party displeased with the content of the party chatter and wrote this in response.
Thank you for the insight and re-blog Russ. It reads like a conversation one would have with one's self after an event like that.
It would be wonderful to have a person like this for a friend.
It would be. There is a lot of love on those words.
I interviewed her twice (three times?). She's got some truly thoughtful sharings out there.
I found her maybe 10 years ago and have always enjoyed her insight into the human condition.
It took me a while to find her poetry, but it is uplifting.
These are strong and powerful words to feed the growth of humanity. Wonderful find.
She is one of my fav poets, and this poem always resonates with me. Thank you for sharing.
You are welcome. It easy to see how she can be a favourite poet.
This has been one of my favorite poems since I found Oriah's writings several years ago and have been following her blog – The Green Bough – ever since. I smiled in appreciation to find it here just now. I came across your blog today following a search on Margaret Wheatley's and Parker Palmer's wisdom words regarding healing and wholeness in organizations, and I was delighted to find so much inspiration. Thank you for sharing all this Ivon.
You are welcome and thank you. I found Oriah's site yesterday. I had read a little of her poem in the past, but it is clearly poetry i have to dive into more.
Please forgive my memory if I have asked before and forgotten, but now that this has been posted a little while, would it be okay to reblog it?
No problem at all; I am open to being reblogged at any time. Thank you for asking.
Thanks for permission. 🙂 I hope you are having an amazing day.
I love this post, so it was a must share. Please, direct likes to the original site if you can. Thank you.
What a wonderful post, Ivon! Thank you for sharing this poem too.
Thank you and you are welcome Amy.


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Living with cancer refers to the experience of receiving a cancer diagnosis and any treatment that may follow. During this time, patients will undergo treatment and may be asked to join a clinical trial to study new cancer therapies. Patients and their caregivers may be offered services to help cope with emotional, psychological, and financial concerns.
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Some US families and communities have been hard hit by globalisation but not because it's inherently bad. Rather globalisation's gains must be redistributed more evenly
by Ryan Greenaway-...
By Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy*
The narratives of Donald Trump's surprising US presidential victory are taking form.
One of those narratives focuses on globalisation. By promising to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and banging on about punishing China for stealing American jobs, Trump was able to resonate with a voter base that has been left behind.
(There is another narrative that says that he tapped into a lot of latent bigotry, and that narrative should not be ignored. Trump's rhetoric has clearly enabled some altogether barbaric behaviour that cannot and should not be tolerated. But I digress.)
On the face of things, it does appear that other countries gain more than the US from free trade. The Congressional Budget Office reckons that while NAFTA increased both US and Mexican gross domestic product (GDP), the percentage increase in Mexican GDP was between sixteen to twenty-one times the percentage increase in US GDP.
With the US getting such a small proportion of the overall benefits, who could blame the self-styled deal maker for thinking that these trade agreements are a rip-off?
Countries such as Mexico are, however, much poorer than the US, so such lopsided outcomes could be justified on social justice grounds alone. But it is understandably difficult to convince those left behind in the rust belt of America that their woes should be overlooked in favour of people in other countries.
But even if such redistributive arguments fall on deaf ears, we should not judge trade agreements solely in such narrow economic terms. The US gains a lot more from NAFTA than what is captured in those numbers, because the geopolitical benefits of trade agreements stretch beyond the simple maths of gross domestic product or employment.
The long-term security of the US depends on it having a strong partner south of the border.
Mexico faces significant problems – many of which are fuelled by the consumers of narcotics in the US. While it is far from being a failed state, parts of the country are in chaos, and renegotiating NAFTA on less favourable terms for Mexico would be a big blow to its economy. Should the unthinkable happen and Mexico spiral down into anarchy, the US will be faced with a significant threat sitting on its border. And that would be a huge cost to American taxpayers – wall or no wall.
In other words, it is in the interests of both Mexico and the US to raise living standards south of the border. Higher incomes mean more money in the public purse to plough back into law enforcement, education, health and infrastructure, creating a virtuous circle to pull Mexico further away from the lawlessness and misery created by its drug cartels. And a strong Mexico is less likely to need or accept assistance from other foreign powers – whose interests may not align with those of the US.
What is more important is to realise that this does not have to be a choice between Mexico or the rust belt.
Globalisation has indeed been tough for many families and communities in America, but this is not because globalisation is inherently bad; it is because the gains from globalisation have not been shared evenly. Put simply, there needs to be more redistribution. But that is no easy task in a country where the term 'socialist' is used as a pejorative.
The peso tanked on election night, vividly illustrating how Trump's campaign rhetoric alone is already affecting the Mexican economy – and by extension America's relationship with Mexico. That needs to be repaired – for the sake of both countries. Let's hope that that President Trump is an altogether different prospect than Candidate Trump.
*Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy is a senior lecturer in economics at the University of Auckland. Prior to that he was a research economist in the Office of the Chief Statistician at the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) in Washington DC.
University of AucklandTradeFree Tradeprotectionismfree trade dealsTariffsNAFTAglobalisationincome inequalityredistribution of wealthDonald Trump
by Roelof | 19th Nov 16, 8:01am 1479495660
There is alot in this article that I'm unsure about...
Maybe, Globalization as some kind of Social experiment, as a way to redistribute wealth, is part of the reason for both Brexit and Trump getting elected.
Maybe people perceive the whole "Globalization" thing as being driven by Multinationals and the 'bureaucratic mind"..
I'm not arguing for or against..... BUT.... If USA has a chronic Trade deficit with China, for example, and pays for that with "borrowed Money"..... HOW ON EARTH does that enhance the wealth of anybody in the USA...?? ( Sure, for a time, consumers can buy cheap trinkets)..
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html
One of the unintended consequences of this might well be Global destabilization as a result of "China" becoming a Global Military superpower... Is China our friend..??.. and the USA becoming poorer.. ( it has massive debt )
I only say this in response to the above articles unusual comments about Mexico as if Globalization creates stability.???
The above article , in my view, is part of what the people of America might be reacting too...
Maybe they feel they have been sold a lie... in regards to the principles and benefits of so called free trade and Globalization...
Is it a healthy thing for a Nation to be relatively self sufficient..??
Should a Nation only export surplus production??
Should a Nation basically have "open borders".
Is the whole idea of "Nationhood" a very good thing.... ( and to what degree.??? )
There are plenty of intelligent questions to be asked and answered in regards to the long term value of Globalization..
Trouble is..... Joe Blogs...the public.... has never been asked a single question.... and maybe at some point Joe Bogs reacts in what the Author labels as a contempt for socialism..???
As a metaphor.. The family home is nice, and enshrines family values... but the idea of the "family unit" is old fashioned and we are really a 'global family".. From now on we have to allow others into our family homes...( and we have to support those who come into our home and have "needs" )..
If we accept that we have to have others in our own home.... should it be anyone..or should it be others that share our values??? etc...etc...
We have not voted on this...We have not debated this...had dialogue... it has simply happened.
Don't you think this is a big deal..??
What are the long term effects of this..?? what are the unintended consequences..?? etc.
( This is an off the cuff metaphor, so it might not be the best.... )
I dont really have a position on this as I have not given it much attention....and what I've written is just a response to this article....
BUT... there are plenty of questions that can be asked...
PS... Is it possible that some of Mexico's problems may be of their own making..???
by PocketAces | 19th Nov 16, 8:16am 1479496560
"Is it a healthy thing for a Nation to be relatively self sufficient..??" Absolutely
"Should a Nation only export surplus production??" Not necessarily, but where the necessities go, perhaps
"Should a Nation basically have "open borders"." In a perfect world, yes, we aren't perfect, so no, but keep working toward it
"Is the whole idea of "Nationhood" a very good thing.... ( and to what degree.??? )" Without some degree of nationhood we couldn't have something like the All Blacks, but that is roundabout where it needs to stop.
And you are spot on to compare it all to the family home, because the reality is, it is all the same, just on a bigger scale, isn't it?
Are you old enough to remember the days when people could enter your home with little more than a "yoohoo, you got the billy on?" your doors weren't locked, no-one was a threat. Now we keep everything double locked at the front even though we are just out the back. I know which I preferred.
by David George | 19th Nov 16, 8:19am 1479496740
Good points and Questions ; just who is your government working for?
by David George | 19th Nov 16, 10:41am 1479505260
Some excellent analysis from Der Spiegel on this very subject:
"Now, in 2016, many people in Western, industrialized countries are worried about losing their jobs, their prosperity and that of their children. They see themselves as the losers of a development that has only helped the elite.
The belief that politics doesn't serve the body politic and that the economy doesn't serve the people has taken firm hold. That only corporations and the rich profit. And that globalization, with its open borders and freedom of movement for both goods and people, is to blame for it all. "Globalists" is the word Trump derogatorily uses for people who promote these values"
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/globalization-failures-have-wo...
by Zachary Smith | 19th Nov 16, 9:07am 1479499620
Also from that article:
Today, though, we once again find ourselves with a need for strong global institutions and global rules.
Sounds pretty scary to me.
by 2bobmillionaire | 19th Nov 16, 10:25am 1479504300
never visited them before but der spiegel says it better than I ever could and without insulting anybody.
by 2bobmillionaire | 19th Nov 16, 8:37am 1479497820
[ insults of anyone not acceptable here. Comment on the issues raised please. Ed]
by Didge | 19th Nov 16, 8:46am 1479498360
Too early open borders of 'western' societies surely help influxes of populations that do not yet have the education, training and social conditioning or other factors that permit integration. In an overpopulated world little is being done to control such a problem. Permitting free influxes from societies that do not understand the urgent need for birth controls defeats our more forward thinking populations.
Open borders will mean the end of social welfare. Libertarians are okay with that apparently. Certain populations have very high birth defect rates as well.
Countries such as Mexico are, however, much poorer than the US, so such lopsided outcomes could be justified on social justice grounds alone.
I see, a social justice warrior.
by nymad | 19th Nov 16, 12:05pm 1479510300
Cherry picking at it's finest..
by Zachary Smith | 19th Nov 16, 2:25pm 1479518700
Not at all nymad. Actually the most significant two words in the article. See my explanation below.
by nymad | 19th Nov 16, 2:28pm 1479518880
I agree with your comment below.
However, mentioning 'social justice' <> "Social Justice Warrior"
That was the objection I had.
Fair enough. I was trying to condense my claim into as few words as possible however in accordance with the commenting policy I will, in future, endeavour to present more detailed and reasoned arguments.
by tim12 | 19th Nov 16, 9:32am 1479501120
how could we have open borders? If we opened our borders today what would our population be in 12 months time? 20 million?
by PocketAces | 19th Nov 16, 12:19pm 1479511140
It can't really be done unless we are all singing off the same songsheet, and by that I mean, we all share the same ideals where civil rights, education, the environment, secularity of society etc while retaining the freedom to follow religions - within reason. It will only be that way if no one country is more desirable than another other than for the climate, perhaps. Looks like pie in the sky, at the moment, it is pie in the sky, that is no reason not to work toward it, I'd like to be able to freely travel through other countries without hassle or danger.
It is inevitable if you look back and realise that once upon a time, villages fought with each other.
by two otherguys | 19th Nov 16, 2:03pm 1479517380
Where would you put them?
They would have to bring their own tents and blow-up matresses
Government and local councils would have to create tent cities
by Zachary Smith | 19th Nov 16, 11:14am 1479507240
Mexico also has a southern border problem with hundreds of thousands fleeing places like Honduras and Guatemala and beyond. It looks like it will be necessary to provide "social justice" to all the countries south of the Mexican border also.
Honduran migrants: 'We left because we had to'
by CJ099 | 19th Nov 16, 11:57am 1479509820
Well here's some social justice: Trump settles Trump University lawsuits for $25m
From BBC article: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38021820
The businessman faced three fraud lawsuits in California and New York.
During the election campaign, Mr Trump was criticised for saying that the California judge hearing the case could not be impartial because he is of Mexican heritage.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement: "Today's $25 million [£20m] settlement agreement is a stunning reversal by Donald Trump and a major victory for the over 6,000 victims of his fraudulent university.
"The victims of Trump University have waited years for today's result and I am pleased that their patience - and persistence - will be rewarded by this $25 million settlement."
by Alter Ego | 19th Nov 16, 12:13pm 1479510780
How "Presidential" of Trump to fulfill his obligations, at long ...................last.
His "Victims" must be so proud of the Electoral System.
Now Mr Trump can miraculously change his ways????????????????.
(Or perhaps get impeached).
Good grief, could it be there will be a President Shapeshifter
by CJ099 | 19th Nov 16, 12:33pm 1479511980
CNN have some interesting points about how Trump policies could bolster China's regional clout. Worth having a look at: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2016/11/17/trump-tax-plan.cnnmoney/index...
And there's another relevant and eye opening article on the so called tax cuts for everyone in the US. How Donald Trump has promised tax cuts for everyone, but a study published by the Tax Policy Center suggests Trump's plan could actually raise taxes for millions of families.
Christine Romans breaks down the math: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2016/11/17/trump-tax-plan.cnnmoney/index...
by Roelof | 19th Nov 16, 12:47pm 1479512820
Thks for the spiegal link ( in kiwidaves comment )
"As imperfect as they are," he said, they are the guarantee for prosperity. Isolation and attempts to defeat globalization, he said, were self-defeating. "Today, a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself."
Somewhere in the middle is the commonsense approach.... The argument is not one vs the other... ie.. Globalization vs isolation..
For example,..too me, it seems like commonsense that Vancover City introduced a foreign buyers tax..... (sometimes there may be good reason to.... "put up walls"...)..
If we have environmental compliance laws in NZ, should we impose a tariff on imported products that are produced in a way that damages the environment ( even thou it is not our environment )...??? After all... competing NZ companies have these compliance costs to bear..??
etc...etc...
Greenaway-McGrevy actually uses the slogan 'social justice' in this article. Strictly speaking people in other countries are not part of society so there are no grounds to pursue social justice with them. Social justice implies a social contract with citizens concerning distribution of a society's resources.
The idea of universal or international social justice is relatively new and was introduced by the Soviet Union!
The United Nations' 2006 document Social Justice in an Open World: The Role of the United Nations, states that "Social justice may be broadly understood as the fair and compassionate distribution of the fruits of economic growth..."
The term "social justice" was seen by the U.N. "as a substitute for the protection of human rights [and] first appeared in United Nations texts during the second half of the 1960s. At the initiative of the Soviet Union, and with the support of developing countries, the term was used in the Declaration on Social Progress and Development, adopted in 1969."
The same document reports, "From the comprehensive global perspective shaped by the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, neglect of the pursuit of social justice in all its dimensions translates into de facto acceptance of a future marred by violence, repression and chaos." The report concludes, "Social justice is not possible without strong and coherent redistributive policies conceived and implemented by public agencies."
The same UN document offers a concise history: "[T]he notion of social justice is relatively new. None of history's great philosophers—not Plato or Aristotle, or Confucius or Averroes, or even Rousseau or Kant—saw the need to consider justice or the redress of injustices from a social perspective. The concept first surfaced in Western thought and political language in the wake of the industrial revolution and the parallel development of the socialist doctrine. It emerged as an expression of protest against what was perceived as the capitalist exploitation of labour and as a focal point for the development of measures to improve the human condition. It was born as a revolutionary slogan embodying the ideals of progress and fraternity. Following the revolutions that shook Europe in the mid-1800s, social justice became a rallying cry for progressive thinkers and political activists.... By the mid-twentieth century, the concept of social justice had become central to the ideologies and programmes of virtually all the leftist and centrist political parties around the world...." LINK
So even the UN agrees with me that it is a Leftist Revolutionary Slogan.
This is really the crux of the argument I think and it will lead to conflict. Nationalists believe social justice, in the sense of the distribution of wealth, only applies to citizens while globalists believe it should apply to everyone. Social justice ultimately means redistributing your wealth to foreigners. We are the global petite bourgeoisie when you think about it. The slogan is deliberately designed to sound kind of nice and appealing.
by lesnakey | 20th Nov 16, 8:21am 1479583260
> This is really the crux of the argument
Nope. You missed the crux of the argument altogether, which was this:
> The long-term security of the US depends on it having a strong partner south of the border.
Do you disagree?
Yes I disagree. That just sounds like paying protection money to the Mob. The South, in a sense, is stronger than the North and has invaded the US. California used to be a paradise on Earth and now it is not. It is practically bankrupt due to social welfare payments.
I'd rather have chaos south of the border behind a strong and heavily defended wall than the Brazilification of the US.
The anti-open borders folk respect other peoples and understand that in many respects they can be stronger than us.
> Yes I disagree. That just sounds like paying protection money to the Mob.
So trading with Mexico is paying protection money to the mob? Both countries benefit. Trade is not a zero-sum game.
> I'd rather have chaos south of the border behind a strong and heavily defended wall than the Brazilification of the US.
How exactly does trade with Mexico lead to the Brazilifiation of the US?
It seems you would rather the US rip up its trade deal with Mexico, and thereby shrink its own economy by a small amount, and then start spending more public money on this massive wall as the Mexican economy and country falls apart. Having a hostile state right on your border is a massive problem, regardless of how big the wall is. Ask Israel. Or Russia.
I'm not opposed to trade with Mexico, it is the lop-sided trade deals that I oppose especially if it means your own disadvantaged folk suffer. Your own poor and jobless will end up in shanty towns like in Brazil.
The last thing Israel wants is strong neighbours. It's their hostility that is the problem. What would you rather have strong and hostile neighbours or weak and hostile neighbours? Some observers claim that Israel tries to keep its neighbours in a constant state of war and chaos to keep them weak and disunited.
by lesnakey | 20th Nov 16, 10:21am 1479590460
And what Israel would give for friendly and strong neighbours. Which is what the U.S. has now with Mexico. Do you think that the U.S. should forgoe having strong and friendly neighbour on its border, rather than just do more to directly look after its own poor and jobless at home?
Those manufacturing jobs are never coming back, regardless of trade deals. Automation will ensure that. the only way Trump can employ those people is through a big government style employment program.
I don't think the US should meddle in the affairs of other countries. I don't think US culture will necessarily be good for Mexicans. Lop-sided trade deals should be avoided. It is currently lop-sided in favour of Mexico regarding labour rates anyway.
by lesnakey | 21st Nov 16, 7:53am 1479667980
Not sure how having a trade deal with another country is "meddling" in its affairs. "Meddling" implies that you are doing something against its will.
Trade deals with poorer nations will always be lopsided. If you want each country to gain equally, you are asking for unfair trade. It's a moot point anyway: The idea that each person in each country could gain equally from a trade deal severely overestimates the power of government. Even the most steadfast communist would blush.
"Social Justice" is a Leftist Revolutionary slogan?
Nope. Not unless you consider the social democratic parties of the world to be leftist revolutionaries. That seems a stretch - it is not 1900 any more. Social justice is pretty mainstream these days.
by PocketAces | 21st Nov 16, 8:38am 1479670680
Zac wants to peel it back so he and other white males can once again reign supreme, take all the cream, and declare that order has been restored. Equality simply means to him that he has to be disadvantaged to the point where other people might actually have a shot at things. We all should probably ignore
by Zachary Smith | 21st Nov 16, 9:29am 1479673740
If we agree that "Social Justice" is a mainstream concept we should define exactly what it means. People may at first glance assume that it is about a fair hearing in a court of law or something like that. Technically it appears to mean that a society's wealth should be reasonably fairly distributed. In a globalsit world where borders have been broken down it starts to get very problematic. Should we apply our own social justice rules to the citizens of other countries? Especially when other countries currently have radically different levels of inequality. If you have two fairly equal societies with similar rules and a common border then it should work quite well. Canada and the US for example or NZ and Australia. All Western countries really and we see this being applied with no visas required when crossing between countries that have a similar economy and modern justice/welfare systems. But what if another country has huge wealth disparities and a large population living at subsistence level? I think social justice has to reach an acceptable level within partner countries before the social capital of a country can be shared. This incentive could be a way of encouraging the people of a foreign country to seek to improve their own lot before an open border is considered. What so often happens these days is that we seek to help the people of another country only to see the money line the pockets of their corrupt elites exacerbating the situation. poor people then seek to leave their own country in search of another place where social justice is better.
by murray86 | 21st Nov 16, 9:42am 1479674520
Zac I think you're dancing around the point without truly nailing it, and most others you're debating it with just don't get it.
Firstly NAFTA, with Mexico was really intended to provide a base for some economic growth in Mexico to slow or stop the tide of illegal immigrants into the US. This in itself demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding of what would happen and brings me to my second point.
Globalisation and thus any free trade deal is not really about creating or preserving jobs. Look at the car factories that set up in Mexico. It didn't make the cars cheaper to buy, it just increased the profit margins for the shareholders. This is the nub of it. The major corporations have just used the free market principles to find places where they can make their good cheaper, increasing profits, at the expense of jobs. In most countries (if not all) they have focused on driving down labour costs, creating a newer form of slavery. Politicians of course think they are great and are oblivious to the real effects.
Thus Trump was seen as a good option as he identified the two things that were important to most voters - he told them he understood their plight and knew how to fix it (his comment about putting tarriffs on all cars made in Mexico), and because people in desperate plight need someone to blame - he blamed the political establishment, people of colour, women and anyone who disagreed with him. In other words he enabled peoples prejudices. Basically he broke all the rules.
NAFTA would never have created the results they wanted anyway as Mexico's ruling classes are too corrupt to allow it to happen, and the big corporations paid them off to allow them to do business the way they wanted to do it.
by gingerninja | 19th Nov 16, 3:02pm 1479520920
I don't think globalisation, in itself is a problem, it is how we have approached globalisation that has been the problem.
Of course, if you open borders, as has been done in the EU, people from the poorer nations would flood into the richer nations. And if we look at the history of mankind, or even just basic human psychology, we should have been able to predict, that at some point, enough would be enough for the native populations. Even without the suppression on wages that may or may not be a factor, just the very nature of having lots and lots of new people, strangers effectively, speaking a different language, behaving slightly differently, possibly having very different social and religious foundations etc of course that was eventually going to freach a critical mass and upset people.
Human beings are very capable of comfortably sharing cultures and language. Of exchanging ideas and even religions, but the way globalisation has occured has not been at a moderate pace. The advent of mass communication and globalisation have happened at the same time, fuelling the pace. Adding to the exposure of different and often clashing cultures.
And when cultures meet, it is not inevitable that they will simply blend in a nice fair mix. It is more likely, as history has demonstrated, that one will dominate the other.
Let's be honest here? When would that not cause dissatisfaction, fear and resentment? Who likes to see their culture disappearing in favour of a new dominating one. Of course that undermines peoples sense of idenity. That doesn't make every body racist, xenophobes, it makes them normal human beings. We evolved with fear reactions. We evolved to feel threatened in this way. And it is not always possible to rationalise it away.
Add to that, the fact that globalisation has also gone hand in hand with the advent of international corporations that even sovereign states can barely keep a handle on. That the capacity to abuse global wealth inequality, by manufacturing where the labour is at the absolute cheapest, where you can exploit to the very greatest extent to maximise profit. Where you can manufacture in one area, free from often basic human rights obligations or work safety legislation, and then sell to supposedly "rich" nation citizens, who an actuality aren't rich in capital, but saddled with debt. Which is also sending even more profit, into the multinational corporations and undermining peoples sense of security.
Lets be real here. Globalisation is the biggest issues facing us, ecologically, economically and psychologically.
Indeed, we need to stop it in its tracks right now. Even normal immigrants do not want open borders. This is why people are putting so much hope in Trump and why even Hispanics voted for him.
I see that things are progressing nicely with the Trump team. Trump has been very savvy with using the Internet. The Nerds and the Nationalists have teamed up! Now he has got Peter Thiel on the case using his computer skills to vet all potential team members:
We're vetting people and making sure they've been committed Trump supporters throughout the election,' said the source. 'Loyalty is very important to Trump, and there's been kind of a civil war within the party.
'So we want to make sure that the people who go into the administration are aligned with his vision and goals.'
The vetting process includes a heavy focus on social media. Insiders say they will be looking closely at prospective staffers' online postings – even ones they may have deleted. -LINK
Well, I'm not personally suggesting that Brexit or Trump are the best solution to the problem. They may just be extremely canny manipulators who saw an opportunity for a power bid and exploited it. I have no idea what Trump will do, but I certainly don't agree with much of what he has said, or the company he keeps.
That doesn't, however, mean that I am unsympathetic to the losers of globalisation (which at this point, is pretty much everyone, except the multinational corporation executives and share holders). I think that if you silence people for long enough, then discontent brews under the surface. And that we are past the point of just being able to slow down globalisation a bit and take time to consolidate the changes and adapt to what has already been a rapid, rapid change. Not to mention the rapid expansion of population also adding pressure to the system.
Sadly, I think that globalisation is going to go through a very, very ugly reshuffle, where all the previously dominant narratives will be challenged. As is also predictable. That a lot of values and beliefs will be reexamined and thrashed out again. And the dice will fall, where they fall. I won't put bets on what the outcome will be, apart from to say there seems to be a radical split between generations. So that will be a huge factor as time progresses too.
Brexit and Trump were the only solutions that could plausibly succeed. I don't even think people are that opposed to globalisation in the sense of an interconnected world, travel and sensible legal migration. What people are opposed to is a monstrous and stupid bureaucracy ruling the entire World, which to all intents and purposes is ruling the entire human Universe. Globalisation and open borders would require something like that. We can see on a smaller scale with the EU how problematic it is. Does no one read Orwell or Huxley anymore?
by Pureant | 19th Nov 16, 8:02pm 1479538920
I think thats the most tragic thing for those who voted Trump / Brexit, that they have no solutions , only pretty slogans. I hope they are not the biggest losers out of this mess. Only time will tell.
by moa man | 19th Nov 16, 8:30pm 1479540600
You defend what you have or you lose it.
by CJ099 | 19th Nov 16, 8:54pm 1479542040
@Zachary: Perhaps you should read George Orwell's Animal Farm which is fitting for the current political climate and does reflect on how Trump is trying to manipulate the masses in to believing that he's 'A man for the people'; when he's certainly the most elitist of all and only on centre stage for his own ego.
Under Trump: Everything changes, everything remains the same!
I see it more as the C.S.Lewis fantasy novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Trump (Aslan) battles and defeats the White Witch (A hideous combination of Hillary and Miley Cyrus) who has ruled for 100 years of deep winter (Political Correctness).
Melania, Eric and Ivanka are Susan, Peter and Lucy of course.
Edmund represents the RINO (Republicans in name only) who eventually return to fight with Aslan.
Peter Thiel is Tumnus the faun.
A new and glorious age is ushered in and light and nobility is restored to the land.
by Pureant | 20th Nov 16, 7:18am 1479579480
Yep. Thort it would be something like that.
Fantasy being the operative word there
by CJ099 | 20th Nov 16, 8:33am 1479583980
Not sure if Trump will have time to fight any time to fight political battles, since he's so regularly in court being sued for one reason or another. Do you know he and his companies have been sued or been involved in legal disputed at least 1,300 times since 2000.
by moa man | 20th Nov 16, 12:20pm 1479597600
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
by PocketAces | 20th Nov 16, 1:10pm 1479600600
And you can't make hard boiled eggs if you do
by kiwichas | 19th Nov 16, 10:22pm 1479547320
All Americans are equal, but racist white baby boomers are more equal than ...others
Of course Americans are more equal than any other nation.
by Bozeman | 20th Nov 16, 6:56am 1479578160
You probably don't see the irony in your comment.
by kiwichas | 20th Nov 16, 8:42am 1479584520
I'm definitely more equal!!
by Zachary Smith | 19th Nov 16, 10:35pm 1479548100
Maybe Heidegger predicted Trump:
HEIDEGGER: … Philosophy will not be able to bring about a direct change of the present state of the world. This is true not only of philosophy but of all merely human meditations and endeavors. Only a god can still save us. I think the only possibility of salvation left to us is to prepare readiness, through thinking and poetry, for the appearance of the god or for the absence of the god during the decline; so that we do not, simply put, die meaningless deaths, but that when we decline, we decline in the face of the absent god.
SPIEGEL: Is there a connection between your thinking and the emergence of this god? Is there, as you see it, a causal connection? Do you think we can get this god to come by thinking?
HEIDEGGER: We cannot get him to come by thinking. At best we can prepare the readiness of expectation.
From our human experience and history, at least as far as I am informed, I know that everything essential and great has only emerged when human beings had a home and were rooted in a tradition.
Or is Trump a Nietzchean Superman?
Watch this and it will all make sense:
NIETZSCHE ON: The Superman
Quiet around here tonight....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtgKkifJ0Pw
Yes I love Monty Python. Don't you see that they are agreeing with Heidegger? Philosophy is useless and a bit of a joke. Real change can only come from strong men rooted in a place they call home that has a traditional foundation.
The world has moved on from your last sentence.
It seems unlikely that thousands of years of human behaviour has changed overnight.
When Trump won the Presidency one commenter noted:
Well there goes Fukuyama's theory about The End of History and the Last Man
Heidegger was a member of the Nazi Party, and Nietzche's concept of the superman is what got the Nazis all excited.
If your point is that people with an authoritarian leaning are attracted to Trump - I think we knew that already.
By the way: Nietzchse was disgusted by nationalism and all reverence for 'the state'. I think he would have thrown-up at the sight of a 'Make America Great Again' placard.
According to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Heidegger is "widely acknowledged to be one of the most original and important philosophers of the 20th century."
Yes Nietzsche was a madman and he is now widely regarded as a bit of a plonker only revered by adolescents. Although I suspect Nietzsche would be fired as a professor if he existed today - which should raise alarms about our education system.
He did advocate pan-Europeanism though....
For better ideas I recommend Spengler.
However, did you watch the video? It described Trump to a tee.
> According to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Heidegger is "widely acknowledged to be one of the most original and important philosophers of the 20th century."
Not sure what your point is. Brilliant people do bad things all the time
> However, did you watch the video? It described Trump to a tee.
No I did not. I imagine that the qualities of the Superman include being so sensitive and precious in response to the slightest of barbs. Trump reminds me of that kid that always got picked on at school because he reacted to every affront. So weak.
Trump went to a military school where they sometimes smacked you in the head if you got things wrong. All his classmates have glowing reports of him. Great picture of him when he was young too:
Donald Trump's classmates share their memories about his 'Lord of the Flies' days in military school
You should watch the video as it may not be what you expect. It doesn't mention Trump. I always endeavour to follow commenters links - just to let everyone know.
Not sure what your point is. I thought you were implying we can discount all of Heidegger's work because of his background. Glad we can agree he was brilliant.
I was implying that the opinions of a Nazi should not be used in the context of leadership, governance or geopolitics. If we were talking metaphysics, fine. But we aren't.
By the way, its more than just his 'background' we are talking about here. He actively chose to join the Party, and he carried out some of its anti Semitic policies. We aren't talking about the neighbourhood he came from, who his parents were, etc. We are talking about the choices he made.
Metaphysics includes concepts such as being, knowing, identity, time, and space. These things are not divorced from the real world. The election of Trump is as much a spiritual thing as it is anything else.
Anyway we probably cannot take this any further. It was just that I am kind of amused by Heidegger's claim that, only a god can save us now. I sometimes use that quote when I have an intractable problem at work.
by PocketAces | 20th Nov 16, 11:31am 1479594660
Trump - spiritual? Sheesh
Trump tapped into something more than the entirely practical in the minds of the voters, a return to the true spirit of America -
and all that possibly.
by Pureant | 20th Nov 16, 11:42am 1479595320
Meta Physics is divorced from the natural world. It really means not physics or beyond.
I guess you are invoking the gods to save us?
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things.
Meta physics is abstract theory with no basis in physical reality.
It deals with spirits,Gods, the supernatural. Questions of why. It is a branch of philosophy not science.
Well let's just say that Trump is larger than life.
Hey, I have a new and original idea for you, do your own thinking
As I have explained before I boost my intellect massively by tapping into the interwebs. It's like you are asking me to fight with both hands tied behind my back. Feel free to come back at me with quotes from Marx or Lenin or whoever.
I don't bother with any of them. Might read Das Kapital one day, as I suspect Marx might have spoken somewhat to what I think. I base what I think on what I know about human nature, having spent many years in hospitality dealing with people from all over the world, I learnt how very herd like we are in many things. It is easy to work things out by being able to apply "night follows day" to just about anything.
by Andrewj | 19th Nov 16, 5:41pm 1479530460
http://www.golemxiv.co.uk/2016/11/culture-matters/
AJ... thks for the link..
Only just part way thru it.... AND... it seems to be really good..!! Intelligent and important.
Equality where human/civil rights go should always trump (there's that blasted word again) cultural practices. I am, of course speaking more the rights of women than much else, there is no place in this world for some cultural practices. We must insist they go, no matter how much resistance is met. Without that, we get nowhere.
I did enjoy reading that and the comments. One commenter posted a link to a video done by a young Englishman travelling through Iran on a C90. I highly recommend watching it. Iran looks like a great place to visit. Different countries should be different with different people and this video highlights that:
Riding a c90 through Iran
by Roelof | 21st Nov 16, 7:36am 1479666960
Zach.. I agree .... great video...
"Globalisation is the biggest issues facing us, ecologically, economically and psychologically."
I think global co-operation is the only possible way forward. Prof Brian Cox et al. is suggesting we will destroy ourselves as technology outpaces ethics and the ability of politicians to comprehend the science e.g Trump on Climate.
If we do not co-operate we retreat, then we defend our stuff or pursue others resources e.g water . At our present rate we will be lucky to survive.
Focus must remain on Global co-operation with an eye on those disadvantaged by this.
I don't think many people are opposed to "global-cooperation, it's turning every Western country into a type of Brazil that we are opposed to. However we shouldn't totally discount the benefits of competition between nations either. Countries should be coaxed into improving their own conditions and controlling their own fertility. We are not the orphanage for the World.
Brian Cox is spot-on, and yes, global co-operation is the only way forward when faced with global problems.
Trump, nationalists and those that think of the world in zero-sum terms are a threat to global cooperation.
Open borders advocates are the greater threat to global cooperation. Without them the Nationalists would lose a lot of popularity.
by linklater01 | 21st Nov 16, 7:40pm 1479710400
Even the World Bank has finally admitted that the growth in global trade has not been a success for all,with,in their estimation,some 20% of the jobs lost in advanced economies linked directly to trade.
Until now,anyone suggesting that there are downsides to globalisation has been howled down on the grounds that this has helped bring millions out of poverty-which is of course true-and has turned these people into potential consumers.Little attention has been paid to those left behind-until now.


Hi Bryant and Jenni! You look awesome! God bless you all!
Happy New Year beautiful souls!! Big love to you both as well. It's going to be an amazing new year full of life altering changes and amazing bliss!!
LOVE that picture!!! LOVE you guys!!! 2018 is going to be phenomenal!!!
Auld lang syne, my friend.
Happy New Year Bryant and Jenni! Long time! Hope all is well!!!
Happy New Year. 🎊 Hope this year 2018 is one of our best years ever. Lots of love 💗 and big hugs 🥂🐾🙏💋👑⭐🕊🎉M.
Happy New Year Bryant and Jenni. Much love to you in the coming year!


Written by Christopher Nolan (story), Joe Shuster (Superman created by), and Jerry Siegel (Superman created by), "Man of Steel" (also known as "Untitled Superman Returns Sequel", "Superman Unleashed", "Superman: Man of Steel") is an Action/Adventure/Drama/Fantasy/Science Fiction film, released in the USA on June 14 of 2013 . Henry Cavill and Amy Adams are starring, alongside Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Michael Shannon and Laurence Fishburne.
Man of Steel was initially released on Friday, June 14, 2013, in the United States. Also released on Friday, June 14, 2013 have been The Wall (dir. Julian Pölsler), Hatchet III, The Bling Ring, and A Hijacking (dir. Tobias Lindholm). This was five (5) years ago.
It has been released on Friday, June 14, 2013 in Canada; Wednesday, June 19, 2013 in France; Thursday, June 20, 2013 in Italy; Friday, June 21, 2013 in Spain; Thursday, June 27, 2013 in Australia and on Friday, August 30, 2013 in Japan.
Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Michael Shannon, Laurence Fishburne, Harry J. Lennix and Rebecca Buller have all also be seen in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, released in 2016.
Diane Lane and Henry Cavill, Amy Adams also worked together in Justice League, released in 2017.
Laurence Fishburne and Harry J. Lennix have both also be seen in The Matrix Revolutions, released in 2003.
Laurence Fishburne and Harry J. Lennix also appeared together in The Matrix Reloaded, released in 2003.
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May 2006 – My Story – ISB and beyond !!!
Just read sometime back that Saina Nehwal won the Philippines Open badminton tournament, thus becoming the first Indian woman ever to win a tournament of this level. Hope she continues and adds many more feathers to her cap. With tennis probably being much more of a craze than badminton among the Indian masses (have no figures to back this up), it would be interesting to watch whether she starts endorsing products like Sania Mirza soon.
ISB alumni in Bangalore met over lunch on Sunday. The alumni from our batch outnumbered the alumni from all the other batches. We primarily exchanged contact information with alumni from the earlier batches and came to know a bit more about those who were present there. I think the interactions will pick up as more such meetings are organized.
News on the admissions front … this one is a bit old and may be you know about this already, but just in case there are some people who haven't heard about this: ISB has been invited to join the board of The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) and will not from now onwards accept GRE scores for admission. GMAT scores will be the primary means and CAT scores will be accepted for provisional admission.
Thats what you would probably call Bangalore if you are present in the city just after a 10 minute downpour. Even a prolonged drizzle is enough to convert the roads in the city to waterways. The consequences? Of course, traffic jams everywhere (they would be there even without the rains), but then the auto-rickshaw drivers start charging astronomical amounts. For instance, a rick driver asked us to pay Rs. 150 for a distance that would have otherwise cost us just Rs. 15. Lack of proper infrastructure is apparent. Trees start falling after a drizzle. There was a photo in the local newspapers today of a tree falling on a car parked underneath it.
Another problem that is very apparent is the use of just the local language for displaying routes/stops on buses. Why can't the same names be written in English along with the local language? Why not when this city is supposed to be the IT capital of India?
But all said and done, the weather here is far better than most other places I have been to. Some of my friends who have been here for ages, say that the climate used to be even better some 7-8 years ago when there was a lot more green cover and lot less vehicles.
As I get more acquainted with the city day by day, I have started liking it despite all the problems. Looks like I will have to learn Kannada alphabets so that I can travel in local buses and save some money by avoiding ricks.
After searching for a house for nearly everyday after office hours along with two of my batchmates, I have managed to finally find one and shift in. I will be posted in Bangalore, at least for some time to come.
The stop for the office bus is at a manageable walking distance and the buses ply frequently. Most of the buses operating in the morning on Bangalore roads seem to be Infy buses. I have heard that about 200+ buses ply one way to fetch people in the mornings at different timings. I guess the way the admin staff manages the bus operation is really commendable.
On to other things …. I have been wanting to write about my learnings/views about B-School application process, writing resume etc but have not been able to do so primarily due to lack of a stable internet connection. Having gotten the basic stuff necessary to stay in a rented house, I guess TV, internet access etc will come next and I will then try to share my learnings.
If you are looking for some really good South Indian food in Bangalore then come over to MTR. Ramki took me and two other friends to Mavalli Tiffin Rooms (or MTR in short), a very old restaurant located near Lalbagh, just a few feet away from the Lalbagh-Fort road today for dinner. Locals know the restaurant well, but if you are not one, it might be a bit difficult to spot it. But the restaurant is so famous that most people would be able to guide you to it. The food (basically meals that cost us Rs. 80 in all) was simply awesome, probably one of the best South Indian stuff I have had in a long time.


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Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition Review -- Are You Ready For Some Murder?
Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition Review — Are You Ready For Some Murder?
Mutant Football League sticks an irreverent spike into football's vanilla veins, giving the sport's metagame a much desired shot in the arm.
Ah yes, football — America's favorite sport. Every Sunday, millions of Americans tune in to watch their favorite teams throw the ol' pigskin down the field, kick field goals, and occasionally commit brutal acts of murder. Actually, that last one is only exclusive to Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition, the newest entry in the Mutant Football League franchise from developer Digital Dreams Entertainment. Serving as a spiritual successor to Electronic Arts' 1993 Sega Genesis title of the same name, Mutant Football League serves an outlandish, over-the-top, and much-desired arcade-style take on American football.
Mutant Football League inhabits an increasingly rare market space. Sure, it's an arcade-style sports game, but it also packs more production value than the small, hand-crafted zany sports titles that are common in the indie-sphere. The days of mid-budget, ambitious arcade-sports titles are mostly behind us; games like NFL Blitz, NBA Jam, and NFL Street are tangibly absent from the gaming market with the only games filling their gaps are charming, yet ultimately scaled-down titles. While new sports games like Super Volleyball Blast and Super Sportsmatchen offer minute, bite-sized arcade experiences, their scope is much smaller. Mutant Football League offers a solid, well-crafted median that fits between officially licensed, annualized sports fare and pithy indie romps.
In this vein, Mutant Football League offers an enjoyable, mid-budget alternative to 2K Sports and Electronic Arts' sports game monopoly. While Mutant Football League fundamentally lacks the multilayered, pristine polish of a high-budget AAA game, it offers a well-balanced mix of traditional sports fare and goofy, high-octane antics. Of course, these antics are the meat and potatoes of Mutant Football League's sales pitch — there's football, there's surreal fast-paced gameplay, and there's lots of havoc to wreak.
The brunt of Mutant Football League follows the traditional football formula: driving the ball to the opponent's end zone and scoring a touchdown gives you six points, with the option to score another point through a conversion. When on the offense, each team has four downs to gain ten yards while the other team tries to stop them in their tracks. This is all simple enough, especially since Mutant Football League includes a tutorial mode that teaches players these basic rules. That being said, past this framework, the similarities between traditional football and Mutant Football League end.
The most significant way that Mutant Football League differs from traditional football is its slew of Dirty Tricks. Throughout the course of each game, players are given a finite amount of these Tricks which enable them to bend the rules of the game and conduct plays that would normally be outside the realm of possibility. Each team (which is made up of different factions, including werewolves, robots, skeletons, and more) has their own unique lineup of Tricks, making each matchup play differently. These variations not only work to make Mutant Football League's Dirty Tricks feel fresh but to give each different team their own distinct feel.
Throughout my time with Mutant Football League, I usually played as the Grim Bay Attackers, mostly because I couldn't pass up the opportunity to play as Airbourne Dodgers. One of the Attackers' strongest Dirty Tricks is called Warp Speed, which will turn back time and undo the opponent's last play as if it never happened. While this is certainly a useful Trick on its own, I started to incorporate Warp Speed into a larger strategy. If it looked like the other team was approaching the end zone I would bribe the referee. As a result, after the team scored, they would be hit with a 10-yard penalty and the points wouldn't count. As I played, many times the team would usually kill the referee which, in turn, would give them an additional 15-yard penalty. At this point, the other team would need to clear 25 yards for a first down. If they did manage to clear the distance (usually using one of their own offensive Dirty Tricks), I would use Warp Speed and undo all of the traction they made.
I would recommend reading up on each team's Dirty Tricks before starting Mutant Football League. One of my earliest games of Mutant Football League ended with unbearable disappointment after my team beat the clock to put one last touchdown on the board and take the lead. Much to my chagrin, the referee was bribed by the other team and I ultimately lost the game. A similar scenario occurred when I forgot that the amount of points rewarded for field goals is graduated: meaning, the further the kicker is from the goalposts, the more points are rewarded.
In addition to Dirty Tricks, Mutant Football League also adds murder to the classic football formula. Have an opponent with a really good quarterback? Try to kill them! Mutant Football League gives every player their own health bar which can be depleted through in-game attacks. Different characters administer different amounts of damage and certain Dirty Tricks can kill players altogether.
Mutant Football League's offbeat, seemingly nonsensical rules work to make football more strategic, and honestly, more exciting. Imagine you're at the goal line about to score a go-ahead touchdown. Do you think the other team bribed the referee, a play that will ultimately void your touchdown? Should you kill the referee or try to bribe him yourself? The former will give you a fifteen-yard penalty while the latter means wasting one of your bribes if you can't call your opponents' bluff. Additionally, the game's surreal (and often gratuitous) death mechanic works to add another layer of depth. Managing your players' health while dishing out damage onto the opponent's team becomes a crucial part of Mutant Football League's gameplay loop. Building off of this feature, the game includes a half-time minigame that (if completed) will allow players to revive one of their players mid-game.
Mutant Football League uses these mechanics as stepping stones and ultimately builds off of them through play. The game's smorgasbord of different fields each include their own unique hazards; the Grim Bay Attackers' field includes a sheet of ice that players can fall through, while other fields contain land mines, buzzsaws, and other deadly flourishes. These items, similar to Mutant Football League's Dirty Tricks, emphasize the game's strong chaotic, fast-paced playstyle. Casual players will find these items as just another part of Mutant Football League's chaotic allure, while more experienced players are forced to keep them in mind when formulating strategies.
When it comes to game modes, Mutant Football League embraces its arcade roots. While the game's Dynasty mode offers players a comprehensive way to manage one of their teams, make trades, and level-up players, the game largely relies on its arcade-style rather than offering a multitude of different game modes. This works in the game's favor– rather than focusing on alternative game types or shoehorning in a half-baked story mode, Mutant Football League is able to offer variety through the entropy of its core gameplay loop. Seeing as the game retails for $29.99 (with all of its DLC), the game never feels light on content. Its frequent allusions to contemporary football players and current NFL teams serve to fill the game with a real sense of substance, building off of the football of our world and making it something much more fun.
One of the things that struck me when playing Mutant Football League is how perfect this game is on the Nintendo Switch. Sure, the Switch port's graphics aren't stellar and the game crashed on me twice. However, that being said, Mutant Football League is great for bite-sized gaming sessions, even allowing players to adjust the length of each game in its Dynasty mode. If you can live with the game not being gorgeous (and occasionally, it seems, crashing), Mutant Football League on Switch seems to be the definitive way to get your sports fix in a short period of time.
With this garden variety of irreverent zaniness under its belt, Mutant Football League offers a tantalizing alternative for football fans that are tired of Madden or fans of arcade titles looking for some quick action. Mutant Football League sticks an irreverent spike into football's vanilla veins; it gives the sport's tired metagame a much desired shot in the arm. While I doubt those that are genuinely uninterested in football will enjoy Mutant Football League, players with a passing interest in the sport will most certainly find something to enjoy.
Digital Dreams Entertainment has finally confirmed that Mutant Football League will hit PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 19, 2018.


I have been in Munich for nearly two months, the time has passed really fast. At first it took time to learn everyday things and learn to know a new hometown. On Weekdays I am studying and also try to do sports. On weekends I also try to keep some free and do nice things. My friends from Finland have visited here.
I'm studying here on a master degree program business. My campus is only 4 km from my home, so I will go to campus by bike or bus. I have chosen some interesting courses and I am trying very hard to learn the German language. Studying here is a bit different than in Finland. Seminar papers are wider and usually they are done in groups of 3-4 people. In Lectures are also done in a various of assignments in addition to the theory.
At the beginning of October I was running the Munich marathon which was a very fun event, then there was still +23 degrees warm and the sun was shining. A couple of times I have went to hike to the Alps . It's easy to take a train and go anywhere. Also railway tickets are very cheap here.
The Munich city is really beautiful, where are lots of old buildings and culture. The public transport is easy to use and here is very safe.German is almost similar to Finland. A few things surprised me, cash was used here more than in Finland, it is only way to pay in many restaurants and kiosks, local food and organic products is used more than Finland and selections are really good. Stores are not open on Sundays, except very rarely in special cases (for example, Christmas or even Mother's Day).
Last weekend here opened the first Christmas Market. The center of the Christmas market here is the historic Marienplatz square. Sale of the stalls spread over several streets around the old town. Many tourists will come here to look at the Christmas market.
Happy Christmas time! / Fröhliche Weihnachtszeit!


Romero, Gustavo & Kim, Jinson November 8, 2013.
Chapman, Robert Percussionist for "The Rite of Spring"
Kovach, Austin Percussionist for "The Rite of Spring"
McWilliams, Christopher Percussionist for "The Rite of Spring"
O'Neal, John Percussionist for "The Rite of Spring"
"The Rite of Spring" is performed in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky's composition.
Romero, Gustavo & Kim, Jinson. Faculty and Guest Artist Recital: 2013-11-08 - Gustavo Romero, piano and Jinson Kim, piano, audio recording, November 8, 2013; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc917077/: accessed April 23, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.


text: After writing an essay on the Nation of Islam for The New Yorker and publishing a letter he had written to his nephew, the two were published together at the advice of James Silberman (Leeming 212), with the letter essentially serving as an introduction to the essay. The letter was inspired by "a visit to an elementary school classroom in Dakar" (Leeming 212) and the role education of myths to black children plays in colonization. The essay deals more thoroughly with "the question of the relationship between religion and the love he had spoken of in the letter to his nephew" (Leeming 213). His own experience with the church was reflected by what he saw in Africa; blacks following white religion and how it affected race relations. The religion of Elijah Muhammad was better than Christianity in some respects, but in the end it was just as exclusive, only now from a black perspective. The final words of the book are described by Leeming as "James Baldwin's "I have a dream"" (214) and not surprisingly, many considered him to be a prophet. The second part of the book essentially addresses race relations, focusing on Baldwin's personal development and the role of religion, the solution offered by the Nation of Islam, and what he thinks should happen instead. Most importantly, Baldwin rejected essentialist rhetoric and instead encouraged love, which was not an easy solution, but a necessary one (Ferriter 137). The book has been described as "a noted change in Baldwin's work" (biography.com), moving toward a more activist style of writing and adding to his prominence. There were critics, including Eldridge Cleaver, who criticized Baldwin in Soul on Ice for his soft attitude and attacked him for his homosexuality. Nevertheless, it is still read today as an important text for understanding race relations, explaining race as "a shifting construct and a political tool" (Ferriter 131), but one with very real consequences. Baldwin has also inspired other authors, including Ta-Nehisi Coates, both in terms of style and in the topics addressed.